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Champion.

Of the whole world, champion.

That was nine years ago.

But I'm still as tough as I ever was.

I'll show you how tough I am.

Go ahead, hit me.

See if you can hurt me.

Go ahead!

Go on!

Not bad.

All right, next.

Come on!

All you want, c'mon!

No, no, not here.

Hit me here.

C'mon, try again.

That's enough.

No, that's not enough.

No, wait...

Johnny?

Johnny Yuma!

Johnny!

Hey Docker!

♪ Johnny Yuma was a rebel ♪

♪ He roamed through the West ♪

♪ And Johnny Yuma, the Rebel ♪

♪ He wandered alone ♪

♪ Johnny Yuma ♪

Well, he's all right, boys.

He's an old friend of mine.

Always on my side, huh Johnny?

What are you doing here, Johnny?

You here to see the fight?

Yep.

I want you to meet my manager, Wiley, Jake Wiley.

He's a great gent.

Come on, Johnny.

Come on.

Let's make it, 25.

Jake, Jake, remember the boy I was telling you about.

Later Docker.

Remember when I said you'd see him,

you'd make him a champion.

Later!

Jake, it's up to you.

What's that?

Champ's contract.

Oh no, it's a cash game, Jake.

Cash on the line.

All right, who'll put up for the contract?

$25 holds it.

That piece of paper's a fortune.

Well, it's still a cash game, Jake.

Cash.

All right.

$25 buys the contract.

Let's call.

Well son, it looks like you bought yourself a fighter.

C'mon, Johnny.

That was friendly of you, Johnny, real friendly.

Makes me remember the war prison,

all you did for me.

Scrounged for food to keep me going.

You were a big man, Docker, you needed a little extra.

Funny, I said I'd take care of you.

Never forget after we escaped.

Never forget after the war.

I still have the belt.

Champ.

Lots of money, nothing too good for you, Johnny.

You said something else too.

What?

That piece of land you showed me after we escaped.

You said Johnny some day the muscle's gonna go,

and a man's gotta look to the future.

You were gonna buy that land, remember?

Raise horses, thoroughbreds.

Yeah, you would remember that.

You used to keep a journal, didn't ya, Johnny?

Made you like an elephant.

I wonder Johnny

I got no more money would you get me a refill?

I'm broke too, Docker.

My last $25 went into you.

And you're sure, aren't you Johnny?

You're sure.

No.

Sure you're sure.

But I'm not champ anymore.

'Cause I failed you, you and everybody.

But I'm coming back, you'll see.

Tomorrow night, and then in Denver,

and then, the Barbary Coast, and then New York

to be champion again, you'll see.

You really believe that, Docker?

Hmm?

That you'll come back?

Aw, sure, sure.

Look at yourself.

Face the facts, Docker, grow up.

Huh?

You don't have it anymore.

What do you wanna talk like that for, Johnny?

You're finished, no more fights.

Training on that bottle, and that penny-ante shark

you call a manager.

Now, wait up, Johnny,

you can take the hide off of me but not Jake.

Like everybody else, he's only trying

to make an honest dollar.

Then he's gonna have to make it on his own,

and you're gonna have to make it on your own too.

Yeah, sure I already told you that, Johnny.

That was nine years ago, you were champ.

A lot of things have changed, the war,

things don't stand still.

What are you trying to say?

Go ahead say it.

That I'm a tramp,

that I stink,

and my brains are rattled.

Go ahead say it.

I'm sorry.

Who are you all of a sudden

trying to throw a hook into me?

Tell you, I'll get it all.

All of it back again.

The crowds, the noise, all the excitement.

I'm gonna win once more.

And I'll be top dog.

And I'll be sitting on top of the pile.

Sure you will, champ.

Right up on top.

First, you gotta get some food in that belly

sop up some of that liquor,

and then some sleep.

Hey Jake, give me a little bump of this.

Now, just a little now.

Just enough to help you sleep.

You sure got a touch, Jake.

You know exactly what's good for me.

Always did.

You supply the muscle, I supply the brain.

Sweet combination, huh?

If you say so.

Sit down, Docker.

Are you gonna win tomorrow, champ?

I don't know, Jake.

I had three times out.

Flukes, they're all flukes.

Don't forget you're the champ.

That's right.

I gotta remember that.

There's 500 in that purse tomorrow.

A lot of money on you too.

Can't disappoint your fans.

Nope, I always give 'em a good fight, huh Jake?

The greatest.

What does the loser get?

Well, doesn't he know you're the greatest,

there was only one like you in the whole world,

you're the champ?

Oh sure, Jake, sure.

But there's no harm in telling him.

All right, I'll tell you.

The loser gets 100 pieces of silver.

Wow, the price has gone up.

Going rate used to be 30.

What are you, a boy who bushwhacks with his mouth?

A boy who faces facts.

Be careful nobody jams those facts down your throat.

We don't like 'em.

Well, you're not gonna like this either.

There isn't gonna be any fight tomorrow.

You hear that, champ, your friend has turned

into a clown, hasn't he?

I am?

I bought this, remember?

Now, you didn't take that seriously, did you?

My last dollar said it was dead serious.

Just enough to buy it back, all right?

He's not for sale.

Docker.

Now, Johnny don't make any trouble.

No trouble, Docker.

It's like he says, Johnny, he didn't sell me seriously.

You think Jake would do a thing like that?

I think Jake would do anything.

Oh Johnny, he's done it before,

but he always bought me back.

You see, a man gets in a rough spot,

he may hunch a little or elbow him,

maybe even butt a little,

but he don't mean any harm.

It's the way we get by, Johnny.

Maybe what you say is true, Docker,

but this is true too, I own you,

and there isn't gonna be any fight tomorrow.

You gonna hold still for that, Docker?

Johnny, I don't fight, what do I do?

I don't know anything else.

Who's gonna take care of me?

You take care of yourself, you're a man Docker.

He's a man, Jake.

Not something you take out of a cage.

Johnny, do what he says.

I don't wanna get mad.

Don't you know when you've had it?

They'll punch your brains out,

leave you stumbling on your heels.

You go up tomorrow, next time, next time after that,

you're gonna be trading your head in for a cuckoo clock.

Oh, Johnny don't talk like that.

Jake, talk for me.

Tell him he's wrong.

He's your friend, you tell him.

Oh Jake, don't you gotta get the contract back.

Get it back yourself.

All right, Johnny.

C'mon, give it up.

Sleep on it Docker, we'll take about it tomorrow.

Now, Johnny!

Now, you can do whatever you want.

Who do you like?

Docker.

Hundred on the Docker, two to one.

Where's the pay out?

The saloon right after the fight.

30 on Docker.

30 on Docker.

Give me 50 on the Frontier Kid.

Okay, Red you got it.

50 on the Frontier Kid.

You got it Red.

Get him Docker!

Here comes Docker!

Good luck, Docker.

No hard feelings, Johnny.

Just luck.

You can be my second.

Thanks.

Remember what I said,

the kid's young you gotta get him fast.

The purse, you bet it on me?

What do you think?

Time!

That was great, champ, just like the old days.

Time!

Go get him Docker!

You'll be all right, champ.

Time!

Go get him, Docker!

That's my boy!

C'mon you've got him!

Woohoo!

Time!

Time!

Winner!

Jake, see you at the saloon.

Thanks, Johnny.

You know what, it just seems to get harder.

Each time it gets a little harder.

This time it really hurt, Johnny.

Docker, that talk yesterday, about the fight.

No hard feelings, water over the dam.

No, I meant every word I said.

Quit Docker, go back home, start a new life.

Doing what?

Anything.

What, this is all I know.

All I got, nothing else.

That piece of land, raising horses.

There's no money.

Yes, there is.

No, not a cent.

Jake bet the purse on me.

I see Jake bet against you.

What?

Jake bet against you.

I just saw him in the saloon.

Gambling and spending money like a winner.

There's enough for you to go home and buy that land.

Get out Docker while you still have your senses.

People'll always remember you, respect you.

Jake wouldn't do a thing like that.

Find out then.

He wouldn't do a thing like that.

He wouldn't double cross me!

He's in the back room with Ace, gambling.

You'd better find out before he loses all the money.

Before it's too late.

Well, that cleans me.

Be seein' ya, Ace.

Okay fellas, better luck next time.

I guess it won't be much of a game now.

A game's a game as long as there's money on the line.

And if you lose?

My boy knows we're broke.

Thinks I bet on him.

Well, what if he finds out different?

You gonna tell him?

Let's go, deal.

Sorry Jake, I think I've had enough.

I said deal!

Jake, I gotta talk.

Later, champ.

Now!

All right, Docker!

He's got all our money,

and all I want is a chance to get it back.

The money, where'd you get it, Jake?

I borrowed it.

Now, butt out Docker, let me get on with the game.

Johnny told me something, Jake.

Always hacking away, huh?

He said you bet against me.

Are you gonna believe him?

The money, where'd you get it?

I borrowed it.

You, you tell me.

Tell him, Jake.

Did you give it to him?

Go on Jake, tell him...

C'mon, give it to me straight!

He's a vulture champ,

he cheated, he took our money, we're stranded.

If you don't tell him the truth, I am.

You lie.

You'll do anything for money.

Tell him!

Looks like you killed him, Jake.

Docker, let's get out of here.

Nobody's going anywhere.

Get him out of the way, Docker.

Better get the sheriff, Docker.

He's out in the saloon.

Don't listen to him, champ.

We're in this together.

Everything we've ever done we been in it together.

He killed him alone, Docker.

You had nothing to do with it.

Nobody will believe it, champ.

Not get him out of the way.

The truth, Docker, you came here to find out the truth.

Well, there it is the proof, dead.

Now, it's my word against his.

He killed him to keep you from finding out.

Don't listen to him, champ.

He said you bet against me, Jake.

You gonna believe that?

All I done for you, picked you up after the war

walloping the docks,

made a giant of you again.

Cheated for you when I had to,

handled you like you was royalty.

Scrounged to keep you going.

Now, look you don't get me out of here,

there'll be nothing for you.

Nobody to take care of you.

We get away, champ, I promise you're gonna win again.

We'll bet big on ya.

You'll have the world at your feet,

do anything you want.

Even get that piece of land you always wanted.

Johnny, you'd better get out of the way.

Don't do it, Docker.

I have to do what's right, Johnny.

You leave here, and you'll never know the truth.

There's nothing but trouble for you out there.

For the last time, Johnny!

You're gonna have to carry me out.

Docker, kill him.

He's the only witness.

Kill him and we'll both be in the clear.

You and me, champ.

Kill him!

Yeah, do that, Docker, you're only witness.

The only one who knows you're innocent.

Go ahead, Docker, kill me!

But what'll stop Jake from yelling you went

out of your head and killed two men with your bare fists.

Go ahead, nobody'll know any different!

You gotta kill him, champ.

Here's what you're looking for.

The purse against Docker.

Signed by Jake Wiley.

Docker.

C'mon, Docker.

All packed, Docker?

Just about.

Me too.

You know,

it feels kind of lonely

not knowing what's ahead or what to do

without Jake to tend upon me.

Well, maybe this'll make you feel a little better.

Sheriff asked me to give it to you.

It's purse money.

Ace didn't have any kin,

and well it rightly belongs to you.

It might be a stake, get that piece of land.

Where you heading, Johnny?

With you for a while, Docker.

Don't worry, everything's gonna be all right.

You know a man once said,

we win not what we can carry with our hands,

we conquer what we learn.

He did a little fightin' in his day too.

A man named Alexander the Great.

♪ Johnny Yuma was a rebel ♪

♪ He roamed through the West ♪

♪ And Johnny Yuma, the Rebel ♪

♪ He wandered alone ♪

♪ He got fightin' mad, this rebel lad ♪

♪ He packed no star as he wandered far ♪

♪ Where the only law was a hook and a draw ♪

♪ The Rebel ♪ ♪ Away ♪

♪ Johnny Yuma ♪ ♪ Away rode the Rebel ♪

♪ He searched the land this restless lad ♪

♪ He was panther quick and leather tough ♪

♪ 'Cause he figured that he had been pushed enough ♪

♪ The Rebel ♪

♪ John Yuma ♪

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Mark Goodson-Bill Todman production.