John Wayne - THE KING OF THE PECOS - COLOR

[Music] [Music] hey how far have we come well with the turn of the wheel it tallies just 200 miles since we hit the faces hey we're clear out of the united states my wagon tally we've come 200 miles boys i claim this land by rite of discovery we'll locate here put the cattle on the bedding ground [Music] styles your right of discovery may not hold in the future being your lawyer i suggest that you let me drop proper legal papers you can buy up the land with a bale of dirt cheap landscape we won't have to do that brewster all we have to do is control the water holes you file on them and ash in these men will hold the land for me with their guns here's a map of this pecos river country here we are right here [Music] what do you suppose our little empire survey oh about a million acres not bad for a start how about the water main water control centers in the pecos river right here with the creeks running into it hey what were you telling me about sweetwater well after the pecos turns off there you've got 60 miles of alkali desert before you come to sweetwater what you mean is that nowhere it could travel over the north trail without watering the sweet water that's plum true put sweet water down brewster when they start driving texas cattle to the kansas markets that's going to be the key to our empire might be trouble about sweetwater and by the mclabre's already settled there huh well that's all right i'll buy them out fair and square what if he refuses to sell brewster you learned your law from blackstone ash learned his from judge colts you flexstone loses i'm counting on colts to win well this cotton wouldn't give you plenty of shade when it grows up and you can build me a veranda and the cabin will look like our old clavin home back in tennessee big outfit moving up the picos paw heavy arm there's two of them headed this way they look peaceful like but you never can tell john howdy stranger my name's stiles howdy i'm claiborne i'll give you 500 for your land and your shanty just as they stand you can take your cattle and move on to a new range this place ain't for sale styles i'll be more than fair a thousand i'm not selling we're buying up this country with landscript you'd better take a thousand i've held my homestead against comanches reckon i can hold it against land thieves get out sorry claiborne thousand dollars equal money when all you've got to do is call your dog and move on so [Music] they must be done for come on let's rush him this homestead is yours john go to your grandpa in austin he'll help you the librarians are both done for well henry i see the boy still at it what's he planning to be a lawyer or a gunman looks like both ever since he came to me 10 years ago he's had one idea in mind and i've never been able to change i guess you'll be an artist a good installer pretty quick now hey john yeah when i pass my bar examination well when you hang your kingdom out you can sure get my business you ought to be right smart at collecting thanks bill there's one case i've got to take care of first john clayburn versus alexander stiles yes sir alexander styles owns the whole town of cottonwood and a million acres back in 10 years he's become the richest cattle king in the pagans i suppose he's got so much money he had to bring that salamander safe all the way from saint louis to keep it in huh well mr clay you haven't told me a reason for leaving austin to come out here i'm going to hang out my shingle to practice lawn a wise move young man the railroad will soon be finished to abilene and open up a big market for texas b and mark my words this pecos river country will boom in well there she is boys the only safe west of the bankers here butte you see that they call her a salamander because she can go through the hottest fire and never melt they've got nothing on you styles i never seen anything made you mild either i says from now on your name will be salamander styles style hey mr styles yeah i'm eli jackson jackson we corresponded about the purchase of some land oh yes mr jackson well i'm glad to know and uh this is my daughter belle well welcome to cottonwood miss jackson thank you and here's the young man you ought to know he's going to practice law in your town john clay oh gloria eh that's right well i'm afraid you've come to the wrong town mr clay you already have one lawyer here that's plenty i'll take a chance on that come into my office mr jackson i'll fix you up fine you'll fix him up all right like he fixed us what are you to fix i'll tell you later tell me what never mind don't forget you promised to call and we're settled i will goodbye goodbye [Music] you one of them law fellows yes well me and josh you've got a case for you case case of what oh poison oak bar grease good for that i'm up to shack i want to talk to you let me get this straight styles buys your cattle and pays you back with these notes which he refuses to honor you're dang tootin the only way we can get anything out of them is a discounted in half and taking that out from trade at a store why do you sell him your cattle we gotta anyone give us no more water he owns every drop in the country how many ranchers like you are there well about 20. 21 counting that new fella jackson and he'll get the same deal sounds like a polite form of cattle wrestling to me i'll take your case hank take it well the court oh here's that bar grease i can't fool with no sabine young fella i got business over casa grander in a hurry come on hank we'll serve it ourselves dang if you ain't grabbing a wildcat right by the tail but i'm with you come on how do you like your new homeless jackson very well thank you and we want you to know we appreciate the 50-head of cattle you sent over well it was nothing at all always glad to help new rancher get started did you give that fella jackson 50 head of stock he signed our usual sales contract he has the utmost confidence in mr style yeah he's working for me now and doesn't know it hello john hello bill i've been wanting to see you why didn't you come over well i've been pretty busy tell your father that i'm trying a case in court tomorrow i'd like to have him there he'll be there because i'll bring him good what's this young fella selling something serving you notice styles appear in court i'm afraid you're the victim of a practical joke young man circuit judge doesn't get around this way very often no cases for him the cases start with this one all they do i do not give you a case right now i hope it shoots straight it's a right 40 gun i may be back for it later no need of that now ash thanks hank i'm getting from forgetful i forgot to load the darn thing this morning thank parker what are we waiting for for the judge huh the judge ain't here here what do you want beer for here take a drink of this hello sheriff court's open court's adjourned wait a minute where's the judge he wasn't able to get him [Music] what happened what's everybody leaving for i'll tell you later john i'm sorry it turned out this way thank you what did she say you said she was sorry sorry for what i didn't see her do nothing i'm sorry to hear that i thought he was a nice young fellow oh he'll learn don't be discouraged clay this court may open most any time in the next 20 years this court will be open monday morning styles you'll be here [Music] keep walking they don't wanted us they wouldn't wasted a bullet on that lamp i can't get your boys together and tell them they've got a case against styles will mean water and grass for their herds watch them they'll come like a bunch of steel stampeding for water [Music] here he comes now hello hank they all here yep we're all here man for years you've been paying tribute to stiles for the use of his water holes let him sell your cattle for worthless notes how long you gonna stand for how are you going to stop him i'll tell you how stiles claims all the water rights around here as a lawyer i'm here to tell you that those claims wouldn't be recognized by any court in the union do you mean to say that the water rights don't belong to styles we can prove that they're in public domain and open for you men to file on here's how we'll go about it that judge dunlap yes monday morning styles just what's your game clay it won't take you long to find out if you'll step over to the courthouse yeah this party's on us be right over salamander i am thankful to you citizens for offering the court the protection it has lacked in the past you have made it possible for me to render justice impartially take off your hat plaintiff will remove cigar plaintiff will remove cigar plaintiff will remove cigar or deputy when we move freedom he means you you must be getting dead [Laughter] order in a court now we will proceed with the business of the court hank matthews and josh billings versus alexander style your honor i represent the independent cattle owners of this section they've come here to petition the court for the right to water their herds for years they've been paying toll to the defendant alexander styles the use of water which is in public domain i wish to submit evidence proving the defendant has no ownership of these water rights what is the nature of the evidence if your honor will look over these documents they'll explain themselves i offer them as exhibit a your honor it is regrettable that my serious young colleague here has gotten off on the wrong foot on his first case but in experience and arrows go hand in hand and i'm sure he will learn in time if he can secure enough cases in rebuttal i offer these documents for the uh defendant alexander styles showing that the aforesaid alexander styles has filed on and is legal owner of said water rights in question before this court may it please your honor to accept these documents as exhibit b heart will recess for two hours while evidence is being considered there's no chance of losing this case is there not a chance salamander not a chance you'd better be sure i haven't lost yet and i don't intend to start now [Music] well you're on the wrong track i've run this territory for the last 10 years fair and square and there isn't a living soul that can say a word against me that's right that men tell no tale i don't approve of plays high-handed methods trying a case at the point of a gun ah it's just a crooked play of his to swindle me and you and all the rest of the ranchers out of our land that's what i think of you you work slinging law pirate you haven't got the backbone to come out here and make a living like a man you're nothing but a yellow-livered land shark that don't even carry a gun i don't need one no you don't what's the matter mr potter damp some other time and the evidence before the court proves conclusively that while the defendant alexander styles has filed on all these water rights he is entitled to only one claim in accordance with the homestead laws of the country therefore it becomes the duty of this court to declare the aforementioned water rights are in public domain open for [Music] come on come on filing won the case what cage case about the water they putting that in cases too i thought there wasn't a chance for a slip up i don't understand it i beat you in a civil case style but i specialize in criminal law particularly murder ash this calls for your kind of law now take the shortcut to red rock canyon they've got to pass through there to file on that water don't let anybody through but my men i'll have them file on those claims with proxies all i know who to pick off my men will be wearing white armbands go on get going now you see what your print play's done if we don't get back to the right first we lose it [Music] now you all know what to file wait a minute [Music] follow me [Music] shoot every rider that ain't port [Music] where'd you get them never mind i got them put them on never thought i'd see the day i'd ever be wearing a pair of these things [Music] oh dad are you hurt it's my leg well i'll take one of the horses and ride on a head let me help you come on keep going i'll overtake you where's val she's riding on a head and you reckon with me if she's molested by any of your land grabbing outfit [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] yeah and you can't tell who they are from here comes a couple more of them [Music] what are they doing now let me go i'm only trying to help you to cool down and listen help me help me lose my ranch you mean if you go out there without a white band on your arm you may be killed by one of your own men i suppose it's nice of you to warn me you better turn around and go back to your dad i'll write on and file on your ranch for you you will not i wouldn't trust you all right then go ahead there comes one odd with a white armband there comes the other one that's that lawyer fellaini got him get the horse you go on don't let him get away pull into this cave wait a minute don't take any chances we got them now we'll smoke em off we're safe in here they'll swoop us out don't worry about that let's go go where out the other end this case like a badger hole sneak out there and give them coal cats a dose of lead pete you and steve get behind that rock and when they come out fill them full of lead you let that kid play make a monkey out of you in court your blundering's cost me practically all my water rights from now on you and i are through go on get your stuff get out of here that suits me fine now about my cut that enough it's very fair good day gentlemen style said to give you this oh wait a minute all right boys oh why can't we go back to town not with your arm like that you ain't no condition to get into a shooting match did uh miss jackson get through all right well now oh well what you winking at me for don't go to josh can't you keep quiet why you can tankers old kyle what are you up to wait and see what bell what are you doing here are you badly hurt john only a scratch come on where are you going we're going for a walk but i don't want to talk i want to stay right here with them come on you old horn toad i want to tell you how sorry i am john for what i said today i realize now how wrong i was oh that's all right we all make mistakes that's why we have lawyers you certainly wasted a lot of good advice on me did you file on your land all right i did thanks to you it would have been terrible to lose it yes you made things so pleasant there i've always enjoyed coming to see you and you won't let what happen change your feelings towards us i should say not what's the matter billings brewster's been killed killed and shot him it's just as i predict now boys our cattle are worth a fortune it's been hard going but i'm sure glad i stuck it out time for us all getting together and making a drive to abilene where's the best bit of news i've seen in many a day think of it cattle twenty dollars ahead instead of three what good is it gonna do us the law made you give back most of your stock to the ranchers i just heard they was all going to drive their cattle through to kansas good they beat me in court all right but i've got them now they start driving their herds up to abilene they've got to hit sweet water it's the only water after that 60 miles of desert yes and we'll make them pay plenty too round up every head of stock on the ranches i can still control they don't want to give them to you take them load the salamanders safe on a wagon i'm heading for sweetwater [Music] where are you going my camera [Music] [Music] what are you doing with my cattle these ain't yours they're styles i paid for these i've got a contract keep moving boys you and stiles will answer to the law for this yes and here's our answer dad what happened stiles men took our catalan when he protested i shot him the murderer what are you gonna do i'm gonna shoot a skunk no no i mean style and you have to go a long way what do you mean he and his bunch left for sweet water this morning how do you know huh i say how do you know i got ears ain't i why didn't you tell me a four tried to but you said i talked too much thank you and josh round up the ranchers bring them here they're getting ready for the big drive to i believe tell them it's important come on where are you going ryden you can't write you can't even read no come on stiles and these men are waiting for you at sweetwater they know that your cattle after crossing 60 miles of desert can't turn back you've got to have water are you men ready to go through with this thing where let's go sure i'll go along will you lead us i'll be with you i'm heading our way on a private matter we'll take care of it we'll round up the herds and we'll get started [Music] uh [Music] up [Music] [Music] there's sweetwater canyon right ahead of us you sure know this country yeah i'm right at home here [Music] there's about 6 000 head coming up the canyon yeah how many men driving them oh i'd say around 20. you better go back and keep an eye on them charlie go and close the gate i'll go with charlie here's where we do a little collector drop that gun put your hands up what do you want clay tell styles to meet me at the gate i want to talk to him tell him to come unarmed and alone and i'll be the same i'll get going it's clay and he's man he wants to have a talk with you at the gate he says come alone unarmed and he'll do the same you're not gonna know what i am certainly he might be framing you oh no we'll beat him to it we'll frame him first you take a couple of men go up in the rocks where he can watch him while i'm talking to him when i take my handkerchief out of my pocket let him have it remember no shooting until i take out my handkerchief all right man [Music] what's on your mind clay couple of things i want you to open this gate so our cattle can have water i'll be glad to open it for fifty percent of the herd styles you have no right to block this trail no well this is one piece of property i've got a legal deed for and i know how you got it what do you mean i'm john clayburn [Music] i also want you and ice to surrender you're going back to cottonwood and stand trial for murder are you trying to be funny get ready don't give that signal styles or we'll both be dead [Music] watch all right hank see [Music] what do you shoot for we're partners ain't we you shoot i shoot i don't think i'd be full enough to come out here without cover do you i know the kind of a man i'm dealing with i'll give you just three minutes to surrender we're coming in after [Music] all right boys we're gonna take sweetwater get into the rocks and undercover it's young cleveland i tell you libra the kid yes if we don't get him he'll hang us here to come half the herd do you men if you wipe them out pete you take some in and cover the pass [Music] that one for me one for me too [Music] that's three for me i'm one up on you no two and a half i sent him two what you want to wear sheldon i guess we're both [Music] right [Music] [Music] running out of full camps starts on on that gate post i'll see what i can do to drive them [Music] we got to start shooting at the gate boat how high up about high as a rabbit what training forever jack rabbit [Music] don't let him get near that cake man [Music] hide the camera [Music] get my shape on the lighter man we've gotta make your own [Music] wait for me [Music] hey [Music] there goes ash i'll get him you probably take care of the hurt you ain't aiming to go after him alone are you you're getting them rocks and lay for you i'll take that chance [Music] [Music] [Music] um [Music] put it up ash i'm gonna give you that chance you've been waiting for [Music] take your own time [Music] and you john take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife i do what she i said do you take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife not me or ain't your man turn there's your man [Music]

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Length: 54min 37sec (3277 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 22 2021