WEBVTT 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ♪ (music) ♪ 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The caption's alright Joe, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 read's plain enough. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 They'll buy 'em like hotcakes! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Better get another pressman, the soldiers will be leaving. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nah, they won't be leaving for over a week. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The army is parcelling off the horses and wagons 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to the soldiers. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Anything they can use to work on the farms 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 when they get down home. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 General Lee gaves his orders this morning. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Hup, hey, hey, hoy! Hey yippy, hup, hup! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ah, come on, Hopalong, we never will get home! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What are you doing, Jim? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Retreating or advancing on the enemy? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - We don't know! - Climb up here. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You'll never get home on that jag. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Thanks, Captain! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ♪ (blows horn) ♪ 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Must've been full or corn liquor when you picked hiim out. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I just took what they handed me. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 After straddling mules for four years, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'll sure enjoy a steady seat. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Somehow, I can't get used to the war being over. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Whatever you think about it, we're going home. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Hope I never hear another shot fired, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 as long as I live. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And you're going to Kentucky! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I married into a feuding family, but I'm not raising my children 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to become targets for a bunch of bushwhackers. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm going to move the family west. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Just on account of the feuding? - Yes. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 A man can have some respect for his neighbors out there. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And all the land you'll want, for the asking. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 That's where I'm going to build a permanent home for my family. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You think you'll ever Granny Spelvin and the old man to leave Kentucky? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 How hard would you try if they were your in-laws? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It'll work out alright when I get home. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Granny Spelvin has been pretty good for my three children, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 since my wife died. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 How old is Lynn getting to be? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He's going on ten. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Let me pack it, will ya Granpy? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, be careful, now! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 My Pop will be home from war in about five days, huh? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Think you'll know him, Lynn? - Sure! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Right fine eye! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Easy to hit 'em, when I pretend they're Colbys. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Rabbits aint Colbys, Colbys fight back! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 That's what makes 'em good hunting. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Now, my Pappy can rest easy in his grave. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I got Chet Spelvin for him. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Gran-Pappy! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Gran-Pappy! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Gran-Pappy! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's yours now, Lynn. Don't ever use it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ...except on a Colby! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ♪ (crying) ♪ 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Granny! - What's the matter? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Where's your Gran-Pappy? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Where is he? - He's down in Pine Hollow. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He's layin' there... ...Jed Colby shot him. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Colby...Ann! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Yes? - Run down to Weathersby, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - ...and tell them what's happened. - Yes. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Your Pappy will take care of Jed Colby when he gets here. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I don't understand you, Mark Hayden. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You've been home two weeks, and Jeb Colby is trapsing 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 up and down these mountains, bragging how he killed Chet Spelvin. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And here you are...backin' up, runnin' away from him. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - The law will take care of Colby. - The law! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It aint honorable to take a family feud to court! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - It won't spill no blood, for ya. - I want no blood spilled for me. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Then you're puttin' yourself above the prophets... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth." 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's in the Book. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Mark, it's your plain duty to take vengeance on Jed Colby! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And then his kin is bound to take vengeance on me. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And someday, one of my sons must kill another Colby. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 No, I'm going to the law. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Of course, Mark, if you insist preferring charges against Jed Colby, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 there's nothing I can say. I know it's procedure in some places. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's up to the court to punish a man who commits a murder. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 That's a matter of opinion. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 If you want him arrested, I'm bound to arrest him. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Jed Colby, you have been found guilty. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Although, on account of the peculiar feelings in this community, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 the court has decided not to have a hanging. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But, you'll have to go to the State Penitentiary for 15 years. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - For the murder of Chet Spelvin. - Murder? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Why, it was feudin', pure and simple. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - I wish Neil had come out with us. - He'll be comin' out... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ...as soon as your Grandma is gone. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 She's depending on him to do things for her and I couldn't take him away. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You and Bill are going to be my family, now. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Get around there, boy! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Whoa! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Good luck, Mark! - Alright, Raymond! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Those are mountains, Bill! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The Kentucky hills are like warts alongside of them, aint they Pa? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 They are, Bill. Jeff, fetch me those stakes! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Comin' right up. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Stick 'em in the ground, son! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Mark Hayden claims this Property May 15, 1866 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fifteen years later. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - You're gettin' out Tuesday, Jed. - Yeah. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Your daugther is waiting for you. I'll send her in. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Alright, Miss. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You can't travel west lookin' that way. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 That's all I've got. What do you want me to look like? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ...sleeping in the commons! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 That's the first time you ever put your arm around me, Dad. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Did you find out where he's located? - I could go there with my eyes shut. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Oh, my daughter, Ellen. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Oh, I've never seen you before. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Your father and I have been friends for several years. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We had to be. We were in here together. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I got out a few months ahead of him. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Going west with us? - Yes. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - How much money did you get? - 700 dollars. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Good, that's enough to get an outfit with. - Sure, I'll have everything ready. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'll get him. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 A few month's later -- Jed Colby had taken up an abandoned homestead in Nevada -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a half day's ride from the Hayden Ranch. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We could have taken more than half that herd last night, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 if you hadn't stopped us. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The wolves get more of Hayden's cattle than we do. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Yeah, we're taking enough. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Not to suit me. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 A few hundred at a time aint my idea of cattle rustling. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We're going to strip Hayden of everything he's got, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 before we get through. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But, we're going to do it my way. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You've had your way for a year. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The next time we rob that ranch, we run off enough stock to pay for it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And keep on going until we've cleaned them out. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But, we won't be another year doing it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 No you won't, not until I'm ready. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And I'm stretching out his misery, the same way he did mine. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We're going to keep working on him until he comes gunning for me. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ah, forget it! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Let's get something out of this deal. - Not yet! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 When I wipe out the Haydens, I'm going to get them all... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ...to the last man. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - What do you think I've been talking about? - One of them aint out here yet. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - The oldest boy. - I'm not waiting for him. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm going to have that Hayden Ranch... ...oh, don't get your back up! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm not leaving you out, I'm going to marry your daugher. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ha-ha! Finally made up your mind that's the only way you can get her, eh? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm gonna have her. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's gonna take a lot better man than you to tie that girl, Daggs. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - You put them up to shoot off their guns! - What'd you let her get on that horse for? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Oh, how's he going to stop me? - Well, you might have got killed. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Now, keep off of them broncs! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 She bet Daggs a kiss against something or other that she could ride the horse. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ugh! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ha-ha! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Where's Colby? - Why, what's up? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The Haydens shot Pete down. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's no more than a powder burn. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Molly, fetch me that salve. - Yes, Ann. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Think ya killed him? - Yes, it was that fellow, Pete Garon. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 That's Jed Colby's cousin. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Garon was with Colby the day Grandpa Spelvin was shot. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Remember? - What did you do it for, Neil? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You know that Dad's been doing everything possible... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ...to keep from fighting with the Colbys. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ann, there's no use talking like that now. I told your father what happened. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He was sure enough upset, but he doesn't blame me. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nobody's going to shoot bullets into me if I can get them first. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, that starts the old Kentucky feud boiling again. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You keep out of this, Bill Hayden! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I don't hanker to be a widow, my first year of marriage. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's just old fool's luck, we're not turning a hand to bury you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What do you expect us to do? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Sit around and let them move everything off the ranch. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I've been telling you all along, they've been stealing more cattle 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 than you'll ever admit. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Colby's been doing everything to get Dad fightin' mad. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Neil's right, we've got to face it sometime. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Neil, come on, Dad's up to something. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Where ya going, Dad? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 To talk to Jed Colby. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Not alone. - I don't need any help. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Bill and I are going with you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 This is between the Haydens and the Colbys, Neil. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 My wife's a Hayden, isn't she? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What does it matter if you're a Hayden or a Colby... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ...if a bullet gets you! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ...to drive off every head of stock from his ranch. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 By daybreak, there won't be a Hayden alive to stop you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We're headin' for Grass Valley. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, if it aint my law-abiding friend from Kentucky! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I want to talk to you, Colby. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 My son-in-law got one of your men for stealing cattle. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You can't accuse us of stealing cattle to cover up the killing of Pete Garon. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You've been stealing cattle off my ranch for almost a year. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Doing all you can to start up that Colby-Spelvin feud again. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm not going feuding with you, Colby, but I am protecting what's mine. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Hold it...put 'em on the table! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ha-ha! I've been after you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Don't hurry, I've got plenty of time. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'll scream for the bears. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Come on out, then! - I won't! You get out of here! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ha-ha-ha! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - What happened to you? - And where'd you drop from? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I was just riding through, and all of a sudden, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I head a sputtering and that dam tore loose. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You were standing right in the way of it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Daggs, the boys sent me up to tell you they're waiting. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 For whatever you're going to do. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Thanks, stranger! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Glad I happened by. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Wouldn't have made much difference. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I've never seen the man I can't handle. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Better put your hat on before that sun hits you any worse. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Thanks, lady! - Lady. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - What are you staring at? - A lady. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Now, you're making fun of me. - No, I'm not. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Where are you heading for? - Grass Valley, how much further is it? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 About seven hours with all them pack animals. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You can't make it before dark sets in. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You'll have to camp down in the meadows for the night. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Thanks, I will. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Uh, glad you passed by, stranger. - You're welcome. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What ya thinkin' on, Ellen? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Just wonderin'... ...how ladies dress. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Eli, what did your mother look like? - Ah, she was beautiful. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I remember one dress she had. It had spangles all over it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And feathers around the neck. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 She used to always carry a red pocket book when she went out walkin'. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Do ladies wear their fine dresses all days? - Oh no, only in the evening... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ...when the gentlemen come to call. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - What do they do? - Just sit around... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ...talkin' and drinkin' and laughin' and having lots of fun in the big parlour. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Did you live there? - Me, oh no... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ...we had a room just around the corner. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But, my mother used to always see her friends in the big house. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 They wouldn't let me in the parlour, I was too young. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But, I used to peek through the curtains. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And my, some of those ladies were lookers! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'd still be there, if that sailor hadn't shot my Ma. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I wonder where we could get some shoes and stockings... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ...and maybe a dress? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And one of them feathered "neck things". 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, maybe you can get 'em down at the store in Grass Valley. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ah no, besides, I want them for tonight. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Oh! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Guess I'll have to go walkin', just as I am. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Hello! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - I saw your fire. - Glad you did. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - I'll be through in a minute. - Do you shave everyday? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Every other day. - What for? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's just a habit, I guess. Why? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'd have thought you were kinda soft, if I didn't see the strength in your arms. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Will ya have a cup of coffee? - You're either being polite... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ...or making fun of me. I aint used to being polite at. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I can get my own coffee without being waited on by men folks. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Must be sort of hard going barefoot through these mountains. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's none of your business that I aint got shoes and stockings. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I didn't mean anything that way. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 They write poems about barefoot girls like you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - What's a poem? - Oh, a lot of words put together. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 They don't mean anything, but they sound pretty good. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Wanna hear one? - No, I guess I wouldn't care for it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I could sing you a song...I know, a story about the indians. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 If you're gonna keep on making fun of me, I'm going. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 No, don't! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Now, will you let me get you a cup of coffee? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You're a disturbing sort of girl. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - It's getting late. - Don't go yet! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Oh, I wasn't going back tonight. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 If I won't be any bother to you? But remember... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ...you gotta treat me like a fella! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Never knew bacon could taste so good. - Funny, aint it? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Only yesterday, there wasn't any you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We aint said much to each other. Aint said anything, really. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Only, already yesterday, seemed way back there- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Hey! Let's get acquainted. - Alright. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm Ellen Colby, and I hail from the mountains of Kentucky. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Colby! - What's the matter? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Why do you look at me like that? - I'm from the mountains of Kentucky... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ...I'm Lynn Hayden. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ellen, listen Ellen, it isn't our fight. We didn't start it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Why should we hate each other? - My father went to jail. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 15 years, he was there... ...a Hayden sent him. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 A Hayden went square into the law. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - But, I didn't...! - Don't touch me! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I don't want to see you or any Hayden... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ...excepting a dead one. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Get off before I- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (crying) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ♪ (music) ♪ 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ♪ There was a father, had two sons ♪ ♪ and these two sons were brothers♪ 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Gotta give me a kiss first! There you go. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I did have one for you, Ted, but I guess it's gone. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's beautiful, and real silver too. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ♪ (music) ♪ 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I thought they were lost years ago. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Where did you find them, Lynn? - Up in the attic, after Granny Spelvin died. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I remember seeing you had them when I was a kid. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 My father left them when I left the old country and came to America. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I was fifteen years old then. And now, I have grandchildren. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Uncle Bill! Lookit, Uncle Bill! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Oh, can she talk? - She's not old enough yet. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Did he bring you a present too? - Sure did, look at this! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Isn't that pretty! - Is he your Uncle Lynn, too? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 No, he's my brother. Just like Teddy there is your brother. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Uncle Bill, want me to kick you with my new boots? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You kick me again, and you'll get hurt. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Uncle Lynn told me I could kick anything I wanted with them. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And it wouldn't hurt 'em. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Hey Lynn, you better take this boots away from your nephew before he gets hurt. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Right there! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Must have taken every dollar you had to buy all these presents, Lynn. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I figured I might land a job when I got here. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 There's one been waiting for you a long time. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Hope you're planning to settle down to it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And get married. Lots of fine girls raised on the ranches out here. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I think I've got one all picked out, Dad. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What do you think of my big brother, Molly? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 This is very nice, Lynn, and I thank you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You're welcome, Molly! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm glad you're back in the family, Lynn. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Uncle Lynn, who's this for? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Now you leave things alone that don't belong to you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Who is it for? - Nevermind. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ann, how long have the Colby's been out here? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Why, about a year, how'd you know? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I ran across Ellen Colby. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 She's white trash, runs around with anyone who will go with her. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 How do you know? She's some wild, she's young yet. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Colby bothering Dad? - Stealing cattle, that's all. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Well, last year- - Bill! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, might as well know it sometime. Things are headin' for a showdown. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Dad still trying to sidestep a feud? - Yes, if he can. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But, you and I don't feel that way about it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (crying) My dolly! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 My dolly! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Too far, can't reach him with this gun. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Let's go after him! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 That ought to stir them up enough to suit Colby. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Hayden will think I shot to kill that kid. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ha-ha! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Dad, you can't hold back on the Colbys this way! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And you might as well know it now, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 the rest of the family can't understand it either 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You're not going to feud to oblige Colby. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 They just shot at your own grandchild, didn't they? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 How are you going to answer that? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 When the time comes, I'll deal with Colby as a cattle thief. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 They didn't mean to hit Mary. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Colby had that shot fired so we'd all fall into a trap. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And he could wipe us out in "self defense". 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'll settle this my way. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - What do you think of them, Lynn? - Great! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Well... - Well, what? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Take your pic! That's what I brought 'em in for. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You're not the only Santa Claus around this ranch. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - That white one over there. - Just as I thought. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 White Cloud! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - What'd ya call him? - White Cloud. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 That's what he looks like running against the side of a hill. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I certainly appreciate him, Bill. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You know, if it wasn't so near supper time, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 White Cloud and I would take a look at Dad's ranch. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You better save that until morning, Lynn. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's an all day ride. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Where ya ridin', Lynn? - Oh, just looking around. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Be gone all day, won't ya? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ellen Colby's alright. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Aint her fault she's got a killing father. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - How'd you know I was going there? - I saw you were missing her yesterday. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - I can't forget her, Molly. - You shouldn't. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's more important than anything 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 the Haydens or the Colbys could be fighting about. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - You won't be telling on me, will ya? - No. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The last I saw of you, you were riding out...that way. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 For Ellen Colby 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Ha-ha! - What are you lauging at? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It struck me funny... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Mark Hayden chasing you out of Grass Valley. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, I didn't see you laughing last night when they chased you off his ranch. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - And we're going back tonight. - I figured something like that. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, I'll handle it myself. This time. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (shooting guns and screaming) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Just before daybreak, they stole all your horses, Bill. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And took all the cattle out of the south pasture. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Get him up to the house! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Colbys? - Yeah. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Don't say anything to Dad. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm going up in the Colby's neighborhood, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and try to locate that stock. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You have every hand on the ranch ready when I come back. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 No matter what anybody says. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We're all going after what belongs to us. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You needn't say anything to Colby 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 about us planting gunpowder up here. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He doesn't want to handle the Haydens my way, huh? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We'll drive out the rest of their stock tonight. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 That'll get every man of them coming after us up in this canyon. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 One little match... ...and BAM! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I hope Colby aint in the canyon at the same time. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Hey, you want to see something interesting? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Come here! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Take care of her, White Cloud! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Why, I'm believing ya... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 when you tell me that Lynn Hayden shot Fred. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And then he gave you guys the beating of your lives. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But, I'm not allowin' you to say that Ellen's been making up to him. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You get her this? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 That your handwriting? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Have every man saddle up and meet me at the corrals. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, get going! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Have you been acceptin' favors from Lynn Hayden? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm gonna marry Lynn Hayden in that dress! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Jeff, if you want fried chicken for supper, you better get your hatchet. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lynn, most of them are out in the barn. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We gotta drive 'em outta there. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 If Jeff gets the boys, we'll be alright. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Yeah, I hope Neil doesn't come riding home ahead of the rest. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Where's Bill? - I don't know. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Hey, Colby! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's young Hayden! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Alright, go get him and drag him in here! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Watch it! - Oh, I didn't know it was a kid. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Hey, there's a gang ridin' in. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Clear out, everybody. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Bill's just riding in. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Bill! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Bill's outside... ...on his horse...dead! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, you want me to bring him in while you run and tell the sheriff? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Cause it wouldn't be fair to the Colbys, lessen you know for certain. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Maybe you want to look and make sure, alright? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Go ahead...it's Bill. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The same face, the same hands. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The same eyes that have been lookin' at ya since they first opened. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Only...only they're closed now. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And they're never going to open anymore. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Never! - Molly, stop it! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Calm yourself. - Oh, I'm calm. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm just telling you to do your duty. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's your move, aint it? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The Colbys kill a Hayden, and the Haydens tell the law. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Aint that the game? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Aint that the rules we've been livin' up to? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Only you better hurry... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You better send quick for help. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Cause maybe they'll start shooting at children, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and the children aint old enough, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 they wouldn't know enough to run. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, are you still gonna wait till we're all dead? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Then go to the like like you did, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 when he killed old man Spelvin. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Are ya still gonna settle it your own way? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 This is your family! That's your son! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Stay inside, now. Hey, Daggs, come here. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Hey, I just plugged Mary Hayden. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm figuring the rest of his outfit will be along any minute. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - We'd better be movin'. - Nah. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We wait for them at the end of the road. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 They'll follow us. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Come on, fellas, let's go! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 "BANG" 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (GUNS SHOOTING) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (LARGE EXPLOSION) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (THUNDERING LANDSLIDE) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lynn, Lynn! You've got to get up. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Hurry, Lynn! You've got to get out of here. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lynn, come on! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Dad with you? - No. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You'll have to depend on me from now on, Ellen. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Your father and the rest of them got caught in a landslide 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 up in the canyon. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Lynn Hayden, too. - You sure Lynn Hayden was killed? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Yes. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I don't believe you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's just you and me left. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We're getting married. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - You aint serious about that? - Sure, sure, what'd ya think? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I didn't know you thought of me that way. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I've changed some lately. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, if you're proposin'... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 do I have to give my answer, right away? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Why not? We'll get along. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We'll be the biggest ranchers in this state. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What do ya say? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (GUN DROPPING ON TABLE) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 THE END