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[Whispering] keep your mouth

Shut, I'll do the talkin'.

You tippert? Let's see him

Operate.

Your letter said 500 dollars,

Plus half o' all the bets, is

That right?

If he wins.

He'll win.

Show us why.

[Horse neighs]

Who's gonna beat him, Mr.

Lewis?

Well, it's new an' mighty

Fine country, son. There is no

Looking back, we've come too

Far.

I wasn't really looking back,

Just rememberin' back.

What do you say we start from

Here?

Fine.

Let's go.

Well, let's take a look

Around, son.

Ha! Ha! Get off that lawn!

[Cows lowing]

Get off! Ha!

Move, move, come on, move! Ha!

Get off of there! Ha!

[Cows lowing]

How does it look to you,

Mark?

What?

I said how does the spread

Look to you?

Looks good.

That's the way, that's the way.

Ya!

[Cows lowing]

It looks good to me too.

Alright?

Alright.

Then I guess we've come far

Enough.

Goin' to enter, pa?

Might give it a try. A little

Prize money could help make our

First payment on the dunlap

Place.

Good afternoon.

Afternoon, ma'am, we'd like a

Room if you can accommodate us.

We can accommodate you, but

It won't be in style. Almost

Everybody's in town for the

Turkey shoot.

Well, anything will do.

Room 5; that'll be 2 dollars,

Half in advance.

I'd like to see about

Enterin' this turkey shoot.

Judge, another customer.

It's a draw an' fire

Proposition with a 5-Second

Time limit, you're not gonna

Enter with a rifle?

I'll take a try at it.

10 dollar entrance fee, 500

Dollar first prize. Your...name,

Sir?

Mccain, Lucas Mccain, an'

This is my boy, Mark.

Hi, Mark, judge Hanavan, Mr.

Mccain. I own the california

House and i preside in court on

The rare occasions when north

Fork has a trial. Now, no

Offence, fred, it's not your

Fault any more than it's mine.

Or any less. Fred Thompson,

Mccain, sheriff's gettin' a

Little too lazy for his job.

Glad to meet you.

See you around, mccain.

Mark an' I have decided this

Part of the country is for us.

Market for beef's mighty

Low.

It will go up.

Lookin' for a ranch?

We saw that Dunlap place.

One of the finest ranches in

This part of the country, priced

For a quick sale. About how much

Are you prepared to pay?

About how much are they

Prepared to ask?

Anybody here wanna bet money

On the pistol shoot? Judge, you

Got any more dudes come in think

They can shoot?

Mr. Mccain just signed up.

Alright, Mr. Mccain, I'm

Laying 5 to 3 my boy will

Outshoot you or anybody else

That pulls a trigger.

I'm not a betting man.

A man who won't bet ain't

Much of a man, the way I figure.

No offense, mr. Mccain, no

Offense, it's... just my way of

Thinkin'; a man doesn't gamble,

Misses one of the joys of

Livin'!

If you're servin', we'd like

To eat.

Best food in town. About the

Only thing Jim Lewis hasn't got

In North Fork is my cook and

This building.

Mark, you go on inside an'

Order for the both of us, i'll

Take the bedrolls upstairs, son.

Sure, pa.

Anybody come in here with

Some cash money, let me know,

Will you, judge? I'll be at the

Last chance.

Would you like to come and

Sit with me?

Yeah, I guess I might as

Well.

I'll have some o' that beef

Stew.

I'd like the same.

I guess you must be pretty

Fast with that gun?

Well, I guess I'm just about

As fast as anybody there is.

My pa, he doesn't use a

Pistol, he uses a rifle, but

He's pretty fast too.

No man with a rifle is faster

Than a man with a 6-Gun.

My pa is. When we was livin'

In the nations they used to call

'Im the rifleman, he's the

Greatest shot in the world.

Well, he may stand tall where

You come from, kid, but you

Ain't shootin' against no

Sodbusters when you're shootin'

Against me.

You'll see. What's your name?

My name is vernon.

Mine's Mark Mccain; is that

Your pa in the lobby?

No, he's my uncle.

My pa says I'm not old enough

To carry a pistol right yet.

I've been wearin' one an'

Shootin' ever since i can

Remember. I must have... had a

Gun since I was 6 years old.

You're lucky, vernon.

That's what my uncle wes

Says.

I can shoot my dad's rifle,

But he won't let me carry a

Pistol.

What about your ma?

She died, a long time ago.

What happened to yours?

I never had one.

Don't it bother you, i mean,

Not havin' a ma or a pa?

I reckon. Sometimes it

Bothers me considerable.

I'm sure it's mccain; I heard

The kid say so. When I first

Heard that name an' saw that

Rifle, somethin' struck me. Then

The kid said--

Alright, Fred, this may be

What we've been waitin' for.

We'll pass the word.

This here is vernon, pa.

Glad to meet you, Vernon.

They told me you're a pretty

Good shot.

I'm the best, pleased to meet

You.

You live here in North Fork?

I don't live anywheres

Particular, we're stayin' over

At the last chance with Mr.

Lewis. Uncle wes says he just

About runs this town.

I've heard his name

Mentioned.

I'm still bettin' the same,

Judge, 5 to 3 that young fellow

Wins the match.

I'll take 3,000 to your

5,000, mr. Lewis. It's counted.

What made you change your

Mind, judge?

Well, maybe I don't think

Your boy is as good as you say.

Or maybe you think that new

Fella, Mccain, is better.

Maybe.

Did you ever shoot for money

Before, Vernon?

Just don' bet against me, Mmr.

Mccain.

Alright, would you like some

More pie?

No thanks, I'm full.

I would, please.

Vernon! What're you doin'

Sittin' here? Get up and get

Out. I told you I didn't want

Any runnin' off at the mouth

With strangers.

He was having lunch with my

Son.

Did you hear me, boy, get

Movin', it's time we were at

The match.

Uh-- I'll have to come back

For that pie later, ma'am. Mark,

Mr. Mccain, sure glad to meet

You.

Same here.

You leave 'Im alone, d'you

Hear? Leave 'Im alone!

Come on, come on.

He's a regular old war horse,

Isn't he? This the man, judge?

Mr. Mccain, this is Jim

Lewis.

You must have a pretty good

Reputation, Mccain, you've been

In town less than a half an hour

An' already 3,000 dollars has

Been wagered on you takin' top

Money.

You bet on me?

I did, sir, so did a lot of

Others.

Mccain, just how good are

You?

I'm good enough.

I hope you're not too good.

That would be a mite costly

For you, wouldn't it? Let's go,

Mark.

No, you sit down, Mccain,

We haven't finished talkin' to

You yet.

You're wrong, Mr. Lewis. You

Finished talkin' to me a long

Time ago.

Now hold it, Mccain.

You boys might be runnin'

This town, but that means

Nothin' to us. Son?

Just a question of time, mr.

Mccain, just a question of time!

You hit 'im pretty hard, pa.

Well, he was pretty big, son.

They won't cause trouble,

Will they? I mean about gettin'

Our ranch?

Mark, the only trouble we

Might have is payin' for it, an'

I think we'll have that whipped

In short order.

[Gunshots]

2 center, 3 near misses.

Change the target; the next

Contestant is carl lamprey. 5

Shots, 5 seconds, ready?

2 center, 3 misses.

Change the target. Next

Contestant, Jim Lewis.

Mr. Mccain, could I speak to

You a moment?

Wait here, mark.

I just might win this match

Myself!

Ready?

[Gunshots]

What's the matter?

Mr. Mccain--

3 center, 1 near miss--

I think there is somethin'

You oughta know about this town

-- It belongs to Jim Lewis.

All of it?

He tolerates me as long as I

Don't give 'im any trouble.

I see.

No, I'm afraid you don't;

Lewis has been around here now

Almost 4 years. During that time

A lot of things have happened,

A lot of people have been

Buried. He don't lose, Mr.

Mccain, not ever.

You're not volunteering this

Information.

No, I'm not.

Why don't you take off that

Badge?

The next contestant, bob--

I'll tell you why mr. Mccain,

Because as long as i wear it, I

Can do a little good, not much,

But a little, and that's better

Than none at all.

[Gunshots]

2 center, 3 near misses.

Next contestant, vernon

Tippert.

I'm uppin' the odds; 5 to 1

On my boy, any takers?

Coin fire; 5 shots, 5

Seconds. Ready?

5 hits, all in the center.

The next and last contestant

Is Lucas Mccain. Step up, Lucas,

And good luck.

Mark, go congratulate your

Friend, that was mighty fine

Shootin'.

Mr. Mccain, just in case you

Are as good as your friends

Think you are, I had better make

One thing clear to you.

Go ahead, Mr. Lewis, you make

One thing clear to me.

There's only one man that can

Keep that boy from winnin' this

Match.

That's right.

If he does it, I'll have 'im

Killed.

5 shots, 5 seconds.

Good luck, pa.

Thanks, son.

Ready?

All in the center!

It's a tie shoot, move the

Target back 20 feet.

This time you'll really show

'Em, pa.

Just dumb luck, that's all it

Was. Now you show 'Im, put 'em

In again, d'you hear me?!

Ready.

Tippert first.

Ready?

in the center, one just

Out.

[Hubbub]

Lucas?

Mr. Mccain.

Ready?

Center, 1 way out.

Congratulations.

I told you so, nobody beats

My boy!

It's alright, pa, i guess

You've gotta miss once, even

That close.

Let's go, son.

That was good shootin',

Lucas, in any case.

It was good shootin', mccain,

As good as any I've ever seen.

Well, so you don't go away

Feelin' unhappy, here's the 10

Dollars it cost you to enter the

Match. If you ever feel like

Workin' for us again, you just

Feel free to ask.

I'll make that 20, mr.

Rifleman, because i figure you

Really earned it.

Judge, I'm awful sorry about

What happened.

You have nothin' to say to

Me, Mccain.

Key, ma'am, please.

What about our ranch, pa?

The ranch is not for sale.

What's he mean, pa? Pa?

Mark, where's your dad?

Upstairs.

What's the matter?

Nothin'.

D'you hear the talk about him

Throwin' the match?

I don't care what the talk

Is, it's not true!

Well, I gotta ask him

Personal.

Come on, boys, drink up. I am

Buyin'. Alright, Mr. Lewis, how

About payin' Mr. Tippert what

You owe 'Im?

You got your 500 dollars from

Winnin' the match, what else do

You want?

You know what I want, still

Got you letter sayin' I get 500

Dollars plus half of all the

Money won. You collected over

10,000 dollars in bets, that

Means 500 plus 5,000 broker

Wish. Pay up before i get rough

With yah.

What d'you mean by rough?

You know just what I mean,

I'll call my boy in here an'

Turn 'Im loose.

Oh, I wouldn't want that.

I'll make a bet with you; you

See that picture up over the

Bar? I think you're so drunk you

Couldn't hit the floor with your

Hat, but if you can put a ,45

Slug through that picture,

You'll get your money plus

Another thousand besides,

Otherwise we forget the whole

Thing.

That's a bet!

[Gunshot]

I wonder why that old fool

Tried to kill you, Mr. Lewis.

Must've been crazy, I guess.

Listen, Mr. Mccain, there's

Somethin' I want to ask you, and

I'd like a straight answer.

We're leaving, ma'am.

There's talk that you threw

That match, is that true?

Because if it is, I don't want

No share of the prize.

I'll answer that for you. Mr.

Mccain did not throw the match.

That's right, did the best

He could, just wasn't good

Enough.

I hope that's answer enough

For you, vernon?

Well, it ain't, I want you to

Tell me.

Hey, kid, you'd better come

Over an' get your uncle's body.

He, uh-- Just got himself

Killed.

My uncle?

Yeah, he tried to outdraw jim

Lewis.

No, you're lying to me.

Well, why don't you come over

And find out for yourself. I'll

Drag him out if you're scared,

Sonny.

No, I'll come over there, you

Tell 'Im that!

Yeah, yeah I'll tell him

That. An' you, mister, I ain't

Forgettin' about you.

Get outta here.

Don't go over there, vernon.

I gotta get my uncle.

Vernon, you asked me if you

Beat me fair an' square in that

Match. You still want an answer?

Yes.

Why, you wet-Nosed, two-Bit

Little punk, you couldn't whip

Me in 10 years, so don't go

Spoutin' off about going into

That saloon.

Get outta my way!

You just shut up and listen.

I want you to stay here, an' if

I don't come back, that boy o'

Mine is your responsibility. You

Get on our horses and get out of

Here, you understand? I'm not

Askin' you to do this, vernon,

I'm tellin' ya. If you wanna

Start somethin', you start it

With me right now.

Alright, mr. Mccain, you

Don't have to worry none about

Mark, I'll take good care of

'Im.

Thanks. Now you get the

Horses packed an' wait for me,

You hear?

Sure, pa.

The kid ain't coming, mr.

Lewis, it's Mccain.

Alright, boys, it goes for

Him too. Carl, you take your

Place. Oh, when he passes him

The drink, you, uh-- Start the

Party.

It'll be my pleasure.

I've come for the boy's

Money.

Looks like they've sent a man

To do a boy's job.

You have a choice, Mccain,

You can walk out o' here an'

Walk on out of town, or hang

Tough an' face a shoot-Out.

Well, a... proposition like

That requires a little thought.

Maybe you'd like a lil' drink

While you think?

Sure.

I thought I told you to stay

Away from here?

Well, it's not too bad, Vernon,

But the wrist may heal a little

Stiff.

No, it'll be alright.

Maybe so.

Mr. Mccain, will you do me a

Favor? If that boy o' yours,

Mark, ever gets any funny ideas,

You tell 'Im that I said he's

The lucky one.

Alright, I will. Good luck to

You, son.

Where is Vernon?

He's gonna be alright, son.

Are the horses ready?

Yeah.

Mr. Mccain, I take it you're

Leavin' town?

That's right, judge.

North fork's beginning to

Grow up, lucas, we're gonna need

People like you to help it.

I Hope you'll stay.

Well, what do you say, son?

You still want that ranch?

Yahoo!