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[GUN FIRES] Man: NILS, YOU CAN'T

STOP PROGRESS.

OH, I'VE SEEN THE RAILROAD EAT UP KANSAS, SOUTH DAKOTA,

MISSOURI. I NEVER SEEN NO GOOD COME FROM IT.

JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PUT HORSESHOES ON AN ENGINE.

EVENIN', MISTER.

WHISKEY.

THIS YOUR FIRST TIME IN NORTH FORK--?

HAVE WE EVER MET?

NO...NO, SIR, MR. DRAKO, IT'S...IT'S JUST THAT I SAW YOU

ONCE IN EL PASO.

HAVE THEY GOT ROOMS ACROSS THE STREET?

I THINK SO.

DO YOU KNOW A MAN, NAME OF LUCAS MCCAIN?

YES, SIR, HE'S A FRIEND O' MINE.

YOU TELL 'IM I'M LOOKIN' FOR 'IM.

THAT WAS JOHNNY DRAKO.

I KNOW WHO IT IS, YOU TELL ME WHY HE'D BE GUNNIN' FOR LUCAS.

SINCE WHEN DOES JOHNNY DRAKO NEED A REASON?

SINCE WHEN DOES JOHNNY DRAKO NEED A REASON?

LUCAS, SOMETHIN' IMPORTANT JUST COME UP.

HMM?

JOHNNY DRAKO IS IN TOWN AN' HE'S LOOKIN' FOR YOU.

WHY LUCAS?

I USED TO KNOW HIM ALONG TIME AGO.

HE TOOK A ROOM AT LOU MALLORY'S PLACE.

GO TELL 'IM LUCAS IS IN MY OFFICE.

NO, WAIT A MINUTE, I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN 15 YEARS BUT HE

HASN'T CHANGED THAT MUCH.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

JOHNNY DRAKO DOESN'T TAKE ORDERS, MICAH, HE GIVES THEM.

NOT IN NORTH FORK, HE DOESN'T.

LOOK, LAST TIME I SAW 'IM THERE WAS NO SCORE BETWEEN US,

MAYBE HE'S JUST RIDIN' THROUGH.

I'LL GO SAY HELLO.

HE'S...IN A ROOM AT THE HEAD OF THE STAIRS.

COME IN.

THAT SECOND STEP SQUEAKS.

SO DOES THE FOURTH BUT I DIDN'T USE IT.

A MAN CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL THESE DAYS, CAN HE? CAN'T ALWAYS

BE SURE WHO HIS FRIENDS ARE.

IT DEPENDS ON A MAN AND HOW HE WALKS.

HELLO, LUCAS.

JOHNNY.

YOU PUT THAT RIFLE DOWN, WE CAN SHAKE HANDS.

I GUESS I SHOOK YOUR TOWN UP A LITTLE.

OH, YES, YOU DID.

WELL, IT'S JUST THAT I NEVER KNOW WHAT KID IN WHAT TOWN'S

GONNA TRY AND TAKE ME OR...WHO THINKS THEY'VE GOT A BULLET FOR

ME. AND I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHY.

OH, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE KIND HERE, JOHNNY, SO YOU TELL ME

WHAT REALLY BROUGHT YOU.

NOW DON'T RUSH ME LUCAS, I'VE BEEN RUNNIN' FOR 15 YEARS AN'

I'M TIRED.

AN' CARRYIN' QUITE A LOAD.

REMEMBER THAT NIGHT IN MISSOURI, AFTER THE WAR?

I REMEMBER WHAT YOU WERE LIKE, BUT I DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU

BECAME.

NOW, YOUR WAY WAS TOO SLOW LUCAS, I HAD TO GET TO SOMEPLACE

AN' GET THERE FAST. BUT IT TOOK ME ALL THIS TIME TO CATCH

UP TO YOU.

LUCAS, I WANNA SETTLE IN YOUR TOWN.

NOW, MAYBE I'LL BUY THAT, BUT WHY NORTH FORK?

BECAUSE YOU HELPED MAKE THIS TOWN OFF LIMITS TO THE GUNMEN.

IS THAT ALL YOU WANT?

6 MONTHS, A YEAR, 2, PEOPLE WILL FORGET, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER

TOP GUN FOR 'EM TO KNOCK OVER.

NOW, JOHNNY, I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL A MAN WHERE

HE CAN OR HE CAN'T LIVE.

THIS IS QUIET, THE MOST QUIET I'VE HEARD IN 15 YEARS AN' THAT

SOUNDS GOOD.

AN' THAT'S WAY WE MEAN FOR IT TO STAY.

IF I WALK SOFT, CAN I CALL LUCAS MCCAIN MY FRIEND?

WE CAN START THAT WAY, JOHNNY.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO WEAR THAT GUN YOU KNOW?

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT, DO YOU?

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT, DO YOU?

WHAT DID HE WANT?

TO SETTLE DOWN.

IN MY HOTEL?

IN NORTH FORK?

WELL, HE THINKS WE HAVE A PRETTY FAIR TOWN.

I'LL LET 'IM LOOK IT OVER ON THE WAY OUT.

WHY?

BECAUSE HE'S JOHNNY DRAKO?

I'VE GOT HIS WORD, MICAH.

YOU'VE GOT HIS WORD WHO HE'S RIDIN' WITH? WHAT GUNHANDS ARE

WAITIN' FOR 'IM TO GIVE THE WORD?

HE'S A LONER.

YOU DIDN'T TELL HIM THAT IT WAS ALL RIGHT TO SETTLE HERE?

I TOLD 'IM IT WASN'T UP TO ME.

YOU COULD'VE BEEN STRONGER, YOU COULD'VE TOLD 'IM THERE'S NO

ROOM IN NORTH FORK FOR A GUNSLINGER.

MICAH, DURIN' THE WAR, JOHNNY DRAKO CRAWLED HALF A MILE

THROUGH AN ARTILLERY BARRAGE, DRAGGIN' ME A FOOT AT A TIME.

DID HE EVER ASK YOU TO PAY 'IM BACK?

HE NEVER MENTIONED IT, MAYBE HE DOESN'T EVEN REMEMBER IT,

BUT I DO.

LOU.

FIRST TIME I SAW 'IM IT WAS IN EL PASO, I WAS TENDIN' BAR.

A MAN DREW ON 'IM, NOT JUST AN ORDINARY MAN, TOP GUN. PUT THREE

HOLES IN 'IM BEFORE THE MAN'S GUN WAS OUT. ONE HERE, ONE HERE

AN'-- YES, SIR, RAILROAD IS THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE

HAPPENED TO THIS TOWN. EXCUSE ME JUST A SECOND, WHAT'LL IT BE,

MR. DRAKO?

WHISKEY.

YES, SIR, ANYTHIN' YOU SAY, MR. DRAKO.

THANK YOU.

COME ON!

[YELLING] HERE YOU ARE, FELLAS.

[DRUNKEN SLURRING] HAVE A DRINK. HAVE A DRINK.

MORNIN' FOLKS?

HELLO, LUCAS, WHAT BRINGS YOU TO TOWN?

WELL, IT SEEMS, MARK SUDDENLY NEEDS A NEW PAIR OF BOOTS,

SHIRT, PANTS...WHAT ELSE?

A BELT?

IMAGINE THAT, WORE OUT EVERYTHIN' ALL AT ONCE.

LOOKS LIKE IT'S SHOPPIN' DAY FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY IN THE

TERRITORY.

HE AH...BEEN GIVIN' YOU ANY TROUBLE?

NO, TURNED IN AT ABOUT 10 LAST NIGHT, PAID AT LOU'S,

WALKED POLITE AN' QUIET, RODE THE COUNTRY FOR A WHILE AN' NOW

HE'S BACK AT SWEENEY'S.

PA, CAN I?

CAN YOU WHAT?

TAKE A LOOK.

ALL RIGHT, STICK YOUR HEAD IN BUT YOU MEET ME BACK AT LOU'S

LATER.

THANKS.

MICAH, THEY'RE MAKIN' A SIDESHOW OUT OF 'IM, HOW'S HE

TAKIN' THAT?

HE DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE MUCH.

BUT OUR BUSINESS FOLK ARE MIGHTY OVERJOYED.

WELL, I DON'T LIKE IT.

COME ON IN, BOY.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A ZOO, BOY?

NO, SIR.

WELL, THEY'VE GOT ONE IN KANSAS CITY, PEOPLE COME FROM

MILES AROUND AN' THEY GO STRAIGHT TO THE MONKEY CAGE.

THEY STAND AN' THEY STARE, THEN THEY FEED 'EM PEANUTS.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME, BOY?

MARK. MARK MCCAIN.

LUCAS'S BOY? I KNOW YOUR FATHER, I CALL HIM MY FRIEND.

TOUCH IT, GO ON, PICK IT UP.

YOU DID RIGHT. NOW, REMEMBER JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN PICK ONE

UP, DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO MARRY IT, UNDERSTAND?

SURE, BUT I'VE HANDLED LOTS OF GUNS BEFORE.

FROM THE FIRST TIME I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN.

WELL, YEAH, BUT YOU'RE JOHNNY DRAKO, AN' NOBODY CAN MAKE YOU

PUT IT DOWN EITHER.

JOHNNY DRAKO, FAST GUN.

THE FASTEST.

MARK, DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE MAN THAT FIRST HAD THAT

HONOR?

NO.

NEITHER DO I. BUT I KNOW THAT THE MAN THAT TOOK IT AWAY FROM

'IM BURIED 'IM.

NOW, GO HOME, BOY.

AN' HE'S BECOME SO POPULAR HE COULD RUN FOR MAYOR.

LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN TOWN, YOU'RE TALKIN' ABOUT JOHNNY

DRAKO.

NOW, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THEY CAN USE DRAKO BEFORE HE

BEGINS USING THEM?

THEY'RE OLD ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES, ISN'T IT

THAT SIMPLE?

NOTHIN' CONCERNIN' JOHNNY DRAKO IS SIMPLE.

HE'S GOOD FOR BUSINESS, THAT'S SIMPLE ENOUGH.

NOT THE KIND OF BUSINESS HE ATTRACTS.

LUCAS, DON'T YOU THINK IT'S TIME YOU CAME OFF THE MOUNTAIN?

WHO ARE YOU TO PASS JUDGMENT ON WHO COMES INTO TOWN? SOME ARE

BAD AN' SOME ARE DECENT. AN' IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH YOU

GOTTA BE EXPECTIN' IN ANY GROWIN' TOWN.

YOU FINISHED?

JUST ONE MORE THING, AS MY DEAR DEPARTED FATHER USED TO

SAY, "DON'T JUDGE PEOPLE BY HOLDING A MIRROR TO THEM, IT'S

WHAT THEY DO THAT SHOWS THEIR TRUE IMAGE."

WHAT THEY DO THAT SHOWS THEIR TRUE IMAGE."

HOW WOULD YOUR DEAR DEPARTED FATHER JUDGE THOSE THREE MEN WHO

JUST RODE IN? YOU RECOGNIZE ANY OF 'EM, MICAH?

NO, I THINK I'LL GO OVER AN' HAVE A LOOK.

I'D BETTER COME ALONG.

I'VE BEEN WALKIN' THE LAW FOR A LONG TIME, LUCAS, I CAN HANDLE

IT ALONE.

WELL, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING TO HANDLE, IF I'D LET

YOU RIDE JOHNNY DRAKO OUT OF TOWN.

YOU WEREN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO WANTED 'IM TO STAY.

BUT I WAS THE ONE WHO OPENED THE DOOR FOR 'IM.

I'LL THINK OVER WHAT YOU SAID.

EVERYTHIN' ALL RIGHT?

BUSINESS HAS NEVER BEEN SO GOOD.

LUCKY YOU.

I'LL BE LUCKY IF THE BUILDIN' IS HERE TOMORROW.

THEY AH...FRIENDS OF YOURS TOO?

THEY DON'T EVEN LIKE EACH OTHER.

YOU KNOW 'EM?

BILLIE GRAVES, MAC JONES AN' RED EVANS.

KNOW WHAT THEY WANT?

THE TOWN.

WHAT MAKES THEM SO SURE THEY CAN TAKE IT?

THEY'RE NOT THAT SURE, NOT UNTIL THEY FIND OUT WHETHER I'VE

GOT LUCAS' GUN OR HE'S GOT MINE.

HOW ARE THEY GONNA FIND OUT?

BILLIE WILL PUSH A LITTLE, ANYBODY STUPID ENOUGH TO DRAW ON

'IM, HE'LL GUN 'EM DOWN.

THEN?

TO SEE WHO COMES AFTER HIM.

KEEP IT HOLSTERED, JOHNNY.

MOVE 'EM.

WALK AROUND.

YOU WANNA STRETCH YOUR LEGS, YOU GET ON YOUR HORSE AN' RIDE.

YOU WANNA STRETCH YOUR LEGS, YOU GET ON YOUR HORSE AN' RIDE.

MICAH?

RANCHIN' MUST AN EASY BUSINESS, NOTHIN' TO DO BUT RIDE

INTO TOWN EVERYDAY.

HOW'S YOUR BUSINESS?

QUIET...HEY, HOW ABOUT SOME COFFEE?

NO, I'M GONNA MEET MARK OVER AT LOU'S A LITTLE LATER.

YOUR FRIEND DRAKO HARDLY LEAVES THE SALOON.

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS?

WELL, BILLIE GRAVES HAD A RUN IN WITH ONE OF BENSON'S

RIDERS THIS MORNIN'...

OH, WHICH ONE?

DON GORDON. GORDON'S HORSE BRUSHED BILLIE AN' BILLIE

CLAIMED HE WAS TRYING TO RUN 'IM DOWN. THEY HAD A FEW WORDS

AN' THEN BILLIE LAID HIS GUN OVER GORDON'S HEAD.

BILLIE IS REALLY LOOKIN' FOR IT, ISN'T HE, MICAH? HE WANTS

TROUBLE.

I WON'T ARGUE THAT WITH YOU.

I WONDER WHO WE GONNA HAVE TO BURY BEFORE THE LAW HANGS

BILLIE GRAVES?

HOW LONG ARE YOU GONNA KEEP THAT UP?

HOW LONG ARE YOU GONNA KEEP THAT UP?

WELL?

YOU'RE RUNNIN' DOWNHILL, MISTER, DON'T YOU EVER FORGET

THAT.

CARE TO SEE HOW FAR I'VE GONE?

I CAN TAKE YOU, DRAKO.

YOU KNOW HOW MANY MEN I'VE STOOD OVER WHO'VE SAID THAT?

BUT I WON'T, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS TOWN WANTS.

YOU AN' ME TO GUN EACH OTHER.

AN' JUST WHAT DO YOU WANT, BILLIE?

THE TOWN, NOT FOR LONG, JUST LONG ENOUGH TO SEE MCCAIN ON

HIS KNEES.

WELL, IF YOU'RE REALLY SMART YOU'LL RIDE OUT OF HERE AN'

LEAVE HIM ALONE.

I'LL MAKE HIM TO COME TO ME.

HE MIGHT JUST DO THAT.

HOWDY.

DID YOU FIX MY HORSE?

WELL, THAT HORSE OF YOURS HAS GOT A PRETTY BAD ANKLE, MIGHT

GET A YEAR OR SO OUT 'IM AS A PLOUGH HORSE, BUT HE'S ALL

THROUGH AS A SADDLE.

WELL THEN I'LL NEED A NEW HORSE.

OH, I GOT A COUPLE OUT BACK YOU CAN LOOK AT?

HOW MUCH FOR THIS ONE?

OH, THAT'S MARK MCCAIN'S HORSE, HE'S NOT FOR SALE.

EH...MISTER? THAT HORSE ISN'T FOR SALE.

DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID?

WANNA GO GET A GUN?

HEY, HEY, THAT'S MY HORSE.

I JUST BOUGHT IT.

MARK! COME ON, BOY.

THAT BILLIE GRAVES, JUST RUN OFF WITH MARK'S HORSE.

HE THREW ME A DOLLAR AN' SAID HE BOUGHT IT.

IT'S A GOOD THING YOU DIDN'T TRY TO STOP 'IM, THAT'S MY JOB.

BUT IT'S...IT'S ONLY A HORSE MICAH, LET 'IM HAVE IT.

DO WE THROW IN A FEW HEAD O' CATTLE TOO, MARK? MAYBE A HALF

INTEREST AN' A RANCH?

I CAN CATCH ANOTHER ONE, A BETTER ONE MAYBE.

SON, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TRYIN' TO SAY, THAT A MAN'S LIFE

IS WORTH MORE THAN A HORSE. BUT WHAT MICAH MEANS IS, WHAT'S A

MAN'S LIFE REALLY WORTH IF HE'S NOT WILLIN' TO PROTECT WHAT'S

HIS?

IT'S MY HORSE, I...I'LL SAY THAT I SOLD 'IM.

TELL YOU WHAT I'LL DO, SON, IF GRAVES WANTS THAT HORSE TO

RIDE OUT OF TOWN AN' NOT TO COME BACK, I'LL LET HIM HAVE 'IM.

I'LL GIVE YOU THE BEST HORSE IN MY STABLE SON.

NOW, IF HE'S GONNA KEEP ON GRABBIN' WE'VE GOTTA STOP 'IM

RIGHT NOW.

BUT THERE'RE THREE OF THEM...

MAYBE A FOURTH, IF JOHNNY DRAKO DECIDES THAT YOU'RE NOT HIS

FRIEND ANYMORE.

MARK, WE'LL PLAY IT LIKE A GAME OF CHECKERS. NOW, BILLIE

GRAVES TOOK YOUR HORSE, THAT WAS HIS FIRST MOVE. NEXT, WE MOVE A

COUPLE OF MEN WHERE HE THINKS HE CAN TAKE 'EM, THEN IT'LL BE

HIS MOVE AGAIN. ALL RIGHT, LUCAS BOY?

ALL RIGHT, MICAH.

HIM AN' THE MARSHAL STOPPED, JUST STANDIN' THE MIDDLE OF THE

STREET.

IT SHOULD BE EASY ENOUGH TO PICK 'EM OFF.

I DON'T LIKE ANYBODY BEHIND MY BACK, GET OUT. MOVE!

OURS, ALL OURS. ONLY WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH IT?

IT'S BILLIE GRAVES, HE'S RUNNIN' THINGS.

HE WANTS YOU, LUCAS, AN' THEN WHATEVER HE CAN

BLEED FROM THE TOWN.

WHAT ELSE?

NOTHIN', 'CEPT THAT DRAKO THINKS HE'S A FOOL GRABBING

MARK'S HORSE.

HE SURE IS.

IS THERE A GUN IN YOUR OFFICE I CAN USE?

YOU'LL BE BETTER OFF THE STREETS, SWEENEY.

MICAH'S RIGHT.

YOU FIGURED OUT HIS PLAY YET?

I COULD DO WITHOUT YOUR TALK.

HE'S GOT A HOLE DUG FOR YOU.

IF I WANT OUT, I'LL MOVE OUT.

I GUESS THEY WON'T STOP ANY OF US FROM RIDIN'.

WELL, THE MARSHAL DON'T COUNT MUCH. MCCAIN COUNTS FOR IT ALL.

NICE FIGURIN'.

AS LONG HE STANDS ON THAT STREET, THE TOWN IS HIS, BUT HE

LAYS DOWN, IT'S OURS.

YOU GONNA HAVE TO SHOOT 'IM DOWN.

A NICE LEGAL GUNFIGHT.

GOOD LUCK.

WE CUT, ALL OF US.

I DON'T WANT ANY PART OF YOUR TOWN.

EITHER YOU CUT, OR YOU TAKE ON THE THREE OF US.

THE MAN THAT TAKES MCCAIN TAKES HALF.

FAIR ENOUGH.

WE CUT FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF GUNNIN' YOU, ALL NICE AN' LEGAL

YOU UNDERSTAND.

YOU WIN OR LOSE?

WELL, NOW, THAT DEPENDS ON WHICH SIDE YOU THINK I'M ON.

WELL, THEN YOU BETTER TURN AROUND BEFORE THEY PUT A BULLET

IN YOUR BACK.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, BILLIE?

I THINK THE DECK'S BEEN STACKED.

MAC CAN TAKE THE BADGE...

CAN YOU TAKE DRAKO?

DO YOU THINK...MCCAIN'S AS GOOD AS HIS REPUTATION?

HE'S THINKIN', JOHNNY.

HE'S DONE WITH THINKIN', LUCAS, NOW HE'S MEASURIN'

THE ODDS.

I'LL LOCK UP AN' MEET YOU AT LOU'S.

MAYBE THEY DIDN'T FIGURE THIS TOWN IS WORTH DYIN' FOR.

DID YOU?

NOT PARTICULARLY, HOW ABOUT YOU?

I WASN'T THINKIN', JOHNNY, I WAS JUST HOPING THEY'D RIDE OUT.

I WASN'T THINKIN', JOHNNY, I WAS JUST HOPING THEY'D RIDE OUT.

I'LL BE SEEIN' YOU, LUCAS.

NOBODY'S PUSHIN' YOU, JOHNNY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOVE ON.

THOSE 15 YEARS JUST WON'T LET A MAN SIT.

WHERE YOU HEADED?

NORTH MAYBE, OR WEST OR JUST KEEP ON RIDIN'. YOU GOT A NICE

QUIET TOWN HERE, I'M GONNA LEAVE IT JUST LIKE I FOUND IT.

GOODBYE, MARK.

GOOD LUCK, MR. DRAKO.

THANKS.

I HOPE YOU FIND QUIET PLACE TOO, JOHNNY.

I WILL, LUCAS. SAME QUIET PLACE EVERY GUNFIGHTER FINDS.

I WILL, LUCAS. SAME QUIET PLACE EVERY GUNFIGHTER FINDS.

I WISH 'IM LUCK, PA.

YEAH.