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Pa!

Look.

Just before Danny's due in town.

Do you think it ties in?

We'll find out, boy.

Charlie?

- Mornin'. - Mornin'.

Do folks think I'm carryin' a disease?

Folks in Shady Grove don't see many strangers.

Yeah.

I was tryin' for a shortcut to Tucson.

Was ya.

You shoe horses, Marshall?

That's right.

I'm generally just Saturday night's law.

Last I hear the town's been quieter than a scorpion.

Ah, he's a little quick footed.

Won't be fit to ride before tomorrow.

Well, give him a good feed, he's earned it.

Be a dollar.

In advance, stranger.

Where can I get a cup of coffee.

Nobody told you to ask at Emily's.

All I'm askin' about is a cup of coffee.

All right stranger, I'll buy your story.

But you'll have to convince Emily's kin

that Danny didn't send ya.

Look Marshall, I've been begged to soft, set afoot,

broke, hungry and long overdue for a good job.

But I still got a nickel for a cup of coffee.

Emily's kin, boy, they sell their trouble cheap.

Like I said, Marshall, I got a nickel.

Mornin'.

How long you gonna be in town?

Well I was told at least til tomorrow.

You hear that Isham?

When's Danny's stage due?

Tomorrow noon, ain't it.

That's a coincidence for ya, isn't it, Pa.

I figure you'll be leavin' before then.

You better tell that

to this 10-gauge double aught scattergun.

That shotgun makes you feel brave, doesn't it.

It helps.

♪ Johnny Yuma was a rebel ♪

♪ He roamed through the West ♪

♪ Did Johnny Yuma, the Rebel ♪

♪ He wandered alone ♪

♪ Johnny Yuma ♪

Mornin'.

I saw what happened out there.

Did you bring word from Danny?

Say, what do I have to do

to convince somebody all I want it a cup of coffee.

Sorry.

There's time yet, son.

Surely has been the hottest summer, hasn't it.

Yeah, but there's somethin' worse

than hot weather burnin' this town.

The Marshall and that pair

of bulldoggers blockin' your doorway.

That's my brother Vergil and his son, Isham.

You're right about the town though.

They've been on a wire the last week

since they heard that Danny Brown was gettin' out

of prison after eight years.

Oh?

Folks around here don't see strangers very often.

So they probably thought that Danny sent you.

Well he didn't, I never heard of him.

Who is he?

Well eight years ago he was a man with a reputation.

Fast gun, quick hands.

Wherever he went his reputation followed him.

There was even a ballad about him.

Course it was a ballad without a tune.

Old days, the young fun, the hot sun burnin' down.

When the street owned by the quick iron gun

of Dashin' Danny Brown.

He was gonna settle down here and we were gonna be married.

But instead.

Another gun fight.

No, not just another gun fight.

He killed Vergil's oldest son, Paul.

So now Vergil's waitin' for him and so is the whole town.

And so are you.

Yeah.

A man's got to have place to come home to.

To live, to set his feet to his own ground.

Thank you.

Any work around here for a willing hand?

Oh, I'm sorry, right now I need every cent I've got.

Thanks anyway.

Wait a minute mister.

Yuma, Johnny Yuma.

Mr. Yuma, would you be interested in earning a $5 bill?

Yeah, that I would.

At two o'clock today

there's gonna be a tax sale at the saloon.

I want you to go there and buy the old Hawkin's Place.

No matter who bids for it.

Or what it costs.

Even if it costs everything I have.

I want you to buy it.

Are you interested in that job, Mr. Yuma?

Miss Emily, I'm hired.

Goin', goin', gone.

Collins Hotel, sold for $600.

All right everybody,

the county's gonna sell the old Hawkin's place.

Everybody knows where it is and what it's worth.

Who will make the first bid?

I bid $100.

$100.

You ain't got two dimes to rub together.

Make your bid.

You ain't foolin' nobody with this ringer.

And you ain't gonna buy that place for Danny Brown.

He is not gonna live among us.

If you're afraid of him,

then why don't you move out of the county, Vergil.

This is our town, built by honest God-fearin' folk,

not men like him.

He already killed Paul, my first-born.

That was in self defense.

Paul called him out and drew first.

Some of you people were on that jury.

You know how it was.

But you were scared of him and you're scared now

because you know what you did was wrong.

Nobody here wants a mad dog gunslick loose amongst us.

Specially now with

all them tricks he learned at Leavenworth.

That's enough talk.

It's my duty to sell the Hawkin's place

to the highest bidder.

I've got $100 bid once, twice,

now's your chance, Vergil.

Let him have it.

Nobody's gonna live in it.

Three times, sold for $100.

Who's name you want on the deed.

Just make it out to Emily Hardy, full title.

Full title maybe.

But I say Danny Brown ain't never gonna possess that land.

And possession's nine points of the law.

Don't get in the way, Mister.

It's hers now.

This money says so.

Now folks, I don't hold with outsiders buttin'

into our business, but, but I want you to behave.

Let me handle the law.

Sure, but can you handle Danny Brown?

I wish we had time to paint

and to put up some new curtains.

Well, you'll have plenty

of time starting tomorrow noon.

Tomorrow noon.

After all these years it seem like a wink of a gnat's eye.

Ain't often you smell death coming to town.

But it's comin' ain't it boy.

He's comin', Pa.

Vergil, that was eight years ago.

We're not sure he's comin' back to, lookin' for trouble.

Eight years ago we did what we had to do.

We got rid of him.

Now he's the same man, a killer,

and he's comin' back here for just one thing.

Revenge.

We gotta protect ourselves.

Isham will stop him, he's got backin',

the backin' of all of us.

Isham?

You want to get Isham killed, too?

Isham don't get killed.

I'll be a lot readier than Paul was.

Oh, Vergil, settle down.

You boys have a drink, think it over.

You wait and see.

It will all come out in the wash, it'll be all right.

We'll make it right.

Now we all know the Marshall's a might short on backbone.

I want Danny Brown gone.

Or I want him killed.

But we'll give Danny a little warning first, won't we boys.

We'll kind of put a light in the window for him.

Let him know we kept the home fires burning.

Come on in.

Ah, good evening Marsh, you come to help?

I hope you know what you're doin' son.

I'm just workin' for my wages.

You look a little shortwinded Marshall.

Every man in Shady Grove is sharpening his sights

for a killing.

Killing?

Man they haven't even seen for eight years.

This town is scared to death of Danny Brown.

They not gonna give him an inch.

You too?

Listen here.

I arrested him once but he made it easy

because he thought he was gonna get off.

He pleaded innocent.

Was he?

There's some folks thought he was.

But the jury listened to Vergil.

Seemed like folks always listen to Vergil.

And now Vergil's scared Danny's comin'

to collect for those years.

Scared, hate, revenge.

No matter what name you put to it,

Vergil's got Isham primed.

Danny Brown just might take Isham down a hard road.

Nah, he can't take the whole town down that road.

Marshall, the whole town's just a lot of people,

one at a time.

But you're the only one that can stop

that blood welter tomorrow, Miss Emily,

when the stage comes in.

You're the only one.

Just send a telegram.

Send him a telegram and tell him to go some place else.

He's no good for ya anyway.

There's only one person who can decide what's good for ya.

When Danny comes home I'll be waitin' for him.

If he wants to stay, I'll stay.

If he wants to leave I'll leave with him.

You got that much comin', Miss Emily.

There's to many years to throw away in the last few minutes.

Friends, relatives, even your own blood kin,

all fightin' maybe dyin' in the streets tomorrow, Emily.

I hope you'll change your mind come morning.

I've got eight years work to do before mornin'.

So I hope you'll excuse me, Marshall.

Let me tell you somethin' son,

if Danny Brown didn't send ya,

he might have strong feelings

about a young fellow fooling around

with his woman unasked, unescorted and unwanted.

Big man like that with a record,

he might get the wrong idea of you.

That's just a word of advice.

Listen Marshall, my father packed a star seven days a week

not just Saturday night.

Since all this town's got is Saturday law,

I'll do all I can to help that woman.

This is our town.

You weren't here yesterday and you'll be gone tomorrow.

You gonna help us live with that animal out of his cage.

He was a man when you sent him away.

Good night, Marshall.

Good night.

That fella of yours must be half aligator

and half wild horse.

Johnny, he was 12 years old

when his folks died of the cholera.

After that he never had a home.

All his father ever left him was a gun.

And he started killin' people with it.

Yeah, but it was just

because he was like a wild young mustang

that nobody could tame.

After he put the gun on,

there were a few figured to cut him down to size.

And that's when all the trouble started.

He's lucky he had you.

It was a lot of talk, Johnny.

We could talk.

They even made up more verses about him.

The wild nights, the rules gone.

The girls in the golden gowns.

They danced the high tune,

the devil they crowned, the shame of Danny Brown.

But you didn't believe that.

I tell you what I did believe.

No one woman ever knew more love

than I did with Danny Brown.

Corn dodger, come on out corn dodger.

Johnny, don't, don't go.

Oh no.

Straw man.

Hung by men not much better.

Vergil!

Drag him out, Isham.

Boys make a bonfire Danny Brown will be able to see.

No, no, Vergil, please, don't!

Emily you wouldn't listen, you just wouldn't listen.

No, no!

This is for you, Danny Brown.

'Cause I hate you.

I hate you.

I hate you!

I hate you.

Everything's all gone, it's all burned out.

They can't destroy the land.

Vergil will try.

Destroyed everything else.

My life, Danny's life, even his own sons.

I can't win.

I can't fight anymore.

Just not worth it.

You know it's worth it.

Johnny, what if Danny don't even want a home now?

What are you talkin' about?

He could have been with me five years ago.

But he kept tryin' to break free and they caught him.

Bread and water in the pit.

They sent him to Leavenworth for an extra five years.

I could never get to Leavenworth.

You couldn't have seen him anyway.

Johnny, maybe he won't even have me after all these years.

He did once, why should he change?

But we were younger then.

He might think I'm too plain or too ordinary.

Miss Emily if I had a girl like you waitin' for me,

why I tell ya I'd be hurryin' home.

I was never lucky enough.

But Danny Brown ought to see his girl in her Sunday best.

I look like I've been workin' in the coal mine.

How's your nerve now?

Just fine.

You wait Johnny, I'm gonna get all cleaned up.

And then I'm gonna put on that shawl that Danny gave me.

I'm ready, Johnny.

Why, you look pretty as a prairie flower, Miss Emily.

Oh thank you, Johnny, that's very sweet of you.

I think we'd better be going now.

Hold it up there.

Let me handle it Vergil.

- Watch him, Isham. - Right, Pa.

Emily, you know we mean business.

You're business now is to rebuild what you burnt.

Keep out of this corn dodger, it don't concern you.

It does since last night.

Emily, it's up to you now.

Don't let him get off that stage.

You're the law, what are you gonna do?

Well, I, I do what the people want me to do.

No more, no less.

Well that calls for blood.

Mm-hm.

Some of his might get spilled.

You're horse is fit to travel.

Now get a-goin' you.

Here comes the stage coach!

Whoa!

Here he is killer.

Make yourself a name.

Kill him, Isham, kill him.

You Danny Brown?

I'm Dan Brown, son.

Kill him, Isham.

Kill him.

Kill him.

You killed my brother.

I ain't got a gun and I don't want one.

Isham.

You killed my brother, now you're gonna pay for it.

I'll say it just once more.

It was a fair fight.

They know it.

Look at 'em.

Look and you'll see if they don't.

No more talk, Isham, kill him.

- Pa? - No more talk!

I'm past talkin'.

Maybe even past carin'.

Isham!

You just don't turn tail like that.

Pa, if you want that pitiful old man killed,

kill him yourself.

Kill him.

Kill.

I'm sorry.

I didn't, I didn't know if you'd want me or not Emily.

I didn't want to be any trouble.

Trouble?

Oh.

Trouble is loneliness.

The important thing is that you're home now.

Emily, you look just like I remembered.

Thank you, Johnny.

Well, we're all gonna be doin' some rebuilding, boy.

And I reckon they'll be writin' all new verses for Danny.

Ballad lost, man found.

I guess that's the story of Danny Brown.

♪ Johnny Yuma was a rebel ♪

♪ He roamed through the West ♪

♪ Did 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 ♪

♪ And he figured that he had been pushed enough ♪

♪ The Rebel ♪

♪ Johnny Yuma ♪

This has been a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman production.