Johnny Guitar Page #4

Now that Len's gone,

I'm not doing business with Emma.

Do you want it in gold or notes?

Notes will do.

No one else, Jake.

- Bank's closed.

- I wanna make a deposit.

- Come back in an hour.

- Can I leave this here?

I don't wanna carry it around.

Hand it over.

Stay where we can see you, Ned.

So I got me a front-row seat

at the show, huh?

Want to be a hero or stay alive?

I got a lot of respect for a gun.

Besides, I'm a stranger here myself.

Unhitch the horses and keep him covered.

Help Corey!

- Got a gun?

- No, not this morning.

You didn't tell 'em what happened, eh?

You picked a bad time

to do business, Vienna.

You must be crazy. Now they will

hang the stage killing on your neck.

Call your men off and get out,

no one will know.

Ned, tell him you'll forget about it.

I promise you, Kid, no one'll know.

But I want 'em to know and to remember.

I'm gonna leave this town so broke,

they'll never forget the Dancin' Kid.

Emma will never let you get away with it.

You don't know her, I do.

Hurry it up in there.

That funeral ain't gonna last all day.

Listen to me. So far,

you've done nothing wrong.

You heard McIvers, we gotta go.

But we ain't going empty-handed.

He told me to go, too.

But I'm staying. Give this up

and you won't have to go.

And what have I got to stay for?

- What would make you give this up?

- You.

And if I give this up, could

I hold on to you? For how long?

- Sorry, Kid.

- What's taking you two so long?

- You can't stop me, Vienna.

- I'm going to.

- Don't try.

- You'll have to shoot.

I will. Keep 'em up, Ned, high.

Don't push me, Vienna.

Time's up, let's go.

- Bart!

- I was gonna wing him so he can't follow.

Yeah, I know. He's not going to follow.

Yee-ha!

- Now where to?

- Let's go home.

Come on.

Was I dreaming

or did I just see a bank held up?

The Kid's no bank robber. McIvers

forced his hand by giving him 24 hours.

McIvers didn't give him a gun and take

him to the bank. That was the Kid's idea.

I tried to stop him.

Who's going to believe that?

Don't you?

- What I think doesn't matter.

- It does to me.

What are you thinking?

You and the Kid, at the bank

at the same time, that don't look good.

He didn't take your money, did he?

No, he didn't.

This is all Emma needs.

- Why does she hate you so?

- She's in love with the Kid.

Last night, she tried to get him hung.

He makes her feel like a woman

and that frightens her.

By now, Emma's worked up

and she's started on the others.

- We've gotta get out fast.

- Where?

We can't worry about that now.

We'll keep going until we're out of the valley.

I still want to go home.

It's a rough climb over those mountains.

It's the only way out.

We'd go faster through the desert.

Look, Corey, once we're into it, the closest

water hole is 400 miles. I'm not chancing it.

Maybe we oughta split the money

and separate.

We're riding together.

What about it, Corey?

We're riding together.

So let's go!

They took it all. All of it.

- The Kid and his bunch.

- And Vienna.

- No. Vienna tried to stop him.

- She's one o' them.

- No, she wasn't.

- She was here, wasn't she?

- Yes, but...

- Jake,

Vienna got you to unlock

the door, didn't she?

- Yeah, but they came later.

- How much later? A minute?

They planned this thing

from the very beginning, together.

You come with me, Jake.

We're gonna bring every cent of it back.

And Vienna was one of them.

Understand?

Well, I did see him kiss her.

Here. Take a gun.

- We won't need you, Emma.

- I'm coming.

- You'll be in the way.

- I'm going after my money.

They got my money, too.

He's right. You'll slow us up.

I'm riding with you. And I'll be riding first.

Ha.

Hey you!

They're closing the pass.

If you're thinking of running, it's a little late.

I've got a hunch the posse will be

dropping in on you before night.

Same people who paid you a visit yesterday,

only they won't be the same.

A posse isn't people.

I've ridden with 'em and against 'em.

A posse is an animal.

It moves like one and thinks like one.

They're men with itchy fingers and a coil

of rope, looking for somebody to hang.

And after riding a few hours,

they don't care much who they hang.

You haven't told me a thing I don't know.

- I haven't finished.

- Finish but be brief.

A posse feels safe because it's big.

They only make a big target.

I can ride around and pick off a few.

The rest of 'em'll lose their guts,

turn tail, break up and go home.

I hired you for protection.

- I won't have any killing.

- What do you think they'll do to you?

Make up your mind. To stay is to fight.

I'm going to stay.

I'm going to fight but I won't kill.

To fight, you've got to kill.

I don't know any other way.

You are gun crazy.

You'll never be any different.

It was a mistake to send for you, Johnny.

You can pick up your pay, now.

Ha!

You and your smart ideas!

Ha!

Ha!

I'm all right.

Help me on my horse.

We're not gonna get through that.

- Is there another pass?

- No.

- If we ditch the horses.

- We'll never make it.

We'll have to try the desert.

We can't stay here.

- We'll go back to the lair.

- What?

We'll be safe.

We can't get out, but they can't get in.

- It's like walking into a trap.

- What's your ideas?

- I said we should have taken a desert route.

- That was before. I'm asking now.

Ya!

Treat, you and your men

cover the desert trail.

The rest of you boys, come with me.

You each have enough money to stake you

for six months, wherever you go.

If I'm still here by then, I'll expect you back.

You'll each have a share, like I promised.

If I'm not here,

just keep wheeling and dealing.

The 24 hours aren't up yet.

If you run into the posse,

they'll let you through.

- You'd better get started.

- Good luck, Vienna.

See you, Vienna.

Eddie.

This is for Tom. Find him

and take him with you.

Mr. Logan.

That's for your trouble.

Vienna's is closed, Mr. Logan.

- Where's Turkey?

- He was right behind me at the bridge.

Then he's somewhere between here

and Vienna's. Come on.

- Turkey musta passed out. Let's go back.

- We can't.

- We gotta find him before they do.

- These woods'll be full. Let's get inside.

- We go back, they'll cut us off from the lair.

- How does that help Turkey?

- He took his chances.

- Kid, it could have been any of us.

He's better off alone.

You two go in, I'll look for him.

- You're coming with us.

- Take your hand off.

You said we ride together, remember?

Bart's right, Kid. We gotta stick together.

Turkey'll have to make it back

as best he can.

I couldn't get through the mountains. That

fancy engineer said Turkey got hurt trying.

- Let's go to Vienna's.

- Why should they go there? Hey, Pete.

- We're wasting time.

- You just can't push these men. Wait.

We gotta get to Vienna's.

- The men aren't ready yet.

- Well, get 'em ready or let me do it.

My men are not killers. They gotta be cold,

tired and hungry before they get mad.

- How long does that take?

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