Hey, pancho, what are you doing . Cisco, that fellow aint no barber, hes a butcher. Look what he do to my face. Dont blame him, pancho, blame your whiskers. Theyre so tough, instead of a razor, he shouldve used a wire cutter. Thats what he used, i think. laughs gunshots lets go . . Help, sheriff, the banks been robbed . . Scatter youre going in the wrong direction. . . Tracy has been a thorn in the side of bankers throughout the southwest, cisco. Were mighty grateful to you and pancho for having captured him. If theres anything i can ever do for you, please let me know. Thank you, mr. Parker. Pancho, dont be so sad about the other two getting away. It could happen to anyone. But not to pancho. They slipped through my fingers laughter dont forget the welcome mat will always be out for you boys anytime you come back to town. Cisco, i cant believe myself a sheriff who like us. Well, goodbye, gentlemen. Goodbye. . . Are you all right, miss . Sure, im fine. Get your hands up. You, too. Se . Orita, youre all mixed up. It was the other two men who get their guns. But, se . Orita, these are the men that were chasing you. I guess im all mixed up. Perhaps the young lady will explain, pancho. Sure. You had my brother put in jail. Your brother . Yes frank. Im pat tracy. Holy smokers, cisco. She is the sister to the man we just put in the jail. Youre very bright. And youre gonna get him out. Why should we do that . I didnt say, we, i said, you. And just to make sure you dont try any tricks, im holding your chubby friend here as hostage. Chubby hostage . Is those bad words, cisco . Be quiet, pancho. Suppose i refuse . You wouldnt want him to meet with a slightly fatal accident, would you . What that mean . Terry, put his gun back in the holster. My brotherll need a horse, cisco. Take chubbys with you. And dont get any bright ideas one false move, and chubbys a dead duck. Duck . I aint got no feathers. Be quiet, pancho, and watch yourself. . . Se . Orita, please. Oh, cisco, i thought you was halfway to the next town by now. What brings you back so soon . A little business, sheriff. Well, anyway, im glad youre here. This monkeys been spoutin off at the mouth how hell be outta here in no time at all. And i will, sheriff, real soon. You hear that, cisco . Says his gangll try to break him out. Not his gang, sheriff, me. Ive come to release him. You release him . Turn around. Now, look, cisco, if this is your idea of a joke. No joke at all, sheriff. Get the keys and unlock that cell door. I dont get this. You risk your neck to put him in jail, now you wanna turn him loose. Its not what i want, its what i must do. I told you i wouldnt be in here very long, sheriff. Thanks for coming to my rescue, pal. Your pal, eh . Now im beginning to get it. The whole thing was a frame to collect the reward money. And to think i refused to believe those rumors about you. Open up the door and do it quick. In there. Youll never get away with this. Ill hunt you down if its the last thing i do. I dont have time to explain now. Come on, move. I could use that gun, cisco. Yes, but youre not going to. Get going. . . Whatre you doin on the floor . Nothing, se . Orita, just resting. The bed was too soft. Get up. Oh, anything you say. Were almost there, cisco. Your fat friendll be happy when you turn me in for him. That was the bargain. It had better be kept. Whats the matter, dont you trust us . Would you . Keep going. Theyre comin, pat. Good. You boys got it straight . Sure, give lou a chance to get in the clear and then start blasting. Right. What about chubby . Well take care of him later. Give me his gun. This is far enough. Tracy get in front of me. Youll first have to release my friend, miss. Yes, of course. That hombres too smart. Ah, theres plenty of time. All right, come on out, chubby. Hey, cisco. Se . Orita. Just a minute, cisco. My gun i dont think cisco will take me back without my gun. Gracias. Pancho, get on your horse and keep them covered. Give me your gun. Lets get em. firing this is far enough, pancho. Well wait here until they pass us, then well do a little chasing ourselves. And well teach them not to call me chubbies. horses approaching whoa just in time, sheriff. So i see. Drop your guns quick. You were out chasing tracy, with any of your lies. But i never lied to you. Forget it. Im takin you to jail. Yeah, but sheriff, we didnt did anything. Shut up pick up their guns, frank. All right, you two, on your way. Did you get them . No, but the sheriff did. Carted em right off to jail. Wed better get out of here fast. Ill pack my things. Whats the hurry . Its quite possible, you know, ciscoll tell the sheriff about this place. Were not leaving yet, sis. Why not . Because i came here to do a job, and i intend to finish it. If youre caught, this time theyll lock you up and throw the key away. Please, frank, let well enough alone. Sorry, but im not leaving here emptyhanded. Terry, joe . Yeah . Lets ride, boys. They wont expect another raid on the bank so soon. Youre a durn muleheaded, ungrateful ignoramus thats what you are, sam dawson. After what cisco and pancho did for you. Did for me . Did to me, you mean. Why, those doublecrossing conniving save your breath, mr. Parker. Cisco, maybe he can make him believe it. Hell not convince him in a million years. Youre dangtootin he wont. If they were working for tracy, whyd they capture him thats easy to collect the reward. That money went to charity. You heard cisco tell me to send it to the mission, didnt you . Thats where i sent it. Charity, my foot with those two, Charity Begins at home. The mission is probably where they pick up their mail. How can a man be so stupid . Remind me not to vote for you in the next election. Yeah, and remind me to vote the same way. gunfire whats happened, lou . Tracy just robbed the bank and shot the cashier. Dead . No, but hes in a bad way. You dont know where to find him. Jim pearson, the cashier, has a wife and two kids, and if he dies, cisco, ill see to it that the both of you and your whole gang swing. Keep an eye on em, lou. Im going after tracy and the others. All right, sheriff. Oh, that stubborn sheriff. If hed only listened. Yeah, and if a monkey had wings instead of a tail, he could swim in the water like a rabbit. Still think im stupid, sis . Stow that in your bag. You have any trouble . Nothing to speak of. The sheriff and his men were after us. We lost em. Bring up the rig, joe. Were getting outta here. Ill give ya a hand. Hello, mr. Parker. Hi, lou. Its sure too bad about your cashier. Get up. But mr. Parker get up. Do this to you, lou, but your boss is so stubborn, he wont listen to reason. Youre gonna exchange places with cisco and pancho. But but mr. Parker, you cant do this. It aint legal. It its agin the law. Pick up the keys and move. All right. Get your hat, pancho. Where we going . Never mind. Ill get the guns. Want me to ride with you . No, thank you. Well take care of this ourselves. Come on, pancho. Good luck. . . horses passing this is gettin monotonous hyah whoa. Be careful, men, they might be around here somewhere. Put up your hands. Throw your guns down. Get off of your horses and make it quick. Get their guns, pancho. How did you break jail . Never mind about that. You just listen to me. Yeah, take your two ears and listen. You know, youre a nice fella, sheriff, but you got a head like a little pig. Why, you ornery, lowdown. Sheriff, patrol yourself, patrol yourself. We tried to tell you but you wouldnt believe us. Well, pancho and i are going after him. You and your men are welcome to come with us, or well leave you here, but make up your mind and make it quick. How do i know you wont lead us into a trap . Cisco, how can a man be so silly . Why would we lead you into a trap when we can kill you now . Well, youve got me there. Guess i have been pigheaded. All right, pancho, . . Head them off, sheriff no, pancho, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah donmo . . Hoho, cisco, it start all over again whatever it is, cisco, this time lets leave it to the sheriff. laughs shooting water chickens. both laughing . . Goodbye, amigogo see you soon laughing bell ringing now,you see what happens when rule one is ignored . Never expose your gun hand, its dangerous. Why, davy here was hammering a nail with his left hand. He missed the nail, and, now his gun hand is all swollen up. Now suppose he was in the buckhorn saloon and he got into a ruckus. His gun hand. gunshot children laughing thats something to be proud of oh, now sonny, you run along to school. Well this is a land of free speech. Give the man his say. All i ask is that you give me a chance. Yup, this is a land of free speech, to listen to him yup, a man has to be tolerant. To a point. punch laughing stupid. Stupid. laughing jim. You alright . Jim dont punch you rotten excuse for a human being now is that the fine talk eastern ladies speak . I had enough of your man. Guts enough to wear a gun. And ill kill him. Trackdown quince flanders hasnt broken any laws. He beat up the school l acher. From what i heard, it was a fair fight. Oh sure, quince is maybe fifty pounds heavier that jim, three inches taller. Sure, it was a fair fight. The point is, quince flanders has told our new School Teacher to get out of town. Well, that doesnt sound like much of a point to me, since hardly any of the kids ever show up to school. Seems to me like its the fault of the parents. Well that too, that the School Teacher is trying to corrupt them with his eastern ways, and the folks who brought them up. Well, sooner or later the people are going to f fd out that hes painting the wrong picture. Oh, he is such a bully, boy with a gun and on a horse, and with a rope. Some folks as well as the kids think that whatever comes out of his mouth is gospel. T of porter. Hoby, youveot to stop it. Alright. Suppose i throw quince in jail every time he beats up on a School Teacher. Thats uh, disturbing the peace, two days. He gets out, and stomps on jim all over again. I dont think k s worth while to ask a man to stay in town with that kind of treatment. Bess, ive been telling hoby hes got to convince jim to stay. Ive come to tell him hes got to convince him to go. Jim has bought himself a gun. Jim martin bought himself a gun. That would be comical under ordinary circumstances, because jim martin didnt know which end of the gun the bullets came out of. children yelling that quince sure can handle a rope yeah, kids seem to be having a lot of fun. Yeah, theyll grow up full of fun and plenty stupid. You too . Well i hate waste. Now you take that schoolhouse, that was built for a purpose and now its just standing there empty. Well i never knew you had an interest in educatioio well its like money. Money Means Nothing to those who have it, to those who dont, it means a lot. What about quince . He never had any education, and look at him, hes full of joy. A want something before you can miss it, his joy is busting things up. Hes trying to prove what hes not is better than what the teacher is. Quince will forget all about the kids once this teacher leaves. Well hes not gonna leave. He bought himself a gun. Hes got no business w wh a gun oh now theres an attitude that surprises me, whats your interest . Well, i guess im a sentimental slob. I figure on getting married someday, maybe have a few kids. I dont want them to grow up without help. Men like you mr. Gilman make life out here possible. Men like the teacher make life worth living. Well tenner, sometimim you say a mouthful. Wanna take a walk . gun drops nobodys gonna think youre a coward if you get out. Those children cant be left in the hands of a quince flanders. What can you do about it . Get them back in school by provininim as good a man as he is. We know youre as good a man as he is, six ways out from the middle. The children dont know it. Ill have to prove it to them on his level. Whwhe do you expect to get the muscle to do that . Brain is not divorced from muscle. It is in quince flanders case. If a teacher allows quince flanders to replace him in the eyes of the young, then hes not worth the name man. No. Its very simple. I i sh quince into an argument, and i kill him. Not while im in this town you wont. Thank you mr. Smith, but ill have to handle this thing myself. Why dont you use your office . Throw quince in jail . Then him. Well i never did see so many people wanting to throw so many other people in jail. Now, theres no reason. gun drops would you mind leaving so i can get on with it . Before you put a gun in a holster, you should know how to handle it. For instance, its always smart totoave one chamber empty, so theheammer will rest easy. A glass for my friend. Hes about half your size id guess. Why aint you heard the news . He got himself a gunun its not gonna help your reputation any to kill him. Youd look stupid gunning down a dude. Im gonna kill him for satisfaction, not glory. You kill him at all and ill put you away youll what hoby . I aint breaking no laws. If he puts on a gun, it makes us equal in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of the people. Our people hoby. Western people. Whats eating you . Hes from the east . Well, among other things. Plus, dont like how he wants to kiss a sneer at the land we were all brought up on. Well just because he wants them to learn how to read andndrite doesnt mean that he wants them to forget about everything else. Well he always makes out hes better than us. We dont need his education. Well if you wouldve had a little of his education, burned out by the drought. Well, other ranchers made it. What about that uh, ore you opened . It lasted about two months as i recall. Aw, i went in too short on cash, thats all. Mmhmm. And all the gold you were gonna find w wn you went prospecting . How about that . Its my fault there is no gold in texas . Its not the School Teachersr. What do you mean by that . I mean youve made a mess out of everything youve tried to do, and you need somebody to take it out on. And you picked him. Ool teacher. Im just good with a gun. Well ill tell ya, you use it on him and ill find a way to make you swing. There aint no way hoby. You cant do a thing to me if he draws first. Looking for someone . They went out to that abandoned mine shack in dovers canyon, jim, tenner, and bess. Dovers canyon . Somebodys got to teach him how to take care of himself. Is that why tenner went along . Hoby if anything happens to him it will be your fauau. This isnt even my argument and everyones shoving me into a corner. . . This town needs jim martin a lot more t tn it needs quince flanders. . . gunshot alright, try it again. gunshot the idea is to hold your breath, just as you squeeze the shot off. Like this. gunshot i see. gunshot yeah, thats more like it if hes going into town with a gun, im just helping him know how to use it. Look, i am responsible for the peace in porter. I aim to keep it, mr. I dont mean to be difficult mr. Gilman, but you cant do anything official until something definite happens, can you . Well, ill tell ya, a couple of fools start shooting at each other, there are innocent people liable to get hit. I promise to do my best to hit mr. Flanders. And im sure hell do his best to shoot only me. gunshot i feel like im at a wake. gunshot wont he listeteto you . My husband is a man of principle. Men of principle dont listen to their wives where a point of principle is concern. We both understand that, dont we mr. Gilman . My husband is going to be killed. gunshots once jim martin got the idea of what to do, he had no trouble in following through. His accuracy became equal to that of hickock, ringo, and hardin, but a big problem still remained. Well, theres nothing more you can learn about shooting, ts Something Else again. And more important. To face a gun slinger, its the first shot off that counts. All this bulls eye shooting dont amount to a thing if the other man outdraws you. Lets try. Alright, give me your gun, and put up a fresh targetet ready jim . Ready tenner . Draw gunshots well yours is the best shot jim, but tenner fired first. If we faced each other, you would have never gotten yours off. Ill just have to keep practicing, thats all. Time for the next round of drinks folks, like i promised. I buy a round every day that School Teacher dont show up. Its bustin me, but im enjoying. Yes s r, its quince flanders telling ya. Itll be a sad day for porter when he gets guts enough to come in. A funeral for a School Teacher, and the end of free drinks for you monkeys. punch you had no call to do that, hoby. He was trying to mash my gun hand. Hes right hoby,i did it on purpose. Next time you wannnnget yourself killed, you do it outside my jurisdiction. Better luck next time. Thanks. Well, jims chomping at the bit, he w wts to come in. Yeah. He thinks hes ready. He aint never gonna be ready. I understand hes a pretty good shot. Well, if it was target practice, hed be walking away. He couldnt outdraw a fly. He wont even get his gun out of the holster. We gotta do something to stop it why dont you wait a few days . Right now i am as fast as ill ever be, you know that better than i i. Jim. I wanted to be the strong silent type, let you go and do what you want like a good suffering pioneer wife should. Its difficult enough as it is. Oh, why must you do it . You know why. En that you didnt know existed two months ago . For parents who dont care one wawaor the other . Im not doing it for them bess, im doing it for me. For you . These weeks ive found myself wishing id never gotten into this spot. I wake from sleep in a cold sweat thinking of facing quince flanders gun. I dont want t tlose you. See it my way honey. Any place i go to teach, ill find people like quince flanders. If i dont make a stand for my right to do my job the way i see it, i thought you understood. Ill never accept standards that mean people have got to die. My wife has to accept it. Its senseless. Utterly senseless. Jim oh, jim i love you so. I know bess, i know how it hurts. I love you the same way. . . Jims in town with a gun last call folks laughing looks like everybodys waiting for the School Teacher today alright, where is he . I dont know. Alright, im holding you responsible. Hes breaking no law til he draws. Well, s sure taking his time hell be here. Im a patient man, but a hungry one. bout time quince. You cant dry gulch me. Now quince, you dont think id shoot even a rat from behind. Here a man dont have his gun out ununl he gives the other fella a chance to draw. I just want to make my position clear. I called you a rat, thats exactly what you are. To prove to you that ive given due consideration to the category ive placed you in, im going to empty my gun, except for one bullet, because thats all thats ever needed to kill a rat. Just one bullet. That weathervane. We cant have that weathervane stand still like that. Doesnt it know that that big wind, quince flanders is standing in the street . Lets have a little respect for quince flanders gunshot see better than you can quince. gunshots its too late hoby one shot left. As i said, i need only one bullet for a rat. gunshot bell bess morning henrietta. This ones on the house, fresh off the press. Now you read that editorial all abououhow this is a growing town, and how we need more School Teachers like jim martin. Morning mr. Gilman. Mr. Smith. Good morning bess. I hope the school bell doesnt disturb you. Well, its the kind of sound that wakes the place up sort of, i like i i i hope the town does. Mr. Gilman, you figure this town will raise a monument to me . Hey, if there is any gold in those mountains then how longs it been there . What . Well, millions and millions of years, hasnt it . So, whats our hurry . Another day, more or less aint gonna make much difference. Ah, weveveost more than two days already