Joe: Now you listen to me, the time for gun-blastin"" a man off of his own place is past.They""re building a penitentiary right now that...Marion, wearing man""s trousers, emerges from the house and calms her husband""s harsh words.Meanwhile, Shane has come onto he scene from behind the frontier house, and confidently and with calm authority defends Starrett by standing next to him.[Note: The director""s name was given an alternate American spelling, OPULS, in the credits, as in his other American films of the 40s.You know, you""re like me.You want different things.You""ve got somethin"" better than bein"" a waitress.You and me travelin"" ogether, we could cut a path clean across this state and Kansas and Missouri and Oklahoma and everybody""d know about it.From outside, a gunshot was heard off-screen from inside he mansion, and an unidentified figure staggered out, dropped the gun, and collapsed onto the estate""s driveway." There will only be minimal artillery support so as not to alert the enemy to a full-scale advance.Dax wishes all of his officers good luck and expresses his confidence in them.Two privates in their quarters talk about their chances of survival and fears, more afraid of getting hurt by high explosives or bayonets than dying.