Original subtitles

Man: WHAT DO I CALL YOU, ANYWAY?

Caine: CALL ME BROTHER.

CALL ME KWAI CHANG.

WELL, KWAI CHANG'S A LITTLE FUNNY ON MY TONGUE.

WHEN I WAS A KID, I ALWAYS WANTED A BROTHER.

NEVER HAD ANYBODY EXCEPT MY GRANDFATHER...

OUR GRANDFATHER.

OUR GRANDFATHER COULD NOT STAND THE THOUGHT

OF HIS SON TO HAVE A CHINESE WIFE...

OR A HALF-BREED CHILD.

I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF A SORE SPOT WITH YOU.

OH, IT IS IN THE PAST.

THEY ARE ALL DEAD.

WELL, THE CAINES ARE ALMOST GONE.

THERE ARE 3 OF US.

YEP. YOU AND ME AND ZEKE.

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO FIND

THIS HOUSE OF GENERAL CANTRELL IN SAN FRANCISCO?

I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT PLACE.

SOME OF THE MOST MISERABLE MOMENTS OF MY LIFE

WERE SPENT WITH THE OLD GENERAL.

TELLONIA TOLD ME OF HER LIFE WITH YOU.

IT WASN'T A LIFE AT ALL.

THE GENERAL SAW TO THAT.

TELLONIA NEVER STOOD A CHANCE WITH HIM.

NOW SHE'S DEAD.

A GOOD DEATH.

WHAT COULD BE GOOD ABOUT DYING?

SHE DIED... THAT HER SON...

MIGHT LIVE.

THE POOR KID NEVER EVEN GOT A CHANCE TO KNOW HIS MOTHER.

I'LL PROMISE YOU ONE THING--

CANTRELL'S RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO THAT BOY

AND I'M NOT GONNA LET HIM HAVE HIM.

HE'S NOT GONNA SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE WITH THAT OLD...SNAKE.

WE COULD PICK THEM OFF FROM HERE.

IT'S TOO FAR.

YOU MISS AND GIVE THEM WARNING

AND WE'VE LOST THEM AND THE REWARD.

Master Kan: YOUR TREAD MUST BE LIGHT AND SURE

AS THOUGH YOUR PATH WERE UPON RICE PAPER.

IT IS SAID A SHAOLIN PRIEST CAN WALK THROUGH WALLS.

LOOKED FOR, HE CANNOT BE SEEN.

LISTENED FOR, HE CANNOT BE HEARD.

TOUCHED, HE CANNOT BE FELT.

THIS RICE PAPER IS THE TEST--

FRAGILE AS THE WINGS OF THE DRAGONFLY

CLINGING AS A COCOON OF THE SILKWORM.

WHEN YOU CAN WALK ITS LENGTH AND LEAVE NO TRACE

YOU WILL HAVE LEARNED.

I'M TIRED OF THIS TREKKING.

LET'S MOVE IN AND FINISH THEM OFF?

I'M NOT TOO ANXIOUS TO TANGLE WITH THAT BAREFOOT ONE.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SET UP A CROSSFIRE.

WE'LL TAKE DANNY CAINE.

YOU TWO GET THE OTHER ONE.

THEN YOU'LL TELL CORBINO YOU KILLED DANNY CAINE

AND CUT US OUT OF THE REWARD.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

UGH!

HEY!

THE REWARD SPLITS BETTER 2 WAYS.

NO GUN. DON'T EVEN HAVE A JACKKNIFE.

HELLO, DANNY.

YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD.

ARE YOU ALRIGHT?

YEAH, I'M ALRIGHT.

SAY, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT... THAT STUFF YOU DO

THAT'S QUITE A SIGHT.

WHERE'D YOU LEARN TO DO ALL THAT?

IN CHINA.

I AM A SHAOLIN PRIEST.

HA! PRIEST?

DOES THAT MEAN, UH... NO HIGH LIVING

NO WOMEN, DRINKING, GAMBLING?

OUR LIFE IS NOT ONE OF RESTRICTIONS.

I AM A MAN LIKE ANY OTHER.

OH, THAT'S GOOD.

I WAS WONDERING IF I WAS GONNA HAVE TO WATCH MYSELF AROUND YOU.

LOOK AT THAT. WHAT ABOUT THIS LUCK, HUH?

A MINUTE AGO, I WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT NOT HAVING A HORSE NOR GUN.

NOW WE'VE GOT BOTH. WE'RE REALLY IN BUSINESS.

I DO NOT NEED THIS.

OH, COME ON, NOW.

YOU'RE GOOD. I MEAN, I SAW THAT, BUT NOBODY'S THAT GOOD.

I DO NOT NEED A GUN.

WHAT'S THE MATTER? YOU SCARED OF IT?

NO.

WELL, THEN DO ME A FAVOR

AND HOLD IT FOR ME, WILL YOU?

THANK YOU.

HERE. LET'S GO.

I DO NOT RIDE HORSES.

THERE'S NOTHING TO IT. I CAN SHOW YOU IN JUST A MINUTE.

I DO NOT WISH TO RIDE.

THEY SURE DO THINGS DIFFERENT THERE

WHERE YOU COME FROM IN CHINA, HUH?

THEY...RIDE HORSES.

WELL, THEN LET'S MOUNT UP.

I DO NOT WISH TO BE A BURDEN TO THE HORSE.

HA HA HA! WELL, THAT'S WHAT HORSES ARE FOR.

I CAN WALK.

ZEKE'S IN SAN FRANCISCO.

I WANT HIM NOW.

I DON'T WANT HIM NEXT WEEK SOMETIME WHEN YOU GET THERE.

ZEKE HAS GIVEN HIS WORD TO STAY WITH HIS GRANDFATHER.

WELL, HERE'S MY WORD, BROTHER.

THAT GRANDFATHER OF HIS MADE ME MISERABLE

FROM THE FIRST TIME I EVER LAID EYES ON HIM.

HE'S NOT GOING TO DO THE SAME THING TO MY BOY. YOU GONNA RIDE WITH ME OR WHAT?

FORGIVE ME.

General: WELL, WE'RE HOME, ZEKE.

THIS IS WHERE YOUR MOTHER GREW UP--MY HOUSE.

YOUR HOUSE NOW.

-WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT? -THE BIGGEST HOUSE I EVER SAW.

HA HA HA! YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I COME HOME

I ALWAYS REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I RODE UP TO THIS PLACE.

I WAS A YOUNG MAN THEN

BUT I MADE ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE IT MY OWN.

IT FELT GOOD.

HOW DO YOU FEEL?

ALRIGHT.

I KNOW YOU MUST HAVE MIXED FEELINGS.

I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVED YOUR FATHER.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY, GRANDFATHER.

I'LL KEEP MY END OF THE BARGAIN.

I MERELY WISHED YOU COULD HAVE JOINED ME IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.

YOU MEAN OF MY OWN FREE WILL?

YES, BUT YOU'RE HERE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE HERE

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT COUNTS, ISN'T IT?

MY FATHER'S STILL ALIVE, ISN'T HE?

I DON'T KNOW, ZEKE.

A MAN LIKE DANNY CAINE RUNS A RISKY LIFE.

WELL, KWAI CHANG WILL SEE TO IT. I TRUST HIM.

ZEKE...WE GOT TO SETTLE SOMETHING RIGHT NOW--

AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN 2 GENTLEMEN.

IF I KNOW DANNY CAINE AND IF HE'S STILL ALIVE

HE'S GONNA TURN UP IN YOUR LIFE AGAIN.

I'LL KEEP MY WORD.

GOOD. GOOD!

GOOD BOY!

HA HA HA!

GENERAL CANTRELL, SIR. WELCOME HOME.

I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU, SIR.

HELLO, HENRY.

Henry: RUN TO THE KITCHEN.

TELL THEM THE GENERAL'S HOME

TO SET THE WATER BOILING FOR A BATH.

AND OPEN THE BEDROOM OF THE SOUTH WING FOR MY GRANDSON

FOR ZEKE CAINE, FOR THE NEXT MASTER OF THIS HOUSE.

HMM... WELCOME...

MASTER ZEKE.

Danny: WHAT BROUGHT YOU OUT HERE, THE GOLD FIELDS?

NO.

YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OUR GRANDFATHER, HUH?

I DID NOT KNOW I HAD A GRANDFATHER TILL I CAME HERE.

WELL, UH...

I MEAN, YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT ME, YOUR OLD BROTHER.

I'VE BEEN IN A FEW TIGHT PLACES

RUNNING AROUND WITH A PRICE ON MY HEAD.

WHATEVER BROUGHT YOU ALL THE WAY FROM CHINA COULDN'T BE

AS BAD AS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.

I KILLED THE NEPHEW OF THE EMPEROR.

THE NEPHEW OF THE EMPEROR?

YES.

HMM...

WELL, I CAN'T TOP THAT, I GUESS.

IT IS NOT AN ACHIEVEMENT.

OH. WELL, SO, UH...

SO YOU'RE HIDING OUT SAFE AND SOUND.

HE KNOWS WHERE I AM.

HE HAS SENT MEN TO FIND ME

BUT THEY ALWAYS FAIL.

BUT, UH...HE'S GONNA SEND SOME MORE?

YES.

WELL, THAT'S GOOD.

NOW WE CAN WATCH OUT FOR ALL THESE BOUNTY HUNTERS

AND A WHOLE PACK OF CHINAMEN, TOO, HUH?

I WILL TELL YOU--

YOU WATCH THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR BOUNTY HUNTERS,

AND I WILL WATCH THIS SIDE FOR CHINAMEN.

THEY'RE HANGING BACK THERE. THAT'S FUNNY.

ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?!

NO. I WAS TRYING TO KEEP YOU FROM BEING KILLED.

AAH!

WE, UH, MAKE A PRETTY ROUGH BUNCH, DON'T WE?

HA HA HA!

BOSS, THEM THERE BOUNTY HUNTERS ARE HERE TO SEE YOU.

SEND THEM IN.

WHERE ARE THE OTHER 3? I SENT 4 OF YOU TO GET DANNY CAINE.

NOT PREJUDICED AGAINST MONEY, ARE THEY? DON'T THEY WANT THEIR SHARE?

THEY'RE NOT HERE.

WELL, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM.

I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU $10,000 TO DISTRIBUTE TO THEM.

IT'S NOT LIKE THAT, MR. CORBINO.

YOU SEE, I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO MADE IT BACK.

WHAT'S THAT, ONE OUT OF 4?

-THAT'S RIGHT. -WHAT ABOUT DANNY CAINE?

IS HE DEAD OR ALIVE?

HE GOT AWAY. SEE, I RIGGED THIS WIRE--

YOU RIGGED A WIRE.

JUST GIVE ME A GUN--

GIVE YOU A GUN?! I WOULDN'T EVEN GIVE YOU A BROOM!

GET MY HORSE SADDLED.

I'M RIDING INTO SAN FRANCISCO.

TOURNEDOS, MASTER ZEKE.

EAT HEARTY, LAD. YOU'RE A GROWING BOY.

LOOKS WONDERFUL, HENRY.

THANK YOU, GENERAL.

HOW DO YOU LIKE THE TOURNEDOS, MASTER ZEKE?

THEY LOOK ALRIGHT.

HE MEANS WITH OR WITHOUT THE BORDELAISE.

BORDELAISE SAUCE, BOY.

IT'S DELICIOUS.

PERHAPS WITH, GENERAL.

MMM!

MMM! VERY GOOD! VERY GOOD!

THANK YOU.

PERHAPS THESE WILL DO, MASTER ZEKE.

YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO DINE CORRECTLY.

EAT UP.

THE BEEF COMES FROM MY RANCH AT GRAND MESA.

THE FINEST CATTLE IN CALIFORNIA.

Henry: JUST ONE MOMENT. I ASK YOU, WAIT UNTIL I'VE ANNOUNCED YOU.

SIR, THE GENERAL DOES NOT RECEIVE GUESTS IN HIS DINING ROOM.

-SIR, YOU CANNOT GO IN THERE! -I'M ALREADY IN.

HOW ARE YOU, GENERAL?

Zeke: WHY'S HE HERE?! -I DON'T KNOW.

WELL, HE TRIED TO KILL MY FATHER! HOW CAN YOU LET HIM IN HERE?!

HE WAS NOT INVITED.

Henry: I'M SORRY, SIR. I TRIED TO KEEP HIM OUT--

IT'S ALRIGHT.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE A WORD WITH YOU, GENERAL.

WOULD YOU PREFER THAT I SPEAK HERE FRANKLY?

SEE YOU AGAIN THERE, ZEKE.

NOT IF I CAN HELP IT!

IT CERTAINLY IS GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, GENERAL.

YOU'RE NOT WELCOME IN THIS HOUSE, SIR.

WHAT'S THAT? AFTER OUR FINE BUSINESS DEALINGS?

I'M SURE THAT YOU DO BUSINESS HERE

WITH YOUR OTHER ASSOCIATES, DON'T YOU? YOUR STOCKBROKERS, BANKERS?

BUT NOT WITH CRIMINALS.

OH, I SEE.

WELL, THAT MUST BE THE REASON, THEN, WHEN YOU NEEDED SOMETHING

THAT YOU CAME TO SEE ME ON MY SIDE OF TOWN.

THAT BUSINESS IS DONE WITH.

YOU'VE BEEN PAID YOUR MONEY.

AND I DELIVERED YOUR GRANDSON INTO YOUR HANDS.

SATISFACTION ALL AROUND.

NOT EXACTLY.

THE BOY FEELS CHEATED, TRICKED. HE'S RESENTFUL!

THE BOY COULD GET OVER THAT

BUT YOU'LL NEVER BE NUMBER ONE IN HIS MIND, GENERAL

AS LONG AS DANNY CAINE IS IN THE PICTURE.

HE'S ALIVE, THEN.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO YOU FAILED.

DANNY CAINE GOT AWAY.

NOT FOR LONG.

HE WRIGGLED OUT OF IT WITH THAT FELLOW WHO USED TO WORK FOR ME

THAT, UH...KWAI CHANG.

AND I'LL LAY ODDS, GENERAL,

THEY'RE HEADED FOR THIS HOUSE RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T WANT THAT KIND OF TROUBLE HERE.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE, GENERAL--

SO WE CAN DO BUSINESS AGAIN. ANOTHER SERVICE TO OFFER

WHICH I HOPE WILL EXTEND ITSELF

TO A LONG AND PROFITABLE RELATIONSHIP.

YOU'D LIKE NOTHING BETTER

THAN TO MOVE UP INTO MY WORLD, WOULDN'T YOU, HUH?

I'M NOT GOING TO BE A PARTY TO THE MURDER OF DANNY CAINE OR ANYONE ELSE.

I AM NOT A MURDERER, MR. CORBINO.

KWAI CHANG IS A MURDERER.

THAT'S THE KIND OF MAN THAT DANNY CAINE IS RUNNING WITH.

DID YOU KNOW THAT HE HAS A PRICE ON HIS HEAD?

NO.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WHEN THEY COME BUSTING IN HERE?

WHO'S GOING TO STOP THEM? YOUR BUTLER?

YOUR STOCKBROKER? YOUR BANKERS?

GENERAL. THE DAY YOU MADE A BARGAIN WITH ME

IS THE DAY YOU CAME INTO MY WORLD

AND YOU'RE THERE TO STAY.

I THINK YOU'D BETTER LEAVE NOW.

HA HA HA HA!

ALRIGHT, GENERAL.

I'LL BE AT THE BARBARY HOUSE.

THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED ME...

AND YOU WILL...

AND YOU'LL CRAWL.

THIS WILL HAVE TO DO.

I'M SORRY, DANNY. IT IS NOT THE RITZ.

THAT'S ALRIGHT, FRENCHIE. THIS WILL BE FINE.

WE'RE NOT GONNA BE HERE VERY LONG ANYWAY.

YOU WON'T SLEEP MUCH.

THE NOISE FROM THE SALOON DON'T LET UP.

THAT'S ALRIGHT. THANKS A LOT.

I OWE YOU THIS ONE, DANNY.

ME OR MY SALOON WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY

IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR YOU.

TIMES ARE TOUGH, EH, DANNY?

I MEAN, I CAN REMEMBER WHEN YOU RODE WITH 10 GOOD MEN

AND NOW... ALL YOU'VE GOT

IS YOUR LAUNDRY BOY.

OF COURSE, YOU'LL BE

ON YOUR FEET IN NO TIME.

MM-HMM. WELL, THAT'S NO LAUNDRY BOY, FRENCHIE.

THAT'S MY BROTHER-- KWAI CHANG CAINE.

YOU'RE KIDDING ME, DANNY.

YOUR...YOUR BLOOD RELATION?

I NEVER THOUGHT YOU WERE ONE

TO CARE A LOT FOR CHINESE.

WELL, I WASN'T

TILL I MET ONE OF THEM.

BROTHER, THIS IS FRENCHIE

OUR HOST AND THE MOST DISREPUTABLE

SALOON KEEPER ON THE BARBARY COAST.

PLEASED TO MEET YOU...MR. CAINE.

PLEASED TO MEET YOU, FRENCHIE.

I'LL GO AND SEND YOU BACK

SOMETHING TO EAT AND A BOTTLE, HMM?

Danny: UH, FRENCHIE.

I'M GONNA NEED A FEW GOOD MEN, GOOD GUNS.

-PUT THE WORD OUT, WOULD YOU? -WHAT ARE YOU PAYING?

JUST GET THEM. I NEED THEM TO BE READY FOR SOMETHING.

I'LL START ASKING AROUND.

WHY DO YOU ASK FOR GUNS?

WELL, YOU DON'T THINK HE'S GONNA HAVE A BUNCH OF DANCING GIRLS

OUT THERE TO MEET US, DO YOU?

ZEKE HAS GIVEN HIS WORD TO STAY WITH THE GENERAL.

I HAVEN'T.

WILL YOU LET ME SEE THE GENERAL ALONE FIRST?

TO DO WHAT?

TO TALK WITH HIM.

IT WOULDN'T DO ANY GOOD. HE'S NOT GOING TO LET THAT BOY GO.

YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT.

YOU'RE THE ONE THAT DOESN'T KNOW.

YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THE GENERAL.

YOU'LL JUST BE WASTING YOUR TIME.

LET ME WASTE MY TIME.

LISTEN, HE'S MY KID, AND I WANT HIM, AND I'M GONNA GET HIM.

I WOULD WISH THAT, TOO.

OH, GO AHEAD IF YOU WANT TO. I DON'T CARE.

I THINK YOU ARE LOST, MY MAN.

THIS IS THE HOUSE OF GENERAL CANTRELL?

IT IS, SO BE ON YOUR WAY.

I WISH TO SEE THE GENERAL.

THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

WHY?

THE GENERAL DOES NOT RECEIVE BEGGARS.

I AM NOT A BEGGAR.

UNCLE! COME ON IN!

OH, AM I GLAD TO SEE YOU!

-I YOU. -IS MY FATHER ALIVE?

YES, AND WELL.

OH, COME ON IN.

-THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. -IT'S BIG, ALRIGHT.

HERE. SIT DOWN. SIT DOWN.

YOU LOOK WELL. ARE YOU HAPPY?

NO. I'D LIKE TO LEAVE RIGHT NOW,

BUT I'LL STAY. I GAVE MY WORD.

WHERE'S MY FATHER?

HE IS NEAR. HE MISSES YOU VERY MUCH, ZEKE.

I SURE MISS HIM. THAT'S ALL I THINK ABOUT NOW--

BEING WITH MY FATHER AGAIN.

IT WILL HAPPEN.

General: ZEKE.

OH, GRANDFATHER, THIS IS MY UNCLE-- KWAI CHANG.

HE'S MY FATHER'S BROTHER.

GO TO YOUR ROOM, ZEKE.

-BUT I WANT TO-- -I SAID GO TO YOUR ROOM.

WHAT DO YOU WANT HERE?

I WISH TO SPARE EVERYONE HEARTBREAK AND TRAGEDY.

I'LL KEEP ORDER IN MY OWN HOUSE.

I KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE.

ZEKE HAS GIVEN HIS WORD THAT HE WILL LIVE WITH YOU.

YOU MUST RELEASE HIM FROM THAT PROMISE.

NEVER. I'LL NEVER DO THAT.

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? HE'S ALL I GOT LEFT!

I AM SORRY...

BUT YOU CAN NEVER HAVE WHAT YOU WANT.

ZEKE WILL NOT CARRY FORWARD WHAT YOU HAVE BUILT.

THEN I'LL TEACH HIM!

HE WILL NOT ACCEPT YOUR TEACHING.

HE WILL NOT ACCEPT YOUR LOVE.

YOU WILL NOT HAVE HIS.

HE WILL BE A PRISONER IN YOUR HOUSE.

WHATEVER YOU SAY... I WANT MY GRANDSON.

YOU CANNOT KEEP HIM.

DANNY CAINE WILL NOT LIVE WITHOUT HIS SON.

LISTEN TO ME.

I HAVE KILLED IN MY YOUTH

AND MEN HAVE KILLED FOR ME.

YOU KILL DANNY, AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN

WHEN ZEKE FINDS HOW HIS FATHER DIED?

HENRY!

-SHOW THIS MAN TO THE DOOR! -YES, SIR.

YOU TELL DANNY CAINE IF HE KNOWS WHAT'S GOOD FOR HIM

NEVER TO COME TO THIS HOUSE!

HENRY.

SIR?

PACK OUR BAGS.

ZEKE AND I ARE GOING TO GRAND MESA.

YES, SIR.

WELL... ZEKE DOESN'T DRINK

SO HE ISN'T IN THE BAR.

HE ISN'T INVISIBLE, SO HE'S NOT IN HERE WITH US.

ZEKE IS WITH HIS GRANDFATHER.

THAT'S JUST WHAT I THOUGHT.

YOU SATISFIED NOW?

HIS GRANDFATHER IS A FOOLISH MAN.

I WISH IT COULD BE DIFFERENT.

WELL...

WISHING'S FOR SPINSTERS, BROTHER.

WELL, NEVER MIND. SIT DOWN.

HERE. SOMETHING TO EAT.

THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY WE'RE GONNA GET ZEKE, AND WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT TILL WE HEAR FROM FRENCHIE.

YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE GRAND MESA, ZEKE.

YOU KNOW I RAISE SOME OF THE FINEST HORSES IN CALIFORNIA?

ARABS, APPALOOSAS

EVEN SOME WILD MUSTANGS COME FROM THE HILLS--

LEFT OVER FROM THE SPANISH CONQUISTADORES.

HOW FAR IS IT?

OH, NOT TOO FAR

JUST A FEW MILES OUT OF TOWN.

A HORSE RANCH SOUNDS LIKE FUN.

EVER THOUGHT OF WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO RUN A RANCH?

I DIDN'T SAY I WANTED TO RUN ONE. I WANTED TO VISIT ONE.

THERE I GO AGAIN, PUSHING HIM.

IT'S JUST THAT I GOT SO MUCH AMBITION FOR YOU, ZEKE.

YOU'RE GONNA GROW UP TO BE A POWERFUL, STRONG, IMPORTANT MAN,

AND MAYBE RUNNING A RANCH AT YOUR AGE

MIGHT BE JUST THE START YOU NEED.

GENERAL, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

A YEAR SINCE YOU WERE IN GRAND MESA LAST?

YEAH. HOW'S THE RANCH DOING?

JUST FINE. YOU MUST HAVE GOT MY REPORT.

WE SOLD 50 HEAD OF PRIME STOCK IN AUGUST.

WE GOT 15 MARES WITH FOALS.

GOOD. GOOD.

ZEKE, THIS IS TIGRE. HE RAMRODS GRAND MESA FOR ME.

TIGRE, THIS IS MY GRANDSON ZEKE

ZEKE CAINE, MY LATE DAUGHTER'S BOY

LOST TO ME ALL THESE YEARS, BUT NOW HOME TO STAY.

I WANT YOU TO SHOW HIM AROUND GRAND MESA.

HE'S GOING TO BE RUNNING THE RANCH SOON.

PLEASED TO MEET YOU, TIGRE.

WELCOME TO GRAND MESA.

HA HA HA! BRING ME MY HORSE.

I'LL LEAVE ZEKE WITH YOU.

I GOT SOME BUSINESS TO TEND TO.

WON'T TAKE ANY LONGER THAN A COUPLE OF HOURS.

Fuller: YOU GOT COMPANY, BOSS-- GENERAL CANTRELL.

HA HA! WELL!

SHOW THE GENERAL IN.

IS THE GENERAL BACK YET?

NO SIGN OF HIM.

I GOT BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN HANG AROUND HERE ALL DAY.

YOU ACT LIKE YOU'RE MAD.

I THOUGHT WE COULD BE FRIENDS.

WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH THE HIRED HELP?

I'M NOT EVEN IN YOUR CLASS.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU.

IF I WAS RAMROD OF A RANCH, I'D BE PROUD OF MYSELF.

YOU'RE YOUNG TO BE A RAMROD, AREN'T YOU?

I AM, AND I'VE BEEN AT IT A LONG TIME. I WAS SHOVELING MANURE

AND CLEANING OUT STALLS BEF--

A LONG TIME.

MAYBE YOU COULD SHOW ME THE ROPES.

WHAT'S IT LIKE OUT THERE, ANYWAY?

IT'S HARD WORK.

IT'S LONG HOURS OF HARD WORK.

WELL, IF IT'S SO AWFUL, WHY DO YOU STICK AROUND?

UH...

I LIKE RIDING OUT WITH THE OTHER HANDS.

I LIKE BEING THE MAN IN CHARGE.

ZEKE, TIGRE, MOUNT UP.

LET'S GO TO THE RANCH.

I'VE TO STOP BY THE DEPOT. A NEW HORSE JUST CAME IN.

GOOD. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT HIM.

General: SADDLE UP, ZEKE.

NOW, THERE'S A HORSE FOR YOU, ZEKE.

I'LL MAKE YOU A PRESENT OF HIM.

Zeke: THANKS, GENERAL, BUT I'VE GOT A HORSE.

THAT HORSE IS A MITE SKITTISH, GENERAL.

YOU MEAN HIGH-SPIRITED? GOOD. THAT'S WHAT I PAID FOR.

I KNOW HORSES, AND THAT ONE'S A BEAUT.

YOU KNOW, ZEKE, CONTROLLING ANIMALS

IS A SKILL A REAL MAN HAS TO HAVE

ESPECIALLY IF HE'S GOING TO RUN A RANCH.

HA HA HA!

BRING HIM OVER HERE!

Tigre: THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, BOY.

GET UP ON HIM.

EASY.

-WHOA, THERE. -BE FIRM WITH HIM, ZEKE. BE FIRM

GO EASY WITH HIM.

COME ON, GO EASY.

I'M SORRY I WAS THROWN.

YOU WEREN'T ON HIM LONG ENOUGH TO BE THROWN.

WHOA.

ALRIGHT.

LET'S GO TO THE RANCH.

WHERE ARE THEY?

DANNY, LISTEN TO ME.

I HAVE GOT A DISAPPOINTMENT FOR YOU.

WELL, SAY IT.

THOSE GUNS YOU WANTED--

I DON'T HAVE THEM.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE THEM?!

HE IS YOUR FRIEND.

Frenchie: DANNY...

NOBODY WILL SIGN ON WITH YOU.

THEY KNOW THAT CORBINO IS AFTER YOU

AND THEY ARE AFRAID OF CORBINO.

YEAH.

WELL, I'LL JUST HAVE TO GET ZEKE MYSELF.

WE TRIED IT YOUR WAY. NOW WE'RE GONNA TRY IT MINE.

THEY WILL NEVER LET YOU INTO THE HOUSE.

I KNOW THAT HOUSE VERY WELL.

WHEN I'M READY, I'LL GET IN.

GIVE ME A WHISKY.

FRENCHIE, DO YOU KNOW THIS GENERAL CANTRELL?

EVERYBODY IN TOWN KNOWS THE GENERAL.

DO YOU KNOW HIS FRIENDS?

THE GENERAL IS NOT A MAN TO HAVE FRIENDS. BUSINESS ACQUAINTANCES, YES

BUT THAT'S STRICTLY BUSINESS.

NO FRIENDS.

WHO IS IT THAT HE TRUSTS?

HE RIDES ALONE, THAT ONE.

THERE IS NO ONE?

WELL, COME TO THINK OF IT, THERE IS THE RAMROD AT GRAND MESA.

WHO? WHERE?

A YOUNG FELLOW, NAME OF TIGRE.

THE GRAND MESA IS WHERE THE GENERAL HAS A BIG RANCH.

Henry: AND OVER HERE, SIR, IS THE STUDY.

VERY NICE. VERY NICE.

IF YOU SHOULD WANT ANYTHING, SIR...

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IF I SHOULD WANT ANYTHING.

I'VE GOT THIS HOUSE.

THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT I WANT.

YOU GOING TO BUY THIS PLACE, BOSS?

YOU MIGHT SAY THAT, FULLER.

YOU MIGHT SAY THAT KILLING DANNY CAINE

IS THE PRICE I'M PAYING FOR THIS HOUSE.

EVERYTHING SET, CATES?

YEAH. I'VE GOT EVERY DOOR AND WINDOW COVERED.

IF DANNY CAINE SO MUCH AS SETS FOOT IN THIS HOUSE

AIN'T NO WAY IN THE WORLD HE'S GOING TO GET OUT OF IT ALIVE.

YES, INDEED.

COME IN.

-YOU ARE TIGRE? -THAT'S RIGHT.

I CAN TELL YOU NOW I GOT ALL THE HANDS I NEED ON THIS RANCH.

I'M NOT LOOKING FOR WORK.

THEN WHAT DO YOU WANT?

MY NAME IS CAINE.

THAT'S ZEKE'S NAME.

YES. I AM THE UNCLE OF ZEKE.

THEN YOU'RE IN THE WRONG PLACE. YOU BELONG WITH ZEKE

AND THE GENERAL UP IN THE MAIN HOUSE.

THEY ARE THERE NOW?

THICK AS THIEVES.

WHY DON'T YOU JOIN THEM?

IT IS YOU I WISH TO SPEAK WITH.

I GUESS YOU'RE REALLY ASHAMED OF ME NOW, AREN'T YOU?

-WHY? -BECAUSE OF THAT HORSE.

YOU WILL MASTER THE ANIMAL.

WHAT IF I CAN'T?! THEN WHAT?

IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.

YOU WON'T BE EARNING YOUR LIVING IN THE SADDLE ANYWAY.

YOU'RE GONNA OWN THIS RANCH.

I DON'T WANT IT.

YOU GAVE ME YOUR WORD.

I GAVE MY WORD I'D LIVE WITH YOU. THAT'S ALL!

ZEKE, I MADE SUCH PLANS FOR YOU!

I'M TIRED OF YOUR PLANS!

I'M TIRED OF NOT BEING JUST ME!

I'M TIRED OF TRYING TO BE BORN AGAIN!

I WON'T DO IT!

YOU HAVE TO, BOY.

YOU HAVE NO PLACE ELSE TO GO.

YES, THERE IS... IF YOU'D LET ME GO.

I COULD LIVE WITH MY FATHER.

YOU WENT TO CORBINO, DIDN'T YOU?!

YOU SENT HIM AFTER MY FATHER!

OH, UH, ZEKE, UH...

ZEKE!

COME BACK, BOY.

SINCE YOU ARE THE RAMROD

WHY DO YOU NOT LIVE IN THE MAIN HOUSE?

THE MAIN HOUSE IS SAVED FOR THE GENERAL

WHEN HE MANAGES TO DROP BY EVERY YEAR OR 2.

OTHERWISE, IT IS DESERTED?

UNLESS THE MICE COME IN FROM OUT OF THE COLD.

SURELY IT WOULD BE MORE PLEASANT FOR YOU

IN THE MAIN HOUSE.

I DON'T FIT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAIN HOUSE.

I UNDERSTAND.

DO YOU?

HIS PICTURE.

A GIFT... FROM THE GENERAL?

NO, IT'S NOT A GIFT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I KEEP THAT THING AROUND HERE.

MUST HAVE SOME REASON.

TELL ME.

I'D RATHER NOT.

AS YOU WISH.

I'M HIS SON.

THAT'S RIGHT. I'M HIS SON.

NO ONE KNOWS. JUST HE AND I...

AND YOU.

I WAS BORN ON THIS RANCH. I THINK OF IT AS MY OWN.

I RUN IT AS MY OWN.

MANY TIMES, I'VE PROVED MYSELF

GOOD ENOUGH TO BE CALLED A CANTRELL...

BUT I NEVER WILL BE.

TO HIM, I'LL ALWAYS BE JUST ANOTHER HIRED HAND

EVEN THOUGH I'VE MADE MYSELF

INTO EVERYTHING HE ADMIRES IN A MAN.

I BELIEVE... IN HIS HEART... HE LOVES YOU.

NO. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. HE DOESN'T EVEN...

HE TREATS ME THE SAME WAY HE TREATED MY MOTHER.

SHE WAS WORTH HIS LOVE BUT NOT HIS NAME.

SHE...WORKED ON THE RANCH

FROM WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL.

SHE LIVED AND DIED RIGHT HERE.

HE KEPT HER HIDDEN FROM ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WOULDN'T APPROVE

OF THE GREAT GENERAL CANTRELL LOVING AN INDIAN WOMAN.

IT IS FOREVER THE SAME.

Cantrell: TIGRE!

TIGRE, I NEED YOUR--

I NEED YOUR HELP.

ZEKE'S GONE.

HE'S LEFT ME.

WHERE'D HE GO?

I DON'T KNOW.

HE WOULD GO TO DANNY.

I'VE DONE A TERRIBLE THING.

I'VE SENT CORBINO TO MY HOME TO KILL DANNY CAINE

WHEN HE COMES FOR HIS SON.

WE MUST STOP THIS MURDER.

I'LL SADDLE THE HORSES.

I'LL HELP YOU.

SEEN ANYTHING OF THEM?

NOTHING.

YOU GOT COMPANY, GENERAL.

I NEVER WAS A MILITARY MAN, DANNY

BUT THAT NEVER STOPPED ME FROM MAKING WAR, DID IT?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? YOU'RE A LITTLE OUT OF YOUR CLASS?

YOU PULL THAT TRIGGER, YOU'RE A DEAD MAN.

I GOT MEN ALL OVER THE PLACE.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN HERE.

-WHERE'S THE GENERAL? -HE'S OUT.

ZEKE?

WITH THE GENERAL.

SO HE BOUGHT YOU TO DEAL WITH ME, IS THAT IT?

HA HA HA HA!

YES.

I GUESS THAT IS ABOUT THE STORY.

YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR SON AGAIN, DON'T YOU?

YOU'RE NOT THE KIND OF PERSON TO KILL A MAN IN COLD BLOOD.

MAYBE I'VE CHANGED, VINCE. I'M A FATHER.

MY KID HURTS, I HURT. NOW, WHERE IS HE?

I TOLD YOU.

I WANT MY BOY, VINCE.

Zeke: LET ME GO!

GIVE ME THAT!

Corbino: DANNY...

WE GOT ZEKE OUT HERE.

THAT MEANS YOU COME OUT REACHING.

-DAD, HE'S GOING TO KILL YOU! -SHUT HIM UP!

YOU GOT 3 SECONDS, DANNY.

IT WAS ALWAYS YOU OR ME, WASN'T IT, DANNY?

Corbino: IT WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF US.

General: YOU THERE! PUT THAT GUN AWAY!

Corbino: ALRIGHT!

DAD!

GO RIGHT AHEAD, DANNY.

I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY IT.

DANNY, DANNY.

I NEVER FIGURED YOU FOR A WINNER.

HE SAVED MY LIFE.

I'LL MAKE IT UP TO YOU, TIGRE.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

MY NAME.

CANTRELL.

YOUR NAME IS CANTRELL.

YOU HAVE YOUR SON NOW, GENERAL.

NOW YOU MUST GIVE DANNY HIS.

General: ZEKE...

YOU BELONG WITH YOUR FATHER.

IT'S EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU.

WELL, HERE'S TO THE FAMILY.

TO THE FAMILY.

YOU KNOW, I NEVER THOUGHT

I'D BE SHARING A TOAST WITH YOU, GENERAL.

NEITHER DID I.

WELL, IT'S ALL IN THE PAST.

AND EACH OF US HAS FOUND HIS SON.

I'VE FOUND A LOT MORE.

General: WELL...

YOUR LIFE IS COMPLETE, MY BOY.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR HANDS FULL WITH BARBARY HOUSE.

ALL I WANT FROM BARBARY HOUSE IS $150.

YOU MEAN YOU'RE NOT GONNA TAKE OVER THE PLACE?

I WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT.

DAD AND I ARE GONNA HAVE A RANCH.

$150 IS HARDLY ENOUGH TO START A RANCH.

-MAYBE I CAN BE OF SOME-- -NO. NO. THANK YOU.

I MEAN THAT, BUT ZEKE AND I ARE GONNA DO THIS ON OUR OWN.

GOOD.

AS LONG AS YOU LET ME KNOW WHERE YOU ARE.

YOU'LL BE THE FIRST TO KNOW, SOON AS WE SETTLE DOWN.

GOOD.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

THINK RANCH LIFE WOULD AGREE WITH YOU?

MASTER, MAY WE SPEAK FURTHER

ON THE FORCES OF DESTINY?

SPEAK.

AS WE STAND WITH 2 ROADS BEFORE US

HOW SHALL WE KNOW WHETHER THE RIGHT ROAD

OR THE LEFT ROAD WILL LEAD US TO OUR DESTINY?

YOU SPOKE OF CHANCE, GRASSHOPPER

AS IF SUCH A THING WERE CERTAIN TO EXIST.

IN THE MATTER YOU SPEAK OF--DESTINY--

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CHANCE

FOR WHICHEVER WAY WE CHOOSE--RIGHT OR LEFT--

IT MUST LEAD TO AN END

AND THAT END IS OUR DESTINY.

Caine: I FOLLOW THE TAO, AND NO ONE CAN SAY

TO WHAT SOLITUDE THAT MIGHT LEAD.

MY JOURNEY... IS ENDLESS...

TILL IT COMES FULL-CIRCLE...

AT MY DEATH.