Alive or Preferably Dead (Vivi o preferibilmente morti) (Vivi o, preferibilmente, morti)

Are you leaving already, Mr. Mulligan?

Unlucky night!

Better luck next time!

Sure. Merry Christmas, Wong!

Thank you and a Merry Christmas to you, Sir!

Oh, thank you, Sir. Merry Christmas!

Same to you, Rosy!

Cab, Sir?

What's your name?

Arthur, Sir.

No thank you, Arthur. I prefer to walk.

Help the blind! Please Sir, spare something

for a poor old blind man!

A gent who was so generous with a child,

should have a lot more to give to her father, I guess.

You guessed wrongly, my friend.

Just shut up and hand your your money! ...or I'll scale you you just like a fish!

That's highly improbable!

I beg your pardon!

You're a dead man!

I'm not dead... and you're not blind!

Cab, Sir?

What's your name?

Arthur, Sir.

Yes, yes Arthur. That's enough for this evening.

The key... Where is it?

Turn on the lights.

Thank you, the same to you.

We didn't come here to be sociable.

Just hand over our money. That's all.

Well I'm sorry... you'll have to wait for your ten thousand dollars. I lost again.

Ten thousand was the loan...

But with the interests, it totals forty thousand.

Forty thousand... ah, that's interesting!

But it's all the same anyway, because I'm flat broke.

You've got a rope?

Upstairs.

Thank you. Hey, what does he want a rope for?

- To hang you. - What?

No one has ever cheated the Macintosh brothers!

Who's trying to cheat you? I just need a little more time.

Sorry, but we can't wait any longer.

Anyone can have bad luck.

Lend me another two thousand and by the end of the year I ll...

You'll owe us fifty thousand.

And still ask for more time!

Hey, uh... take it easy!

Killing me won't get you your money back! When I say I'm broke... I'm broke.

We'll soon see about that.

Something went wrong somewhere.

Let me down and I'll answer it.

No we can do that...

Without your help.

Mister Mulligan...

Here I am!

I'm sorry to disturb you _ in the midst of your Christmas decorating.

Christmas is so nice when good friends celebrate lt together.

Why don't you

- Tell Mister Mulligan your reason... - For disturbing him at this hour?

Oh yes, of course. Mr. Mulligan, I'm the office boy from Lawyer Flattsons' office.

He's been looking for you a whole week.

Every lawyer in town is looking for me.

Mr. Flattson sent three special delivery letters.

Oh, That's no record! I've received over a dozen from some lawyers.

What should I tell Mr. Flattson?

That I'll pay him when I can.

How's that?

He said...

He'll pay...

As soon as he can.

But hey... but Mr. Flattson isn't trying to collect. He has money to give you.

And therefore, I leave as sole heirs to all my worldly possessions,

my two nephews, Monty and Ted Mulligan

the children of my deceased sister, Elisa Picson Mulligan.

And uh, just what does it mean in dollars?

Three hundred thousand, more or less.

Where do I sign?

Wait a minute, I haven't finished vet.

Seeing as how my nephews are living apart and deploring the separation as I do,

knowing the pain that it caused my poor deceased sister...

I stipulate as condition to payment of the inheritance,

that my two nephews live together for a period of six months.

One hundred and eighty days?

Yes... under the same roof where they will learn brotherly love,

thus giving my poor deceased sister

at least some final consolation. ln due faith,

et cetera et cetera... et cetera et cetera. Seems clear enough.

Clear, my foot! Ted, my brother...

I haven’t seen him for years. I 've no idea where he ls.

We've found him at Big Peak.

Big Peak? What the devil's that?

A town out West.

Here is a man riding fast in the sunshine. He's a gambler just takin' his chance.

So, he's going where his chances are best.

Somebody said young man go west.

Gotta fun lovin' heart. just a-pickin' and a-grinning.

Don't give a darn for the danger.

But don't you forget old sister Ann.

Fastest in the land.

Clark Town.

Big Peak.

That way.

Thanks.

Do you live in these parts?

Barnes is the name. I 've had a bit of bad luck at cards.

Oh I see.

Afraid I lost everything... even my horse.

I'm going to Big Peak.

Can I offer you a ride?

Why, thank you.

- You don't see many of these around here. - I guess not.

- Is it safe? - I think so. Hop in!

Get a horse.

A car is like a woman Push her too far and she ll boll over!

But it gives us a chance to relax.

Do you play poker Mr. Mulligan?

Occasionally.

How about a little game to pass the time?

Why not?

But didn't you say you'd lost everything?

A real gambler always keeps something tucked away for hard times!

Here we are.

That's amazing!

I'll deal

Naturally... if you need a loan...

Not at all. My brother's a big land owner.

Well, the least I can do is drive you to your destination then.

Birds of a feather!

Is the West all as bad as this?

No. Big Peak's worse.

Well, have you made up your mind?

Great throw there, Ted!

That's going to be hard to beat.

That's thirty eight cents.

Well, You're next, Sam.

There, I'll take these here.

Samuel Logan, we're going right home, it's late.

Wait a minute, this will be my last throw, I promise you.

No it's always the same. We never get to bed before nine o'clock!

Aw, come on, Rachel, it's Saturday night.

Whiskey?

Ah no... information.

I'm looking for a guy called Ted Mulligan.

What do you want with Ted Mulligan?

He's my brother.

What?

Ted!

But I don't want to live with you.

We're not getting married. It's' only for slx months.

And besides, I never did like Uncle Archie.

You're not being fair. He was just old fashioned, that's all.

He believed in brotherly love.

Aw... Nuts!

Listen, three hundred thousand dollars aren' t nuts.

To hell with it!

You're not doing all that well.

I'm doing fine. I 've got a house, horses,

that's all I need.

Got a beer?

No.

Whiskey?

Over there.

If you can't hold your liquor, you should stick to milk.

Expecting guests?

No, why?

What do you do around here in the evening?

Sleep.

Where's> my bed?

You're sitting on it.

I thought it was the table.

That's the table.

Where is the bathroom?

Use the river 8 miles away.

I go once a week.

I mean the toilet.

Out back.

Can I have the lamp?

That's the only one.

OK, I get it.

Watch the seat.

Ah! Damn this dung heap!

I've used that seat for ten years,

and you bust it the first time you sit on it.

Come in!

Damn it, there's a handle.

Damn it, there's a handle.

What brings you here?

I brought your doorhandles...

We need horses.

I ain't got any to sell.

Who asked to buy 'em?

I've only got two. His and mine.

You can walk, can't you?

So can you, Mister.

He's asking for trouble.

Don't listen to him,

he don't count. I'll loan you the horses if you need 'em.

He doesn't. He's got two legs!

Don't butt in. If Bad Jim wants the horses...

He can pay for them.