Original subtitles

Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

♪♪

I told you you wasn't going to get none now,

and I mean it.

Why don't you just go on home

and stay out of the sun like Doc told you to do?

Go on home now and stay there.

Ain't no use of you...

ogling at me like that.

It ain't going to do you no good.

You're gonna have to wait till sundown,

just like the rest of the folks does.

Well...

go on, now.

Go on, get along, scat.

I sure am glad to see you.

If they's anything I can't stand,

it's bratty young'uns standing around

a-pooching their eyeballs out at you,

trying to look pitiful.

Grown-up folks is bad enough,

but them bratty young'uns,

they just make me pure ol' nervious,

I'll tell you.

Yeah, I know.

Was you able to swallow your breakfast, was you?

All I had was a raw egg.

I'll tell you, you ain't going to be getting no eggs directly,

if this here drought don't bust.

I know.

Mrs. Murdock's already lost most of her chickens.

Well, folks is getting into bad shape.

How is he?

He's nearly dead.

There ain't nothing you can do?

No, there's nothing I can do.

He drank water from one of those mud holes

in the river bottom, didn't he?

He was thirsty.

Well, it's polluted.

He might as well have put a gun to his head.

Stock drinks it.

Well, the stock's not people.

And they're dying from it, too.

At least, half of them are.

That's what adds to the pollution.

No, there's nothing I can do.

That's four dead now.

The woman and the girl will probably be two more.

You've got to stop them, Matt.

How?

Can't put a guard on every puddle.

Well, you've got to do it some way.

They're committing suicide.

Well, we don't know that for sure, Doc.

Maybe some of them can pull through it.

If they can't, what does it matter, anyway?

Does it make any difference

whether they die from bad water

or no water at all?

Well, I think so.

So do you.

♪♪

This'll do. I'll get out here.

Give me my water.

This isn't enough.

Our agreement was for you to ride as far as you wanted to go

and no mention to anyone that I'd seen you,

in return for this.

That's more than you got coming.

- Why, you... - Hold it.

But you can get plenty in Dodge.

If I thought there was plenty of water in Dodge, son,

there'd be no argument.

Why don't you rub that off?

You know you ain't got neither one

and all it's doing is making it worst.

Well, I might as well, I guess.

Give me a drink.

No booze.

Don't you hear so good?

I said, give me a drink.

Dr. Adams says nobody's to get any whiskey.

Look.

I don't care what Dr. Adams said.

I said, give me a drink.

You're not going to get any in here.

Well, then, I'll just go somewheres else and get some.

You won't get any anyplace in Dodge,

and I can't see you riding very far in this heat.

Hey, look.

Hey, look at them water barrels.

Come on!

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

- Hey! Hey! - Whoa! -Whoa, hey!

Hey, stop his horse. Stop his horse.

Hey, partner, you got any water?

No, I don't have any water.

Gentlemen, there's no water in there.

This one here's empty.

- This one's empty, too. - This one, too.

I don't have any water, I told you.

Hey, look. Look!

He's a rainmaker.

Yeah, yeah, he's...

No, no. I can't.

I don't know how.

I swear, I don't know how!

Hold it!

Now, what's going on?

He's a rainmaker, Marshal.

He's going to make it rain.

- That's right. - Yeah! -

- No! I don't know how. - But he's...

That's what the sign says.

All right, that's enough of that.

You better come with me.

Take care of his horse.

Well, come on, he can make it rain, Marshal.

Yeah!

Get out of the way.

Marshal, why don't you give him a chance?

How are you gonna know unless you let him try?

I'm gonna go down there, see what's going on.

All he can do is give him a chance.

Come on, let's see what's up.

Maybe he can make it rain.

Hello, Doc.

This here's Doc Adams.

And this here's Dr. Tobias.

- Doctor? - How do you do, sir?

He's a real doctor.

He's got them herb medicines out yonder.

And rainmaker, according to the sign.

Well, now, I've...

Where'd you come from?

East, from Elmwood.

What were things like back there?

Same as here.

I was hoping I'd find you folks better off

than some of the others I've seen.

I'll tell you, when our well goes dry

- we're gonna be in a pickle... - Well?

You mean to say that you have a well that hasn't gone dry yet?

- Marshal? - Oh, Janie.

Hello, Janie.

Here. Come sit down.

How is he, Janie? How is he, Janie?

That's why I came, Doc.

I-I thought maybe you better look at him.

He didn't seem too good.

I can't nurse him anymore.

My milk's all gone.

Well, the same thing's wrong with him as everybody else:

he needs water.

Is your ration all gone, Janie?

Yes.

Well, we'll just have to arrange

for some extra for you, that's all.

But I can't take extra.

Now, don't worry about it at all.

Matt, he could use some water right now.

Do you have a little there?

Doc, I'm sorry, I don't have a drop left.

Well, then, I'll have to...

Uh, Doc, I got some left.

- You have? - Mm-hmm.

There you are, Miss Janie.

I'll need a spoon, too.

Now, you drink some of that yourself.

Oh, no, I couldn't.

Oh, well, fiddle,

I wouldn't drink any till after sundown myself.

Festus, this is half full.

Well, I don't drink much water, Doc.

Yeah, how do you manage that?

Well, geez,

I keep this pebble in my mouth.

Want one, Matthew?

Well, now, that's gonna help him some, I think.

You know, uh, Festus,

sure would be nice if you could spare some

for her to take home.

Oh, of course!

Give her all she wants.

Here, Matthew...

Pour it in your canteen...

Now, Janie, I wouldn't want him to have

more than, oh, just what I gave him there,

about every... every half hour or so.

Just don't give him too much, that's all.

Okay.

You go on home and don't worry.

Thank you, Doc.

It's all right.

Festus, thanks.

Ah, forget it.

Mr. Tobias, what pitch do you use

to go along with that rainmaking sign?

Well...

when I come into a dry town like this,

if people ask me about the sign, I tell them I've quit,

because in the last place,

the people wanted to lynch me after they got flooded out.

And if they still keep after me,

I finally agree to try, if they put up the money.

But I don't get paid unless I produce rain in two weeks.

And, uh,

I'm not responsible in case of floods.

I see. So if it rains within two weeks,

you collect your money.

Otherwise, you just, uh, move on and try again?

Is that it?

That's about it.

Huh. That's pretty slick, ain't it?

Oh, you think so, huh?

Well, it's illegal, isn't it, Matt?

I don't know, Doc.

But this man's gonna do it here

whether it's legal or not.

What? What are you talking about?

I want you to go out there and give your pitch to those people.

Tell them you're gonna make it rain.

Well, you know he can't do it.

Sure, I know it, Doc.

Well, what are you driving at?

Doc, those people out there are just barely hanging on.

Now, this man can give them something to hope for,

something to work on, something to keep them going.

All right. All right.

I've decided to give it a try.

Now, I'm going to ask you people for two things.

This being a man-size drought we're in,

we're going to need a man-size tower.

Tower? What in the world are we gonna need a tower...

Because into that unbeclouded atmosphere

I have to dispel a sizable amount of oxidized particles

in order to draw the moisture down to us.

Now, we'd best wait till it's cooler

before starting on the tower.

Right now, I'll need some flour, about 20 pounds.

Well, I can get you 20 pounds of flour

and get it to the Long Branch.

That's fine. Thank you, sir.

Some black powder.

Oh, I-I can get the black powder.

Yeah, we can get the black powder.

Good. Some flowers of sulphur.

- I'll get the sulphur. - Thank you.

A copper kettle...

I've got one. You can have it.

The kettle must be copper.

It is.

Now, there's one other thing that...

By Harry, lookit here.

This man holds in his hands an aboriginal rainmaking device.

- What? - Huh? -A who?

Hold it up there, sir, so everyone can see it.

That Kachina doll was used by Old Shaman,

a friend of mine, of the Kohote Indians.

With my own eyes, I saw him produce rain

after only three days tryin'.

He shook this Kachina doll at the four winds

every half hour for three days,

and on the third day, the heavens opened up

and it just poured down rain.

Looks like he's got 'em interested, all right.

Pert near believe him myself.

Keep them busy for awhile.

Yes, but how long?

Long enough for us to check out Stinking Springs, Doc.

Stinking Springs? What for?

Festus, you think you could get a wagon up that canyon?

Well, it wouldn't be easy.

I reckon it could be did,

but shoot, ain't no use in that, Matthew.

That water's poison. Everybody knows that.

No, no, no, it isn't.

I should have thought of that myself.

Doc, did you ever smell it?

I've smelled it and I've tasted it.

And it's terrible, but it won't hurt anybody.

Festus, you think there's a team here in town

that's in good enough shape to make that trip?

Well, there's one team over at the livery stable

that ain't in too bad a shape yet.

All right.

Now, get the wagon inside the stable.

We'll load the barrels on in there.

We gotta keep this quiet

or we'll have half the people in town

wanting to follow you out there.

Well, I'm going to need some help, Matthew.

All right, I'll, uh, I'll see if I can get Tim Grady to help you.

I'm gone.

Now, all of you, get what you can where you can

and come back here as soon as you can.

All right.

♪♪

Oh, it's all right, Billy.

We'll get you some water right away.

Jimmy!

Oh!

Oh, I missed you something awful.

Oh, Jimmy, it's good to have you back.

You look pretty as ever.

You look kind of peaked.

It's just that I'm not getting enough water.

Nobody is.

What do you mean, not enough water?

There's only one well that hasn't gone dry.

They been rationing it.

Marshal Dillon gives it out at sundown.

One well for the whole town?

They give me a ration for the baby.

It still isn't enough.

It seems like he's thirsty all the time.

And I can't feed him.

I have some left here.

Oh, Jimmy, thank you.

Now I can give this back to Festus.

Give Billy some water, a spoonful.

I'll be back.

You're not going to give water away?

I have to, Jimmy.

It's all he had.

What about us?

Well, we'll get an extra ration for you at the well tonight.

Janie...

I... I can't go to the well.

What?

I said, I can't go to the well.

Why not?

Jimmy, what happened?

Did you run away?

Oh, Jim...

I had to.

They had me in a stockade, living on bread and water.

I couldn't stand it no more.

The stockade? What did you do?

I didn't do anything.

There-there was this lieutenant.

He took a dislike to me, that's all.

He kept picking on me all the time.

He kept giving me extra duty.

Everybody knew he had it in for me.

And-and so when he got hurt...

Hurt? What do you mean?

One night, somebody beat him up with a rifle butt.

It wasn't me, Janie, I swear it wasn't me.

But the way he'd been riding me, everybody thought that...

Gave me a court martial.

Then they gave me a year in the...

in the stockade.

It'll be all right, Jimmy.

Wasn't fair to lock you up for something you didn't do.

Maybe when the drought's over,

we can go to Mexico.

♪♪

Is that all?

Marshal, that's only half of what we got last night,

and that wasn't enough to last.

Yes, I know, Mrs. Miller.

Folks, listen to me!

We're gonna have to cut the water ration again tonight.

I know, I know.

But we may have all the water we need by morning.

Festus and Tim Grady are headed out

towards Stinking Springs right now, with a wagon.

Stink... Well, Marshal, you know that stuff will kill you.

- It's poison. - No, it won't either.

Doc's checked it out, he says it's all right.

It's all right. Won't hurt you.

May not taste too good,

but I don't think anybody's going to mind that right now.

If we're gonna have plenty in the morning,

why do we have to go short now?

- Yeah. - Yeah, how come?

Because we don't know for sure

whether there is any water up there,

and until then, we're gonna have to go slow.

How much is in the well?

Not enough to take chances with.

All right, folks, let's move it along.

Mrs. Miller for two.

You get one apiece. Fruit or vegetables?

Janie.

Just a minute here, Janie.

There you are.

Festus.

Come on.

Easy now, easy.

Come on.

I had to stop and get my wind.

All right, all right, just take it easy now.

Here, have a slug of this.

Much obliged.

All right, now.

Here, take another one.

No, no. No use in trying to drown me.

Festus, what did you find out there?

A dry hole.

Dust dry.

Did you dig in it?

Wasn't no use to, Matthew.

There's people been there...

must have been three days ago,

the way the tracks looked.

They dug in

and didn't get a thing.

Well, even that old cottonwood tree out yonder...

It's dying for want of water.

And you know if there was water even down 20 or 30 feet,

that old cottonwood

would get his feet in it.

There just ain't nothing.

Well, anyhow, what we done,

we just left the wagon out yonder

and rode the horses in.

'Course, they played out on us a couple of miles out of town.

Where's Tim Grady now?

Well, he's kind of played out hisself.

He's down yonder at the livery stable.

We can't let them know about this, Festus.

They find out, they're liable to give up hope, start dying

or all start fighting over that well.

Yeah. Afraid you're right, Matthew.

First thing we got to do

is keep them from finding out that you two are back.

We gotta hide you out.

You reckon Miss Kitty would hide us at the Long Branch?

Yeah, that's a good idea.

I'll tell you what you do:

Take that by the well

and tell Thad I said to fill it up for you and Tim.

I'll get Tim

and I'll meet you back at the Long Branch.

You better come in the back way there, too.

All right, Matthew.

♪♪

Thad?

Thad, it's me, Festus.

Come on back here.

Did you have any luck?

Nah, that spring is bone dry.

Now, Matthew told me to come get

a mite of water for old Tim and me,

'cause he wants us to hide out

so the folks won't know we're back in town yet.

Right.

That rainmakin' feller's

gettin' right along with that tower, ain't he?

How you been gettin' along?

Oh, I'll tell you, it isn't easy,

sittin' next to this water all night long,

being as thirsty as I am.

Ah, I don't reckon it would be.

You take care of yourself, you hear?

And I'll see you directly.

Right, Festus.

What?

The marshal and his friends.

They're a little better than us common folk, huh?

What are you talking about?

What am I talking about?

That canteen.

Now, from here on in,

old Monk gets his share of water, too.

Now hand over that canteen, or I'll blow your head off.

This-this here canteen?

Well, of course, here it is.

You crazy? You're getting more water than anybody.

What's the idea?!

Hey, hey!

Festus, you all right?

Crazy fool jumped me.

Well, go on, get out of here.

Well, I can't go after killing a...

Festus, Matt told you to stay hidden.

Now go on, get out of here. Before some people start coming.

What was the shooting?

It was me, Matthew.

Down by the well some fellow jumped me,

tried to keep my canteen, I had to kill him.

- Anybody see you? - Only Thad.

Well, then get on into Long Branch, I'll check this.

I tell you he was bound he was gonna have some water.

You're lying. Monk's a friend of mine.

He left me with no other choice but to shoot him.

- I don't believe that. - You're telling a lie, boy.

That ain't the truth.

Were you here?

He was talking about it.

How maybe you and your friends was sneaking extra water.

That a fact?

Maybe you'll tell us different.

The only thing I'm telling you is to get that body out of here.

Thad.

Did you see this thing?

Not exactly.

He must have jumped Festus.

Miss Kitty, I n...

never knew water could taste so good.

Don't gulp it, sip it.

Matthew?

Everything's all right, Festus.

Why in the Sam Hill that fella do what he done for?

Well, he was only at that well for one reason.

I know he was fixing to steal water,

but you just can't hardly believe it, can you?

Well, I tell you something you can believe...

You saved Thad from getting shot.

How's he, Kitty?

Well, he's gonna have to stay off his feet for a while.

Well, I guess this is as good a place as any

to sit and be thirsty.

Matthew?

They's one place we ain't looked yet,

and that's west.

I mean far west, like Colorado.

Festus, you can't.

Miss Kitty, it ain't gonna make no difference

where a feller's at if he ain't got water to drink.

But all the way to Colorado?

Maybe Cheyenne Wells, Matthew.

Festus, I've thought about that,

but I couldn't ask you to do it.

It's too long a shot.

Well... fiddle, you ain't asking me to do it.

I'm-I'm fixing to give her a whirl by myself.

Festus...

Cheyenne Wells is better than two days from here.

And it's twice that long coming back with a wagon.

If they have any water.

And if they'll let you have a wagon to haul it back in.

Miss Kitty, the way I look at it

we just ain't got no other choice

but to do that.

Well...

I'll see you directly, Matthew.

Good luck, old friend.

Miss Kitty.

Didn't bug you.

I guess he's about to start.

It's pretty near dawn.

I think I'll go up and watch.

You stay down here. With all that stuff

he's got up there, there's enough weight as it is.

You figure it'll work?

I'll let you know.

Gentlemen, I believe

the opportune moment has arrived.

Mr. Lathrop, you may begin.

Likewise, Mr. Halligan.

No, no, no.

Slow and steady, Mr. Halligan.

Boom... boom.

That's it.

Dr. Tobias,

you really think it's gonna work?

It's worked down through the ages, my friend.

Just as soon as the oxygenated particles

become juxtapositioned with the upper atmosphere.

Continue, Mr. Halligan.

Well, doesn't look like it's doing much good, does it?

Ain't no use.

Faint heart, Mr. Halligan?

Faint heart never won fair ladies.

I've been at it all night.

Yes, I know, but there's no telling from how far

we have to draw those rain clouds.

- Keep at it, Mr. Halligan. - I'm getting tired.

I'll take over.

- Good. - Go down and get some sleep.

I'm gonna try to rig up a shade

and stay up here and watch for Festus and Grady.

Yeah, well, I'll come back

- and spell you in a while. - All right.

Keep that smoke going, Mr. Lathrop.

And don't forget...

It's the persistency of the drumming

that draws the rain clouds.

Sure, Doctor.

Get to it.

Come on, Mary, let's get out of the sun.

Hey, Lathrop.

Hey, Lathrop.

Yeah?

You see anything?

Not a sign of 'em.

Janie, don't.

Don't do that.

Janie, don't.

I didn't mean to, Janie. I'm sorry, I couldn't help it.

You killed Billy.

Don't say that. I haven't.

I'll make it up to you someway, Janie.

He can last till sundown, you know that.

You'll have some water then.

There's not enough for all of us.

How could you do it?

I said I was sorry, didn't I?

I said I'd make up for it.

What's the matter, don't...

don't you think I can?

You'll see.

I'll get him some water. You, too... all you need.

Let me show you how to do that, son.

Shake it up high to the four winds.

North, south, east and west.

Now you try that up high.

Thought for sure that rainmaker would've done something by now.

- Aw, he's a fake. - No, he'll make it rain.

He's got to make it rain.

All right, now, I want you to listen to me.

I want all the men over here in a line.

Hate to tell you this, boys,

but we're gonna have to cut it down again.

Where's the wagon?

I don't know where the wagon is. That's why we're cutting down.

But we got to have something.

You're gonna have something...

There's gonna be one ration for three men.

Oh, what...

Marshal, that ain't enough.

I didn't say it was enough.

Now get in line, all of you. Line up.

Oh!

All right, that's all the water ration

for you two for tonight.

Now go on.

Rest of you get back in line.

I'm sorry.

Thad, see that Mrs. Davis gets another ration.

Janie.

He don't look good, Doc.

Do you think...

I mean, when we get our ration,

if I give it all to him?

No need.

He sure couldn't make it without you, Janie.

No, you can't do that. Now, here.

Don't worry.

Ma'am.

Excuse me.

Fine looking child. Boy or girl?

It's a boy.

You're the rainmaker, aren't you?

Sometime misnomer, I fear.

What?

If you have a moment I'd like to walk along with you.

May I?

Thank you.

Hold it, Halligan, we got to split that three ways.

Now, you listen to me, young lady.

Don't you let anyone know you have this.

It's for you and the baby.

It might give you a better chance.

I don't know how to thank you.

Don't thank me, just run along.

Before I change my mind.

I'll give you $30 for it.

I-I mean, that-that's all I got.

I could throw in my saddle.

I know they're lying to me.

There's got to be some wine around here someplace.

That Miss Kitty... she's keeping it hid for herself.

And I'm gonna find it.

Hey.

Looky.

They're empty.

Hey, ain't he...

Yeah. Come on.

I know, I know... I know darn well that's the one

that Dillon said went with Festus after the water.

Sure it is. There ain't no wagon coming, and Dillon knows it.

What are we gonna do about it?

We're going down to the well and take what we want,

and good-bye Dodge.

W-Wait a minute, wait a minute.

What about that deputy?

We even the score for Monk.

Come on.

You better get the marshal.

You get back inside.

Kitty, is something wrong?

There's gonna be some trouble down at the well.

I'm gonna go get Matt.

Well, here, I'll go with you.

It's them saddle bums from the Long Branch.

Yeah.

They're headed for the well.

I don't care what you know or what you think you know.

You lay a hand on that well rope,

- and I'll have to shoot. - Now, listen, kid,

you don't want to get yourself killed.

Just hold it here.

You told us there was a wagon coming with water, but it ain't.

That's right. That Grady kid's right here in town,

and you know it.

What makes you think so?

Well, if he ain't, then where's the wagon?

All right, I want you all to move along right now.

Break it up and move along.

I've got six men with me.

We're gonna bail this well

until we each have a double canteen.

And then we're leaving town.

And the rest is for whoever wants it.

All right. Help yourself.

♪♪

It's empty.

That's right. We took the last of it out three days ago.

- You've been lying to us. - What did you lie to us for?

- You said there was water in the well. - That lie

kept you going, all of you.

- There ain't no water here! - Yeah, what are you trying...

What're we supposed to do for a drink around here?

Will you... Shut up a minute! Hold it.

Maybe we'll die, all right.

Half of you'd be dead right now if it wasn't for Matt.

Doesn't make much sense for you blaming him

for trying to save us. Now, shut up.

Well, he hadn't ought to have lied to us.

All right, old man. No noise.

Get in the wagon. Go on.

I told you I don't have any.

Look.

Then you got it somewhere else.

Now give it to me!

What's happened here?

There's a wounded man in there, Marshal.

He was going to knife me for water I didn't have.

Who is he?

That's Jane Libby's husband.

I thought he was at Fort Scott.

Is it bad, Doc?

I'm afraid it is, son.

What is it, son? I can't hear you.

Now it rains.

Now.

♪♪

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