All language subtitles for Red River 194 cc

♪ Your doggies have
traveled all day

♪ Your doggies have
traveled all day

♪ Our doggies keep
strayin' away

♪ Our doggies keep
strayin' away

♪ Settle down

♪ Little doggies

♪ We'll be home
before tonight

♪ We'll be home
before tonight

♪ Settle down

♪ Little doggies

♪ You'll be travelin'
soon in time

♪ You'll be travelin'
soon in time

♪ Look away

♪ Little doggie

♪ Little doggie

♪ Steal away
through the pines

♪ Steal away
through the pines

♪ Look away

♪ Little doggie

♪ Little doggie

♪ So for now
you better settle down ♪

Rough going, man, but we
have three hours yet
till we stop.

Dunson here says
he's leaving the train.

Dunson here says
he's leaving the train.

Is that right, Dunson?
Are you leaving?

I am.

You can't do that.
You signed on.
You agreed...

You can't do that.
You signed on.
You agreed...

I signed nothing.
If I had, I'd stay.

You'll remember
I joined your train
after you left St. Louis.

You'll remember
I joined your train
after you left St. Louis.

Wait a minute, Dunson.
You know this is
Indian country.

You might be walking
right into trouble.

For two days
past from this day
we've seen smoke and signs.

For two days
past from this day
we've seen smoke and signs.

Yeah, we know that.

They're around somewhere.
I can feel them.

As far as you're concerned
the Comanches are welcome
to you,

As far as you're concerned
the Comanches are welcome
to you,

but not to your bull
and your cows.

We need the beginnings
of herds in California.

You're right
about one thing.
Beginning of herds.

You're right
about one thing.
Beginning of herds.

But I'm starting
my own herd.

I watched the land
south of here since
we left the salt port.

I watched the land
south of here since
we left the salt port.

It's good land.
Good grass for beef.

So I'm going south
where it is.

Now look, Dunson,
you're too good a gun for me

Now look, Dunson,
you're too good a gun for me

to let you leave
the train now.

Then I'm too good a gun
for you to argue with.

If I was you, Colonel,
I'd ponder on lettin' him be.

If I was you, Colonel,
I'd ponder on lettin' him be.

He's a mighty set man.
When his mind's made up
even you can't change it.

Now he'll be
heading south.

Now he'll be
heading south.

Mind he don't stomp
on you on the way out.

Are you leaving, too?

Colonel, me and Dunson...

Colonel, me and Dunson...

Well, it's me and Dunson.

Tell him I wish him luck.

Good luck to you, Colonel.

Good luck to you, Colonel.

I decided last night.

I decided, too.
I want to go with you.

I decided, too.
I want to go with you.

No. I'll send for you.
I know you've
work to do, Tom,

but I want to
be part of it.
I love you.

I want to be
with you.
Not now.

I want to be
with you.
Not now.

I'm asking you, Tom.
Please take me with you.

I'm strong. I can stand
anything you can.

I'm strong. I can stand
anything you can.

It's too much
for a woman.

Too much for a woman?

Put your arms
around me, Tom.

Put your arms
around me, Tom.

Hold me.
Feel me in your arms.

Do I feel weak, Tom?

Do I feel weak, Tom?

I don't, do I?

Oh, you'll need me.

You'll need a woman.

You need what
a woman can give you

You need what
a woman can give you

to do what you have to do.

Listen to me, Tom.

Listen with your head
and your heart, too.

Listen with your head
and your heart, too.

The sun only shines
half the time, Tom.

The other half is night.

The other half is night.

I've made up my mind.

Change your mind, Tom.

Just once in your life,
change your mind.

I'll send for you.

I'll send for you.

Will you come?

Will you come?

Course I'll come,
but you're wrong.

My mother's.

(SOBBING) Go, please.

If you're going to go,
please go now.

I want to be
with you so much,

I want to be
with you so much,

my knees feel like--like
they've knives in them.

Bye.

Bye.

(EXCLAIMING)

(WHISTLES)

Team, giddyup!

GROOT: Whoa!

GROOT: Whoa!

What river do you
reckon that is?

The Red River, I think.

If it is, that's Texas
on the other side.

If it is, that's Texas
on the other side.

How about calling it
a day, huh?

All right.
Wheel your wagon...

All right.
Wheel your wagon...

(DRUMS BEATING)

GROOT: It's too big for
signal smoke, ain't it?

GROOT: It's too big for
signal smoke, ain't it?

TOM: Yeah.

It's just about where
the wagon train would be.

It's just about where
the wagon train would be.

Why do Indians always
wanna be burning up
good wagons?

Take us hours
to get back there.

Yeah.

Should've took her along.

Should've took her along.

They'll most likely
be sending someone
after us.

If they do...

If they do...

This is as good
a place as any.

Swing the wagon around.

Swing the wagon around.

We'll keep the river
to our back.

(WHISTLING)

Hey! Giddyup!

(WHISPERS) Tom.

(WHISPERS) Tom.

We could've been wrong
about that smoke,

or she might've gotten away.

(OWL HOOTING)
Boy, do I wish it.

(OWL HOOTING)
Boy, do I wish it.

Here they are.

Here they are.

I hope there ain't
too many of them.

(WHISTLING)

(BIRD CALLING)

(ARROW FIRES)

(HORSES NEIGHING)

Give me your rifle.

(RIFLE FIRING)

(WHOOPING)

Tom!

(GUN FIRES)

You all right, Tom?

I got two more of them.

I got two more of them.

Near as I can figure,
there's only one
of them left.

They got the two cows,
but...

Oh, Tom.

That's too bad.

That's too bad.

(OWL HOOTING)
We should've took...

That's him.

Answer him.
Huh?

Answer him.

Answer him.

(WHISTLING)

(HOOTING CONTINUES)

(HOOTING CONTINUES)

(WHISTLING)

TOM: Let's get out of here.

Yeah, and give them
buzzards a chance.

(MOOING)

Shooting and screaming.
People dying.

Shooting and screaming.
People dying.

Burning wagons.
Shooting, screaming.
Burning.

People dying and
wagons burning.

People dying and
wagons burning.

Where'd you come from?

It was all burning.
Only Indians around.

It was all burning.
Only Indians around.

Just all burning and
smoking and smelling.
How'd you get away?

They were burning
everything.

They were burning
everything.

He's plumb
out of his head.

Just plain I could see it.

They was burning
the wagons.

People were screaming.

People were screaming.

I wouldn't do that again.

TOM: Put that gun down.
I said, don't
do that again.

All right, sonny.

I was just asking
where you came...

Don't ever trust anybody
till you know them.

I won't. After this.

Thanks for telling me.

All right.

All right.

Now, how'd you get away?

I was following
my cow.

She got away
in the brush.

She got away
in the brush.

Miles, it seemed like,
up a long hill she went.

And then I heard them.

And then I saw them.

And then I saw them.

And I wish I hadn't.

And I wish I hadn't.

Yeah.

Well, it looks like we'll
have to take you along.

Well, it looks like we'll
have to take you along.

Well, are you
gonna use it?

No.

No.

No.

But don't ever try
to take it away
from me again.

He'll do.

Tie them up short.

Get up on the seat.

Let's go.

Hey! Hyah!

(WHISTLING)

(EXCLAIMING)

We're in Texas.

It feels good to me.

It feels good to me.

This is it.

This is where we start
growing good beef.

Sure looks good, Tom.

Worth coming
2,000 miles for.

Everything
a man could want.

Good water and grass,
plenty of it.

Good water and grass,
plenty of it.

Who this belong to?

To me.

Someday that'll
all be covered
with good beef.

Someday that'll
all be covered
with good beef.

I'll put a mark,
a brand on them

to show they're
mine, too.

to show they're
mine, too.

What kind
of a mark?

I've been thinking
about that.

It'll be two lines.

Like this.

Like this.

TOM: Like the banks
of a river.

It'll be the
Red River brand.

It'll be the
Red River brand.

We'll start now.
Get a fire going, Matt.

Heat the iron.

There's the first one.

First Red River D.

You're gonna put that
on my cow, too?

Why not?
She's mine.

I see a "D" for Dunson.

My name's Matthew.

We'll talk
about that later.

I don't see any "M"
on that brand.

I don't see any "M"
on that brand.

I'll put an "M" on it
when you earn it.

That's fair enough.
I'll earn it.

That's fair enough.
I'll earn it.

GROOT: Never like
seeing strangers.

GROOT: Never like
seeing strangers.

I guess that's 'cause
no stranger ever
good-news'd me.

Buenos dias, senores.
Hello.

Saw the smoke
from your fire.
Yes?

Saw the smoke
from your fire.
Yes?

Where do you travel?

Nowhere.

You remain here on
Don Diego's land,
you are welcome

for a night,
a week...

for a night,
a week...

Are you Diego?

No, senor.

Where is he?

At his home
across the river,

At his home
across the river,

600 kilometers south.

How far is that?

TOM: About 400 miles.

TOM: About 400 miles.

That's too much
land for one man.
Why, it ain't decent.

Here's all this land
achin' to be used
and never has been.

I tell you,
it ain't decent.

I tell you,
it ain't decent.

Well, senor,
it is for Don Diego
to do as he chooses.

This land is Don Diego's.

TOM: What is that river
you were talking about?

TOM: What is that river
you were talking about?

Rio Grande.
But I told you that...

Go to Don Diego and tell him

that all the land
north of that river's mine.

that all the land
north of that river's mine.

Tell him to stay off of it.

But the land is his.
Where did he get it?

Oh, many years ago
by grant and patent,

Oh, many years ago
by grant and patent,

inscribed by the king
of all the Spain.

You mean he took it away
from whoever was here before.

Indians, maybe.

Indians, maybe.

Maybe so.

Well, I'm taking it
away from him.

Others have thought
as you, senor.

Others have thought
as you, senor.

Others have tried.

And you've always
been good enough
to stop them?

Amigo, it is my work.

Amigo, it is my work.

Pretty unhealthy job.

Get away, Matt.

I'm sorry for you, senor.

How about you?

You want some of it?

It is not my land,
senor.

It is not my land,
senor.

I will wait until Don Diego
tells me what to do.

All right, go tell him
what happened.

Tell him what I said.

Tell him what I said.

Take your
friend's horse.

We'll bury him.

Move.
Here.

Move.
Here.

Matt, I told you
to get away. You
might've got hurt.

He went for his gun first.
But you gotta...

He went for his gun first.
But you gotta...

Next time,
do what I say.

How'd you know when
he was gonna draw?

By watching his eyes.

Remember that.
I will.

Remember that.
I will.

Get a shovel
and my Bible.

I'll read over him.

"We brought nothing
into this world

"We brought nothing
into this world

"and it's certain
we can carry nothing out.

"The Lord gave,
and the Lord
hath taken away.

"The Lord gave,
and the Lord
hath taken away.

"Blessed be the name
of the Lord. Amen."

Turn them loose.

(MOOING)

(MOOING)

They're gonna
get away.

Wherever they go,
they'll be on my land.

My land.

We're here, and we're
gonna stay here.

We're here, and we're
gonna stay here.

Give me 10 years,
and I'll have that brand

on the gates
of the greatest
ranch in Texas.

on the gates
of the greatest
ranch in Texas.

TOM: The big house
will be down by the river

and the corrals
and the barns behind it.

and the corrals
and the barns behind it.

It will be a good place
to live in.

Ten years, and I'll have
the Red River D

Ten years, and I'll have
the Red River D

on more cattle than
you've looked at anywhere.

I'll have that brand
on enough beef

I'll have that brand
on enough beef

to feed the whole country.

Good beef for hungry people.

Good beef for hungry people.

Beef to make 'em strong,

make 'em grow.

But it takes work
and it takes sweat,

But it takes work
and it takes sweat,

and it takes time,
lots of time.

Takes years.

(MOOING)

Well, we've had our
10 years and more.

Well, we've had our
10 years and more.

GROOT: Been about 14.

Nearer to 15.

We've got the cattle.

Thousands of heads
of good beef.

Thousands of heads
of good beef.

And there as they stand,

there isn't a head worth
a plug three-cent piece.

there isn't a head worth
a plug three-cent piece.

Three-cent piece?
Why, that's more
silver money

than I've seen
since the war.

That's right.

It all happened while
you were away, Matt.

It all happened while
you were away, Matt.

More cattle than
a man could gather
elsewhere

in two lifetimes,

in two lifetimes,

and I'm broke.

Unless we can move them,
I'm broke.

I figured. That's why
I rounded them up.

I figured. That's why
I rounded them up.

I'm not gonna take it
hunched back like the
rest around here.

There's no market
for cattle in Texas.

There's no market
for cattle in Texas.

GROOT: There ain't.

Then I'll take them
where there's a market.

That means driving them
1,000 miles.

Missouri?

Missouri?

Yeah.
That's what I figured.

Seems you two
have been doing
a lot of figuring.

While you were at it, did
you figure out the best
way to get them there?

While you were at it, did
you figure out the best
way to get them there?

Which trail to take?
Yeah.

San Saba, then Meridian,
then along the Brazos.

San Saba, then Meridian,
then along the Brazos.

That's the long way
around.

Along the Brazos, then...

I said that's the long way.

I said that's the long way.

I know it's the long way,
but there's good water up.

Clear all the way
up to the Red.

Yeah, but going that way,
why, we'd get two
extra crossings.

Yeah, but going that way,
why, we'd get two
extra crossings.

You're not going.
How do you know...
I'm not?

No, you're not.
How do you know
the water's good?

No, you're not.
How do you know
the water's good?

I led a patrol
that way.

Do you think it's worth...

(MUMBLING)
You think it's worth...

What are you
mumbling about?

What are you
mumbling about?

Where are those store teeth
Matt brought you?

In my pocket.
Why don't you
use them?

'Cause they whistle.
I use them for eating.

'Cause they whistle.
I use them for eating.

Can't understand you.

Everybody else can.
What did you say?

I said there's a lot of
things you don't know
about, Mr. Dunson.

I said there's a lot of
things you don't know
about, Mr. Dunson.

What?
First off, about me going
on this here drive.

Go ahead.

It's 1,000 miles
to Missouri, ain't it?
That's right.

It's 1,000 miles
to Missouri, ain't it?
That's right.

You figure me
and my bad leg

couldn't ride a horse?
That's it.

Well, it might be I could
ride a chuck wagon.

Well, it might be I could
ride a chuck wagon.

We've already
got a cook.

That is right,
Mr. Dunson.

That is right,
Mr. Dunson.

But might be old cookie

might not like
grubbing the trip
all that way.

You heard me good
that time, didn't you?

You heard me good
that time, didn't you?

I might be able
to persuade him.

It might be just
the time of year
when old Cookie'd like

a change of scenery
and could be persuaded.

He might've been
already persuaded

He might've been
already persuaded

'cause he up and quit
this morning!

Then it might be
we could persuade you

Then it might be
we could persuade you

to drive the chuck wagon.

Might be, Mr. Dunson,
might be.

Might be, Mr. Dunson,
might be.

That's a pretty nice gun
you're scratching
those matches on.

That's a pretty nice gun
you're scratching
those matches on.

How is your gun arm?

I've been using it a lot
in the last few years.

Get me my horse,
will you, Matt?
Yeah.

Get me my horse,
will you, Matt?
Yeah.

You know what?
The funny thing
about guns... Draw!

(LAUGHS)

(LAUGHS)

I haven't heard that
in a lot of years.

He beat you. You
knew it was coming,
and he beat you.

He sure did beat me.

He sure did beat me.

You see, he's
just a little faster.
Just a mite faster.

Matt, draw up a map
of that country we
were talking about.

Matt, draw up a map
of that country we
were talking about.

I did.
It's on your desk.

(LAUGHING)

You're a mite faster
about a lot of things.

You're a mite faster
about a lot of things.

See you later.

You know, Matt,
that's the first time
in one year

I've seen a grin
on his face,

except for the other day
when you come home.

except for the other day
when you come home.

Didn't you see
anything else?
Huh?

That look on his face
when he was talking
about the cattle.

That look on his face
when he was talking
about the cattle.

He's afraid.
Afraid?

He's afraid.
Afraid?

Why, you're crazy.
You're loony.

Am I?

Sure, sure.
I'm scared, too,

Sure, sure.
I'm scared, too,

but I've been here
watching and seeing.

Seeing what?

Seeing what?

Seeing a man fighting.

Fighting with his soul
and got to hang on
to this place.

Fourteen years of it.

Fourteen years of it.

It cost him dear, too.
Cost him a woman.

The only woman
he ever wanted.

Yeah.
You knew about that.

Yeah.
You knew about that.

Course, and the killer
of them seven graves.

Men who tried to take
the place away from him,

but that weren't hard,
not that.

but that weren't hard,
not that.

No, he knows that
kind of fighting.

What else?

And then come the war
while you was away.

And then come the war
while you was away.

He learnt a lot of
things for himself.

He learned that
a ranch ain't only
beef, but it's money.

But the war
took all the money
out of the south.

But the war
took all the money
out of the south.

He didn't know
about money, Matt.
He never had none.

He didn't know
what to do.

He didn't know
what to do.

You mean, he just
doesn't know
who to fight.

Yep.
That's all right.

He's been waiting for you
to head the herd north,

drive a full drive
that's never been
done before,

nine, ten thousand
head of cattle
clear to Missouri.

nine, ten thousand
head of cattle
clear to Missouri.

We could make it.
We?

Well, Matt, I'm glad
you come home, 'cause...

Well...

I'm glad you come home.

Let him go.

Ha!

Hey, Matt,
it's a Diego.

Let him go.

And another Meeker.

And another Meeker.

Turn him loose.

Hold it.

Put a brand on him.

Put a brand on him.

He's a Meeker steer.
I said brand him.

He's wearing
a Meeker iron.

I can't see it.

Brand him.

All right,
but the next one
up's another Diego.

All right,
but the next one
up's another Diego.

Brand him.

Brand him.

Put the iron on
all of them, Teeler.

Put the iron on
all of them, Teeler.

Anything you see,
slap it with a Red River D.

And burn it deep.
Why not?

You're going to wind up

branding every rump
in the state of Texas
except mine.

branding every rump
in the state of Texas
except mine.

Hand me that iron,
Teeler.

You don't think
I'd do it, do you?

(CHUCKLES) No, I don't.

Matt, I'm going to Missouri

with every steer,
cow and bull that
I can lay my hands on.

I think Meeker
might be real pleased

I think Meeker
might be real pleased

to see our brand
on his stock.

That I'll argue
with Meeker.

Then now might be
a good time.

Then now might be
a good time.

He's even got some people
to back him up.

I want to see this.

Howdy, Dunson. Matt.

Howdy, Dunson. Matt.

I hear you're making
a drive, Dunson.

News travels fast.

Yeah. We're going
to Missouri.

That's what I heard.

That's what I heard.

I also heard something
else yesterday.

Cumberland, a neighbor
of mine, drove 3,000
head to the Red River.

When he got across,
the Missouri border
gangs jumped him,

When he got across,
the Missouri border
gangs jumped him,

stole the herd,
killed all his men.

Hard luck.
You know about it, then?

Hard luck.
You know about it, then?

Yeah, I know about
Cumberland and Shriver,
and a lot of others.

But nobody's going
to take my cattle.

I don't want anybody
to take mine, either.

I don't want anybody
to take mine, either.

I hear that some of my brand
has wandered over this way.

Mind if we look
your herd over?

I do mind.

I do mind.

You'd stop us?

Yeah, we would.
Can't you hold
that horse still?

Well?

Well?

Shall we take that look
around, Mr. Meeker?

Say, you must be
kinda new around here.

I told you...
I heard you.

I told you...
I heard you.

Well, Mr. Meeker?

(LAUGHS) Maybe I should
introduce you two...

Who are you?

Who are you?

Some call me one thing,
some another.

What do they
call you most?

By my name,
Cherry Valance.

By my name,
Cherry Valance.

Of Val Verde?
Val Verde way.

Yeah, we've
heard of you.

Yeah, we've
heard of you.

Thanks.

They say you're good
with a gun. How good?

I manage to stay alive.

You've been doing
pretty good.

You've been doing
pretty good.

Still want to stop us?

Yeah.

Well, Mr. Meeker,
what do you say?

At one time,
I would have said yes.

But now...

But now...

Look, Tom,
everything I've got...

Yeah, I know. Me, too.

All right, we rounded up
some of your stock

All right, we rounded up
some of your stock

and some of Diego's and
some of everybody else's
around here.

And?

I haven't got the time
or the inclination
to cut them out.

I haven't got the time
or the inclination
to cut them out.

I'll drive them to Missouri
and give you two dollars
a head when I get back.

And if you
don't get back?

And if you
don't get back?

That's your gamble.

I reckon it is.

Not a bad one,
either.

All right. Suits me.

All right. Suits me.

Mr. Meeker,
I changed my mind
about working with you.

Can you use
another hand?

Can you use
another hand?

We're full up.
I'd like to go
with you to Missouri.

I told you...
I heard you.
I'd care to go along.

I told you...
I heard you.
I'd care to go along.

You might find it
harder to stay alive
along the Missouri border.

Yeah. I might at that.

Yeah. I might at that.

Wages are $10 a month,

triple if the steers
bring $15 at the railroad.

triple if the steers
bring $15 at the railroad.

We lose the herd,
you lose your wages.

Fair enough.
All right, good luck.

Goodbye, Mr. Meeker.

Goodbye, Mr. Meeker.

Take care of him, Matt.

Sure.

Sure.

I take it I'm hired.

You're hired.

You're hired.

Brand them all, Teeler.
Everything that can walk.

Yes, sir!

TEELER: Brand them all, boys.
Get going!

TEELER: Brand them all, boys.
Get going!

You ought to stick around
back there.

What for?
See the shooting.

Why? Do you reckon
they're going to fight?

Why? Do you reckon
they're going to fight?

No, not yet.
They'll just paw
at each other,

find out what
they're up against.

It'll be worth seeing.

It'll be worth seeing.

Could be.

Let's give them
a hand over here.
Sure.

That's a good-looking gun
you were about to use
back there.

Can I see it?

Can I see it?

Maybe you'd like
to see mine.

Nice. Awful nice.

Nice. Awful nice.

You know, there are only
two things more beautiful
than a good gun.

You know, there are only
two things more beautiful
than a good gun.

A Swiss watch
or a woman from anywhere.

You ever had
a good Swiss watch?

You ever had
a good Swiss watch?

Go ahead. Try it.

Hey, that's very good.

Hey, hey.
That's good, too.

Go on. Keep it going.

Go on. Keep it going.

(GUN FIRING)

Now I know
who you'd be.

Now I know
who you'd be.

You'd be Matthew Garth,
wouldn't you?

That's right.

You're as good as
they say you are.

You're as good as
they say you are.

Maybe as good as me.

That puts two of us
at the head of the list.

Have to leave room
for a third.

Have to leave room
for a third.

Yeah? Who?

Dunson.

Is he that good?

He taught me.

He taught me.

Yeah.

How we doing?

What was all that shooting
a while back?

That shooting was two of
the best men with a gun

That shooting was two of
the best men with a gun

anybody had
ever seen together.

Who?
Matt and Cherry Valance.

From Val Verde?
Yeah.

From Val Verde?
Yeah.

What happened?

They was
having some fun.

Peculiar kind of fun.

Peculiar kind of fun.

Sizing each other up
for the future.

Them two's going to
tangle for certain,

and when they do,
it ain't gonna be pretty,

and when they do,
it ain't gonna be pretty,

'cause they got
1,000 miles to do it in.

How much flour
you got?
Twenty-eight.

Beans?
Twelve.

Plenty of sugar?

Plenty of sugar?

Yeah.

You know, Bunk,
I always figured
Matt was better than...

You know, Bunk,
I always figured
Matt was better than...

Say, I could take that
personal.

Yeah, and I could take
the end of your nose off
just as easy.

Man of your age
stealing sugar.

Man of your age
stealing sugar.

Go on, get the rest
of that stuff.

All right, Pop.

Lapping up sugar
before we've even started.

Lapping up sugar
before we've even started.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Hiya, Matt.
Hi.

Your bet, Dealer.

Check.
Quo?

Me bet one
silver dollar.

Me bet one
silver dollar.

One silver dollar?
Why, that's three
days' pay.

Bet one
silver dollar.

Put up or
keep face closed.

Put up or
keep face closed.

Keep face closed?
Why don't you
talk English?

Too much for me.
What about you, Groot?
What do you say?

Too much for me.
What about you, Groot?
What do you say?

Look, anything I hate
is a happy Injun.
Look at that gaperin' puss.

How's a body to tell
when an Injun's running
the bluff or not?

How's a body to tell
when an Injun's running
the bluff or not?

I think he's bluffing.

Look, will you call
or fold?

Matt, how about
throwing in
a silver dollar?

Matt, how about
throwing in
a silver dollar?

No.

Why not?
What is it?
Table stake?

Yeah, sure it is.
Quo's right.

You bet what you've got
on the table and that's all.

You bet what you've got
on the table and that's all.

Doggone, alack me,
with a good hand
and nothing to bid!

What in bag?

What in bag?

In the bag?
Them's my store teeth.

Couldn't bet them.

Now, look, Quo,

Now, look, Quo,

them teeth's worth
a heap of a lot more
than your silver dollar.

Got any more money?
No.

Got any more money?
No.

No more money, eh?

I tell you what I'll do.

I'll bet you a quarter
interest in my teeth
against your silver dollar.

I'll bet you a quarter
interest in my teeth
against your silver dollar.

No.
Half interest
against your dollar.

Uh.
You heard him.
It's a bet.

There it is, boy,
back to back.

There it is, boy,
back to back.

Three men.

Three men.

Three men.

That dumb Cherokee
betting a silver dollar
against my store teeth.

And him with a set fitting to
chew the brand off of the
tough end of a longhorn.

And him with a set fitting to
chew the brand off of the
tough end of a longhorn.

Now wait a minute, Quo.

You really ain't gonna
take a man's only set
of teeth, are you?

Yeah, but I got to
use them for eating.

Yeah, but I got to
use them for eating.

Come grub, you get them.

What are you gonna
do with them?

My name now
Two Jaw Quo.

My name now
Two Jaw Quo.

Two Jaw Quo.

That's what I get for
playing with an Injun.

That's what I get for
playing with an Injun.

I've worn this hat
a long time,

and I'm going to
continue to wear it.

Now if you've got
any objections, I'd be
liking to hear them now.

Now if you've got
any objections, I'd be
liking to hear them now.

It's your hat, brother.
You made a wise decision.

Would you be wanting
to get up now?

Would you be wanting
to get up now?

(DOOR OPENS)

(MUSIC STOPS)

Well, we start tomorrow.

Well, we start tomorrow.

We're going to Missouri
with 10,000 head.

Most of you men have
come back to Texas
from the war.

You came back to nothing.

You came back to nothing.

You find your homes gone,
your cattle scattered,

and your land stolen
by carpetbaggers.

and your land stolen
by carpetbaggers.

There's no money
and no work

because there's no market
for beef in the south.

But there is in Missouri.

But there is in Missouri.

So we're going to Missouri.

I hear tell Cumberland...
Cumberland didn't make it.

No one else has.

No one else has.

That's the reason I'm here.

I want you all to know
what you're up against.

You probably already know,

You probably already know,

but I want to
make sure you do.

We got 1,000 miles to go.

Ten miles a day
will be good.

Ten miles a day
will be good.

Fifteen will be luck.

It'll be dry country,
dry wells when we get to 'em.

There'll be wind, rain.

There'll be wind, rain.

There's going
to be Indian territory.
How bad, I don't know.

When we get to Missouri,
there'll be border gangs.

When we get to Missouri,
there'll be border gangs.

It's going to be
a fight all the way,

but we'll get there.

And nobody has to come along.

I'll still have a job for you
when we get back.

I'll still have a job for you
when we get back.

But remember this,

every man who signs on
for this drive agrees
to finish it.

There will be no quitting
along the way.

There will be no quitting
along the way.

Not by me and not by you.

There's no hard feelings
if you don't want to go.

There's no hard feelings
if you don't want to go.

Just let me know now.

(STAMMERING) Mr. Dunson, I...

It's all right, Dan.
Go ahead.

It's all right, Dan.
Go ahead.

Mr. Dunson, my wife...

You don't have
to explain, Bill.

Thanks. Good luck.

Go on, Joe. Taylor.

Go on, Joe. Taylor.

MAN: Thank you,
Mr. Dunson.

It's all right, Dan.
Go ahead.

(STAMMERING)
No, sir. I didn't mean to...

(STAMMERING)
No, sir. I didn't mean to...

TOM: You mean what, then?

(STAMMERING)

I just wanted to say
I want to go.

Fine.

Fine.

And the rest of you?

That means you're
all coming along.

That means you're
all coming along.

Good.

Matt here will sign you on.

We'll start at sunup.

We'll start at sunup.

All right, come on.

Sign your name
or make your mark.

Let me sign first, Matt.

Ready, Matthew?

All ready.

Take them to Missouri,
Matt.

Yee-hah!

Yee-hah!

(WHOOPING)

Yippee!

Yippee!

Yee-hah!

Yee-hah!

All right, Quo,
let's go to Missouri!

All right, Quo,
let's go to Missouri!

(WHOOPS)

(COUGHS)

(EXCLAIMS)

(EXCLAIMS)

There they are, Matt.

Fourteen years
of hard work.

And they say
we can't make the drive.

And they say
we can't make the drive.

They could be wrong.

They better be.

(MEN YELLING)

(MAN WHISTLES)

(MAN WHISTLES)

Teeler, you and Walt
and Simms are on the
next watch.

Teeler, you and Walt
and Simms are on the
next watch.

Breakfast at 4:30, Groot.
Trail at 5:00.

All right, Tom.

All right, Tom.

Hey, Quo, when you're
finished there, get some...

What's the matter?

Grub finished?
Sure. I ate.

Grub finished?
Sure. I ate.

Give me tooth.

Teeth, I told you.

Look, it's only a few hours
till morning, I'll be
using them again.

Look, it's only a few hours
till morning, I'll be
using them again.

Come morning,
you get 'em.

Now look, Quo.
This is getting
to be plumb crazy.

We've been doing this
all day.

We've been doing this
all day.

By the time
we get to Missouri,

we'll have them
all wore out

passing them
back and forth
and back and forth.

passing them
back and forth
and back and forth.

Tell you what I'll do.

I'll give you 100% profit.

I'll give you two dollars
for your half interest.

I'll give you two dollars
for your half interest.

Uh.

Not now. When I get it.

When we finish the drive.

When we finish the drive.

I get money,
you get 'em tooth.

Teeth, you dumb heathen.

Teeth, you dumb heathen.

Why do I always have to...

Oh, what's the use?

The way we worked it,

along the Brazos
to Palo Pinto,

along the Brazos
to Palo Pinto,

up to the Red,

then north to Sedalia.

then north to Sedalia.

You make that drive to
Sedalia look very easy.

There're a lot
of rough boys
along the border.

There're a lot
of rough boys
along the border.

I just got back
from there.

And you want
to stick your nose
back in that country?

Cherry, how come
you joined the drive?

Cherry, how come
you joined the drive?

Just a notion I had
and then Matt
turned me down.

Made me want to go.

Made me want to go.

Besides, I've
taken a liking
to that gun of his.

(CHUCKLES)

Fat chance you got
of getting that, bub.

Fat chance you got
of getting that, bub.

You know, I've
been wondering
about that, Matt.

Why'd you turn me down?
You're not afraid of me.
Why?

You know what happens
if this drive doesn't
get to market?

According to Dunson,
we lose our wages.

You've just been
all through the state,
what did you see?

You've just been
all through the state,
what did you see?

Yeah, I know.
Cattle running wild,

carpetbaggers reaching
with both hands,

ranchers roasting grain
and calling it coffee.

ranchers roasting grain
and calling it coffee.

I've seen a man
try to swap a steer

for half a sack of flour.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I know why you want
to get through.
Maybe I do, too.

But why drive
into Missouri?

Why not turn west at the Red
and head 'em for Kansas?

Why not turn west at the Red
and head 'em for Kansas?

Kansas, he says.

Fine howdy ma'am
that'd be, heading
them for Kansas

when the railroad's
in Missouri.

Railroad in Kansas, too.
What?

Railroad in Kansas, too.
What?

Where?
I saw the one in Topeka
and there's one in Abilene.

Abilene?
That's further west.

Abilene?
That's further west.

Did you see it
in Abilene?

I didn't get there.

I met a girl
in Kansas City.

I met a girl
in Kansas City.

She fancied
she could sing.

She had other...
You know,

if we could head west
at the Red...

We'd save ourselves
a heap of...

We're going to Missouri.

I've seen buyers
and cash in Sedalia.

I've seen buyers
and cash in Sedalia.

What have you seen
in Abilene?

Not a thing.
Just a girl told me.

Appears to me,
Mr. Dunson...

Appears to me,
Mr. Dunson...

I didn't ask you, Groot.

No. No, that's right.

You didn't ask me,
Mr. Dunson.

We're going to Missouri.

Suppose if I
tangled with him,

I'd have to
take you on, too.

I'd have to
take you on, too.

You'll find him
a handful by himself.

You'll find him
a handful by himself.

How much further
we going today?

About four miles
north of here,
there's a good...

About four miles
north of here,
there's a good...

Hold that horse.

There's a good stream
and bed grounds.

Cinch him up.

Cinch him up.

That old ankle's
sure puffing up.

Yeah.

Yeah.

We're going to have
to paint it tonight.

Keep 'em moving.

It's a good thing
we got a big remuda.

It's a good thing
we got a big remuda.

He's been wearing out
three, four horses a day.

All the same,
I don't like it.

What don't you like?

What don't you like?

Everything is
going too good.

We're bound to have
a hatful of trouble.

Always yammering,
I tell you.

Always yammering,
I tell you.

Well, I don't like
to see things
go good or bad.

I like them
in-between.

I like them
in-between.

Groot,
what is Dan riding
in Quo's wagon for?

Groot,
what is Dan riding
in Quo's wagon for?

I was wanting to
discuss that myself.

What?
I was wanting to discuss...

What?
I was wanting to discuss...

I can't
understand you.

Why don't you
use your teeth?

Whoa!

My teeth is just
what we was discussing.

Talk on your own time.
Dan should be working.

Talk on your own time.
Dan should be working.

If you was half human,
you'd give them back to me,

you can see
I could use them.

Besides, they help keep
the dust out of my mouth.

Besides, they help keep
the dust out of my mouth.

Keep mouth shut,
dust not get in.

Bet I ate 10 pounds
in the last 16 days.

Bet I ate 10 pounds
in the last 16 days.

Before these shenanigans
are over,

I'll probably eat enough
land to incorporate me
in the Union.

The state of Groot.

The state of Groot.

Ow! Hey, that hurt.

Teeth or no teeth,
I can still use me a whip.

And you keep
out of that sugar.

Too late, Pop.
Already got me some.

Your sweet tooth
is 'most as bad as
having a whiskey tongue

Your sweet tooth
is 'most as bad as
having a whiskey tongue

or liking a woman.

A hundred days.

Well, all I got to worry about
is feeding them.

Well, all I got to worry about
is feeding them.

Come on, giddyup! Hyah!

(WHISTLES)

(WHOOPING)

Whoa. Hey, buster,

how's it down there?

This water's really fine.

This water's really fine.

Nice and cool.

Man could take himself
a right good bath.

Matt!

What's the matter?

What are you
stopping them for?

This water here
looks pretty good.

Well, there's water
three or four miles
on ahead.

Well, there's water
three or four miles
on ahead.

The men are beat,
they've had a pretty
tough day. I think...

I'll do the thinking.
Keep them going.

I'll do the thinking.
Keep them going.

Hey! Buster,
we're moving on.

Hey! Buster,
we're moving on.

Come on. Get going.

I knowed this was
too good to be true.

We're moving on.
Why did he...

We're moving on.

We're moving on.

Giddyup!

Quo, we'll bed down here.

Quo, we'll bed down here.

All right.

Hi, Laredo. Just get in?

Yup. Got any coffee?

Yup. Got any coffee?

I'll get you some.
Hi, Laredo.
What did you find?

Good water ahead for
the next three days.

Where's Dunson?
He and Matt are
out with the herd.

Where's Dunson?
He and Matt are
out with the herd.

(MEN SINGING)

Hello, Dan.
Hello, Mr. Dunson.

How are they doing?

How are they doing?

Kind of...
Kind of uneasy. They...

(COYOTE HOWLS)

That coyote ain't
helping them none.

Whoa, cattle. Whoa.

Keep quieting them.
They'll be all right.

Sure hope
nothing happens.

I been thinking
about the drive

I been thinking
about the drive

and what it means
to everybody.

Me, too. It means...
It means...

What does it mean, Dan?

What does it mean, Dan?

Well, for one thing,

when we get there,
I'll have over $100 coming.

when we get there,
I'll have over $100 coming.

That's more than I ever
had before and I...

What are you
gonna do with it?

What are you
gonna do with it?

A whole lot of things.

I'm gonna buy
the old Chapin place

then I'm gonna...
What are you gonna?

then I'm gonna...
What are you gonna?

It's my wife.

She always wanted
a little pair
of red shoes,

She always wanted
a little pair
of red shoes,

and I kind of figured
I'd get them for her.

Is that such a fool idea,
Mr. Dunson?

Is that such a fool idea,
Mr. Dunson?

It's a good idea, Dan.

I'd do it.

I will.

I will.

♪ They graze
in the coulees

♪ Drink water
in the ground ♪

♪ Drink water
in the ground ♪

Don't make too much noise
putting them pans away.

(COYOTE HOWLING)

(COYOTE HOWLING)

I don't like coyotes.

I don't like coyotes.

I had a little roan horse
once and they...

(HOWLING)

(MOOING)

(MOOING)

I wish he'd quit a-yowling.

Bothering the cattle.
Making them spooky.

Bothering the cattle.
Making them spooky.

The dust and wind
today put them
on the prod.

Wouldn't take much to
stampede the whole outfit.

Wouldn't take much to
stampede the whole outfit.

I was in a stampede once.
Don't want no more.

Nighthawk sneezed.

Nighthawk sneezed.

Just sneezed and
the whole bunch was off.

They run for six miles
before we got them headed.

That's when old Whizzer White
and them three other fellers
got it.

That's when old Whizzer White
and them three other fellers
got it.

I remember.

That's right, you knowed
old Whizzer, didn't you?

Yeah. No stampedes
for me. I...

Yeah. No stampedes
for me. I...

(HOWLING)

(COWS MOOING)

I don't like them.

I don't like them.

I don't like coyotes.

Use your head, Teeler.

One shot on a night
like tonight is apt to
start the whole herd running.

One shot on a night
like tonight is apt to
start the whole herd running.

Sure. I wasn't thinking.

(PANS CLATTERING)

Kenneally.

(CLATTERING)

Stampede!

They're heading for camp!

They're heading for camp!

Head 'em off!

Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!

(HORSE NEIGHING)

(SCREAMING)

(SCREAMING)

(GUN FIRING)

Hyah! Hyah!

Round up! Round up, Matt!

Round up! Round up, Matt!

Don't let them split!

(NEIGHING)

(NEIGHING)

Help! Hey!

Cherry, come here.

(GUN FIRING)

Turn 'em in!

Over this way, Simms!

Come on, head 'em down
into the coulee!

Get into the canyon!

Get into the canyon!

Let 'em down!
Let 'em down!

Let 'em down!
Let 'em down!

All right, Laredo,
hold them right in there!

Give him a hand back there,
will you?

They're too tired
to run anymore.

Have you seen Teeler
or Dan Latimer?

Teeler's right over there
on that high ground.

Teeler's right over there
on that high ground.

I saw Dan right among them
back near camp.

Next look,
I didn't see him.

Next look,
I didn't see him.

Buster, have you
seen Latimer?

No, not since
they started.

Where did you
see him last?

Simms.

Dan was wearing
checkered pants,
wasn't he?

Dan was wearing
checkered pants,
wasn't he?

Yeah, and he was riding
a little buckskin mare.

(COYOTE HOWLS)

I'll stay here
till morning.

Did you find him, Tom?

Yeah.

We'll bury him and I'll

read over him
in the morning.

read over him
in the morning.

And, Matt, about his wife,

see that she gets full pay
for the whole drive,

see that she gets full pay
for the whole drive,

just as if
he'd finished it.

Sure.

And get her a...

Well, anything else
you can think of.

Like a pair of red shoes,
maybe.

That's the way he wanted it,
wasn't it?

TOM: "We brought nothing
into this world,

"and it's certain
we can carry nothing out.

"and it's certain
we can carry nothing out.

"The Lord gave and
the Lord hath taken away.

"Blessed be the name
of the Lord. Amen."

"Blessed be the name
of the Lord. Amen."

Bunk Kenneally.

You started all this,
didn't you?

Yeah, I did.

I know it,
and I'd do anything.

I know it,
and I'd do anything.

A tally would show we're
300 or 400 heads short,

and you killed
Dan Latimer.

Sure. Sure I did.
I know that, too.

Sure. Sure I did.
I know that, too.

I know it, I know,
and I'd give...

I'd give my right arm...
Stealing sugar
like a kid.

I'd give my right arm...
Stealing sugar
like a kid.

Well, they whip kids
to teach them better.

BUNK: They what?
Laredo, Teeler,

BUNK: They what?
Laredo, Teeler,

tie him to that wagon wheel.

No. No, they won't.
Nobody's going to tie me
to no wagon wheel. No, sir.

No. No, they won't.
Nobody's going to tie me
to no wagon wheel. No, sir.

Then you'll take it
without a wheel
to lean against.

Mr. Dunson, I was wrong,
awful wrong,

but nobody's
going to whip me.

but nobody's
going to whip me.

Turn around, Bunk.
Don't do it, Mr. Dunson.

Turn around or you'll
get it in the eye.

Don't do it, Mr. Dunson.
I tell you, don't do it!

(GUN FIRES)

(GUN FIRES)

You'd have shot him
right between the eyes.

You'd have shot him
right between the eyes.

Just as sure
as you're standing there.

Well, you shot him.
You can take care of him.

Well, you shot him.
You can take care of him.

And the rest of you,

And the rest of you,

you got a couple of thousand
head to round up.

Get at it.

Go ahead, say it.

You was wrong,
Mr. Dunson.

You was wrong,
Mr. Dunson.

Thanks, Matt.

He... He'd
have killed me.

He... He'd
have killed me.

Yeah. You gonna be
able to make it
home all right?

Won't be no party,
but he'll make it.

Won't be no party,
but he'll make it.

Groot will fix you up
with some food.

Sure.

Take along an extra
horse, huh?

Take along an extra
horse, huh?

This might hurt.

You're fast with that
gun, Matt, awful fast,
but your heart's soft.

Too soft.

Too soft.

It might get you hurt
some day.

Could be.

I wouldn't count on it.

I wouldn't count on it.

(THUNDER CRACKING)

(THUNDER CRACKING)

(EXCLAIMING)

Beef again?

Beef again?

I was figuring on having
sow belly and beans.

I got a mite of that left,
but it takes time to
cook up a tasty meal.

I got a mite of that left,
but it takes time to
cook up a tasty meal.

I can't whip up
no pate foie gras

with 30 hungry drivers
breathing down my neck.

I could eat
something else.

I could eat
something else.

Well, you gotta
bed down early,
or you gotta have beef.

I don't like it myself.
Me neither.

Who asked you to talk?

Who asked you to talk?

I was just saying
the same as you was.

Well, you wait
till you're as old as me
before you talk like me.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

What's the matter
with you?
This stuff tastes awful.

Me and nature done
the best we could.

You can't make burnt grain
taste like coffee.

You can't make burnt grain
taste like coffee.

Lousy muck. I'd like
to tell that Dunson...

Give me some coffee.

What was it you wanted
to tell Dunson, Teeler?

A man can't eat
this kind of food.

A man can't eat
this kind of food.

After we lost
that other grub wagon,
we should have turned back.

We didn't turn back,
and we're not going to.

We didn't turn back,
and we're not going to.

Even if we had,
I couldn't replace
what we lost.

I'm broke. I got nothing
to buy it with.

I'm broke. I got nothing
to buy it with.

So you're on short rations
and bad coffee,

and you're gonna be
until we finish the drive.

and you're gonna be
until we finish the drive.

And you're gonna
finish it.

Teeler, I like
what the man says.

Like it or not,
that's it.

Come on and get it,
you hungry hounds.

(RASPING) My name's Sutter.

Been riding point
for old man Garwood.

Over 2,000 head...

Over 2,000 head...

My neck. It hurts.

My neck. It hurts.

They put a rope
around it and...

And then they...

That food sure looks good.

I haven't had anything
in over four days and...

Well, a fella gets mighty...

TOM: Grab him.

Bring him over here.

Bring him over here.

There. That's better.
I was nearly all in.

Want to hear
about it now?

Want to hear
about it now?

Go ahead.

Well, we had nearly
2,000 head of cattle,

along with
old man Garwood.

along with
old man Garwood.

Everything went fine
till we crossed
the big Red,

and then it happened.

We got as far
as the Wichitas
when they jumped us.

We got as far
as the Wichitas
when they jumped us.

How many were
in that bunch
that jumped y'all?

Oh, maybe 100, I guess.

Oh, maybe 100, I guess.

They stampeded
the cattle,

then picked us up
one by one as we came out.

We didn't have a chance,
not a chance.

We didn't have a chance,
not a chance.

Why did they put
a rope on you?

They did worse than that.

They nailed Garwood's
feet and hands
to a wagon wheel.

They nailed Garwood's
feet and hands
to a wagon wheel.

He was dead
when I got to him.

MAN: How'd you get loose?

Just luck. The rope
they put on me was
frayed and broke.

Just luck. The rope
they put on me was
frayed and broke.

We should never have
gone that way.

We should've turned
north at the big Red.

We should've turned
north at the big Red.

Why do you
say that?

A fella named
Jess Chisholm,
an Indian trader,

he told me he blazed a trail
all through the nations.

he told me he blazed a trail
all through the nations.

He said we could
follow it clear to Kansas.

That way we'd only have
Indians to worry about.

That way we'd only have
Indians to worry about.

Where in Kansas?

Abilene.

Said there's
a railroad there.

Railroad? He said there's
railroad in Abilene?

Railroad? He said there's
railroad in Abilene?

Did he say
he saw it?

Well, I...

I...

I can't remember.

Give me a razor.

Want to come along
with us?

SUTTER: Where to? Missouri?

Yeah.

Yeah.

No. I've had enough.

If you could spare
a little food, though.

Sure.

I've had enough, too.

What?
We started a drive
we'll never finish.

What?
We started a drive
we'll never finish.

We'll finish the drive,
Mailer.

I'll sell my beef
in Missouri.

What do we eat
on the way?
Beef.

What do we eat
on the way?
Beef.

What do we drink?

Rain water
if we have to.

Rain water
if we have to.

Not me.
I'm heading south.

I've had enough, Dunson.

Unless we try
for Abilene.

Unless we try
for Abilene.

You, Fernandez?

You, Fernandez?

Me, I think this way.

If I'm going to die,
I go south to die.

At least my people
can find my grave

At least my people
can find my grave

and maybe
put flowers on it.

There was an agreement
made when you signed on.

There was an agreement
made when you signed on.

You agreed
to finish this drive.

I'm gonna hold you to it.

MAILER: How?

I don't want to have
to kill you, Mailer.

I don't want to have
to kill you, Mailer.

With what?

(GROANING)

All right,
anybody else?

Say it now,

'cause I don't want
to ever hear it again.

'cause I don't want
to ever hear it again.

I don't like quitters,

especially when
they're not good enough
to finish what they start.

Go on, speak up!

Go on, speak up!

Say it, and you can
join your friends here.
All I want is...

Where are you going?

Where are you going?

I'm going to sit down.

You got work to do. You...

Watch it.

I was just getting myself
a drink of water.

I was just getting myself
a drink of water.

I'm just listening.

Well, there's quitters
to be buried.

Well, there's quitters
to be buried.

I'll read over them
in the morning.

Planting and reading.

Planting and reading.

Fill a man full of lead,
stick him in the ground,

Fill a man full of lead,
stick him in the ground,

and then read words at him.

Why, when you kill a man,

why try to read
the Lord in

why try to read
the Lord in

as a partner on the job?

Well?

You didn't have to
do that back there.

You joined in.

Yeah, and I thought
you were wrong.
Then why didn't you...

Don't try and tell me
what to think.

Don't try and tell me
what to think.

I'll take your orders
about work, but not
about what to think.

You think I'm to
blame for that?

Just as sure as
you're sitting there.

Just as sure as
you're sitting there.

And so?
So I'll take
your orders.

Hit you in the leg,
huh?

Yeah.

Yeah.

It ain't bad.

It went clean through.

It went clean through.

Ain't as bad
as it should be.

You, too?

You, too?

What do you
got to say?

Nothing. If I did,
you wouldn't listen to it.

(GROANS)

You find him?

No. They're gone,
all right.

That's a pretty
how-do-you-do.

That's a pretty
how-do-you-do.

You ought to...

No. I better
tell him myself.

Tom. Tom.

Hold it.

Oh.

Oh.

Teeler, Laredo
and Bill Kelsey are gone.

What?
They up and left.

How do you know?

I went to wake them,
and they wasn't there.

When did they go?
During the night.

When did they go?
During the night.

They was on second guard.
It could've happened
any time.

Anybody know anything
about Teeler, Kelsey,
or Laredo?

Anybody know anything
about Teeler, Kelsey,
or Laredo?

Ain't no doubt about it.
I checked the wagon.

We're shy some cartridges,
flour, and mighty salt.

How many cartridges?

How many cartridges?

This side of 100.

Flour?
One sack.

Those sneaking,
yellow...

Those sneaking,
yellow...

Well, they're
not going to...

Matt, get...

No.

Cherry, get mounted
and take Grant here and...

Cherry, get mounted
and take Grant here and...

Grant will be enough.

They'll probably head
straight south.

Find them.
Bring them back.

Find them.
Bring them back.

Supposing they
won't come?
Bring them.

We'll catch up
with you.

From now on,
this outfit's gonna move.

From now on,
this outfit's gonna move.

Get them going.

TOM: Matt.

TOM: Matt.

Keep your point moving.
The drag's catching up.

Sure.

Red River ahead!

Red River ahead!

MAN 1: Hey, it's
the Red River!

MAN 2: Red River ahead!

MAN 2: Red River ahead!

MAN 3: Red River ahead!

Hyah!

Hyah! Hyah!

Hyah! Hyah!

Well, here's your Red.

Well, here's your Red.

It's quite a river.

We sure had
a lot smaller herd
the last time we crossed.

We sure had
a lot smaller herd
the last time we crossed.

One bull and a cow.

Well, this looks like
as good a place as any.

This'll take us
the rest of the day
and part of the night.

Why not cross fresh
in the morning?

Why not cross fresh
in the morning?

We'll put them
across now.

We've got a pretty
tired bunch behind us.

Tired men don't run away.

Tired men don't run away.

We can't keep them
this wore out all
the rest of the drive.

No, but we can
keep them this wore out
until Cherry gets back.

No, but we can
keep them this wore out
until Cherry gets back.

Then nobody will
want to run away.

Mark for us,
will you, Leather?

LEATHER: Sure enough!

LEATHER: Sure enough!

Hyah!

Quicksand down in here!
Mark this!

More of it in here!

Mark it from the stump
to the tree!

Mark it from the stump
to the tree!

From the stump
to the tree.

How is it up there, Matt?

Firm all the way!

All right!
Bring them on in,

All right!
Bring them on in,

but keep them downstream.

Bring them on, boys!

Matt, watch for strays.

Matt, watch for strays.

MATT: Right!

Come on, cattle!

Here, cattle!

Come on, cattle.

Come on. Get going now.

Hyah, cattle! Go!

Come on, cattle!

Come on, cattle!

Hyah!

Hyah!

Get over there!

All right.
Get up there!

Hyah! Get over now!

Hyah! Get over now!

TOM: Straighten out
that line!

TOM: Straighten out
that line!

Keep downstream!

Hyah!

Hyah!

Keep coming!

GROOT: Bedroll's
right down there, Tom.

GROOT: Bedroll's
right down there, Tom.

Have some coffee, Tom?

I picked up a few...
Hi, Matt.

Hi.

Hi.

We just picked up
a few strays
downstream.

All told, we've lost
30 to 40 head.

All told, we've lost
30 to 40 head.

Better than 9,000
head across in less
than four hours.

That's awful good, Tom.

Boys did all right.

Boys did all right.

Yeah.

Why don't you
tell them so?

That's their job.

They're awful tired.

Then we won't have
to count noses
in the morning.

Then we won't have
to count noses
in the morning.

That leg bothering you?

Yeah, I hooked it
on a horn,

opened it up a little.

opened it up a little.

Take a look.
No. Wait till morning.

You need sleep, Tom.

You need it bad.

Some nights ago
we lost three men.

Some nights ago
we lost three men.

I haven't slept since,
and we haven't
lost any more.

I haven't slept since,
and we haven't
lost any more.

We're not gonna
lose any tonight,
nor from now on.

Why'd we have
to cross today?

Wouldn't tomorrow
have been just as good?

Dunson's orders.
Ask him.

Dunson's orders.
Ask him.

We could have waited
till morning

instead of finishing
after dark.

instead of finishing
after dark.

It don't make sense.
We've got a long way
to go yet.

He's getting worse
every day.

He's getting worse
every day.

Sometimes I think
he's going plumb
out of his head.

Why tell me?
If you feel that way,
what do you tell me for?

Why tell me?
If you feel that way,
what do you tell me for?

I'm sorry, I'd...

I'm sorry, I'd...

Here...

Matt, things
ain't right.

It's him. He's got
to get some sleep.

It's him. He's got
to get some sleep.

If he don't, something's
going to happen.

All the sleep he's had
the last three nights

All the sleep he's had
the last three nights

wouldn't fill
a mouse's ear.

He won't sleep until...

He won't sleep until...

Yeah.

When do you expect
Cherry back?

If he comes.

If he comes.

Tomorrow sometime.

(MAN HOOTS)

MAN: Looks like Cherry!

Hyah! Hyah!

(WHOOPING)

(WHOOPING)

Get down of them horses.
I don't favor looking up
to the likes of you.

Get down of them horses.
I don't favor looking up
to the likes of you.

That's better.

That's better.

You should
be crawling.

Cherry, I sent you out
after three of them.

You brought back two.

You brought back two.

Bill Kelsey figured
he'd rather fight.

Made a good one
of it for a while.

Hmm. Laredo, Teeler,
you signed on
for the drive.

Hmm. Laredo, Teeler,
you signed on
for the drive.

You signed on
to finish it.

That's right, we did.
But we...

That's right, we did.
But we...

TOM: You stole beans
and flour and cartridges.

Besides being deserters,
you're common thieves.

LAREDO: The law might
see it differently.

LAREDO: The law might
see it differently.

I'm the law!
You're a thief!

You, too, Teeler.

Anything more?

Anything more?

I know what you're
going to do to us,

but first I wanna
tell you something.

Go ahead.
You're crazy.

You've been drinking,
and you ain't
been sleeping,

You've been drinking,
and you ain't
been sleeping,

if you ain't crazy
you're skin-close to it.

You through?
No.

You want to get
this herd to market.
Well, so do all of us.

You want to get
this herd to market.
Well, so do all of us.

There's a good way to Abilene,
but you won't listen to that.

No, you wanna drive them
to Missouri

No, you wanna drive them
to Missouri

when you got the high,
low and jack against you.

I ain't through yet.

This herd don't
belong to you.

This herd don't
belong to you.

It belongs
to every poor, hoping,
and praying cattleman

in the whole wide state.

I shouldn't
have run away.

I shouldn't
have run away.

I should have stayed
and put a bullet in you.

I signed a pledge, sure,
but you ain't the man
I signed it with.

I signed a pledge, sure,
but you ain't the man
I signed it with.

You finished?

Yeah. Now you can
get your Bible

and read over us
after you shoot us.

and read over us
after you shoot us.

I'm going to hang you.

No. No, you're not.

No. No, you're not.

What?

You're not going
to hang them.

You're not going
to hang them.

Who'll stop me?

I will.

Give me that gun.
Somebody give me...

Give me that gun.
Somebody give me...

I'll kill him.
Let me go.

He was going to kill me.

He was going to kill me.

He didn't give me a chance.

Turn him loose.

Cherry,
give me that gun.

Cherry,
give me that gun.

Here's what you've
been crying for.
All right. Use it.

Go on. You got
what you wanted.

What are you waiting for?
If you don't want to live,

all you have to do is...

all you have to do is...

You're a lucky man,
Teeler.

This is how close
you came.

This is how close
you came.

Matt, we're getting
as crazy as he is.

Matt, we're getting
as crazy as he is.

Keep it.

Keep it.

You want to finish
the drive?

Where are we going?
Abilene.

Who's heading it?

I am.
What about Dunson?

I am.
What about Dunson?

He stays here.

We're taking
the herd.

That's good enough
for me.

I'm with you, Matt.

(ALL AGREEING)

(ALL AGREEING)

Groot? How about you?

You was wrong,
Mr. Dunson.

You was wrong,
Mr. Dunson.

I've been with you
a lot of years,

and up till now, right
or wrong, I've always
done like you said.

and up till now, right
or wrong, I've always
done like you said.

It got to be
kind of a habit
with me, I guess.

That's why
I'm staying with you.

Go on with them.

Go on with them.

Thanks. Thanks for
making it easy on me.

All right, Matt,
I'll be coming with you.

Throw them on the trails!
Start driving!

Throw them on the trails!
Start driving!

Buster.
You wait here
till I get back.

Buster.
You wait here
till I get back.

You come looking
for me, Mr. Dunson,
I'll be in Abilene.

(MOOING)

All right, Groot.
Get going.

Hyah! Hyah!

(WHISTLING)

If there's
any chance at all,

If there's
any chance at all,

we'll get your herd
to Abilene.

Cherry was right.
You're soft.

You should have
let them kill me

You should have
let them kill me

'cause I'm going
to kill you.

I'll catch up with you.

I don't know when,
but I'll catch up.

I don't know when,
but I'll catch up.

Every time
you turn around,
expect to see me.

'Cause one time
you'll turn around,
and I'll be there.

'Cause one time
you'll turn around,
and I'll be there.

I'll kill you, Matt.

It's only me.

I thought...
I was scared it was...

I thought...
I was scared it was...

Yeah. Got some coffee?

Yeah.

I'm an idiot, been jumping
at every sound I hear.

He wouldn't be
coming back yet,
would he?

I don't know.

You know, Matt,
I've been figuring.

You know, Matt,
I've been figuring.

He'd be a fool
to come alone.

Then again, he might.

Then again, he might.

Yeah.
Yeah.

Most likely,
he'll ride back

and get men
and cartridges.

You took all of his
before we left, didn't you?
Mmm-hmm.

Let me see now.

Nearest place
is San Felipe.

Nearest place
is San Felipe.

With that bad leg,
he'll have to take it easy.

It will take him
at least four days.

It will take him
at least four days.

He'll pick up men
and start after us.

That's four more.
That's eight days.

That's four more.
That's eight days.

And at the rate
we've been traveling

it's eight days
to the river...
Nearer 10.

I've been figuring
some myself.

I've been figuring
some myself.

Four more, that's 16,
and 20 is...

Twenty-two days
altogether.

Twenty-two days
altogether.

We've been
gone four days.

Four from 22 is, uh...

Four from 22 is, uh...

That's 18 days
from now.

That's 18 days
from now.

He couldn't get back
quicker than that,
could he?

If that's how he does it,
that's figuring pretty fine.

Yeah. The men are figuring
pretty fine, too,

Yeah. The men are figuring
pretty fine, too,

snarling and snapping

and jumping at
their own shadows.

and jumping at
their own shadows.

What do you think
will happen when he
does come back, Matt?

What do you think
will happen when he
does come back, Matt?

Yeah. I've been
wondering, too.

The way he looked
when we left him...

The way he looked
when we left him...

It all happened so fast.

I didn't...

I hadn't started out...

I hadn't started out...

I couldn't let him
hang Teeler and Laredo.

I couldn't let him
hang Teeler and Laredo.

You ain't sorry
you done it?

I don't know.

I don't know.

He was wrong.

I hope I'm right.

I hope I'm right.

I hope there's
a railroad in Abilene.

(MOOING)

(MOOING)

MAN: Hey, Matt!
Come here!

Matt, look at this.

About a day ago.

Not over a day
as I make it.

Whoa!

Quo.

Comanche.

Are you sure?

Comanche arrow.

That's trouble.

The tracks
lead north.

The tracks
lead north.

Well, do we go on?

Which would
you rather have,

what's behind
or what might
be ahead?

what's behind
or what might
be ahead?

Cherry.
Yeah?

Cherry.
Yeah?

You and Buster,

go on ahead about
10, 12 miles,

go on ahead about
10, 12 miles,

enough to give warning.

Get Groot to give you
some food.

Take your rifles.

Teeler, see the rest
of the men have theirs.

Teeler, see the rest
of the men have theirs.

Buster.

(CATTLE MOOING)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

You ought
to get yourself
some sleep, Matt.

You ought
to get yourself
some sleep, Matt.

Yeah. I'd like to.

When do you
expect to hear from
Cherry and Buster?

How much grub
did they take?

How much grub
did they take?

Only enough
for three days.

TEELER: Gun, gun, gun, gun.

My gun. Where's my gun?

My gun. Where's my gun?

Teeler! Teeler, wake up!

You were having
a nightmare.

You were having
a nightmare.

You all right?

Yeah. I was dreaming.
I thought he was
following us.

Forget it. Try and
get back to sleep.

Forget it. Try and
get back to sleep.

How can a man sleep
with Indians all ahead
and him behind us?

How can a man sleep
with Indians all ahead
and him behind us?

He won't reach us
for two weeks.

How do you know?

I don't.

I don't.

We'll start
an hour early
in the morning.

It's funny...

Funny what the night
does to a man.

You're all right
during the day.

You're all right
during the day.

During the day
they can see.

(MOOING)

(WHISTLING)

(WHISTLING)

Hyah!

(MAN WHOOPING)

It's Buster.

Women!

Women and coffee,
I tell you!
I seen them.

I have some!

No, no, I ain't
I'm telling you.

No, no, I ain't
I'm telling you.

I had pie and biscuits
and beans and coffee,

and a bottle of whiskey
all in the same day.

and a bottle of whiskey
all in the same day.

(ALL CLAMORING)
Women?

Hey, hey, hey.

Where was all this,
Buster?

About 15, 18 miles
north of here.

About 15, 18 miles
north of here.

A whole wagon train of them,
heading for Nevadee.

No fooling?

I ain't fooling,
I tell you.
I seen them.

I ain't fooling,
I tell you.
I seen them.

They belong
to the Donegal.

He went to Nevadee and
he sent back to New Orleans
for his whole outfit.

They got a big, long bar
and they got dice tables.

They got a big, long bar
and they got dice tables.

They got dancing girls.

Let's go!

Hold it!

Hold it!

Buster, uh, you say
about 15 miles away?

Maybe a little more.

Maybe a little more.

Yes. About a two-day drive.

Well, who's going
to stay behind and
drive the herd?

Well, who's going
to stay behind and
drive the herd?

Nobody. I don't blame you.

Nobody. I don't blame you.

We're going together
and taking the
herd with us.

That's fair enough.
In two days, we'll all
have a cup of coffee.

That's fair enough.
In two days, we'll all
have a cup of coffee.

You might tell the men.
Maybe they'd like to hear.

(MEN WHOOPING)

Buster, where's Cherry?

Cherry, oh, well...

He figured there
was no need in
two of us coming.

He figured there
was no need in
two of us coming.

Yeah.
One was...

Is she pretty?

Oh, Matt. Do you
remember that little
filly I used to own?

Oh, Matt. Do you
remember that little
filly I used to own?

That's what I figured.

Come on.

I've never seen
such a bunch of men
in all my born days.

Everybody wants
to ride point

Everybody wants
to ride point

so as they'll
get in sooner.

I'll bet there ain't
a man back in
the drag. I...

What's the matter?

I thought
I heard something.

Oh, hi, Buster.
Hi.

How much further to
your coffee, Buster?

How much further to
your coffee, Buster?

Oh, it ain't so far.
Any of that water left?

Cherry and me rode over
this part at night.

Cherry and me rode over
this part at night.

I'd say it was nearer
than further.

(MAN YELLING)

What's he want?

I don't know.

I don't know.

Let's find out.

Team! Giddyup now!

Team! Giddyup now!

Team! Giddyup now!

Hey, Matt.
I hear gunfire.

Where?
Seems like it's coming from
right over that next ridge.

Where?
Seems like it's coming from
right over that next ridge.

I hear guns
cocking up ahead!

Yeah, I know, Laredo.

(GUNS FIRING)

Why do they
always yell?

I don't know.

I don't know.

I make it
a few past 100.

That's my count.

We're going to need
the rest of the men.

We're going to need
the rest of the men.

Laredo, while
you get the men,

the four of us
will go on in.

the four of us
will go on in.

What about
the cattle?

Herd'll go sage-belly
without the men.

It'll take us days
to gather them.

Yeah, I know,
saving a bunch of
gamblers and women.

Yeah, I know,
saving a bunch of
gamblers and women.

Laredo, when
you get the men,

Laredo, when
you get the men,

split them up.

Half go in
from over there,

half from
behind the knoll.

As you go in,

As you go in,

we'll come out from
the wagons and meet
you. Got that?

Yup.

Don't leave
any of them alive,

Don't leave
any of them alive,

or they'll come back
and hit the herd.

Well, Buster,

Well, Buster,

want some more coffee?

All righty.

Don't shoot
until you have to.

Don't shoot
until you have to.

(EXCLAIMS)

Matt!
Over here, Matt!

Matt!
Over here, Matt!

Spread out!

Yell when you
see them coming.

Glad you got here.
They hit us about
an hour ago.

The others coming?

The others coming?

Yeah, shouldn't take long.
They're coming in...

They're coming in
from both sides
of that slope.

We're going out
when they get here.
Tell them, will you?

Sure.

Sure.

There's some extra
guns and a rifle.
Help yourself.

(GUNS FIRING)

(GUNS FIRING)

You're shooting high.
Aim lower.

You're shooting high.
Aim lower.

You're standing
in a lot of mud.

The water barrel
got hit.

You're still
shooting high.

I probably am.
I'm no good.

Stop wasting powder.

Load this for me,
and keep down.

Load this for me,
and keep down.

What are you
so mad about?

I asked you
why you're angry.

Is it because...

Is it because...

Because some of
your men might...

Might get hurt?
Killed, maybe?

Might get hurt?
Killed, maybe?

Why don't you stop
talking and load the...

That's fine.

That's fine.

Thought I told you
to stay down.
You did.

Why didn't you?
Because I got up.

Why didn't you?
Because I got up.

Not so bad.

Hold still.

All right, it's free.

MAN: Here they come, Matt!

You'll have to wait.

Ma'am?
Ma'am, over here.

Ma'am?
Ma'am, over here.

Watch her, will you?
See she doesn't move
till I get back.

(GUNS FIRING)

(GUNS FIRING)

All right, thanks.

All right, thanks.

Leave the cloth, will you?

I'm going to have to
cut your dress away.

That shouldn't
bother you.

It doesn't.

It doesn't.

I asked you before
why you were so mad.

Is it...

Is it because
your cattle,

the cattle Cherry
told me about,
might run off?

the cattle Cherry
told me about,
might run off?

Or maybe...

Or maybe you don't
like the idea
of helping...

Or maybe you don't
like the idea
of helping...

Helping a bunch of...

A bunch of what?

Yeah, that's what I
thought you thought.
This is going to hurt.

Yeah, that's what I
thought you thought.
This is going to hurt.

Like they say,
this'll hurt you
more than it does me.

No, this will hurt you.

(GROANS)

(GROANS)

You were right.

It did.
Still leaves the poison.

It did.
Still leaves the poison.

(SPITS)

(SPITS)

It's...
It's too bad to...

To put you
to so much trouble.

To put you
to so much trouble.

Here. Hold this.

You got blood
on your cheek.

Going to make you faint?

Going to make you faint?

I hope not.

At least not until
I've done something

I've been wanting to do.

I've been wanting to do.

Well, I saw
the slap.

Come on, lift her up.

What happened?

She's going to
be all right.

She's going to
be all right.

Where does she belong?
Over here.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(PEOPLE CHEERING)

(PEOPLE CHEERING)

Any of your men hurt,
Cherry?

Any of your men hurt,
Cherry?

Not enough to count.
We were lucky.

I said we were lucky.

Sorry, Cherry, I was just...

Sorry, Cherry, I was just...

I know. There's no
use looking, Millay.
He won't be coming.

I didn't really think
he would. I just...

I didn't really think
he would. I just...

Where is he?

Out with the herd,
watching.

What's his name, Cherry?

What's his name, Cherry?

Matthew Garth.

Matthew Garth.

Matthew Garth.

Shoulder hurt much?

A little.

A little.

I made a mess of things,
didn't I?

I don't know.
I wasn't there.
What happened?

Took one look at me

and made up his mind
I was one of a bunch of...

One look,
that's all he took.

One look,
that's all he took.

Got mad. Wasn't
any excuse. I just...

Yeah.

Tell me why he
did that, Cherry.

There's a lot to it.
I don't know the whole...

There's a lot to it.
I don't know the whole...

Hey, Groot, come here.

This is Miss Millay.

This is Miss Millay.

Howdy, ma'am.

He's Groot. He knows more
about Matt than anyone else.

She'd like to
know about him.

She'd like to
know about him.

What did you
want to know?

Anything you can
tell me, Groot.

Anything you can
tell me, Groot.

Why?

See, I met Matt today
just after he rode in.

We didn't get along
very well,

We didn't get along
very well,

and I want to
find out why.

He thought I was...

He thought I was...

Hold it.

Right there.

It's okay, Buster.
It's me, Matt.

(SIGHS)

(CHUCKLES)

I thought it was...

Ah, look at me.

Ah, look at me.

The fog's
got me jumpy.

Wish it would rain.

He wouldn't
pick you off
in the fog, Buster.

He wouldn't
pick you off
in the fog, Buster.

No, I know it.

I ain't seen a thing
till you come by.

I ain't seen a thing
till you come by.

I'll be back
at midnight.

Get Groot to fix you
some food.

Get Groot to fix you
some food.

We're starting
in the morning.

Well, that's
the story.

Well, that's
the story.

Now you know
more about him.

Yeah.

What would you do
if you were me?

What would you do
if you were me?

If I was you?

Now ain't that
just like a woman?
I ain't you.

Now ain't that
just like a woman?
I ain't you.

How far do you think you'd
get with a puss like mine?

I'd like to talk to him
if he'll talk to me.

I'd like to talk to him
if he'll talk to me.

We ain't gonna be here
but a few more hours.
I know.

Morning, at the latest,
we'll be gone.

I know that. I still
want to talk to him.

I know that. I still
want to talk to him.

That's the way you want it?

That's the way I want it.

That's the way I want it.

All right. I'll go
see where he's at.

(RUSTLING)

(RUSTLING)

Matthew?
Matthew Garth?

Over here.

Over here.

Groot said
I'd find you here.

Groot said
I'd find you here.

I wanted to talk to you.
Is it all right?
I wanted to...

You're shaking.
You thought I was Dunson.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Hey, how did you...
I know a little bit about it.
Groot told me.

It's funny I...

I didn't imagine
you being scared.
It doesn't seem to fit.

I didn't imagine
you being scared.
It doesn't seem to fit.

It fits.
I guess it does.

It makes things clearer.
It helps.

Helps what?

Helps what?

I know how you feel.
I'm scared, too.

That's why
I'm talking.

It's the best thing to do
when you feel that way.
Just talk and keep on talking.

It's the best thing to do
when you feel that way.
Just talk and keep on talking.

No, really, it is.

I talk to myself even if
I have to sit in front
of a mirror and talk.

I talk to myself even if
I have to sit in front
of a mirror and talk.

I can just see myself...
But, you don't
have to do that.

You can talk to me.
I'm right here.

If it would help...
Oh, please.

If it would help...
Oh, please.

You can tell me to
mind my own business
if you'd like.

If it would help any,
you can hit me. Like I did
you. Right across the mouth.

If it would help any,
you can hit me. Like I did
you. Right across the mouth.

It would be good
for you to talk and
I'd like to talk to you...

(TWIGS SNAPPING)

(WHISTLING)

(WHISTLING)

Please, I'd really
like to talk to you.

Please, I'd really
like to talk to you.

I'd like it better than
talking to a mirror.

I want to know
more about him.

I want to know
more about him.

Why does he
think that way?

Because he got
to a place where...

Because he got
to a place where...

See, he'd taken
empty land,
used for nothing,

and made it
the biggest ranch
in the state of Texas.

and made it
the biggest ranch
in the state of Texas.

Fought to keep it.

Flat-nosed bull
and one cow,

that's all
he started with.

And, well...

And, well...

Well, what?

After he'd
done all that,

gotten what he'd been
after for so long,

it wasn't
worth anything.

it wasn't
worth anything.

It wasn't
worth having.

So he started
this drive.

Everyone said
you can't make it,
you'll never get there.

Everyone said
you can't make it,
you'll never get there.

He was the only one
believed we could.

He was the only one
believed we could.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)
Had to believe.

So he started thinking
one way, his way.

So he started thinking
one way, his way.

Told men what to do
and made them do it.

Otherwise, we wouldn't have
gotten as far as we did.

Otherwise, we wouldn't have
gotten as far as we did.

Started them
for Missouri.

All he knew was
he had to get there.

All he knew was
he had to get there.

I took his herd
away from him.

You love him,
don't you?

You love him,
don't you?

He must love you.

That wouldn't be hard.

That wouldn't be hard.

Did you like that?

Did you like that?

I've always
been kind of slow
making up my mind.

Maybe I can help.

Don't need any more help.
Will you do that again?

That was sure good.
Yeah.

That was sure good.
Yeah.

Anybody can fix
good vittles

if they have
something to cook.

I'm so hungry,
I could eat anything.

Why don't you eat, then?

Why don't you eat, then?

Quo's out gathering wood.
Sent him before I thought
about eating.

Hi, Cherry.
Hi.

It's raining
hard in the hills.
The river's rising.

It's raining
hard in the hills.
The river's rising.

It gets any worse
we'll have a bad time
crossing.

Sure don't want
to get stuck
on this side.

Sure don't want
to get stuck
on this side.

That's what
I was thinking.

Somebody ought
to tell Matt.
I'll tell him.

Matt, Cherry was
just saying it's
raining hard...

Matt, Cherry was
just saying it's
raining hard...

Yeah, I heard.

I was figuring
that way myself.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

We're leaving now.

All right.
Let's get started.
We're crossing tonight.

Cherry,
take the point.

Start the bunch down
on the flats first. Get
going as soon as you can.

Start the bunch down
on the flats first. Get
going as soon as you can.

Anything else?

We can't take her
with us, can we?

Well, we could, uh...

Well, we could, uh...

What?

No. No, I don't
suppose we could.

Where you been?
It sure took you
long enough.

Where you been?
It sure took you
long enough.

Now we're moving,
and I ain't had
nothing to eat.

Come on, start packing.

Need anything else,
ma'am?

Thanks, Danny.
That's all.

Thanks, Danny.
That's all.

MAN: Hey, we've got visitors!

Hiya, stranger.
Where are you from?

Texas.

What can we do
for you?

A trail hurried
through here
a while back.

A trail hurried
through here
a while back.

That's right.
When?

Over a week ago.

They helped us out
when the Indians
hit us.

We've been patching up
our wounded and damaged
before moving on.

We've been patching up
our wounded and damaged
before moving on.

How far ahead
are they?

They're gone
eight days now.

They're gone
eight days now.

Nine tomorrow morning.

Well, we're about
ready to eat, mister.

You and your men
can stick around.
We'll feed you.

You and your men
can stick around.
We'll feed you.

Well, thanks.
I'll take care
of Mr. Dunson.

You two boys...

Some of you
come with me.

How did you know
my name?

We can talk
about that later.

We can talk
about that later.

Sit down.

I believe it's your
beef we're eating.

I believe it's your
beef we're eating.

Who told you that?

The man
you promised to kill.

Did he tell you
that, too?

Did he tell you
that, too?

You're tired,
aren't you?

Tired, hungry, and just
a little bit irritable.

You'll feel better
after you eat.

You'll feel better
after you eat.

We'll talk then.

How did you get that
away from him?

How did you get that
away from him?

I stole it.

So you stole
that bracelet.

How did you get it?

Would you really like
to know, Mr. Dunson?

Would you really like
to know, Mr. Dunson?

How did you get it?
I got it in the rain.

Eight days ago,

Eight days ago,

before he took your herd
across that river and left.

I'm wondering whether
to believe you.

I'm wondering whether
to believe you.

I don't care whether
you do or not.
I believe that.

Want to hear more?
Go ahead.

It was raining.

It was raining.

If it hadn't rained,
I wouldn't be here
talking to you.

He wouldn't be
where you could
find him to kill him.

He wouldn't be
where you could
find him to kill him.

You still intend
to kill him, don't you?

Nothing you can say
or do is gonna...
I didn't say anything.

Nothing you can say
or do is gonna...
I didn't say anything.

I'll get you
another drink.

So he went off
and left you.

I didn't give him
that much credit.

Are you in love with him?

Are you in love with him?

I thought
you'd ask that.

Can a woman love a man
who'd go off and leave her?

Well, she...

Well, she...

She shouldn't.
I wanted to go with him,

but he had work to do,
he had to get your
cattle to market.

but he had work to do,
he had to get your
cattle to market.

Said I wasn't
strong enough to go,

and nothing I could
do or say would make
him change his mind.

and nothing I could
do or say would make
him change his mind.

But I wanted
to go with him.

I wanted him
so much that...

I wanted him
so much that...

That you felt

like you had knives
sticking in you.

like you had knives
sticking in you.

How did you know that?

I suppose other people
have felt that way before.

They have.

Will you tell me something,
Mr. Dunson?

Will you tell me something,
Mr. Dunson?

What?
Why do you want
to kill him?

Because he's a thief.
Do you think
he thinks that?

He should.

He should.

I picked him up in the
brush leading a cow.
That's 14 years ago.

Taught him
all I could.

Taught him
all I could.

He knew what
I was planning,

saw what
I was building.

He knew that someday
it would all be his.

He knew that someday
it would all be his.

His land, his cattle,
the whole thing.

We even talked
of a woman,

We even talked
of a woman,

as men will talk.

A strong woman

who could
bear him sons.
A woman like you.

who could
bear him sons.
A woman like you.

Why did you want him
to have a son?

Because I'd built something
built it with my own hands,
and I can't live forever.

Because I'd built something
built it with my own hands,
and I can't live forever.

I've got to live
to see it grow.

Thought I had a son.

Thought I had a son.

But I haven't...

And I want one.

I'm sorry for you,
Mr. Dunson.

I'm sorry for you,
Mr. Dunson.

Very sorry.

Stand up.
Hmm?

Stand up.
Hmm?

Stand up
and turn around.

Don't tell me what to do,
Mr. Dunson.

All right.

Well, Miss...

I don't even
know your name.

Millay. Tess Millay.

Millay. Tess Millay.

Well, Miss Millay,
what would you say

if I offered you
half of everything
I own for a son?

if I offered you
half of everything
I own for a son?

Your son?

You can have a son,
can't you? That's
all that matters.

By Dunson, out of Millay.

By Dunson, out of Millay.

Half of everything
you've got.

That's right.

I'll have your son,
Mr. Dunson,

I'll have your son,
Mr. Dunson,

if you'll stop now.

Stop now and go back
where you came from.
I'll have your son.

I thought so.

I thought so.

When did you...

Did you really
hurt that arm?
I hurt it.

It's almost well.

It's almost well.

You can take that gun
out of the sling now.

Wouldn't have
done you any good.

When did you fall
in love with him?

It was...

It was under a wagon,
in six inches of mud.

It was under a wagon,
in six inches of mud.

When did... When did you...

What?
When did you fall
in love with her?

What?
When did you fall
in love with her?

Who?

The girl you told me about,
the one you left.
Walked out on.

I told you about?
Did he tell you...

I told you about?
Did he tell you...

No, you told me.

You knew how I felt
when he left me.

She must have
felt the same way
when you left her.

She must have
felt the same way
when you left her.

That's right, isn't it?
Or can't you remember?

I can remember.

Oh, I... I hope so

because I want you
to think about it

because I want you
to think about it

while I ask you something.

I want you to think hard.

What?

What?

I want to go on with you.

That won't do any good.
Nothing you can say or do...

I know, you told me that,

but, please,
I want to go with you.

but, please,
I want to go with you.

Please.

All right.

Thanks.

Thanks a lot.

Thanks a lot.

Why don't you use it?

Oh, you mean...

Would there be any use
going if I did?

We'll start early.

I'll be ready.

You know,
I've been thinking.
Abilene just ain't.

We probably
missed it.

We'll probably
keep going clear
to Canada.

We'll probably
keep going clear
to Canada.

We'll be driving the herd
up and down icebergs yet.

We'll find it.

We'll find it.

If we do find it,

it'll be awful tough
if the railroad
ain't there.

It's got to be there.

But if it ain't?

But if it ain't?

Keep driving
till we find it.

Or until Dunson
finds us.

(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS)

Hey, hold it a minute.

What was that?

Do you hear
something?

Do you hear
something?

(MEN WHOOPING)
I didn't hear nothing.

I heard it.
It was nothing
I ever heard before.

They're yelling
down on the point.

(WHOOPING)

We made it!

We made it!

Hi.
Howdy, howdy, howdy.

Hi.
Howdy, howdy, howdy.

We're looking
for Abilene.

Mister, I sure am glad
to see you. I sure am.

Mister, I sure am glad
to see you. I sure am.

Are you going
to Abilene?

You're a sight
to behold.

If you'd tell us where
Abilene would be,

we'll get out
of your way.

we'll get out
of your way.

Mister, let me set here
and feast my eyes.

If you knew how much we've
been waiting for cattle
and how welcome you are,

If you knew how much we've
been waiting for cattle
and how welcome you are,

you can sit
on them tracks
till kingdom come.

All we want to do
is get to Abilene.

Don't rush me, mister.
Don't rush me.

Don't rush me, mister.
Don't rush me.

If you want
to get there,

you can take the
shortcut there
about 12 miles,

or you can
follow the track
just a little longer.

or you can
follow the track
just a little longer.

I reckon we'll take
the shortcut.

I'll wait all day here
for you to cross.
Take your time.

See you
in Abilene.

See you
in Abilene.

Hey, mister, can you blow
that whistle again?

Sure can!

(WHISTLE BLOWING)

Just look at that.
They smell like a...

They even smell good.

They even smell good.

Yahoo!

Well, there she is,
Matt.

Yeah.

There was times
I thought we were
never gonna make it.

There was times
I thought we were
never gonna make it.

(MEN CHEERING)

Hey, it looks like
they're as glad
to see us

as we are them.

as we are them.

Howdy do.
Hi.

Howdy do.
Hi.

Welcome to Abilene.
Who's in charge?

I am.

My name's Melville.

Garth. Matthew Garth.

Garth. Matthew Garth.

We're sure glad
to see you, Mr. Garth.

That goes
for all of us.

Man, man,
don't stop them.

Man, man,
don't stop them.

Keep them coming,
keep them coming.

Everything's ready
and waiting for you.

The engineer told us
you were coming.

The engineer told us
you were coming.

Oh, he gave us
a fine welcome.

What's the best way
to the stockyard?

Drive them straight
through town.

Drive them straight
through town.

They're not exactly
housebroken.

That's all right.

We've been waiting
a long time for this.

We've been waiting
a long time for this.

You just drive them
straight down that
Main Street

and let the folks
have a look at them.

We'd like to ride
along with you.

We'd like to ride
along with you.

Sure. Come on.
Keep them coming!

(MEN CHEERING)

It's a great sight,
Mr. Garth.

It's a great sight,
Mr. Garth.

I don't believe you realize
what a great sight it is.

Cherry, hold them there.
Right.

I'd like to have
a business talk
with you.

I'd like to have
a business talk
with you.

Can these boys
handle things?

They've been doing it
for over 1,000 miles.

They've been doing it
for over 1,000 miles.

Oh, Pete.

You stay here.

Anything those boys
want out there,

Anything those boys
want out there,

you give it to them.

Buster. Buster.

Cherry, watch things,
will you?

Cherry, watch things,
will you?

Sure.

Come on in, boys.

Come on in, boys.

What's the matter?

What's the matter?

The roof is funny.
We haven't been under
one in three months.

Sit down.

Let's talk
a little business.

Let's talk
a little business.

Mr. Garth,
I'm, uh...

Say, what's
your first name?

Say, what's
your first name?

Matthew.
Matt,

I'm the Greenwood
Trading Company
of Illinois.

I'd like to
buy your beef.

I'd like to
buy your beef.

That's why we came.

How many you got?

I don't know exactly.
We started out with
well over 9,000.

I don't know exactly.
We started out with
well over 9,000.

Man alive.

We've lost 600 or 700
on the way.

We won't have them
all in here till 8:00
or 9:00 tonight.

We won't have them
all in here till 8:00
or 9:00 tonight.

We haven't got
corrals enough
for half that number.

We could leave them
right in the streets.

We could leave them
right in the streets.

They're good and tired.
They should stay
right where they're put.

Sure. That'll be
all right.

What's your price?

What's your price?

Well, uh...

I'm kind of new at this.

I'm kind of new at this.

Would you make me
an offer?

All right. $20.

You...

You...

A head?

$20 a head.

$20 a head.

Well, uh...

How can a man
deal with someone who's
done what you've done?

How can a man
deal with someone who's
done what you've done?

I'll give you top price
that anyone else offers
for a lot of 500,

and I'll take
the whole herd.

and I'll take
the whole herd.

Looks like you're gonna
buy yourself a lot of beef.

If that engineer
was here,

If that engineer
was here,

I'd get him to blow
his whistle again.

All right. I'll draw up
a contract and have it
ready for you tonight.

Buster and I
will ask around

Buster and I
will ask around

and find out what
you'll have to pay.
We'll be back later.

Do you need
anything else?
Need some cash?

Do you need
anything else?
Need some cash?

I sure could use some.
I'd like to pay off the men.

All right.

It'll be ready
and waiting for
you tonight.

It'll be ready
and waiting for
you tonight.

All right.
Thanks, Mr. Melville.

So long.
So long.

They crossed here,
all right.

Not over four
or five hours ahead.

Not over four
or five hours ahead.

Here you are, Matt.

Here you are, Matt.

You'll have
to sign this.

Here's a check
to Thomas Dunson
for $50,000.

The rest will be paid
when the tally's finished

The rest will be paid
when the tally's finished

at $21 a head.

You see,
I've taken a credit

for the money you wanted
to pay off your men.

for the money you wanted
to pay off your men.

I suppose...

I suppose they'll
be celebrating.

I suppose they'll
be celebrating.

They've got a right to.

Of course they have.

There's three times
in a man's life

when he has the right
to yell at the moon.

when he has the right
to yell at the moon.

When he marries,

when his children come,

and when
he finishes a job

and when
he finishes a job

he had to be crazy
to start.

When do you expect
to be leaving, Matt?

When do you expect
to be leaving, Matt?

I don't exactly know.

You're going to wait
for Dunson, huh?

I've been talking
to some of your men.

I've been talking
to some of your men.

Isn't that check

and the fact
that you got here

and the fact
that you got here

going to make
any difference?

I don't think so,
Mr. Melville.

I suppose I'm crazy,
but...

I suppose I'm crazy,
but...

You want me
to run away.

No.

Of course not.

Couldn't...
Couldn't I talk to him?

Couldn't...
Couldn't I talk to him?

I'd still have
to talk to him
after that.

Good night, Mr. Melville.

Get a good night's sleep.

Yeah, I could use some.

Yeah, I could use some.

Good night.

Evening, Mr. Melville.

Evening.

Well...

Work's not done yet,
huh?

Work's not done yet,
huh?

No, sir.

Well, you fellas see
you get her done.

I like that boy, too.

I'll buy the drinks
when it's over.

I'll buy the drinks
when it's over.

He's...

He's...

He's camped two or three
miles outside of town.

He says he'll be here
just after sunup.

He says he's
going to kill you.

He says he's
going to kill you.

What's the matter?
Is something...

Oh.

I must look like
I'm in mourning.

I must look like
I'm in mourning.

I didn't mean it that way,
or I wouldn't have...

No. No, Matthew.

No. No, Matthew.

I know you have
only a few hours,

but listen for just
a minute, that's all,

and then I won't talk
about it anymore.
Just a minute.

and then I won't talk
about it anymore.
Just a minute.

He hasn't changed
his mind, Matthew.

I didn't think he would.

We saw the railroad,

We saw the railroad,

and I thought it might
make a difference,
but it didn't.

Nothing would.
He's like something
you can't move.

Nothing would.
He's like something
you can't move.

Even I've
gotten to believe
it's got to happen,

your meeting...

I was going to ask you
to run, but...

I was going to ask you
to run, but...

No, I'm not.

It wouldn't
do any good.

You're too much like him.

Oh, stop me, Matthew,
stop me...

Oh, stop me, Matthew,
stop me...

(SOBS)

God bless you,
Matthew.

God bless you,
Matthew.

(MOOING)

Morning.
ALL: Morning.

Morning.
ALL: Morning.

Got a match, Walt?

I told you all where
you stand in this.

See that you remember it.

(WHOOPING)

Hey!

He's got plenty
with him.
How many?

Oh, 10 or 12.
I'll be telling Matt.

Right.

Right.

He's coming in now.

He's got about 10
with him.

He's got about 10
with him.

You know that young man
isn't going to use his gun,
don't you?

You know that young man
isn't going to use his gun,
don't you?

Yeah.

But I haven't
any such notion.

But I haven't
any such notion.

Mr. Dunson.

Mr. Dunson.

Mr. Dunson, I'll say it
just once more time.

Go on. Draw.

I said draw.

Then I'll make you.

You're soft.

You're soft.

Won't anything make
a man out of you?

You once told me
never to take your
gun away from you.

You once told me
never to take your
gun away from you.

You yellow-bellied,
chicken-livered...

It's going to be all right.

For 14 years
I've been scared,

but it's going
to be all right.

but it's going
to be all right.

Get up. Come on. Get up.

(GUN FIRES)

(GUN FIRES)

Stop it. Stop it.

Stop making a holy...

Stop it, I said!

I'm mad. I'm good and mad.
Who wouldn't be?

I'm mad. I'm good and mad.
Who wouldn't be?

You, Dunson,
pretending you're
going to kill him.

That's the last
thing you'd...

Stay still!
I'm mad, I told you!

Stay still!
I'm mad, I told you!

And you, Matthew Garth,

getting your face
beat up and all bloody.

You ought to see...
You ought to see
how silly you look,

You ought to see...
You ought to see
how silly you look,

like something
the cat dragged...

Stay still!

Oh, what a fool
I've been,

Oh, what a fool
I've been,

expecting trouble
for days,

when anybody with
half a mind would know
you two love each other.

It took somebody
else to shoot you.
He wouldn't do it.

It took somebody
else to shoot you.
He wouldn't do it.

Are you hurt?

No, just nicked...

Then stay still.

No, don't stay still.
I changed my mind.

No, don't stay still.
I changed my mind.

Go ahead.
Beat each other crazy.

Maybe it'll put some sense
in both of you.

Maybe it'll put some sense
in both of you.

Go ahead. Go on, do it.
Use this.

Oh, you can't.
It's his.

You'd better marry
that girl, Matt.

Yeah. I think I'd...

Yeah. I think I'd...

When are you going
to stop telling
people what to do?

Right now.

At least as soon as...

When?

As soon as I tell you
one thing more.

As soon as I tell you
one thing more.

What?

When we get
back to the ranch,

I want you
to change the brand.

I want you
to change the brand.

It'll be like this.

The Red River D,

and you'll add
an "M" to it.

You don't mind that,
do you?

You don't mind that,
do you?

No.

You've earned it.