"Tickets, please." "Thank you sir." "Is it far to Tucumcari?" " We should pass there in a few minutes. – Thanks." "Excuse me Reverend," "I couldn't help hearing you're going to Tucumcari and I fear you've made a mistake." "It is annoying but not hopeless." "You still can get off at Santa Fe and return by way of Amarillo." "You see, dear Reverend... the train doesn't stop at Tucumcari..." "This train will stop at Tucumcari." "Take it easy, everybody!" "Why did you stop?" "Somebody pulled the emergency cord!" "Hey, you!" "Wait a second!" "You just can't pull the emergency cord and jump off..." "Well, the rail road company would be mighty pleased to make any arrangements if you want to get off here, sir." "I did get off, thanks." "All right, let's go!" "Hey you!" "Have you seen a man on a horse?" "Yes, yes..." "Guy passed by here in person and added on those two zeros!" "He was spitting mad when he saw what they was offering." "He wasn't flattered." "He said, "A measly 1,000 bucks for me is much too little." "I'm worth a lot more than that." He said that... and then he added the zeros on the 1,000." "There isn't anyone who got The guts to face that killer!" "At least it's been that way till now." "Where can I find him?" "Mmh" "Where is he?" "I have no idea where he'd be today." " Really!" "– Hold still!" " You hurt me with those hands of yours!" " I've done worse!" " Hold still, I said!" "Now see, you've made me drop the soap!" "Wait, I'll get it for you." "Oh, look!" "Who is it ?" "Pardon me, ma'am." "Bring it on!" "Coward!" "There you are. $1,000." "What do you know about Cavanagh?" "About a week ago he was seen at White Rock." "Thanks." "If it's of any interest to you, somebody else dropped in to see me about him." "Who?" "A very thin guy." "His name is Manco." "How's it going sheriff?" "Hi honey!" "Already awake?" "You know that I'd sleep with you again!" "Light?" "I'm looking for Baby Cavanagh." "I said Baby Cavanagh, the redhead." "There, at that table." "He's got his back to you." "Thanks." "Two cards." "Didn't hear what the bet was." "Your skin." "Alive or dead, it's your choice." "Choose to live, fool!" "Let Red go!" "$2,000!" "It's a lot of money!" "Takes me three years to earn it." "Tell me, isn't a sheriff supposed to be courageous, loyal, and above all, honest?" "Yeah, that he is." "But..." "I think you people need a new sheriff." "Luke!" "Hasta luego." "Amigo" "How are you, Nino?" "Better when I see you." "Open it." "What's up?" "Who is it?" "Rodríguez, señor!" "You, come along!" "Why am I letting you live, hero?" "That's so you can tell everybody you've seen what takes place here!" "For $5000!" "$5000 to put me behind bars!" "You should've killed me when you could!" "It would've been better for them!" "How old is the boy?" "How old is the boy, I asked?" "He's 18 months now." "Just the time that I was in jail." "You used the reward that you got to start raising a family!" "And that's why I feel your family is partly mine!" "I'll take my part now." "Luke!" "Fred!" "Murderer!" "Get your revenge with me!" "They are innocent!" "I'm sure you hate me just enough!" "This time you'll have a chance to shoot me, but not in the back!" "Get up." "When you hear the music finish, begin." "Or do you think you can?" "Let's start." "Gimme, gimme!" "Check those figures again." "Yes, sir." "At your service, mister..." "Mortimer." "Douglas Mortimer." "Mortimer." "Virginia, isn't it?" " Carolina." " That's right, Carolina." "Can I help in some way?" "I'm looking for a first-class bank." " First-class?" " Yeah." "The largest and most secure bank in the territory." "Well, Mr. Mortimer, I assure you our bank has everything you're looking for!" "I don't doubt that, but I have a large sum to deposit." "Now, suppose I'm a bandit." "A bandit?" "A very dangerous bandit with a gang of killers." "Now what would be the most impossible bank for me to rob?" "In your case, the one bank I would suggest is the Bank of El Paso." "Not even Indio would dare to attack that one." "It's not a bank." "It's a fortress there." "What time's the next train for El Paso?" "11 o'clock." "I'll telegraph to my colleague in the Bank of El Paso that you're going to arrive." "Thanks." "Hey, mister." "Captain." "General." "Welcome." "Do you need a stable or a room?" "Take a bath?" "I'm Fernando." "The stable is right here." "And that is your hotel." "Why this hotel and not some other?" "You probably wouldn't like that other place as much." "You'd have to spend half the night shooting cockroaches." "At this hotel, the rooms will cost you so much less." "And there's a landlady at this one, señor." " Married?" " Yes, but she doesn't care." "That's the bank." "As soon as I get some money, I'll put it in." "Well, you're gonna have to earn it first." "If you want to start now, listen to me:" "50 cents here for you if you'll let me know when any stranger comes to town." "At the hotel, señor." "A stranger just came out of there." "Where's he staying?" "The hotel." " Let me know if you see any more strangers." " OK!" "Help you, sir?" "I want the room right above." "I'm sorry, it's occupied." "The hotel's filled to capacity." "I'm sorry." "The room you want is our best." "It's always occupied." "By who?" "Check the register." "Mary!" "It's Señor Martinez." "It's free now." "But..." "Sir!" "I'll adapt." "Why are you looking at him?" "What's with him?" "He's tall, isn't he?" "You're just dirty!" "My bill!" "Quick!" "I want my bill!" "I want it now!" "Please señor Martinez!" "I'll give you another room!" "The best in the whole hotel!" "No, no!" "The bill." "I'd like to stay, only I can't." "I have an appointment elsewhere." "Señor Martinez!" "Who, me?" "What do you want?" "I don't wear them." "I'm honored that you thought of me." "Thank you." "That's Groggy!" "Hello, my friends!" "Hi Indio!" "You see, I didn't waste a minute coming here." "Indio calls and Groggy comes running right away." "And Sancho?" "If you're waiting for Sancho, I'll go and come back in about four years." "He's in prison." "For four years no amor, no dinero, no sun." "Bad for him." "Not so bad for the rest of us." "A man who gets caught doesn't deserve respect." "What's it all about?" "It is" "about the bank at El Paso." "Let's see." "We'll say this is the inside of the bank." "Nino is the safe." "Which weighs three tons and can't be opened with dynamite." "There's the part with two cashiers." "This is the manager's desk." "Right in back is a fancy cabinet containing bottles for offering drinks to the rich depositors." "There's the main door, and opposite they built a double wall." "What happens, Groggy?" "Let's say you've already killed the two cashiers and the manager." "And for the next few minutes, you're the boss of the bank." "Now what?" "The time's been wasted, Indio." "Right, a waste of time." "Especially, Groggy, to blast open that damn iron safe." "We'd have to be using so much dynamite that the whole bank would just disappear." "And you'd all go up with it." "And besides, the presence of a safe alone doesn't always signify that there is money inside." "To help you understand what I mean," "I would like to relate a nice little parable." "Once upon a time there was a carpenter." "You don't think a carpenter can make money?" "No?" "You're wrong." "This one did well because he was a builder of safes." "There was a banker once who decided he must have his iron safe disguised to look like a wood cabinet." "The banker goes to our carpenter for the job, and one day, as destiny has it, the carpenter's in El Paso." "He happens to walk into the bank there, and what does he find?" "The cabinet." "Since he'd worked on it, he spotted it right away." "From that day on, he couldn't work anymore." "Because there was this crazy idea that stayed." "And it stayed." "To put his hands on the money inside." "Sure, you think that carpenter was lucky the way things work out." "That he was lucky to go in just that bank." "It wasn't true." "His good fortune stopped that day." "Because later, as a prisoner, he ran into me." "The carpenter told me the story." "The money isn't in the safe." "It's right in this." "Almost a million dollars in it." "Your colleague in Tucumcari told me that this bank has the largest deposits in the whole state." "Yes, that's correct, Mr. Mortimer." "We have half a million dollars reserve on hand." "I guess that the safety measures are adequate then." "From the moment your money's on deposit here, you can sleep without any worries." "Besides, when the bank is closed, an armed guard always remains here and a patrol is on guard outside." "Even the Bank of San Francisco isn't that well protected." "Exactly." "The truth is, Mr. Mortimer, to try robbing us would be so futile that only a complete fool would attempt it." "Yeah." "Or a complete madman." " Welcome!" " Get out of the way!" "More news, amigo." "Another stranger in town?" "Yes." "And I know something else." "What?" "Another came in after this one." "Listen to me, you sawed-off little runt!" "I want to know how many men there are altogether." "Well, there were two." "Now there's two more." "Where?" "In the saloon." "Rhum." "Listen, mister, why do you choose my place to commit suicide?" "I know that man." "It's a miracle you're alive." "Odd indeed!" "Why should a man walk around with a pistol and then let himself be insulted?" "It's mighty strange." "Sir, if the hunchback didn't shoot you, he had a very, very important reason, that's all." "I was thinking that myself." " Hello" " Hi." "Eddie, it's us!" "1, 2, 3, 4, 5," "6, 7, 8, 9, 10," "11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20," "21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26," "27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33." "NO!" "No!" "And no!" "So?" "I don't know him!" "I don't know him!" "I don't know him!" "Come on, now, you know everybody." "I don't know anybody anymore!" "I'm dead!" "Understand?" "Well, there was a time when I knew everybody." "That was a long time ago when all this was prairie!" "That's right, with your damned good-for-nothing trains!" "Your damn trains!" "Toot-toot-toot-twee!" "Disgusting!" "One day, someone from the rail road comes here to see me." "And he says, "Prophet, the railway's gonna go right past your house."" ""Is that so?" I said." ""Yep, that right," he says." ""And the best thing for you, Prophet, is to sell your land to the company or else we'll buy Vegger's."" ""He lives next to your place, and I'll put the tracks there, and that'll make you go crazy." "What do you say?"" ""Oh, is that so?" says I." ""Yep, it is!" he says." "You know what I told him he could do with his rail road?" "I told him..." "You know what my decision about selling was?" "Well, I guess you said no." "Damn right!" "No to him and his damn trains." "Disgusting!" "I didn't come here to listen to you rattle on about trains." "I wanted to find out about this man." "It's obvious you don't know anything." "Hey, look!" "If you came here to be insulting, you can clear out of my house fast before I lose my temper!" "Hey!" "Where you going?" "I guess I better leave before you go and lose your temper." "Are you stupid?" "Gimme that pistol there!" "Come on!" "Hurry up!" "Yeah, right there behind you!" "Give it to me!" "I told you to give me that pistol!" "The man you asked about, how does he carry his gun?" "Across his belly?" " Yes." " Yes?" "Well, why didn't you tell me that in the first place, my boy?" "Of course I know the man you're trying to find out about!" "He's Colonel Douglas Mortimer." "Mortimer, a brave man, a great soldier." "He was known as the best shot in the Carolinas." "A great soldier." "Now he's reduced to being a bounty killer, same as you." "Because of trains." "Because of the damn trains!" "Damn them!" "Take it to the station." "The gentleman's leaving." "Hold it." "Take it back." "I said to the station." "Go inside." "The station." "Just like the games we know." "He's picking it up." "A trick, maybe." "How can somebody in my business go around with a contraption like this?" "That contraption as you call it almost sent you to your grave." "You're forgetting one thing, Colonel, I was shooting at your hat." "Well, I was only shooting at yours." "But I recall firing first." "Boy, I've reached almost 50 years of age with my system." "Not many men last long in these parts." "How long do you expect to last?" "Much longer than that." "When I get my hands on Indio and that $10,000," "I'm gonna buy myself a ranch, possibly retire." "I don't wish to start another fight but you forget one small detail." "What's that?" "I wanna get my hands on Indio, too." "Sure, after me." "Or before you." "Or at the same time." "Is that a proposition?" "An equal partnership." "Why?" "Why should I?" "Well, I can think of three reasons." "First is, there's 14 of them." "Yeah, that's a lot." "A lot for me." "Yeah." "No small number even for two of us." "Second reason?" "Second reason," "The second reason is you could make it 15-to-1." "Don't forget I wanna play in this game, too." "Third reason:" "As you're aware, when two hunters go after the same prey they usually end up shooting each other in the back." "Then the colonel dies?" "All right, I'll be generous." "You can have the reward for Indio and I'll take the reward for the rest of the band." "Is that all right?" "No." "All wrong." "Indio's worth $10,000, but the rest of the band adds up to much more than that." "Groggy's worth $4,000, Wild's worth $3,000, Nino $2,000..." "Nino's $1,000." " Frisco's worth $2,000." " Well, that's $10,000." "Yeah, but there's a few more that'll add up to more than that, I'm sure." "How do you know that?" "I have my information, Colonel." "I think I might just take you up on your proposition." "Let's drink to this partnership." "To the partnership, with no tricks, of course." "No tricks." "You realize, Colonel, we're gonna have to figure out some way to get them in the middle." "Yup." "One from the outside, one from the inside." "There's no other way." "One of us will have to join Indio's band." "Why are you looking at me when you say "one of us"?" "Because they don't know you." "Wild sees me and his hump will catch on fire." "Of course." "Tell me, Colonel, how do you propose that I join up with Indio?" "Maybe bring him a bunch of roses?" "Well, you could do that, but I'd suggest you take him Sancho Perez." "Who's Sancho Perez?" "A friend of Indio's." "Right now he's cooling off in Alamogordo jail." "How do you know all this?" "I've got my information, too." "Rather precise one." "Naturally, you'll have to arrange for his release." "Naturally." "Tell me, Colonel, were you ever young?" "Yup." "And just as reckless as you." "Then one day something happened." "Made life very precious to me." "What's that?" "Or is the question indiscreet?" "No." "The question isn't indiscreet." "But the answer could be." "Go!" "Go!" "They told me you'd be resting For four long years in prison!" "No my friend, for four weeks." "No more than four weeks." "Who is that with you?" "He got me out." "The man's a friend of mine." "Why did he help you?" "Did you ask him that?" "Yeah." "Why did you help me out?" "Well, there's such a big reward being offered on all you gentlemen, so it means big money." "And I never spit over money." "I just know how to wait." "Amigo, that's the one answer that would prove you're all right." "And you arrived just in time, the job is tomorrow." "The place is the bank in El Paso." "Not far from El Paso there's a little town, Santa Cruz." "Tomorrow, Blackie, Chico, Paco and you, amigo, will rob the bank in Santa Cruz." "Shoot, kill, get every gun in the area after you especially those from El Paso." "Any others around, we'll take care of them." "And then after the job, we'll all meet at Las Palmeras." "Where are you going?" "To sleep." "If there's gonna be any shooting, I gotta get my rest." "Hey, amigo, you know when you told that story yesterday," "I fell for it." "Big joke, wasn't it?" "Who said I was joking?" "What did you mean?" "Exactly what I said." "What is it?" "By now they should be at Santa Cruz." "Go!" "What is it?" "Listen, shorty," "Indio and his band have just robbed the bank here in town." "Now why don't you just sit down and send out the alarm to El Paso and the rest of the towns around here and warn them, right?" "But, mister, I didn't hear any shots at the bank, and I sure would have." "You might hear one." "Be brave, go on." "Come here." "I won't hurt you." "They've robbed the bank at Santa Cruz!" "Follow me!" "Groggy, the telegraph wires." "Good day, gentlemen." "Good day, sir." "You four, to the other side." "Kenny, it's us." "1, 2, 3, 4, 5..." "Let's go!" "The bank's been robbed!" "What are you doing here?" "Running away?" "Where do we go?" "No, I'm not running away." "I'm going after them." "And we're not going anywhere, I'm going alone." " Our partnership is dissolved." " Be reasonable boy." "Well, all we've done is talk." "Look at the results." "Take it easy." "We only knew the Santa Cruz part of this plan." "Well, you were the one who had their strategy all worked out." "I see." "I better go along." "No." "I have an appointment with Indio and I'm going there alone." "You certain about that?" " That's right." " In that case, I'm sorry." "I had to." "Indio sent four men to Santa Cruz." "And one man returns, a new man without a scratch." "Indio's no idiot." "Show him that little nick you got, he might believe you." "And don't forget, that as of today, the whole gang is worth $40,000 more." "That's the reward offered by the bank to get the money back." "Is the partnership operating again?" "Just how do you figure?" "Try to convince Indio to go north, and then go along the Rio Bravo." "It's a good spot for an ambush and we can get him between two fires." "Yeah." "You on the outside, me on the inside, right?" "North?" "North." "Luke." "Wait!" "We need time to open it and this isn't the right place." "And the others?" "After... after Santa Cruz we headed for El Paso and they hit us from all sides." "And you just saved your own skin." "Isn't that right?" "You yellow..." "You did your part of it." "Let's go." "Which way we headed?" " North." " North?" " Along Rio Bravo canyon?" " Why not?" "Seems like a good place for an ambush to me." " You know a better way to go?" " Yeah, south." "Ride to the border?" "They'll never expect you to cross the border now that the alarm's been sent." "Yeah..." "We'll head east then." "Ever heard of Agua Caliente?" "It looks just like a morgue." "And it could be one so easily." "There's no filthier or more repugnant place than this one." "They don't like strangers, eh?" " They don't, do they Groggy?" " No, they don't." "Wild, you never saw our friend here shoot, right?" "Did any of you?" "No one saw you shoot." "You know what you're gonna do, amigo?" "Show us how you do!" "How's that?" "Go into town alone, amigo." "Bravo." "How the hell did you get here?" "I just reasoned it out." "I figured you'd tell Indio to do just exactly the opposite of what we agreed." "And he's suspicious enough to figure out something else." "Since El Paso was out of the question, well, here I am." "Rum, a double." "Tequila for all of us." "Well look who's here!" "The smoker!" "Remember me, amigo?" "Of course you do!" "El Paso!" "It's a small world." "Yes, and very, very bad." "Now, come on." "You light another match." "I generally smoke just after I eat." "Why don't you come back in about 10 minutes?" "Ten minutes, you'll be smoking in hell." "Get up!" "Stay calm." "On your feet." "Cucillo, count to three." "One, two," "three!" "Stop it!" "Who are you?" "I'm the one who can open the safe for you." "What safe?" "The one from El Paso." "You got there ahead of me." " However..." " However?" "Open that safe and you're gonna destroy half the bank notes." "I can open it without blowing it up." "What'll it cost?" "$5,000." " Three." " Five." "Keep your hands off!" "It's easy to steal." "The trouble is in keeping the loot." "Niño..." "Now, every man in New Mexico is after us." "All they have to do is catch one of us with some of this money and we'll all end up the same way." "We're gonna wait here for a month if I think it's necessary." "Then everybody will get his share." "Same goes for your money." "Naturally." "A month will go fast, I'm a patient creditor." "But in the end I always get paid." "All right." "Right here." "Let's go." "Easy boy." "You had the right idea but I got here first again." "It's all right here." "I trust you." "You shouldn't have shot the apples off that tree." "Put it on." "Enough!" "Ninõ, see that they're tied securely." "Slim, keep your eyes on them." "Why let them live?" "All things at the right time." "What do you mean?" "What's he doing now, this sheriff of El Paso?" "Right now?" "Looking for the cash that was in the bank." "Right." "And suppose he finds the bodies of these men just outside El Paso, with lots of money on them?" "What will the sheriff think?" " Well, he..." " That's right." "Slim." "What is it, Nino?" "A change of plans." "Indio wants you to..." "It's not loaded." "You should get out fast now." "Find bullets where you can." "And listen, don't you let Indio find you both around." "I know you don't like questions, Indio." "But why are you doing this?" "Nino, how long have you known that Monco's a bounty killer?" "I found out tonight." "Why?" "I knew he was one from the first moment he arrived." "Same goes for the other." "So I had an idea." "Use them." "Those men are a lot better than mine with a gun." "But that won't really matter to me." "Or you." "Because we'll be far away, right?" "And we'll have all the money." "Go on and wake Cuccillo." "Who did it?" "Why don't you look at the knife?" "It's mine!" "Then it shouldn't be there, should it?" "But I didn't kill him!" "I swear!" " It's difficult to prove that." " Indio!" "I'm innocent." "There's a horse outside, let's see if you can get to it." "Indio!" "Cucillo..." "he just killed Slim." "And he helped those two sons of bitches get away." "I want them back!" "Right now!" "Right now!" "Find them!" "Get them!" "Groggy, those two bounty killers are sitting on our backs." "We can't let them go free." "They both must be killed." "It's done now." "Prepare the horses." " Here, Niño." " Indio." "Hold it." "Not a bad idea, Indio." "But I'm one thing you forgot about." "Open it up now." "Move!" "All right, come on now, open it." "Leave Indio to me." "All right." "Damn these sons of bitches!" "It has to be here!" "I'll shoot these two like dogs!" "We've got an advantage." "What?" "Let's receive them." "They'll be back here." "And there'll be two of us." "What if your men already killed them?" "Who?" "They?" "Are you sure of that, Indio?" "That they haven't?" "You said that those two bounty killers are sitting on our backs." "That we can't let them go free." "They both must be killed." "Go on." "It's been a long time that I wanted to ask." "That watch, what does it mean to you?" "Indio!" "Come out!" "This is Colonel Douglas Mortimer!" "Does the name mean anything to you?" "When the chimes end, pick up your gun." "Try and shoot me, Colonel." "Just try." "Very careless of you, old man." "Try this." "Indio, you know the game." "Bravo." "There seems to be a family resemblance." "Here." "It happens, between brother and sister." "My gun." "My boy, you've become rich." "You mean we've become rich." "No, it's all for you." "I think you deserve it." "What about our partnership?" "Maybe next time." "12,000, 13,000, 15, 19, 20," "25... plus 4 equal 29." "Any trouble, boy?" "No, old man." "Thought I was having trouble with my adding." "It's all right now."