Original subtitles

Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

♪♪

She is Mexican.

She looks Indian to me.

Don't let go of her, Solis, not yet anyway.

She'd claw our eyes out.

I think you are right, my friend.

She has fire, this one.

Yeah, what are we fooling with her for, anyway?

She'll just bring us trouble.

Because she will be mine.

She will be my woman.

Unless she screams.

If she screams, she will be nobody's woman.

I wouldn't count on that.

Wait'll we get to camp and Garvy sets eyes on her.

Garvy won't notice her

as long as we bring him those horses.

Are we gonna steal them, too?

S I, why not?

Well, those two hombres ain't gonna stand by

while we run off their stock.

Then you may have to kill them.

I'll wait here with the girl.

Yeah, we got to do all the work?

You are three men and three rifles.

Out there are two men and an old woman,

and I want those horses.

Well, where you been?

I been wondering about you.

Well, I just went by to get some coffee.

It's a good thing I did, or we wouldn't have had none.

Well, it sure wouldn't hardly be worthwhile stopping by

if there weren't any coffee.

Well, you ought to know.

You stop by more than anybody else.

Well, that's not because the coffee's good.

It's because it's free.

Oh, yeah, sure, yeah.

You know, Doc, you ought to stop by the grocery store sometime,

look at our coffee bill.

You think it's free.

It might be of some interest to you.

Wouldn't be of any interest at all to me. I don't...

I've done all I can do

to take care of the sick and the wounded around here.

Yeah, well, you sure didn't do them people

down on the Canadian River much good last week.

Well, Canadian River's 75 miles.

That's a long way from Dodge.

Well, it sure ain't long enough away from me.

You know, I was talking to some buffalo hunter.

He said that the Indians killed two men and a woman

and stole their horses.

Yeah, and not only that,

they found sign of another woman that was there.

Sign?

Yeah, her footprints were right there.

You know, that can only mean one thing, Doc.

They-they took her captive.

Oh, golly, Chester, I...

I always hate to hear things like that.

Yeah.

- Oh. - Chester, Doc.

- Mr. Dillon. - Hi, Matt.

By golly, I-I'll get some coffee made

here for you in just a minute.

Well, good, as long as it doesn't take too long.

I'm heading right out.

Where're you fixing to go?

Well, I'm gonna try the south first.

Well, you don't think those Indians

are gonna be waiting for you down there,

- do you? - Well, as a matter of fact,

- it may not be Indians. - Huh?

There hasn't been an Indian raid down that way for six months.

I got word just now there may be a band of Comancheros

operating down that way.

Oh, for heaven's sake.

You mean Comanches, don't you?

Comanches is Indians, Doc.

Comancheros is worse.

They're whites and Mexicans.

They're renegades.

They go around looting and stealing

and blaming it on the Comanches.

Well, I don't need a lecture from you about it.

Well, you don't need to get grumpy.

When you gonna...

You want me to go with you, Mr. Dillon?

No, you've got a job to do here, Chester.

What?

Well, you'll have to ride out and get Kitty tomorrow.

Oh, by golly, that's right.

She's visiting Hy Parker and his wife, ain't she?

- Yeah, -Well, I'll sure enough go get her and bring her back.

When do you think you'll be getting back?

Well, I don't know.

I'll just have to get word to you as best I can.

- Oh. - Well...

So long, Doc. I'll-I'll be seeing you.

Golly, I... I kind of feel like I ought to be going.

Why don't you, um, make some more coffee

and then come over here and sit down

and tell me everything you know about the Comancheros.

Co-man.

Co-man. Comancheros, Doc.

It's Mexican. Co-man.

What do you got there?

Chicken, stewed whole, the way you like them.

Give me some.

Wait a minute.

I want her to serve it.

Chavela, come here.

I said, "Come here."

I've got to tell you, Chavela,

you act right,

you got nothing to be afraid of.

The fact... The fact is,

I'm thinking of marrying you.

What do you say to that?

You are already married.

Her?

Kisla?

She won't cause no trouble.

She's pretty.

Too pretty.

I know him.

He'll want to keep her here.

What will you do?

Garvy is my husband.

I must get rid of that girl.

But how?

He would kill you if you tried.

Nobody takes my place.

I wish you luck.

Whoa.

Well then, this is the only water hole

I know of anywhere around here.

I hope the horses understand that and drink accordingly.

You know, them horses is the dumbest pair

that I ever seen.

They couldn't even follow the trail coming out here.

Well, you were driving them, weren't you?

Oh, yeah, yeah, I, uh... Well,

I did kind of doze off there a time or two.

Well, you know, if, uh,

if you'd like to take a little nap for yourself,

don't forget to hand the lines to me first.

Don't you worry about that.

I ain't gonna go to sleep again.

Where you going?

Well, I think maybe we could use a little fresh water.

Well, there you go, Miss Kitty.

Thank you.

You know, if you come by the Long Branch tonight,

you can have all the beer you can drink.

Oh.

That ain't gonna be necessary at all.

Well, by the time you get this team back to Dodge,

it'll probably be mighty welcome.

Who are they?

By golly.

I don't know.

Looks like they could be bandits.

Hyah!

Hyah.

Hyah.

Hyah!

Hyah! Hyah!

Hyah!

Here you go, Miss Kitty.

I'll get in the back so I can get a better shot at them.

We'll never make it!

You just keep on driving!

Chester!

You want us to go after the woman?

No. She's gone.

You killed one of my men.

I'd have killed all of you if I could've.

What do we do with him, Solis?

We'll take him to Garvy.

Best know when Garvy finds out you killed Hank,

you'll wish we killed you here.

My rope.

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Well, what's this we got?

A prisoner.

He kept us from capturing a white woman.

What's your name?

I said, "What's your name?"

Chester Goode.

Chester Goode? Now, ain't that a right pretty name.

I had a purpose for bringing him in, Garvy.

He killed Hank.

He killed Hank?

Pepe, bring my chair.

Si, patrón.

Are you gonna give him a trial, Garvy?

I do things right.

Why are we going through all that?

Why don't we get on with it?

He gets a trial, Solis.

It's a waste of time and you know it!

I could have Pepe horsewhip you for that.

But you won't.

One of these days, I will.

Fine. Trial's open.

You know where you are, mister?

No.

Well, it don't matter none. What's the charge?

- Murder. - Murder?

Oh, this is a waste of time!

Shut up, Solis!

So... you admit that you murdered our man.

I think you're all crazy, that's what I think. All of you!

Wait. Leave him be.

Now, there's no need for you to confess if we got a witness.

That's me. I'm the witness.

Then he's guilty. Now I'll pass sentence.

Well, what kind of a trial is this?

One more word out of you, mister, and we'll beat you blue!

Sentence is death,

as slow a death as we can make it.

I'll turn him over to the men.

Wait! I didn't say when.

What?

Tomorrow morning.

A man like this'll worry hisself into a sweat all night

just thinking about it.

That's a waste of time! Let's get it over with.

I said in the morning!

I'm gonna sleep for an hour, Pepe.

Have Chavela put in my seat by the tent.

Bueno.

Stake him out.

She is kind of pretty, ain't she?

She's too pretty for a pig like Garvy.

Whoa.

Kitty!

Are you all right?

Mm-hmm.

Well, where's Chester?

I don't know.

You don't know?

We were attacked.

Red says it must've been Comancheros.

Oh, this is Red Graves.

- This is Doc Adams. - Howdy, Doc.

How are you?

Chester stayed behind to hold them off.

She made it over to our camp, Doc,

and me and my partner went back, but we didn't find nothing.

Well, what do you suppose they did with him?

Hold him prisoner, most likely.

Well then, let's organize a posse. Let's go find him.

Never find him, Doc,

and even if you did, they'd kill them prisoners

just as soon as they catch sight of you.

I wish Matt were here.

Well, golly, I do, too, but he ain't.

Well, I'll send for him.

Who could ever find him in the Canadian River country?

That's a mighty big country, like I said.

Well, do you know the country?

Well, sure. I'm a buffalo hunter.

Well, then, why don't you go?

I'd like to help you folks,

but, well, I'm in the hide business

and I've got my partners to think of.

If you find Marshal Dillon, I'll pay you $300.

$300 is a heap of money.

Just find him, Red.

Well, it'll be like looking for a needle in a haystack,

but I'll, I'll do the best I can, ma'am.

Well then, can-can-can you go right now?

Yes, sir. Right away.

Thanks for bringing me in.

It's all right, ma'am.

Oh, Doc, I'm so worried.

Just a minute.

Hey, Pratt, come here a minute, will you?

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Here, will you take this rig over to Moss Grimmick's?

Come here, now.

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It's a hard life.

You like my husband?

Not many do.

But for me, he's my husband.

He's all I've got.

I understand.

I want you to go away.

You must go away.

How?

It'll take much courage.

I'll do anything.

Will you risk your life?

This life?

All right.

The white man they brought,

the one who is to be tortured in the morning?

He has a good face.

He is better than any of these...

Let's hope he has courage, too.

What are you talking about?

I have a plan.

Couldn't sleep.

Thought you might want some water.

Oh, by golly, thanks a lot.

I-I'm just-just about parched.

Not you, you murderer.

Drink.

Thank you.

What's wrong?

This water is bad.

It's from my own tent.

If you don't like it, pour it out.

No. I drink.

Give it to me if you're gonna waste it.

You, murderer,

with the dawn, you begin to die.

It'll be a pleasure to watch.

I have horses ready.

If I cut you loose, will you take me with you?

Well, yeah, sure. Sure I will, but...

What are you doing this for?

I'm a prisoner, too, but I'll explain later on.

W-Where are the horses?

Over there.

We're gonna have to do something with theirs

or they'll have us 'fore we're fair mounted.

Yes, yes, come on. Hurry.

Come on.

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Somebody's run off the horses! Tell Garvy!

Garvy asleep.

You mean he's drunk.

Mario, take three of the fastest runners, go after the horses.

Don't come back until you have at least four of them.

Then we'll go after the rest.

- Solis! - ¿S I?

Prisoner's gone. The girl Chavela, too.

This is Garvy's fault.

I told him this afternoon we should kill the prisoner,

but he's old and foolish.

He made us wait! Now look what happens.

There is no longer a horse in the camp.

Garvy is no longer strong.

His brain swims with whiskey!

Right now, he lies drunk asleep in the tent!

Right now, when we need a real leader,

Garvy can only lead us to destruction!

So I say we are fools to follow him anymore!

Am I right? You agree?

Then there is no choice.

I will do what I must do.

All of you, stay where you are.

By golly, I... I don't know,

but I think we ought to keep going straight ahead.

All right.

Sorry we lost those horses so soon.

Well, that's all right. I think we done pretty good.

We got a real good start on them.

All we got to do is just kind of keep a-goin'.

Tell you what, when it comes morning,

why, we'll find someplace where we can rest up

and hide out a little bit.

Well, you better come and get it.

Dinner's about ready.

Rabbit?

Yeah.

Set myself a little snare and got me one.

Oh, Chester, you're wonderful.

Yeah, well, we got to eat, don't we?

Now, you just grab a hold of that leg there and pull,

tear you off a little... There.

Mmm. It's the best I've ever tasted.

- Yeah? - Mm-hmm.

Well, I hope it don't taste too good.

You know, we might have to make that do us

until we get clear back to Dodge.

How long do you think it'll be, till we get to Dodge?

Uh, well, just traveling nights,

I'd say maybe, uh, three more nights.

I wish we had a gun.

Yeah, so do I.

Uh, what is, what is that, uh,

thing that you wear around your neck?

Oh, it's a medal.

A gypsy woman gave me that when I was a little girl.

Huh. Well, I never seen one like that before.

It's a Spanish coin stamped with the Christian cross.

See?

Golly, that... must, uh, mean something.

Gypsy women give it to the man they, they love.

Oh, their husband.

Well, if that's the man they love.

Real nice medal.

Are you married, Chester?

No, no, no. My gracious, what would I be doing married?

Well, you will be.

Someday?

Well... maybe when I'm real old.

Uh, here.

Golly, I've got some, some berries here.

You ought to try that with your rabbit.

Goes real good with rabbit, berries do.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

Just...

Yeah.

What's wrong, Solis?

We will never catch them this way.

We should've searched both sides of the creek.

It would be no use.

I know they're headed for Dodge City.

What we must do is spread out, cover the whole territory.

If Chester's smart, he's traveling by night.

S i. We will never catch him at night.

What are we gonna do?

We will spilt up.

The rest of you, fan out, cover the whole territory.

We will ride by day, sleep by night.

Search every place they might hide,

and remember, it can be small.

They've got to hide two horses, too.

All right, let's go.

We've only got a couple of hours of daylight left.

All right, you heard him. Let's go!

I'll be back directly. Don't you worry about a thing.

♪♪

Go ahead, honey, scream

so's Chester'll come a-runnin' and I can kill him.

I can kill you, too,

and nobody'd ever know the difference.

What's the matter? Don't you want to scream?

Aw, go on, scream.

♪♪

Chavela?

Easy, Chester.

Where is he?

I think he's dead.

Here. Drink some water.

I'm so sorry, Chester.

If I hadn't fallen asleep, this never would have happened.

Oh, that's all right.

I know that you done the best that you could.

Where's his gun? Get it.

I tried to use it. It's full of sand.

Well, we're gonna need it.

Here.

There must be others around.

No, I don't think so.

Why?

He threatened to kill me, and he meant it.

Well, Garvy'd skin him alive if he done that.

That's why he must have been alone.

Yeah, well, I just sure hope so.

We're gonna have to bury him, that's for sure.

He doesn't deserve it, but you're right.

Well, that works better.

Feel like walking a bit?

Why?

Well, his horse is probably up there somewheres.

We're gonna have to find him.

That's right.

And this time, you're gonna go with me.

I ain't gonna let you out of my sight again.

Chester, thank you for what you did.

Well, I just wished that I'd had a club.

I was never so mad in all my life.

How do you feel, Chester?

Well, I feel all right. Just got a little headache.

Are you hungry?

No, no, you go ahead and have something.

I-I think we ought to make camp.

Well, we can't do that.

We got three or four hours of traveling time.

You're not well, Chester.

You're gonna fall right out of your saddle.

Well, I'll be all right.

I think I know what I'm doing this time.

Come on, let's find a place and hide.

We'll hide when it gets to be dawn.

No. Now.

I-I got the horses staked out.

I... had to leave Rankin's down there by the spring.

I don't think he's ever gonna quit drinkin'.

I'll-I'll get him in a minute.

Here. Let me help you.

I'll take care of it later.

Want some water?

Thanks.

You'll be all right after a few hours sleep.

By golly, I just, I feel terrible

for weakening out on you like this.

Oh, Chester.

Chester.

All I care about is your feeling better.

You know, you're...

you're just about the finest woman that I ever knowed.

How come that they made you so fine, Chavela?

I'm not.

Not really.

No fever anyway.

Right there.

Just hold it there. It feels good.

I told you to separate.

What are you doing together?

We met, thought we'd separate here again.

All right.

That grove is a good place to hide.

We will search there, then we will separate.

Bueno.

Well, some fine meal.

Oh, it could be worse.

I just wished, you know, that there was some way

that I-I could take care of you better.

You're going to get me to Dodge, aren't you?

Well, I'm sure gonna try my dangdest.

Well, if that isn't taking care of me,

then I don't know what is.

Well, no, what I mean is that...

you know, I-I-I'd like to,

to take good care of you all the time.

What are you trying to tell me, Chester?

Uh, well, what I started to say was, was, uh...

always.

But then, well, I guess I better get you

safe away from Garvy and them 'fore I start talking like that.

I'll get the water.

Huh-uh. I'll get it.

Why don't you lie down and rest? I'll only be a few minutes.

Kind of dizzy.

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You men didn't find no tracks or nothing, huh?

Not a sign, Solis.

Maybe we never find them, huh?

I'll find them.

If I have to ride down Front Street in Dodge City,

I'll find them.

Big lawman in Dodge City. Tell me pretty tough man.

I'm a tough man, too.

Hey.

There are horses in the grove.

Come on. We found them.

♪♪

Solis.

Chavela.

Kill him and you die, too.

You wouldn't be so foolish.

Leave him alone.

Chavela, you can't stop five men.

I'd rather die here than go back to Garvy.

Of course! But Garvy is dead.

No.

S i.

He was old and foolish. A pig!

I had no choice.

I'm the boss now. I'm the law.

So?

You kill me, my men kill you. What a waste.

Why don't you come back with me?

Why should I?

Solis will take you for his wife.

The wife of Solis would live like a queen!

She would have money and power. She would command an army!

But most of all, she will have Solis, huh?

But you are the law.

You can take whatever you want.

With you, that's no good. That's like Garvy.

I don't want hate from you.

I will be the wife of Solis, and proud.

Uh, this one, uh, he doesn't talk much, eh?

He is too frightened.

His kind are cowards.

Not like Comanchero, eh?

S i. So he must die.

Yes.

But I am the one who has been mistreated,

who suffered his insults.

As the future wife of Solis,

I have the right to determine his fate.

Oh, Chavela, what would you have us do to him, huh?

Leave him here.

Huh?

Killing him outright is too easy.

I don't know.

Well, he can't go anywhere.

He hit his head on a rock and it left him with dizzy spells,

so he'll just have to sit here alone without food

and go crazy with fear.

Ay, Chavela, you will make a good Comanchero.

Solis will be proud to have you for his wife.

Let's ride, Solis.

- S i. Jose? - Huh?

You and Pedro ride till you find Rankin and the rest of them.

Tell them I am moving the camp south across the Rio Bravo.

¿México?

S I, you know the place to meet. Now, move.

One day, perhaps he will learn.

He won't live long enough to learn anything.

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Forgot about one thing: Rankin's horse.

I ain't dead yet.

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What do you think, Doc?

Well, I'd say for a man who's been lying out in the sun

half-starved with his head beat in, he's in pretty good shape.

Think he's kind of coming to.

Chester? Hey.

Matt's here.

Hello, Mr. Dillon.

Chester.

Now, just take it easy.

Matt, uh, why don't you go and talk to him for a little while?

I'll see if we can't brew us all up some coffee.

Yeah, fine, Doc.

Well, how you feeling?

Oh, I-I feel fine.

Oh, I, uh, brought a clean shirt and some stuff for you there.

Oh, well, thanks.

You, uh, you feeling up to talking a little bit?

Yeah, sure.

Well, that's quite a story you had to tell

on the way in yesterday.

Now, you, uh, were talking about these Comancheros.

Now, you said they were headed for Mexico?

Yeah. Well, that's-that's what this Solis said, yeah.

Oh, yeah. That was their leader?

Yeah.

The one that ran off with the Mexican girl, Chavela?

Yeah.

Yeah, you know, you must have really had her on your mind.

You were talking about her all the way in.

What'd I say?

Well, I don't remember everything,

but, uh, I kind of got the idea you were pretty fond of her.

Well, I... kind of thought she liked me, too.

You know, I've been thinking about that.

Now, you said there were five men out there, right?

Well, you know, they would have killed you sure

if she hadn't taken your six-gun away from you.

Well, and wasn't it her idea

to, to turn you loose instead of killing you?

Sure.

Well, now, a girl that's as smart as that

isn't going to forget that there was a horse

staked out there on the prairie, either.

No, Mr. Dillon, she...

Now, wait a minute. Let me ask you this:

What do you think that those men would have done to you

if she had told them that you'd killed this man Rankin?

Well, well, Mr. Dillon,

she-she got what she wanted.

Maybe I'm wrong, Chester,

but I don't think so.

Well, look, you probably better get yourself some more rest.

I'll take your shirt over and get it washed for you.

Wait a minute.

- What...? - Hmm?

What's this?

The world...? Let me see that.

Well, that's, that's that medal that she wore around her neck.

What's it for?

Well, it's-it's a Spanish coin.

You see, uh, gypsy women give it to the men that they...

That they love.

Well... it was in your shirt pocket.

She must have put it there.

You know, Mr. Dillon, I... I was wrong.

Sh-She didn't do what she done out there for herself at all.

You know what I think, Chester?

I think your friend Mr. Solis is gonna wake up some night

and find a knife in his belly.