Original subtitles

Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

♪ Da... da... ♪

Hey, hi, Doc.

Hey, do you want to hear something?

- Not particularly. - I just wrote a song.

- You got any coffee? - Yeah. Help yourself.

I just-just now finished writing it, Doc.

Just take a listen to it here.

If I could remember how it goes.

♪ Walkin' down the road with a pack on my back ♪

♪ Pack on my back, pack on my back ♪

♪ A-walkin' down the road with a pack on my back ♪

♪ Gettin' along to Californ-i-a... ♪

Well, now, that kind of wore you out, didn't it?

What?

Well, it's a long walk to California.

Well... I don't mean that I actually walked

all the way to California.

For heaven's sakes, that's just a manner of speaking.

♪ Along come a man with a gun in his hand ♪

♪ A gun in his hand, a gun in his hand ♪

♪ Along come a man with a gun in his hand ♪

♪ A-gettin' along to Californ-i-a ♪

♪ He took that pack right off my back ♪

♪ Off my back, off my back ♪

♪ He took that pack right off my back ♪

♪ Gettin' along to Californ-i-a... ♪

I guess he must've... must've thought

you was a long-eared mule, huh?

What do you mean?

Well, you said that he took the pack off your back.

Well, Doc, it can't all be true.

I mean, when you... you write a song,

everybody knows that you got to make up part of it.

You didn't like it at all?

Well... I don't know.

Let me hear it again.

♪ Walkin' down the road with a pack on my back ♪

♪ Pack on my back, pack on my back ♪

♪ Gettin' along to Californ-i-a... ♪

- Hey, that's good! - Well, you see,

even a bad song can be made to sound good.

- Yeah. - Just run through it again.

♪ Walkin' down the road with a pack on my back ♪

♪ Pack on my back, pack on my back ♪

♪ A-walkin' down the road with a... ♪

Oh, Mr. Dillon, did you hear Doc singing?

Yeah, I'll say I did.

Heard him all the way down at the post office.

Oh, you was over at the p... Oh, you got a letter?

Yeah. For you.

Oh. For me?

By golly, well, Mr. Dillon, I would've sure went over

to the post office and got the mail,

but I... I just got so doggone busy here.

Well, I just came by to see

if you wanted to have some dinner... with me.

Well, fine, if you're buying, I'll join you.

Oh, for heaven's sakes, he can't do that!

Well, what's the matter, Chester?

Where you going?

Uh...

Mr. Dillon, I don't, uh, suppose

that you could give me any kind of a raise, uh...?

- A raise?! - Well, no, uh, never mind.

It's...

Huh.

Well, what in thunder brought that on?

Huh. I don't know.

Well, why don't we just go get something to eat, like I said.

Yeah, good idea.

Unless you, uh, want to sing me another chorus of that song.

- Hi, Quint. - Quint, how are you?

Matt. Doc.

Am I seeing things here?

Well, what's the matter with him? Is he sick?

No, he said he was broke.

All I can pay him is 75 cents a day,

but he said that was better than nothing.

Be back in about a half hour, Chester.

Yeah!

Watch the shop.

Well, Chester.

What's going on here?

Uh, well, I ain't workin' here, Mr. Dillon.

I mean, I ain't workin' here, only when you don't need me.

You need me now?

Well, I guess not.

Chester, just hold everything a minute, now.

Why don't you just tell us what was in that letter you got?

Oh, it was just a letter from an uncle of mine.

Which uncle?

Uncle Sunday Meachum from Waxahachie, Texas.

Oh, yeah. Oh, he's that one that

you don't have anything to do with, isn't he?

Never wrote to him or nothing.

Somebody must've told him

that I was working for the marshal here.

- So? - Well, so, according to the letter

he has to leave Waxahachie and...

he's either going to California

or he's coming to live with me here.

Well, why don't you just tell him to go to California?

He ain't got no money.

Well, you mean he's only got

enough money to get to Dodge City, huh?

So I've got to scrape up enough money

to get him to California, or to China, if I can.

Well, he can't be that bad, Chester.

Well, he's just probably the biggest crook in Texas.

Crook? Well, then wouldn't it be better if, uh,

if you just kindly had him come here

and you could keep an eye on him then?

I just don't think that's very funny.

I don't think it's safe here.

Don't work too hard, Chester.

What's-what's going on?

I think we got it all out now, Quint.

- You got what out? - The fire.

Fire...?!

Chester? Chester!

Oh! Hey, Quint.

Wh-What's happening here?

Oh, gosh, I'm just as sorry as I can be about this.

Yeah, well... well, how'd it get started?

Well, it was this doggoned old shovel's fault here.

You see this old bent shovel? Well, I...

I-I tried to fix it for you, and I put it in the forge there,

to heat it up, you know, like you do, and...

well, the mistake I made, I just grabbed it right there

and it was so doggone hot I just give it a flung and...

well, there's a couple of three little old coals

left in it, I guess, that...

landed right there by that coal oil can,

and I'll tell you, before I knew it,

it just... shwoo! Went up into flames.

I-I just... couldn't do nothing about it at all.

Boy, it sure didn't do my hand no good.

Yeah. Didn't do my shop no good, either.

- No. - Well, what happened here?

Huh?

Oh, well, don't you remember how you told me to...

to put the rim back on this wheel?

Well, I-I missed it a couple of times

with the hammer, and...

it-it kind of bent the...

Oh, yeah, that.

Yeah.

Well, I was hitting the rim there with it,

and-and, uh, I guess I missed it a couple of three times,

and I... hit the handle,

and it just... give way completely.

Boy, you know, that sure will sting your hand.

Did you ever do that?

Yeah.

Well, I'm, uh... I'm stinging all over, Chester.

Well, I... I kind of figured that you might be.

Look, about you working here, I...

I don't think I can afford you.

Well, I... I sure can understand that, Quint, and I...

- Yeah. - I tell you,

I'm just as sorry as I can be about this.

- Sure. - It's just...

I'll make it up to you just as soon as I can. I...

I don't... hardly know how long

that's gonna take, though, the way things are going.

Oh, well, morning, Mrs. Perkins. How are you?

My goodness, it's-it's, uh...

it's kind of a nice... nice morning, isn't it?

Are you all ready to buy a whole bunch of stuff?

Chester... you been drinking?

Oh, no, no, no, I'm a working man.

Then why ain't you out workin'?

Well, I'm-I'm working for Mr. Jonas here.

Oh, land sakes!

What can I show you this morning?

Well, I was looking for some cloth to make me a dress from.

Oh, we got it right over here.

Just step right over here, Mrs. Perkins.

We got all kinds of material here.

- You just take a look... - Well, for goodness sake, Chester,

wait, wait, give me a chance to look at 'em, will you?

Yeah, just go ahead, take a nice, long look.

How much is this?

Uh... this?

Well...

Mrs. Perkins, I don't think I'd buy that, if I was you.

Why not? I been wearing it for 20 years.

Well, it's so cheap. I mean,

you buy something like that, it's just gonna wear out.

I'll tell you another thing about it, too...

It just looks terrible.

But I can't afford nothin' better!

Well, then just do without... That'd be my advice.

- Just do without. - What's going on here?

What's the matter with you, Chester?

- What do you think you're doing? - I never seen a store

that didn't want business before!

Now, wait a minute, Mrs. Perkins, I'll take care of you.

I ain't stayin'.

My money isn't good enough here!

Oh, no, ma'am, ma'am, wait, wait a minute, Mrs. Perkins.

Why, your money is good... It's just as good as anybody's.

Heavens, we got a lot of things that you can buy.

Here, this is something that come in last week.

It's real cheap, and I know that you could use it.

I could...

- Well, I never! - Uh...

M-Mrs. Perkins?

That does it... get out, Chester.

- Well, I was... - Chester, out of here, out!

I cannot afford you.

- Get out! Get! Get! - Well... All right!

I was just doing what I thought...

- Chester! - What?

The apron.

Doesn't pay to be honest at all.

I was...

Chester?

Chester, what happened?

Well, I thought maybe a little bit of water here

might help sort of hold it down.

Little water?!

Oh, my table's ruined!

Who done it?

Well, it was a couple of cowboys come in, Dan, and, uh,

they was a little bit drunk at the time.

You know how cowboys are

when they get a little drunk.

Well, I wasn't even here; I was out back at the time.

I was working, that's what I was doing.

Chester, I got to tell you something.

I know, Dan... You can't afford me.

Well, I'll... I'll make it up to you

as soon as I can. I...

I just... the way things are going,

I don't think it's gonna be too soon.

Just go, Chester.

Yeah.

♪♪

Hello.

My name's Cury, Burt Cury.

All right.

You, uh, live here in Dodge?

Yeah, I live here.

Things are not doing too good for you though, huh?

Things is terrible.

I know. I, uh...

I saw what happened back there in the pool hall.

I said to myself, "There's as gloomy a fellow

"as you're ever gonna see.

Maybe there's something you ought to do for him."

You don't look like no preacher to me.

Not hardly.

What are you then?

Well, I'm just a fellow that's looking for a way

to make some money, that's all.

Easy money, know what I mean?

Well, ain't no easy ways, I'll tell you that.

I've-I've tried 'em all.

Not with Burt Cury, you ain't.

Well...

what was it you had in mind?

I don't know.

I just rode into town.

I see you got a couple of nice stores, though...

A few saloons and a bank.

And there's always the stage depot if you get wind

- of a shipment. - What are you driving at?

All you got to do is get me some information.

Everybody around here knows you.

Then you kind of act as a lookout for me

while I do all the hard work.

Why, you ain't nothing but a bandit, an outlaw!

I tell you what I'll do... I'll give you one-third.

Fair enough?

- One-third. - Do you happen to know of Marshal Dillon,

- by any chance? - There's a lawman in every town.

Well, I happen to work for this one.

You what?

That's right. My name's Chester Goode,

and I work for Marshal Dillon.

Well, stick 'em up!

Good ol' Chester, you really went for that one, didn't you?

Huh? You believed every word I said on it.

Oh, boy! Man, that's a pretty good joke

- if I say so myself, huh? - Oh, you...

You wasn't jokin'.

Don't give me that.

Oh, of course I was, Chester.

Everybody knows you and the marshal.

That's why I had that fella point you out to me...

So I could rib you about it a little bit, that's all.

You just better watch your step around here,

I'll tell you that.

Oh, Chester, you can take a joke, can't you?

Now, come on, I'll tell you what... next time you see me

in the saloon, I'll buy you a drink, huh?

Okay? Come on.

It'll be my pleasure.

And you'll be laughing about it afterwards, too, huh?

Chester?

Oh...!

Doc, for heaven sake, you scared me to death.

What the nelly's the matter with you?

Well...

Well, you look like you lost your last friend.

Well, I might as well have, Doc; I lost my last job.

Oh... well, I wouldn't worry about that.

Anybody that can get fired off of three jobs in one week

got nothing to worry about... That takes initiative.

You know, Doc, I think that I found me a crook.

Yeah.

Yeah, I really do, and I'm just

gonna watch him just as close as I can.

The first time he makes a wrong move, I'm gonna catch him.

Get myself a... bonus or reward or something.

There's no doubt about it, you'll catch him,

ball of fire like you.

I think you better get up, Chester.

- Well, what's the matter? - Well, I just saw Jim Dobie.

He said there's a man over at the Dodge House waiting for you.

Who?

Well, he just came in on the morning stage.

He's getting cleaned up now. Said as soon as he's through,

- he's gonna come out looking for you. - Well, who is it?

Well, Jim Dobie said he'd never forget a name like that...

Said it was Sunday Meachum?

Sunday...?

Oh, come on, Chester.

It can't be as bad as all that.

- Is that him? - Can't hardly miss him.

He's been wearing that same flower

and that coat for ten years.

Chester?

Chester? By golly!

Oh, my dear boy.

How are you?

I never did see you looking so good.

- Yeah. - Why, it's a pleasure to see you.

Well, doggone me, Chester, you must've...

- you must've growed another six inches! - Well...

- And strong and healthy-looking, too, eh? - Uncle Sunday...

Hard as a rock, that boy! That boy!

I'd like for you to meet a friend of mine.

- This is Marshal Dillon. - Why, Marshal, I'm right proud

to meet you, Marshal. It's a real pleasure.

How do?

It ain't often an old sinner like me

gets to shake hands with the law, eh?

Back home in Waxahachie, Texas,

the law knowed my back better than it did my face.

Always running, get it?

Ooh, uh... Ooh, I'm sorry.

This here's my niece Ellie.

- Ellie, this here is Chester, - How do you do?

And, uh, Marshal Dillon.

- Nice to meet you. - How do?

Your niece? I-I didn't know you had a niece.

Oh, well, um, she was just a baby

when you left home, Chester.

Hardly worth mentioning.

But, uh, she has changed some, you got to admit that, eh?

I heard a lot about you, Chester... all my life.

And, well, seeing you like this,

it's kind of like a dream come true.

It is? I mean, uh... really?

I waited a long time.

My goodness.

Yes, sir, Marshal, it is a real pleasure.

And I'm proud that Chester's working for you.

Well, we heard about it...

clear back in Waxahachie, Texas.

"I'm proud to be that boy's uncle," I said.

Yes, sir.

Chester, why don't you show the folks around Dodge a little bit?

Maybe we can get together and have a drink

at the Long Branch later.

Boy, that's real kind of you, Marshal; real kind.

All right, fine. Good-bye.

- Good-bye. - Bye.

Now, ain't he a nice fella?

Well, if we're gonna walk around town,

I-I better go freshen up a bit.

I must look a fright after that stage ride.

I'll only be a minute.

Uh, we'll-we'll wait for you down here.

Well, I'll hurry back.

Ah, Chester, she gets prettier every minute.

Uncle Sunday, I... I want to talk to you.

Well, what is it, boy?

- You look mighty serious. - Well, I am serious.

I... Just... Let's sit down here.

I want to know what you're doing here.

I want to know what your plans are.

- My plans? - Yeah.

Why, Chester, I don't know what you mean.

Ellie and me just... come to visit you, that's all.

Uh, uh, kind of a holiday, you might say.

I wish that I could believe you.

- Well, Chester, are you doubting my word? - Yeah, I am.

Well, now, that's no way to be talking

about your poor old uncle.

Oh, don't you "poor old uncle" me.

You're so dern full of cheats and tricks, you...

I want to know what no-good scheme

has brought you to Dodge.

Well, Chester, you shouldn't even be thinking that way.

Well, how can I think any other way?

I know how you had to come to Waxahachie

dressed in woman's clothes, driving the buggy

'cause that was the... that was the only way

that you could get rid of the sheriff in Dallas.

- No, that ain't true. - Well, what about them glass beads?

- And that box that you sold for diamonds? - Glass beads?

Yeah, glass beads.

That's unfair, Chester.

I was... I was set upon by hard times.

- And a man has got to eat. - Well, it's all right to eat.

You didn't seem to care much about who ate at the time.

I mean, the Widow Simmons dern near starved to death,

her and her four kids, trusting you before the-the citizens

found out about you and dern near...

run you out of town on a rail.

Oh.

Who told you that story?

Well...

I heard it.

I heard it all, and I've-I've...

had to live with it.

I just...

It's embarrassing.

I'm ashamed.

Chester...

you don't have to worry about me no more, Chester.

'Cause I'm reformed.

I'm totally reformed.

You can count on that, son.

It's an awful big town, Chester.

I-It's almost kind of scary.

Aw, there ain't nothing that can scare you and me, Ellie.

Not with Chester and the law behind us.

I know.

I just can't understand the lack of responsibility and...

respect for property nowadays.

Well, it's a doggone shame what some people'll do, ain't it?

That's the truth, Mr. Meachum.

They just busted in here one night, huh?

Yeah, a couple of drunks, the way I figure it.

Hmm!

Well, I was, uh...

hoping maybe that you'd had it fixed by this time, Dan.

I mean, y-you've had quite a while, it...

Well, we might say it's a lack of funds, Chester.

A failure to be rich.

Well, I-I'm just... I'd-I'd sure like...

Well, Dan,

I'm sure things are gonna work out for you.

You got an honest face... You deserve the best.

Well, thank you, sir.

Uh, speaking of money, Chester,

uh, you ain't showed us the bank yet.

- Well, it's just an old bank. - Well, it might be fun, Chester.

I'd kind of like to see it, too.

Oh, well, all right.

- Ah. - Have a good day, Mr. Binny.

It's been a pleasure, miss.

You drop in anytime, Mr. Meachum.

Well, I will, I will. Thank you.

And remember, you have any more trouble,

you just call on Chester here and the marshal, right?

- I sure will. - Sunday...

You know, Chester...

this here's one game I never could get the hang of.

Why, you come in anytime, sir, I'll start you off.

Doggone me, Chester.

What have I done now?

I went and lost the balls in the hole.

For heaven's sakes, Uncle Sunday,

will you get out of here?

Been a great pleasure meeting you, sir.

Drop by anytime. We'll have a little chat.

I just might do that. Thank you.

And bring Miss Ellie with you, of course.

Well, how very kind, Mr. Botkin.

Fine bank you got here, Mr. Botkin.

Mighty fine bank.

Why, thank you, sir.

- Good day. -SUNDAY: Good day. - Good day.

Kitty, Mr. Meachum.

Hello, Marshal.

- Sorry I'm late. - Oh, well,

a busy man like you, Marshal, with the...

the safety of the whole town on his shoulders,

why, I'm honored that you could spare any time at all for me.

Everybody he meets.

Just everybody he meets. Just...

Bring me a whiskey, will you, Sam?

Mr. Meachum was just telling me all...

Now, Miss Kitty...

Oh, all right.

Uncle Sunday was just telling me

all about life in Waxahachie, Texas.

I was just telling Miss Kitty that, uh,

we never even dreamed of having a fine, elegant place

like the Long Branch down there,

especially run by a beautiful woman of real class.

Well, now, that makes me wish

I had opened a place in Waxahachie, Texas.

You'd be welcome as the flowers in spring, Miss Kitty.

I think you better have another drink on me.

Why, I'd be delighted.

Sam, can you fill this up for me?

I'm real anxious to meet your niece.

Oh, I was going to bring her over,

but Chester was dead against it.

Well, Miss Kitty, I-I really didn't think that this was

quite the place for a-a nice young lady, you know.

Oh, we'd all be here with her.

Well, uh, I really think that, uh,

she's better off there at the Dodge House.

At least there we're, we're going to know that she's safe.

Would you, uh, would you mind telling me your name?

Ellie.

I figured it'd be a pretty name like that.

You live here in Dodge, do you, Ellie?

For a while... My uncle and I are staying here.

Gee, that's, that's fine.

You wouldn't, uh, wouldn't like to be my guest...

You and your uncle both... At supper tonight, would you?

Oh, uh, we couldn't do that.

Oh, why not?

Well, it just wouldn't work out, that's all.

Well, uh...

how about you, uh, coming out and meeting me yourself...

Just, just you alone?

Really, Mr. Cury.

Why don't you call me Burt?

What kind of a woman do you think I am?

Burt?

Well, you're a lady.

Anybody can see you're a lady.

Thank you.

You know there's a, uh...

there's a back porch onto this hotel.

Did you know that?

I've seen it.

Well, why don't you come out there

to meet me, tonight at midnight?

I mean, just you.

We can, we could talk freer there.

I can't go anywhere at midnight.

Woman like you can do anything she wants to,

if she wants it bad enough.

I'll think about it.

I'll see you then.

♪ Walkin' down the road with a pack on my back ♪

♪ A pack on my back, a pack on my back ♪

♪ Walkin' down the road with a pack on my back ♪

- ♪ Gettin' along... ♪ - Hello, Matt.

Doc.

Well...

what's this?

What's what?

Well, you're getting all slicked up.

You got a boiled shirt on and everything.

Now, Doc, you don't bother me one little bit,

not one little, eensy bit.

You got your shoes all greased up and everything.

What is this, Matt, we gonna lose him?

By golly.

We got a courting man, looks like to me.

Well, he's going on to have supper

with his Uncle Sunday tonight, Doc... and Ellie.

Oh, and Ellie.

Yeah, and Ellie.

I wouldn't stomp the mud off of my boots

to have supper with Uncle Sunday.

Well, what... what'd I do with that tie?

Oh.

You've sure got it in for him, haven't you?

Well, he's a phony and a fraud.

Well, why do you keep saying that?

Yeah, there something about him you're not telling us, Chester?

Well, I just have a feeling about these things,

especially when it concerns my blood uncle.

Well, what do you mean?

Well, I mean that my Uncle Sunday is

a little bit low on character,

and you and Mr. Dillon ought to be smart enough

to see through it.

Well, I don't know about that, Chester.

Sure, he flatters people a lot and all,

but maybe that's just his way of being friendly.

Yeah, well, I sure ain't going to talk no more about it.

There... there.

- Chester. - Eh?

There's just one thing I want to ask you about this.

If Uncle Sunday is your uncle and Ellie is his niece,

then, uh, doesn't that make you

kind of a relative of hers, some way?

You know, Doc, that kind of worried me at first,

to tell you the truth, but, uh, it's actually very simple

if you got half a brain at all.

Ellie ain't his niece.

Well, too bad, Doc... guess we don't have half a brain.

Very fine cuisine, my friend...

Well, Uncle Sunday's paying the bill.

I can't hardly believe that.

Chester, sometimes you're too hard on him.

Now, Ellie, I wondered, while we got a minute here,

uh, could, could, uh...?

Do you... you like me?

Oh, why, certainly, Chester.

Uh, he'll, he'll be coming out in a minute.

I... maybe I could meet you later on tonight somewheres.

Oh, uh, no, I-I-I can't.

I, uh, I-I can't leave the hotel late at night.

Well, you don't have to leave.

The hotel's got a back porch, and I-I could meet you there,

and Uncle Sunday would never know.

Oh, n-no, really, I-I, I can't.

I'll meet you there later on.

Oh, no, please, I...

M-Maybe tomorrow night?

No, tonight.

- I won't be there, Chester. - Yes, yes, you will.

Well...

Shall we take a little walk to settle our supper?

Well, I think that maybe I ought to get on back

and see if Mr. Dillon needs me for anything.

I'll see you tomorrow.

All right, Chester.

Yes, tomorrow, Chester.

Oh, thanks a lot for the supper.

Why, it's a pleasure, my boy. Good night.

Night.

Until tomorrow, Chester.

Hello, Chester.

It's me... Burt Cury.

Remember?

What you doing out here so late at night?

You figuring on robbing the Dodge House or something?

I think that's more your kind of a job, don't you?

Chester, come on, you got me all wrong.

You're not still sore at me, are you,

about that little, that little joke I pulled on you, huh?

Why don't you just go get yourself a drink somewheres?

Hey, gee, those are awfully pretty flowers.

What, you got yourself some kind

of a little secret meeting out here tonight, huh?

I don't think that's any business of yours at all.

Oh, uh, Miss Ellie.

Why, Chester, I... I didn't know you'd have friends with you.

Oh, he ain't no friend of mine.

Why don't you just move on out of here?

We don't need you at all.

Well, I...

- Oh. - Oh.

- Well, don't, uh... - Thank you, Chester.

Don't stay out too late tonight, Chester.

Well, who's he?

Oh, h-he ain't no friend of mine.

Actually, I think he's some kind of a crook, I really do.

Oh, here, I brought you a little something there.

Thank you. Isn't that sweet?

It was, uh... it was, uh, it's awful nice of you to come.

Well, I-I, I can't stay, though.

Well, just, just for a little bit.

Well, I only came

because I didn't want you to be waiting around,

and, uh, well, I've only got a minute or two.

Now, Uncle Sunday don't own you now.

Oh, now, please, Chester, let's not argue.

Uncle Sunday said he was going out for a drink

and he'd be back in 25 minutes to say good night,

and, well, you know that he will,

and please don't make it hard for me.

Oh, well, I, I didn't mean to do that at all.

Well, i-it'll be different tomorrow night, I-I, I promise.

I-I'll meet you here at the same time and...

I-I'll be thinking about you, Chester.

Good night, Chester.

Good night.

♪ Pack on my back, a pack on my back ♪

♪ A-walkin' down the road with a pack on my back ♪

♪ Gettin' along to... ♪

Hello, Ellie.

Burt, please remember, I'm a lady.

I know.

What was Chester doing here, anyway?

It couldn't be helped, but I, uh, got rid of him.

You sure did; you did fine.

You and I are going to do just fine.

Burt, that's enough.

I don't suppose I'll ever get enough.

Burt... Chester's convinced that you're, um,

a crook of some kind.

Is it true?

Is it true the old man that came

to Dodge with you is your uncle?

Is that true?

I made it my business to check up on you, Ellie.

Now, it's true that Sunday Meachum is Chester's uncle...

but to you he's more like a friend.

Wouldn't you say?

How'd you know that?

I seen you two at Delmonico's tonight.

Anybody could see, from the way he looked at you, what he was.

You're smart, Burt.

I like men who are smart.

And Sunday Meachum... Is he smart, too?

He's smart enough to know that Mr. Botkin... the banker...

Is going to be working at his office at the bank

tomorrow night.

So?

So, Sunday and I are gonna go over there tomorrow night,

and Mr. Botkin will let us in.

Of course he wouldn't let just anybody in, but, uh,

knowing that Sunday is Chester's uncle...

Well, we won't have any trouble at all.

What are you telling me all this for, huh?

I need someone younger...

handsomer.

Well, you got him.

This is the luckiest day of my life.

Burt, we can be rich.

- You mean the bank? - Mm-hmm.

Now, Sunday's idea is for me to put the money in my purse.

And, well, I could go along

with everything that Sunday has planned, except for...

for one thing.

I... I could leave before he does, and...

- and, uh... - And then I, uh...

You could have two horses waiting down the street, and...

we could leave town before...

before Sunday knows what happened.

Two horses, huh?

You're a wonder, Ellie.

You're a living wonder.

Come in! Come in!

Well, hello, Chester.

How are you this morning?

I'm fine.

Sit down.

I'll be through in a minute.

Sleep well?

Huh? Oh, my, yes. Always do.

Uncle Sunday, I thought, maybe,

later on this afternoon, we might, uh,

take a buggy ride... You and me and Ellie.

A friend of mine has a real nice ranch... Amos Stratton.

He-he invited us out to spend the night.

Spend the night?

Oh, no, Chester, I'm afraid I couldn't do that.

You got something better to do?

Huh? No, no. It's...

It's just that, uh, well, I hate to impose on people that way.

Oh, you do, huh?

Well, now, Chester,

I ain't imposed on you since I've been here.

No, sir, I've paid my own way every time.

You call robbing banks paying your own way?

Well, now, Chester, I've put up with a lot from you,

but this time, you've gone too far.

All right, Uncle Sunday, but I'm gonna tell you something.

When you come out of that bank tonight,

I'm gonna be waiting for you with a shotgun.

Now, wait, wait! Wait.

Chester, hold up, hold up.

How did you find out about this?

- Ellie. - Ellie?!

Boy, has she got a beaut planned for you.

What are you saying?

Well, she throwed in with a crook named Burt Cury,

and she's running off with him.

She's taking the money, too.

That ain't true!

She'd never tell you such a thing!

Well, of course she wouldn't tell me.

She didn't even know I was listening.

Well...

I just can't believe it, that's all.

Little Ellie double-crossing me?

Uncle Sunday...

you have done some bad things in your time.

I mean, you've cheated people,

you've lied to 'em, you've misled 'em...

but for heaven sakes, this time you're just going too far.

Chester... I want you to listen to me good.

I like women.

I like to have 'em around.

It kind of helps to make things a little more pleasant, somehow.

But...

things change as the years go by.

Women like Ellie, they... they just ain't interested

in an old dog like me without I have money,

a whole lot of money.

Life's a hard business,

and it sure don't get any easier with age.

Money was just about the only way I had to hold her.

Aw...

I sure did like that little girl.

I guess I'd have done just about anything in the world for her.

Eh...

Let him have her.

She'll do the same thing to him some day.

Chester...

You can put your mind to ease, now.

I don't need money... anymore.

I ain't about to rob no bank.

That's the truth, son.

The honest truth.

We just about have time to make that 22:00 train.

This is going to be real easy.

I told you, honey. Stick with me.

Why, I will.

Ah...

It's me, Sunday Meachum, Chester's uncle.

- Evening. Good evening, miss. - Good evening.

I sure hate to bother you this late at night, Mr. Botkin,

but I got something awful important to talk to you about.

All right, come in. Come in.

Thank you.

What's this?

It's a holdup, Mr. Botkin; a bank holdup.

Now you just do as you're told, and you won't get hurt.

But you can't do this! You're Chester's...

Chester's uncle, I know.

But Chester don't know anything about this.

Now you go on and open that safe and make it fast.

Come on.

You won't get away with this.

You just hush up and get to work.

And a girl.

How could you bring a young girl into this?

Your job is to open that safe and nothing else.

There it is, Ellie. Help yourself.

I'll keep an eye on Mr. Botkin here.

How'd you know the money would be in there?

Well, where else would it be, Mr. Botkin?

Oh, look at that, Ellie.

Oh, just look at that! Mm!

It sure is a pretty sight.

Yeah.

You'll both end up in prison for this.

And you'll end up on Boot Hill

if you don't hush up, Mr. Botkin.

There it is. Uh...

You need to tie him up,

and, uh, I'll be waiting out front for you.

You bet you will, honey.

Good evening, Mr. Botkin.

Turn around, Mr. Botkin.

Go on. Go on.

I got it!

Wonderful, Ellie.

It's wonderful.

Oh, we better hurry up.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Burt, where's my horse?

Burt... where's my horse?!

Thanks for the money, honey.

I'll see you in church, huh?

Burt? Burt! Burt!

You yell too loud, somebody's liable to hear you.

Chester...

He ain't gonna get very far.

Dr. Dillon's waiting for him.

Well, I don't know what you mean.

Well, it ain't no good acting lies anymore, Ellie.

We'll just wait for him at the jail.

Chester, you planned this!

Yeah, that's right, I did.

I planned it.

Course I...

I never figured

that Burt Cury would run out on you like this...

after what I seen behind the Dodge House last night.

Let's go.

Hello, Ellie.

What happened to Burt Cury?

Well, he took the money and run off from her, and...

I'm sorry, Ellie. I...

I wish things had turned out different.

Well, that's just real sweet of you.

All right.

Well, look who's here.

So you got caught.

Yeah, I got caught.

He was waiting for me at the end of the street.

I wish he'd shot you!

Hey, what about him? He was in on it with us.

Yeah.

Yeah, he did a pretty good night's work.

Helping Chester the way he did.

Better get this money back to Mr. Botkin.

You know, he's gonna be pretty nervous till you do.

Well, I sure can understand that.

I'll do that right away.

Chester... if you was to come along with me,

I'd be proud to buy you a drink after.

Well, I, uh...

It's my last night in Dodge, Chester.

Well...

is that there a...

a promise, Uncle Sunday?

That's a promise, Chester.

By, golly, I think I'll just buy you a drink.

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