Silverado

EMMETT: If we charge them, they won't have a chance. But we gotta get to the horses.

DAWSON: What do you mean, the horses?

EMMETT: I'd get down if I were you. They may be up there now.

DAWSON: No money, eh?

EMMETT: The money's in my saddlebags over there, but I ain't stepping out to get it.

DAWSON: You brought a posse to my best hideout and you want to know if I mind. Mister, I don't know any of those names and you're about to die.

EMMETT: Wait a minute! If you don't believe me, ask them... ...they saw me and my pal in Turley before we did the job.

EMMETT: I wouldn't do that. You're going to need every gun when that posse gets here.

DAWSON: Posse? What the hell you talking about?

EMMETT: My partner and me robbed the bank in Turley and headed out with a posse on our tails. My partner there caught one a ways back, and I think he kicked off while I was looking for this damn canyon. You're Dawson, ain't you? I'm Tex LaRue. Used to ride with Ry Morris. You know him. Well, Andy Sims told me there was a hideout here, so I headed for it. Hope you don't mind.

EMMETT: Well, Kate, it was self-defense sure enough, but I think you'd have to say I killed old Murdo. I think that's definitely the word.

JAKE: It was my fault.

EMMETT: Forget the money. You've got to get these people out of here. This is no place to be sitting with women and kids.

JAKE: Your next water ain't for three days.

JAKE: I think we lost 'em.

EMMETT: There's nobody coming?

EMMETT: Jake, I'm going to ask you once -- was it self-defense?

JAKE: Honest to God, Emmett, he would've killed me.

JAKE: Well, no, not exactly. See then his friend opened up on me.

EMMETT: What friend is that?

JAKE: The one with the shotgun.

JAKE: So I did, I got out of there, I don't want no trouble. You know me. So I walked out on the street and the fella tried to shoot me in the back.

EMMETT: ...And you had to kill him?

JAKE: No, no, no! I winged him, and he dropped his gun.

EMMETT: You're in here for winging a guy?

JAKE: All I did was kiss a girl.

EMMETT: That's why they got you in jail?

JAKE: Yeah, I kissed a girl and this guy didn't like it and we had some words, so I decided to get out of there.

JAKE: Emmett! Am I glad to see you!

EMMETT: Howdy, Jake. What's going on here?

JAKE: You got me. This is a crazy town, Emmett. I think we ought to get out of here.

MCKENDRICK: Forget it.

EMMETT: Wait a minute. Get down off of there, Augie.

MCKENDRICK: That's all over as far as I'm concerned, Emmett. I'm satisfied.

EMMETT: Sounds good.

MCKENDRICK: All right then. Let's go.

MCKENDRICK: I didn't know you were out.

EMMETT: Did it seem short to you?

MCKENDRICK: Emmett.

EMMETT: McKendrick.

EMMETT: Gotta go.

MAL: Right.

EMMETT: Kate?

MAL: She was hurt... pretty bad. Emmett, they took the little boy with them.

MAL: I almost didn't.

EMMETT: Where's Jake?

MAL: McKendrick's men got him.

EMMETT: Is he alive?

MAL: I'll go. I'll bring Jake out here.

EMMETT: Be careful. You're in it now. And it's gonna get mean.

MAL: So far that's all I seen in this life.

EMMETT: I gotta get to my brother. If they came after me, they'll want him too.

MAL: You'll never make it.

EMMETT: Have to.

MAL: This was my father's. The men who killed him took it.

EMMETT: I'm sorry.

EMMETT: I'd be worse if you hadn't come along.

MAL: I didn't just come along. I was looking for you. Jake said you were out there. I saw him in town, and he told me about that business the other night. Said you boys took a Henry off one of McKendrick's men. I wanted to see it.

EMMETT: That's it.

EMMETT: Where are we?

MAL: Someplace safe. How you feeling?

EMMETT: ...Gotta go...

MAL: Sure.

EMMETT: Maybe we'll see you sometime.

MAL: Yeah... maybe. So long.

MAL: After the war my family worked a little piece of land near Savannah for a while. But the way it was down there then... well, they made it hard every way they could. Finally my daddy figured the promised land was out this direction. By that time I was so sick of farming, I didn't want to touch another hoe ever. I wouldn't come with 'em. My daddy took it pretty hard. Him, my ma, and my little sister headed out without me. They've got a little place south of Silverado. I guess they've done okay. Good enough anyway so that when my ma wrote me last time, she said they needed my help to work the place. That was almost nine months ago she wrote. Letter took a while to find me, but when it did, it was just the right time.

EMMETT: Where were you?

MAL: Chicago. Working in the slaughter- houses.

HANNAH: Weren't you going to come out to say good-bye?

EMMETT: I already did that.

HANNAH: This time you're really going? You know where I'll be.

EMMETT: That I do.

HANNAH: We told Sheriff Cobb about the attack. He said he'd... look into it. I can't believe he's the law out here. Now I see why you all wear guns.

EMMETT: How's Mr. Parker doing?

HANNAH: Just like you'd think. But he's not going to run. We're sticking to our plan. Now we both need help.

EMMETT: Are you all right?

HANNAH: This is a brutal land.

EMMETT: You must have known that before you came.

HANNAH: It's one thing to know it...

HANNAH: Maybe you thought you'd be back this way someday.

EMMETT: Yeah... that must have been it.

EMMETT: You don't make it easy on a fellow.

HANNAH: Didn't Paden tell you that?

HANNAH: You came all the way out here to tell me you're going to California? All you had to do was go, and we'd never see each other again.

EMMETT: That's why I'm here.

HANNAH: I'm surprised to see you out here tonight.

EMMETT: I just came out to say goodbye.

HANNAH: Goodbye?

EMMETT: Yeah, me and Jake will be heading out for California soon.

EMMETT: The Parkers seem like nice folks.

HANNAH: They've been kind to me.

EMMETT: Paden sends his best.

HANNAH: I guess I put a good scare into him.

HANNAH: More than enough.

EMMETT: Have you thought at all about your plans?

HANNAH: Some. I've been talking to the Parkers. One thing I know I'm not doing -- I'm not going back.

EMMETT: Hobart, what are you people doing here?

HOBART: This is where Baxter and Hawley brung us.

EMMETT: Well, they're wrong. This territory is full of bad characters.

HOBART: And they were two of them. Look --

HOBART: I've got my people sitting down there... ...swatting flies and raring to go.

EMMETT: I'm afraid it is a bad start, friend, 'cause my name isn't Baxter, and he ain't Hawley.

HOBART: You're not Baxter?

EMMETT: My name is Emmett.

HOBART: And you're not Baxter, either?

LANGSTON: Maybe I ought to throw you in jail too. Then you could be with all your friends.

EMMETT: I haven't done anything.

LANGSTON: I want you out of town before the hanging.

EMMETT: I'll be long gone.

EMMETT: I guess tomorrow at dawn he'll be proved right.

LANGSTON: Ten A.M.

EMMETT: Right... I thought they always did it at dawn. So long, kid. I'm sorry.

EMMETT: I'm just meeting a guy here and moving on. So far I haven't been able to find him.

LANGSTON: In my town, when you're looking for someone, you ask me.

EMMETT: All right. I'm looking for a young fella, full of juice. About my size, wears a fancy two-gun rig.

EMMETT: You might make a farmer yet.

PADEN: I've got a job.

EMMETT: I'll see you around.

PADEN: Last one to the Midnight Star buys.

PADEN: Cobb, I want you to meet Emmett. He's a friend of mine. This is Sheriff Cobb.

EMMETT: Pleased to meet you, Sheriff.

PADEN: Hannah's a smart, pretty woman, but she's got a hard idea for living.

EMMETT: Yeah?

PADEN: All I'm saying is, you won't trip over me if you look her up.

EMMETT: I'm going to California with my brother.

PADEN: I think I'll ride along with the lady here. Just take a look at this farmland before I come into Silverado. See what makes a trip this hard worth taking. I'll see you around.

EMMETT: I'll be around.

EMMETT: Where you been?

PADEN: Oh, I was just checking the, ah... ...you know, lookin' in.

PADEN: You know, hanging around with you is no picnic.

EMMETT: Anybody got any ideas?

PADEN: Then I guess this is where we part ways. Sorry.

EMMETT: No hard feelings.

PADEN: C'mon, I'll buy you a drink.

EMMETT: You haven't got any money.

PADEN: All right, you buy me a drink.

PADEN: You'll have to deal me out on that. I've had some experience with that sort of thing, and I don't want any more.

EMMETT: I understand.

PADEN: It's not going to be easy.

EMMETT: It never is. But he's my brother. We're going to California together. But first we're going to stop in Silverado and see our sister. And I can't show up there with a story like this.

PADEN: Shame about the kid. Seems a lively sort.

EMMETT: He is that.

PADEN: I hate to see any man swing. Bad luck.

EMMETT: Bad luck for me. Now I gotta bust him out of there.

PADEN: Doesn't look quite fair.

EMMETT: Which way do you mean?

PADEN: What's Turley like?

EMMETT: It's a town...

PADEN: They got a saloon there?

EMMETT: I expect.

PADEN: Women?

EMMETT: I expect.

EMMETT: I gotta be going.

PADEN: Going to Turley, was it?

EMMETT: Gotta meet a guy and head out for Silverado.

EMMETT: I see what you like, she's mighty pretty.

PADEN: And bridle-wise, too. She's the only thing I lost I really cared about. 'Cept for maybe my hat. It's a great one. Got a pretty silver band on it. My head spent three years training it. I surely do miss that hat.

EMMETT: Looks like those boys are headed south, so they weren't the same ones that jumped me. Which way you going?

PADEN: Where's the pinto going?

EMMETT: I gotta stop by Turley and meet a guy.

PADEN: Where's Turley?

EMMETT: South of here, past Chimayo.

PADEN: Maybe I'll go along as far as Chimayo. Get me some clothes. Maybe a bath.

EMMETT: Yeah, maybe a bath.

PADEN: Jefferson City?

EMMETT: No, Leavenworth.

PADEN: I've never been in there. They just jumped you out of the blue?

EMMETT: I had to get up anyway.

PADEN: Me, I'm riding along, minding my own business. Four cowboys come by and we decide to ride together for a while, friendly as can be. I always figure you might as well approach life like everybody's your friend or nobody is... don't make much difference. We get out in the middle of that frying pan and suddenly everybody's pointing their gun but me. I guess they admired my horse. She's a great one, a sweet little bay.

EMMETT: Looks like that's not all they admired.

PADEN: Yup. The whole rig. I don't care much about the rest, but I surely will miss that bay. Least they didn't kill me. That was right considerate, I thought. They were laughing when they left me. Thought it was real funny. I walked for a little while but there was no use, so I gave it up. Figured it was just bad luck.

PADEN: Offend anybody lately?

EMMETT: Not for five years.

EMMETT: Two of the horses ran off, but that pinto you're riding hung around.

PADEN: You got no idea what they were after?

EZRA: That's a lie.

MAL: Tomorrow we're going to town to straighten that out once and for all. The next day we'll be back here... farming. And these cattle better be gone.

MAL: Where is Rae?

EZRA: She's gone, gone to town. She hated working on the farm... ...just like you.

MAL: What happened?

EZRA: They run me off. They burned me out. They made it so I couldn't do. Just like Georgia. If you won't sell, they take it anyway.

MAL: Who?

EZRA: The cattle! This valley runs down to a clear creek. That's why we picked this spot, and that's why they don't want us here.

MAL: You own this land.

EZRA: I paid the government for it, all right. That don't mean much out here. Malachi, I'm living like a wildcat in a cave in those hills. Hiding out, afraid to walk my own land.

MAL: What about the law?

EZRA: Whose law? The law here runs a man down -- just like these cattle.

MAL: Daddy?

EZRA: I saw the light. I thought maybe Rae had come back to see me. But I never thought it'd be my boy. I never thought that.

HANNAH: A lot of men have told me that. Maybe it's true. I guess some women are slow to believe it.

PADEN: Believe it.

HANNAH: They're drawn to me by that. But it never lasts.

PADEN: Why?

HANNAH: Because they don't like what I want.

PADEN: What's that?

HANNAH: I want to build something, make things grow. That takes hard work -- a lifetime of it. That's not why men come to a pretty woman.

HANNAH: Mr. and Mrs. Parker have agreed to join their parcel to mine. We'll work them together. Mine starts right over there. It's all I've ever wanted. Pretty land, isn't it?

PADEN: And a pretty lady.

PADEN: He acted bravely out there, Hannah. Just bad luck his getting hit. Could have been any one of us.

HANNAH: I don't believe in luck. I know what Conrad was like. Don't tell me what you think I want to hear.

PADEN: Never will again.

HANNAH: We got married just before this trip, so we could come out here and try the land. It's hard to find a man willing to take on a life like that.

KATE: It was not -- it was Murdo's. Those McKendricks don't know how to act like human beings.

J.T.: His son is worse than he was. He's smoother, so you don't always hear him coming, but he'll do anything to keep his range free.

KATE: I'm worried what he's going to do when he finds out you boys are back.

KATE: Augie's going to grow up here. There's nothing wrong with the land, it's just some of the people.

J.T.: The problem is, Emmett, you killed the wrong McKendrick.

KATE: Why, J.T., watch what you're saying around Augie. Emmett didn't kill anybody.

KATE: J.T.'s done everything he can. I married a brave man. Augie, take that delightful gift your uncle gave you out of here while we're talking. McKendrick picked the new sheriff himself, so J.T. can't even get the law enforced.

J.T.: Half the gunslingers that drift into town turn up on our police force.

JAKE: New record.

PADEN: Let's get out of here.

PADEN: Get out of here, Jake.

JAKE: All I did was kiss the girl.

PADEN: That's what you said in Turley. You remember how that ended.

JAKE: What's the matter, Paden? You afraid I couldn't get those two behind me?

PADEN: I don't want you getting anyone in my place.

JAKE: This a friend of yours?

PADEN: He is now.

JAKE: Who is he?

PADEN: Oh, a guy who got run out of town...

PADEN: Where's your brother?

JAKE: He'll be here.

JAKE: That's the longest I ever did it. 'Bout bust a gut.

PADEN: What now?

JAKE: We wait.

JAKE: Didn't he tell you about Blind Pete?

PADEN: We didn't get that far.

JAKE: Blind Pete taught me a great trick.

JAKE: You mean you ain't coming with Emmett and me?

PADEN: I can't say I'm convinced you're going anywhere.

JAKE: Sure we are. We're leaving at dawn.

PADEN: I've got no reason to run. It was a fair fight and there were plenty of witnesses.

JAKE: Yeah, that's what happened with me too.

PADEN: The other guy drew first.

JAKE: Right!

KELLY: What are you talking about?

SHERIFF COBB: I'm done talking. Get out.

KELLY: You can't do this.

SHERIFF COBB: Really?

KELLY: You wanted to see me?

SHERIFF COBB: We're going to make some adjustments. I wanted you to be here when I offered Paden your job. I think he could do it without getting greedy. Stella and I are tired of you skimming our profits.

SHERIFF COBB: Kelly, get over here. You didn't come all this way just to pay me back that money, did you? Kelly, meet my friend Paden.

KELLY: Howdy.

SHERIFF COBB: Give the man a line of credit. He already owes the house thirteen bucks.

LANGSTON: There are three strangers in this room, traveller, and these gents you are accusing aren't them. Are these your friends?

MAL: I wanted a drink and a bed. I guess I came to the wrong place.

LANGSTON: Came to the wrong town. I don't tolerate this kind of thing. It's hard on the peace, and it's hard on the furniture. Now, knowing a bit about Carter here, I'm going to let you go without paying for the damages. But go you will, and I mean now.

MAL: Is there a place in town that takes... my kind?

LANGSTON: You misunderstand. I want you out of town. In fact, I want you all the way out of my jurisdiction.

MAL: That ain't right.

LANGSTON: I decide what's right in this jurisdiction. Now move.

PROPRIETOR: Who's going to pay for all this, Sheriff?

LANGSTON: Don't press your luck, Carter.

LANGSTON: What's all this then?

PROPRIETOR: This nigger's breaking up my place, Sheriff Langston.

LANGSTON: I don't like that word much, Carter.

PROPRIETOR: We don't serve them here and you know it. I asked him to leave and he went crazy on us. He owes me money for this damage.

LANGSTON: Is that a fact?

LANGSTON: The jury saw it differently.

PADEN: So this is the guy you're going to hang?

LANGSTON: Tomorrow morning. Ten o'clock.

PADEN: I was afraid of that.

LANGSTON: Now let's talk about you chaps.

PADEN: We'd rather stay.

LANGSTON: We'll see about that. I'm Sheriff John Langston. As you may have guessed, I am not from these parts.

PADEN: You're kidding.

LANGSTON: But the good citizens of Turley have taken me in their embrace, and for one simple reason. I maintain the peace. So when strangers come to town, I always ask them their business. Have you come for the hanging?

MAL: Why him?

RAE: Shut up. You need help, don't you?

RAE: Get out. We have nothing to talk about.

MAL: Rae, I need help.

RAE: Why come to me?

MAL: Because you're my sister. There's nobody else. The men who killed Daddy are after Jake. I gotta talk to him.

RAE: What's stopping you?

MAL: They're watching the Hollis place. I can't get through.

RAE: What makes you think I could?

MAL: Why would they stop you?

RAE: Because I'm your sister.

MAL: What are you doing here, Rae? This ain't for you.

RAE: It's none of your business.

MAL: Rae, all we got is each other.

RAE: I don't have any family any more.

MAL: He was murdered.

RAE: Who did it?

MAL: I'm not sure, but I got an idea. And when I am sure, they're going to pay.

RAE: Oh that's just fine. Where were you when Ma and Daddy needed you? It's too late, Mal. Now you finally show up and all you can think of is to get yourself killed.

MAL: Hello, Rae.

RAE: What are you doing here? I thought you were done with our family.

MAL: Daddy's dead.

MAL: Yeah, it's working out real good.

PADEN: Where's Emmett now?

MAL: I got there just short of too late.

PADEN: Lucky.

PADEN: Why are they doing this, Mal?

MAL: Because they enjoy it.

PADEN: I heard from Stella you were trying to find Jake. What happened to Emmett?

MAL: You don't know?

MAL: This is it, gents. My ma told me to head south past that rock.

PADEN: Good luck, Mal.

SHERIFF COBB: Things are getting messy around here. I hear Ezra Johnson got himself killed.

MCKENDRICK: I heard that too.

SHERIFF COBB: Did you hear his son is still around?

SHERIFF COBB: He must be pretty good.

MCKENDRICK: He's good, all right. Too good for my men. That's why you've got to take care of it.

SHERIFF COBB: What about his brother?

MCKENDRICK: We'll handle that. He's careless.

SHERIFF COBB: What a waste. This could have been such a sweet deal for us.

PADEN: Yeah. Bad luck. Good-bye, Cobb.

SHERIFF COBB: Good-bye, Paden.

SHERIFF COBB: I never could count on you to be reasonable. Don't force me to make an adjustment around here.

PADEN: Cobb, you've got nothing I need.

SHERIFF COBB: I'm not thinking about your future, Paden. I'm worried about Stella.

PADEN: What's she got to do with it?

SHERIFF COBB: Not a thing. She's just a mutual friend. But if you wind up on the wrong side of this, she's going to get hurt.

SHERIFF COBB: You gotta calm down, Paden. Everything will be put straight in a few days.

PADEN: I saw how you're putting Mal Johnson straight.

SHERIFF COBB: I'm going to have to look into this.

PADEN: Yeah, maybe I will too.

SHERIFF COBB: I thought we talked about that.

PADEN: We didn't talk about this. They took the little boy, Cobb.

PADEN: What is it you want from me?

SHERIFF COBB: Nothing. Do nothing. Don't get between us.

PADEN: I'm a great believer in doing nothing.

SHERIFF COBB: So we understand each other?

PADEN: Don't worry about me. If you're taking on Emmett, the last place I want to be is between you.

SHERIFF COBB: Easy, boy. Just an idea.

PADEN: Well, thanks, but forget it.

SHERIFF COBB: You know, Paden, what makes all this work is me doing my job. The fellows you came to town with are causing some trouble. It's going to take a little straightening out. I have my responsibilities. I want you to understand. It has nothing to do with us.

SHERIFF COBB: I took out thirteen dollars.

PADEN: This is a lot of money.

SHERIFF COBB: I told you this was a sweet set-up.

PADEN: It is that.

SHERIFF COBB: Maybe you could run it without Stella.

SHERIFF COBB: Nothing like that will happen between us.

PADEN: Maybe we ought to ask Stella.

SHERIFF COBB: What brings you into my saloon?

PADEN: Luck, I guess.

SHERIFF COBB: Good old Paden. I was hoping you'd changed your mind about the job.

PADEN: You didn't tell me you owned a saloon.

SHERIFF COBB: You got a place to stay?

PADEN: I just got to town.

SHERIFF COBB: Stella, we still got an extra room out back, don't we?

SHERIFF COBB: This is mighty sweet, Paden. I think I finally found my place in the world.

PADEN: Well I'm real happy for you, Cobb. But I think I'll keep looking for mine.

PADEN: Appreciate the loan. I'm good for it.

SHERIFF COBB: Let's talk about that. I'm looking for some men.

PADEN: I've given that up.

SHERIFF COBB: So have I. I've got a legitimate job now. I can use a guy like you.

PADEN: You've got a legitimate job.

SHERIFF COBB: Yes, sir. You wouldn't believe it.

PADEN: You're right.

SHERIFF COBB: I see you're prospering without me.

PADEN: It's been a while.

SHERIFF COBB: Where's the dog?

PADEN: Hello, Cobb.

SHERIFF COBB: Hello, Paden. How ya doing?

STELLA: I've got a place I can hide her.

PADEN: You better get in there with her until this thing is over.

STELLA: How about you?

PADEN: I don't want you to get hurt.

STELLA: He can't hurt me if he's dead.

STELLA: Some people think because they're stronger -- or meaner -- they can push you around. I've seen a lot of that. But it's only true if you let it be. The world is what you make of it.

PADEN: I like your attitude. But it can be risky.

STELLA: I'm ready for that.

PADEN: What makes you say that?

STELLA: If he didn't you'd never sit still while this was happening.

PADEN: You sure? Maybe that's the kind of friend I am.

STELLA: Nah! What's he got? This is a nice saloon, but there are other nice saloons. It's not the money. Not for you. Why can't I get ahold of it? Cobb says there's no telling what you're going to care about.

PADEN: Is that what he said? Well, he figured it okay this time.

STELLA: What is it that I can't figure?

PADEN: What do you mean?

STELLA: Cobb's got something on you, and it must be pretty good.

STELLA: Where's the dog now?

PADEN: He left me.

STELLA: You really are a gambler.

PADEN: Give me some of the good stuff.

PADEN: What's this?

STELLA: That's the good stuff.

PADEN: Oh, yeah? How good?

PADEN: Is this a fair mix?

STELLA: I'm saving lives here. The straight stuff would raise a blood blister on boot leather.

PADEN: I meant, seemed like a lot of whiskey.

STELLA: That's Kelly, my so-called partner. He runs that side.

PADEN: So-called?

STELLA: Yeah, aside from being a loud-mouthed, lying cheat, he's just the man I would have picked.

PADEN: Why'd you go into business with him?

STELLA: I don't own this place. The man who does stuck me with Kelly.

PADEN: Who's the owner?

STELLA: Here he comes right now.

PADEN: You wouldn't be needing any help around here, would you? Maybe with the gambling?

STELLA: You see that fellow over there in the gray coat?

PADEN: My compliments to you, Miss Stella. This is what I call a saloon.

STELLA: Thanks. That's what I call it too.

PADEN: And I know what I'm talking about.

STELLA: You like a good saloon?

PADEN: It's the only place I'm happy.

STELLA: Me too. What's wrong with us?

PADEN: Stella... Are you the midnight star herself?

STELLA: I am. I'm always there, but I only shine at night.

PADEN: Nifty.

STELLA: The world is what you make of it, friend. If it doesn't fit, you make alterations.

PADEN: I'll drink to that. Will you join me, Miss --

STELLA: Stella.

PADEN: Paden.

PADEN: You work here?

STELLA: I run the place. What can I get you?

STELLA: From what I've seen, Paden doesn't care much about money.

SHERIFF COBB: He says he doesn't care about anything, but he does. There's just no telling what it's going to be.

SHERIFF COBB: It's an advance. We want him to know he's going to be happy here.

STELLA: I wouldn't worry about that.

SHERIFF COBB: I thought you two would get along.

SHERIFF COBB: Stella, this is one of my oldest surviving friends. Treat him right.

STELLA: That was my plan.

SHERIFF COBB: Oh, yeah, you two are going to get along fine. You got a lot in common.