"Daniel Boone: Bickford's Bridge" (1969) - Fess Parker blows up bridges!

[00:00:10]Heat.

[00:00:35]Heat.

[00:00:47]Heat.

[00:01:03]Heat.

[00:01:30]When I catch the rebels responsible for this, I'M GOING TO DRESS THEM FOR BEEF.

[00:01:34]>> Whoever it is, they know their business.

[00:01:36]All right.

[00:01:37]This is the third one they've snatched right out of our hands.

[00:01:40]>> The fourth? Corporal Barnes. The fourth.

[00:01:42]And it better BE THE LAST, CUZ THERE'S ONLY ONE MORE LEFT.

[00:01:47]>> WILLIAMS, report to headquarters. Tell the colonel he'll have to cross the gorge above Hunter Point over the suspension bridge.

[00:01:57]>> Suspension bridge? I never heard of it.

[00:01:59]Let's hope the rebels haven't heard of it either. According to reports, it's falling apart. And if we're going to get their Corporal Barnes before they blow it up, we better get moving.

[00:02:10]>> Right on the double. This way, lads.

[00:02:32]Daniel was a man. Yes. A big man with an eye like an eagle and as tall as a mountain was he. Daniel Boom was a man.

[00:02:44]Yes, a big man. He was brave. He was fearless and as tough as a mighty old tree.

[00:02:52]From the skin cap on the top of old to the heel of his raw high shoe.

[00:02:58]Moriponest, roaringest, finest man. The frontier ever knew Daniel Bloom was a man. Yes, a big man.

[00:03:10]And he fought for America to make all Americans free.

[00:03:16]What a doer was he.

[00:03:37]There, that's got it. Well, I guess that does it for the braces and supports.

[00:03:41]Paw, as soon as we get the some planking and those loose rails fixed, she'll be as good as new. Looks better than did it last year at this time.

[00:03:49]>> We could never manage without it.

[00:03:52]Hey, Clinton. Remember the first time you crossed it? Took a safety line over >> with you and Paw holding that anchor rope around my waist. Well, I don't want to try that again.

[00:04:01]>> Well, you said you weren't scared.

[00:04:03]>> Well, the only reason I did it was because I knew if I didn't, you were bound to have a try at it.

[00:04:06]>> You know, Paul, we could charge a toll for crossing it. Help pay us back for labor materials.

[00:04:10]>> Oh, no. Anyone wants a cross, they're welcome to it. I don't aim to make any money out of anybody's need. But call help me pick up these tools. You can bring a couple of more loads across before summertime.

[00:04:20]All right, let's get this up here, kid.

[00:04:25]In there. All right, you take the lumber. I'll take the heck of nails.

[00:04:28]Okay.

[00:05:06]Close your feet.

[00:06:24]Get up.

[00:06:27]Well, >> it's not a good idea to point a pistol to man unless you know he's an enemy.

[00:06:31]>> How do I know you're not?

[00:06:33]>> How do you know I am?

[00:06:36]>> I'll let my father decide that. This bridge is private property, mister. Now, pick up your gear and move.

[00:07:05]I'm over here. Clint, >> I found him by the bridge. Paul, >> you're a long way from nowhere, mister.

[00:07:15]Better state your name in business. My name's Boon, and I didn't get a >> Daniel Boone.

[00:07:20]>> That's right.

[00:07:22]Well, well, I'm mighty sorry, Mr. Boon, but what with the war going on and everything, I I This here's the man that opened the Cumberland Trail of Kentucky.

[00:07:32]Ain't that right, >> Reck? So, >> we might not even be here, but for him.

[00:07:37]My name's Bickford, Mr. Boon. This here's my two boys, Paul and Clint.

[00:07:41]>> Howdy. Howdy, Mr. Boon. Sure. I'm sorry, Mr. Boon, for uh for back there.

[00:07:46]>> It's all right, son. No harm done. Mr. Bickford, I need to talk to you.

[00:07:50]>> Why, sure, sir. Go right ahead.

[00:07:53]>> Well, I didn't happen up here just by chance. I'm here on army business.

[00:07:56]>> Well, how come you're not in a uniform?

[00:07:58]>> Well, I'm not in the army, but I have papers authorizing me to carry out my orders.

[00:08:03]>> Well, what do the army orders have to do with me, sir?

[00:08:05]>> Possibly quite a bit. You may not know it, but there's a British regiment on its way up here now.

[00:08:11]>> How does that concern us?

[00:08:13]>> British intend to burn all the outpost, destroy all the forts. My orders are to see that they don't come across to this side of the gorge.

[00:08:21]>> Well, I don't know much about military matters, Mr. Boon, but I know I can think a heap better over a cup of coffee. Come on.

[00:08:43]Sergeant Can't we stop here for a breather?

[00:08:48]>> We keep on going till we reach that bridge.

[00:08:51]>> We can't keep up with you, Sergeant. We need rest.

[00:08:54]>> You men can rest when the bridge is secured.

[00:08:57]>> If you insist on going on, sir, you have to reach that bridge all by yourself.

[00:09:01]>> And if somebody blows that bridge, private orcs, BEFORE WE GET THERE, THE COLONEL'S APT TO BE VERY, VERY UPSET.

[00:09:08]NOW GET OUT. COME ON, MOVE ALL OF YOU.

[00:09:21]Your bridge is the only one left standing in 100 miles. We've blown up all the rest.

[00:09:27]>> I don't care about the rest.

[00:09:29]>> Ports the British aim to burn are the only one Virginia has. There are 10,000 Indians waiting to pour in if they're destroyed. Now, the whole outcome of this war might well depend on keeping the British off this side of the gorge.

[00:09:41]You don't seem to understand, Boon. We didn't fix that bridge just for something to do. It's harvest time. That bridge is our livelihood. The >> British will be here by morning at the latest. It's got to be done tonight.

[00:09:53]>> Are you telling me I can't take my new harvest across that bridge?

[00:09:56]>> The British won't wait.

[00:09:58]>> Well, neither will my crops.

[00:09:59]>> We got to have that bridge. There's no way to market.

[00:10:02]>> Why? When we come out here, that bridge was good for nothing but STUMP WOOD. WE MADE IT INTO SOMETHING.

[00:10:07]>> I appreciate the fix you're in, but it's ARMY ORDERS. ARMY? WHAT DO I CARE ABOUT THE ARMY? WHAT'S THE ARMY EVER DONE FOR ME?

[00:10:14]>> THEY'RE FIGHTING your war for you.

[00:10:16]>> Oh, no. You're not going to drag us into this.

[00:10:19]>> Oh no. I got a war of my own. I've got a war with nature in the land. I've got a war with with pests and drought. I've got a WAR WITH COLD AND HUNGER. I GOT A WAR JUST TO SEE THAT ME AND MY FAMILY STAY ALIVE. AND THAT BRIDGE OUT THERE IS MY ONLY CHANCE OF WINNING IT. And you're not going to destroy any of it. Well, it's not my choice. And I know it's not an easy choice for you to make, but I don't think you'll enjoy keeping your bridge knowing the price of it was paid in human life. Men fight, they get killed.

[00:10:50]>> I'm not talking about soldiers. I'm talking about farmers and their wives and their children.

[00:10:59]You boys know what I'm talking about?

[00:11:02]Have you ever seen an Indian massacre?

[00:11:05]Or rather, what's left of one? Well, I have, and it's not a very pretty sight.

[00:11:09]>> Don't you pay him no mind, Paul.

[00:11:12]>> Nothing like that's going to happen. And if it does, it won't be any fault of ours.

[00:11:17]>> Oh, it'll happen. But I don't know how well you're going to sleep at night with that on your conscience. You think about that.

[00:11:23]>> I am thinking. I'm thinking I don't much like someone coming here and telling me to do this and do that. Don't you understand, Boon? I've got enough worries. My farm, my sons. I can't worry about the whole world. Are you willing to trade crops for sons?

[00:11:38]>> That's not what Paul's saying. You're just twisting his words around.

[00:11:42]>> Oh, no. I'm not, son. Is a bridge more important to you than human life?

[00:11:50]Now you get out of here. Get off our land and don't come back because we'll be waiting for you.

[00:11:55]>> Mr. Bickford, I have orders to blow up your bridge and I'm going to do just that.

[00:12:03]Let's grab him.

[00:12:12]Clint, let's go.

[00:12:18]>> Why don't you open up this son of door?

[00:12:27]Wait a minute. Let me get this out of here. Ease him down.

[00:12:32]Go ahead. Get him down.

[00:13:32]pepper's on. Come on, let's eat. No sense of letting the food get cold.

[00:13:43]>> Don't you worry about Moon Boon. He'll be all right.

[00:13:49]We thank thee, oh Lord, for watching over this house, for giving us the courage to persevere, for blessing us after all these years with good crops. Amen.

[00:14:02]Eat your food, boy.

[00:14:04]I'm not very hungry, Paul.

[00:14:06]>> You will be tomorrow when we start harvesting.

[00:14:11]>> You know, Paul, I've been thinking >> about what?

[00:14:15]>> About things.

[00:14:17]>> About things. Hash potatoes.

[00:14:21]It was about what Mr. Boon was saying.

[00:14:23]>> Forget Mr. Boon. He didn't say anything worth thinking on.

[00:14:26]>> How can I forget him when we got him prisoner? And besides, I just think he was getting at something. Something important.

[00:14:34]Did you know >> Paul's right, Paul?

[00:14:38]Boon was just running on saying what he thinks. That don't mean we have to think the same.

[00:14:42]>> Yeah, but I never heard the war talked about that way before. I mean, I never did worry about anybody else's stakes in except our own.

[00:14:49]>> A man wants to survive out here. That's all he better worry about, son.

[00:14:54]>> But crops for lives.

[00:14:57]Would you really want that on your conscience?

[00:15:00]Now, if I was you, I wouldn't be so quick to listen to Mr. Pool.

[00:15:05]It's easy enough for him to come here and tell us what our problems are and how to solve them. But he can just walk away after it's all over. Well, we got to live here and take what comes. You're too young to remember.

[00:15:18]We had a good crop once ready for harvesting. And what happens? Neighbors cows broke through the fence and trampled the crops. But they didn't trample, they ate. Now, what neighbors do about that?

[00:15:30]They just said, "We're sorry."

[00:15:32]Just like Mr. Boon, they gave us half a side of beef. Half a side of beef. Had a scratch to make it through that winter.

[00:15:41]>> What do you think we came out here for, Paul?

[00:15:42]>> I know. To get away from people, to have some peace.

[00:15:46]Get away from the war, I reckon. But it seems like the wars come to us now. And maybe it's like Mr. Boon said, there's just no way for us to stay SHUT OF IT.

[00:15:54]>> MR. BOON. MR. BOON.

[00:16:00]I tell you, it's not our fight. And I am to see that we don't have any part of it. Well, >> you always used to say us settlers had to stick together if we were ever going to be free. If there's ever going to be a really good country here.

[00:16:11]>> Well, what's the use of being free? If you're hungry, >> if you're not free, you shouldn't even be here. Now, >> this is the gratitude I get. Now, THE THING I EVER DID WASN'T FOR YOU BOYS.

[00:16:23]And now the first stranger comes along, you start repeating them as if he WAS THE ONLY MAN ON EARTH KNEW ANYTHING.

[00:16:27]>> I WAS ONLY ASKING SOME QUESTIONS. PAUL, >> DON'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS.

[00:16:38]Don't ask any questions until you know little of what life's all about.

[00:16:42]>> Well, how can I ever know anything about it if you just shut me up and don't give me any answers?

[00:16:45]>> That's enough. I don't want any back talk out of you. Not until you've grown up enough to know what you're saying.

[00:17:01]Where do you think you're going?

[00:17:03]>> I have a little talk with Paul. You didn't have to be so hard on him.

[00:17:08]>> Well, let him simmer down for a while.

[00:17:11]If I'm not hard on him, how is he going to learn?

[00:17:14]Life is going to be hard on him like it is hard on all of us.

[00:17:19]He hasn't grown up enough yet to start passing judgment on his father.

[00:17:23]>> He wasn't passing judgment on you, Paul.

[00:17:26]He was just trying to sort things out for himself. You always said before a boy becomes a man, he's got to do that.

[00:17:32]>> Oh, this is different. What we're talking about is something else again here.

[00:17:35]>> Well, maybe that's so. But I still think that >> Don't argue with me.

[00:17:38]>> I wasn't arguing with you, Paul.

[00:17:42]Maybe Boon had a thought there about the about the situation.

[00:17:48]>> NOW DON'T YOU GIVE ME ANY TROUBLE. I know I'm doing the right thing.

[00:17:54]You know, anything you do is going to be the right thing with me, Paul.

[00:17:59]Still, don't set easy with me. Keep Boon prisoner for two or three days till we get our crops across the bridge. Now, what's the harm in that?

[00:18:11]None, I suppose.

[00:18:13]>> All right, then stop worrying about it.

[00:18:18]>> Well, my my congratulations, Sergeant. I may never be the same again, but seems like this time we we beat the rebels. We haven't beaten them until the regiment crosses to the other side.

[00:18:30]Now, I want all you men to stay alert.

[00:18:33]Keep a sharp eye on this bridge.

[00:18:36]>> Is it all right if we rest while we're doing it, Sergeant?

[00:18:38]>> You'll stay alert. Corporal by walking your post until the regiment comes.

[00:18:43]Another few hours won't kill you.

[00:18:46]>> You hawks, new carpenter, keep your stations here. I want this side of the bridge secured. The rest of you follow me.

[00:19:15]You all right, Paul?

[00:19:19]>> Paul didn't mean what he said.

[00:19:20]>> And why did he say it?

[00:19:24]>> Well, you got to understand about Paul.

[00:19:27]Life's never been very good to him.

[00:19:30]I reckon he's failed at almost everything he ever tried due to one thing or another. in a way even blames himself for Ma's dying or feels guilty anyway because she never had the things he thought she ought to have.

[00:19:48]Can you understand that, Paul?

[00:19:51]I reckon I can. That's why the bridge is so important to him.

[00:19:55]We got a good crop this year. And if you look at it one way, that bridge could be the difference between success and failure. And I reckon he just can't bear the thought of losing out again.

[00:20:08]>> You think he's right in what he's doing, Clint?

[00:20:10]>> He thinks he is. And I reckon when it comes right down to cases, man's got to act according to his own lights.

[00:20:20]>> No matter who gets hurt.

[00:20:21]>> Well, that's the hardest thing about making up your own mind.

[00:20:24]>> Well, Paul's got his mind made up.

[00:20:27]>> So it seems.

[00:20:31]But you're not too sure about yourself.

[00:20:35]What makes you think I'm not?

[00:20:37]>> You stand there and tell me about how I got to understand the way P thinks.

[00:20:44]>> It's not me you're trying to convince.

[00:20:47]It's you.

[00:20:50]You know, for someone who's not grown up yet, some of the things you say make quite a bit of sense.

[00:20:56]>> No, you're just trying to make me feel better.

[00:20:58]>> Maybe. The question is, do you?

[00:21:03]>> You know, Clint, I always feel good when I talk to you.

[00:21:08]>> Good enough to eat your supper.

[00:21:10]>> Yeah, I guess even good enough for that.

[00:21:14]>> You go in the house and eat. I'll go help pawn a barn.

[00:21:37]I want to talk to you.

[00:21:44]>> What about >> Well, I'm sorry I brought up things that made trouble between you and your paw.

[00:21:49]>> There wasn't no trouble.

[00:21:52]>> All I thought >> No matter what you thought, my paw's always known what's best.

[00:21:56]>> Well, maybe. But things might be different this time.

[00:22:01]>> Wow.

[00:22:01]>> Well, look at it this way.

[00:22:04]Your paw may think he's being neutral, but by helping the British, well, it's plain to see what it adds up to. He might be called a traitor.

[00:22:15]>> You don't know what you're talking about. My paw is no traitor.

[00:22:18]>> I'm sure he doesn't mean to be, but that's what it adds up to. And by you're helping him, that makes you one, too.

[00:22:23]>> I know what you're trying to do. I'm trying to get you to keep your father from becoming a murderer.

[00:22:29]>> A murderer?

[00:22:31]>> Paul, what do you figure he's going to do about me?

[00:22:36]>> I don't know. Let you go, I guess. When he thinks it's safe, >> he lets me loose. He knows the Continental Army gets wind of what he's done here, he'll be hanged as a traitor.

[00:22:48]That leaves only one thing for him to do. To kill me.

[00:22:52]>> He couldn't. Paul, when a man wades deep enough into a river and the current gets at him, it'll carry him away whether he likes it or not.

[00:23:03]>> Hey, you there.

[00:23:10]>> You live around here, son?

[00:23:13]>> Well, yes, sir. Why?

[00:23:15]>> You seen any strangers around here skullking near that bridge?

[00:23:19]>> We're stuck out in the hind end of nowhere here, sir. We don't see folks for months on end. Regular hermits, eh?

[00:23:26]>> Who's here then? Apart from yourself.

[00:23:28]Well, >> just my father and my brother. They're beding down the animals.

[00:23:31]>> Can't get them, son.

[00:23:33]>> Right, lads. Let's have a look inside.

[00:23:50]Thanks, Mr. Bford. A good cup of tea helps after a long march.

[00:23:55]>> There's some food on the table then.

[00:23:57]>> That's most hospitable of you. Poor colonials.

[00:24:02]>> Are you as generous to rebel troops who pass this way?

[00:24:07]>> We don't take sides in this war, sir.

[00:24:10]>> I should think you'd have a hard time staying neutral.

[00:24:13]>> Well, not way out here, sir. There's nobody nearby that that would care one way or the other. And besides, we've been very busy tending to our own affairs, sir. That's wise of you. If the rest of the colonials thought as you do, this country would be a lot better off.

[00:24:29]I presume you own that bridge out there.

[00:24:31]>> Yes, sir, I do.

[00:24:33]>> Then I request permission for its use in transporting his majesty's troops.

[00:24:37]>> Just go ahead and use it. I reckon it wouldn't do me any good to say no.

[00:24:42]>> I think you're quite right. They sour rifles, Sergeant. All I could follow.

[00:24:47]>> Are there any other firearms in the house?

[00:24:49]>> You have them all right there. Take charge of them, Corporal.

[00:24:52]>> I s down there, sir. It's the storm cellar, sir.

[00:25:04]>> There's nothing in there. Just some uh potatoes and seed and trunks and old stuff.

[00:25:21]Hey, wait a minute, Sergeant. You can't take our guns.

[00:25:24]>> It's simply a precaution. I'll see that they return when the regiment is gone.

[00:25:29]It shouldn't be too long. Right, lads.

[00:25:32]Let's go.

[00:25:42]>> Well, that was close.

[00:25:43]>> Well, now we can forget about the British. Our troubles are over. Yeah.

[00:25:47]Well, maybe they're just starting.

[00:25:48]>> Nonsense, boy. We've got no quarrel with them. Well, what are we going to do with Boon? Well, leave him there. He has sense enough to stay quiet. It' be mighty awkward to try to explain his presence here. All right, you two get to bed. It'll be over tomorrow.

[00:26:03]And remember, if we're friendly to them, they'll be friendly, too.

[00:26:19]Sentry, we brought some souvenirs for you.

[00:26:26]>> Some extra armorament in case you need it. Just put them down over there.

[00:26:33]>> Anything going on?

[00:26:35]>> It's been quiet as a Sunday in church, Sergeant.

[00:26:40]Too quiet.

[00:26:42]>> I don't like it. Haven't you had your filler hearing blasting powder going off?

[00:26:47]>> That's just what I mean.

[00:26:48]>> I don't think I follow you, Sergeant.

[00:26:51]These colonials we've been after. Four bridges wrecked right before our eyes, so to speak. It don't seem right they'd not try to get this last one. Well, that's simple. We got here first.

[00:27:05]Perhaps Thank you.

[00:28:55]All right.

[00:29:39]Who goes?

[00:29:41]>> Said who goes.

[00:29:46]>> It's me, Paul Bickford.

[00:29:48]>> What are you doing out here at this time of night?

[00:29:50]>> I couldn't sleep. I just thought I'd get some fresh air. Well, you picked a right place for it, son. You nearly got an air hole blasted right the way through you.

[00:29:59]Now, go on, get back to your cabin.

[00:30:00]>> Yes, sir.

[00:30:01]>> And don't let me catch you out here again.

[00:30:06]>> Back to your post, Centry.

[00:32:12]Mr. Boom.

[00:32:52]Paul like to do this, but I've got to get out of here. Are you going to yell if I let you go, or do I have to quiet you?

[00:32:59]>> I came to help you.

[00:33:03]Good.

[00:33:14]Is there anyone awake up there? No, Mr. Boon.

[00:33:21]What you said about my paws becoming a murderer?

[00:33:25]You weren't lying to me, were you?

[00:33:27]>> I wasn't lying.

[00:33:30]>> My paw ain't going to see it my way.

[00:33:33]But it just seemed to me I sort of had to save him from himself.

[00:33:38]You'd better get out of here. It's coming on the first light.

[00:34:11]Clint, is that you out there?

[00:34:20]>> Clint, >> it's me, Paul.

[00:34:28]Okay. What are you doing up so early? I >> I couldn't get any sleep, Paul. I knew there's a lot of work to do today. Just thought I'd fix the fire and put on the coffee for you and Clint when you got up this morning.

[00:34:38]>> Oh, that's real thoughtful of you, son.

[00:34:41]>> It'll be a while before it's done, Paul.

[00:34:43]I'll call you.

[00:34:47]>> It's not worthwhile going back to bed.

[00:34:48]By the time I got dressed and washed, breakfast would be done. And then be light enough to tend this dark.

[00:35:03]Paul, I I'd like to talk to you.

[00:35:08]>> Can't we talk later, Paul?

[00:35:10]>> No. I I think this needs saying, so I'd like to say it now.

[00:35:15]I'm sorry for what happened tonight.

[00:35:18]That's all right, Paul.

[00:35:19]>> No, it's not all right. But a man sometimes says in anger what he don't rightly mean.

[00:35:27]>> I know that, Paul.

[00:35:28]>> A man's entitled to his opinion. I just want you to know that what I what I do is not for myself. It's for you boys. This farm is all I got left to give you and Clint. That's why I got to keep it the way it is no matter what.

[00:35:46]I understand that, Paul.

[00:35:49]>> Well, as long as you know, that's it's fine.

[00:36:16]What is that? I'm just fixing breakfast.

[00:37:11]SERGEANT MALCOLM. SERGEANT, I'M A DEVIL.

[00:37:28]>> Double cow. It looks like a bag of plastic powder tight under there.

[00:37:32]>> Cut it loose.

[00:37:40]>> It's blasting powder. All right, you men search this bridge carefully. New sentry, come with us.

[00:38:05]the door. NO NEED TO BREAK IT DOWN.

[00:38:06]>> BACK UP THERE TO THE FIREPLACE AND TURN AROUND. THE THREE OF YOU MOVE OVER THERE.

[00:38:11]>> NOW, JUST a minute, Sergeant. I'll give a man a chance to explain.

[00:38:15]>> Explain? What would you like to explain this?

[00:38:28]Just some potatoes and seeds and a few old trunks. Eh, Sentry, open the cellar door.

[00:38:49]Tell him to come out.

[00:38:53]Well, tell him, P.

[00:38:55]Tell him you can't call anybody out CUZ THERE'S NOBODY DOWN THERE.

[00:39:04]I shanked you again.

[00:39:07]Tell him to come up. Well, you heard what my boy said. There's nobody down there.

[00:39:16]We'll soon see. If you've lied to me, I'll have you all before a firing squad.

[00:39:23]Keep an eye on them.

[00:39:35]It's all right. It's all right, Clint.

[00:40:38]Didn't get him. M. Sergeant, >> shut up.

[00:40:44]>> Go and search those out buildings.

[00:40:46]They're both of you. I sir.

[00:40:57]>> Mr. Bickford, I believe that something's gone on here that you haven't told me about.

[00:41:03]>> Well, you saw for yourself. There was no one down the cellar, and I told you we hadn't taken sides in this here war.

[00:41:09]>> Under the circumstances, you will confine yourselves to this cabin. Well, sergeant, we have a stock to tend to, horses to be fed, a cow to be milt.

[00:41:21]>> All right, see your stock? But I don't want to see you near that bridge.

[00:41:27]Understand?

[00:41:38]>> I don't need to ask who let him loose.

[00:41:41]Or are you both to blame? I did it, Paul. Clint had no part of it.

[00:41:45]>> I thought so. Clint has too many brains.

[00:41:48]>> Why, Paul?

[00:41:50]>> It's like you said, Clint, a man's just got to do what he thinks is right.

[00:41:53]>> You young fool. What makes you think you're grown up enough to make a man's decision? Do you know what you've done?

[00:41:58]You've as GOOD AS KILL THIS OFF.

[00:42:04]Come back here.

[00:42:08]Paul, wait. Don't you see? What if Boon had been in that cellar? Well, it's just lucky that he wasn't, that's all.

[00:42:14]>> Are you turning on me, too, Clint?

[00:42:16]>> No, I'm not turning on your paw. But Paul did what he thought was right. He couldn't stand to see a man killed.

[00:42:29]Oh, I should have killed him myself when I had the chance.

[00:42:33]Now he's got his powder and he's going to blow up our bridge.

[00:42:35]>> That's not important, Paul. Look, I worked on that bridge just as hard as you did. Maybe harder. But it still ain't worth killing for.

[00:42:44]>> It's not too late. He's out there somewhere. He's out there near our bridge.

[00:42:50]>> Are you coming with Clint?

[00:42:52]>> Oh, you can't go out there. The British are still there.

[00:42:55]>> I COULD EXPLAIN TO THE BRITISH. THEY'LL STOP BOON FROM BLOWING IT UP. OH, >> will you listen to me? Boon can't blow up the bridge. Not with our British still there.

[00:43:14]Maybe, maybe.

[00:43:19]>> Anything going on?

[00:43:21]>> Not a thing, Sergeant.

[00:43:24]>> There has to be someone around here somewhere.

[00:43:29]>> You two go and search the woods. Barnes and I are going to have a look over the other side. Come on, Barnes.

[00:43:34]>> They're right, Sergeant.

[00:43:56]looking for me. I'm much obliged.

[00:43:59]>> They've got our guns and yours, too.

[00:44:05]Our guns are stashed right over there.

[00:44:09]And we'll get them back just as soon as the sentries go at the far end of the bridge.

[00:44:28]WHAT?

[00:44:50]PAUL, get up on that cliff. Be careful.

[00:45:10]I'm here, Mr. Boon.

[00:45:13]Keep him back.

[00:45:44]What's happening here, HAWKS?

[00:45:45]>> THAT KID ON TOP UP THERE.

[00:45:51]>> YEP. Never mind him. GET THIS MAN ON THE BRIDGE.

[00:45:59]COME ON. WE CAN GET IN BEFORE THE BOY RELOADS.

[00:46:01]>> RIGHT.

[00:46:08]>> HE'S GOT ALL THOSE RIFLES. GET BACK.

[00:46:10]>> NO. KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING.

[00:46:15]>> I'll get him, sir.

[00:46:16]>> Come on then, HAWKS.

[00:46:33]Get that man there, Coral. As fast as I can, Sergeant.

[00:46:40]>> COME ON, BARNES. GET HIM. GO.

[00:46:49]He's not in the clear.

[00:47:08]Now get that fuse. Get the fuse.

[00:47:19]Heat.

[00:47:45]Heat.

[00:48:04]Hurry, turn.

[00:48:29]Mighty sorry to leave some of these things behind, but I just ain't got room for them.

[00:48:35]>> Well, you'll come back after the war.

[00:48:38]Build a better bridge than the last one.

[00:48:40]>> Oh no, Mr. Boon, we start depending on it like before. When a man's got just one thing to depend on, he's apt to give it a value, which is all out of reason.

[00:48:49]That bridge pretty near lost me all I hold close. My sons and my pride, my self-respect. It cost me dear, but I'm glad I got it learned in time. And I learned something else, too. Those boys of mine got more brains than I have.

[00:49:05]>> You ready to start, Mr. Moon?

[00:49:06]>> Anytime you are. Let's be about him.

[00:49:12]>> All right, boys. Hang on.

[00:49:22]Okay.

[00:49:32]Heat. Heat.

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