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00:20 Whiskey.
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00:32 I sure was glad to hear you were in town, Josh.
00:35 I want to hire you to do a job for me.
00:41 Oh, what kind of a job?
00:43 It was me that staked the first claim in this town, right?
00:50 Right.
00:52 Anybody get in trouble, they always come to me.
00:55 You know that.
00:57 Right.
00:58 I helped build the new schoolhouse.
01:01 I ride on every posse the marshal calls for.
01:05 But what am I famous for?
01:08 You just ask any of these citizens.
01:12 Ask them, "Who is Charlie Wright?"
01:15 And they'll say, "Charlie Wright?
01:18 He's the ugliest man in town."
01:22 I know what I look like.
01:24 I can't blame 'em for laughing.
01:27 Now, look, Charlie, now, what do you want from me?
01:30 There's one way I can shut 'em up.
01:33 How's that?
01:34 By marrying a beautiful girl.
01:37 You got to find me a bride, Josh, and she's got to be beautiful.
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02:13 There are six women on that list.
02:15 Any one of 'em will do.
02:17 Look, Charlie, I don't mind doing you a favor.
02:20 I don't want no favor. I'm willing to pay.
02:23 Mm, not my kind of work.
02:25 You came to me once a long time ago.
02:28 You were down and out.
02:30 And little as I had, I shared it with you.
02:33 I remember, Charlie.
02:35 Now I want you to do something for me.
02:37 Charlie, I'll help you out if I can, but I'm just no matchmaker.
02:40 All right.
02:42 But get it.
02:44 Charlie.
02:46 All right.
02:56 I got a ruby tie.
03:01 Make the doors hardy.
03:03 [indistinct chatter]
03:07 [laughing]
03:10 Do you know a ruby tie?
03:21 [indistinct chatter]
03:25 [indistinct chatter]
03:28 Ah, I see.
03:38 Then we'll take that course twice and segue right to the other number.
03:41 -Cerule. -All right.
03:43 [♪♪♪]
03:46 The performance is tonight, mister.
03:51 [humming]
03:54 Look, why don't you ease off, mister?
03:56 You're gonna get ice-drained.
03:58 I want to talk to you for a minute.
04:00 Everybody wants to talk to me.
04:02 For a minute.
04:04 Uh, my name is Randy.
04:06 Huh?
04:08 -Bounty hunter. -Ooh. Off and on.
04:10 Well, I'm afraid you're not gonna make a plug nickel off of me, mister.
04:13 You see, I'm not wanted anyplace.
04:15 Don't be so modest.
04:17 Uh, listen, I wonder if I could talk to you private.
04:20 I don't like secrets.
04:22 Well, this is kind of a-- this is kind of a delicate matter now.
04:25 Oh. A little delicate music, Paul.
04:28 I know I look like such a nice girl.
04:32 And what am I doing, wasting my life away,
04:34 singing to a bunch of drunks who don't know a good voice
04:37 from the disaster whistle at the mine?
04:39 -Something like that. -Mm-hmm.
04:41 And you want to take me away from all this, hm?
04:43 Look, I'm kind of fronting for somebody.
04:45 -The king of Spain? -Well, not quite.
04:48 Well, it couldn't be President Grant.
04:50 Now, listen, the man I'm talking about lives right here in town.
04:53 Now, he's admired you for a long time, and, uh--
04:56 and, uh, well, he thinks that, uh, you might make him a good wife.
05:00 And who is this, uh, silent admirer?
05:02 Yeah, his name's Charlie Wright.
05:04 Sure would like you to meet him.
05:06 And I sure would like for you to meet my husband.
05:09 Paul?
05:11 We were married last week.
05:15 You just tell your Mr. Charlie Wright
05:18 to stop watching the girls so much
05:20 and start reading the paper, hm?
05:22 Fairly much.
05:28 -Are you Miss Hardy? -Yes, I am.
05:35 -My name's Randall. -How do you do, Mr. Randall?
05:38 Well, uh, can I come in?
05:41 Yes, you may.
05:44 You know, it's been a long time
05:46 since I've had to worry about, uh, can I or--
05:49 May I?
05:51 Listen, can I be, uh--
05:54 or may I be frank, Miss Hardy?
05:56 Please do. But call me Doris.
05:59 It's easier than ending every sentence with Miss Hardy.
06:02 Right.
06:04 Well, uh, you know Charlie Wright?
06:07 You know, he's about the nicest, warmest man in this whole territory.
06:10 Don't you think so?
06:12 Well, it seems like that people are always wanting something from Charlie
06:15 but nobody offers anything to him.
06:17 You're making a point, Mr. Randall.
06:20 Yeah, well, Charlie's a lonely man.
06:23 If somebody just give themselves a chance to know him...
06:26 Well, you know, spend some time with him.
06:30 Have dinner with him.
06:33 Well, all you'd have to do is just sit with him for about half an hour, you know.
06:36 Let him know that you're interested in him.
06:38 What he has to say.
06:40 Goodbye.
06:47 Goodbye.
06:49 ( music playing )
07:18 One thing I've learned after 20 years in the saloon,
07:21 you can't fight women.
07:24 Well, I think you can fight 'em all right, same way you fight fire.
07:27 With fire.
07:30 When are you gonna start?
07:32 Already started, Edward.
07:34 Where's the hotel, Ed?
07:44 Why, right in front of your nose, my darling.
07:46 Not bad, as I remember it. Not bad.
07:48 Not good either.
07:50 Boy, that big one.
07:52 Hello, Josh.
07:54 I came just as soon as I got your telegraph.
07:56 Yeah, well, look, did you have to bring him?
07:58 Now, are you gonna start that again?
08:00 Where I go, my father goes.
08:02 Howdy, son, howdy.
08:04 Hello, there. I'm sorry I tore you away from that medicine show.
08:06 You don't know how glad I am you could come.
08:09 Well, you know Amy, a friend in need is a friend indeed.
08:14 Well, that's about it, except his name is Charlie Wright.
08:17 You don't make him sound very attractive.
08:19 Well, he's not exactly a beauty, but then neither are you.
08:22 Now let me get this straight, Josh.
08:24 All you want me to do is just have dinner with him
08:27 and be seen with him in public and talk sweet to him?
08:30 Right. I haven't seen any money yet.
08:33 Here you go, Amy.
08:36 It's $200.
08:38 Now, listen, I counted that twice,
08:40 so don't try to tell me I shortchanged you, you hear me?
08:42 No.
08:44 Now, listen, Amy, it's very important for him to be seen with a beautiful girl.
08:47 That way, it puts him in a different light with the town.
08:49 Now, he'll be able to get a little confidence,
08:51 go out and get a girl on his own, then.
08:53 Oh, don't you worry, Josh.
08:55 If there's one thing I can give a man, it's confidence.
08:57 All right. Now, what time shall I have him come pick you up for dinner?
09:00 7 o'clock.
09:02 Josh? Hmm?
09:10 You told her I'm...
09:12 I mean, you told her I'm no prince.
09:15 Well, Charlie, she's interested in what's in here.
09:17 Oh, she sounds wonderful.
09:20 Is it time yet?
09:24 I don't know. Time yet?
09:26 It's time.
09:29 I'm scared.
09:37 Everybody is, Charlie.
09:39 Sure, even the big talkers. They're the ones scared the most.
09:42 It don't do no good.
09:49 Oh, go ahead, Charlie.
09:51 Go ahead.
09:59 All right.
10:04 What happens in two weeks when Amy leaves?
10:07 Well, I'll find a girl in town for him.
10:09 Who?
10:11 See you later.
10:14 How do you...
10:20 Come on, son. That's right.
10:29 I'm just gonna call my bar, druggie, and get away with it.
10:32 You're mine, Josh.
10:35 Hey!
10:37 Listen, what's your interest in this thing?
10:39 I just like to fight.
10:41 Stop that this minute. Move! Come here.
10:43 I swear, your tongue got your nose in trouble again.
10:48 Thanks very much for helping him, Mr...
10:52 Randall. Randall.
10:54 Thanks again.
10:56 I've, um... I've got a pot of coffee on.
10:59 No, thank you.
11:01 Honest to goodness, every time I put you in the street,
11:04 you get into a fight all the time, one after another.
11:07 I don't know what I'm gonna do with you.
11:09 You just gotta learn to behave a little bit better.
11:12 Say, uh, this one about that coffee, I'd like some.
11:15 Oh, well, come on. Come on.
11:18 More coffee, Mr. Randall?
11:26 Thank you, ma'am. Mmm, this certainly is good cherry pie.
11:29 Let me see.
11:31 Aw, it's all right now.
11:33 You know, we consider it a real colorless day around here,
11:36 unless Roof comes in with at least one bloody nose.
11:39 You better take it easy, son.
11:41 You take your pie out and back and bed the horse down for the night, Roof.
11:45 I hear they're putting on a new crew at the B. Nathan mine.
11:52 Say, that's, uh, Charlie's diggings, isn't it?
11:55 Yes, it is. Mm-hmm.
11:57 He's doing pretty well to be able to afford a whole new crew.
12:00 Well, Charlie's always been a hard worker.
12:03 A little clumsy, maybe.
12:05 Well, it's a shame he can't enjoy life like he should.
12:07 What do you mean?
12:09 Well, uh, you know, having good home-cooked food,
12:11 living in a decent house instead of that, uh, shack he lives in.
12:15 Well, some men want it that way.
12:19 Oh, not Charlie. Listen, Charlie wants to get married.
12:21 He just doesn't think anybody wants him.
12:23 Why-- Why, that's silly.
12:26 That's why Charlie Wright would make a fine husband.
12:28 Oh, well, uh, you really think so?
12:30 Yes, of course.
12:32 And-- And think what a good influence a man like that would be for children.
12:36 Hmm. Never thought of that. Charlie with kids.
12:38 You're absolutely right.
12:40 You know, you know, he is the-- the kindest man in town.
12:43 And the simplest.
12:45 Listen, here's a list of the girls he's got for candidates for marriage.
12:49 Ruby Todd.
12:52 But she's married.
12:53 Doris Hardy.
12:55 That cold fish.
12:57 Sarah Tompkins.
12:59 Well, I certainly hope Charlie doesn't get himself snagged by Sarah Tompkins.
13:03 Well, I think that, uh,
13:05 Charlie's gonna start getting interested in somebody new.
13:08 Makes awful good cherry pie.
13:10 Well.
13:15 Well, my goodness.
13:18 And thank you very much.
13:21 [laughing]
13:23 Oh, isn't that nice? Daddy's waiting up to meet you.
13:28 Daddy, I want you to meet Charlie Wright.
13:31 Why, how do you do, Mr. Wright?
13:33 Mr. Williams.
13:35 You didn't tell me he owned a gold mine.
13:37 Yeah, well, it's a small mine, and you just forget about it. You hear me?
13:40 It assays at $1,000 a ton.
13:42 It's getting awfully late, Daddy. I think we'd better go upstairs.
13:45 Good night, Charlie. Good night.
13:48 See you tomorrow, Amy.
13:51 Of course, Charlie. Good night.
13:54 [laughing]
14:01 I did it. I asked her, and she accepted.
14:06 Accepted what?
14:08 We're gonna be married.
14:10 And I owe it all to you, Josh.
14:12 Hey, Chuck! Chuck!
14:15 Charlie!
14:17 [music playing]
14:19 Hello, Charlie.
14:34 Howdy, Josh.
14:36 I want to talk to you, Charlie.
14:38 I want to talk to you, too.
14:40 We never even fixed your feet.
14:43 Well, I haven't done anything to earn it yet.
14:45 Earn it? Well, you wrapped it in silk and tied it up fancy.
14:48 You made me the happiest man in the world, Josh.
14:51 Charlie, you just met the girl.
14:53 We have to do things fast out here.
14:57 Make quick decisions.
14:59 Why, the whole future of sections of this country was decided in one day.
15:04 Like the Louisiana Purchase, for instance.
15:08 Charlie, what are you getting at still?
15:11 Amy.
15:13 She talks as pretty as she looks.
15:15 Charlie, the Louisiana Purchase concerns a piece of land.
15:19 Now, nobody gets tied up with a girl he hardly knows for the rest of his life.
15:23 Where you been, Josh?
15:25 Don't you know Sam Jenksons is wed to a mail-order bride?
15:30 20 years ago, he met her through a letter.
15:33 Never even saw her for the day he married her.
15:36 Well, that's one.
15:41 I could name you a dozen, easy.
15:43 And just as happy.
15:45 You figure a thousand dollars would square us?
15:48 Charlie, I just want you to do me a favor.
15:50 Anything, you just name it.
15:52 I want you to meet somebody.
15:53 Who?
15:54 Her name is Harriet Meacham.
15:55 Boy, you've been out in the sun too long.
15:57 Charlie, she's a good homemaker and she's a wonderful mother.
16:00 I got a home. This mine.
16:02 Besides, she's got a kid, and I hate her kid.
16:05 She makes awful good cherry pie.
16:07 I don't like cherry pie.
16:09 You said that nobody in Stone Point would have you.
16:12 Well, she will.
16:14 You got a reputation for succeeding at your work.
16:19 And you finished this job real successful.
16:22 Don't go bolloxing it up.
16:25 You brought her up here?
16:37 Hello, Miss Meacham.
16:39 Good morning, Mr. Randall.
16:41 Good morning, Charlie.
16:43 Would one of you gentlemen help me down?
16:47 Go ahead, Charlie.
16:49 I know why you're here.
16:51 Why, Charlie, I'm here to sell pies.
16:53 Yeah, she makes awful good cherry pie, Charlie.
16:56 If you were just selling pies, what are you doing in that fancy getup?
17:00 I know what you two are up to.
17:04 And by Christopher, it ain't gonna work.
17:07 But, Charlie...
17:08 Charlie, what are you talking about?
17:10 I'm going to marry Amy Williams and nobody else.
17:14 And I hate cherry pie!
17:17 Come on, get out of here.
17:22 The wedding is Sunday.
17:28 Well, it looks a little big in the waist.
17:33 Well, now, that's all right, ma'am.
17:34 We'll take care of the alterations.
17:36 And I've got just the hat that'll go perfect with that dress.
17:40 Oh, I'll be with you in just a minute, sir.
17:46 I think this one looks fine on me.
17:48 It sure does, Charlie, sure does.
17:51 Ah, this little big.
17:54 You could pad it.
17:55 Yeah, I could that.
17:56 When we get to San Francisco, we don't want anybody to be fancier dressed than us.
17:59 No, sirree, no, sir.
18:01 Look here.
18:03 Ain't nobody in San Francisco gonna be prettier than my wife.
18:08 I want one of them dresses in every color.
18:10 Good.
18:11 And... and these bonnets, too.
18:14 Yes, sir.
18:15 Come here.
18:16 You're spoiling me, you know that?
18:18 And I just love it.
18:20 And here's a man's gonna stand up for me at the altar.
18:24 I never go to weddings, Charlie.
18:25 They always make me cry.
18:27 Christopher, you're going to this one.
18:28 You're my best man.
18:29 Sam, I'm buying my friend here one of them boiled shirts and the pants with the band on the side.
18:36 Now, listen, Charlie, I don't want to...
18:37 You fit him out for me, Sam.
18:39 Me and Zed, we got to go over and make arrangements with the minister.
18:44 Come on, Zed.
18:48 (rustling)
18:50 So you're going to San Francisco?
19:03 On our honeymoon.
19:05 Well, uh, what about your father?
19:08 Where I go, my father goes.
19:12 Josh, just in case I don't get a chance to say goodbye after the ceremony, I'd like to say it now.
19:17 We'll be living in San Francisco, you know.
19:19 What about Charlie's mine?
19:22 He's going to sell it.
19:24 You're quite a girl, Amy.
19:26 Josh, I just don't understand you.
19:28 You said you wanted to see a smile on Charlie's face.
19:30 Have you ever seen him so happy?
19:32 Yeah, he's smiling all the time now.
19:34 But you are marrying him for his money, right?
19:36 Of course.
19:37 Well, then he better smile while smiling's good.
19:39 You said you wanted him to have confidence.
19:41 Have you ever seen him so sure of himself?
19:43 Yeah, and what's going to happen when he finds out the truth?
19:46 The truth about what?
19:48 Oh, Josh.
19:50 Would you deliver these to my hotel, please?
19:52 Yes, ma'am.
19:54 (clears throat)
19:56 Are you ready for your fit?
19:59 I'm having it, thank you.
20:02 I don't know, Charlie.
20:09 How can you want to marry a woman who put a "for sale" sign on something you love, huh?
20:13 Just because there's a sign on it don't mean I'm selling.
20:16 Yeah, you're selling all right.
20:18 You're selling yourself right down the river.
20:21 That's no way for my best man to talk.
20:25 Best man?
20:27 You think I'm going to stand up and be an accessory while Amy Williams commits this crime?
20:31 You're crazy.
20:32 Well, you just talk like that because to you, the act of marriage is a crime.
20:37 I'm marrying Amy Williams and nothing in this world can stop me.
20:41 Charlie, I think I better tell you something.
20:44 Tell me what?
20:45 I paid Amy Williams to come to Stone Point.
20:48 As a matter of fact, I paid her to go out with you.
20:52 What are you talking about?
20:54 Well, I made a deal with her.
20:57 I was supposed to go out with you for two weeks, fuss over you, have dinner with you, talk to you.
21:01 But she never gave one thought to marriage, believe me.
21:04 She did?
21:06 She said that she'd marry me the minute I asked her.
21:10 As soon as she found out you had a gold mine, Charlie, she's marrying you for your money.
21:13 I want to get married.
21:15 Right.
21:16 And there's a girl in town you should marry.
21:18 And she'll love you for what you are.
21:21 You got me all confused, Josh.
21:23 Don't be confused, Charlie.
21:25 This is the most important decision of your life.
21:27 You got two girls waiting in town for you right now.
21:30 You don't have to make up your mind which one it's going to be.
21:32 Now, one girl wants to marry you for your money.
21:35 She's going to ask you to give up the one thing in your life you love, and that's that mine.
21:39 She's also going to stick that father on your back for the rest of your life.
21:42 Now, wait a while.
21:44 On the other hand, the other woman is a real homemaker.
21:46 She studies, she's got a wonderful son, and she's dependable.
21:50 Well, it's your decision, Charlie.
21:55 Thanks for letting me make up my own mind.
21:59 [music playing]
22:02 [bells ringing]
22:09 Wedding bells.
22:11 I never thought it would happen to Charlie.
22:15 Yeah.
22:16 [music playing]
22:27 [chatter]
22:55 Charlie told me to give you this.
22:58 Thank you, son.
22:59 Dear Josh, you told me to make my own decision, and I did.
23:12 I'm marrying Amy for her beauty, and she's marrying me for my money.
23:16 So I figure it's a standoff.
23:19 As for Harriet, she's a fine woman, and she needs a man her kid likes,
23:23 and one who likes cherry pie.
23:26 That's the kind of man Harriet needs for a husband and a father.
23:30 I've, uh-- I've got a pot of coffee on and some cherry pie.
23:36 Well, uh, thank-- thank you very much,
23:40 but I want to make some distance before it starts getting dark.
23:43 And I hope I see you again.
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