3 Godfathers

How cute is this movie! John Wayne actually plays a good bad guy in it. He and two others ride into town with the intention of robbing the bank. A cute house catches their eye and the nice man who owns it happens to be out front...and turns out to be the marshal. They successfully rob the bank, but on the way out of town the kid gets shot in the shoulder. They start heading across the Arizona dessert in search of water, but the marshal and his men beat them to their destination, so they backtrack to another water source. Once there, they discover a disabled wagon with a pregnant woman inside. When her husband found the well was dry he blew it up seeking water below the surface. When that didn't work he set off on his own, but perished. The woman was in labor. She gave birth to a son, but she didn't live much beyond the delivery. She named her son after each of the three men, who she made his godfathers. They set out with the baby in tow, but by the time the end of their journey was in site, only John Wayne and the baby had survived. The marshal and his men finally caught up with them and brought John and the baby back to town. John was sentenced to one year and a day because he refused to break his promise to a dying woman and sign over custody to her aund and uncle, who happened to be the marshal and his wife. Great movie!