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See who it is, will you, son?

Hello, Madge.

Do you know what time it is, son?

Or what night it is?

Oh.

The dance at Four Corners.

I'm sorry, Madge. I forgot all about it.

You can put the blame on me for keeping him late, Madge.

I got behind on a job of work and, well...

Business before pleasure, you know.

Of course, Mr. Bradley.

It's quite all right.

I think Tony Egan won't be too busy to take me. No, you just wait a minute.

You're not going anyplace with Tony Egan as long as we're engaged.

Well, it seems to me you're not engaged to anything but your father's shop.

If she'd sooner go with Tony, let her.

I would have thought she liked Tony better than you anyhow.

I was sorry.

Tony!

Hi, Madge.

Would you take me to the dance at Four Corners?

Sure, get in.

You stay away from him. You're not going anyplace with that rich... Take your

hands off those horses.

I'm telling you, Madge.

How you bring him in is not my concern.

You turn him over to me and you get the thousand dollars.

Well, what makes you think this man Egan's in Stingray?

He's been seen.

Mind now, I'm not saying that's where you'll find him, but it's the place to

start.

I'm on the question.

How many of the bounty hunters do you figure I'm putting on this job?

As many as it takes to bring Egan to me.

Whoever brings him in.

Gets the $1 ,000.

Well, as long as you don't go that far with him, why don't you just put out a

straight warrant, pose it, and just let it go at that?

For Egan to see and know he's being hunted?

Don't be stupid, Randall.

Well, are you interested?

Mm -hmm.

As long as you get the $1 ,000.

You let me worry about that.

Take care of yourself.

Battleship, not horses.

Well, excuse me all the pieces, but seeing that contraption there, I mistook

for a battleship.

That's nice.

Just as well you didn't tie into those fellows, Mr. Randall.

With the marshal gone, they just about got this town treed.

Right.

Not saying they'd have treed you.

Only, there's not many folks hereabouts who would lift a finger to help a bounty

man.

It's been a spell since you were here last.

Stopping over?

Passing through.

Humble pardon, mister. Now, you look like a nice friendly fellow. I was

wondering if maybe you'd settle a little argument for us.

Now, the boys here say that this here is real silver, but I say it's a little

tin trademark.

But you lose.

Let's find out who's a liar, huh?

Do that again and I'll break your arm.

Seems like somebody ought to give him a hand.

You hit hard with that thing.

How good can you shoot with it, friend?

Good enough, friend.

Well, like the man says, you ask a foolish question.

You buy a drink?

Some other time.

Sure. No hard feelings.

No hard feelings.

Come on.

I'm thankful for your help.

Don't thank me. I don't want any part of it.

Well, neither did I, but... Thanks anyway, Mr.

Randall. I know that name.

Yeah, you're the bounty hunter.

Look, I've had a long, hard ride, and I'm tired.

Hey, don't get your back up.

I'm sort of an outcast myself.

Name's Tony Egan.

Egan?

You ever been in a town called Spoonhandle?

Sure.

Born and raised there. Why?

Give me your gun. Putt first.

There's a thousand dollars on your head.

Oh, you gotta be mistaken.

Sorry, my friend, but... Who was it that hired you?

A man named Bradley.

Oh, the accident, huh?

That's why he's after me.

Were he and Paul hurt bad?

The old man was pretty bad smashed up, but that's not why he wants you.

Then why?

Says you killed his son.

I knew that Paul was hurt bad, but I didn't know he was dead.

You should have made your business to find out.

What I don't understand is, if he is dead, why isn't the law after me?

Look, I don't know anything about that. All I know is old man Bradley paid me $1

,000 to bring you in.

That's what I'm doing.

You seem to be a dedicated man.

Almost as much as Tate Bradley.

Yeah? How's he so dedicated?

Hate for me, I'd say.

You've got good reason, you know.

Oh, I won't deny that.

But it goes back a long time before the accident.

I never quite understood why.

Maybe it's because, well, he always had to work hard for his money.

And I inherited mine.

Any man that has to sprint hates a man that squanders.

And I guess this accident...

Well, it's going to give him a chance to nail me to the wall.

Well, Bradley said there wasn't exactly an accident.

No, I don't suppose he would.

I already had a reputation for being reckless.

And I was drunk.

Well, just offhand, I'd say that anything you wanted to do, you had

But believe me, I didn't know that Paul was dead.

Well, like I said before, you should have made it your business to find out.

I probably would have, sooner or later.

The way it is, it's going to be sooner.

And somehow, I'm kind of glad to get it over with.

Well, I hope you stick to it, Egan.

The last time I talked to the old man.

You won't be satisfied until you hang.

I just heard you were back at work, Mr. Bradley.

I wanted to welcome you home.

Welcome home to what?

To a shop without a son?

To the headstone on his grave?

To a town that don't even care enough to punish his killer?

Well, he'll be punished.

May cost me everything I've got, but he'll be punished.

You don't really mean that, Mr. Bradley.

I put a bounty on him.

A thousand dollars, dead or alive.

Why?

Tony Egan killed my son.

And I'm going to see that he pays for it.

Will that bring Paul back?

Mr. Bradley?

At least he'll rest easier knowing that Egan is dead.

No, he won't.

Paul wasn't like you.

Getting Egan won't make him rest easier.

All right, then I'll rest easier.

Witnesses saw what happened that night.

You know Tony won't be punished for an accident.

It wasn't an accident.

And I'll prove that if I have to.

You're hoping that he's not brought back alive.

That's why you put the price on his head.

You want some bounty hunter to kill him for you. That's it, isn't it?

You've always hated Tony.

Was it because he wasn't like Paul?

I'll tell you why I hated him.

Because you always liked Tony better than Paul.

And Paul was killed looking for you.

And if the only way I can get back at you is through Tony Egan, that's how

be. You're wrong, Mr. Bradley.

I don't want to hear any more from you.

What's going on out there?

It's Tony.

Somebody's brought him back.

Alive?

Get those handcuffs off him.

He's no criminal.

I don't know about that, but I was paid to bring the man in. That's what I'm

doing. You should have done some checking around before you took the job.

So far as we're concerned, the whole thing was an accident.

Old man Bradley's got it in for Tony.

That's why he's making us stink.

None of my business.

It's gonna be, mister.

You've done Tony no favor bringing him in.

The town isn't pushing anything, said you.

Now take off those handcuffs.

Yes, sir.

You wouldn't have to know if Mr. Bradley's back from that hospital

would you?

You'll find him in his shop.

Matt,

I'm sorry.

I didn't know about Paul.

You, uh, you coming?

Sam, do you think we'd better go in?

I give you my word, Mr. Bradley, I didn't even realize... You call yourself

bounty hunter?

Sure. You should have brought him in dead.

Oh, now, wait a minute, Mr. Bradley.

No, you'll wait.

You won't get paid until Egan is tried and hung.

But I've been trying to explain... You shut up!

You killed my son and left me like this for the rest of my life.

Mr. Bradley, it was an accident.

I didn't know.

Then why did you run?

I said it was intentional.

I'm going to file charges.

Now lock him up. Oh, come on, Mr. Bradley.

You know you can't make that stand up.

Oh, look, Hatcher.

I'm a citizen and a taxpayer in this town.

I'm willing to file a murder charge against Egan.

Now are you going to lock him up or do I have to go to the state government?

Sorry, Tony.

I understand the way you feel.

But you'd like to get paid?

Yeah.

You'll get paid when Egan hangs.

No, he's not going to hang.

I don't care how he dies, long as he does.

Look, Mr. Bradley, you're going to pay me.

And I'm going to stay here in town until you do.

Yeah, suit yourself, Randall.

But you staying around, you're liable to end up the same way as Egan.

And that's going to be dead.

I see you're busy.

I've got a hungry horse here. How much for feed and stall by the day?

You're the fellow who brought Tony Egan in, ain't you?

Uh -huh. And he don't like me, right?

Yeah, nobody in this town does.

Especially when he collects on somebody we like.

Well, if it makes you feel any better, I haven't collected yet.

Yeah, and that don't change things.

If I was you, I wouldn't go past no dark alleys.

Well, I'll try and remember that.

How much for the feed and stall?

All right, we're all filled up.

Let me ask you a reasonable question.

A horse isn't responsible for who rides him. You've got to still let this horse

go hungry for something he can't help. Hmm?

Well, feed and stall is two dollars a day.

Two dollars?

Sixty -five cents.

Can you drink it over in the corner, away from the decent customers?

I did.

Changed my mind.

Hey, uh, let me ask you something, Sheriff.

He left that badge off and went ahead and did your job. Would you tell him to

pay you?

I guess so.

Why?

Bradley hired me to do a job.

I'd kind of like to get paid.

Randall!

I'm giving you five hours to ride out.

If you're still here by dark, I won't be responsible for any accident that might

happen to you.

Well, I'll try not to be too big a target.

Look, Mr. Brad, I want that money and I want it quick.

I got to get out of town by 9 o 'clock tonight or me and that sheriff's gonna

round and round, you know?

That puts you in something of a fix, doesn't it?

Look, I'll tell you what.

I'll pay you double if you'll deliver Egan from jail.

That's all.

No killing. Just turn him over to me.

I'll take care of the rest.

Sick man, Mr. Bradley, and you need a doctor.

I'll kid you for saying that. Do you hear?

You'll be a dead man before nine o 'clock.

Oh.

Sheriff told me he was leaving, so I figured I'd save time by getting him

for travel.

Yeah, well, I wonder if this town doesn't need a newspaper.

Well, you are leaving, ain't you?

Yeah. Yeah, I guess I am at that.

Not a thousand dollars in the world worth as much trouble as I've been

Yeah, come right down to it. We don't need people like you in this town.

Say, you mind if I ask you something?

Why ain't anybody mad at this Bradley fellow? He's the man that hired me.

None of us are happy about what he did, but we can understand that.

He'll get what's coming to him at the right time.

Meanwhile, you take my advice and ride out.

And don't stop. Turn around on the way.

That's the only question I ask.

Is it wrong for a father to mourn his son?

Is it unnatural?

A lot of you know the way I feel.

A lot of you have suffered the same way.

You, Ben, when the typhoid took your Joe, you remember how you felt?

All the... all the sorrow and the emptiness inside?

The anger at the thing that killed him?

A polluted well?

You destroyed that well, Ben, so that nobody else's son would ever get typhoid

from it.

Now I ask you, I ask all of you, are you going to stand there like

statues or are you going to help me do what any of you do if you lost a son?

Right in there is the thing that killed my Paul, Tony Egan.

A worthless killer who struck him down and left him lying in the dirt.

Left him in the street dead.

And me, a cripple for life.

Are you going to drag him out of there for me and hang him?

Are you?

I'll do, Mr. Bradley.

It's all over, folks.

Go on home.

No, you can't.

I won't be stopped.

I won't.

Take off that belt.

Drop it.

You're crazy, Bradley.

Drop it.

I'm warning you, you go through with this, you'll hang.

Cripple or no cripple, you'll hang.

You stay there where you are. Mr.

Bradley, please be sensible.

You.

It was always you and Tony.

You're responsible, the both of you.

Now look, why don't you just settle down, Mr. Bradley?

Out of my way, bounty hunter!

Not enough to me and my family.

Mr. Bradley, I... I tried to make you understand.

Tony and I were only friends.

I never loved anybody but Paul.

I'll do.

I know you don't like this town, but thanks anyhow.

It's been gratitude.

I'd still like to get that thousand dollars.

You asking me to pay it?

Well, now that you mention it, it's not a bad idea, is it?

You know, I almost found myself liking you.

But I think you're just too dedicated to money.

No thousand dollars, huh?

No.

I'll buy you a drink.

That's all.

Just one two -bit drink.

They cost 65 cents.

Oh, the price will come down.

Folks in town here, well, they're friends of mine.

We'll, uh, let's forget it, Chris.

I don't like your friends.