"Good a spot as any." "Well, now I don't know." "You oughta move it up the street." "No." "Right here." "The folks from the casino can watch." "All right." "Let's get unloaded, boys." "This is a waste of time and money." "In the old days, we didn't build scaffolds for hanging." "These ain't the old days." "Since Bill Jorden's been sheriff, everything's gotta be legal." "A tree was good enough for my pappy and I say it's good enough for me." "Go on and help unload." "I'll get this thing started." "Hello, Orv al." "No, I ain't got no drink." "I wasn't asking." "No, but you was hoping." "You're sure putting out a lot of sweat for nothin'." "Sheriff Jorden says he hangs, he hangs." "Maybe yes, maybe no." "I think I'll sit around a while and sing." "The hanging ain't till sundown." "Got nothin' but time, Orv al." "Nothin' but time." "# Oh, my name, it is Sam Hall" "# It is Sam Hall" "# Yes, my name, it is Sam Hall" "# It is Sam Hall" "# Yes, my name, it is Sam Hall" "# And I hate you, one and all" "# Yes, I hate you, one and all" "# Blast your hides" "# Oh, I killed three men, they say" "# Yes, I killed three men, they say" "# So they say" "# I filled them full of lead" "# And I left them there for dead" "# Yes, I left them there for dead" "# Bless their hides" "Howdy, Bill." "Morning, Hank, Joe." "Today's the day, huh?" "No different than any other day." "Except for Sam Hall." "If you ask me, Sheriff, it ain't only Sam Hall you should be hanging." "I didn't ask you." "He's right, Bill." "If your father was sheriff, we'd hang whoever brought that gun-crazy killer to Gunlock." "Mornin', Tom." "Today's the day, isn't it?" "Yeah, today's the day." "I was going to the casino to lay a bet later." "They're giving five to three Hall don't hang." "Eight to three." "How would you bet if you were a betting man?" "Judge Webb wants Hall hanged at sundown today." "That's when he'll hang." "If you say so, Sheriff." "Up kinda early, Bill." "Yeah." "Well, today's " "Don't say itl" "Or I'll heave you out the window." "Well, it is the day." "I'll be mighty glad when it's over." "Did he give you any trouble?" "Nah." "Just wanted to bet me he'd be outta here before sundown." "How much?" "$1,000 dollars." "As if I had itl" "Sure be glad when that guy's hanged, so I can go home and get some sleep in a real bed." "Go get your breakfast." "Bill, what do you figure they'll do?" "I wish I knew." "Well, whatever it is, I'm sure" "Hall, are you sleeping?" "Who can sleep with all that hammering?" "What do you want for breakfast?" "Ever heard of Del Monico's, Sheriff?" "No, I can't say that I have." "I'll ask at the restaurant." "Maybe they know how to cook it." "Del Monico's is an eating place in Yoko." "Oh?" "Back East?" "Let's say it's in a different world." "A world of crystal chandeliers, Champagne... soft music, elegant ladies and fine furs." "Silks." "Beautiful ladies, sheriff, with soft, round, white arms." "Who are you?" "Where are you from?" "I'm a bad boy from a good family." "Your real name's not Sam Hall." "I'm a rose by any name." "Shakespeare, Sheriff, William Shakespeare." "He was a writer." "Look, Hall, you're hanging today for killing that Smith boy." "Why don't you clear up those other two killings?" "You're the sheriff." "You clear 'em up." "Somebody sent for you to come here." "Who was it?" "You two-bit gunslingers don't work for nothing." "Who paid you?" "You annoy me, Sheriff." "When I leave your hotel, I'm gonna" "Who paid you for those killings?" "Was it the cattlemen?" "George Ballard?" "George Ballard?" "Sheriff, what are you gonna do if it's George Ballard?" "You plan to hang him before you marry his sister or after?" "Hello, Ballard." "Lew, what's so urgent?" "We've gotta change our plans." "You mean, we let Hall hang?" "No." "We can't save him at the last minute." "But we step in when he goes to the gallows." "The farmers heard and want to beat us to it." "A lynching?" "They haven't the guts." "That schoolmaster has the fellas so riled up they'll try anything." "Nothing we can do, unless we wage war." "But we owe it to Hall." "I agree with Hogan." "We should save Hall's neck." "What he did, he did for us." "The three fellas he killed were all north of the creek." "Jorden won't let us bust Hall out." "He'll give us trouble." "We'd better get moving." "It'll take hours to round up the cattlemen." "OK." "Get as many men as you can before mid-afternoon to meet here." "Haven't seen one cattleman all morning." "Or one farmer." "Sure is quiet." "More like Sunday." "I remember being in a cyclone once." "Before she hit, there was feeling of emptiness, like the air had been sucked out of space." "Got that same feeling." "Why wait for trouble?" "Let's hang Hall now." "Uh-uh." "Until sundown, there's always a chance of reprieve." " A fat chancel" " Maybe." "But hanging him early would be just like lynching him." "Tom Jorden wasn't so finicky when he was wearing that star." "Look, I'm sick and tired of hearing what my father would've done." "I'm sheriff now and I'll do it my way." "I was only making talk." "Looks like Hall has a visitor." "Well, I'm in no mood for hysterics." "Do what you can for her." "Wait a minute, what if she starts acting up?" "A handsome fella like you oughta know how to handle the ladies." "# I saw Nellie dressed in blue" "# Dressed in blue" "# I saw Nellie in the street" "# In saw Nellie dressed in blue" "# She said" "# 'Sam, now you'll be true.'" "# Cos trifling' days are through" "# Blast your hide #" "Is the sheriff in?" "No." "He had to go out." "I wonder, would it be all right -?" "Sure, Nellie." "Stay as long as you like." "Thanks." "Why the solemn face?" "Look like you're going to a funeral." "Don't joke about it, Sam." "Honey, nobody's got a rope my size." "You've been saying that for days." "Now it's only a matter of hours." "Yeah, I know." "Sam..." "Take these two letters." "Hide them." "Then go and see Gunlock's leading citizen." "George Ballard?" "The man who retained me." "You said it was the Cattlemen's Association." "It was." "The farmers didn't scare out." "An anonymous gentleman made a deal with me." "'Since your reputation will not frighten the farmers, you will earn $1,000 for removing each farmer settling north of the creek." "'To show you earned the money, leave his hat over his face and lay a rock on the hat.'" "There's no signature and it's printed." "How do you know it was Ballard?" "The wretches around here would be lucky of they could sign X." "This is written by an educated man - fancy words, neat printing." "Why didn't you do something before?" "Read this." "Smuggled in after I was arrested." ""You won't hang unless you try to implicate somebody else."" "Same printing, no signature, money in the envelope." "That's Ballard all right." "Figures money buys anything." "He might also figure with me out of the way, he'll be safe." "Let him know you'll give Jorden the letters, Ballard will act." "Fast." "If you could get out of here... we could go to some faraway place and start over." "If you don't hurry, I've got a real faraway place to go." "What do you reckon Hall weighs?" "Oh, I'd say about... 200." "Just about right." "Howdy, Dan." "Any stockmen in your place today?" "Not one." "Any farmers?" "No." "Real quiet, ain't it?" "# Let 'em build my gallows high" "# Build it high" "# Let 'em build my gallows high" "# Build it high" "# Let 'em build it to the sky" "# But it ain't my time to die" "# No, it ain't my time to die" "# Blast their hides" "# Oh, the sheriff, he came too" "# He came too" "# Oh, the sheriff, he came too" "# He came too" "# Oh, the sheriff, he came too" "# Just to check the trap for you" "# When they drop your body through" "# Poor Sam Hall #" "# Poor Sam Hall # She's all ready, sheriff." "She'll do all right." "I wish this hanging was over with." "I've had a funny feeling all morning." "Usually when I build the gallows, I have an audience." "Today, there ain't nobody, except a few schoolkids." "Schoolkids?" "What are you doing out of school?" "Mr Rigdon told us we could go home." "Honest." "We ain't playing rookie." "If you don't believe us, ask him." "I think maybe I'll do that." "Go and join Mack." "Tell him to give you a rifle." "Do I get a deputy's badge?" "Maybe later." "Tell him I'm going to talk to Rigdon." "Teaching something besides school, Mr Rigdon." "Care to take lessons?" "Tell me why you shut the school today." "That's no business of the sheriff's." "It's my business if the farmers are coming to cause trouble." "You know where they're meeting and when they're coming." "Tell me." "How would I know?" "I'm not a farmer." "You've been steaming 'em up." "What I've told them is for their own good." "They look up to me." "You figure with my father dead, the farmers can get control." "You'll wind up running the town." "That's not a bad idea." "I have the education and the ability." "I wasn't cut out to be an underpaid schoolteacher all my life." "Everyone can't wind up marrying money." "Stop worrying about the farmers and do something about the cattlemen." "They brought Sam Hall out here." "I'll tell you like I've told others " "I don't need rumours, I need evidence to take action." "Even against George Ballard?" "Why is he any different?" "Everyone knows he's paid you off." "That's a lie." "Oh, not with money." "With his sister." "Brave man, with a gun in your belt." "Mr Rigdon's getting the heck beat out of him!" "Well, get the sheriff." "The sheriff is doing itl" "Tell me where they are." "Bill!" "Now listen you." "This won't exactly make us any friends." "I don't want to make friends, I want to keep the peace." "You're sure doing it the hard way." "Five bucks?" "What's it for?" "Fining myself for disturbing the peacel" " I'm taking your horse." " Where are you headed?" "Gotta see Ballard." "I don't you kids will have any school tomorrow either!" "Bill!" "What happened?" "I was fighting the teacher." " Bill, I wish you..." " It's all right, darlin'." "Shh." "Is your brother around?" "No." "George rode off early this morning." "I haven't seen him since." "Jess Ryman and Jiggs Larribee are with him." "Bill... something bad's going on." "George won't tell me, but I've heard talk." "Tell me one thing, Bill, is my brother involved?" "I don't know." "But if I find out he is involved, if I have to arrest him, how would you feel?" "I mean, about us getting married?" "What if I find out George is mixed up in it?" "If I have to help my brother, take sides against you, how would you feel?" "I don't know, till it happens." "Let's hope it never will." "Let's talk about something else." "I'm going to Denver to get fitted for my trousseau." "Nellie Mason"s handy with a needle." "I couldn't go to Nellie, not now." "Why not?" "You used her before the trial." "It was different then." "We all thought she was a nice girl." "Ellen, she's still a nice girl." "If anybody should be condemned, it's her mother." " Her mother?" " A hard, domineering woman." "She never let Nellie look at a man." "Then Sam Hall came to town." "She'll be more lonely than ever after today." "I'll see her first thing next week." "I'd hate to be alone." "Are you sure Mr Ballard will be in?" "He usually is." "But today's a special day, isn't it?" "I'll see if he's at his home." "Suit yourself, Miss Mason." "Come in." "Nellie!" "This is a surprise." "I've got to see your brother right away." "He's not home." "But I'm glad you dropped by." "I wanted to talk to you about my trousseau." "You want me to make it?" "Please, sit down, Nellie." "What's the matter, Miss Ballard?" "Beginning to feel guilty?" "I guess the women in town have been pretty rude." "But Nellie, I don't feel that way." "I don't mean the women in town." "I'm talking about your brother." "You and the ranchers' wives." "Your men are just as guilty as Sam Hall." "They brought him to Gunlock." "Nellie, Nellie, please." "Your brother offered to pay him for killing farmers." "I don't believe it." "Try asking him when he comes in." "Ask me what, Nellie?" "Good morning, Ellen." "Ask me what?" "I have a message for you." "Those letters you sent Sam, if he hangs, I'll hand them to the sheriff." "Sorry, but I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about." "Not the faintest." "About your trousseau " "Poor girl." "Once a woman starts slipping " "What letters was she talking about?" "I don't know." "Maybe that gunslinger" "George." "George, don't lie to me." "It isn't as simple as that." "You can't just clear it up with a word." "Since Father died, it was always just you and me." "Remember?" "I'm trying, George." "Rigdon brought the first colony of farmers." "They settled south of the creek because the irrigation was good." "They weren't bothering anyone." "No, but more poured in and fenced off all the good range land." "You were away." "You didn't see it." "It would be OK if they'd stay south of the creek." "When Tom Jorden died, Rigdon urged them to move north, right up here." "And you brought in a killer." "Yeah." "To frighten the farmers, not to kill them." " Nellie Mason was right!" " Now look, Ellen." "You're as guilty of murder as Sam Hall." "We hang rustlers and horse thieves, why shouldn't we shoot men who steal our grass?" "You're talking about the Smith boy." "Ben Smith's son, he's dead." "What are you going to do?" "Side against your brother?" "Those letters, did you send them?" "No." "Don't worry about who did." "Nellie won't show those letters to Bill or anyone else." "Why not?" "Because by tonight, she and Sam Hall will be miles out of Gunlock." "The cattlemen will break Hall out of jail soon." "That'll mean shooting." "George, what happens to Bill?" "He won't get hurt if he doesn't try to play sheriff." "Suppose I can get Sam Hall out of jail before the cattlemen move in." "With how many dead?" "None." "Provided you can get Bill out of his office for a few minutes." "My brother's best advice - cheat 'em first and marry 'em afterwards." "You can't marry a dead man." "What time do you want him out?" "Not all the way, Orv, just loosen it." "That's it." "Now if we get any visitors, this'll announce it." "Do I get my deputy's badge?" "When they start pinning stars on courthouse janitors, I turn mine in." "Easy, Mack." "Keep your eyes open - I'm taking a look around." "If I had a deputy's badge, it'd be better when the shootingstarts." "Orv al, you wouldn't know which end of this to shoot through." "You'd better not figure me for supper." "Lew, don't go." "Ballard and the men are waiting for me." "This isn't our affair." "Our ranch isn't farm land." "But if the farmers come our side of the creek, they'll take over the whole range." "Sam Hall knew the risk he was taking." "Oh, Lew, I love you." "If anything ever happened to you..." "I don't know how I ever got along without you, Nan." "Lew... there's something I never told you about Sam Hall." "Remember the first time you brought Hall to the ranch?" "The next morning, he waited till you'd gone out on the range, then he came back here alone." "What happened?" "Nothing." "I had your Winchester." "I'm going out to save his neck." "I've given my word." "I'll kill him." "Lew isn't here." "It's you I want to see, Nan." "Go away, George." "Lew's heading for trouble." "The best thing you ever did was to tell me you were tired of me." "I'm happy with Lew." "Lew's a fine man." "And so I don't want to see him hanged." "Sam Hall expects to be broken out of jail today." "If he isn't, he'll name the man who paid him." "All the cattlemen sent for him." "Lew personally offered him blood money." "I don't believe you." "Unfortunately, he put it in writing." "Lew is scared about those letters." "I have a plan to get Sam Hall out of Gunlock." "Nobody takes any risks except Sam Hall." "I'm listening." "Sam Hall needs a gun." "Are you asking me to get it to him?" "You'll have help." "You want him to shoot his way out, kill Bill Jorden?" "Hall may be killed." "Your husband would be in the clear." "Why did you come to me?" "I discovered that a long time ago." "When we were much closer." "Get this to Hall." "I can't visit him." "They'd want to know why." "Nellie Mason can." "She'll be there by 3:30." "You just do as I say." "Get that gun to Hall without any trouble." "What'll it be, Sheriff, a beer or a bet?" "How are the odds now?" "Eight to three Hall doesn't hang." "I'll take three dollars worth." "You're friendly with the ranchers." "I'm friendly with everybody." "That include me?" "Don't know a thing, Sheriff, not a thing." "Oh, Bill?" "Hello, Pastor, Doc." "MacNamara told us we might find you here." "So what can I do for you?" "You realise the ranchers are gonna try to break Hall out?" "I'm betting against him." "The farmers aim to string him up." "Hall is a symbol in this fight." "The farmers feel if Hall escapes, the ranchers will run them out of the country." "Well, make your point." "We want you to ask the governor to send a company of national guard." "Look, if you didn't think I could handle this job, you never should've elected me sheriff." "What are you trying to prove, Bill?" "And how much bloodshed will it take to prove it?" "Think it over." "Don't think too long, Bill." "It's almost two o'clock." "Get this off right away." "Sure, Sheriff, sure." ""Gilbert Wilkes, State Capital."" "National guard?" "Expecting real trouble, eh, Sheriff?" "I heard a rumour " "I want you to send a message, not give me one." "Something's wrong." "The line's been cut." "We can't wait any longer for Ballard." "Jess Ryman and me'll drop in on Bill Jorden." "While we're upstairs..." "Relax, men." "I've arranged for Sam Hall's escape." " I don't believe you, Ballard." " Are you calling me a liar?" "You were always against helping Hall." "I'm still head of the Cattlemen's Association." "All right." "I'm listening." "Hall will be on his way out of town in an hour." "What do you think, Lew?" "Well, if he's on the level, it'd be the best way out for all of us." "I'll ride into town and find out." "I promised Sam I'd bring him some food." "I told her it was all right." "All right." "Just a minute." "It's beef stew and pie." "There's no gun, if that's what you're looking for." "Just making sure it's tender." "He'll have to manage with a spoon." "There's one more thing, Nellie." "I'll have to round up a woman someplace to search you." "You won't find a woman in town who'd care to touch me." "Go ahead, Sheriff." "All right." "From this side of the bars." "I was hoping we could be alone." "Get to see Ballard?" "Get to see Ballard?" "Everything's all arranged." "At three o'clock, Nan Hogan will be below that window with a gun." "So Ballard jumped?" "Uh-huh." "At three-thirty," "There'll be a horse in the shed across the alley." "Head for Santa Fe." " I'll join you there." " Got enough money?" "Before I leave, I'll have enough money for both of us." "Nellie, I haven't always been good to you." "But I'll make it up to you." "I'll take you place back East you never even dreamed of." "Ah, the prisoner's last meal." "There's cattlemen in town today." "I'll look around, see if they brought company." "Then maybe I'll go and welcome Mr Ryman." "You're leaving?" "It might be a trick." "I'll be within gunshot." "Get out of the way, janitor." "You might get yourself hurt." "I know he's still in jail." "If he'd escaped, there'd be plenty of hollering and I..." "I want a little talk with you, Jess." "I just rode into town for a drink." "No crime there." "No." "I can't account for their drinking habits." "What time are you expecting them?" "I ain't expecting nobody." "And that includes you." "Go on, reach for it, Ryman." "Only take it out gently and put it on the bar." "Do like I say." "You're getting too big for your breeches, sonny." "What for?" "So I'll have one less hot-head to handle when the shooting starts." "You got nothing against him." "He pulled a gun on the law." "I can hold him until sundown." "Start moving, Jess." "Tell the boys what happened, Leo." "They'll tear that courthouse apart." "You're not as big as your old man." "Got another guest, Mack." "Where's Orv al?" "I don't know what's worse - man talking with his teeth flopping around or without his teeth, whistling like a tornado." "Brought you some company, Sam." "Your visitor didn't stay long." "I sent her home." "She was interfering with my praying." "Fine deputy you are." "Half the town could've walked in." "What do you want, Tom?" "I got a letter for you." "Miss Ballard gave it to me." "Thanks." "Ellen's over at the hotel, wants to see me." "Why didn't she come herself?" "Good question, Mack." "I'll ask her." "It's OK." "When Leo tells the boys what happened, they'll come." "What time is it?" "Three twenty-five." "Getting worried about the farmers?" "I'm not worried about anything now." "Where did you get the gun?" "Fished it out of thin air with a spoon." ""Jorden!" "MacNamara!" "Come in here, quick!" ""Jorden, MacNamara!" "What's the matter with him?" "He suddenly keeled over." "MacNamara, put the gun down." "Come on, open her up!" "The keys are still on this side." "I can only hang once." "Come on, inside." "Up, up." "Face the bars." "You didn't have to do that, Hall!" "Stay out of this." "You're not going anywhere." "What do you mean?" "I came alone, I'll leave alone." "How much money have you got?" "You can't do this after what we did for you." "Money, Ryman." "All the ranchers did for me was keep me in chips." "Come on, come on." "Now turn around." "None of those farmers were north of the creek till I carried 'em there." "Then why did you kill 'em?" "$1,000 a hit on delivery." "Why, you dirty, rotten..." "Urgh!" "What are you doing in town?" "What are you doing in town?" "Did he tell you how many there are?" "He didn't say." "Or when they're coming in?" "He just said he walked out on them." "They'll be coming into town now." "Oh, don't go, Bill, please." "Don't worry, I'll be all right." "You had to make a choice sooner than we expected." "I'm glad we're not on opposite sides." "GUNSHOT" "I'm never so glad to see anyone in my life!" "I was afraid you didn't hear my gunshot." "You can sure have him." "I thought that janitor was gonna blow my head off." "Can I take my hands down?" "What happened to MacNamara?" "How did you get him, Orv al?" "I was pretty sore, MacNamara kicking me out of the office." "So I kept watch downstairs - showed that smart deputy he wasn't so smart." "Good thing you did." "I heard that loose step squeak, like somebody sneaking downstairs." "I figured it might be trouble." "Hall never knowed a thing till my rifle jammed him in the back." "You did a fine job, Deputy." "I wanna see Mack's face." "I just wanna see his face." "Open the door." "Put him back in his cell, Deputy." "Come on, Hall." "Face the wall." "Mack, are you all right?" "Yeah, I'm all right." "What happened to Ryman?" "Just Hall's way of saying thanks to a friend." "Put him in his cell, Orv." "I'll look after Ryman." "Get in, Hall." "That's a bad bump you've got on your head there." "Bill Jorden locked up Jess Ryman." "Let's go." "Are you sure Sam got the gun?" "I hope so." "Your train isn't due in for a while yet." "I've got a stop to make first." "Sam and I need money." "George Ballard will provide it." "Don't count on it." "He won't part with a dollar without good reason." "I've got two good reasons right here." "Two letters George Ballard wrote Sam offering him money to kill farmers." "Ballard?" "He told me my husband sent them." "Ellie, give me those letters." "I will not." "I want those letters." "Oh, no, you don't!" "I can't fight any more." "Please, don't do it." "Lew and I will see that you get to Santa Fe somehow." "But these letters are going to Bill Jorden." "No signature." "How do I know Ballard wrote these?" "One man's printing is like another's." "I'd know them anywhere." "This is a little hard to say, Bill." "I guess you know that at one time," "I expected to marry George Ballard." "He used to send me notes." "They were always printed." "That printing was exactly like those letters he sent to Sam Hall." "I'm afraid it won't stand up in court." "Bill... if it wasn't George Ballard, why would his sister get involved?" "Ellen?" "Where does she fit in?" "Think it over." "Why were you out of your office at exactly 3i30?" "MacNamara." "Mack!" "Ellen Ballard is at the hotel." "Bring her here." "Even if you have to put her under arrest." "Well, what are you waiting for?" "I" "So we wound up on opposite sides after all." "No, Bill, it's " "I was convinced you'd decided to go along with me, not your brother." "That was my decision, Bill." "I only got you out of here because I was afraid you'd be hurt... killed." "Killed?" "You arranged to get a gun into the hand of murderer!" "Gun?" "George never told me about a gun." "Did you think he would break out with a sling shot?" "He said if I got you out of here, they"d handle Mack with no shooting." "And you believed it?" "I was worried, Bill." "I was just thinking about you." "About me?" "Or your brother?" "They're coming into town, Sheriff." "Where are they?" "Two miles out on the south road." "The cattlemen would move in from north of the creek." "The cattlemen?" "It's Rigdon and his gang." "Thanks for letting me know." "Any time, Sheriff." "I don't hold with lynchings." "And if you don't hold with jailbreaks, watch the north road for the cattlemen." "Mack!" "Orv al!" "Rigdon and co are coming." "I'm off to meet 'em." "They won't be willing to talk." "Once they get into town, we'll never get 'em out." "Folks'll get hurt." "Don't go." "You'll be killedl" "What do we do with her?" "Lock her up?" "You can let her go." "I'm through with her." "Don't try to stop us, Jorden." "We're going after Hall." "Let me remind you, Ben, and the rest of you farmers, the courthouse stairs are narrow." "Two men at the top could kill you all." "I got two men there right now." "Only two?" "Nobody takes Hall away without killing me and my two deputies." "He's trying to keep us here while the ranchers get Hall out." "Hold it." "We're not criminals." "All we want is justice." "I know how I'd feel if my boy had been murdered." "Hall was sentenced to hang at sundown today." "Let the law do it." "Don't make yourselves murderers, as bad as he is." "All right, Sheriff, I'll go along with you." "Are you forgetting your son was murdered?" "I ain't forgetting nothing." "As long as Ben Smith goes along, that's good enough for me." "You'll need help, if the ranchers try to get Hall out." "How about deputising us?" "I can't, Ben." "For years, my father walked a narrow road between you and the cattlemen." "He headed off open warfare by not taking sides." "I won't either." "One itchy trigger finger could destroy everything." "So I'm asking you to stay out" "All right, Bill." "Don't be in a hurry to break up." "I suggest you men wait at the stock yard, just in case." "We'll wait at the stock yard." "Thanks." "What about the farmers?" "We've only got the cattlemen to worry about." "Only the cattlemen?" "How's Ryman?" "Dr Quinn said he'll be all right, but he's still out cold." "Where's Ellen Ballard?" "Back at the hotel, I guess." "Where will you be?" "I have unfinished business at the bank." "If you're listening for shooting, don't." "Hall didn't make it." "Didn't make what?" "What are you talking about?" "The gun you gave Nan Hogan." "You're not making sense, Bill " "She showed me the letters you sent to Hall." "Letters?" "Your personal invitation to Hall to commit murder." "You're talking, Bill, but can you prove it?" "Folks say that Ballard blood had run thin by the third generation." "I didn't believe it." "Till today." "Go ahead, George, reach for it." "No, that's not your way, is it?" "You hire others to do your dirty work." "Go on, George, reach." "You've been wanting me dead." "Now's your chance." "What kind of talk is that, Bill?" "I wasn't keen on you marrying Ellen " "After Hall hangs, I won't rest till I get whoever sent those letters." "Then get him." "You can't prove I sent them." "I know." "That's why I want your confession." "Now, in writing!" "See if you can find some paper down there." "Let's get on with it." "Bill?" "Lew Hogan's coming in with the ranchers." "They're just outside town on the north road." "Don't do that again, Boss." "Busting in on us like that." "When the trouble starts, we'll cover the window." "Mack, the stairs." "Lew, don't do it!" "Please, listen!" "Get in off the street, Mrs Hogan." "You'll safe in the hotel." "Jorden, we don't want any trouble." "We're here to get Sam Hall." "You got five minutes to take it over, sheriff." "If Hall don't come out, we're coming in." "You men, fiind yourselves some cover." "# Sam Hall" "# That's the name they will recall" "# Sam Hall" "# Oh, my name, it is Sam Hall" "# It is Sam Hall" "# My name, it is Sam Hall" "# It is Sam Hall" "# Yes, my name, it is Sam Hall..." "Better stay by the stairs." "# Yes, I hate you, one and all" "# Blast your hides" "# Oh, I killed three men, they say" "# So they say" "# Yes, I killed three men, they say" "# So they say" "# I filled 'em full of lead" "# And I left 'em there for dead" "# Blast their hides #" "Don't worry, Miss Ballard, your brother won't get hurt." "Whatever happens, George won't get hurt." "I'm sorry." "I guess we all do what we have to." "Anyway, when you... when you chose your brother's side over Bill Jorden's, you sure saved yourself a lot of heartache." "Why do you say that?" "Bill Jorden's a dead man." "Whoever wins, he's dead." "He knows your brother sent those letters." "My brother?" "You don't know George very well, do you?" "Bill Jorden won't live long enough to bring him to trial." "What's the matter, George?" "No more killers to hire?" "Go home, Ellen." "Gimme that gunl" "Jorden, your time's up!" "I never shot a man before." "Mack!" "Orv?" "I guess I didn't move fast enough." "Don't go doing anything foolish, Orv." "I wouldn't know what to do without you around." "Who would I talk to?" "Always knowed you were soft inside." "Sorry, Orv." "I never should've let you in on this." "Don't worry, I'll be all right." "He's passed out." "Mack, get Hall out here." "Quick!" "This man was sentenced to hang at sundown." "I aim to carry out that sentence." "If you cattlemen think you can save him, you're wrong." "Keep me covered." "# Oh, the parson He was there, he was there" "# Yes, the parson He was there, he was there" "# Oh, the parson, he was there" "# With the Bible and a prayer" "# But he knew I didn't dare blast his hide" "# Oh, the sheriff He came too, he came too" "# Yes, the sheriff, he came... #" "Oh, sheriff, we're both sticklers for the law." "So?" "So the law says a prisoner's hands must be tied." "I'll do it, sheriff." "Tell him what you told me." "We owe Hall nothing." "None of the men he killed were north of the creek." "He made a deal with the sheriff." "Does that nut look like I'm lying?" "Hall did it, after he told me he killed those men south of the creek." "No." "There's a lot of squaring to do," "That'll be up to the governor." "# Now it's up the rope I go" "# Up I go" "# Yes, it's up the rope I go" "# Up I go" "# Oh, it's up the rope I go... #" "Anything you care to say, Hall?" "Saml Saml" "Tell the holier-than-thous in this town not to blame Nellie Mason for what I did." "Save it." "I thought you were such a stickler for the law." "Oh, I am." "But the sun's setting for me." "It'd be a shame to miss a minute of it." "He's dead, Sheriff." "Look after Hall, Mack." "There's nothing you can do for him." "# Oh, my name, it is Sam Hall" "# It is Sam Hall" "# Yes, my name, it is Sam Hall" "# It is Sam Hall" "# Yes, my name, it is Sam Hall" "# And I hate you, one and all" "# Yes, I hate you one and all" "# Blast your hides..." "# To heaven, I won't go, I won't go" "# To heaven, I won't go" "# But there's one thing that I know" "# I will meet you all below" "# Blast your hides" "# Sam Hall" "# Sam Hall" "# That's the name they will recall" "# Sam Hall #"