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Pa, you better come out here.

What is it, son?

Look.

A prison wagon.

What're you guys stoppin' for?

Shut up, croft.

what're you guys stoppin' for?

I said shut up!

You'll get yours, potter, so help me, you'll get yours.

Howdy.

Afternoon.

Sure hot.

Is there somethin' you want?

Well, yeah, yeah, you see we got that there prison wagon,

An'-an' we've got a long way to go,

We've got to go all the way to yuma.

You see, we got a fellow in there that's comin' up-

You understand? Well, it's this fellow-

Who is he?

Croft. Rudy croft, he's- he's a killer up santa fe area.

He's-he's a real mean boy.

What- you see, we ain't supposed to go near no towns

With him, you see, an' we kinda need some... Supplies.

Well, if it's food you want,

I could sell you some of our supplies.

Yeah, well, that ain't it exactly.

You see, this here heat an' travelin' like that-

Mister, the town of north fork's about 3 miles...

Down the road.

There's a marshal there named micah torrance.

You've probably heard of him.

Now, what do you think he'd say if I rode in there an' told him

That the... Prison wagon came through with a killer in it

And both the guards were drunk, and asked me for whiskey?

Now, friend, you got us all wrong.

You see, it's just this heat-

Maybe the heat will dry you out.

Now get back in that thing and get off my property.

And if I were you, I'd stay sober the rest of my trip.

Sure thing, we'll do that.

You're right, buddy.

Come on, son, let's get back to work.

Heat's bad enough without you complainin' all the time.

Look, there ain't nothin' wrong with me a bottle couldn't fix.

Well, you drunk up that last one.

Yeah, well, if you'd handled that sodbuster back there

Proper instead of shootin' off your mouth,

He'd have probably give you one.

Instead of runnin' us off like he did.

Hmm. Tellin' that marshal.

what, are you guys scared?

Wanna get yourselves a little drink when you need one?

You let me go. I'll get it for you.

Shut up, croft. You shut up!

We'll hang us a few horse blankets over them windows,

Then we'll see who needs a drink.

You ever been to north fork, taylor?

No, why?

Well, I've been there,

But there ain't nobody there that'd know you.

We got a long ways to go, an'... It sure would make it easier.

Yeah, we- no, we got orders,

Both of us to stay with 'im, all the time.

Well, what can he do? All locked up.

Look, if we camp in them trees over there, come nightfall,

Well, you take one of these horses, go on into town,

Get us a couple of bottles an' come on back.

Croft here try anythin',

There's nothin' I'd like better

Than puttin' a bullet through him, sassin' us like he's been.

Well, let's get to them trees.

Potter! Come on, give me somethin', I'm half starved.

There ain't none for you.

What's left I gotta save for taylor.

You ain't feedin' me enough to keep me alive.

My middle is aching all over.

So, you got aches, so what? They'll be gone in a few days.

They don't waste no time down in yuma on the likes of you.

Potter, come on, huh?

Just give me somethin', I'm tellin' you, I'm hurtin'.

I'm half starved.

You know something, croft,

There ain't nobody out here except you an' me.

An' you sure getting' on my nerves.

Just askin', that's all.

You wasn't askin', you was beggin'.

Rudy croft, beggin' for beans. Now ain't that a laugh?

How'd it go?

No problem, nobody seen me, nobody asked no questions.

That north fork, even the marshal gone to bed.

Just me and the bartender.

Oh, hey, that saved me.

Yeah.

Hey, potter? Come on.

Hey, potter, come on, we still got us another bottle.

You gonna sleep on me, hmm? Potter, wake up!

What's the matter with you, croft?

help me, I can't stand it.

Why can't you-

Don't you stay away. Where's the key? Give me that key!

Potter! Potter! Come on, he-

He got loose, get your gun. Come on!

Seems like...The ground done swallowed him up.

Hurt like he was, what do you suppose happened to 'im?

He's probably holed up in them rocks someplace.

We'd never find 'im. You say you shot him good?

Yeah.

Well, then the buzzards will get him sooner or later.

What are we gonna do?

Oh, no, not what we gonna do.

What you gonna do when we get to yuma?

What're you gonna tell 'em?

Lettin' 'im get away like he done.

Look, you was drunk too, they'd like to hear that.

Yeah, well, we gotta find him, alive or dead.

You know what'll happen to us if we-we get there without 'im?

Yeah, 5 years in solitary.

Yeah, we gotta get him or... Somebody to take his place.

What do you mean, somebody to take his place? You loco?

You aimin' to drive into yuma with an empty wagon?

We find somebody, mess him up some,

Who's to know the difference?

Croft, he ain't never been to yuma,

Ain't nobody there knows him.

So who's to say who we're bringin' in?

Actually, that somebody, he looks a little bit like croft.

Like who?

That big-mouth sodbuster yesterday.

He got yellow hair, about the same size as croft.

Like you said, we mess him up some who-

Who's gonna know the difference?

An'-an' we get back at the sodbuster same time,

Threatenin' us like he done.

You know something, taylor, sometimes you got real brains.

Whoa!

Howdy. Uh, where's your helper? Your boy? In school?

Yeah, I thought you were on your way to yuma?

Oh, we was. Fact is, we still are.

Yeah, you see, uh, we got to thinkin' about what-

What happened yesterday, us comin' by an' all and we figured

We better stop by an' sort of apologize.

Now, we know we done a wrong thing and, uh,

We just didn't want you to get the wrong idea.

That's right. Fact is, we do need some supplies-

Now, not whiskey, nothin' like that,

But if you could help us out, we'd be mighty appreciative.

You're supposed to carry enough supplies when you start out.

Yeah. Well, you see, uh, croft in there, he's a-

He's a big eater.

A lot more than we figured for a man being took to get hung,

Uh, but what do you say, mister? Just a little flour,

Maybe a little cornmeal?

Then we'll be gone, we won't bother you no more.

All right, let's go get what you came for.

Friend!

There. That takes care of 'im.

We'll fix 'im.

By the time we get to yuma,

They ain't gonna know who we got in there.

Taylor: All right, giddy-up.

How far do you reckon we've come?

Oh, we've come about 5 miles, I reckon.

Well, now, I was wonderin' if he's gonna come around,

Hard as you hit him.

Yeah. Well, I'll hit him again if he gives us any trouble.

Hey, sodbuster, do you hear me?

We're takin' you for a little ride,

So you just make yourself comfortable.

Here, do you want a drink?

Wait a minute.

Oh, well now, looky there, that old water just won't stay put.

I reckon you'll just have to go thirsty.

What do think you're doing?

Oh, we ain't doin' nothin'.

You are, you're doin' us a favor.

Yeah, yeah, you sure are.

Yeah, you see, uh, last night that, uh, that croft,

He done got away from us. Yeah, he sure did.

Uh, but we figured he didn't get too far cuz he's-

He's carryin' a bullet in 'im.

But you know them coyotes.

Well, we, uh, we figured they'd probably got him by now.

Well, that don't help us none. Taylor needs it.

What's that got to do with me?

Oh, we thought about you, you know,

How you treated us yesterday, an' you know what?

We got to thinkin' how you kinda look like that croft.

You know, yellow hair, big an' also you're doing us favor.

Yeah, you see, uh, well, taylor an' me, well-well,

It wouldn't look too good for us comin' into yuma empty.

So you're takin' croft's place.

I'm what?

Yeah, well, we figured they can hang you as easy as croft

And, uh, nobody would know the difference.

You're out of your mind. You'll never get away with it.

Don't you be tellin' us what we can do!

By the time we get to yuma,

You gonna be croft far as anybody is concerned.

And we'll probably have you believin' it too. Let's go.

Pa, I'm home.

Pa? Pa, where are you?

Who are you?

Never mind who I am, kid.

Wh-what are you doing here? Where's my pa?

Your pa ain't around. He's gone, he's doin' somethin',

Somethin' for me, kid.

He's helpin' me out.

Now, why don't you be like your pa, just help me out?

I don't know what you're talkin' about, my pa doesn't know you.

If he did, I'd know you, too.

Look, sonny, I ain't got time to argue.

Now, you gonna help me out?

No. Who are ya? How'd you get shot?

You wanna know everythin', don't you?

All right, all right, kid, I'll leave you be.

Won't bother you no more. Just-just get me a gun.

There must be a gun around here somewhere.

I'll get me a horse out of the barn here, I'll be long gone.

No!

Boy, I'm hurt. I gotta get out of here.

Now, don't give me any trouble, get me a gun!

No!

Boy! Boy!

Hey, how about a drink o' water?

What did you say?

I asked for a drink of water.

You know how much water there is between here an' yuma?

There ain't none, none to speak of, that is.

And what water we got over there why-why it's gotta last.

Now, if you are real thirsty, why, uh, you can take a swallow

Of this here whiskey.

Well, when we get to yuma an' they put that rope around

Your neck, there ain't nobody gonna say

It wasn't rudy croft they hung.

An' you ain't gonna be in no condition

To tell them they was wrong.

You'll have to kill me first.

If you don't, you'll never get away with this.

Oh, well, we'll see. You sure you won't have one?

Where'd you leave him?

Right here. You can see where I dropped my hat.

Uh, he just fell. I- I didn't know what to do.

You did the right thing.

Micah!

He didn't get very far.

If-if he's done somethin' to pa,

How are we gonna find out?

I dunno. No identification on 'im.

Here, mark, my- my eyes aren't too good. Can you read that?

Yeah, it says, uh, "rudy... Croft".

Well, this is...

The man that they had in that prison wagon yesterday.

What did he mean?

He- he said that pa was doing a favor for 'im?

I dunno, but come tomorrow,

We better find that wagon. Come on, boy, we got some work to do.

Uh-uh.

What's the matter?

I ain't thirsty.

Oh, well, suit yourself.

You eatin' them beans?

You ain't thirsty, I ain't hungry.

No, wait a minute. What are you doin'?

Well, you ain't gonna eat 'em, I'll give 'em to him.

Look, he don't get fed till I say.

An' then just enough to keep him breathin'.

We got a week's more travelin' to do

An' that oughta just about do.

I don't think we're doing the right thing.

What do you mean by that?

Well, I dunno, it just don't seem right.

What you need is a drink.

No, I don't need no drink.

Now, supposin' what he says is true?

Supposin' we get him to yuma an' they find out what we done.

What happens?

You're forgettin' what they'll do to us

If we ride into yuma with an empty wagon.

But one thing's as bad as the other. Maybe worse.

You got a better idea?

I say we make a deal with him.

Providin' he keeps his mouth shut, we let him go,

An' then we take what's comin' to us.

You know, taylor, you just gave me an idea.

What's that?

Well, he ain't the only one who's liable to have a loose lip

About what's happened out here.

What you mean?

Well, you've been sproutin' chicken feathers

The past few hours,

An' I'm gettin' worried about you.

Now, potter, look, I know how to keep my mouth shut,

I'm not gonna say anythin'.

Yeah. Yeah, you-you'll keep your mouth shut all right.

Potter, you're out of your head!

You know, he just gave me an idea. Did you hear what he said?

I heard.

Yeah, well, come to think of it...

It probably would be a mistake hauling you into yuma.

At least, alive it would. Now, let's see.

I tell 'em you escaped, which you did, you being croft,

An' while you was doing it,

Why, you shot poor ol' taylor there.

So, naturally, I just had to shoot you. Yeah, that's it.

That way, I was- I was just doin' my duty

An' protectin' my own life.

Yeah, that's it, that's the way it will be.

Now, you get back in there while-while I open these doors.

Why not right here? Why go to all the trouble?

Well, you's escapin', remember?

All right now, move back.

All right, now, come on out an' don't try nothin'.

Turn around, I said, turn around!

I'm supposed to be escapin', remember?

A man runnin' away would have to be shot in the back,

Wouldn't he?

Turn around!

You shoot me in the front,

You'd have a hard time explainin' it,

Wouldn't you, potter?

You ain't trickin' me.

I'll shoot you straight on, if I have to.

Get up and start walkin'.

Over there, inside. Here.

Yeah, inside like- like you said, I'm gon-

What are you gonna do?

You- you hear me? What you gonna do?

Hey, mister, what are you- what are you gonna do?

You're gonna have a long time

Figurin' that out yourself, potter.

Hey, look- look, sodbuster, w-we didn't mean anythin',

We was gonna let you go. Hey, what you gonna do?

Pa!

Pa, where have you been? What are you doing with that wagon?

I'll tell you all about it when we get back to the ranch, son.

You had your coffee yet, micah?

Now you don't think I'd miss my coffee just because

You got yourself into a little trouble?

No, of course not.