A Bride for the Wild Son

Added: 2026-06-04

[00:00:04]An old retired lawman tries to tame his dead friend's wild son the only way he knows how. By finding him a wife from a catalog for some coffee?

[00:00:27]>> Nope.

[00:00:29]Hey, Sunny.

[00:00:32]>> People generally don't call me Sunny. At least ways not twice.

[00:00:37]I'll teach him better.

[00:00:39]>> That's all.

[00:00:40]>> That's so something you want to say to me now that I reminded you your manners.

[00:00:45]>> Yeah, cross downstream.

[00:00:49]>> Go out of my way so as not to muddy up your coffee water.

[00:00:55]>> You could say that.

[00:00:58]Well, now you wouldn't be fixing to try to make me go downstream across, would you?

[00:01:05]>> Nope.

[00:01:07]You're a whole lot smarter than you look, old man.

[00:01:23]Heat.

[00:01:49]Heat.

[00:01:56]I guess you were trying to tell me about that drop off.

[00:02:00]>> Yep.

[00:02:06]>> Help me catch up my horses.

[00:02:08]>> Nope.

[00:02:09]>> But it's 10 milesi to town. You can't leave me out here a foot with one boot.

[00:02:18]Can I Sunny?

[00:02:43]Mhm.

[00:03:06]around.

[00:03:24]He He's over here. Will >> you came looking for trouble? You wouldn't find it.

[00:03:59]Thought you'd be shot and gone by now, Jess. I mean, it will died peaceful. No quarrels, no fights.

[00:04:10]Toward the end, he never even carried a gun.

[00:04:13]Just got old, ran out of time.

[00:04:17]>> Man can do that.

[00:04:18]>> What about the boy? He showed up for the funeral. I was surprised as him. He's got so many more important things to do like get kneewalk and drunk, gambling, women. You ask me, he's the one put Ben in the ground.

[00:04:31]>> Where can I find him?

[00:04:32]>> Come sundown, he'll be in one or two places. Card room in the saloon or a back bedroom at Kate's place.

[00:04:41]>> Thanks.

[00:04:45]>> Well, you wouldn't be fixing to do something foolish.

[00:04:52]Afraid I am, Jess.

[00:05:38]I don't need this.

[00:05:48]Hey, why the hell don't you watch?

[00:05:52]>> I see you caught up to your other boot.

[00:05:55]>> Well, no thanks to you.

[00:05:58]Step aside, mister. You're in my way.

[00:06:00]>> Go around.

[00:06:11]What should I do for you, mister? Well, >> the name of Carrie. Lee Carrey. Where can I find him?

[00:06:16]>> You just did.

[00:06:20]>> That figures.

[00:06:22]>> Thanks.

[00:06:29]>> Cars are gamblers.

[00:06:35]Burn one, give me two.

[00:06:37]>> You wouldn't be holding the kicker there, would you, Lee?

[00:06:38]>> Just a deal. One next.

[00:06:44]>> Well, looks like that leaves just you and me because the dealer takes three.

[00:06:53]>> You're in my life.

[00:06:56]>> Uh, you open.

[00:07:03]He's going to force me to look.

[00:07:06]You wouldn't be bluff me now, would you?

[00:07:17]>> Bump him.

[00:07:20]>> You two together?

[00:07:23]>> No. You beat two pair. You are.

[00:07:25]>> You're calling this man a cheat? Strikes me. He's calling you a cheat. If I were you, I'd hit him.

[00:07:31]>> Now, just a minute. You just hold up.

[00:08:01]Heat.

[00:08:05]Heat.

[00:08:13]Heat.

[00:08:29]Heat.

[00:08:56]Hey. Hey. What's going on over there?

[00:08:58]>> Fight. You delivery man.

[00:08:59]>> That's right. You >> want to hire a team and buckw Wagon? Uh, >> cost you $2 a day in advance.

[00:09:12]That sounds like a beauty. There's a rig over there. You can use that one.

[00:09:17]>> Thanks.

[00:09:17]>> Hey, hey, wait a minute. Say, I got to make an entry in my books. What name you go by, mister?

[00:09:25]>> Lane. Will Lane?

[00:09:44]Put him in the wagon.

[00:10:09]Watch your blind.

[00:11:20]Morning.

[00:11:21]>> What in hell do you think you're doing?

[00:11:22]>> What does it look like? Coffee on a forge. Help yourself.

[00:11:25]>> Now look here, mister. I I don't know who you are, but if you don't get off my place, >> you call this a place. Halfbuilt house, fences falling down, cows drifting over the hills, shot with ticks, horses ain't been shot in 6 months.

[00:11:38]>> Well, that's no concern to yours.

[00:11:39]>> Hand me that hammer.

[00:11:40]>> I'm warning you, mister. Sure. If you don't >> your paw. I should have listened to him.

[00:11:46]>> You knew my paw.

[00:11:47]>> We rode together a long time ago.

[00:11:52]>> Well, hell, that don't give you the right to come in here and take over.

[00:11:54]>> Says, >> where'd you get this?

[00:11:58]>> Your p.

[00:12:01]>> Well, this here says >> I already read it. There's more on the other side.

[00:12:06]It is further understood that the party of the first part, namely Will Lane, shall hold title to said property herein described till such time as he deems it advisable if ever to turn over the deed to one Lee Kerry, son of the deceased.

[00:12:28]>> It's all sworn to and legal.

[00:12:34]Will Lane, huh?

[00:12:35]>> Paul sent that to me just before he died. Took near a year to catch up to me.

[00:12:40]>> Well, I should have known when I first saw you.

[00:12:42]>> Yeah, I felt the same way about you. You favor, Ben. You got his eyes, but that's as far as it goes. I want you to catch up that team and wagon. Take it back to the Liberty Stable in town.

[00:12:52]>> You ain't giving me no orders.

[00:12:53]>> Now look here. Let's get one thing straight here and now. I don't like this any better than you do. If I had my way, I'd saddle up and ride out of here so quick it make your head spin. Why don't you then?

[00:13:04]>> You wouldn't understand.

[00:13:06]>> Oh, well, now maybe I would.

[00:13:09]Maybe I remember a few things my Paul told me about you. I use all your life a $4 a day law man. Now that don't add up too much, does it?

[00:13:18]>> Couldn't be you talk pawn mistaking you to a claim you never were able to earn on your own, could it?

[00:13:22]>> I'm here for just one reason. To ride her on a smartmouth Heliion who spends all his time going against poker cards and whiskey.

[00:13:28]>> You're forgetting about women, ain't you?

[00:13:30]>> So are you until his place is straightened out? I wouldn't count on it if I were you.

[00:13:33]>> Well, maybe you just better pack up your possibles and move out.

[00:13:37]>> What?

[00:13:37]>> You heard me.

[00:13:39]>> Are you throwing me off my own place?

[00:13:41]>> It's not your place till I say it is.

[00:13:43]Now, catch up that team and do like I tell you.

[00:13:51]>> Now, what do you suppose would happen if I were to pull this here trigger and tear up that piece of paper?

[00:13:58]>> They'd hang you. There's a copy filed in the county seat at Bannon.

[00:14:21]>> Good morning, Lee. Say you left your jackass in Congress. So, me and the boys, we figured that we'd drive him on out here for you just to let you know there's no hard feelings about last night.

[00:14:31]>> Hey, Jake. Yeah.

[00:14:36]>> Where's my horse?

[00:14:38]>> Hey, boys. You better tie that mule up now. He's going to run off again.

[00:14:41]>> I asked you where's my horse?

[00:14:43]>> Well, that's kind of sad story, Lee.

[00:14:45]>> Kelly.

[00:14:46]>> Well, seems how I used one star to fight last night.

[00:14:49]>> Oh, damages ran higher than usual this time. Lee, I had to sell that horse to cover them. Well, they going to send out sheriff to get you.

[00:14:55]>> You was the one who threw the first punch.

[00:14:57]>> Well, you call me a cheat.

[00:14:59]>> I should have called you a hell of a lot more than that.

[00:15:01]>> Like say a horse thief.

[00:15:15]>> Seems to me that you're always putting in words where they don't belong, mister.

[00:15:20]>> Hold that.

[00:15:29]Hey, what do you think you're doing?

[00:15:31]>> So happens that horse you sold belonged to me.

[00:15:35]>> You We're even. Gather up your boys and get out of here.

[00:15:42]>> Old man, you ain't going to try to run us off now, are you?

[00:15:49]Hold down.

[00:16:13]>> Who's he?

[00:16:15]>> I'll tell you on the way back to Congress. Well, I ain't got a horse.

[00:16:20]I got a wagon memories. Last one in swimming halls.

[00:16:35]Rotten. Yeah.

[00:16:55]Woo!

[00:17:08]Welcome back.

[00:17:13]Boy, I never thought my paw would do a thing like that to me. Oh, >> well, I wouldn't blame you, Paul. Lee, he most likely made that paper out, and he's just about a half grown boy. He's just looking to take care of you after he's gone, that's all. I know that he never figured that old man come in here and take over your place.

[00:17:30]>> It ain't mine till he says it is.

[00:17:33]>> What if that time never comes?

[00:17:35]>> He stays the owner and you stay a hard hand.

[00:17:38]>> No, sir. Lee, your Paul never figured that way. He never figured it that way at all. He never meant for you to work for somebody else on your own land. No sense.

[00:17:46]>> I don't have to stay.

[00:17:48]>> No, you can turn your back and ride off.

[00:17:50]And that's just what he wants you to do.

[00:17:52]Then this whole place is his. This place, your Paul worked his whole life to build up for you.

[00:17:58]If I was you, I'd flat out run him off.

[00:18:00]>> Oh, now how am I supposed to do that?

[00:18:02]>> Well, you're forgetting something. You got friends. Look back there.

[00:18:09]All them funlo nothing loving boys, they're friends of yours. Every last one of them. You say the word and we'll close in behind you. We send that old man packing off into the hills.

[00:18:18]You think about that.

[00:18:21]Take a swim. Go in town. See you girl.

[00:18:25]Drink and think.

[00:18:27]Ain't no hurry. No hurry at all.

[00:18:34]Yeah, we go.

[00:19:12]Yes.

[00:19:13]Give me a hand. Will he hurt? Drunk.

[00:19:24]Oblig for bringing him home.

[00:19:26]>> I was headed here anyway. want to talk.

[00:19:32]>> Shame Ben never got to finish building his house.

[00:19:36]>> Never finished building the boy either.

[00:19:38]>> That's what I want to talk about. Lee's been telling around town that you hold paper on this place. Claims his power.

[00:19:46]Signed it over to you.

[00:19:47]>> That's right.

[00:19:49]>> He also said you've been threatening to run him off.

[00:19:52]>> That's up to him.

[00:19:53]>> He's not worth it. Will give him what's rightfully his and ride on out. I can't.

[00:19:59]>> You mean you won't?

[00:20:00]>> I mean I can't.

[00:20:03]>> The boy doesn't mean anything to you.

[00:20:05]>> Ben did.

[00:20:09]>> Nobody's going to tame that boy. Not you. Not me. Nobody.

[00:21:13]Hey, hey, hey.

[00:21:32]Wagons, wheat, seed, wheelbarrows, whitewash. Here we are. Wives.

[00:21:36]>> Wives.

[00:21:39]Don't tell me you're fixing to take yourself a monkey ward bride.

[00:21:41]>> Nope. You are >> me.

[00:21:43]>> Plain as day right there in front of me all along and I never saw it. You got any idea how wild your paw was when he was your age? I admit you ain't much, but Ben Kerry was ranked to the point of being no good to himself or anybody else.

[00:21:56]>> You call my Paul no good.

[00:21:58]>> He was before he took yourself a woman >> out of a monkey ward order book.

[00:22:01]>> How else are you going to get a wife?

[00:22:02]You're so far down the wrong road now.

[00:22:04]Ain't a decent woman in these parts have anything to do with you.

[00:22:07]>> I don't know about that.

[00:22:08]>> Well, I do. I'll bet you there's a dozen women listed right in here that'd be just right for you.

[00:22:13]>> Like hell there is.

[00:22:15]>> You want this ranch, don't you?

[00:22:16]>> Yeah, but you're not going to make it.

[00:22:17]>> You're willing to do most anything to get it, ain't you? Yeah, but >> and it's going to be a wedding whether you like it or not.

[00:22:22]>> Well, if you're so partial getting married, how come you ain't?

[00:22:26]>> Same word your paw said to me. I remember it like it was yesterday. Me take a bride. Not on your life. He said I'm too frolicsome.

[00:22:35]Wild and woolly and full of fleas and never been combed below the knees. Very thoughtable wife gives me the chills and the grooves.

[00:22:43]>> My paw said that >> before the wedding. He changed his mind after. Or I should say your mother changed it for him.

[00:22:52]>> You knew my mom?

[00:22:53]>> Yes.

[00:22:55]Well, get me a pencil.

[00:22:57]>> Pencil?

[00:22:57]>> Got to make a list. I wouldn't expect you to take a bride's side on scene.

[00:23:01]Now, there's a whole batch of them here from Kansas City. I figure I'll just jot down their names, ages, and such and go and interview.

[00:23:07]>> Now, hold on there. I'm the one who's going >> You wouldn't know what to look for in a wife. Chances are you'd bring home something fit for Kate's place. Well, don't just stand there. Find me a pencil.

[00:23:16]>> Go find it yourself. You just go ahead and make a list.

[00:23:19]But that ain't saying I'm going to take me no bride.

[00:23:25]>> Right here in front of me all along. And I never saw satisfaction guaranteed or your money back.

[00:23:52]Heat. Heat.

[00:24:22]Hey, hey, hey.

[00:24:44]Heat. Heat.

[00:24:51]Morning.

[00:25:01]>> Morning.

[00:25:08]>> I don't like to hurt your feelings, mister, but well, I expected you to be a lot younger. Don't suppose you play a horn?

[00:25:16]>> Oh, no, man.

[00:25:17]>> Drugs.

[00:25:18]>> No, man.

[00:25:19]>> Wouldn't work. just plain wooden work.

[00:25:22]You see, the man that marries me is going to have to do a lot of marching.

[00:25:25]And I hate to say this, but you just don't look up to it, mister.

[00:25:30]>> I understand.

[00:25:31]>> Sorry.

[00:25:48]And of course, it goes without saying that I will under no condition tolerate any smoking, drinking, gambling, or hanky panky with other women. In short, Mr. Lane, I refuse to fall victim to any partnership which is not based on a solid foundation of mutual respect.

[00:26:03]The man I take in marriage must have character beyond reproach, be God-fearing, clean of mind and body with a good churchgoing habit. I pride myself on not having missed a single Sunday service in over seven years. And I'll expect the man I marry to match that record, if not beat it. So you can see Mr. Lame what I have in mind. And if you feel that this young man measures up to those standards, then I'll be more than happy to consider him.

[00:26:29]Morning.

[00:26:43]>> Morning.

[00:26:51]>> Anything I can do for you, honey?

[00:26:54]>> Is this number 12 Back Street?

[00:26:56]>> That's right.

[00:26:58]I'm looking for Miss Lily Fontaine.

[00:27:00]Well, >> you found her.

[00:27:03]>> You You're Miss Fontaine?

[00:27:06]>> If you want the law, I am.

[00:27:12]>> What's funny, honey?

[00:27:15]>> Oh, this something I was thinking about.

[00:27:19]Two cents I would.

[00:27:22]>> That'll be the day.

[00:27:25]Heat. Heat.

[00:28:00]Salon's closed, mister. Want a drink?

[00:28:03]You'll have to come back later.

[00:28:06]>> Well, I'm not looking for a drink. I'm uh looking for a woman.

[00:28:11]>> You're on the wrong street.

[00:28:12]>> Name is Bentail. Carrie Bentel.

[00:28:17]>> What do you want with her? I'm afraid it's kind of personal.

[00:28:23]>> Wouldn't have anything to do with that ad in the order book, would it?

[00:28:28]>> Mike, >> where you from, mister?

[00:28:33]>> Montana.

[00:28:35]>> A long way.

[00:28:36]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:28:38]>> Got a name.

[00:28:41]>> Lane. Will Lane?

[00:28:43]>> I'm Hannah. Like the sign outside says, drink up. some house.

[00:28:48]>> Thanks.

[00:28:50]>> You don't look the type.

[00:28:54]>> Type.

[00:28:55]>> It would take an order book woman for a wife.

[00:28:58]>> Well, the truth is uh it ain't for me.

[00:29:00]I'm looking.

[00:29:02]>> It's not.

[00:29:04]>> No, ma'am.

[00:29:05]See, there's uh this young fella got a place outside of Congress.

[00:29:10]>> And you're doing his looking for him?

[00:29:12]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:29:14]>> Kind of strange, ain't it? Well, not if you knew the boy. He wouldn't know what to look for in a woman.

[00:29:20]>> But you do.

[00:29:21]>> Yes, ma'am. I got a picture of her set in my mind.

[00:29:26]Her face, color of her hair, eyes, way she smiles, walks, talks.

[00:29:36]Come to think of it, the way I see her reminds me a lot of you.

[00:29:46]this um fella back in Montana. You say he's young, >> just over 20.

[00:29:53]>> It's a shame.

[00:29:56]What would you say if I told you I was Carrie Bentel?

[00:30:00]>> You, >> my maiden name. I'm married to this saloon. Have been for 10 years.

[00:30:08]Every time I get sick of cigar smoke and drunks, I put an ad in that order book.

[00:30:14]Always hoping one day the right man will walk through that door.

[00:30:19]For a minute there, I thought he had.

[00:30:23]Sorry you had to come all that way for nothing.

[00:30:27]Bye, Mr. Lane.

[00:30:30]Hannah.

[00:30:40]>> Mr. Lane.

[00:30:42]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:30:44]>> That young fella back in Montana, he am a mom to anything?

[00:30:47]>> He will.

[00:30:48]>> Treat a wife right? Would he?

[00:30:51]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:30:55]>> You're sure?

[00:30:57]As I'm standing here, >> Annie. Annie.

[00:31:04]>> Listen, pack your things. You're leaving.

[00:31:08]>> Leaving?

[00:31:09]>> You weren't cut out to work in a saloon.

[00:31:12]But But you said I changed my mind.

[00:31:17]You're going to Montana.

[00:31:22]Heat.

[00:31:26]Heat.

[00:31:52]I sure hope you know what you're doing, Lee.

[00:31:55]>> Well, I thought it out, Chase. The only way I'm going to get rid of that old man's do like he says.

[00:32:01]>> Yeah, but getting married. Woohoo.

[00:32:04]Well, it's only temporary. Soon as he's gone, I'll get to her, too.

[00:32:10]>> Hey, supposing she looks like a horse.

[00:32:13]>> No, supposing she's double ugly. I mean, when you look at her face and this and that, she gives you the sick.

[00:32:20]>> Well, I'll tell you, for looking at faces and this and that, there's always Kate's place. Hey, that reminds me. Who there?

[00:32:30]Think I'll just angle over that way.

[00:32:32]Take the rig down to the depot and wait for me.

[00:32:34]>> Lee, wait a minute now. You know the trains due at any minute.

[00:32:37]>> I that kind of >> Well, I mean, what about our cows?

[00:32:42]>> What about them?

[00:32:43]>> Well, I can't ship them out till the eastbound pulls in at night. Now, if that old man sees them, he's going to ask me where I got them. What am I going to tell him?

[00:32:49]>> Well, tell him you want them from if I square in a card game.

[00:32:52]>> Well, you know what he's going to say?

[00:32:53]He's going to claim they ain't yours to give. Well, >> you should have thought of that before you check that full house into me and bump.

[00:32:59]>> Yeah.

[00:33:22]Mariana.

[00:33:27]Hey, Mariana.

[00:33:29]Morning.

[00:33:39]>> Morning.

[00:33:41]>> Shame on you. And on your wedding day now. Why don't you do a nice little thing like get out of here?

[00:33:46]>> Hey, you going to talk all day? I haven't got much time.

[00:33:48]>> You don't have any time at all. Not with me.

[00:33:50]>> What's the matter with you?

[00:33:51]>> Just everything, that's all.

[00:33:52]>> Oh, honey. Now, don't take it so hard.

[00:33:54]I'll still be around. You won't have a chance to miss me. I wouldn't miss you if you were the last man in Congress.

[00:34:00]>> Well, then don't be jealous.

[00:34:03]>> Jealous? Some some big bone beast of a woman will be hauling water the rest of her life if your well ever works. And uh milking cows and feeding calves and cleaning house if you ever build one.

[00:34:12]>> You're exactly right.

[00:34:14]>> You don't want a woman.

[00:34:15]>> Oh, don't I?

[00:34:16]>> You want a slave.

[00:34:18]>> Then what's grabbling you?

[00:34:19]>> Well, it's what you're starting. You get married. Other cowboys will follow you like like sheep to the slaughter. And before you know it, this m any town will be overrun by sun bonnets and calico.

[00:34:30]They'll they'll bake cakes and they'll hold sewing beers and they'll pave the streets and they'll close the saloon.

[00:34:34]Then they'll start in on me.

[00:34:36]>> Now you just wait a minute. You got it all wrong. Another pair of hands around the place will give me more time to come into town. We'll still be friends.

[00:34:46]>> Will we?

[00:34:48]There's one thing I've learned in cow towns from Abalene to the Dakotas. Never run after a married man. You might catch him. And if you do, his good wife runs you right out of town.

[00:35:04]>> What if he runs after you?

[00:35:08]>> Me.

[00:35:18]Let her wait.

[00:35:33]Heat.

[00:35:40]Heat.

[00:36:01]Well, welcome home, Mr. Lang.

[00:36:03]>> Where's Lee?

[00:36:04]>> Well, he's down. K. You get my wire.

[00:36:07]>> Oh, yes, sir. He got it. Made all arrangements for the wedding. Preacher's waiting down the river.

[00:36:12]>> River?

[00:36:13]>> Yes, sir. He's baptizing them flock from over Bannon. going to be at it all day, I reckon. But he said he perform ceremony there as well as in the church.

[00:36:20]Where's Bry?

[00:36:21]>> Should be long.

[00:36:23]>> Well, he sure is anxious to see her.

[00:36:25]>> Yeah, looks like it.

[00:36:27]>> Well, he just dropped by case to say goodbye.

[00:36:29]>> Hey, look.

[00:36:36]I sure got to hand it to you, Mr. Lane.

[00:36:38]You set out to bring back a cow and you got a cro in.

[00:36:43]Take it easy. You're the best man.

[00:36:45]>> It's going to take us 10 minutes to get down to the river. If the groom ain't there, by the time the preacher opens up his Bible, he's going to wish he had been. Go tell him that.

[00:36:55]>> Yes, sir.

[00:36:57]>> Who?

[00:37:10]>> I'll put your things in the wagon for you.

[00:37:12]>> I'm not going.

[00:37:15]How can I marry any man that has to be hog tied and dragged to the altar?

[00:37:20]>> I told you he was a little wild.

[00:37:23]>> He also said he wanted a wife.

[00:37:25]>> I said he needed a wife.

[00:37:28]>> I don't need him.

[00:37:36]>> Not if he's a shiftless no good.

[00:37:41]All right.

[00:37:42]You don't think you're woman enough to tame him, >> Mr. Lane?

[00:38:00]I I'll swing the wagon around.

[00:38:26]Come here.

[00:38:30]In the name of the Father and the Holy Ghost, I take you into this church here.

[00:38:36]him.

[00:38:48]>> Keep your Bible closed, Reverend. A wedding's up.

[00:38:59]>> You didn't tell me about no little boy.

[00:39:02]Now I ain't ready to take a wife, let alone have a family. You had no right.

[00:39:05]>> Annie Bolley, Lee Kerry. Boy's name is Matthew.

[00:39:16]>> You don't have to marry me, Mr. Carrie.

[00:39:20]>> Ma'am, I I didn't mean to.

[00:39:22]>> I understand.

[00:39:22]>> Well, I don't. Now, that water's cold out there. I can't ask my flock to stand around and freeze to death while you're making up your minds. Is it going to be a wedding or anything? There is.

[00:39:30]>> No, not if I have anything to say about it.

[00:39:31]>> You don't. Anytime you're ready, Parson, >> won't you listen to him?

[00:39:36]>> You sinners are old like ain't you? Run around spreading your wild oats and when it comes time to pay, you swear you're not guilty.

[00:39:42]>> Guilty?

[00:39:42]>> I know a shotgun wedding when I see one.

[00:39:44]>> Shotgun wedding now your hat.

[00:39:46]>> You heard him. Take it off.

[00:39:48]>> Who's got the ring? I lost it.

[00:39:50]>> Well, I don't matter. You got license, ain't you?

[00:39:52]>> Yeah, but I >> D it up.

[00:39:53]>> Now, wait a minute. Now, >> dearly beloved, we're gathered here together in the presence of this company. Uh, could you just cut it down to the IDs?

[00:40:03]>> Lee, Carrie, you take this woman to be thy lawful wedded wife.

[00:40:06]>> He does.

[00:40:07]>> Shut up.

[00:40:07]>> And you, uh, >> Annie Boly.

[00:40:11]Annie Bol take this man for thy lawful wedded husband. You swear to love him and honor him in sickness and in health. So long as you both shall live.

[00:40:23]Well, Annie, >> I do.

[00:40:36]>> If there be any present here who can show just cause why these two should not be joined in holy way, let him speak now or forever hold his peace. Me, you don't count. Those that have got to join together that no man put us under. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.

[00:41:05]It's my hand. You can't leave.

[00:41:40]Hey, Lee. Ain't you going to dance with the bride?

[00:41:44]You're going to have to go get the nor before the night's over. You know, >> I've been made a fool.

[00:41:49]>> Oh, now I wouldn't say that. No, >> I would. Why? It's the only way you going to get rid of that old man. That's what you said. It's only temporary. It's what you said.

[00:41:58]>> That's what I said.

[00:41:59]>> Hey, where you going?

[00:42:00]>> Going to tell her.

[00:42:01]>> Tell her what?

[00:42:03]>> Why I married her? I'm going to tell her I'm going to get rid of her as soon as that old man's gone.

[00:42:07]>> Lee, you do that and she'll be on the first train out of here and you ain't never going to get your place back.

[00:42:13]Now you think on that it ain't going to be so bad.

[00:42:18]Is he good-looking?

[00:42:20]Had a man, got a boy.

[00:42:24]If you ask me, I just kind of rare back and enjoy it while I could. Nobody asked you.

[00:42:48]It ain't going to work, Will. Mark my words, it ain't.

[00:42:56]I didn't mean to drag you off like that, but there's something I got to tell you.

[00:42:59]Something's got to be said before it's too late.

[00:43:03]I'm not much with words.

[00:43:07]I I don't want to hurt you. But there's things got to be made clear now so you don't end up hating me.

[00:43:14]I never wanted a wife.

[00:43:17]I've fought it like I fought today at the river. Only I didn't have a choice.

[00:43:22]See, getting married was the only way I stood a chance of getting rid of Will Lane. He holds a paper on this ranch, and my Paul gave it to him a long time ago when they was friends.

[00:43:31]Paul asked him to hold on to it until he figured I was fit to run the place.

[00:43:37]I I'm not much of a worker and uh I suppose that Lane has told you that I'm partial to drinking and fighting and gambling and women. Well, that's the way I am. Some fellas have good traits, I have bad ones. And I I tried to tame down. I even went to church once, but it didn't do any good.

[00:44:00]I had the whole thing planned. I was going to go through the wedding. I was going to let Lane think I'd settled into a regular family man. And then when he signed over the ranch and rode off, I I was going to throw me out.

[00:44:11]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:44:13]That's what I was going to do.

[00:44:16]But when I saw you down by the river and heard about the boy, I couldn't do it.

[00:44:25]So, I got to thinking and I came up with another way. a good way. Tell you the truth, ask you to stay on as my wife.

[00:44:37]And then when Lane's gone, you'd be free to do as you please.

[00:44:43]I I'd see to it you looked after you and the boy.

[00:44:49]Ma'am, I know this is a lot to ask and it probably goes against your pride, seeing as how I'm going to have to make over you and kiss you now, and then out in the open so those folks think that we're getting along together.

[00:45:01]He told me he wanted a wife, but I'd be happy here.

[00:45:09]Brought me all this way.

[00:45:13]You had no right to do that.

[00:45:18]I'm going to spend most of my time working or in town. You won't have to see a whole lot of me as far as sleeping's concerned. I mean, we got bunk beds if that's a worry to you.

[00:45:33]It serve him right.

[00:45:34]>> Yes, ma'am. It would.

[00:45:44]>> I accept your offer, Mr. Carrie.

[00:45:49]>> Shake on it.

[00:45:55]Shake on it.

[00:46:53]Mr. Carrie Yes, ma'am.

[00:47:01]>> I wanted to thank you.

[00:47:09]>> Thank me >> for telling the truth.

[00:47:15]You could have led me on, taken advantage, made a fool of me.

[00:47:26]You didn't.

[00:47:30]Mr. Lane's wrong about you.

[00:47:35]You're a gentleman.

[00:47:40]>> Thank you.

[00:47:43]>> How long do you wonder he'll stay around?

[00:47:45]>> Oh, well, I suppose that depends on us, how we get along and such.

[00:47:52]>> Mr. Carrie.

[00:47:54]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:48:00]>> About your kissing me in the open.

[00:48:05]You can feel free to do it whenever you like.

[00:48:10]>> You won't mind.

[00:48:13]>> I've been kissed before.

[00:48:18]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:48:28]Good night, Mr. Carrie.

[00:48:37]Good night.

[00:49:24]Morning.

[00:49:25]>> Morning.

[00:49:26]>> Hand me up that claw hammer, honey.

[00:49:31]>> What are you doing?

[00:49:33]>> Well, where this household keeps growing, I decided we needed a bigger place. Four of us now. I don't know telling how many more will be here by spring.

[00:49:41]Got enough lumber now. I'll just take the bucks saw off the timber line and rip off the rest as I need it. Thank you, honey. Who knows? I might even rip a few fence post for you while I'm at it. Well, I won't get the job done talking about it, will I? You go right ahead.

[00:49:59]Seems you two are getting along.

[00:50:02]>> Seems.

[00:50:03]>> I wonder how long it'll last and working. I mean, >> there's coffee inside on the stove.

[00:50:11]>> You make it or did he?

[00:50:13]>> I did. Why?

[00:50:15]>> Thought maybe he'd taken up cooking, too.

[00:50:29]>> What'd he say?

[00:50:31]>> He doesn't think it'll last.

[00:50:34]You're working.

[00:50:36]>> Oh, he doesn't, does he? Well, we'll show him.

[00:51:02]Yeah, we'll show them.

[00:51:16]Heat.

[00:51:29]Heat.

[00:51:56]Heat. Heat.

[00:52:17]Mr. Gary.

[00:52:18]>> Yeah.

[00:52:19]>> Can I drive?

[00:52:22]>> You think you can handle them horses on a downgrade?

[00:52:24]>> Yes, sir.

[00:52:25]>> All right. Now, you keep them taught and I'll ride the brakes. Hey. Hey. Don't Don't fight him now. Just let them walk out. They'll hold back the load. That's better.

[00:52:36]Hey, uh, Matt.

[00:52:38]>> Yes, sir.

[00:52:39]>> What happened to you, Paul?

[00:52:41]>> Be fever took him.

[00:52:44]>> What was he like?

[00:52:46]>> I I don't remember. I was just bored when he died.

[00:52:51]Ma says he wasn't anything like you.

[00:52:54]>> Oh, that's so >> Yes, sir.

[00:52:57]>> Well, uh, what what else she say?

[00:53:01]that I shouldn't get to liking you too much that we won't be around long.

[00:53:06]>> She hadn't said that.

[00:53:09]>> Is it true, Mr. Carrie? Is it?

[00:53:11]>> Hey, come on now. Give me those rings.

[00:53:13]Now, you're going to learn to drive.

[00:53:15]You're going to have to keep your mind on what you're doing, not go asking a whole lot of foolish questions. You understand?

[00:53:20]>> Yes, sir.

[00:53:21]>> Yeah.

[00:54:04]You're making a mistake Annie, >> let them red flannels boil or ruin your whole wash. Give you a hand.

[00:54:17]>> I can manage.

[00:54:25]>> Annie, an eastbound train leaves Congress every night at 7:00. Two days put you and a boy back in Kansas City.

[00:54:35]What?

[00:54:36]>> I never should have brought you here.

[00:54:39]>> Haven't I lived up to my end of the bargain?

[00:54:41]>> You've done everything you could, but it ain't enough. I thought it would be. I thought getting Lee a wife would straighten him out, but I overlooked one thing. The thing that makes all the difference. Ben Carrey was in love with the woman he married.

[00:54:57]>> You don't think Lee loves me?

[00:54:59]>> No, ma'am.

[00:55:01]>> You could be wrong.

[00:55:03]Only if I let you stay here and ruin your life.

[00:55:07]>> What kind of a life did I have back in Kansas City?

[00:55:16]>> You had your pride. All along I've been worrying about Lee, worrying about him a mountain or something. Never gave you a thought.

[00:55:25]You deserve better, Annie.

[00:55:28]You deserve someone who loves you.

[00:55:30]>> Matt's father loved me.

[00:55:34]And I loved him more than anything in this life.

[00:55:44]That's why I stayed with him.

[00:55:47]Followed him from one town to another.

[00:55:50]He could never keep a job. He was always reaching for a dream that wasn't there.

[00:55:57]I tried to help him. Didn't do any good.

[00:56:02]And then when Matt was born, the responsibility got too much for him and he ran away and left me.

[00:56:14]A year later, I found out he died.

[00:56:22]I had love, Mr. Lane.

[00:56:26]Wasn't enough.

[00:56:32]All I want now is security.

[00:56:35]It's the only thing that matters.

[00:56:40]And as for my pride, I buried that six years ago with Matt's father.

[00:56:50]You're a liar, Annie.

[00:57:14]Thank look at that old man down there.

[00:57:16]You know what he's doing? He's scouting cows.

[00:57:19]>> He'll miss the ones we've been cutting out. Well, we won them cows. It ain't our fault if Lee keeps on trying to fill bust his traits, is it? Oh, >> we cheat him, Jace. We get him drunk and we cheat him.

[00:57:28]>> No, >> I ain't been to fair card game with Lee since his paw died.

[00:57:32]>> Jace, that brings it pretty close to just plain stealing. Look, it's kept you from going to work, ain't it? And me and all the other boys.

[00:57:38]>> Well, yeah. Well, you're having fun, ain't you? Ain't you?

[00:57:42]>> Yeah. Well, so's Lee. More fun he'd have working himself to death out there on that ranch like it's Paul. You ask me, I think we doing him a big favor.

[00:57:51]I intend to keep on doing it too was to get rid of that old man.

[00:57:56]>> How are we going to do that, Chief?

[00:57:57]Well, >> there's only one way I know.

[00:58:03]>> Well, I'm just going to throw a shot down there and scare into it, you know.

[00:58:33]Get out of here. Hey You haven't touched your food, Matt.

[00:59:02]>> I'm not hungry.

[00:59:04]>> Well, maybe you better just run along to bed.

[00:59:06]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:59:10]Matt, your room's near finished in the main house. You can take your blanket and sleep there tonight if you like.

[00:59:19]>> I don't want to.

[00:59:23]>> What's the matter with him?

[00:59:24]>> Oh, I wouldn't let him drive the wagon clear home.

[00:59:27]>> He shouldn't be driving it at all. More coffee, Mr. Lynn.

[00:59:30]>> Yes, ma'am. Thank you.

[00:59:32]>> You know, I can't for the life of me figure out who it was who dawn on you today. I can. I was out counting cows.

[00:59:38]Come up short.

[00:59:39]>> They probably drifted on up the timber line.

[00:59:41]>> Too early for that. Sheriff told me there was 25 head with Ben's mark on them. Shipped out here by rail day after I come back.

[00:59:49]>> Well, I know about that. I I lost those cows fair and square in the card game.

[00:59:52]>> What's fair and square about backing your bets with somebody else's property?

[00:59:55]>> Well, I thought I had him beat. Jay's had a run of luck lately.

[00:59:58]>> Luck hell. How many head you dropped to him for that?

[01:00:02]>> I don't know. About two. Not about how many?

[01:00:05]>> 30 head.

[01:00:06]>> In all?

[01:00:06]>> Yes, in all.

[01:00:08]>> 50 head missing. Maybe more.

[01:00:10]>> Well, Jace didn't take him. He's a friend of mine. He wouldn't go cutting out cows. Didn't belong to him.

[01:00:14]>> Friend or no friend? I don't want to see him around here anymore. I don't want you running with him either. Him or any of the rest of them.

[01:00:20]>> Oh, you don't?

[01:00:21]>> That's right.

[01:00:21]>> Told me who to marry. Now you're telling me who I can have as friends. Well, we'll see about that.

[01:00:26]>> Where are you going? Congress.

[01:00:28]>> You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to get myself jackass drunk. You know why? Cuz something just struck me.

[01:00:35]Something I should have realized a long time ago. You ain't going to leave here.

[01:00:39]No matter what I do or don't do, you ain't going to leave because you're a wore out old man with nothing to your name, nowhere to go, and nobody will want you. You're going to stay on here to hell freezes over till I get so fed up I throw the key in the water bucket and ride out.

[01:00:54]Jason was right about you. You just came here to get my place away from me. I should have listened to him. Lee, Chase was wrong.

[01:01:04]>> Oh, yeah. I suppose you're going to tell me he's the one that caught you in that valley today and threw everything but his saddle at you. I'll tell you this.

[01:01:11]If it turns out it was anywhere around here won't be safe for you or anybody else before Come.

[01:02:05]>> I've been looking for you. I ain't too hard to find.

[01:02:08]>> Hey, it's kind of drunk out. I'm about as as tight as Dick's headband.

[01:02:14]Join the party.

[01:02:16]>> You better go.

[01:02:19]>> Why?

[01:02:21]>> Can't you find some other place to cave in?

[01:02:23]>> I kind of like it here. Why do you suppose that is?

[01:02:27]>> Oh, my exalted station in life. No doubt.

[01:02:32]>> No, you're wrong.

[01:02:34]>> Have a fight with your wife, did you?

[01:02:37]Annie, >> that her name Jayce tells me she has a little boy.

[01:02:43]>> Matt.

[01:02:44]>> Oh, and he don't am out too much.

[01:02:46]>> Well, it's up to you to see that he does.

[01:02:49]>> Me?

[01:02:49]>> Yes, you. You're father now.

[01:02:54]>> Oh, not for long. Hey, you know something? You're going to be seeing a whole lot more of me, Marietta.

[01:03:01]>> Maybe I don't want to see a whole lot more of you. Maybe I'll never want to see you again.

[01:03:05]>> No. No.

[01:03:06]>> Why?

[01:03:07]>> A woman can tell without words.

[01:03:09]>> Tell what?

[01:03:12]>> When a man is in love.

[01:03:15]>> Love?

[01:03:17]What the hell are you talking about?

[01:03:18]>> Annie.

[01:03:21]>> Annie.

[01:03:22]>> You say her name like like it was a prayer.

[01:03:28]>> And Mary, >> don't touch me.

[01:03:33]Don't ever touch me again.

[01:03:38]Jayce told me something else. Said you never gave your wife a ring.

[01:03:43]>> Lost it >> on purpose.

[01:03:48]A woman likes a ring.

[01:03:51]Here.

[01:03:53]One's for the groom. It's got writing inside. It says, "Be to her virtues. Very kind.

[01:04:01]be to her faults, a little blind. The uh other ones for the bride, it uh says almost the same thing, only uh his virtues instead of hers and uh so on.

[01:04:13]>> I can't take these, Mary.

[01:04:15]>> Why not? I'll never be using them again.

[01:04:18]Now, I paid $50 for them. You You pay me when you ever get the money.

[01:04:23]Now, now get out of here.

[01:04:27]Go on.

[01:04:29]Get out of here.

[01:04:55]Having a drink, Lee.

[01:04:57]I know this is going to happen. I known it all along.

[01:05:02]>> That old man ain't ever going to leave after all the work you've done building on that house. Fix the wagon. Strung the fence. Hey, you know how much fun I ain't had lately, Jace. Me and the boys talk about it all the time. It's a damn shame. That's what it is.

[01:05:18]>> That's what it is.

[01:05:21]You know what you ought to do, Lee? You ought to gather up all your cows and put them on train to ban them and sell them.

[01:05:26]Oh, I couldn't do that.

[01:05:29]>> We could do it for you. I mean, after all, what's a friend for if it ain't to help a friend?

[01:05:35]>> Hey, you're good. You're good, Chase.

[01:05:38]Clean through.

[01:05:40]>> Eastbound pulls in at dawn. We worked all night. We could have them cows loaded for Old Man Lane knowing what's happening.

[01:05:46]>> I don't know about that.

[01:05:49]>> You want to get even with him, don't you?

[01:05:52]>> Yeah.

[01:05:53]>> All we need is that bill of sale. But I don't own them cows.

[01:05:57]>> Well, you didn't own the others either, did you? It didn't make no difference.

[01:06:00]Do you know how much hell we could raise in banning drinking women?

[01:06:06]More fun you ever had in your life, boy.

[01:06:08]>> Yeah, but that herd drifted awful close to home. You go cutting in behind them cows and old man lane's liable to hear you and be all over you.

[01:06:18]>> Well, we'll keep you busy.

[01:06:19]>> Doing what?

[01:06:22]>> You know me, Lee. I'll think of something.

[01:06:29]What do you say?

[01:06:35]I'll do it.

[01:07:48]Hallelujah.

[01:09:19]dear Annie, when you wake up in the morning, I won't be here.

[01:09:32]And I didn't want you thinking that I had gone back on my word about seeing to it you and the boy are taken care of cuz I haven't.

[01:09:58]I want you to know that I appreciate your trying to help me get my place back.

[01:10:14]Even if it didn't work out, you haven't been a halfbad wife.

[01:10:26]You're everything a man could want in a woman more.

[01:10:36]You're kind, gentle, and considerate.

[01:10:41]And if things were different, but they ain't.

[01:10:48]Lane is wrong.

[01:10:52]I hope I'm right.

[01:11:44]Wish there was some other way short of running off like this.

[01:11:53]But there ain't you'll be hearing from me.

[01:12:01]Love sincerely, Lee.

[01:12:40]Ah!

[01:12:48]Ah!

[01:12:54]Ah!

[01:13:14]He's all right. He's all right.

[01:13:16]>> Got to get him inside.

[01:13:26]Oh my dear friends.

[01:13:49]That's a gunny sack soaked in core.

[01:13:52]Somebody set that fire.

[01:13:53]>> He had no cause to do that.

[01:13:55]>> Who?

[01:13:56]>> Jace.

[01:13:56]>> Well, that tears it.

[01:13:58]>> That ain't all. Him and the others are out there now making off the herd.

[01:14:01]>> You've been playing poker again?

[01:14:03]>> No.

[01:14:03]>> They're flat out taking them and I was a part of it.

[01:14:06]>> Stealing your own cow?

[01:14:07]>> Well, you drove me to it.

[01:14:08]>> Well, I'm not driving you anymore.

[01:14:11]That's what you want? Go on, take it.

[01:14:14]Now they're your cows. You can go sell them, gamble with them, do any damn thing you please.

[01:14:19]>> Lane, they're fixing to load them cattle on the dawn train to Bannon.

[01:14:28]>> Help me get him back.

[01:14:40]Let's go.

[01:14:43]Heat up here.

[01:15:41]Jace.

[01:15:48]>> Jace, that you Lee?

[01:15:52]I changed my mind. I'll swing open that gate and run him out.

[01:15:56]>> I can't do that, Lee. I come too far to turn back now.

[01:16:01]>> Run them out, Jace.

[01:16:03]>> You're forgetting something, ain't you, Lee? I got to build sale for these cows.

[01:16:08]They belong to me. Now they're mine.

[01:16:11]If you want them, I guess you got to come up here and get them.

[01:16:51]That's far enough, please.

[01:16:56]Lee, I said that's far enough.

[01:17:02]You have me down in a minute.

[01:17:05]Get the hell out of here.

[01:17:22]Heat.

[01:17:43]Heat.

[01:17:56]You all right?

[01:17:59]>> Yeah.

[01:18:04]>> Let's get your cows home.

[01:18:25]Where are you going?

[01:18:27]>> Timberline. Going to rebuild the house.

[01:18:29]I'm going to have to rip me some lumber.

[01:18:31]Get in the wagon. M.

[01:18:32]>> Can I drive now? I'm old enough.

[01:18:35]>> You ain't old enough till I say you are.

[01:18:42]Go on, get in.

[01:18:46]Well, at least ways I won't have to rebuild the fireplace.

[01:19:30]You're leaving, aren't you?

[01:19:32]Yes, ma'am.

[01:19:35]>> Where will you go?

[01:19:37]>> Haven't given it much thought.

[01:19:40]>> Those things that Lee said about about you being a wore out old man, nobody wanting you, it's not. So, you're welcome to stay on here as long as you like.

[01:19:58]We need you.

[01:20:01]Not anymore. You don't. That's a reason I can ride out, not look back.

[01:20:07]>> Mr. Lane, >> I'll never forget you.

[01:20:14]>> That's all a man can ask.

[01:20:24]Am I any Hallelujah.

[01:21:17]This story stands out for showing the softer side of the Old West, where the Real battles aren't always fought with bullets, but with patience, pride, and the slow turning of a stubborn heart.

[01:21:31]The characters feel warm, human, and refreshingly grounded. It's a charming, character-driven western with humor, romance in the wide Montana sky in every frame.