The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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- Thank you, Jason. On time.
- You bet!

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Link. Link Appleyard!

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- Miss Hallie.
- Hello, Marshal.

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- Howdy, Mr.. Senator.
- No, no. Rance. Rance.

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Rance. Sure glad you could come.

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Your wire caught us in St Louis.
Thank you.

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My buckboard's right over there.
Jason, give me that box.

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You knew they were coming!

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That's the first time you ever
kept a secret! Blabbermouth!

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Was that anybody
worth a line in the paper?

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A line? You blasted young fool,
that's Senator Stoddard and his wife.

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You can fill your newspaper
with them!

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Hi, Lydia. Charlie Hasbrouck.
Emergency!

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Tell the office Senator Stoddard
and his wife just got here!

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- That's right! Thanks!
- Hey, that's a nickel!

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Charge the "Shinbone Star"!

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Senator! Senator Stoddard, ma'am.

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Could you give me an interview?
Exclusive-like. A scoop!

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"Shinbone Star"...
Well, now, son... all right.

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I'll give the interview,
but only for one reason.

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One reason. Dutton Peabody, founder,

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publisher, editor in chief
of the "Shinbone Star" once fired me.

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I'll be fired
if I don't get this interview.

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Is it true you're going to...
Here he comes now.

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Senator Stoddard, this is a surprise
and an honour, sir!

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- Maxwell Scott, editor.
- How do you do, Mr. Scott?

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- This is Mrs. Stoddard.
- A pleasure, ma'am.

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What brings you back to town, sir?
Is it true...?

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Oh, no. Hold on, Mr. Scott.

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Who am I giving this interview to,
you or this young fellow?

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- Who asked first, by the way.
- I sure did.

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If you're a good reporter invite
them in, out of the sun and dust.

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He's right. To make a man talk,
make him comfortable.

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It's back in business again.
Politics.

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Link, why don't you take Hallie
for a little ride around town?

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Lot of changes, huh?

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I'll go with these fellows
and mend a few political fences.

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I notice
you're not wearing the star.

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Shucks, Miss Hallie. They haven't
elected me Town Marshal for ages.

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The only one of us from the old days
still working steady is the senator.

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Place has sure changed.
Churches, high school, shops.

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Well, the railroad done that.
Desert's still the same.

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- The cactus rose is in blossom.
- Maybe...

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Maybe you' d like to take a ride out
desert way, and maybe look around.

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Maybe.

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You knew where I wanted to go,
didn't you?

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Well, you said you wanted
to see the cactus blossoms.

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There's his house down there,
what's left of it.

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Blossoms all around it.

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He never did finish that room
he started to build on, did he?

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No...
Well, you know all about that.

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There's a lovely one there.

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Gentlemen, I promised myself
this trip I would not talk politics,

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and look here,
that's about all I've been doing.

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Surely you're going to Capitol City
and talk to the assembly?

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Not this trip. It's purely personal.

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Purely personal? That isn't good
enough for my readers.

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Why did you come to Shinbone?
No mystery, is there?

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No. No, there's no mystery.
I'm here to go to a funeral.

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- Funeral?
- Who 's dead, sir?

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- No, sir. I...
- A man by the name of Tom Doniphon.

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There's my good wife. I'll...
I've enjoyed the visit, gentlemen.

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Tom Doniphon?

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- Hello, Clute.
- Ransom Stoddard! And Miss Hallie!

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Senator, I didn't think... Why didn't
you let me know they was coming?

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I' d have had a real bang-up funeral.

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Folks from all over everywhere
would have come.

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The county's gonna bury him.
I won't make a nickel out of it.

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Pompey?

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- Miss Hallie.
- Pompey, I'm sorry.

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Maybe you' d like to...

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Where are his boots?

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They was an awful nice pair of boots,
almost brand-new, and I thought...

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Put his boots on, Clute,
and his gun belt and his spurs.

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He didn't carry no handgun, Rance.
He didn't for years.

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Yeah, sure.

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Sir, I don't wish to intrude,
but a United States senator is news.

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I'm the editor of a newspaper
with a statewide circulation.

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I've got a responsibility to know

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why you came all the way down here
to bury a man.

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You can't say his name was
Tom Doniphon and leave it at that.

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Who was Tom Doniphon?

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He was a friend, Mr. Scott,
and we' d like to be left alone.

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Scott, let's go.

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I'm sorry. That's not enough.
I have a right to have the story.

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Yes, I guess maybe you have.

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This story not only concerns me.

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Old Pompey in there, Link...
they were part of it.

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But I suppose I'm the only one
who can tell it through.

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I read of the old days in the paper's
files. There was no mention...

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You're a young man! A young man.

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You only know it
since the railroad came.

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A lot different then. A lot different
before, Mr. Scott. A lot different.

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First time I came to Shinbone,
I came by stagecoach.

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A lot like that one right there.

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Could be the same one.
Could be the same one.

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"Overland"...?
Say, I think it is the same one!

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Well, I declare.

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Well, I declare.

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I was just a youngster,
fresh out of law school,

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bag full of law books and my
father's gold watch, $14.80 in cash.

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I had taken
Horace Greeley's advice literally:

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Go west, young man, go west,
and seek fame, fortune, adventure.

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Stand and deliver!

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Shotgun, shuck your shells.

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Throw down the cash box. Now!

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All right.
Get the passengers out of the coach.

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Looks like slim pickings,
but lift their wallets anyway.

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- I'll take that pin, too.
- No. My dead husband gave it to me.

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- Please!
- A widow? I'll take it...

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Take your hands off!
What kind of men are you?

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This kind, dude.

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Now, what kind of man are you, dude?

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I am an attorney at law, and I'm
duly licensed by the territory.

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You may have us now,
but I'll see you in jail for this!

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Jail?

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Stop it!

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Get him out of here!
Get in that coach! Go on, move!

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Get in there! You, too!
Come on, inside!

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- He could die!
- We'll send him flowers!

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Chico, cut the leaders!

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Get going!

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Put that in here
and get to your horses. Hurry!

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A book?

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Law?

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Lawyer, huh?

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I'll teach you law... Western law.

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Let's get out of here.
Come on! Come on!

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Hallie! Wake up, gal!

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Tom Doniphon! 5:30am.
What's the matter with you?

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We've got a man down here ambushed.
Ambushed!

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Like to die
if we don't get care for him.

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- It's the man from the hold up.
- That's right.

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How did you know?

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Stagecoach stopped by last night
to notify the marshal.

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Link Appleyard?

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Don't stand there gossiping.
Get him inside. Pompey!

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Think you can make it, pilgrim?
Pick him up, Pompey.

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Put him on the couch.

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Tom, he's hurt real bad.

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Thanks, Pompey.

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Poor man. Beaten, whipped and kicked,
just for trying to protect a woman.

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- How's that again?
- Stage driver told us all about it.

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Well, Pompey, looks like
we got ourselves a ladies' man.

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Hallie, we...

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- Get some bandage.
- But...

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I'll take care of him.

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Pilgrim, you'll need
a couple of stitches.

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Pompey, go find Doc Willoughby.
If he's sober, bring him back.

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Nora, sorry to bust in on you
like this. He's in trouble.

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- Such a beating.
- This is just simply terrible.

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By golly,
I'm going to get the marshal.

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You want coffee?
I make some breakfast. Hallie?

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Take her easy there, pilgrim.

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You all right?

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Here we are. Drink this.

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Is that coffee?

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Yah, coffee, and aquavit.
Swedish brandy. Good for you.

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No, I don't care for that.

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Here, you must drink.
That make you feel better.

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It ain't mannerly out west
to let a fellow drink by himself.

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- All right if I smoke, ain't it?
- Sure. Go right ahead.

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- Good. Now you will feel stronger.
- Thank you, ma'am.

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Took my watch. My money's gone,
every cent I had in the world.

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Don't fret about that, pilgrim.

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You can eat here
until you get back on your feet.

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- My credit's still good, Nora?
- Yah, Tom.

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- Lie down. Please lie down.
- No. No, not now.

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Not now.
I've got something to do.

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Got something to do.

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What did you say his name was?

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The man with the silver-knobbed whip?

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I said Liberty Valance,
but if that's what you got to do,

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you better start packing a handgun.

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A gun? I don't want a gun.

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I don't want a gun.
I don't want to kill him.

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I want to put him in jail.

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I know those law books mean a lot
to you, but not out here.

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Out here,
a man settles his own problems.

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But do you know
what you're saying to me?

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You're saying just exactly
what Liberty Valance said.

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What kind of community
have I come to?

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You all seem to know Liberty Valance.

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He's a no-good, gun-packing,
murdering thief,

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but the only advice you give me
is to carry a gun.

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Well, I'm a lawyer!
Ransom Stoddard, Attorney at Law.

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And the law is the only...

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A little law and order around
Shinbone wouldn't hurt anyone.

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All right, Hallie.

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Arrest this man! Arrest him!
Nobody seems to want...

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Well.
Here comes Mr. Law and Order himself.

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- He's hurt bad.
- What are you dragging me here for?

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Ain't being up all night on account
of this hold up business...

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- Who 's this?
- From the hold up.

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- I knew I shouldn't come over.
- Wait a minute, Marshal.

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Tom, if he's got a formal complaint
to make, he should make it to me.

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He just wants you
to put Liberty Valance in jail.

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Liberty Valance? Do you think
I'm crazy? Tom, let me out of here.

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Hallie thinks he's right.
You' d better listen. He's a lawyer.

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Somebody better listen to somebody
about him!

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Mamma, Liberty Valance
rides into town...

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If he behaves himself in this town,
I ain't got no...

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Jurisdiction.

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What he said.
I ain't got none of it.

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You all know
I'm only the town marshal.

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What Liberty does out on the
road ain't no business of mine.

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Ain't that right, Mr. Lawyer?

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Technically, I suppose
it is a territorial offence.

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- You mean I'm right?
- Yes, Marshal, you're right.

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I knew it! I knew we' d be friends
the minute I stepped in here.

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You folks all know that,
well, the jail's only got one cell,

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and the lock's broke,
and I sleep in it.

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I should have known nothing would
happen when you came in here.

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Now get out,
you big old fat water buffalo!

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- We got work to do!
- Hallie, I ain't ate yet.

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I could sure use a snack
of six or seven of those hen's egg

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and maybe a side order of bacon,
and is that flapjack batter?

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On the cuff. Sit down.
Papa, get your pants on!

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Get out of the way! Sit down!

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You know, you look mighty pretty
when you get mad.

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Like I say, you can eat here
till you get back on your feet.

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- May I have your name?
- Doniphon. Tom Doniphon.

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Forget what I said about buying
a gun. You're a tenderfoot.

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Liberty Valance is the toughest man
south of the Picketwire, next to me.

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- Mr. Peabody!
- Evening, Marshal.

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Did you know that Liberty Valance
is in town tonight?

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I' d be a poor newspaperman indeed

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if I didn't know
what everybody else knows.

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I don't know what to do,
Mr. Peabody, I swear.

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Do what you're paid to. Run him out!

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Run him out... Liberty Val...me?

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- My advice to you as...
- Coroner.

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- And your personal pos...
- Physician!

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Is to get supper and go to bed.
No charge.

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Sound advice, Marshal. Sound advice.

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Hallie, my love, where are you?
I await you, my dear.

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Good evening.
Saturday night, Mr. Peabody.

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Better order early before those
drunks come from across the street.

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Hallie, please. The proprieties
concerning the cutlery.

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How many times have I told you,

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the fork goes to the left
of the plate, the knife goes...

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You superstitious or something?
What are you having to eat?

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The usual.

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Steak, beans, potatoes
and deep-dish apple pie.

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- Three steaks with a lot of black.
- All right.

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- Lot of black-eyes, Hallie.
- All right, Kaintuck!

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Three steaks,
burnt black for the Lazy "J" boys.

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Heavy on the beans.
Usual for Mr. Peabody with fixings.

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- Steak, beans, potatoes.
- And deep-dish apple pie.

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Someday, he'll order something
different, and we'll all faint.

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Goodness, Rance,
aren't you finished yet?

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No wonder if your mind isn't on it.
Let me help.

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Hallie, I found it. I'll show...
No, my hands are wet.

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Get the book.
Come on, take the book a minute.

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Nora, Peter, come here and hear this.
Now, get the book.

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That place right here where it says,

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"Under the law of this territory."
Hallie, you read it out loud.

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I got Liberty Valance exactly where
I want him. Exactly where I want him.

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What's the matter? Go ahead. Read it.

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- I can't.
- What? You... Well, why not?

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I never had the schooling,
that's why not.

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You mean you can't read at all?

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No, I can't read, and I can't write.
Here, take your book.

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For heaven's sakes,
isn't Mr. Peabody's order ready?

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- Hallie...
- Not enough beans on it.

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Hallie, I'm sorry.

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I could teach you.

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What for? What good has reading
and writing done you?

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Look at you. In an apron.

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Be right with you, boys.

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I do look funny in this.
I didn't mean to hurt her.

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She'll get over it. What is
reading and writing for a girl?

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She'll make a wonderful wife
for any man.

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And if Tom Doniphon is smart,
he pops the question

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before some busybody I am married to
upsets his bag of apples.

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Aw, you!
Eat supper before come the drunks.

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- But I'm not finished.
- Go sit down! Eat!

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What you cooking, steak and potatoes?

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I'm hungry. Could I impose
upon your hospitality?

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Just a couple of those steaks
and no beans.

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Marshal.
You're the man I'm looking for.

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Not so loud.
And double on the potatoes.

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One steak for one marshal
on the cuff.

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Marshal, I was wrong the other day,

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but I've been reading up,
and there it is.

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I'll draw up the complaint,
take care of the details,

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but you do have jurisdiction,
it says so right there.

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The next time he sets foot
in this town, you arrest him.

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Anything you say, Mr. Stoddard.
I'll be tickled to death to...

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- What was that? Arrest who?
- Liberty Valance.

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Arrest Liberty Val...
You mean Liberty Valance?

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Just when I was starting
to get my appetite back.

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A lot of black-eyes.

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Steaks for the Brophy boys
with black-eyed peas. Burn 'em.

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- They're sober tonight, too.
- Burn four.

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Here's the supper for Rance.

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- Thank you, Hallie.
- Sit down!

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You pop up
every time a girl speaks to you.

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- You get in the habit.
- Rance, do you think I could?

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I mean, grown-up and all?
Could I learn to read?

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Sure you can, Hallie.
There's nothing to it.

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It' d be... Can you learn to read?!
Why, I can teach you.

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A smart girl like you? Of course
you can. Do you want to try?

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It's awful worrisome not knowing how.
I know the Bible from preacher talk,

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but it' d be a soul comfort
to read it myself.

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I'll teach you how. In no time,
you'll be reading everything.

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Hallie, can I have
just one more steak?

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One steak on the cuff!

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All right, all right.

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Excuse me.

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- Nora, did you hear the news?
- No.

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- Rance'll learn me to read.
- "Teach me to read."

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Teach me to read.

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I cannot say my ABC in Swedish.
Maybe you can teach me in English.

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Sure, Nora.
You'll be my second pupil.

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Hal's my first. You'll be my second.

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Peter, you hear that? Peter!

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Well, pilgrim, I see you're still
protecting the ladies.

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Tom, look at you.
You're all dressed up.

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- It's Saturday night.
- Don't you look handsome?

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I brought you a little present.

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Prettiest cactus rose
I ever did see.

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It's a beauty. Look at it, Nora.

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- Should look nice in your garden.
- But it should go in now...

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- I'll be pleased to plant that.
- Thank you, Pompey.

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The Hash outfit just arrived.
Burn eight.

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- Not too close to the ocotillo bush.
- Yes, ma'am.

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"Ransom Stoddard, Attorney at Law."

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You're a persistent cuss, pilgrim.

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You really aim to hang that up
outside?

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- That's why I painted it.
- Take some advice, pilgrim.

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You put that thing up,
you'll have to defend it with a gun,

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and you ain't exactly the type.

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Comin' up.

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Thank you.

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A girl needs six hands on Saturday
night, and it's so hot. Look at me.

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Any more colour and you' d be
prettier than that cactus rose.

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Tom, that's mighty flattering.

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Burn me a good, thick one, Pete,
meat and potatoes.

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- Hello, Kaintuck.
- Evening, Tom.

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- Tom.
- Object to company, Mr. Peabody?

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Not to yours, Tom.
Sit down, sit down.

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I suppose you know
who 's across the street?

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Yeah. I hear he sent word on ahead.

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He won't like what the town's been
saying about him and that hold-up.

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How about you, Kaintuck?

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- I'd like a st...
- Steak?

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- Yes, ma'am.
- Well-burnt.

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- And d-d-dee...
- Deep-dish apple pie.

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- Yeah.
- Coming up.

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Mighty nice girl,
that Hallie. Mighty pretty.

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I agree with you, sir.
Just told her so.

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What? Do I hear wedding bells?
When can I print the story?

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Don't rush me,
Mr. Editor. Don't rush me.

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There's your cactus rose.
Sure is pretty.

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Thank you, Pompey. It is pretty.
Go and get supper.

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Thank you, ma'am.

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Look at that. Isn't that
the prettiest thing you ever saw?

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Very pretty.

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- Did you ever see a real rose?
- No.

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But someday if they dam the river,

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we'll have water
and all kinds of flowers.

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When you finish the dishes,
will you help wait tables?

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- Sure.
- Washing dishes is enough for him.

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- A man waiting on tables?!
- No, I' d be glad to help.

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- Be glad to.
- I thought we was busy.

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These steaks look done
just right for us.

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You cowhands ain't in no hurry
to eat, are you?

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Well, I am!

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I guess we could do
with another drink.

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That's right neighbourly
of you, partner.

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Especially after all the lies

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I hear folks been saying
about Liberty Valance.

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Wait a minute!
One of Mamma's pies for Tom.

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Lookee at the new waitress.

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That's my steak, Valance.

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You heard him, dude. Pick it up.

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- No!
- Pilgrim, hold it.

:00:00

I said you, Valance. You pick it up.

:00:00

- Three against one, Doniphon.
- My boy Pompey in the kitchen door.

:00:00

I'll get it, Liberty.

:00:00

I said you, Liberty. You pick it up.

:00:00

What's the matter?
Everybody here kill-crazy? Here!

:00:00

There! There!
Now, it's picked up!

:00:00

Why don't you get yourself
a fresh steak on me?

:00:00

Show's over for now.

:00:00

Try it, Liberty. Just try it.

:00:00

Get out!

:00:00

I wonder what scared him off.

:00:00

You know what!
The spectacle of law and order here,

:00:00

rising up from the gravy
and the potatoes.

:00:00

All right, you made your point.
The gun scared him off.

:00:00

Pompey's gun, your gun, Tom.

:00:00

Why did you interfere? He tripped me.

:00:00

It was my steak.

:00:00

And you would have killed him for it,

:00:00

or he would have killed you
over one measly steak!

:00:00

- That's why I picked it up!
- Thanks for saving my life, pilgrim.

:00:00

That isn't why I did it!
Nobody fights my battles.

:00:00

Rance, I'm sorry.

:00:00

I'm not in the habit
of eating my steak off the floor.

:00:00

Well, cool off, pilgrim.
It's all over. Nobody got hurt.

:00:00

It's not all over, and everybody
here knows it. He'll be back.

:00:00

He will, but not after me.
After you, pilgrim.

:00:00

And you can't shoot back
with a law book.

:00:00

What Peabody's saying is,

:00:00

if you want to stay healthy,
there's two ways to do it.

:00:00

Buy a gun or leave the territory,
is that what he meant?

:00:00

- That's it, pilgrim.
- By golly...

:00:00

I' d hate to see you go.
You're news, Mr. Stoddard,

:00:00

and you've been news
ever since you hit town.

:00:00

"Ransom Stoddard, Attorney at Law."

:00:00

I didn't mean to hurt
your feelings out there.

:00:00

I'll tell you what.
You decide to stick around,

:00:00

and I'll let you hang this
outside the newspaper office

:00:00

rent-free, for as long as it lasts.

:00:00

No. The first time
Liberty rides into town,

:00:00

he'll shoot it to pieces,
and the whole newspaper office.

:00:00

- How about that, Mr. Peabody?
- Well, that' d be news.

:00:00

I accept your offer, Mr. Peabody.

:00:00

How about letting me hang that up
tomorrow?

:00:00

- Tomorrow? Well, of course.
- Thank you.

:00:00

Why not?

:00:00

I'm staying,
and I'm not buying a gun either.

:00:00

Good luck, pilgrim.

:00:00

Hallie,
I'll be out of town for a while,

:00:00

north of the Picketwire,
horse-trading.

:00:00

Goodbye, Tom.

:00:00

And take note of what goes on around
town, because by the time I get back,

:00:00

there won't be no newspaper
to read it in.

:00:00

- Well, any news?
- Hansons had a baby, eight pounds.

:00:00

- But not twins?
- Not twins.

:00:00

I got this list of voters for you.

:00:00

There are 37 new registrations
over last year,

:00:00

and not one needed a lawyer.

:00:00

37? By golly!
lf we can only get them to vote,

:00:00

maybe we can handle those cattle
barons from across the Picketwire.

:00:00

- Did you write this, Mr. Peabody?
- Yeah.

:00:00

- This is great.
- You like it?

:00:00

This thing's just great.

:00:00

As my old boss,
Horace Greeley, used to say,

:00:00

we'll tear their hearts out.

:00:00

I'll be right there.

:00:00

Let me have this.
I'll use it in class.

:00:00

Good morning. I'm sorry I'm late.

:00:00

A teacher should never
be late for class. Take your seats.

:00:00

Quite a turnout this morning.
We have more pupils every day.

:00:00

- Morning, Marshal. How you feeling?
- Just fine, fine.

:00:00

- Your head cold?
- No, no. I have a...

:00:00

Excuse me. I just wanted
to see how Julietta was doing.

:00:00

- Julietta's doing fine.
- Gracias, se?or.

:00:00

How's the rest of my family
doing in reading?

:00:00

Hallie's in charge
of the kindergarten.

:00:00

Hallie, why don't you run through
the ABCs?

:00:00

All right, you ready?
One, two, three.

:00:00

A, B, C, D, E, F , G

:00:00

H, l, J, K, L, M, N, O, P

:00:00

Q, R, S and T, U, V

:00:00

W, X and Y and Z

:00:00

Now I know my ABCs

:00:00

Tell me what you think of me

:00:00

That was just fine, just fine.

:00:00

Well, I see a couple more
new pupils back there.

:00:00

Highpockets, Kaintuck, you fellas
really serious about readin'?

:00:00

Go on. Stand up. Tell him.

:00:00

Well, Miss Hallie, she
talked such a right smart argument

:00:00

to the Lazy " J",
the boss of the Lazy " J".

:00:00

He just up and told
all the hands to cut the cards

:00:00

to see who come to school,
and I lost.

:00:00

I see. We'll try.
Good morning, Mr. Carruthers.

:00:00

Good morning. Caught him
playing hookey again, fishing.

:00:00

Catch anything, Herbert?

:00:00

- No, sir. They weren't biting.
- That's too bad.

:00:00

- Ain't you gonna whop him?
- He's too big.

:00:00

For the benefit of those of you
just starting...

:00:00

None of us in here smoke,
Mr. Carruthers. Thank you.

:00:00

For those of you
who have just started,

:00:00

I might explain to you
that we've begun the school

:00:00

by studying about our country,
and how it's governed.

:00:00

Now, let's see. Well, Nora...

:00:00

Would you tell the class what you've
learned about the United States?

:00:00

The United States is a republic,

:00:00

and a republic is a state

:00:00

in which the people are the boss.

:00:00

That means us.
And if the big shots in Washington

:00:00

don't do like we want, we don't vote
for them, by golly, no more.

:00:00

- Any more!
- Any more.

:00:00

That's fine, Nora. That's just fine.

:00:00

Now, I wonder
if anybody in class remembers

:00:00

what the basic law of the land
is called.

:00:00

You remember I told you it had
to be added to and changed sometimes,

:00:00

by things called amendments.

:00:00

Does anybody remember?
Julietta, your hand's always up.

:00:00

Pompey, you try this one.

:00:00

It was writ by Thomas Jefferson
of Virginia.

:00:00

- "Was written", Pompey.
- Written by Thomas Jefferson.

:00:00

- He called it the Constitution.
- Declaration of Independence.

:00:00

It begun with the words...
"We hold these truths to be..."

:00:00

- Self-evident.
- Let him alone, Charlie.

:00:00

- "Self-evident, that..."
- "That all men are created equal."

:00:00

- That's fine, Pompey.
- I knew that, but I plumb forgot it.

:00:00

A lot of people forget that part.
You did just fine, Pompey.

:00:00

- Thank you.
- This law also states

:00:00

that governing power rests
with the electorate.

:00:00

That means you,
that means the people.

:00:00

And you ex ercise this power
through the vote. Yes?

:00:00

Con permiso, los gentlemen's?

:00:00

Well, Hallie?
Go right ahead, Hallie.

:00:00

Here is the best textbook in
the world. It's an honest newspaper.

:00:00

This is the "Shinbone Star,"
Dutton Peabody, Editor in Chief.

:00:00

And reading this ought to bring home
to everybody

:00:00

the importance of using that vote.
Now, the headlines say:

:00:00

"Cattlemen fight statehood.
Small homesteaders in danger."

:00:00

It says clearly that if big ranchers
north of the Picketwire River

:00:00

win their fight to keep this
territory in open reign,

:00:00

then all your truck farms and your
corn, the small shopkeepers

:00:00

and everything, your kids' future,
it will all be all over, be gone!

:00:00

And they call upon you,
in this article,

:00:00

they call upon you to unite
behind a real strong delegate

:00:00

and carry this fight
to Washington if necessary.

:00:00

Hello, Tom.
Welcome back. You want to join us?

:00:00

I'm looking for Pompey.

:00:00

I've been away three weeks, and
there's no sashes or doors in yet.

:00:00

Why have you been wasting time here?
Get to work. Your schooling's over.

:00:00

Don't get rough with Pompey.
He's entitled to a...

:00:00

What I got to say to you
will be a whole lot rougher.

:00:00

The good editor here
has written some noble words,

:00:00

and you read 'em good,
but if you put that paper out,

:00:00

the streets of Shinbone
will be running with blood.

:00:00

Why are you against this,
you of all people?

:00:00

Aren't there more votes
south of the Picketwire than north?

:00:00

That's right, but votes
won't stand up against guns.

:00:00

Guns? What guns, Tom?

:00:00

You think Valance stays away
from here cos he's scared of you?

:00:00

He's recruiting hired guns
for the big ranchers.

:00:00

- Sí, papacito?
- Take the little ones home.

:00:00

Come on.

:00:00

Hallie, it would be a good idea
if you dismissed class.

:00:00

- Dismiss class?
- Go on. Dismiss them, please.

:00:00

Class dismissed! Same time tomorrow.

:00:00

You get to the store.

:00:00

It could get worse
than the sheep wars.

:00:00

You think
they'll start something here?

:00:00

It's already started. Valance and
his men crossed the river yesterday,

:00:00

killed a couple of sodbusters,
old man Holiday and his son.

:00:00

You know that for a fact?

:00:00

I do. They tried to bushwhack me,
unfortunately for one of them.

:00:00

- You putting that in your newspaper?
- It's news, and I'm a newspaperman.

:00:00

Print that,
he'll kill you sure as hell.

:00:00

You think they'll come here, Tom?

:00:00

They'll be here,
tomorrow or the next day

:00:00

according to how much
who-hit-John they consume,

:00:00

but election day, pilgrim, you
can depend on it. They'll be here.

:00:00

Hallie, go where you belong. I don't
want you in no shooting gallery.

:00:00

Now, you listen to me, Tom Doniphon.

:00:00

What I do and where I go isn't
your business. You don't own me.

:00:00

Like I said, Hallie,
you're awful pretty when you get mad.

:00:00

Rance. After all you've taught us,

:00:00

how can you say
we should knuckle under now?

:00:00

You heard what Tom said.

:00:00

When force threatens,
talk's no good any more.

:00:00

Hallie, go find Tom
and make it up to him.

:00:00

He's only trying to protect you.

:00:00

Better let him go, Hallie.

:00:00

Why? Where's he going?

:00:00

He's going to need
all the practice he can get.

:00:00

Practice? What are you talking about?

:00:00

I might as well let you know.

:00:00

When he came in with me,
I let him have a gun of mine.

:00:04

He's been going out in the country
twice a week practising ever since.

:00:10

You mean he's going to face up
to Liberty Valance? Rance?

:00:16

That's the only way I figure it.
He never discussed it.

:00:21

He just keeps on practising.

:00:33

Tom! Tom Doniphon!

:00:43

Hey, professor.

:00:47

Where you going?

:00:54

- I want to talk to you at my place.
- Tom, I'm going...

:01:21

Step down, pilgrim. Take a look.

:01:30

All right, Tom,
what are you trying to tell me?

:01:34

I'm telling you
that Hallie's my girl.

:01:38

I'm building that room and porch
for her for when we get married.

:01:44

Tom, I guess everybody
pretty much takes that for granted.

:01:47

Everybody except Hallie, maybe you.

:01:52

That's a damn lie, and you know it.

:01:58

Why did she come to me
fretting herself sick