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Wait till he sees this.

- Hey, Judge. - Yeah?

They got Jumbo Kane.

Judge: Let's take a look at this.

- He's still alive. - Sure is.

Where are you gonna lock him up this time, judge?

Remember what he said when he left?

Sheriff: Well, Randall, I see you earned your money.

I reckon.

Welcome back, Jumbo.

Get him off.

Take care of the horses.

Julie, send a telegraph message to Austin, will you?

Ask them to authorize Mr. Randall's bounty.

It'll take a couple hours.

I'll be in the bar.

Well, got you back, huh, Jumbo?

You lock him up good now.

We wouldn't want another escape.

I don't imagine you would.

Take it easy, Kane.

You can't hold me. I'll get out.

You just keep on thinking that.

Now get in there.

He doesn't seem to like you, does he?

I was the one who sentenced him to hang.

He will this time, too. You wait and see.

Are you really worth it, Mr. Randall?

Ma'am?

My father gets paid $40 a month

for capturing men like Jumbo Kane. $40.

You collect 1,000 for doing the same thing.

Yes, ma'am. That's why I do it.

What I don't understand is why he's still alive.

Don't you usually bring your men in dead?

Maybe he didn't keep his back turned long enough.

Well, now, I consider that a misfortune, Julie.

Killing Jumbo Kane would've been a public service.

Would have let you rest easier, too, wouldn't it, hmm?

I sentenced him to death,

and as far as I'm concerned, Mr. Randall,

you had every right to carry out the judgment of the court.

Thank you.

Long as Kane's alive,

he's a threat to every decent citizen of this town.

Take a good look at your lawman, all of you.

If you want him to keep on breathing,

you'll do just what I tell you to do.

I want a good horse

and free passage out of town.

And you better move fast.

He isn't gonna live much longer.

I'll make sure of that.

What do we do, Mr. Randall?

Offhand, I'd say you better have some more posters printed up.

That man's a killer.

We can't let him get away again.

We don't want the sheriff to die either, judge.

You got any idea what Jumbo would do if he gets out of there?

You heard him threaten me.

Come on, out there.

You haven't got all day.

This lawman isn't gonna last forever.

Must be some way we can get him.

Everything's on his side, judge.

He's got enough guns and ammunition in that office

to hold off an army.

Mr. Randall, you got him once.

Let me go!

Julie: Oh!

You don't care whether my father lives or dies.

He's bleeding to death in there,

and the whole town stands around arguing.

But, Miss Julie, we've got to have a plan.

You want Kane dead. That's all you care about.

But I want to see my father alive.

Now, hold on, Miss Julie.

There's no reason why we can't save your father

and keep Kane in custody, too.

We haven't got time to bargain with him.

Look, Mr. Randall, you can out-think and outshoot Kane.

You proved that by bringing him in.

If you think I'm gonna go in there

and try and bring him out by myself, you're crazy.

You're the only man in Rogue City who can do it.

Judge, please.

Look, let's give Kane his way.

Bring him his horse, let him come out of that building.

Most likely, he'll be using the sheriff as a shield at first,

but once he's mounted, he'll be a pure open target

for a few seconds, at least.

If he's smart, he'll want this whole street cleared.

Maybe, but a man with a good eye

shooting from across street there,

he could pick him right out of the saddle.

He'll know it's a trick.

Go on, Mr. Randall.

Find yourself a good sniping post.

He'll kill my father. I know he will.

He might do that anyway.

Look, Miss Julie, we got nothin' to lose.

All right, what do you say, Randall?

You willing to take a try?

Listen, you think you can keep that window busy there?

Mm-hmm.

You're on.

Let's go.

Kane, can you hear me?

Lift your head, Coogan.

Let's see if I can put a hole in it.

Be reasonable, Kane.

We're willing to go along with you the whole way.

Get a horse over here quick.

If you'll spare the sheriff's life,

you'll get the horse and your freedom.

Is that how you want it?

That's how I want it.

All right then. Bring on that animal.

How about putting a burr under his saddle? Then we start...

No tricks. There's no time.

Your horse is ready for you, Jumbo.

All right, Coogan.

I'll leave your sheriff right here,

but I still need a guarantee.

You got our word. That ought to be guarantee enough.

No, the lawman's out cold.

I want somebody that could walk, a hostage.

Another...

Don't be a fool, Jumbo.

I said another hostage,

and you better hurry up.

The sheriff's not gonna live forever.

Julie.

And this time hold onto her.

Be careful. You're gonna get me killed.

He won't hurt me.

All he cares about is getting away.

We stand here talking, my father will be dead.

For all we know, he could be dead right now.

He's still alive. I know it.

She's right, Judge. We can't take the chance.

All right then.

Kane wants another hostage.

Any volunteers?

I said I'd go.

Now, Julie...

Please, please. It's not fair to ask anybody else.

No dice, not her.

All right then. How about you?

Sure. I mean, if I wasn't a family man and all,

but I've got three kids.

Anyone else?

How about you, Judge? You ain't got no family.

Use your heaven-sent mind, man.

Kane would kill me right off,

and then you'd just have to begin all over again.

Look, we haven't got much longer.

Mr. Randall,

you've shown us that you're the one man in this town

who can handle himself with Kane.

Yeah, I wondered when you were gonna get around to that.

Well, an unattached young fella with no ties, a good fighting man...

Now, you're not careful, you're gonna flatter me to death.

Now listen to me.

As far as Kane is concerned, our business is finished.

You got a $1,000 bounty coming to you, Mr. Randall.

You wanna protect it, don't you?

I earned that $1,000 once.

I wouldn't want to have to do it again.

I'm gonna give you people two more minutes,

then I'm gonna put the sheriff out of his misery.

Judge, in my personal opinion, I'd give him what he wants.

Indeed we will.

We're giving him the hostage he asked for.

Take off the gun belt.

Judge, I don't know if we can...

Ask Julie.

Julie, what's more important, your father's life

or the life of a bounty hunter?

That doesn't even need an answer and you know it.

Stands to reason, Randall.

You got a better chance of coming out alive

than any of the rest of us.

So I'm your pigeon, huh?

It's either Kane's gun or ours.

Might as well do the noble thing.

Let's get going out there.

You might as well take this, too.

That's far enough, Randall.

All right. Take it easy, Kane.

No guns, no tricks, no nothin'.

Get closer to the door. Move slow.

Put your hands behind you.

Now turn around.

Now back in.

Who would have thought I'd be happy to see you again.

Yeah.

All right, how's the sheriff, huh?

Take a look.

How long's he been dead?

I got him with the first shot.

I have to admit, it worked out real good.

I've got me a living, breathing bounty hunter for a hostage.

Listen to me, Kane. If I...

Come on, bounty hunter.

We're going out in public.

You gonna take him with us, too?

They won't know he's dead until we're long gone.

You wanna keep that head,

you won't tell them any different.

Over there.

- Got 'em, Judge. - Good.

Tell him to hurry, please.

All right, Kane. You got your hostage.

How about our sheriff?

Jackson, here. Get across the street and take cover.

As soon as Kane's in the clear, start shooting.

Wait a minute, Judge.

You take a post right here. Be ready for him. You go with him.

That's not the way Kane wants it.

You gave him your promise.

But, honey, we've gotta save your daddy.

Right now that's all that matters.

What about Randall?

He might be caught in the line of fire.

It might turn out like that, yes.

But you answered it yourself.

Who's more important to this town,

our faithful sheriff or a bounty hunter

who hasn't done a thing for the citizens of Rogue City?

Mm-hmm. Randall's in the way, that's his hard luck.

When His Honor sentences a man to death,

he doesn't much care who goes along with him.

Coogan, tell them people

to pile their guns in the middle of the street.

Snipers ready?

Yeah.

Come on, Coogan. You haven't got all day.

All right!

Collect their guns and do as he says.

All right, Kane, we've done what you want.

Now what?

I want everybody in a tight, little bundle,

right where I can see 'em.

Start walking.

I don't think you're gonna make it, Kane.

Watch me.

Now, listen, there's rifles all over that street

and they're pointing this way, pal.

If they get me, they get you, too,

and if they don't, I will.

Yeah, well, I don't think it's gonna bother them too much.

You brought me here, remember?

You're a big hero in this crummy town.

Hmm.

Things have changed.

Judge: Hurry up, Kane. We're waiting for you.

Now, listen to me, Kane.

They want you dead,

but they want that sheriff alive.

They don't much care about me, you hear?

You're lying.

No, I'm not.

I said you were lying.

You try stepping outside just one time.

All right, let's go, Kane. We want the sheriff.

I'm afraid you're not doing so well, Kane.

One hostage is dead and I'm not gonna do you any good.

Shut up.

Why is he waiting so long?

He's afraid.

Of snipers?

No, he couldn't have seen them.

What then?

As long as my father is alive, he's got no reason...

You better face up to it, Miss Julie.

He's alive. He has to be.

Now, Kane's worried.

There could only be one good reason.

He doesn't want us to know that your father's dead.

All right. No need for caution now.

See those rifles over there?

Go and take a look.

They don't just point at you now.

They point at us.

You and me are on the same team.

We can use our guns freely now.

Wait, Judge, we have to be sure.

No question in my mind at all, Julie.

Kane's been lying to us.

The sheriff's dead and gone by now,

and I think it's high time

that we put a finish to the man who killed him.

There must be some way to get Randall out of there.

Not without maybe one of us being hit,

and there's no reason for that.

Kane's gonna kill him anyway.

Judge, this isn't a court of law.

You can't just condemn a man to death because you...

That's what Kane did to Julie's father.

Yes, but you're not sure.

He may still be alive in there.

Miss Julie, I know just how you feel. Now I think the best thing...

Mr. Randall?

Mr. Randall, can you hear me?

You stay away from here!

Is my father alive or dead?

I want the truth.

Julie, he wouldn't dare to say it.

Kane would kill him before he could get the words out.

The truth, Mr. Randall! I've got to know.

Don't get noble.

Truth or no truth, they'll sell you out.

You know they will.

If I tell 'em the sheriff's alive?

At least we'll have a chance

as long as they think he's alive.

I might be able to wangle a deal.

Answer me, Mr. Randall, please.

In other words,

I tell 'em the sheriff's dead,

I'm on their side, huh?

They'll cut you to pieces to get to me.

You said so yourself.

If I tell them the sheriff's alive,

that puts me on your side.

Hmm.

Either way I end up with dirt in my face, right?

Be smart, Randall.

As long as they think he's still breathing,

we have a chance.

Julie: Mr. Randall!

Go on. Answer her.

Go ahead.

He's dead, and he's been dead all along.

Julie.

Julie, I'm truly sorry.

There's no need to hang back now.

Get up. Get up!

All right, hold your fire.

Let's organize this thing and finish it right.

Judge, we can't kill Randall.

Since when do you carry a flag for bounty hunters?

He could've lied about my father,

saved himself,

but he didn't.

He told the truth.

How often does a foot-scrapin' bounty man

get a chance to die a hero's death?

A martyr's death. There's a difference.

Being a martyr is better than being a bounty hunter.

Being alive is better than being dead.

Would you say that about Jumbo Kane, too?

All right, you men.

He'll be returning your fire.

When he does, I want a bullet

in every square inch of that office.

Here's your sheriff.

He's alive, you hear that?

Randall was lying. He's still alive.

He's livin' and breathin'.

If you don't believe it, come here and get him.

Julie.

Here's your father. Look him over.

Let go!

Yeah, he's dead.

Get these things off me.

Mr. Randall,

we owe you a very large debt of gratitude.

You owe me $1,000. That's what you owe me.

I'll do more than that.

Rogue City needs a new lawman,

and I think the whole town will agree

there's nobody better fit for the job than you.

Am I right, Tom?

Yeah, sure, Judge, sure.

There you are, son.

The job's yours.

Randall, I know how you feel.

I can't honestly say I blame you.

That's nice of you.

I wish I knew how to apologize.

Uh-huh.

This town isn't as bad as all that.

You ought to stay around.

You got friends here.

Depends what you mean by friends.

Sometimes an enemy is a lot easier to recognize.