All language subtitles for Once Upon a Texas Train (Kennedy, Burt 1988)_WEBRip.720p.x264.AAC_EN

Put the gun down, John Henry.

Goodbye, John Henry.

20 years is a long time.

Well, you're a free man.

Hm.

I guess I'll never
get used to it.

They're brought in
here ramrod straight.

Arrogant, ready to
tackle the whole world.

And they walk away
broken-down old men.

Nowhere to go, nothing to do.

And too wore out to do
it, even if there was.

Giddy-up.

Did you get the dynamite?

Two boxes.

That ought to do it.

Hold it, hold it!

Missed him, darn it! Come on!

Captain, how many times I
have to tell you it wasn't

your fault?

Governor, you appointed
me head of the parole board.

Because you are the
best man for the job.

No sir I'm not.

Not anymore.

I let my personal feelings
get in the way of the decision.

I was the only one on the
board who favored a pardon

for John Henry Lee,
but I got him out.

Then what does he do?

Six hours later he robs a
bank in Del Rio and runs off

with 20,000 in gold!

So you made a mistake.

Yeah, I sure did.

20 years ago.

I should've shot him
instead of bringing him in.

Next time, I will.

Next time?

I got John Henry
Lee out of prison.

I can dang well put him back in.

If I don't bury him.

Oren...

I hate to say this.

You've been one of the best
Texas rangers to strap on a

gun, but that was
a long time ago.

Aren't you a little old to go
running around chasing an outlaw?

Well ain't he a little old to go
running around robbing banks?

If I know John Henry, he'll
swing south from Del Rio

along the border and
round up his old gang.

Like as not, he'll pick up
nitro Jones, best powder man

in the territory.

Been blowing up bank vaults
since he was knee high to a

stick of dynamite.

Hands as solid as a rock.

Not a nerve in his body.

And Fargo Parker, gunfighter.

Dangerous as they come.

Cut his teeth on a Winchester.

And Kelly Sutton,
tin horn gambler.

Been thrown out of every
honest card game in Texas.

Talks too much and drinks
too much, but he can handle it.

And Charlie Lee,
John Henry's brother.

Wagon driver, getaway man.

There's not a harness horse
ever lived that Charlie

couldn't master.

He can turn a runaway
team around on a dime.

Wait up!

And give you seven cents change.

Look out!

As soon as John Henry gets
his boys together, they'll

double back and head north.

Over the bend of the rio brazos.

The bend in rio brazos?

You heard me.

I thought you were going to
kind of stay away from that

parts of Texas.

Well you thought wrong.

If I know captain Hayes,
he's going to head straight

for the governor's office
and quit his job on the

parole board.

He thinks it's his fault
that I got turned loose.

Then he's going to head out
and round up his whole outfit.

Once he gets him, he's going
to come busting right after us.

Be just like old times.

He'll probably have
Nash Crawford with him.

Who?

The only guy to ever beat
me to the draw, fair and square.

Put a bullet in
me right there. Still got it.

I was turning blue one
winter, and them prison

doctors wanted to
cut it out of there.

I said heck no.

Yeah, Nash Crawford's
some kind of man.

He gets on your trail, you'd
better be ready to buy the

farm, bull and all.

Touch that gun
and I'll kill you.

Right.

Now you try it.

Stand up tall.

Taller.

Now, don't move a muscle.

Can I move my mouth?

Just enough to
let the words out.

Now go on.

Touch that gun
and I'll kill you.

Try it again.

Touch that gun
and I'll kill you!

I don't believe you.

I'm standing as tall as I can.

It ain't that, it's your eyes.

I can tell you're bluffing.

Well I am.

But you can't let the
other fellow know that!

I mean, you've gotta be
ready to back your play come

hell or high water.

Guess I wasn't cut out
to be a gunfighter.

Because you give up too easy!

Like everybody else around here!

Look at them, taking to
their rocking chairs,

waiting 'til somebody
blows a bugle over them!

Well not me!

When I go out, I'm going
to slam the door behind me.

Mail call!

Murphy?

Murphy here!

Collins?

Hi dear.

Oh.

Ooh, Fuller.

Thank you darling.

And Brady.

Thank you, thank you kindly.

Young lady, you sure you
ain't got anything in there

for Nash Crawford?

No sir.

I'm afraid not.

Well, it don't matter.

If I got one, I'd just have
to read it and throw it away.

You want to read mine, Nash?

No, I don't want to read yours.

I thought you not having a
family, you might want to...

Who says I don't have a family?

I've got 'em spread all
over Texas, clear to the

panhandle.

They never write to you.

Of course they've got better
things to do than sit around

all day writing penny
postcards, that's why.

Nash...

Here.

I told you, I don't want to
read no second-hand mail.

It's a telegram.

For me?

Yes.

It came this morning.

I didn't want to give it
to you 'cause I thought it

might be bad news.

I held it up to
the light, but I...

Gimme that.

What's it say?

Brazos.

Brazos?

Yeah, the code name
for our company.

It means trouble.

"Meet me at the overland
stage station, bend of the

rio, in two days."

"Signed captain Oren
Hayes, commanding."

Well, what do you know?

Jason Fitch.

Who?

Jason Fitch.

That's another'n captain
Hayes is going to bring

along.

If he cuts your trail, you'd
better get used to having

him along, because he's
going to be along til he

catches you.

Got eyes like an eagle in
the daytime, and like an owl

at night.

Who goes there?

It's me, Jason.

Advance and be recognized.

Halt!

Jason, it's me, Harold.

Harold who?

Your brother!

I recognize your
voice there, Harold.

What can I do for ya?

Well for one thing, you
can point that shotgun in

another direction.

Oh, it ain't loaded, see.

It's loaded, Jason.

It is?

Well I could've sworn I...

You could've killed me too!

Oh, I wouldn't do that.

You're my brother, heh.

Say brother, how'd you like
to have a little snort, huh?

The bunghole in one of them beer
kegs has sprung a leak and...

Yes, that's just what I wanted
to talk to you about, Jason.

It is?

Yeah.

You see, folks are saying
that you're staggering home

from work every morning.

Now, if you can't hold your
beer, you can't hold your

job as a night watchman.

And if that happens, then
there's them that's going to

send you back to
that old folks home.

Guess you ain't heard, have you?

Heard what?

I'm on the wagon.

The wagon?

The wagon that delivers
the beer kegs over to

stillwater.

I'm riding shotgun!

Shotgun?

That's right.

Start the job next week.

Company's been held up
six times this month.

You've gotta catch them in
the act, or they drink the

evidence, see.

I'm going to
catch them in the act.

That's my job, and
if my name ain't...

Jason?

Jason Fitch?

Who goes there?

Oh, it's wid Miller from
the railroad office.

He ought to feed
that horse better.

It's skinny as a rail.

He's riding a bicycle.

Got a telegram for you Jason.

Telegram?

Who'd be sending me a telegram?

These watchman glasses ain't
good for reading telegrams.

What does it say there, Harold?

It says "brazos."

Brazos?

The old company code word.

What else does it say?

"Meet me at the overland
stage station at the bend of

the rio in two days, signed
captain Oren Hayes, commanding."

What does it mean, Jason?

Trouble.

Whatever you're doing, drop it.

Draw your horse and ride.

Take over for me Harold,
I gotta get packed.

Jason, you ain't
got nothing to pack.

And you don't even have a horse.

I don't?

No, Jason.

Then I'll walk.

Two days?

And nights if I've got to.

Two days afoot?

Well what if he
don't go on foot?

You sure we doing the
right thing, John Henry?

Heading for the bend in the rio?

If you'd ask me...

Asque!

Who?

George Asque. Gentleman
George Asque.

That's the name I've
been trying to think of.

Captain Hayes will bring
him along for sure.

How come they call
him gentleman George?

'Cause that's what he is.

A gentle man.

His family was rich,
back before the war.

They sent him to school.

One of them fancy schools
down south where they teach

him to eat with the
right fork and talk soft.

He come away from there with
more manners than he's ever used.

Gentlemen George Asque.

A gentle man.

Let's fight!

Telegraph for gentleman George!

Brazos!

Hello Oren.

Hello Maggie.

It's been a long time.

Five years.

Seems like more.

I know.

I'm proud of you, Oren.

Standing up for John
Henry the way you did.

Can I see him?

I'm afraid not.

What happened?

Didn't his pardon come through?

It came through.

And soon as he was out, he
robbed a bank in Del Rio.

And you're going after him.

First thing in the morning.

Always the lawman.

That's right.

That's wrong and you know it.

This is because of me, isn't it?

You thought if I knew John
Henry was out, I'd come running.

You're here.

Because you sent for me.

I just wanted you to make up
your mind once and for good.

All these years...

You're still jealous of John Henry.

All these years.

I married you.

Because he was locked up.

This time you're going
to see he stays that way.

All I know is...

I want you back, Maggie.

You haven't changed
one bit, Oren Hayes.

Not one bit.

You feel that there bank in
Del Rio is going to put up a

reward for us?

Probably.

Well, don't you think we're
kind of taking a chance

sitting out here in the open
and building a big fire?

Nah.

What are you talking about?

There's a lot of gold
in that there wagon.

It's gonna stay there.

Not if another of 'em come
to chasing after and jump us.

They won't.

But...

Charlie, them bankers in del
rio are just like they are
everywhere else.

Let them be a little extra
careful about putting out money.

They'll post a reward, but it
ain't going to amount to
nothing.

It's good business, but
it don't go for raising no

hellacious big posse.

Yeah, I sure gotta
hand it to you.

You sure do think things out.

Well, I didn't always,
and I paid for it too.

20 years.

But that ain't gonna
happen no more.

It ain't?

Charlie, a man's gotta
have a goal in this life.

Something to keep him going.

And I got mine.

I want to rob a Texas train.

You almost got it done once.

Yeah, but captain Hayes
and his boys stopped me.

But they won't this time.

You mean you gonna try to
run up that train again?

Ain't gonna try, Charlie, I'm gonna do it.

That Sunday run from Waco.

I've had a lot of time to
think about what went wrong

the last time.

Laying up there in prison,
I went over it in my mind a

hundred thousand times or more.

We shouldn't have got
on that train in Waco.

We should've waited til the
bend of the brazos, and when

the train slowed down for
the curve, we could've

jumped on it right
there on the fly.

That's what we'll do this time.

On the fly?

We'll be all over them
express guard before they

know what hits 'em.

Now once we get on board,
I want you to bring this wagon

full bore up alongside the train.

Now there'll be a clearing
there by the river, so

you'll have room to horse
that rig right on up next to

the express car.

But don't come in too quick.

Kind of lay back and
wait for the explosion.

Explosion?

Yeah.

I'll tell nitro to use an
extra stick of dynamite on

that safe, so when it
blows, the whole side of the

express car will come out.

We'll get the gold, throw
it in the wagon, jump on the

back and take off like a
scalded dog in the hills.

We'll be long gone before
they know what happened.

John Henry, all that
running and the jumping?

You don't think
you're up to it, huh?

Well, you will be.

When you hear that train
coming around the bend and

you hear that whistle
blowing, you'll be like an

old fire horse hearing the bell.

You won't be able to hold
you back, promise you that.

We'll make fools out of
captain Hayes and his boys,

just like they did us.

And unless I miss my guess,
they'll be waiting for us at

the junction just beyond
the bend in the river.

Just like they was before.

But we'll be in and out before
they know what happened.

Won't they catch up with us?

They won't.

But what if they do?

You ever hear tell the story
about them lions over in Africa?

Lions?

When they start getting old,
something inside of them

tells 'em they ain't got long
to live and they start

roaming around, looking for a fight.

Not just any fight, but a good one.

One they wouldn't mind too
much not walking away from.

And if captain Hayes and
his boys catch up to us out

here, that's the kind of
fight it's going to be.

Goodnight all.

This duel of his could get us all killed!

Man can't live forever.

Not around John Henry, he can't.

Okay, you're first nitro.

Now!

Next.

That ain't fair, John Henry.

I can hit them bottles
with a scattergun!

You couldn't hit a bull
in the butt with a banjo!

He's right, Charlie. Use your
handgun.

I don't got one!

Here, use mine.

Be careful. It's got a hair trigger.

Alright, you ready?

Ready.

Fire at will.

Who?

I told you it had
a hair trigger!

You almost hit John Henry!

Be the first thing he ever hit.

I don't claim to
be no gunfighter!

Having you along is like
losing two good men.

Oh yeah?

Yeah!

I can't.

I was aiming at a rattlesnake.

Drink us up another target, Sutton.

We've got work to do.

Yes sir.

Nash?

Nash Crawford.

George Asque, you old goat.

I thought I recognized that jackass.

Gang way, i'm coming through.

One to side or a leg off!

Jason?

Jason Fitch.

Ow!

You alright Jason?

Nash?

That you Nash Crawford?

Yeah, and gentleman
George Asque.

Good to see you, Jason.

Well, you too.

If I could find my glasses.

There.

Oh yeah.

Well here they are.

Oh. Thank... thank you Nash.

I'm Nash.

What are you doing riding
that fool contraption anyway?

Well, it's the only way I
could make the bend in the

river short of walking.

Looks downright dangerous to me.

Well, it is if you don't
get the hang of it.

I ain't got the hang
of it, but I will!

If you don't break
your fool neck first.

If you want to crawl on
double with me, it's okay Jason.

Still riding that jackass?

Everywhere I go.

Yeah, well I'll take my
chances with this dang thing.

Well, it's your wagon.

Well let's not stand
around talking all day.

The captain's waiting for us at
the overland stage station.

I'd say he waited long enough.

Alright, let's...

Let's mount up!

Now just a damn minute!

Since when you giving
orders George Asque?

I only...

Stepped on my rank,
that's what you only!

And I'm still sergeant in
this here outfit, and if

there's any orders to be given,
I'm the one doing the giving.

Do you understand?

Well do you?

I guess so.

I guess so what?

I guess so, sergeant.

Yeah, that's more like it.

Mount up!

That's them alright.

Why don't we jump them
now and get it over?

We jump them when I say so.

Not until.

Couldn't be that you're afraid
of them old men down there?

Could it?

Them old men down there got
that way by staying alive.

That's more than you're
going to do if you don't

stop crossing me.

We're going to end up
killing each other, I say it

ain't worth it.

I say we ought to
turn and ride away.

For 20,000 in gold?

Bank of Del Rio's only
putting up $1,000.

To bring it back.

But we ain't gonna do that.

Sure ain't.

Here's the bend
of the rio brazos.

Shh!

Unless I missed my guess,
John Henry and his boys

won't board the Sunday run
at Waco like he did last time.

He'll jump the train
here, catch it on the fly.

Well damn it, we'd better
not be waiting downtrack at

the junction!

We won't be, sergeant.

What I can't figure out
is why ain't John Henry in

prison where he belongs?

'Cause I got him out.

You g...

On good behavior.

Good behavior?

John Henry?

And he went straight to a
bank in Del Rio and robbed it.

Why would he do that?

Because he wanted to make
sure I'd come after him.

But that don't make a whole
lot of sense, captain.

Does to him.

The only time John Henry was
ever made a fool of was when

he tried to rob
that Texas train.

He wants to get even.

Sounds to me like he
wants to get caught.

That ain't as easy as
it sounds, sergeant.

He's had a lot of years
to figure out what he did wrong.

He won't make the
same mistakes again.

And neither will I, if I
ever get my hands on him.

Any questions?

Alright, we move out first
thing in the morning.

Jason, you'll ride scout.

Yes sir.

'Night gents.

I don't like it.

What?

The captain.

He's taking the whole
thing too personal.

Him and John Henry
used to be friends.

They were in the war
together, weren't they?

Same outfit.

When the fight was over, the
captain joined the rangers,

John Henry he took to
robbing yankee banks.

Claimed he was getting even
with them for winning the war.

That happened to me once.

Taking things to
personal, I mean.

I was tracking a man that
shot a shot a sheriff.

Good friend of mine,
that sheriff was too.

I was so blind mad I
couldn't see the trail and

he got away.

Well John Henry won't.

Well just like you said,
Nash, I think he's out and

out asking to get caught.

Why else would he make sure
he brought the law along to

a train robbing, hm?

You heard the captain,
he's doing it to get even!

No he ain't.

I think he's, he's just
spoiling for a good

old-fashioned fight!

George is right.

Lead's going to fly.

I can feel it in my bones.

If I should catch one, boys,
promise me you'll bury me

where I fall.

And I'll throw that damn
bicycle in right on top of you.

You didn't take your
nap today, did you Nash?

No.

But you're going to take yours
if you'd just step outside.

You wouldn't hit a man
wearing glasses would you?

Just as hard as I can!

Now hold it boys, hold it.

Don't go wasting on
fighting on each other.

Before long, we're going
to have all we can handle.

Slow down!

Slow down!

Now, now!

Oh! Oh!

Ho!

Well if you can't jump a
wagon on the run, how do you

expect to catch a train?

We're just out of practice
is all, John Henry.

Try it again.

Again?

Can't we take a rest?

We'll be wore out before
the train gets here!

Same thing goes for
these horses, John Henry.

They ain't got much left
in them, and they could use

some water.

Well, take them over there
by the bend of the river

beyond that rise, and get
back on top of the hill as

quick as you can.

I put my ears to red
when I get down there.

Well you won't hear nothing.

That train don't leave
Waco til ten o'clock.

It'll be two hours
before it gets here.

Now get going!

Right.

Hya!

Oh, I sure hope we don't
let you down, John Henry.

You'll be alright.

Where's nitro?

Last time I seen him, he
borrowded a match and took

off with a stick of dynamite!

Which way did he go?

That way.

Nitro!

Heh, fire in the hole.

Are you alright?

Oh, just got the wind
knocked out of me.

I thought I'd better try a
stick or two, uh, just make

sure I haven't lost my touch.

I ain't as good as
I was, John Henry.

Well you just cut your
fuse a little short. That's all.

Eh, no, heh.

I froze.

And if I do that when
we jump the train...

You won't.

But what if I do?

Nitro, ain't none of us
as young as we used to be.

Not nearly.

We're professionals, and
that's what counts when the

chips are down.

That's what separates
the men from the boys.

Even the old men.

I hope so.

I know so.

Now let me run this down
for you one more time.

Okay.

That's the hill over there.

Here's the river.

The bin in the river.

There's the tracks, and
there's the clearing.

And we'll stay up on top of
the hill until we can see

that train coming
from a long way off.

And when he gets right
here, we'll take off.

And we'll be coming down off
of that hill, so we should

be going fast enough to
catch him without any trouble.

John Henry!

John Henry!

John Henry!

Woah!

What's wrong?

The train!

It's coming?

No, it ain't going to!

What?

The railroad tore up the tracks!

Are you sure?

That's all there is left.

The bend in the rio's gone too!

Dried up!

If that ain't the darnedest
trick time ever played on a man,

I ain't never heard it.

You say the river's dry?

As a bone.

Well that's a good thing.

I'd probably go drown myself.

Well, that just
goes to prove it.

There ain't no fool
like an old fool.

I spent 20 years up there
in that prison, planning day

and night, living on
vengeance, hate and pride,

and it's all come down
to one rusty spike.

It's a hell of a way
to rob a railroad.

What're we going to
do now, John Henry.

Well, one thing we can do,
we can go back to Del Rio.

Del Rio?

And take that gold back.

I ain't got no more use for it.

We do.

Tore up the tracks?

Ten years ago.

Well why didn't you say so?

I just remembered it.

Look!

Jason, you alright?

Wagon headed south.

Four outriders.

Three empty horses.

Hey, Jason, I take back
everything I ever said

against you.

You're as good a scout
as you ever were.

Being able to hear all that
by just putting your ear on

the ground.

I didn't hear anything.

They just ran over me.

That's an old Indian joke.

Actually, I seen them from
up on the ridge there.

Then what are you doing
flat on the ground?

I fell off my bicycle.

You boys are making
a mistake, you know.

Del Rio's that way.

Four days.

Ain't going to Del Rio.

You're gonna keep the
gold for yourself?

Well, you're smarter
than you look, old man.

By the way, got a name?

I got three of them.

John Henry Lee.

What's yours?

Cotton.

Just cotton.

Well, just cotton, that's
nitro Jones, Fargo Parker,

Kelly Sutton and
my brother Charlie.

John young, Billy
bates, John brown.

Now we know each other.

Not for long.

If they gonna keep your
gold, how come they don't

just take it and ride off?

They want to make it
look like we stole it.

How they gonna do that?

Make sure we ain't around to
witness against them, for one
thing.

Meaning it'll get kind
of hard to stay alive?

Them too.

I'm out.
I'm out.

It's 15 to you.

I'll keep you on it.

First hand over wins.

30 miles of railroad.

Three 10s beats my two pairs.

Don't you ever lose, cotton?

Never.

♪ Mama can I come
out and play ♪

♪ yes my darling
daughter ♪

♪ hang your clothes on a
huckleberry limb, but don't go
no near the water, well ♪

♪ I ain't gonna eat no
supper here tonight, I ain't
going home til morning ♪

♪ dance all night 'til the
broad daylight, go home with the
girls in the morning ♪

♪ over the river
to see the ducks ♪

♪ over the river
to Charlie's ♪

♪ over the river to see
the ducks and gather in the
barley, well ♪

♪ I ain't gonna eat no
supper tonight, I ain't going
home 'til morning ♪

♪ dance all night 'til
broad daylight, go home with the
girls in the morning ♪

♪ the redbird died with the
whooping cough, the bluebird
died with the colic ♪

♪ along came a jaybird
sitting on a pig, flying on down
to the frolic, well ♪

♪ I ain't gonna eat no
supper here tonight, I ain't
going home til morning ♪

♪ dance all night 'til the
broad daylight, go home with the
girls in the morning ♪

When we gonna make our move?

Soon.

♪ I ain't gonna eat no
supper here tonight, I ain't
going home til morning ♪

♪ dance all night 'til the
broad daylight, go home with the
girls in the morning ♪

Deal.

You alright captain?

Yeah.

Yeah, fine, fine, fine.

Just like old times, ain't it?

Us chasing after John Henry.

I sure miss 'em.

The old times, I mean.

Never was a dull day.

Yeah.

That's the trouble
when you tame a land.

All the fun goes out of it.

First thing you know, the
settlers come in and they

build a town, and then the
bankers and lawyers move in

and take it away from them.

I guess that's progress, Jason.

Well, they can have it.

Uh...

Speaking of progress, has there
been any between you and Maggie?

I'm afraid not.

Well it just ain't right the two
of you not being together.

You know that preacher down
in San Anton' said "'til

death do you part" and you
sure as hell ain't dead.

Did you ever want anything
so bad, you did all the

wrong things to get it?

Oh, talking about women, no.

I've had a hankering for a
few, but they never did get
serious.

My being ugly helped a lot.

There was that nearsighted
gal down in sonora town.

Oh yeah.

That was the one that went
around telling everybody how

much she loved you.

Everybody, that is,
except her husband.

That's the one!

And as I remember, he was
that close to doing you with

a shotgun.

Taught me a lesson: Always
check the brand, make sure

you ain't driving
another man's stock.

Amen.

Well captain, I
gotta get some rest.

I've got a big day tomorrow.

Gotta tighten my handlebars.

Alright Jason.

Goodnight.

Goodnight, captain.

Just one stop at
the overland line.

What do you think?

Could use supplies.

I'm getting tired
of cowboy coffee.

What about them?

They stay here.

Billy, you and John brown
keep an eye on them.

Come with me.

I'd really like to help you
boys out, but I just barely

got enough supplies
around here for myself.

Overland calls
this a swing stop.

I don't know what
the hell to call it.

You see any horses out there?

You see anything that
looks like a team change?

They hit me like this
two, three times a month.

Who's they?

Breeds, comanche...

Could be the Sunday school
teacher for all I know.

And what horses they don't
steal, they scatter up on

the hills there.

And how's a man supposed to
gather animals and watch his

station all at the same time?

Now just yesterday, the
eastbound came through here.

I couldn't make a team change.

Didn't have any stock!

For two cents, I throw the
keys in the water bucket and

ride out of here.

On what?

Heh, well, walk out.

Say, listen.

Are you boys looking for a job?

I could use a gun
or two around here.

No sir, we're just
passing through.

Well, like I said, i'd
like to help you out.

Just make yourself
at home there.

I gotta go out and round
up some stock for the westbound.

Well...

He said make yourself at home.

No beans.

What are you staring at?

A pretty girl.

I don't know her name.

You go on about your business.

I got work to do.

You're too pretty for work.

That's for fat women.

And bald-headed men.

That leaves the rest of us
to have fun with each other.

Clara?

No.

That goes with a redhead.

Bertha?

No, that goes with a cow.

Kitty?

It's gotta be that.

Kitty.

Meg.

Meg.

Should've known.

Leggy Meg.

Well you're as fresh as paint.

You'll dream about that.

And so will I.

I'll dream about it so much.

I'll be back.

Keep going!

Giddy up!

Ho!

Stay out the night in there.

Hey Sonny.

People don't generally
call me "Sonny."

Leastways not twice.

I teach 'em better.

Is that so?

Yeah, that's so.

Is there something that
you'd like to say now that

I've reminded you
of your manners?

Yeah.

Can I borrow a match?

If it ain't injuns stealing
my horses, it's some no-good

stealing my canned goods!

You said there were two of them?

That's right.

How old?

20 or so.

Them in the wagon weren't.

There was five old men.

I saw them when they rode off.

Looks like John Henry
brought along some young guns.

Which way were they headed?

South.

Much obliged.

You mind my asking why
you're looking for them?

They stole from a
bank in Del Rio.

Well, at least I ain't the only
one around here getting robbed.

Good luck to you!

Thank you.

It's a shame you boys don't
know more about your trade

than you do.

You'd went out and found
your old bank to rob.

That way, you wouldn't
be in so much trouble.

Seems to me that you're
the ones in trouble.

Well, if you can figure
out a way to do it we are.

Do what?

Kill us.

You think we'd do that?

Well you don't have a choice.

Thing about it is, when
you do get rid of us you've

gotta make sure it looks
like the gold gets lost too,

or else they'll find us
dead, the gold gone, and

they'll come right after you.

This time they won't be coming
after you for stealing.

This time they'll be
coming at you for killing.

Man don't know the ropes in
this business, he's liable

to wind up with one
around his neck.

Well what would you say if I
told you I already got that

worked out?

I'd have to doubt it.

Ever since you guys jumped
us back there, I've been

wracking my brain trying to
figure out what I would do

about it if the situation
were turned around.

I haven't come up
with anything yet.

Well, that's what happens
when a man gets a long way

down the road.

His mind don't work
as good as it used to.

Some ways it don't.

Some ways it does.

Take right now for instance.

I can tell you what
you boys are thinking.

You're thinking you wish you
had another way out of this.

Because deep down, you know
you're gonna have to spend

the rest of your life knowing
that you killed five men.

Five old men.

Makes a difference.

You mean kind of like
putting us out of our misery

like the no-goods that we are?

Well, you could say that, yeah.

Course you gotta
get it done first.

That might not be so easy.

Well, you said that like you
were planning on stopping us.

What would you say if I told
you that I already had that

figured out?

I'd have to doubt it.

Figured you would.

Your hide.

Seems to me we should've
caught up with the captain

and George right now.

We'll be lucky to catch up
on the wall, thanks to you.

Wasn't my fault I had a flat!

You'll get more than that
if the captain runs into

trouble and we ain't
there to help him.

Hold it?

What are you doing?

Putting on my night
watchman glasses.

I think I see something.

Just as I thought.

There's a town up ahead.

That town up ahead has been
there for the last half hour.

It has?

Jason Fitch, you are the
worst tracker I ever did see.

I mean, you don't hear
good, you've got no sense of

direction, you're
blind as a bat.

It wouldn't surprise me if
you hang upside down when

you sleep!

Want me to get down and walk?

No I don't want you
to get down and walk.

You'll get lost.

Hold on.

You don't suppose John Henry
got himself caught now, do you?

Huh.

Could be.

Hello, the saloon.

This is captain
Hayes, Texas rangers.

How many of them are there?

Only saw two.

Gotta be more than that.

Those boys are kind
of touchy, ain't they?

Captain, what's going on?

Sounds like you started a war!

We did.

But we don't know
which side we're on.

It ain't how many that
you're up against you gotta

worry about, you know.

It's who they are.

That's captain Hayes
and his boys out there.

Boys?

They look like a
couple old goats to me.

Old or no, you've got your
work cut out for you if

you're planning on getting
safe away with that gold.

Shut up!

Why don't you just take the
reward money and let it go

at that?

Look old man, I set out to
spend that gold and that's

what I full intend to do.

What a man intends and what he
does is sometimes different.

What a man intends and
what he does is sometimes

I intended to rob a Texas train.

For 20 years I intended
that, and I didn't get it done.

And this...

This dynamite.

That's another thing
I intended to do.

Is to blow you boys up.

But I didn't.

Well, I got to thinking.

It ain't right.

You're young and you've got
your whole life in front of you.

If you're trying to get on
my good side, forget it.

I don't have one.

All I'm saying is you've
got to learn to put up with

life's disappointments.

I know it's hard, but you've
got to learn to do it.

Quit preaching.

Why don't you just toss me
that stick, nice and gentle?

Why don't you come and get it?

You're not afraid of
an old man, are you?

'Course, I don't
blame you if you are.

It's like you said: A man
gets on down the road,

sometimes his mind don't
work as good as it used to.

You make a wrong move, i'm
liable to panic, throw this

stick of dynamite
in the stove here.

You're bluffing.

There's one way to find out.

I think he means it, cotton.

I know I mean it.

You see, I don't have
a good side either.

Now why don't you boys throw
your winchesters down over

there and get out of the
door, and me and my friends

will walk on out of here.

Suit yourself.

Hold it!

Do like he says.

Well if you don't mind, we'll
just leave the gold over there.

Leave it?

Yeah, that way I know you
boys'll be here for the fight.

The fight?

We'll leave your guns
in the wagon out there.

That way it will be fair.

You mean you want
to have a shootout?

That's right.

That's kind of old
fashioned, ain't it?

Well it depends on
how you look at it.

Well, the way I look on it
is you got the drop on us.

Why don't you take
the gold and go?

If we do that, you'll just
come after us and jump us again.

This way it'll all be
over, once and for good.

What's good about
getting killed?

I don't plan to.

No?

Well that's what's going to
happen, you and these old

men walk out against us.

Well then you ain't got
nothing to worry about, do you?

Except for those who'll
be coming after you.

Kind of a high price to pay
to get us to the end of a rope.

We ain't paid it yet.

Should warn you, it'll
probably be hard to keep

captain Hayes and
his boys out of this.

There's nothing they like
better than a good fight.

It ain't every day they
get to be on your side.

Well, I hadn't
thought about that.

It could be a problem.

Well you'd better work it out.

You're going to need all
the help you can get.

Oh, by the way.

If it's alright, we'll just
wait til morning to leave

your guns in the wagon.

Me and the boys, we don't see
too good in the dark anymore.

Come tomorrow, you
won't see at all.

We'll see.

I don't care if you swear
up and down on a stack of
bibles,

I don't believe you.

I trusted you once, I
ain't gonna do it again.

I don't blame you, but i'm
telling you the truth this time.

We's gonna take that
gold back to Del Rio.

Charlie, Charlie'll tell you.

You know Charlie don't lie.

All I know is you ain't
going to cross me again.

I'm going to see to it they
put you back in that cell

and throw away the key!

And let those four no-goods
over there go free?

They haven't done anything.

They threw down on you.

They're just
trigger-happy, that's all.

They want the gold
for themselves.

They were going to kill us
to get it, and they'll do

the same thing to you if
you give them a chance.

Well they ain't gonna
get that chance.

We're moving out of here, now.

And give them the 20,000?

Well, you gave it to 'em!

And I can get it back, but
that ain't gonna change nothing.

One way or another, we've
gotta fight them boys over

there, and if we head out
to Del Rio, they'll have us

just where they want us.

They haven't got any guns!

They can get guns.

They've got four days.

He's right, captain.

He's never been
right in his life!

Well I am now, and if you
wasn't too bull headed to

admit it, all you want to do
is send me back to prison!

Let me tell you something,
if the boys catch us in the

open out there, more than
your pride is going to get hurt.

We're heading out for Del Rio.

Captain...

We're going to do it my way.

When's the last time you
walked out against a man in

a gunfight, John Henry?

It was against Nash
here, wasn't it?

And he knocked you down.

He's good.

Not anymore he's not.

And that goes for all of us.

It's a little late to start
feeling sorry for ourselves,

don't you think?

It's a little late
for a lot of things.

And standing up to those boys in
the street is one of them.

We wouldn't have a chance.

That's exactly what we
would have, captain.

Go out in a blaze of
glory, is that it?

Why not?

It ain't every day a man
gets to die doing what he does.

You could be wrong
about us, captain.

When push comes to shove, we
just might be able to take

those boys.

I always was better at
gunfighting than running.

Come on captain,
what do you say?

They're awful young.

And every one of them would
shoot a man just to see him
fall.

Outlawing ain't
what it used to be.

It never was, John Henry.

Sergeant.

Yes sir?

We'll be staying out the night.

Sure don't like this.

Folks brought me up to
respect old people, not go

killing them.

You think I like it
any better than you do?

Well no, but...

You want to go to
work, do you Billy?

What?

Yeah, make an honest living?

I don't think I could do that.

I cowboyed some.

Where'd that get you?

You work yourself to death
for somebody else, they'll

likely have to take up a
collection to bury you.

Guess you're right.

I still don't like it.

Never killed an old man before.

First time for everything.

It don't bother you?

Well, you were the one
who wanted to jump them.

Get it over with.

Yeah I wish we had.

What's that supposed to mean?

Would've been easier.

You know, if I didn't
know you any better...

You don't even know me at all!

Look, I warned you
about crossing me.

I'm not crossing you.

I'm just saying...

You feel sorry for those
old men over there?

Let me tell you something.

They don't feel sorry for you.

Not one
damn bit. Yeah?

How come John Henry didn't blow
us up when he had the chance?

Because he'd have
gone up with us.

That's why.

Yeah, I didn't
think of that
cotton.
Yeah,

well think about it.

Like he said, we've got our
whole lives ahead of us.

They don't even have tomorrow.

I ain't never killed
anybody young before.

You ain't never
killed anybody before.

I wounded that
deputy in Sweetwater.

Aw, you hit him in the head
with a stick of dynamite.

It got the job done.

Not this time it won't.

Yeah, it's getting bright.

I'm going to miss the coffee
more than anything else.

Coffee?

Mm.

Coffee and pretty girls.

Well what about
me and Nash here?

Ain't you gonna miss us?

No, he ain't gonna miss us,
cause we ain't gonna die.

That's why.

You're right.

I ain't ready to
cash in my chips.

Come to think of it,
I ain't even got any.

Makes you think, don't it?

This may be the very last day we
ever see each other again.

Well, if you think I'm going
to walk out in that street

and shake hands while them
boys open up on us, you got

another thing coming!

The trouble is, Jason,
you're getting sentimental

in your old age!

I guess you're right about that.

Hey Jase, I'm sorry
I yelled at you.

It's alright.

No it ain't.

I've been jumping all over
you lately for no reason at all.

Mm.

You've got a reason.

I just ain't any good anymore.

Who says?

You are the best scout that
ever lived, Jason Fitch.

There ain't a tracker around
who can hold a candle to you.

And I'll whip the man
that says there is.

Yeah, and I'll help him!

You mean that?

You calling me a liar?

I'd say it's time to put
on my gunfighting glasses.

Captain...

I just wanted to tell you
that no matter how all this

turns out, I'm glad to be
walking down the same side

of the street with you.

I never should've let
you talk me into this.

We'll be alright.

Yeah, well what about them?

What if once we get out
there, they turn and run?

That'd shame an old man
who don't have much left.

That's why I didn't want you
to go out the back door last

night.

Well at least they'd
have had a chance.

Depends on how you look at it.

John Henry.

The night before I left
to come after you...

Maggie came back.

Maggie?

She'd heard about your
pardon, wanted to see you.

How is she?

Hasn't changed.

What is it about that
woman that haunts a man so?

I thought when they closed
that cell door behind me,

I'd stop thinking about her.

That it'd pass.

But all that passed was years.

And then when you two got
married, I thought it'd be over.

But then, out here, some
of the guys sitting around

talking about the gals
they'd left behind, and

there it was again,
hurting just like before.

Seems like women always want
things that are bad for them,

and I was sure that for Maggie.

She didn't think so.

Still doesn't.

Did she tell you that?

Some things don't
have to be said.

Well here's one that does.

You may be one hell of a
lawman, but you don't know

squat about women.

Sure, she had a crush on me.

Why wouldn't she?

You was dull and I was colorful.

Now wait a minute!

But that's all it was.

A crush.

Deep down inside, it was
you she really loved.

Why do you think I
walked away like that?

Why do you think I've been
pining for her for all these

years?

You're jealous and you're
stubborn and you're

bullheaded, Oren Hayes.

You always have been,
and you always will be.

Now if you don't mind,
I don't have time for a

lover's quarrel.

I've got one of my
own to worry about.

It's just like you said, cotton.

These old men got that
way from staying alive.

Yeah.

Howdy.

Our horses could use
some water, young lady.

Help yourself.

Thank you.

Water up.

I'm back.

We'll be in del rio before dark.

Nash, go ahead and ask him.

Something wrong, sergeant?

Well, captain, George, Jason
and me we've been talking.

And uh, well we thought uh,
if we didn't take John Henry

and his boys into Del Rio,
there'd be no reason for

anybody to know...

He took the gold.

Yeah, and even if they did,
heh, they'd be so happy to

get it back that they'd uh,
they'd probably drop the
charges.

Yeah, especially if you told
'em he was fixing to ride on

in to Del Rio and...

Turn the gold in.

You believe that?

Yes sir.

Well I don't.

Hey!

Stage coming.

Eastbound, headed for Del Rio.

Woah, woah, ho!

Maggie.

It's been a long time.

I mean, look at you.

You haven't changed
one damn bit.

A lot of years have gone by.

You sure can't tell
it by looking at you.

I'm not sure I believe
you, John Henry.

Well, you're not the
only one around here.

I was getting ready to do
maybe the first honest thing

in my life.

I was going to take some stole
gold back to where I got it.

And that knotheaded husband
of yours over there wouldn't

believe me.

There's another thing
he won't believe.

We talked about that.

I told him he was wrong.

Dead wrong.

Is he?

Has to be.

I know.

It's a shame, isn't it?

Crying shame.

Well what the hell.

Seems we're all
going to Del Rio.

We'll have a party.

A going away party.

John Henry...

I'll never forget you.

Well, that's all a man can ask.

John Henry.

They say Canada's awful
pretty this time of year.

Canada?

Don't ask me why, but i'm
going to talk up for you one

more time.

But let me tell you
something: If you ever cross

me again...

You've got my word on it.

And you got mine.

Now get going, you old buzzard!

Think John Henry can stay
out of trouble, captain?

A Texas train.

Get up in there!