1:00:01
The merchants won't stand for this.
1:00:03
I think they will. They helped me
draw this law up.
1:00:06
They're willing to take their chances.
I want to be certain about you.
1:00:10
- Let's get down to cases, Hatton.
- Right.
1:00:14
- What cases?
- We have had a couple of run-ins...
1:00:17
...but I'll forget them
and see if we can't work together.
1:00:20
If you mean that,
my job will be easier.
1:00:23
- Your job is just what you make it.
- So I hear.
1:00:25
- The last sheriffs didn't do well.
- They weren't your type.
1:00:29
They were dumb sheep wearing badges.
In fact, I never bothered to talk to them.
1:00:33
- You'd have told them a thing or two.
- Not what I'm gonna tell you anyway.
1:00:38
Listen. There's no reason
that Dodge City can't be run properly.
1:00:42
As long as you don't try
to change things much...
1:00:44
...because this is a cattle town,
and that's what it's always gonna be.
1:00:48
More than $20 million of beef and hides
comes through here every year.
1:00:52
You know that. You bring them up.
You've been holding the wrong end.
1:00:56
The real money ain't working
for those Texas breeders.
1:00:59
It's here in Dodge City.
This is where they pay off.
1:01:02
- You mean on your roulette tables.
- Sure, coming and going.
1:01:06
If not for the Gay Lady,
that money would go out of Dodge City.
1:01:09
The trade would move
right on to Wichita.
1:01:11
You know that cattle crowd.
1:01:13
After months of work, getting those
cattle up here, they want fun.
1:01:17
They can't get it here,
they'll go where they can.
1:01:20
- And you'd go broke.
- Sure. But I ain't aiming to, Hatton.
1:01:24
You see, I make $ 100,000 a year,
one way or another.
1:01:27
Frankly, I don't need that much money.
1:01:29
I'd be willing to make a deal
with anybody that would...
1:01:32
Well, sort of see things my way.
1:01:35
Make a mighty good deal
for both of us.
1:01:37
A little friendly bribery?
1:01:39
You can catch more flies with molasses
than with vinegar.
1:01:43
True enough. Well, I hope you'll not
be offended, Surrett...
1:01:46
...but I don't like the smell
of your molasses.
1:01:57
Better get rid of that gun.
1:01:58
You're north of Front Street here, and
that jail's apt to be a little crowded.