Big Jake
- GP
- Year:
- 1971
- 110 min
- 1,344 Views
Genteel civilization had come
to England, the continent
and the eastern United States.
New York
rivaled London and Paris
as one of the great metropolises
of the world.
Albert Einstein had expounded
his theory of relativity
back in 1905, and science
had brought us the wonders
of the modern world.
Culture and refinement
had arrived
on the east coast of America.
Caruso was singing Pagliacci
at the Met.
Arturo Toscanini was conducting.
The Barrymores were performing
and a Ziegfeld girl
was the rage.
of the 46 United States
was not so refined.
by the U.S. Army.
In Washington,
William Howard Taft...
was President
and life was comfortable.
In other parts of the country,
men were fighting each other
and the elements.
In the New York
department stores
a lady could buy maxis
and boots and live in style.
Out west,
they didn't think about style,
just living.
Eastern empire builders
the Morgans,
Vanderbilts, Carnegies.
There were empires
in the west, too,
such as
But these huge ranches
were held together
only by having
enough men and guns.
Notre Dame teams
were playing football
with end Knute Rockne
catching a forward pass.
In the Arizona Territory
another team,
the Arizona Rangers
were busy just trying
to keep the peace.
Anna Pavlova, prima ballerina
of the Russian ballet,
was dancing Swan Lake.
The dance hall girl in the
Klondike gold rush saloon
was somewhat different.
By 1909, still photographs
had come to life.
Motion pictures had been born
While that make-believe drama
was on the movie screens
nine men crossed the Rio Bravo
into Texas.
The turbulent years
between the Civil War
and the turn of the century
brought out the best
in some people
but in others,
it brought out the worst.
Example:
O'Brien,a half-breed Apache
born of a Chiricahua mother
and Irish father.
A professional gunfighter...
one of the last of his kind.
Pop Dawson...
rode with the James boys
in Kansas and Missouri.
Said to have murdered
more than a dozen men...
one for as little
as seven dollars.
Trooper... name unknown.
A back-shooter.
Considered a coward.
Reputed to have been
a cavalry soldier
sometime in the past
but not to the personal
knowledge of his confederates.
William Fain,
younger of the Fain brothers.
Favors a shotgun... a Greener...
at short range.
James William Duffy.
At age 14, killed his first man
who was an admirer
of his prostitute mother.
Dead shot with a rifle.
William Devries... young Billy.
Not quite 21.
This raid was thought
to have been
Walt Devries, his older brother
by 20 years.
He looks
more like an Iowa farmer
than a professional killer.
John Goodfellow...
may be the worst of them.
An indiscriminate killer.
Women, children,
no consequence at all.
Prefers to work close.
Favors a razor-edged machete.
John Fain... sometimes peace
officer and bounty hunter.
Served with distinction during
the Spanish-American War.
Professional soldier
thereafter.
Now between wars.
Currently banks,
trains, killings
and responsible for organizing
Morning, Pancho.
Good morning.
Child, you need some air.
Time to get up, Mr. Jeff.
Delilah, I'm naked.
I seen you naked
the day you was born
and many times
thereafter.
Riders coming.
Is you getting up?
Yes, ma'am.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Grab his head,
grab his head!
Come on, now, hold him,
hold him, hold him.
Hold him, hold him,
hold him.
Chico!
That boy.
Chico!
Chico!
Hey, hey, come on!
Now, I know you'd like
to see Mr. Stubby
ride that bronc again
but go fetch me them eggs
like I asked you to.
Go ahead, now.
Hurry up.
Huh...
Strangers coming.
Mr. Jeff will be
a little late.
You make sure you have
a half a dozen or so
fresh eggs for
him, Moses Brown.
I've already
done that, woman.
For Miss Martha.
I'll take care
of that, boy.
Yes, ma'am.
Why, this is ridiculous.
Breakfast, Miss Martha,
nice and hot.
Thank you, Delilah.
But it's hot.
Just a minute, Delilah.
Bert, this is nineteen
hundred and nine.
There... There just
can't be rustlers.
Can be, Miss McCandles.
I'm 42 years old, and I fought
It's just not
that long ago that...
Why, it's just 15 years ago,
himself, Mr. McCandles hung...
Your breakfast is
getting cold, Miss Martha.
the garden, Delilah.
Maria to cut them for me?
Yes'm.
You were saying, Bert?
I'm just saying, Miss McCandles
Mexican border to...
Spit.
Yes, ma'am, that close.
And we're losing
a lot of cattle.
All right, ma'am.
Oh, Bert?
There are some men
riding in.
We could use
some short help,
if you like
the look of them.
Yes, ma'am.
Hyah!
Whoa, whoa.
- Whoa...
- Try him again.
A ranch sure is
a deserted-looking place
during a roundup.
Can I help you men?
We heard
you was hiring.
Was.
But you're late.
Too late?
Afraid so.
Now, this place surely
does bespeak
of a great deal of money,
don't it?
Anything else I can do for you?
Trouble with money, though,
is that there's always somebody
wants to take it away from you.
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