Original subtitles

How much longer you gonna wait, sheriff?

Till the rest get here.

Ain't nobody else coming. You asked for volunteers.

What you got here is all you got.

you've gotta give up, sheriff.

You can't fight the skull gang, you know that.

What do you wanna do?

Just stand here and let holt coyle

And the skull riders run this town?

Yeah, but there's four of 'em in there.

And there's four of us.

Them four's drunk. What do we got to lose anyhow?

All right, suppose we do get some of them.

Coyle hears about it, he'll come back and burn us to the ground.

When we've got 'em locked up, you take off for las cruces.

Tell the sheriff over there to bring us some help.

Bring us some deputies.

Then when holt coyle comes, we'll be waiting for him.

It's a long trip to las cruces, there and back.

Yahoo!

That's one of 'em, let's go.

Son, I'm gonna ride over the other side of the hill

Before it gets dark, see if I can pick any fresh tracks.

I'll have supper ready by the time you get back.

Good, maybe we will have better luck tomorrow.

I hope so.

Mark!

Mark!

Mark, where are you?

Mark!

Mark!

Leave it.

Now walk away from that horse.

Look, mister, I need it-

Now you do as I say, or the next one won't miss.

That's better.

Now, look, mister, I need help. What place is this?

This is the skull ranch and you're lucky to be alive.

Now get moving.

I found him riding up to the gate.

You're a long ways from anywhere, mister,

What's your business?

I came for help. I need some riders.

My boy's lost out there somewhere.

Where?

This side of the low range, about 3 miles.

We were out huntin' an' got separated.

Do you boys feel like taking a little ride?

Looking for a lost kid?

Mallery?

It appears they are not interested.

Look, mister, I've gotta find him. If he's hurt or-

Shut up!

That's better. That his gun?

Sit down.

Look, mister, if you won't help me, at least let me-

Do as I say, mccain. Sit down!

Sure, I know you. This gun of yours has quite a reputation.

Even down here. You're lucky, pascal.

They call this one "the rifleman".

My name's holt coyle.

That mean anything to you?

Skull ranch, holt coyle, they go together.

Did you know this was the skull when you came in here?

Not till he already had a gun on me.

Too bad. But since you already know me and of my ranch,

You must also know that no one leaves here alive,

Unless I say so.

Warren, keep an eye on him.

Right.

Kill him if you have to, but don't make a point of it.

My boy is out there, will you listen to reason?

Sit down, mccain. You're not going anywhere.

Go find that boy.

Why? Let the coyotes-

I said find him.

Holt?

Mm?

Mccain, he as good with that gun as they say he is?

That's what I wanna find out.

Pa? Pa, over here!

Oh, I-I thought you were my pa.

Who are you?

Luke mccain, your father?

Yeah.

All right, boy, saddle up.

What for?

Come on, kid, we haven't got all night.

Wait! You can't do this!

I've got to wait for my pa! Let me go!

You sure you don't wanna eat something?

Yoki, pour mr. Mccain some wine.

That's cactus wine. I make it myself.

You'll like it.

It's all we can get out here without making a trip into,

Let's say, las cruces or a lordsburg,

And that's much too far just for wine.

See, I like to keep my ranch self sufficient.

We raise our own beef, grow our own food, bake all our bread.

Everyone here has a talent.

So I've heard.

And just what have you heard?

Skull ranch, haven for every outlaw

And saddle tramp in the country.

And the law can't touch us.

We've even got our own cemetery.

A boot hill for law men. Right, warren?

And we bury 'em deep.

Tell them to wait a minute.

Of course, not every law man is buried

In our cemetery who should be.

In lordsburg, there's one.

It bothers me, like a little thorn in my side.

You know what he did?

Some of my boys were in town, having a few drinks,

Relaxing a little.

He threw them into jail.

That's his job.

Perhaps.

But it's my job to see that he doesn't do it again.

Tomorrow I'm going into town, I'm gonna get the boys out.

That'll be no trouble.

But that sheriff, that little thorn, he does trouble me.

He is a very brave man, or a fool.

One compliments the other wouldn't you say, mr. Mccain?

Of course, it wouldn't be fitting for him to be executed

For breaking my law by just anybody.

But if he were to be executed by the greatest rifle of all,

That indeed would be a great an' fitting honor.

Don't you agree, mr. Executioner?

Coyle, you're out of your mind.

Take a look outside!

Pa!

Lock the kid in the barn.

Amusing, isn't it? Lucas mccain, skull executioner.

Pa?

Pa?

mark! Is that you?

Are you all right?

Yes, son, I'm all right.

What do they want?

I don't know, mark. What happened to you this afternoon?

I-I saw- I saw a big buck an' chased it.

I slipped into a ravine an'...

I guess I got knocked out.

Then when I finally got my senses back, you'd already gone,

An' those-those men came.

Oh, pa, it's all my fault.

Forget about that. Now listen to me.

Is there any way you can get outta there, son?

There-there's a boarded up window.

Maybe I could...Break through an' drop to the ground.

But pa, I couldn't leave you.

Don't worry about me.

You've gotta get outta here an' get help. Now, can you do it?

What about your pocket knife, you still have it?

Yeah.

Can you use it, mark? Maybe pry it through that window.

I'd try but-but I just can't leave you, pa.

Mark, you'll do it. That's an order, son, you do it.

You've gotta get out of here an' get help.

That's the most important thing.

All right, but I wish you'd tell me why this is happening.

Mark, this is the skull ranch.

You remember me telling you about it a long time ago.

Yeah.

That's all you have to know.

Now, get to work on that window.

Yes, sir.

Be careful, son.

Be careful, mark.

Have a nice sleep?

Boss wants to see you.

Take him up to the house.

All right, let's go.

I'll see how the kid's doin'.

Kid?

Your kid's pretty good with this thing.

Mallery had a tough time taking it away from him.

And just to be sure he doesn't get any new ideas,

He's gonna stay right here with him

When we go into town tomorrow, is that clear?

All right, whatever you say. Just don't harm my boy.

Easy, now, boy. Easy, easy, boy.

Who are ya? What're you doin' here?

I- ah.

Coyle, I'd like to see my boy before we leave.

No, you'll see him when we get back, not until then.

Is that clear? I can assure you, you don't have to worry about

Him, unless you decide to do other than I say.

No doubt they'll be expecting us in lordsburg.

I'm looking forward to that.

They won't do anything, they're frightened people.

I want this to be a lesson to them.

There'll be only one killing... The sheriff.

I shouldn't have to remind you, it's the sheriff's life

Against that of your boy, clear?

Let me have his gun.

I'm gonna find out if your reputation is justified.

One bullet's all you should need.

Oh, if you should miss- but you won't. Mount up!

Where are the rest of the men?

There ain't nobody. Sheriff says he couldn't spare nobody.

So he's all you brought from las cruces?

I found him on the road. He says he escaped from the skull.

Better listen to his story.

It's my pa. You gotta help him. They got him.

Take him inside.

Yeah. Come on, boy.

No sign of them yet.

What happened to our two men?

They're smatter than I am, they disappeared.

You gotta help my pa. They could kill him.

Sorry, son, I wish I could help you.

We gotta just stay here and wait.

We've got four of coyle's men locked up in there.

I figured on help from las cruces. Hm!

I sure figured wrong. Anyhow, coyle's gonna want those four.

We gotta do our best to see that he doesn't get 'em.

Now, you see, son, why we just have to stay here and wait.

Can't go looking for your daddy.

They're coming, sheriff, they're coming.

Better get back inside, son.

Pa!

What're you trying to do, son?

I thought you said your pa was a prisoner out at skull?

He was!

Then what is he doing with holt coyle?

What's he doin' ridin' in with him?

I don't know, I don't know.

Pa! Pa! Pa!

Get back, son!

Get back here!

All right, off that horse.

Pa.

Morning, mr. Applegate!

Morning, lucas.

All set?

Morning, mccain.

Morning, mark.

Morning.

See this, mark?

Yeah, what is it?

It's a map I made of the parts hereabout.

I made it when I was just about your age.

I haven't used it for many, many years.

What do you need a map for?

I'm gonna show you both where there's more antelope

Than you've ever seen before in your life.

That's right.

You've come for antelope, we'll see that you get plenty.

Well, what are we waiting for?

The boy is right. That's why we came.