He Came Back for Revenge! | Full Action Western Movie

Oh, easy, Matt. Come on. You got a room for the night? You'll have to settle for the whiskey. Town's been full up since early this morning. Big day tomorrow. Will Oakley's coming home. How far is Hazleton? Oh, about a good three hours. Hey, if you've got a bed roll, why don't you pick a nice soft spot outside of town and sack down? Start fresh in the morning. Not a bad idea. How much? Half a dollar. Sign says ten cents. Supply and demand. Tomorrow's a holiday. Everything's gone up. Why don't you come back tomorrow for the big parade? Don't know that I can afford it. I had a good, good night to you, dear horse. Oh, that last night, the night before, St. Polly was a little holiday. Had a few drinks the night before. Polly. I love Polly, Polly. Oh, Pa. Come on, Pa. I'm all right. Oh, let me help. Come on. I said I was... See, look what you've done. Lie there all night for all I care. Find yourself a hole and bury yourself. Yeah, right. No trouble at all. Nice looking animal. Yeah. Now, Jimmy, stay out of sight until it's time, hear? Go on now. Move out now. Go on. Now. Oakley. Will, you hear that? Don't shoot, men. I'll go quietly. Gave you old son of a gun. Yeah. Now, Will, you still know how to ride a horse? Still spot you 50 yards and wind up looking back at you. Well, now, I'm gonna call you Bluff, Will. I brought a horse out for you. Boy, bring that animal out. Oh. Look, one of his legs is busted. Now, the mayor says it's undignified for a United States congressman to ride horseback. That's the way I rode out 18 years ago. That's what I told the man. Oh, uh, Will, them things on the side of the horse, they're called stirrups. You're supposed to put your feet in them. Old fella, you want me to help you up on that horse? Now, look at him. Boy, he's in pretty good shape for an old fella. Ah, now I'm home. Not yet, you ain't, Will. Have a cigar. Well, that does complete the picture, all right. Good seeing you, Gabe. Good seeing you, too, Will. Thought there might be, well, a little residue of hard feelings. You mean because of that bill that you've been trying to get through? I understand you were interested in that acreage. Well, that's a thousand acres of oil-rich land. Anybody would be interested, Will. It's government property, Gabe. It'd be a crime to sell it to you at any price, much less for what you're offering. Well, you can't blame a man for trying, now can you? After I introduce my bill and after it passes, you won't be able to touch that land at any price, no matter how hard you try. Now, Will, I'll fight you with everything I got. But if that bill gets passed... Well, look, now, let me put it this way. What is a million dollars or so against our friendship? Bridge! Will, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Will. Whoever he is, wherever he goes, we'll find him and make him pay. Now, driver, you take the congressman back into town. Jimmy? Hey! After last night, a little ways back. What's your name? Heath Barkley. Let me see your rifle. Now, where are you from? Stockton. What's this all about? I'll ask the questions. You say you spent all last night camping here, huh? That's right. Doesn't smell like it's been fired recently. Sure ain't the horse we saw, neither. Killer could have got rid of the gun, changed horses. Killer? You think we're out riding for exercise, boy? About an hour ago, somebody shot and killed Congressman Will Oakley. Riding a black and white Pinto? I saw the man you're looking for a little while ago. Well, did you now? You saw the man that killed Will Oakley? Saw a fellow named Jimmy Sweetwater riding a black and white Pinto. Who? Jimmy Sweetwater. Gabe, he's drunk. Take it easy, man. Yeah, but Gabe, look, I mean, he's crazy. Take it easy, man. Now, boy, how do you know that the man that you saw was Jimmy Sweetwater? It was him. I've tangled with him before. Now, son, you made a mistake. Don't run it into the ground. Jimmy Sweetwater's in our jail. Has been for the past three weeks. Well, I don't know what kind of jail you got, but I'd check it again. All right. Well, I maybe got a point. Maybe he broke jail. Which way was he heading? Back towards town. Well, now, that makes very good sense, doesn't it? Jimmy broke out of the jail, found him a horse somewhere, and then instead of running for the border, stops long enough to shoot and kill Will Oakley, and then heads back to Pinewood and to the jailhouse. As a matter of fact, Darla, get your ten. When we get back into town, we're going to find that he's escaped right back into that cell. Now, boy, we don't have anything to hold you on, not yet. But there'll be other posses forming. Some official, some not so official. You tell that crazy story about seeing Jimmy Sweetwater to them. Well, maybe their sense of humor is not as sharp as ours. Boy, I believe it'll be in your best interests if we don't ever set eyes on you again. Come on, Sheriff, move out. Come to join the posse? Posse? A marshal's rounding up a posse to help out the one in Pinewood. Find the man who killed Will Oakley. Nick Barkley checked in. This arrived this morning. He's going to be late? Oh, Josh sprung a right over the minute it got here. Like I was saying, old Josh sprung a right over. Always tipping the dime. Worth it, don't you think? Like your room now? As soon as I get my horse stabled. Boys, I want to thank you, but I won't be needing you now. I just got a wire from Pinewood saying if they caught the fellow, they'd shot Will Oakley dead. Who done it, Marshal? Some fellow named Matt Carson. Marshal, this Matt Carson, do you know what he looks like? I never laid eyes on him. They told me he's some kind of an old drunk. A rotten thing when some drunken clown can... Getting tired of being nice to you, Matt. Now we know you did it and we know why. I didn't, I swear. Matt, a dozen people saw you. Saw me? Saw your horse. Now that was your horse, wasn't it? My horse? A black and white Pinto. And this rifle, the murder weapon. This is yours too now, isn't it? Mine? It's got your initials carved right in the stock. Now that is your mark, is it not? Oh, come on, Matt, make it easy on yourself. Get it off your conscience. We don't need it, we got plenty of evidence. But for your own sake, confess. Now, Matt, I could beat it out of you. That's what everybody's expecting. But why make it hard on yourself? Come on, Matt. You can beat me. You can kill me. But that's not gonna change anything. I didn't murder Will Oakley. How they treating you, Matt? No complaint. There won't be any either, I promise you. You know I keep my promises. Matt, I came here to help you, protect you. See that justice is done. Matt, I want you to tell us everything. I want you to tell us everything that happened. I don't remember. I just don't remember. You mean it was all kind of hazy? Yes, that's it. Well, we can understand that, can't we, Sheriff? I mean, you've been planning this thing for such a long time. I've been planning? To kill Will Oakley. No. Now, Matt, I heard you threatened Will myself. Well, that was just... I drink. Too much, maybe. Everyone knows how I drink. When I drink, maybe I brag a little. You see, Will Oakley did me dirt once. It was a business deal. But that was years ago. Yeah, it was years ago, Matt. But you ain't never forgotten it, have you? Especially since Will Oakley went on to become a United States Congressman. And you... Well, we all know what happened to you, don't we, Matt? Now, you had the motive, you had the rifle, and you had the horse. I didn't kill him, I swear. You swear you don't remember killing him? I mean, it was all hazy. That's what you swear to, and that's what we believe, don't we, Sheriff? Yes, we do, Matt. I mean, you were drinking. You were drunk. You can't recall your actions. You can't recall taking your rifle. No. Loading it. No, no. Riding up to the ridge and waiting. Waiting for Will Oakley to make himself a good target. Now, I mean, you knew. You knew that we planned to stop the stagecoach. No. You knew it. Everybody in town knew it, and you knew it best of all. Now, Matty, you just... You just can't seem to remember. Sheriff, I thought we decided we were going to help Matt to remember. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Read it, Matt. Maybe it'll help you to remember. Yeah, I wrote it out for you. Just the way I figured it'd happen. The only way it could happen. Now, if there's anything you want corrected in there, the Sheriff would be glad to oblige. Now, wouldn't you, Sheriff? If not, just go ahead and sign it. On the morning of October 16, I, Matthew Carson, be in full control. I'm sorry. I'll read it for you. Being in full control of my senses and fast... Faculties. Yeah. That's right. Faculties. I did lay in ambush and did finally deliver the fatal shots which killed Congressman Willard Oakley. No. I... No, no. Hold it, Sheriff. Now, he's right, Sheriff. Now, Matt, believe me. I had no part in writing that confession. Now, you should be ashamed of yourself, Dan. You know better do a stupid thing like that. Hand me that paper. Thank you. Come on and get me a pen. And some ink. Now, then. In full control of my senses and faculty. Well, that's it. There it is. That's the lie. He was drunk. He did it. He did it while he was dead drunk. Drunk out of his mind. Isn't that right, Matt? Drunk? Yes. Yes, I was drunk. But I'm crazy drunk. Don't you see, Matt? It's a defense. You didn't know what you were doing. You are not responsible for your actions. Yes, that's it. That's it. Now, shame on you, Sheriff. The Lord say it. Vengeance is mine. He staked out that territory for himself. Here, all we hope to see is that justice is done. And justice isn't hanging a man who kills while he's under the influence of alcohol. It's unfortunate. But it sure as heck ain't murder. All right. There now. Matt, I don't think there's anything in there that you can't sign. Matt, what I did was I crossed out the words in full control of my senses and faculties. And I wrote, While under the paralyzing effect of intoxicating beverages. Now, you can sign that, Matt. Matt, a whole battery of Philadelphia lawyers couldn't give you a better defense than I just gave you. Go on and sign it. Sheriff. Sheriff, why don't you give something for Matt to lean on? Like that Bible over there. That Bible would do just fine. Thank you. Go ahead and sign it, Matt. About not seeing Jimmy Sweetwater this morning. I thought we laid that ghost to rest, boy. Well, I thought so, too. But you had to come back here and make certain, didn't you? Could it be? No. That's crazy. Still in awe. Sheriff, when was the last time you checked back there? Checked? The cell block to see whether Jimmy was still there. Not since early morning, I'll bet. And surely not since then. We did have other more important things on our mind, didn't we? Like running down the man that killed Will Oakley. Well, then. That's out the way. Maybe we owe it to ourselves to see whether our Jimmy boy has flown the coop. Yeah? Come on, boy. Hey, Jimmy. The man you saw. Go on, try the door. Daniel here may have forgot to lock it. What about the window? Jimmy. You've been flying out of there and then flying right back in? Now, if I ask you a question. Is that the man you saw? He sure looks like him. But I don't see any wings, so Jimmy sure as heck didn't fly out of here. Leaving just one possibility. Like what? Like maybe I ought to have my eyes checked. Now you send me the bill. You come out of your way to serve the cause of justice and I appreciate that. A week or so ago I thought I saw an old aunt of mine been dead and buried five years now. Mind plays funny tricks, eyes go along with it. Maybe seeing ain't believing. I said maybe I ought to have my eyes checked. But even if I was certified stone blind, I'd still swear it wasn't him. You all sold out? No, sir. In case you haven't heard, we had a tragedy around here. Will Oakley was killed. No place in town is serving anything till after the funeral. Fair enough. How about some of that coffee? Hey, weren't you in here the other day? Yeah, I took your advice. Camped outside of town. Yeah, there was gonna be a big parade, all kinds of doings. This place would have been busting with business. I ought to have sold more whiskey in two hours. No, that's not the important thing. Will Oakley was a great man. He'd have been even greater. Except for a stupid old man with a grudge. They'll hang Matt Carson for what he did. But that won't make things even. It's Matt Carson. Does he have a family? Yeah, just his daughter. You can't blame her for Matt. And I feel sorry for her. She's gonna be awful lonely out there alone. Where is that? Old Carson place, by the bridge. That's out on the North Road, isn't it? Mm-hmm, that's right. How much for the coffee? Oh, it's on the house today. You're not thinking of going out there, are you? I might. I don't advise it. It might look like you were being friendly. Now, this town won't take to that. Thanks for the coffee. Wait, I just want to talk to you. About your father. It's important. May I come in? My name's Heath Barkley. Look, you just, you don't want to talk to me. You just say the word and I'll go now, you hear? Soup smells good. Mind if I sit? Tell you something else about that soup. You, uh... Offer me a plateful, I won't say no. But it tastes even better than it smells. I'm sorry there's nothing to go with it. My father... He was going to bring back a loaf of bread. I usually bake my own. The past few days I've been so busy at the store. I work over at the general store for Mr. Crowder. Well, we've been taking inventory and... Oh, I'm sorry, I'm just babbling on while my father's... That's all right. I still can't believe it. Pa murdered him. Anything else. Every day I expect to hear that he fell down a mineshaft or fell off his horse and broke his neck or walked into a burning building and didn't even feel the heat until it was too late. Anything else. If you tell me he drowned in his own glass of whiskey, I'd believe it. That he'd take a rifle and lie in ambush to murder Will Oakley? Oh, no. To anyone who knows my father, no. They say your father had a grudge against Will Oakley. My father had a grudge against the world. Before my mother died, he blamed her for all his troubles. If only he hadn't been tied down with a wife and a daughter, he could have gone out and licked the world. Somewhere years ago, he just took the wrong turn in life and he's been blaming others for it ever since. But Mr. Barkley, he's not a murderer. They say the man who did it was riding your father's horse. I don't doubt that. Used your father's rifle. Probably. Ma'am, that's mighty powerful evidence. Is it? There are at least three dozen people around here that could tell you how easy it would be to steal my father's horse and his rifle. In fact, half the time he's so drunk he could steal his pants without him knowing it. Well, if it's any comfort, I think he's innocent too. Too? You're a stranger here. You've never been met my father. I've seen him a couple of times. And despite all the evidence, you know he's innocent. Well, there's more to it than that. I didn't say I knew he was innocent. You're working for him. Him? Him. Mr. Gabe Simmons. You know who I'm talking about. He sent you here. Nobody sent me here. Well, if he did, you can go back and you can tell him that whatever I know, there's nothing I can prove. I was at work when it happened. I can't prove that my father wasn't up there waiting to kill Will Oakley. I can't prove he didn't fire those shots. And if I could, I don't think I'd try. So if you're working for Gabe Simmons, you can get out of here right now. And you can tell him he's safe. I'd be glad to tell Mr. Simmons all that. Right now, we're not exactly on speaking terms. What have you got to do with all this? I was just passing through. Well, you shouldn't have stopped. And if you're smart, you won't go back there. Even to help your father? Especially to help my father. He's been dead for years. Hanging's only gonna make it official. Look, there's not much I can do. But my brother's a lawyer. I thought I'd wire him from Hazleton. Maybe he can help. I'm sorry. I know I sound callous. It's just that I've waited on him hand and foot. I've washed him, I've fed him as though he were an infant. And it's true, when he dies, I'm free. I'd like you to go now. You, your lawyer brother. Nothing anyone can do. Gabe Simmons is king here. And if the king wills my father dead, he'll hang. People like Gabe Simmons get their way. And when it's done, when he's dead, maybe I'll begin to live. Don't take advice too good, do you, boy? Appreciate a stranger coming in our town, meddling in our affairs. My gun. You rotten, murderous, frank, sapling thief! All right, he's had enough. Let's get out of here. Dirty... I'll get a doctor. No. But you're hurt. I'll be all right. Now you know what happens to little people. Look, you've tried. You've done as much as anyone can do. Will you go home now and forget us? But you'll die. They'll kill you like they killed Will Oakley. Or they'll hang you like they're gonna hang my father. Or they'll beat you to death. But you'll die. I'm his daughter. I should know. He's not worth it. Get your horse. You're coming back with us. I don't think so. You defying the law? This isn't your territory. Maybe you better talk to the marshal here. Maybe I'd better. Why don't you take another step? Marshal! You better have a good reason for busting in here this time of night. That man is my prisoner, Marshal. Well, he ain't going nowhere. What's he done? He killed Will Oakley. I thought you had the man that done it. This is Matt Carson. Well, we were half right. Everything pointed to him and still does. It was his gun, his horse. Well, how does he figure into it? His name is Heath Barkley. Yeah, that's right. It's one of the Stockton Barkleys. They got a whole lot of line that might be up for grabs if Will Oakley's bill had been passed. That's a pretty good motive, Gabe. But wouldn't that be true for you too? Yes. Except for the fact that Will Oakley was the best friend I had in this world. And that he died in my arms. Don't you take my word for it. We got it straight from the horse's mouth. Right from the man that Barkley paid to do his killing for him. Matt Carson. Simmons, you really had to dig to come up with this. Matt confessed. And he named this man. Simmons, you're a liar. Matt Carson didn't kill Will Oakley. And he couldn't have named me because I never met the man. Ask him, Marshal. Ask Matt Carson. Well, that'd be kind of hard to do. Seeing as how Matt hung himself in his cell five minutes after he signed that confession. Did you come back to take another look? No, sir. We're going to hang him for killing Will Oakley. They're going to hang you for killing Will Oakley. That's the best laugh I've had in years. Well, you better enjoy it while you can, Jimmy. Because it's going to wind up with a laugh on you. Yeah? Well, what's that supposed to mean? I saw you near that ridge the morning Will Oakley was killed. From that, it doesn't take much figuring to know who killed him. What kind of deal did they offer you, Jimmy? Will Oakley's life or your freedom? What's the matter with you? You been drinking or something? You know, they can't possibly set you free. Once I tell my story in court, how they let you out of this jail to kill Will Oakley. They're stuck. They can't let you walk out of here after that without it looking like I told the exact truth. So if I hang, you'll hang right beside me. Like we're in this together. I'm afraid that's the truth, boy. We were going to talk to you about it in the morning, but maybe it's just as well we tell you now. There's been a slight change in plan. Is that a fact? Yeah, that's a fact, boy. That's a fact we all got to live with if we want to live. Yeah, he's right. You ain't going to give me no retrial. Stay right where you are. Oh, boy, there ain't going to be no retrial. But you still can get your freedom. Now, I'm not going to fool with you, Jimmy. Once that boy back there starts into talking, once they suspect that you killed Will Oakley, well, you won't be free for very long, not with half the U.S. Army looking for you. Well, why don't you keep him from talking like you did Matt Carson? Too many suicides, too many accidents. No. No, Jimmy, but if Oakley is shot and killed while he's trying to escape... All right. Hey, I'm not going anywhere. Yes, you are. It's just like you said, we're in this together. And they may hang us. We may break out of here. But we're going to do it together. Right, partner? I'll let you and I go. We'll take care of him. Now, you better make your break, there's a horse tied out front. It's me! It's Jimmy! You're a trustable lawman. I'm just hard enough to live. Tell that marshal what happened. Boy, you better hurry up and get him. I can explain that. Now, don't tell me you didn't get my telegram. I got your telegram. I said I'd be here last night, didn't I? That's right, Nick. And that this morning you and I would be on a train heading to San Francisco. To attend a very important meeting, which was to start, oh, about a half hour ago. We missed it, huh? Yes, we missed it. And I don't want this to come as a complete shock to you, Heath. But at least I had the foresight to telegraph ahead that we may be a little bit late. That's real good thinking, Nick. But you didn't think of it, did you? Just like you never thought of leaving a message in the desk inside. I thought of leaving word in there, Nick. But you got tied up. Or should I say, maybe you got tied down. Well, now I hope she was worth it. It was a girl, wasn't it? Nope. You see, when I rode into Pinewood, the hotel was filled up. So then I went over... What was it, Heath? You know something, Nick? You're right. It was a girl.