Original subtitles

The scent is good.

Salt and pepper.

- Shouldn't you taste them before deciding if they're bland? - Yup.

They are excellent.

Now can I have salt and pepper?

Look who's showing: Axel Ericson!

- Did you find the gold? - It's only a matter of weeks.

- I saw that strange light again at the mine. - Here we go again, guys!

A truly outstanding show!

A light suspended in the void at the edge of the mountain.

There is a mystery behind that light.

It will be the hundredth time you tell us about it!

My throat goes dry every time I touch this topic.

All right, Axel. Rosy, give him a whisky: the house is on offer.

Thanks Lotta. Bye!

Looks interesting.

- I'd like to see a ghost, how about you? - No, I don't believe in ghosts.

Lucky Luke, you know! Is it possible that you don't believe in anything?

Lucky Luke... here's the damned one who threw me in jail!

Won't you be superstitious for a little spilled salt?!

(VOClARE lNDlSTlNTO)

Hmm, now it's fine.

Do you want to hear the story of the ghost train of the mountain?

(together) No!

Mr. Ericson, if you'll allow me, I'd like to buy you a drink.

- Oh, much obliged Miss... Do we know each other?! - I'm Becky O'Toole.

I'd like your story for the first edition of the Frontier Enquirer.

He will have it Miss! Unless she has it!

Thank you!

See that picture up there?

Twenty years ago... before Daisy Town was born.

That train was passing by here.

I was headed West to seek my fortune.

Back then it was very risky to cross the desert under a storm.

SUD-OVEST EXPRESS

What the hell is going on?!

May we know what's going on?!

Like no refund?! I don't travel by train in such weather!

Look, it's easier to die on horseback than in a train accident!

What's the problem?! We can leave?!

They telegraphed me from the next station:

- ..they say it doesn't rain. - Ever seen a flash flood?!

A completely serene moment, and immediately after an avalanche of water..

..wipes out an entire city.

The station master says that the train will leave:

..with or without passengers.

All right. All on the train! Let's go, gentlemen!

00:07:16,514 (TUONl)

(FlSCHlO OF THE TRAIN)

00:07:41,548 00:07:46,826 00:08:01,105 00:08:10,234 00:08:26,067 00:08:31,554 (SHOUTS)

Almost every night, up at the mine, I see a light go through the gorge..

... as if the bridge was still intact.

It's the light from the ghost train that's coming for me too.

00:09:23,189 (CHEERFUL MUSIC)

Thank you, Mr. Ericson. Now I'm going to write the piece.

- Watch where you step. - Excuse me, Mr. Landon.

I know not to get in the way of a banker.

Ah, he knows me! It amazes me that such a well-informed person…

..want to publish such a ridiculous story.

Don't you want me to publish it?

In reverse. I hope you don't miss a single word!

Axel, do you want to drink with me?

Time passes. The railroad wants an answer about your land.

The offer is generous, but I'm now close to the main trend.

Your mine isn't worth a damn.

Daisy Town needs a railroad and you block the only access.

I'm doing you a favor. That line is unfortunate.

Each train will meet the same fate.

That's what I wanted to hear from you.

Is it a calendar?!

You'll know, idiot!

It's a summons: the district judge will arrive in 2 days..

..to deliberate on your sanity.

A calendar was better.

What bad handwriting! You don't understand a word!

If you turn out to be mentally incompetent, the bank takes your land.

Axel isn't crazy, he's just...

...original!

I know, but by telling ghost stories around, I'm afraid it seems...

... crazy, I know!

Not a good reason!

Unless Landon found a way to drive him crazy.

Don't worry: it won't happen. I know how to do it.

OUT FOR LUNCH

CLOSED

(HORSE NlTRlSCING)

Jumper: Even the nocturnal overtime!

- Weighs! - Why, the dog is light?!

And don't forget the hat!

It didn't go bad.

After deducting the damages, I should also have earned!

- Why didn't they break the mirror! - It's amazing: they always break it.

Lotta!

Lotta!

- Where's Luke? - I do not know. What happened?!

I saw it: I swear to you. I heard it. He's coming to get me!

- Who?! - The ghost train.

No! You promised Luke you would never see that train again!

I even heard it!

The locomotive! The deafening whistle! That damned bell!

All right, I believe you.

- Here. Swallow. - I don't feel like drinking!

He came to get me! I'm scared, Lotta! You have to hide me!

Of course! I have the right place for you. Rose, give me a hand.

Avanti!

You can stay here. This is my room.

Everything is fine - you just need rest.

- Do not leave me! - Relax.

I will lock up. Bang on the floor if you need to!

(CLICK OF THE LOCK)

Good morning, Ben. Did you sleep well?

Jumper: Why don't you ask me?

BANK

Jumper: Hey, hello, cousin! Even the mules park now!

- What is Axel's mule doing here? -Axel is here: he is sleeping.

I've never seen him so scared. He says the train has come to pick him up.

You better talk to him.

00:16:01,071 Axel!

Jumper: Always the same smell of beans!

Axel!

It wasn't robbed.

Then the case is closed. Finally she sleeps.

Jumper: But where does he go?!

Always looking for trouble!

You were scared, huh?!

Jumper: E piano!

Maybe Axel left town. Without his mule? It's not like him.

What if the ghost train existed?

Axel says it appears at night:

.. let's go at sunset and check.

- It is a waste of time! - You and me alone in the buggy at night?!

How could that be a waste of time?!

I did not want to say this. The whole ghost train thing doesn't stand up.

I'm sorry: but I'm not superstitious.

Ah! Ah! You always change your way so as not to pass under a ladder.

Isn't this superstition?!

Excuse me Miss Legs.

It's not superstition: it's just common sense.

Grazie, Ming Li.

I'll be back next month with the other shirt.

Why does everyone in town call me Ming Li?!

Actually my first name is Li Fu, while Ming is my last name.

So your first name is your last name..

Your middle name is your first name.

- ..and your surname is your middle name. - you guessed it!

- But I didn't even understand what I said! - Grab your shirt!

It's all very simple: either you call me Fu, or Ming Li Fu.

Oh! Now it's clear.

- Thank you. - May Confucius protect you!

- Ciao, Ming Li! - Ciao, Ming Li!

(speak in Chinese)

How are you doing, Ming Li?

Ming Li, Ming Li! Say: Would you like it if I called Luke Lucky?!

- Call me what you like, Ming Li. (VERSl)

You said you came out West to work on the railroad.

Careful! I came to the East!

- Were you born in the West? - Just forget it!

I won't give any more explanations! And then it happened 20 years ago!

What do you know about the train crash that Axel always talks about?

Not much: the railway never consulted us workers.

..and so I said: greetings!

You were the only one, besides Axel, who could know something.

It is not so.

Landon doesn't remember Ming Li Fu, but I remember Landon very well!

He was a big shot on the railroad.

Is our banker a big shot on the railroad?!

Don't say anything about this story.

I'll be dumb as a fish. With a lot of greetings to all meddlers.

Ming Li, what can be done about this dress? I've tried every way...

- There's still a stain here. - It even comes from Sant Louis!

Oh! This is paint.

Maybe you could paint it all white and use it as a wedding dress!

It's unlikely.

- I will try to do everything possible. - Thank you.

Lotta!

Where do you go?

At the old wooden bridge. I go there alone. Thank you. I'll find out what happens.

- I won't let you go alone. - For real?!

You will need some protection.

Wait up!

- Here: please, Bushwhack! - Thank you: now I feel much safer.

Ah!

Listen up, guys!

''Since... Axel Ericson has disappeared...

... after refusing to... sell...

...at Landon's bank...

... it cannot be ruled out... that it is... murder.''

Anyway, I bet it's something serious!

Calm down guys!

I never lost sight of Landon and…

- ..Axel will be in touch by tomorrow. - The paper doesn't say so.

- Do you believe what you read?! - I can't read.

(VOClARE lNDlSTlNTO)

- Are you also a mechanic? - My father taught me all about cars.

- But I decided to become a journalist. - Anyway, it was useful for her.

I can make 40 copies a minute if I can rev her up.

With those out there she succeeded!

But she knows Landon hasn't gotten close to Axel.

I've never said that.

But he is the only one to benefit from Axel's disappearance.

Well, you too: I see that the newspaper is selling well.

Will you excuse me? I have a scoop.

A special edition is coming out.

''The Banker Landon is the Railroad Man''

Wait here, Bushwhack!

(Ming Li Fu hums)

Ming Li, did you tell anyone about Landon?

And how?! I tried to get this stain out..

..since you went away! Why that girl..

..she puts on a dress like this to paint the fence?!

(SHOPPING)

(NOISE OF THE TRAIN)

Bushwahck! A train is coming!

(NOISE OF THE TRAIN)

Help me! Do something!

We are on line! Ah!

So, guys: listen up!

''Ben Landon, who worked on the railroad..

..is currently the owner of the Daisy Town bank.

He worked for the railroad!

If there's one thing I hate more than a banker, it's a railway worker!

I bet Landon took out Axel!

(VOClARE lNDlSTlNTO)

I'm sure you're not asking for trouble, are you?!

No. You can count on it.

We just want to know what happened to Axel.

The friend you wanted to kick out of the saloon yesterday...

Only because he'd had a little too much to drink.

Drank too much... Axel?!

Now listen!

There must be an explanation, and I will find it!

(HORSE NlTRlSCING)

Luke!

- I know what happened! - Was it the banker?

- No! - View? Listen to her!

- It was the ghost train! I saw it! - No. Don't listen to her!

I am not making this up!

I heard the whistle and the bell and everything!

You must protect me, or I too will disappear like Axel!

Lotta!

Be calm, please.

And you go home!

- Did you hear?! More trouble with the railroad! - There is a curse!

- And we all know whose fault it is, right?! - Right!

- You'll be safe here. - Thank you. I already feel better.

- Good. Wait a moment. - Yup.

Luke, what are you doing?!

I'm protecting you: these bars are sturdy.

I asked you for moral help and you close me here?!

I don't want the whole city in an uproar.

- The mob is preparing for a lynching! - Good!

- Now she will be happy! - I didn't want this!

I seek the truth, not a lynching!

Luke, please. Let me out of here.

Maybe they're having a barbecue.

Already. I also know who they will set on fire.

- Ah! What's up?! - While you're awake, go to Landon and tell him to disappear.

- Sure, Luke. Are you taking care of the prisoner?

Keep an eye on the miss.

Luke! I beg you! The ghost train is coming!

Salute!

Hi friend!

You've come close enough, stranger, who are you?

I said you got close enough, are you deaf?!

(old age)

How dare you point a gun at the district judge?!

- You're the district judge?! - Yes, I'm Judge Rayman.

Excuse me. I'm Sheriff Luke. I wasn't expecting it tonight.

Thing?! You need to speak louder: my ears are blocked.

I didn't know there was so much mugwort around here. I'm allergic!

I'd better go with her: people are pretty excited.

I'd like to speak to you before the trial.

You're wrong, man: I didn't say you were a fool.

I understand. As for Axel...

ln all the countries of the West at the origin of the troubles..

..there is a madman who doesn't keep his mouth shut. I hate those kind of people!

What were you going to tell me about this Axel?

It can wait.

(VOClARE lNDlSTlNTO)

- Where are those people going?! - At a barbecue.

His horse can set him up here.

A barbecue?! And is that enough to excite the people of this town?

(VOClARE lNDlSTlNTO)

Get out of there, Landon!

We have a nice surprise for you!

Come on! Come out, Landon!

You are exaggerating!

No, Luke! We have prepared a nice tie for our banker!

- He won't bring Axel back!

(together) Yes!

And finally Ben Landon will be able to do a nice ballet!

Enough with the chatter! Fire!

- It got dark suddenly. - Already. And my aim, in the dark, is less accurate.

Maybe, it's not the best time to celebrate.

- We'd better put it off for another evening. - It's better.

Sheriff!

Why don't you arrest those scum?!

And the process?! If I arrest everyone where do I get the jurors?

But I have the right to be protected!

- I sent my deputy on purpose! - What does he say?!

Look how he's protecting me!

Well… do you want to know why people are so angry?!

Why did he keep it a secret?

I am collaborating with the railway:

..we are looking to buy land.

But I had nothing to do with Axel's disappearance.

Maybe. But if I were you I would avoid being seen around.

And not be present at the hearing?! No thank you! I am a banker.

Being hated is part of my job. I'm not afraid of these buggers!

Happy her!

Jumper: What a nice banker!

- What were those shots?! - Only one man has such a quick hand:

..Lucky Luke.

- I don't want innocent people killed! -He's just an exhibitionist!

Blow guns out of hands and suspenders out of pants!

- I go to see! - Becky! No!

Do not leave me alone!

I didn't believe in the ghost train, but then I saw it with my own eyes!

I'm terrified!

Lotta... what if I told you that I saw that train too?

Thing?!

(SNEEZE)

Jumper: Salve!

Good evening!

- Can I ask you something? - Under his orders.

I'll need a classroom in the morning.

Judge, there's one thing you need to know about Axel.

- It will seem strange, but... - Luke, let me out now!

... on second thought, I have just the right place for your classroom.

- Well, and where? - The saloon.

Absolutely no! I will never go into one of those deals!

Sorry...

... I understood balloon: hot air balloon.

The saloon will do just fine.

Oh God! But why did you create mugwort?!

If you could give Axel a couple of days, I'm sure he'll get back to you.

Impossible: if I stay here another 2 days, my head will explode.

Agree. He'll postpone the hearing until tomorrow night.

But no further!

Thanks Judge, then you'd better start looking for Axel.

Luke! Fight is no more!

- Where did she go?! - I do not know. She has disappeared from the cell.

I bet you've seen the ghost train too.

I knew you wouldn't believe me.

It all happened suddenly: Lotta was locked in her cell...

... I looked away for just a second, and it was gone.

Come on, let's go see.

You understand? Axel was telling the truth!

- Let's go see too!

(VOClARE lNDlSTlNTO)

00:35:42,114 I'll be next.

- The train took her! - The city is full of ghosts!

00:35:57,785 Becky.

(FLIGHT OF A TRAIN)

What happens?! Why doesn't anyone say anything to poor Li Fu?!

Why all this fuss tonight?

Becky!

Becky, are you here?

- Did I scare you? - No: ghosts don't pat you on the back.

- Ghosts?! - Have you seen old O'Toole around?

I do not know. What ghosts?!

Here: read this.

''I saw the ghost train.''

This is tomorrow's newspaper. Because he printed tomorrow's paper...

...today?!

And above all... how?!

The answer is at the wooden bridge.

Luke! Come back! The ghost train will take you away too!

(RUMORl lNDlSTlNTl)

What are you doing, Jumper?

Jumper: I don't lack courage, it's fear that cares!

(SCRlCCHlOLll)

(RUMORl lNDlSTlNTl)

Jumper: Is there a train coming?!

Don't worry.

Jumper: I hope there's no cattle car.

(NOISE OF THE TRAIN)

- And this is the ghost? - Jumper: I never believed it.

(NOISE OF THE TRAIN)

(NOISE OF THE TRAIN EVER LOUD)

(TRAIN BELL)

(VOClARE lNDlSTlNTO)

The journey is over!

Look who's there! Luke, how did you get here?

Is this yours, Becky?

Why don't you at least once believe in something without destroying it?!

I understood everything when I saw that the printing press was gone.

It was a beautiful staging, and I fell for it.

Me too. And when Becky told us how she had done…

... we decided to give her a hand.

How did you get Lotta out of the locked cell?

I'm a good mechanic, remember?!

Lotta, why didn't you tell me?!

You used to always tease me for believing in ghosts... I'm sorry.

Who knows how you must have been thinking...

No.

I didn't want to scare anyone except Landon.

And Axel's story seemed perfect to me.

- Why are you mad at him?! You barely know him! - It's true.

But you see...

...my real name is not O'Toole...

...is Becky Kelly.

- The engineer's daughter?! - Yup.

And Landon was the stationmaster.

The accident was Landon's fault.

But he accused my father: he told everyone he was drunk.

But it's not true.

She arranged everything to get him to admit his guilt.

It would be useless if he doesn't admit it to the judge.

The hearing is tomorrow.

And the judge will think I'm really crazy.

Forgive me, Axel. Because of me you will lose your land.

It's not for sure.

- Are you going to take out the banker?! - I can't break the law..

- ..but I can do something. - Will you blow him up?!

I'll make it your big day.

- For once, justice can't be blind? -You may also be deaf.

00:41:22,987 00:41:29,791 It's not decent.

The mountain is not the right place..

..especially after the fire has destroyed all the bush.

All the bush?!

- So the artemisia burned too?! - There's no trace of it anymore.

You are right: we will do the trial in the mine.

I don't like coming here at night.

Suppose it arrives... the thing... what's it called?!

No ghost will show up with all these people.

What a fragrance!

Yes. It's the mugwort in bloom.

Good thing I didn't come before the fire.

00:42:39,904 Judge Hannibal Julius Caesar Rayman presides. Pleasure.

- Is the plaintiff, Ben Landon, present? - It's me, Your Honor.

And where is defendant Axel Ericson?

(VOClARE lNDlSTlNTO)

Given the late hour, we can proceed. The word to the plaintiff.

I quote from an interview done with Axel Ericson 3 days ago.

''The first time I saw the ghost train...'' - What?! As he said?

- I said... - Forget it. Give me that sheet. I can read too.

(VERSl Dl ANlMALl NIGHTTURNl)

(lNDlSTlNT NOISE)

(VOClARE lNDlSTlNTO)

- What was that?! - I do not know.

- What did it look like to you? - I didn't hear anything.

Get those hands off me!

(lNDlSTlNT NOISE)

Oh!

can't you hear it now?!

Shut up, you imbecile! It's the wind!

(NOISE OF THE TRAIN)

- Oh! - Maybe it was a cry!

- It's the ghost train! - Ah!

(SCREAMS OF FEAR)

(VERSl Dl ANlMALl NIGHTTURNl)

I saw them running away like grasshoppers: did I miss something?!

What's this noise?!

Sorry, this happens to me all the time when I eat beans.

(NOISE OF THE TRAIN) But no... I mean...

That... train...

Train?! He is crazy?! It's been 20 years since a train has passed here!

(NOISE OF THE TRAIN) Listen: it's coming!

What are you muttering?!

- Holy God! Can't you hear it?! - Feel?! Feel what?!

No. It's not possible: it must be a bad dream.

- Ouch! -No: he's awake.

Everyone on board!

Landon! You can't stay on the ground!

It's Axel!

(RlSA SATANlCHE)

I'm not in the mood to watch a scene: let's move on.

What are your requests?

- I tell you that Axel was right there! - Too much money has gone to her head.

Mister stationmaster!

Boss--...Nobody can know that!

We do! There is still one free seat: yours!

Alone!

We are waiting!

The Court urges the plaintiff.

No.

No, it's not possible. I'm delirious. I have to keep control.

00:46:41,913 - The evidence... of course, of course. I had...

You were supposed to be on that train!

(Landon screams in fear)

You're the only one who sees ghosts - you must be the one they want!

Why Ben?! Because?!

Because...

... I caused that accident.

I killed those men...

I was... the station master.

I knew there was flooding, but I wanted the train to be on time.

So I didn't warn Kelly.

It wasn't her fault! It was my fault!

Please! Don't make me get carried away by the ghost train!

- Did I hear you right?! Do you confess to being responsible for the accident?! - Yup.

Please help me!

Put me in jail! ln prison!

This Court declares Axel Ericson sane!

However mad he may be, he will never be as mad as the plaintiff!

And as for you, Ben Landon...

... this Court sentences you to 5 years' imprisonment for criminal negligence.

Oh! Thank you! Anything to be free from this curse!

Thing?! I don't understand.

He said: I deserved to be shot.

5 years of hard labor, sir, it's not a cold.

Thats enough! I'm leaving this accursed place tonight!

(INQUILLANT MUSIC)

(Landon screams in fear)

Isn't this the dress you didn't want to wear?!

You should have seen Landon leave town.

Every time the judge sneezed, he jumped two feet.

Struggle! You've been amazing!

- How did you make Becky disappear? - Why don't you ask her?

Wasn't he with you? - No. I thought it was with you.

Ming Li Fu can't wait to meet this Becky O'Toole.

By the way: her name is Becky Kelly.

She's that train driver's daughter.

It is not possible. Becky Kelly died in that accident, along with her father.

20 years ago.

Really!

If you don't believe it, take a look at the photo.

(FlSCHlO TRAIN)