The Long Riders

Yee-ha!

- Can't he go any faster, Jesse? - He's goin' fast enough, Ed.

- You watch them people, Frank. - Shut up, Ed!

- What about that safe? - There ain't no safe, Ed.

All the money's in the strongbox and in the cash drawers.

I don't believe you. You got a safe in here some place.

Tell me where it is or I'm gonna put a bullet in your brainpan.

Get outta there, Ed.

Have you gone crazy, Ed?

- (screams) - Watch it, Jesse!

Jesse!

How long will it take that posse to get here?

There won't be one.

They'll go about ten miles and get tired,

and go back and call the Pinkertons.

How come we're standin' guard?

'Cause every once in a while I'm wrong.

We'll take you upriver to the Mimms' house.

Get the bullet out there.

You stay quiet now.

Come here, Ed.

Jesse! Jesse!

- Shit! What'd you do that for? - Panickin' and shootin' innocent folks.

That's for goddamn gettin' me near killed!

Shit, I didn't mean no harm.

You're through, Ed. You ain't gonna ride with me no more.

Are you gonna take that off him?

I seen what you done.

You may be family, but I ain't sidin' with ya.

You're on your own.

Cole, give him his cut.

You threw yourself away a good livin'.

Now listen good.

Anybody connects the Jameses or the Youngers with that bank,...

- ..you're a dead man. - (spits)

What the hell was that all about?

Damned if I know.

You boys hear what I hear?

I hear it.

Yeah, I'd better go talk to this fella.

Bye-bye.

You got real nice hands. They're real pretty.

You wanna keep 'em?

It was just a request.

Well, I got a request of my own.

"I'm a Good Ol' Rebel".

You keep losin', you're gonna have to rob another train,...

..scare some more innocent folk half to death.

- Never liked people standin' behind me. - Most people would be flattered.

Ain't often Belle Shirley stands behind a man.

I reckon that's the truth.

Are you still askin' $15?

I sure am.

Well, ain't nothin' worth that price.

Well, I don't figure I missed much.

But I'll tell you what I will do.

I'll go twelve and a half for you, since you're about to go broke.

Huh.

I only got eleven. I'll cut you for it.

Make your move.

I'll be go to hell.

When your luck changes, you feel free to call on me.

Everybody ante up.

Women... I love 'em.

We was all in the war.

Robbin' the first Yankee bank because we didn't know no better.

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

After that we was... just in the habit.

So I guess we'll just... keep on goin'...

..till they lock us up or hang us.

You've hardly given yourself time enough to heal.

I gotta get back to things.

Ma needs money to help keep the farm goin'.

I reckon your ma can keep the farm goin' and a few more things to boot.

Well, the others ain't no good without me.

They gotta have somebody to make the plans.

But, uh... don't worry, Zee.

I'm comin' back for ya.

I thought you'd be over with that Tebbs girl.

Maybe I oughta be. She's awful pretty.

If you think so. Course, every fella round here's been to visit her.

I don't guess you have that problem, Beth.

I have just as many visitors as I want.

- And you can count on it. - Like who, for instance?

That's for me to know and you to find out.

How can I find out, if you won't tell me?

Jim Younger, there are some things that a man does not ask a lady.

Beth, when you're old enough to call yourself a lady, I'll keep that in mind.

Think maybe we oughta get married? Is that what you want?

It seems that you proposed to me durin' the war, about seven years ago.

That was different.

Except, uh...

..I always knew that... you were the one.

I just didn't have nothin' worked out, that's all.

That's a mouthful for Mr. Jesse James.

Well, it's a mouthful of truth.

What you gotta decide is if you wanna get on the horse with me.

I'm gonna be honest about it, Zee. I ain't gonna change the way I live.

Well, it ain't right to try to change a person.

Truth is, Jesse, I wouldn't like you any other way.

Next thing you know, they'll get married and settle down.

First part, anyway. He's askin' her today.

It doesn't go with the way he's livin'.

He'll be fine.

First gettin' shot, then gettin' married...

Bad habits.

I'd like to have a white dress and a proper weddin'.

- You want the whole county to be there. - I do. A girl only gets married once.

Yah!

Giddyap!

I never was the marryin' kind, myself.

Kind of life I lead, women spell trouble.

Footloose and fancy-free, that's my style.

- What about you, friend? - I ain't felt the call yet.

But if I was to meet a girl as pretty as this one here, I could be persuaded.

I tell you something, mister. You best watch your mouth, not look at my wife.

Sorry. Didn't mean no disrespect.

Course he didn't. He was just being polite.

Hey, old man, put a cork in it a while.

Vernon, be polite.

Goddamn outlaws.

Vernon, why don't you hand that over here?

Damn, you son of a bitch, you're in it with 'em!

I would toss that shotgun away.

Throw down the box.

- You men fight for the Stars and Bars? - Yes, sir. Proud of it.

- May I shake your hand? Bob Younger. - George. George Arthur.

- Who were you with, George? - General Jo Shelby.

What about you?

- I was with Shelby too. - Where?

Cold Harbor.

Shelby weren't at Cold Harbor. You're a goddamn liar!

- Shall I kill him? - I would. I'd shoot the son of a bitch.

- Bob, take everything he has. - Everything.

Let me give you a hand. You're lucky you ain't dead.

Hope we didn't disturb you too much, ma'am. We didn't mean no harm.

You scum! Take your hands off my wife.

If you shut up, maybe I won't put a bullet in you.

Forgive me, ma'am, but you could have done better than Vernon here.

I'll be goddamned go to hell.

- Most people knock. - I expect they do.

How many women you visited before you come see me?

This is my first stop.

Well, here I am.

"I will bring the blind by a way they know not."

"I will lead them in the paths they have not known."

"I will make darkness light before them and...

...I will make crooked things straight."

Isaiah 42:16.

Now that you and me are gettin' along,...

..you might think about makin' an honest woman outta me.

- You're serious, aren't ya? - Don't I sound it?

Well, you gotta be crazy.

I just wanna find out what it feels like to be respectable.

For a while, anyway.

You'll never be respectable, Belle.

You're a whore.

You'll always be a whore.

That's why I like ya.

You ready?

One, two,... three.

- How you been, Beth? - Fine. Ain't you heard the news?

I'm engaged to Ed Miller.

Ed Miller?

He ain't no good.

Besides, you're too young for all that.

I'm 19 on the 23rd of September.

I don't wanna wait around, like Zee did.

And I don't want you sayin' nothin' bad about Ed...

..just 'cause Jesse picked on him.

A few months ago I was pushin' you on a swing.

Well, while you was pushin', other people was noticin'.

I noticed you, Beth.

You don't wanna rush into things, Beth. You can't undo 'em later.

I can't undo this one. Ed's already bought land over past Russellville.

Besides, we told everybody.

There ain't much else to say, I guess.

Well, you can wish me a good life.

I wish you that.

What have you gotta say for yourself, Jim?

Not much, Ed.

Be seein' you around.

How you been, Ed?

Well, I'm fine. How are you doin', Clell?

We're gettin' on pretty good.