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00:00 [no audio]
00:06 [gunshots]
00:10 [gunshots]
00:22 [dogs barking]
00:26 [gunshots]
00:29 [dogs barking]
00:35 [dogs barking]
00:47 [gunshots]
00:49 [gunshots]
00:56 [gunshots]
00:59 [dogs barking]
01:02 [gun cocks]
01:04 [music]
01:12 Come on, all the way out.
01:14 [music]
01:35 All right, boy. Put the rifle against the wall.
01:37 [music]
01:45 Where is the other gun?
01:47 There is only one gun, senor. Paquito's.
01:49 He's quite excellent with a gun.
01:52 I did not want them harmed.
01:54 So I will no longer oppose you in any way.
01:56 You have my word.
01:59 Please, senor, my word.
02:02 My wife and my children.
02:04 I don't mean anything, but I will return with you and offer no resistance.
02:09 [music]
02:21 [music]
02:43 It is not too serious.
02:45 [music]
02:51 My husband gave his word he would not oppose you.
02:55 He's a man of honor.
02:58 Perhaps of much more honor than a bounty hunter.
03:06 Mr. Gomez.
03:08 I want you to understand, sir.
03:10 I'm going to take your husband back to Indian Forks, all right, but I'm going to take him back alive.
03:14 I'm going to shoot him in the back and lay him over a horse and ride him into town.
03:18 That you find it necessary to assure me of this does not speak very well for your profession, does it?
03:25 [music]
03:43 I could have killed you.
03:46 Perhaps I will do it yet.
03:50 Your horse has been brought down from the ridge.
03:53 Thank you, boy.
03:55 It was done under my uncle's bidding, but you might have something to thank me for one day.
03:59 [music]
04:13 I know, I know.
04:15 We could have killed him.
04:17 It can still be done.
04:21 Many things can be taken from a man, but his honor, his word, this is something he can retain.
04:28 The one thing he can take to his grave.
04:32 He's not worried about honor.
04:34 He's breaking no law.
04:37 When you hunt a man with a price on his head, you become the law.
04:41 [music]
05:10 [music]
05:20 Your word meant nothing.
05:21 It was forced from you.
05:23 I gave my word freely, Paquito.
05:25 [music]
05:38 Please sit down, senor.
05:40 It's plain food, but nicely cooked.
05:42 I appreciate what you did for me, ma'am.
05:45 But I still plan on taking you back.
05:49 Dead or alive, the price is the same.
05:51 And for some, a dead man is less a burden.
05:55 The money you will receive, will it be used to get food you must swallow?
06:01 Now look, Miss Gomez, I understand the way you feel about me.
06:04 But believe me, he's better off going back with me.
06:06 This whole territory is just filled with men hunting for him.
06:08 Like you said, it's about easier to take back a dead man than a live one.
06:12 It is true.
06:14 And perhaps those men of which you speak might find me.
06:18 One thing I don't understand,
06:20 is why you didn't go and take your family deeper into Mexico.
06:23 It wasn't very smart of you staying around here with a price on your head.
06:26 200 miles from the border, senor.
06:28 And it's all rough and dry country.
06:31 I gambled it might discourage those men who might hunt me for the reward.
06:36 A quarter of a mile from the farm and you want to shoot a dog?
06:50 You think we're walking in and knocking on his door?
06:53 Get going.
06:55 Go on, then.
06:58 It's true he was drunk, but it was self-defense.
07:01 I had no wish to kill him.
07:03 Now listen, when you leave a dead man laying in the street like that,
07:06 you're right off, people are only going to think one thing.
07:09 It was fear, not guilt, senor.
07:11 For the moment, fear ruled my legs.
07:13 Later, I...
07:15 Later is always too late for many things.
07:20 Well, I know one thing.
07:22 When you get into Indian Fork, you're going to go back to Mexico.
07:25 When you get into Indian Fork, you're going to get a fair trial.
07:28 I mean that.
07:30 The boy's life is discolored by an injustice to his dead father on your side of the border.
07:44 He has yet to learn that the border does not divide the good from the bad.
07:52 I sure would like to be sleeping in a bed down there tonight.
07:55 Yeah.
07:57 Toony boy, you think you can wait here a while without getting into any trouble?
08:02 Huh? What's the meat for?
08:04 You ever hear of a farmhouse not having a dog around?
08:07 Huh?
08:08 You just sit tight and mire that pretty moon up there till I get back.
08:12 It'll take me just two minutes to find out if we do any bed sleeping or not.
08:16 If that dog isn't hungry, you can expect me back a lot sooner.
08:21 [ Dog Growling ]
08:48 Well, all I can tell you is I believe you.
08:51 And if I do, others will, too.
08:54 You will be well enough to ride in the morning?
08:57 I think so.
08:59 [ Dog Barking ]
09:05 [ Dog Barking ]
09:07 You, uh, got neighbors that can move in and feed your dog for you like that?
09:29 No, señor. No neighbors.
09:32 [ Dog Barking ]
09:34 [ Dog Barking ]
10:01 [ Birds Chirping ]
10:04 Hasta que nos vemos de nuevo, corazón.
10:20 Que Dios te acompañe, esposo mÃo.
10:23 Venga, niños, vamos para adentro.
10:28 [ Door Opens ]
10:30 I've given my word. These things must be.
10:41 But I didn't give my word.
10:43 If they're his of your land, it's not my responsibility.
10:47 [ Birds Chirping ]
10:50 Couldn't miss it, this ranch.
11:04 Sure couldn't. Except we'd have to kill Randall, too.
11:08 So?
11:10 Man, you got a wanted poster right in your pocket.
11:13 Take it out and read it, will you?
11:15 Where it says "Gomez, dead or alive."
11:17 Think how you'd like your name being on it.
11:20 We gotta get Gomez.
11:22 We'll get him. Don't you worry about that.
11:24 But we'll do it the smart way.
11:27 We'll stay in the hills and keep our eye on him all the way.
11:30 Let Randall do the work.
11:32 Let him worry about the prisoner all the way to the border.
11:35 When he's about finished with his worrying, we'll move in.
11:43 He wouldn't want you to do anything, Paquito.
11:46 It is done. He rise with death.
11:49 I will follow and wait.
11:52 [ Footsteps ]
11:55 [ Footsteps ]
11:57 [ Footsteps ]
12:00 [ Footsteps ]
12:03 [ Footsteps ]
12:05 [ Footsteps ]
12:08 [ Footsteps ]
12:36 [ Thud ]
12:38 [ Thud ]
12:40 [ Gurgling ]
12:56 [ Whimpering ]
13:07 [ Whimpering ]
13:09 [ Whirring ]
13:29 Always they wait at the midway point.
13:32 [ Whirring ]
13:36 Yeah.
13:38 [ Whirring ]
14:02 [ Coughing ]
14:05 [ Coughing ]
14:07 Salt.
14:20 The boy, Paquito, he has taken matters into his own hands.
14:24 He didn't mean to have anything happen to you, so that means he's back to his more fallenness.
14:28 He counts on your wound that you will die before I do.
14:31 We'll see.
14:34 [ Whirring ]
14:37 [ Whirring ]
14:39 [ Whirring ]
14:44 [ Whirring ]
14:47 [ Whirring ]
14:51 [ Whirring ]
14:54 [ Whirring ]
14:57 [ Whirring ]
15:01 [ Whirring ]
15:05 [ Whirring ]
15:08 [ Whirring ]
15:35 Perhaps he is not following.
15:37 I think he'll be all right.
15:39 You keep your hands behind your neck where I can see him, now.
15:42 You would shoot a boy?
15:47 I hadn't thought about it.
15:50 But he's got some water and we haven't.
15:52 I figure it's about time we give Randall something to worry about.
15:59 You said never to take chances.
16:01 That's right, Toonie boy, I never do.
16:04 I'll have the gray hair to prove it.
16:06 [ Slurping ]
16:35 I am still following my word not to oppose you.
16:37 But I beg you, senor, do not shoot.
16:39 The boy acts on instinct.
16:41 Listen, I've got an instinct, too, unless you stay alive.
16:43 And get your hands behind your head like I told you.
16:45 Well, there's that instinct you were talking about.
17:00 [ Whirring ]
17:02 By tomorrow noon, that kid will be stuffing three pounds of dirt down his throat.
17:13 Well, I sure wouldn't mind helping him out.
17:15 He's a strange boy.
17:17 There is something within him,
17:21 a fierceness to learn and impatience to grow.
17:24 He has a greatness.
17:26 He is a strange boy.
17:29 It circles lower.
17:38 It circles lower.
17:40 [ Whirring ]
17:43 [ Whirring ]
17:45 [ Whirring ]
17:47 [ Whirring ]
18:16 Now, listen to me. I want you to walk on out there and stumble like you die in a thirst.
18:19 Just fall flat on your face.
18:21 You know the way I'm feeling right now, if you should happen to try to warn somebody,
18:24 I'm just liable to shoot you.
18:26 Now, go ahead.
18:45 [ Whirring ]
18:47 [ Whirring ]
18:56 [ Whirring ]
19:13 [ Whirring ]
19:15 He's laying a trap for that kid.
19:41 Yeah. That kid's been doing mighty well so far.
19:45 Let's give him a chance to finish what he started.
19:48 Uncle!
20:09 [ Gun Cocks ]
20:11 15-year-old boy or not, now, you tell him in Spanish.
20:29 If he comes at me again with a knife like that, I'll shoot him.
20:33 [ Whirring ]
20:35 What's wrong with picking him off from here?
20:43 We could have him kicking in a dozen, two seconds.
20:45 You crawl down till you cut the range in half.
20:47 Stay hidden till you hear me shoot. I'll go on this side.
20:50 Well, go on, toony boy.
20:52 Think you can handle this?
20:54 I heard you.
20:57 [ Whirring ]
20:59 Thank you.
21:09 [ Whirring ]
21:11 [ Gunshot ]
21:27 [ Gunshots ]
21:36 Randall!
21:38 Randall!
21:40 Stay down.
21:43 Maybe you can see me, Randall.
21:53 I figured we could talk it out a spell, huh?
21:56 [ Gunshots ]
22:04 [ Gunshots ]
22:06 Come on.
22:30 [ Whirring ]
22:32 When you grow older, Paquito,
22:35 you'll find that peace of mind is like a pillow of the softest feathers.
22:38 It wouldn't make you feel any better, boy.
22:42 You'd have a fair try.
22:44 The word of a bounty hunter.
22:46 No, Paquito. He fought for me.
22:48 Over a bone, like dogs.
22:50 You will see that your word is kept.
22:53 If not, somewhere, somehow, we will run into each other.
22:58 I now give my word, the word of Pancho Villa.
23:02 We will meet again if justice is not done.
23:06 I thought his name was Paquito.
23:22 It is.
23:24 But he insists that one day he will take the name of Pancho Villa.
23:28 It's a strange name, but then he's a strange boy.
23:32 [ Music ]
23:34 [ Music ]
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24:01 [ Music ]
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24:18 [ Music ]
24:20 (upbeat music)
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