Bonanza THE STRANGER

[Music] foreign [Music] can i help you yes a couple of your newspapers came into my hands in new orleans they mention a man called ben cartwright hi well is he a rather large man physically about my age he has two sons three of them three what do you want him for i'm joe cartwright your father and i have urgent business together where is he well he's out of town right now what kind of business out of town where a silver city at a reception they're giving in his honor look at this a whole newspaper story about him we're booming him for politics fine man that he is he'll make a fine governor so he will little joe here is checking me on the facts of his life be in tomorrow's paper nevada and ben cartwright a great future together well i don't know about nevada but ben cartwright has no future [Music] what do you mean by that when he gets back into town tell him i'm at the hotel charles left duke i asked for a question [Music] now look here all right now hold it cold we'll smash ben cartwright just like we smashed the story of his life [Applause] [Music] [Applause] so hi jack joe cartwright how are you what can i do for you listen you got a fella named charles leduc registered here yeah or what room is he in you got anything to do with that yeah maybe 218. all right thanks hey joe that's a good news isn't it i mean about your father running for governor yeah it's just fine jack [Applause] me yeah all right where's that man here is the one that hit me i'm sorry about that son why don't you come on in mr colby back shortly meanwhile is there anything i can do for you yeah yeah you can tell me who you are and what you want with my father oh i'd rather spay you that ugly story a what ugly story you know it's really remarkable the resemblance you bear to your mother i'll just leave my mother out of this ah it's a little difficult considering the fact that she and i were good friends oh you said you had an ugly story couldn't have been about my mother you're right that story was about the man she married you're lying to me you got something to say say it all right you take a message to your father tell him to stay out of politics because the plans i have for him are liable to interfere what kind of plans inspector charles leduc new orleans police department when you came all the way from new orleans for my father 2 000 miles and 20 years well i don't believe you mister go tell your father see if he believes me i'm gonna tell him i'm gonna tell him that i'll be back for your friend and in case you're curious the charge is murder now i know you're lying [Music] i must tell you it's unusual in these parts for a man to be so graceful on the dance floor well i must tell you i i haven't danced in such a long time but so lovely a partner would make any man graceful your compliments are as smooth as you're dancing i'm sure you learned both arts during your stay in new orleans perhaps ah bob alice oh adam louise your father is a most generous host well it's not every day we can entertain the future governor adam's been telling me about his two brothers it's a shame they can't be here tonight well the ponderosa demands a great deal of work i know and you're lucky to have three sons to do it too bad we have to leave tonight but paz got to get around the territory so that people can get better acquainted with him i think everyone in nevada knows ben cartwright folks your attention please you all know about the fuss everyone's been kicking up about making nevada a state so it's time we started thinking about our first governor someone who'll fight with all his heart for the future of nevada my friends i give you an able man a charitable man a humble man i give you ben cartwright of the ponderosa i'm deeply grateful i uh i won't make a speech uh in this country we uh we don't talk much about things we we get out and do them the things i want i believe you want also a free country where we can raise our families in safety under god nevada is not yet a state but when that great day comes if you still want me i'll try to do everything i can to be of service [Applause] [Music] [Applause] i'll meet the next governor hey really nothing to celebrate yet not until nevada becomes a state technicalities par just technicality what's the matter with joe well paul you've had a long ride don't you go on up and get in some fresh clothes we'll have something to eat and then we'll talk about it later that's good what i don't think this can wait come on there are a couple of strangers in town today they came into the territorial enterprise made a few remarks about you i didn't like well i imagine there are quite a few people well what kind of remarks well first i better tell you who they are they say they're on the new orleans police force one of them's an inspector named leduc the duke charles leduc and you know is he at the hotel yeah settle my horse [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] i've been caught right wow come in cartwright come in hmm been 20 years you haven't changed much you remember me yes i remember you i understand you're a big man in these parts they're even thinking of putting you up a political office governor isn't it i have a lot of good friends a lot of friends and three fine sons well i haven't been as fortunate as you have of course a policeman doesn't have much chance to accumulate family friends or admiration most people admire an honest man of the law hmm seems like you have everything and i have nothing of course i've always been handicapped by this unfortunate infirmity i'm sorry well a bullet was responsible hurts every step and see the the kneecap is shattered happened 20 years ago i was on a murder case the murder case of simon laroche you remember i remember you should because you're going to hang for it mr leduc that charge against me was dropped 20 years ago was it yes it was i offered to return to new orleans a month after i left my lawyer wrote said it was unnecessary since three witnesses had testified that i had shot la rush in self-defense hmm well do you have any uh any proof any uh documentary evidence well no i i was to have received a letter from the no honest chief of police but you don't have that letter you know cartwright your lawyer gave you some very bad advice you are a fugitive from justice you are still wanted for the murder of simon laroche uh mr leduc that can't be huh here's a warrant for your arrest go ahead look at it it's a true warrant it's on the right paper the right signatures the right language what more do you want the right motive what's yours you remember a scuffle in the alley the night i came to arrest you we uh we had a fight i knocked you down you remember hearing a shot the duke you were after me you wanted to kill me i wasn't armed i ran yes you ran i followed you in the dark i fell and the bullet entered my leg i'm sorry i didn't know that i i didn't look back well you should have because it gave me a very special interest in your case i started following you that night crawling on my belly and i'm gonna continue to follow you until you hang i can't hold myself responsible for what happened to you that night you're going back to new orleans with me and stand trial this warrant of yours is of no value out here you know you know if you're innocent i think you'd be anxious to go back and clear your name my name is clear what do you think your name would be worth if people found out about your wife and simon laroche governor cartwright [Music] god's right before i'm through you're gonna beg me to take you back to new orleans [Music] you don't believe that do you i swear it [Music] see you mr carter that's ben cartwright going to be first governor of nevada when she becomes a [Music] state [Applause] [Music] hi hello there ben how are you now well to be perfectly frank dennis sir not too well hi and i'll wagers on the count of them to the two strangers oh you've seen them have you wasn't just right in front of me that little joe was hit to you they were looking for and by the look of you just bad news they brought dennis uh i suppose you'll be reporting what happened in silver city it's right here i'd like to i'd like to put something in next to it just one moment ready now to all of my friends in nevada my deepest appreciation for the way you've honored me but for personal reasons i hereby withdraw my name from consideration as a possible candidate for governor of the state of nevada [Music] here take a look at that so he's withdrawn his name uh-huh seems like you've already begun to reach him yes sir things are beginning to fall right in the line but for personal reasons i hereby withdraw my name from consideration as a possible candidate for governor of the state of nevada but father was no reason to withdraw not yet i didn't want to adam believe me i didn't want to why then paul you just can't leave your friends out in a limb waiting to be sawed off your friends would have stuck by you you mean they'd have been dragged down with me on a political campaign there's just one weak spot one breath of scandal your opponents find it and use it to destroy you but paul if if you were clear to them charges if it would take weeks to get word back from new orleans if i remained a political candidate all that time our names will be dragged through every pigsty in the state paul you're not telling us everything it's not like you to run out of new orleans without the trial the only thing i've ever kept from you isn't it it's one thing you can still keep if you want to ah it's been too long already truth is something that always comes back at you doesn't it joe i've told you a great deal about your mother you never really knew her she was a wonderful woman beautiful slender delicate gentle treated adam and haas like they were her own she was like an angel to everyone that ever came into contact with her and then this this man is la roche simon laroche came into our lives man i killed why'd you have to kill your mother came from a from a certain notorious section of new orleans a section the sail is called the flats but what difference does it make where she came from no difference no difference not to me but to a man like la roche it presented an opportunity to cash in on her past by threatening to destroy her reputation threatening her with what he blackmailed her to keep her past the secret to keep what secret joe i what secret joseph i don't keep what secret what your mother did or did not do before i met her is of no importance i loved her and i married her she was a wonderful person but your mother was afraid of scandal not for her sake but for mine for horses and adams so she she paid la rush she paid him until i found out about it i went to see him we talked got into an argument and fight he pulled an iphone i killed him in self-defense but i killed him i thought i couldn't stand trial because then everything that your mother wanted to forget would have come out so it comes out now 20 years later yes that's why i feel that maybe if i go to new orleans i can put a stop to it there's another way joseph [Music] oh let me go i'll move you're in now remember the duke is doing his duty i want you to promise me that you will do no harm to him of any nature only go out for a while i'll go with you little joe i'd rather go by myself i promise [Music] [Applause] so [Music] friend looks kind of lonely well hello there cutie hey what's your name dixie well that's a pretty name say hi'd you like to come over the hotel tonight and have supper with me oh that would be nice is that all right you inspected go right ahead you look like you could be fun mister mr um his name is charles charlie charlie [ __ ] i could get you out of that lonesome mood i like being alone i have a lot to think of think you're wasting time mister it's against the law to be alone in virginia city [Music] i think i could like you child if you got to know me you'd hate me [Music] hey why is he so hard to get to uh he's got his reasons with that leg and all i i feel kind of sorry for him yeah i haven't turned what about your friend friend he's not my friend he's my boss it's my job to look after him oh duke [Music] i don't have anything to say to you i said i want to talk to you laduk when i told you i don't have anything to say to you pau told us the whole story when you say the whole story i figure you mean the part about your mother too i'm warning you keep my mother's name out of your filthy mouth you know you and i ought to be on the same side you just get your father to take that little trip with me and your mother stays an angel you know i gave paul my word i wouldn't kill you but if you drag my mother's name through the dirt so help me i will you'll have to kill me first well maybe that'll be the best part [Music] it did it was self-defense not the way i saw it but you saw what happened you just got through doing me the greatest favor of my life because now i can tell my story under oath in a courtroom where everybody can hear the whole story about your mother you just give me the chance that trial will be about her not about you well you're not gonna get that chance come on get the sheriff young carter i just shot this man down in cold blood yeah evening anything wrong i'm afraid so ben we're looking for a little joe little joe you ain't gonna like this he shot a fellow virginia city killed him oh no sheriff no question about it ben where is he who was it he was supposed to have shot one of them fellows from new orleans named a cole oh this inspector of duke he witnessed it he said little joe just up and did it in cold blood oh sure brady you know little joe better than that all i know is he shot a man and run away and we gotta find him sheriff i know joe will be coming home let us bring him into town to you all right ben your word's good enough for me come on [Music] i was hoping they'd find you here i thought you'd come i wanted to say goodbye son you're not going anywhere i got no choice well there's always a choice here it's the choice between running away or facing up to what's happened what did happen in town and i went to see la duke in spite of what you promised i promised i wouldn't harm him i didn't say i wouldn't see him while i was talking to him cole came in we got into a fight he drew his gun and i killed him trouble is the the sheriff's wondering why you ran away i had a lot of choice with inspector leduc the only witness well you would against his people at virginia city know you and i i know they trust you ah that's not the point what is the point leduc told me what he'd do at the trial he said he'd get up in front of that whole town and tell all those dirty lies about my mother you were running away to protect your mother's name is that it yes that's it [Music] your mother begged me to stand trying in new orleans no matter what the consequences to her [Music] i can't do that i made a mistake joe i can't let you make the same mistake you come home with me now tomorrow morning we'll ride into town together son you've always trusted me [Music] and running away will ruin your life and it won't help her come on [Music] i'm asking you [Applause] [Music] sheriff i brought you a prisoner thanks ben what have you got to say shot him in self-defense cole's gun was in his holster that's impossible he drew first it was there why'd you run away maybe figured he'd be framed like what's happening now you know better than that adam you'll get a fair trial gotta lock you up son boys wait here i'll be back in a few minutes i saw you riding into town with your son if you've come to plead for him you're wasting your time the duke you didn't come to virginia city for my son you came for me i do rather admire you for bringing them in shows a certain respect for the law respect my son tells me you saw the shooting he also tells me you can clear him every criminal claims he's innocent don't call my son a criminal and let's stop beating around the bush you came to virginia city to close the la roche murder case well i'm gonna give you a chance to do just that are you offering me a deal i'm offering you a deal are you clear my boy and i'll go back to new orleans with you well well i don't know though yeah you're asking me to purge myself i'm an officer of the law the truth isn't open to whim but uh now suppose i do make this compromise would you return with me unarmed yes and alone just you and me on horse yes i would and would you give me your promise your word that you'd make no attempt to escape i'd give you my word how long would it take you to get horses and provisions ready an hour making an hour and a half i'll have time to get outfitted i'll meet you at the jail and clear your son we'll leave directly from there and cartwright you should feel relieved every criminal always is who finally surrenders himself to justice [Applause] [Music] oh he's coming uh who's coming inspector duke he's agreed to tell the truth about the shooting and tell the truth why i'm going back to new orleans with him now i'll be back i'll be back soon sheriff ben says you got something you want to tell me yes about the the death of my associate mr tom cole step over the desk please you see i was rather dazed by what happened and so i i rather confuse the facts unconfusing well as i recall now cole was drunk he drew first joe cartwright fired in self-defense what about the gun on cole's holster he put it there himself before he died sort of a reflex mr you really was confused wasn't you maybe the strange climate i rarely bungle the facts like this in new orleans mister from now on stay in new orleans we need you around here like we need the plague you belong in that cell instead of little joe oh sure if everybody makes mistakes ask ben cartwright all i want to ask ben is will he accept my apologies thank you sir um don't let little jaw out of a cell until i'm well away why not where are you going just do me the favor see when i get back well little joe will be out pretty soon now boy i know you told us not to but how come me and adam get right out about 10 miles and intercept you a couple of outlaws wrote up on you wouldn't be your fault would it forget it well at least we can ride along with you he can't object to that oh he does object i said i'd go alone why is that so important what's his motive i don't know anyway i get my word i'm waiting adam i'll get you pack horsepower so [Music] [Applause] [Music] you're not a bad cook you know reminds me something happened recently there was a case where a condemned man wanted to cook his own last meal and then he didn't have time to eat it so i did you know it was very good i'm sure it was the duke why did you wait 20 years to come after me i'm an officer of the law i'm subject to the orders of my superiors i just can't believe that your superiors suddenly decided after 20 years that i should be brought back well i made that decision myself because i had to become an inspector before i could do so the fact that it took 20 years is your fault not mine my fault yes i've already told you a man with a physical handicap doesn't rise fast in police work i told you before i don't hold myself responsible for that accident it was an accident it happened in the line of duty now when you became a police officer you must have figured that you'd have to take certain risks well strangely enough i used to use those same arguments with myself i knew that my hatred of you might become an obsession i wanted to control it which had been successful i was for a while but then as i watched inferior men being promoted over my head i began to wonder whether i wasn't being too charitable in my thoughts about you is that when you started to think about vengeance instead of justice well didn't i have it coming to me after all the misery you've caused me i don't believe that any man is justified in using a badge to satisfy his personal hatreds you're so cold-blooded in your thinking card right now i've i've hated men in my time but i've been able to control myself and not allow that hatred to influence my life oh why not you're a rich man you have sons you've loved women and been loved by them oh that smashed me of yours uh it's really been of help to you hasn't it what do you mean the way you use it to lean on like a crutch to explain away your personal little failures in your police work with women and your relations with other people stop it well face it it's not your name it's you you stop it or i'll shoot you now now that's true isn't it you never intended to take me all the way back to new orleans did you get it all figured out haven't you how is it to happen i was to be killed while trying to escape is that it you'd like me to say yes wouldn't you so you'd be free to break your word no i don't intend to break my word i don't intend to try to escape because i'm going to get all the way to new orleans just in case you have any idea of killing me for no no i don't want to kill you night i'm not going to sleep tonight ben cartwright i'm not going to sleep any night while you're alive that looks like a warm one today what are you waiting for mount up [Music] [Applause] get away from me join me get away from me carthage [Applause] i think i'll put a bullet through your leg so you'll know how it feels all right you have another gun this'll do it ah they've had enough what's that equal they went after scalps they wrapped the horses well how far is the nearest settlement but well it's a waste station up ahead how far about 20 miles 20 miles over those hills without horses and without water come on stay ahead of me [Music] so [Applause] so [Music] this restaurant got to keep moving this sun will kill you i can't walk anymore gotta get to water [Applause] [Music] let me help you you stay away i don't need your help let me help you i said stay away go ahead pull the trigger i'm waiting 20 years for this [Music] [Applause] [Music] let me get him some water easy that's enough you brought me in why didn't you leave me out there to die i'm gonna let you die out there mine uh both men better off where's the next stage leave for the east uh it's due in sometime tonight where are we going new orleans there's none in new orleans for you you're warned for my arrest don't you you were right i intended to kill you before we ever got there but you can't kill without hate now the hate is gone it's out of a relief this war was never any good was it you were cleared 20 years ago by everybody except me that letter the judge sent you i intercepted it why didn't you leave me out there to die yeah rustle up some food for a couple of hungry men him too coming here together didn't we you bet you missed her just give me a couple of minutes well let's wash up give me a hand [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you

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Length: 48min 13sec (2893 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 21 2012