Original subtitles

[laughter] Bat: there's a reason they Called it the wild west.

Where is chacon? Mossman: slipped back across The border again.

Murphy: where the rangers can't Follow.

Mossman: I'll be ready.

Whoa, whoa...

Alvord: you want me take you

All the way into mexico

And parade you in front Of augustine chacon?

Chacon: I don't ride with men I can't rely on.

Kill him for me.

♪

[cocks gun]

[train whistle]

Bat, v/o: I was just a young man When I first headed west.

In the years that followed I Became a cowboy,

A gunslinger, and even served As sheriff of dodge city,

One of the most lawless Towns in the country.

My name is bat masterson.

Now, I'm a reporter And I've come west again

To chronicle the world that I know best.

The american west.

Lure of gold, land, Destiny...

Flooded the frontier With men, both good and bad.

These are the incredible True tales of the wild west.

♪

♪

Prisoner: I'm innocent.

♪

♪

It really is you?

I don't get many Letters from convicts.

♪

I didn't think You'd show.

I'd have tidied Up a bit.

Burt alvord.

Couldn't place The name.

So I did somedigging.

For a sheriff's deputy With a crooked reputation.

But when you put down The badge,

You crossed the line.

Yeah well, not every Man can afford

An honest living.

Your letter said you had A story worth hearing.

♪

What do you know About augustine chacon?

I know he was the Terror of the borderlands.

Yeah.

He killed some 30 men.

And I was there When they got him.

You were working For chacon.

Well no, No, not exactly.

I was working for Captain burton mossman.

See if you can Place that name.

There's been plenty Written about him

And his arizona rangers.

Yeah, well... But see,

Them stories? See, they're missing

A few sticky details.

Like how I helped Make him famous.

You looking to tell Your story?

Or rewrite history?

♪

Well, I just thought You'd want to know the truth.

♪

All right, alvord.

♪

I'm listening.

You called chacon A terror.

You don't know The half of it.

No, no, please.

You should have run, amigo.

[becker whimpering] This is what happens When you play the hero.

[laughter]

Deputy salcido: becker, are you In there?

♪

Paul becker?

Everything all right?

[speaking spanish]

♪

[cocks gun]

♪

Deputy salcido: paul?

Thought I heard something.

Becker: run, deputy!

[gunshots]

[gunshot]

[laughter]

You don't have To do this.

I have a wife.

[gunshot]

♪

♪

Whoa.

♪

Hey. What do you think you're Doing?

Easy, sheriff.

We're on the same side.

Burton mossman. I'm with the rangers.

Put him in there.

Didn't want people To see.

You rangers...

You were supposed To stop this.

♪

♪

Murphy: where is chacon?

Where is he captain?

He's gone, governor.

Slipped back across The border again.

Back into mexico.

Where the rangers Can't follow.

We won't see Chacon for a long time.

But when he crosses North,

I'll be ready.

No.

You won't, mossman.

Sir?

After this...

They're going to hound Me out of office.

I reckon you'll Be next.

All them outlaws You rounded up

This past year?

It won't matter.

'cause we just couldn't Catch the big one.

♪

♪

I'll spare them The trouble.

[slams badge]

♪

Bat: what did mossman Hope to do without a badge?

Alvord: well, I mean, There wasn't much

He could do with A badge.

Every time chacon felt Like the law was closing in,

He would just slither right back Across the border like...

Like a ghost.

Yeah.

Like a ghost.

And all the poor ranger Could do is

Sit on his side of the line And watch and wait.

But a private citizen,

That was the captain's Thinking.

Where do you figure Into all this?

♪

Well...

To hunt a man Like chacon

Need to cross that Line with him.

♪

[hoofbeats]

♪

♪

[hammering]

♪

Whoa, whoa...

Easy.

[wild west chronicle theme] ♪

♪

I'll give you 10 seconds,

Turn tail and run.

You burt alvord?

Who's asking?

Burton mossman, Arizona rangers.

♪

You kill me now,

You're gonna spend The rest of your life

Looking over your shoulder.

I'm used to it, Ranger.

What if I told you, I could fix that.

Make all your problems Go away.

I'd say you made An error in judgment.

You'll be making a bigger one If you don't hear me out.

♪

How did you find Me?

Known about your Hideout for a while, alvord.

There are only two Gangs left standing.

Your small operation...

I don't know About small.

And the one I'm really after...

Augustine chacon.

Listen...

Ain't nobody Knows chacon.

I did a few jobs With him, sure.

I ain't no killer.

That's the only reason I'm making you this offer.

Take me to him.

There's a reward In it for you.

$12,000.

And I'll fix your Record with the governor.

Listen...

You want me to Take you,

An arizona ranger,

Into mexico and parade you

In front of Augustine chacon?

That right?

Are you outside Of your mind?

A ranger can't cross The border.

You'll be bringing A yankee rustler

Named mangers.

You'll convince chacon To hire me on.

You'll stick to That story.

And if I don't?

Well...

It's been a long time Since you

Useful to anyone.

♪

$12,000.

And you get togo home.

See your wife.

♪

Bat: you had a family?

Alvord: have.

I have a wife.

She didn't see me Much back then and

Now I-

All the money I Stole, I used to

Send some back To her to make sure

She never wanted For nothing.

Is that what you Told yourself?

Why don't you try Keepin' a home

On a deputy's pay.

I risked my neck For the law

And the law Passed me over.

And here you were,

Working with the rangers.

♪

What did you make Of mossman's plan?

♪

Well, I thought it Sounded like a

Great way to get Us killed.

♪

♪

♪

You still look like A ranger to me,

You'll look like One to him.

You better convince Him otherwise.

'cause if we don't Get chacon...

You don't get That money.

Captain...

If we don't Get chacon...

You ain't gonna See this side

Of the border again.

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Alvord: wait here.

♪

Senor chacon.

Calmate, morales.

Mr. Alvord.

Welcome back to mexico.

Gracias, senor.

There's a fella here To see you.

By the name of mangers.

Wants to talk business.

♪

Chacon: what an occasion.

Two gringos.

What have you to offer me?

Mossman: horses.

There's a ranch a day's ride From here,

Finest herd you ever seen.

Ours for the taking.

I'd like to cut You in, mr. Chacon.

♪

Your face, mr. Mangers.

You're not so easy to read.

♪

If you say so.

And I like a man who is What he is.

Take pablo here.

When you look at him, What do you see?

A horse thief?

A bank robber.

Even a murderer.

[laughter]

But take a closer look.

Do you know what I see?

♪

I see a cheat.

♪

No chacon, no. No chacon.

Por favor.

Kill him for me.

Senor, senor, no, No, no...

I don't kill unless I got no other choice.

I don't ride with men I can't rely on.

Show me.

♪

Chacon, no.

Por favor. Senor.

[speaking spanish]

[wild west chronicles Theme] ♪

♪

Chacon: kill him for me.

[speaking spanish]

♪

[speaking spanish]

♪

[gun clicks empty] Ah!

[laughter]

Muy bien, amigo.

[laughter]

You did great.

Like abraham on The mountain.

[laughter]

No! [gunshot]

[body falls to floor]

[laughter]

♪

[glasses clink]

♪

This mean we're In business?

Now...

We can ride.

Vamos.

[footsteps]

♪

So you...

You were just gonna Shoot him like a dog?

Man like that...

He'd never hand a Loaded gun to a stranger.

♪

♪

I couldn't tell Which one was crazier.

Chacon or mossman.

Were you having Second thoughts?

12,000 and a Clean slate.

That's a lot to Walk away from.

Well...

You tell me, Mr. Masterson,

You ever sat across From a murderer?

And lied right To his face?

Now, what good would All that money

Be to a dead man?

♪

There's only a couple Hands at the ranch.

I know 'em, I've cut 'em in.

I've got a buyer that's Gonna meet us here

In three days.

A well connected man.

Strange I never heard Of you before.

Good business ain't Always loud business.

♪

[coyote howling]

[laughter]

Lobos.

[wolves howling]

Alvord: sound awful close, Don't they?

[laughter]

They'll hunt their prey For miles.

Once they get the scent, They won't stop.

[laughter]

[chacon howling]

[laughter]

Don't worry, amigo.

You're in my pack, now.

[laughter]

[chacon howling]

[laughter]

♪

We need to talk. - no.

Get back there and Quit acting jumpy.

I did my part. I brought you to chacon,

Got you ganged up Like you wanted.

Job's not done.

When we bring him back Across the border in cuffs,

Then you'll get Your reward.

I'd rather keepmy skin.

I'm done jawin'.

You ain't even A ranger no more.

What do you want With this

Alvord...

If he don't get Back there,

Chacon'll be the least Of your worries.

♪

[wild west chronicles theme] ♪

♪

[slaps hand] [cocks gun]

♪

Our friend alvord Skipped out last night.

Probably got homesick.

[laughter]

He won't get very far.

I sent franco after him.

To tell you the truth, None of this smells right.

It never did.

♪

Last chance to come Clean, gringo.

♪

Who are you?

♪

I sure could use One of those.

♪

Give me one.

I'll tell ya.

♪

♪

[coal sizzles]

[laughter]

♪

Who am I?

Hmmm...

I'm a ranger.

[smacks stick]

[stabs henchman] [groaning]

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

Mossman: stop!

Or I will kill you.

Augustine chacon, You are under arrest.

I'm burt mossman, Arizona rangers,

And you're coming With me.

No, no. - get down!

- you can't do this To me here.

Not in my country.

Oh.

No say?

All's I know...

You're gonna hang In mine.

♪

Chacon finally made His appointment

With the hangman.

Justice was served.

With my help,

Yes it was.

But what was My reward?

I never saw a red cent.

And them rangers Hounded me for years

Until they put me In here.

You had your chance,alvord.

And you squandered it.

♪

Oh yeah,

You used to be A tin star yourself.

Once I picked a side, I stuck to it.

♪

Burt alvord served two years In the yuma prison.

He was last seen in 1910, Working on the panama canal.

♪

After leaving the arizona Rangers,

Burton mossman became A rancher.

He died in new mexico In 1956.

♪

Are you gonna put My version

Of the story In your paper?

It wouldn't changethings.

You're not going Anywhere.

I was hoping that...

One day...

My wife might read it

And know that I did

Something useful.

♪

If...

My editor decides to Run your story,

I'll see you get a copy.

♪

Mr. Reporter.

I got a story for you too.

- I'm innocent.

I'm telling you I'm innocent!

I was framed! I didn't kill him.

[door slams]