1. - Thank you, Jason. On time.
- You bet!Copy !req
2. Link.Copy !req
3. Link Appleyard!Copy !req
4. - Oh, Miss Hallie.
- Hello, Marshal.Copy !req
5. - Howdy, Mr Senator.
- No, no. Rance. Rance.Copy !req
6. Rance... Sure glad you could come.Copy !req
7. Your wire caught us in Saint Louis.
Thank you.Copy !req
8. My buckboard's right over there.
Now, Jason, give me that box.Copy !req
9. You knew they were coming!Copy !req
10. That's the first time you ever
kept a secret! Blabbermouth!Copy !req
11. Who was that, Jason?
Anybody worth a line in the paper?Copy !req
12. A line?Copy !req
13. You blasted fool,
that's Senator Stoddard and his wife.Copy !req
14. You can fill your newspaper with them!Copy !req
15. Hi, Lydia. Charlie Hasbrouck.
Emergency!Copy !req
16. Tell the editor Senator Stoddard
and his wife just got here!Copy !req
17. That's right! Thanks!Copy !req
18. Hey, that's a nickel!Copy !req
19. Charge the Shinbone Star!Copy !req
20. Hey, Senator! Senator Stoddard, ma'am.Copy !req
21. Could you give me an interview?
Exclusive, like. A scoop!Copy !req
22. Shinbone Star...Copy !req
23. Well, now, son, I... All right.Copy !req
24. I'll give the interview,
but only for one reason.Copy !req
25. One reason... Dutton Peabody,Copy !req
26. founder, publisher, editor-in-chief
of the Shinbone Star once fired me.Copy !req
27. I'll be fired if I don't get this interview.Copy !req
28. Is it true you're going to...Copy !req
29. Here he comes now.Copy !req
30. Senator Stoddard, this is a surprise
and an honour, sir!Copy !req
31. - Maxwell Scott, editor of the Star.
- How do you do, Mr Scott?Copy !req
32. - This is Mrs Stoddard.
- A pleasure, ma'am.Copy !req
33. What brings you back, sir?
Is it true you're going to run...Copy !req
34. Oh, no. Hold on, Mr Scott.Copy !req
35. Who am I giving this interview to?
You or this young fellow here?Copy !req
36. - Who asked first, by the way.
- I sure did.Copy !req
37. If you're a good reporter
you'll invite them into our office,Copy !req
38. out of the sun and dust.Copy !req
39. He's right. Best way to make a man
talk is to make him comfortable.Copy !req
40. Well, it's back
in business again, politics.Copy !req
41. Link, why don't you take Hallie
for a little ride around town?Copy !req
42. Lot of changes, huh?Copy !req
43. I'll go with these fellows
and mend a few political fences.Copy !req
44. I notice you're not wearing the star.Copy !req
45. Oh, shucks, Miss Hallie.Copy !req
46. They haven't elected me
Town Marshal for a dog's age.Copy !req
47. I reckon the only one of us
from the old daysCopy !req
48. still working is the senator!Copy !req
49. Place has sure changed.Copy !req
50. Churches, high school, shops.Copy !req
51. Well, the railroad done that.Copy !req
52. Desert's still the same.Copy !req
53. The cactus rose is in blossom.Copy !req
54. Maybe...Copy !req
55. Maybe you'd like to take
a ride out desert wayCopy !req
56. and maybe look around.Copy !req
57. Maybe.Copy !req
58. You knew where I wanted to go,
didn't you?Copy !req
59. Well, you said you wanted
to see the cactus blossoms.Copy !req
60. There's his house down there,
what's left of it.Copy !req
61. Blossoms all around it.Copy !req
62. He never did finish that room
he started to build on, did he?Copy !req
63. No.Copy !req
64. Oh, well, you know all about that.Copy !req
65. There's a lovely one there.Copy !req
66. Whoa!Copy !req
67. Well, gentlemen, I promised myself
this trip I would not talk politics,Copy !req
68. and look here,
that's just about all I've been doing.Copy !req
69. Surely you're going to Capitol City
and talk to the assembly?Copy !req
70. Not this trip. This is purely personal.Copy !req
71. Purely personal?
That isn't good enough for my readers.Copy !req
72. Why did you come to Shinbone?
No mystery, is there?Copy !req
73. No.Copy !req
74. No, there's no mystery.Copy !req
75. I'm here to go to a funeral.Copy !req
76. Funeral?Copy !req
77. Who's dead, sir?Copy !req
78. No, sir. I...Copy !req
79. A man by the name of Tom Doniphon.Copy !req
80. Oh, there's my good wife. I'll...Copy !req
81. I've enjoyed the visit, gentlemen.Copy !req
82. Tom Doniphon?Copy !req
83. - Hello, Clute.
- Why, Rance!Copy !req
84. Ransom Stoddard! And Miss Hallie!Copy !req
85. Gosh, Senator, I didn't think...Copy !req
86. Why didn't you let me know
they was coming?Copy !req
87. Gosh, I'd have had
a real bang-up funeral.Copy !req
88. Folks from all over, everywhere,
would have come.Copy !req
89. The county's gonna bury him, you know.
I won't make a nickel out of it.Copy !req
90. Pompey?Copy !req
91. Miss Hallie.Copy !req
92. Pompey, I'm sorry.Copy !req
93. Maybe you'd like to...Copy !req
94. Where are his boots?Copy !req
95. Well, I thought...Copy !req
96. They was an awful nice pair of boots,
almost brand-new, and I thought...Copy !req
97. Put his boots on, Clute,
and his gun belt and his spurs.Copy !req
98. He didn't carry no handgun, Rance.
He didn't for years.Copy !req
99. Yeah, sure.Copy !req
100. Sir, I don't wish to intrude,Copy !req
101. but a United States senator is news.Copy !req
102. I'm the editor of a newspaper
with a state-wide circulation.Copy !req
103. I've got a responsibility to know whyCopy !req
104. you came all the way down here
to bury a man.Copy !req
105. You can't say his name
was Tom Doniphon and leave it at that.Copy !req
106. Who was Tom Doniphon?Copy !req
107. He was a friend, Mr Scott,
and we'd like to be left alone.Copy !req
108. Scott, let's go.Copy !req
109. I'm sorry, Senator. That's not enough.Copy !req
110. I have a right to have the story.Copy !req
111. Yes, I guess maybe you have.Copy !req
112. Of course, this story
not only concerns me.Copy !req
113. Old Pompey in there, Link,
they were part of it.Copy !req
114. But I suppose I'm the only one
who can tell it through.Copy !req
115. I read about the old days
in the paper's files.Copy !req
116. - There was no mention...
- You're a young man!Copy !req
117. A young man.Copy !req
118. You only know it
since the railroad came.Copy !req
119. A lot different then.
A lot different before, Mr Scott.Copy !req
120. A lot different.Copy !req
121. First time I came to Shinbone,
I came by stagecoach.Copy !req
122. A lot like that one right there.Copy !req
123. Well...Copy !req
124. Could be the same one.Copy !req
125. Overland...
Say, I think it is the same one!Copy !req
126. Well, I declare.Copy !req
127. I was just a youngster,
fresh out of law school,Copy !req
128. bag full of law books
and my father's gold watch,Copy !req
129. $14.80 in cash.Copy !req
130. I had taken
Horace Greeley's advice literally,Copy !req
131. "Go west, young man, go west,Copy !req
132. "and seek fame, fortune, adventure."Copy !req
133. Stand and deliver!Copy !req
134. Shotgun, shuck your shells.Copy !req
135. Throw down the cash box.Copy !req
136. Now!Copy !req
137. All right.
Get the passengers out of the coach.Copy !req
138. Looks like slim passenger pickings,
but lift their wallets anyway.Copy !req
139. - I'll take that pin, too.
- No. Please.Copy !req
140. My dead husband gave it to me.Copy !req
141. - Please!
- A widow, huh? I'll take it anyway.Copy !req
142. Take your hands off!
What kind of men are you?Copy !req
143. This kind, dude!Copy !req
144. Now, what kind of man are you, dude?Copy !req
145. I am an attorney-at-law,
and I'm duly licensed by the territory.Copy !req
146. You may have us now,
but I'll see you in jail for this!Copy !req
147. Jail?Copy !req
148. - Stop it! You'll kill him!
- Get him out of here!Copy !req
149. Get in that coach! Go on, move!Copy !req
150. Get in there! You, too!Copy !req
151. - Come on, inside!
- He could die out there!Copy !req
152. We'll send him flowers!Copy !req
153. Chico, cut the leaders!Copy !req
154. Get going!Copy !req
155. Put that stuff in here
and get to your horses. Hurry!Copy !req
156. A book?Copy !req
157. Law?Copy !req
158. Lawyer, huh?Copy !req
159. Well, I'll teach you law...Copy !req
160. Western law.Copy !req
161. Let's get out of here.Copy !req
162. Come on. Come on!Copy !req
163. Hallie!Copy !req
164. Hallie! Wake up, gal!Copy !req
165. Tom Doniphon!Copy !req
166. It's 5:30 in the morning!
What's wrong with you?Copy !req
167. We've got a man down here ambushed.
And bushed!Copy !req
168. Like to die if we don't get care for him.Copy !req
169. Oh.Copy !req
170. - It's the man from the hold-up.
- That's right.Copy !req
171. How did you know?Copy !req
172. Stagecoach stopped by
to notify the marshal.Copy !req
173. Link Appleyard?Copy !req
174. Don't stand there gossiping.
Get him inside. Pompey!Copy !req
175. Think you can make it, pilgrim?Copy !req
176. Pick him up, Pompey.Copy !req
177. Put him on the couch.Copy !req
178. Tom, he's hurt real bad.Copy !req
179. Thanks, Pompey.Copy !req
180. Poor man.Copy !req
181. Beaten, whipped, and kicked,
and just for trying to protect a woman.Copy !req
182. - How's that again?
- Stage driver told us all about it.Copy !req
183. Well, Pompey, looks like
we got ourselves a ladies' man.Copy !req
184. Hallie, we...Copy !req
185. - Get some bandage.
- But...Copy !req
186. I'll take care of him.Copy !req
187. Hey...Copy !req
188. Pilgrim, you're gonna need
a couple of stitches.Copy !req
189. Pompey, go find Doc Willoughby.Copy !req
190. If he's sober, bring him back.Copy !req
191. Oh.Copy !req
192. Nora, sorry to bust in on you like this.Copy !req
193. He's in trouble.Copy !req
194. Such a beating.Copy !req
195. This is just simply terrible.Copy !req
196. By golly, I'm going to get the marshal.Copy !req
197. You want coffee?
I make some breakfast. Hallie?Copy !req
198. Whoa! Take her easy there, pilgrim.Copy !req
199. You all right?Copy !req
200. Here we are.Copy !req
201. Drink this.Copy !req
202. - Is that coffee?
- Ja, coffee and aquavit.Copy !req
203. - Swedish brandy. Good for you.
- Oh. Oh, no.Copy !req
204. I don't care for that.Copy !req
205. Here, you must drink.
That make you feel better.Copy !req
206. It ain't mannerly out west
to let a fellow drink by himself.Copy !req
207. - All right if I smoke, ain't it?
- Sure. Go right ahead.Copy !req
208. Good. Now you will feel stronger.Copy !req
209. Thank you, ma'am.Copy !req
210. Took my watch.Copy !req
211. My money's gone.
Every cent I had in the world.Copy !req
212. Well, don't fret about that, pilgrim.Copy !req
213. You can eat here
until you get back on your feet.Copy !req
214. - My credit's still good, Nora?
- Ja, Tom.Copy !req
215. Lie down. Please lie down.Copy !req
216. No. No, not now.Copy !req
217. Not now. I... I... I've got something to do.Copy !req
218. Got something to do.Copy !req
219. What... What did you
say his name was?Copy !req
220. The... The man
with the silver-knobbed whip?Copy !req
221. I said Liberty Valance,
but if that's what you got to do,Copy !req
222. you better start packing a handgun.Copy !req
223. A gun? I don't want a gun.Copy !req
224. I don't want a gun.
I don't want to kill him.Copy !req
225. I want to put him in jail.Copy !req
226. Oh.Copy !req
227. I know those law books
mean a lot to you,Copy !req
228. but not out here.Copy !req
229. Out here,
a man settles his own problems.Copy !req
230. Yeah, but do you know
what you're saying to me?Copy !req
231. You know, you're... You're sayingCopy !req
232. just exactly what Liberty Valance said.Copy !req
233. What kind of community
have I come to here?Copy !req
234. You all seem to know about
this Liberty Valance.Copy !req
235. He's a no-good,
gun-packing, murdering thief,Copy !req
236. but the only advice you give me
is to carry a gun.Copy !req
237. Well, I'm a lawyer!Copy !req
238. Ransom Stoddard, Attorney-at-Law.Copy !req
239. And the law is the only...Copy !req
240. A little law and order around Shinbone
wouldn't hurt anyone.Copy !req
241. All right, Hallie.Copy !req
242. Arrest this man! Arrest him!
Nobody seems to want...Copy !req
243. Well.Copy !req
244. Here comes Mr Law and Order himself.Copy !req
245. He's hurt bad.Copy !req
246. What are you dragging me
here for, Peter?Copy !req
247. Ain't being up all night on account
of this hold-up business...Copy !req
248. - Well, who's this?
- The man from the hold-up.Copy !req
249. - I knew I shouldn't have come over.
- Wait a minute, Marshal.Copy !req
250. Now, see here, Tom,
if he's got a formal complaint to make,Copy !req
251. he should make it to me.Copy !req
252. He just wants you
to put Liberty Valance in jail.Copy !req
253. Yeah, Liberty...Copy !req
254. Liberty Valance? Do you think I'm crazy?Copy !req
255. Tom, let me out of here.Copy !req
256. Hallie thinks he's right.
You'd better listen. He's a lawyer.Copy !req
257. Somebody better listen
to somebody about him!Copy !req
258. Eyes he's got like icicles.Copy !req
259. Mamma, Liberty Valance
rides into town...Copy !req
260. As long as he behaves himself
in this town, I ain't got no...Copy !req
261. Jurisdiction.Copy !req
262. Yeah, what he said. I ain't got none of it.Copy !req
263. You all know I'm only the Town Marshal.Copy !req
264. What Liberty does out on the road
ain't no business of mine.Copy !req
265. Ain't that right, Mr Lawyer?Copy !req
266. Well, I...Copy !req
267. Technically, I suppose the hold-up
is a territorial offence.Copy !req
268. You mean I'm right?Copy !req
269. Yes, Marshal, you're right.Copy !req
270. I knew it! I knew we'd be friends
the minute I stepped in here!Copy !req
271. Now, you folks all know that,
well, the jail's only got one cell,Copy !req
272. and the lock's broke, and I sleep in it.Copy !req
273. I should have known nothing would
happen when you came in here.Copy !req
274. Now get out,
you big old fat water buffalo!Copy !req
275. - We got work to do!
- Hallie, I ain't ate yet.Copy !req
276. Nora, I could sure use a snack
of six or seven of those eggs,Copy !req
277. and maybe a side order of bacon and...Copy !req
278. Hey, is that flapjack batter?Copy !req
279. On the cuff. Sit down.Copy !req
280. - Papa, get your pants on!
- Oh, yeah.Copy !req
281. Get out of the way! Sit down!Copy !req
282. Hallie?Copy !req
283. You know, you look mighty pretty
when you get mad.Copy !req
284. Like I say, you can eat here
till you get back on your feet.Copy !req
285. May I have your name?Copy !req
286. Doniphon. Tom Doniphon.Copy !req
287. Forget what I said about buying a gun.Copy !req
288. You're a tenderfoot.Copy !req
289. Liberty Valance is the toughest man
south of the Picketwire,Copy !req
290. next to me.Copy !req
291. Hot time in the old town tonight!Copy !req
292. Mr...Copy !req
293. Mr Peabody!Copy !req
294. Evening, Marshal.Copy !req
295. Whoa!Copy !req
296. Did you know that Liberty Valance
is in town tonight?Copy !req
297. I'd be a poor newspaperman indeedCopy !req
298. if I didn't know
what everybody else knows.Copy !req
299. I don't know what to do,
Mr Peabody, I swear.Copy !req
300. Do what you're paid to. Run him out!Copy !req
301. Run him out... Liberty... Me?Copy !req
302. - My advice to you as...
- Coroner.Copy !req
303. - And your personal...
- Physician!Copy !req
304. Is to get your supper and go to bed.
No charge.Copy !req
305. Sound advice, Marshal. Sound advice.Copy !req
306. Hallie, my love, where are you?
I await you, my dear.Copy !req
307. Good evening.
Saturday night, Mr Peabody.Copy !req
308. Better order early before those
drunks come from across the street.Copy !req
309. Hallie, please.
The proprieties concerning the cutlery.Copy !req
310. How many times have I told you,Copy !req
311. the fork goes to the left of the plate,
the knife goes...Copy !req
312. You superstitious or something?Copy !req
313. What are you having to eat?Copy !req
314. The usual.Copy !req
315. Steak, beans, potatoes,
and deep-dish apple pie.Copy !req
316. Three steaks with a lot of black.Copy !req
317. - All right.
- Lot of black-eyes, Hallie.Copy !req
318. All right, Kaintuck!Copy !req
319. Three steaks,
burnt black for the Lazy J boys.Copy !req
320. Heavy on the beans.
Usual for Mr Peabody with fixings.Copy !req
321. Steak, beans, potatoes.Copy !req
322. And deep-dish apple pie.Copy !req
323. Someday, he'll order something
different, and we'll all faint.Copy !req
324. Goodness, Rance,
aren't you finished yet?Copy !req
325. No wonder if your mind isn't on it.
Let me help.Copy !req
326. Hallie, I found it. I'll show...
No, my hands are wet.Copy !req
327. Get the book.
Come on, take the book a minute.Copy !req
328. Nora, Peter, come here and hear this.Copy !req
329. Now, get the book.Copy !req
330. Now, that place right here where it says,Copy !req
331. "Under the law of this territory."Copy !req
332. Hallie, you read it out loud.Copy !req
333. I got Liberty Valance
exactly where I want him.Copy !req
334. Just exactly where I want him.Copy !req
335. What's the matter? Go ahead. Read it.Copy !req
336. I can't.Copy !req
337. What?Copy !req
338. You... Well, why not?Copy !req
339. Well, I never had the schooling,
that's why not.Copy !req
340. Well.Copy !req
341. You mean you can't read at all?Copy !req
342. No. I can't read, and I can't write.Copy !req
343. Here, take your book.Copy !req
344. For heaven's sakes,
isn't Mr Peabody's order ready?Copy !req
345. Oh, no.Copy !req
346. - Hallie...
- Not enough beans on it.Copy !req
347. Hallie, I'm sorry.Copy !req
348. Hallie.Copy !req
349. I... I could teach you.Copy !req
350. What for?Copy !req
351. What good has reading
and writing done you?Copy !req
352. Look at you. In an apron!Copy !req
353. Be right with you, boys.Copy !req
354. I do look funny in this.
I didn't mean to hurt her.Copy !req
355. She'll get over it.
What is reading and writing for a girl?Copy !req
356. She'll make a wonderful wife
for the man she marries.Copy !req
357. Yeah. And if Tom Doniphon is smart,
he pops the question to HallieCopy !req
358. before some busybody I am married to
upsets his bag of apples.Copy !req
359. Aw, you!
Eat supper before come the drunks.Copy !req
360. - But I'm not finished.
- Go sit down! Eat!Copy !req
361. Well, what you cooking,
steak and potatoes?Copy !req
362. I'm hungry.
Could I impose upon your hospitality?Copy !req
363. Just a couple of those steaks
and no beans.Copy !req
364. Hey, Marshal.
You're the man I'm looking for.Copy !req
365. Not so loud.Copy !req
366. And double on the potatoes.Copy !req
367. One steak for one marshal on the cuff.Copy !req
368. Marshal, I was wrong the other day,Copy !req
369. but I've been reading up, and there it is.Copy !req
370. I'll draw up the complaint,
take care of the details,Copy !req
371. but you do have jurisdiction,
it says so right there.Copy !req
372. The next time he sets foot
in this town, you arrest him.Copy !req
373. Anything you say, Mr Stoddard.Copy !req
374. I'll be tickled to death to...Copy !req
375. What was that? Arrest who?Copy !req
376. Liberty Valance.Copy !req
377. Arrest Liberty...Copy !req
378. You mean Liberty Valance?Copy !req
379. Just when I was starting
to get my appetite back.Copy !req
380. - A lot of black-eyes.
- Right, right.Copy !req
381. Steaks for the Brophy boys
with black-eyed peas. Burn 'em.Copy !req
382. - They're sober tonight, too.
- Burn four.Copy !req
383. Here's the supper for Rance.Copy !req
384. - Thank you, Hallie.
- Oh, sit down!Copy !req
385. The way you pop up
every time a girl speaks to you!Copy !req
386. - You get in the habit.
- Rance, do you think I could?Copy !req
387. I mean, grown-up and all?
Could I learn to read?Copy !req
388. Why, sure you can, Hallie.Copy !req
389. Why, there's nothing to it.Copy !req
390. It'd be easy. Can you learn to read?Copy !req
391. Why, I can teach you.Copy !req
392. A smart girl like you?
Of course you can.Copy !req
393. Do you want to try?Copy !req
394. It's awful worrisome not knowing how.Copy !req
395. I know the Good Book
from preacher talk,Copy !req
396. but it'd be a soul comfort
to read it myself.Copy !req
397. Hallie, I'll teach you how.Copy !req
398. In no time, you'll be reading everything.Copy !req
399. Well... Well...Copy !req
400. Hallie, can I have just one more steak?Copy !req
401. One steak on the cuff!Copy !req
402. All right, all right.Copy !req
403. Excuse me.Copy !req
404. - Nora, did you hear the news?
- No.Copy !req
405. - Rance'll learn me to read.
- "Teach me to read."Copy !req
406. Teach me to read.Copy !req
407. I cannot say my ABC in Swedish.Copy !req
408. Maybe you can teach me in English.Copy !req
409. Sure, Nora.
You can be my second pupil.Copy !req
410. Hal's my first. You'll be my second.Copy !req
411. Peter, you hear that? Peter!Copy !req
412. Well, pilgrim,
I see you're still protecting the ladies.Copy !req
413. Why, Tom, look at you.
You're all dressed up.Copy !req
414. - It's Saturday night.
- Don't you look handsome!Copy !req
415. - Oh, I brought you a present.
- Tom!Copy !req
416. Prettiest cactus rose I ever did see.Copy !req
417. It is a beauty. Look at it, Nora.Copy !req
418. - Should look nice in your garden.
- But it should go in now...Copy !req
419. - I'll be pleased to plant that.
- Oh, thank you, Pompey.Copy !req
420. Oh, the Hashknife group just arrived.
Burn eight.Copy !req
421. Not too close
to the ocotillo bush, Pompey.Copy !req
422. Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
423. "Ransom Stoddard, Attorney-at-Law."Copy !req
424. You're a persistent cuss, pilgrim.Copy !req
425. You really aim to hang that up outside?Copy !req
426. That's why I painted it.Copy !req
427. Well, take some advice, pilgrim.Copy !req
428. You put that thing up,
you'll have to defend it with a gun,Copy !req
429. and you ain't exactly the type.Copy !req
430. Comin' up.Copy !req
431. Well, thank you.Copy !req
432. A girl needs six hands
on Saturday night, and it's so hot.Copy !req
433. Look at me.Copy !req
434. Any more colour and you'd be prettier
than that cactus rose.Copy !req
435. Why, Tom, that's mighty flattering.Copy !req
436. Burn me a good, thick one, Pete,
meat and potatoes.Copy !req
437. - Hello, Kaintuck.
- Evening, Tom.Copy !req
438. - Tom.
- Object to company, Mr Peabody?Copy !req
439. Not to yours, Tom. Sit down, sit down.Copy !req
440. I suppose you know
who's across the street?Copy !req
441. Yeah. I hear he sent word on ahead.Copy !req
442. He won't like what the town's
been saying about him and that hold-up.Copy !req
443. How about you, Kaintuck?Copy !req
444. - I'd like a...
- Steak?Copy !req
445. - Yes, ma'am.
- Well-burnt.Copy !req
446. - And deep...
- Deep-dish apple pie.Copy !req
447. - Yeah.
- Coming up.Copy !req
448. Mighty nice girl, that Hallie.
Mighty pretty.Copy !req
449. I agree with you, sir.Copy !req
450. Just told her so.Copy !req
451. What? Do I hear wedding bells?Copy !req
452. - When can I print the story?
- Don't rush me, Mr Editor.Copy !req
453. Don't rush me.Copy !req
454. There's your cactus rose. Sure is pretty.Copy !req
455. Thank you, Pompey. It is pretty.Copy !req
456. - Go in and get supper.
- Thank you, ma'am.Copy !req
457. Oh, Rance.Copy !req
458. Look at that.Copy !req
459. Isn't that the prettiest thing
you ever saw?Copy !req
460. Yeah, it's very pretty.Copy !req
461. Did you ever see a real rose?Copy !req
462. No.Copy !req
463. But someday if they dam the river,Copy !req
464. we'll have water and all kinds of flowers.Copy !req
465. Hallie!Copy !req
466. When you finish the dishes,
will you help wait tables?Copy !req
467. - Sure.
- Washing dishes is enough for him.Copy !req
468. - A man waiting on tables?
- Well, no, I'd be glad to help.Copy !req
469. Be glad to.Copy !req
470. I thought we was busy.Copy !req
471. Well, these steaks look done
just right for us.Copy !req
472. You cowhands ain't in no hurry
to eat, are you?Copy !req
473. Well, are you?Copy !req
474. I guess we could do with another drink.Copy !req
475. That's right neighbourly of you, partner.Copy !req
476. Especially after all the liesCopy !req
477. I hear folks been saying
about Liberty Valance.Copy !req
478. Oh, wait a minute!Copy !req
479. One of Mamma's pies for Tom.Copy !req
480. Well...Copy !req
481. Looky at the new waitress.Copy !req
482. That's my steak, Valance.Copy !req
483. You heard him, dude. Pick it up.Copy !req
484. - No!
- Pilgrim, hold it.Copy !req
485. I said you, Valance. You pick it up.Copy !req
486. Three against one, Doniphon.Copy !req
487. My boy Pompey in the kitchen door.Copy !req
488. I'll get it, Liberty.Copy !req
489. I said you, Liberty.Copy !req
490. You pick it up.Copy !req
491. What's the matter?
Everybody here kill-crazy?Copy !req
492. Here!Copy !req
493. There!Copy !req
494. Now! It's picked up!Copy !req
495. Why don't you get yourself
a fresh steak on me?Copy !req
496. Show's over for now.Copy !req
497. Try it, Liberty.Copy !req
498. Just try it.Copy !req
499. Well, get out!Copy !req
500. Now, I wonder what scared him off.Copy !req
501. You know what!Copy !req
502. The spectacle of law and order hereCopy !req
503. rising up out of the gravy
and the mashed potatoes!Copy !req
504. All right, all right, you made your point.Copy !req
505. The gun scared him off.Copy !req
506. Pompey's gun, your gun, Tom.Copy !req
507. Why did you interfere? He tripped me.Copy !req
508. It was my steak.Copy !req
509. And you would have killed him for it!Copy !req
510. Or he would have killed you
over one measly steak!Copy !req
511. - That's why I picked it up!
- Thanks for saving my life, pilgrim.Copy !req
512. That isn't why I did it!Copy !req
513. Nobody fights my battles.Copy !req
514. Rance, I'm sorry.Copy !req
515. Peter, I'm not in the habit
of eating my steak off the floor.Copy !req
516. Well, cool off, pilgrim.Copy !req
517. It's all over. Nobody got hurt.Copy !req
518. It is not all over,
and everybody here knows it.Copy !req
519. - He'll be back.
- He will, but not after me.Copy !req
520. After you, pilgrim.Copy !req
521. And you can't shoot back
with a law book.Copy !req
522. What Peabody's saying is,Copy !req
523. if you want to stay healthy,
there's two ways to do it.Copy !req
524. Buy a gun or leave the territory,
is that what he meant?Copy !req
525. - That's it, pilgrim.
- By golly...Copy !req
526. I'd hate to see you go.
You're news, Mr Stoddard,Copy !req
527. and you've been news
ever since you hit town.Copy !req
528. "Ransom Stoddard, Attorney-at-Law."Copy !req
529. Oh. I didn't mean to hurt
your feelings out there.Copy !req
530. Hey, I'll tell you what.Copy !req
531. You decide to stick around,Copy !req
532. and I'll let you hang this thing
outside the newspaper office,Copy !req
533. rent-free, for as long as it lasts.Copy !req
534. No.Copy !req
535. No. The first time
Liberty rides into town,Copy !req
536. he'll shoot it to pieces,
and the whole newspaper office.Copy !req
537. How about that, Mr Peabody?Copy !req
538. Well, that'd be news.Copy !req
539. I accept your offer, Mr Peabody.Copy !req
540. How about letting me
hang that up tomorrow?Copy !req
541. Huh? Tomorrow?Copy !req
542. - Well, of course.
- Thank you.Copy !req
543. Why not?Copy !req
544. I'm staying,
and I'm not buying a gun either.Copy !req
545. Well, good luck, pilgrim.Copy !req
546. Oh, Hallie, I'll be out of town for a while,Copy !req
547. north of the Picketwire, horse-trading.Copy !req
548. Goodbye, Tom.Copy !req
549. Oh, and take note
of what goes on around townCopy !req
550. because by the time I get back,Copy !req
551. there won't be
no newspaper to read it in.Copy !req
552. Well, any news?Copy !req
553. Hansons had a baby boy, eight pounds.Copy !req
554. - But not twins?
- Not twins.Copy !req
555. Here, I got this list of voters for you.Copy !req
556. There are 37 new registrations
over last year,Copy !req
557. and not one single one needed a lawyer.Copy !req
558. Oh. 37, huh?Copy !req
559. Well, by golly!
If we can only get them to vote,Copy !req
560. maybe we can handle
those cattle baronsCopy !req
561. from across the Picketwire, huh?Copy !req
562. Well, did you write this, Mr Peabody?Copy !req
563. Yeah.Copy !req
564. Well, this is great.Copy !req
565. You like it?Copy !req
566. This thing's just great.Copy !req
567. Well...Copy !req
568. As my old boss,
Horace Greeley, used to say,Copy !req
569. "We'll tear their hearts out."Copy !req
570. I'll be right there.Copy !req
571. Let me have this. I'll use it in class.Copy !req
572. Well...Copy !req
573. Good morning. I'm sorry I'm late.Copy !req
574. A teacher should never be late for class.
Take your seats.Copy !req
575. Well, this is quite a turnout
this morning.Copy !req
576. We have more pupils every day.Copy !req
577. - Morning, Marshal.
- Morning, Rance.Copy !req
578. - How are you feeling?
- Just fine, fine.Copy !req
579. - Your head cold?
- Oh, no, no. I have a...Copy !req
580. Excuse me. I just wanted to see
how Julietta was doing.Copy !req
581. Julietta's doing fine.Copy !req
582. How's the rest of my family
doing in reading?Copy !req
583. Well, Hallie's in charge
of the kindergarten.Copy !req
584. Hallie, why don't you
run through the ABCs?Copy !req
585. All right, you ready?Copy !req
586. One, two, three.Copy !req
587. A, B, C, D, E, F, GCopy !req
588. H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, PCopy !req
589. Q, R, S and T, U, VCopy !req
590. W, X and Y and ZCopy !req
591. Now I know my ABCsCopy !req
592. Tell me what you think of meCopy !req
593. Well, that was just fine, just fine.Copy !req
594. Well, I see a couple more
new pupils back there.Copy !req
595. Highpockets, Kaintuck,
you fellas really serious about readin'?Copy !req
596. Go on. Stand up. Tell him.Copy !req
597. Well, Miss Hallie,Copy !req
598. she talked such a right smart argumentCopy !req
599. to the Lazy J... The boss of the Lazy J...Copy !req
600. Well, he just up and told
all the hands to cut the cardsCopy !req
601. to see who come to school, and I lost.Copy !req
602. I see. Well, we'll try...
Good morning, Mr Carruthers.Copy !req
603. Good morning. Caught him
playing hookey again, fishing.Copy !req
604. Catch anything, Herbert?Copy !req
605. - No, sir. They weren't biting.
- That's too bad.Copy !req
606. - Ain't you gonna whop him?
- He's too big.Copy !req
607. For the benefit of those
of you just starting,Copy !req
608. none of us in here smoke,
Mr Carruthers.Copy !req
609. Thank you.Copy !req
610. For those of you who have just started,Copy !req
611. I might explain to you
that we've begun the schoolCopy !req
612. by studying about our countryCopy !req
613. and how it's governed.Copy !req
614. Now, let's see.Copy !req
615. Well, now, Nora...Copy !req
616. Would you tell the class what you've
learned about the United States?Copy !req
617. The United States is a republicCopy !req
618. and a republicCopy !req
619. is a state in whichCopy !req
620. the people are the boss.Copy !req
621. That means us.Copy !req
622. And if the big shots in Washington
don't do like we want,Copy !req
623. we don't vote for them,
by golly, no more.Copy !req
624. - Any more!
- Any more.Copy !req
625. That's fine, Nora. That's just fine.Copy !req
626. Now, I wonder
if anybody in class remembersCopy !req
627. what the basic law of the land is called.Copy !req
628. You remember I told youCopy !req
629. it had to be added to
and changed sometimesCopy !req
630. by things called amendments.Copy !req
631. Does anybody remember?Copy !req
632. Julietta, your hand's always up.Copy !req
633. Here, let's... Pompey, you try this one.Copy !req
634. It was writ by
Mr Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.Copy !req
635. - "Was written", Pompey.
- Written by Mr Thomas Jefferson.Copy !req
636. - He called it the Constitution.
- Declaration of Independence.Copy !req
637. It begun with the words,Copy !req
638. "We hold these truths to be..."Copy !req
639. - Self-evident.
- Let him alone, Charlie.Copy !req
640. "Self-evident that..."Copy !req
641. "That all men are created equal."Copy !req
642. That's fine, Pompey.Copy !req
643. I knew that, but I plumb forgot it.Copy !req
644. A lot of people forget that part.
You did just fine, Pompey.Copy !req
645. Thank you.Copy !req
646. This law also statesCopy !req
647. that the governing power
rests with the electorate.Copy !req
648. Now, that means you,
that means the people.Copy !req
649. And you exercise this power
through the vote. Now, then. Yes?Copy !req
650. Well, Hallie? Go right ahead, Hallie.Copy !req
651. Now, here is the best textbook
in the world.Copy !req
652. It's an honest newspaper.Copy !req
653. This is the Shinbone Star,
Dutton Peabody, Editor-in-Chief.Copy !req
654. And reading this ought to
bring home to everybodyCopy !req
655. the importance of using that vote.Copy !req
656. Now, the headlines say,
"Cattlemen fight statehood.Copy !req
657. "Small homesteaders in danger."Copy !req
658. It says clearly that if big ranchers
north of the Picketwire RiverCopy !req
659. win their fight to keep this
territory in open reign,Copy !req
660. then all your truck farms and your corn,Copy !req
661. the small shopkeepers and everything,Copy !req
662. the future of your kids,
it will all be all over, be gone!Copy !req
663. And they call upon you in this article,Copy !req
664. they call upon you to unite
behind a real strong delegateCopy !req
665. and carry this fight to Washington
if necessary.Copy !req
666. Hello, Tom.Copy !req
667. Welcome back. You want to join us?Copy !req
668. I'm looking for Pompey.Copy !req
669. I've been away three weeks,
and there's no sashes or doors in yet.Copy !req
670. Why have you been wasting time here?
Get to work. Your schooling's over.Copy !req
671. Don't get rough with Pompey.
He's entitled to a...Copy !req
672. What I got to say to you
will be a whole lot rougher.Copy !req
673. The good editor here
has written some noble words,Copy !req
674. and you read 'em good,
but if you put that paper out,Copy !req
675. the streets of Shinbone
will be running with blood.Copy !req
676. Why are you against this, Tom,
you of all people?Copy !req
677. Aren't there more votes
south of the Picketwire than north?Copy !req
678. That's right, but votes
won't stand up against guns.Copy !req
679. Guns? What guns, Tom?Copy !req
680. You think Valance stays away
from here 'cause he's scared of you?Copy !req
681. He's recruiting hired guns
for the big ranchers.Copy !req
682. Julietta.Copy !req
683. Take the little ones home.Copy !req
684. Come on.Copy !req
685. Hallie, it would be a good idea
if you dismissed class.Copy !req
686. - Dismiss class?
- Go on. Dismiss them, please.Copy !req
687. Class dismissed! Same time tomorrow.Copy !req
688. You get to the store.Copy !req
689. This could get worse
than the sheep wars.Copy !req
690. - Will they start anything here?
- It's already started.Copy !req
691. Valance and his men
crossed the river yesterday,Copy !req
692. killed old man Holliday and his son.Copy !req
693. - You know that for a fact, Tom?
- I do.Copy !req
694. They tried to bushwhack me,
unfortunately for one of them.Copy !req
695. You gonna put that in your newspaper?Copy !req
696. It's news, and I'm a newspaperman.Copy !req
697. Print that, he'll kill you, sure as hell.Copy !req
698. You think they'll come here, Tom?Copy !req
699. They'll be here,
tomorrow or the next day,Copy !req
700. according to how much
who-hit-john they consume,Copy !req
701. but election day, pilgrim,
you can depend on it, they'll be here.Copy !req
702. Hallie, go back where you belong.Copy !req
703. I don't want you in no shooting gallery.Copy !req
704. Now, you listen to me, Tom Doniphon.Copy !req
705. What I do and where I go
is none of your business.Copy !req
706. You don't own me.Copy !req
707. Like I said, Hallie,
you're awful pretty when you get mad.Copy !req
708. Hal.Copy !req
709. Rance, after all you've taught us,Copy !req
710. how can you say
we should knuckle under now?Copy !req
711. You heard what Tom said.Copy !req
712. When force threatens,
talk's no good any more.Copy !req
713. Hallie...Copy !req
714. Hallie, you go find Tom
and make it up to him.Copy !req
715. He...Copy !req
716. He's only trying to protect you.Copy !req
717. Rance.Copy !req
718. Rance!Copy !req
719. Better let him go, Hallie.Copy !req
720. Why? Where's he going?Copy !req
721. He's gonna need
all the practice he can get.Copy !req
722. Practice? What are you talking about?Copy !req
723. I might as well let you know now.Copy !req
724. When he decided to come in with me,
I let him have a gun of mine.Copy !req
725. He's been going out in the country
twice a week, practising, ever since.Copy !req
726. You mean he's going to face up
to Liberty, Liberty Valance?Copy !req
727. Rance?Copy !req
728. That's the only way I can figure it.Copy !req
729. He never would discuss it.
He just keeps onCopy !req
730. practising.Copy !req
731. Tom! Tom Doniphon!Copy !req
732. Hey, professor.Copy !req
733. Where you going?Copy !req
734. I want to talk to you.Copy !req
735. Tom, I'm going...Copy !req
736. Step down, pilgrim. Take a look.Copy !req
737. Well, all right, Tom,
what are you trying to tell me?Copy !req
738. I'm telling you that Hallie's my girl.Copy !req
739. I'm building that new room and porch
for her for when we get married.Copy !req
740. Tom, everybody pretty much
takes that for granted.Copy !req
741. Everybody except Hallie, maybe you.Copy !req
742. That's a damn lie, and you know it.Copy !req
743. Then why did she come to me
fretting herself sickCopy !req
744. because you were gonna get killed
facing up to Liberty Valance?Copy !req
745. - I never told her.
- Well, Peabody did.Copy !req
746. I think you're bluffing.Copy !req
747. I'm not bluffing about anything.
Wait a minute, Tom. What?Copy !req
748. Pompey.Copy !req
749. Bring two or three of those paint cans.Copy !req
750. - You got a gun?
- Yes...Copy !req
751. Get it.Copy !req
752. Come on.Copy !req
753. All right, gunslinger.Copy !req
754. Hit that can.Copy !req
755. Pretty far.Copy !req
756. Pilgrim...Copy !req
757. - You got to cock it first.
- I forgot.Copy !req
758. Balance it light in your hand
and don't jerk the trigger.Copy !req
759. - Squeeze.
- You don't have to coach me.Copy !req
760. Pompey, bring me those cans.Copy !req
761. Give me that thing.
I'll show you how easy it is.Copy !req
762. Take these cans,
put 'em on those three posts.Copy !req
763. Go ahead.Copy !req
764. That's it. That first post.Copy !req
765. - There?
- That's right.Copy !req
766. Not there!Copy !req
767. On the far post.Copy !req
768. That's right.Copy !req
769. Put that last one in the middle.Copy !req
770. Pilgrim!Copy !req
771. I hate tricks, pilgrim,Copy !req
772. but that's what you're up against
with Valance.Copy !req
773. He's almost as fast as I am.Copy !req
774. I don't like tricks myself,
so that makes us even!Copy !req
775. Hey, pilgrim.Copy !req
776. You forgot your popgun.Copy !req
777. I got you, Lyde.Copy !req
778. Ruf McMard.Copy !req
779. Highpockets.Copy !req
780. Kaintuck. Kaintuck!Copy !req
781. Leave the jug.Copy !req
782. Well, Hallie, I am so proud of him!Copy !req
783. Dutton Peabody
exercising his franchise.Copy !req
784. - Dutton Peabody.
- Ransom Stoddard.Copy !req
785. Rance, we'll need you
for some of that legal stuff later.Copy !req
786. Ransom Stoddard, Attorney-at-Law.
Check.Copy !req
787. Peter Ericson, American citizen.Copy !req
788. Go on in, Pete.Copy !req
789. - See you for supper, Pete?
- Yeah.Copy !req
790. Hey, Tom! Tom!Copy !req
791. Yeah, Pete?Copy !req
792. - Tom, look, we need a statehood!
- I agree.Copy !req
793. - A statehood!
- I agree.Copy !req
794. - Herbert.
- Yes, sir?Copy !req
795. You're too young to vote.Copy !req
796. Greetings. Hey, excuse me. Excuse me.Copy !req
797. The usual, Jack.Copy !req
798. Bar's closed.Copy !req
799. The bar is closed,
Mr Editor, during voting.Copy !req
800. You can blame your lawyer friend.Copy !req
801. He says that's one of
the fundamental laws of democracy.Copy !req
802. No exception.Copy !req
803. No exceptions for the working press?Copy !req
804. Oh, that's carrying democracy
much too far.Copy !req
805. - A small beer.
- Bar is closed.Copy !req
806. Give me that bungstarter.Copy !req
807. Since when is beer-drinking...Copy !req
808. Tom. Tom!Copy !req
809. All right. Settle down!
Sit down, everybody!Copy !req
810. - Come on. Settle down.
- Settle down.Copy !req
811. Settle down.Copy !req
812. Well, since our legal authority
closed the bar on us,Copy !req
813. I propose that Ransom Stoddard,
Attorney-at-Law,Copy !req
814. come up here and run this meeting.Copy !req
815. - I second the motion!
- I third it!Copy !req
816. Ransom. There he is. There he is.Copy !req
817. All right. All right. All right.Copy !req
818. All right, now, if that's what you want,
I can show you the rules.Copy !req
819. The meeting will come to order.
Settle down please, huh?Copy !req
820. Mr Peabody, would you keep
a record of the meeting?Copy !req
821. Oh, Rance, please.
There are other men...Copy !req
822. - Give me a drink!
- Bar's closed.Copy !req
823. - A beer's not drinking!
- Bar's closed.Copy !req
824. - Before we start...
- Sit down, Doctor, please!Copy !req
825. I have a pencil right here. Thank you.Copy !req
826. Now, you all know why we're here.Copy !req
827. We're here to elect two delegatesCopy !req
828. because a growing population south
of the Picketwire entitles us to two.Copy !req
829. These two delegates will represent us
in the convention for statehood.Copy !req
830. You know the issue.Copy !req
831. The cattle interests want to keep
this territory an open range.Copy !req
832. No!Copy !req
833. Ruled by their high-handed ideas,
whatever they are.Copy !req
834. And we,
that means everybody in this room,Copy !req
835. we're for statehood!Copy !req
836. We want statehoodCopy !req
837. because it means the protection
of our farms and fencesCopy !req
838. and it means schools for our children
and progress for the future!Copy !req
839. - Can I get...
- Shut... Just sit down, please.Copy !req
840. Now we'll proceed with the nominations.Copy !req
841. You can nominate
as many as you feel like,Copy !req
842. and in order to show you
how this procedure works,Copy !req
843. I'm going to step out of the chair.Copy !req
844. That's parliamentary law,
you can do that.Copy !req
845. I'll step out of the chair
and make the first nomination.Copy !req
846. I'd like to nominateCopy !req
847. a man I think
is the only man in ShinboneCopy !req
848. who has the qualifications to lead
us in our fight for statehood.Copy !req
849. I could stand up here
and talk about him all day,Copy !req
850. but I know everybody here could too
and that's not necessary.Copy !req
851. I nominate Tom Doniphon.Copy !req
852. Come on, sit down!Copy !req
853. Sit down!Copy !req
854. Stop sucking on that cigar
and put that pencil awayCopy !req
855. because I refuse the nomination.Copy !req
856. - You can't refuse now!
- Oh, yes, I can,Copy !req
857. because I got other plans,
personal plans.Copy !req
858. Mr Attorney. Go on with your meeting.Copy !req
859. You don't live south of the Picketwire.
You got no vote.Copy !req
860. I live where I hang my hat.Copy !req
861. Come on, move! Out of the way!Copy !req
862. Get out.Copy !req
863. Well, hash slinger, what are you
looking so high and mighty about?Copy !req
864. He's running this here meeting,
or hadn't you heard?Copy !req
865. The whole shebang.Copy !req
866. I'd like to nominate the chairman,Copy !req
867. Mr Ransom Stoddard, as delegate
to the territorial convention.Copy !req
868. Wait a minute...Copy !req
869. I second that nomination,Copy !req
870. not only because he knows the law,
but he throws a good punch.Copy !req
871. Now, listen, all you sodbusters,
you hard-rock farmers.Copy !req
872. I aim to be the delegate.Copy !req
873. You don't live south...Copy !req
874. Floyd, say your piece like I said.Copy !req
875. I nominate Liberty Valance for delegate.Copy !req
876. - I second the nomination.
- Move the nominations be closed.Copy !req
877. Now, wait a minute.Copy !req
878. That ain't legal, is it, Mr Attorney?Copy !req
879. No.Copy !req
880. We need two good delegates
to Capitol City, Valance.Copy !req
881. Two honest men.
We've got one in you, Mr Stoddard.Copy !req
882. You looking for trouble, Doniphon?Copy !req
883. You helping me find some?Copy !req
884. You heard my motion, dude!Copy !req
885. All right. Put his name down.Copy !req
886. Liberty Valance, address unknown.Copy !req
887. - Have I got a right to speak?
- Go ahead, Highpockets.Copy !req
888. What about Mr Peabody? He can read
and write and he runs the newspaper.Copy !req
889. Yeah, and when he's drinking,Copy !req
890. why, he can talk the ears
off of a wooden Indian.Copy !req
891. I second the motion.Copy !req
892. No...Copy !req
893. No! I...Copy !req
894. No, you don't. No!Copy !req
895. I'm a newspaperman, not a politician!Copy !req
896. No, politicians are my meat!
I build 'em up. I tear 'em down.Copy !req
897. But I wouldn't be one. I couldn't be one!Copy !req
898. - It would destroy me! Give me a...
- Bar's closed.Copy !req
899. Good people of Shinbone,
I'm your conscience.Copy !req
900. I'm the still, small voice
that thunders in the night.Copy !req
901. I'm your watchdog
that howls against the wolves.Copy !req
902. I'm... I'm your father confessor!Copy !req
903. I'm...Copy !req
904. - What else am I?
- Town drunk?Copy !req
905. Dutton Peabody. Write it down.Copy !req
906. I move the nominations be closed.Copy !req
907. - I second the motion.
- All in favour?Copy !req
908. Aye!Copy !req
909. Now we'll proceed with the election.Copy !req
910. You sodbusters are a brave bunch
when you're together,Copy !req
911. but don't vote any way nowCopy !req
912. that you'll regret later
when you're alone.Copy !req
913. All those in favour
of Ransom Stoddard as delegate,Copy !req
914. raise your hands.Copy !req
915. Aye!Copy !req
916. All those in favour of Liberty Valance,
raise your hands.Copy !req
917. All those in favour of Dutton Peabody,
raise your hands!Copy !req
918. Aye!Copy !req
919. - This calls for a drink!
- The bar's closed.Copy !req
920. According to Mr Stoddard,
the bar's closed.Copy !req
921. - Anything further on the election?
- No, the election's finished.Copy !req
922. Then the bar is open.Copy !req
923. That vote don't mean a thing.Copy !req
924. Stay out of this. He's been hiding
behind your gun long enough.Copy !req
925. You got a choice, dishwasher.Copy !req
926. Either you leave town,
or tonight be on that street alone.Copy !req
927. You be there,
and don't make us come and get you.Copy !req
928. Well, he called it plain.Copy !req
929. Too bad you didn't
come to me sooner with that gun.Copy !req
930. Pilgrim.Copy !req
931. Come full dark,Copy !req
932. Pompey will be at the Swedes' place
with a buckboard.Copy !req
933. Why don't you get out of town?Copy !req
934. Thanks.Copy !req
935. "Liberty Valance defeated."Copy !req
936. "D-E-F-E-E...Copy !req
937. "E-T-E-D?"Copy !req
938. The unsteady hand betrays, huh?Copy !req
939. What's the matter, Mr Peabody?Copy !req
940. Are you afraid, huh?Copy !req
941. The answer is indubitablyCopy !req
942. yes.Copy !req
943. No courage left.Copy !req
944. Well, courage can be
purchased at your tavern.Copy !req
945. But have we credit?Copy !req
946. Huh? That is the question.
Have we credit?Copy !req
947. Well,Copy !req
948. credit is cheap.Copy !req
949. Wait for me,
old servant of the public wheel.Copy !req
950. Our shining hour is yet to come.Copy !req
951. As for you, Horace Greeley,Copy !req
952. go west, old man,
and grow young with the country.Copy !req
953. Don't do that, Mr Peabody.Copy !req
954. Why are you out here?Copy !req
955. Don't you know that everybody
has to get off the street?Copy !req
956. My inalienable right,
the pursuit of happiness.Copy !req
957. Sure, but don't go to the saloon.
Liberty Valance is back there.Copy !req
958. You should hear
what he's swearing to do to Rance.Copy !req
959. And he ain't leaving you out, either.Copy !req
960. Go in and let the Mexican fill that.Copy !req
961. But I doubt if my credit is good with
these Spanish-American gentlemen.Copy !req
962. Sure, it is.Copy !req
963. He's my wife's step-uncle
by her sister's marriage.Copy !req
964. But please say something nice
about me in your paper?Copy !req
965. My dear friend, Link Appleyard?Copy !req
966. The fearless,
fighting marshal of the west?Copy !req
967. Your name will go down
in history with Buffalo Bill!Copy !req
968. Mr Peabody's drunk as a skunk
over in that Mexican joint.Copy !req
969. - He ain't eating tonight.
- Hallie!Copy !req
970. "Isn't" eating tonight, remember?Copy !req
971. Isn't, ain't,
what difference does it make?Copy !req
972. Ain't going to be school any more
with you leaving tonight.Copy !req
973. Good evening, folks.Copy !req
974. Mr Rance,
I have the buckboard out here.Copy !req
975. I'll be waiting for you, if you need me.Copy !req
976. Go, Rance. Go now, while you can.Copy !req
977. Nora and Hallie can finish the dishes.Copy !req
978. Ja, Rance.Copy !req
979. Go. Please go.Copy !req
980. I owe you
for three days' room and board.Copy !req
981. I just want to square my account.Copy !req
982. I want to square my account before I go.Copy !req
983. And those in England now asleep
shall think themselves accursed!Copy !req
984. They were not here whilst any livesCopy !req
985. that fought with us
on Saint Crispin's Day.Copy !req
986. But when the blast, the blast of war,Copy !req
987. blows in our ears and we summon up...Copy !req
988. Liberty Valance.Copy !req
989. And his Myrmidons!Copy !req
990. Liberty Valance taking liberties
with the liberty of the press?Copy !req
991. Had your supper yet, Peabody?Copy !req
992. My supper?Copy !req
993. No. That's a splendid idea!Copy !req
994. Well, you can start by eating this.Copy !req
995. - That's a poor joke, Liberty!
- Eat it!Copy !req
996. Eat it!Copy !req
997. Eat it! Eat it! Eat it!Copy !req
998. Eat it!Copy !req
999. He's dead!Copy !req
1000. Mr Peabody?Copy !req
1001. Rance?Copy !req
1002. Rance Stoddard?Copy !req
1003. - Mr Peabody.
- Help me get him up.Copy !req
1004. - Where's Doc Willoughby?
- In the saloon.Copy !req
1005. Go and get him.Copy !req
1006. Rance?Copy !req
1007. Rance!Copy !req
1008. I sure told that Liberty ValanceCopy !req
1009. about the freedom of the press.Copy !req
1010. Marshal?Copy !req
1011. Marshal...Copy !req
1012. You tell Liberty Valance I'll be outside.Copy !req
1013. - Pompey!
- Miss Hallie?Copy !req
1014. - Where's Mr Tom?
- Down the road...Copy !req
1015. Get him! Rance is out front with a gun!Copy !req
1016. Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
1017. You've heard of Gettysburg.
240 amputations...Copy !req
1018. Doc, Mr Peabody's awful hurt.
He needs you at his office.Copy !req
1019. Somebody have an accident?Copy !req
1020. So that's it. Another one of
your accidents, huh, Valance?Copy !req
1021. I'm waiting for the day
when they call me for you.Copy !req
1022. Paid in advance.Copy !req
1023. $10 into the cans.Copy !req
1024. Liberty, what you did to Mr Peabody,
ain't that enough?Copy !req
1025. Ain't that enough what, Mr Marshal?Copy !req
1026. You know that StoddardCopy !req
1027. couldn't shoot the hat off his
own head with a gun in his hand.Copy !req
1028. Oh, you mean,
he's got a gun in his hand, huh?Copy !req
1029. I'm calling you, Valance.
Kings and threes.Copy !req
1030. Good hand, but not good enough.Copy !req
1031. Aces and eights. Thank you.Copy !req
1032. If you gun him down,
it'll just be pure murder.Copy !req
1033. Well, Mr Professor,
I thought you left town.Copy !req
1034. What are you doing out here?Copy !req
1035. I'm waiting for Liberty Valance.Copy !req
1036. Why doesn't he come out?Copy !req
1037. Well, that's none of our business.Copy !req
1038. You heard him say he had a gun, right?Copy !req
1039. - I didn't say that!
- That ain't murder.Copy !req
1040. That's clean-cut self-defence.Copy !req
1041. You heard him call me out, right?Copy !req
1042. Well, didn't you?Copy !req
1043. Now get out of my way.Copy !req
1044. Hash slinger, are you out here?Copy !req
1045. I'd say that
was Liberty Valance there now.Copy !req
1046. Wouldn't you?Copy !req
1047. - Yes, I would.
- We be seeing you, Mr Stoddard.Copy !req
1048. Come closer where I can see you.Copy !req
1049. Get out of that shadow, dude.Copy !req
1050. You got two hands, hash slinger.
Pick it up!Copy !req
1051. All right, dude,Copy !req
1052. this time, right between the eyes.Copy !req
1053. Liberty?Copy !req
1054. Liberty? Liberty!Copy !req
1055. Hey, Doc! Doc!Copy !req
1056. Liberty!Copy !req
1057. It's Liberty! He's hurt!Copy !req
1058. It's Liberty!Copy !req
1059. Whisky, quick.Copy !req
1060. Here, sir.Copy !req
1061. Dead.Copy !req
1062. Rance, if it had been you
instead of Valance, I would...Copy !req
1063. Oh, no, Hallie.Copy !req
1064. Hallie.Copy !req
1065. I can't help it.Copy !req
1066. This feels so guilty.Copy !req
1067. I didn't... I didn't want you to run away.
I wanted you to stay.Copy !req
1068. Oh, he might... I'm sorry.Copy !req
1069. - Forgive me.
- Hallie...Copy !req
1070. Hallie, please don't talk.Copy !req
1071. I'm sorry I got here too late, Hallie.Copy !req
1072. You got yourself
out of that fix real handy.Copy !req
1073. I'll be around.Copy !req
1074. - Tom! Tom, Liberty...
- I know.Copy !req
1075. Liberty wasn't gonna kill him,
just nick him a little.Copy !req
1076. Just gonna make a pass. You saw that!Copy !req
1077. That lawyer shot him in cold blood!Copy !req
1078. - Now, that ain't the way we saw it.
- It was murder! Pure murder!Copy !req
1079. And I say if the Marshal
don't put Stoddard in jail,Copy !req
1080. we ought to take care of him ourselves!Copy !req
1081. I say we ought to hang him!Copy !req
1082. That's right! Hang him!Copy !req
1083. Give him a rope necktie
and let him swing!Copy !req
1084. Can't a man get a drink
around this town in peace?Copy !req
1085. - No one's bothering you.
- You are!Copy !req
1086. Marshal!Copy !req
1087. What are you gettin' paid for?
Drag this scum out!Copy !req
1088. Kaintuck and Highpockets,
I deputise you to give a hand.Copy !req
1089. Hand me that... That's it.Copy !req
1090. Tell those ranchers north
of the Picketwire that hired youCopy !req
1091. that me, Link Appleyard,
run ya out of town,Copy !req
1092. and I'll do it again
if you ever come back!Copy !req
1093. Now, look, Pompey, you know I...Copy !req
1094. Who says he can't?Copy !req
1095. Pour yourself a drink, Pompey.Copy !req
1096. - I don't drink no drams, Mr Tom.
- I said take a drink.Copy !req
1097. No. We got a mare in foal
and horses to feed and water.Copy !req
1098. Come on home.Copy !req
1099. Home.Copy !req
1100. Home sweet home.Copy !req
1101. You're right, Pompey.
We got plenty to do at home.Copy !req
1102. Well, what are they
paying you guys for? Play!Copy !req
1103. Be merry! Sing!Copy !req
1104. Leave me be!Copy !req
1105. Mr Tom!Copy !req
1106. The horses, Pompey. The horses.Copy !req
1107. - Hello, sir! How are you?
- Hey!Copy !req
1108. Handy Strong! By golly, you made it!Copy !req
1109. Yeah! Thanks to Doc Willoughby.Copy !req
1110. Here. Let me pin this on you.Copy !req
1111. Say, that's him, huh?Copy !req
1112. - This must be Ransom Stoddard.
- Rance, this is Handy Strong.Copy !req
1113. How do you do, sir?
It's quite a city here.Copy !req
1114. It's not much by your eastern standards,Copy !req
1115. but that railroad station there
leads straight to Washington.Copy !req
1116. Come on, Rance.Copy !req
1117. Order! Order! Order!Copy !req
1118. Order!Copy !req
1119. Order! Order!Copy !req
1120. Order!Copy !req
1121. Order! Quiet!Copy !req
1122. The roll call having been completedCopy !req
1123. and the delegates
recognised and seated,Copy !req
1124. this session of the territorial conventionCopy !req
1125. is hereby declared open.Copy !req
1126. Order!Copy !req
1127. Mr Chairman.Copy !req
1128. The chair recognisesCopy !req
1129. the Honourable Major
Cassius Starbuckle,Copy !req
1130. soldier, jurist and statesman.Copy !req
1131. Mr Chairman, fellow delegates,Copy !req
1132. ladies and gentlemen,Copy !req
1133. I came here
with a carefully prepared speech,Copy !req
1134. but this is no time for oratory.Copy !req
1135. Let me speak to you from the heart.Copy !req
1136. I come before you
to place in nominationCopy !req
1137. the name of a man
more qualified than any otherCopy !req
1138. to represent you in Washington.Copy !req
1139. Oh, you ill-advised.Copy !req
1140. Oh, you poorly counselled.Copy !req
1141. Fly not in the face
of heaven's handiwork.Copy !req
1142. Join with us in supportin' the manCopy !req
1143. who for five terms in CongressCopy !req
1144. has kept this great territory inviolate.Copy !req
1145. I nominate for the territorial delegateCopy !req
1146. to the Congress of the United StatesCopy !req
1147. the Right Honourable
Custis Buck Langhorne.Copy !req
1148. Now that you got your rope on him,
hang the horse thief!Copy !req
1149. Order! Order!Copy !req
1150. This is a convention,
not a rodeo, Langhorne!Copy !req
1151. Mr Chairman! Mr Chairman!Copy !req
1152. The chair recognises its old friend,Copy !req
1153. that distinguished member
of the fourth estate,Copy !req
1154. founder, owner, publisher and editorCopy !req
1155. of the Shinbone Star,Copy !req
1156. Mr Dutton Peabody, Esquire.Copy !req
1157. Thank you, Mr Chairman,
for those kind words,Copy !req
1158. but tell them the whole truth.Copy !req
1159. Founder, owner, editor
and I also sweep out the place.Copy !req
1160. Fellow delegates, like all of you,Copy !req
1161. I have listened in awe and admiration
to the magnificent oratoryCopy !req
1162. of the Honourable
Major Cassius Starbuckle,Copy !req
1163. the cattlemen's mouthpiece.Copy !req
1164. The lowing herd is still with us.Copy !req
1165. But seriously,
under the spell of his eloquence,Copy !req
1166. I could see once again
the vast herd of buffaloCopy !req
1167. and savage redskin
roaming our beautiful territoryCopy !req
1168. with no law to trammel them
except the law of survival,Copy !req
1169. the law of the tomahawk
and the bow and arrow.Copy !req
1170. And then,
with the westward march of our nation,Copy !req
1171. came the pioneer
and the buffalo hunter,Copy !req
1172. the adventurous and the bold,Copy !req
1173. and the boldest of these
were the cattlemenCopy !req
1174. who seized the wide-open range
for their own personal domain,Copy !req
1175. and their law
was the law of the hired gun.Copy !req
1176. But now, now,
today have come the railroadsCopy !req
1177. and the people.Copy !req
1178. The steady, hard-working citizens,Copy !req
1179. the homesteader, the shopkeeper,
the builder of cities.Copy !req
1180. We need roads to join those cities,Copy !req
1181. dams to store up
the waters of the Picketwire,Copy !req
1182. and we need statehood
to protect the rightsCopy !req
1183. of every man and woman,
however humble.Copy !req
1184. And how do we get it? I'll tell you how.Copy !req
1185. We get it by placing our votes
behind one man.Copy !req
1186. One man!
And we have that man with us here.Copy !req
1187. He is a man who came to us
not packing a gun,Copy !req
1188. but carrying instead a bag of law books.Copy !req
1189. Yes. He is a lawyer and a teacher.Copy !req
1190. The first west of the rosy buttes.Copy !req
1191. But more important, he is a manCopy !req
1192. who has come to be known
throughout this territoryCopy !req
1193. in the last few weeks as
a great champion of law and order.Copy !req
1194. Ladies and gentlemen,
I nominate as your delegate and mineCopy !req
1195. to the Congress at Washington,
the Honourable Ransom Stoddard!Copy !req
1196. Let's have order!Copy !req
1197. Get going, Starbuckle.Copy !req
1198. Thank you, Mr Chairman.Copy !req
1199. Thank you.Copy !req
1200. Well...Copy !req
1201. I see this demonstration,Copy !req
1202. but I can't believe my eyes.Copy !req
1203. Is it possible
that such a representative bodyCopy !req
1204. of honest, hard-working Americans
can endorse a candidateCopy !req
1205. for the Congress of our beloved countryCopy !req
1206. whose only claim to the office
is that he killed a man?Copy !req
1207. Do you call Liberty Valance a man?Copy !req
1208. Order! Order!Copy !req
1209. Hear me out!Copy !req
1210. Who is this Ransom Stoddard?Copy !req
1211. And what qualifications has heCopy !req
1212. that entitle him to aspire
to such great office?Copy !req
1213. We are told he's a lawyer,Copy !req
1214. an attorney-at-law,Copy !req
1215. an officer of the court.Copy !req
1216. Yes, but what kind of lawyer?Copy !req
1217. A man who usurps the function
of both judge and juryCopy !req
1218. and takes the law into his own hand.Copy !req
1219. Quiet! Quiet!Copy !req
1220. What other qualifications has he, then?Copy !req
1221. The blood on his hands?Copy !req
1222. The hidden gun beneath his coat?Copy !req
1223. The bullet-riddled body
of an honest citizen?Copy !req
1224. - Honest citizen?
- Liberty Valance?Copy !req
1225. You call Liberty Valance
an honest citizen?Copy !req
1226. Is this your fearless champion
of law and order?Copy !req
1227. Mr Chairman!Copy !req
1228. I tell you,
the mark of Cain is on this man,Copy !req
1229. and the mark of Cain will be on all of usCopy !req
1230. if we send him with bloodstained handsCopy !req
1231. to walk
the hallowed halls of governmentCopy !req
1232. - where Washington...
- Mr Chairman!Copy !req
1233. Silence!Copy !req
1234. - Mr Chairman!
- Order! Order!Copy !req
1235. yes, and Lincoln still liveCopy !req
1236. immortals in the memory of man.Copy !req
1237. Mr Chairman!Copy !req
1238. Rance! Rance!Copy !req
1239. Order! Order!Copy !req
1240. Pilgrim.Copy !req
1241. Where are you going?Copy !req
1242. I'm going home, Tom.Copy !req
1243. I'm going back east where I belong.Copy !req
1244. Valance couldn't make you run away.
What is it now, pilgrim?Copy !req
1245. Your conscience?Copy !req
1246. Isn't it enough to kill a man with...Copy !req
1247. Without trying to build a life on it?Copy !req
1248. You talk too much. Think too much.Copy !req
1249. Besides, you didn't kill Liberty Valance.Copy !req
1250. What?Copy !req
1251. Think back, pilgrim.Copy !req
1252. Valance came out of the saloon.Copy !req
1253. You were walking toward him
when he fired his first shot.Copy !req
1254. Remember?Copy !req
1255. Pompey.Copy !req
1256. All right, dude,Copy !req
1257. this time, right between the eyes.Copy !req
1258. But...Copy !req
1259. But, Tom, why did you do it? Why...Copy !req
1260. Cold-blooded murder,
but I can live with it.Copy !req
1261. Hallie's happy. She wanted you alive.Copy !req
1262. - But you saved my life!
- I wish I hadn't.Copy !req
1263. Hallie's your girl now.Copy !req
1264. Go on back in there
and take that nomination.Copy !req
1265. You taught her how to read and write.Copy !req
1266. Now give her something
to read and write about!Copy !req
1267. Well, you know the rest of it.Copy !req
1268. I went to Washington,
and we won statehood.Copy !req
1269. I became the first governor.Copy !req
1270. Three terms as governor,
two terms in the Senate,Copy !req
1271. Ambassador to the Court of St James,Copy !req
1272. back again to the Senate,Copy !req
1273. and a man who,
with a snap of his fingers,Copy !req
1274. could be the next vice-president
of the United States.Copy !req
1275. You're not going to use the story,
Mr Scott?Copy !req
1276. No, sir.Copy !req
1277. This is the west, sir.Copy !req
1278. When the legend becomes fact,
print the legend.Copy !req
1279. He's right, Rance.Copy !req
1280. It's getting late, Hallie.Copy !req
1281. We'll keep in touch with you, Pompey.Copy !req
1282. I promise.Copy !req
1283. But, Mr Rance...Copy !req
1284. Pork chop money.Copy !req
1285. Hallie...Copy !req
1286. Hallie, would you be too sorryCopy !req
1287. if once I get the new
irrigation bill through...Copy !req
1288. Would you be too sorry
if we just up and left Washington?Copy !req
1289. I...Copy !req
1290. I sort of have a hankering
to come back here to live.Copy !req
1291. - Maybe open up a law office.
- Rance...Copy !req
1292. If you knew how often I'd dreamed of it.Copy !req
1293. My roots are here.Copy !req
1294. I guess my heart is here.Copy !req
1295. Yes, let's come back.Copy !req
1296. Look at it. It was once a wilderness.Copy !req
1297. Now it's a garden.Copy !req
1298. Aren't you proud?Copy !req
1299. Hallie, who put the cactus roses
on Tom's coffin?Copy !req
1300. I did.Copy !req
1301. Here, I got a brand-new spittoon,
cuspidor, Hallie.Copy !req
1302. And the engineer's got a full
head of steam in this bucket.Copy !req
1303. We'll make 25 miles an hour
or bust a boiler trying.Copy !req
1304. And we wired ahead to Junction City.Copy !req
1305. They'll hold the Express.Copy !req
1306. In two days and nights,
you'll be back in Washington.Copy !req
1307. Thank you, Jason.Copy !req
1308. I'll write to the officials of this railroadCopy !req
1309. and thank them for their kindness
and for going to all this trouble.Copy !req
1310. You think nothing of it.Copy !req
1311. Nothing's too good for
the man who shot Liberty Valance.Copy !req