Lady Outlaw (2024) Movie Script
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(cicadas chirping)
(horse hooves clomping)
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(horse whinnies)
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That belongs to the Fields
Stagecoach Line, ma'am.
(tense music)
[Sally] You law?
Marshal Hixon. Outta Fort Smith.
Well, you best been movin' on, lawman.
I can't do that, ma'am.
I got you dead to rights.
You ain't even cocked that hammer yet.
(tense music continues)
(cicadas chirping)
(gun cocks)
(gun fires)
(wings flapping)
(hand tapping)
Damn it, Hixon, she's
worth more alive than dead.
It ain't about her bounty.
It's about her choices.
(cicadas chirping)
What's this world comin' to
when women take to outlawin'?
(upbeat music)
My sweat pourin' down on
the side of the riverbank
Drinkin' tallboys,
catchin' small mouths
Just one of those summer days
Heard somethin' rushin'
through the trees
Turn around, Lord, what do I see
Blue eyes, blonde hair,
Daisy Dukes, and a baby tee
Hot Southern mess
I must confess this girl was blessed
Hot Southern mess
Lettin' down her hair
Gettin' undressed
Hot Southern mess
I'm losin' breath
Poundin' in my chest
Yeah, I don't think
she noticed I was there
Didn't even see the
bobber shakin' on my line
Those catfish gonna have to wait
She's takin' her sweet old time
Stunnin' striped bikini
Dippin' her toes in the water mud
She jumps in with
the warm Georgia wind
And I'm fallin' in love
Hot Southern mess
I must confess this girl was blessed
Hot Southern mess
Lettin' down her hair,
gettin' undressed
Hot Southern mess
I'm losin' breath
Poundin' in my chest
Yeah, I don't think
she noticed I was there
I was there
Woo
(dramatic guitar solo)
She whips her hair
(gun fires)
And looks around
I hit the deck hopin'
I didn't make a sound
Pick my head up slowly and I see her
Just winkin' back at me
Just winkin' back at me, yeah
Hot Southern mess
I must confess this girl was blessed
Hot Southern mess
Lettin' down her hair,
gettin' undressed
Hot Southern mess
I'm losin' breath
Poundin' in my chest
Yeah, I know that she
noticed I was there
And I know that she saw me over there
And she winked when she
let that top go bare
(mellow music)
(leaves rustle)
(chuckles) Please tell
me that's not our supper.
I thought I taught you better than that.
(leaves rustle)
(cicadas chirping)
That ain't our supper, is it?
Thought you taught your
sister how to survive out here.
We taught her to make her way.
(Tom scoffs)
(rifle cocking)
She ain't gonna survive if
she don't know the difference
between a scatter gun and a Henry.
It'll make a stew, I guess.
[Bill] A soup maybe.
Just go home girl.
Nobody wants you here. Go!
Her heart's in the right place.
But I'm hungry.
And if she ain't gonna cook,
she's only good for one thing.
(gun cocks)
(gun cocks)
Now Tom, I know you're
not pointin' a gun at my sister.
[Tom] I wouldn't point a gun at a lady.
(boot thuds)
(cicadas chirping)
Wanna get up now?
I'd rather just stay down here and die.
Well that would be the easy way.
Don't worry, keep layin' there.
You'll die soon enough.
Lay there and die. Stand and live.
It's your choice.
(twangy harmonica music)
I'm okay, sweet girl. No broken bits.
(Dunn sighs)
I'm sure Pearl Hart didn't
have it easy at first either.
Then again, she didn't just
tend to the gang's needs either.
(gentle guitar music)
I want more.
I wanted more.
Marshals are gettin' wise.
We ain't got no safe haven
like we do in Oklahoma.
I think it's best we head back.
Yep. It's too damn hot out here.
All right, so we'll ride
out day after tomorrow.
Somebody needs to go to town
and get us some supplies first.
Well, Calvin and I,
we ain't got our faces
on no posters yet.
Reckon we can we get in and
out without being noticed much.
All right.
Take your sister with you, then.
They'll be less likely
to think you're outlaws
if you got a woman with you.
When we head back to Oklahoma,
I'm gonna take my leave up at Anadarko.
Head back home.
Been away from your kitchen
too damn long? (Chuckles)
Sorry to hear that, Dunn
I mean, your face did
kinda light up our camp here.
But I reckon this ain't
the kinda life for everyone.
Hey, we really get to missin' her,
we can just whip up some quail soup.
(group laughs)
(somber music)
(water sloshing)
(somber music)
(water continues sloshing)
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(crickets chirping)
(leaves rustling)
(ominous music)
(gun cocks)
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(crickets chirping)
(dog growling)
(dog barking)
(gun fires)
(tense music)
(dog barking)
(George grunting)
(dog whimpering)
(George breathing heavily)
It's dead?
Dead as it gets.
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
It's mad! Only a scratch...
I said I'm fine. I got it clean. (Sighs)
(crickets chirping)
(George exhales)
(crickets chirping)
(horse hooves clomping)
I hate goin' to town.
I don't mind it much.
Nice bath, nice steak.
If I had a good month, might get me a poke.
[Bill] (chuckles) I think
you mean give a poke.
(Dunn laughs)
(Calvin scoffs)
[Calvin] Come on.
(Dunn sighs)
So what do you have
against towns anyways?
Towns are ugly inside and out.
And out here?
It's beautiful land.
Come on, Dusty.
In my experience, prettier somethin' is,
more dangerous it is.
What's that supposed to mean?
Look around. What do you see?
Brush, virgin territory.
Best of all? No people.
So now you hate people, too?
People are gonna come out here,
build more towns, more farms.
Just destroy this land.
They say they're civilizin' this country,
but they're just wreckin' it.
Wish law would just stay clear
and let people like you and me be.
That what you see?
It is.
Wanna know what I see?
I see a land wants me dead, wants you dead.
I see snakes, bad water, poison fruit,
bears and wolves.
Hell, I even seen ants'll
eat you straight to the bone.
Trust me, ain't nothin' out
here wants to keep you alive.
It's all wantin' you dead.
Those towns, though,
they're gonna keep you alive.
Keep you safe.
Dalton and the rest of the
boys keep me alive just fine.
Yeah, we got rules, huh?
Kinda like a town?
Towns say you're outlaws.
Outlaws.
Sure, but we ain't bad men.
Ain't ya?
Robbin' trains, rustlin'.
You ain't good men.
(scoffs) Ain't we?
Sure, maybe we have to do
what we need to do to survive.
Steal a little from time to time.
We ain't bad men.
If we were bad men, you'd be passed around
like a bottle of whiskey.
Bad men. Like Tom?
Tom ain't boss, is he?
Why do men like Dalton
get to make the rules,
not men like Tom?
Maybe if Tom were
stronger he could, but he ain't.
Men like Tom end up running towns, gangs.
That's where everything goes bad.
That's when girls like
you ain't safe anymore.
Hell, the only reason you're safe out here
is 'cause of men like me and Dalton.
And George.
Huh.
Well, maybe you think some
people ain't so bad after all.
(horse snorts)
(wagon rattling)
Mornin'.
Mornin'.
(wagon rattling)
(wagon rattling)
(towns person chattering)
(bright player piano music)
Simone here?
She's upstairs gettin' a poke.
(bright player piano music continues)
(towns person whistles)
(towns person shouting)
(wagon rattling)
Hey!
(wagon rattling)
(bright player piano music)
Ellie.
Jack.
Never thought I'd get the
chance to see you again.
It has been a while.
Too long.
Now, I suppose that is for little old me.
Well, I reckon it might be.
Might not, though.
That depends on whether
or not you got my $300.
(Jack chuckles)
You owe me $300, Jack.
And you know what, you
go ahead and pay me that
and I'll forget about the horse
and saddle you owe me, huh?
$300. How do you figure that?
You stole what I earned.
Now, I don't reckon
anyone can earn anything
layin' on their back.
(Ellie breathing raggedly)
All right, let's just all cool our heads.
Have a seat. Let's talk about this.
Ain't nothin' to talk about.
It looks like you got about
a hundred right there,
so why don't you go ahead
and slide that over to me.
We can figure out where you'll
get the other 200 later.
All right, you say I owe you $300.
Mm-hmm.
How 'bout you have a
seat and play me for it.
I'll stake you a hundred.
What do you say?
(gun cocks)
I reckon this here is between
the lady and the gambler.
How 'bout we let them
sort out their differences
without interruption?
(tense music)
I want my money, Jack. (Sniffs)
Well, hey, even if I did
owe you what you say I do,
I ain't got it on me.
But maybe you and I, we
could go across the street
to the hotel.
Maybe you and me...
(gun cocks)
Or not.
(sighs) Now see, you've
been holdin' that gun on me
for quite a while, Ellie.
(Ellie chuckles)
That arm must be gettin' tired.
Oh, don't you worry about me.
Jack, I am stronger than I look.
(tense music continues)
(sighs) All right, listen here, whore.
(gun fires)
(gun clatters)
(dramatic music)
(gun fires)
I may be a whore, but
you're dead, Jack McKnight.
You're dead!
- Come on.
(gun fires)
(Dunn whistles)
(horse whinnies)
Come on.
(Ellie laughs)
Yay!
Come on.
(tense music)
Ya. Ya.
(tense music continues)
(horse hooves clomping)
Is that Dunn?
It is.
Best we help her?
How?
Let's wait for the
posse to bring her back.
Make a plan then.
Let's get a drink.
I just paid six bits.
(soft ominous music)
(cicadas chirping)
Dalton. Trouble in town.
Posse's comin'.
Damn, woman. I should shoot you dead.
You brought the law to us?
Tom, now settle down.
Everybody mount up.
We're leavin' right now!
Head out in five different directions.
Where are we meetin' back up?
We're all on our own
till we get back to Ingalls.
(George sighs)
If we're gonna make it, we
need another horse for her.
We don't have a horse to spare.
She'll have to ride with you.
We can't outrun them, not
with two of us on one horse.
I'm sorry, we can't spare the horse.
We could shoot 'em.
The posse's after them, not us.
Now that sounds like a good idea.
Just gonna gun us down?
I'll do it.
(gun fires)
(Tom grunts)
Looks like we got a
spare horse now, Dalton.
(giggles) Well, hi, I'm Ellie.
Pleasure to meet y'all.
(gasps) Hi, pretty girl.
Well, they're your problem now, George.
(George sighs)
Thank you.
Yeah, well don't thank me yet.
I haven't figured if this
was a mistake or not.
(cicadas chirping)
(horse hooves clomping)
Well, he seems nice.
Come on, Ellie.
(Ellie giggles)
(cicadas chirping)
(horse hooves clomping)
[Dunn] Who's the posse comin' after?
[George] Us.
[Ellie] This is kinda fun. (Laughs)
[Dunn] You ain't quite right, are ya?
(horse hooves clomping)
(crickets chirping)
(tense music)
Well?
I think he's dead.
(dramatic music)
(neck cracks)
(dramatic music continues)
(gun fires)
(dramatic music crescendos)
(crickets chirping)
[George] So either of you wanna tell me
how we come to be in this fix?
Oh! Yeah, I killed a man.
You know, you sure can pick 'em, Dunn.
Whoa! Hey, it weren't her fault!
Wasn't really mine neither.
That rotten son of a
bitch hadn't stole my $300,
he'd still be alive right now.
Guess I'm in a little bit
of trouble now, though.
(chuckles) It was worth it, though.
Did you get your $300 back?
Well, no.
Then it wasn't worth it.
Maybe not.
(chuckles) But it sure did feel good.
(Ellie cackles)
(horse hooves clomping)
(crickets chirping)
[George] They should
be comin' up on the spot
where we come outta the creek by now.
[Dunn] They miss us?
[George] (sighs) Yeah, they missed us.
(crickets chirping)
He's smart.
(Dunn scoffs)
(Dunn grunts)
Hey, why'd you save me?
Askin' myself the
same question right now.
Yeah, you didn't kill anybody back there.
Just scared 'em, that's all.
So if they do find us, you'll be all right.
It'll just be me they hang.
I won't let that happen.
Thank you.
(sighs) Who was he, Ellie?
Who was who?
The man you done killed.
Oh, that was Jack McKnight.
Gambler, bastard.
And my husband.
Estranged, of course.
It was a bad marriage from the start.
Woohoo, he had such a way with words.
Made me feel like an angel.
And when the gold
mines started dryin' up...
Well, I had saved me a pretty penny.
Bought myself a ranch.
That rotten son of a bitch,
he sold it right out from underneath me.
Then he just, he just disappeared.
Left me there, just
completely alone with nothin'.
(clears throat) So, when I
heard about the silver mines
in Arizona, I decided I would pick back up,
start over there.
And I did. I did well for myself.
I had enough money saved up
to buy me twice as much land.
But that is when I saw him. (Chuckles)
Jack McKnight, walkin'
into that saloon. (Sighs)
You had enough money
to buy another ranch?
Mm. Yes, ma'am.
Then why not? Where's the money?
Mm, back at the hotel, I reckon.
But the other girls probably
done found it by now.
(Dunn grunts)
(footsteps crunching)
(tense music)
[George] Time to go.
[Ellie] Um, that's bad, ain't it?
[Dunn] Yeah, real bad.
(dramatic music)
(suspenseful music)
(suspenseful music continues)
(horse hooves clomping)
He is handsome.
Oh, sorry. Is he your sweetheart?
Wait, what? No.
Oh?
Think he likes whores?
[Dunn] Never met a man that didn't.
Yeah, but do you think
a man like that could ever,
you know, settle down?
Well?
Well, we could head south.
But if the town wired ahead,
law may be lookin' for us.
(sighs) We head east...
We head east?
Apache land.
No, I thought they moved the Apache.
Well, most of 'em.
Ones that stayed behind,
they don't take too kindly to no white men
stumblin' across their path.
(George sighs)
Reckon it just comes down
to whether we want the
posse behind us or not.
We head east, they'd
be crazy to follow us.
What does that say about us?
(George sighs)
Well, I say we go east.
What, you just said if we go south
we're headin' straight into the law
and the posse'll follow.
We head east, they don't stay on us.
She may be right.
(sighs) I guess we're
all a little crazy today.
They're headin' to
Apache land, all right.
Well?
(horse steps crunching)
Good mount?
The best.
What's her name?
Dusty.
Dusty.
I mean, I can see where she gets it.
(both chuckle)
Yeah. It's okay, sweet girl.
Watch her for me?
Yeah. Well, hi, beautiful girl.
(horse huffs)
You don't think you're pretty?
Well, most girls don't, but you are.
[Dunn] See 'em?
[George] No. No, I
think they headed back.
Well, you said they'd
be crazy to follow us.
Yeah, speakin' of crazy.
She was in a bad
spot. I had to help her.
No, you didn't.
Back in that town where she shot that man,
did you kill anyone?
No. Fired a couple
shots to get outta there.
That's good, because when
you finally do kill someone,
you will never be able to go back.
Out here in the wild,
that's where you'll belong.
Alone.
Now you remember that, Dunn.
You remember it next time you
think about killin' someone.
Or save 'em.
(fire crackling)
(crickets chirping)
Who is he?
George Newcomb.
Started cowboy in' when he was 12.
Guess that just wasn't
the life for him, though.
Took to robbin' trains
and banks and outlawin'.
What's his outlaw name?
- Huh?
- You know, his outlaw name.
Every great outlaw has an outlaw name.
Sundance, Arkansas Dave.
I actually met three different outlaws
called themselves Kid.
Bittercreek.
Bittercreek. Huh.
I don't like it.
(fire crackling)
You like him?
I trust him.
No, do you like him?
Does he make you smile?
Can't recall a time that he did.
Does he make your stomach go aflutter?
Have you ever kissed a fella?
Can we not talk about this right now?
Wanna kiss George?
(chuckles) No.
But you want to.
Right now George
is helpin' keep us alive.
Keep us outta the hands of the law.
Kissin' him is the farthest
thing from my mind.
That is exactly why you should
be thinkin' about kissin' him.
A good, strong man.
Knows his way around the territory,
knows how to keep women like us safe.
That's the kinda man I'd
wanna start a family with.
He ain't married. He's all yours.
Really? I mean, you don't want him?
Because if you do, I mean,
you were here first, so.
I don't have any feelings towards George,
towards any of the outlaws I run with.
They take care of me. That's all.
Oh, and you take care of them. Okay.
I ain't no whore, Ellie.
(fire crackling)
There's nothin' wrong with whorin'.
It's an honest way to make a livin'.
Some of us, that's all we got.
I didn't mean no insult.
Yeah, but you didn't
mean no compliment neither.
Just wasn't how I was raised.
Whorin' was never an option for me.
You're lucky.
Not many of us have any other choice.
What about your ranch?
You mean the one I got from whorin'?
Mm-hmm.
(fire crackling)
I don't get you.
What don't you get?
You ain't ever had to whore.
You have some book learnin', I can tell.
And you are one of the
prettiest girls I've ever seen.
It should be so easy for you
to make a comfortable life for yourself.
You know, marry a rich
man, have a family, and just...
Mm, just be happy!
But instead, you are out here
ridin' through Injun
territory with outlaws.
I just don't...
Why would anyone choose to suffer
or work when they could be taken care of?
Honestly, I'd rather sell
myself than raise a family.
How would you know that?
You ain't ever had one.
There's no comin' back from family.
There's no comin' back from whorin'.
(fire crackling)
Another eight days or
so, should be in Ingalls.
Rather run through Anadarko first.
There's some folks in
Amarillo I'd like to avoid.
Can we help you, mister?
Bill and Calvin Dunn?
I think you have us mistaken, mister.
See, my name's Larry.
This here is my brother Daryl.
I've got a warrant
on you two for rustlin'.
I can take you in.
Can?
I hear y'all run with
the Dalton Wild Bunch?
We've run into 'em a time or two.
Y'all know a feller named George Newcomb?
There's a bounty out on old Bittercreek.
Seems like there might be some folks
that know about this man, his whereabouts.
Sure would give them an advantage
on claimin' that $2,000 bounty.
2,000?
(twangy harmonica music)
(Ellie yelps and giggles)
[Ellie] Oh!
Think I should go check on her?
(horse huffs)
(twangy harmonica music continues)
Ow! Hi, Dunn!
It's a beautiful mornin', ain't it?
Mm-hmm.
Come on, George is packin'.
We gotta get goin'.
No, come on. The posse turned around.
What's wrong with just stoppin'
and takin' time to enjoy the day, hmm?
The sooner we get back to
Ingalls, the sooner we're safe.
Come on.
No, come on.
You ever have fun, Dunn?
All the time. Just not today.
Well why?
What?
Why?
Ain't no posse, no Injuns!
No outlaws except us.
I bet you've never
frolicked a day in your life.
Frolic?
[Ellie] Frolic.
Don't reckon I even knew what that was.
(laughs) Course you don't
'cause you ain't ever done it.
- Mm.
- Mm.
Let's get back.
- Ah!
- Ellie!
(Ellie laughs)
What are you doin'?
Havin' fun.
By annoying me?
Yes, ma'am.
Come on, let's frolic!
I ain't gonna frolic.
Please?
Ellie, gimme my hat.
No, not until you frolic.
I ain't gonna frolic.
(sighs) Man.
I can tell this ain't gon' be easy.
Good.
Now save us both some
time and let's get goin'.
Gimme my hat.
No!
What...
Start frolickin' or
the hat gets it. (Laughs)
- Ellie.
- What?
You heard me, start frolickin'.
Or you're gonna shoot my hat?
Yes, ma'am. Don't make me do it.
Ellie.
(gun cocks)
Eh! Not another step.
Unless you want a hat that breathes.
Ellie, I like my hat. Gimme my hat.
Oh, do you like your hat?
Well then it would be a shame
if someone were to put a hole in it!
Ellie it took me two
weeks to pay for that hat.
Give me my hat.
I will as soon as you frolic.
Ellie(gun fires)
(Ellie laughs)
You shot my hat.
I did. I warned ya.
And I'll do it again, too, if I have to.
Ellie, gimme my hat.
(Ellie laughing)
(both laughing)
I told you it was fun. (Laughs)
Are you two done wastin' daylight?
Hi, George.
She shot my hat.
I did. (Chuckles) I did do that.
Yeah, well, we're in dangerous land.
Best be savin' that ammo
for when you need it.
You may regret wastin' that bullet.
Now, if the two of you are
done actin' like children,
maybe you can help me pack up camp.
We need to be headin' outta here.
[Ellie] You have fun?
[George] God, I wish she
had shot me instead of that hat.
Come on, Ellie.
No Fun Dunn, that's what I'ma call you!
Forgot your gun. (Mimics guns firing)
Well, I think I could still spend
a little bit more time havin' fun.
What about you, Dunn?
What do you say, let's go back.
Think George is right.
We best be movin' on.
(groans) Come on, you really do know how
to ruin people's fun.
Now I see why they call
you Bittercreek. Oh!
Well, I would like to steer clear
of any more surprises
while we try to get to Ingalls.
Oh! George, look around.
We are in the middle of nowhere.
Seriously, what could possibly happen?
(horse hooves clomping)
- Help.
Well that was odd.
(tense music)
Dunn, wait.
What are you doin'?
Well, I reckon she's gonna
go save the poor woman.
Well, I reckon she
done enough of that lately.
(tense music continues)
Yee!
(horse hooves clomping)
(tense music)
(guns firing)
Ellie, rifle.
Okay.
(guns firing)
(tense music continues)
(grunts) Okay.
(rifle booms)
Oh!
- Goddamn it.
- Ow!
Gimme that. Take that.
Sorry! Thank you.
(guns firing)
(tense music continues)
(tense music continues)
(rifle fires)
(body thuds)
(tense music continues)
(horse hooves clomping)
(tense music continues)
Ya, ya! Hang on!
Hang on.
(tense music continues)
(horse whinnies)
(horse whinnies)
(horse hooves clomping)
[Ellie] Hi, sweet girl.
Can I talk to you?
Have you lost your damn mind?
First you go and save that
whore back in that town.
Or she may have you fooled
thinkin' she's some innocent little dove,
but I've been around and
I have seen crazy before
and it is livin' all up in her eyes.
And trouble always follows crazy.
Now you go save whoever the hell that is?
What kinda trouble is this one gonna bring?
I'm just supposed to let her die?
Yes.
I don't know how to do that.
You better learn.
You worry too much.
Everyone and everything is fine.
Those men that were given her chase?
Think.
Hi. Are you all right?
(chuckles) I do believe I am,
thanks to my savior here.
What's your name?
Dunn.
I'm Belle.
I was on my way to Gibson
Station then on to South Dakota
when these wily bandits caught up to me.
They did what bandits do,
and thank Almighty
God instead of killin' me
right there on the spot(badge clanks)
They just...
I suppose I'm in the presence
of honest, decent folk?
I'm a whore. They're outlaws.
But we are honest and decent nonetheless.
Here, you want this back George?
Then I'm in the presence
of fellow free spirits?
I have made some bad
decisions in recent times.
Although lucrative, did lead to my face
bein' on a few posters.
I was on my way to Gibson Station
to clear up a few of
those misunderstandings
when those dastardly men recognized me.
They were more than willing to deliver
my lifeless corpse in for a bounty.
So they tied me up, put me on my horse,
and tried to hang me.
My good fortune, the rope snapped
as Buster went to runnin'.
Buster! That's a real
good name for a horse.
It's a good smart horse.
Led me here to you good people.
You saved my life.
Yeah, it took two others.
(sighs) You're free to go, ma'am.
I reckon Gibson is a
three or four days' ride
in that direction.
You can't leave me out here alone.
We are on our way to
Anadarko and then on to Ingalls.
Trip to Gibson ain't in our plans.
I'll starve. I'll die!
That is not my concern, ma'am.
I'll ride with you to Anadarko,
and I'll catch a stage to Gibson.
We can't just leave her out here.
Least we can do is
take her somewhere safe.
(George sighs and sniffs)
An outlaw, a hero, a soiled dove,
and whatever the hell she is.
Yeah, it's gonna be a hoot.
(twangy guitar music)
George.
(twangy guitar music continues)
Good name for a horse, too.
(twangy guitar music continues)
(horse hooves clomping)
(twangy music continues)
(crickets chirping)
(owl hoots)
Hey, be careful on drinkin' too much.
We're headin' into some dry territory
and we don't have much left.
Look, I just, I don't understand
why we had to move camp.
Because we was too
close to that owl's nest.
Damn thing'd keep me up all night hootin'.
Okay.
(fire crackling)
(crickets chirping)
(Belle laughing)
Oh, you are a darlin', aren't you?
Big strong outlaw such as yourself.
Mighty superstitious, ain't he?
Mind your tongue, woman.
(Belle laughs)
I don't understand.
Why would George be
scared of a silly old bird?
[Belle] Silly old wives tale.
An owl?
An owl.
They're harbingers of death
and misfortune, you see.
They say if you ever see an
owl perched on your porch,
you better turn around, not
come back for at least a week.
Those that enter that home,
death will follow that very night.
(gasps) Is that true?
(chuckles) No, it's not true.
Just a superstition.
Ain't no superstition.
It's the downright truth.
Those things bring death.
(fire crackling)
(crickets chirping)
(both laughing)
Oh, have a good laugh. But it's true.
(both laughing)
You care to tell us
why it's true, outlaw?
(fire crackling)
All right.
(fire crackling)
It was my grandmother
that first told us the tale.
My mother, she never believed it.
Then one night, hell, I
had to have been knee high
to a grasshopper comin' on seven years old.
An owl did find its way to my porch.
My ma, she tried to shoo it
away, but it didn't go nowhere.
(sighs) Later that same night,
we was settlin' down into bed.
Ma and Pa stayed up. Pa
reading', Ma stitchin'.
(fire crackling)
My pa heard it first.
Told my ma to hide us all.
She had enough time to
get me under the floorboards,
but my brother and sister weren't so lucky.
(fire crackling)
Rangers said it was the Comanche.
They come ridin' in,
killed my ma and pa, brother.
They took my sister.
I stayed hidden under that
floorboard as long as I could,
but the smoke was fillin' my lungs.
I couldn't breathe.
So I come outta that hole,
the whole back of the
house is just this wall of fire.
So I go out that front door.
Sittin' on that porch
was that goddamned owl,
just starin' at me.
He gave out one last
hoot, one final insult,
and flew away
just as the flames followed
me outta that house.
I'm sorry, George.
Yeah, well, we was out
where we shouldn't have been.
It's my folks' fault for buildin' a house
on land that weren't theirs.
(fire crackling)
Poor George.
Poor George.
(insects chirping)
They're headin'
back to Ingalls, all right.
Think we'll catch 'em there?
We ain't gonna catch up to 'em.
We don't have enough water to follow 'em
the way they're goin'.
Well, we'll make it to Miller Pass.
We'll hop a train to Oklahoma.
I'ma catch 'em in Ingalls.
Ingalls?
Dalton's boys are all over that place.
You wouldn't last two minutes.
Guess we're gonna have
to get some more men, then.
(insects chirping)
You think she's gonna make it?
Depends how much water they have.
(tense music)
(insects chirping)
(tense music continues)
(insects continue chirping)
(foot thuds)
(Ellie grunts)
Suck on it. Don't eat the fruit, though.
Give you enough water to go on.
Will the fruit kill us?
No, but it'll give you the shits.
That is the last thing you want
when we got little water to spare.
So yeah. Yeah, it'll kill you.
(tense music continues)
(insects chirping)
Won't make the horses sick.
(tense music continues)
(insects continue chirping)
What is it, girl?
(twig snaps)
(insects chirping)
Belle and Ellie's horses, they're dead.
Well, there ain't enough water for us,
much less the horses.
There might be enough
for two of us, though.
I ain't leavin' 'em.
You remember what
you did back in that town?
You had to go and save that girl.
Look at all the trouble it's brought.
Now, are you gonna learn from your mistake
or are you gonna repeat it?
Even if that means
they'll leave 'em out here
to die in the desert?
You know, I'm gonna ask you
this same question tomorrow
when you're out in that
desert dyin' alongside of 'em.
You're so set on leavin' 'em,
why don't you just go, leave all of us?
You ride alone you'll make it.
Well, I reckon I'm not too
keen on leavin' you behind.
I don't reckon it matters anyway.
We don't find any water
soon, we're all dead.
(twangy somber music)
(insects chirping)
(twangy music continues)
(horse hooves clomping slowly)
(body thuds)
(twangy music continues)
(insects chirping)
(twangy music continues)
(insects continue chirping)
(twangy music continues)
(horse hooves clomping slowly)
(insects chirping)
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(flies buzzing)
It could be bad.
I don't think I really
care at this point.
Water? Is that water?
(dramatic music)
That water? Water?
Oh, wait. Don't drink that until...
[Dunn] Belle, wait!
(tense music)
(flies buzzing)
[Belle] Water! It's water!
(flies buzzing)
(water sloshing)
Belle, that water could make you sick.
Take it easy.
Don't care. It's water.
Water. Come on!
It's water. What are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?
(water bubbling)
(water sloshes)
(Belle yelps and gasps)
Is it poison?
Am I gonna die?
[Dunn] Might make you sick a little.
Keep movin'.
(soft ominous music)
Get a horse.
(soft ominous music continues)
[Dunn] Come on.
[George] Slowly.
It's okay. Gonna be okay.
(Belle retching)
She gonna die?
Probably.
We'll know in the mornin'.
But she ain't gettin' any better.
There's nothin' we can do.
If she ain't gettin' no better or worse,
then we need to leave her.
(Belle retching)
(birds chirping)
Finally got enough water
for coffee. Want some?
Where's Belle and Ellie?
[Ellie] Oh, good mornin', Dunn.
- Mornin'.
- Mornin'.
Feelin' better?
I am. Thank you.
Look, Belle, look at me.
Look over here. Watch this one.
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
- I'm watchin'.
Are you watchin'?
She's a curious creature, isn't she?
That's one way to put it.
I don't know if you're
happy or sad I'm alive.
Happy, of course.
Then why the look of disappointment?
Not disappointment in you. It's me.
You decided to leave me out here
if I wasn't feelin' good.
I can't say that upsets me.
If the roles were reversed, I
would've done the same thing.
Looks like our scruples have reversed.
(both chuckle)
How'd your stomach
handle a cup of coffee?
(laughs) Perhaps.
[Dunn] Ellie, come on!
George is makin' coffee.
[Ellie] Oh yes!
I could really use a pick me up right now.
I suppose I owe you a debt.
For what?
[Ellie] Coffee!
Okay.
(both chuckle)
For not lettin' me die out there.
That's mostly George.
Reckon he's the reason
we're all alive right now.
He's quite a man, isn't he?
(Dunn sighs)
You know, the three of you
make a really nice family.
(Dunn chuckles)
You George and the child.
(chuckles) Don't start, Belle.
I'm just tryin' to
point out possibilities.
Possibilities.
I'm just tryin' to help.
Well, I appreciate it, but honestly,
my focus right now is makin' sure
we all get outta this alive.
(both chuckle)
(air whooshes and thuds)
Belle.
- Oh my.
Belle. Belle.
Belle!
(dramatic music)
(hand tapping)
(gun fires)
- George, I need
(bullet pings)
(Ellie cries out)
(air whooshes and thuds)
Injuns!
(dramatic music)
(guns firing)
Those ain't Injuns. Bounty hunters.
(dramatic music continues)
(guns firing)
Ellie!
- Huh?
(dramatic music continues)
(guns firing)
(rifle fires)
(horse cries out)
No!
(somber music)
(rifle cocking)
(somber music continues)
(rifle fires)
(bounty hunter thuds)
I can save her! (Crying)
(guns firing)
Let me go!
Dunn!
There's nothing you can do!
(Dunn screaming)
Ellie!
What's going on?
(guns firing)
(Dunn screams)
Ellie! Goddamn it!
Dunn!
(guns firing)
- I can't leave her.
(Dunn crying)
(guns firing)
- Dunn.
- No.
Look at me.
(guns firing)
Dusty (indistinct).
- No, no.
I need you to look at me!
(guns firing) I need you
to get up right now, Dunn!
Let's go! Come on woman.
You're gonna get us all killed!
I need you to come on right now.
Get up! I need you up!
(guns firing)
Come on, get to George. Get to George!
(gun fires)
(Tom grunts)
(gun firing)
- No!
- Let's go!
- Let's go!
(guns firing)
They're goin' in the woods!
Should we go after 'em?
Nah, you boys keep tabs on 'em.
I'ma take Baker into
town, get him fixed up.
Just don't lose 'em.
Wait till I get back. We'll take 'em.
Hell yeah, we're gonna get 'em.
Tom, wait till I get back. You hear me?
Oh yeah! Sure.
(twangy guitar music)
Well, they're hurt.
They won't spring right away,
but they ain't givin' up on us neither.
I figure they'll lick their wounds
before they pick up on our trail again.
Hell, I figure they'll try
again day after tomorrow.
We'll be fine until then.
Well, what do we do till then?
We try to put some distance
between us and them if we can.
All right, yeah.
If we can't, then we look for a place
for them to ambush us.
Hey, we're just gonna let them ambush us?
Yes, we are.
[Ellie] Okay.
(chuckles) Look at that.
Looks like fortune
favors the foolish after all.
Look, that's good.
That's...
Dunn...
Dunn?
- Hmm?
[Ellie] You ever just stop, look around,
see how beautiful it is?
Not somethin' I ever think about.
[Ellie] Are we gonna die?
Likely.
Sorry, I called you No Fun Dunn.
Sorry I called you crazy.
(Ellie chuckles)
(crickets chirping)
I'm sorry.
I let you down today, George.
I should have fought.
(crickets chirping)
All I could think about was Dusty.
Guns firin' around, ringin' in my ears.
I couldn't think straight.
Put you and Ellie at risk.
Coulda got you both killed.
I'm sorry, George.
I was all heart, no guts today.
All right.
If that's the way you really feel,
then make yourself a promise.
The next time you feel
hell ridin' down on you,
fight, fight like the devil.
Make the decision right now.
That way the next time it does happen,
you'll be ready to fight
'cause the decision's already been made.
I don't wanna be scared no more.
Well, next time you're
scared, stop bein' scared
and do somethin'.
(crickets chirping)
(owl hoots)
(Dunn clears throat)
You know what?
I think it's best if we get some sleep.
[Dunn] Yeah.
(George sighs)
That goddamned owl.
(leaves rustling)
You did good out there, Ellie.
With the bounty hunters?
Why, George Newcomb, I do believe
that is the first time you've
called me by my name.
(chuckles) Well, you deserved it.
I like Dunn.
She has a heart and she cares.
You don't meet many folk that do.
There a point to this?
Mm, yes, sir.
She's gonna make a man a good wife someday.
(scoffs) Dunn? A wife?
[Ellie] Mm-hmm.
Well, that ain't
somethin' she ever wanted.
You sure about that?
(sighs) Can we talk about somethin' else?
(Ellie chuckles)
George Newcomb, when you kill a man,
you better make sure they're dead.
Reckon that's somethin' I'll
start doin' from here on out.
You ain't gonna get a second chance.
Tom. The bounty.
See, Tom here wanted to
come in on y'all, gun you down.
Lucky for you, bounty's
higher if you're alive.
So what's your play here, Tom?
We throw out your
irons, we tie up the girls,
and you're gonna be
comin' with us to Fort Smith.
Wait, where's the other one?
(rifle cocks)
You were right, George.
They were dumb enough to fall for it.
Now I'm gonna give you a minute
to figure out that you
ain't got no play here.
See, one of you's got a
rifle pointed at your back,
but you don't know which one.
As soon as one of you
fires, one of you drops.
That gives you about a
second to turn around,
find that rifle behind you,
and fire before she takes a
bead on you and fires again.
Now, which one of you is
stupid enough to find out?
You wanna do, Tom?
So what do you want us to do?
Just give up, huh?
You're gonna kill us anyway.
There ain't no way you're gonna
let the two of us walk away.
Maybe.
Better odds of that
happenin' than your other play.
[Smith] Up to you, Tom.
What do you say, Tom?
(chuckles) Ellie.
(gun fires)
Ellie!
(gun fires)
(gun butt thuds)
(Tom grunts)
[Tom] Just gimme the
word, and I'll end it for you.
[Smith] (chuckles) No, well,
I reckon it's not that bad, Tom.
Okay.
But him over there, he gets up,
gonna be a problem for us.
Might slow us down.
I don't got no problem killing him.
[Smith] Bounty's higher on him alive.
Yeah, but if he gives trouble, he's dead.
[Smith] What about them women?
Women? They're worthless.
Throw 'em in the gulch.
Let the coyotes and birds have 'em.
[Belle] Easy, child.
More.
I can't give you much more.
Gotta slow down.
You survived.
No, child, I'm not really
here, and this ain't water.
(breathing heavily) It's okay, Ellie.
It's okay, Ellie.
We should be proud of how far we've come.
We almost did it.
We almost made it.
Now it's time for us to lay here
and close our eyes.
We deserve rest.
We deserve peace.
We deserve...
I knew she got me.
I didn't think she got me
that good, though. (Chuckles)
Yeah? Get right with God.
Time to end you, boy.
(gun cocks)
What the hell happened?
One of them women shot him in the back.
I told you boys to wait for me.
(Tom chuckles)
Where's the women?
I left them out in the ditch way back.
It's not like you to leave
money on the table, Tom.
What do you mean money?
One of 'em had a bounty on 'em?
How far back?
Just watch this one.
I'll go back and get 'em.
This guy is bleeding out.
Probably not gonna even make it.
(suspenseful music)
(footsteps crunching)
(ominous music)
Ellie.
(ominous music continues)
It's okay.
(ominous music continues)
(suspenseful music)
(dramatic music)
(gun fires)
(Tom grunts)
(dramatic music)
Sick of you! Huh?
(dramatic music continues)
(Dunn gasping)
Huh? (Chuckles)
(dramatic music continues)
(Tom grunts)
(hand thuds)
(gun clatters)
Huh? Huh?
(Dunn gasping)
(Tom laughs)
Oh yeah. Oh yeah.
I'll kill you just like I
did your horse, huh?
Huh? Huh?
(suspenseful music)
(suspenseful music)
(Tom grunting)
(suspenseful music continues)
(gun fires)
(Tom cries out)
(Dunn gasping)
(Dunn screams)
(handcuffs rattling)
(neck snaps)
(tense music)
Lay down, you die.
Stand up, you live.
(tense music continues)
(Dunn grunts)
(tense music continues)
(Dunn whimpers)
(tense music continues)
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music continues)
I gotcha. I gotcha.
I gotcha.
(dramatic music continues)
(dramatic music continues)
God, woman.
I thought I lost you.
(somber music)
Thank you, Ellie.
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(horse steps crunching)
(somber music continues)
(wagon rattling)
What are you thinkin'?
Thinkin' how beautiful this town is.
You know, I've used a
lotta words to describe Ingalls.
Beautiful ain't never been one of 'em.
I'm gonna head over to the
saloon, see if I can find Dalton.
You ought a hit the hotel
and get a room, get some rest.
You been through a lot.
You bastard.
Ha, ha.
[Dalton] How you been?
(sighs) You know it was hard out there.
It was harder on her.
She shouldn't have
been out there, George.
She ain't made for this life.
I know. That's why I went with her.
But I knew she wasn't gonna
be safe without someone.
So what now?
Well, she lost a lot,
and I'd kinda like to see her through this.
You thinkin' what I
think you're thinkin'?
Maybe.
What, I could be that kind of man.
Naw, you can't.
You can come in and
outta the wild for a spell,
but it's gonna keep callin' you.
You know I know you're right,
but for some reason somethin'
tells me I just gotta try.
Good Lord Almighty, child.
Look like you tussled
with the devil in the desert.
Been a long month.
Think I may have broke some
necessary bits here and there.
Well, that I can't help you with,
but we got a decent doctor two doors down.
Think I may need a change of clothes.
Well, that I can help you with.
No, no, where do you
think you goin', little thief?
Let go of me. I ain't done nothin'.
Let him have it.
Looks like you some
sort of an angel, ain't you?
Let's just see if we can't
get you lookin' the part.
(ominous music)
Yes, sir. I'll get it now.
[Child] There are marshals in town.
Boys, we got marshals in town.
Best get out while you can.
(soft tense music)
Now hold on!
This here's our town.
We ain't gettin' run out by a few lawmen.
(soft tense music continues)
Where them marshals at?
[Child] Marshal, I've been told
to come and tell you something.
What's that about, boy?
[Child] I've been told by Bill Dalton
of the Wild Bunch himself
to tell you to come and get 'em.
(soft tense music)
Well I suppose that disposes
of our advantage of surprise.
(soft tense music continues)
An angel if I ever did see one.
How many you figure?
Can't be more than five.
They'd never be able to make it
into town unnoticed any more 'n that.
Well, you thinkin' somethin' different?
Five marshals ain't gonna ride
into a town full of outlaws.
After all, they ain't Texas Rangers.
They're gonna need more.
Bill Dalton, Bill Doolin, George Newcomb,
we accept your invitation.
There are 14 US Marshals
in the streets of Ingalls.
We prefer no bloodshed,
but we are prepared for it!
We hereby request your surrender.
(doors bang)
(rifle cocks)
(guns firing)
(tense music)
That's it.
(guns firing)
(tense music continues)
(empty gun clicking)
(guns firing)
(tense music continues)
Best stay here, child.
You don't wanna get caught up
in all that hellfire outside, now do you?
(tense music continues)
(guns firing)
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music)
(gun fires)
(dramatic music continues)
(guns firing)
(gun fires)
(dramatic music continues)
You still wanna give all
this up for a farmhouse?
Don't you?
Now more than ever.
(guns firing)
(dramatic music continues)
Oh!
(guns firing)
(dramatic music continues)
(mellow music)
(Martinez sighs)
They just keep gettin' bolder by the day.
Outlaws?
Womenfolk.
Wanna go after Dalton?
Nah. Send Lindsey
Newcomb, Charley, and the girl?
Fetch the brothers.
Okay.
(insects chirping)
(footsteps thudding)
(George groaning)
[George] Ow!
No bullet. Looks like it went through.
[George] Yeah, well it
feels like it's still in there.
Damn thing's on fire.
It's gonna.
And this ain't gonna feel much better.
What ain't?
(liquor pattering)
Ah, goddamn it, woman! (Grunting)
A little warning next time.
Grow up, George. (Chuckles)
Wound ain't that bad.
You'll go back to normal in a couple weeks.
[George] Yeah, well, I guess I'm the one
you saved this time.
Yes I did.
Don't do it again.
What?
(George grunting)
You almost got killed back there.
Next time you won't be so lucky.
Now, I will save whoever
I damn well please,
Including an ungrateful bastard
of an outlaw like yourself.
Hey, I'll have you know
my parents were joined in
holy union when I was born.
(George chuckles)
How do you like the place?
Think you could call it home?
Well.
I do. (Chuckles and grunts)
Okay. You get some rest.
Yeah. (Grunting)
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
(crickets chirping)
(knuckles tapping)
Charley?
Dunn?
Well, you sure make a pretty woman.
You plannin' a ball to celebrate
our latest victory over the Yanks?
I mean, I ain't seen a
dress like that since the war.
What old pantry did you
dig that old thing out of?
If you're in that big
of a rush for a dress,
there's some old burlap
sacks out there in the barn.
I'll have you know this
was my mother's dress.
She bought it to celebrate the day
that we kicked the Yanks out of our home.
But she never got that chance.
She only wore it one day
and that was the day we buried my father.
So you owe me and my mother
an apology, Charley Pierce.
Otherwise you can go out to
the barn and get a burlap sack
so I can have something to bury you in.
My apologies, Miss
Dunn, I stepped over the line.
And I bet your mother looked
as good in it as you do now.
Apology accepted, Charley.
Now you and George have
a seat so I can feed you both.
(chair scrapes)
How are you?
Hungry. And thirsty.
I'll get you some water.
Dalton and Doolin split up.
Dalton put another gang together.
Say he's got his eye on
a bank down in Texas.
Well, when you heal up, we
can go catch up with Dalton.
May be too late for the job in Texas,
but there'll be plenty more after that.
And Dunn?
Hell, she saved you in Ingalls.
I say we bring her with us.
I don't know.
She seems to have her heart set
on startin' a new life here at the farm.
Yeah, that'll fade.
What woman doesn't love excitement?
I mean, you can talk her into it.
I believe that woman'll
follow you anywhere.
You got her hooked.
Guess I do.
Well, it's a woman's job
to follow her man, ain't it?
I reckon it is.
Let's not tell her about it just yet.
Gimme a bit to slowly talk her into it.
(leaves rustling)
Hey. (Grunts)
You know, Charley heard from Dalton.
He did, did he?
Yeah. Yeah, he can get word to him.
(sighs) What do you think
about invitin' him out here?
You know, he could use a couple of days
of good cookin' and a warm bed.
He's been out on the
run ever since Ingalls.
(sighs) What would you think about that?
I think right now we're just tryin'
to keep you safe and hid.
Think invitin' men out here
like Dalton or even Doolin
is just gonna give law
a place to look for us.
Yeah.
But, you know, once I've healed up a bit,
things cool down a little,
maybe we can invite the boys out here.
Sure.
We'll talk about it when
you get on your feet.
Yeah.
Gotta go into town tomorrow,
so I'll be gone most of the day.
Gotta get some dried goods and tools,
and maybe buy a couple horses and a wagon.
Is there anything around here
I can do for you while you're gone?
No. Got everything taken care of.
I'll have Charley check on you.
[George] All right.
(insects chirping)
(insects chirping)
(horse hooves clomping)
Dunn.
I heard you made it back to Ingalls.
We did.
You and George?
Yeah, Charley Pierce is alive, too.
They run off to meet up with Dalton?
Yeah, we've been
hiding out at the farmhouse.
Been tendin' to George's
leg since the battle.
You headin' into town?
Yeah, I gotta get some dried goods
before the farm starts feedin' us.
Guess you best be
gettin' back into town then.
Make it back before the sun goes down.
Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
Yeah. I should.
That saved a wretch
Been a while since we
seen George and Charley.
Like me
- Think they'd like some company?
Yeah.
I once
- I think they'd like to see you.
Was lost
But now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
'Twas grace that
taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
Through many dangers,
toils, and snares
I have already come
'Tis grace that brought
me safe thus far
And grace will lead
Rider's comin'.
Me home
Looks like Bill and Calvin.
That ain't no surprise.
This is as much their
place as it is Dunn's.
Has promised Earth
To me
- Bill, Calvin.
You just missed your sister.
[Calvin] No, we met her on the road.
She said you two were up here at the house.
[George] We ain't got much,
but I'm sure we could
find you somethin' to eat.
[Bill] Reckon we won't be
breakin' bread with you, George.
(gun cocks)
[George] I guess it's my good fortune
I'm worth more alive than dead.
[Calvin] Not no more,
George. Not after Ingalls.
5,000 dead or alive.
[George] And Dunn?
[Calvin] No one's
lookin' for Dunn, George.
[George] You keep her safe now.
(guns firing)
As life endures
And when this flesh
and heart shall fail
When mortal life shall cease
I shall possess within the veil
A life of joy and peace
A life of joy and peace
(visitor whistles)
(bells ringing)
(owner sighs)
What? What do you want?
[Visitor] I'm lookin' for a woman,
goes by the name Rose Dunn?
Who's askin'?
Deputy Marshall Francis Miller.
(mid-tempo country music)
Hey
(mid-tempo country music continues)
Hey
(mid-tempo country music continues)
(dramatic music continues)
(cicadas chirping)
(horse hooves clomping)
(dramatic music continues)
(dramatic music continues)
(horse whinnies)
(dramatic music continues)
(cicadas chirping)
That belongs to the Fields
Stagecoach Line, ma'am.
(tense music)
[Sally] You law?
Marshal Hixon. Outta Fort Smith.
Well, you best been movin' on, lawman.
I can't do that, ma'am.
I got you dead to rights.
You ain't even cocked that hammer yet.
(tense music continues)
(cicadas chirping)
(gun cocks)
(gun fires)
(wings flapping)
(hand tapping)
Damn it, Hixon, she's
worth more alive than dead.
It ain't about her bounty.
It's about her choices.
(cicadas chirping)
What's this world comin' to
when women take to outlawin'?
(upbeat music)
My sweat pourin' down on
the side of the riverbank
Drinkin' tallboys,
catchin' small mouths
Just one of those summer days
Heard somethin' rushin'
through the trees
Turn around, Lord, what do I see
Blue eyes, blonde hair,
Daisy Dukes, and a baby tee
Hot Southern mess
I must confess this girl was blessed
Hot Southern mess
Lettin' down her hair
Gettin' undressed
Hot Southern mess
I'm losin' breath
Poundin' in my chest
Yeah, I don't think
she noticed I was there
Didn't even see the
bobber shakin' on my line
Those catfish gonna have to wait
She's takin' her sweet old time
Stunnin' striped bikini
Dippin' her toes in the water mud
She jumps in with
the warm Georgia wind
And I'm fallin' in love
Hot Southern mess
I must confess this girl was blessed
Hot Southern mess
Lettin' down her hair,
gettin' undressed
Hot Southern mess
I'm losin' breath
Poundin' in my chest
Yeah, I don't think
she noticed I was there
I was there
Woo
(dramatic guitar solo)
She whips her hair
(gun fires)
And looks around
I hit the deck hopin'
I didn't make a sound
Pick my head up slowly and I see her
Just winkin' back at me
Just winkin' back at me, yeah
Hot Southern mess
I must confess this girl was blessed
Hot Southern mess
Lettin' down her hair,
gettin' undressed
Hot Southern mess
I'm losin' breath
Poundin' in my chest
Yeah, I know that she
noticed I was there
And I know that she saw me over there
And she winked when she
let that top go bare
(mellow music)
(leaves rustle)
(chuckles) Please tell
me that's not our supper.
I thought I taught you better than that.
(leaves rustle)
(cicadas chirping)
That ain't our supper, is it?
Thought you taught your
sister how to survive out here.
We taught her to make her way.
(Tom scoffs)
(rifle cocking)
She ain't gonna survive if
she don't know the difference
between a scatter gun and a Henry.
It'll make a stew, I guess.
[Bill] A soup maybe.
Just go home girl.
Nobody wants you here. Go!
Her heart's in the right place.
But I'm hungry.
And if she ain't gonna cook,
she's only good for one thing.
(gun cocks)
(gun cocks)
Now Tom, I know you're
not pointin' a gun at my sister.
[Tom] I wouldn't point a gun at a lady.
(boot thuds)
(cicadas chirping)
Wanna get up now?
I'd rather just stay down here and die.
Well that would be the easy way.
Don't worry, keep layin' there.
You'll die soon enough.
Lay there and die. Stand and live.
It's your choice.
(twangy harmonica music)
I'm okay, sweet girl. No broken bits.
(Dunn sighs)
I'm sure Pearl Hart didn't
have it easy at first either.
Then again, she didn't just
tend to the gang's needs either.
(gentle guitar music)
I want more.
I wanted more.
Marshals are gettin' wise.
We ain't got no safe haven
like we do in Oklahoma.
I think it's best we head back.
Yep. It's too damn hot out here.
All right, so we'll ride
out day after tomorrow.
Somebody needs to go to town
and get us some supplies first.
Well, Calvin and I,
we ain't got our faces
on no posters yet.
Reckon we can we get in and
out without being noticed much.
All right.
Take your sister with you, then.
They'll be less likely
to think you're outlaws
if you got a woman with you.
When we head back to Oklahoma,
I'm gonna take my leave up at Anadarko.
Head back home.
Been away from your kitchen
too damn long? (Chuckles)
Sorry to hear that, Dunn
I mean, your face did
kinda light up our camp here.
But I reckon this ain't
the kinda life for everyone.
Hey, we really get to missin' her,
we can just whip up some quail soup.
(group laughs)
(somber music)
(water sloshing)
(somber music)
(water continues sloshing)
(somber music continues)
(crickets chirping)
(leaves rustling)
(ominous music)
(gun cocks)
(ominous music continues)
(crickets chirping)
(dog growling)
(dog barking)
(gun fires)
(tense music)
(dog barking)
(George grunting)
(dog whimpering)
(George breathing heavily)
It's dead?
Dead as it gets.
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
It's mad! Only a scratch...
I said I'm fine. I got it clean. (Sighs)
(crickets chirping)
(George exhales)
(crickets chirping)
(horse hooves clomping)
I hate goin' to town.
I don't mind it much.
Nice bath, nice steak.
If I had a good month, might get me a poke.
[Bill] (chuckles) I think
you mean give a poke.
(Dunn laughs)
(Calvin scoffs)
[Calvin] Come on.
(Dunn sighs)
So what do you have
against towns anyways?
Towns are ugly inside and out.
And out here?
It's beautiful land.
Come on, Dusty.
In my experience, prettier somethin' is,
more dangerous it is.
What's that supposed to mean?
Look around. What do you see?
Brush, virgin territory.
Best of all? No people.
So now you hate people, too?
People are gonna come out here,
build more towns, more farms.
Just destroy this land.
They say they're civilizin' this country,
but they're just wreckin' it.
Wish law would just stay clear
and let people like you and me be.
That what you see?
It is.
Wanna know what I see?
I see a land wants me dead, wants you dead.
I see snakes, bad water, poison fruit,
bears and wolves.
Hell, I even seen ants'll
eat you straight to the bone.
Trust me, ain't nothin' out
here wants to keep you alive.
It's all wantin' you dead.
Those towns, though,
they're gonna keep you alive.
Keep you safe.
Dalton and the rest of the
boys keep me alive just fine.
Yeah, we got rules, huh?
Kinda like a town?
Towns say you're outlaws.
Outlaws.
Sure, but we ain't bad men.
Ain't ya?
Robbin' trains, rustlin'.
You ain't good men.
(scoffs) Ain't we?
Sure, maybe we have to do
what we need to do to survive.
Steal a little from time to time.
We ain't bad men.
If we were bad men, you'd be passed around
like a bottle of whiskey.
Bad men. Like Tom?
Tom ain't boss, is he?
Why do men like Dalton
get to make the rules,
not men like Tom?
Maybe if Tom were
stronger he could, but he ain't.
Men like Tom end up running towns, gangs.
That's where everything goes bad.
That's when girls like
you ain't safe anymore.
Hell, the only reason you're safe out here
is 'cause of men like me and Dalton.
And George.
Huh.
Well, maybe you think some
people ain't so bad after all.
(horse snorts)
(wagon rattling)
Mornin'.
Mornin'.
(wagon rattling)
(wagon rattling)
(towns person chattering)
(bright player piano music)
Simone here?
She's upstairs gettin' a poke.
(bright player piano music continues)
(towns person whistles)
(towns person shouting)
(wagon rattling)
Hey!
(wagon rattling)
(bright player piano music)
Ellie.
Jack.
Never thought I'd get the
chance to see you again.
It has been a while.
Too long.
Now, I suppose that is for little old me.
Well, I reckon it might be.
Might not, though.
That depends on whether
or not you got my $300.
(Jack chuckles)
You owe me $300, Jack.
And you know what, you
go ahead and pay me that
and I'll forget about the horse
and saddle you owe me, huh?
$300. How do you figure that?
You stole what I earned.
Now, I don't reckon
anyone can earn anything
layin' on their back.
(Ellie breathing raggedly)
All right, let's just all cool our heads.
Have a seat. Let's talk about this.
Ain't nothin' to talk about.
It looks like you got about
a hundred right there,
so why don't you go ahead
and slide that over to me.
We can figure out where you'll
get the other 200 later.
All right, you say I owe you $300.
Mm-hmm.
How 'bout you have a
seat and play me for it.
I'll stake you a hundred.
What do you say?
(gun cocks)
I reckon this here is between
the lady and the gambler.
How 'bout we let them
sort out their differences
without interruption?
(tense music)
I want my money, Jack. (Sniffs)
Well, hey, even if I did
owe you what you say I do,
I ain't got it on me.
But maybe you and I, we
could go across the street
to the hotel.
Maybe you and me...
(gun cocks)
Or not.
(sighs) Now see, you've
been holdin' that gun on me
for quite a while, Ellie.
(Ellie chuckles)
That arm must be gettin' tired.
Oh, don't you worry about me.
Jack, I am stronger than I look.
(tense music continues)
(sighs) All right, listen here, whore.
(gun fires)
(gun clatters)
(dramatic music)
(gun fires)
I may be a whore, but
you're dead, Jack McKnight.
You're dead!
- Come on.
(gun fires)
(Dunn whistles)
(horse whinnies)
Come on.
(Ellie laughs)
Yay!
Come on.
(tense music)
Ya. Ya.
(tense music continues)
(horse hooves clomping)
Is that Dunn?
It is.
Best we help her?
How?
Let's wait for the
posse to bring her back.
Make a plan then.
Let's get a drink.
I just paid six bits.
(soft ominous music)
(cicadas chirping)
Dalton. Trouble in town.
Posse's comin'.
Damn, woman. I should shoot you dead.
You brought the law to us?
Tom, now settle down.
Everybody mount up.
We're leavin' right now!
Head out in five different directions.
Where are we meetin' back up?
We're all on our own
till we get back to Ingalls.
(George sighs)
If we're gonna make it, we
need another horse for her.
We don't have a horse to spare.
She'll have to ride with you.
We can't outrun them, not
with two of us on one horse.
I'm sorry, we can't spare the horse.
We could shoot 'em.
The posse's after them, not us.
Now that sounds like a good idea.
Just gonna gun us down?
I'll do it.
(gun fires)
(Tom grunts)
Looks like we got a
spare horse now, Dalton.
(giggles) Well, hi, I'm Ellie.
Pleasure to meet y'all.
(gasps) Hi, pretty girl.
Well, they're your problem now, George.
(George sighs)
Thank you.
Yeah, well don't thank me yet.
I haven't figured if this
was a mistake or not.
(cicadas chirping)
(horse hooves clomping)
Well, he seems nice.
Come on, Ellie.
(Ellie giggles)
(cicadas chirping)
(horse hooves clomping)
[Dunn] Who's the posse comin' after?
[George] Us.
[Ellie] This is kinda fun. (Laughs)
[Dunn] You ain't quite right, are ya?
(horse hooves clomping)
(crickets chirping)
(tense music)
Well?
I think he's dead.
(dramatic music)
(neck cracks)
(dramatic music continues)
(gun fires)
(dramatic music crescendos)
(crickets chirping)
[George] So either of you wanna tell me
how we come to be in this fix?
Oh! Yeah, I killed a man.
You know, you sure can pick 'em, Dunn.
Whoa! Hey, it weren't her fault!
Wasn't really mine neither.
That rotten son of a
bitch hadn't stole my $300,
he'd still be alive right now.
Guess I'm in a little bit
of trouble now, though.
(chuckles) It was worth it, though.
Did you get your $300 back?
Well, no.
Then it wasn't worth it.
Maybe not.
(chuckles) But it sure did feel good.
(Ellie cackles)
(horse hooves clomping)
(crickets chirping)
[George] They should
be comin' up on the spot
where we come outta the creek by now.
[Dunn] They miss us?
[George] (sighs) Yeah, they missed us.
(crickets chirping)
He's smart.
(Dunn scoffs)
(Dunn grunts)
Hey, why'd you save me?
Askin' myself the
same question right now.
Yeah, you didn't kill anybody back there.
Just scared 'em, that's all.
So if they do find us, you'll be all right.
It'll just be me they hang.
I won't let that happen.
Thank you.
(sighs) Who was he, Ellie?
Who was who?
The man you done killed.
Oh, that was Jack McKnight.
Gambler, bastard.
And my husband.
Estranged, of course.
It was a bad marriage from the start.
Woohoo, he had such a way with words.
Made me feel like an angel.
And when the gold
mines started dryin' up...
Well, I had saved me a pretty penny.
Bought myself a ranch.
That rotten son of a bitch,
he sold it right out from underneath me.
Then he just, he just disappeared.
Left me there, just
completely alone with nothin'.
(clears throat) So, when I
heard about the silver mines
in Arizona, I decided I would pick back up,
start over there.
And I did. I did well for myself.
I had enough money saved up
to buy me twice as much land.
But that is when I saw him. (Chuckles)
Jack McKnight, walkin'
into that saloon. (Sighs)
You had enough money
to buy another ranch?
Mm. Yes, ma'am.
Then why not? Where's the money?
Mm, back at the hotel, I reckon.
But the other girls probably
done found it by now.
(Dunn grunts)
(footsteps crunching)
(tense music)
[George] Time to go.
[Ellie] Um, that's bad, ain't it?
[Dunn] Yeah, real bad.
(dramatic music)
(suspenseful music)
(suspenseful music continues)
(horse hooves clomping)
He is handsome.
Oh, sorry. Is he your sweetheart?
Wait, what? No.
Oh?
Think he likes whores?
[Dunn] Never met a man that didn't.
Yeah, but do you think
a man like that could ever,
you know, settle down?
Well?
Well, we could head south.
But if the town wired ahead,
law may be lookin' for us.
(sighs) We head east...
We head east?
Apache land.
No, I thought they moved the Apache.
Well, most of 'em.
Ones that stayed behind,
they don't take too kindly to no white men
stumblin' across their path.
(George sighs)
Reckon it just comes down
to whether we want the
posse behind us or not.
We head east, they'd
be crazy to follow us.
What does that say about us?
(George sighs)
Well, I say we go east.
What, you just said if we go south
we're headin' straight into the law
and the posse'll follow.
We head east, they don't stay on us.
She may be right.
(sighs) I guess we're
all a little crazy today.
They're headin' to
Apache land, all right.
Well?
(horse steps crunching)
Good mount?
The best.
What's her name?
Dusty.
Dusty.
I mean, I can see where she gets it.
(both chuckle)
Yeah. It's okay, sweet girl.
Watch her for me?
Yeah. Well, hi, beautiful girl.
(horse huffs)
You don't think you're pretty?
Well, most girls don't, but you are.
[Dunn] See 'em?
[George] No. No, I
think they headed back.
Well, you said they'd
be crazy to follow us.
Yeah, speakin' of crazy.
She was in a bad
spot. I had to help her.
No, you didn't.
Back in that town where she shot that man,
did you kill anyone?
No. Fired a couple
shots to get outta there.
That's good, because when
you finally do kill someone,
you will never be able to go back.
Out here in the wild,
that's where you'll belong.
Alone.
Now you remember that, Dunn.
You remember it next time you
think about killin' someone.
Or save 'em.
(fire crackling)
(crickets chirping)
Who is he?
George Newcomb.
Started cowboy in' when he was 12.
Guess that just wasn't
the life for him, though.
Took to robbin' trains
and banks and outlawin'.
What's his outlaw name?
- Huh?
- You know, his outlaw name.
Every great outlaw has an outlaw name.
Sundance, Arkansas Dave.
I actually met three different outlaws
called themselves Kid.
Bittercreek.
Bittercreek. Huh.
I don't like it.
(fire crackling)
You like him?
I trust him.
No, do you like him?
Does he make you smile?
Can't recall a time that he did.
Does he make your stomach go aflutter?
Have you ever kissed a fella?
Can we not talk about this right now?
Wanna kiss George?
(chuckles) No.
But you want to.
Right now George
is helpin' keep us alive.
Keep us outta the hands of the law.
Kissin' him is the farthest
thing from my mind.
That is exactly why you should
be thinkin' about kissin' him.
A good, strong man.
Knows his way around the territory,
knows how to keep women like us safe.
That's the kinda man I'd
wanna start a family with.
He ain't married. He's all yours.
Really? I mean, you don't want him?
Because if you do, I mean,
you were here first, so.
I don't have any feelings towards George,
towards any of the outlaws I run with.
They take care of me. That's all.
Oh, and you take care of them. Okay.
I ain't no whore, Ellie.
(fire crackling)
There's nothin' wrong with whorin'.
It's an honest way to make a livin'.
Some of us, that's all we got.
I didn't mean no insult.
Yeah, but you didn't
mean no compliment neither.
Just wasn't how I was raised.
Whorin' was never an option for me.
You're lucky.
Not many of us have any other choice.
What about your ranch?
You mean the one I got from whorin'?
Mm-hmm.
(fire crackling)
I don't get you.
What don't you get?
You ain't ever had to whore.
You have some book learnin', I can tell.
And you are one of the
prettiest girls I've ever seen.
It should be so easy for you
to make a comfortable life for yourself.
You know, marry a rich
man, have a family, and just...
Mm, just be happy!
But instead, you are out here
ridin' through Injun
territory with outlaws.
I just don't...
Why would anyone choose to suffer
or work when they could be taken care of?
Honestly, I'd rather sell
myself than raise a family.
How would you know that?
You ain't ever had one.
There's no comin' back from family.
There's no comin' back from whorin'.
(fire crackling)
Another eight days or
so, should be in Ingalls.
Rather run through Anadarko first.
There's some folks in
Amarillo I'd like to avoid.
Can we help you, mister?
Bill and Calvin Dunn?
I think you have us mistaken, mister.
See, my name's Larry.
This here is my brother Daryl.
I've got a warrant
on you two for rustlin'.
I can take you in.
Can?
I hear y'all run with
the Dalton Wild Bunch?
We've run into 'em a time or two.
Y'all know a feller named George Newcomb?
There's a bounty out on old Bittercreek.
Seems like there might be some folks
that know about this man, his whereabouts.
Sure would give them an advantage
on claimin' that $2,000 bounty.
2,000?
(twangy harmonica music)
(Ellie yelps and giggles)
[Ellie] Oh!
Think I should go check on her?
(horse huffs)
(twangy harmonica music continues)
Ow! Hi, Dunn!
It's a beautiful mornin', ain't it?
Mm-hmm.
Come on, George is packin'.
We gotta get goin'.
No, come on. The posse turned around.
What's wrong with just stoppin'
and takin' time to enjoy the day, hmm?
The sooner we get back to
Ingalls, the sooner we're safe.
Come on.
No, come on.
You ever have fun, Dunn?
All the time. Just not today.
Well why?
What?
Why?
Ain't no posse, no Injuns!
No outlaws except us.
I bet you've never
frolicked a day in your life.
Frolic?
[Ellie] Frolic.
Don't reckon I even knew what that was.
(laughs) Course you don't
'cause you ain't ever done it.
- Mm.
- Mm.
Let's get back.
- Ah!
- Ellie!
(Ellie laughs)
What are you doin'?
Havin' fun.
By annoying me?
Yes, ma'am.
Come on, let's frolic!
I ain't gonna frolic.
Please?
Ellie, gimme my hat.
No, not until you frolic.
I ain't gonna frolic.
(sighs) Man.
I can tell this ain't gon' be easy.
Good.
Now save us both some
time and let's get goin'.
Gimme my hat.
No!
What...
Start frolickin' or
the hat gets it. (Laughs)
- Ellie.
- What?
You heard me, start frolickin'.
Or you're gonna shoot my hat?
Yes, ma'am. Don't make me do it.
Ellie.
(gun cocks)
Eh! Not another step.
Unless you want a hat that breathes.
Ellie, I like my hat. Gimme my hat.
Oh, do you like your hat?
Well then it would be a shame
if someone were to put a hole in it!
Ellie it took me two
weeks to pay for that hat.
Give me my hat.
I will as soon as you frolic.
Ellie(gun fires)
(Ellie laughs)
You shot my hat.
I did. I warned ya.
And I'll do it again, too, if I have to.
Ellie, gimme my hat.
(Ellie laughing)
(both laughing)
I told you it was fun. (Laughs)
Are you two done wastin' daylight?
Hi, George.
She shot my hat.
I did. (Chuckles) I did do that.
Yeah, well, we're in dangerous land.
Best be savin' that ammo
for when you need it.
You may regret wastin' that bullet.
Now, if the two of you are
done actin' like children,
maybe you can help me pack up camp.
We need to be headin' outta here.
[Ellie] You have fun?
[George] God, I wish she
had shot me instead of that hat.
Come on, Ellie.
No Fun Dunn, that's what I'ma call you!
Forgot your gun. (Mimics guns firing)
Well, I think I could still spend
a little bit more time havin' fun.
What about you, Dunn?
What do you say, let's go back.
Think George is right.
We best be movin' on.
(groans) Come on, you really do know how
to ruin people's fun.
Now I see why they call
you Bittercreek. Oh!
Well, I would like to steer clear
of any more surprises
while we try to get to Ingalls.
Oh! George, look around.
We are in the middle of nowhere.
Seriously, what could possibly happen?
(horse hooves clomping)
- Help.
Well that was odd.
(tense music)
Dunn, wait.
What are you doin'?
Well, I reckon she's gonna
go save the poor woman.
Well, I reckon she
done enough of that lately.
(tense music continues)
Yee!
(horse hooves clomping)
(tense music)
(guns firing)
Ellie, rifle.
Okay.
(guns firing)
(tense music continues)
(grunts) Okay.
(rifle booms)
Oh!
- Goddamn it.
- Ow!
Gimme that. Take that.
Sorry! Thank you.
(guns firing)
(tense music continues)
(tense music continues)
(rifle fires)
(body thuds)
(tense music continues)
(horse hooves clomping)
(tense music continues)
Ya, ya! Hang on!
Hang on.
(tense music continues)
(horse whinnies)
(horse whinnies)
(horse hooves clomping)
[Ellie] Hi, sweet girl.
Can I talk to you?
Have you lost your damn mind?
First you go and save that
whore back in that town.
Or she may have you fooled
thinkin' she's some innocent little dove,
but I've been around and
I have seen crazy before
and it is livin' all up in her eyes.
And trouble always follows crazy.
Now you go save whoever the hell that is?
What kinda trouble is this one gonna bring?
I'm just supposed to let her die?
Yes.
I don't know how to do that.
You better learn.
You worry too much.
Everyone and everything is fine.
Those men that were given her chase?
Think.
Hi. Are you all right?
(chuckles) I do believe I am,
thanks to my savior here.
What's your name?
Dunn.
I'm Belle.
I was on my way to Gibson
Station then on to South Dakota
when these wily bandits caught up to me.
They did what bandits do,
and thank Almighty
God instead of killin' me
right there on the spot(badge clanks)
They just...
I suppose I'm in the presence
of honest, decent folk?
I'm a whore. They're outlaws.
But we are honest and decent nonetheless.
Here, you want this back George?
Then I'm in the presence
of fellow free spirits?
I have made some bad
decisions in recent times.
Although lucrative, did lead to my face
bein' on a few posters.
I was on my way to Gibson Station
to clear up a few of
those misunderstandings
when those dastardly men recognized me.
They were more than willing to deliver
my lifeless corpse in for a bounty.
So they tied me up, put me on my horse,
and tried to hang me.
My good fortune, the rope snapped
as Buster went to runnin'.
Buster! That's a real
good name for a horse.
It's a good smart horse.
Led me here to you good people.
You saved my life.
Yeah, it took two others.
(sighs) You're free to go, ma'am.
I reckon Gibson is a
three or four days' ride
in that direction.
You can't leave me out here alone.
We are on our way to
Anadarko and then on to Ingalls.
Trip to Gibson ain't in our plans.
I'll starve. I'll die!
That is not my concern, ma'am.
I'll ride with you to Anadarko,
and I'll catch a stage to Gibson.
We can't just leave her out here.
Least we can do is
take her somewhere safe.
(George sighs and sniffs)
An outlaw, a hero, a soiled dove,
and whatever the hell she is.
Yeah, it's gonna be a hoot.
(twangy guitar music)
George.
(twangy guitar music continues)
Good name for a horse, too.
(twangy guitar music continues)
(horse hooves clomping)
(twangy music continues)
(crickets chirping)
(owl hoots)
Hey, be careful on drinkin' too much.
We're headin' into some dry territory
and we don't have much left.
Look, I just, I don't understand
why we had to move camp.
Because we was too
close to that owl's nest.
Damn thing'd keep me up all night hootin'.
Okay.
(fire crackling)
(crickets chirping)
(Belle laughing)
Oh, you are a darlin', aren't you?
Big strong outlaw such as yourself.
Mighty superstitious, ain't he?
Mind your tongue, woman.
(Belle laughs)
I don't understand.
Why would George be
scared of a silly old bird?
[Belle] Silly old wives tale.
An owl?
An owl.
They're harbingers of death
and misfortune, you see.
They say if you ever see an
owl perched on your porch,
you better turn around, not
come back for at least a week.
Those that enter that home,
death will follow that very night.
(gasps) Is that true?
(chuckles) No, it's not true.
Just a superstition.
Ain't no superstition.
It's the downright truth.
Those things bring death.
(fire crackling)
(crickets chirping)
(both laughing)
Oh, have a good laugh. But it's true.
(both laughing)
You care to tell us
why it's true, outlaw?
(fire crackling)
All right.
(fire crackling)
It was my grandmother
that first told us the tale.
My mother, she never believed it.
Then one night, hell, I
had to have been knee high
to a grasshopper comin' on seven years old.
An owl did find its way to my porch.
My ma, she tried to shoo it
away, but it didn't go nowhere.
(sighs) Later that same night,
we was settlin' down into bed.
Ma and Pa stayed up. Pa
reading', Ma stitchin'.
(fire crackling)
My pa heard it first.
Told my ma to hide us all.
She had enough time to
get me under the floorboards,
but my brother and sister weren't so lucky.
(fire crackling)
Rangers said it was the Comanche.
They come ridin' in,
killed my ma and pa, brother.
They took my sister.
I stayed hidden under that
floorboard as long as I could,
but the smoke was fillin' my lungs.
I couldn't breathe.
So I come outta that hole,
the whole back of the
house is just this wall of fire.
So I go out that front door.
Sittin' on that porch
was that goddamned owl,
just starin' at me.
He gave out one last
hoot, one final insult,
and flew away
just as the flames followed
me outta that house.
I'm sorry, George.
Yeah, well, we was out
where we shouldn't have been.
It's my folks' fault for buildin' a house
on land that weren't theirs.
(fire crackling)
Poor George.
Poor George.
(insects chirping)
They're headin'
back to Ingalls, all right.
Think we'll catch 'em there?
We ain't gonna catch up to 'em.
We don't have enough water to follow 'em
the way they're goin'.
Well, we'll make it to Miller Pass.
We'll hop a train to Oklahoma.
I'ma catch 'em in Ingalls.
Ingalls?
Dalton's boys are all over that place.
You wouldn't last two minutes.
Guess we're gonna have
to get some more men, then.
(insects chirping)
You think she's gonna make it?
Depends how much water they have.
(tense music)
(insects chirping)
(tense music continues)
(insects continue chirping)
(foot thuds)
(Ellie grunts)
Suck on it. Don't eat the fruit, though.
Give you enough water to go on.
Will the fruit kill us?
No, but it'll give you the shits.
That is the last thing you want
when we got little water to spare.
So yeah. Yeah, it'll kill you.
(tense music continues)
(insects chirping)
Won't make the horses sick.
(tense music continues)
(insects continue chirping)
What is it, girl?
(twig snaps)
(insects chirping)
Belle and Ellie's horses, they're dead.
Well, there ain't enough water for us,
much less the horses.
There might be enough
for two of us, though.
I ain't leavin' 'em.
You remember what
you did back in that town?
You had to go and save that girl.
Look at all the trouble it's brought.
Now, are you gonna learn from your mistake
or are you gonna repeat it?
Even if that means
they'll leave 'em out here
to die in the desert?
You know, I'm gonna ask you
this same question tomorrow
when you're out in that
desert dyin' alongside of 'em.
You're so set on leavin' 'em,
why don't you just go, leave all of us?
You ride alone you'll make it.
Well, I reckon I'm not too
keen on leavin' you behind.
I don't reckon it matters anyway.
We don't find any water
soon, we're all dead.
(twangy somber music)
(insects chirping)
(twangy music continues)
(horse hooves clomping slowly)
(body thuds)
(twangy music continues)
(insects chirping)
(twangy music continues)
(insects continue chirping)
(twangy music continues)
(horse hooves clomping slowly)
(insects chirping)
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(flies buzzing)
It could be bad.
I don't think I really
care at this point.
Water? Is that water?
(dramatic music)
That water? Water?
Oh, wait. Don't drink that until...
[Dunn] Belle, wait!
(tense music)
(flies buzzing)
[Belle] Water! It's water!
(flies buzzing)
(water sloshing)
Belle, that water could make you sick.
Take it easy.
Don't care. It's water.
Water. Come on!
It's water. What are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?
(water bubbling)
(water sloshes)
(Belle yelps and gasps)
Is it poison?
Am I gonna die?
[Dunn] Might make you sick a little.
Keep movin'.
(soft ominous music)
Get a horse.
(soft ominous music continues)
[Dunn] Come on.
[George] Slowly.
It's okay. Gonna be okay.
(Belle retching)
She gonna die?
Probably.
We'll know in the mornin'.
But she ain't gettin' any better.
There's nothin' we can do.
If she ain't gettin' no better or worse,
then we need to leave her.
(Belle retching)
(birds chirping)
Finally got enough water
for coffee. Want some?
Where's Belle and Ellie?
[Ellie] Oh, good mornin', Dunn.
- Mornin'.
- Mornin'.
Feelin' better?
I am. Thank you.
Look, Belle, look at me.
Look over here. Watch this one.
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
- I'm watchin'.
Are you watchin'?
She's a curious creature, isn't she?
That's one way to put it.
I don't know if you're
happy or sad I'm alive.
Happy, of course.
Then why the look of disappointment?
Not disappointment in you. It's me.
You decided to leave me out here
if I wasn't feelin' good.
I can't say that upsets me.
If the roles were reversed, I
would've done the same thing.
Looks like our scruples have reversed.
(both chuckle)
How'd your stomach
handle a cup of coffee?
(laughs) Perhaps.
[Dunn] Ellie, come on!
George is makin' coffee.
[Ellie] Oh yes!
I could really use a pick me up right now.
I suppose I owe you a debt.
For what?
[Ellie] Coffee!
Okay.
(both chuckle)
For not lettin' me die out there.
That's mostly George.
Reckon he's the reason
we're all alive right now.
He's quite a man, isn't he?
(Dunn sighs)
You know, the three of you
make a really nice family.
(Dunn chuckles)
You George and the child.
(chuckles) Don't start, Belle.
I'm just tryin' to
point out possibilities.
Possibilities.
I'm just tryin' to help.
Well, I appreciate it, but honestly,
my focus right now is makin' sure
we all get outta this alive.
(both chuckle)
(air whooshes and thuds)
Belle.
- Oh my.
Belle. Belle.
Belle!
(dramatic music)
(hand tapping)
(gun fires)
- George, I need
(bullet pings)
(Ellie cries out)
(air whooshes and thuds)
Injuns!
(dramatic music)
(guns firing)
Those ain't Injuns. Bounty hunters.
(dramatic music continues)
(guns firing)
Ellie!
- Huh?
(dramatic music continues)
(guns firing)
(rifle fires)
(horse cries out)
No!
(somber music)
(rifle cocking)
(somber music continues)
(rifle fires)
(bounty hunter thuds)
I can save her! (Crying)
(guns firing)
Let me go!
Dunn!
There's nothing you can do!
(Dunn screaming)
Ellie!
What's going on?
(guns firing)
(Dunn screams)
Ellie! Goddamn it!
Dunn!
(guns firing)
- I can't leave her.
(Dunn crying)
(guns firing)
- Dunn.
- No.
Look at me.
(guns firing)
Dusty (indistinct).
- No, no.
I need you to look at me!
(guns firing) I need you
to get up right now, Dunn!
Let's go! Come on woman.
You're gonna get us all killed!
I need you to come on right now.
Get up! I need you up!
(guns firing)
Come on, get to George. Get to George!
(gun fires)
(Tom grunts)
(gun firing)
- No!
- Let's go!
- Let's go!
(guns firing)
They're goin' in the woods!
Should we go after 'em?
Nah, you boys keep tabs on 'em.
I'ma take Baker into
town, get him fixed up.
Just don't lose 'em.
Wait till I get back. We'll take 'em.
Hell yeah, we're gonna get 'em.
Tom, wait till I get back. You hear me?
Oh yeah! Sure.
(twangy guitar music)
Well, they're hurt.
They won't spring right away,
but they ain't givin' up on us neither.
I figure they'll lick their wounds
before they pick up on our trail again.
Hell, I figure they'll try
again day after tomorrow.
We'll be fine until then.
Well, what do we do till then?
We try to put some distance
between us and them if we can.
All right, yeah.
If we can't, then we look for a place
for them to ambush us.
Hey, we're just gonna let them ambush us?
Yes, we are.
[Ellie] Okay.
(chuckles) Look at that.
Looks like fortune
favors the foolish after all.
Look, that's good.
That's...
Dunn...
Dunn?
- Hmm?
[Ellie] You ever just stop, look around,
see how beautiful it is?
Not somethin' I ever think about.
[Ellie] Are we gonna die?
Likely.
Sorry, I called you No Fun Dunn.
Sorry I called you crazy.
(Ellie chuckles)
(crickets chirping)
I'm sorry.
I let you down today, George.
I should have fought.
(crickets chirping)
All I could think about was Dusty.
Guns firin' around, ringin' in my ears.
I couldn't think straight.
Put you and Ellie at risk.
Coulda got you both killed.
I'm sorry, George.
I was all heart, no guts today.
All right.
If that's the way you really feel,
then make yourself a promise.
The next time you feel
hell ridin' down on you,
fight, fight like the devil.
Make the decision right now.
That way the next time it does happen,
you'll be ready to fight
'cause the decision's already been made.
I don't wanna be scared no more.
Well, next time you're
scared, stop bein' scared
and do somethin'.
(crickets chirping)
(owl hoots)
(Dunn clears throat)
You know what?
I think it's best if we get some sleep.
[Dunn] Yeah.
(George sighs)
That goddamned owl.
(leaves rustling)
You did good out there, Ellie.
With the bounty hunters?
Why, George Newcomb, I do believe
that is the first time you've
called me by my name.
(chuckles) Well, you deserved it.
I like Dunn.
She has a heart and she cares.
You don't meet many folk that do.
There a point to this?
Mm, yes, sir.
She's gonna make a man a good wife someday.
(scoffs) Dunn? A wife?
[Ellie] Mm-hmm.
Well, that ain't
somethin' she ever wanted.
You sure about that?
(sighs) Can we talk about somethin' else?
(Ellie chuckles)
George Newcomb, when you kill a man,
you better make sure they're dead.
Reckon that's somethin' I'll
start doin' from here on out.
You ain't gonna get a second chance.
Tom. The bounty.
See, Tom here wanted to
come in on y'all, gun you down.
Lucky for you, bounty's
higher if you're alive.
So what's your play here, Tom?
We throw out your
irons, we tie up the girls,
and you're gonna be
comin' with us to Fort Smith.
Wait, where's the other one?
(rifle cocks)
You were right, George.
They were dumb enough to fall for it.
Now I'm gonna give you a minute
to figure out that you
ain't got no play here.
See, one of you's got a
rifle pointed at your back,
but you don't know which one.
As soon as one of you
fires, one of you drops.
That gives you about a
second to turn around,
find that rifle behind you,
and fire before she takes a
bead on you and fires again.
Now, which one of you is
stupid enough to find out?
You wanna do, Tom?
So what do you want us to do?
Just give up, huh?
You're gonna kill us anyway.
There ain't no way you're gonna
let the two of us walk away.
Maybe.
Better odds of that
happenin' than your other play.
[Smith] Up to you, Tom.
What do you say, Tom?
(chuckles) Ellie.
(gun fires)
Ellie!
(gun fires)
(gun butt thuds)
(Tom grunts)
[Tom] Just gimme the
word, and I'll end it for you.
[Smith] (chuckles) No, well,
I reckon it's not that bad, Tom.
Okay.
But him over there, he gets up,
gonna be a problem for us.
Might slow us down.
I don't got no problem killing him.
[Smith] Bounty's higher on him alive.
Yeah, but if he gives trouble, he's dead.
[Smith] What about them women?
Women? They're worthless.
Throw 'em in the gulch.
Let the coyotes and birds have 'em.
[Belle] Easy, child.
More.
I can't give you much more.
Gotta slow down.
You survived.
No, child, I'm not really
here, and this ain't water.
(breathing heavily) It's okay, Ellie.
It's okay, Ellie.
We should be proud of how far we've come.
We almost did it.
We almost made it.
Now it's time for us to lay here
and close our eyes.
We deserve rest.
We deserve peace.
We deserve...
I knew she got me.
I didn't think she got me
that good, though. (Chuckles)
Yeah? Get right with God.
Time to end you, boy.
(gun cocks)
What the hell happened?
One of them women shot him in the back.
I told you boys to wait for me.
(Tom chuckles)
Where's the women?
I left them out in the ditch way back.
It's not like you to leave
money on the table, Tom.
What do you mean money?
One of 'em had a bounty on 'em?
How far back?
Just watch this one.
I'll go back and get 'em.
This guy is bleeding out.
Probably not gonna even make it.
(suspenseful music)
(footsteps crunching)
(ominous music)
Ellie.
(ominous music continues)
It's okay.
(ominous music continues)
(suspenseful music)
(dramatic music)
(gun fires)
(Tom grunts)
(dramatic music)
Sick of you! Huh?
(dramatic music continues)
(Dunn gasping)
Huh? (Chuckles)
(dramatic music continues)
(Tom grunts)
(hand thuds)
(gun clatters)
Huh? Huh?
(Dunn gasping)
(Tom laughs)
Oh yeah. Oh yeah.
I'll kill you just like I
did your horse, huh?
Huh? Huh?
(suspenseful music)
(suspenseful music)
(Tom grunting)
(suspenseful music continues)
(gun fires)
(Tom cries out)
(Dunn gasping)
(Dunn screams)
(handcuffs rattling)
(neck snaps)
(tense music)
Lay down, you die.
Stand up, you live.
(tense music continues)
(Dunn grunts)
(tense music continues)
(Dunn whimpers)
(tense music continues)
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music continues)
I gotcha. I gotcha.
I gotcha.
(dramatic music continues)
(dramatic music continues)
God, woman.
I thought I lost you.
(somber music)
Thank you, Ellie.
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(horse steps crunching)
(somber music continues)
(wagon rattling)
What are you thinkin'?
Thinkin' how beautiful this town is.
You know, I've used a
lotta words to describe Ingalls.
Beautiful ain't never been one of 'em.
I'm gonna head over to the
saloon, see if I can find Dalton.
You ought a hit the hotel
and get a room, get some rest.
You been through a lot.
You bastard.
Ha, ha.
[Dalton] How you been?
(sighs) You know it was hard out there.
It was harder on her.
She shouldn't have
been out there, George.
She ain't made for this life.
I know. That's why I went with her.
But I knew she wasn't gonna
be safe without someone.
So what now?
Well, she lost a lot,
and I'd kinda like to see her through this.
You thinkin' what I
think you're thinkin'?
Maybe.
What, I could be that kind of man.
Naw, you can't.
You can come in and
outta the wild for a spell,
but it's gonna keep callin' you.
You know I know you're right,
but for some reason somethin'
tells me I just gotta try.
Good Lord Almighty, child.
Look like you tussled
with the devil in the desert.
Been a long month.
Think I may have broke some
necessary bits here and there.
Well, that I can't help you with,
but we got a decent doctor two doors down.
Think I may need a change of clothes.
Well, that I can help you with.
No, no, where do you
think you goin', little thief?
Let go of me. I ain't done nothin'.
Let him have it.
Looks like you some
sort of an angel, ain't you?
Let's just see if we can't
get you lookin' the part.
(ominous music)
Yes, sir. I'll get it now.
[Child] There are marshals in town.
Boys, we got marshals in town.
Best get out while you can.
(soft tense music)
Now hold on!
This here's our town.
We ain't gettin' run out by a few lawmen.
(soft tense music continues)
Where them marshals at?
[Child] Marshal, I've been told
to come and tell you something.
What's that about, boy?
[Child] I've been told by Bill Dalton
of the Wild Bunch himself
to tell you to come and get 'em.
(soft tense music)
Well I suppose that disposes
of our advantage of surprise.
(soft tense music continues)
An angel if I ever did see one.
How many you figure?
Can't be more than five.
They'd never be able to make it
into town unnoticed any more 'n that.
Well, you thinkin' somethin' different?
Five marshals ain't gonna ride
into a town full of outlaws.
After all, they ain't Texas Rangers.
They're gonna need more.
Bill Dalton, Bill Doolin, George Newcomb,
we accept your invitation.
There are 14 US Marshals
in the streets of Ingalls.
We prefer no bloodshed,
but we are prepared for it!
We hereby request your surrender.
(doors bang)
(rifle cocks)
(guns firing)
(tense music)
That's it.
(guns firing)
(tense music continues)
(empty gun clicking)
(guns firing)
(tense music continues)
Best stay here, child.
You don't wanna get caught up
in all that hellfire outside, now do you?
(tense music continues)
(guns firing)
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music)
(gun fires)
(dramatic music continues)
(guns firing)
(gun fires)
(dramatic music continues)
You still wanna give all
this up for a farmhouse?
Don't you?
Now more than ever.
(guns firing)
(dramatic music continues)
Oh!
(guns firing)
(dramatic music continues)
(mellow music)
(Martinez sighs)
They just keep gettin' bolder by the day.
Outlaws?
Womenfolk.
Wanna go after Dalton?
Nah. Send Lindsey
Newcomb, Charley, and the girl?
Fetch the brothers.
Okay.
(insects chirping)
(footsteps thudding)
(George groaning)
[George] Ow!
No bullet. Looks like it went through.
[George] Yeah, well it
feels like it's still in there.
Damn thing's on fire.
It's gonna.
And this ain't gonna feel much better.
What ain't?
(liquor pattering)
Ah, goddamn it, woman! (Grunting)
A little warning next time.
Grow up, George. (Chuckles)
Wound ain't that bad.
You'll go back to normal in a couple weeks.
[George] Yeah, well, I guess I'm the one
you saved this time.
Yes I did.
Don't do it again.
What?
(George grunting)
You almost got killed back there.
Next time you won't be so lucky.
Now, I will save whoever
I damn well please,
Including an ungrateful bastard
of an outlaw like yourself.
Hey, I'll have you know
my parents were joined in
holy union when I was born.
(George chuckles)
How do you like the place?
Think you could call it home?
Well.
I do. (Chuckles and grunts)
Okay. You get some rest.
Yeah. (Grunting)
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
(crickets chirping)
(knuckles tapping)
Charley?
Dunn?
Well, you sure make a pretty woman.
You plannin' a ball to celebrate
our latest victory over the Yanks?
I mean, I ain't seen a
dress like that since the war.
What old pantry did you
dig that old thing out of?
If you're in that big
of a rush for a dress,
there's some old burlap
sacks out there in the barn.
I'll have you know this
was my mother's dress.
She bought it to celebrate the day
that we kicked the Yanks out of our home.
But she never got that chance.
She only wore it one day
and that was the day we buried my father.
So you owe me and my mother
an apology, Charley Pierce.
Otherwise you can go out to
the barn and get a burlap sack
so I can have something to bury you in.
My apologies, Miss
Dunn, I stepped over the line.
And I bet your mother looked
as good in it as you do now.
Apology accepted, Charley.
Now you and George have
a seat so I can feed you both.
(chair scrapes)
How are you?
Hungry. And thirsty.
I'll get you some water.
Dalton and Doolin split up.
Dalton put another gang together.
Say he's got his eye on
a bank down in Texas.
Well, when you heal up, we
can go catch up with Dalton.
May be too late for the job in Texas,
but there'll be plenty more after that.
And Dunn?
Hell, she saved you in Ingalls.
I say we bring her with us.
I don't know.
She seems to have her heart set
on startin' a new life here at the farm.
Yeah, that'll fade.
What woman doesn't love excitement?
I mean, you can talk her into it.
I believe that woman'll
follow you anywhere.
You got her hooked.
Guess I do.
Well, it's a woman's job
to follow her man, ain't it?
I reckon it is.
Let's not tell her about it just yet.
Gimme a bit to slowly talk her into it.
(leaves rustling)
Hey. (Grunts)
You know, Charley heard from Dalton.
He did, did he?
Yeah. Yeah, he can get word to him.
(sighs) What do you think
about invitin' him out here?
You know, he could use a couple of days
of good cookin' and a warm bed.
He's been out on the
run ever since Ingalls.
(sighs) What would you think about that?
I think right now we're just tryin'
to keep you safe and hid.
Think invitin' men out here
like Dalton or even Doolin
is just gonna give law
a place to look for us.
Yeah.
But, you know, once I've healed up a bit,
things cool down a little,
maybe we can invite the boys out here.
Sure.
We'll talk about it when
you get on your feet.
Yeah.
Gotta go into town tomorrow,
so I'll be gone most of the day.
Gotta get some dried goods and tools,
and maybe buy a couple horses and a wagon.
Is there anything around here
I can do for you while you're gone?
No. Got everything taken care of.
I'll have Charley check on you.
[George] All right.
(insects chirping)
(insects chirping)
(horse hooves clomping)
Dunn.
I heard you made it back to Ingalls.
We did.
You and George?
Yeah, Charley Pierce is alive, too.
They run off to meet up with Dalton?
Yeah, we've been
hiding out at the farmhouse.
Been tendin' to George's
leg since the battle.
You headin' into town?
Yeah, I gotta get some dried goods
before the farm starts feedin' us.
Guess you best be
gettin' back into town then.
Make it back before the sun goes down.
Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
Yeah. I should.
That saved a wretch
Been a while since we
seen George and Charley.
Like me
- Think they'd like some company?
Yeah.
I once
- I think they'd like to see you.
Was lost
But now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
'Twas grace that
taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
Through many dangers,
toils, and snares
I have already come
'Tis grace that brought
me safe thus far
And grace will lead
Rider's comin'.
Me home
Looks like Bill and Calvin.
That ain't no surprise.
This is as much their
place as it is Dunn's.
Has promised Earth
To me
- Bill, Calvin.
You just missed your sister.
[Calvin] No, we met her on the road.
She said you two were up here at the house.
[George] We ain't got much,
but I'm sure we could
find you somethin' to eat.
[Bill] Reckon we won't be
breakin' bread with you, George.
(gun cocks)
[George] I guess it's my good fortune
I'm worth more alive than dead.
[Calvin] Not no more,
George. Not after Ingalls.
5,000 dead or alive.
[George] And Dunn?
[Calvin] No one's
lookin' for Dunn, George.
[George] You keep her safe now.
(guns firing)
As life endures
And when this flesh
and heart shall fail
When mortal life shall cease
I shall possess within the veil
A life of joy and peace
A life of joy and peace
(visitor whistles)
(bells ringing)
(owner sighs)
What? What do you want?
[Visitor] I'm lookin' for a woman,
goes by the name Rose Dunn?
Who's askin'?
Deputy Marshall Francis Miller.
(mid-tempo country music)
Hey
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Hey
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