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[ theme music playing ]

MAN: I don't understand. I just don't understand.

How can you change your mind like that?

It's been two months since you made that pledge.

We're not asking for a contribution.

All we want is for you to sell us that house at a fair price.

It's not for sale.

You said you didn't plan to move into that house.

What I do with my property

is my own business.

Walter--I'll do what I want!

You told the hospital committee

that you would sell us that place.

I changed my mind.

Hey, I'd like to buy some harness.

So you're holding out for a better price? Is that what you want?

Hey, will you stop arguing?

Will you wait on me?

Not until we get this settled, he won't.

This town needs a hospital.

Then go and build one.

We don't have the money to build from the ground up,

and you know it!

That's too bad.

Walter, I thought you said that--

You keep your nose out of this

and wait on the customers!

What are you all lookin' at?!

I don't know what's eatin' you, Walter.

I just can't make you out.

But tell me this-- what am I to tell the hospital committee?

Simple. You tell them

I'm not givin' any old house so you can become a hero.

Being a hero isn't what I'm after.

You're after anything you can get.

You walk around with that sanctimonious face,

but I know what you're doin' when our backs are turned!

I want to know what you're insinuating.

Doc! Cool down! Walter!

Doc, come on outside.

All right.

All right, but we're gonna finish this sometime.

You had no right to treat the doctor--

Mind your business.

And you, too.

Here, Doc.

The nerve of that guy.

[ chuckles ] I'd say you're pretty nervy yourself.

I haven't seen you so riled up

since the day Hobey Carter kicked you in the face

when you pulled that bullet out.

I'm in no mood for jokes.

I'm sorry.

What's Walter Varig got against you, anyway?

What's he got against anybody?

He's just no good.

But the shame of it is, it's gonna cost this town

a badly-needed new hospital.

I'd like to go back in there and--

Now, you don't attack a man in his own store.

It's bad manners, Doc.

Yeah.

Is it broke, Miss Fisk?

It sure is, Nancy. How'd it happen?

Apples.

Apples?Apples.

Well, of course.

How can apples break your brace?

'Cause I like apples and fell out of the tree.

Now, little girls shouldn't climb trees.

Wasn't there a little boy around to help you get an apple out of the tree?

Uh-huh. He fell out of the tree, too.

[ laughs ]

Come on, Nancy. Home we go.

Past the apple tree, Daddy.

All right.There we go.

Hello, Doc, Trampas.

Hello.

What's the matter with you?

I just saved our good doctor here

from gettin' a black eye,

and he's still, you know...

Hello, Uncle Doc.

Hello, Nancy. Where's your brace?

Broke.How?

Apples.

I'll let her explain it to you

while I get this over to the blacksmith's shop.

Oh, I'm headed that way myself.

So long.

Hello, Joe.

Good afternoon, Carol.

Hey, what have you got there?

Nancy broke her brace.

You can hold down the leg,

but you can't hold down the kids.

That's right.

Could you get this out right away for me?

Just fix this right there.

Be sure it's the same length that it was before.

Sure.

Say, when you and Doc get the new hospital going,

I'll be out of jobs like this.

No, we'll have you over there doing the same thing.

Could you drop this by when you finish?

Sure thing.

Thank you.

Carol?

You sure you don't want to have supper with me tonight?

Thank you, Trampas. Maybe some other time.

All right.

Bye-bye.Bye.

Well, Joe, I got a job for you.

I busted my share on the plow here.

Hello, Carol.

Oh, Walter. You frightened me.

Oh, I'm...

I'm deeply sorry.

I really must be going.

You always have to go when I'm around.

All I want to do is talk to you.

All right.

We can't talk here.

We should talk in some nice place.

Uh, maybe some food. Some wine?

It's no use, Walter.

Just to talk.

What can that hurt?

I miss you, Carol.

I really have to--

Back to work, huh?

You and him...

are out together in that office all day.

Nights, too?

You're foolish.

Well, I fixed him good today.

No hospital.

That's what I told him--

no hospital.

You're in love with the doc.

Admit it!

Let go of me.

I'll catch you!

I'll catch you with him. The whole town will know.

His wife will know.

They'll all know you for what you are.

Aah!

No, no, no!

He's just drunk, that's all.

I'll find out for sure.

I'll get you.

You'll see.

Come on. Go on home.

You all right?Yeah.

Thank you very much.

Want me to take you home?

No, I'm fine, thank you.

You're sure?Yes.

Someday, somebody's gonna catch up with Walter,

and it's not gonna be pretty.

Surprised it hasn't happened ten times already.

He should've been a coyote.

Coyotes aren't mean enough.

Eh.

Can you fix my plow? I'd like to take it back later.

Sure, it won't take long.

In the meantime, I'm gonna go get something to eat.

Hey, Trampas.

What's the rush? Stick around a while.

Oh, no, I'd better get started.

Have a short one on the house.

Well, I could use one.

Thank you. Oh, and by the way,

the next time I order a steak,

would you mind scraping the ashes off before you serve it to me?

You got a deal.

Well, good night, Pat.

Good night.

Joe?

Hey, Joe, are you here?

[ neighs ]Ah!

Doc?

Hey, Doc?

I think I need a couple of stitches.

Doc?

Doc!

Hey, Doc! I cut my--

I need help! Hey!

[ overlapping chatter ]

All right, people! Let's break it up!

Let's go home!

Whew!

This yours?

You know it isn't.

Is that right?

Are you trying to tell me you think I had something to do

with killing Walt?

Well...

What, because of this? Ow! Hey, Doc!

I told you to hold still.

I told you, I cut it before I got there

on our plow.

Exactly which street were you plowing on?

[ sighs ] No, no. We'll start from the beginning.

I was fixing the plow on the wagon

so it would ride better.

Okay.On the wagon.

And it fell on my hand.

The wagon?

No, the plow.

Ah.

Some folks heard you and Varig had a fight today.

He was out of line.

Far enough out of line for you to kill him?

I didn't kill anybody.

Emmett, I--

I told you, I cut my hand before I got there,

and I found him there.

In the alley?In the alley.

Let's see, now. You and Varig had a fight today.

Varig was stabbed tonight.

You got a cut in your hand that could've come from a knife.

And you found Varig in an alley where nobody could've seen him

unless they were looking for him or put him there.

I didn't put him there.

What were you doing in an alley?

I told you, I was on-- Will you tell him?

Tell him what?

You saw me on the street. I yelled to you.

I showed you my cut hand before I got to Carol's.

I saw you where?

On the main street. I yelled to you.

I showed you my cut hand.

When was this?Tonight.

I don't know exactly what you want me to say, Trampas.

But you couldn't have seen me on the street.

I was in my office all night until now.

Your office? No, Doc. You were in the alley.

I saw you. You looked right at me.

Maybe you saw somebody, but it wasn't me.

It was you.

Doc, tell Emmett you saw me.

I wish I could.

What are you doing?

You mean I'm under arrest?

Kind of.

What's "kind of"? Either I am or I'm not.

If I'm not, I'm going back to Shiloh.

Wait a minute.

What, am I under arrest?

No, you're not under arrest.

It's too late to go back to Shiloh.

I'm just offering you a bed in here.

And if I don't take the offer?

Then you're under arrest.

Doc's word over mine, huh?

You might have a reason to lie. He doesn't.

Don't be too sure.

What do you mean?

I mean I'm not the only one

who had a fight with Walt today.

Doc. The doc doesn't fight with anybody.

There's some witnesses who'll tell you different.

Now you're really beginning to worry me.

What do you mean?

You're dragging in a good friend of yours,

you're trying to put the blame on him.

It makes me think you're tryin' to grab at straws or somethin'.

What about you? Dragging in a good friend of yours?

Lockin' him in jail? It seems to me you're grabbin' at straws.

Doesn't my word mean anything?

Yes, it does. But there's been a murder.

I know there's been a--

Go to sleep.

Where you goin'?

To try to prove you didn't kill Varig...

if I can.

If you--

JOE: Who's out there?

Hey, Joe. It's Emmett Ryker.

Evening, Emmett. Anything wrong?

Who's rig is this, Joe?

Trampas. He was supposed to come by earlier.

I was wondering if I shouldn't bed his horses down.

It's gettin' pretty late.

You can stable 'em. He won't need 'em before morning.

Where is Trampas?

He had a fight with Walter Varig today.

You know what it was about?

Varig was pushing Carol Fisk around.

Trampas got to him about a second before I did.

You know, I hated to lose that race.

Then it wasn't an argument just between Trampas and Varig?

No. But if you ask me,

Walter Varig's got an argument with everyone in this town.

What was the trouble between Varig and Carol?

Well, I'm not sure.

They had most of it over with by the time we got to him.

Yeah.

Well, I'll talk to you later, Joe.

Trampas will pick his rig up in the morning.

Hey, Emmett.

What's this all about?

You ought to go home, Pete.

Yeah, I--

I just wanted to come down here

and make sure everything was all right.

Everything's all right. Everything's fine here.

You go on home now.

Yeah, I will.

It's funny.

I was gettin' ready for bed when they...

came and pounded on the door,

told me that Walter was dead.

Murdered.

All I could think of how silly I looked,

standing there in my nightshirt,

hearing them tell me my brother's been murdered.

I'm sorry, Pete. I'm sorry.

They told me you were gonna arrest Trampas.

He's not the one.

Doc Baldwin-- that's your man.

Doc? What do you mean, the doc?

He's the one-- no question.

Why Doc?

Didn't Walter tell you?

Of course not.

Of course not. Walter's dead.

He couldn't tell you.

Pete? Pete, you'd better go home.

If I were you,

I'd close up the store for a few days

and get yourself fixed up and take care of yourself, you know?

I thought I would.

You know...

Walter's been tellin' me what to do for so long,

I'm kind of waitin' around for him to make the decision.

Yeah, yeah.

You're gonna arrest Doc Baldwin, aren't you?

Why should I?

He killed my brother.Why?

There was some trouble. I don't know what it was.

Walter wouldn't tell me.

I can't arrest anybody--There was some trouble!

And I know it was important.

I'll talk to Doc.

You do more than talk to him! You arrest him!

He killed my brother!All right, Pete.

All right. Close up the shop here

and go on home now.

Go on.

Yeah.

You know, I--

Most of the time, I never liked Walter.

Now he's dead.

It don't matter what a man is like.

He's got a right to live.

[ knock on door ]

[ knocking ]

[ knocking ]

[ knocking ]

What's the matter? You sick?

Just all the excitement this afternoon, I guess.

Yeah.

Walter was killed right out there.

Yes, that was the terrible thing.

He certainly wasn't one of our best loved men, but--

Walter was out there, watching your house.

Did you know that?

He did a lot of crazy things when he was drunk.

How do you know he was drunk?

Everybody knows he drank all the time.

Was he drunk this afternoon when you saw him?

You did see him this afternoon.

That's right.

Then why talk around it? He was drunk this afternoon,

so you guessed he was still drunk out there when he got killed.

I've got the feeling you're not talking plain to me.

It's very hard to talk plain to you,

because you're just throwing all these questions at me.

It's as if you think I killed him. I did not.

All right. We got that out of the way.

He was drunk this afternoon

when you saw him.

He pushed you around,

and Trampas came...

made him move off.

That's right.

What was your argument about?

It was personal.

What do you mean, personal?

Nothing's personal when there's been a murder.

What'd you fight about?

The same fight we'd always had.

He wanted to see me, and I didn't want to see him.

He wanted me back.

And you weren't interested? That's right.

You liked him well enough once.

A girl does a lot of strange things

when she's lonesome.

She'll make up a lot of excuses for a man

up to a point.

And I reached that point.

What did it all have to do with Doc Baldwin?

What's the matter?

Nothing.

Then answer me.I just did.

It had absolutely nothing to do with the doctor.

Oh.

What happened? What'd you find out?

Your cell door's unlocked. You can leave now.

Just as fast as I can.

What made you change your mind?

I saw the plow.

You saw the plow.

Well, it's about time.

What about Doc?What about him?

Why would he lie about seeing you?

Or was that just some story you made up to get loose?

It was no story.

I figure a man can be excused

for having a little panic at a time like that. That's what you had.

No, I wasn't--

Emmett, you know that towel you found on me,

the one I was using for a bandage?

Well, I got it from Doc's place.

Doc wasn't there.

What are you tryin' to tell me?

Well, it's just--

Doc's lying.

Well, I'll talk to him in the morning.

If it was me, you'd be askin' him now!

Uh...

Emmett, it's kind of late.

Do you mind if I bunk here tonight?

You sure you got this thing at Doc's?

Yes, I'm sure. It's the only stop I made

between gettin' cut and going to Carol's.

You're ready to swear in a court of law

you saw Doc coming out of that alley?

Why should I have to?

Well...

things don't look very good for Doc this morning.

What are you gettin' at?

Just what I said.

You may have to swear to what you saw.

You tryin' to tell me you think Doc killed Walter?

Well, that's stupid.

Why?Why? Because he couldn't.

How could you think Doc would kill anybody?

But he lied, Trampas. Doc lied.

He lied about being in his office.

You say you got that there.

He lied about being near that alley.

You say you saw him there.

A man doesn't lie without a reason.

Maybe he had another reason.

Look, Emmett, why don't you ask him?

I intend to. If he doesn't come up with some good answers,

he just might move in where you slept last night.

Well, I don't think Doc killed Walter Varig.

Somebody did.

Well, good morning, Nancy.

Morning, Trampas.

Your daddy home?

He'll be right out.

He's gonna take me to school. Oh?

I have a new book.

Is that so?

How many things can you find wrong with this picture?

[ chuckles ] Well, let's see.

Mornin', Trampas.

Good morning.

Say, you're Doc's lawyer, aren't you?

That's right.

I don't know. It may be a little early to get worried,

but I'm afraid Doc's in a lot of trouble.

What kind of trouble?

I'll stop in and see him

after I've dropped Nancy off at school.

He can tell me himself.

Fine. Better you hear it from him anyway.

So long, Nancy.

Bye, Trampas.

Trampas?

Daddy?Yes, dear?

When people talk about things in front of me,

is that how I know I'm grown up?

[ laughs ]

Get up there!

I told you--I had a lot of work to do.

I never left the office.

Not even to get something to eat, Doc?

A cup of coffee or--

Coffee pot's right there.

Want a cup?

What are you gettin' at, Emmett?

Did you ever see this before?

Trampas says he got it here.

He says you weren't in your office when he came.

Looks like the kind you keep around here, doesn't it?

There is a similarity.

But there are a lot of towels like that in town.

Doc, there are bits and pieces of evidence

starting to make you look bad.

I gotta make a report to the prosecutor,

and then there's gonna be a full hearing.

If you have anything to say,

this would be the time.

I have nothing to say.

You boys go on up to the north pasture

and give those fellas a hand.

Shouldn't take you more than half a day.

Whoa.

I was beginning to think you weren't comin' back at all.

There's some trouble in town.

So I hear. We're gonna get a terrible reputation

if our hands go around gettin' themselves arrested for murder.

News travels fast. How'd you find out?

You weren't the only one in town that night.

Get that stuff put away. Meet me at the barn.

Hey...about that murder last night--

What about it?Well--

You didn't do it, did you?

Of course I didn't do it.

Well, then?

I was just wondering who did.

Got something on your mind?

Just a question.

You think Doc Baldwin could kill somebody?

What brought that up?

Emmett's got some nutty idea

that the doc killed Walter.

Has he got anything to go on?

Enough, I guess.

What do you think?

I don't know.

Just exactly what kind of evidence does Emmett have?

Me.

Of course, most of the evidence is circumstantial--

not real facts.

My brother's dead. That's a fact.

Yes, it is.

But I need facts to really connect the doc with the murder.

There was no one else on the street. That's a fact.

We also have to fix the time.

Trampas saw him comin' out of there. That's a fact.

You're walkin' away from it.

You're the prosecutor,

and you're supposed to see that justice is done,

and you're just walkin' away from it!

Take it easy.I won't take it easy!

What kind of town is this?

You just prosecute people you don't like?

You got no call to say that.

If my brother was able to defend himself,

if it were the other way around--

if he killed Doc and--

there'd be a mob outside your jail

screaming for his neck.

Trampas is absolutely certain he saw Doc?

I couldn't shake his story.

Well, all right.

Arrest Doc.

I'll draw up the charges.

Thank you. I knew you'd help.

I knew you'd be on my side--both of you.

You'd better understand something, Pete--

I'm on nobody's side.

I'm just doing what I get paid for.

Thank you.

I don't blame you for being upset, Harriet,

but emotionalism isn't going to help Doc.

You don't expect me to keep calm

while Doc sits in a jail cell

and the people out on the street point to me

as poor Mrs. Baldwin?

Clay, I wish there was something we could do.

Well, it's all a mistake, and everybody knows it.

Men don't kill each other

over silly arguments like they had in Varig's store.

Tell me, Clay-- what do they kill each other over?

Come in, Trampas.

Mrs. Baldwin would like to talk to you.

Oh?

Holly and I will leave you two alone.

No, Clay. Anything I have to say,

you can hear as well.

Trampas, I thought you and Doc were good friends.

We are. You know that.

Then why are you trying to hang him?

I'm not trying to hang Doc.

I'm just telling the truth.

I believe he was telling the truth.

You were in the saloon that night, weren't you?

Yes.

Drinking?No.

Well, some, but not much.

But some.

Then you went walking on a dark street/

It wasn't all that dark.

But it was dark.

You had cut your hand.

You were weak, dizzy from loss of blood,

yet you insist you saw my husband.

I saw him.

Couldn't you have been mistaken?

I'm sorry, but there's no mistake.

It was Doc.

Doc and I have had a lot of good years together.

I know.Good years.

You don't want to end that, do you?

Please, Trampas, just think about it

before the hearing.

Think about it.

Maybe you made a mistake.

I'm sorry.

Why won't he help me?

It's not a matter of help, Harriet.

He has to do what he thinks is right,

what he thinks is honest.

We've learned that much about him.

Well, he's mistaken, then.

It had to be a mistake.

What would Doc be doing coming out of an alleyway

leading to Carol's room at that time of night?

It's impossible.

Excuse me.

Harriet.

It's all right, Holly. I understand.

And she is very beautiful.

What am I supposed to do now?

Nobody said you had to do anything.

Well...

the prosecutor is asking me to testify,

and Doc's wife-- well, she doesn't want me to.

She didn't say that.

Well, not in those words.

I don't want to hurt Doc. He's a friend of mine.

If Emmett has proof, why does he need me?

From what Mrs. Baldwin says, you're the only real proof.

I didn't see Doc kill anybody.

You know, I don't understand Doc.

Why is he lying? Why is he telling everyone I didn't see him?

You're making this whole thing

sound like a scheme to hurt you.

In case you need reminding, one man's dead,

and another one may be hanged.

Do you mind if I take some time off?

I gotta talk to Doc.

If it'll clear your mind, go ahead.

But stay out of trouble.

I don't see how I could get into any more trouble

than I'm already in.

You do what you have to do.

If you think you saw me, say so.

I'm not asking you to perjure yourself.

Doc, I'm not saying you are.

But you're holdin' something back.

You won't tell Emmett, you won't tell me.

I'm not surprised if you haven't told your own lawyer.

What's the matter, Doc. Do you want to hang?

Of course not.

Then why don't you tell the truth?

Give me something to go on.

Trampas, you're a good friend.

But you don't have to concern yourself.

I didn't kill Walter,

and sooner or later, Emmett will find out who did.

Suppose it's later-- what then?

I don't think it will be.

But you're willing to take the chance, right?

I have to.

Anyway, it's my business, isn't it?

You are really gettin' me mad.

I mean, I'm just plain mad.

Let me take a look at that.It's all right.

I don't know what your reasons are,

but I'll turn this town upside down to prove you're innocent.

And you know why? Not to save your neck.

To keep me from being the one that stretches it.

It's all right!

You get a fresh dressing on that.

[ slams cell door ]

Well, Doc...

looks like you gave him a pretty bad time.

Yes, I'm sorry.

You know, I believe him.

I believe you are lying.

Why?

Doc, I'm your lawyer.

Now, if I have... oh, a fever

or a broken bone.

I tell you as much as I can about it

so that you can fix it.

Well, now it's my turn

to fix your fever or your broken bone.

Tell me so I can.

I have nothing to say.

You can tell me. I am your lawyer.

They can't make me repeat it later.

It is privileged information.

Well, you're not helping at all.

Not even one little bit.

Here you are.

Thanks.

Hey, Trampas. It's good to see you.

I've been meaning to get in touch with you.

I'd like to ask you some questions.

I figured you did, and I've got some answers for you.

And more than words.

It's about your brother.I know that.

They probably offered you money

or a better job-- something--

to change your testimony.

But I want you to know

that I am prepared to meet

and better their offer, no matter what it is.

I don't want you to lose anything

just because you're helping me

bring my brother's killer to justice.

What are you talking about?

How much do you want?How much?

Don't worry. Nobody can hear us.

We're all alone--Shut up.

What?I said shut up.

I don't want your job or your money

or anything else you can offer me-- just some information.

They reached you, huh?

You don't believe I can better their offer.

I got plenty of money--

Now, listen to me!

Your brother was a hated man.

He was hated by half the people in this town.

You know that. Who hated him enough to kill him?

Doc.

I don't believe that. Who else?

Nobody else.Think.

Well, maybe-=

maybe there were a few misunderstandings.

Misunderstandings? Come on, Pete.

I know he's your brother, and he's dead.

But let's not make Walter something he wasn't.

He was a hated man. He was mean.

Now, who could've killed him?

I don't know!Who? A name.

I can't give you a name!Why not?!

There were too many.

BLANTON: Trampas.

I've been looking for you.

Did Doc tell you why he lied? Nope.

Don't bother me till he does.

I got a lot to do.

You're wanted at a meeting.

I haven't time for meetings.

You've got time for this one. It's the mayor.

[ overlapping chatter ]

I think you already know most of these gentlemen.

Yes.

Have a chair, Trampas.

Afternoon, Mr. Mayor.

This meeting is in no way formal

or official,

so please be comfortable.

The mayor and these gentlemen

are merely anxious to satisfy themselves

about a few points.

About what?

You saw you saw Doc leaving the scene of the killing?

That's right.

Wasn't it dark?

If whoever it was was in a buggy, like you say,

you couldn't have had more than a glimpse of him.

Weren't you too far away from him to be sure?

Wait a minute.

I'm not just so sure you people got a right to question me like this.

This is a matter that affects the whole tow.

We're talking about Doc Baldwin,

not just some trail bum that wandered through.

No offense, Mr. Mayor,

but I don't see any difference

between a trail bum or a town doctor.

You're right, Trampas. No difference.

But these are Doc's friends

and the leading citizens of the town.

So, naturally they were a little upset.

There's an awful lot at stake here, Trampas.

The new hospital, for one thing.

And the proper medical care for the people of this town.

In case you forgot, the Doc's life is at stake, too.

Exactly. We knew you'd feel as we do.

We're just trying to make absolutely sure

what it was you think you saw.

Think I saw? I did see.

Like we said, it was dark.

And you were weak and dizzy.

We hear you had a few drinks at the saloon, too.

Could be that your eyesight was off all the way round.

Besides, there could be mitigating circumstances.

What's that supposed to mean?

I'm not saying that Doc was there,

or that he killed Varig,

but it could be that Carol was involved.

She's a mighty pretty woman.

And everybody knows how Varig felt about her.

I certainly would hate to be Doc's wife.

All right.

All right, I'm not stupid.

I know what you're trying to get me to say.

You want me to say I made a mistake.

No one said that, Trampas.

Yeah, you've been careful not to.

You think I want to testify against Doc?

If I didn't seem him, I'd be the first one to say so.

But you're askin' me to lie.

You can't accuse us of--

I'm not accusing you of anything!

But let's stop playing ring-around-the-bush here.

All right, let's stop playing games.

You're going to be asked

to testify at a hearing.

If you swear that you saw Doc,

that's the same as putting a rope around his neck.

Now, think about it.

Good day.

Doc?

Harriet.

Oh.

See, Harriet? This isn't so bad.

It's kind of cozy.

How are you?

You can even talk, look in each other's--

Oh, don't let me bother you, Doc.

How've you been? I've missed you so.

I missed you.

All the kids are fine, except when they ask your wife

"What's gonna happen to Pa" and she can't answer.

It that why you brought me here today? To use me?

It's all right. Everything's all right at home.

What about the nights you can't sleep thinkin' about this?

Trampas, I forbid you to go on!

I'm sorry, darling.I'm fine.

Sure, she's fine! Why don't you tell him how fine it would be

to walk down the street and have people look at you and laugh at you?!

Why don't you tell him what it'd be like

to be the wife of the man who murdered Walt?

Over another woman.

That's a lie.

Then tell her the truth! hat's what the whole town thinks.

You don't believe that, do you?

Well, Doc...

no, of course I don't believe it.

But she took time. She had to think about it, didn't she, Doc?

Stop it! You hear me?!

That isn't what you think, is it?

TRAMPAS: What is she supposed to think, Doc?

Doc, if you love your wife, tell her.

Look at her.

Tell her!

I was only trying to protect a friend.

I was so busy trying to protect a friend,

I hadn't realized what I was putting you through.

Harriet, I'm so sorry.

If you repeat this, I'll deny it.

I'll say you both made it up to save me.

You don't have to talk about it. Really--

Yes, yes, yes, dear. I do, I do.

I was at Carol's that night.

Trampas did see me, and I saw him.

No, no.

No, I didn't kill Walter.

I never even saw him.

I just had to leave there without anyone seeing me.

There was nothing wrong with my visit, dear.

It was a professional call.

Then what's all the excitement about, Doc?

Why didn't you tell me that in the first place?

I couldn't.

I'd have to say what I was doing there.

I'm sorry. I-- Well, wait a minute.

Isn't there something about a doctor doesn't have to tell?

Would you believe me if I'd pleaded privileged information?

Or would you think I was hiding behind my professional immunity?

Doc, I--You see?

You see how convenient it would look?

What could've been so wrong with Carol you couldn't tell?

She tried to kill herself.

Trampas.

Can I come in?

Well, how are you feeling?

All right. Why do you ask?

Why did you try to do it, Carol?

Well...

what did you use? Pills? What?

How did you know, Trampas?

Doesn't matter how I know.

It happened, didn't it?

Yes.

As you might well imagine, I'm not very proud of it.

Of what? What you tried to do?

Or the mess you got Doc into?Both.

Carol, Doc won't tell. You'll have to.

I can't.

What do you mean, you can't?

Carol, Doc is sitting in a cell,

waiting to be tried for murder, and he's protecting you.

You'd better start telling everybody what happened.

I can't tell anything.

You can't or you won't?

I see.

Why does a woman try to take her own life?

Over a man?

Is it true? Were you in love with Doc?

Is that why?

Oh, no.

Then what?

Carol, Doc can hang.

Nothing I say is gonna make any difference

because I don't know who killed him.

What you have to say may prove Doc didn't.

Whether anyone was here or not doesn't prove anything.

He could've walked out and killed Walt,

or he could've walked right past him and not even seen him.

That's a great way to pay back an I.O.U. you owe Doc.

What I.O.U.?

Oh, you never wrote it on a piece of paper and handed it to him,

but you owe him just the same.

I remember when you were pushing drinks in a saloon.

And Doc took you out of there, taught you nursing.

Brought you into his home till you could afford to be on your own.

It's a long way from there to nursing, isn't it?

Now you're the best of Medicine Bow society.

That's a great way to pay him off.

Don't you think I know how much I owe Doc? I owe him everything.

Right now I think he should've left me there.

It might've been better at that.

How you doin'?All right.

You been elected sheriff? No.

Somebody deputize you?Nope.

Well, why don't you keep your nose out of all this

and let the law handle it?

You gonna let me skip testifying?

No.

Then my nose is in it.

You lookin' for me?

No, I'm lookin' for supper.

May I join you?Suit yourself.

What'll you have, Mr. Blanton?

Steak, I think.

Hey.

I'll have the same thing.

And two beers.

Well, I'm not winning any prizes for popularity.

Did you expect to?

No, I guess not.

Oh, you got some on you. Too bad.

You got something to say to me?

Yeah.

Just what do you get out of hangin' Doc?

Who said Doc's gonna hang?

You're makin' sure of it by testifying!

Trampas, this whole town wants Doc off.

We don't care what he's done.

You don't--

He thinks Doc did it.

The way you've been talking,

I gathered you do, too.

Not allowing for any margin of error.

Is this your idea of a joke, Pat?

You don't like the food here, why don't you go someplace else to eat?

I hear they got real good eatin' in San Francisco.

Why don't you take yourself a little trip, Trampas?

A fella like you could get hurt

hangin' around a town like this.

You know what I mean?

Maybe I ought to move at that.

It would, uh, solve a lot of problems.

Emmett! You'd better come fast.

Trampas is goin' crazy!

[ laughing ]

Get out of my way!

Where you goin'?! Where are you goin'?!

[ laughing ]

Is he drunk?

On only one glass of beer?

Trampas?

Ha ha ha!

How do you feel?

How do you feel?

Oh.

I feel terrible.

Doc, what--

What am I doing here?

What am I doing--

Emmett!

Emmett!

Come on, sit down.

Doc, it's morning.

Whew! What happened to last night?

If I were you, I'd take it easy.

You were in pretty bad shape last night

when Emmett brought you in.

Bad shape?

What kind of shape?

I couldn't tell exactly.

Emmett let me examine you, but I couldn't find much.

It wasn't drinking, I know that.

Well, you seem better today.

Will you unlock this door and tell me what's goin' on?

That's what I want to know.

Doc here says you weren't drunk.

I know. He--

Everybody's tellin' me what I wasn't.

But nobody's tellin' me what I was.

You were out of your head.

What? You even pulled a gun.

Don't you remember anything at all?

No.

When is the last time this happened to you?

This never happened before.

Nothing that you remember?

Doc...

isn't it possible that these, uh...attacks

can come on slowly?

A mild one now and then building up to a bigger one?

It's possible.

And therefore, wouldn't it also be possible

that on the night that Trampas allegedly saw you,

he was having one of these attacks?

Well, what about it, Doc?

You gonna swear I'm crazy?

It doesn't matter what Doc says one way or the other.

He's not going to be on the stand--you are.

We'll let the jury decide

just how valid your testimony is...especially now.

So long, Doc.

So long, Trampas.

I'd like to talk with my client, please.

Did you dope him?

Why, Doc... I don't know what you're talking about.

I don't want to win that way, Arthur.

Look, I'm your lawyer, and I'll with this case any way I can.

You can sit here and worry about the ethics.

I'll just worry about your neck.

Will you quit lookin' at me like that?

I'm not gonna roll on your floor or shoot up your jail.

You know as well as I do I was doped.

Yeah, that's how I figure it.

Peyote or something like it.

You got any idea who did it?

Well...

in a room full of men that hate my guts--

could've been any of them.

Why don't they get off my back?

If they don't want me to tell what I saw,

why don't they keep you from askin' me?

I guess they figure that you're easier to deal with.

Well, I'm not.

And you still make lousy coffee.

Hey, Joe?

I'm gonna give up makin' my own shoes.

I can get 'em ready made from St. Louis a lot cheaper.

How's your hand?It's all right.

I've been thinkin' about the night Walt was killed.

That's all folks around here have been talking about.

Yeah, I know.

Are you gonna swear you saw Doc?

What--you, too?

I'm might fond of Doc.Well, so am I.

If you want to help Doc, you can start by helping me.

How?

Weren't you supposed to take little Nancy's brace

back to Carol's that night?

Yeah, and I did, too.

Think hard. When you were there,

did you see anybody else? No.

Nobody at all. Not even Varig.

I think he must've been too well hid.

What about a buggy or a tethered horse?

No, nobody at all.

I left the brace at Carol's and went on home.

What's wrong? What'd I say?

Well, I'm not sure, not yet.

But I'm gonna find out.

Look, this isn't gonna do you any good.

Shut up!Now, look...

if you don't want me to testify, then take me back into town.

Let me check out something.

I may not have to testify at all.

Get movin'!

He's been under my feet ever since he came storming in to see you.

What exactly did you tell Trampas?

I'm sorry. I have nothing to say.

Well, you must've told him something.

He's been poking around like a bloodhound.

Doc, the trial is tomorrow.

Do you understand that? Tomorrow.

You have given me practically nothing to work on.

I didn't kill Walter Varig. That should be plenty.

For a friend, yes.

But in a court of law, I'm not so sure.

Doc, whatever it was you told Trampas to set him off,

you've made him an accessory.

You know that?

I have nothing to say.

Well, I'll tell you, some people are gonna--

they're gonna call you a brave man, Doc.

Some people are gonna call you a fool.

But unless something happens pretty soon,

you're gonna be too dead to be worried about that.

Hello, Trampas.

Hello, Nancy.

Did you fall out of the apple tree, too?

[ chuckles ]

Something like that.

Will you read with me?

All right.

Ohh.

How's your leg?All right.

Let's sit down here?

How many things can you find wrong with this picture?

You find one and I'll find one.

All right.

The bird is upside down in the tree.

How does your brace fit now?

All right.

The horse only has three legs.

The squirrel's in the bird's nest.

Do you remember when you bent your brace?

Uh-huh. I didn't see that squirrel before.

Um, Nancy, when did you get your brace back?

After it was fixed.

The cow has a horse's head.

When after? I mean, when did your daddy bring it back to you?

He didn't give it back. It was just there.

Find more things wrong.

The moon is shining instead of the sun.

What do you mean, it was just there?

I woke up in the morning, and it was just there.

Acorns are growing from the flower.

I knew that before.

My teacher told me.

Well, I have to go now, Nancy.

Read just one more?

Well, I'd like to, but I can't.

Bye, Trampas.

Bye, sweetheart.

What herd ran over you?

The two-legged variety.

Want to sign a complaint? No.

Who were they?

I couldn't tell.

Their faces were covered.

Just keep your eyes open for a couple of black eyes

or a split lip.

How's Doc?He's all right.

Not even nervous about tomorrow.

He doesn't have to be, not anymore.

Would you mind sharing your confidence

with the duly appointed representative of the law?

Where's Doc's lawyer?

Blanton? He went out to see Carol.

He figured the Doc won't talk.

Maybe she'll tell him something.

Let's go.

Go where?To find him.

You must've been beaten up harder than you think.

And he still refuses to say anything.

He's such a good man.

Why did any of this have to happen?

[ knock on door ]

Can we come in?

Certainly.

Where did you disappear to?

Some interested parties showed me the countryside.

Carol tell you anything that would help Doc?

No, not yet, I'm afraid.

We've just been sort of going over old ground.

You mean old times?

What's that supposed to mean?

Not old ground. Old times.

I don't know what you're getting at.

You will.

Did you tell him?

Carol tried to kill herself.

Carol!

Is that true?

Emmett?

Would you say he didn't know about this before now?

Yeah, he looks surprised enough.

I think so, too.

That means she tried it after you left here that night.

You were outside with Walter.

My guess is, he jumped you

and you killed him in self-defense.

That's a very interesting theory.

Except for one thing.

I was not here that night.

Yes, you were.

Can you prove that?

Yes.

Your daughter has a game book.

What's Wrong With This Picture?

Well, there was something very wrong with the picture

the morning you took Nancy to school,

the day I told you Doc was in trouble.

Oh?

And just what was wrong with the picture?

Nancy's brace. She was wearing it.

Joe fixed it and brought it here.

The only way Nancy could have the brace the next morning

is if you were here the night before.

When Doc was accused,

I thought that I could get him off.

I would not have let him hang.

I would've told.

Why'd you run? Why didn't you just come to me

and tell me what happened?

Panic, I suppose.

I thought of my wife, I thought of Carol.

Of my little daughter. And I ran.

Wasn't a very smart thing to do for an innocent man.

Thinking what I was thinking,

feeling as I did...

about you...

I was not really innocent.

Howdy.Howdy.

Say, don't I know you?

You look just like a hand we used to have around here.

No foolin'?

What happened to the poor fella--

he rode off one day with a load of iron to be fixed,

and he's never been seen again.

That just goes to show--

you can't trust nobody nowadays.

You lookin' for work? We sure could use an extra hand

to replace that missing man, you understand?

As a matter of fact, I could use a job.

Well, that's just fine. You're hired.

Some of the hands are out in the north graze, lookin' for strays.

Why don't you ride right on out there and join them?

Yo.And by the way...

You have any experience?

I've forgotten more than most men know.

Uh...pardon me, sir.

Which way is north?

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