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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 Hello, Don.
00:07 How you been?
00:08 Nice to see you again, Josh.
00:09 You don't really mean that.
00:10 That depends.
00:12 You here on business?
00:13 Oh, no vacation.
00:15 I haven't slept in a bed in months.
00:16 When I catch up on that, I'm going to play a little poker,
00:18 drink a little whiskey, and might even
00:20 talk to a girl or two.
00:23 Well, that sounds harmless enough.
00:25 The hotel beds aren't the softest in the world, but--
00:27 Sheriff!
00:28 Sheriff Neeley?
00:29 Yeah, what is it?
00:30 Couple of bounty hunters just brought in Ed Wilson.
00:32 Dead.
00:33 They're claiming a reward on him.
00:35 Ed Wilson?
00:36 Yeah, they claim his real name's Henry North.
00:38 They got a poster on him and everything.
00:40 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:43 What's the matter, Don?
00:47 You've had wanted men brought into town before
00:49 and they haven't always been alive.
00:51 Ed Wilson was no outlaw, Josh.
00:53 He was the mayor of this town.
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01:01 [THEME MUSIC]
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01:31 Who are you?
01:32 My name is Jared.
01:34 He's Meadows.
01:35 Maybe you've heard of us.
01:36 Yeah, I've heard of you.
01:38 Like it says on the poster, Sheriff,
01:40 he's wanted in Emporia.
01:41 All you got to do is telegraph him there.
01:43 We'll be at the hotel.
01:44 Just a minute.
01:47 I happen to know that the man you brought in
01:48 didn't have a gun.
01:50 How come you--
01:50 Now, you just wait a minute, Sheriff.
01:52 I think you better read that poster again.
01:54 Says, "Wanted Dead or Alive."
01:56 Ah, the man resisted arrest.
01:58 That's all you got to know.
01:59 But I can tell you how he was shot without even
02:00 looking at the body.
02:03 In the back.
02:04 Easy.
02:07 Sheriff, you just let us know when you get the money, huh?
02:10 Don't bother to stay in town.
02:12 Just leave word where you'll be, and as soon as the bounty money
02:14 comes in, I'll send it on to you.
02:16 Should take about 10 days.
02:18 Sheriff, we wouldn't want to put you in all that trouble.
02:22 We'll wait around.
02:23 On its best day, this town never had
02:25 much love for bounty hunters.
02:27 Ed Wilson had a lot of friends here,
02:29 and, well, they aren't going to be happy looking at you two.
02:33 So for your own good, move.
02:35 Well, now, I'll tell you, Sheriff.
02:37 My friend and me here, we're law-abiding citizens.
02:40 And this is a free country.
02:42 So as long as we don't break no laws,
02:45 you can't very well run us out, now can you?
02:47 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:50 You sure it was just Randall?
03:08 I tell you, it was Simon Ellsworth, one
03:10 of Brian Wharton's brothers.
03:13 I bet it was after North, too.
03:14 No, I doubt that.
03:16 He's probably here waiting for somebody
03:18 he knows is going to show up.
03:19 There he is.
03:24 He's coming into the hotel.
03:25 You know, Al, I know a way we can find out who he's after.
03:29 Ask him to team up with us.
03:32 Oh, no.
03:33 I don't go for that at all.
03:35 We just tell him.
03:37 We don't mean it.
03:38 As soon as we find out who he's after, then we get there first.
03:43 Now we lose nothing by trying.
03:45 I don't know.
03:46 Might work.
03:47 Yeah, well, you just let me do the talking.
03:48 Hey, Randall.
03:57 Yeah?
03:58 You got a minute?
04:00 My partner and I got something we want to talk over with you.
04:03 About what?
04:04 Well, you just come in here.
04:05 I'll show you.
04:06 Look here, Randall.
04:13 I'll bet you never saw anything like this before, huh?
04:17 Took us a long time to put this together.
04:22 I guess it did.
04:23 Some of these posters are 10, 15 years old.
04:26 Yeah, it's still good, though.
04:28 They ain't better than good, Randall, and you know why?
04:31 Chances are none of these men know they're still wanted.
04:35 They probably changed their names,
04:37 gone straight, most of them.
04:39 Like that fellow North we brought in.
04:41 Even got to be a mayor.
04:42 [LAUGHS]
04:44 How about that, huh?
04:47 Easy pickings, Randall.
04:48 All of them.
04:50 We know where they are, too.
04:51 Yeah, that's right.
04:52 Now, here-- here's a man, Carson City, run the mine.
04:58 Here's another man, Sacramento, we're going after.
05:01 Runs a livery stable.
05:03 He's worth 300.
05:06 We need your help, Randall.
05:08 We can't be every place at once.
05:10 In half years to join up with us,
05:12 we could pool all our information.
05:13 You see what I mean?
05:15 Forget it.
05:16 Huh?
05:18 I said forget it.
05:18 I don't like you, and I don't like what you stand for.
05:21 You got no call to be so high and mighty.
05:23 Your bounty hunt is the same as this.
05:24 Not quite.
05:26 You stay out of my way now, do you hear?
05:27 Well?
05:34 Well, I'll tell you, I think Randall's on something big.
05:37 He don't figure to split that money with no one.
05:40 You don't know that for sure.
05:41 Why'd he get out of here so fast?
05:42 Why'd he turn this down?
05:46 From here in, he's going to have another shadow.
05:49 I'll stick with him till 11, and then you take over.
05:52 You walk easy.
05:54 Randall's after a lot of money, and I want a piece of it.
05:57 You understand?
05:59 [MUSIC PLAYING]
06:02 [CHATTER]
06:06 Good evening, sir.
06:11 Will you be having supper?
06:13 I believe I will.
06:16 How are your steaks?
06:17 Very good, sir.
06:18 We serve only the beef from shorthorn cattle.
06:20 We find the meat is more tender than the Texas longhorns.
06:23 Uh-huh.
06:25 Well, I'll have a sirloin steak, and I'd like to have
06:27 it just about that thick.
06:29 Yes, sir.
06:30 Oh, I'd like to have some fried onions and Mexican beer,
06:34 if you got it. - We do.
06:35 Coffee later?
06:36 Oh, that'll be fine.
06:37 Yes.
06:38 Good evening.
06:43 Hello.
06:49 Please sit down, Mr--
06:51 Randall.
06:52 Josh Randall.
06:53 I'll sit down if you'll sit down.
06:55 Thank you.
06:59 I'm-- I'm Helen Martin, Mr. Randall.
07:01 My brothers and I own this place.
07:03 I haven't seen you in here before.
07:05 Well, I've never been in here before.
07:06 I just come into town this afternoon.
07:07 Now, would you care for a drink?
07:09 No, no, thank you.
07:10 I don't drink.
07:12 You planning to stay here long?
07:14 Well, that depends on a few things, Miss Martin.
07:16 Right now, it looks like I might be around for a while.
07:20 Um, what do you do here?
07:22 Put up with bad manners from men who should know better.
07:26 Oh, I'm-- I'm sorry.
07:28 Please sit down.
07:29 It's just that, uh, well, I haven't seen a girl as pretty
07:36 as you are for a long time.
07:38 I wonder, could you just sit there and let me look at you
07:40 while I'm eating my steak?
07:41 Oh, unless you're afraid of me.
07:44 I'm not afraid of you or any other man.
07:47 Yeah, but it's the other way around.
07:50 You're very perceptive, Mr. Randall.
07:52 Well, men generally feel two ways about women
07:54 they don't understand.
07:55 Either they're afraid of them, or they
07:57 can't figure them out.
07:58 Either way, they leave them alone.
08:00 And you?
08:01 Well, you're not too much trouble for me.
08:02 Not this time.
08:04 As a matter of fact, uh, what time
08:07 do you get through working here?
08:08 Midnight, but I don't--
08:11 Don't what?
08:13 I-- I don't know you at all.
08:18 And if you tell me you know how to remedy that,
08:21 do you know what I'll say?
08:23 What?
08:24 That you're not very original.
08:26 [CHUCKLES]
08:28 Hey, that's pretty good.
08:37 Nice looking fella.
08:39 Oh, we try to please our customers.
08:41 You know, I'm beginning to understand you less and less
08:44 and enjoy it more and more.
08:46 Listen, I have an idea.
08:47 When you get through working here tonight,
08:49 I'm going to go out and I'll rent a buggy and a horse,
08:51 and you and I go for a midnight ride.
08:52 What do you say?
08:54 I'll think about it.
08:55 [MUSIC PLAYING]
08:58 Mr. Blight.
09:05 Oh, gee.
09:18 Hello.
09:20 [MUSIC PLAYING]
09:24 [CHATTER]
09:27 [MUSIC PLAYING]
09:31 [CHATTER]
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09:38 [CHATTER]
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09:58 [CHATTER]
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10:05 Ooh.
10:29 Well, what's the matter?
10:31 Hold these now, Lowe.
10:33 I'll be right back.
10:34 [MUSIC PLAYING]
10:37 All right.
10:48 What do you want?
10:50 Nothing, I'm going for a ride.
10:51 Go ahead, ride.
10:53 I'm in no hurry.
10:54 Look, your partner's been hanging around me all night.
10:56 Now you.
10:57 What are you up to?
10:59 None of your business, Randall.
11:01 It's a free country.
11:03 I've told you once to stay away from me.
11:05 Why?
11:07 Afraid I might learn something?
11:09 [MUSIC PLAYING]
11:12 It's one of them bounty hunters.
11:20 [MUSIC PLAYING]
11:24 Go on, stomp him, mister.
11:31 Go on, stomp him.
11:32 Kick his head off.
11:32 Go on, kill him.
11:35 I'll pay you for this.
11:36 You can count on it.
11:38 You mean you'll try?
11:41 You people want to see a dead bounty hunter, do you?
11:44 You'll see one one of these days.
11:46 Him.
11:48 Yeah, he's a bounty hunter just like me.
11:50 Don't tell me you never heard of Josh Randall.
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11:59 Sheriff didn't hear from Emporia yet.
12:19 I just talked to him.
12:21 Where's Randall?
12:22 Ah, he's still in the hotel, sleeping, I guess.
12:26 He look as bad as you do?
12:28 Don't get smart.
12:29 Oh, so that's the way it is, huh?
12:32 That's the way what is?
12:33 Oh, forget it.
12:34 He's come out of the hotel right now,
12:37 heading across the saloon.
12:38 Wait a minute, I'll go with you.
12:44 Now, you better stay out of trouble
12:50 till we get that bounty money on Wilson.
12:52 Randall and the sheriff are friends.
12:55 Any problem comes up, we're the ones who're
12:56 going to get pushed out of town.
12:58 Now, I don't know if you want that money, but I do.
13:01 [MUSIC PLAYING]
13:04,
13:34 Mr. Randall.
13:35 What can I do for you?
13:40 Sit down, please.
13:42 After you.
13:43 Look, I'm sorry about last night.
13:52 It wasn't that I didn't want to go for a ride with you.
13:55 Or did you find out what kind of work I do, huh?
14:00 I've been around long enough to be a pretty good judge of men.
14:03 I know you couldn't possibly be anything like those two.
14:08 Thanks a lot.
14:09 But I'm in business here.
14:11 Being seen around town with you just wouldn't do me any good.
14:15 You understand, Josh, it's not personal.
14:17 Well, at least you're honest about it.
14:21 You know, as a matter of fact, business does look thin,
14:23 you know?
14:24 They seem to be following you all over town.
14:27 If you leave, they'll probably go too.
14:30 Then-- then maybe if you came back, sometime when
14:34 this thing is all forgotten, we could see each other.
14:40 You, uh-- you really mean that, don't you?
14:48 Yes.
14:49 Well, if I did go and they followed me,
14:52 it just wouldn't solve anything.
14:55 Why?
14:55 What do you mean?
14:56 Well, wherever they go, it's going to be the same.
14:58 Digging faces out of that scrapbook,
14:59 picking on men who did things a long time ago,
15:02 ruining families, killing.
15:04 The only time they're going to quit is when somebody stops them.
15:06 Dead.
15:08 And you couldn't see to that, could you?
15:10 Afraid not.
15:11 Well, then let somebody else do it.
15:13 And I'm sure somebody will.
15:16 Maybe they'll even murder each other.
15:18 That'd turn in their own grandmother,
15:20 if they thought that--
15:20 Listen, maybe I can do something about it now.
15:27 Do you want to help me?
15:29 How?
15:30 Well, first of all, I'm going to need that pen and pencil
15:32 of yours, and could you please bring me a beer?
15:37 It's all right.
15:37 Go ahead now, here.
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15:43, Hi.
16:12 Hi.
16:13 Hello.
16:20 Isn't this picking up a little bit?
16:22 Transients, mostly.
16:24 Regular customers are still staying away.
16:27 Josh, I'm worried.
16:29 Don't be.
16:30 Come on now, here.
16:31 What are you drinking?
16:41 Brandy.
16:41 Bartender, brandy for the lady, and I'll have rye, please.
16:46 Whoops.
16:47 What's the matter?
16:48 I forgot my money.
16:49 Listen, I'll have to go up my room and get it.
16:51 Now, you stay put.
16:51 I'll only be a minute, here.
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16:56 [KNOCKING]
17:21 Yeah?
17:22 It's me, Randall.
17:24 I want to talk to you.
17:25 You and me got nothing to talk about.
17:26 Beat it.
17:27 Listen, Jared, I'm sorry about the other night.
17:29 I had a little bit too much whiskey.
17:30 Now, I got nothing against you personally,
17:32 and I've got something important to tell you,
17:34 and I've got to talk to you.
17:35 [MUSIC PLAYING]
17:38 All right, come on in.
17:45 [MUSIC PLAYING]
17:47 No tricks.
17:48 [MUSIC PLAYING]
17:52 Go ahead, talk.
17:56 Well, I've been thinking about what you and Mendoza
18:02 said yesterday, you know, about us getting together.
18:04 You might have a point.
18:06 And as far as, well, the other night was concerned,
18:09 a little bit too much whiskey, it won't happen again.
18:13 Listen, I've got an important job coming up, and you can help.
18:16 What kind of job?
18:18 $5,000 worth.
18:20 Who?
18:21 Uh-huh.
18:22 Well, I'll tell you about it when we get on the way.
18:24 Right now, I want to talk to you about Mendoza.
18:27 What about him?
18:30 You know, our work is dangerous enough without having
18:32 somebody around causing trouble.
18:34 What are you talking about?
18:35 You mean you don't know about him?
18:37 Know what?
18:46 [MUSIC PLAYING]
18:50 Sure.
18:51 I knew about it all the time.
18:53 Maybe it doesn't matter to you, but it does to me.
18:59 I don't want anybody hanging around me with a wanted
19:01 poster on their head.
19:02 Somebody take a shot at him, they'll have to hit me.
19:04 Wait a minute.
19:07 Maybe you're right.
19:07 When do you figure on leaving town?
19:13 Tomorrow morning.
19:14 I'll think it over.
19:16 You do that.
19:17 We're going to do all right, you and I.
19:19 [MUSIC PLAYING]
19:23 [DOOR OPENS]
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19:30 Hello, Mendoza.
19:50 I want to talk to you for a minute.
19:52 Will you keep your hands in the bar?
19:55 I've been thinking about you, Mendoza.
19:57 I need some help.
19:58 I think you're just the one to give it to me.
20:00 Yeah, what kind of help?
20:02 I've got a big one.
20:04 $5,000 big.
20:06 I can't handle it by myself.
20:09 $5,000, huh?
20:11 I just got the word he's in Topeka.
20:14 One thing, I don't want Jarrett with us here.
20:16 Yeah, well, you got to get a chance.
20:19 Come on, you know as well as I do.
20:21 Maybe it doesn't bother you, but it bothers me.
20:23 I don't want anybody hanging around me
20:24 with a price on his head.
20:25 Yeah, you got a point there, Ann.
20:32 I will leave Topeka first thing in the morning.
20:33 6 o'clock, all right with you?
20:35 Why not?
20:37 Good.
20:40 Hey, give me some sleep, then.
20:42 We're going to do all right together.
20:43 I'll see you in the morning.
20:47 [MUSIC PLAYING]
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21:24 [GUNSHOT]
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21:51 [GUNSHOT]
21:53 Don't move.
21:55 You're under arrest.
21:57 That's all, friend.
21:58 Let's go.
22:04 Sheriff says you're under arrest.
22:06 What for?
22:08 What's the charge, Sheriff?
22:09 Disturbing the peace.
22:11 Disturbing the peace?
22:12 Let's go.
22:13 [MUSIC PLAYING]
22:19 The circuit judge won't be here for another month.
22:22 He'll stay locked up until then.
22:24 That ought to give us enough time, Josh.
22:26 Oh, I'd say so.
22:28 Time for what?
22:29 Well, the first poachers I had on you were fakes.
22:32 But somewhere, someplace, you must have done
22:33 something outside of the law.
22:35 Nobody could shoot as many men as you
22:36 have without committing a crime, bounty hunter or not.
22:40 So now we're going to find out.
22:41 The, uh, Sheriff there is going to send out
22:43 some telegrams with your names and descriptions on them
22:45 where they don't reach.
22:47 I will.
22:49 And I guarantee you, we'll dig up something on you, too,
22:52 that'll either put you away for a long time or hang you.
22:56 [MUSIC PLAYING]
22:59 Thanks, Josh.
23:09 Oh, don't mention it.
23:10 My problem's as well as yours.
23:13 I'll see you down here.
23:14 You're not leaving now.
23:15 It's almost midnight.
23:16 Why don't you wait till tomorrow morning?
23:18 Who said anything about leaving?
23:20 I'm going on a midnight ride.
23:21 Midnight ride?
23:23 For what?
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