Hyah...come on. Hyah, hyah...
We're losing
those two.
I got them.
Yee...haw!!
Thought you said you had them.
There they are.
Right there.
Great. That's the perfect place.
Go on.
Just move those critters.
Come on, you heard the top pan.
We're moving out. Hyah.
Get out of there. Get out.
Come on.
'Course you, uh,
may have to get down,
give them a pull.
[ Splashing ]
I got his mama.
Come on, get out. Hyah.
That one's yours.
Come on.
Get up...Get up.
Get up. Pan...
Pan?
'Course it may be quicksand
holding you back.
Oh, pan! I'm sinking.
I'll see you back at the herd.
Ugh!
Ohh...
Pan!
♪ There's a clock tower
in Guadalajara ♪
♪ that I always mistake
for the moon ♪
♪ when I'm riding at night
through the Plaza ♪
♪ on my way back home to you ♪♪
Could've been worse.
Uh-huh.
Water could've been
a foot deeper.
Uh-huh.
Could've been
the dead of winter.
Uh-huh.
Could of--
...froze me solid in a minute.
I'm glad to see your association
with me is paying off.
Nothing too good for a cowboy.
Just don't fall asleep and leave
your pants to catch fire.
♪ 'Cause when we once ♪
♪ waltzed a waltz
across some ♪
♪ barroom floor ♪
♪ I forget my doubt ♪
♪ in the touch of your mouth ♪
♪ and your breath ♪
♪ upon my ear ♪♪
[ Snoring ]
[ ♪♪♪ ]
♪ If I were dreaming for two ♪
♪ I'd send an invitation ♪
♪ your presence is requested ♪
♪ in my heart ♪
♪ I've been longing ♪
♪ it's true ♪
♪ this lonely situation ♪
♪ is territory
very hard to chart ♪
♪ every night in dreams ♪
♪ I start to wonder ♪
♪ mountains, river streams
I seem to see ♪
♪ and when the moonlight beams ♪
♪ it makes me ponder ♪
♪ are you watching,
waiting there for me ♪
♪ come to my party, won't you ♪
♪ it's just imagination ♪
♪ it really isn't
asking for much ♪
♪ 'cause I been ♪
♪ dreaming for two ♪
♪ a ghostly invitation ♪
♪ and longing for your real ♪
♪ longing for your
real, live touch ♪♪
You ok?
Fine.
You sure you're ok?
Uh-huh.
You know, you look kind of--
all right, all right.
You ever have dreams, pan?
Dreamt this up,
and here we are.
Mine's a lady.
Somebody you, uh, left
back in New York City?
No, never
seen her before.
I would've
remembered.
That's your brain
looking out for you.
Conjured a dream girl
to keep you company.
Chilcotin Indians
say visions come to you
to lead you out
of the wilderness.
They come to you
'cause you're horny.
I don't know why I
tell you anything.
You value my vast
experience of the frontier.
Ha, that's...
Thank you.
Hey!
Look out!
[ Honking ]
You some-bitch.
What the hell are you doing?
Can't you see
we're trying to work!
Yeah, you--
you inside that iron bucket.
Oh, look, you sent my cows
into the bushes.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Ought to just sh**t them things.
You know rich Hobson
and panhandle Philips
are running cattle
from the batnuni
all the west to the headwaters
of the nechako.
That's 200 miles.
Yup...
Four million acres of swamp,
trees and Indians.
Ahh, some prime
grazing land, too.
If you can
get to it.
Only a city boy would
be crazy enough to try.
How can they afford
all that land?
Mostly, they're working
government leases.
Mmm, those boys might end up
owning the biggest
cattle ranch in the world.
If they can hang on to it.
So I said, "maybe the train's
not late. Maybe you're early."
[ Laughing ]
[ Mooing ]
Hyah! Get along there!
Hyah!
Come on.
[ Panhandle ]: Can almost taste
the whisky on Rita's lips.
[ Radio ]: This is
the cbc radio network
transmitting live to
northern British Columbia.
Pan Philips,
don't tell me
you're leaving
tomorrow.
I'm sorry, darlin',
but rich and me
have to go get that
herd in Vancouver.
Now, rich, this here
is what a real, live
woman looks like.
'Evening.
How long you boys
been out there?
Enough for rich
to start imagining things.
I think I know someone
who can set his mind at ease.
h*tler invaded Poland.
That's right,
boys.
h*tler and France
declared w*r two days ago.
How many d*ed in the last w*r?
10 million?
Ah, you yanks
don't have to worry.
Roosevelt says the states
are going to stay neutral.
At least somebody's
showing some sense.
Hey, somebody's
got to stop h*tler.
If you want to sign up...
Who said anything
about signing up?
Well, I figured daddy
being a w*r hero and all.
Yeah, who'd
run the ranch?
I could take care
of the ranch myself.
Hell, think of all
the time I'd save
not having to keep
you out of trouble.
Keeping me out of trouble.
Yeah, rich, wasn't too long ago
you was just
another city slicker.
Hey, George?
This here's kind of
a private conversation.
Just trying to help you
straighten out rich.
That's my job.
You know, rich, uh,
when you first showed up here,
we never thought
you'd have the sand
to make it through one winter.
Say, George.
Yeah?
Oh, pan,
you shouldn't have done that.
Just think it's time
you went and joined
Lester and shorty.
[ Laughing ]
Pan...
Something
he said?
I hope you're not going to waste
the whole night brawling.
Lead me from
temptation.
You need someone
to save you, too?
Train pulls out at 4:30.
Mm-hmm.
Hard to know what to do, right?
Mr. Tewksbury.
It's, uh, it's tough trying to
keep a ranch going
this far north...
With a w*r looming.
I remember when we were
going overseas in '15.
Well, first thing, I have
to get my herd to market.
By the look of that herd,
you haven't had a good year.
Those are
just calls
and castoffs,
Mr. Tewksbury.
Taking them to Vancouver to sell
to see US through till spring.
Price is
way down.
If something...
Unforeseen happens,
don't you hesitate to come over
and see me at the bank, huh?
We'll be fine,
once we get to Vancouver.
Thanks.
Come on.
Come on.
Get down there.
Get.
Get in there 'fore
I lose my temper.
Aaahhh!
That mangy cuss was this close
to being tonight's barbecue.
This all there is?
Yeah. Tom...
Do your best.
I suppose you boys know
prices are way down.
It's a good thing you decided
to give that old boy
a stay of execution.
I'll figure this out. Go up.
Your money man's waiting.
Van dusen?
Why would he come
all the way
out here from
New York City?
Maybe it's good he did.
We'll need more money
to get through the winter.
The investors want out.
Now?
It's been three years.
We're almost making it work.
Well, with the w*r in Europe
they just see so many different
ways of making huge profits.
If the w*r goes on, the price
of beef will go up.
We're not just
doing it for money.
Oh, I know, I know.
When I first sold the last great
wilderness cattle ranch
in North America,
investors bought in because
it sounded romantic, hmm.
Now it's the sound of w*r?
I mean, these people see
far bigger opportunities.
Well...
You tell them
that their investment
is 700 miles north of here,
eating grass in
the fawnie mountains.
They want to cash out, they can
saddle up and go get them.
No, pan...Pan.
Phew...
We run out of time,
we run out of money.
Now, rich,
come on.
Come on back to New York.
You, you could dine out for
years on your cowboy adventure.
What about pan?
Oh, he's always going
to find something to do.
People still remember
your father.
With your mother's contacts,
you could walk into
any business you want.
I'm already in the
business I want.
Well...you're a cowboy.
I mean, it's, it's not
a proper business. It's, uh--
a dream.
I'm not walking away from it.
Well, the investors will
want to see some money.
Next fall we're going
to bring in 250 head,
then they'll see their profits.
We're so close.
We just need a little more cash.
Well, I can give you the time,
but you're not
getting another nickel.
You didn't get the money?
We'll just have
to get by with
what we got for
this call herd.
How much was it?
If I'd known you were going
to come out empty-handed,
I never would have
bought them horses.
Horses?
Prime breeding stock.
Tom was going to ship them
to France, but
the deal fell through.
How much?
He turns them out
at town's edge,
but the locals dislike having
wild horses in their back yard.
How much?
They was practically free.
Ok, well, how much?
They got arabian blood.
800.
Pan, how are we
supposed to buy supplies
and hire cow punchers
through the winter?
We still got 1,200 left.
You should be able
to make that do.
All right, and what
about trucking them?
Can't afford a truck.
We'll run them
straight back here.
So just, uh, run them right
through the middle of the city?
It's not the middle of the city,
it's the edge of the city.
We'll do it tonight,
when everybody's asleep.
Ok, well...
It's one of your crazier ones.
You know your failing?
You don't know a good plan
when you hear one.
When I hear one,
I'll let you know.
What did I tell you?
Slick as goose grease.
You doubt me.
[ Honking ]
[ Whinnying ]
Well, hiya.
Easy. Easy.
I got these fellers.
♪ I've been around
the world in a plane ♪
♪ several revolutions in Spain ♪
♪ the north pole I've charted ♪
♪ can't get started ♪
♪ with you ♪
♪ and at ♪
♪ the golf course,
I'm under par ♪
♪ Metro-goldwyn
wants me to star ♪
♪ I've got ♪
♪ a house-- ♪♪
[ Whinnying ]
Stand back!
Coming through.
Whoa! Whoa! Easy. Easy, boy.
Pardon me.
Excuse me.
Coming through.
Excuse me.
I'll get
the gate.
You get
a good look?
Police
are coming.
Horses are rampaging
all over the neighbourhood.
Where could
they be from?
It's cold. Shall we go inside?
Could we just
stay here a moment?
Take the scenic route?
Hey, you look like
you seen a ghost.
They all here?
Told you. Piece of cake.
You boys wouldn't
know nothing about
some horses that stampeded
through sterling.
US?
No.
Yeah, I didn't think so.
All the same, we better
load up your ponies.
Somebody called the police.
I guess we'd better hightail it.
Uh, pan.
People are looking to lynch
whoever ruined their gardens.
They say the damage
runs into the thousands.
Come on, rich.
♪ And the light of the day ♪
♪ shows US things you ♪
♪ can't see ♪
♪ the glow of moonlight
on home ♪
You been exhibitin'
an unsettlin'
moody streak of late.
I saw her.
Huh?
My dream girl.
How? We ain't been to sleep.
I was at this fancy
garden party and...
There she was.
When the hell were you
at a garden party?
My runaways took me there, pan.
Well, you must have
been underdressed.
Are you sure about this?
What are you planning to do?
Well, guess I'll try to find her
next time I'm in Vancouver.
That's almost a year.
She could be married
with triplets by then.
She could be married now.
Whoa, pan! What are you--
pan, what the hell you doing?
That's my gear. What are you--
you don't run away from a dream.
Pan.
Go and find
her, you fool.
Pan!!!
Hey!
You'll need
something to wear.
[ Laughing ]
♪ I got a mystery lover ♪
♪ he travels undercover ♪
♪ he's in the sky above me ♪
♪ and my he loves me ♪
♪ and I'd know him anywhere ♪
♪ I can't say when
I'll meet him ♪
♪ but I know ♪
♪ how I'd greet him ♪
♪ I seem to know for certain ♪
♪ that I'd stop hurtin' ♪
♪ and I'd know him anywhere ♪
♪ I look in a mirror, honey ♪
♪ and what do I see ♪
♪ it's not any clearer ♪
♪ honey, but I don't
have a doubt ♪
♪ where are you hiding out ♪
♪ love me, baby ♪
♪ oh-ho, yeah ♪
♪ I got a mystery lover ♪
♪ he travels undercover ♪
♪ and though I haven't met him
I can't forget him ♪
♪ and I'd know him anywhere ♪
♪ I'd know him anywhere ♪
♪ I'd know him anywhere ♪♪
It's an unfair advantage,
that woman in a tennis skirt.
Who can concentrate
on his backhand?
I'll show you my backhand.
Ooo, the defender
of female virtue.
You start talking
about the future Mrs.
Connor mccann
like that.
What?
Forget it, Connor,
we've all proposed to her.
Arch even
pulled the old
shipping off
to w*r gag.
My militia unit's
on voluntary standby.
Didn't even get him a date.
Clearly, she saved
the best for last.
I'll wager,
by midnight tonight,
Gloria McIntosh will
be wearing my ring.
I'll take that bet.
Yeah.
Not bad, Connor.
Damn.
You have to be
pretty quick to
catch that girl.
Excuse me, I didn't
see you there.
Pff, happens
all the time.
You wouldn't know
where Gloria's going?
To work.
Where's that?
Oh, don't worry, I'm not
here to make trouble.
Chez Marcel,
berard and pinder,
downtown.
Thank you.
'Course, any
time you want
to make trouble
with me...
[ Bell ringing ]
Good morning.
Hi.
Monsieur Marcel
isn't here right now.
Could I help you?
Looking for a hat.
For your wife?
No.
Uh, for my mother.
I'm sorry, have we met?
No, not
actually.
Oh, for a moment there
you looked familiar.
Well, I saw you.
I was at the sterling club.
That must be it.
What's she like?
Your mother.
Very natural.
Sort of like a hurricane
or an earthquake.
[ Laughing ]
I meant was there
a particular style?
Something small -- I'll need
to ship it to New York.
You're from
New York City?
Uh-huh.
What brings
you here?
I'm in stock.
Must be
so exciting
to live
in New York.
Well, for my money,
it's pretty fine right here.
Mountains,
forests.
That's just scenery.
That's not very exciting.
You can find excitement
in your own back yard.
Hmm, maybe your back yard.
How does this look?
Beautiful.
You'll take it?
I'd love to. Are you
free this evening?
Would you have dinner with me?
I already have
an engagement.
Well, that's just fine.
...at the club.
Maybe I'll see you there.
You bet.
That will be $75.
Mother will love it.
Don't tell me.
Mr. Richmond Hobson Jr.
is a stockbroker.
It's as bad as Connor and his
father's insurance company.
A little birdy told me that
Connor's going to
pop the question.
Poor Connor.
They're rich,
they're handsome, they're crazy
about you -- show
a little enthusiasm.
I look at Connor and I see
the whole rest of my life.
Mm-hmm, pretty plush.
What more could you want?
I want to thank you
for the loan of the suit.
I don't know.
Let me guess.
The cowboy from last night.
You stole
my clothes.
Borrrowed, just until
I could buy this rig.
I bet he doesn't know
what tomorrow will bring.
Sure he does: Beans, cold water
and the smell of horse manure.
Sorry, it was an emergency.
Excuse me.
Told you you had to be quick.
Who is this Hobson fellow?
Is it true they
are getting engaged?
He's some stockbroker
from New York.
Hmm, she's not
serious about him.
No?
I doubt it.
Who is she
serious about?
Today, some cowboy, apparently.
Connor, I need another Martini.
Of course.
That Hobson fellow really
doesn't belong here.
Rich Hobson.
Ask him
to leave.
Have we met?
Insist that he leave.
Why doesn't Connor believe
that you're a stockbroker?
I used to be.
I still deal in stock.
In a way.
And New York?
Used to be.
I live near vanderhoof now.
Way up north.
Mm-hmm.
And what exactly do you do
up there with all that scenery?
Well,
the truth is--
excuse me, um, there's someone
here to see Mr. Hobson.
Excuse me.
Hurry back, Mr. Hobson.
I do so want to hear the truth.
Of course.
Can I help you, boys?
Well, this is
a private club, chum.
You don't have an invitation.
Guess I was counting on
a good old western hospitality.
Well, if you leave now,
we won't call the police.
I'll say good night
to miss McIntosh.
I haven't finished
my conversation.
Yes, you have.
You just don't
know it yet.
It's the second time
you got in my way.
You trouble
is you
don't know how to take a hint.
Anything you want...
I can give you.
My father will buy US a house.
Connor, I don't know
what to say.
Gloria, you got
see this.
It is you.
I, I, I couldn't leave
without saying good night.
Told you he wasn't
a stockbroker.
Good night.
Don't get up boys, I'm leaving.
Gloria...
Oh.
Sorry.
Connor?
You kids want some more coffee?
Why didn't you tell me
who you were?
Doughnuts?
Didn't make a good
first impression.
Toast?
The second impression
wasn't up to much either.
Well, I'm sure you'll get
back to me on that.
When you rode across
that lawn last night...
Gloria.
You don't
have dreams.
I wanted
to jump up
behind you right then and there,
and ride off into the night.
Paper, paper! Get your paper!
We're going to w*r!
So you boys want
to be the first to sign up.
I need a month to keep my
cattle onto winter pasture--
forget it.
Give me a month.
I have to hire--
agricultural worker?
You can't enlist.
What?
Essential to
the w*r effort.
Go back home,
raise those cattle.
Army's going to need
plenty of beef.
Yeah, but--
how long do we have?
I'm not going.
Oh, thank
goodness.
They say ranchers are
essential to the w*r effort.
I couldn't bear it if you left.
I still have to go back
to the ranch, Gloria.
For how long?
I'll be back.
I'm bringing
a big herd next fall.
Think that'll hold you
for a year, cowboy?
I don't like it any more
than you do.
Take me
with you.
Nechako's too rough for a woman.
Especially during
the winter, I can't.
No rougher than the club
when people hear
that my cowboy dumped me.
Single woman on a remote ranch
with a bunch of cowboys?
You think the gossip's
bad down here.
I don't care.
I care.
You're serious.
Then I guess there's
no other choice.
No, we're just going
to have to tough it out.
♪ I'm mad about the boy ♪
♪ and I know it's stupid
to be mad about the boy... ♪
Good morning.
Uh...
Ahem, good morning, reverend.
Hope I didn't
wake you.
No, no, you're the sixth
couple we've had this morning.
And now I'm afraid I'm going
to have to ask you for $10.
♪ ...on the silver screen ♪
♪ he melts my foolish heart ♪
♪ in every single scene ♪
♪ although I'm quite aware ♪
♪ that here and there
are traces... ♪
The ring?
Do you have
a ring?
I've got this.
It was my grandmother's.
There'll be plenty
of time for that later.
Dearly beloved...
We are here today to join
this man and this woman
in holy matrimony.
Rich, stop.
Let me take your picture.
Stand still.
Ke your hat off.
Ok, smile.
Hey, Bob, where's everybody?
Gone.
They all went over
to prince George
to enlist
in the army.
Burt Graham
and George pinchback?
Gone.
Al, Joe, Lester, and shorty?
All gone.
They're my
roundup crew.
Too bad.
Looks like winter's
coming early, too.
Damn.
Tewksbury bought
a ticket for anybody
who said he wanted to sign up.
Hey, you don't want
a drink or anything?
No.
Hey, I got married.
That's nice.
I have to go over to the bank.
I'll see you
at the livery stable, ok?
You h*jacked
my crew.
I was just doing my civic duty.
Those boys were chomping at the
bit to serve king and country.
If I was younger.
Somebody's got to feed the army.
Those boys were exempt
from m*llitary service.
Had you signed
them up yet?
I was
in Vancouver.
So technically,
the boys were unemployed.
I was getting
married.
Congratulations.
And you say you want
to serve your country.
Marriage is expensive,
and I hear
you boys bought
some horses, too.
Yeah, that's right, and no,
I don't want to take
a mortgage on the ranch.
Oh, no need.
How many head of cattle do you
plan on bringing to market?
250.
More than enough to secure
a loan until fall.
I can have all
the paperwork done
this afternoon.
Why didn't you tell me?
Uh, it's just temporary.
Could have gone
to my parents
for a loan.
They wouldn't let me into
the house when you told them
we'd just gotten
married, Gloria.
Daddy can't
stay mad at me
for more than three days.
Well, I'm not starting off
married life
mooching off my in-laws.
Besides, tewksbury owes me for
shipping off all my cow hands.
What are
you doing?
Deciding what to take.
How many packhorses do we have?
Gloria, I don't think--
excuse me. Mr. Hobson.
Can we talk to you, sir?
Ed gross,
isn't it?
Uh, yes, sir.
Me and Tommy'd like
to join up with you.
Wonderful, rich
was looking for cowboys.
You ever round up
cattle before?
Uh, yes, sir, my brother
took me, uh...
Well, once, but...
You ever
ride range?
Uh...
Lay out feed?
Clear trail?
Mend fence?
No, but
I can learn.
See, ed will
show me.
Sure he will.
Rich?
We can do it.
I'm grateful for the offer,
boys, but, uh, I can't use you.
Rich, give them a chance.
They want to help.
Look, Gloria, cow punching's
a man's job.
Now, if I'm going
to be short-handed,
I'm going to need seasoned men.
I guess you're
out of luck, sir.
All your seasoned men have
signed up to k*ll Nazis.
He don't mean
no offence.
He's a little mad 'cause
the army turned him away--
shut up!
He's got a point.
30 a month and board.
Be ready to ride from Franklin's
store at 6:00 tomorrow.
Yes, sir.
One thing, though.
I'm only staying
until they take me in the army.
Ma'am.
Go on, rich, why don't
you ask him, too?
No way.
Son, you go on home now.
Ah!
He'll think I left
my brain in Vancouver.
You should be grateful
you found three cow hands.
Three?
I sent the little one home.
I told you I can ride.
Gloria, this isn't a Sunday
canter in Stanley park.
Let me see if
I've got this straight.
You need at least six hands.
By your own count
you've got only two.
No, you can't count
those two green kids.
Of course not.
You really don't even
have two riders,
but you don't want me,
is that it?
What am I supposed to do
while you're out punching
cows all winter?
Uh, I was hoping
you could set up
a place for US
here in town.
Then, in spring, when I get
things squared away with pan...
What's this got to do with pan?
He's my partner.
So am I, and if you expect me
to just sit around here and wait
for you like some kind
of high-priced floozie--
Gloria!
What?
We ride at 6:00.
Yes, dear.
Tommy, ed, I hired you two.
Tell your little buddy
he's got to go home.
That guy?
I never seen
him before.
Never saw him
before yesterday.
Son, quit following US.
You go home now.
I told you that English saddle
wouldn't be, uh,
good for the trail.
It's fine.
I'm fine.
Where are you
boys going?
Oh, uh, well, we just--
we thought that, uh...
You and Mrs. Hobson are all--
best you stay
by the fire.
But--
Gloria, anything could be
prowling out there in the dark.
What about him?
Maybe the boys should
keep him company?
No.
For safety.
The boys stay right here.
But...if it's dangerous.
A night on his own
will send him packing.
He's got a fire.
He'll be fine.
[ Thunder crashing ]
Ok, it's all right.
Welcome home, Mrs. Hobson.
It's, uh...It's perfect.
We'll fix it up
before too long.
Come on in.
It's not locked.
Well, aren't you going
to carry me
over the threshold, Mr. Hobson?
Right this way,
Mrs. Hobson.
The honeymoon
suite.
Wait, ed, would you
get my camera?
Don't.
Where do you think you're going?
They're newlyweds.
It's cold.
Get out!
Pan?
No.
Ma'am.
Robert mcdaniels.
It appears, uh, congratulations
are in order.
Thank you.
Rich Hobson,
this is my wife Gloria.
I was riding
through the chilcotin.
I heard you were short-handed.
You got that right.
30 a month and board.
I'll unpack my gear.
Ma'am.
You hired him?
We need hands.
A complete stranger?
I've heard the name.
But he just waltzed in here
and made himself at home.
Yeah, people are welcome to use
the house if they need shelter.
That's the way
it works out here.
But he was wearing a g*n.
Some do.
Is that really him?
Shh.
Ed, Tommy.
Stable and
feed the horses.
Rider on the Ridge.
Ed, ride out and tell that kid
he can come in for dinner.
Yes, sir.
Then he goes home.
So, where's pan?
Well, he should be here.
But he's not.
Maybe...where could he be?
Well, he's probably still at
pan Meadow rounding up stock.
We'll give him a couple of days.
What if something
happened to him?
Ha, pan can handle himself.
He'll be along.
When?
I don't know, Gloria, soon.
Soon? We go look for him?
Oh, yeah.
Rich, how would you know?
Tommy, keep spider
and buck saddled.
Good idea.
Are you sure about this, rich?
Yeah, it's no problem.
When the water gets really high,
you want to grab onto
your saddle horn and swim.
Oh, that's what
that funny thing is for.
This is far enough for today.
Really?
I'm going to miss Tommy and ed.
Well, you'll just have to get
used to roughing it with me.
[ Chuckling ]
Ow.
I'll get some firewood.
We'll set up camp underneath
one of those trees.
Why don't you grab the food...
What's your
hurry, cowboy?
What, didn't you know the way
to a man's heart
is through his stomach?
I wasn't aiming
that high.
Now, pan's going to be mighty
surprised to see you.
And he can be a little,
uh, sharp-tongued.
Stop worrying, rich.
I can take care of myself.
What the--
what is it?
Cattle all broken out.
Pan!
Pan!
Pan, the corral
is broken out there and--
♪ ...waltzing
in... ♪
Pan?
♪ ...and I sing
I love you... ♪
He's burning up,
rich.
Let me see.
♪ And a time
that I weep ♪
♪ and I can't
fall asleep ♪♪
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.
What is it?
Blood poisoning.
Hey, partner...
Guess I'm more soft
than I thought.
Well, we're going
to see about that.
Why else would you have
brung an angel?
Hold his arm.
I'll get the saddle bags.
Where are
you going?
Hold onto his arm.
Uh-oh.
The red line of death.
Hey,
you came back.
What?
I didn't think you'd come back.
Of course I did.
So are we getting back
to vanderhoof?
Couldn't sit a
horse that long.
Then bring a doctor back here.
Six days there
and back.
I'd be dead by then.
"Blood poisoning."
"A common name for septicemia
with toxemia."
"Serious, often
life-thr-- "
uh, Gloria,
Gloria.
Not out loud.
[ Chuckling ]
Hey, pan.
Hmm?
Ever tell you I had
blood poisoning?
I was wild-catting in Texas.
I value experience over books.
Doctor said I might die
if he didn't amputate.
Appears he got
a second opinion.
Got on a train to Dallas.
Doctor there saved my foot.
I sure hope you were
paying attention.
"If you look for me tomorrow,
you'll find me a grave man."
Here.
I gave it up.
We have to cut deep.
Make sure we get
to the core of the infection.
Let's get her done.
You won't need that.
I won't pull away.
[ Screaming ]
Gloria, could you sponge up
this blood?
Here, here, take these.
What's, uh, wild-catting?
What?
Wild-catting in Texas?
Uh, working on the rigs,
drilling for oil.
You never told
me about that.
Wasn't a secret. I did it
after I dropped out of Stanford.
Stanford?
Anything else I should know
about your past?
If we're going to be spending
next 50 years together,
I thought I'd better
parcel out the stories.
Can this heart-to-heart wait
till you can give it
undivided attention?
Sorry.
How are
you doing?
It's not throbbing like it was.
Ok.
I think we better put
the drains in.
Oh.
He's asleep.
Is he going to be ok?
It's too early
to tell.
He could have bled to death.
Yeah, it had to be done.
All he did was scratch his hand.
It's the way
it is out here.
A little thing can k*ll you.
Look at those stars.
Rich said that you loved
his biscuits.
They're too hard.
He beats them too much.
[ Laughing ]
I guess you are feeling better.
You don't need
to worry about me.
I suppose you'll be
wanting to get back to town
before the snows close
the trails.
I'm not going back
to vanderhoof.
I'm here to stay.
I needn't smell like a horse.
You said, "go get her."
I said, "go
find her."
Oh, get, find,
what's the difference?
It was your idea.
She haunted you --
I figured, get her out
of your system -- I never said
marry her and bring her back.
She's here, and you're
going to have to live with it.
I'm not
the only one.
I know what I'm doing.
That would be a first.
Think about this.
She is a nice citified girl
who's spent all her life
surrounded by people
making a fuss over her.
How will she survive on her own
through winter?
She's not going to be
on her own.
You'll be out tanning cattle
from here to hell.
I was waiting till
you got better, but
there's been a change in plans.
Hey, just because
I had a little accident
does not mean that you can go
changing plans -- as soon as
Lester, shorty and
the boys arrive--
you should know
something about them.
What? Something
happen to them?
No, except now you should be
calling them privates
Lester and shorty.
Oh, I thought they
was smarter than that.
Everybody signed up.
Come to that, what
are you doing here?
Trying to get the herd
through the winter.
We were central
to the w*r effort.
Then who did you hire on?
Couple of boys.
Cowboy out of the chilcotin.
Robert mcdaniels.
Gentleman of colour?
Who are
the boys?
No one you know --
if we try and get through winter
with this few hands,
we must bring most of the
herd down to
the home ranch.
Since you went off and
introduced some novelty
to your domestic situation, this
whole operation
has gone to hell.
That novelty saved
your life, pan.
It was Gloria's idea to come up
and see you right away.
I would have waited a few days
for you to show.
And you would have been dead.
See? This is no good, rich.
Already, you're letting her
run our lives.
I'll bet getting hitched
put a pretty big hole
in our grub stake.
Well, about as big
as a bunch of horses.
I was married.
You?
Spent our first winter
in a line camp in Montana,
hundred miles from nowhere.
Came back from riding
fence one day,
and, uh, she'd cleared out.
Really?
I'll come up
with a plan--
no, don't you worry about that.
I, I got it covered.
What do
you mean,
you got that
covered?
I got it covered.
What are you
talking about?
Tewksbury, he gave me a loan.
You told him
we were bringing
in the whole
250 head.
Yes, I...
Great, good job.
Winter's coming,
we're out here.
I lose one cow,
I lose the herd.
Now I'm talking to a horse.
Your husband's quite
the little trail cook.
Mm-hmm.
Spicy.
This one of them recipes your
daddy brought back from Cuba?
Rich sr.
Risked his life
to trap the entire Spanish fleet
in Santiago harbour.
I didn't know.
He won the
medal of honour!
Heck of a story.
[ Horse
neighing ]
Sing out.
Porter, Leo Porter, rcmp.
Pan.
Leo.
Leo, I'd like to
introduce you to
Gloria m--
to my wife,
Gloria Hobson.
How do you do, constable?
Pleasure to meet you, ma'am.
Well, congratulations, rich.
This is a surprise.
Thank you.
That's our rich.
Full of
surprises.
Here, Leo, take a load off.
There you go.
Have some stew.
What happened
to you?
Oh, little scratch
got out of control.
I'm all
right now.
Good. Thank you.
We got word that Daniel Roberts
was back in the area.
I thought maybe you--
I wondered what it would take
to get you back on horse, Leo.
Little use for motor cars in
this country. Keep an eye out.
Daniel Roberts?
Yes, ma'am, tall n*gro fellow.
Not Robert--
now, Leo,
before you're full
of rich's Cuban stew,
we'd better put up your horse.
I'll help you.
I don't want
to frighten you,
but Daniel Roberts is a bad one.
When are you
going to stop
scaring the
greenhorns?
He's wanted for m*rder
in Arkansas.
Wouldn't surprise me
if he's using an alias.
Hurry back.
It's not as clear as all that.
Porter said he's looking
for a Daniel Roberts.
Oh, of course, a real m*rder*r
named Daniel Roberts
would come up with a better
alias than Robert mcdaniels.
Sure he would.
[ Wolves howling ]
You don't know one thing about
that Robert mcdaniels, do you?
This isn't like the city.
We don't go snooping
into other people's lives.
Oh, so now I'm a snoop
because I want to know
whether I'm going to be
living with a m*rder*r?
A man's personal
business is
his own affair.
If he wants to tell you,
he will.
Don't ask.
Right.
Just like you don't ask
about wild-catting.
Stanford?
That's right.
It's the code of the frontier.
That is ridiculous, rich.
Judge a man by his actions.
The way he sits a horse,
how he keeps his rig.
Why does he carry a g*n?
We left him with those boys.
Look,
even if mcdaniels is the man,
who really knows what happened?
He's wanted in Arkansas.
Could be a whole case
of mistaken identity.
Now, are you so sure he's the
only n*gro in this territory?
Have they reported
the road company
of porgy and Bess
gone missing?
[ Wolves howling ]
Come on,
get down.
Come here.
Come here.
Hurts,
doesn't it?
Oh, I got you.
That's them?
I said boys.
Did you at least
get their parents
to pay you for toilet training?
Where's mcdaniels?
He said he was going to
start gathering
the batnuni herd.
He left before
the mountie came.
I thought I told you to go home.
Mcdaniels said
he could stay.
He rides pretty good.
Here.
Your mama know where you are?
My mother's
dead.
Put up the horses.
They've been on the trail
for two days.
This is some nice setup
you got here.
What do you mean?
Wife, kids,
whole family.
What are you
talking about?
I guess that makes
me the hired hand.
If you were the hired hand,
I could fire your ass.
We better
get going.
Yeah, uh, great dinner,
Mrs. Hobson.
Yeah,
good night.
We start breaking
them new
mustangs in
in the morning.
Any of you ever broke?
No, of course not.
Good night.
Good night, boys.
Now all we need
is two, three months
to teach them roping
and branding.
Oh, I'm so tired
I could sleep
on a bed
of nails.
I guess you got the floor, rich.
Uh, Gloria, would you like
to play some cards?
I couldn't keep my eyes open
for another minute.
Pan, don't you have to, uh...
Uh-uh.
I went already.
Women!
City underwear.
You would have stopped.
Wouldn't you?
Ah, ah!
Come on, come on.
Move over.
Give me some...
Bugger.
Big mistake.
Kids.
Come on, stick with it.
That's it.
All summer, the cows graze
the highlands
so we can grow hay
in the valley.
Then we drive them back here
so we can feed them
through the winter.
Easy, easy.
We gotta get them back
before the snow sticks.
Why?
'Cause they're dumb --
they'll starve to death
before they learn how scrape
the snow off the grass to eat.
[ Whinnying ]
That's it.
That's it, kit.
Nice riding.
Hold him.
[ Groaning ]
[ Whooping ]
All right, roll out of the way.
Ok.
Gloria, take this bronc.
Don't you train them
to the saddle first?
If you got
the time.
Easy, easy, easy.
Are you ok?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Are you sure?
Gloria, don't
bother them.
They want to be
treated like men.
All right, back to work.
Look at that. Kit took
the fight out of him.
He's such a runt, the bronc
probably didn't know
he was up there.
[ Gasping ]
Let me see.
Don't tell, please don't tell.
Is it a stabbing pain inside?
No, it's more the muscles.
It's probably just a bad bruise.
You were lucky.
Uh-huh.
Kit, how old are you?
15...almost.
Kit.
I ride better
than the boys,
better than you, too.
They need me on the drive.
If anything happened here--
if you try and send me home,
I'll run away somewhere else.
Gloria, there's
hay to be stacked.
He's all right.
Well, then let's go.
Ooh, ooh!
She's turned to snow.
How difficult would it be
to drive 250 head of cattle
from the batnuni to the
nechako this time of year?
Well, if the weather holds up,
with enough men.
How about with two teenage boys
and a young woman
from Vancouver as your crew.
Good night, Irene.
I loaned money on that herd.
What? Hobson and Philips?
The herd is collateral,
all 250 head.
I hate to be the one
to tell you,
but they won't have 250 head
after a drive like that.
That would be a shame.
I have to call the loan.
Go.
15 for two.
22.
How much longer are we
going to hang around here?
Well, I was
thinking--
always dangerous.
I could go out and get
those cows, and, you know,
you could stay here,
let your hand heal.
Gloria could
stay with you.
What?
In case he has a relapse.
Even with one hand,
I am still the best--
I'm not
fetching coffee--
I never asked
you to.
You can't leave
me behind.
Fine.
We'll all go,
one big happy family.
31 for two.
You'd be, uh,
Robert mcdaniels.
That's right.
Looks like you got
about 50 here.
Another 50
to pull out of the bush.
How's your crew shaping up?
Make rich look like
he was born to the saddle.
Put the feed bag on.
We push these critters home 4:30
tomorrow morning.
Don't you find that saddle
a whole lot easier?
Oh, just like a
big easy chair.
If your legs hurt,
your stirrups are too short.
If your rump hurts,
they're too long.
What if they both hurt?
Just right.
What happened to Tommy?
Horse tried
to scrape him off a tree.
Let me help
you with that.
Mr. Mcdaniels, I'm sorry.
Ed was pushing me, and...
I'm sorry.
Sorry.
It's all right, son.
No harm done.
Except your pouch.
Well, I'll make good
on your tobacco, I promise.
As soon as we return to town.
That's a long time
between cigarettes.
Well, that was sure close.
It was an
accident.
You see the size
of the Kn*fe he carries?
They say he hacked his way
across Texas and Oklahoma.
He only kills
women, right?
Yeah, sure...
So far.
By my count, we're missing
about eight head.
Are you people
herding cattle
or sleepwalking?
Could've lost them back where
the trail split.
Right, I'll swing back
and find them.
You're cooking.
Uh, Robert, you better go.
And take kit with you.
Wouldn't it be better
if one of the older boys went?
Uh, I was kind of hoping
to rest my leg.
Kit, you don't
mind, huh?
Nope.
Rich, I could cook and you go.
That's
a novel idea.
Now, if we're through
discussing this, head out
before them beeves
die of old age.
Well, you could've
said something.
Pan's the trail boss.
It's best you don't interfere
in these things.
Oh, so I just let the mighty
panhandle Philips send off
a young boy with a man who
might be an axe-m*rder*r.
Look, I know you're tired,
but if you argue with pan,
it only confuses the hands.
You could ride out and get him.
Gloria, it's...
This isn't a democracy.
It's a cattle drive.
You can't abide that, maybe you
should go back to the ranch.
Why stop there?
Look, I'm just trying
to tell you--
why not go back to vanderhoof?
Better still, Vancouver.
That's what you
really want, isn't it?
Pete's sake.
♪ Whoa, there's something
on my mind ♪
♪ won't somebody please ♪
♪ please tell me what's wrong ♪
♪ you're just a fool,
you know you're in love ♪
♪ you got to face it
to live in this world ♪
♪ you take the good
along with the bad ♪
♪ sometimes you're happy,
and sometimes you're sad ♪
♪ you know you love him ♪
♪ you can't understand ♪
♪ why he treats you like he do
when he's such a good man ♪♪
'Morning. Coffee?
Uh...yeah.
You seen Gloria?
No.
Ed, where's buck?
Gone when I came in
off night watch.
Guess miss Hobson
went for a ride.
That wife of yours
just might cut it.
You know where she went?
She's finally starting
to listen to you.
What are you talking about?
If that's the case,
don't matter who's responsible.
Pan, is it too much trouble
for you to make sense?
Don't worry, she was
up before dawn.
I watched her saddle buck
and ride out.
Why didn't you wake me?
Don't you know anything
about women?
Last night, for the first time,
you laid down the law,
and she listened.
She's gone back
to the home ranch.
I do believe she's
learning her place.
Kit?
Kit?
Kit!
Get away from her!
What's got into you, woman?
Gloria, stop it!
But the Kn*fe.
A tree branch gashed my head.
Cutting some muslin
to make a bandage.
I'm sorry, I thought--
that he was going to k*ll me?
There was blood on your hat.
You found
my hat?
I'm so sorry, Robert.
No harm done.
You ride up here by yourself?
I was worried.
Being in the bush by yourself
can be unsettling.
Let's fix up your head.
That's my hat you're wearing.
I don't see any sign
she came this way, pan.
Tracking never was
your strong point.
Think we can push them through
to the home ranch tonight?
Herding after dark -- that's
a good way to lose cattle.
There's no way she
could've got lost.
If you're so worried about her,
why don't you ride on ahead.
Me and the boys'll bring
them in without you.
No, that's all right.
Buck would've taken her
straight home.
Come on.
I'll take first watch.
Ok.
Did you
tell them?
If you tell, they'll probably
send US back to town together.
[ Twig snapping ]
You should always sing out when
you walk up on a camp, ma'am.
I'm sorry about this afternoon.
It's passed
from memory.
I heard some things.
About me?
About a man named
Daniel Roberts.
The mountie
said that he's
on the run
up here.
Most folks out here are on the
run from something or other.
Take kit, for example.
And Mr. Hobson.
What does rich have to run from?
You tell me.
I'm afraid I'm the one
who's being presumptuous.
It's my turn to apologize.
Back in Arkansas there was--
you don't have
to explain.
Rich told me about the code.
The code?
You don't ask a man
about his past.
Back in Arkansas
there was a fella
tried to force himself
on a ladyfriend of mine.
We fought.
He d*ed.
I'm not the judge.
He was
a white man.
I go back to Arkansas,
they going to hang me.
Good night...
Mr. Mcdaniels.
Yah!
Come on.
Hey...don't worry, we'll have
you home for supper tonight.
Keep the cows moving.
Porter's coming up the trail.
You can't keep
running forever.
All I ask is to choose the time
and place I make my stand.
Watch over the boy.
Tsk-tsk.
Constable Porter,
good morning.
Mrs. Hobson.
Just you and the boy?
Kind of thought I'd see
Daniel Roberts up here.
Do you see him?
You bringing this herd in
on your own, you and the boy?
Not bad for a couple
of greeners, eh?
You be careful,
Mrs. Hobson.
You're in dangerous territory.
Giddap. Tsk-tsk.
Tsk-tsk-tsk.
Ha, look at that.
Got a fire going.
What did
I tell you?
She's
probably got
coffee and pie
waiting.
Tewksbury?
There go two.
You stay with the herd.
We can't lose any more.
Keep your
head down.
The note's not due
till next fall.
You guaranteed
the loan
with your herd.
If the herd's short,
the loan's a risk.
They're all here.
Just brought the last ones
down to the valley.
Oh, how convenient.
Let's, uh, go do a count.
The light's going pretty quick.
We'll count for you
tomorrow morning.
I'd prefer to do it today
if you don't mind.
Good.
Where's Gloria?
Isn't she
with you?
Where you going?
To find Gloria.
What about tewksbury?
We don't have 250.
You keep telling me you can
do it all yourself -- do it.
Bank's taking our cattle.
You don't care?
If it comes down
to cattle or my wife,
I don't care about
the damn cows.
How's she ever going to learn?
See, if you
ask me--
I didn't
ask you.
I'll just stick a Kn*fe
in tewksbury
and hide his body in the woods.
Sounds like
a plan.
Oh!
Oh, no!
Pretty good -- I don't think
I've seen a herd this good.
Hang on a sec.
224, 225...
Did you get this one over here?
I think you, I think you
missed him over here.
I'm not there.
226, 227, 228...
229, 230, 231...
...43, 44, 45...
...35, hang on, now.
Hang on, 35-- 36...
No, it's 46, 47.
37.
Kit,
where's Gloria?
Went in the bush after a stray
about a mile back.
Gloria! Gloria!
Gloria...gloria!
Gloria.
...41, 42...
No, no, 250.
I got that.
243, you're
seven short.
No, I really don't think
you counted this one right here.
I counted
that one.
You're
seven short.
Now, look...
Gloria!
Gloria!
Gloria!
Yes?
Oh, are you
all right?
Like you said.
It's the little things
that get you down.
I was worried
about you.
You don't think
I can handle myself?
Yeah, looks like you can,
but when tewksbury said
you weren't at the ranch--
tewksbury?
Yeah, he showed up
to count the herd.
Listen, I've never told
you this, but I've been--
what does he want?
Well, if we're short,
he'll call the loan.
I get these dreams, and--
are we short?
I've been seeing--
maybe not with these--
why are we wasting time?
Let's get them home.
Gloria.
What?
Come on, yah.
I love you!
Ha, ha!
Y-Y-You can't take
the whole herd
because we're seven steers
short -- it's only $1,500.
You don't have the cash,
I can liquidate the collateral.
That's the law.
You sell this beef now,
it's giving it away.
Oh, naturally, anything
in excess of the loan
would come back to you.
I can't ride
herd on money!
I'm sorry, pan.
I don't like doing this to you.
Well, you could've
fooled me.
Rider on
the Ridge!
Ha, ha, look, there are
your missing steers!
One, two, three, four--
yeah, yeah, no, no,
I only count--
there's another one coming--
...five, that's all
you got -- 248.
Mr. Tewksbury, wait.
You only got 248 and you're
supposed to have 250, pan.
There's seven right there.
You are two short.
I counted them.
You got 240...
...some sort of
agreement.
It's only
two steers.
You signed a contract.
That's all there is to it.
Why are you
ruining US?
Because if we can't pay off
our investors, Mr. Tewksbury
buys himself a developed ranch
at bargain-basement prices.
You should have that looked at.
How much are
two cows worth?
Today's prices: Hundred apiece.
Man would be a fool to ignore
a good investment
opportunity.
I'd say this is worth $200.
Gloria.
Wouldn't you, Mr. Tewksbury?
I can't take your
wedding ring, Mrs.--
if you could take our ranch,
you can take that.
Will it secure the loan?
Uh, yeah.
Yeah, I guess it would.
We'll be claiming that
in the fall.
Yeah, well, uh, I'll be
leaving soon, uh...
I'll just go in, check
I haven't left anything.
[ Whistling ]
You know, if you'd
brought back two more strays,
you'd still have
your wedding ring.
Kit, I just wanted to thank you
for sticking by Gloria
down the trail.
It was nothing.
Well, I appreciate it.
So does she.
That's right,
what we need
is more cowboys
like you.
I better go
wash up.
You...you were pretty
impressive yourself.
I just did what had to be done.
Gloria Hobson.
Richmond Hobson Jr.
Don't you ever
leave me.
Take that to the bank, cowboy.
Uh, tewksbury's ready to leave.
Just thought you
might want to know.
I'm sure he wouldn't mind
taking Gloria
to vanderhoof.
She might not be able
to get another
chance before we get snowed in,
you know.
Uh-huh.
So?
So...
She's not going.
We're going to need
all the help we can get.
♪ She doesn't belong here ♪♪
Mrs. Hobson.
Mm-hmm?
I apologize, but can you
excuse me for a minute?
Mm-hmm.
Thank you.
Are you going to stop this?
Just as soon as she leaves.
I'll have to stomp
your stubborn butt.
So I b*at you. Then what?
You win, she goes
back to vanderhoof.
I win, she stays, full partner.
What are you doing?
Go away, now.
It's between US.
You can't
fight him.
Sure I can.
I'm gonna settle this
once and for all.
No, this is my fight.
I'll take him on.
Just let me do this one thing.
See? Once
they start.
I can fight my own battles, ok?
Let's go.
Fine, you take him. Come on.
You take him.
What are the rules?
Well?
Rules? This is a fight
behind the barn.
There are no rules!
Just asking.
Go on, pan,
you teach her.
Now, look--
what do you got?
Let's go, come on.
Hoo-hoo!
Here, let me help you up.
Come on, pan.
Come on, I can't--
come on. Come on.
Rich, this is...This is...
Come on, pan.
Rich.
Let go of me!
You can't just hold
my hands like that.
I can't do this.
I can't
fight a woman.
Then I win. Ha, ha!
Then I guess you get to stay.
I'd never leave.
[ Giggling ]
Come here.
I love you.
Come on, partner.
She b*at you fair and square.
That was pretty slick play.
Something I might try myself.
Well, that's got to be
the first time
anybody ever had an idea
as good as you.
Guys, I was
thinking
about those
two strays.
Kit and I could saddle up
first thing tomorrow morning
and go find them
before the snow gets deep.
Really, we could do it.
Oh, it's going to
be a hard winter.
Long, hard
winter.
I'm serious,
and while we're gone,
you two could plan
an addition onto the house,
because, ha, we need more room.
And now that I'm full partner...
Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998)
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