All language subtitles for The Petrified Forest (1936) Farsi

CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
WARNER BROS.

Man: HOW ABOUT
SOME WATER?

THERE IT IS.

THERE'S THE CAN.

HELP YOURSELF.

THE SIGN'S RIGHT,
MISTER.

IT'S YOUR LAST CHANCE.
YOU BETTER FILL UP.

OK, FILL HER UP.

BOZE.

HEY, BOZE!

BOZE!

BOZE!

MAN WANTS SOME GAS.

GET GOING.

OK, BOSS.

EVERYBODY'S ENTITLED

TO THEIR OWN WAY
OF THINKING.

YOU FELLAS
WANT MORE COFFEE?

YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW WHY, NICK,

BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS SQUAWKIN'.

I GOT A RIGHT TO.
WHAT DO I DO?

I CLIMB POLES
TO PUT UP WIRES

SO THAT SOME BROKER
IN NEW YORK

CAN CALL SOME GUY
IN LOS ANGELES

AND TELL HIM
HE'S BEEN WIPED OUT.

WE'RE NOT PIONEERING,
WE'RE REPAIRING.

HEY, MY FRIEND,

WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT PIONEERING,

YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT SOMETHING

THAT I CAN TELL YOU
A FEW THINGS ABOUT.

SHUT UP, GRAMP.

I DON'T WANT TO
SHUT UP.

I TOLD YOU NOT TO GET INTO
ARGUMENTS WITH THE GUESTS.

LISTEN, I CAN TELL
THESE BOYS SOME THINGS

THEY'D LIKE TO HEAR,
WOULDN'T YOU, BOYS?

YEAH. GO AHEAD, POP,
CHANGE THE SUBJECT.

NOW, LISTEN,

I COME DOWN
INTO THIS DESERT

56 YEARS AGO.

COME DOWN FROM
VIRGINIA CITY.

YOU HAD TO BE TOUGH
TO CROSS THIS COUNTRY

IN THEM DAYS.

WHY, I HELPED STRING
THE FIRST WIRE

THAT RUN WEST OUT
OF ALBUQUERQUE.

YES, SIR!

SAY, ARE YOU THE FELLA

THAT TOOK A SHOT
AT BILLY THE KID?

I NEVER TOOK NO SHOT
AT BILLY THE KID.

NO.

I HAD TOO DARNED
MUCH SENSE.

HE TOOK A COUPLE OF
SHOTS AT ME, THOUGH.

I'M PRACTICALLY
THE ONLY MAN

HE EVER MISSED.

WELL, HE WAS...
HE WAS ONLY FOOLIN',

SO IT COULDN'T
HARDLY COUNT.

OK, POP.

SAY, I WANTED TO TELL YA,

DO YOU KNOW
THE FIRST MESSAGE

THAT WAS SENT
OVER THAT WIRE?

IT SAID... IT SAID,
"GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC!"

YOU'D BETTER SEND THAT
MESSAGE THROUGH AGAIN, POP,

'CAUSE THE REPUBLIC'S
IN BAD NEED OF SAVING.

THAT'LL BE 55 CENTS
APIECE.

A FINE EXCUSE
FOR A REPUBLIC WE GOT.

A FINE EXCUSE
FOR LAW AND ORDER.

DID YOU READ ABOUT
THAT GANGSTER MASSACRE

IN OKLAHOMA CITY YESTERDAY?

NOW, THERE'S AN EXAMPLE.

OUR GOVERNMENT'S NOTHING
BUT A GANGSTER'S JOKE.

THERE'S JUST ONE REMARK

I WANT TO PASS TO YOU,
BROTHER.

JUST BE CAREFUL HOW YOU
TALK ABOUT

THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.

COME ON, NICK.

WAIT A MINUTE.

LET ME GET A LOAD OF
THIS TINHORN PATRIOT HERE.

YOU GOT YOUR EATS.

THERE'S YOUR CHANGE.

NOW KINDLY GET OUT.

HA HA!

I THOUGHT YOU SAID
NOT TO ARGUE WITH THE GUESTS.

YOU'D BETTER TEND TO
YOUR OWN BUSINESS, SON...

MY OWN BUSINESS.

WHAT BUSINESS
HAVE I GOT?

MISERABLE LITTLE
SERVICE STATION

ON THE EDGE OF NOWHERE.

WELL, MAYBE THAT'S
ALL YOU'RE GOOD FOR.

WHAT CHANCE
HAVE I EVER HAD

TO PROVE WHAT I CAN DO?

WELL, YOU... YOU...

YOU HAD A WAR,
DIDN'T YOU?

THE BIGGEST WAR YET!

I SUPPOSE YOU THINK
I FAILED IN THAT

BECAUSE I DIDN'T COME HOME
WITH A LOT OF MEDALS.

WELL, YOU DIDN'T
HAVE TO DRIVE A TRUCK

BEHIND THE LINES.

I ENLISTED WHERE
MY KNOWLEDGE OF MECHANICS

WOULD DO THE MOST GOOD
FOR MY COUNTRY.

PAULA'S SCARED.

WHAT'S SHE SCARED OF?

THE MEXICANS SAY
THAT DUKE MANTEE

AND HIS GANG
ARE HEADED THIS WAY.

NOBODY'LL GET MANTEE.

HEH HEH HEH!

HE'LL FOOL 'EM.

EH, YOU CAN'T FOOL
ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.

LOOK AFTER THINGS, GABBY.
I GOTTA GET DRESSED.

WHAT FOR?

THE BLACK HORSE
VIGILANTE MEETING.

AW, DAD, AREN'T YOU
EVER GONNA GET TIRED

OF PLAYING SOLDIER?

WELL, THAT BANDIT GANG
BETTER NOT HEAD THIS WAY.

WHAT'LL YOU DO,
BLOW THE BUGLE

AND TURN THE WHOLE
POTBELLIED TROOP

LOOSE ON THEM?

I ONLY HOPE SOMEDAY
MY OWN DAUGHTER

WILL LEARN TO RESPECT
THE THINGS I STAND FOR.

THERE'S THE MAIL!

THERE'S THE MAIL.

HA HA! HELLO, DICK.

HOW'S EVERYTHING?

OH, NOT SO GOOD.

THEY TELL ME MANTEE
AND HIS GANG

ARE AROUND HERE SOMEPLACE.

YEAH?

WHAT'S HE...

HEH HEH.
PAULA WAS RIGHT.

THE POSTMAN JUST TOLD ME

THAT DUKE MANTEE
AND HIS GANG

ARE GALLIVANTING
AROUND HERE SOMEPLACE.

YES, SIR! HEH HEH.

CUT IT OUT.

WHAT'S THE MATTER, HONEY,
DON'T YOU LIKE ME?

NO, NOT VERY MUCH.

WELL, I'LL FORGIVE YOU,

SEEING AS I'VE ONLY
BEEN HERE A SHORT TIME

AND I HAVEN'T HAD MUCH
CHANCE TO GO INTO MY ACT.

BUT WHEN I DO,

YOU'RE GONNA CHANGE YOUR
ATTITUDE PLENTY FAST.

WHAT'S THAT
YOU'RE READING?

OH, YOU WOULDN'T LIKE IT.

OH... POETRY.

HA HA! SAY,
THAT'S PRETTY HOT.

WELL?

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN
SUSPECTING ALL ALONG

THAT ALL YOU NEEDED WAS
A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT.

THAT'S GREAT POETRY.

SURE, IT'S GREAT.

BUT I CAN THINK OF
SOMETHING

A WHOLE LOT BETTER.

SAY, I'M NOT SO
TERRIBLE-LOOKING, AM I?

YOU THINK A LOT
OF YOURSELF, DON'T YOU?

AW, IT'S EASY TO TELL WHEN
A GIRL IS READY FOR LOVE.

IS IT?

SURE.

HOW CAN YOU
TELL THAT, BOZE?

WELL...
ONE PRETTY SURE WAY

IS WHEN SHE BEGINS
TO CALL YOU

BY YOUR OWN NAME
FOR THE FIRST TIME.

AND ANOTHER WAY
IS THE WAY I FEEL.

DON'T YOU KNOW
IT TAKES TWO

TO MAKE A RADIO
PROGRAM...

THE ONE THAT'S SENDING

AND THE ONE
THAT'S RECEIVING?

WELL, WHEN I'M
WITH A LITTLE GIRL

THAT'S CUTE
AND APPEALING,

WITH BIG BLUE EYES,

AND I CAN FEEL
KIND OF AN ELECTRIC WAVE

RUNNING THROUGH ME,

WELL, I CAN BE
PRETTY SURE

THAT SHE'S THE ONE
THAT'S DOING THE SENDING,

WHETHER SHE KNOWS IT
OR NOT.

HAVE YOU A RADIO PROGRAM
COMING IN RIGHT NOW?

IT'S LIKE
THE HOTTEST TORCH SONG

THAT WAS EVER SUNG.

CAN'T YOU HEAR IT,
HONEY?

LISTEN, GABBY,

YOU CAN CALL ME A SAP
IF YOU WANT TO,

BUT I'M FALLING
IN LOVE WITH YOU.

I'M GETTING
TO WANT YOU

MORE THAN
IS GOOD FOR ME.

BOZE, HAVE YOU EVER
BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE?

NO.

HAVE YOU EVER SAID
YOU WERE?

SURE. PLENTY OF TIMES.

DID THEY BELIEVE YOU?

CERTAINLY THEY DID,
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.

IT'S BECAUSE
THEY WERE ALL DUMB.

THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE
DIFFERENT, GABBY.

I COULDN'T FOOL YOU.

I'M SMART, AM I?

TOO SMART FOR MOST MEN.
YOU'D CATCH ONTO THEM.

BUT THAT'S WHAT I WANT.

AND THE BETTER
YOU GET TO KNOW ME,

THE MORE YOU'RE
GONNA LIKE ME.

YOU'D BETTER LOOK OUT...
IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR JOB.

DAD DOESN'T LIKE
HAVING THE HIRED HELP

MAKE PASSES AT ME.

YOU'RE GONNA LOVE ME, GABBY,
LOVE ME A LOT.

LOOK OUT.
HERE'S SOMEONE COMING.

GOOD EVENING.

COULD I, UM, ORDER
SOMETHING TO EAT?

WHY, CERTAINLY.

MISS MAPLE WOULD BE GLAD
TO TAKE CARE OF YOU.

THANK YOU.

WAIT A MINUTE.

IS YOUR DAD
GOING TO TOWN?

WHY, YES.

OK.

WILL YOU SIT DOWN, SIR?

THANK YOU.

DO YOU LIVE AROUND HERE?

NO. NO. A TOURIST AFOOT.

MY LAST HOST OF THE ROAD

DROPPED ME
ABOUT 10 MILES BACK.

STILL, IT'S WONDERFUL
WHAT PROGRESS YOU CAN MAKE

JUST BY DOING THIS.

THANKS.

"TODAY'S SPECIAL."

TELL ME, JUST WHAT IS
A "BAR-B-Q"?

WELL... WELL, HERE IT'S
A HAMBURGER SANDWICH

WITH VEGETABLES
ON THE SIDE.

IT'S ALWAYS
TODAY'S SPECIAL.

IT'S PRETTY GOOD.

IT IS, EH?

UNLESS WE
HAVE A SANDSTORM.

WELL, I'LL HAVE IT.

FIRST OF ALL,

I'D LIKE SOME OF THAT
CREAM OF CORN SOUP,

SOME BEER, AND I'LL, UH...
ORDER THE DESSERT LATER.

OK.

THANKS.
OH, ANOTHER QUESTION.

WHERE AM I?

WELL, THIS PLACE
IS CALLED BLACK MESA.

BLACK MESA.

HOW INTRIGUING.

WHERE ARE YOU
PLANNING TO GO?

MY PLANS
HAVE BEEN UNCERTAIN.

OH, JUST, UH...

JUST HOBOING ALONG.

CALL IT GYPSYING.

I HAD A VAGUE IDEA

I'D LIKE TO SEE
THE PACIFIC OCEAN

OR PERHAPS DROWN IN IT.

BUT THAT DEPENDS.

WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?

QUITE A LONG WAY,
MISS MAPLE.

THAT IS THE NAME,
ISN'T IT?

YES. THAT'S IT.

ARE YOU ENGLISH?

NO.

YOU MIGHT CALL ME

AN AMERICAN...
ONCE REMOVED.

BUT IF YOU
WOULDN'T MIND, I...

OH, YES. THE SOUP WILL BE
HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

THE WASHROOM IS THROUGH
THAT DOOR ON THE RIGHT

IF YOU WANT IT.

THANK YOU.

OH, GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

ANYONE TAKE YOUR ORDER?

YES. A CHARMING
YOUNG LADY.

THAT'S MY DAUGHTER.

Gramp: GEE WILLIKERS,
AIN'T THAT GREAT?

AIN'T WHAT GREAT?

LOOK. DUKE MANTEE
AND HIS GANG OF BANDITS

ARE RIGHT AROUND HERE
SOMEPLACE.

LOOK, THERE'S HIS PICTURE.

YEAH? WELL,
IF HE HEADS THIS WAY,

WE BLACK HORSE
VIGILANTES

WILL HANDLE THAT GENT.

YOU WOULD?

OF COURSE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOR.

WELL, IF YOU
TAKE MY ADVICE, SON,

I WOULDN'T START
ANY SHOOTING IN THAT GETUP.

WHY NOT?

I NEVER SEEN
A BETTER TARGET.

HMM? YEAH.

WELL, YOU NEEDN'T
BE AFRAID ABOUT ME.

AFRAID?

I AIN'T AFRAID,

BUT I WOULD BE
IF I WAS YOU.

OH, I TOOK 5 BUCKS, GABBY.

WHY'D YOU
NEED ALL THAT FOR?

OH, JUST IN CASE
OF EMERGENCY.

SAY, BETWEEN
THE TWO OF YOU,

YOU'D THINK I WASN'T FIT
TO BE TRUSTED WITH MONEY

OR IDEAS OR ANYTHING.

WELL, LET ME TELL YOU,
THE BOTH OF YOU,

THAT I'D...

OH, WELL.

GRAMP?
EH?

GRAMP, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING BACK THERE?

OH, GABBY, CAN'T YOU
LET YOUR OLD GRANDPAPPY

HAVE A LITTLE SNIFTER NOW?

NO. YOU CAN HAVE ONE
BEFORE YOU GO TO BED.

WELL, I'M SLEEPY NOW.

GRAMP...

YEAH.

YOUR SOUP IS READY,
MY FRIEND.

OH, THANKS.

LOOKS GOOD, TOO.

THANK YOU.

OOH, LOOK OUT! LOOK OUT!

THAT'S THE DENVER POST.

HERE YOU ARE.

THANKS.

YEAH.

OH, SAY, LOOK. LOOK.

THERE... THERE'S A PICTURE
OF DUKE MANTEE.

6 KILLED?

HMM.

DID HE DO ALL THAT?

OH, YES. YES, INDEED.

WELL, HE DOESN'T LOOK
VERY VICIOUS, DOES HE?

WELL, I'LL
TELL YOU HERE.

YOU CAN'T TELL A KILLER
EXCEPT BY HIS CHIN.

THERE'S A FUNNY THING
ABOUT THAT.

A KILLER ALWAYS
HOLDS HIS CHIN IN.

DID YOU EVER
NOTICE THAT?

I DON'T THINK
I'VE EVER SEEN A KILLER.

OH, I HAVE.
PLENTY OF THEM.

WHO?

DID YOU EVER HEAR TELL
OF BILLY THE KID?

YES, INDEED.

WELL, MY SOUP'S
GETTING COLD.

WELL, I KNOWED HIM WELL
DOWN IN THE PECOS COUNTRY.

HE TOOK A COUPLE OF SHOTS
AT ME ONCE.

YEAH.
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS.

I MEAN ON STILL BEING
WITH US.

YEAH.

HEY! HEY, BUT I DON'T THINK
YOU UNDERSTAND.

YOU SEE,
IT WAS KIND OF DARK,

AND THE KID
HAD HAD A FEW,

AND BESIDES, I THINK
HE WAS JUST TRYING

TO SCARE THE PANTS
OFF OF ME.

DID HE DO IT?

NO. NO, NO.

I SEED HE
WAS JUST A-FUNNIN',

AND SO I
SAID TO HIM... I SAID,

"KID, YOU'RE DRUNK."

AND HE SAID TO ME,

"WELL, WHAT MAKES YOU
THINK THAT?"

AND I SAID,
"BECAUSE YOU MISSED ME."

WELL, YOU OUGHTA
HEARD HIM LAUGH.

SAY, YOU'RE KINDA
HUNGRY, AIN'T YA?

WELL, YOU CAN GO JUST
SO LONG WITHOUT FOOD.

HMM. WHAT LINE
OF WORK YOU IN?

WELL, NONE AT THE MOMENT.

I HAVE BEEN, AT TIMES,
A WRITER.

A WRITER?

YES.

WELL, THAT'S
A FUNNY THING.

YES, IT IS.

I KNOWED
THE GREATEST WRITER

THAT EVER LIVED ONCE.

DID YOU, REALLY?

YEAH. SAM CLEMENS.

DID YOU EVER HEAR
OF HIM?

WELL, NOW, LET ME SEE.
SAM, UH...

WELL, DID YOU
EVER HEAR OF MARK TWAIN?

YES. OH, YES.

WELL,
IT'S THE SAME FELLER.

OH, THAT'S RIGHT. YES.

I KNOWED HIM WELL

WHEN I WAS A BOY
BACK IN VIRGINIA CITY.

YEAH. HE USED TO
WRITE FUNNY THINGS

FOR THE PAPER THERE,

THE ENTERPRISE.

YES, SIR.

WHY, HE WAS
THE DURNEDEST FELLER

I EVER SEED,

AND I'VE SEED A-PLENTY.

YES. HE USED TO WRITE,
HE SAID,

ON THE PRINCIPLE
THAT PEOPLE

THAT READ HIS WRITINGS
DIDN'T WANT THE TRUTH,

SO THAT'S WHAT
HE'S GONNA GIVE 'EM.

UH, ARE YOU
A FAMOUS WRITER?

NO, NO. I'M... NO.

OH, YOU'RE JUST MODEST
ABOUT IT, EH?

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

ALAN SQUIER.

YOUR SUPPER'S READY, GRAMP.

YEAH, AND I'M READY
FOR IT, TOO.

WATCHIN'
THIS FELLER EAT'S

MADE ME KINDA HUNGRY.

WELL, I'M GLAD TO HAVE
KNOWED YOU, MR. SQUIER.

GLAD TO HAVE
MET YOU, SIR.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR!
THANK YOU, SIR.

LIKE THE SOUP?

OH, IT WAS...
IT WAS GLORIOUS.

DID I HEAR YOU SAY
THAT YOU WERE A WRITER?

YES. IN A WAY.

I'VE NEVER
KNOWN ANY WRITERS.

OH, PLEASE DON'T GO.

DO YOU WANT
SOMETHING ELSE?

NO. I... I JUST WANTED
TO TALK TO YOU.

WON'T YOU PLEASE
SIT DOWN?

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I SUPPOSE YOU WANT
TO GO INTO THE MOVIES.

NOT ON YOUR LIFE!

I WANT TO GO TO BOURGES.

WHERE?

BOURGES IN FRANCE.

OH.

YOU MIGHT
NEVER GUESS IT,

BUT THAT'S
WHERE I CAME FROM.

REALLY? YOU'RE NOT
FRENCH, ARE YOU?

PARTLY. I WAS BORN
IN BOURGES.

OF COURSE I LEFT THERE

BEFORE I WAS HARDLY
ABLE TO WALK,

SO ALL I KNOW ABOUT IT

IS FROM
THE PICTURE POSTCARDS

MY MOTHER SENDS ME.

THEY GOT
A CATHEDRAL THERE.

YOUR MOTHER
STILL LIVES THERE?

YES.

DAD BROUGHT US BACK HERE
AFTER THE WAR.

MOTHER STUCK IT OUT
FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS,

AND THEN
SHE PACKED RIGHT UP

AND WENT BACK
TO BOURGES.

WE'VE NEVER
SEEN HER SINCE.

SOME PEOPLE
SEEM TO THINK

IT WAS KIND OF
CRUEL OF HER

TO LEAVE ME,
BUT WHAT COULD SHE DO?

SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY
MONEY TO BRING ME UP,

AND SHE JUST
COULDN'T LIVE HERE.

YOU CAN'T BLAME HER
FOR THAT.

DO YOU THINK
IT WAS CRUEL OF HER?

NOT IF YOU DON'T,
MISS MAPLE.

LOOK. LOOK, HERE'S
A PICTURE OF MOTHER

JUST BEFORE
SHE MARRIED DAD.

SHE'S LOVELY, ISN'T SHE?

DO YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE
THE RESEMBLANCE?

CAN YOU, REALLY?

HMM.

IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE HER
BEING MARRIED TO DAD.

STILL, I SUPPOSE,

HE LOOKED ALL RIGHT
IN HIS AMERICAN UNIFORM.

MOTHER ALWAYS GIVES ME
A BOOK ON MY BIRTHDAY.

SHE SENT ME THIS ONE.

IT'S THE POEMS
OF FRANCIS VILLON.

EVER READ THEM?

YES, I HAVE.

IT'S SWELL POETRY.

MOTHER'S WRITTEN
ON THE FLYLEAF.

"à MA CHERE
PETITE GABRIELLE."

THAT MEANS, "TO MY DEAR
LITTLE GABRIELLE."

OH, IT DOES, EH?
OH, YES.

GABRIELLE. THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL
NAME, ISN'T IT?

YES. WOULDN'T YOU KNOW

IT WOULD GET CHANGED
INTO "GABBY"

BY THESE SUNBAKED,
IGNORANT DESERT RATS?

I SEE YOU SHARE
YOUR MOTHER'S OPINION

OF THE DESERT.

BUT YOU CAN FIND SOLACE

IN THE POEMS
OF FRANCOIS VILLON.

YES. IT TAKES THE STINK
OF THE GASOLINE

AND THE HAMBURGER
OUT OF MY SYSTEM.

WELL, GABRIELLE,

WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ ME
ONE OF THOSE POEMS?

RIGHT NOW?

YES, NOW. WHILE I'M
FINISHING TODAY'S SPECIAL.

OK. I'LL READ YOU
THE ONE I LIKE THE BEST.

"SUCH GOOD I WISH YOU.

"YEA AND HEARTILY,
I AM FIRED WITH HOPE

"OF TRUE LOVE'S
NEED TO GET.

"KNOWING LOVE
WRITES IT IN HIS BOOK.

"FOR, WHY,
THIS IS THE END

FOR WHICH
WE TWAIN ARE MET."

GO ON, GABRIELLE.

"SEEING REASON WILLS NOT
THAT I CAST LOVE BY,

"NOR HEAR WITH REASON
SHALL I CHIDE AND FRET,

"NOR CEASE TO SERVE,

"BUT SERVE
MORE CONSTANTLY.

THIS IS THE END FOR WHICH
WE TWAIN ARE MET."

YOU KNOW...

YOU KNOW, THAT GUY
WRITES WONDERFUL STUFF.

HOW DID YOU
PRONOUNCE HIS NAME?

FRANCOIS VILLON.

THE FRENCH SEEM TO
UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING.

THAT'S WHY YOU WANT TO
GO TO FRANCE, EH?

FOR UNDERSTANDING?

I WILL GO THERE.

WHEN GRAMP DIES, WE'RE
GONNA SELL THIS PLACE,

AND I'M GONNA TAKE
MY PART OF THE MONEY

AND GO TO BOURGES,
AND FIND SOMETHING...

WELL, SOMETHING
BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT

AND... AND WINE AND
DANCING IN THE STREETS.

WELL, IF I WERE YOU,
GABRIELLE,

I'D STAY HERE
AND AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

I'VE BEEN TO FRANCE.

WHAT WERE YOU DOING
THERE, WRITING BOOKS?

NO. PLANNING
TO WRITE BOOKS.

YOU SEE, I MARRIED...
A LADY OF WEALTH.

SHE WAS VERY LIBERAL
TO ME.

OH.

OH, PLEASE DON'T THINK
ILL OF ME BECAUSE OF THAT.

I ONCE ACTUALLY
DID WRITE A BOOK.

WHAT KIND OF A BOOK?

FICTION?

IN A SENSE, YES.
IT WAS A NOVEL.

I WAS 22 AT THE TIME.
IT WAS VERY, VERY STARK.

IT SOLD SLIGHTLY OVER
600 COPIES.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

IT COST THE PUBLISHER
A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY,

AND INCIDENTALLY,
IT ALSO COST HIM HIS WIFE.

YOU SEE, SHE DIVORCED HIM
AND MARRIED ME.

SHE SAW IN ME A MAJOR ARTIST,
PROFOUND BUT INARTICULATE.

SHE THOUGHT THAT ALL I
NEEDED WAS BACKGROUND,

SO SHE PROCEEDED TO GIVE IT
TO ME, WITH A SOUTHERN EXPOSURE

AND A FINE VIEW
OF THE MEDITERRANEAN.

WELL, FOR 8 YEARS

I RECLINED THERE.
ON THE RIVIERA,

ON MY BACKGROUND,

AND I WAITED FOR
THE MAJOR ARTIST TO EMERGE

AND SAY SOMETHING
OF ENDURING IMPORTANCE,

BUT, UH, HE PREFERRED
TO REMAIN INARTICULATE.

AND YOU'VE LEFT
YOUR WIFE NOW?

YES.

THAT'S SWELL.

OH, I LEFT HER
AT HER SUGGESTION.

SEE, SHE'D TAKEN UP
WITH A BRAZILIAN PAINTER,

ALSO A MAJOR ARTIST,

SO THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT
FOR ME TO DO BUT TRAVEL,

AND I DECIDED TO SET FORTH
AND DISCOVER AMERICA,

AND I'VE COME THIS FAR
ON MY JOURNEY,

THANKS TO THE POWER
OF THE THUMB.

WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING FOR?

I DON'T KNOW.

I SUPPOSE I WAS LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN,

WORTH LIVING FOR
AND DYING FOR.

WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND?

NOTHING HALF SO INTERESTING

AS AN OLD MAN WHO WAS MISSED
BY BILLY THE KID

AND A FAIR YOUNG LADY
WHO READS VILLON.

WELL, I...
I DO OTHER THINGS

THAT'LL SURPRISE YOU.

YES, I'M SURE YOU DO.

I PAINT PICTURES.

NO. ANY GOOD?

NOPE.

LET ME SEE THEM.

OH, THEY'RE
KIND OF CRAZY.

WELL, SO MUCH THE BETTER.
PLEASE LET ME SEE THEM.

PERHAPS YOU'RE A GENIUS.

PERHAPS IT'S MY MISSION
TO INTRODUCE YOU TO POSTERITY.

YOU'RE NOT
KIDDING ME, ARE YOU?

NO, GABRIELLE.
I'VE NEVER KIDDED ANYBODY...

OUTSIDE OF MYSELF.

WELL, ALL RIGHT,
IF YOU'LL PROMISE

NOT TO TELL ANYBODY
ABOUT THEM.

I GIVE YOU
MY WORD OF HONOR.

YOU'VE GOT TO CLIMB
A LADDER TO SEE THEM.

COME ON, THEN.

GIVE ME SOME WATER AND GAS.
FILL IT UP, BUDDY.

RIGHT.

OH, HA HA.

THAT'S PAULA,
OUR MEXICAN COOK.

IT ISN'T MUCH
OF A LIKENESS.

WELL, I'M SURE IT WASN'T
INTENDED TO BE PHOTOGRAPHIC.

THAT'S THE ONE
THAT I LIKE THE BEST.

I WANTED TO SHOW
HOW THE CLOUDS LOOKED

WHEN THEY ROLLED DOWN
FROM THE MOUNTAINS.

GABRIELLE, TELL ME,

WHAT ON EARTH MADE YOU PAINT
IN THAT STRANGE MANNER?

OH, IT'S JUST
HOW I SEE AND FEEL.

OH, YES.

ARE THEY ANY GOOD?

I TELL YOU, GABRIELLE,

I CAN SAY I'M...
I'M TREMENDOUSLY IMPRESSED.

I'LL BET I COULD
IMPROVE A LOT

IF I COULD
GET TO FRANCE.

THEY HAVE THE MOST
MARVELOUS ART SCHOOLS

IN THE WORLD OVER THERE.

BUT DON'T YOU REALIZE
THERE ARE PROBABLY

THOUSANDS OF ARTISTS
IN FRANCE WHO ARE SAYING,

"IF ONLY I COULD GET OUT
TO ARIZONA"?

I KNOW. A LOT OF PEOPLE
GO CRAZY ABOUT THIS DESERT

WHEN THEY SEE IT.

THEY SEEM TO THINK IT'S...
IT'S FULL OF MYSTERY

AND HAUNTED AND ALL THAT.

MMM, WELL, SO IT IS.

WELL, MAYBE IT IS, BUT
THERE'S SOMETHING IN ME

THAT WANTS SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.

I KNOW THERE'S
SOMETHING IN YOU.

I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT IT IS.

MAYBE IT'S THE FRENCH
IN MY BLOOD.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
I FEEL AS IF

I WAS SPARKLING
ALL OVER,

AND I WANT TO GO OUT
AND DO SOMETHING

ABSOLUTELY CRAZY
AND MARVELOUS.

THEN THE AMERICAN
PART OF ME SPEAKS UP

AND SPOILS EVERYTHING,

AND I GO BACK TO WORK

AND FIGURE OUT
MY DULL ACCOUNTS.

SO MUCH COFFEE,
SO MANY ROLLS,

SO MANY HAMBURGERS,
SUGAR.

DO YOU KEEP THE ACCOUNTS
CORRECTLY?

IF I DIDN'T,
WE'D GO BROKE.

WELL, THAT'S
THE FRENCH PART OF YOU.

THAT SPARKLE, THAT
MUST BE 100% AMERICAN.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MARRY
A FRENCHMAN?

OH, I DON'T WANT
TO EVER MARRY.

NO?

I WANT TO BE
ALWAYS FREE.

HOW ABOUT THAT STALWART
YOUTH DOWN THERE

IN THE FOOTBALL JERSEY?

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
I'D TAKE ANY NOTICE OF HIM?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

WHEN I CAME IN
JUST NOW, I...

OH, SURE, I KNOW.
HE WAS KISSING ME.

YEAH.

THAT'S NOTHING.

NO, NO. WELL,
THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM

FOR DEVELOPMENT,
ISN'T THERE?

HE'S AFTER ME,
ALL RIGHT.

HE IS, EH?

THINK HE'LL SUCCEED?

I HAVEN'T DECIDED YET.

WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE?

OH, NO. DON'T
ASK ME, GABRIELLE.

YOU LET YOUR FRENCH
BLOOD GUIDE YOU.

IT'S INFALLIBLE IN
MATTERS LIKE THAT.

OH, BUT YOU OUGHT
TO KNOW SOMETHING.

YOU'VE SEEN A LOT.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.

THE TROUBLE WITH ME,
GABRIELLE,

IS I BELONG TO
A VANISHING RACE.

I AM ONE
OF THE INTELLECTUALS.

THAT MEANS
YOU GOT BRAINS.

MMM, YEAH, BRAINS
WITHOUT PURPOSE.

NOISE WITHOUT SOUND,
SHAPE WITHOUT SUBSTANCE.

HAVE YOU EVER READ
THE HOLLOW MEN?

WELL, DON'T.

VERY DISCOURAGING
BECAUSE IT'S TRUE.

IT REFERS
TO THE INTELLECTUALS

WHO THOUGHT THEY'D
CONQUERED NATURE.

THEY DAMMED IT UP
AND USED ITS WATERS

TO IRRIGATE
THE WASTELANDS.

THEY BUILT STREAMLINED
MONSTROSITIES

TO PENETRATE
ITS RESISTANCE.

THE WRAPPED IT UP
IN CELLOPHANE

AND SOLD IT
IN DRUGSTORES.

THEY WERE SO CERTAIN
THEY HAD IT SUBDUED,

AND NOW...

DO YOU REALIZE
WHAT IT IS

THAT'S CAUSING
WORLD CHAOS?

YOU DON'T, EH?

WELL, I'M PROBABLY
THE ONLY LIVING MAN

WHO CAN TELL YOU.

IT'S NATURE
HITTING BACK.

SHE'S FIGHTING
WITH NEW INSTRUMENTS

CALLED NEUROSES.

SHE'S DELIBERATELY
AFFLICTING MANKIND

WITH THE JITTERS.

NATURE'S PROVING THAT
SHE CAN'T BE BEATEN UP

BY THE LIKES OF US.

SHE'S TAKING THE WORLD AWAY
FROM THE INTELLECTUALS

AND GIVING IT BACK
TO THE APES.

WELL, WELL, WELL,
FORGIVE ME, GABRIELLE.

YOU KNOW,
IT'S SUCH A LUXURY

TO HAVE SOMEBODY
TO TALK TO.

DON'T YOU PAY
ANY ATTENTION TO ME.

I WAS BORN IN 1901,
THE YEAR VICTORIA DIED.

I WAS JUST TOO LATE
FOR THE GREAT WAR

AND TOO SOON
FOR THE NEW ORDER.

NOW, YOU MAY BE AN
ENTIRELY NEW SPECIES,

FOR ALL I KNOW.

YOU CAN EASILY BE ONE OF
NATURE'S OWN CHILDREN,

AND THEREFORE ABLE
TO UNDERSTAND HER

AND LAUGH AT HER
AND ENJOY HER,

DEPENDING UPON
HOW YOU FEEL.

YES, ONLY YOU CAN DECIDE

WHETHER OR NOT
YOU SHOULD YIELD

TO THE ARDORS
OF NUMBER 42 OUT THERE.

YOU KNOW, YOU TALK
LIKE A DARN FOOL.

I KNOW IT.
I KNOW IT.

IT'S NO WONDER YOUR WIFE
KICKED YOU OUT.

IT'S NO WONDER

SHE FELL FOR YOU
IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WELL, THAT SOUNDS ALARMINGLY
LIKE A COMPLIMENT.

Gabrielle:
IT IS A COMPLIMENT.

THANKS.

WHAT DID YOU SAY
YOUR NAME WAS?

ALAN SQUIER.

BUT I'VE BEEN
CALLING YOU GABRIELLE,

SO YOU'D BETTER
CALL ME ALAN.

ALL RIGHT, ALAN.

Gabrielle: PETRIFIED FOREST'S
A LOT OF DEAD TREES

IN THE DESERT THAT HAVE
TURNED TO STONE.

HERE'S A GOOD SPECIMEN.

SO THAT WAS ONCE A TREE.

HMM.

PETRIFIED FOREST, EH?

SUITABLE HAVEN FOR ME.

WELL, PERHAPS THAT'S WHAT
I'M DESTINED TO BECOME,

AN INTERESTING FOSSIL
FOR FUTURE STUDY.

I THINK I'D LIKE
TO SEE FRANCE WITH YOU.

OH, NO, GABRIELLE,

I NEVER COULD RETRACE
MY FOOTSTEPS.

HAVEN'T YOU GOT
ENOUGH MONEY?

WELL, UH, EVEN THAT
IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

I HAVEN'T EITHER, BUT...

BUT I CAN DO THIS
AS WELL AS YOU CAN.

OH, I'M AFRAID WE'D
EVENTUALLY REACH A POINT

ON THE ATLANTIC COAST

WHERE EVEN THAT GESTURE
WOULD BE UNAVAILING.

ALAN, THERE'S SOMETHING
VERY APPEALING ABOUT YOU.

APPEALING, EH? AH,
THAT'S BEEN MY DOWNFALL.

LISTEN, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH
MONEY GRAMP'S GOT SALTED AWAY

IN THE BANK AT SANTA FE?

$22,000 IN LIBERTY BONDS,
AND IT'S ALL WILLED TO ME.

I GUESS WE COULD GO
PRETTY FAR ON THAT.

OH, TOO FAR.

AND THEN WHEN WE GOT
TO FRANCE, WHY,

YOU COULD SHOW ME EVERYTHING.

WELL, THAT'S A STARTLING
PROPOSAL, GABRIELLE.

I HADN'T EXPECTED TO
RECEIVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT

IN THIS DESERT.

OH, WE'D HAVE TO WAIT,
MAYBE YEARS,

BUT I COULD GET BOZE FIRED

AND GIVE YOU THE JOB
IN THE GAS STATION.

THINK YOU'D LIKE ME
FOR A COMPANION?

I KNOW I WOULD,

AND I DON'T MAKE
MANY MISTAKES.

YOU'RE NO APE MAN, ALAN,
BUT... BUT YOU'RE LOVABLE.

LOVABLE? THE NEXT GRADE
BELOW APPEALING.

WOULDN'T YOU LIKE SOMEONE
TO BE IN LOVE WITH YOU?

YES, GABRIELLE,

I... I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE
IN LOVE WITH ME.

DO YOU THINK
I'M ATTRACTIVE?

THERE ARE BETTER WORDS
THAN THAT

FOR WHAT YOU ARE.

THEN WHY DON'T YOU
STAY HERE?

YOU HAVEN'T GOT
ANYTHING BETTER TO DO.

THAT'S THE TROUBLE.

YOU KNOW, YOU'D SOON
GET TIRED OF A MAN

WHO HAD NOTHING ELSE
TO DO BUT WORSHIP YOU.

THAT'S A DULL KIND
OF LOVE, GABRIELLE.

THAT'S THE KIND OF LOVE

THAT MAKES PEOPLE OLD
TOO SOON.

BUT, UH, I THANK YOU
FOR THE SUGGESTION.

IT'S OPENED UP
A NEW CHANNEL

IN MY IMAGINATION,

WHICH IT WILL BE
INTERESTING TO EXPLORE

DURING MY LONELY
WANDERINGS.

YOU'RE GOING NOW?

YES, I'M GOING.

WELL, I... I GUESS
I CAN'T STOP YOU.

NO, GABRIELLE,
YOU CAN'T STOP ME.

BUT YOU COULD DO ME
ONE GREAT FAVOR

BEFORE I GO.

WOULD YOU MIND
VERY MUCH

IF I KISSED YOU
GOOD-BYE?

NO, I WOULDN'T MIND.

YOU'D UNDERSTAND,
IT WOULD BE...

YES, I UNDERSTAND.

JUST A KISS,
THAT'S ALL.

YES. THAT'S
ABSOLUTELY ALL.

SO, THAT'S WHAT
YOU'VE BEEN DOING...

NECKING, EH?

SAY, WHO DO YOU
THINK YOU ARE?

LAY OFF HIM, BOZE.

JUST BECAUSE
SHE'S CUTE AND SWEET,

YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD
GET FRESH, HUH?

OH, HE DIDN'T GET FRESH.
HE WAS JUST KISSING ME GOOD-BYE.

YES, I... I MUST ADMIT
THE IMPULSE IS

A LITTLE HARD
TO EXPLAIN.

YOU DON'T NEED
TO BOTHER TO EXPLAIN.

JUST PAY YOUR CHECK
AND GET OUT.

YES.

WELL, UM,

HOW MUCH DO I OWE,
MISS MAPLE?

30 CENTS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
30 CENTS?

IS THAT ALL HE ATE?

YEAH. SHUT UP, BOZE.

30 CENTS, EH?

WELL, FOR ALL THAT?
THAT'S VERY REASONABLE.

VERY REASONABLE.

BUT, UH,

THAT, UH, BRINGS US TO
ANOTHER EMBARRASSMENT.

I... I HAVEN'T GOT
30 CENTS.

FRANKLY,
I HAVEN'T ANYTHING.

YOU HAVEN'T, HUH?

WELL, WHAT HAVE YOU
GOT IN THIS PACK?

OH, NOTHING. SHIRTS, SOCKS,
UNDERWEAR, TOOTHBRUSH,

PASSPORT, INSURANCE POLICY,

AND A COPY OF MODERN MAN
IN SEARCH OF A SOUL, BY DR...

YOU KNOW,
YOU OUGHT TO READ THAT.

YOU'D LOVE THAT BOOK.

SO YOU WERE GONNA
PAY OFF WITH A KISS, HUH?

TAKE YOUR HANDS OF HIM, BOZE.
GO ON, ALAN, BEAT IT.

ALL RIGHT,
I'M LEAVING.

YES, AND I'LL GIVE HIM
A HEAD START.

Alan:
SORRY, MA'AM.

WHERE'S THE RESTROOM,
PLEASE?

THROUGH THAT DOOR
AT THE RIGHT.

GAS AND OIL,
PLEASE.

GET ON THE JOB,
BOZE.

UH-UH, BOZE...

GAS AND OIL.

HAVE YOU ANY
GOOD CIGARS?

YES, SIR.
RIGHT OVER HERE, SIR.

WHAT HAVE YOU?

WELL,
I HAVE SOME STOGIES

AND SOME ARIZONA PIPS.

HMM, LET ME SEE
THE PIPS.

HOW FAR IS IT
TO THE PHOENIX PALACE HOTEL?

WELL, IT'S A GOOD
200 MILES FROM HERE.

GOOD-BYE,
MISS MAPLE.

WAIT A MINUTE, ALAN.

EXCUSE ME, SIR.

WHAT?

HAVE YOU ROOM
FOR ANOTHER PERSON

IN YOUR CAR?

WHO IS IT?

A FRIEND OF MINE,
MR. SQUIER.

HE'S ON HIS WAY
TO THE COAST,

AND, WELL, HE HASN'T
GOT A CAR RIGHT NOW.

HE'S AN AUTHOR.

OH. JOSEPH.

YES, SIR.

DO YOU THINK WE CAN
GIVE THIS MAN A LIFT

AS FAR AS THE PHOENIX
PALACE HOTEL?

I GUESS HE'S ALL RIGHT,
MR. CHISHOLM.

VERY WELL.
GLAD TO HAVE YOU ALONG.

THANK YOU,
MR. CHISHOLM.

AND, UH, THANK YOU,
MISS MAPLE.

I SHALL REMEMBER
YOUR KINDNESS.

I FORGOT TO GIVE YOU
YOUR CHANGE.

WHAT CHAN...

BUT I, UH, WANTED YOU
TO KEEP THAT.

OH, BUT TIPPING
IS UN-AMERICAN.

WE DON'T ALLOW IT.

HERE. HERE, TAKE IT.

WELL, I CAN'T PRETEND
THAT I...

WHEN YOU GET
TO THE COAST,

SEND ME A POSTCARD

WITH A VIEW OF
THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

I LIKE PICTURES
OF THE SEA.

OH, MY DEAR,
COME HERE.

THIS IS
MISTER, UH, UH...

MR. SQUIER.

MR. SQUIER, DARLING.

I'VE OFFERED
TO GIVE HIM A LIFT

AS FAR AS THE PHOENIX
PALACE HOTEL.

NOW, IT'S QUITE
ALL RIGHT.

JOSEPH JUST
WENT OVER HIM.

HOW DO YOU DO,
MRS. CHISHOLM?

HOW DO YOU DO?

WELL, ARE WE READY
TO START?

YES, VERY WELL.
COME ALONG, MR. SQUIER.

WELL, I... I SUPPOSE
I SHALL NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN.

NO. THAT'S THE WAY IT IS
IN A GAS STATION.

THEY COME AND THEY GO.

HMM.
BUT SOMEHOW OR OTHER

I'LL MANAGE TO REPAY YOU
THIS DOLLAR.

GOODNESS KNOWS WHEN.

PERHAPS WE'LL RUN
INTO EACH OTHER SOMEDAY

IN BOURGES.

YES.

WELL...
GOOD-BYE, GABRIELLE.

GOOD-BYE, ALAN.

OH, JOSEPH, WILL YOU
TURN ON THE RADIO?

Radio reporter:
FLASH... LATEST BULLETIN

ON MANTEE MASSACRE
IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

FOLLOWING IS
THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CAR

IN WHICH MANTEE,
WITH SOME OF HIS GANG,

ARE HEADING FOR THE BORDER.
WATCH FOR THIS CAR.

OKLAHOMA LICENSE
NUMBER 3T-808.

FRONT RIGHT FENDER
HEAVILY DENTED.

BULLET HOLES IN REAR WINDOW
OF REAR OF CAR.

THE CAR IS WELL SUPPLIED
WITH EXTRA GASOLINE.

3 OF THE GANGSTERS
ARE BELIEVED

TO BE ACCOMPANYING
MANTEE, THE LEADER.

MANTEE'S DESCRIPTION
FOLLOWS.

STRAIGHT BLACK HAIR,
BROWN EYES, HEIGHT...

KILL THAT RADIO,
RUBY.

CAN'T YOU
FIX IT, SLIM?

THIS CAR WON'T WORK, BOSS.
THE CYLINDER HEAD'S CRACKED.

WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?

WAIT A MINUTE.

GET BEHIND
THAT ROCK, JACK.

YOU TWO,
BEHIND THAT CAR.

KEEP OUT OF SIGHT.

COME ON,
STEP OUT, BROTHER.

HOP OUT OF THAT CAR
AND NOBODY'LL GET HURT.

AAH!

SHUT UP, LADY.

COME ON, HOP OUT.
GET OVER THERE.

COME ON, HURRY IT UP,
HURRY IT UP.

FRIENDS OF YOURS?

FOR YEARS I'VE WONDERED
WHAT YOU'D DO

IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS,

AND WHAT DID YOU DO?
NOTHING.

CORRECT, MY DEAR
IDIOT WIFE.

I DID NOTHING BECAUSE
THAT MAN IS DUKE MANTEE.

NO, REALLY?

YES. JOSEPH, LET US SEE

IF THEIR CAR
WILL FUNCTION.

YES, MR. CHISHOLM.

SWEETHEART.

WANT A PIECE OF GUM?

AH, FROM THE WAY YOU ACT,

YOU'D THINK YOU WERE CRAZY
ABOUT THAT GUY.

I'M NOT CRAZY
ABOUT HIM,

BUT EVERY
ONCE IN A WHILE

YOU MEET SOMEBODY

THAT'S A NATURAL
OBJECT OF CHARITY.

YEAH, BUT HE'S GONE.
I'M HERE.

LISTEN, HONEY,

LET'S TAKE A LITTLE WALK
AROUND THE MESA.

THE SUN'S GOING DOWN.

HOW ABOUT IT,
SWEETHEART?

DO YOU KNOW
WHAT HE SAID, BOZE?

WHAT?

THAT WE'D BEEN FIGHTING
NATURE, AND WE THOUGHT

WE'D LICKED IT,

BUT THAT'S
WHERE WE'RE WRONG.

WE'VE GOT TO ADMIT THAT
NATURE CAN'T BE BEATEN.

YEAH, I HEARD ALL THAT,

BUT ISN'T THAT WHAT I'VE BEEN
TELLING YOU ALL ALONG?

I GUESS SO, BOZE.

WELL, HOW ABOUT THE WALK,
SWEETHEART?

I'LL THINK ABOUT IT.

I'LL GET RID
OF THEM FAST.

NOW, JUST BEHAVE YOURSELF,
YOU TWO,

AND NOBODY'LL
GET HURT.

THIS IS DUKE MANTEE,
THE WORLD-FAMOUS KILLER.

AND HE'S HUNGRY.

ALAN!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING
BACK HERE?

THERE'S SOME BANDITS
AROUND HERE.

YEAH,
SO WE HEARD.

YEAH, THEY CUT IN AHEAD OF US
ABOUT A MILE UP THE ROAD

AND MADE US STOP
AND GET OUT.

THEN THEY TOOK MR. CHISHOLM'S
CAR AND DROVE OFF.

THEY SAID WE COULD HAVE THEIR
CAR, BUT WE FOUND IT LOCKED.

ALAN, LOOK OUT.

COME HERE.

WELL, SO WE MEET AGAIN.

SIT DOWN, PAL.

DOWN THERE.

YEAH, I'D BE DELIGHTED.

WAIT A MINUTE.

Mantee:
SIT DOWN, YOU!

WOULD YOU MIND SITTING DOWN
OVER THERE, POP?

SURE.

UP THERE, FAT.

FOOTBALL PLAYER, EH?

YEAH, AND YOU BETTER NOT
LET ME CLOSE ENOUGH

TO TAKE A SOCK AT YOU.

I USED TO BE QUITE A FAN.

WHAT'S YOUR SCHOOL?

MOLBY TECH.

NEVER HEARD OF IT.

RUBY, GET DOWN
BY THE DOOR

AND KEEP
YOUR EYES OPEN.

YOU GOT SLIM WATCHING
ON THE OUTSIDE.

GET DOWN TO THE DOOR.

HEY, SQUIER, THAT'S
DUKE MANTEE. REMEMBER?

I SHOWED YOU
HIS PICTURE, YOU REMEMBER?

YES, I REMEMBER.

JOIN US IN A GLASS
OF BEER?

THANKS. DO YOU MIND
IF I HAVE

SOME OF THAT WHISKEY
INSTEAD?

GIVE HIM A DRINK,
SISTER.

JACKIE, TURN ON THAT
RADIO IN BACK OF YOU.

WHAT'D I TELL YA?

LOOK AT THAT CHIN.

HE'S A KILLER,
ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE LUCKY WE GOT
RINGSIDE SEATS.

HE'S A GANGSTER
AND A RAT.

SHH.

HE AIN'T NO GANGSTER.

HE'S A REAL
OLD-TIME DESPERADO.

GANGSTERS IS FOREIGNERS,
AND HE'S AN AMERICAN.

WAIT TILL THE SHERIFF
FINDS OUT HE'S HERE,

AND WE'LL... WE'LL SEE
SOME REAL KILLIN'.

WON'T WE, DUKE?

THE COPS AIN'T LIKELY
TO CATCH UP WITH US,

NOT TONIGHT.

SO WE CAN ALL BE QUIET
AND PEACEABLE

AND HAVE
A FEW BEERS TOGETHER

AND LISTEN
TO THE MUSIC...

AND NOT MAKE
ANY WRONG MOVES.

'CAUSE I MAY AS WELL
TELL YOU FOLKS

THAT OLD RUBY THERE
WITH THE GUN,

HE'S PRETTY NERVOUS
AND JUMPY,

AND HE'S GOT THE ITCH
BETWEEN HIS FINGERS.

SO LET'S EVERYBODY
STAY WHERE THEY ARE.

LET THERE BE KILLING.

ALL THIS EVENING,

I'VE HAD A FEELING
OF DESTINY CLOSING IN.

DO YOU BELIEVE
IN ASTROLOGY?

I COULDN'T SAY, PAL.

WELL, I DON'T, NORMALLY...

BUT TONIGHT, AS I WAS
WALKING ALONG THAT ROAD,

I BEGAN TO FEEL
THE ENCHANTMENT

OF THIS DESERT.

I LOOKED UP AT THE SKY,

AND THE STARS SEEMED
TO BE MOCKING ME,

REPROVING ME.

THEY WERE POINTING THE WAY

TO THAT GLEAMING SIGN
AND SAYING,

"THERE'S THE END
OF YOUR TETHER.

"YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD
ESCAPE AND SKIP OFF

"TO THE PHOENIX PALACE,

BUT WE KNOW BETTER."

THAT'S WHAT
THE STARS TOLD ME.

AND PERHAPS THEY KNOW
THAT CARNAGE IS IMMINENT

AND THAT I'M DUE
TO BE AMONG THE FALLEN.

FASCINATING THOUGHT.

LET'S SKIP IT.

HERE'S HAPPY DAYS.

YES, SIR. IT CERTAINLY
DOES FEEL GREAT

TO HAVE A REAL KILLER
AROUND HERE AGAIN.

YES, IT'S PLEASANT
TO BE BACK AGAIN...

AMONGST THE LIVING.

HOORAY.

OH, COME ON, JOSEPH.
HURRY, PLEASE.

I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN,
MRS. CHISHOLM.

WELL, WHY DON'T
YOU START IT?

WELL, IF YOU THINK
YOU CAN DO BETTER...

WELL, I COULDN'T
DO WORSE.

HEY, GOOD LUCK, DUKE,

'CAUSE... A GOOD THING
YOU SHOWED UP,

OR I WOULDN'T
HAVE GOT THIS.

WELL, WHAT HAPPENED
TO ANDY ANDERSON, THEN?

OH, YEAH.
I'LL TELL YA.

HE SNEAKED
INTO THE CIVIL WAR.

DID HE?

YES. HE TOLD ME

IT WAS A REGULAR PARADISE
FOR KILLIN'.

WHY, HE'D STICK A JOHNNY REB
WITH HIS BAYONET,

AND THEN HE'D TOSS HIM
OVER HIS SHOULDER, AND THEN...

SAY, POP...
YEAH?

I WISH YOU WOULDN'T
TALK SO MUCH ABOUT BLOOD

WHILE WE'RE EATIN'.

WHAT'S THE MATTER,

YOU GOT IT
ON YOUR CONSCIENCE?

ON MY WHAT?

YEAH, I THOUGHT SO.

A YAP LIKE YOU HASN'T
GOT ANY MORE CONSCIENCE

THAN A COYOTE.

HA HA HA HA. LISTEN
TO THE HALFBACK.

HOW MUCH DID YOU GET
FOR PLAYING ON THE TEAM?

I WORKED MY WAY
THROUGH COLLEGE.

OH... HOW NICE.

WAIT A MINUTE,
SMART GUY.

I'VE GOT SOMETHING
TO SHOW YOU.

KEEP YOUR HAND
OFF YOUR HIP.

I WAS ONLY GOING
TO SHOW HIM A CLIPPING

THAT SAID I SHOULD HAVE
BEEN ALL-AMERICAN.

HUH, SCARED YA,
DIDN'T I?

I KNEW IT.
YOU'RE ALL YELLOW.

I'D BE A LITTLE TACTFUL,
BOZE, IF I WERE YOU.

REMEMBER,
THEY'RE YOUR GUESTS.

THEY'RE A BUNCH
OF YELLOW DOGS.

THAT'S WHAT MADE 'EM TURN
CROOKED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

OH, NO, NO, NO.

COWARDICE ISN'T
THE CAUSE OF CRIME, IS IT?

IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THE GLANDS.

THEY'RE TOO YELLOW TO FACE
THE MAJOR PROBLEMS OF LIFE.

THEY GOT TO FIGHT THEIR WAY
THROUGH WITH GUNS

INSTEAD OF WITH PRINCIPLES.

STEP OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE ROOM, HALFBACK.

YOU GONNA KILL HIM?

YOU SEE? THAT'S JUST
WHAT I SAID.

COME ON. THIS BULLET'LL
GO RIGHT THROUGH YOU,

AND YOU WOULDN'T WANT ME

TO HURT THE CUTE LITTLE
DAME, NOW, WOULD YOU?

YOU'RE TAKING THIS
MUCH TOO SERIOUSLY, YOU KNOW.

I'M NOT AFRAID
TO DIE.

COME ON, MOVE!

STEP UP THAT RADIO,
WILL YOU, SISTER?

SIT DOWN, JACKIE COOPER.

AW, COME ON.

LISTEN, YOU HEARD
WHAT HE SAID TO ME.

SIT DOWN.

YOU, TOO.

Announcer: FLASH...
LATEST BULLETINS

ON THE GREATEST MANHUNT
IN HUMAN HISTORY.

MANTEE AND HIS GANG
ARE HEADED FOR THE BORDER.

THE GREATEST
BORDER PATROL IN HISTORY

HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED

FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO
TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

TAKE A BOW, DUKE.

THE GANG MADE ITS ESCAPE
IN 2 CARS...

ONE CONTAINING
MANTEE AND 3 OTHER MEN,

THE OTHER CAR CONTAINING
3 MEN AND ONE WOMAN.

THE MANTEE CAR WAS SEEN
AN HOUR AGO HEADED WEST.

THE SECOND CAR,
CONTAINING THE WOMAN,

HAS BEEN LOST TRACK OF...

I DON'T SEE
HOW THEY DID IT

WITH DORIS ALONG.

SHUT UP.

NEW MEXICO, AND ARIZONA.

YOU KNOW HOW
THE OFFICERS OF THE LAW

ARE IN THIS RED-BLOODED
FRONTIER REGION.

THEY SHOOT FIRST AND ASK
QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS.

WATCH FOR THIS CAR...
OKLAHOMA LICENSE NUMBER

3T-808.

STAND BY
FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

NOW WE WILL GIVE YOU
SOME FOOTBALL SCORES.

TURN IT DOWN, SISTER.

MOLBY TECH...

RUBY, GO ON OUT TO THE CAR

AND TELL SLIM TO COME IN
AND GET HIS SUPPER.

TELL HIM TO BRING IN
THAT SACK OF SMOKE

AND THE ROAD MAP.

YOU STAY THERE
AND... KEEP AWAKE.

GABRIELLE, THERE WASN'T MUCH
WHISKEY IN THIS BOTTLE.

DO YOU THINK WE COULD
HAVE A DROP MORE?

LISTEN, PANHANDLER,
WHO TOLD YOU

YOU COULD CALL HER
BY HER FIRST NAME?

NOW, BOZE, NOW, YOU AND I
HAVE GOT TO BE FRIENDS,

SO LONG AS THEY'LL LET US.

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE
A SOCK AT HIM, HALFBACK?

HI, EVERYBODY.

IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU GOT
AROUND TO ASKING ME IN.

HERE'S YOUR MAP, BOSS.

WHEN WE GONNA
FEED MY STOMACH?

COOK HIM
SOME HAMBURGER, FAT.

GO WITH HER, SLIM.

OK, BOSS.

WHEN WE GONNA
LAM OUT OF HERE?

JUST AS SOON
AS DUKE CONNECTS

WITH HIS HEAVY DATE.

WELL, I DON'T LIKE
THAT DAME STUFF.

I LIKES TO GET
OUT OF RANGE.

HEY, HOW ABOUT
PASSING THAT BOTTLE

OVER THIS WAY?

YEAH, CERTAINLY.

NO. YOU'VE HAD ALL
YOU'RE GONNA GET, GRAMP.

SORRY, GRAMP.

OH, IT'S ALL RIGHT.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING,
GRAMP?

I'M GONNA SMOKE MY PIPE.

GO AHEAD, POP.

THANKS, DUKE.

HEY, YOU, HOW ARE
YOU GONNA PAY

FOR ALL THAT LIQUOR
YOU BEEN DRINKIN'?

I CAN PAY, BOZE,
AND I WILL.

I HAVE A DOLLAR.

OH, YOU HAVE, HUH?

SO YOU WERE
HOLDIN' OUT...

NO, NO, NO. I ACQUIRED
IT SINCE THEN.

WHERE DID
YOU GET IT?

PERHAPS THE RICH PEOPLE
GAVE IT TO HIM.

NOW LAY OFF, BOZE.

IF YOU MUST KNOW,

I'LL TELL YOU THE EXTENT
OF MY PRIDE.

GABRIELLE GAVE ME
THE DOLLAR.

YOU DID?

WELL, IT'S NONE
OF YOUR BUSINESS.

OH, YOU WERE FEELING

KIND OF GENEROUS
TONIGHT, WEREN'T YOU?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW
WHAT SHE WAS GONNA GIVE ME

WHEN THOSE RATS
SHOWED UP?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW?

WELL!
SPEAKING OF RATS,

OF ALL THE LOW,
SLIMY, STINKING...

NO, GABRIELLE, NO.
YOU MUSTN'T BLAME BOZE.

YOU MUST REMEMBER,
HE'S A MAN OF MUSCLE.

HE'S SUFFERING FROM
THE PANGS OF FRUSTRATION.

I SAID
YOU WERE A LOW...

I'M SORRY, GABBY.
I DIDN'T MEAN IT.

HONEST, I DIDN'T.

THEY'VE GOT ME
ABSOLUTELY CRAZY MAD

WITH ALL THESE GUNS
STARING ME IN THE FACE.

THAT'S ALL IT IS.

YOU KNOW, I'M IN SYMPATHY
WITH YOU, BOZE.

I REALLY AM.

HAVE YOU EVER READ ALL QUIET
ON THE WESTERN FRONT?

NO.

HAVEN'T YOU? WELL,
ALL OF US HERE TONIGHT

ARE UNDER VERY MUCH
THE SAME KIND OF TENSION.

YOU BETTER HAVE A DRINK,
OLD MAN.

I LOVE YOU, GABBY.
HONEST, I DO.

PLEASE TELL ME YOU
FORGIVE ME, HONEY.

EXCUSE ME. WOULD YOU
RATHER I LEFT?

STAY WHERE YOU ARE.

BUT I'M INTRUDING.

SIT DOWN.

IT'S ALL RIGHT, ALAN.
WE'VE GOT NOTHING TO HIDE.

NO, WORSE LUCK.

YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY FOR YOU,
BOZE. I REALLY AM.

WELL, THERE'S ONE THING
I'LL SAY FOR YOU...

YOU'RE A PRETTY GOOD
LOVE-MAKER

WHEN YOU GET GOING.

I WASN'T TURNING ON
ANY ACT.

I TOLD YOU
I WAS FULL OF LOVE,

AND I WAS
TELLIN' THE TRUTH.

SO YOU'RE FULL OF LOVE,
ARE YOU, HALFBACK?

HA HA HA HA HA!

KEEP IT UP, KID.
I'M ROOTIN' FOR YOU.

TOUCHDOWN!

KEEP YOUR HANDS
ON THE TABLE.

I'M GONNA COMB MY HAIR!

YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT IS

TO BE REALLY CRAZY
ABOUT SOMEBODY.

FOR ALL YOU KNOW,
MAYBE I DO.

GET ME A CIGAR,
WILL YA, SISTER?

SAY, DUKE, YOU FELLAS
GONNA STAY HERE ALL NIGHT?

CAN'T SAY, POP.

MAYBE WE'LL DECIDE
TO GET BURIED HERE.

WELL, YOU BETTER
COME WITH ME, DUKE.

I'M PLANNING TO BE BURIED
IN THE PETRIFIED FOREST.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN
EVOLVING A THEORY ABOUT THAT

THAT WOULD INTEREST YOU.

IT'S THE GRAVEYARD
OF THE CIVILIZATION

THAT'S SHOT FROM UNDER US.

THE WORLD OF OUTMODED IDEAS.

THEY'RE ALL SO MANY
DEAD STUMPS IN THE DESERT.

THAT'S WHERE I BELONG.

SO DO YOU, DUKE.

YOU'RE THE LAST GREAT APOSTLE
OF RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM.

MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT, PAL.

OH, I'M ETERNALLY RIGHT.

BUT WHAT GOOD
DOES IT DO ME?

I COULDN'T SAY.

SAY, WHO WERE YOU
EVER CRAZY ABOUT?

WELL, IF...
IF YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW,

IT'S HIM.

WHAT?

I WAS JUST TELLING BOZE
THAT I'M CRAZY ABOUT YOU.

WHO, ME?

THAT PANHANDLER?

DID YOU EVER
SEE HIM BEFORE?

NO, BUT IT REALLY
DOESN'T MATTER.

I LOVE HIM.

I GUESS I'LL NEVER
REALLY LOVE ANYBODY ELSE.

CA-CAN I POSSIBLY
BE DRUNK?

AFTER YOU LEFT, I...

I FELT AS IF SOMETHING
HAD BEEN TAKEN OUT OF ME,

AS IF I WAS SORT OF
COMING OUT OF A DREAM.

THEN I CAUGHT ON AND...

AND REALIZED I WAS
ONLY A DESERT RAT

AND THAT'S ALL
I'D EVER BE.

DO YOU KNOW
WHAT I ASKED HIM?

I ASKED HIM IF I COULD
GO AWAY WITH HIM.

BUT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE,

EVEN IF
WE'D HAD THE MONEY,

WOULD YOU, ALAN?

WOULD YOU?

NO, NO, GABRIELLE. NO.

THERE, YOU SEE?

HE DOESN'T GIVE A HOOT
IN THE HOT PLACE ABOUT ME.

I SAW THAT
PLAINLY ENOUGH.

IT ONLY MADE ME
LOVE HIM ALL THE MORE.

THAT'S WHY I WAS WILLING
TO GO OUT WITH YOU

IN THE MOONLIGHT

WHEN DUKE MANTEE
CAME IN.

I'M SORRY, SISTER.

I DON'T LIKE TO INTERFERE
WITH ANYBODY'S FUN.

OH, IT'S...
IT'S ALL RIGHT.

IT WAS PROBABLY
JUST FOR THE BEST.

YES. WHEN I LOOK AT YOU,
I GUESS IT WAS.

YOU KNOW, I'M... SORRY NOW
THAT I CAME BACK.

I'LL TAKE A DRINK
OF THAT STUFF.

ARE YOU SORRY
YOU HEARD THE TRUTH?

I'VE TOLD YOU, GABRIELLE,

I'M THE KIND OF PERSON
TO WHOM THE TRUTH

IS ALWAYS DISTASTEFUL.

YOU KNOW, YOUR WIFE MUST
HAVE TREATED YOU TERRIBLY.

WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?

SHE TALKED ALL
THE HEART OUT OF YOU.

I COULD PUT IT BACK.

DON'T DELUDE YOURSELF.

YOU BETTER NOT DRINK
ANY MORE

OF THAT RYE WHISKEY.

IT ISN'T THE RYE.

IT'S THE SAME DISEASE
THAT'S AFFLICTING BOZE...

FRUSTRATION!

SIT DOWN, PAL.

NOW, WHAT DO YOU CARE
WHETHER I SIT OR STAND?

WHAT CAN I DO TO ASSAIL
YOUR SUPERIORITY?

I GOT TO THINK ABOUT
MY HEALTH, PAL.

IF I HAD A GUN,

I WOULDN'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

I WANT TO TALK TO HIM.

ME?

YOU CAN TALK SITTIN' DOWN.

I HEARD YOU DOIN' IT.

WELL, WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?

THOSE LIBERTY BONDS OF YOURS
BURIED IN SANTA FE...

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THEM?

WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO WITH THEM?

I'M GOING TO LEAVE 'EM
WHERE THEY ARE.

THAT'S RIGHT,
LEAVE 'EM WHERE THEY ARE.

MEANWHILE, YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER
STIFLES AND SUFFOCATES

IN THIS DESERT,

WHILE A FEW
OF YOUR THOUSANDS

WILL GIVE HER THE CHANCE
TO CLAIM HER BIRTHRIGHT.

YES, AND MAYBE GIVE YOU
A CHANCE TO STEAL 'EM.

I HEARD
WHAT YOU BEEN SAYIN'.

OF COURSE, THAT'S JUST A LOW WAY
TO JUSTIFY YOUR STINGINESS.

OH, I KNOW YOU WERE
A PIONEER ONCE,

BUT WHAT ARE YOU NOW?

JUST A MEAN OLD MISER,

HANGING ON TO YOUR MONEY
AS THOUGH IT MEANT SOMETHING.

WHY IN HEAVEN'S NAME
DON'T YOU DIE

AND DO THE WORLD
SOME GOOD?

YOU MUST BE DRUNK.

YEAH.

DRUNK OR JUST ABOUT
THE LOWEST-GRADE RAT

I EVER RUN ACROSS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN

TALKIN' TO AN OLD MAN
LIKE THAT?

WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT, DUKE.

I WAS GUILTY OF BAD TASTE.
I APOLOGIZE, MR. MAPLE.

YOU'D BETTER CRAWL,

OR I MIGHT HAVE
TO PUT THE LUG ON YOU.

TALKIN' TO AN OLD MAN
LIKE THAT.

SHE'LL GET IT
WHEN SHE NEEDS IT,

WHEN SHE HAS A FAMILY
OF HER OWN TO SUPPORT,

NOT PROPERTY OF
A GOOD-FOR-NOTHING

UNEMPLOYED HUSBAND.

THERE'S 3 PEOPLE
COMING UP THE ROAD.

OK. KEEP QUIET
WHEN THEY GET HERE.

REACH FOR IT!
NOW I'VE GOT YOU!

I'VE BEEN WAITING
A LONG TIME FOR THIS.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING
EVERY MOVE THAT YOU MADE.

AAH!

GET THAT GUN,
JACKIE.

ARE YOU HURT, BOZE?

HE GOT ME IN THE HAND.

FRISK 'EM, JACKIE.

GET IN THERE
OR I'LL SHOOT YOU DEAD.

NO, YOU LET US
OUT OF HERE.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING
TO DO WITH THIS.

THAT SANDSTORM...

SHUT UP.
OHH!

I WON'T HAVE
THAT MAN PAWING ME.

GET BACK
TO THE CAR, RUBY.

THAT SAND'S BEGINNING
TO BLOW HARD ENOUGH

TO CARVE OUT
YOUR EYEBALLS.

GET BACK TO THE CAR.

TAKE HIM IN AND
BANDAGE HIM UP, SISTER.

HE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

GO WITH HIM, JACKIE.

AND YOU BETTER GET A LINE
AND TIE HIM UP

AND LEAVE HIM IN THERE.

SO YOU TRIED TO BE
BRAVE, DID YOU?

I HAD MY CHANCE,
AND I MUFFED IT.

COME ON, BOZE.

TOUGH LUCK, HALFBACK.
NICE TRY.

TROUBLE IS, YOU'RE JUST TOO FAST
FOR YOUR INTERFERENCE.

COME ON. GET IN HERE.

SIT DOWN OVER THERE.

COME ON, STEP ON IT!

YOU, DOWN THERE.
COME ON, SIT DOWN!

LISTEN, BOSS,

IF ANY MORE PEOPLE
COME IN HERE,

WE'LL HAVE TO BE SENDIN'
OUT FOR RECRUITS.

HI, COLORED BROTHER.

GOOD EVENING.

SAY, BOSS, WE BETTER
LAM OUT OF HERE.

WITH THAT SAND
BLOWIN' UP OUT THERE,

WE WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE.

WE GO WHEN I SAY SO.

FINISH YOUR SUPPER, SLIM.

OK, BOSS.

SEE YOU LATER,
DEACON.

SAY, DUKE. DID YOU MEAN
TO HIT HIM IN THE HAND,

OR WAS THAT
JUST A BAD SHOT?

IT WAS
A BAD SHOT, POP,

BUT I HAD TO
GET IT OFF FAST.

NOW, I LET THAT MUG
MAKE A MUG OUT OF ME,

BUT DON'T ANYBODY
TRY IT AGAIN.

JUST KEEP IN MIND
THAT I AND THE BOYS

IS CANDIDATES
FOR HANGIN'.

AND THE FIRST TIME
ANY ONE OF YOU

MAKES A WRONG MOVE,

I'M GONNA KILL
THE WHOLE LOT OF YOU.

NOW KEEP YOUR SEATS.

I KNEW IT WAS A MISTAKE

TO TAKE THAT HITCHHIKER
IN THE CAR.

I DON'T SEE WHAT
HE HAS TO DO WITH IT.

WELL, HE DIDN'T
HELP MATTERS VERY MUCH.

NO, I HAVEN'T HELPED MATTERS
AT ALL, UP TO NOW.

DUKE, WOULD YOU MIND
PASSING ME THAT RUCKSACK

THAT'S BESIDE YOU?

WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH IT?

WELL, I JUST WANT TO GET OUT
MY LIFE INSURANCE POLICY.

IF YOU'LL REACH IN THERE,

YOU'LL FIND IT AMONG
A BUNDLE OF PAPERS.

WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH
YOUR INSURANCE PAPERS?

YOU EXPECTING TO DIE?

YOU GUESSED IT, MR. MAPLE.

THANKS.

NOW, CAN I TAKE OUT
MY FOUNTAIN PEN?

IT'S JUST IN HERE.

SAY, WHAT ABOUT MY CAR?

THAT'S A NICE BUS
YOU GOT THERE.

LET'S HOPE IT WON'T BE

ALL FULL OF BULLET HOLES
AND BLOOD.

OH, THERE'S ONE
LITTLE DRESSING CASE

WITH SOME... WITH
SOME THINGS I NEED.

MAY I HAVE THAT,
PLEASE?

I TOOK A LOOK IN THAT CASE.

I GOT A FRIEND
THAT LIKES RUBIES.

YOU MEAN YOU'RE
GOING TO STEAL THEM?

YES, MA'AM.

YOU'RE A FILTHY THIEF.

YES, MA'AM.

SAY, LOOK HERE.

HOW MUCH WILL YOU TAKE
TO LET US GET OUT OF HERE?

HOW MUCH
HAVE YOU GOT?

WELL, I CAN LET YOU HAVE,
SAY...$200 CASH.

BRING IT HERE.

JUST PUT DOWN THE WHOLE
WALLET, DOWN THERE.

YOU GOT ANY MORE?

I HAVE A LITTLE
LOOSE CHANGE.

KEEP IT.

WELL, MAY WE GO,
THEN, PLEASE?

NO.

LOOK HERE,
I UNDERSTOOD...

SIT DOWN
WHERE YOU WERE.

YOU'RE A MEAN,
CONTEMPTIBLE THIEF.

QUIET, EDITH.

WE'RE IN HIS HANDS.

THERE'S NOTHING
WE CAN DO

BUT HOPE THAT
SOMEDAY THE GOVERNMENT

WILL TAKE MEASURES
TO PROTECT THE LIFE

AND PROPERTY
OF ITS CITIZENS.

HERE'S YOUR WALLET, PAL.

DUKE, I HAVE
A GREAT FAVOR TO ASK YOU.

YEAH?

YES. I DON'T THINK
YOU'LL REFUSE

BECAUSE YOU'RE A MAN
OF IMAGINATION.

I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT AFRAID
OF DOING RATHER...

OUTLANDISH THINGS.

WHAT ARE YOU GETTIN' AT?

THIS INSURANCE POLICY...
IT'S MY ONLY ASSET.

IT'S FOR $5,000.

NOW, I'VE WRITTEN
ON THE BACK OF THE POLICY

THAT I WANT
THE MONEY PAID...

TO MISS MAPLE.

YES, MISS MAPLE.

THAT YOUNG LADY
IN THERE.

IF MR. AND MRS. CHISHOLM
WOULD WITNESS MY SIGNATURE,

I'M SURE
IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

YOU SEE, WHAT I'M
GETTING AT, DUKE, IS THIS...

AFTER THEY'VE SIGNED,
I WISH, UM...

I'D BE MUCH OBLIGED
IF YOU'D...

JUST...

KILL ME.

COME ON, DUKE.

IT COULDN'T POSSIBLY
MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO YOU.

I MEAN, EVEN IF THEY CATCH YOU,
THEY CAN ONLY HANG YOU ONCE.

YOU KNOW BETTER
THAN ANYBODY ELSE

THEY ALREADY HAVE MORE THAN
THEY NEED AGAINST YOU.

AND YOU NEEDN'T BE BOTHERED
BY ANY HUMANE CONSIDERATIONS.

IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO FIND
A MORE SUITABLE CANDIDATE

FOR EXTERMINATION.

I SHALL BE MOURNED
BY NOBODY.

IN FACT, MY PASSING
WILL EVOKE SIGHS OF RELIEF

IN CERTAIN QUARTERS.

BESIDES, YOU WOULD
ONLY BE CARRYING OUT

THE SENTENCE OF THE LAW,

I MEAN THE NATURAL LAW...

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.

BY GOLLY, HE IS DRUNK.

SURE, AND HAVIN'
A FINE TIME SHOWIN' OFF.

OF COURSE I'M SHOWING OFF.

I'M TRYING TO OUTDO BOZE
IN GALLANTRY.

THERE'S NOTHING UNNATURAL
IN THAT, IS THERE?

HE WAS WILLING
TO RISK HIS LIFE

TO BECOME
AN ALL-AMERICAN STAR,

AND I'M READY
TO DO LIKEWISE.

CAN'T YOU SEE
THAT I MEAN THIS?

I'M AFRAID
I'M NOT INTERESTED

IN YOUR WHIMSICALITIES.

I DON'T BLAME YOU,
MR. CHISHOLM,

BUT YOU MUST REMEMBER,

THIS IS A WEIRD COUNTRY
WE'RE IN.

THESE MESAS ARE ENCHANTED,

AND YOU MUST BE PREPARED
FOR THE IMPROBABLE.

ALL I'M ASKING YOU TO DO
IS JUST...

I BELIEVE YOU
REALLY DO MEAN IT.

GOOD FOR YOU, MRS. CHISHOLM.
YOU'RE A KINDRED SPIRIT.

I BET THAT YOU, TOO,
HAVE BEEN THRILLED

BY A TALE OF TWO CITIES.

YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH HER,
AREN'T YOU?

YES, I SUPPOSE I AM.

AND NOT UNREASONABLY.

SHE HAS HEROIC STUFF IN HER.

SHE MAY BE ONE OF
THE IMMORTAL WOMEN OF FRANCE...

ANOTHER JOAN OF ARC,
GEORGE SAND,

MADAME CURIE, OR Du BARRY.

I WANT TO SHOW HER
THAT I BELIEVE IN HER,

AND HOW ELSE CAN I DO IT?

LIVING, I'M WORTH
NOTHING TO HER.

DEAD, I CAN BUY HER
THE TALLEST CATHEDRALS,

GOLDEN VINEYARDS,
AND DANCING IN THE STREETS.

ONE WELL-DIRECTED BULLET
WILL ACCOMPLISH ALL THAT,

AND IT'LL EARN A MEASURE
OF REFLECTED GLORY

FOR HIM THAT FIRED IT
AND HIM THAT STOPPED IT.

THIS DOCUMENT WILL BE
MY TICKET TO IMMORTALITY.

IT'LL INSPIRE PEOPLE
TO SAY OF ME,

"THERE WAS AN ARTIST
WHO DIED BEFORE HIS TIME."

WILL YOU DO IT, DUKE?

I'LL BE GLAD TO.

ALL RIGHT. CAN I
HAVE THIS SIGNED?

SURE.

SAY, IS HE BY ANY
CHANCE INSANE?

DON'T ASK ME.
HE'S NO FRIEND OF MINE.

HA HA. OF COURSE
HE'S INSANE,

BUT WHAT OF IT?

THANK YOU, MRS. CHISHOLM.
LOOK, JUST SIGN THERE,

WHERE I'VE WRITTEN
"WITNESSED THIS DAY."

MR. MAPLE, I'M ENTRUSTING
THIS TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

AFTER... AFTER THE DUKE
HAS OBLIGED,

TAKE IT TO SOME GOOD LAWYER
FOR COLLECTION.

HERE. THIS IS MY PASSPORT
FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

UH... ALL RIGHT?

SURE.

THANK YOU.

LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU
WANT TO BE KILLED.

OH, UH...

PICK YOUR OWN TIME,
DUKE.

SAY...

JUST BEFORE YOU LEAVE.

YOU KNOW, I PREFER
TO HAVE HER THINK

IT WAS DONE
IN COLD BLOOD.

WOULD YOU PLEASE
ALL REMEMBER THAT?

BUT FOR THE TIME BEIN',
YOU BETTER SIT DOWN.

YOU MIGHT GET
TO FEELIN' RECKLESS.

WELL, LET'S ALL HAVE
ANOTHER DRINK, SHALL WE?

OH, GOOD.

HERE, WOULD YOU MIND
PASSING GLASSES

TO MR. AND MRS. CHISHOLM?

SHO'.

AND BRING ME
ONE, TOO.

COME ON, BOSS,
LET'S LAM OUT OF HERE.

WE GOT TO GIVE
THE OTHERS MORE TIME.

BUT YOU OUGHTN'T
TRUST A DAME.

THEY PROBABLY GOT LOST
OUT THERE IN THE SANDSTORM.

THEY KNOW THIS COUNTRY
LIKE A BOOK.

DORIS KNOWS I PICKED THIS
PLACE FOR MEETIN' UP.

WELL,
I WISH SHE'D SHOW.

HEY, DON'T FORGET ME.

DON'T GIVE IT
TO HIM, SLIM.

THE GIRL SAYS
HE OUGHTN'T TO HAVE IT.

HEY, WHERE'S THAT COOK?

SHE'S ALL RIGHT.
I LOCKED HER UP.

HAVE A DRINK,
COLORED BROTHER.

IS IT ALL RIGHT,
MR. CHISHOLM?

LISTEN TO HIM.

"IS IT ALL RIGHT,
MR. CHISHOLM?"

AIN'T YOU HEARED ABOUT
THE BIG LIBERATION?

COME ON,
TAKE YOUR DRINK, WEASEL.

IT'S ALL RIGHT,
JOSEPH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

"MR. CHISHOLM."

THINK IT'S ALL RIGHT?

YEAH, I GUESS
IT'S ALL RIGHT.

BUT LET ME TELL YOU
ONE THING, MR. SQUIER.

THE WOMAN DON'T LIVE
OR EVER DID LIVE

THAT'S WORTH $5,000.

WELL, LET ME
TELL YOU SOMETHING.

YOU'RE A FORGETFUL
OLD FOOL.

ANY WOMAN'S WORTH EVERYTHING
THAT ANY MAN HAS TO GIVE...

ANGUISH, ECSTASY,
FAITH, JEALOUSY,

LOVE, HATRED...

LIFE OR DEATH.

DON'T YOU SEE
THAT'S THE WHOLE EXCUSE

FOR OUR EXISTENCE?
IT'S WHAT MAKES

THE WHOLE THING
POSSIBLE AND TOLERABLE.

WHEN YOU GET TO MY AGE,
YOU'LL LEARN BETTER SENSE.

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

YES, I HEARD.

THAT LOVELY GIRL,
THAT GRANDDAUGHTER OF YOURS,

DO YOU KNOW WHAT SHE IS?

NO, YOU HAVEN'T
THE REMOTEST IDEA.

WELL, WHAT IS SHE?

SHE'S THE FUTURE.

SHE'S THE RENEWAL
OF VITALITY AND COURAGE

AND ASPIRATION...

ALL THE STRENGTH
THAT'S GONE OUT OF YOU.

OH. I DON'T KNOW
WHAT SHE IS,

BUT I KNOW
SHE'S ESSENTIAL TO ME

AND THE WHOLE
GODFORSAKEN COUNTRY

AND THE WHOLE
MISERABLE WORLD.

AND PLEASE,
MRS. CHISHOLM,

DON'T... DON'T LOOK AT ME
QUIZZICALLY.

I KNOW HOW I SOUND.

I WAS WONDERING

IF YOU REALLY
BELIEVE ALL THAT...

I MEAN ABOUT WOMEN.

OF COURSE I DO.

THERE'S A MAN
WHO AGREES WITH ME.

DON'T YOU, DUKE?

I DON'T KNOW, PAL.
I WASN'T LISTENIN'.

ALL RIGHT, THEN LET ME
SPEAK FOR YOU.

HE COULD HAVE BEEN

ACROSS THE BORDER
BY NOW AND SAFE,

BUT HE PREFERS
TO REMAIN HERE.

DO YOU KNOW WHY?

WHY?

BECAUSE HE HAS A RENDEZVOUS
HERE WITH A GIRL.

ISN'T THAT TRUE, DUKE?

YES, PAL, THAT'S IT.

I GUESS WE'RE ALL
A LOT OF SAPS,

BUT I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED
IF HE WAS THE CHAMPION.

DID YOU THINK
I WAS KIDDIN'

WHEN I SAID I'D BE GLAD
TO KNOCK YOU OFF?

I HOPE NEITHER OF US
WAS KIDDING.

DID YOU THINK I WAS?

I JUST WANTED
TO MAKE SURE.

YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, PAL.

YA GOT GOOD IDEAS.

I'LL TRY TO FIX IT
SO'S IT DON'T HURT.

WELL, YOU'RE... YOU'RE
ALL RIGHT, TOO, DUKE.

LIKE TO MEET YOU AGAIN...

SOMEDAY.

MAYBE IT'LL BE SOON.

YOU KNOW,
THIS FRIGHTFUL PLACE

HAS SUDDENLY
BECOME QUITE COZY.

DO YOU REALIZE

THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
WITNESSES TO A MURDER?

HE'S ACTUALLY
GOING TO SHOOT HIM.

SHH.

HELLO.

HOW'S BOZE?

OH, HE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

LISTEN, GRAMP,
I WAS JUST THINKING.

THIS PLACE IS
GOING TO ADVERTISE

ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
PEOPLE WILL FLOCK HERE

JUST TO SEE WHERE
DUKE MANTEE STOPPED.

GOOD. I LIKE COMPANY.

NO, I MEAN, I THINK
WE OUGHT TO SELL OUT

RIGHT AWAY TOMORROW.

TRIMBLE WILL RAISE
HIS OFFER SURE.

OH, YOU'RE STILL AIMIN'
TO TAKE THAT TRIP

TO FRANCE, EH?

OH, SKIP THAT.

DO IT FOR DAD'S SAKE.

MAYBE I COULD GET A JOB
IN HOLLYWOOD.

AND WILL YOU BE
SATISFIED WITH THAT?

I'M NOT THINKING
ABOUT MYSELF.

I DON'T CARE
WHAT HAPPENS TO ME.

YOU MUST THINK
OF YOURSELF.

YOU WANT TO BE A GREAT
ARTIST, DON'T YOU?

WELL, THEN YOU BETTER
GET USED TO THE IDEA

OF BEING
A COLOSSAL EGOTIST,

SELFISH TO THE CORE.

ARE YOU GOING TO
GIVE ME MORE ADVICE?

YOU AND YOUR TALK
ABOUT NATURE.

I THOUGHT YOU
TOLD ME

NOT TO LISTEN
TO YOU.

SO I DID, BUT I...

WELL, THAT'S
ALL THE ADVICE

I'M GOING
TO TAKE FROM YOU.

DO YOU MIND IF I
SPEAK UP, MY DEAR?

PERHAPS I COULD TELL YOU
SOME THINGS THAT...

WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT ME?

NOTHING. EDITH,
IF I WERE YOU...

YOU HAVEN'T
THE SLIGHTEST CONCEPTION

OF WHAT'S INSIDE ME,
AND YOU NEVER WILL.

I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT YOU, MY DEAR,

BUT I DO KNOW
WHAT IT MEANS

TO REPRESS YOURSELF
AND STARVE YOURSELF

THROUGH WHAT YOU
CONCEIVE TO BE

YOUR DUTY TO OTHERS,

BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
ALL THROUGH THAT.

WHEN I WAS
JUST ABOUT YOUR AGE,

I WENT TO SALZBURG.

I HAD A LETTER
TO MAX RHINEHART.

I COULD HAVE PLAYED
THE NUN IN THE MIRACLE,

BUT MY FAMILY...

THEY STARTED YAPPING

ABOUT MY OBLIGATIONS
TO THEM.

THEY WHISKED ME
BACK TO DAYTON.

AND BEFORE I KNEW IT,
I WAS MARRIED...

TO THIS PILLAR

OF THE MORTGAGE LOAN
AND TRUST.

AND WHAT DID HE DO?

HE TOOK MY SOUL

AND HAD IT STENCILED
ON A CARD AND FILED.

AND THAT'S WHERE
I'VE BEEN EVER SINCE...

IN AN ODD
METAL CABINET.

THAT'S WHY I THINK
I'VE GOT A LITTLE RIGHT

TO ADVISE YOU.

OH, DEAR HEAVEN.

OH, YOU NEEDN'T
LOOK SO MARTYRED.

I'VE NEVER COMPLAINED.

I'VE GIVEN YOU EVERYTHING
YOU'VE WANTED...

AT THE PRICE OF
MY SELF-RESPECT,

MY INDIVIDUALITY,
AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AT THE COST
OF NOTHING.

YOUR INSANE
EXTRAVAGANCE...

BE QUIET.

NOW MAYBE YOU'LL
REALIZE WHAT I MEAN.

PROFIT BY MY EXPERIENCE.

MAYBE YOU HAVE GOT
SOMETHING WONDERFUL

TO GIVE THE WORLD,

SO GO TO FRANCE AND...

AND FIND YOURSELF.

YOU KNOW, IT'S THE MOST
PECULIAR THING

ABOUT THIS PLACE.

THERE SEEMS TO BE
SOMETHING HERE

THAT STIMULATES
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL IMPULSE.

TELL US, DUKE,

WHAT KIND OF A LIFE
HAVE YOU HAD?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I SPENT MOST OF MY TIME
SINCE I GREW UP IN JAIL,

AND IT LOOKS LIKE

I'LL SPEND THE REST
OF MY LIFE DEAD.

BOSS,
FOR THE LAST TIME,

LET'S LAM
OUT OF HERE.

DUKE, WHEN YOU GO,

IF YOU HAVE ROOM
IN YOUR CAR,

WILL YOU TAKE ME
WITH YOU?

EDITH,
FOR THE LOVE OF...

THANKS VERY MUCH, LADY.

MAYBE WHEN I GET
SETTLED DOWN IN MEXICO,

I'LL SEND YOU A POSTCARD
WITH MY ADDRESS.

DUKE, HOW'S THE TIME
GETTING ALONG?

IT'S JUST ABOUT UP, PAL.

GABRIELLE,
I'VE GOT TO TALK TO YOU.

WAIT TILL ALL
THE OTHERS HAVE GONE.

NO, I CAN'T WAIT.

YOU SEE, WHEN THEY GO...

I GO.

PLEASE COME SIT DOWN,
GABRIELLE.

YOU SEE...

I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU NOW...
THAT I LOVE YOU.

ALAN, LISTEN...

I TELL YOU SOLEMNLY
YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON

I EVER LOVED
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

HE DOES LOVE YOU,
MY DEAR. HE TOLD US SO.

PLEASE, MRS. CHISHOLM,

I'M QUITE CAPABLE OF
SAYING IT, YOU KNOW.

ALAN, YOU'RE MAKING
A FOOL OF YOURSELF.

THEY'RE ALL
STARING AT US.

I KNOW THEY ARE,
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE,

AND YOU'VE GOT
TO REMEMBER,

BECAUSE, YOU SEE, THIS IS
MY ONE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL.

I TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT MAJOR
ARTIST THAT'S BEEN HIDDEN.

WELL, I'M
TRANSFERRING HIM TO YOU.

YOU'LL FIND A LINE
IN THAT POEM OF VILLON'S

THAT FITS THAT.

SOMETHING ABOUT...

"THUS IN YOUR FIELD,

MY SEED OF HARVESTRY
WILL THRIVE."

WELL, I'VE PROVIDED
BARREN SOIL FOR THAT SEED,

BUT YOU'LL GIVE IT
FERTILITY AND GROWTH

AND FRUITION.

ALAN, YOU...

YOU'RE KIND OF CRAZY.

AND I GUESS SO AM I.

THAT'S WHY I THINK

WE'D BE TERRIBLY
HAPPY TOGETHER.

NO. DON'T SAY THAT,
GABRIELLE.

ALAN, I BELIEVE IT
WITH ALL MY HEART.

WELL, PERHAPS
YOU'RE RIGHT.

PERHAPS WE WILL BE
HAPPY TOGETHER...

IN A FUNNY KIND OF WAY.

ALAN, IF YOU'RE
GOING AWAY,

I'M GOING WITH YOU
WHEREVER YOU GO.

I'M NOT GOING AWAY,
GABRIELLE.

I TOLD YOU I WAS LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN,

WORTH LIVING FOR
AND DYING FOR.

WELL, I...
I BELIEVE I FOUND IT,

HERE IN THE VALLEY
OF THE SH...

ALAN,
WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND?

HA. I DON'T KNOW.

I REALLY DON'T
QUITE KNOW YET.

WELL, DUKE, WHAT ARE WE
WAITING FOR?

WATCH IT, BOYS.

GET OVER BY THAT
DOOR, JACKIE.

KEEP 'EM COVERED,
SLIM.

STICK 'EM UP!

TURN AROUND
AND KEEP MOVING!

Duke: OPEN THAT
DOOR, JACKIE.

COME ON, BOYS,

WALK IN THAT DOOR
AND KEEP 'EM UP.

COME ON, KEEP MOVIN'.

GET THOSE GUNS, JACKIE.

GET BACK TO THE CAR,
RUBY.

IS THIS A STICKUP?

WHAT A GUESSER.

I'M THE COMMANDER
OF THIS TROOP...

Jackie: SO WHAT?

UM, WELL, YOU WOULDN'T
SHOOT US DOWN

IN COLD BLOOD,
WOULD YOU?

SURE WE WOULD.

Duke: SIT DOWN, BOYS.

WHERE?

ON THE FLOOR,
BLACK HORSE TROOPS.

WHY'D YOU COME HERE?

WE WERE TRAILING YOU,

AND, BY JOVE,
WE'VE CAUGHT UP WITH YA.

SHUT UP, COMMANDER.

WHAT MADE YOU BRING
THE WHOLE REGIMENT WITH YOU?

WHAT MADE YOU THINK
I'D BE AROUND HERE?

THEY CAUGHT YOUR PALS.

3 MEN
AND A BLONDE.

WHERE WAS IT?

DON'T YOU TRY TO GO
GET 'EM OUT NOW, BOSS.

COME ON, TELL ME, OR I'LL
TEAR HOLES A YARD WIDE

IN THEM PRETTY UNIFORMS!

UH, THEY CAUGHT 'EM
AT BUCKHORN.

WHERE'S THAT?

ABOUT 20 MILES
FROM HERE.

ANYBODY ELSE
COMIN' THIS WAY?

I DON'T KNOW.
I SWEAR I DON'T.

BUT THERE'S POSSES
ALL AROUND HERE.

YOU'VE GOT THE WHOLE
MIGHTY STRENGTH OF THE NATION

AFTER YOU NOW, BUDDY.

I'LL TELL YOU,

THAT WOMAN IN THAT CAR
DID SOME TALKIN'.

IT WAS DORIS.

SHE SNITCHED.
THEY ALWAYS DO.

SHUT UP.

WHAT WERE YOU SAYIN'?

I'M TELLIN' YOU FOR
YOUR OWN GOOD, MANTEE,

THEY KNOW WHERE YOU
WERE HEADING.

THEY PICKED UP
YOUR TRAIL.

THEY'LL GET YA.

SHE HAS SNITCHED.
COME ON, DUKE.

DON'T LISTEN
TO THEM, DUKE.

COME ON, BOSS,
OR WE'RE ALL DEAD.

THE LAW'S
CLOSING IN ON YOU.

WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOU, DUKE?

DO SOMETHIN'.

SHUT UP! SHUT UP!

GIVE ME TIME TO THINK.

NO, DUKE. DON'T YOU
WASTE ANY TIME THINKING.

THAT ISN'T YOUR GAME.

DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT
THEY'RE TELLING YOU.

YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP GOING
AND GOING AND GOING.

YEAH, AND GO FAST,
STORM OR NO STORM.

YOU'VE BEEN DOUBLE-CROSSED
BY THAT DAME.

AND THE NEXT THING
YOU KNOW,

YOU'LL BE LAID OUT
ON A MARBLE SLAB.

WHERE'D THEY TAKE HER?

I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE TO ALBUQUERQUE.

IF WE GO THERE,
THEY'LL TAKE US!

YOU WANT REVENGE,
DON'T YOU?

YOU WANT TO GO OUT
OF YOUR WAY AGAIN

TO GET THAT BLONDE
WHO SNITCHED.

WELL, DON'T DO IT, DUKE.

EVEN IF SHE DID
BETRAY YOU,

DON'T YOU COMMIT
A WORSE CRIME.

DON'T BETRAY YOURSELF.

GO ON.
RUN FOR THE BORDER

AND TAKE YOUR ILLUSIONS
WITH YOU.

HE'S RIGHT, DUKE!

I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP.

YOU KNOW THEY'RE GOING
TO GET YOU ANYWAY.

YOU'RE OBSOLETE, DUKE.

LIKE ME,
YOU'VE GOT TO DIE.

WELL, THEN, DIE FOR FREEDOM.
THAT'S WORTH IT.

DON'T GIVE UP YOUR LIFE

FOR ANYTHING SO CHEAP
AND UNSATISFACTORY AS REVENGE.

I HEAR A CAR COMIN'
DOWN THE ROAD, DUKE.

ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING.

NOW, LISTEN, FOLKS,

WE'VE HAD A PLEASANT
EVENING HERE,

AND I DON'T WANT
TO SPOIL IT

WITH ANY KILLING
AT THE FINISH.

NOW, LET'S EVERYBODY
STAY WHERE THEY ARE

TILL WE'RE OUT OF SIGHT,

BECAUSE
WE'LL BE WATCHIN'.

PICK UP THAT SACK, SLIM.

WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU'RE NOT FORGETTING ME.

THAT'S RUBY
SHOOTING!

OH, THAT FATHEAD.
GET OUT THAT BACK DOOR

AND TELL HIM
TO HOLD HIS FIRE.

WE DON'T WANT 'EM
DRILLING OUR CAR.

NOW, WAIT A MINUTE!

TELL HIM TO OPEN UP

IF THEY TRY TO DRIFT
AROUND THAT SIDE.

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT
TO ENDANGER THE LIVES

OF INNOCENT PEOPLE.

YOU BETTER SURRENDER.

GET BEHIND
THAT COUNTER, SLIM.

KEEP THIS MOB
IN HERE COVERED.

OK, BOSS.

WHAT THEY DOIN' NOW?

IF THEY CAN'T SEE US

ANY BETTER THAN I
CAN SEE THEM, WE'RE OK.

HEY, WHERE'S THAT SACK?

THE SACK'S RIGHT THERE
BESIDE YA.

BOY, I KNEW THIS PLACE
WASN'T SAFE.

YOU FOLKS BETTER LIE DOWN.
GET DOWN, ALL OF YOU,

CLOSE TOGETHER
IN THE MIDDLE.

WATCH 'EM, SLIM.

OK, DUKE.

WHERE'S THAT LIGHT SWITCH?

RIGHT OVER THERE,
RIGHT BEHIND THAT DOOR.

TURN 'EM OFF, JACKIE.

3 OF THEM ARE HEADIN'
FOR THE REAR.

GET OUT THAT
BACK DOOR, JACKIE.

HOLD YOUR FIRE UNLESS
THEY TRY TO RUSH IT.

WHEN ENOUGH OF THEM
GET AROUND THERE, WE'LL LAM.

HOW MANY ARE THERE?

6 OR 7. NOTHIN'
TO WORRY ABOUT.

WATCH YOURSELF, KID.

OK, DUKE.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS

AN IMPRESSIVE SPECTACLE,
GABRIELLE.

THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA

VERSUS DUKE MANTEE.

IF THEY'RE NOT CAREFUL,

THEY'RE GONNA WRECK
THAT NEON SIGN.

THEY'RE PROBABLY
ALL DRUNK.

IT'S ALMOST RESTORED
IN ME THE WILL TO LIVE

AND LOVE AND CONQUER.

LISTEN, EDITH,
IF I'M KILLED...

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

I SAID
IF I'M KILLED...

AND YOU'RE NOT,

GET IN TOUCH
WITH JACK LAVERY.

HE HAS
FULL INSTRUCTIONS.

OH. ALL RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, I FEEL
AS IF I WAS SITTING

ON THE TOP
OF A MOUNTAIN,

IN THE MIDDLE
OF PENGUIN ISLAND,

WATCHING...

WATCHING THE ODD
LITTLE CREATURES.

SAY, BOSS, WHY AIN'T
JACKIE SHOOTIN'?

THE KID KNOWS
WHAT HE'S DOIN'.

ALAN, WHAT'S THE FIRST THING
YOU SEE WHEN YOU GET TO FRANCE?

CUSTOMS OFFICERS.

NO, I MEAN, WHAT'S
THE FIRST REAL SIGHT?

WELL, THE FIELDS AND
FORESTS OF NORMANDY.

AND THEN...

WHAT, ALAN?

THEN PARIS.

LISTEN, BOSS, I BETTER GO
TELL JACKIE TO OPEN FIRE.

STAY WHERE YOU ARE!

BUT YOU ASKIN'
AN AWFUL LOT.

PARIS... THAT MUST BE
THE MOST MARVELOUS PLACE

IN THE WORLD FOR LOVE,
ISN'T IT, ALAN?

ALL PLACES ARE
MARVELOUS, GABRIELLE.

EVEN HERE?

ESPECIALLY HERE,
MY DARLING.

AS LONG AS I LIVE,

I'LL BE GRATEFUL
TO THE DUKE.

ALAN...

ALAN, WILL YOU
PLEASE KISS ME?

OK, SLIM,
WE'RE PULLIN' OUT.

TELL RUBY TO GET THAT CAR
STARTED AND GET JACKIE.

Slim: YEAH.

OH, LORD...

NOW IT'S GOING
TO BE ALL OVER.

NOT FOR US. NEVER.

GO GET OUR CAR
STARTED.

JACKIE'S GOT KILLED.

OH, HOW'D HE DO THAT?

I DON'T KNOW, BOSS.

WELL, WE GOT
TO LEAVE HIM.

COME ON, YOU AND YOU
AND YOU AND YOU

ARE COMING WITH US.
WE GOT TO HAVE SHIELDS.

ME, TOO?
NO, NOT YOU, POP!

COME ON, GET ON YOUR FEET
AND GET MOVIN'!

OUT THROUGH THAT DOOR
AND MOVE FAST!

IN THE NAME OF HEAVEN,
BUDDY, DON'T LET US BE...

TURN ON THAT LIGHT, SLIM.
LET 'EM SEE WHO'S COMIN' OUT.

COME ON, COME ON,

GET MOVIN' OUT
THROUGH THAT DOOR!

I WON'T LET NONE OF YOU GET
HURT IF YOU MOVE FAST!

KEEP THE HANDS UP
AND GET MOVIN'

OUT THE FRONT DOOR!

COME ON, COME ON!
THE FRONT DOOR!

GET 'EM OUT
OF THERE, SLIM!

YOU FOLKS BETTER STAY
WHERE YOU ARE FOR A WHILE.

DUKE...

ALAN, KEEP DOWN.

DUKE, YOU'RE
FORGETTING SOMETHING.

NIX, PAL.
GET DOWN.

GET AWAY
FROM THAT DOOR.

DO YOU THINK I'M GONNA LET
YOU TAKE THOSE PEOPLE OUT

AND SLAUGHTER THEM?

CUT OUT THE ACT, PAL.

I WON'T LET YOU
DO IT, DUKE.

OK, PAL.

I'LL BE SEEIN' YOU SOON.

ALAN!

HE DID MEAN IT.

WHICH WAY'D THEY GO?

YOU CAN HEAD THEM OFF

IF YOU GO OUT
THAT BACK DOOR.

COME ON.

BUT BE CAREFUL.

THOSE ARE INNOCENT PEOPLE
ON THE RUNNING BOARDS.

ALAN, YOU SAID
YOU WANTED TO LIVE.

YES, I KNOW I DID.

AND I'LL LIVE
WITH YOU, I WILL.

I KNOW I DID.
I WAS BLIND THEN.

NOW I CAN SEE.

GRAMP, DAD, SOMEBODY,
COME HERE, QUICK!

YOU KNOW, THEY WERE...

THEY WERE RIGHT,
GABRIELLE...

THE STARS, I MEAN.

I HAD TO COME
ALL THIS WAY

TO FIND A REASON.

THE DUKE...

UNDERSTOOD
WHAT IT WAS I WANTED.

I HOPE YOU...

I HOPE YOU...

WHAT, ALAN?

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

ALAN!

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT,
OLD MAN?

I GUESS HE'S DEAD.

SURE HE'S DEAD.

MANTEE COULDN'T
HAVE MISSED TWICE.

FUNNY THING, GABBY.

HIS LIFE INSURANCE FOR $5,000
IS MADE OUT TO YOU.

IT LOOKS REAL, TOO.

SAID HE WANTED YOU TO SPEND IT
ON A TRIP TO FRANCE

TO SEE YOUR MOTHER.

FUNNY THING
ABOUT THAT FELLER.

I NEVER
COULD MAKE HIM OUT.

WE'LL BURY HIM OUT THERE
IN THE PETRIFIED FOREST.

WHAT?

THAT'S WHAT
HE SAID HE WANTED.

SURE.
THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

WOW. OH, WELL,
MAYBE HIS NEXT OF KIN

WILL HAVE SOMETHING
TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

OH, I'VE GOT TO PHONE
THE SHERIFF AT FLAGSTAFF.

SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
FLAGSTAFF. YEAH.

JASON MAPLE.
MANTEE WAS HERE.

WHAT?

THEY GOT HIM?
GREAT WORK.

THEY GOT MANTEE.

THEY NEVER GET AWAY
WITH THAT STUFF LONG,

YOU KNOW.

SOME GUYS THINK
THEY CAN, BUT... YEAH.

YEAH. TOOK YOU A LONG WHILE
TO GET HIM, THOUGH.

YEAH.

"THUS IN YOUR FIELD,

"MY SEED OF HARVESTRY
WILL THRIVE...

FOR THE FRUIT
IS LIKE ME THAT I SET."

"GOD BIDS ME TEND IT
WITH GOOD HUSBANDRY.

THIS IS THE END FOR WHICH
WE TWAIN ARE MET."

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