Why did you come back?
The world keeps going around and around,
So you'll always end up in the same place.
Then stay put.
They were never really your people.
Even though you did your part in their war,
.. and you won your medals. Didn't you?
The only exist for mankind is to fulfill his destiny.
why do you wanna change mine?
I didn't want, remember?
Mommy!
I changed destiny when I decided that you alone..
.. to survive that useless massacre.
Or have you forgotten?
Oh you've never been away so long,
your memories will let you forget the deaths that have to be paid.
Aren't you tired of killing?
I have to survive!
Keoma!
Don't touch me Liza! You're still clean.
You have to save the baby, You gotta be through with your touching me.
What difference does it make?
Where they're taking us, I'm bound to catch it, sooner or later.
Instead of dragging away to die, why don't you just kill 'em right here?
Haven't you ever heard of Christian charity?
When I attract their attention, jump off and hide.
But "Matt", you can't!
-They'll only kill.. -Sh..sh..sh..
Just get ready to act... fast.
One of them is making a break for it!
Stop him! Stop him!
No! No!
See how you like this, sweetheart!
Don't touch her! She's got the plague.
You mind your own business, stranger!
We're taking her to the old mine,
with the others. It's the best place for 'em.
Anyone who tries to run away gets shot.
That's orders.
Why if anyone of them got back, they could infect the whole town.
I never liked people who talk too much.
Get off your horse!
I said, get off your horse!
Jane! That's isn't near enough.
Put some life into it. Come on, move, higher, higher...
Not like that. Like this, like this,...
Hey, mister! Come on in, and join the fun.
There's everything here from whiskey to lovin'.
We can always do with a man.
The town is a'dying like flies.
Give her something to drink.
Hey.. Hey, that's Farrow's wife.
What the hell is SHE doing here?
She's got the plague. Oh my God, get her out!
Do something, She's got the plague!
Throw her out! Before we all get it.
I told you to give her something to drink.
You get that woman, out of here!
The lady's with me.
Drop it!
And now, unload it!
You forgot one.
The lady will have dinner in her room.
But, we don't have a room, sir!
They're all taken.
You...
-Your room number? -Number seven
-Get the key! -But...
He's trying to get away.
Head for the back, hurry up, cut him off.
Hurry up! Get him! Get him!
There he goes. Come on, go after him!
What's happened to this town?
How did it get like this?
It was... just after the war.
When all those ex-soldiers came to town.
They were led by this Caldwell.
He bought the mine. Then, little by little, whole town.
He forced people to sell.
Using any method he could.
Then the plague began...
Because of the polluted wells.
Now Caldwell won't let anyone leave town..
.. unless they're sick or dying.
Why are you helping me?
We all have the right to be born.
Your shoot real good..
.. at the dead.
Let's go boys! Go!
George!
Say that again!
George.
I haven't heard that for a long time.
I almost forgot what it sounded like.
What happened to your bow?
They went like all the things that belong to a drunk.
I hocked it for some booze.
But you were never drinking man!
Yeah, that's right. I know that.
I used to have something to hope for: My freedom.
That was a long time ago.
Now the war is over. Now you've got your freedom.
I found out what it was worth.
That's why I drink.
George, who is Caldwell?
Do you remember that?
Sounds different.
I ain't got but three strings.
I'm waiting for them to bust.
And me with them.
You said there was a man, causin' trouble down the saloon?
That's right, Mr. Caldwell.
Well, tell me more about it, Slade.
He shot Ben and Charlie, without even turning around.
Don't talk balderdash, man.
There ain't nobody can hit a target without looking at it.
-Without looking at it? -You're right!
There are two men who can.
Our Pa is one, and the other is...
-You have part of my fence, Keoma! -Yeah we're gonna get you.
Little bastard Indian!
Hey, boys! Lunch is ready.
C'mon in, Keoma!
Aren't you hungry?
Come on in!
Well, you gotta stand there all the day?
C'mon in!
Welcome home, son!
You've been gone quite a while this time.
Where you been?
Fighting a war.
Winning or losing?
I just happened to be in the winning side.
-Meet anybody faster than you? -Not yet!
Maybe I never will.
C'mon over here, you over-grown papoose.
What's with the town? What's going on there?
Pretty soon there won't be no town.
They don't like guns, won't defend themselves.
-Won't fight back. -How about my half-brothers?
The boys chose the side of the strongest.
I can't blame them for that.
And who is the strongest?
Caldwell.
You used to be the strongest.
The fastest. I used to be the fastest.
That's not the strongest.
Just means you live a little longer.
Don't mean you're right either.
I have lived long enough to find out how wrong..
.. I was about... so many things.
The great Shannon
I saw George.
Hmm.. Did you?
Pa?
-What was it all about? -What?
The war. I never could figure it out.
The war. Not sure I know.
I figure after we got through slogging all those Indians..
.. we oughta do something.. generous.
Thought we'd get freedom for the black man.
Now we feel good, we can go back to finish off the Indians.
You've been in love, yet?
Not as much as you.
Well...
Yeah...
She was quite a woman.
You must be very lonely.
You know what it is, you're searching for?
Myself, I guess. I don't know.
I need to find out who I am.
To be the simplest of my actions and...
I know my being in this world has something of significance.
But I'm afraid when I find out what it is, it'll be too late.
In the meantime, I'm a vagrant.
I keep travelling. Even when the Earth sleeps I keep travelling.
Chasing shadows.
I think that's the way I felt when your mother died.
When you went away.
I'd like to do something, Keoma....but
You know, it's funny, all my life I've looked at death.
Looked him straight in the eye.
I was never afraid.
Now I'm old.
Dying slowly.
I wanna live.
I'm afraid.
What should I do?
I can't shoot it out of my own sons.
Come on, beast. Gather around! Get her out of here. Throw her out!
Right out, right out!
Don't let her touch anything. Keep her off the furniture.
We don't wanna get infected. You better keep your distance.
-What am I gonna do? -Don't wanna get infected by you.
I have to burn everything I have in my room.
Get out all of you.
For God's sake throw her out, Get her out.
Well, well... Look who's here!
If that ain't our little lady friend.
Hey, what happened to your chaperone?
Don't tell me the honeymoon is over!
Move! Come on!
Whait a minute, who's gonna pay me back!
Nigger, you shouldn't step in my path like that.
That was a dumb thing to do. You're leaving your stink around.
I've just got to clean it up.
I did what I could; but there was too many of them.
She didn't have a chance with scum like me.
I can hardly defend myself.
They said it was Caldwell.
Caldwell? Where is she now?
I tried, God knows I tried.
Where did they take her?
Where did they take her, "nigger"?
They said something about the old mine.
Where the sick people are.
George, I didn't mean it!
Slade, Chuck! Find her.
It's no use. You can't save her.
Hey lady! We wanna talk to you. Come on out!
You're deaf?
Come on out, if you don't I might do something I might regret.
We have found her.
What's the name of the man who took you to the saloon?
Tell me his name.
You wanna die?
You got pain? What's his name?
I don't know! He never told me.
This is true, I promise you.
I don't believe you lady.
This is your last chan..
This is my son, George!
My dear brothers.
-Butch. -Sam,
Lenny.
Three names..
.. one brand.
There is no use, hiding your faces.
It won't change the way you behave.
It's been a long time.
But you haven't changed a bit.
Why don't you get out of here?
You're were never welcome in our family.
You don't have to rush it.
Our half-brother knows how to run away..
.. when he feels like it.
That's enough of that.
Forget your family squabbles.
These poor people, need decent accomodation.
And enough food to sustain 'em.
And it's up to us.
There're neighbours. So see that they get it.
Because the rest of the world is ignoring the plague..
.. making them others.
But if we give them a brotherly hand,
We can overcome this crisis.
Will you join us? I'll pay you well.
You'll pay, don't worry.
And my price is high.
We'll see.
Go away, stranger!
Don't try to help us. We're already dead.
But, you're still afraid? That hasn't changed that?
It's not for ourselves, it's for our wives and children,
And the town, if it went infected.
But if we rebel, or if you're trying to help us,
Caldwell will take it out on them.
And the cowardly people like you,
and bastards like Caldwell will go on living.
Keoma, I had to warn you. You can't take her back to town.
The town is surrounded.
-She needs a doctor. -Can't do it alone.
I have to do it alone. Because I am alone.
This is my son, George! This is your new family.
-Why did he come back -What does he expect to prove?
That nothing's changed between us?
That he can stand in our way like he's done ever since we were kids?
Well, let me tell ye, Pa! He won't.
Times are different now. Things have changed around here.
He's been away too long.
And the only thing that's keeping us..
.. from sinkin' a bullet in his head, is our respect for you.
You gotta put a stop to his shananigans.
Are you that much afraid of Keoma?
Or are you afraid of what Caldwell's gonna think of you?
Hell no, but you never give us a chance Pa.
You were too busy caring for that half-breed.
To have any time for us.
You never gave us the affection you gave to him.
For God's sake, we're your real sons.
Real sons?
All of you are my sons.
There's never been any difference, it's you who made the difference.
This is his home. He can come and go as he pleases.
And so can you!
You can come and can go to hell as your please.
We'll catch this son-of-a-bitch sooner or later.
Yeah. I hate to be in his boots, when Caldwell's got a hold of him.
He don't deserve no better. He's only a goddamn Indian.
That Caldwell is a mean man.
Hey, nigger! This town's bad enough without that gut-puke.
I guess he ain't had enough to drink yet today.
Yeah, you're right.
When he gets skinful, he plays real cheerful.
-George? -Yes, it's me.
It isn't her time yet. A few more days.
Otherwise she's in perfect health.
Nothing's wrong with her. All she needs now is rest.
You can take her away. There's nobody outside.
Good!
-She's staying here. -She's sta.. oh, no no!
That's impossible.
She can't stay here. If they find out,
It'll be all over for us.
How much is Caldwell paying you not to treat the plague victims?
Hhow dare you to say that? I do all I can.
He won't let me order the medicine or contact the authorities.
Caldwell and his gang won't let anyone out of town, unless they're dead.
How am I going to fight them? Alone?
And there's my wife. I have to think of her.
She's the only thing I got.
No no no, I don't wanna be mixed up in this.
So you just give up and die inch by inch.
But if you feel like that you might as well be dead now.
What's happened to you, George?
I used to admire you so much.
I've never forgotten the lessons you taught me.
You were my idol.
You were the black man and I, the half-Indian.
I learned from you that the color of man's skin doesn't make any difference.
In those days you were never afraid of anything.
From a wild-cat to a grizzly bear.
And you could deal any man in town with one hand behind your back.
And now, look at you!
Both of you. Two cowards.
What do we have to do?
Get out of town. Inform the authorities and bring back medical supplies.
But, how?
You've already said it.
We'll go like the dead.
-Alright, George. -Why are you helping us?
Who are you doing it for?
For myself maybe.
George!
-Where is he? -Where's that son-of-a-bitch hiding?
Talk!
Are you looking for me?
We told you to keep the hell out of here.
So how come you're still here?
Why don't you go hunt buffalo?
Now get going!
You miserable little bastard!
You scum! You no good half-breed.
Get lost, hey Keoma!
-Half-breed! -Bastard Indian!
Filthy animal!
What's it gonna be? Three against one?
-Like the old days? -I can beat you by myself.
Your gun. Mine's over there.
You gonna get up?
What's the matter, Indian? You look like you don't feel so good.
See what happens when you go picking a fight?
It ain't healthy.
Hey, hey!
Are you dead?
Haven't you had enough?
You're no match for me, Keoma!
But if you really want me to hurt you..
Lenny!
-What have you got in there? -Nothing much.
Just another victim of the plague. A nigger.
There's only one nigger in town. He's as fit as a fiddle.
George, I saw him a little while ago.
-Check the wagon. -Go ahead...
Look at the state he's in now.
Deader than an empty bottle of whiskey.
Eww.. he's disgusting.
-I told you. -Get him out of here.
Well, It'd be a pleasure.
George! You can come back to life now.
The coast is clear.
Hey doc! We sure fooled them, ha?
Not yet. Don't be forgetting. We got to make it back.
Come on! Give me those reins.
The three Shannons.
The terrors of the west.
And you think you gonna inherit the legend of your father.
Why you three yellow-bellied cowards couldn't even take care of one half-breed!
He wiped the countryside with you.
And you wanted to join up with me,
be my partners.
Why, I'd rather team up with a bunch of old women.
Than ride with the like like you.
I'll ride into town, and handle this my way.
Meantime, why don't you run home to your Pappy,
And let him take care of you?
Before you really get into some trouble?
Let's go!
Search every house! Get everybody out in the street!
They're searching for us.
We go out the back.
Okay, where is he, lady?
How dare you break into my house like this?
Who do you think you are? Get out of here!
-Where do we find your husband? -How should I know?
If you do find him, you can tell him not to bother coming home unless he's sober.
Go down and look at the hill.
I'm gonna go 'round the back and check out these houses here.
Alright, hurry up! Nothing's been around here!
-How about over there? -Ok, I'll go back and check it.
While you're on it, go get the stable.
-Found anything Chase? -No!
Gotta be here somewhere. Go find him!
Halt!
Go on, get the hell outta here. Keep looking, over there. Move it.
Come on, come on!
Hey, what's the matter with Billie?
Dang bust his neck. Find him!
Stand up!
Nice and easy now!
Well, well... Look who I've found.
This way.
She's sleeping.
Take care of her!
Keoma!
Keep a sharp lookout behind you. D'ya hear.
Well look who it is, it's the undertaker.
I'm just doing my duty to the townsfolk.
Taking care of them from the cradle to the grave.
It suits you doc! I don't know what all those good people would do without you.
The next thing you know, I'll be smuggling medicines.
We made it, George! We made it. It's easy going from now on.
Hey everybody!
We've got the medicine. We've got the medicine!
Al, Jake! Go and get your wives.
We've got the medicine!
We can stop the plague now.
Come on, we finally got the medicine we need.
-And we got food too. -Come and get what you need.
Things are gonna be alright, come!
We've got some medicine, and food!
And the authorities are gonna send more.
And another thing. They're sending a federal Marshall.
Oh, thank God!
Can't believe it!
Won't do you any good, lady!
Hey, so you finally got the chance to be a hero, ha? Good for you.
Go on unloading, doc!
-But these are only medicines. -I don't give a damn.
This land belongs to Mr. Caldwell.
Along with everything that's on it.
Now you had to pay for the water, and now you gotta pay for medicine.
Hey!
I'll pay this time.
How much you're willing to pay?
Four cents.
Four cents is mighty little.
The price of four bullets.
One,
Two,
Three,
and four.
Take it.
It has your name on it.
Now go tell Caldwell I'm waiting here for him.
Waiting for me, ha?
Well, that's the last time he's gonna have to wait.
Mount up!
I think it's about time we got rid of Caldwell.
Get rid of him? That would be a big mistake.
Right now is when we need him the most.
Come on, Butch, what are you talking about?
What the hell do we need him for?
I figured, if Keoma doesn't get to him first,
Mr. Caldwell's gonna make us a fine executioner.
Executioner? Who, Caldwell?
Yeah!
We got a chance to kill two birds with one stone.
We play our cards right.
Keoma and Caldwell will kill each other.
And that's gonna leave the town temporarily without a leader.
And then?
And then? Well, nothing to stop us....
moving in and taking tight control of the town.
Running it anyway we can, we want.
Now let's go to see what our two birds are doing.
Let me through! My son's ill.
Please, please let me through!
He's quite alright. Take him away. Nothing wrong with him.
-Who's next? -Is this the right one?
Ok, you take two of these, three times a day. Alright?
Hey, come on, what are you doing? It's too early for this, all scared.
Everything's gonna be alright. You'll see.
Caldwell's coming. Everybody go home, and get out of sight.
Go on, hurry, hurry!
Alright friends, spread out. Find me that goddamn half-breed.....Hurry it up.
Alright Keoma, come on out!
You can't hold out against us alone.
You're wrong, Caldwell.
He's not alone.
Wolf, take your platoon, and flush him out.
Just like old times, Mr. Shannon!
Welcome back, George!
It's good to be back.
What are you waiting for? Go get him!
That lousy half-breed, making fools out of you. You blundering idiot!
Hold it!
Sorry, there ain't no name on this bullet.
Half-breed! Come on down out of there.
Or I'll blast his head off
No!
No, Keoma!
No!
Now you see what happens, to anyone who gets in my way?
Caldwell!
You shouldn't have done that, Caldwell.
I'm sorry boys. There was nothing I could do.
You see,
He turned against us. He turned against me,
and against you.
He was helping that Indian.
Remember how we dealt with traitors in the war?
We shot 'em like dogs.
Here lies, William H. Shannon.
The man we all loved and admired.
A very special sort of man.
There wasn't a person on earth he'd refuse to help if they needed it.
Not one person who would have betrayed him.
Except the one he gave his love to.
His bastard son.
We learned from our father to respect law and justice.
But you didn't.
Only filth would sell out his own father.
But that alone is not the extent of his guilt.
He betrayed us all when he brought back that plagued woman to infect us.
How far can a man sink?
He betrayed his father. He betrayed us,
And he betrayed each and every one of you, my friends.
Keoma is responsible with the death of your loved ones.
He has brought despair to this town.
So now... what should we do with him?
Take the law into our own hands?
Drag him to the nearest tree and string him up like he deserves?
No...
For we are honorable men.
And prefer to let justice take it's course.
As it should have done with this venomous snake, in a court of law.
We already called the Marshall. He'll be here in a few hours.
And then Keoma will be... his problem.
And as soon as my brother here is sworn in as sheriff,
we'll start rebuilding around here.
And make this town a place you can be proud of.
Good speech, Sam!
Coming to the saloon, Lenny?
Why didn't you elect yourself mayor of this town?
Keoma! Keoma?
Keoma!
Yes sir! We'll turn this here town,
into a regular metropolis.
-I think I've created a monster. -Yeah.
Hey, Sam! Looks like I got my hands full.
And I think I got one that could cut you down to size.
Butch, Lenny!
Goddamit! Come on, let's go find him!
I can't Keoma! He'll die!
He can't die, and you know why?
Because he's free, and the man who is free never dies.