:00:00
- Thank you, Jason. On time.
- You bet!
:00:00
Link. Link Appleyard!
:00:00
- Miss Hallie.
- Hello, Marshal.
:00:00
- Howdy, Mr.. Senator.
- No, no. Rance. Rance.
:00:00
Rance. Sure glad you could come.
:00:00
Your wire caught us in St Louis.
Thank you.
:00:00
My buckboard's right over there.
Jason, give me that box.
:00:00
You knew they were coming!
:00:00
That's the first time you ever
kept a secret! Blabbermouth!
:00:00
Was that anybody
worth a line in the paper?
:00:00
A line? You blasted young fool,
that's Senator Stoddard and his wife.
:00:00
You can fill your newspaper
with them!
:00:00
Hi, Lydia. Charlie Hasbrouck.
Emergency!
:00:00
Tell the office Senator Stoddard
and his wife just got here!
:00:00
- That's right! Thanks!
- Hey, that's a nickel!
:00:00
Charge the "Shinbone Star"!
:00:00
Senator! Senator Stoddard, ma'am.
:00:00
Could you give me an interview?
Exclusive-like. A scoop!
:00:00
"Shinbone Star"...
Well, now, son... all right.
:00:00
I'll give the interview,
but only for one reason.
:00:00
One reason. Dutton Peabody, founder,
:00:00
publisher, editor in chief
of the "Shinbone Star" once fired me.
:00:00
I'll be fired
if I don't get this interview.
:00:00
Is it true you're going to...
Here he comes now.
:00:00
Senator Stoddard, this is a surprise
and an honour, sir!
:00:00
- Maxwell Scott, editor.
- How do you do, Mr. Scott?
:00:00
- This is Mrs. Stoddard.
- A pleasure, ma'am.
:00:00
What brings you back to town, sir?
Is it true...?
:00:00
Oh, no. Hold on, Mr. Scott.
:00:00
Who am I giving this interview to,
you or this young fellow?
:00:00
- Who asked first, by the way.
- I sure did.
:00:00
If you're a good reporter invite
them in, out of the sun and dust.
:00:00
He's right. To make a man talk,
make him comfortable.
:00:00
It's back in business again.
Politics.
:00:00
Link, why don't you take Hallie
for a little ride around town?
:00:00
Lot of changes, huh?
:00:00
I'll go with these fellows
and mend a few political fences.
:00:00
I notice
you're not wearing the star.
:00:00
Shucks, Miss Hallie. They haven't
elected me Town Marshal for ages.
:00:00
The only one of us from the old days
still working steady is the senator.
:00:00
Place has sure changed.
Churches, high school, shops.
:00:00
Well, the railroad done that.
Desert's still the same.
:00:00
- The cactus rose is in blossom.
- Maybe...
:00:00
Maybe you' d like to take a ride out
desert way, and maybe look around.
:00:00
Maybe.
:00:00
You knew where I wanted to go,
didn't you?
:00:00
Well, you said you wanted
to see the cactus blossoms.
:00:00
There's his house down there,
what's left of it.
:00:00
Blossoms all around it.
:00:00
He never did finish that room
he started to build on, did he?
:00:00
No...
Well, you know all about that.
:00:00
There's a lovely one there.
:00:00
Gentlemen, I promised myself
this trip I would not talk politics,
:00:00
and look here,
that's about all I've been doing.
:00:00
Surely you're going to Capitol City
and talk to the assembly?
:00:00
Not this trip. It's purely personal.
:00:00
Purely personal? That isn't good
enough for my readers.
:00:00
Why did you come to Shinbone?
No mystery, is there?
:00:00
No. No, there's no mystery.
I'm here to go to a funeral.
:00:00
- Funeral?
- Who 's dead, sir?
:00:00
- No, sir. I...
- A man by the name of Tom Doniphon.
:00:00
There's my good wife. I'll...
I've enjoyed the visit, gentlemen.
:00:00
Tom Doniphon?
:00:00
- Hello, Clute.
- Ransom Stoddard! And Miss Hallie!
:00:00
Senator, I didn't think... Why didn't
you let me know they was coming?
:00:00
I' d have had a real bang-up funeral.
:00:00
Folks from all over everywhere
would have come.
:00:00
The county's gonna bury him.
I won't make a nickel out of it.
:00:00
Pompey?
:00:00
- Miss Hallie.
- Pompey, I'm sorry.
:00:00
Maybe you' d like to...
:00:00
Where are his boots?
:00:00
They was an awful nice pair of boots,
almost brand-new, and I thought...
:00:00
Put his boots on, Clute,
and his gun belt and his spurs.
:00:00
He didn't carry no handgun, Rance.
He didn't for years.
:00:00
Yeah, sure.
:00:00
Sir, I don't wish to intrude,
but a United States senator is news.
:00:00
I'm the editor of a newspaper
with a statewide circulation.
:00:00
I've got a responsibility to know
:00:00
why you came all the way down here
to bury a man.
:00:00
You can't say his name was
Tom Doniphon and leave it at that.
:00:00
Who was Tom Doniphon?
:00:00
He was a friend, Mr. Scott,
and we' d like to be left alone.
:00:00
Scott, let's go.
:00:00
I'm sorry. That's not enough.
I have a right to have the story.
:00:00
Yes, I guess maybe you have.
:00:00
This story not only concerns me.
:00:00
Old Pompey in there, Link...
they were part of it.
:00:00
But I suppose I'm the only one
who can tell it through.
:00:00
I read of the old days in the paper's
files. There was no mention...
:00:00
You're a young man! A young man.
:00:00
You only know it
since the railroad came.
:00:00
A lot different then. A lot different
before, Mr. Scott. A lot different.
:00:00
First time I came to Shinbone,
I came by stagecoach.
:00:00
A lot like that one right there.
:00:00
Could be the same one.
Could be the same one.
:00:00
"Overland"...?
Say, I think it is the same one!
:00:00
Well, I declare.
:00:00
Well, I declare.
:00:00
I was just a youngster,
fresh out of law school,
:00:00
bag full of law books and my
father's gold watch, $14.80 in cash.
:00:00
I had taken
Horace Greeley's advice literally:
:00:00
Go west, young man, go west,
and seek fame, fortune, adventure.
:00:00
Stand and deliver!
:00:00
Shotgun, shuck your shells.
:00:00
Throw down the cash box. Now!
:00:00
All right.
Get the passengers out of the coach.
:00:00
Looks like slim pickings,
but lift their wallets anyway.
:00:00
- I'll take that pin, too.
- No. My dead husband gave it to me.
:00:00
- Please!
- A widow? I'll take it...
:00:00
Take your hands off!
What kind of men are you?
:00:00
This kind, dude.
:00:00
Now, what kind of man are you, dude?
:00:00
I am an attorney at law, and I'm
duly licensed by the territory.
:00:00
You may have us now,
but I'll see you in jail for this!
:00:00
Jail?
:00:00
Stop it!
:00:00
Get him out of here!
Get in that coach! Go on, move!
:00:00
Get in there! You, too!
Come on, inside!
:00:00
- He could die!
- We'll send him flowers!
:00:00
Chico, cut the leaders!
:00:00
Get going!
:00:00
Put that in here
and get to your horses. Hurry!
:00:00
A book?
:00:00
Law?
:00:00
Lawyer, huh?
:00:00
I'll teach you law... Western law.
:00:00
Let's get out of here.
Come on! Come on!
:00:00
Hallie! Wake up, gal!
:00:00
Tom Doniphon! 5:30am.
What's the matter with you?
:00:00
We've got a man down here ambushed.
Ambushed!
:00:00
Like to die
if we don't get care for him.
:00:00
- It's the man from the hold up.
- That's right.
:00:00
How did you know?
:00:00
Stagecoach stopped by last night
to notify the marshal.
:00:00
Link Appleyard?
:00:00
Don't stand there gossiping.
Get him inside. Pompey!
:00:00
Think you can make it, pilgrim?
Pick him up, Pompey.
:00:00
Put him on the couch.
:00:00
Tom, he's hurt real bad.
:00:00
Thanks, Pompey.
:00:00
Poor man. Beaten, whipped and kicked,
just for trying to protect a woman.
:00:00
- How's that again?
- Stage driver told us all about it.
:00:00
Well, Pompey, looks like
we got ourselves a ladies' man.
:00:00
Hallie, we...
:00:00
- Get some bandage.
- But...
:00:00
I'll take care of him.
:00:00
Pilgrim, you'll need
a couple of stitches.
:00:00
Pompey, go find Doc Willoughby.
If he's sober, bring him back.
:00:00
Nora, sorry to bust in on you
like this. He's in trouble.
:00:00
- Such a beating.
- This is just simply terrible.
:00:00
By golly,
I'm going to get the marshal.
:00:00
You want coffee?
I make some breakfast. Hallie?
:00:00
Take her easy there, pilgrim.
:00:00
You all right?
:00:00
Here we are. Drink this.
:00:00
Is that coffee?
:00:00
Yah, coffee, and aquavit.
Swedish brandy. Good for you.
:00:00
No, I don't care for that.
:00:00
Here, you must drink.
That make you feel better.
:00:00
It ain't mannerly out west
to let a fellow drink by himself.
:00:00
- All right if I smoke, ain't it?
- Sure. Go right ahead.
:00:00
- Good. Now you will feel stronger.
- Thank you, ma'am.
:00:00
Took my watch. My money's gone,
every cent I had in the world.
:00:00
Don't fret about that, pilgrim.
:00:00
You can eat here
until you get back on your feet.
:00:00
- My credit's still good, Nora?
- Yah, Tom.
:00:00
- Lie down. Please lie down.
- No. No, not now.
:00:00
Not now.
I've got something to do.
:00:00
Got something to do.
:00:00
What did you say his name was?
:00:00
The man with the silver-knobbed whip?
:00:00
I said Liberty Valance,
but if that's what you got to do,
:00:00
you better start packing a handgun.
:00:00
A gun? I don't want a gun.
:00:00
I don't want a gun.
I don't want to kill him.
:00:00
I want to put him in jail.
:00:00
I know those law books mean a lot
to you, but not out here.
:00:00
Out here,
a man settles his own problems.
:00:00
But do you know
what you're saying to me?
:00:00
You're saying just exactly
what Liberty Valance said.
:00:00
What kind of community
have I come to?
:00:00
You all seem to know Liberty Valance.
:00:00
He's a no-good, gun-packing,
murdering thief,
:00:00
but the only advice you give me
is to carry a gun.
:00:00
Well, I'm a lawyer!
Ransom Stoddard, Attorney at Law.
:00:00
And the law is the only...
:00:00
A little law and order around
Shinbone wouldn't hurt anyone.
:00:00
All right, Hallie.
:00:00
Arrest this man! Arrest him!
Nobody seems to want...
:00:00
Well.
Here comes Mr. Law and Order himself.
:00:00
- He's hurt bad.
- What are you dragging me here for?
:00:00
Ain't being up all night on account
of this hold up business...
:00:00
- Who 's this?
- From the hold up.
:00:00
- I knew I shouldn't come over.
- Wait a minute, Marshal.
:00:00
Tom, if he's got a formal complaint
to make, he should make it to me.
:00:00
He just wants you
to put Liberty Valance in jail.
:00:00
Liberty Valance? Do you think
I'm crazy? Tom, let me out of here.
:00:00
Hallie thinks he's right.
You' d better listen. He's a lawyer.
:00:00
Somebody better listen to somebody
about him!
:00:00
Mamma, Liberty Valance
rides into town...
:00:00
If he behaves himself in this town,
I ain't got no...
:00:00
Jurisdiction.
:00:00
What he said.
I ain't got none of it.
:00:00
You all know
I'm only the town marshal.
:00:00
What Liberty does out on the
road ain't no business of mine.
:00:00
Ain't that right, Mr. Lawyer?
:00:00
Technically, I suppose
it is a territorial offence.
:00:00
- You mean I'm right?
- Yes, Marshal, you're right.
:00:00
I knew it! I knew we' d be friends
the minute I stepped in here.
:00:00
You folks all know that,
well, the jail's only got one cell,
:00:00
and the lock's broke,
and I sleep in it.
:00:00
I should have known nothing would
happen when you came in here.
:00:00
Now get out,
you big old fat water buffalo!
:00:00
- We got work to do!
- Hallie, I ain't ate yet.
:00:00
I could sure use a snack
of six or seven of those hen's egg
:00:00
and maybe a side order of bacon,
and is that flapjack batter?
:00:00
On the cuff. Sit down.
Papa, get your pants on!
:00:00
Get out of the way! Sit down!
:00:00
You know, you look mighty pretty
when you get mad.
:00:00
Like I say, you can eat here
till you get back on your feet.
:00:00
- May I have your name?
- Doniphon. Tom Doniphon.
:00:00
Forget what I said about buying
a gun. You're a tenderfoot.
:00:00
Liberty Valance is the toughest man
south of the Picketwire, next to me.
:00:00
- Mr. Peabody!
- Evening, Marshal.
:00:00
Did you know that Liberty Valance
is in town tonight?
:00:00
I' d be a poor newspaperman indeed
:00:00
if I didn't know
what everybody else knows.
:00:00
I don't know what to do,
Mr. Peabody, I swear.
:00:00
Do what you're paid to. Run him out!
:00:00
Run him out... Liberty Val...me?
:00:00
- My advice to you as...
- Coroner.
:00:00
- And your personal pos...
- Physician!
:00:00
Is to get supper and go to bed.
No charge.
:00:00
Sound advice, Marshal. Sound advice.
:00:00
Hallie, my love, where are you?
I await you, my dear.
:00:00
Good evening.
Saturday night, Mr. Peabody.
:00:00
Better order early before those
drunks come from across the street.
:00:00
Hallie, please. The proprieties
concerning the cutlery.
:00:00
How many times have I told you,
:00:00
the fork goes to the left
of the plate, the knife goes...
:00:00
You superstitious or something?
What are you having to eat?
:00:00
The usual.
:00:00
Steak, beans, potatoes
and deep-dish apple pie.
:00:00
- Three steaks with a lot of black.
- All right.
:00:00
- Lot of black-eyes, Hallie.
- All right, Kaintuck!
:00:00
Three steaks,
burnt black for the Lazy "J" boys.
:00:00
Heavy on the beans.
Usual for Mr. Peabody with fixings.
:00:00
- Steak, beans, potatoes.
- And deep-dish apple pie.
:00:00
Someday, he'll order something
different, and we'll all faint.
:00:00
Goodness, Rance,
aren't you finished yet?
:00:00
No wonder if your mind isn't on it.
Let me help.
:00:00
Hallie, I found it. I'll show...
No, my hands are wet.
:00:00
Get the book.
Come on, take the book a minute.
:00:00
Nora, Peter, come here and hear this.
Now, get the book.
:00:00
That place right here where it says,
:00:00
"Under the law of this territory."
Hallie, you read it out loud.
:00:00
I got Liberty Valance exactly where
I want him. Exactly where I want him.
:00:00
What's the matter? Go ahead. Read it.
:00:00
- I can't.
- What? You... Well, why not?
:00:00
I never had the schooling,
that's why not.
:00:00
You mean you can't read at all?
:00:00
No, I can't read, and I can't write.
Here, take your book.
:00:00
For heaven's sakes,
isn't Mr. Peabody's order ready?
:00:00
- Hallie...
- Not enough beans on it.
:00:00
Hallie, I'm sorry.
:00:00
I could teach you.
:00:00
What for? What good has reading
and writing done you?
:00:00
Look at you. In an apron.
:00:00
Be right with you, boys.
:00:00
I do look funny in this.
I didn't mean to hurt her.
:00:00
She'll get over it. What is
reading and writing for a girl?
:00:00
She'll make a wonderful wife
for any man.
:00:00
And if Tom Doniphon is smart,
he pops the question
:00:00
before some busybody I am married to
upsets his bag of apples.
:00:00
Aw, you!
Eat supper before come the drunks.
:00:00
- But I'm not finished.
- Go sit down! Eat!
:00:00
What you cooking, steak and potatoes?
:00:00
I'm hungry. Could I impose
upon your hospitality?
:00:00
Just a couple of those steaks
and no beans.
:00:00
Marshal.
You're the man I'm looking for.
:00:00
Not so loud.
And double on the potatoes.
:00:00
One steak for one marshal
on the cuff.
:00:00
Marshal, I was wrong the other day,
:00:00
but I've been reading up,
and there it is.
:00:00
I'll draw up the complaint,
take care of the details,
:00:00
but you do have jurisdiction,
it says so right there.
:00:00
The next time he sets foot
in this town, you arrest him.
:00:00
Anything you say, Mr. Stoddard.
I'll be tickled to death to...
:00:00
- What was that? Arrest who?
- Liberty Valance.
:00:00
Arrest Liberty Val...
You mean Liberty Valance?
:00:00
Just when I was starting
to get my appetite back.
:00:00
A lot of black-eyes.
:00:00
Steaks for the Brophy boys
with black-eyed peas. Burn 'em.
:00:00
- They're sober tonight, too.
- Burn four.
:00:00
Here's the supper for Rance.
:00:00
- Thank you, Hallie.
- Sit down!
:00:00
You pop up
every time a girl speaks to you.
:00:00
- You get in the habit.
- Rance, do you think I could?
:00:00
I mean, grown-up and all?
Could I learn to read?
:00:00
Sure you can, Hallie.
There's nothing to it.
:00:00
It' d be... Can you learn to read?!
Why, I can teach you.
:00:00
A smart girl like you? Of course
you can. Do you want to try?
:00:00
It's awful worrisome not knowing how.
I know the Bible from preacher talk,
:00:00
but it' d be a soul comfort
to read it myself.
:00:00
I'll teach you how. In no time,
you'll be reading everything.
:00:00
Hallie, can I have
just one more steak?
:00:00
One steak on the cuff!
:00:00
All right, all right.
:00:00
Excuse me.
:00:00
- Nora, did you hear the news?
- No.
:00:00
- Rance'll learn me to read.
- "Teach me to read."
:00:00
Teach me to read.
:00:00
I cannot say my ABC in Swedish.
Maybe you can teach me in English.
:00:00
Sure, Nora.
You'll be my second pupil.
:00:00
Hal's my first. You'll be my second.
:00:00
Peter, you hear that? Peter!
:00:00
Well, pilgrim, I see you're still
protecting the ladies.
:00:00
Tom, look at you.
You're all dressed up.
:00:00
- It's Saturday night.
- Don't you look handsome?
:00:00
I brought you a little present.
:00:00
Prettiest cactus rose
I ever did see.
:00:00
It's a beauty. Look at it, Nora.
:00:00
- Should look nice in your garden.
- But it should go in now...
:00:00
- I'll be pleased to plant that.
- Thank you, Pompey.
:00:00
The Hash outfit just arrived.
Burn eight.
:00:00
- Not too close to the ocotillo bush.
- Yes, ma'am.
:00:00
"Ransom Stoddard, Attorney at Law."
:00:00
You're a persistent cuss, pilgrim.
:00:00
You really aim to hang that up
outside?
:00:00
- That's why I painted it.
- Take some advice, pilgrim.
:00:00
You put that thing up,
you'll have to defend it with a gun,
:00:00
and you ain't exactly the type.
:00:00
Comin' up.
:00:00
Thank you.
:00:00
A girl needs six hands on Saturday
night, and it's so hot. Look at me.
:00:00
Any more colour and you' d be
prettier than that cactus rose.
:00:00
Tom, that's mighty flattering.
:00:00
Burn me a good, thick one, Pete,
meat and potatoes.
:00:00
- Hello, Kaintuck.
- Evening, Tom.
:00:00
- Tom.
- Object to company, Mr. Peabody?
:00:00
Not to yours, Tom.
Sit down, sit down.
:00:00
I suppose you know
who 's across the street?
:00:00
Yeah. I hear he sent word on ahead.
:00:00
He won't like what the town's been
saying about him and that hold-up.
:00:00
How about you, Kaintuck?
:00:00
- I'd like a st...
- Steak?
:00:00
- Yes, ma'am.
- Well-burnt.
:00:00
- And d-d-dee...
- Deep-dish apple pie.
:00:00
- Yeah.
- Coming up.
:00:00
Mighty nice girl,
that Hallie. Mighty pretty.
:00:00
I agree with you, sir.
Just told her so.
:00:00
What? Do I hear wedding bells?
When can I print the story?
:00:00
Don't rush me,
Mr. Editor. Don't rush me.
:00:00
There's your cactus rose.
Sure is pretty.
:00:00
Thank you, Pompey. It is pretty.
Go and get supper.
:00:00
Thank you, ma'am.
:00:00
Look at that. Isn't that
the prettiest thing you ever saw?
:00:00
Very pretty.
:00:00
- Did you ever see a real rose?
- No.
:00:00
But someday if they dam the river,
:00:00
we'll have water
and all kinds of flowers.
:00:00
When you finish the dishes,
will you help wait tables?
:00:00
- Sure.
- Washing dishes is enough for him.
:00:00
- A man waiting on tables?!
- No, I' d be glad to help.
:00:00
- Be glad to.
- I thought we was busy.
:00:00
These steaks look done
just right for us.
:00:00
You cowhands ain't in no hurry
to eat, are you?
:00:00
Well, I am!
:00:00
I guess we could do
with another drink.
:00:00
That's right neighbourly
of you, partner.
:00:00
Especially after all the lies
:00:00
I hear folks been saying
about Liberty Valance.
:00:00
Wait a minute!
One of Mamma's pies for Tom.
:00:00
Lookee at the new waitress.
:00:00
That's my steak, Valance.
:00:00
You heard him, dude. Pick it up.
:00:00
- 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