Blood Moon

Pete, ol' pal...

we've been together a long time.

This is where we say goodbye.

I just can't see you suffer no more.

So long, partner.

It'll be getting dark soon, Pete.

I best find me some place to bed down for the night.

Blasted coyotes.

Thought I'd scared them off yesterday.

You varmints, let's get a good look at you.

Don't come back, you bastards!

Hush now.

It's just a rat.

Looking for somewhere warm to sleep.

When the stage gets here tomorrow,

you gotta be fresh and strong.

40 miles from here to Lassiter.

Oh, Jesus H. Christ!

- Right, you put your hands up,

and you don't do anything stupid now, you hear?

- I'm gonna ask you gentlemen

to put all your money on the counter.

Sure.

Now, move it!

- Keep your powder dry, Jeb.

We've got it, come on, let's go.

- What you looking at, little boy?

Damn it, come on!

What are you looking at?

Face the other way if you know what's good for you!

Now let's get out of here!

You alright, Lloyd?

- Hurts like hell, but I'll live.

Grab him, doc.

- Aw,jeez they got Van Corren.

That's a damn shame.

- The bullet's gone clean through.

Did you see who it was?

- No, but one of them said,

“you gotta keep your powder dry, Jeb",

has to be the Norton brothers.

- Don’t jump to conclusions, Lloyd.

There's more than one Jeb in these parts.

- I've got a cousin Jeb, in Denver.

And your brother's name is Jeb, ain't it Lloyd?

I'm telling you, it was them.

They've robbed five banks already this year.

Was only a matter of time till they hit mine.

- Well, looks like they headed north.

There's a good chance they'll bump into the coach.

The one Jake's on?

Yeah.

- I'll take you down to my office.

They were riding hard.

They're gonna need fresh horses soon.

- Only one place they'll find them.

Palm Flats.

Palm Flats.

- Pardon my curiosity but,

is that wedding ring new?

- Me and Jake just got married in Durango, four days ago.

We've only known each other three weeks.

I was attending a trial.

- Jake's deputy marshal of Lassiter.

- First day in town, met Sarah, we got talking,

and well, here we are.

- You must be some talker, mister.

And now I'm Mrs. Jake Norman.

- I have a weakness for pretty rings.

Is that Mexican silver?

Yes, indeed.

My husband gave it to me as a present,

the day we opened the Golden Garter in Lednam.

You run a saloon?

Dan said they'd look after me.

- Your husband must be a very generous man.

Excuse me, Mr. Norman?

Jake, you can call me Jake.

Jake, I'm a reporter.

- You seem a little young for a newspaper man, mister?

- Henry Lester, with the London Times.

I'm writing a series of articles about the wild west.

I'd like to ask you a few questions

about being a deputy marshal.

Sure.

Right, here we go.

How many men have you shot?

Put the book away, Henry.

Jake's on his honeymoon.

- Have you ever visited Lassiter?

- It ain't much more than a one-horse town.

And they shot that horse 20 years ago.

- Jake tells me it's a wonderful place to setup home.

- Do you believe everything he tells you?

- Well, Sarah and me don't have any secrets.

Do we darling?

- Will your husband be meeting you in Denver?

Dan died three years ago.

But I still call myself Mrs. Marie Cooper.

And I miss him every day.

I'm sorry.

We had eleven years together.

That's more that some.

Sorry folks!

- Hey Yancy, you told me you have

the most comfortable stages in the west.

Well, we do Jake.

But this here, ain't one of them!

Ho-ha.yo!

You see him Yancy?

You think I'm blind?

I don't know.

- Stage line don't pay me to stop,

for no cowboy, down on his luck.

Don't worry, father.

I'll protect you.

- Well, you got me to stop, stranger.

State your business.

- My name's Calhoun and I'd like to board your stage,

if there's room.

Where's your horse?

Broke his leg yesterday.

You shoot him?

- No, I wrestled him to the ground and beat him to death.

Now, now.

There's no need to be disrespectful.

Especially when you got a shotgun pointed at you.

- Apologies, gentlemen, where you headed?

- We're going to Pine Flats in a couple hours,

get fresh horses and then on to Denver.

Denver, huh?

I've never been there.

- Well, you wanna put that right, fa re's six dollars.

Six, you only charge four--

Would you shut up?

- I'll give you one dollar now in good faith,

and the rest when you get me to Denver.

Whoa, easy.

- Alright, sling your stuff up on top.

Get yourself inside.

- Name's Calhoun and I'd appreciate

you holstering those guns.

Anyone mind if I?

Where you from, Calhoun?

Well, I'd tell you but,

you'd never have heard of it.

Next stop, Pine Flats.

- Tick-tock, tick-tock Ahiga.

What have you got for me?

Don't make me wait all day.

I got four.

- Ah-ha, well that's not gonna scare me off.

I raise you four.

Beat that.

Show me what you got.

Full house.

- Ahiga, you're a low-down, cheating snake.

- If you were a man, I'd cut your heart out,

you half-breed bitch!

- If you were a man, you wouldn't cheat at cards,

you skunk-breath toad, and your wife told me

you were a lousy lover.

Not again.

Antahini, antahini!

- Causing trouble again, Black Deer?

Join me fora drink, marshal?

- There's a saloon down the street.

- I prefer to do my drinking in here.

- And your gambling, and your fighting.

- Joanie Loumis don't mind, do you Joanie?

- I've always been willing to do business with the Indians.

- That may be so, but I don't want to catch you

serving that girl whiskey again.

Hey, what are you my father?

- You've got no right talking to me like that.

I got every right.

- What the hell's got into you today, Wade?

- I just got back from telling Jenny Corbin she's a widow.

Got any coffee on the stove?

Coffee?

Yeah, I'll bring you a cup.

- Bring me the pot, and two cups.

Coming right up.

Navajo hate coffee.

Prefer firewater.

Taste good.

- Guess you heard about the robbery.

- Yeah everyone's saying it was the Nortons.

- Yeah, no one's willing to form a posse.

Drink it, all of it.

- Loumis, where'd you find this coffee?

Up the rear end of a buffalo?

I said drink it.

I need your help, Black Deer.

I'll pay you 10 dollars.

And a bottle of whiskey.

Alright.

But until those outlaws are behind bars,

coffee's the only thing you'll be drinking.

What do you say?