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00:26Anything I can do for you?
00:27Yeah, Mr. Henshaw.
00:31Gabe Henshaw. Who are you?
00:33My name is Randall.
00:35Well, I wasn't sure you could come.
00:38Yeah, why not?
00:39Well, as I said in my letter, I have only $30 to put out.
00:43Slow season. Sometimes I work cheap.
00:45In your letter, Mr. Henshaw, you said that your son had been killed.
00:49That's why I wanted you to come.
00:53I want you to find Will's body.
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01:19There was no body.
01:21No?
01:22There's no body because no one was killed.
01:25Well, then that wasn't black crepe hanging on the old man's door
01:28and just a bunch of violets, right?
01:30That black crepe on his door and the black band on his arm,
01:33it's his way of making something of himself.
01:36He craves a little importance.
01:38He don't know which end is up.
01:40He did have a son, though, huh?
01:42He has a son.
01:44He don't know which end is up.
01:46He did have a son, though, huh?
01:47He has a son.
01:48Now, listen.
01:50Gabe told me that the boy left the house Thursday night after supper.
01:53He went to see someone and he didn't come back.
01:55You say who he went to see?
01:56No.
01:57You know why?
01:58Because there was no one.
02:00Will Henshaw got sick of watching old Gabe belt the bottle
02:03and took off for parts unknown.
02:09Something?
02:10Well, I just never knew a man yet who would give up his whole bankroll
02:13to save his pride.
02:17$30.
02:18$30.
02:20You staying around?
02:21I'll know better after I see someone.
02:23Who?
02:24A girl, her name's Abby Fenton.
02:25Why?
02:27Well, the old man said it was his son's girl.
02:29I'll see.
02:31Randall, Abby Fenton comes from a nice family.
02:35Old Gabe gave him a lot of grief with his wild talk.
02:38If they're not let be, the town won't like it.
02:42Well, if I get in any trouble, I can always come to you for protection, Sheriff.
03:09He's coming here.
03:11Figured.
03:13I don't like it.
03:15Is Abby in the house?
03:16Yes.
03:20Greg, be careful.
03:28Mr. Fenton?
03:29Yes?
03:31Well, my name's Randall.
03:32I wonder if I could talk to you for a minute.
03:34Yes, of course.
03:35Why don't you come in?
03:36What can I do for you, Mr. Randall?
03:38Well, I was hoping I might be able to get some information from your daughter.
03:40I'm sorry, she's in bed.
03:42She's, uh, not feeling well.
03:44Perhaps I could help you.
03:45Well, I'd like to talk to her about Will Henshaw.
03:47Oh, that.
03:48I thought he's been missing since Thursday.
03:50His father said the boy left that night to go see someone.
03:52I thought perhaps that your daughter...
03:53I'm sorry old Gabe got you involved in this, Mr. Randall.
03:57Oh, uh, whiskey?
04:00No, thank you.
04:01You see, the old man suffers from delusions.
04:03No, thank you.
04:04You see, the old man suffers from delusions of grandeur.
04:07Kept linking his son's name with my daughter's.
04:10Quite a ridiculous combination.
04:13You see, my daughter is engaged to marry Jed Miller.
04:18Well, Gabe had told me that, uh, the boy had planned to marry your daughter.
04:22He's liable to say anything that comes into his mind.
04:25If the saying of it would catch him a free drink.
04:27He's not looking for a free drink now.
04:28All he wants to do is find his son.
04:30Well, I wish him luck.
04:32Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
04:33Well, you could help me, son.
04:35Let me talk to your daughter.
04:36As I said, she's in bed, sick.
04:39Now, maybe tonight, if you're still in town,
04:43and she's feeling better,
04:45why don't you blast?
05:02Howdy.
05:23My name is...
05:24Josh Randall.
05:25Come in, come in.
05:27You know, Gabe Henshaw's been blowing off all over town
05:30and now he's sent for the most famous manhunter in the whole territory.
05:34An over-advertiser.
05:35Not at all. You've got quite a reputation.
05:38I know all about you.
05:40Well, I was hoping you'd be able to help me.
05:42Sure. You name it.
05:44Well, I understand that Wilt Henshaw worked for you.
05:47Wilt and about 45 other men.
05:49Have any idea what happened to him?
05:51Well, I figured he got sick of the old man and took off.
05:55Well, he seemed nice enough to me when I talked to him.
05:57Let me tell you something about old man Henshaw.
05:59Number one, he's a poser.
06:01There's nothing he likes better than one drink a day, all day long.
06:05Two, he's lazy.
06:06I had to fire him from his job at my sawmill.
06:09Three, well, he's a nuisance.
06:13Yeah, the sheriff told me about him being a nuisance.
06:16I figure the boy just got fed up with him and took off.
06:19Of course, old Gabe refuses to admit that to himself.
06:22He prefers to think he's dead.
06:26Come here and take a look at this.
06:32That's where old Gabe gets his ideas, out of a bottle.
06:37Well, I'm sure sorry you had to come all this way for nothing.
06:40Well, I'm sorry to cause you the trouble now.
06:41No trouble at all, any time.
06:44Bye now.
06:56You're running out on me.
07:21Well, it just doesn't seem to be much substance to what you told me.
07:25No, because it's not much substance to me.
07:28I'm the town plague.
07:30I'm dirt under everybody's feet.
07:33Real joy would come to Varga if I were to be washed away in the next cloudburst.
07:37Well, from what I've heard, your boy's most likely alive.
07:40He's dead.
07:42Most people seem to think that...
07:43Most people think what's best for them to think.
07:46Now, you told me that Abby Fenton and your boy were planning to marry.
07:49As true as I'm sitting here.
07:50Her father said no.
07:52He's lying.
07:53Jed Miller seemed to think your boy just rode out of town.
07:55That would suit him.
07:57He's always been jealous of Abby's regard for wealth.
07:59What about the sheriff?
08:01Just doesn't like to go against the town.
08:04Neither do I.
08:06Please, Mr. Randall, hear me out.
08:09All my life I've been a failure.
08:12Except to my boy.
08:15Sometimes we didn't have food in our stomachs.
08:18Sometimes we were cold for lack of clothing.
08:22But there's one thing we always had in our home.
08:24That's love.
08:26Love of my boy for me and...
08:29My love for him.
08:33I'm not arguing that.
08:35He's dead, otherwise he'd come home.
08:39I'm not looking for trouble.
08:41I'm not even looking for revenge.
08:44All I want for him is a good Christian burial.
08:48Please, Mr. Randall, I need your help.
08:52I think you got all the help you need right there.
09:18Mr. Randall.
09:22Yes, ma'am?
09:23I'm Abby Fenton.
09:25Your father told me you were ill.
09:27I must speak to you.
09:28All right.
09:29I'm not here.
09:30Hotel lobby?
09:31No.
09:32Abby!
09:33All right, Mother.
09:35Goodbye again, Mr. Randall.
09:37Find the schoolhouse at 9 o'clock tonight.
09:39Abby, please.
09:40Remember, you're not well.
09:42I'm not well.
09:44Abby, please.
09:45Remember, you're not well.
09:47I'm not ill.
09:48Abby, please.
10:15We heard you were leaving town.
10:17We wanted to say goodbye.
10:23If you got any sense, mister, you get on your horse and ride.
10:27While you're able.
10:45You'll stay there?
10:46Till 9 o'clock tonight, anyway.
11:15All right.
11:41You wanna tell him something?
11:43you might be talking your father's neck into a noose.
11:45Better go out.
11:47Go ahead, tell him whatever you want.
12:02You were doing a job for $30.
12:05Well, here's 60.
12:07That ought to take you far enough away.
12:14How'd I get here?
12:16You called at the door in the middle of the night.
12:21Daylight.
12:22Just before noon.
12:24You sure busted out.
12:27Got any idea who did it?
12:30Maybe.
12:32Give me my weapon.
12:35You're in no condition to pick a fight.
12:39You're in no condition to pick a fight.
12:43Yeah.
12:50Thank you.
13:09Trying to break down my front door, Randall?
13:12Just a minute.
13:13What is it, Greg?
13:14This fool's gone crazy.
13:15Get the sheriff.
13:16Yeah, you better get the sheriff, lady,
13:18because your daughter's in trouble.
13:19What have you got to do with Abby?
13:21This.
13:22Excuse me.
13:24Get out of here.
13:26Get out of here.
13:27Get out of here.
13:28Get out of here.
13:29Get out of here.
13:30Get out of here.
13:31Get out of here.
13:32Get out of here.
13:33Get out of here.
13:34Get out of here.
13:35Get out of here.
13:36Get out of here.
13:38If you want to stop me from going through that door, mister,
13:40you better...
13:45Take your choice, Randall.
13:47Walk out of this house or stop a bullet.
13:50You know, last night I thought I was looking for a body.
13:52After what happened, I think I'm looking for a murderer.
13:54Why talk about murder in this house?
13:57Because your daughter's mixed up in it, mister.
13:59I ought to kill you where you stand.
14:02Why'd you set me up last night?
14:04Get out of here.
14:05She asked me to meet her last night.
14:07Suddenly, I get all beat up.
14:09I didn't have anything to do with those men.
14:13If you weren't acting as bait, you had something to tell me.
14:15Now, what is it?
14:16Don't say anything.
14:17Well?
14:18I loved Wilt.
14:20Don't be a fool, Abby.
14:21I've been a fool long enough keeping quiet.
14:24Now, it's time that I stopped.
14:30Where's Wilt Hinshaw?
14:32Abby?
14:34He's dead.
14:35Where?
14:36I don't know.
14:37Jed took his body away.
14:40Jed Miller?
14:41He came on Will and me while we were walking through the woods.
14:44He was crazy jealous and he grabbed at me.
14:47Will fought him.
14:49Jed shot Wilt.
14:52Jed said that my father told him that he wanted to get rid of Wilt.
14:55If I talked about what I saw, my father would hang.
14:59What was Wilt Hinshaw?
15:01A drunkard's son.
15:03A drop of rain is worth more than he was.
15:06Jed Miller is the biggest man this town has ever seen.
15:08And he's the man that my daughter should marry.
15:14That's fine.
15:17Just fine.
15:25Still here?
15:27Well, I found out what happened to Wilt Hinshaw.
15:29Yeah?
15:31Jed Miller killed him.
15:33Oh, I got a witness.
15:35Uh-huh.
15:38Abby sent me.
15:41How long have you known?
15:43Since it happened, I guess.
15:46Why did you arrest Miller?
15:48Nobody's been present until now.
15:52Look, if you need some backing, just swear me in, that's all.
15:54I don't need backing.
15:56When Jed comes back into town, I'll talk to him.
15:58You'll talk to him?
16:01Where is he?
16:02Up at his sawmill.
16:04He's got maybe a dozen men with him.
16:06All pretty handy with guns.
16:07You've got more than a dozen men here in town.
16:09Why don't you swear him in?
16:10You can't get anybody to join a posse against Jed Miller.
16:13He's too highly regarded in these parts.
16:15I'll suppose when we try.
16:17Wouldn't be no use.
16:19Anyway, that sawmill's 10 miles up the river.
16:22Out of my jurisdiction.
16:27You know, it seems to me, as far as Jed Miller's concerned,
16:29he's going to sidewalk out in front of your office out of jurisdiction.
16:32That's not a very kind thing to say.
16:35Yeah.
16:36Come on.
17:06What do you have?
17:12A posse.
17:25All right, now we all know why I came to town.
17:28To find Wilt Henshaw's body.
17:30Well, I found it.
17:32He's dead, and Jed Miller killed him.
17:37I don't know.
17:46Abby Fenton saw it happen.
18:07You know, you men don't seem to understand.
18:10A man's been killed here.
18:12Tell the sheriff.
18:13I did.
18:15That's why I'm talking to you men now.
18:17He said he'd rather have this town smell of murder than to arrest Jed Miller.
18:21I'd like to prove he's a liar.
18:23You're not proving he's a liar, just proving yourself an optimist.
18:26I see.
18:27Who are you?
18:28Jim Hendricks.
18:29I'm the editor of the Vargas Sentinel.
18:31I can't seem to get to him.
18:32Suppose you tell him what happens if anybody commits a murder.
18:36Jed Miller isn't just anybody, Mr. Randall.
18:40See, this was no better than a ghost town once.
18:43Drought, cattle blight, crops failing.
18:47And then Jed Miller came in with his sawmill and he gave people jobs.
18:50The stores did business again.
18:53And this town prospered.
18:54He killed a man.
18:56Wilt Henshaw was nothing.
19:00I guess that sounds harsh to you.
19:01What I mean is, if he came or went,
19:04it couldn't mean anything to Varga.
19:07But if anything happened to Jed Miller,
19:10the breath would go right out of this town.
19:13We owe Jed Miller more than we can ever repay.
19:16You don't owe him your souls, mister.
19:19Well, I'm not in the mood to exchange philosophy with you, Mr. Randall.
19:23I'm just stating the facts.
19:25Now, you listen.
19:26You let this killing stand and you can write a nice big fat obituary about it.
19:31For this town, you hear?
20:02They're Jed Miller's boys.
20:04Yeah.
20:06They the ones busted you up?
20:08I think so.
20:11I, uh, think I know who killed your boy.
20:14Who?
20:16Jed Miller.
20:17Oh, so he killed my boy.
20:20Now, listen, where do you think you're going?
20:22I'm going to get my shotgun. I'm going to kill Jed Miller.
20:24I thought you told me the only thing you wanted was to kill Jed Miller.
20:27I'm going to get my shotgun. I'm going to kill Jed Miller.
20:29I thought you told me the only thing you wanted was a Christian burial for your son.
20:33Someone has to take care of him.
20:34Somebody is.
20:36Me.
20:37No, you've earned your pay. You found out who got him.
20:39Now, you were busted up once and I'm not going to have you shot doing my business.
20:42This is my business.
20:43Now, look, Mr. Randall.
20:44Now, listen to me.
20:47I figure as long as we can keep these fellas away from Miller,
20:51I stand a good chance.
20:54They'll keep him away.
20:58You made the wrong turn, mister.
21:01The road out is that way.
21:03You made the wrong turn.
21:05If I have to kill you fellas, it won't be out of revenge.
21:09It'll be because I don't want anything to interfere with a good Christian burial for my boy.
21:28Fire!
21:52What do you want?
21:53Your friend, the bombing hunter.
21:54He's here.
21:55I figured he'd be out of the state by this time.
21:58I knew he wouldn't be.
22:00Make sure he doesn't get his gun out of his holster, understand?
22:11Hello.
22:12Mr. Miller?
22:13What can I do for you?
22:15One, tell me where Wilhanshaw's body is.
22:17Sure, he's buried out back of the cook shack.
22:20And two...
22:21And two, how about you coming into town with me and standing by?
22:24Coming into town with me and standing trial for murder.
22:54Okay.
23:10Sure was nice of Greg Fenton to pay for all those flowers.
23:14And that casket sure is impressive.
23:17They tell me you paid $90 for it.
23:20I didn't pay for it exactly.
23:22They paid $30 and the rest of it was donated by people unknown.
23:25I guess you figure this town owes you an apology, Mr. Randall.
23:28Not at all, Mr. Hendricks.
23:30This town can only do one thing for me.
23:32What's that?
23:33Watch me ride out.
23:34It's going to be the first time in a week I feel clean.
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