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Trigger Fingers (1939)
Approved | 54 min | Western | 1 November 1939 (USA)
Marshal and his men disguise themselves as gypsies to catch a gang of cattle thieves.
Director: Sam Newfield
Writer: Basil Dickey (original story and screenplay)
Stars: Tim McCoy, Ben Corbett, Harley Wood
Approved | 54 min | Western | 1 November 1939 (USA)
Marshal and his men disguise themselves as gypsies to catch a gang of cattle thieves.
Director: Sam Newfield
Writer: Basil Dickey (original story and screenplay)
Stars: Tim McCoy, Ben Corbett, Harley Wood
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10:59I got an idea. Send Maggie in here.
11:03Margaret's the name.
11:07Listen, you two, if you want to get along with me, stop calling me Maggie.
11:12All right, Margaret. Now, here's the situation.
11:17We've got a line on that Lassen County gang we've been trying to land and we're leaving for the west.
11:21Mr. Carson, you seem to forget that my vacation was supposed to start today. Remember?
11:28Yeah, I remember.
11:30Oh, but listen, Ma... Margaret.
11:33It's only going to take a few days and then you can go ahead...
11:35And then I can take my vacation, hmm?
11:37Sure.
11:39Well, all right. When do we start?
11:42Can you get packed for that three o'clock train?
11:49And for once in your life, try to be on time, Maggie.
11:58Ha, ha, ha!
12:28Well, you wanted to be a government agent, didn't you? Don't kick about your job, Maggie.
12:58Here we go.
13:29Hello, Jesse.
13:30Hello, Jerry.
13:32Have you learned anything yet?
13:34Uh, not yet. How's your dad?
13:37Oh, he's all right. But he's sort of mad at law enforcement in this county.
13:42Yeah, well, we got a clue this time. That horse they lost belonged to the government.
13:46Oh, yeah? Well, what good is that going to do me?
13:50Good morning, Mr. Bolton.
13:51So, you think a government horse is a clue, do you?
13:53Yes, sir.
13:54Well, you didn't find my money in the saddlebags, did you?
13:56Uh, no, sir. But, uh, that horse makes it a federal job.
13:59We've already sent the saddle to the federal bureau for fingerprinting.
14:02Fingerprinting?
14:03Yeah.
14:04Well, bandits ain't caught by fingerprints.
14:06They're caught by hard writing and straight shooting.
14:08And you and that sheriff can't do neither.
14:10By the time you get word back from them fingerprints,
14:13you'll be in trouble.
14:14Oh, yeah?
14:15Yeah.
14:16And you and that sheriff can't do neither.
14:18By the time you get word back from them fingerprints,
14:21that gang will be on the other end of the county
14:23robbing some other suckers who've been helping to pay your salaries.
14:29Watch this coming.
14:42Gypsy!
14:44That's a polite way of saying horse thieves.
14:47We ain't only got bandits running wild through the country,
14:50but now prowlers are cluttering up the roads.
14:54Well, come on. Let's see what they want.
14:58How do you do?
15:03Hey, what are you folks doing here?
15:05Have you got a license to sell things?
15:07Oh, we got nothing to sell.
15:09We'd trade you a horse to tell your fortune, but we sell nothing.
15:13Oh, we don't want no horses, and we don't want our fortunes told.
15:16Well, I want my fortune told.
15:18Now, look here.
15:19Move on.
15:21Well, if you don't want us around here, of course we'll go on our way.
15:24Don't be silly, Jerry. These people aren't doing any harm.
15:28Will you tell my fortune?
15:30Well, of course, if you want your fortune told,
15:32I'd be glad to tell him.
15:33Rosita, you get her the card.
15:39Ha!
15:42A young lady like you should have a very good fortune.
15:50Don't be grumpy, Dad.
15:52Give her a dollar, a silver one.
15:54You know, a fortune's no good if you don't cross your palm with silver.
15:59The more money, the better this fortune may be.
16:09Ah, now for the good fortune.
16:12To begin, for the lady's fortune, I must give each of you gentlemen a card,
16:16and you will remember the name on the card.
16:18For you, the King of Hearts. That's a very good card.
16:23Remember him.
16:27For you, sir, here's the Ten of Diamonds.
16:30That's a very good card.
16:32That means lots of money.
16:35And for you, mister.
16:39Now, he's not so good.
16:41You must be very, very careful.
16:46Now, for the young lady.
16:48Aha! The Queen of Diamonds, huh?
16:51That's a very good card. Your fortune should be very good.
16:56Now, when I started to tell the fortune for the young lady in order to help her,
17:00each person must concentrate his thought on the card he's holding in his hand now.
17:07Now, for the starting of the fortune,
17:09we must all put this card back on the top of the deck.
17:13Oh, please. Thank you.
17:19On the top of the deck, please.
17:36Now, this card is put on the bottom, and then the deck is shuffled.
17:44Now, this fortune should be very good.
17:48From the card you'll get the first time, young lady.
17:57The card's telling me you're in love with a very handsome man.
18:06But there are many things in the way for your happiness.
18:37Oh, no.
18:51Oh, 310.
19:03No. No sign of G-man.
19:06Well, the deputy's hanging around the girl.
19:12No. Nothing's been discovered.
19:15Well, there's an outfit of horse-trading gypsies here now.
19:18They've got some likely looking stock.
19:20They might pay you to take them over.
19:23All right, we'll look them over.
19:24Now, remember, if you see anyone who looks like a federal man, get word to me quick.
19:28If you can't phone, grab a horse.
19:30Right.
19:32And that is all of the fortune.
19:34And it is very nice.
19:35It's very nice of you to say that, even if it isn't true.
19:38Oh, but it is true.
19:39The cards always speak the truth.
19:41That's a lot of nonsense.
19:46I think maybe it's time to go now.
19:48We'll make the camp for dark.
19:50That's all right.
19:51Well, good-bye.
19:52Wait a minute. You get in the way.
19:54I'll take care of the cards.
19:56Good-bye.
19:57Good-bye.
19:58Good-bye.
19:59Good-bye.
20:00Good-bye.
20:08John!
20:11Good-bye.
20:12Good-bye.
20:24You'd better keep your eye on that crew, young fellow.
20:27I don't expect you to catch a bandit,
20:29but you can ride herd on that outfit till you get them out of sight of this ranch.
20:44You heard what the gypsy said.
20:46I'd find obstacles.
20:47Ah, that doesn't mean a thing.
20:49Don't you worry about that.
20:50I'll see you later.
20:57Good-bye.
21:22What did you find out, Magpie?
21:24Well, the guy was fooling somebody.
21:26That's what he said.
21:27I don't think it was very important to him.
21:32We'll find out as soon as that kid deputy quits following us.
21:53Fine mess you got us into, Johnson.
21:55Now we gotta lay hid out here on the crown of that horse.
21:58Well, don't blame me.
21:59You told me to let him go.
22:01Anyhow, the chief's crazy.
22:02There's no news of any federal men coming in.
22:26Nice watch you keep here.
22:28If I was the law, you'd all be caught flat-footed.
22:33Any news of the G-men yet?
22:35Not yet, but I think there's...
22:36I knew there was a lot of hooey.
22:38Quiet, you.
22:39Oh, Crane called me.
22:41Said there was a gypsy outfit headed this way from Bolton's place.
22:44Said there were horse traders with some likely-looking animals in tow.
22:48Good horses, eh?
22:49You want us to pick them up?
22:51No, that's just the point.
22:53These gypsy outfits don't have good horses.
22:55Something phony about this bunch.
22:58I want you two to meet them on the road.
23:01Tell them you got some horses to trade.
23:02Bring them up here.
23:03What, bring them up here?
23:05To the hideout?
23:06Why not?
23:08They're not gonna leave again once they get here.
23:12Well, there's nothing on the old man here.
23:14Let me see that ten of diamonds.
23:17That's the deputy's card.
23:19Oh.
23:27Ah, that's a good print.
23:28Well, it would be.
23:30But I wish you'd watch the road and see that nobody slips up on us.
23:33Well, I'm afraid I can't.
23:35I'm afraid I can't.
23:37Well, it would be.
23:38But I wish you'd watch the road and see that nobody slips up on us.
23:41All right, Lightning.
23:43Well, let me see that other one.
23:44It was Jack of Clubs.
23:48That's that cowhand's card.
23:50Ah.
23:51Well, we ought to get something there.
23:54I've got a funny hunch about that fella.
23:55Mm-hmm.
23:57No.
23:59No connection at all.
24:01I thought sure we had something there in that cowhand, but...
24:04Well, just from the looks of him, I still think the guy's in on it.
24:17Hey, Chief.
24:18Did somebody come in here?
24:19No.
24:20No.
24:21No.
24:22No.
24:23No.
24:24Hey, Chief.
24:25There's somebody coming.
24:26Oh.
24:27Here, get this stuff away.
24:40Who is it?
24:41Who does he look like?
24:42Looks like a couple cowboys.
24:43Ah.
24:55Oh.
25:06Good day, gentlemen.
25:07Is there maybe something I can do for you?
25:09Maybe tell you a fortune?
25:10Ah, no fortunes.
25:11Just want to look at your horses.
25:12Might make you trade.
25:13Oh, sure.
25:14That's the thing for the gypsy, all the time trading the horses.
25:17You know we are going to be here?
25:19Sure.
25:20Now, how do we know you're coming here?
25:22Well, we stop in many places.
25:24News of a horse trader travels pretty fast, and maybe somebody told you.
25:27Ah, nobody told us anything.
25:29Are these plugs for sale?
25:30Oh, sure.
25:31We trade them.
25:32We sell them.
25:33We...
25:34We gamble for them.
25:35You know the gypsy way.
25:36Gamble, eh?
25:37That's an idea.
25:38But not here on the road.
25:39We got a little shack back up on the hills a piece.
25:42Well, all right.
25:43You show the way.
25:44All right.
25:45Follow us.
25:47They walked right into that without a bit of trouble.
25:52Better get a fresh deck of cards.
25:54We're going to work again, Maggie.
25:57Margaret's the name.
26:10Be there.
26:23Come on.
26:36Say, Jeff, go outside and see if you can see anything of the boys.
26:52All right.
27:14Johnson and Mort are coming up the road with the gypsies following them.
27:17Good.
27:19Get all the horses back into the brush.
27:21Stay out of sight until they're inside,
27:23then sneak back quietly and cover both doors.
27:48All right.
28:19Your plugs ain't so good, gypsy, but we'll play it for them anyway.
28:22Them two against the Bronx for a ridin'.
28:25You think you will win, eh?
28:27Maybe I better tell you your fortune before we started to play the cards, huh?
28:30Never mind the fortune.
28:31Come on inside.
28:43Sit down.
28:44Sit down.
28:47Cold hands.
28:48First to win three takes the stock, all right?
28:51It's all right for me.
28:56Look, just at the moment.
28:58I cut the cards, eh?
29:03Yeah, that'll make it more better.
29:14All right.
29:36Well, what have you got?
29:38I got the three sevens.
29:40I got three tens.
29:44I got three queens.
29:52I'm very sorry, but I got all four from one kind.
29:58Well, that beats me.
29:59Three queens.
30:01You don't have so good luck, huh?
30:04Maybe you better let him deal next time.
30:10Well, that's the way with the cards, gentlemen.
30:11You never can tell.
30:12Maybe he's good, maybe he's bad.
30:13This kind of stuff.
30:16Ah, why'd you...
30:17Oh, excuse me.
30:18I'm so used to cutting from him, you know.
30:22Listen, Jeff.
30:23Those gypsies in there are phony.
30:25What do you mean?
30:26Well, the woman's keeping tab on every hand that's held.
30:29Well, what for?
30:31The fingerprints, you chump.
30:34You mean to tell me that they have the law?
30:36I told you we'd have the government down here, didn't I?
30:38Come on.
30:42I'm very sorry, gentlemen, but...
30:45I got at least two pairs.
30:47Beats me.
30:48Some luck.
30:49That'll make two hands that I'm winning.
30:50One more, and these horses, she's mine.
30:54Ah, just a minute.
30:55It's my turn for the dealing.
31:12All right.
31:35All right.
31:42All right.
32:12All right.
32:22Get Maggie out of here.
32:23All right.
32:26Let's get out of here, Maggie.
32:37Get up.
32:42Come on.
33:00Come on.
33:01Don't let him get away.
33:13Hey!
33:14Get those horses.
33:15We can catch them before they've gone a mile.
33:17Wait a minute.
33:19I got an idea.
33:21Come on inside.
33:26Come here.
33:29You see that?
33:32I don't want to bother them.
33:33This is as dead as a mackerel.
33:36Why can't we pin a murder rap on these gypsies?
33:39That's no good.
33:41If they're government men, no jury will ever convict them.
33:44Maybe it'll never reach a jury.
33:46Suppose I raise a posse of honest ranchers to run them down.
33:49If they get shot down resisting arrest,
33:51it's nobody's fault but their own.
34:10All right, boys.
34:11Give me a hand.
34:39Hand me that identification check, will you?
35:04There you are, Mort.
35:06Evidence that'll catch the man that drilled you.
35:09You two beat it back to hideout.
35:11While I raise a posse to run down a murderer.
35:28Give me the first one there, Margaret.
35:31Your best bet is the queens for the tall one
35:33and the jacks and tens for the others.
35:39All right.
35:50Looks as though we've got something here.
35:53This thumbprint corresponds with the one found in the cavalry saddle.
35:56Right, that's the short one.
35:58Yeah, he had three tens and me with three sevens.
36:02That's the guy you gunned.
36:04Try the queens.
36:05Yeah, and he beat me too.
36:10Come on, get going.
36:14This ties in that whole mob that jumped us back there.
36:17Now that makes it just dandy.
36:19And you and me without a gun.
36:21Well, we'll get them.
36:26You know, that good-looking fellow that came out of the back room
36:28must be the leader of that outfit.
36:30I'm gonna ride to Bolton's and get a description of the men that held him up.
36:33And you head to town with that evidence.
36:34And don't stop till you get there.
36:35Fetch me a gun, will you?
36:36I'll feel half-naked.
36:39Come on, Maggie, let's get going.
36:41The name's Margaret.
37:07What's wrong, Chief?
37:08Federal men after us.
37:09Mort's been killed.
37:10Why, how did that happen?
37:11Quiet.
37:12Pack this horse and back up my play inside.
37:26Hello, Lee.
37:27What are you all keyed up about?
37:28Listen, Bolton, there's been another holdup.
37:30With murder this time.
37:32I found the body of Mort Hodges from over Pecos Way,
37:34line side of the road.
37:35Where was this?
37:36Same game, I bet.
37:37I don't know.
37:38There'd been a fight around some sort of a wagon.
37:40The dead man had a bright scarf clutched in his hand.
37:42A wagon?
37:43A bright scarf.
37:44I know, the gypsies.
37:46Gypsies?
37:47What gypsies?
37:48Three of them, two men and a woman.
37:50They were here this morning telling fortunes.
37:52They had a wagon and several horses.
37:54They all had bright scarves.
37:55I knew they were up to no good the minute I laid eyes on them.
37:58Especially that one with the mustache.
38:00There was a bad ombre if I ever saw one.
38:03I told you not to have that bunch hanging around this country.
38:06All right, Dad, you win.
38:07I'll telephone the sheriff's office.
38:09Hold on, Jessie.
38:10Jerry Walsh has been chasing bandits for six months now without results.
38:13We don't want his help.
38:15He's right, Miss Jessie.
38:16Walsh hasn't caught a single bandit.
38:18That's nonsense.
38:19This is Jerry's job and...
38:20No, it's our job.
38:21Now I'll telephone some of the boys and we'll round up that gang of gypsies in no time.
38:28Ruro, 268.
38:30Tell them to meet us at Devil's Bend.
38:32I'll show them where it happened.
38:33Come on, saddle up.
38:34I'll need a fresh horse.
38:36Sorry about the boyfriend, Jessie.
38:37We'll catch his murderer for him.
38:43Dad, you can't do this.
38:44Jerry's the representative of the law.
38:46I know it.
38:47And you're the only catch he's made since he was appointed.
38:50Now, hello, Joe.
38:52Say, listen.
39:00Now, listen, Crane.
39:01Get this straight.
39:02This officer doesn't get a chance to speak a word after we catch up to him.
39:06It's a case where we thought they were going to shoot and we beat them to it.
39:09The woman, too?
39:13What do you think?
39:15Okay.
39:32Sheriff's office, please.
40:02Sheriff's office.
40:06Oh, hello Jesse.
40:10What's that?
40:14Yes, murder. Those gypsies.
40:18No, no, you come on out here first and I'll tell you what to do.
40:22Right.
40:32Okay.
41:02Anybody
41:06who's at home here?
41:18Mr. Bolton, I...
41:22Put up your hands.
41:26Mr. Bolton, I...
41:31If you come a step
41:35toward me, I'll blow you right through that door.
41:39By George, I believe you would. But you've got me all wrong this time. Shut up.
41:43I've got you just right. Sit down there in that chair.
41:47Now, if you'll just relax, the Sheriff will be here to take care of you.
42:11There he is.
42:15There he is. Just so found him.
42:19Bolton, you saw the gypsies. See if you ever had a look at that scarf in his hand before.
42:23Sure did.
42:27Gypsy woman had it tied around her head. I noticed it in particular.
42:31Well, that and these wagon tracks ought to be about all the evidence we'll need.
42:35You're right. Salam, stay here and guard the body.
42:45Well, I suppose
42:49I might as well admit who I am.
42:53I'm a gypsy.
42:57I'm a gypsy.
43:01I'm a gypsy.
43:05I'm a gypsy.
43:09I'm a gypsy.
43:13I might as well admit who I am. I'm Captain Carson of the Department of Justice.
43:17Oh, yeah? Sure, I'll show you my credentials. Keep your hands up.
43:21That's a swell story. And I suppose that girl who was
43:25riding around with you was Mary, Queen of Scots.
43:29Wouldn't she love to hear that? But listen, Miss Bolton, I've got a lot
43:33of work to attend to and you're holding me up. You're keeping me here when I ought to be...
43:43Look out!
43:47What are you going to do?
43:51Try to keep you a little horse sense. Maybe that'll convince you.
44:03Drop that gun, gypsy.
44:07Don't shoot, Jerry. It's Lightning Carson.
44:11Yeah, that's
44:15certainly right.
44:19What's all this stuff about the gypsies murdering somebody?
44:23That's what I'd like to know.
44:35Looks like they turned off this way.
44:39Come on.
44:43I wanted to call the sheriff's office, but Burt Lee said that the ranchers
44:47had better handle it themselves. Is this fellow Lee by any chance a dark,
44:51good-looking sort of fellow? Yes. Sure, that's him. Why?
44:55Well, he's the leader of your bandit gang. He was with that outfit that jumped me.
44:59Don't you see now why they didn't want to call the law? They didn't want us arrested.
45:03They want to shoot us down. Now, my assistants are carrying the evidence.
45:07If they're headed for town, there's a better chance we might catch them on the south road by heading through Dead Horse Gap.
45:11Have you got an extra gun on you? Right here. Well, give it to me. Come on.
45:15Why don't you slow down? There's nobody here.
45:19Now, why don't you slow down?
45:23Well, I'm trying.
45:27There's nobody here.
45:31I'm trying to watch this.
45:35I'm trying to watch this.
45:39I'm trying to watch this.
45:43Why don't you slow down? There's nobody following us.
45:46Yeah? Carthy said to keep these floods moving. He didn't mean to stop in the thick of it.
45:52Get at them!
46:13This way!
46:43There they go!
47:10You'd better get back in the wagon.
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50:02You see anybody. Not yet.
50:17When I hear horses horse get ready don't give me a chance.
50:21Say. That horse has no right.
50:31Hey it's some kind of a trick.
50:32I'm sorry to break in on you boys like this.
50:54Good going.
50:54Chief you got them all.
50:56Well Jerry they're your prisoners.
50:58Time up.
50:58Thanks.
51:00What about Maggie.
51:01Oh she's all right.
51:03But say we had a swell time trying to convince both in that party just who we
51:07were.
51:08That meant for Jerry there we'd have been that who's gal.
51:13We never could have done this without Jerry's help.
51:15He's going to make a fine lawman.
51:17Don't encourage him.
51:19He's hard enough to get along with now.
51:20Besides Jesse is going to have to live with him all the rest of her life.
51:26Mr Carson why don't you stay here for a few days.
51:29Sort of a vacation you know.
51:31I'm sure you deserve one.
51:33Sure light and stick around a few days.
51:35I could use a few pointers on law enforcement.
51:39Well as a matter of fact I've already wired the department telling them the
51:41case is closed.
51:43But we're going to stay here several days longer.
51:45That's what you think.
51:48Given the bad news Magpie.
51:50Listen to this chief.
51:51Agent Lewis murdered at Twin Peaks.
51:54Head for there at once.
51:55We'll wire full particulars.
51:57Signed Robert.
51:58Now what do you think of that?
52:02There you are.
52:03See how it happens in this business.
52:05Yeah and when do I get my vacation?
52:07Oh well listen honey this will just take a few days and then you can.
52:10And then I get my vacation.
52:13Sure.
52:14Well when do we leave?
52:16You think you could be packed to catch that three o'clock train?
52:18Let's get out of here Maggie.
52:20Margaret's the name.
52:24Attagirl Maggie.
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