[woman screaming] [music continues] [instrumental music] mm, real cookin. Baked bread, hamhocks and sauerkraut. Chicken and dumplings. Better slow down, smitty. Im goin in here. Hey, there buckshot well, what do you know . Cheyenne, smitty. Last time i heard, you were running map lines for the army over in comanche country. Got em right here. Id be mighty obliged if youd drop these off at the big sands remount station. Glad to. Here, take care of these, bill. Its a good thing the armys got you fellas. Them soldier boys would never find their way tory if they didnt. Yeah, i guess hey, i remember back in 61. It was this here troop, uh, b troop uh, yeah, you told us, buckshot. We heard that one before. Whats new . Oh, nothing much. cept last night the bank was robbed. Hit em for every nickel they had. Old brad farnum got run down by a horse. Brad farnum . Was he hurt bad . Killed him. Killed him dead. He never had a chance. Man was a good friend of yours, wasnt he . Thats right. Thats what i thought. You boys gonna be in town long . Right now, its kinda hard to say. Well, take it easy, buckshot. So long, smitty. And he might be limping some if buckshot winged him like he says. Shouldnt be too hard to spot. Nope. I aint one to tell you your duty. But if i was you, id just purely as long as hes in the clear. You sure he crossed the border . Yes. I was chasing him when he did it. Id give a years pay to get my hands on him. Maybe you will. When he comes back across the line. Thats not likely. He might. Especially, if, uh, someone who wasnt weighed down with a badge kind of helped him back. Any idea where hed head for in mexico . A little town called paso alto about 40 miles south of the line. Im sorry i cant be of more help. You can. Be waitin at the border when we bring him back. Did you say we . We . Thats right. Thats what i thought, you said. All i can wish you is a lot of luck. Thanks. [dramatic music] there it is. Paso alto. You know, i wouldnt mind owning some of this land. We aint careful, we liable to. About six foot a piece. You remember what i told you . Yep. Were a couple desperate characters on the dodge. Say, whats my name . Smith. Smith. But thats my real name whos gonna believe it . [instrumental music] where is everybody . Wish wed had sense enough to stay home. Just keep your eyes open. [dramatic music] ive seen expressions like that before. So have i, on a grizzly with a sore paw. Say, do you get the feeling we aint exactly popular . Why should we be . D back. Say now [smitty whistling] dos pesos, enrique. Dos pesos its high we are so far from papacito. What is it, my daughter . Two more americanos ride in. Two more . Two more bad ones, i am thinking. You know, it just so happens ive got a few little purchases weve got to find ourselves a room. I swear you take the fun outta everything. Perhaps, it is time we try again, miguel. No. It would be nice to hear the bells once more. And more of our young men to die before the gringos guns, aye . Perhaps, the old ones like us then. What could we do . [bell ringing] hey anybody here . Here he comes. Im sorry, senore. I laid down un momento to rest my eyes. Uh, room perhaps, or something to eat . We could use both. Bueno. The corner room is vacant. Uh, do you senores intend to honor us for a long time . This way, senores. Big blond fella. might be limping a little. i have remembered. The corner room, it is engaged. That happened in a hurry. It slipped my mind. My youngest brother is coming from san philipe forget it. Lets go, smitty. Come on. Well, that was short and sweet. Yeah. One mention of that big, blondheaded fella he turned as sour as buttermilk in a thunderstorm. Yeah. You know something . What . I dont believe he had no brother in san phillipe. You know something . What . Neither do i. Still wanna make those purchases . Oh, ho, ho. Do i . But, senor, if you would allow me to help you. When i want your help, ill ask for it. And another thing, shorty. You better order up some more 44s. Senoridy. You likey takem heap big buggy ride . Spanish, smitty. Not navajo. Please, senor. If you would perhaps pay a Little Something on your account. Whats the matter . Dont you trust me, shorty . Senor, i do not mean the insult. But to run my business, i must have the money. [dramatic music] excuse me, senor. But i wonder if you could tell me. Get out of here get out. Go back to your friends at the cantina. There they are. Cerveza. Si senor. I didnt now you could speak spanish. You just heard all of it. Nice looking bunch of boys. Their mothers probably love em. You fellas looking for something . Yeah. What . A glass of beer, you mind . Its a long ride into this town for a glass of beer. Aint that right, chey, uh, mr. Eubanks . Your name eubanks . Could be. Whats on your mind . I ask the questions. You ever get any answers . I think ill get one from you. That all depends. I havent heard the questions yet. What are you two doing in town . Now, thats the wrong question. Break it up. You boys know i dont like brawling. Get on with your business. My names carl thompson. This your place . You might say its sort of a headquarters. The man who owns it is a real fine fellow. Friend of mine. Si, mr. Thompson. That a friend of yours too . In a manner of speaking, yes. Got much use for him . He runs errands for me now and then. Keep him outta my way or you may have to run em yourself. Oh, cliffs alright. He just doesnt like strangers. I dont like strangers either and hes mighty strange to me. We dont have visitors here very often. Maybe you oughta change your brand of beer. yeah. maybe i should. Alfredo lets have two fresh beers for my friends. Youre kind a free and easy with that word friend, arent you . If a man isnt a friend of mine, i, uh. I assume hes my enemy. Suits us, mister. Nope. Were not tough. Were like your errand boy, here. We just talk tough. You know, i might be able to use a man like you. Well think it over. Dont think it over too long. Lets go find a place to stay. I, uh, i dont think i heard your name. Thats right, you didnt, did you . I got an idea. What . Instead of us gettin a place to sleep tonight lets get out of town. Im taking him back, smitty. I wanna see him in front of a jury. With all them gunslingers behind him that just might turn out to be quite a chore. We got him worried and a worried man makes mistakes. Well, in that case, dont look for me to do anything right. Im worried too. This town cant have anything against horses. [music continues] water our horses, si . Si, senor. You pay now . How much . One peso. How much for the hay . Two pesos. How much if we sleep on the hay . Sos. Thats a deal. Is there a place around here where a fella can get a good meal . Si. El placio. Gracias. To us. Salud y pesetas. Yeah. What do you think of those new americans . The tall one is handsome. No . Thats not what i mean. Its just it is just that they may be looking for you . Is that what is on your mind . Well, they sure came here looking for something. You are in some sort of trouble . Im always in trouble. Kill a man. Listen to me, carlos. Maybe those men are after you or maybe not. What difference does it make . You promised me we would go to mexico city. Alright, well go. When . A year from now . Ten years from now, when im an old woman . Well go when i say so, not before. Im not so sure he is a lawman. Whats he gotta do, show you his badge . Why take chances . Cliff. Yeah . Better get the big fella first. I was planning to. [music continues] now, this ol girl, she says to me you be sure and bet on my box lunch. You gonna know it cause its tied with a red ribbon. I find out that there mustve been eight or ten of them there that way. Now, what do you do about a situation like that . smitty so, this here gal that i ended up with. why, she weighed 275 pounds if she weighed an ounce. [dramatic music] you got the draw on me. Im gettin mighty sick of you, mister. Look out, cheyenne go on, cheyenne that oughta do it, cheyenne. tell your boss, if he wants my hide, come get it himself. Here. Not that you need the dang thing. Thanks. Gracias, senor. Gracias. Im sorry about the mess. It is nothing, senor. Padre mio. What has happened . Papa, are you alright . Very much alright. Thanks to these gentlemen. It wasnt nothin really. Why dont we go put on the nosebag. Huh . Yeah. Wait a minute. Wed better stay and help clean up this place. Oh, do not worry, senor. I will clean this all up with the greatest of pleasure. Guess i forgot to discard. Too bad. Start pouring. Whens the funeral . Well, you look like you ran into a mountain cat. I run into cheyenne bodie. The stranger . Thats his name. Sent you a message. Oh . Says if you want his hide to come get it yourself. That sounds like a fair enough proposition. Carlos . Yeah . I think it is better we leave paso alto. We could leave tonight. By morning, well be many miles from here. Why dont you stop bothering me. I told you wed leave soon. You got my promise. A promise . I spit on your promise. Shut up. I do not take orders from you. Shut up [screams] message. News travels real fast, doesnt it . Small town, people talk. About anything in particular . They say you strayed pretty far from home. Shall we stop playing games . Alright. What are you after . You. Youre a big man. I hear youre fast with a gun. But its not true. Its a matter of opinion, mister. Wed make a pretty good try at it. You better start. You dont have much time. Hows that . Im giving you one hour to get out of town. And if were still here . Dont be. Delgado, what time is it . Three oclock. We staying, cheyenne . Weve gone too far to back out now. Senor, i would like to shake your hand. For a long time, no one in this village has faced thompson like that. Tell me something, amigo. How is it you let these gunslingers run so hogwild around here . Seems to me you could turn some law loose on these fellers. Here, the army is the law. The territory is very large, senor. Is far off the beaten track. Once, maybe twice a year, we see a patrol. Thats all. Well, there must be something you could do . At the very beginning, we tried. Now, 14 of our young men lie dead. A town has a soul, senor. The soul of paso alto, is also dead. Senor delgado, forgive me, but this is not true. It is not the soul of the village which is dead perhaps, you are right, rosa. Papa told me what you did. Are you going to help us . Two against them . What chance do they have . Well probably need more help than well be giving. There are still guns in paso alto and men to shoot them. If you would lead, i think they would follow. Can we count on you, senor delgado . I do not know but whos your mayor . Your alcalde . Thats senor monte verde. The big house at the end of the street. And i will speak to alfredo. He will help us too. Youd better talk fast. By 4 oclock, things are gonna start gettin lively. [clock ticking] senor, what did he mean . What is going to happen at 4 oclock . The bad one, thompson. He gives the two americanos until that time. And you . What will you do to help them . Me . I. I am only one man. No, you are not a man. There are no men left in paso alto. [dramatic music] [indistinct chatter] wait. Wait a minute. Why cant you . Please, please, senor. I can talk to them, and they will listen but they will do nothing. I cannot make them act. Im only the mayor. Act with what . They take our guns long ago. They hide them. We do not know where. R they just went down to the mayors house. Well, theyre wasting their time. Why dont we go for em right now . cause i gave em an hour. Rosa. Rosa, lets get married now. Well go to the church and tell father juan to make the arrangements for the wedding. No, not while there is so much trouble. But why not . This man can help us, alfredo. I know he can. But we must help him, too. No please, rosa, no more about that. Do you wish to live in fear of these people . I wish to live. You know what happened the last time. At least now i have my cantina and things are not too bad. But somehow, somewhere, there must be a start. Well, let someone else start it. I must think of my business if were going to be married. Alright. Think of your precious, little cantina and we never will be married. Stop being so itchy you boys are acting like youre going to your own funerals. If anybody doesnt like this deal, he can pull out. Get me a drink. I said, get me a drink. Are you deaf . I am not deaf. And also, i am not your servant. Why dont you get outta here . Go home [dramatic music] you are the last hope, padre juan. Only you can help us now. When these people first came to our town the young men thought as rosa does that we should band together and drive them out. I myself, gave the signal. the ringing of the church bell. my poor shepherds. My poor farmer boys. i shouldve known they were no match for gunfighters. fourteen young men. God rest their souls in peace. From that day on, the bell has been silent. That is the way it must remain. Padre juan. Im an old man. I can have no more lives on my conscience. I hope you understand. You have to do what you think is right. Good bye, padre. Well, we tried. Perhaps, we could still no, our times too short. I wish you hadnt said that. Why dont you go back to the tienda . Wed better get back to the stables. Aw, now youre talking. Why, if we ride out in an hour, well have thompson. Or hell have us. You say the nicest things. [clock ticking] drink up. [dramatic music] alright, spread out. [music continues] its gettin mighty close to 4 oclock, cheyenne. If we could just figure a way to break thompson loose from those gunslingers. senor its the tamale from the cantina. Let her in. What can i do for you . It is not what you can do for me, it is what i can do for you. You know the money from the twin pass bank . What about it . It is under the floorboards at my house. Thatll break thompson loose. Hell follow that money. smitty it might be a trick. it is no trick. Its 4 00, bodie. Yeah, i guess it is. Well, looks like mr. Cheyenne bodies got himself in a nice little trap. Cliff, you get around behind. [indistinct chattering] the americans are we just gonna let them die . male 2 we cant do nothing. m die without lifting a hand to help . Can we face ourselves if we do this . How can we fight . With what . we have brooms and rakes. female 2 alfredo alfredo. I know where the guns are hidden. Do you have the courage to use them . Listen, listen. Ill lead you to them if you will fight we are not soldiers. Maybe our guns are rusted now. They will kill us. Ght, they will kill you. [speaking spanish] [gunshot] keep em busy. [gunshots] [screaming] [screaming] [dramatic music] thompson. Table. Alfredo. [dramatic music] wheres thompson . I saw him. He got away. The girl, sarita, wheres her house . I will take you to her, senor. Sarita. [clamoring] sarita i am here. Good. Get the money, chiquita. Were going to mexico city like i promised. Hurry up, get the money yes, just you and me, together, always. [sarita grunts] [screams] cheyenne alright, thompson, come on out come on out, thompson, and dont try the back way. Alright. Open the door. Open it sorry to disappoint you, bodie. Kill him [gunshot] [thompson grunts] [gasps] [bell tolling] [tolling continues] hello. What can i do for you . Uh, my name is randall. You mr. Lawton . Well, im very happy to see you, mr. Randall. Thank you for coming. Wont you sit down . No, no, ive been sitting on horseback for about six hours. That telegram said 500. Yeah, thats why im here. I want you to stay here till this matters settled. Robinson escaped from the territorial prison