Tell me you haven't melted
(SCOFFS)
The Union Pacific provides
the Central Pacific
I agreed to hold a ceremony
at the location
Collis
is a dessert spoon.
You think my
are insufficient
I think you'd rather not
in front of 200 of
(DURANT CHUCKLES)
(EXHALES)
(GROANS)
(BOTTLE ROLLS)
(SNORING)
Mr. Lee?
Wake up. Translate that.
(SIGHS) Need sleep
(GROANS)
Translate.
Address.
In Ningpo.
An address?
China?
Ribbed with iron
clad in silver
this spike will wed the oceans.
Telegraphs
in every major city
will buzz to life
America's transcontinental
At the fall of my hammer
the operator will tap out
The message?
One word...
Done.
Whiskey.
MICKEY: You don't need
(GROANS) Hair of the dog.
- Give the man a drink!
What'd you say?
For the love of Josephine
- Whiskey damn it.
And we don't serve C.P. here.
Call me traitor again.
It's over
All right?
Except the side of whiskey.
Just give him a drink
Ah
I told you all
and there ain't no C.P.
Oi
Job or no job
Your pasty Mic ass'd
still be down a mine shaft
PSALMS: Call me traitor again.
Keep your voices down.
I don't work for you
You mean the winning side?
Hand to God
the next man
I swear I'll throttle him.
Whiskey.
(GRUNTS)
(CLAMORING)
(BRASS BAND PLAYING)
(APPLAUSE)
(GRUNTING)
(SILENCE)
(MUSIC RESUMES)
(APPLAUSE)
Thank you
(GUNSHOT)
What the hell is this all about?
Mr. Bohannon?
Mick?
I...
(LAUGHING)
(ALL LAUGHING)
Hell if we know.
Congress requests your
to testify against Thomas Durant
on charges of bribery
Well
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
I ain't going to Washington.
You've been summoned
You tell Congress
Supplies to send West...
The railroad is finished.
President Grant is determined
to see all those
over its building punished
to the full extent of the law.
Uh-huh.
You're not yet an old man
but you are no longer young.
I advise you to reflect
on what it is you decide
whose company you
Your subsequent venture
will likely determine
A subpoena is not a request.
A cavalry escort can be
(DOOR OPENS)
I'm buying out your stake
But I'm not selling.
I've been indicted.
News will hit
I want no record
of your involvement
I helped build
You're associated
I'm compelled to cut ties.
(SCOFFS)
Your stock value by tomorrow
Stick around
I've buried bodies for you.
(SIGHS)
I hope you don't want
I'm not your father.
I hope you hang.
(SNICKERS)
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
Eva
Sheets don't wash themselves
Need all the girls
Tricks'll dry up soon
Hey!
You want a roll
Oh
That's my editor from
He's very interested in you.
I ain't on the menu.
No
He wants me to help you
Folks don't wanna read
It would be a story
and folks will love it.
Folks will love you.
That ain't been my experience.
This could be a way in for you.
Into what?
Society.
If that's what you want.
Or anything
A best-selling authoress
Slow down
I need you back in San Francisco
as soon as you're finished
That well's deeper
Careful you don't fall in.
They're interested in Durant
No
Once they've chewed
they'll come sniffing after us.
I'm ahead of that problem.
It was you
in the C.P. Depot
I got something for you.
To commemorate the Golden Spike.
Only four like it in the world.
Go ahead
you've earned it.
Once you're back
we'll get started on
- Shortline?
She doesn't have the romance
but don't write her off.
She's just the beginning.
Plenty of roads to build yet.
Oh
Railroad man
- CONDUCTOR: All aboard!
(CONDUCTOR SHOUTING
(BELL DINGING)
(TRAIN RATTLING)
(BELL TOLLING)
Thank you
MAN: Mr. Bohannon?
Archibald Romans
I'm here to invite you to President
I ain't much for galas.
In celebration of the
I come to testify
The President has asked for
Grant knows I'm in town?
Your stay at the Willard Hotel
Might I suggest you get
and cleaned up
- (CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
I assume you've been
at this circus tomorrow.
I'm not at liberty to discuss
Congratulations on driving
I stand accused of bribing
That's officials like you.
Now
we're all in this
You've been away
You're poison in this town.
And very much in this alone.
Now
Now these hands...
Have built things.
Ma'am.
You're Cullen Bohannon
The man of the hour.
Quite an accomplishment
Thank you ma'am.
You're more handsome
You must tell me everything
They say it isn't safe
for a respectable woman.
I'm sorry.
I'm not in the right place.
Margaret
Oh
And he's hopeless without you
Can't begrudge poor
That's her husband.
Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
Damn impressed
on the railroad
Ten miles in a single day
Well
You've the guts and countenance
of a good soldier
Who did you serve?
I rode under General
Confederate.
That's right.
Shit
Had you outnumbered
but God damn
one hell of a steeplechase.
Where I come from
to more than a steeplechase
Come over here
I want you to meet
who built ten miles of
To Mr. Cullen Bohannon...
Toughest whoop-ass on
(ALL LAUGHING)
Thank you.
He looks at me and he says
- Oh
Mr. Bohannon.
You've met the Colonel
Bohannon here was just
between a blood hound
I got that right
Good enough for a Yankee.
Have you boys heard how to tell
a good Yankee from a bad one?
Mr. Bohannon?
Why
All the good Yankees go home.
Let's go get some real food.
Yes
Ah.
Oh
Go ahead
Those frilled dainties
aren't fit to feed men.
Mmm.
'Coffee'?
(LAUGHS)
Mmm-mmm.
Now
if you brought me down here
Oh
from Doc Durant.
Bad fruit left over from
I don't need your help
- We just here for the coffee then?
(INHALES SHARPLY AND EXHALES)
I'd like to make you a Colonel
You'd be the Undersecretary
for the United States Army.
Your job would be to protect
from all present threats.
- You mean Indians.
Cutthroats and train robbers.
Cattle rustlers along
And
I ain't no Indian killer.
You're smart enough to prevent
and not afraid to get your
You'd report to the
Sounds like you're asking me
I'm asking you to wear
Your country needs you
Don't deny who you are.
I'm a railroad man.
Bullshit.
You're a soldier.
Lost without a war to fight.
Ah
I've got to go make a speech.
Think it over.
Yes
(SIGHS)
(SCOFFS AND CHUCKLES)
(SIGHS)
A backwards rebel right at
I never thought I'd see the day.
Ain't nobody more surprised
Never thought I'd see the day
back to Hell on Wheels.
They've turned a Senator.
Several
I don't know who
will squeal loud and clear.
Mmm.
You've gotten outta tighter
Grant needs a scapegoat.
I'm out of allies.
Maggie Palmer was right.
She was a good woman.
I loved her.
They brought me here to testify.
Say whatever you want.
Enjoy your newfound favor
because it will be over
Those men you were
they're not your friends.
They'll bleed you dry
toss you out with
(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
I came to cash out my 10%.
I've got a big labor contract
I thought you'd come along.
I ain't a labor contractor.
Well
Hell
I've big plans
We're only expanding.
We ran a good enterprise.
I'll always be thankful
But we're bad
Josie...
- Shea...
Come to San Francisco.
We stick together
before one of us devours
and you know it.
Here you go then.
Good luck to you.
Me leaving's the closest thing
Sounds like you've
Don't go sour on me.
See yourself away.
(DOOR OPENS)
The President will see you now.
Property
You've reached a decision.
Perfect fit.
Anything else
No. No
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
(SIGHS)
Your name and title
Cullen Bohannon.
Stake-holder
Central Pacific Railroad.
Your current title
Colonel
I'll cut right to it
Have you ever witnessed
an elected official a bribe
in form of stock
for favorable legislation?
The transcontinental railroad
could not have been built
That wasn't an answer.
I'll ask again.
As a former employee
did Thomas Durant
or offer any bribes
The transcontinental railroad could not
Mr. Bohannon
before this committee
We have a dozen Senators
saying Thomas Durant
are you disputing their
The fact I know to be true
is that the transcontinental
could not have been built
This committee has the authority
You have the right
but that won't change the fact
that the transcontinental railroad
- without...
Thank you
ED: The lecture circuit won't
First stop
But the book isn't written yet.
The book will come
In the meantime
LOUISE: Maybe we should
Yes. Walk us through it
You were headed West
when you were attacked
- Yavapai.
It was...
(SIGHS)
We was attacked by Yavapai.
Apache.
Then they traded me
for three blankets and a horse.
Three blankets and a horse.
The price of a human soul.
Great detail. Possible title.
- Remember that
So
No. Not exactly.
(CHUCKLING)
They...
Everyone had marks but...
The point is to let Mrs. Toole
tell her story in her own words.
Go ahead
We won't interrupt.
It was hard at first
because I missed my momma.
But then I had me a Mojave...
Had me a Mojave sister and...
I'm sorry
(STUTTERS) But
it indicates you...
Saved from what?
(SCOFFS)
From a life of savagery
The marked face and the dress
we can't have one
Not now
I can't do this.
Eva
No
The railroad is finished
What else will you do?
This is the best that
(SCOFFS)
Oh
I'm sorry. I...
I love you
But I promised myself
I'm done whoring.
Good luck in Chicago.
(GUNSHOT)
You're one hell of a shot.
Plenty of practice.
Too bad for the Apache.
That's where you're
Arizona territory?
Ship out tomorrow.
Apache women are
Fornicate like rabbits
you barely have to force them.
Got myself a few trap
had 'em stitched
No.
It ain't that kind
Just bringin' a couple
Grant tell you that?
He's a politician
You're a killer.
You know what happens
Got to go see to the wife
Keep up with my conjugal duties
lest she turn to the postman.
You got yourself a girl?
That's for the best.
Don't worry about
You'll ship out
blam
Nothing better.
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
PRIEST: Bless you
How long has it been
Are you a soldier?
It's all right
No man is without sin
Do you seek salvation?
Do you wish to be saved?
(SNIFFLING)
(LAUGHING)
Thank you.
Thomas Durant will invoke
as secured by the constitution
Mr. Durant
corroborating the charges
am I clear you are choosing
unanswered by you here today?
Mmm-hmm.
As is your constitutional right
so long as you're aware
will remember Thomas Durant
The record of history?
That's right
My client will invoke
The record of history
the handful of overfed
who choose to write it.
I'm not interested in
Mr. Durant
I am interested in reality.
Not the one bandied
but the one I witnessed
Five years ago
the American people
cried out into the darkness
to the void for an answer.
Americans needed a dream
and I gave them one.
A transcontinental railroad
- this nation and its people.
Dreams don't come pretty
they don't come clean
and they sure as hell don't
They come true.
Truth delivered by lies
and dreams made reality by
1
that is what I delivered!
Track upon which thousands
carrying on their axles
Final Destination
DURANT: Drawn by
darkening the landscape
announcing to the world
that we are a great people who
Yet the American people
driven by their cowardly
are in need of a villain.
And so here I sit
elected by you
to play my part...
The part of the scapegoat.
The patsy.
so that men sitting in this room
can lay their sins upon my back
and claim they themselves
Men enjoying immunity while
of those who
to make manifest
Blood has been spilt.
Lives have been lost.
Men have been ruined.
I saw it
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