In Cold Blood
Don Carlos, his driver and two young men are on the trail heading to Bordertown. Don Carlos has
accused the two men of stealing money. He shoots one of them and the other confesses. The
marshal and the mountie are nearby and hear the shot, they hurry to the scene. Don Carlos sends
the second young man away and tells him to say nothing to the law.
Clive tells Carlos and the driver to drop
Jack recognizes the man who murdered
his family. He shoots Don Carlos in the arm.
Don Carlos and his driver are taken to Bordertown for questioning in the shooting of the
young man.
At Marie's, Don Carlos tells the mountie he was within his rights to shoot the young man who
stole from him. Clive tells him as soon as he is able to travel he must leave town.
Jack tells marie not to waste too much time doctorin'
"Soon as yer done I'm gonna kill 'im anyway."
Don Carlos tells Marie that "Your friend murdered my son".
She replies, "You killed his wife and little girl."
Carlos explains, that Jack's family was squatting on his land, "it was within my rights."
Clive tells Jack he has to put this behind him.
"Seven riders arrive in the middle of the night and shoot 'em dead in their beds, I come home ta
find their lifeless bodies....how am I supposed ta put it behind me?"
Later, Don Carlos is seen talking to the hitman he has hired to kill Craddock.
But Vince wants the money up front,
the money however, is locked in Jack's desk.
He runs into Craddock and strikes up a friendly conversation.
Vince tells Jack he is waiting for a job.
"Just waiting for the money to come through."
Clive escorts Don Carlos and his driver out of town as Jack rushes back to the detachment.
"Who stole the money? Bennett?"
Marie doesn't answer him. "Marie you fool!"
"There was a man waitin' on that money in the
saloon, now I gotta kill 'im, or him me."
Jack kills Don Carlos' hitman.
As Jack catches up to Clive (who is driving the wagon), he sees Don Carlos' dead body inside.
Three cheers for the mountie!
Get yer kleenex's out compadre's - here it comes!
Jack is looking at a picture of his wife and daughter as he tells Marie and Clive about his family.
"I was 25 years old when I married Juanita, her smile alone washed away everythin' I saw in the
Civil war. Then Sarah Ann came along and, Well, Jack Craddock coulda up and died and gone
ta heaven right there and then. She woulda been a pretty woman now. Knowin' he's dead don't
make it any easier, my heart still falls everytime I thinka them."
their weapons.
Clive must restrain the marshal.
Don Carlos wants his money...Jack refuses.
"The woodpecker here plays it by the book, but if ya
care ta cross that line...we can discuss it." he tells
Don Carlos, as he pats the gun at his side.
Vince decides to spend some time in the saloon while Don Carlos figures out how to get his
money back.
Meanwhile, Marie jimmies the lock on Jack's desk.
She hopes Don Carlos will leave town when his money
is returned to him.
But Don Carlos has other ideas!
Just then, a saloon girl sets a money bag on
the table and tells Jack's new friend that
"This money has just arrived for you."
Jack recognizes the pouch and knows what the money is for.
Clive tells Don Carlos he will escort him from Bordertown, and he must leave town immediately.
.....and back at the saloon.......
Grabbing his rifle and shells, he turns to see Marie.
Jack corners Vince in the livery stable.
Meanwhile Clive is in trouble. Don Carlos
and his driver have turned their guns on him.
......back in Bordertown........
And goes after Clive.
Unknown to the marshal, Clive has taken
control of the situation.
Later that evening, the three friends gather at the detachment.
Craddock tells his friends he'd like to be
"left alone fer a spell."
Jack  presses the photo of his family against his lips and tries to hold back his tears.
They bid him goodnight and leave.
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