Bonanza S1E24 The Stranger
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00:00Can I help you?
00:23Yes.
00:24A couple of the young newspapers came into my hands in New Orleans.
00:27They mention a man called Ben Cartwright.
00:29Aye?
00:30Well, is he a rather large man physically, about my age.
00:33He has two sons.
00:35Three of them.
00:36Three?
00:37What do you want him for?
00:38I'm Joe Cartwright.
00:40Your father and I have urgent business together.
00:42Where is he?
00:43Well, he's out of town right now.
00:45What kind of business?
00:46Out of town where?
00:48At Silver City.
00:49At a reception.
00:50They're giving him his honor.
00:51Look at this.
00:52A whole newspaper story about him.
00:55We're booming him for politics.
00:57Fine man that he is, he'll make a fine governor, so he will.
01:01Little Joe here is checking me on the facts of his life.
01:05Be in tomorrow's paper.
01:07Nevada and Ben Cartwright, a great future together.
01:12Well, I don't know about Nevada, but Ben Cartwright has no future.
01:20What do you mean by that?
01:24When he gets back into town, tell him I'm at the hotel.
01:28Charles LeDuc.
01:29I asked you a question.
01:30All right, now.
01:31Let go.
01:36Now, look here.
01:37All right, now, hold it, Cole.
01:45We'll smash Ben Cartwright just like we smashed the story of his life.
01:53We'll smash Ben Cartwright.
02:23We'll smash Ben Cartwright.
02:54Hi, Jack.
03:03Joe Cartwright, how are you?
03:06What can I do for you?
03:07Listen, you got a fella named Charles LeDuc registered here?
03:10Yeah.
03:11What room is he in?
03:12You got nothing to do with that?
03:14Yeah, maybe.
03:16218.
03:17All right, thanks.
03:18Hey, Joe.
03:19That's good news, isn't it?
03:20I mean, about your father running for governor.
03:23Yeah, it's just fine, Jack.
03:46Yeah?
03:47All right, where's that man of yours, the one that hit me?
03:49I'm sorry about that, son.
03:51Why don't you come on in?
03:58Mr. Cole will be back shortly.
04:00Meanwhile, is there anything I can do for you?
04:03Yeah.
04:05Yeah, you can tell me who you are and what you want with my father.
04:08Oh, I'd rather spare you that ugly story.
04:11Oh, what ugly story?
04:14You know, it's really remarkable, the resemblance you bear to your mother.
04:19I'll just leave my mother out of this.
04:21Ah, it's a little difficult,
04:23considering the fact that she and I were good friends.
04:28You said you had an ugly story.
04:31Couldn't have been about my mother.
04:32You're right.
04:34That story was about the man she married.
04:37You're lying, mister.
04:38Take it easy, boy.
04:39You got something to say, say it.
04:40All right.
04:42You take a message to your father.
04:44Tell him to stay out of politics,
04:45because the plans I have for him are liable to interfere.
04:49What kind of plans?
04:51Inspector Charles LeDuc.
04:54New Orleans Police Department.
04:57When you came all the way from New Orleans for my father, huh?
05:002,000 miles.
05:02And 20 years.
05:04Well, I don't believe you, mister.
05:06Go tell your father, see if he believes me.
05:08I'm gonna tell him.
05:10I'm gonna tell him, then I'll be back for your friend.
05:13And in case you're curious,
05:16the charge is murder.
05:17Well, I know you're lying.
05:34Oh, Ben.
05:37I must tell you,
05:39it's unusual in these parts
05:41for a man to be so graceful on the road.
05:45Well, I must tell you,
05:47I haven't danced in such a long time,
05:49but so lovely a partner would make any man graceful.
05:52Your compliments are as smooth as your dancing.
05:55I'm sure you learned both arts
05:57during your stay in New Orleans.
05:59Perhaps.
06:02Ah, Bob.
06:03Alice.
06:04Well, Adam.
06:05Louise.
06:07Your father is a most generous host.
06:09Well, it's not every day
06:11we can entertain the future governor.
06:12Adam's been telling me about his two brothers.
06:15It's a shame they can't be here tonight.
06:17Well, the Ponderosa demands a great deal of work.
06:20I know.
06:22And you're lucky to have three sons to do it.
06:24Too bad we have to leave tonight.
06:26But Pa's got to get around the territory
06:28so that people can get better acquainted with him.
06:30I think everyone in Nevada knows Ben Cartwright.
06:34Folks, your attention, please.
06:36You all know about the fuss
06:38everyone's been kicking up
06:40about making Nevada a state.
06:42So it's time we started thinking
06:44about our first governor,
06:46someone who'll fight with all his heart
06:48for the future of Nevada.
06:50My friends,
06:52I give you an able man,
06:54a charitable man,
06:56a humble man.
06:58I give you both of you
07:00a chance to make a difference
07:02in the future of Nevada.
07:04A humble man.
07:06I give you Ben Cartwright
07:08of the Ponderosa.
07:12Come on, Ben.
07:14Say something.
07:17Well, I'm, uh...
07:19I'm deeply grateful.
07:28Well, I, uh...
07:30I won't make a speech.
07:32Oh, no.
07:34In this country,
07:36we don't talk much about things.
07:38We get out and do them.
07:43The things I want,
07:45I believe you want also.
07:47A free country where we can
07:49raise our families in safety
07:51under God.
07:53Now, Nevada is not yet a state.
07:57But when that great day comes,
07:59if you still want me,
08:01I'll try to do
08:02everything I can to be of service.
08:04Oh, well.
08:06We'll want you.
08:08Your father's a wonderful man.
08:10He's going to make a splendid governor.
08:15Well, meet the next governor.
08:17Hey, hooray!
08:19There ain't nothing to celebrate yet.
08:21Nothing till Nevada becomes a state.
08:25Technicalities, pa.
08:27Just technicalities.
08:29Yes, sir.
08:30What's the matter with Joe?
08:32Well, pa, you've had a long ride.
08:34Why don't you go on up
08:36and get him some fresh clothes.
08:38We'll have something to eat
08:40and then we'll talk about it later.
08:42Sounds good.
08:43Pa?
08:44What?
08:45I don't think this can wait.
08:47What?
08:49There were a couple of strangers
08:51in town today.
08:53They came into the territorial enterprise.
08:55Made a few remarks about you I didn't like.
08:57What?
08:59Made a few remarks about you I didn't like.
09:01Well, I imagine they're quite a few people.
09:03What kind of remarks?
09:05Well, first I'd better tell you who they are.
09:08They say they're on the New Orleans police force.
09:10One of them's an inspector named LeDuc.
09:14LeDuc?
09:18Charles LeDuc?
09:20How do you know him?
09:25Is he at the hotel?
09:26Yeah.
09:28Settle my horse.
09:59I've been Cartwright.
10:02Wow.
10:04Come in, Cartwright.
10:05Come in.
10:09Hmm.
10:11Been 20 years.
10:12You haven't changed much.
10:14You remember me?
10:16Yes.
10:18I remember you.
10:20I understand you're a big man in these parts.
10:22They're even thinking of putting you up
10:24for political off as governor, isn't it?
10:26I have a lot of good friends.
10:27A lot of friends and three fine sons.
10:29Well, I haven't been as fortunate as you have.
10:34Of course, a policeman doesn't have much chance
10:36to accumulate family, friends or admiration.
10:41But most people admire an honest man of the law.
10:43Hmm.
10:45Seems like you have everything and I have nothing.
10:48Of course.
10:50I've always been handicapped by this unfortunate infirmity.
10:53I'm sorry.
10:55Well, it's...
10:57A bullet was responsible.
10:59Hurts.
11:01Every step.
11:04Yeah.
11:06See, the kneecap is shattered.
11:08Happened 20 years ago.
11:10I was on a murder case.
11:12The murder case of Simon LaRoche.
11:14You remember?
11:16I remember.
11:18You should because you're going to hang for it.
11:20Mr. Vincenzo,
11:22Mr. LeDuc,
11:24that charge against me was dropped 20 years ago.
11:27Was it?
11:29Yes, it was.
11:31I offered to return to New Orleans a month after I left.
11:33My lawyer wrote, said it was unnecessary
11:35since three witnesses had testified
11:37that I had shot LaRoche in self-defense.
11:39Hmm.
11:41Well, do you have any proof?
11:43Any documentary evidence?
11:47Well,
11:49no, I was to have received a letter
11:50from the New Orleans chief of police.
11:52But you don't have that letter.
11:56You know, Cartwright, your lawyer
11:58gave you some very bad advice.
12:00You are a fugitive from justice.
12:02You are still wanted
12:04for the murder of Simon LaRoche.
12:06Mr. LeDuc, that can't be.
12:08No?
12:10Here's a warrant for your arrest.
12:13Go ahead, look at it.
12:14It's a true warrant.
12:16It's on the right paper,
12:18the right signatures,
12:20the right language.
12:22What more do you want?
12:25The right motive.
12:27What's yours?
12:30Do you remember a scuffle in the alley
12:32the night I came to arrest you?
12:36We, uh,
12:38we had a fight, I...
12:40I don't know.
12:42We, uh,
12:44we had a fight, I knocked you down.
12:46You remember hearing a shot?
12:48LeDuc, you were after me.
12:51You wanted to kill me.
12:53I wasn't armed.
12:55I ran.
12:57Yes, you ran.
12:59I followed you.
13:01In the dark, I fell,
13:03and the bullet ended my leg.
13:05I'm sorry I didn't know that.
13:07I didn't look back.
13:09Well, you should have,
13:10but you didn't.
13:12I started following you that night
13:14crawling on my belly,
13:16and I'm going to continue to follow you
13:18until you hang.
13:20I can't hold myself responsible
13:22for what happened to you that night.
13:24You're going back to New Orleans with me
13:26and stand trial.
13:30This warrant of yours
13:32is of no value out here, you know.
13:34You know, if you're innocent,
13:36I think you'd be anxious to go back
13:38and clear your name.
13:40My name is clear.
13:42What do you think your name would be worth
13:44if people found out about your wife
13:46and Simon LaRoche,
13:48Governor Cartwright?
13:54Cartwright,
13:56before I'm through,
13:58you're going to beg me
14:00to take you back to New Orleans.
14:02You don't believe that, do you?
14:04I swear it.
14:10See you, Mr. Cartwright.
14:16That's Ben Cartwright,
14:18going to be first governor of Nevada
14:20when she becomes a state.
14:40Hi.
15:05Why, hello there, Ben.
15:07How's business?
15:08Hello there, Ben.
15:10And how are you now?
15:12Well, to be perfectly frank, Dennis, not too well.
15:16Aye, and I'll wager it's on account of them two.
15:19The two strangers.
15:21Oh, you've seen them, have you?
15:23Wasn't it right in front of me that little Joe was hit?
15:26It was you they were looking for.
15:29And by the look of you, it was bad news they brought.
15:34Dennis, I suppose you'll be reporting what happened in Silver City.
15:39Aye, it's right here.
15:41I'd like to... I'd like to put something in next to it.
15:46Right, just one moment.
15:52Ready now.
15:54To all of my friends in Nevada...
15:57...my deepest appreciation...
16:01...for the way you've honoured me.
16:13But for personal reasons...
16:16...I hereby withdraw my name...
16:21...from consideration...
16:24...from consideration...
16:27...as a possible candidate...
16:30...for governor of the state of Nevada.
16:37Here, take a look at that.
16:40So he's withdrawn his name.
16:43Seems like you've already begun to reach him.
16:46Yes, sir. Things are beginning to fall right into line.
16:51But for personal reasons, I hereby withdraw my name...
16:54...from consideration as a possible candidate...
16:56...for governor of the state of Nevada.
16:58But, Pa, there was no reason to withdraw, not yet.
17:01I didn't want to, Adam. Believe me, I didn't want to.
17:05Why, then, Pa?
17:07Well, you just can't leave your friends out on a limb...
17:11...waiting to be sawed off.
17:13Your friends would have stuck by you.
17:15You mean they'd have been dragged down with me.
17:18On a political campaign...
17:21...if there's just one weak spot, one breath of scandal...
17:24...your opponents find it and use it to destroy you.
17:27But, Pa, if you were clear to them, charges...
17:30If?
17:32It would take weeks to get word back from New Orleans.
17:36If I remained a political candidate all that time...
17:39...my names would be dragged through every pigsty in the state.
17:42Pa, you're not telling us everything.
17:44It's not like you to run out of New Orleans without the trial.
17:48It's the only thing I've ever kept from you, isn't it?
17:51It's one thing you can still keep if you want to.
17:53No.
17:55It's been too long already.
17:59Truth is something that always comes back at you, doesn't it?
18:05Joe...
18:07...I've told you a great deal about your mother.
18:10You never really knew her.
18:12She was a wonderful woman.
18:14Beautiful, slender, delicate, gentle.
18:19Treated Adam and Hoss like they were her own.
18:24She was like an angel to everyone that ever came into contact with her.
18:29And then this...
18:32...this man, this LaRoche, Simon LaRoche, came into our lives.
18:39The man I killed.
18:41Why'd you have to kill him?
18:45Your mother came from a...
18:48...from a certain notorious section of New Orleans.
18:53A section the sailors called the Flats.
18:57What difference does it make where she came from?
18:59No difference, not to me, but to a man like LaRoche...
19:03...it presented an opportunity to cash in on her past...
19:07...by threatening to destroy her reputation.
19:12Threatening her with what?
19:15He blackmailed her to keep her past a secret.
19:20To keep what secret?
19:22Joe, I...
19:23What secret?
19:24Joseph, I...
19:25To keep what secret?
19:27What your mother did or did not do before I met her is of no importance.
19:31I loved her, and I married her.
19:34She was a wonderful person.
19:37But your mother...
19:39...was afraid of scandal.
19:42Not for her sake, but for mine, for Hoss's and Adam's.
19:46So she...
19:48...she paid LaRoche.
19:50She paid him.
19:52Until I found out about it.
19:55I went to see him.
19:58We talked, got into an argument.
20:01A fight.
20:03A fight.
20:04He pulled a knife.
20:07I killed him.
20:10In self-defense, but I killed him.
20:16I thought I couldn't stand trial because then everything that your mother...
20:20...wanted to forget...
20:22...would have come out.
20:24So it comes out now.
20:26Twenty years later.
20:29Yes.
20:33That's why...
20:35...I feel that maybe if I go to New Orleans, I can put a stop to it.
20:41There's another way.
20:45Joseph.
20:49Pa, let me go.
20:51Not the mood you're in.
20:53Now, remember...
20:55...the Duke is doing his duty.
20:57I want you to promise me that you will do no harm to him of any nature.
21:04I'm gonna go out for a while.
21:06I'll go with you, little Joe.
21:08I'd rather go by myself.
21:10Joe.
21:14I promise.
21:33I promise.
22:03I promise.
22:17Your friend looks kind of lonely.
22:19Hello there, cutie.
22:21What's your name?
22:22Dixie.
22:23That's a pretty name.
22:24Say, how'd you like to come over to the hotel tonight and have supper with me?
22:27That would be nice.
22:28Is that all right with you, Inspector?
22:30Go right ahead.
22:31You look like you could be fun, mister.
22:33Mister, um...
22:34His name is Charles.
22:35Charlie, huh?
22:37Charlie, I bet you I could get you out of that lonesome mood.
22:41I like being alone. I have a lot to think of.
22:43Think? You're wasting time.
22:45Mister, it's against the law to be alone in Virginia City.
22:52I think I could like you.
22:54Child, if you got to know me, you'd hate me.
23:01Why is he so hard to get to?
23:03He's got his reasons.
23:05With that leg and all, I feel kind of sorry for him.
23:08Here, have a drink.
23:10What about your friend?
23:12Friend? He's not my friend. He's my boss.
23:14It's my job to look after him.
23:24Oh, Duke.
23:28Oh, Duke, I want to talk to you.
23:31I don't have anything to say to you.
23:40I said I want to talk to you, LeDuc.
23:42I told you I don't have anything to say to you.
23:45My pa told us the whole story.
23:47When you say the whole story,
23:49I figure you mean the part about your mother, too.
23:51I'm warning you, keep my mother's name out of your filthy mouth.
23:55You know, you and I ought to be on the same side.
23:57You just get your father to take that little trip with me
24:00and your mother stays an angel.
24:02You know, I gave pa my word I wouldn't kill you.
24:05But if you drag my mother's name through the dirt, so help me, I will.
24:09You'll have to kill me first.
24:13Well, maybe that'll be the best part.
24:31He's dead.
24:33It was self-defense.
24:35Not the way I saw it.
24:37Well, you saw what happened.
24:39You just got through doing me the greatest favor of my life.
24:42Because now I can tell my story under oath,
24:45in a courtroom where everybody can hear.
24:47The whole story about your mother.
24:50You just give me the chance.
24:52The trial will be about her, not about you.
24:55Well, you're not gonna get that chance.
24:57What happened?
25:04Go on, get the sheriff.
25:06Young Cartwright just shot this man down in cold blood.
25:17Sheriff, evenin'.
25:20Anything wrong?
25:22I'm afraid so, Ben. We're looking for Little Joe.
25:24Little Joe?
25:26You ain't gonna like this.
25:28He shot a fellow in Virginia City, killed him.
25:30Oh, no, Sheriff.
25:32No question about it, Ben.
25:34Where is he?
25:36Who was it he was supposed to have shot?
25:38One of them fellows from New Orleans named McCall.
25:40Oh.
25:42This Inspector LeDuc, he witnessed it.
25:44He said Little Joe just up and did it in cold blood.
25:46Oh, Sheriff Brady, you know Little Joe better than that.
25:49All I know is he shot a man and ran away.
25:51And we gotta find him.
25:53Sheriff, I know Joe will be coming home.
25:57Let us bring him into town to you.
26:00All right, Ben.
26:02Your word's good enough for me.
26:04Come on.
26:19I was hoping I'd find you here.
26:50I thought you'd come.
26:52I wanted to say goodbye.
26:54Son, you're not going anywhere.
26:57I got no choice.
26:59Well, there's always a choice.
27:01Here it's the choice between running away
27:03or facing up to what's happened.
27:07What did happen in town?
27:10Well, I went to see LeDuc.
27:12In spite of what you promised?
27:14I promised I wouldn't harm him.
27:16I didn't say I wouldn't see him.
27:18While I was talking to him, Cole came in.
27:20We got into a fight.
27:22He drew his gun, and I killed him.
27:32Trouble is the...
27:34the sheriff's wondering why you ran away.
27:38I had a lot of choice with Inspector LeDuc, the only witness.
27:41Well, it's your word against his.
27:43People of Virginia City know you,
27:45and I know they trust you.
27:47Pa, that's not the point.
27:49What is the point?
27:53LeDuc told me what he'd do at the trial.
27:56He said he'd get up in front of that whole town
27:59and tell all those dirty lies...
28:02about my mother.
28:04You were running away to...
28:07protect your mother's name.
28:09Is that it?
28:11Yes, that's it.
28:16Your mother begged me to stand trial in New Orleans,
28:19no matter what the consequences to her.
28:24Well, Pa, I can't do that.
28:28I made a mistake, Joe.
28:30I can't let you make the same mistake.
28:33You come home with me now,
28:36and tomorrow morning, we'll ride into town together.
28:39Son...
28:41you've always trusted me.
28:44Now, running away will ruin your life.
28:50And it won't help her.
28:55Come home.
29:09I'm asking you.
29:40Sheriff.
29:44I brought you your prisoner.
29:46Thanks, Ben. What have you got to say?
29:48Shot him in self-defense.
29:50Cole's gun was in his holster.
29:52That's impossible. He drew first.
29:54It was there. Why'd you run away?
29:56Maybe he figured he'd be framed, like what's happening now.
29:59You know better than that, Adam.
30:01You'll get a fair trial.
30:03God lock you up, son.
30:10You boys wait here. I'll be back in a few minutes.
30:35I saw you riding into town with your son.
30:38If you've come to plead for him, you're wasting your time.
30:42The Duke.
30:44You didn't come to Virginia City for my son.
30:48You came for me.
30:50I do rather admire you for bringing him in.
30:53It shows a certain respect for the law.
30:55Respect?
30:57My son tells me you saw the shooting.
31:00Mm-hmm.
31:02He also tells me you can clear him.
31:05Every criminal claims he's innocent.
31:08Don't call my son a criminal.
31:10And let's stop beating around the bush.
31:12You came to Virginia City to close the LaRoche murder case.
31:15Well, I'm going to give you a chance to do just that.
31:17Are you offering me a deal?
31:19I'm offering you a deal.
31:23Are you clear, my boy?
31:26I'll go back to New Orleans with you.
31:31Well...
31:35Well, I don't know, though.
31:37You're asking me to purge him myself.
31:40I'm an officer of the law.
31:42The truth isn't open to whim.
31:44But, uh...
31:46Now, suppose I do make this compromise.
31:50Would you return with me unarmed?
31:52Yes.
31:54And alone? Just you and me?
31:56On horse?
31:58Yes.
32:00And alone? Just you and me?
32:02On horse?
32:07Yes, I would.
32:09And would you give me your promise, your word,
32:12that you'd make no attempt to escape?
32:14I'd give you my word.
32:16How long would it take you to get the horses and provisions ready?
32:20An hour.
32:22Make it an hour and a half. I'll have time to get outfitted.
32:25I'll meet you at the jail and clear your son.
32:27We'll leave directly from there. And Cartwright...
32:30You should feel relieved.
32:33Every criminal always is who finally surrenders himself to justice.
32:57Pa, he's coming.
33:00Pa, who's coming?
33:05Inspector LeDuc.
33:07He's agreed to tell the truth about the shooting.
33:10Tell the truth? Why?
33:14I'm going back to New Orleans with him.
33:18Now, I'll be back. I'll be back soon.
33:22Inspector, Ben says you've got something you want to tell me.
33:25Yes, about the death of my associate, Mr. Tom Cole.
33:30Step over to the desk, please.
33:34You see, I was rather dazed by what happened.
33:38And so, I rather confuse the facts.
33:41Unconfuse them.
33:43Well, as I recall now,
33:45you and Mr. LeDuc were in New Orleans
33:48Unconfuse them.
33:50Well, as I recall now, Cole was drunk. He drew first.
33:54Joe Cartwright fired in self-defense.
33:58What about the gun in Cole's holster?
34:00He put it there himself before he died. Sort of a reflex.
34:04Mister, you really was confused, wasn't you?
34:07Maybe the strange climate.
34:09I rarely bungle the facts like this in New Orleans.
34:13Mister, from now on, stay in New Orleans.
34:17We need you around here like we need the plague.
34:20You belong in that cell instead of Little Joe.
34:23Sure, if everybody makes mistakes, ask Ben Cartwright.
34:26All I want to ask Ben is will he accept my apologies.
34:34Thank you, Sheriff.
34:36Um, don't let Little Joe out of the cell until I'm well away.
34:41Why not? Where are you going?
34:43Just do me the favor. See you when I get back.
34:47All right.
35:01Well, Little Joe will be out pretty soon now.
35:04I know you told us not to,
35:06but how come me and Adam can't ride out about ten miles and intercept you?
35:10A couple of outlaws rode up on you. It wouldn't be your fault, would it?
35:14Well, at least we can ride along with you. You can't object to that.
35:17Oh, he does object. I said I'd go alone.
35:21Why is that so important? What's his motive?
35:24I don't know. Anyway, get my word.
35:30I'm waiting.
35:36Adam.
35:38I'll get your pack of horsepool.
36:08Come on.
36:38You're not a bad cook.
36:42You know, it reminds me of something that happened recently.
36:47There was a case where a condemned man wanted to cook his own last meal,
36:52and then he didn't have time to eat it.
36:55So I did. You know, it was very good.
36:58I'm sure it was.
37:01The Duke.
37:03Why did you wait 20 years to come after me?
37:07I'm an officer of the law. I'm subject to the orders of my superiors.
37:11I just can't believe that your superiors suddenly decided after 20 years
37:17that I should be brought back.
37:19Well, I made that decision myself.
37:21Of course, I had to become an inspector before I could do so.
37:24The fact that it took 20 years is your fault, not mine.
37:28My fault?
37:30Yes, I've already told you.
37:32A man with a physical handicap doesn't rise fast in police work.
37:39I told you before, I don't hold myself responsible for that accident.
37:43It was an accident.
37:45It happened in the line of duty.
37:48Now, when you became a police officer,
37:50you must have figured that it happened to take certain risks.
37:55It happened to take certain risks?
37:57Well, strangely enough, I used to use those same arguments with myself.
38:02I knew that my hatred of you might become an obsession.
38:05I wanted to control it.
38:06I wish you'd been successful.
38:09Oh, I was for a while.
38:11But then as I watched inferior men being promoted over my head,
38:15I began to wonder whether I wasn't being too charitable in my thoughts about you.
38:19Is that when you started to think about vengeance instead of justice?
38:23Well, didn't I have it coming to me after all the misery you've caused me?
38:26I don't believe that any man is justified in using a badge to satisfy his personal hatreds.
38:32You're so cold-blooded in your thinking, Cartwright.
38:37No, I've hated men in my time.
38:41But I've been able to control myself and not allow that hatred to influence my life.
38:48Oh, why not?
38:50You're a rich man.
38:52You have sons.
38:54You've loved women and been loved by them.
38:58Oh, that smashed knee of yours, it's really been of help to you, hasn't it?
39:04What do you mean?
39:05The way you use it to lean on like a crutch to explain away your personal little failures
39:10in your police work, with women, in your relations with other people.
39:13Stop it.
39:14Well, face it.
39:16It's not your knee, it's you.
39:18You stop it or I'll shoot you now.
39:22Now.
39:25That's true, isn't it?
39:29You never intended to take me all the way back to New Orleans, did you?
39:34You got it all figured out, haven't you?
39:37How is it to happen?
39:39I was to be killed while trying to escape, is that it?
39:43You'd like me to say yes, wouldn't you?
39:45So you'd be free to break your word.
39:47No.
39:49I don't intend to break my word.
39:55I don't intend to try to escape.
39:59Because I'm going to get all the way to New Orleans.
40:05Just in case you have any idea of killing me first.
40:09No.
40:13I don't want to kill you.
40:18No.
40:28Good night.
40:31I'm not going to sleep tonight, Ben Cartwright.
40:36I'm not going to sleep any night while you're alive.
40:49It looks like a warm one today.
40:51What are you waiting for? Mount up.
41:08Get away from me.
41:10Get away from me.
41:12Get away from me.
41:14Get away from me.
41:16Get away from me.
41:18You're in me. Get away from me, Cartwright.
41:28I think I'll put a bullet through your leg,
41:31so you'll know how it feels.
41:38All right, get over here.
41:47Do you have another gun?
41:49This will do it.
42:16They've had enough.
42:22They weren't after scalps. They were after horses.
42:36How far is the nearest settlement?
42:42There's a way station up ahead.
42:44How far?
42:46About 20 miles.
42:4820 miles?
42:51Over those hills.
42:54Without horses.
42:57And without water.
43:04Come on.
43:11Stay ahead of me.
43:14Don't move.
43:44Don't move.
44:11Wait, wait, wait.
44:14The sun will kill you.
44:16I can't walk anymore.
44:19Gotta get to water.
44:45Let me help you.
44:49You stay away.
44:51I don't need your help.
44:54Well, let me help you now.
44:56I said stay away.
45:00Go ahead.
45:02Pull the trigger.
45:04We'll be through.
45:06I said pull the trigger.
45:08Pull the trigger.
45:10Pull the trigger.
45:12Pull the trigger.
45:14I've been waiting 20 years for this.
45:42I've been waiting 20 years for this.
46:13Let me get him some water.
46:28Easy, easy.
46:32That's enough.
46:43You brought me in.
46:45Uh-huh.
46:50Why didn't you leave me out there to die?
46:53Couldn't let you die out there.
46:55Why not?
46:57You'd have both been better off.
47:02When's the next stage leave for the east?
47:04It's due in sometime tonight.
47:06Where are we going?
47:08New Orleans.
47:10There's none in New Orleans for you.
47:13You were warned for my arrest, don't you?
47:17You were right.
47:19I intended to kill you before we ever got there.
47:22But you can't kill without hate,
47:25and now the hate is gone.
47:27It's out of a relief.
47:29It's out of a relief.
47:31It's out of a relief.
47:34It's out of a relief.
47:40This warrant was never any good, was it?
47:42You were cleared 20 years ago by everybody except me.
47:48That letter the judge sent you, I intercepted it.
47:53Why didn't you leave me out there to die?
48:04Can you rustle up some food for a couple of hungry men?
48:07Him too?
48:09We were coming here together, didn't we?
48:11You betcha, mister. Just give me a couple of minutes.
48:16Well, let's wash up.
48:19Give me your hand.
48:33THE END