You're...
...from Baker?
Tell Baker that l told him all that l know already.
Tell him l want to live in peace understand?
That it's no use to go on tormenting me!
l know nothing at all about that case of coins.
Now that gold has disappeared.
But if he'd listened to me we could have avoided this altogether.
l went to the Army court.
There were no witnesses.
They couldn't uncover any more.
l can't tell Baker what happened to the money.
Go back and tell him that!
Word's around you had a visitor...
...and Baker knows it.
Name of Jackson.
Jackson was here...
...or Baker's got it all wrong.
He's not wrong.
Maybe Baker would like to know Just what you and Jackson had to say...
...about the cash box.
That's not what l'm being paid for.
l'm only interested in what name Jackson's hiding under now!
Why do you think Jackson may be assuming another name?
l would have found him already.
When l start off to find somebody l find them.
That's why they pay me.
What is Baker paying you?
That your family?
Yes.
Nice family.
What does he pay you for murdering me?
$500...
...to get the name!
The name!
Carson.
Bill Carson.
That's what he calls himself now.
Here's a lot of money: $1000.
$1000...
...and some in gold.
That's a tidy sum.
But when l'm paid...
...l always see the Job through.
lt's you.
Any information?
Too much.
He said quite a bit that should interest you...
...and one or two things that interested me.
Such as?
The name Jackson's hiding under is...
...Bill Carson.
That's your bit.
Keep talking.
He also mentioned somethin' about a certain...
...cash box which Just happened to disappear.
That's my bit.
Anything else?
Not enough for you huh?
Well you don't have to worry.
He'll never say anything to anybody again!
Perfect.
Here you are.
Here this is for you.
You did a good Job for me.
Worth $500!
l almost forgot.
He gave me $1000.
l think his idea was that l kill you.
But you know the pity is when l'm paid...
...l always follow my Job through.
You know that.
No pistol amigo.
lt won't do you any good.
There are three of us.
You know that you have a face beautiful enough to be worth $2000?
But you don't look like the one who will collect it.
A couple of steps back.
Thank you.
How much you worth now?
How much?
$2000!
That's right $2000.
Yeah $2000.
! HiJo de puta que te pario!
You'll pay for this!
l hope you end up in a graveyard...
...with the cholera and the rabies and the plague!
Cut me loose! Cut me loose you filthy bastard!
Put me down!
l hope your mother ends up in a two-dollar whorehouse!
Cut me loose! Cut me loose!
You can still save yourself.
Let me go and l'll pardon you.
Let me go!
l feel sick. The blood is rushing....
l'm dry.
Agua! Water!
You swine! You son of a bitch!
You're brave with a man who's tied up!
Come back!
Come back and fight!
You bastard!
Who the hell is that?
One bastard goes in another comes out.
Cut it out! Cut it out!
l'm an honest farmer! l'm innocent of any--
So you're an honest farmer.
You recognize this man?
Yeah it's you!
Who says so? You can't even read.
Roll it up. Roll it up!
l'll give you a good idea where you can put it.
To hell with all you sheriffs and deputies and all who gave birth to you!
Hey everybody look! Look! He's giving him the filthy money!
Judas!
You've sold my hide!
But you won't enJoy any of that money not a penny.
lf there's Justice that money will go to the undertakers!
Every penny of it. You know who you are?
You want to know whose son you are?
You don't l do. Everybody does.
You're the son of a thousand fathers!
All bastards like you!
And your mother? Your mother....
You bastard!
Your mother it's better not to talk of her. l never hurt anybody!
...wanted in 14 counties of this state...
...the condemned is found guilty of the crimes of murder armed robbery...
...of citizens state banks and post offices...
...the theft of sacred obJects arson in a state prison...
...perJury bigamy deserting his wife and children...
...inciting prostitution kidnapping extortion...
...receiving stolen goods selling stolen goods...
...passing counterfeit money and contrary to the laws of this state...
...the condemned is guilty of using....
Therefore according to the powers vested in us...
...we sentence the accused here before us...
...Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez...
...known as the 'Rat'...
...and any other aliases he might have...
...to hang by the neck until dead.
May God have mercy on his soul. Proceed!
Five for you.
One two three four...
...five for me.
Five for you...
...and five for me.
Know how much you're worth now?
No how much?
$3000!
There are two kinds of people in the world my friend.
Those with a rope around their neck...
...and the people who have the Job of doing the cutting.
Listen the neck at the end of the rope is mine!
l run the risks.
So the next time l want more than half!
You may run the risks my friend but...
...l do the cutting.
lf we cut down my percentage...
Cigar?
...it might interfere with my aim.
But if you miss you had better miss very well.
Whoever double-crosses me and leaves me alive...
...he understands nothing about Tuco.
Nothing!
Wanted in 15 counties of this state...
...the condemned standing before us... sitting before us...
...Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez...
...has been found guilty by the Third District Circuit Court...
...of the following crimes: murder assaulting a Justice of the peace...
...raping a virgin of the white race...
...and statutory rape of a minor of the black race...
...of derailing a train in order to rob the passengers....
What'd you find out Shorty?
lf you ask me it seems like a book!
An armed unit escorting a cash box of gold coins meets a Yankee ambush...
...and only three of them are saved.
Stevens Baker and Jackson.
The thing that wasn't saved though was the coins.
But then the Army decides of course it ought to hold a hearing...
...and Jackson's acquitted.
He disappears and becomes Bill Carson.
l know his name.
But you don't know Just who you're lookin' for and l do!
And when he's found l'd be scared to be put in his shoes!
-Where is Carson? -All l know is Carson re-enlisted.
The poor guy's minus an eye.
He lives with a girl called Maria who'll tell you.
She's a fresh young whore in the territory.
Where is she?
Now what's the name of that town? lt's someplace very near....
Santa Ana.
Adios half-soldier.
Hand me down a whiskey!
Glad they got him. A man guilty of all those crimes!
People with ropes around their necks don't always hang.
What do you mean?
Even a filthy beggar like that has a protecting angel.
A golden-haired angel watches over him.
Of all these crimes the accused has made a full spontaneous confession.
Therefore we condemn him to be hung by the neck until dead.
May the Lord have mercy on his soul. Proceed.
Let's get the hell out of here!
What are you saying? Anybody can miss a shot?
Nobody misses when l'm at the end of the rope!
You never had a rope around your neck. Well l'm going to tell you something.
When that rope starts to pull tight you can feel the devil bite your ass!
Yeah you're right.
lt's getting tougher.
The way l figure...
...there's really not too much future with a sawed-off runt like you.
What do you mean?
'Cause l don't think you'll ever be worth more than $3000.
What do you mean?
l mean our partnership is untied.
Oh no not you.
You remain tied.
l'll keep the money and you can have the rope.
You filthy double-crossing bastard! Of all the stinking dirty tricks--
The way back to town is only 70 miles.
lf you save your breath l feel a man like you could manage it.
Adios.
You filthy bastard! Come here!
Come here! Cut this rope off! Get off that horse!
Get off that horse! You filthy coward!
lf l ever catch you...
...l'll rip your heart out and eat it!
l'll skin you alive! l'll hang you up by your tongue.
l'll kill you! l'll kill you!
Such ingratitude after all the times l've saved your life.
You wouldn't leave me here....
Come back!
Wait! Listen Blondie!
! HiJo de una gran puta!
You filthy rats!
Maria.
ls that you Bill?
Who are you?
What do you want with me?
Go on talking about Bill Carson.
l don't know him.
You were calling to him in the dark!
Where is he?
What are you gonna do?
l'll ask the questions!
Where is he?
That's enough!
l don't know where he is.
He packed his things ten days ago and went away with his unit.
They all left.
Which company? Where'd he go?
Third Cavalry General Sibley.
They left for Santa Fe.
That's all l know. l swear!
l'm very sorry but the store is closing.
Revolvers?
Revolvers!
Here's where l keep the best ones.
Remington Colt Farroute...
...Smith Wesson Colt from the Navy....
Jocelyn another Remington and this--
That's enough.
Cartridges.
-You wanna try the pistol Just step-- -Let's go.
Cartridge.
How much?
$20.
$50.
How much?
$100.
$200. lt's all l've got!
Come here!
This morning l heard the whole thing.
They say Colonel Canby's closing in with his Northerners...
...and no later than tomorrow that they'll be in the city.
That's why these Southerners are getting out!
You see as soon as these cowards hear there are blue shirts around they run.
-These rebels have no will to fight! -Poor things.
They'll soon be finished.
We get rid of these bastards...
...then we begin making money on those Yankees.
They carry gold not paper dollars. And they're going to beat the South.
Look see that one with the white beard sitting in the wagon?
General Sibley. He looks dead. He's finally getting out of our hair.
Hooray for Dixie! Hooray hooray for Dixie!
Where's the owner of that horse?
Please mister sir...
-...a bad heart condition.... -Where?
The war has frightened me already.
l'm looking for the owner of that horse.
He's tall blond he smokes a cigar and he's a pig!
Where is he now?!
You leave him be! He doesn't know who rides every horse!
You stay quiet old hen!
Upstairs. Upstairs in Room 4 senor.
Hear that?
You rotten criminals how dare you?!
Your spurs.
There are two kinds of spurs my friend.
Those that come in by the door...
...and those that come in by the window.
Take off that pistol belt.
lt's empty.
Mine isn't.
Even when Judas hanged himself there was a storm too.
That could be cannon fire.
Cannon fire or storm it's all the same to you!
You ever see this before my friend?
Throw it over the roof beam.
That's it.
And get on that!
That's right.
Now make sure the rope is tight!
lt's got to hold the weight of a pig!
Now put the rope around your neck!
Yes very good.
lt's too big for your neck?
We'll fix that right away.
l have another system.
A little different than yours.
l don't shoot the rope.
l shoot the legs off the stool!
Adios.
...guilty of the following crimes: horse theft....
And Shorty?
Sorry Shorty!
Move come on let's go!
l don't know. As soon as l hit the desert l'm thirsty.
Burns huh?
They say people with fair skin can't take too much.
Like that you won't have to carry so much.
Where are we going?
Where?
Where l'm going amigo.
Over that way.
Another 100 miles of beautiful sunbaked sand.
Even the armies are afraid to march through there.
Sibley's men are retreating up there.
Canby's men are coming here...
...but no one will set foot in this hell...
...except you and me.
One hundred miles. That's a nice walk.
What was it you told me the last time?
'lf you save your breath l feel a man like you could manage it.'
And if you won't manage it you'll die.
Only slowly.
Very slowly old friend.
After you please. Start walking.
Taking a rest?
Come on Blondie we don't have very far to go. Only 70 miles.
Only eight and a half hours more before sunset.
That's not too bad.
Come on!
And so Blondie...
...it's goodbye.
$200000 in gold. lt's yours. Just get me water!
What's that you say?
Who the hell are you?
My name's Bill Carson now.
Surprise attack.
All dead.
My name is Jackson. Not Carson.
Yeah yeah glad to meet you Carson.
l'm Lincoln's grandfather. What was that you said about the dollars?
$200000 all mine.
Was the Third Cavalry's.
Baker has nothing.
The gold....
l hid the gold. The gold is safe!
Where? Here?
Talk!
ln the cemetery.
Which cemetery?
On Sad Hill.
There's a grave by the....
Which grave?
Have a name? Have a number?
Come on you dummy talk!
There's no number.
There's a name.
lt's written.
Water!
You talk first eh? l'll give you the water later!
Sad Hill Cemetery okay?
ln a grave okay.
But it must have a name or a number on it.
There must be 1000 5000 you...!
Don't die.
Don't die! l'll get you water!
Stay there. Don't move l'll get you water.
Don't die until later!
Get away from there!
He's dead.
l'll kill you!
lf you do that you'll always be poor.
Just like the greasy rat that you are.
lf l were you l'd...
...keep me alive.
What did he tell you?
A name.
Name on a grave.
What name?
Blondie don't die.
Don't die! l'm your friend.
Please don't die. Please! l'm your friend!
l'll help you. l'll help you!
Don't move. l'll be right back. l'll get the water.
Don't die like that pig.
Water Blondie?
Don't drink! lt's no good for you.
Feel better?
Blondie what's the matter? Please don't die!
l've got a very sick man here.
But we have no more beds here.
Let him have yours!
-Where is Pablo Ramirez? -Padre Ramirez.
He is away at the moment.
He should be back any day now.
lt doesn't matter. For the moment we'll take very good care of my friend.
May God be praised.
ln case you didn't know it...
...God is on our side too. Because he hates the Yanks.
Father is he still breathing?
Yes of course.
You're heavy.
All right put a fresh bandage on him.
Put him in my cell.
Out soldier. Out you go come on.
Look out for him please. He's like a brother to me!
Father did he speak? Did he say anything?
Did he ask for me? Did he speak about anything?
No he hasn't spoken as yet. But you mustn't worry.
He's both young and strong. That's what's kept him going until now.
He should regain his strength in a very short time.
Thank you Father. You don't know how much this boy's life means to me!
The old Father tells me you'll be up and around in a few days.
You're very lucky to have me so close when it happened.
Think if you'd been on your own.
l mean when...
...when one is ill...
...it's good to have somebody close by friends or relations.
Do you...
...you have parents Blondie?
A mother?
Not even a mother.
No one.
You're all alone huh? Like me Blondie.
We're all alone in the world.
l have you you have me.
Only for a little while l mean.
lt had to happen now.
What a dirty rotten trick of fate!
We could have all that money in our hands.
l must tell you the truth Blondie.
ln my place you would do the same thing.
lt's all over for you now.
There's nothing anyone can do anymore.
lt's my fault! Mine mine!
l'll tell you one thing Blondie. lf l knew that my last hour had come...
...l swear in my place in your place l would do the same thing.
l would tell about the gold. Yes yes l would!
l would tell the name on the grave.
After all what good is the money to you if you're dead?
l know the name of the cemetery.
But you know how many graves there are there?
Please.
Please have a little.
Coffee? Please tell me the name.
On the grave.
lf l get my hands on the $200000...
...l'll always honor your memory.
l swear it! l'll always honor your memory!
Come closer.
Tell me.
l'll sleep better...
...knowing my good friend...
...is by my side...
...to protect me.
'Tuco water. Please water.'
But if l get that name from you l'll give you water!
All right you dirty skunk get your ass off the bed!
Come on come on the party's over.
The wagon is all ready to go.
From the way the wounded are pouring into this place...
...we better get the hell out of here before we get caught up in the war.
Tuco Father Ramirez is back.
This is something l have to look into. lt'll only take a minute. Get moving.
-Where? This way? -Yes.
Hey Pablo!
Don't you recognize me?
lt's me Tuco!
Let me embrace you.
l don't know the right thing!
l was Just passing by here. l said to myself...
...l wonder if my brother remembers his brother.
Did l do wrong?
lt doesn't matter. l'm very happy.
You've seen me Tuco.
Yeah well l'm very glad l came.
Oh my uniform. lt's a long story.
Let's talk about you. lt's more important.
You look very well.
A bit thin perhaps but...
...you always were thin eh Pablito?
What about our parents?
Only now do you think of them?
To begin after nine years?
Nine years?
So it's nine years.
Our mother has been dead a long time.
Our father died only a few days ago.
That's why l was away.
He asked for you to be there.
But there was only me.
And you?
Outside of evil what else have you managed to do?
lt seems to me you once had a wife someplace.
Not one lots of them!
One here one there wherever l found them.
Go on preach me a sermon Pablo.
What good would that be?
Just keep on the way you're going.
Go away.
The Lord have mercy on your soul.
l'll go l'll go. While l'm waiting for the Lord to remember me...
...l Tuco Ramirez brother of Brother Ramirez...
...will tell you something.
You think you're better than l am.
Where we came from if one did not want to die of poverty...
...one became a priest or a bandit!
You chose your way l chose mine.
Mine was harder.
You talk of our mother and father.
You remember when you left to become a priest.
l stayed behind!
l must have been ten twelve. l don't remember which but l stayed.
l tried but it was no good.
Now l am going to tell you something.
You became a priest because you were...
...too much of a coward to do what l do!
Please forgive me brother.
My belly's full.
Nice guy my brother.
l didn't tell you my brother was in charge here.
Everything like the pope almost.
He's in charge in Rome.
My brother he says to me: 'Stay brother don't go home.
'We never see each other.
'Here there's plenty to eat and drink. Bring your friend too.'
Whenever we see each other he never lets me go.
lt's always the same story.
My brother he's crazy about me.
That's so.
Even a tramp like me no matter what happens...
...l know there's a brother somewhere who will never refuse me a bowl of soup.
Sure.
Well after a meal there's nothing like a good cigar.
Wake up you!
The troops are coming!
Blue or gray?
They're gray like us. Let's say 'hello' to them and then get going.
Hurrah for the Confederacy! Hurrah!
Down with General Grant!
Hurrah for General...what's his name?
Lee!
God is with us because he hates the Yanks too!
God is not on our side 'cause he hates idiots also.
Prisoners of war...
...forward...
...march!
Form a single file.
Robert Clark.
Present.
Sam Richmond.
Present.
Bill Carson.
l said Bill Carson!
Hey Blondie isn't that Angel Eyes?
All right what's he doing? Sleeping?!
Yeah and you better be Bill Carson.
That's me!
Please Carson.
Answer 'Present' !
What are you deaf?
Now suppose you say 'present' Carson.
l like big fat men like you.
When they fall they make more noise.
And sometimes they never get up.
Wallace...
...that's enough.
Sergeant!
The captain wants to see you right away.
Be sure these two get good treatment.
Hey Blondie did you hear that? Good treatment!
For the last time sergeant...
...l'm telling you...
...l want the prisoners treated as prisoners.
No more brutality!
There's hundreds of prisoners out there and only a few men to guard them.
What am l supposed to do? l have to have respect!
l think that you'll manage to gain their respect by treating them better!
Are our men treated that well in Andersonville Camp?
l don't give a goddamn what they do in Andersonville!
While l'm in charge here the prisoners are not to be...
...tortured...
...or cheated...
...or murdered!
ls that an accusation?
Sergeant gangrene is eating my leg away...
...not my eyes.
l know the prisoners here are being robbed systematically.
l know there's scum around or bivouacked near the camp waiting...
...for someone to deliver this loot.
But as long as l'm commandant l won't permit any such trickery!
Am l clear?
Yes sir.
Just as long as you're the commandant.
Yes sergeant.
l know this leg means l won't last very long...
...but l pray l can manage to have enough time...
...to amass evidence and bring to a court-martial all those who discredit...
...and dishonor the uniform...
...of the Union!
l wish you luck.