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It's still fresh.

We're about a half hour ahead of us.

Thanks, Charley, for coming all this way.

here in the process it was like to stop waiting in depth that the

I think when you can learn to keep your rope up,

Ironcreek cows.

I guess I got me an affliction, Mr. Foreman.

Just looking at them Ironcreek cows puts me in a fever.

Nothing like a rope to cure that kind of fever.

Never mind that kind of talk, Doan.

No, sir, Mr. Doan.

Let's do this legal-like and according to the law.

All right, boys, let's go.

In the Oklahoma Territory, the old West made a last stand.

The old code of the West was being replaced by easier ways,

by laws that weren't so harsh.

Most lawmen changed along with the changing times,

but some couldn't.

Tom Doan was one of them.

The jury's coming in.

That didn't take them long.

Didn't expect it, would there?

Guilty as sent.

There you live.

The jury reached a verdict?

Yes, sir, Judge.

We sure have.

And how say you?

Guilty or not guilty?

We found for the defendants.

That is, they ain't guilty.

Neil!

No.

No, no, no.

Neil, Neil, Neil.

I didn't do anything.

I saw your son again.

Settlers, halalalah.

quick as I get my things some. Marshall.

Boy didn't tell me you wrote out and give my hand while I was waiting trial.

If this will help you buy those spurs you're going to want.

Oh thanks Mr Doan.

See Mr Doan.

I'd like to thank you for what you've done. That's a good boy too bad he's yours.

That ain't fair Mr Doan I admit I made a mistake.

A mistake? Man you're a thief. What's this world coming to?

I never thought I'd see the day that I'd catch a rustler red handed having tried by a western jury and not get his neck stretched.

There's no respect for the law anymore.

Mighty fine day to kick Mr Kane mighty fine. It's a pleasure being your guest.

Now maybe next time you can stay longer.

Did you hear that? Don't you count on it Mr Kane. A little bit of jail goes a long way.

Say here now. Where's my iron?

My iron Mr Kane the one I paid four dollars for from the blacksmith.

Man I'd hate to lose this iron. Yes sir. That's a valuable piece of metal Mr Kane.

Better than brood stock for building a herd.

Frank what's it take to convict a cow thief in this country?

A fair jury for one thing.

This here's homesteader country Mr Doan.

Whips don't cut into them big gouged cattle ranchers.

Shut your mouth. I said shut it.

Let's go fellas.

What's eating on you Tom?

I'm sick of seeing thieves snickering at the law and I'm getting sick of the law.

They can't stop them from snickering.

Well gauze me just as much as does you.

All we can do is to keep on hauling them in and hoping for a fair jury the next time.

A fair jury.

You know they don't have a fair jury.

You know they do give us a conviction. They just lock them up for six months and then turn them loose.

So they can steal some more.

Oh Frank.

It's not like it used to be.

Then a thief was a thief.

Most likely got hung.

Times changing Tom.

Seems like there's not much room for the big cattle ranchers anymore.

Homesteaders are crowding them out.

Stealing them blind you mean.

Yeah there's a lot of that.

And it's wrong there's no question about it.

But these days a man's life is worth more than a cow or a horse.

And if a homesteader is hungry and he sees a beef wandering around in his front yard.

It's a mighty big temptation.

When I see a thief turned loose it's a big temptation to me too.

It tempts my trigger finger.

That's a tough man Frank.

Tough soldier, tough Indian scab, tough lawman.

What's that supposed to mean?

There's nothing worse than a tough man going sour.

Well Don's not sour he's just angry.

And with good reason.

He might not be sour yet.

But that verdict curdled him some.

Charlie.

There's a lawman around town.

Big ugly fella kind of hot tempered you know the one I mean.

Sounds like Tom Doon Mr. Toothless.

Tom Doon.

Yeah.

I've heard of him.

He started out as a lawman with Cain.

I hear they were real fiery town busters back in the wild days.

Cain put him on the force when you were out of town.

I want to meet him.

Might have a deal for him.

What kind of a deal?

Now Charlie you don't want me to tell you.

Might upset your stomach.

Tell Don I want to see him.

Thing is, used to be the only trial that a cow thief got

was a coroner's inquest.

And I never heard of a coroner's jury turning one loose either.

I know how it used to be Mr. Toby.

I've been around a while.

I'm not sure I've ever seen a coroner's inquiry.

I know how it used to be Mr. Toby. I've been around a while.

I run the cattle association.

We've got a reward on for cow thieves.

Fifty dollars for arrest and conviction.

Might as well be fifty thousand all the jurors are cow thieves themselves.

No, no I don't know about fifty thousand.

But the association is willing to up the ante to stop this thieving.

One way or another.

But if you can't get a conviction.

There's no sight prettier to me than a dead cow thief.

Dead cow thief.

What's more I'm rich enough to afford my pleasures.

How much?

Two hundred dollars a head.

I'm a deputy marshal Mr. Toby.

Not a bushwhacker.

When you change your mind, I'll be right here.

What makes you think I'll change it?

You asked about the price didn't you?

You should have seen the look on Ho-To's face.

I'm sorry.

I bet you got something for me.

I've been waiting all night for you.

I thought you'd never get here.

I told that man about the hotel.

I'd have some rent for him tonight.

Listen May.

Oh boy I can't wait to pay him off.

Hon there's something wrong with that man.

The way he keeps looking at me.

Keeps talking about making some arrangement for the rent.

You know I want to help you out.

Just imagine what I told him.

I said mister I don't know who you think you're dealing with.

But before I'd make any arrangements with you I'd.

Well I guess he got the idea all right.

May I'm broke.

It's kind of flattering in a way.

Broke?

You told me you'd lend me some money.

I was counting on it.

I'm sorry.

Can't you borrow it from someone?

Maybe just a hundred?

I've tried every place.

Gee hon that's a dirty shame.

If you just hang on I'll get the money somewhere.

Sure.

Will you stop that I'm trying to talk to you.

Look honey I've got to get back to work.

May.

Don't make a scene Tom please.

Ho ho.

All right wake up.

Wake up come on.

It's getting daylight.

May.

Where's May at?

She's a good woman.

Sure she is.

She's just unlucky that's all.

When you're unlucky you got to do things nobody else has to do.

Well stick your head in the horse trough.

You'll feel better.

Yeah.

Morning Don.

The thing we were talking about last night.

You think any more about it?

You know I.

It's still open.

When you get done thinking make up your mind come see me.

The money's good and the work is easy.

Let's be another one let's get going boys.

May.

Dirt.

Stand easy don't get sudden or I'll.

Do like he says boys.

It's only Tom Doan.

Well if it ain't Mr. Doan.

Howdy Mr. Doan.

I am Creep Brian.

Where'd you get them Dirt?

Where did we get them cows boys?

I guess they kind of just wanted in I assume.

We was just driving them back where they belong.

All right mount up you're going back to town.

Why don't you just ride off and save us all a lot of trouble.

Look I'm trying to give you a break.

Now don't push your luck.

There ain't but one of him Dirt.

You better get out of here right now Doan.

All right Dirt.

Make your play.

Make it I ain't waiting.

This is all I surrender.

What is this?

That one's Asham Dirt.

I don't know the other two.

They were working for him.

Did you have to kill him?

They were shooting at me.

How bad are you hurt?

Just a scratch.

You mean that they opened up on you first?

That's right.

What kind of a fool do you take me for?

You saying I had to drop on him?

Maybe you did.

You've been itching to kill somebody ever since that jury verdict.

You can't prove that.

If I ever do, I'll hang you.

What are you doing?

I've been wearing that ever since I can remember.

I don't want any killers working for me.

You look like you need that drink Tom.

Something happen to you?

Don't ask him any questions.

Where's May?

Why don't you forget about May?

She don't want to see him.

Did she tell you that?

Didn't she make it plain enough for you?

Hello Johnny.

How are you?

Fine.

Thank you.

Go ahead, take it.

You earned it.

Toby, if you think I killed those men for money, you're wrong.

You know it's going to be a lot easier for both of us when you get honest with yourself.

I killed them because they were thieves and they were gunning for me.

A lawman's got that right.

But you're not a lawman anymore.

Now there's $600 under there.

That's a big day's pay.

I don't want it.

Why don't you stop lying to yourself?

When you need more, you know where you can get it.

And one more thing.

Next time you do a job, leave some sort of a sign.

I don't want to be paying for other men's killings.

I think Mabel wants to see me now.

Where is she?

All right.

All right, Tom.

She's living here now.

Upstairs.

What do you want?

Me. Tom Doan.

Tom.

I've been sick.

Where was you?

I got awful sick.

There was just nobody around to take care of me.

I got thrown out of my room at the hotel and I had to move in here.

I was away.

May, I'm taking you out of here.

You're always talking about taking care of me.

Why, Tom? Why do you keep coming around?

You know why, May.

It's because I love you.

And you shouldn't.

And you shouldn't keep coming around because I don't love you, Tom, and I never will.

When you come around and you give me money, it just makes it awful hard.

May, I'm taking you out of here.

Look, May.

It's for us.

You and me.

Gee, how much is it?

Six hundred dollars.

Six hundred dollars?

Oh, man.

Gee, hon, I...

I always knew you'd do it.

I always knew I could depend on you.

I always knew I could...

May! May!

May!

How is she?

How long have you known this girl?

Oh, a couple of months.

Well, what is she to you?

Is that important?

It may be.

Mr. Doan, I'm going to give you some very good advice.

Give this girl a few dollars and forget about her.

There are public institutions that will take care of her when the time comes.

It's that bad?

It's her lungs.

If she were stronger to start with, there might be a chance, but her kind hasn't any great life expectancy.

How long?

Oh...

Six months, eight months, a year perhaps.

But it'll require nursing, quiet surroundings and frequent medical care.

It'll be very expensive.

Tom?

What's wrong with me, Tom?

What's going to happen?

Everything's fine. Everything's going to be just fine.

I'm going to get you.

What's the matter, Isaac?

You used to be a laughing man.

Why aren't you laughing now?

I ain't got no business with you, Doan.

Now you let me be.

I hear you've been eating fresh beef again, Isaac.

That's a lie.

What kind of meat can disagree with a man?

Doan!

Don't do it!

Don't!

One shot. Dead center in the back of the head.

Awful good shooting, Will.

Yeah.

Do any of you boys know anything?

See anything?

Well, I guess not.

Come on, Sam. It's early yet.

It's early for you, sweetheart.

It's awful late for me.

Oh, now, you think.

You be careful, Sam Childers.

Twisting, turning track.

It's a downhill road for sinners.

But it's uphill coming back.

Hey, what's the matter there, nag?

What's the matter?

Who's there?

Now, don't.

Please, don't!

You go on along.

Whiskey. Bring the bottle.

You better walk that horse, Tom.

He's pretty well laddered up.

Must have rode him awfully hard.

That horse always did sweat a lot.

Say, some people said they saw you up in North Forks last night.

People lie.

What's wrong with being in North Forks?

It's open country.

I guess you didn't hear about poor old Sam Childers, then.

They found him in the middle of the road, dead.

With a 30-30 slug right between the eyes.

What are you telling me about it for?

Well, you're sort of a law officer. I thought you might be interested.

Sam was one of your problems, wasn't he?

He stole a cow or two in his time.

Yeah, so did Ike Miller.

They found him last week in his own backyard.

Funny thing, when we found him, he had these two stones under his head.

And would you believe it, it was the same way with Sam?

Hey, that's a mighty nice saddle gun there, Tom.

Yeah, it's a Winchester 30-30.

And it's been fired.

I took a shot at a coyote.

Don't play games with me, Will.

You killed those men, Tom.

Can you prove that?

Not yet.

Then look me up when you can.

I will, Tom. I surely will.

You want your money?

Well?

Carol's Nichols.

What about Carol's Nichols?

He's stealing from the bank.

He's got a gun.

He's got a gun.

He's got a gun.

He's got a gun.

What about Carol's Nichols?

He's stealing from me.

And I want you to stop him.

You got yourself another hand, Mr. Toby.

Not worrying you?

No, but my string's just about run off.

How do you figure that?

My hands are getting a little shaky.

I drink a lot more than I used to.

I don't sleep well, and when I do, I wake up tired.

Now, don't tell me you have a troublesome conscience.

Nope, nothing like that at all.

I killed thieves. They had it coming.

But did you ever wake up with the dream of a noose dangling in front of your face,

still fresh on your mind?

You know, it's not your conscience.

It's your nerves that's troubling you.

Yeah, well, whatever it is, I'm quitting.

I still want Carol's Nichols taken care of.

It's worth 400.

600.

Look, you can buy yourself a gun for $24,

right down at the hardware store.

What's the matter? Somebody chasing you?

What are you doing?

I got sick of laying in bed.

And if you're looking for the noose she packed up and left. I fired her.

She was spying on me.

She took things, too.

There's one thing I can't stand, is having somebody steal from me.

Well, what did she take?

Oh, a lot of things. I'm sick of this house.

I ain't the kind of girl to stay cooped up like this.

I want to get out.

I want to see something besides your ugly face.

Well, it ain't a picture postcard.

You're big and you're ugly.

And I was crazy to let you talk me into this.

Why don't you let me go, Dona? It'd be better for both of us.

Because you're sick?

Yeah, I'm sick.

Sick of you.

Gee, hon, I'm sorry. I don't know what gets into me sometimes.

I'm just restless, I guess. I just got to get out of here.

I got to get away from this house.

This town. Everything.

We're leaving this town, May.

Yeah. Yeah.

Where are we going?

Wyoming. I can get a job with the State Cattle Association.

And the doc says it'll be good for you.

There's better air and better water.

And you'll get well.

I ain't gonna get well, Dona.

Stop fooling me. I ain't gonna get well.

It ain't fair, but that's the way it is.

Nothing's ever been fair for me. I never been lucky.

But I just want to live a little bit before I die.

I want to go someplace where it's nice.

Where they got cafes and crowds and crowds of people and gaslights.

And I can wear nice clothes and dance and drink wine.

I want to go to St. Louis.

Well, that cost a lot of money.

Yeah, money.

That's all I ever hear, how much everything cost.

I didn't ask you to spend all your money on nurses and doctors that don't do no good.

Dona, you keep saying you love me.

Well, get me to St. Louis.

I'm going to St. Louis.

Don't come back!

Don't come back!

Either nobody's home or he's laying low.

Let's go in and find out, Will.

We got no warrant. Got no case, just a bunch of ideas.

And we can't go housebreaking with just a bunch of ideas.

Let's go.

Something.

I got to do something.

I got to do something.

Give me a shot.

Just leave it.

You seen May?

Now, why would you ask me?

I'm asking you. She wasn't home when I got there. She left. Now, where is she?

Are you kidding me?

Maybe she doesn't want to see me.

She'll see me, all right.

Okay, all right. Drink your drink.

You heard about the Nichols kid?

What about the Nichols kid? What am I supposed to know about the Nichols kid?

Quiet down, will you, Tom?

What do you mean, ask me about the Nichols kid?

I just asked if you heard about him.

He got killed.

They brought his body in this evening.

You don't mean...

He was a nice kid.

I liked him.

He was a real nice kid.

How'd that happen?

How'd that happen?

He bushwhacked.

He was wearing his pa's coat.

They figured the bushwhacker made a mistake.

Bushwhacked?

A man done a thing like that?

I tell you, I'd kill a man done a thing like that.

Any ideas around who done it?

Nope.

What's the matter with you, Tom?

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

Listen, I'm not going to tell you.

Listen, you see Morgan Tobey, you tell him I gotta see him. You hear?

I gotta see him.

I didn't do it.

I didn't kill him.

I didn't do it.

He was only 16, Tom.

16 years old.

How does it feel to kill a 16 year old boy?

I didn't kill him.

Come on, Tom, build off your conscience. Tell us all about it.

Who paid you?

Who's behind you, Tom?

I didn't do it.

Now why don't you be a man and admit it?

Who paid you, Tom?

You can't make him talk.

Come on, tell us.

Who's behind you?

Child killer.

I want a drink.

We haven't got a case yet. He'll run.

Where's he gonna run to?

Where are you gonna run to, Tom, to get away from your conscience?

Go on, get out of here.

Get out of here.

You're crazy, Don.

You're the craziest man I've ever seen.

I'm just telling you how it is, Mr. Toby.

I need money and I need it bad.

I wouldn't give you a plug, Mexon.

I'd rather you didn't give me a plug.

I'm not a drug dealer.

I'm a lawyer.

I'm a lawyer.

I'm a lawyer.

I'm a lawyer.

I'm a lawyer.

I'm a lawyer.

I'm a lawyer.

I wouldn't give you a plug, Mexon.

I need help to get out of town.

I wouldn't touch you with a ten-foot pole.

I just want to get me and get us both out of here.

If you don't help us, Mr. Toby, so help me out.

You'll what?

There's a thousand dollars hanging on your head, mister.

That's what they're offering for whoever killed Vince Nichols.

I open my mouth and you're on your way to a rope.

Mr. Toby, if you don't help us, I'm going down and confess.

Everything, Mr. Toby.

Then we'll both go to a rope.

Who'd believe you?

They'll believe me.

All right.

I'll give you 500.

Fifteen.

I've only got a thousand dollars here.

All right. I'll take it.

Now are you turning me in the law, you miserable child killer?

Don't say that.

A child killer or a rotten child?

You...

Say that!

Jim!

Mr. Toby, what happened?

Mr. Toby, are you hurt?

Mr. Toby, are you hurt?

You better get out of here.

I come from May, where is she?

You better get out of here and you better get out of town.

There's a lot of talk, rope talk.

Gels Nichols is stirring the people up.

He says you killed the boy.

He's a liar. Where is she?

She ain't here. She ain't here.

She's in the basement.

She ain't here.

Get out.

Get out of here!

I'm sorry, Hunter.

Honest, I am.

I don't know what gets into me.

Don't do anything to me, will you, Hunter?

No.

No, you can't help the way you are.

Get your things.

Where... where are you taking me?

St. Louis.

Chicago, I don't know.

That takes money.

I got it.

Hurry up, will you?

You all right?

You're in trouble, aren't you?

The same bad things about you, don't.

What are they saying?

That you shot that Nichols kid.

You wouldn't do a thing like that, would you?

Don't.

May, I didn't mean it.

It was a mistake.

It's true.

You shot that kid.

You shot that little boy.

It was a mistake, don't you know that?

It was a mistake, don't you understand that?

Don't touch me.

Get away from me.

Listen to me, will you, May?

Don't you touch me!

Get away from me!

He killed that kid!

Now look what you're doing!

I'm not killing!

So don't make me.

Don't make me, or anybody make me.

Don't!

Drop your gun, you're trapped.

I'm coming out for you.

I'm coming out for you.

No use, there's no place left to go.

So God forgive me.

Come on, Tom.

You're under arrest.

God will I kill that kid.

Yeah.

Come on, Tom, let's go.

The End