Western Movie | Canadian Pacific (1949) Randolph Scott, Jane Wyatt, J. Carrol Naish | subtitled

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(sweeping, dramatic music) (dramatic music continues) (train bell rings) (train chugs) - [Narrator] The Canadian Pacific Railway, two bands of steel that pass through the most spectacular scenery on the face of the earth. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, a mighty link in the chain of transportation stretching from Europe to the Orient, the Northwest Passage of today. The building of this modern railroad is synonymous with the building of a nation, the Dominion of Canada. In the early '80s, Canada was uncertain of a future as a united country. British Columbia, isolated beyond vast mountain ranges, threatened secession. Only a railway could link this far western province to the Dominion. Explorers penetrated into the mountains, scaled rocky peaks, and fought their way through roaring gorges. The government spent millions of dollars in surveying. Regions of breathless beauty were discovered and mapped, but the great barrier, the Rocky Mountains, kept locked within in vast silence the one secret which would make this railway possible, a pass through which a railroad could be built. A crisis arose. Workmen laid down their tools. Progress ceased. Supplies lay unused on the prairies. And the rails came to an end. A special committee of the Canadian parliament was forced to meet in an emergency session. - The entire project was flawed from the beginning. An attempt to put a railroad through these mountains was a dream born of insanity! There is no practical route. There never was one! And, needless to say, there never will be. (men chatter) - The member from Ontario. - Mountains are not all. There are human obstacles, too. Settlers in the west, Indians, all threatening to burst this railroad bubble. There will be bloodshed, men will be killed, homes will be burned. (men chatter) (gavel bangs) - The gentleman from British Columbia. - British Columbia is at the end of its patience. We've had our fill of excuses. We are isolated behind these mountains that you rant about. I warn you, gentlemen, unless we get a railway, British Columbia will become a separate dominion. We shall secede! - No! (men chatter) (gavel bangs) - I think our guest can verify the situation if given a chance to speak, and I'm quite sure, when you've heard what he has to say, you'll have a different opinion of the whole project. May I introduce Mr. William Van Horne, general manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway. (men chatter) - There are things that some men can do that others can't. Your job is running a government. Mine is building railroads. But since we both have a deep interest in the Canadian Pacific, perhaps we'd better get aboard the same train. I concede there are many obstacle, both human and geographically, that lie ahead. We expect to bridge them as they come up. I'm no miracle man. I'm just a plain railroad constructionist who can run into a dead end like anybody else. But, in this case, this railroad is going to be completed. - Mr. Van Horne, may I request a direct answer? Can the mountains be crossed, and how? - If Hannibal crossed the Alps, we can cross the Rockies. The how of your question I leave to be answered by one man alone. He is a surveyor, gentlemen, and well known on the frontier. At this very moment, he's mapping a route through the heart of the Rockies. I promise you, that man will find a pass. (gentle, pastoral music) (gentle, pastoral music continues) (gentle, pastoral music continues) (turbulent music) (dramatic music) (tense music) (gun bangs) (tense music) (gun bangs) - I just want to make him uncomfortable. (tense music) (gentle, pastoral music) - Dirk Rourke around? - Nope. - Say when he'd be around here next? - Nope. Something to do with skins? - [Man On Horse] Yeah, his. - [Worker] Hey, Tom! (men chatter) - [Worker] Boy, if we don't get things going now. - [Worker] Where have you been, Tom? Glad to see ya back, boy. - [Man] Hey, Tom. - Mike! - How are ya? - Fine. Still watching over the same old gang? - Yeah, except for the ones whose skulls I had to crack. We've been waiting for news from you. What do we do, move on ahead or put up a dead end right here? - Well, that's up to Van Horne. Is he in camp? - Yeah, he's over in the headquarters car, and he's been running a hot box waiting for ya. - Tom, hey, Tom! - See ya later, Mike. - All right. - Hey, Tom, you cockeyed, old caribou. - [Tom] Dynamite Dawson, it's good to see you. - I knew they couldn't build a railroad without you. - [Tom] I thought they laid the Northern Pacific on your chest for keeps. - They did, but when they started pushing that iron into civilization, it got too tame, so I just sneezed it off and came up here into Canada. Tom, my boy, the times we're going to have on this line, eh? - Uh uh, I'm getting this railroad off my chest right now. - You're quitting before you start? - [Tom] Mm hmm. - What have you got cornered that's more important than building a railroad, huh? - [Tom] You'll never guess. - But you can't do this to me, Tom! Think of all the good fights you're going to miss. You're getting soft, that's what. (fist smacks) (barrels clatter) (men chatter) - Mike, where'd this bird come from? - Why, I hired him this morning. Why, what's he done? - It's what he might do. Throw him out of camp. - If you know him that well. All right, Cagle, see the timekeeper and get your pay. - [Woman] Let me through, please. - You heard Brannigan. On your feet, hit the breeze. - Just a moment! That man's hurt! - If he isn't he's going to be. Move out! Get your sympathy from Dirk Rourke. - I'm a doctor! - You're a doctor? - Yeah, that's right. - What sort of a man are you? I saw the whole thing. You attacked this man without giving him a chance. - Yes, ma'am. - I don't know what your differences are but I'm certain they could've been settled without bloodshed. You see, Mr. Brannigan, that hiring vicious, hot-tempered hands such as this person can only bring trouble to the camp and make for inefficiency. - Well- - Now, wait a minute. Do you know who this- - I can't help it, Doc. Viciousness was just born in me. Every time I see a dodo in a red shirt, I go crazy. (men laugh) - Tom, what's it all about? What'd you sock that fella on the beezer for? And who's this Dirk Rourke? - Strictly a personal matter, Dynamite. How long has she been around here? - Came in with the hospital, Tom. Myself, I don't trust no sawbones without whiskers. - It depends on how bad you feel. I can see there are going to be a lot of sick men around here from now on. - Yeah. Too bad you ain't going to be around to head the parade, huh? (telegraph clicks) - Ottawa, Mr. Van Horne. They want to know do you intend- - Yes, I heard them. Stall them again. Send this. "Now with advance survey, everything under control." (telegraph clicks) - Well, hello. - Well, you're back. - I'm back. - You're three days late. - You're lucky I'm here at all. - I'm lucky? - Ottawa again, sir. They're ordering me to send a man on horse after ya. - Hiding, Mr. Van Horne? - Look here, you flatfooted mountain goat, I've been lying for three days, lying on account of you, to the president, the directors, Ottawa, and even to myself, and you come lumbering in here to say "hello" so pretty. Would you care to join me in a cup of tea? - I'll admit I was slightly delayed, but then I wasn't exactly sitting in a private railroad car. - Well, all right. What did you get? What route do we take? - This survey, you understand, incurred large personal expenses. I presume my account will be paid. - The route, man, the route. - That's rough country. I've seen so much white water, I'm blind. - What are you stalling for? Don't tell me you didn't find a pass. - Yes, I found the pass. You'll tunnel and bridge plenty before you're through, and you're liable to meet yourself more than once coming back, but there's your gateway to the Pacific, and you can make it. I've marked sites and a rough idea of the grades. - Little white lies, Lord, forgive me. - I'll draw maps and detail the route before I leave. - Tell them we found the answer. Tell them my personal surveyor, Mr. Tom Andrews, has found the pass. Add, "All previously proposed routes untenable." - What? - Just say "out." (telegraph clicks) So what do you mean "leave"? - I said that as soon as the maps are finished, so am I. - Oh, no, you're not. You're going to see this job through to the end. - Some other railroad, maybe. Your personal surveyor note was very touching. But I've had enough railroading for a while. I've got another project west of Calgary. Made the date last year. - You're a bigger liar than I am. - I don't have to lie. I've got a date. And, what's more, I'm through skinning my knuckles over other people's fights. From now on, I'm a man of peace. - Anymore talk like that and I'll have you examined. - Pardon us, Mr. Van Horne. We made a list of additional medical supplies we need. I'd like you to see it. - [Van Horne] Oh, I'll go over it later with you, Doctor. Oh, by the way, I want you to meet Tom Andrews. Dr. Mason and Dr. Edith Cabot, his assistant. They make up our hospital corps. - Well, Tom Andrews. I feel I already know you, Mr. Van Horne's done so much bragging about you. - [Tom] Glad to meet you, sir. Dr. Cabot. - So you're the famous surveyor. - Well, a little more than that. I'm Mr. Van Horne's personal famous surveyor. - I'm sure that was meant to be funny, but I'm very dull at hidden jokes. - Oh, he isn't funny, Edith. Some say he's the best surveyor and the best trouble boss in railroading. I don't know why. But he's definitely not funny. - What is a trouble boss? - He has to be quick with his fists and quick with a gun. A lot of riffraff and troublemakers infiltrate the construction camps. It takes a good man to find them out and get rid of them. - You're right, Doctor. I break 'em apart, you put 'em back together. - I agree with you, Mr. Van Horne, he's not very funny. I can believe that you do your job thoroughly. Only, I don't agree that violence is a solution to violence. - You've seen a lot of it, I suppose. - I've had experience in the frontiers with my father. Dr. Mason was his partner then. My father was killed, Mr. Andrews, because he tried to use a gun against a man instead of reasoning with him. If he hadn't worn a gun, he'd still be alive. - I'm sorry about your father. I've learned, though, that in this country, if I draw faster, I keep on living. - Force never settles anything. It only brings on more resentment and more gunplay. - What would you suggest, my dear? - I'd keep gunmen out of railroad camps. - Thank you, Doctor, you've more than convinced me I was right in a slight argument I had with Mr. Van Horne. There's no place here for a man like me. Thanks so much, Doctor. - You're welcome. We'll be back later with the list. (door slams) - You're an idiot talking to her like that. She's a good doctor, and a fine young woman. - Beautiful and (indistinct). But you know that stuff won't work. - Well, if you know it, why are you quitting? - Look, I've just done a job, a big one. I'm taking a holiday. - Ooh, a holiday. I thought it was one of your projects. Well, Mr. Tom Andrews, a woman at last. - Sure it is, a human one, not a stuffed halo. Good luck with your railroad, and, when you pass west of Calgary, toot your whistle. Toot, toot. (train clangs) (hammers bang) (dramatic music) (Tom whistles) (dramatic music) (Tom whistles) - Tom! Mama, he's here, he's here! (dramatic music) Tom! - Cecille! (dramatic music) Oh, Tom. Oh! Oh, dear, I knew you'd come all day. - Hey, same little savage. (Cecille speaks indistinctly) - [Cecille] I've dreamed and prayed, and now you're here. (romantic music) Mama, look who I found. - Welcome back, Mr. Andrews. - How are you, Mama Gautier? Why, you're prettier than ever, prettier than any girl I've seen lately. - [Cecille] Mama, you're blushing. - I'll get supper! - I better give Seal his rubdown. - What girls have you seen lately? - Oh, lots of them. Over in British Columbia, I met the cutest little squaw four feet high and four feet wide. - (chuckles) Oh, you're joking. For that! (Tom chuckles) - Oh, Tom! (romantic music) You say that now, but some day you'll miss the railroad and you'll be gone again. - Oh, no. All the Royal Northwest Mounties couldn't drag me back. There are better surveying jobs than hanging by my eyelids over some mountain gorge. - I'm so happy I could cry. Papa says I almost went cross-eyed I watched that trail so closely for you to come back. - Where is your father? - Oh, he hurried out to some meeting. - Oh. - Did you see our lake again, the one you told me about? - I sure did, and it's more beautiful than the first time I saw it. Now they call it Lake Louise. You know, it might be a little rough for our honeymoon. Wild country, cougars, bears. - I wouldn't be afraid of anything in the whole world with you. - You know something, Cecille, I don't believe you would. (romantic music) I gave you this- - The night you said. Tom, being married to you, nothing could be more wonderful. (romantic music) - You'll change your tune. I'll have you waiting on me hand and foot, just like a squaw. - Oh, no, you won't, but that Dirk Rourke would have. When we're married, he'll stop hanging around here, I'll bet. - Dirk Rourke? - Uh huh, he has one of his trading posts near here. You know. But he just uses it as an excuse to see Papa, he says. - Has he bothered you again? - I told him straight just that once. That was enough. Oh, you should've seen his face when I told him I was going to marry you. He would've killed you, I guess, if you'd been around. - He didn't forget about it. He took some potshots at me up in that canyon. - Oh. - I figured it was on account of you. - If Papa knew that, he wouldn't have gone to that meeting of Dirk's. - Rourke's holding that meeting? - Something about the railroad. I don't know what. - Where is this meeting? - At the trading post barn. Tom, I swear, Dirk never bothered me. Only that once. - [Tom] But he bothered me plenty. (door slams) - Don't go! Stay away from him. There'll be dozens of them at the meeting. - All the better. - Please, stay here, Tom. After all this time away. There'll be shooting. Your temper is quick. So is Dirk's. Don't go and get hurt, Tom. - Maybe I'll be just as well off without guns. I want to talk to those people. I want them to know I'm here to stay. - Tom! Tom! - What happened, dear? - He's going to the meeting. - He'll be safer without these. - They're a mob. Dirk Rourke will see to that. He'll kill him! (door slams) (men chatter) - I tell you, the railroad means the end to free life and open country for all of ya. The country is ours, let's keep it! - Maybe the railroad won't get through. - The say the work has stopped. - The railroad is going through, and I can prove it. You remember Tom Andrews, who was here last year and left? - [Men] Yeah. - You know him, Gautier. - Of course, he's to wed my daughter. - Yes, he's made a fool of you like everybody else. Maybe you'll change your mind about him when you hear what I have to tell ya. Friends, there is one pass in the mountains in which a railroad can be built. I've long known about it, but kept it secret for the good of all you. Now Tom Andrews has found it. I saw him there only last week, taking sights. That man is a surveyor for the railroad! - He never told me that! - He ought to be bull-whipped clear to Winnipeg! (men shout) - Why don't you tell the rest of it, Rourke? About sneaking up and trying to put a bullet in my back? But I'll take that matter up with you later. I came here to tell you where I stand. I intend to stay here, get married. I like the country, I like the people. I want to be one of you. But if you're going to swallow everything Rourke's been telling you, then maybe that'll all be changed. I don't want to have to wear a gun every time I poke my nose outdoors. - Don't change the subject! Are you going to say you didn't find a pass for the railway? - No, because I did. If I hadn't, somebody else would have. Sure, the railroad is going through. Nobody can stop that. And, naturally, things won't be the same. But Rourke's wrong about the harm it's going to do. The railroads will bring you a lot of good you never had before. - Yeah, yeah. - You won't be living in the backwoods anymore. You'll be a part of the world. - That's all lies. He was sent here by the railway to spy on ya, to cheat ya! - I quit the railroad, and if I'm going to live here, I've got as much interest in what the railroad's going to do to this country as you have. - And I say you've got to stop the railroad! (men shout) - Men, men, for the sake of your families, for the sake of your homes, don't start anything you won't be able to finish. - We'll finish it! - Yeah! - Do you want to lose everything you ever had? My only interest is in you! - You're only interest, Dirk, is in that string of Rourke trading posts because those big profits you've been taking from these people will go out of the window. Trappers won't have to sell their furs to you anymore. They can ship 'em direct. And the same for any of you farmers and settlers. You are the only man here who will suffer for the railroad. - Ask him if it isn't so that the railroad will bring people, hundreds and hundreds of people, who will trap the furs that belong to you! (men chatter) That's right, to steal 'em from ya! There's the man you can thank for the food that will be taken from your children's mouths! - I promised myself, Rourke, I'd pin your ears together. (men shout) - No! - Fair fight, let 'em handle it. (men shout) - [Onlooker] Get him, Dirk! (men shout) - Do you want the railroader to marry Cecille? - Aw, he'll never marry my daughter! (men shout) (fists smack) (Dirk grunts) (men shout) - [Priest] Stop it, stop it, I say, stop it! - [Onlooker] Pere Lacomb! - Quit fighting, both of you. - Right away, Father. (fist thunks) (Dirk thuds) - Tom, you should be ashamed. - I'd feel more ashamed if I was him. - The railroad again. You're misguided or ill-advised in holding these meetings. They can lead only to trouble for everyone. I suggest you go to your homes and think this thing over carefully. - Yes, sir. - Yes, Father. - Tom, I'd like a word with you. Look after Rourke. - Yes, Father. - [Onlooker] That's why we don't want the railroad to be coming through here. (men chatter) - I'm afraid Dirk Rourke will never forgive you. - The end of a warm friendship. - This is the first chance I've had to welcome you home. Cecille told me she was expecting you. She says you've quit the railroad. - A railhead's no place to take a wife. - Did you know I was leaving for the head of steel tomorrow? - No, why? - Mr. Van Horne sent for me. He felt my presence there might have an effect on the men. - I wonder where he could've got that idea. - You saw tonight what Dirk Rourke is starting. The unrest is growing. It could lead to very serious trouble. - Yes. - I only hope we can find some way to stop it peaceably before it goes too far. Well, goodnight. - Goodnight, Father. - Oh, Tom. Would you be good enough to give that to Cecille? She dropped it in my study tonight. - Certainly. - Thank you. (gentle, sweet music) - [Cecille] I waited up for you. - Good. - What happened at the meeting? - Worked out all right at the end. Why, were you afraid? - No, certainly not! Oh, it was lonely out here waiting for you. Chilly. But I couldn't go in the house until you came. - You dropped this at Pere Lacomb's when you sent him to look after me. - Well, anyway, you came back whole, and now you can have a rest, and we can go to our lake. - Cecille, something happened that changed things. Our lake will have to wait. I'm going back to the railroad camp tomorrow. - Oh, no, Tom, just tonight you said- - I know, but I've left a job unfinished. If trouble comes, I've got to be there. - It isn't your fight! - It is my fight. - The railroad, that's all anyone ever talks about anymore. Isn't there anything else in the whole world but the railroad? - Yes, there's you. - There's me! And yet you leave me to go back to it. - Just for another year at the most. Try to understand. - I understand. I waited one year, and now you want another, and then you'll want another. - No. - Oh, maybe Dirk Rourke was right. All that railroad can bring is unhappiness. That's all it's brought me so far. My people don't want it, and neither do I, and I don't want you, either! (dramatic music) (train clangs) (bell rings) (train horn whistles) (bell rings) - For a man who quit the railroad, you seem to be taking a lively interest in things. - Well, I got to thinking, where would you be without your personal surveyor? (horn toots) Flag's up. - [Worker] Clear the tracks, clear the tracks. Clear the tracks. (tense music) (explosives boom) - Perfect! The track progress has been almost too smooth. No disturbances in or out of camp. Not even a smashed finger. At this rate, we'll hit the pass before winter. - Let's hope. Anyway, I'll still keep my eyes open. - It just isn't natural, Tom. Well, I've got to be rolling up the line. (peaceful music) (tense music) (men shouting) (exciting music) - [Tom] Hey, what are you trying to do, blow up everybody? These horses are valuable. - Man, was I glad to see you back when you rode in this morning. Even the horses was happy. - Fine, but, Dynamite, go easy with that stuff. The men are not used to it the way you are. - Listen, I've been trying to get you alone all day. Figured this was the best way of doing it. - [Tom] What's on your mind? - We're losing some dynamite. Night before last, half a box. Last night, a whole box. - [Tom] You see anybody? - Tracks all around the magazine, moccasins, Injuns. But, Tom, Injuns don't usually savvy dynamite. - [Tom] Who knows about this? - Just you and me so far. - Well, keep it quit. Maybe I can get a line on where it's going. (train horn whistles) See you later. - [Dynamite Dawson] Will do. - Chief. - How. - How. Two men there that don't walk like Indians at all. They walk like white men. - White man got sharp eyes. Maybe he better shut eyes tight. - Leave those two here and take your men back yo your camp. (guns bang) - You again. I might have guessed. - Yes, Doctor. - Until this, until you came back, we've had no trouble. Now, it's the rule of the gun, shooting, violence. - It wouldn't enter your kindly brain, would it, Doctor, that I could've had a reason for shooting these men? - What reason? (dynamite booms) (train horn whistles) (men shout) - Get him out easy, boys. Oh, Father. (men shout) - Got him? - Yeah, we got him now. - [Tom] Get him to the hospital car as soon as you can move him. (men chatter) - [Worker] Anybody else there? Everybody out? - What you looking for? - [Worker] Everybody's out now? (men shout) - [Tom] Doctor. - [Worker] Got him? Stretchers here! - There's your reason. (men shouting) - Got him? - Yeah, we got him! (men chatter) - You two men, come with me. Get up! And you, too. Take these two into Calgary and hold 'em for murder. (train chugs) (train horn whistles) - 60. - Nice, cozy place you got here. - Hiya, Tom, 20. Yeah, when we get the mountains out, I'll have to have two tents. - Hey, play with that stuff some other time. How much is missing now? - Damn near 1,000 sticks. 108 sticks to a case makes almost 10 cases. Enough to blow the whole work camp to Timbuktu and everybody with it. - How about the men you've had working here? - Two of 'em run off, but not the pair you plugged the other day. Tom, you disappointed me. Why, when I was a deputy down in the hole-in-a-wall territory, I- - [Tom] You were a judge the last time you told it. - I used to shoot once per man, that was it. Them two you clipped was only winged. - I'm trying new tactics. - Yeah, I know. I know, digging up business for that female sawbones, huh? Well, you was a good man once. When a fellow like you starts going soft, it ain't long before he shakes like jelly. - All right, I'm whipped. Now, listen, I'm going to borrow your wagon. - [Dynamite Dawson] What for? - I've been doing a little scouting. - [Dynamite Dawson] Oh? - Tonight, take my horse, tie him into the horse lines where everybody can see him. Take your bedroll into my tent. Light the lantern, sit and read, if you can. - Can? Say, when I was at Harvard- - [Tom] I thought it was Yale. - Well, the university. - [Tom] All right, then, read. The idea is to make it look like I'm home. - Why can't I be in on this, Tom? No matter what it is. - It's a one man job. Mostly arguing, Indians. - Why, when I was with the Indian Bureau. Don't you go fooling with none of them squaws! - [Tom] See you tomorrow. - 20, now, where was I? Better start all over again. (soft, foreboding music) (tense music) - Savvy dynamite? - Ah. - Some railroad dynamite missing. Stolen. - You friend Pere Lacomb. We see you on trail with him. - That's right. I don't accuse you, understand. But some young bucks paid by white men to steal dynamite. Those white men not your friends. They don't tell you truth. Come with me. (tense music) (shovel scrapes) (tense music) (dramatic music) (Chief speaking foreign language) (quietly dramatic music) - I sorry. We see this not happen again. - [Tom] Thank you, Chief. (quietly dramatic music) (wagon rattles) Cider. (wagon rattles) Unhitch these horses and tie 'em up. (gun clicks) - No, wait. - He's like a sitting duck. - I know, but hold it. This'll be good. (crickets chirrup) (gun clicks) The one on the bottom case, eh? Make sure. (gun bangs) (dynamite booms) (men shout) - [Worker] Get a stretcher! Quick, get him to the hospital! - Get out of the way! - Get a stretcher! (men chatter) (train horn whistles) (train chugs) - Is he gone? - No. I can't understand why he wasn't killed. - Well, it's one of the peculiarities of dynamite, ma'am. He was too close. Six feet further away, he would've been blown to bits. - I didn't know that. - We've got to wait til we get to the base hospital, Edith. You shouldn't attempt a transfusion now. - He needs blood. Otherwise, he won't live to get in an operating room. - Need I remind you, it may be fatal. - That kind of man would ask to take the gamble. - Come on. (train clacks) (train horn whistles) The gamble is yours, my friend. (train clacks) Rest your arm for a few minutes. (train clacks) - He okay now, ma'am, I mean, Doctor? - Do you know how to pray? - Yeah. (train horn whistles) (man speaks indistinctly) - [Gautier] (indistinct) my valley or enlist to a man, almost. - [Dirk] Nothing wrong with that, good work. - [Gautier] Every man that I know will be ready when they're needed. - Smart people. The railroad's as good as stopped right now. - Good. - How dare you hold a meeting in this house. - There will be many meetings in this house. It is my wish, and it is my house. - Then you're in deeper than I thought. - I just made your father one of my chief lieutenants, Cecille. Sit down, you'll learn something. - Thank you, Dirk Rourke, I'll stand. - All right. We're just getting organized for action. With winter coming, we're going to have to stop at the road, anyways. That gives us plenty of time. - I've just come back from their camp. They ain't going to get to the pass before snow like they plan. Some accidents they had held them back, just enough. - Sure, it only takes a couple of sticks of dynamite to blow up a culvert and hold up the work for days. - When you get back, tell the rest of our friends working there to remember that. - Come spring, I thought up some new things that will stir up those work crews so they won't be able to get down a mile of track a day. Pass me that jug, Cagle. We're going to drink to Van Horne's downfall. Starting next week, I'm going out to talk to the Indians. - Indians? - Yes. Before winter's over, we'll have every tribe between here and Vancouver beating the war drum. Wrecking only slows down the road. A big uprising will end it for good. You first, Papa Gautier. - I drink to Dirk Rourke. - You won't drink to him here! - Cecille, leave the room! - You're crazy men, all of you! You can't stop the railroad. You listen to his lies so that you can all get killed! There's nothing wrong with the railroad. I rode on the trains when I went to school in Montreal. They're wonderful! They bring us civilization! - Stop, stop, I tell you! You are a Magus, you will think the way we do. You will do what we do. - But you're wrong! - You turn against your own people? Then we're through with you. You're no longer one of us! Go think it over. The choice is yours. (door slams) - Pass the jug again, Cagle. - Cecille. I talked to your father. Just tell him you're sorry and he's willing to forget it. I guess you still got your mind on Tom Andrews or you wouldn't talk that way. (chuckles) You sounded just like him. - Tom Andrews is gone. - [Dirk] Sure he's gone. He was only playing with ya anyway. There's a female doctor up at the rail head he was really in love with. - Liar. - [Dirk] (chuckles) That's why he went back to the job. - Liar. Liar, liar! - [Dirk] She's nursing him right now at the base hospital, if he's still alive. - Tom, is he? What happened, Dirk, tell me the truth. - [Dirk] All right, bullet hit a case of dynamite with more on top. It'd been better if it'd killed him on the spot because he's going to die anyway. So I guess you'll have to forget about him. He was never your kind. I'll do more for you in one minute than he'll do- - How do you know about a bullet? You know, you know because you fired it! - [Dirk] No, Cecille, I didn't fire it. - You did, you did! I know you did! - No! - You did, you liar! You did, you did, you did! - [Dirk] No, Cecille! - I know you did! (wagon wheels rattle) (train chugs) - Don't know how he did it, Dynamite. He's hung by a thread for days, but there's definite improvement now. He'll live. - Sure, sure, I knowed he would all along. He's made of cast iron, that fella. - Now I want him to sleep. From now on, nature will do the doctoring. It's a miracle. - You haven't left his side for five minutes since he got hurt. The miracle is you. (train chugs) - [Cecille] Tom Andrews, can you tell me where- - Yes, ma'am. Right back in number six, but, Miss, you can't go back there. - Tom! - Quiet, you can't go in there. - I must see him. I'm going in. - Now wait a minute, Miss, you can't go in there. Guess you're the Cecille Gautier he told me about. I'm Tom's friend Dynamite Dawson. - Yes. Is he? - [Dynamite Dawson] Yes, he's going to be all right. Now don't you worry. - Then why can't I see him? - [Edith] Because he's a sick man. No one can see him for a long time. - You see him, all the time. (train horn whistles) - Now, Miss, you just can't go back in there. - Who does she think she is? He isn't just a patient to her. - Please, no. - She won't let me in because she's afraid. She wants him for herself! - Look, Miss, why don't you use some good, common horse sense? - I've got to tell Tom something he must know! - Gar-darn it, you stay here! - Let go! - Anything you got to tell Tom, you can tell me. He said you was a wild one. Come on. Sit down there til you stop boiling. Now... Now, what was it Tom should know? - [Cecille] Dirk Rourke fired a bullet into that dynamite that hurt Tom. I'm sure it was he. - I'll be (indistinct). - [Cecille] He's got the meadows organized to stop the railroad, and he's got plans for the spring. I don't know what they are. I stood up against them, but- - Dirty snakes in the woodpile. - [Cecille] I thought I could stay here and help in some way. - Guess you still like that Tom Andrews, don't ya? - What does that matter now? - Matters a heap. You got to go home, quick, for Tom's sake and your own good health. Why, if you was to walk out on your people now, you'd be a traitor. They might even kill ya. You know what's going on. If you want to help Tom and the rest of us, lay in with the meadows. Find out what you can. - Yes. Don't you worry none about that lady doctor. She ain't fed him no love potion yet. (train chugs) (tools clang) (train horn toots) (train chugs) (train wheels squeal) - [Van Horne] What's the trouble, Mike? - Somebody's been pulling spikes again, look. Why, if this work train had hit that loose rail. - Any more dynamiting? - Not in the last few days. You know, they knocked out the guard and raided the magazine again, so anything can happen. - Has that cargo monkey Gordon come back yet? - Nobody's seen him since he left base camp two weeks ago. (dynamite booms) (men shout) (dynamite booms) (spikes clang) Well, that just about licks us for the season. All right, men, let's clean it up! Come on, back to work! Back to work! - Weeks behind schedule. Sabotage and the late supplies cost more than we can afford. Payroll car hasn't been getting through in time, either. And that's about the surest way there is to start unrest among the men. - Wish I could be there. When does work stop? - Oh, any day now, from the looks of the weather. Well, one thing, it'll give us a chance to reorganize, and give you all winter to think of a way to stop that sabotage. - I've got a couple of personal accounts to take care of, too. - We'll lick 'em, we've got to. Edith tells me you'll be as good as new by spring. Fine woman, Edith. If she hadn't given you her blood on the train that night. Then, that's over, so why talk about it? - She gave me a transfusion? - I thought you knew. She did, and it saved your life. Goodbye, Tom. - Ooh, how do, Mr. Van Horne? - Where have you been the last few weeks? - Gee, oh, I've been away, private business. You see, my poor grandma broke her leg down in Spokane, had to set it myself. Big job. - Yeah, there's a big job at the rail camp, too, which won't be yours if you don't get back to it. (Dynamite Dawson chuckles) - How you feeling, old pal? - Worse, looking at you. What's all this rigamarole you were giving then? - Oh, I didn't want to tell him what I was really doing. Tom, did you ever try to figure out how that dynamite got set off? - I keep imagining I heard a rifle crack just a split second before the big bust. - [Dynamite Dawson] Well, you ain't imagining. I think I know who done it. Dirk Rourke. - How'd you find out? - Oh, been doing some detective work. Matter of fact, I've been on Rourke's trail. Followed him clean through the mountains. I figured on getting him for what he did to you. - You shot him? - No, gar-darn it, I couldn't catch up to the dog. - You keep out of it, Dynamite. If Rourke's behind all this, I'm the one to settle it. - [Dynamite Dawson] He's behind it, all right, the whole blasted thing. He's got a bushel full of new plans cooking in his skillet, too. - Looks like we're going to have our hands full come spring. - Yeah, sure looks bad. (train horn whistles) Guess I better hop them cars to the rail head or I won't be around next spring. (train chugs) Take care of yourself, Tom. - Thanks for dropping in and cheering me up. - Oh, that's. - I hope those men didn't disturb you with any distressing news. - No, everything's fine. - I'll change these today. - Don't you ever treat your patients as anything other than laboratory specimens? - I don't seem to follow you. - I heard about that blood transfusion you gave me. Why didn't you tell me? - Didn't seem important. I would've done the same for anybody. - The important thing is you did it for me. Thanks, Edith. Now that I have your blood, doesn't that give us something in common? - Certainly not. (gentle music) - You know, Edith, you better start to warm up because we're going to be snowbound here a long, long time. (gentle music) (wind whistles) (gentle, peaceful music) (someone knocks) Why, hello, Mr. Van Horne. - Tom, you look great. - I feel fine. Sit down. - Thanks, I've only got a minute. I want you out at the camp just as soon as you feel you're up to it. - What's happened? - Well, we started up again all right, but it's worse than ever. Not from the outside, though. It's all in the camp. Dissension, men won't work. - Payroll again, huh? - Money all tied up in legal. I'm going to Calgary to untangle it. Promises aren't going to satisfy those men any longer. They've always had a lot of respect for you, Tom. If you could only get out there for a few days and keep them quiet, I can straighten out the money, Tom. Edith, what have you done to yourself? - Just combing my hair differently. - It's an improvement. A vast improvement. (Edith chuckles) (gentle, romantic music) - Oh, I do love you, Tom. I've tried to analyze it rationally, but I can't. - You're a wonderful woman, Edith. I can never repay you for all you've done. - You repaid me already by introducing me to the other Tom Andrews. - Other? - The one deep inside here, the one who left home, went to the frontiers, the boy who lost his appreciation for the finer things. That's the man I've learned to admire and respect. Not the Tom Andrews I met wearing those. - I was just cleaning them. Do you think I ever wanted to use them? - But you did use them. - There are times when a man- - There's never an excuse for drawing a gun against another man. If you feel toward me the way I believe you do, you'll never wear them again, never. - Well, they are kind of heavy and I'm not as strong as I used to be. - I knew you wouldn't turn back. Now you're my patient again so, listen, the hospital car blew back the rail ends tomorrow. - Fits right in with my plans. - Uh uh. Convalescence and post-surgical stay here, and that means you. - But I've got to get back. - The doctor says no. You need at least another week's rest. I'll miss you, Tom, but it won't be long. - Anything you say, Doctor, but are you sure you can't use poor, old Buffalo Bill. - Dare not even to think of such things! (gentle, upbeat music) (tense music) (train horn whistles) (train clacks) - Hello. - Well, stowaway, in violation of all hospital rules. - No, all I need is fresh air and excitement. - We still have a hospice, you know, and I can make you stay right here, where I can keep my eye on you. If you're so anxious to get back to work, come on down and help me check equipment. - Coming. - Now, sit right there. Here. 20 dozen pairs, major op. - Major who? - Major operating. Check it here. - Ah! - And I say no, warriors, no! The iron monster will swallow your land. You've seen the buffalo go. Soon, the land itself will disappear! Get your people together and drive this thing from the country! (men chatter in foreign language) (war drums beat) (chuckles) Look at 'em. Didn't I tell you the truth? The upset that rail camp's in now, we'll whip them without lifting one of our fingers. - Good, good, we'll drive out the thieves. - Everything's going better than I thought. I got whisky pouring into that camp by the barrel. Got a gambling place, too. Them roughteers want to quit work and have a little fun, there it is, right in their own yard. - Those bucks will pick 'em off like flies off a bull moose. (men shout in foreign language) - They're ready now. Thousands of bucks waiting in the hills and bush to start it. That fool of a father of yours! He doesn't know what he's helping to bring on us. It will be our blood that will be spilled, too, as well as the railroad people. (war drum beats) - I told you to stay in the house. - Papa, can't you understand? You must make Dirk Rourke stop them! - No, it's right! I thought you'd come back to us, were one of us. - I was. Now this. - What do you think those people would do to you if you told them that. - It belongs to your tribe, you own it, it is yours. - Then speak to them, see how they listen to you! People, my daughter wants to tell you of her love for the railroad. Go ahead, tell them! - Destroy the railroad. Drive it from our land! We meadows are with you to the death. (men chatter) - Warriors, warriors, go now. Go back to your tribes. You have your orders. (men chatter in foreign language) I'll see you after they've gone. - You must be proud of me now. - Yes! (tense, exciting music) - [Mama] I saw it, dear. What he did was terrible. - Yes. (sweeping music) Put some food in this. I'm going to Tom while there's still a chance. He must know! - [Mama] But he's no longer your man. He has somebody else, you said- - Yes! Somebody his own kind, who isn't a part of that. But it makes no difference, I must warn him. (tense, melancholic music) (men chatter) - [Pal] Good boy, Dirk. (men laugh) - Once you leave here, there's no turning back. You can never return to the meadows again. - I know it. (sweeping, melancholic music) Goodbye, Mama. - Adieu. (brooding music) (men chattering) (exciting music) - There goes the last of the chiefs. Here's to the murderous scalpers. Bless 'em! (exciting music) (train chugs) (train horn whistles) (train chugs) - All right, quit stalling! You've all seen trains before. - Yeah, I don't see no headquarters car. (train chugs) Where's the pay car? - Yeah, let's find out about this! - Let's see what Van Horne's got to say. - Yeah, where's our pay? - Come on, men! - [Worker] Come on! Come on! (men chatter) (train chugs) (men chatter) - What's the trouble, boys? - Why, it's Tom Andrews! - Welcome back, Tom! - Mr. Van Horne's still in Calgary. - Where's our pay, Andrews? - Now what can you spend your money for out here? Mr. Van Horne promised you your money. - We've had promises. - And you're going to get it in a day or two. - Yeah, we ain't going to listen to that, either. (men chatter) - I don't blame you men for griping. I would, too, if I was burning up muscle all day long and getting nothing for it. I've never lied to any of you men. Most of you know that. And when I say the money is on its way, you can stop worrying. - Ah, more promises! They're all lies! Let's smash the works! (men shout) - Get down here and slug him, Tom! - Yeah, come on. - Tom, what are you waiting for? - Cost of that will come out of your pay. Now let's get back to work and cut out this horse play. We got a railroad to build. - (laughs) Tough guy! (laughs) There's your big trouble boss, his pants all pressed nice and neat. (chuckles) Don't even wear his guns no more. - [Worker] What's the matter, Andrews? You lost your nerve? - Come on, men, we're going over to Bailey's. (men shout) - Men, getting this track down is more important than personal crises. (men chatter) - You did all you could do, Tom. - I could've shoved my fist right through his teeth. (emotional music) - Tom, what in thunderation's happened to ya? - Nothing. - Here, you got no gun. Go after that no good ruckus-raiser and hit him over the head with it. - Time's have changed. - What's that female done to ya, huh? Tom, you know you can't handle them bullheads with no kid gloves! - Maybe I can. (emotional music) (exciting music) (tense music) (exciting music) (men laughing) (men chattering) - Hey, hey, it's on the house tonight, boys. - [Worker] (indistinct) open up, Bailey? - I paid for five barrels of whisky and they sent me 10, so drink up! (men shout) - Tell 'em the truth, Bailey. Tell 'em the whisky was donated free by our friend. - Shut your mouth, I told ya. - Ach, this is a sweet one. You heard what John Mallis said. The booze was sent to keep fools drunk and cripple the railroad. - [Men] Ah, shut up! - Ach, I've got no use for the wreck. (gun bangs) (gun bangs) (gun bangs) - I'll drop any man that lifts another gun! That's better. Drinks are still on the house. (men chatter) (lively piano music) - Come on, let's give him a drink. (men chatter) (lively piano music) - Tom, over at Bailey's, Mallis just got plugged. Think he's going to kick the bucket. - I must go. (tense music) - Edith, wait. - But Bailey's just murdered Scotty McNair. You can't go over there like that. You've got to have those, you know. (rousing music) (comical music) Now you look like a man. (determined music) (men laughing) (lively piano music) - I hear a man's been shot. Mallis. - He just went out the back way, lady. - I'm a doctor, if he's been hurt- - He don't hurt now, he's dead. Have a drink. (chuckles) - Come on, sister, let's dance. (men laugh) - Take your hands off her. Get out of here, Edith. - Mallis is dead! - Go back to the car. You Bailey? - Yeah. - You're closing up. - (chuckles) No need to get riled up, Andrews. Excitement's all over. We were just about to hold a wake for poor, old Mallis. Join us in a drink? - We're going to take a walk. I'm turning you in for killing Scotty McNair. - You got it once, Andrews. Next time's the last. (guns bang) (Bailey laughs) (Bailey thuds) - You wanted a wake? Well, kneel! Dynamite, get their guns. So there won't be any more shooting, I'll keep these guns for a while. After you men have sobered up, I want you to think about what you've seen here tonight. I'm going to talk to you again in the morning, and this time, you'll listen! (dramatic music) (steam hisses) You sure you got all the slack out? - Yes, yes, I got all the slack out. Gall-darn it, Tom, I could do it better my way. - And blow up the whole countryside? Oh, no. Ready, Jim? - Any time. - [Tom] Ready? - [Dynamite Dawson] Give her the steam. - Take her away. - Right. (train chugs) (saloon booms) - Great work, Jim. Going back to the base tonight? - Right away. - If you see Mr. Van Horne, tell him what happened. Say everything's under control. All clear, Dynamite? - [Dynamite Dawson] All clear, cable's off! - Night, Tom. - Night, Jim. (train chugs) Dynamite, we're in business. We just opened a saloon. I saw a sign one time in a saloon in Montana that read, "If you want to know who's boss here, "start something." Well, I'm not the boss, and I'm not here to start anything, but somebody else has already started things, and they don't intend stopping until these rails are a tangled pile of rust. Everything that's happened, these accidents, Bailey's, they're all part of a scheme to put us all out of jobs. Are we going to give into that? Or are we going to finish what we came out here to do, build a railroad? - Well, if what you said about the pay car coming is so, ah, let's lay steel! - Tom's right! Nobody's going to take my job away from me! (men grumble) - That's the spirit, men, that's the spirit. And I'll tell you something else. There's one man behind all this grief we've had, and I know who he is. If you men will go back to work, I'll go out and find this fella, drag him in by the heels, dead or alive, and let you have a look at him. - [Worker] Where's the snake? Let's go get him, come on! (men chatter) - Wait a minute, he's not that easy to find. Beside, it's a personal matter. But once he's nailed, our troubles will be over. It'll be smooth rolling from then on, so what do you say, men? (men shout) - Tom, maybe you ain't no politician, but you ought to be. (Tom chuckles) - Hey, wait! (dramatic, exciting music) - Tom, Tom, the Indians are coming right now! - Injuns, what'd I tell you? - They've got rifles, there's hundreds of them. Dirk Rourke got them crazy! You've got to get away from here! - There's no possible way, we have no engine. - Then have Pere Lacomb go to them. He can talk to them, make them understand. - Father Lacomb's still back at the base. (drums beat) - Listen! (drums beat) - Men, you heard. Looks like we got to make a stand for it. Come on, let's move that hospital car in here! (men shout) (exciting music) (tense, exciting music) That' it, men! Hey, Mike! - Yeah? Pull up those carts around the cars for barricades. Hank, round up all guns and ammunition in the camp. Dynamite, break out those new repeaters. Cecille, come with me. (men shout) (exciting music) Jykes, get the base. Tell 'em to send help. We're about to be attacked. - Attacked? I've been trying to raise him for an hour. The wires must be down. - Rourke. - Then get out there and use this. - Yes, sir! - You've given us a chance to fight back, but you've also ridden into the worst spot you could pick. - I don't care. I couldn't let them- - I know, you're a brave woman. - Tom, I, listen. (drums beat) Drums, they're louder. (dramatic, exciting music) - Is it as bad as they say? - Yes, you women get inside. - I can help! - Inside. You, too, Dr. Mason. All right, you men, get behind the ties! - Tom, you get through to Van Horne? - No, the wires are down. (tense music) Guess I better make a run for it. - You can't go! - Of course you can't. You like fighting too much. Now, with me, it's different. I once won the Kentucky Derby on a mule. (gun bangs) See you later! - Good luck, Dynamite. (exciting music) (guns bang) Snipers, Mike. They'll pick us off one by one. (exciting music) (guns bang) - If you want to help, you can hand me the bandages. - I can help more with a gun. (tense music) (guns bang) - It's like spearing fish in a tub. (guns bang) (exciting music) (exciting music) (guns bang) (exciting music) Chief, tell your braves to keep out of sight. We'll keep 'em boxed in til dark, and then I'll give you the signal when to cut loose. - How about the fella that rode out of here a while ago? - He won't get very far. I've got Indian outposts watching every trail, just in case somebody does get away. (tense music) (gun bangs) (exciting music) (drum beats) (men speaking foreign language) - Want to play games, eh? (men speaking foreign language) Picking straws to see which one lifts my scalp, eh? Well, you're plumb uncivilized, that's what you are. Say, chief, you mind if I smoke? Savvy, last smoke before you lift the hair? (warrior speaking foreign language) You boys want to smoke, too? Well, we got lots of them. Let's be sociable. There's one for you. Here's some for all of you. Finest smokes you ever had. Get a light, chief. Here ya be. Yeah, this is a good one. You'll like these, boys. Just puff away, get a light from another one. (dynamite booms) (Dynamite Dawson laughs) (crickets chirrup) (owl hoots) (crickets chirrup) - I don't like it. Anything could happen. Tell some of your men to get inside the car, the others underneath it, but, under no circumstances, let any of them get outside this barricade. Pass the word along. (dramatic, exciting music) (gun bangs) (dramatic, exciting music) (guns bang) Here come the tribes, men. Make every shot count! (exciting music) Thanks, Cecille. (exciting music) (guns bang) (tense music) (guns bang) (Cecille shouts) (gun bangs) Watch out, they're treacherous. - He's a wounded man. (dramatic music) - [Tom] I said they were treacherous. - Come on, then, help me get him out of here. Open the door, somebody. Here we go. - We have to think of our own men first. - Humanity never takes sides. But you brought this trouble on. Violence always breeds more violence. - You mean to say you blame me? - Not personally, of course not. I blame the things for which you stand. I thought you'd changed. But it takes great courage not to kill and to shed blood. - We got a Maddis here. Winged him running across the rocks out there. - Papa! (dramatic music) - Cecille, Mama told me you had come to him. I didn't know it would be so horrible, horrible! I was wrong, wrong! - What's Rourke's plan? - He's up there, by the big, dead pine tree. When he sets the torch to it, that will be the signal for the last attack. There are too many for you to fight. (tense music) (dramatic music) (crickets chirrup) (gun bangs) (crickets chirrup) - All right, light her up, Cagle. (crickets chirrup) - [Tom] Stop that, Cagle. (guns bang) (fire crackles) (drum beats) (guns bang) (drum beats) (guns bang) (drum beats) (exciting music) (fire roars) (Rourke screams) (exciting music) (exciting music) (guns bang) - Here, fight! Do you want to die? Then you're either a fool or a saint. (exciting music) (gun bangs) (train chugs) (upbeat music) - He's giving her all she's got, Mr. Van Horne. He says if he gives her anymore, she'll bust her sides! (exciting music) (guns bang) (exciting music) - I couldn't stop the signal, but Rourke's dead. - You killed him. - Why shouldn't he kill him? You've seen what he's done to us. I'm glad, Tom, I'm glad! - Have you been hurt? (train horn whistles) (exciting music) (guns bang) (exciting music) - [Cecille] Here they come! (guns bang) (exciting music) (train horn whistles) (exciting music) (guns bang) (exciting music) (train horn whistles) (exciting music) A train, Tom, a train! - [Tom] Let 'em, have it! (train horn whistles) (guns bang) (exciting music) (guns bang) (exciting music) - [Van Horne] Well, Mister, how do you like building railroads? - As your personal surveyor, I sometimes think you do it the hard way, but I like it. (Edith speaks indistinctly) Mr. Van Horne, Dynamite deserves some credit. By the way, what kept you? - Well, as a matter of fact, I stopped off to have a smoke with some Injuns. Dang fools smoked their heads off! (chuckles) (men shouting) (harmonica music) - [Worker] Money, money, money, money! - If money's the root of all evil, partner, you can just give me a carload of them roots. - [Lacomb] Your father will be all right, Cecille, don't worry. - [Mason] You're not riding back with us? - [Lacomb] I'll bring her with me on the next trip. You'll need all your (indistinct). - [Van Horne] In heaven's name, what is this? - [Dynamite Dawson] Well, if that ain't trouble. (tense music) - [Tom] What is it you want? (warrior speaking foreign language) - [Van Horne] What did he say? - They want to have peace with the white man. They want to return to their homes unmolested, free to roam the forests and never fight again. - Tell them their wish has been granted. - White chief gives you the freedom to do all that you have asked. I'm asking you to believe me, not as a priest, but as a white man who understands the white man's ways. White men are not all evil. Some are, just as some of you. (train chugs) (dramatic music) - [Cecille] Tom! (dramatic music) (gentle, romantic music) (train horn whistles) (train chugs) (dramatic music) (lively music)
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Keywords: western, cine del oeste, faroeste, full length movie, peliculas completas, filme, classic movie, yt:cc=on, cowboy movie, Película del Oeste, Oeste, faroeste clássico, filme de faroeste, Westernowy Film, subtitles, subtitled, subtítulos en español, legendas em português, Deutsche Untertitel, legendas, sous-titres
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Length: 95min 10sec (5710 seconds)
Published: Thu Apr 13 2023
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