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[MUSIC PLAYING]

NARRATOR:
In the summer of 1869,

Cochise, bold chief
of the Chiricahua Apaches,

made a brutal vow to kill
every man, woman and child

in southern Arizona.

Many of the settlers in the
area had already felt the fury
of Cochise's bloody oath.

A small detail
of United States' Cavalrymen

were escorting the survivors
to a hastily established
outpost.

There the army was determined
to make a last-ditch stand.

[LAUGHS] I know how
to spell our name.

Go work.

Hey, hey look!

It's Bruce.

Don't get your
hopes up, sis.

When the Captain comes
a-courtin', he doesn't usually
bring a crowd of people along.

Ellen.
It's good to see you, Bruce.

Is something wrong?

Your pa at the house?
Yeah.

Let's go talk to him.

That front wagon there.
Isn't that the Carter family?

What's left of them.
Apaches hit them
this morning.

Your place
will be next.

Sure glad you came
to stand them off, Captain.

We'll make our stand
at Apache Wells.
Oh.

You're going to have
a hard time talking Pa
into leaving.

They all wanted to stay, too.

The Apaches made a pretty
good argument against it.

[HORSE SNORTS]

Sergeant Walker!

SERGEANT WALKER: Ho!
Have some of the men
find their wagon.

Hitch it up and bring it
to the house.

MIKE: Captain, wait.

Don't you think you ought
to talk to Pa first?

I think
he'll understand.

Pa!

Captain Coburn.

Mrs. Malone.

Cochise has gone
on the warpath.
What?

We're escorting the settlers
in to Apache Wells.

Well, I didn't ask
for any escort.

Neither did they.
Cochise sent his braves
to burn them out.

Pa knows how to deal
with the Apache.

There's no dealing
with them, Mike.

How many guns
do you have?

Just this one,

but she has never
failed me yet.

Look, Mr. Malone,

our job is to protect
you people,

but we can't put soldiers
at every farmhouse.

You've got to come in where
our strength is concentrated.

You better listen
to him, Harry.

Kate,

we've given ten long years
of hard work to build up
this place.

And you'll give your life
if you try to hang onto it.

Cochise made a vow
he'd kill every white man
in southern Arizona.

Looks like
he's already started.

Now this is
no time to argue.

I'm not going to let you
stay here and get killed.

Well...

I guess it's the only way.

It will take me
a little while to pack.

I'm sorry, ma'am.
We can't wait.

Troopers will bring
your wagon around.

Be ready to go
when it gets here.

Come on, Ma.

Pick up
what you can, kids.

Captain,

shall I order the men
to dismount?

Sergeant Walker
gives the orders.

I...

I know that, sir.
But the, uh,

the men asked me
to talk to you.

They're complaining that
you're driving them too hard.

They need a rest.

They can rest
when we get back to camp.

I know that, Captain,

but we've got to
stop somewhere.

There's water here,
hay for the horses.

We can stand off
the Apaches here

as good as any other place.

Bodine, are you taking
command of this outfit?

No, sir.

But when I was a sergeant,
the officers used to listen
to what I had to say.

Is that why they
broke you to corporal?

They'll need me again, sir.

Maybe they will,

but by God, I don't!

And if you give me
one more bit of trouble,

I'll bust you all the way
back to private.

Now, mount up!

Yes, sir.

Locking horns with
the Captain again,
huh, Bodine?

I don't back off
from nobody, Sergeant.

No. That's why
you're here.

You and a dozen more
like you that nobody else
could handle.

Sergeant, I want to
tell you something.

He might break
the rest of them,

but he won't even
make a dent in me.

[ALL LAUGHING]

Sergeant Walker!
Yo!

Put a match to it.

No use leaving
anything for Cochise.
Yes, sir.

Ho!

NARRATOR: Captain Coburn
drove the settlers
hard all day,

but nightfall and weariness
finally forced a halt.

I want your complete
cooperation tonight.

If we're attacked,
they'll probably
hit the wagons

and the horses first.

I want you people to bed down
right up there in those rocks.

There will be
no fires, no noise.

Be ready to move out
at daylight.

We don't have
much water, sir.

I know.

Give the women and children
what they need.

Save the rest
for the horses.

Get them started,
Sergeant.

Yes, sir.

All right.

Bring your belongings
and come with me.

Look, Captain,
what about us troopers?

We're just as thirsty
as they are.

We've been riding
in that hot sun all day.

It won't hurt you to go
one night without water.

Now look, Capt...
That's all, Bodine.

You know,

we'd better get ready to help
if there's Indian trouble.

Let's ask the Captain
if he'll lend us
a couple of rifles.

You know how
I am with guns, Mike.

I can't hit the broad side
of a barn.

[CHUCKLES] Well,
if those Apaches get close,

you'll learn fast enough.

[LAUGHS]

Any chance those Apaches
will hit tonight, Captain?

They don't let me in
on their plans always, Mike.

I just try to keep ready.

Doug and I
would like to help,

if you'd let us have
a couple of rifles.

I appreciate the offer,

but I only have enough guns
to arm my own men.

[SCOFFS] Well,

I guess we'll have to
sharpen up the old ax, huh?

Many a battle won
with less.

ELLEN: Hey, Mike, Doug?

Come on, give me help.

Here. Mom and Pa
went up the hill.

You can take them up, huh?

DOUG: All right.

[GASPS]

Oh! [LAUGHS]

It's been a long time
since we've been able
to talk to each other.

Over a month.

The Colonel hasn't been
too generous with leave
time lately.

Well, you won't have
any more excuses.

I'll be right there
in Apache Wells.

I won't be looking
for excuses.

Come on, I'll walk you
up the hill.

Mmm-mmm.

I like it right here.

[HOWLING IN DISTANCE]

Hmm...

Listen to that lonely sound.

It's probably
a lonely Apache scout.

[HOWLING CONTINUES]

Did you come out here
just to protect me
from the Indians?

Not exactly,

but they'd give anything for
a scalp as pretty as that one.

How about you, hmm?

It'd be awfully easy to

get in the habit of you.

Why don't you?

I'm not a very good bet
for a girl like you, Ellen.

A man in my business
doesn't stick around
too long.

Your warning
comes a bit late, Bruce.

Go on up the hill.

I'll see you later.

[WATER SLOSHING]

You know that's all
the water we have.

You'd never have done that
if you weren't hiding
behind those captain's bars.

I'm not hiding
behind anything, Bodine

I fought in this army
for ten years before
they pinned these on me.

I don't need them now.

[SCOFFS] Oh?

You mean you're willing to
forget you're an officer
and make it man to man?

I've tried everything else
with you.

I guess that's the only
language you understand.

[LAUGHS]

[CHAINS RATTLING]

[GRUNTING]

[MEN YELLING]

[HORSES WHINNYING]

No.

[GROANING]

Captain!

Captain Coburn!

Captain! Captain!
Captain!

Captain!

You'll kill him, sir!

[PANTING]

Pick those horses up,

put a guard on that water.

Yes, sir.

NARRATOR: Apache Wells,
Arizona Territory.

Colonel Homer Reed commanded
a troop of cavalry

whose assignment was to hold
the lonely outpost at any cost

and to protect the settlers
in the adjacent area.

Nearby families had already
taken refuge here.

Only the most distant ranchers
remained to be accounted for.

Attention!

At ease.

That Captain Coburn's outfit?

No, sir. That's the
morning patrol.

The Captain was due back
yesterday, wasn't he, sir?

I'll send a detail if they
don't return by nightfall.

The old man is lost
if Coburn's not around.

It would suit me if
that stiff-necked captain
never came back.

[GUNS FIRING]

Uecker,
sound assembly!

[PLAYS REVEILLE]

[MEN WHOOPING]

[GUNS FIRING]

[MEN WHOOPING]

[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]

Pick him up!

[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]

Now, take care
of your wounded.

The rest of you,
hold your posts.

They might come back.

Good work, Sergeant.

Thank you, sir.

Captain and me have ridden
together for a long time.

Can't lose him
this close to home.

Those Apaches are getting
bolder every day, Bruce.

I thought they were going to
follow you right into camp.

Maybe next time
they will.

I'm getting sick and tired
of having to turn tail and run

every time an Apache
sticks his head up.

When are we getting
those new rifles, Colonel?

I've put in requests
at least a dozen times.

Army keeps sending back
excuses instead of rifles.

They give us an impossible job
and no tools to do it with.

How long do you think
we could hold this place
against an all-out attack?

Not long,

with our old,
worn-out guns.

Do you think Cochise
would risk all his horses
on a frontal assault?

He's smart, Colonel.

When our patrols
can't stand and fight,
it shows weakness.

He won't be long
in taking advantage of it.

Well, at least you got
the settlers back here,

where our power
is concentrated.

Show them
where to set up camp,
will you, Captain?

Yes, sir.

Bodine.

Why didn't you pick him up?

I don't know
what you're talking about.

Stand up
when I'm talking to you!

You heard me call.

With all that shooting?

I didn't hear nothing.

That beating
the Captain gave you didn't
teach you much, did it?

[LAUGHS]

Oh, I haven't, uh...
I haven't forgotten anything
about that, Sergeant.

[LAUGHS]

He did a pretty good job
on you.

Yeah! [LAUGHS]

You...

Anybody else
want to take a look, huh?

Anybody else
want to take a look?

Look! Come on, look!

Anybody else down here?

Come on!

Look at it!

Don't think that this gives
Captain Coburn the whip hand.

Oh, I'm going to be
a good soldier from now on.

[LAUGHS]

Every time that captain
rides out of this camp,

I'm going to be
right behind him.

He catches a bullet,
I want to make sure he's dead.

[LAUGHS]

NARRATOR: Malone's old rifle
had finally failed him.

Ironically, an Apache bullet
had caught him just as safety
seemed assured.

He's dead.

I thought we'd made it,

but he was laying dead
on that seat when we got in.

If we joined the army,

could we get some rifles,
Captain?

I'll see that you
get guns some way.

Good,

'cause we're ready to fight.

No.

[REVEILLEPLAYS]

SERGEANT WALKER: Ten-hut!

Ease!

NARRATOR: Colonel Reed had
fired off an angry demand
to his home base.

After two weeks
of anxious waiting,
a reply finally came.

All right, what is it?
A shipment of those new
lever-action rifles

just came in
from back east.

They're sending you
40 of them.

When do we get them?

You'll have to meet them
beyond the Chiricahua
Mountains.

They hired some scouts
to bring them that far.

Figured you fellows
were the best ones
to sneak them past Cochise.

They sure give us
the tough end of it.

It's up to you, Bruce.

We'll get them through.

MAN: You're going to have
your hands full, Captain.

Those mountains
are crawling with Apache.

Three different bunches
of them gave me a run.

I had to come around here,

through the Apache Pass,
to get by them.

May as well go back
the same way.

Keep your eyes open.
The guns will be here,

at Hatchet Rock,
tomorrow noon.

Hatchet Rock?

Might as well
keep it, Captain.
Might come in handy.

Thank you.

You've done a good job.
Rest is up to us now.

Better get some rest.

Thank you, sir.

Well, Bruce,
the army finally
came through.

Forty repeating rifles.
[CHUCKLES]

That'll improve our chances
against Cochise.

Improve them?

Trade our old single shots
for those new lever actions?

We can hold off
all the Apaches
in this territory.

We'll have to
bring them in first.

I'll get some men together
right now, sir.

Take as many men
as you need.

I don't want to be
left shorthanded,

but take enough troopers
to get the job done.

We'll sneak out of here
after dark.

The Apaches
won't even know we're gone.

Uh, Captain?

Yes, sir?

That last mission
you were on,

there's a rumor that you
beat up one of the men.

Colonel, you know
how rumors get started
on small posts like this.

This is a serious matter,
Captain.

I'll overlook it this time,
but from now on try...

To baby them
a little more?

Captain,

there are two ways
to get men through a door.

You can kick them through,

or you can lead them through.

That's right, sir.
They wind up
the same place anyway.

[SIGHS]

Take a look
out there, Colonel.

That's not exactly
the cream of the crop,

yet we're expected to make
soldiers out of all of them.

I know.

It's a ragtag bunch
they send us
to fight Indians,

but this mission is vital,
Bruce.

We can't afford
any trouble in the ranks.

I don't expect
any trouble, sir.

Sir?

With the Captain's
permission,

I'd like to go along
on this one.

You've sure got a sixth sense
for something big,
haven't you, Sergeant?

Well, sir,

when you've been around
long enough
to get these stripes,

you're bound to know
something's going on.

I see.

It's the rifles,
isn't it, sir?

Yes, it is.

Let's just keep it
between the two of us.

The less the men know,
the less the Apaches
can get out of them

in case they're captured.
Yes, sir.

Ten-hut!

I need ten men
for a mission.

It's a very important one,

and it's very dangerous.

I'm asking for volunteers.

Come on, Doug!

[WHISTLES]

[SIGHS]

CAPTAIN COBURN:
What's the matter
with you, Fuller?

What about you, Higgins?

Thank you, men.

We'll leave tonight.

Check your equipment.

Take care of your horses.

Dismissed.

Captain?

What is it, Sergeant?

Well, you said this was
an important mission, but...

It is.

We sure haven't got
the best men riding with us.

Those two green Malone boys,
it's their first time out.

Bodine,
he's always trouble.

They'll do, Sergeant.

Have them ready after chow.

Yes, sir.

They're proud to be
riding with you, Bruce.

I'm glad to have them.

They'll make
good soldiers.

Watch out for both of them,
especially Doug.

Mike can take care
of himself,

but Doug,

he'll need help at first.

I'll keep an eye on him.

I guess it's because
I'm older,

but they seem like

such boys to me.

They'll be men
when we come back.

All right, they're
waiting for us, Doug.
We've got to go.

Goodbye, Mom.

Bye.

Take care of Doug, huh?

Goodbye, sis.

Bye, sis.
Take care.

Everybody here
is counting on you, Bruce.

You've got to get
those rifles through.

We'll do our best, sir.

NARRATOR: Under the cover
of darkness,

Captain Coburn moved out

with his little band
of volunteers.

Everything depended
on his success

in reaching the rendezvous
with the supply wagon

and the 40 rifles.

Coburn led his men deep
into the Chiricahua Mountains.

When they reached Apache Pass,

the Captain sensed
that hostile eyes were
watching from the high rocks.

It looks peaceful
enough now, sir.

Apache can hide
in a badger hole.

Hold it up here a couple
of minutes. I want to take
a look in there.

Yes, sir.

Apaches wouldn't take on
this many soldiers,
would they, Mike?

You're not scared,
are you?

A little.

Aren't you?

Of course not.

That's what we joined up for.
To get a crack at them.

I think I can
shoot once,

but I wonder if I'll be
able to reload this thing
with a bunch of Indians

hollering down on me.

You'll do fine.

Come on, just remember
we'll be fighting them
side by side.

[GUN FIRES]

Ho!

CAPTAIN COBURN: All right,
two men dismount
and take cover.

He signaled to someone
up there before I got him.

That means
they know we're coming.

[LAUGHS]

Look a little pale, boys.

I thought you wanted
to see them butchered.

Leave those two kids
with the horses.

Assign a rear guard,
and the rest of you
come with me.

Yes, sir.

SERGEANT WALKER:
Malone brothers,
stay with the horses.

Yes, sir!

SERGEANT WALKER: Bodine?
BODINE: Yes, Sergeant?

You, you.
Post a rear guard
and cover them.

Rest of you
come with me.

[GUNS FIRING]

Doug, get down.

Doug, I saw one.
I saw one up there!
What?

Let's go get him.

But the Sergeant told us
to stay here.

But he didn't tell us
not to fight.

Look, I'll circle around
this way.

You come right up
in back of him.

Mike?

Come on now.

You've got to get
your feet wet sometime.

This is as good
a place as any.

[PANTING]
I'm scared, Mike.

I'm scared.

I never should have
joined the army.

Look,
I know how you feel.

Everybody's nervous at first.

You'll get over it
once you get into the action.

Well, come on.

Let's go get us an Apache.

Mike!

Mike!

[RIFLE FIRES]

Doug!
Come on, Doug!

I'm coming, Mike.

[RIFLE FIRES]

Doug, help me! Doug!

Doug, come on, help me!

[WHIMPERING]

Mike?

[SOBBING]

Where's Mike?

I'll tell you where he is.

The Apaches carried him away.

This kid didn't have enough
guts to help his brother
when he needed it.

I can't believe that, Doug.

It's true.

He just kept calling me.

I couldn't make myself
go to him.

I can still hear him.
[SOBBING]

I can still hear him
calling for help.

Get your horses.

On your feet.

It's Mike.

Mike!

Mike!

Mike!

Oh, please!
Please let me go!

I've gotta to help him!
Come on, now!

Mike!
Take it easy, kid.

Please! Let me go!

Let me go!

Doug!

Mike! Mike! Mike!

Doug! Listen, Doug.
Mike! Mike!

Now, you listen to me.

It's too late for you to help
your brother now. He's dead.
You understand that?

He's dead!

Get him on a horse.

[RIFLE FIRES]

NARRATOR: The troopers
were on the run.

The Captain couldn't afford
to lose one more man.

If those 40 repeating rifles

didn't get back
to Apache Wells,

Cochise would massacre
every one of its defenders.

Far as we go, Sergeant.

We going to be here long,
Captain?

I don't think so. Why?

I get the feeling
we're being watched.

You could be right.

Dismount.

Keep your rifles handy.

Are we going to go back
the same way we came, sir?

I don't think it makes
any difference
how we go back, Sergeant.

If we get hit again,
we'll just have to
make a run for it.

We left half our men
lying dead back there.

Yes, sir.

Some of the
best ones, too.

There's only seven of us left
to get them guns through.

Six.

Six men and a worthless,
yellow kid.

SERGEANT WALKER: Don't be
too hard on him, Captain.

Remember that was his
first time under fire.

That's no excuse.

I've got no use
for a coward, Sergeant.

Yes, sir.

Bodine?
Hmm?

When are we gonna
get out of here?
Shh.

When I say so.

Come on now.
We've got a couple
of pretty good horses,

and I'm itching
to see new country.
What are we waiting for?

No, no. I've still got
something to settle
with that captain.

You'd better get it settled,
because I don't intend
to ride back to that

death trap
at Apache Wells.

I got you out of there,
didn't I?
Don't do me no more favors.

Look, I'll promise you
one thing, Barrett.

We'll never go back
with this outfit.

Hold your fire!

Glad you're here, Captain.
I didn't aim to wait long.

Kind of jumpy,
aren't you?

With good reason.

We came within
an ace of tangling
with a herd of Apache

about an hour ago.

Chiricahuas?

No, they was Tontos,

but they was wearing war paint
and seemed to know
where they was going.

To join Cochise.

That's my guess.

We're a little shorthanded.
Be glad to have
you ride with us.

Not on your life.

My contract with the army
called for me to bring
this wagon right here

and no farther.

I value my hair too much

to travel into
Chiricahua country

with old Cochise
on the warpath like he is.

You got a point there.

Army doesn't give us
any such choice.

That's your problem, Captain.

Mind if we take off now?

All right,
gather around, men.

This is what we came for,

forty repeating rifles,

the only guns of their kind
in southern Arizona.

Ooh-wee.

Now, with these rifles,
the Indians could wipe out

every white man
in this territory.

It's up to us to get them
through to Apache Wells.

And we will,

or else there will be
seven more dead troopers
lying in these hills.

Now, if we are overrun,

the last man alive
will light this fuse

and stay with this wagon
until it's blown to hell.

Are there any questions?

Good.

Sergeant, do you want me
to take the team?

Sure.

Go ahead, Bodine.

Hey.

I thought you said
we weren't going to go back
with this outfit.

You just relax, Barrett.

Just relax.

There's been
a change of plans.

I didn't tell you
to stop, Bodine.

But, Captain,
it's a long pull up that hill.
The horses are winded.

All right, dismount.

We'll rest here
for a minute.

[GRUNTS]

[HORSE WHINNIES]

Good shot, Barrett.

Come on, tie him up.

Now, the rest of you
keep those rifles pointed
right straight up in the air.

Now, me and Barrett
are taking off
with these rifles.

Don't worry.
We're not hogs.

These guns are worth plenty.
We might need some help.

Come on now.
The Captain didn't
offer you anything

when he asked you
to volunteer.

You go along with me,
I'll make you all rich.

You do that, and you'll sign
the death warrant of everybody
at Apache Wells.

Don't you worry about that.

These guns will make us
king of the mountain.

Higgins, what about you?
I know you like money.

Come on, you'll never have
another chance like this,

as long as you stick
with that uniform.

Eight dollars a month
don't pile up very fast.

[LAUGHS]

I knew you'd
see it my way.

Well, Fuller?

Oh, that's right.
Yeah, you'd rather,

rather have the Captain
chew your tail out
every day,

while you're waiting for
the Apaches to come along
and finish the job, huh?

You'll be running
the rest of your life, Fuller.

You'll have to change your
name and hide your face
wherever you go.

[LAUGHS]

How long do you think
he's been called Fuller?

That's right.

I changed my name
to get in the army.

I sure don't mind
changing it to get out.
Right, right.

And when we get to where
we're going, which is Mexico,

as soon as we cross
that border,

you can just call yourself
lucky when those senoritas

start swarming
all over you, huh.

[LAUGHS]

Kid,

how about
making it unanimous?

Oh, come on, now.

You sure don't want
to face your folks,

not after letting
your brother get killed.

What about them?

Can't just leave
them here to die.

BODINE: Ah, don't worry
about it.

We'll let them loose
before we leave.

They'll make their way back
all right.

Come on, kid.
You coming with us or not?

All right,

as long as you're
letting them go.

Pack those rifles
on the team.

We're heading
across country.

[GROANS]

I'd offer to take you
with us, Sergeant,

but you might slow us down.

[LAUGHS]

Damn you, Bodine.

[BODINE LAUGHS]

Well, Captain...

[SIGHS]

You've been top dog
for a long time.

You know,
there's an old saying,
"Every dog has its day."

[LAUGHS]

And I'm doing the barking now.

I thought that uniform
would do something
for any man that wore it,

even you, Bodine.

Well, it did something for me.

It got me just what
I've been waiting for.

A chance to turn traitor?

Well, I guess it's all
in the way you look at it.

You see, the uniform
I started out in was gray.

When I was captured at Shiloh,
they gave me a choice,

to rot in a stinking
Yankee prison camp,

or join you blue coats
fighting Indians.

You see, Captain, sir,
I'm sort of a galvanized
Yankee.

I don't have too much respect
for this blue outfit.

The kind of a man you are,
I don't imagine you had too
much loyalty for the gray one.

I'm going to tell you
something, Captain.

Changing uniforms
taught me one lesson.

A man only owes one loyalty,

to himself.

Come on, Bodine,
we're ready to go!

All right, head on out.
I'll be with you
in a minute.

Higgins, pick up
that loose stock.
All right.

BODINE: This is
your idea, Captain.

You ordered the last man
to stay with the wagon

till it was blown to hell.

[LAUGHS]

You're the last man.

See you in hell,
Captain, sir!

Sergeant?

Sergeant, can you hear me?

[STRAINING] Yes, sir,

I can hear you.

I can see, too.

Listen, I...

My rope's tied to the wagon,

but I don't think yours is.

Can you roll away
from here?

[GRUNTS]

[PANTING]

I'm sorry, sir.

I...

I can't make it.

Long way to
Apache Wells, Sergeant.

Think you can make it?

I sure don't want
to stay here, sir.

[PANTING]
You're going
to have to rest.

[PANTING]

Now, don't you go
passing out on me.

I won't pass out on you,
Captain.

Just keep talking to me.

I don't know why you don't
go ahead and leave me here
anyway. I'm...

I'm slowing you down.

I know how determined you are
to get those guns.

Now, you listen to me.

We'll make it back together,
or we won't make it at all.

You got more guts
than any man I ever knew.

It must have been
bred in you.

Not exactly.

Actually, I come from a long
line of losers, Sergeant.

As a matter of fact,
my family motto was

"If at first
you don't succeed,

"give up."

[LAUGHS]

You sure switched that
around somewhere.

I tried to,

when I was nine years old.

I'll never forget that.

Big old kid
knocked me down

and I just lay there.
Thought it'd be safer.

Until he kicked me.

[CHUCKLES]

Well, something must have
popped inside of me,

because I got up
and fought back

for the first time
in my life.

Kind of liked it.

Did you whip him?

No. No, he beat
the tar out of me.

But I learned
something, though.

We're all going to
die someday.

It's better to die
fighting than

lying with your face
in the dirt.

That sort of spirit sure
made a hell of a soldier
out of you.

Yeah.

I knew I wanted
the army when I was 15.

Ran away from home
to join up.

Clawed and scratched my way
through the ranks till I was
a topkick, like you.

Of course,

with my background,
if it hadn't been for the war,

I'd have never made officer.

I...

I won these bars
fighting in the field.

There's going to be
a star there someday, Captain.

There won't be
anything there

if I don't get
those rifles back.

Yes, sir.

Come on.

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

I'm sorry, Captain.

Looks like I'm going to
have to carry you.

[HORSE APPROACHES]

[HORSE SNORTS]

[GROANING]

Now look dead, will you?

You couldn't have found
a better decoy.

Here he comes.

[CAPTAIN COBURN GRUNTS]

Colonel Reed.

CAPTAIN COBURN: Get him
to the hospital tent.

Sergeant Walker, Captain?

Yes, sir.

The guns and the rest
of the men. Where are they?

We lost them, sir.

Step inside, Captain.

I want to see Captain Coburn.
Sorry, miss.
You can't see him now.

But I can't...

No, Captain.

I won't allow another
mission to leave here.

You said yourself the Tonto
Apaches were joining Cochise.
What does that mean?

It probably means
they're preparing
for an all-out attack.

Exactly. And they might
hit any time.

That's why we've got to
have those rifles.

I need every man here

to have even an outside chance
of defending this place.

I can't send
half my command off

on some wild goose chase now.

Then give me four men.
I'll get those rifles back.

You had 11
when you lost them.

That mean I can't go,
Colonel?

That's exactly what I mean.

You failed once, Captain,
and put us in deep trouble.

One more failure would mean
certain disaster.

Don't you understand?

We've got the fight of
our lives trying to
hold this place.

You see those people
out there?

They were all
depending on you.

They may all be dead
this time tomorrow.

But by God,
we'll go down fighting.

And you're asking me
to send more troopers?

What's the matter with you?

I'm relieving you
of your command, Captain.

You'll fight
when we're hit,

but you have no further
authority here.

If we survive, a court martial
will decide your future
in the army.

That will be all, Captain.

I said that will be all!

[CHILDREN CHATTERING
IN DISTANCE]

Ellen?

I'm sorry, Ellen. I...
I wanted to tell you myself,

try to make it
a little easier for you.

Easier?

Both my brothers are gone,
and you're going to make it
easier for me.

How?

You said you'd watch out
for them.

You promised
to bring them back.

Why didn't you?

Well, I tried.

When the Apaches hit, I tried
to put them in a safe place.

A safe place?

You're standing there
without a scratch,

yet both of my
brothers are dead,

and you left them
in a safe place?

Ellen, did the Sergeant
tell you?

Doug's not dead.
He's alive.

Oh, I don't believe you.
They're both dead.

No, they're not.

Well, then where is he?
Where is Doug?

He deserted,

but he is alive.

You're lying.

Doug would never desert.
He's too loyal.

Oh, I knew I shouldn't have
let him join the army.

He wasn't the kind
to make a good soldier.

He was so timid

and didn't like fighting.

He couldn't even stand
the sight of blood.

But he'd never desert
Mother and me.

It's true, Ellen.
He went with them.

Well, then they forced him
to go. They forced him!

If he's alive,
I know he'll be back.

Just as well
get that out of your mind.

He's not coming back.

Why?

Because he is a deserter!

And if he comes back,
he'll be shot.

Oh, you could,
couldn't you?

You could shoot
a poor, frightened boy.

Oh, it's funny how blind
I've been about you.

It's funny
I didn't see it long ago,

the way you force your men,

expecting them to be
as strong as you are.

Well, you're cruel, Bruce.

Cruel and brutal.

The way you beat up
that man coming up here.

You beat his face to a pulp
because he wanted a dipper
of water?

Oh, it's funny how I didn't
see then how truly
heartless you are.

Well, no wonder Doug ran off.

No wonder they all went.
You drove them to it.

They ran off
to get away from you!

Now, just a minute.

Maybe I did make a mistake.

But you might as well
hear all of the story.

Doug didn't desert
to get away from me.

He could have
saved Mike's life,
and he didn't do it.

He didn't want to
come back and face you.

That's why he deserted.

No.

[CRYING] No!

[CHILDREN GIGGLING]

NARRATOR: Coburn knew
that because of his failure,

the entire camp could be
overrun by the Apaches.

The Colonel had ordered him
confined to post.

But a heavy weight of guilt
made him decide

to disobey that order

and take the gamble
of going alone
after the guns.

Soldier?
Yes, sir?

I need your sidearm.

Would you mind
saddling the horse for me?
Yes, sir.

NARRATOR: The Captain hoped
to pick up the track of the
stolen rifles by daybreak.

He studied the trail
taken by the deserters.

At least he had a fresh horse
for the search ahead.

BODINE: Ho!

These old packhorses
have about had it.

No more than me.
Riding all night
through these mountains,

I bet we didn't
cover 10 miles.

That's right, Fuller.

We didn't run into
any Apaches, either.

Now, look, we're going
to hold up here

and hide our
valuable merchandise.

You keep talking
about how valuable
these rifles are.

I'm beginning to wonder
if we're going to live long
enough to cash them in.

You know what
your trouble is,
Higgins?

You don't have
any faith in me.

Yeah, that about
sums it up.

Give me a hand here.
Hold it up.

You treat all this stuff
with loving care, boys.

This here rifle
I'm holding

is worth $1,000
in pure, raw gold.

Ooh-wee!

Yeah, but worth's
one thing.
Getting's another.

Don't you worry
about that, Higgins.
I'll get it.

I'll get $1,000
apiece for these rifles,
maybe more.

You see, boys,
I'm a first-class salesman.

A traveling salesman.

This here is my sample case.

How far you traveling,
Bodine?

Oh, not too far.

My best customer is right up
in those hills somewhere.

Cochise?

That's right, boy.

Apache gold
is what I'm dealing for.

You said we were going to
sell those guns in Mexico.

What's the matter, sonny?

You getting cold feet?

Do you want to go back,

to a firing squad?

I'll be glad
to dump these rifles.

We can start making
better time.

Our next stop
will be Mexico,

where all those
senoritashang out.
[CHUCKLES]

Yeah, and old Cochise's
next stop

will be Apache Wells.

Well, I'm glad you boys
are beginning to appreciate

just how well I use
this head of mine.

HIGGINS: What are you
talking about?

The army is going to be
too busy fighting Cochise
to send anybody chasing us.

[LAUGHS]

You already got the army
wiped out and you ain't even
found Cochise yet.

Well, now, there you go
worrying again, Higgins.

I won't have to find him.
If I get close enough,
his braves will find me.

They'll probably
cut your throat before you
get a chance to talk to him.

BODINE: Oh, no.

This is my insurance.

He needs these guns
a lot more than
he needs my scalp.

Keep a sharp lookout.

Time enough to let down
after we close this deal
and get across the border.

Come on, let's go!

Sonny boy,

you take care
of the horses.

Listen, I'm going
to go up there and
pick me out a spot.

Why don't you all
get around the other side,

you know,
just in case?

Good idea.

[HORSE GRUNTING]

NARRATOR: The Captain
would have given anything
to get a crack at Bodine,

but recovering the guns
was his prime concern now.

Bodine was hurried up
into the mountains,

where Cochise waited
with a party of braves.

[SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE]

Soldier, you are
a very brave man,

or a fool.

Neither one.

I'm just a hunter
out after big game.

The hunter was captured
by the game he was seeking.

It's the only way I could get
to see the mighty Cochise.

The army insults me,
sending an underling
to parley.

Nobody sent me.
I came on my own.

The white eyes do not let
their soldiers ride alone
through the Chiricahuas.

[LAUGHS]

Nobody gave me permission
to come.

Then you deserter.

If you want to call it that.

A man who turns on his friends
cannot be trusted
by his enemies.

We will talk no more.

[SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE]

Now wait a minute!
Wait a minute!

I'm not asking you
to trust me.

[SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE]

[RIFLE CLICKING]

[RIFLE FIRES TWICE]

[RIFLE FIRES FOUR TIMES]

[SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE]

You have more of these?

Forty rifles.

Forty thousand in gold
if you want them.

Show me the rifles.

I am not like your people.
My word can be trusted.

When I see the rifles,

you will get the Apache gold
that means so much
to the white eyes.

[SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE]

NARRATOR: Coburn trailed the
deserters back to where they
stood guard over the guns,

waiting for Bodine's return.

[GUN FIRES]

BARRETT: Higgins,
get away from him!

Let me get a shot at him.

[MEN STRUGGLING]

MIKE: Now, let's go
get us an Apache.

DOUG: I'm scared, Mike.

I'm scared.

I never should have
joined the army.

BARRETT: Get out
of the way, Higgins!

CAPTAIN COBURN:
That's no excuse.

I've got no use
for a coward, Sergeant.

Captain...

Captain!

BARRETT: Get him off of me,
Higgins. Get him off of me!

Doug...

Let's get out of here.

That kid...

I should have known.

The guns!

Where are they?
Now, look!

[MAN SPEAKING
NATIVE LANGUAGE]

He say two men
ride away with horses.

We will follow.

But if this is a trick,
you will be
the first to die.

NARRATOR: Cochise knew
he must keep those rifles
from reaching the cavalry

at Apache Wells.

No use trying to outrun them,
dragging these packhorses.

Give me a hand,
will you, Doug?

Are we going to
fight them off here, sir?

We're going to try to slow
them down. It's up to you to
get these rifles on through.

I won't leave you
here alone, Captain.

You're going to
obey orders, soldier.

Yes, sir.

It sure feels good fighting on
the right side for a change.

Come on,
help me load these.

Yes, sir.

Better get going,
hadn't you, Doug?
Yes, sir.

[GRUNTS]

NARRATOR: With five guns,
Coburn hoped to buy
enough time

for Doug to get
to Apache Wells.

[RIFLE FIRING]

[RIFLE FIRE CONTINUES]

It's Coburn.

It's Coburn!

Wait a minute, Chief.
It's no trick.

I mean, I've got the same
rifle he has. I'll get him out
of there for you.

I'll get those rifles
for you!

At ease, soldier!

There are your rifles,
Colonel.

Break them out.

Issue one to each man.

Captain Coburn stayed behind
to fight off the Indians, sir.

Alone?
Yes, sir.

He wouldn't let me stay.
He...

He said it's the only way
we could get the guns through.

Could still be alive.

Corporal.

[RIFLE CLICKING]

Captain Coburn's
in trouble.

I need some volunteers.
Mount up!

Think you can ride, son?

[REVEILLEPLAYS]

Oh. Yes, sir!

Go get him.

Yes, sir!

[RIFLE FIRE CONTINUES]

[RIFLE CLICKS]

[BULLETS WHIZZING]

[RIFLE CLICKING]

[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]

[REVEILLEPLAYS]

[MEN WHOOPING]

[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]

[SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE]

NARRATOR: Bodine was caught
between the army
and hostile Apaches.

All he could do was try
to save his own hide now.

[YELLING]

[RIFLE FIRES]

[LAUGHS]

[STRAINING]
Yes... Yes, sir,

Captain, sir.

Captain Coburn?

Captain Coburn?

Everything's all right, Doug.

Everything's going
to be all right.

Ten-hut!

Forward!

Ho!

Go ahead, Doug.

Oh, Doug!

Good work, Captain.
For once I'm glad
you disobeyed orders.

So am I, sir.

The boy made the difference.

Go ahead, Captain.