cows mooing oh,h,isco, first its rest the cattle, then feed the cattle, then water the cattle, cattle, cattle, cattle. Holy smokers, i hear cattle till its running out from my ears. Liked cattle. I do like the cattle, in a plate in front of me, with plenty of salsa and chili verde, frijoles and tortillas. There you go again, tnking of nothing but your stomach. Why shouldnt i . What im gonna do without it . Hey, cisco, when youre gonna get this railhead . Tomorrow. Holy smokes the sheriff. Good morning, sirs. Whose cattle are these . They belong to ben farley of the diamond d. Ranch in durango. Well, do you mind if my boys take a look at em . Not at all, sir. Go right ahead. All right, boys. Whats this all about . Well, theres been quite a t of rustling going on here lately. Im just checking after all the herds in my territory. Well, these cattle didnt was was rustled, and besides, we didnt did it anyhow. B to deliver the cattle at the railhead and pick up the money at the tristata company in fargo. horse approaching sheriff well . You were right, sheriff. The brands have been c cnged. Get his gun, blackie. I dont care what your deputy says, sheriff. These cattle havent been stolen. Ive known farley for years. Hes not a cattle rustler. Oh, i say he is and so do the rest of you. Youre under arrest. Why b bher running em in, and save the county a lot of expense. Yeah, thats not a bad idea, blackie. Get a couple of ropes. Yououlways have a big fool to listen to you. Yo soy tonto como un burro. All right, all right, stop that kind of talk. If youve got to talk, talk english. Dont you like spanish . Yeah, when it comes to the gals. But i dont like things i cant understand. Now get over there over here preparat pancho. I said cut it out you and buck stay here come o o . . Weve lost em, blackie. Where in the name of smoke did they get to . He boss aint gonna like this, letting them two get away. Maybe they doubled back to the herd. Come on. Lets went, cisco, and get we wouldnt have a chance. What about the cattle . Well get the cattle back. I think the best place to reason with that sheriff is in his own office. Well first go to town and get a couple guns, then well pay him a visit. Come on, pancho. I wouldnt try that, mister. Pancho, get his gun. Were not going to harm you. Were only looking for the sheriff. What do you want with him, cisco . Around here and there. Ooh, you see my picture, too . Im pancho. You havent answered my question. This sheriff is a nogood crook. He steal a whole load of cattle from us. What . Thats ththtruth. If he dont bring this cattle back, pancho gonna kill him until he die. Now look here, i wont have you calling me a rustler. I didnt steal your cattle. Dont get excited, mister. We said it was the sheriff, not you. Im the sheriff. You . Yes, me. Now will you tell me what this is all about . All about . Cisco, im all m med up. The sheriff is a rustler, instead of being a rustler, hes a sheriff. Oh, gee, whiz, im all mixed up. horse approaching cisco, what do you see over there with my eyes . Hey, its the crooked sheriff. Sheriff, come out here quick theres that man i was telling yoyoabout. Man howd things go, al . Well, we got the cattle all right, but pancho and cisco got away. You dunderhead. I tell you how to make an easy 20,000 and you mess it up. Ah, what you beefing ababt . We got the cattle, thats all that matters. With cisco and pancho on the loose, anything can happen. Dont get excited. Theyre not bulletproof. door opens d mister. Papaho, take his gun. Now would you mind telling me what this is all about . How you like those, cisco . This mornini you play makebelieve sheriff and take all our cattle and now you say whats this all about . I didnt take your cattle. Youre barking up the wrong tree. I was in town all morning long and i can prove it by mr. Kelly here. gasps cicio, how can he tell such a crooked lie with such a straight face . Now, mr. Shelbys telling ththtruth, gentlemen. It couldnt have been him. Youre sure of that, sam . Of course. This is the second time ivv been mistaken for that crook. Even your clothes are the same. And so is your horse. That doesnt prove anything. If mr. Kelly says this man was in town all morning, then he was. Hes not in the habit of lying. Gentlemen, this is my fianc . E, miss lacey. Well, miss, if you say so, we must be mistaken. Come on, pancho. You know, sam, i think they still suspect me. So would i if sam hadnt i know this plain like my nose on your face. Sheriff, but when a pretty girl look at you, you dont know what time it is. No, pancho. I wanted them to think that we believed shelbys story. Well, then you think like pancho, that he is the same man, eh . . Of course. Oh, then why this fellow kelly, why he hes a cattleman. Why he make this coverup . He could have a very good reason. He knew we were going to deliver the herd to the railhead because we were supposed to collect the money from him. Then you think he is mixed up with these rustlers . Im sure of it. Well, whae ananmake him talk . First well see if we can locate the herd. How you gonna do that . Well let mr. Shelby show us the way. Keep your eyes open, blackie tell the boys to get a moveon, pete. I want those brands shaved hey, shelby whats the matter, blackie . I just spotted cisco and pancho heading around walkers point. Get on your horse. There they are. Well send them back to durango in a coffin. Theyre trying to block. Take care of them, pancho miss lacey, you gotta help me. Hes after me. Hes gonna kill me kill you . Why, who . That cisco kid. I was riding along minding my own business when he started shooting at t. Hes mistaken me for that rustler again. Well, hide in the kitchen. . . Whats the meaning of kickininin my door . This man shelby, he just came in here. But i tell you hes not here. I suppose that horse outt there is not his . Thats far enough, cisco. Im not going to let you shoot an innocent man. Now drop your gun. Why are you doing this . Just b bause your cattlebuyer friend is mixed up with the rustlers . Stupid numbskull. Cant you ever do anything right . Stop that namecalling, i dont like it. Theyve got blackie in jail and im supposed to like that. Dont worry about blackie, he wont blab. How do you know he wont . If itll make you any happier, theres one way youll probably botchch that up, too. Let me handle it. You just keep out of sight have a piece of apple, sheriff . No, thank you. Hey, cisco. I take care of your crooks like you told me. Nice work, pancho. Has he done any talking yet, sheriff . Complplning about the food, thats about all. Dont worry, pancho will take good care of him. None of that, pancho. Oh, cisco, i wont hurt him. Just a couple little digs. I said none of that, pancho oh, thoseseonkeys can have sam hey, blackie. No gunshot you see who did it . No, he got away, but he left his calling card. Dont shoot, pancho. We need him alive to lead us to our cattle. Come on. Lets get to our hor . . Shelby cisco and pancho are after me get the rest of the men look, pancho. That must be their hideout. Come on, be very careful. Drop that weapon well, mr. Kelly. I have brought you back part of your boot heel that you lost. They must have slipped into the shack. gunshot here. Take care of yourself. I could have shot you right between the eyes. Here come the others, cisco. Pancho, come here. Tie him up. Pancho, remember what we did in tucson . S i remember. Ciscocothey hit me dont move. Throw your guns away now get your hands up. Keep your eyes on them, pancho. I got em, cisco. Thanks for leading us to the cattle, mr. Kelly. The sheriff will be waiting ah, cisco, everything so wonderful. The cattle is shipped and the crooks has been put in the jail, and we keep the beautiful se . Orita from marrying up with a crook. Oh, i feel so wonderful gunshot cisco wait uhoh, the sheriff. F. Pancho, wait. Not pancho. Thats what you told me the last time. Ive been chasing you for more than ten miles. What happened now . Nothing. The rustlers took your guns, didnt they . Yes. Well, here they are. Why, thanks, sheriff. Keep your hands up, sheriff. You cant do this to cisco. Why, pancho, the sheriff was just returning our guns. laughs hysterically i knew it all the time oh, pancho oh, cisco lets went . . Goodbye, amigos see you soon ha . . laughing well, ill be. Look whos come to town. Who . Joe sunday, thats who. You meananhe sunday from abileen . Same feller. Killed jake potter and five of his friends. Six men dead in the space of three minutes. I heard it was more. Hey hold on, cindy whats the hurry . I dont know. She was standing by the window and all of a sudden she acted as if shed seen a ghost. Not a ghost, joe. More like the devil. Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb. Yes. What in the world . Hes here. Here . Whose here . Where . Hes going into the sherrifs office. Mrs. Porter, im not going to let him have my baby. Well of course youre not. I mean it. I mean it. Id rather see h h dead first. Cindy look, i dont want a scenene major, i just want my child. I just happen to think that shes not a fit mother well, that may be but its s sll your problem, not mine but youre wrong. It is your problem. Ive got a court order to prove it is. Thats signed by judge henry. I guess youve seen his signature many times. Yeahahim afraid i have. Ill be stopping at the porter hotel tonight. Ralph . Ralph . Yes sir . Ill be gone for a little while. You, uh, hold down the fort, will you . Yes, sir. Oh, come on, henrietta dont get sentimental and go giving me trouble. I saw her bring her baby in here not more than an hour ago. My advice to you, hoby, is to stay out of this. The baby is with its mother where it belongs. Well i got a court order says that baby belongs with its father. Oh sometimes youre so young and innocent. Dont you know yet that you cant change human nature with a silly manmade law . Im not about to argue law with you i just enforce it. Hoby. Dont you ever have times when you dont enforce quite as hard as you do at other times, huh . Lace is with its mother and you know it. Its one of the eternal verities. Dont get high and mighty with me. This mother works in a saloon for a gambler. She plays a piano. And that is all. Well, what else is a woman going to do in a town like this . We cant all of us be printers or take in washing. But that isnt the point. The childs father is the point. And you know what he is . Ive heard rumors. How could you possibly turn an innocent baby over to a like joe sunday . Well i dont know, henrietta. But ill sure try. You do hoby gilman and ill never speak to you again. Nor mention you kindly in print take it from a man who knows, honey the best way to fight the law is with silence. Keep the baby out of sight clam up and admit nothing. Thanks, joe. Now you get back in there and stop worrying. Go on well, mr. Gilman. Isnt often that were honored by you t ts time of day. First drink on the house. Whatll it be . Coffee. Two cofffees, joe. Yeah id like to see miss cindy. Oh, shes not ininet. Ill wait. Care for a bite of lunch . I can recommend the corned beef, joe pickled it himself. No thanks. Whats this about cindy . Oh, its a personal matter. Thats vague enough to make me wonder, mr. Gilman. I mimit be jealous, you know. Oh . That so . Well then you know about it. Id susu hate to see anything happen to that child. Well, your sentiments are not exactly unpopular. Hm. I take it then that you stand behind the sanctity of motherhood . Four square. As long as it doesnt interfere with the law. Excuse me. Hello mr. Gilman. Miss cindy. May i have a word with you . Well of course mr. Gilman. Your husbands in town. Want to see him and i dont want to speak with him. Well he didnt want to see you, he uh well he cant have her. Its not right. Well that may be, but hes got a court order. I wont let him have the baby. Are you. He didnt abandon you, maam. Have you any idea at all what kind of a man hehes . No i dont. But the point is that the laws on his side and if he wants the child its his legal right. Now please have the baby in my office by 1 00. I wont have her there at 1 00 i wont have her there ever. Be reasonable mr. Gilman. Youve winked at bad laws before. Have i . Well everybody has at some time. There are certain laws that just run against nature. Now give her a break. Im sorry. 1 00. You hold out, cindy. This is one time the whole town any time now, boys. Get ready to duck. Tom. What room is joe sunday in . Oh, mr. Sunday, room 103, mr. Gilman. knocking come in. Ranger. Mr. Sunday. Well, where is she . . Well it seems like im meeting with a certain amount of resistanan. Do you mind . If youre just going to sit down there to tell me that you didnt bring me my baby you keep on pushing me, mister and im going to start to believe everything i hear. You ever read the good book, ranger . No man. Well it says being kind to people and doing good works, thats fine. But the greatest of these is charity. Now as far as i can figure Charity Means giving the other fellow an even break. Does it mean the same thing to you, ranger . Yeah. Its close enough. What are they saying about me . You killed somewhere betwewe six and fourteen men. Youre a common land drunk. And you u eat at cards. Now you see . Part truths. And they build a big lie right on top of them. Yeah, ive killed some men. Two. Jake padres and sam maststs. Wagered down on me in a card game in abileen so i killed them. But even the judge said it was selfdefense. And set up wanting to hang me. But i didnt earn the reputation i got. It was built for me just b bause i outdrew jake padres. Now all of a sudden im a. A jesse james, billy the kid and doc holiday. A drunk, cardcheatin mean killer. Now thats pretty uncharitable, dont you think, ranger . Well, what about your saying cindy is an n fit mother . Thats not charitable, is it . Ill give you four more hours. til sundown. Thatll be six. Mmm. What happens then . If i dont have my baby in my custody by then im just liable to go out and earn that reputation i got. Narrator hoby spent the rest of that afternoon inquiring about the baby at one house after the other. He found no welcome anywhere. To draw up search warrants for every house in town was impossible. And hoby knew it. That searching was essentially futile, maybe now . Isnt hoby off on a wild goose chase . Wouldnt that be somethin . Could i have a word with you . Some place in private . There isnt anything that you could possibly have to say that you cant say here. Sunday i dont want any trouble. Well then dont make any trouble. Why dont you just leave town . Get out right now i want my child. Well you cant have her. I came to you direct cause i didnt want to cause him any trouble or the town. If theres any trouble, joe, its not going to be on my conscience. Dont look at me like that, cindy. Oh, joe, dont talk like that. Now because i just dont believe you now you gotta believe me. Sunday i havent had a drink in three months. Sunday i havent gambled or played cards in any way. I dont even carry a gun anymore. I would like to believe you, j j but i cant. Cause i love you. I want you to come back to me. Dont do that again, please i just canan go through that again give me a chance. Let me explain lady says she wants no part of you now get out cries oh look, cindy. Wait, wait is that the way it is with you and her . Thats the way it was before she met you. You still want her . If shell have me. As if you didnt have her already. Boy, you miserable sorry, ranger. I didnt expect to get in trouble this early. This is your chance, mr. Gilman. Lock him up for disturbing the peace there are plenty of witnesses. I told you id bring the child to you there. Its still an hour and a half til sundown. And if he ststs out of that hotel with his guns on, ill kill him. Well ill tell you, taylor ill be in the street with a shot gun you step outside armed and ill blow you back inside now the same goes for you. You know im learningg som. Im learning it hard and fast. Once a mans wearingng the mn is he . Narrator bad news travels fast of course. As the minutes tick relentlessly on the town gossips made sure the pace didnt slow down. Youre w wting your time ezra come monday, you wont have no windows narrator as the sun dropped lolor and lower in the western sky that day thought youd crack the showdown. Oh now, dont jump to any false conclusions hoby, i havent budged a fraction of an inch since my original position. All right, what do you want . Better make it quick. Arrest joe sunday and jail him. I dont arrest a man without cause. Suppos locked up tight shaking in its boots. N from getting that way. You know, it seems like everybody wants the law on their own terms im sorry i cant serve it up that way. Now your turn loose of that child and ull have l kinds of law. Its no use,hoby. I cant do it. What if, uh, you were to learn that this, uh sundays not the man you think he is . Oh, would a decent man threaten a whole town not his way, his child. Or do women have a monopoly on loving their children . You men, ugh youre all alike. Admit that another man was wrong. Im telling you right now, i wish you were a man henrietta, so i could take a poke at you. And then id hit you right back and when we got tired of hitting one another wed go totohe nearest saloon and drink to each others long life and future happiness . But ive just about given up hope of of ever seeing you men hes going to the hotel. Is he going to arrest joe . I dont know, honey. It depends on him. knocking ralph am i doing the right thing . Please, tell me im doing the righghthing. Youre right, cindy. Youre right. But now is no titime to doubt. baby crying gee, im sorry hoby. But uh. Isnt she the sweetest thing, hoby . So young, so innocent. So trusting. Oh, hoby, leave her here with me. Now why dont you go in my office. What are you doing here . Joe, you better get out of h he. Not without my daughter. Id like for you to come with us, cindy. If you want to. Joe, dont. Dont, please. Because i just dont know what to d d i want my child. Youre not going to get her. Oh, look smith. Now ive been stepping over you ever since i hit town. Now you stay out of my way, you hear . Do i get my little daughter . Joe. Joe, dont, all ive ever wanted is a little peace and quiet with it. Thats all ive ever wanted. Smith. This is your fault. Well, youre not going to bother us again. Joe dont gunshots t stand there, go get the doc. baby giggles you know, mr. Gilman. I finally learned what they mean when they say mr. Gilman . Yeah . Youre not far wrong. Guess you dont want me to come around and work no more. Well i wouldnt want to keep you from anything that you think is more important. Well i didnt mean that, mr. Gilmanan well, what is it then . Well, you know. Hidin sundays child and all. And goin behind your back when you put your trust in me. Well, maybe youre right ralph. Maybe porters not big enough for the two of us. When are you leavin . Right away . I kind of liked the town of porter and i liked the people. And i kind of liked working here. Right away. Ralph. Yes sir . You like working here . You mean to o ll me you like to live in a town with a dirty Sherriffs Office . No, sir. Well, get a broom. Well, get at it, the place looks crumby. Yes, sir ill have her clean as a whwhtle. Ralph . Yes sir . [orchestral music] [trotting]