Action / Thriller / Drama (1938) 74 minutes ~ Black & White (aka The Mysterious Rider)
Ben Wade and his partner Frosty return to Bellounds' ranch where twenty years earlier Wade was wanted for murder. Unrecognized, he gets a job on the ranch and soon becomes involved in Folsom's cattle rustling and a chance to settle an old score.
Director: Lesley Selander
Writers: Maurice Geraghty (screenplay), Zane Grey (characters)
Stars: Douglass Dumbrille, Sidney Toler, Russell Hayden
Ben Wade and his partner Frosty return to Bellounds' ranch where twenty years earlier Wade was wanted for murder. Unrecognized, he gets a job on the ranch and soon becomes involved in Folsom's cattle rustling and a chance to settle an old score.
Director: Lesley Selander
Writers: Maurice Geraghty (screenplay), Zane Grey (characters)
Stars: Douglass Dumbrille, Sidney Toler, Russell Hayden
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00:00:30I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm
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00:02:00to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here,
00:02:05I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you
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00:02:20I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you
00:02:25out of here, aren't you forgetting something? You robbed me and you'll regret it.
00:02:32Well, I never went in for robbing the passengers but it ain't a bad idea.
00:02:39Here you, tie that on my saddle.
00:02:52Keep them up.
00:02:55Okay.
00:02:56Okay.
00:02:57Okay.
00:02:58Okay.
00:02:59Okay.
00:03:30All right, get back in that line if I was you, son.
00:03:51You don't want to take a pot shot to him.
00:04:05Now let go.
00:04:06Get in there.
00:04:07Let's get out of here.
00:04:08We don't want to see you all day.
00:04:09He might come back.
00:04:10I don't know what's the matter with my muffins lately.
00:04:24They don't seem to puff up right.
00:04:26You're not a bad puffer again.
00:04:30I ain't hungry.
00:04:32What's wrong?
00:04:33I just can't eat my own cooking.
00:04:36I lose my appetite.
00:04:43Your pickings are pretty slim in this part of the country.
00:04:45Yeah, and after us waiting for two hours for that stage to come by.
00:04:52Billings.
00:04:55Jack Billings.
00:04:56That's his name.
00:04:57I told you I'd seen that young fuzz tail somewhere before.
00:05:00Where was it?
00:05:04I disremember exactly.
00:05:05Come on.
00:05:06Well, I didn't get a real plain look at him.
00:05:10He's one of them mean kind of looking fuzzies.
00:05:12Where was it?
00:05:13Calaboose, up at Denver.
00:05:16So he's been to prison, eh?
00:05:19Well, he always was an ordinary little brat.
00:05:23Say, I thought you always claimed that the law never caught up with you.
00:05:28I was only there best in a friend.
00:05:31Say, how'd you come to know him?
00:05:34His dad was the foreman of my ranch before I hit the trail.
00:05:39Last I heard of him, he was still running it.
00:05:43I wonder how old White Slide's ranch is getting on, anyway.
00:05:47You ain't aiming to go back.
00:05:49Well, 20 years on the trail has altered my looks considerable.
00:05:53You got a murder charge hanging over you.
00:05:55Oh, they'd never remember me.
00:05:59Yeah, I got a hunch to go back and kind of look around.
00:06:03Well, if you got a hunch, I know we ain't going back.
00:06:06Your hunches never led to nothing but trouble.
00:06:09I'd like to meet that sheriff that chased us up north here.
00:06:13He's to blame for all this.
00:06:33Whoa!
00:06:35He's well up down there, but let it go fast!
00:06:38All right, take us, Phil.
00:06:40We'll take us, all right. Let's have it.
00:06:43There ain't much to tell, Sheriff. He just busted in out of nowhere.
00:06:47Oh, it was terrifying. He robbed all of us.
00:06:50Merciful heaven!
00:06:52Mr. Sheriff, I had three dollars in my purse.
00:06:54Nobody cares about that.
00:06:56Sheriff, we're looking for you to get these men.
00:06:58Well, that happened more than 30 miles down the trail.
00:07:02Ain't my habit to crowd in on another sheriff's district.
00:07:05Sorry, Folsom. We did all we could.
00:07:12Find Kramer. Tell him I want to see him.
00:07:15Sheriff, we're thinking that this may explain the losses we've had in our cattle.
00:07:20Well, from what I hear, begos Bill.
00:07:24If he had an outfit working your cattle, you wouldn't think so.
00:07:28You'd know so.
00:07:31You looking for me?
00:07:42You know I had money coming in on that stage?
00:07:45Well, none of our boys done it.
00:07:47It must have been Pegas Bill, like they say.
00:07:50Laugh him leaving us on the short end, ain't it?
00:07:54Well, if you think it's so funny,
00:07:57it'll be your job to see that he stays clear of these parts.
00:08:00Yeah.
00:08:09Hello, Jack.
00:08:11Collie. Why, I didn't know you. You look so different.
00:08:15You've changed, too.
00:08:17Is my old man here?
00:08:19He asked me to meet you.
00:08:21I guess he knew who I'd want to see first.
00:08:30Come on.
00:08:48I've got a surprise for you.
00:08:55Brought it all the way from Denver.
00:09:00Don't you want to look at it?
00:09:02Well, suppose we wait until your father is...
00:09:04Oh, no. This is between you and me.
00:09:15Lovely.
00:09:17Put it on. It's yours.
00:09:23I've been thinking about you, Collie, ever since I went away.
00:09:26Now you've even put your nuts out.
00:09:31What's wrong?
00:09:33You haven't forgotten, have you?
00:09:35Well, you've been away so long,
00:09:37it'll take you a while to get acquainted again.
00:09:40Oh.
00:09:56Somebody sure is in a hurry to get to the ranch.
00:10:26Whoa.
00:10:53What do you think you're doing?
00:10:55It's part of my job to look out after the horses.
00:10:58You nearly run the life out of them.
00:11:00This is Will's mower.
00:11:02Your father put him on as foreman at the ranch after you left.
00:11:05Well, get back on the job.
00:11:08And don't be butting into other people's business.
00:11:11See you later, Collie.
00:11:15All right, Will.
00:11:25Come on.
00:11:55Come on.
00:11:58Come on.
00:12:22Now, shut that up.
00:12:24Shut up. Stop it.
00:12:28Your son's here.
00:12:41I'm sure glad you're home.
00:12:43Hi, Dad.
00:12:45We've been looking forward to this, haven't we, Collie?
00:12:48You two will have a lot to talk over.
00:12:51I missed you, son.
00:12:55Does she know where I've been?
00:12:57Nobody knows around here.
00:12:59And is that foreman that's making her act so skittish?
00:13:02Well, there's nothing serious between them.
00:13:04Oh, yeah?
00:13:06I don't know.
00:13:08I don't know.
00:13:10I don't know.
00:13:12I don't know.
00:13:14I don't know.
00:13:16I don't know.
00:13:18I don't know.
00:13:20Yeah?
00:13:22Collie's a strange girl, and deep.
00:13:24You just keep a close retain on that temper of yours,
00:13:27it'll work out.
00:13:31Did you see Folsom when you were in town?
00:13:34No, and I'm not going to.
00:13:36I told you I'm riding straight from now on.
00:13:43Clyde, there's Greg Tom Hudson and Harbaugh Jacobs.
00:13:45Keep going.
00:13:46Go on. Get out.
00:13:48What are you stopping here for?
00:13:56Listen.
00:13:57Them fellas could get us took on here as regular hands.
00:14:00Where'd you know them?
00:14:02Well, it just slips my mind for the minute.
00:14:05Yeah?
00:14:06But we was thicker than thieves.
00:14:07Come on.
00:14:08Well, there's a little jail down to Cripple Creek.
00:14:13I just happened to be passing there one day.
00:14:15What jail you been in?
00:14:17I never been north of Montana.
00:14:20Come on.
00:14:21Let's go back.
00:14:22No.
00:14:23I got a better idea.
00:14:24Hey.
00:14:25Hello, boys.
00:14:26I just rode up from El Paso County.
00:14:33Have you heard anything of a couple of men going by the name of Hobble Jake and Big Tom
00:14:36Hudson?
00:14:37What do you want them for?
00:14:40Rustling.
00:14:41Bang hold up down by Cripple Creek.
00:14:43Names don't mean anything to me.
00:14:45If they come by here, we sure know about it.
00:14:47Well, I heard they were up this way somewhere.
00:14:49I reckon I'll take a look around.
00:14:51We'll keep our eyes skinned.
00:14:52You can count on it.
00:14:53All right, boys.
00:14:54I'll keep in touch with you.
00:15:01He's got Deputy Sheriff written all over him.
00:15:03I'd know the breed anywhere.
00:15:05What about our belongings?
00:15:06You can go back if you want to.
00:15:07I'm getting out of here.
00:15:08It looks like we've got regular jobs cut out for us now, Frosty.
00:15:28It's sure going to be great lowing back, tasting somebody else's cooking for a while.
00:15:36Mr. Billings, a couple of men are here to see you.
00:15:58Well, here we go.
00:15:59Whole hog or none.
00:16:00Well, whole jackass is more like it.
00:16:05Howdy.
00:16:10What are you selling?
00:16:11Nothing.
00:16:12We do fancy leather work, blacksmith and horse doctoring, men's saddles and old harness.
00:16:17Do a little fancy carpentering and masonry.
00:16:20I have been known on occasions to pull a tooth.
00:16:22What's your name?
00:16:23I'm Red Johnson.
00:16:24Ever worked for this section before?
00:16:28That wouldn't surprise me, no.
00:16:31You'll find some busted harness down by the stables.
00:16:33Fix it up and you can sit in with the boys for supper.
00:16:35It's a deal.
00:16:36That outfit's a mighty poor recommendation for a couple of harness workers.
00:16:42Yeah.
00:16:43Get up.
00:16:44Go on.
00:16:45Ran on to hobble Jake and Hudson hightailing it down the road.
00:17:08They said they'd cut their string.
00:17:10Didn't tell me about it.
00:17:11They ain't even collected their month's pay yet.
00:17:14That's what I told them.
00:17:15They said they heard of a gold strike.
00:17:16That tightrope wouldn't even let us in on it.
00:17:18Wouldn't tell us where it was.
00:17:20Looks like we'll have to hustle our own food for a while.
00:17:23Can any of you boys cook?
00:17:24I'll take a turn at it.
00:17:25I've tasted your food.
00:17:27Not for me.
00:17:28Well, I'll leave you boys to rustle up a meal between you.
00:17:32Hello there.
00:17:33How are you, ma'am?
00:17:34Dad wants to see you up at the house as soon as you're finished.
00:17:42Well, that'll be right soon, ma'am.
00:17:43And I'll see if I can't find some more work around the place for you.
00:17:46Yes, and thank you.
00:17:51Must want us for supper.
00:17:52Gosh, it's going to be good to get my lip over somebody else's cooking.
00:17:59Pretty girl, ain't she?
00:18:00You pretty don't have to tell her.
00:18:03Hey, you ain't taking a fancy to her.
00:18:07You might say that.
00:18:08Why, you mangy old mosshead, you're old enough to be her father.
00:18:13Yeah, I reckon I am.
00:18:18Hey, wait a minute.
00:18:20Didn't you tell me one time something about your having a daughter?
00:18:24I don't remember, Frosty.
00:18:26Well, dag nabbit, if a man has a daughter, he remembers it, don't he?
00:18:38Here, here, what's going on here?
00:18:47Look at the mess you've made.
00:18:49Clear out of here, all of you.
00:18:50Come on.
00:18:51I don't know what I was thinking of.
00:18:53Get out, get out.
00:18:54Here.
00:18:55Did one of you men turn out a meal?
00:18:59No, neither one of us can cook worth a hang.
00:19:02Oh, you're too modest, Frosty.
00:19:03He's one of the best grub wranglers in Colorado.
00:19:05Then pile in and get busy.
00:19:07Well, I ain't rode herd on a cook stove for quite a spell.
00:19:10Oh, well, it may be a laughing matter to you.
00:19:13You know doggone well I can't eat my own cooking.
00:19:18Mighty fine chuck you throw, partner.
00:19:20Yeah, thanks.
00:19:21Yeah, but those biscuits.
00:19:23Them muffins.
00:19:24What about them?
00:19:26Never ate better.
00:19:29What's the idea of the shooting irons?
00:19:31Jack come home today.
00:19:32Ain't you seen him?
00:19:33Yeah.
00:19:36Johnson.
00:19:40You know anything about hounds?
00:19:43Well, I know something about humans.
00:19:45Dogs and men have got a lot in common.
00:19:47Can you handle guns?
00:19:49Tall of them.
00:19:51Well, it looks like you got a job.
00:19:53You can take over the pack and clean out the wild game around here.
00:19:56Mountain lions, wolves, and coyotes.
00:19:58Well, I don't take the steady work.
00:20:00Your partner's a top-handed cook.
00:20:02I'll put you both on and pay you extra.
00:20:04Forty-five a month.
00:20:09Well, that kind of money's hard to turn down.
00:20:11I reckon we'll stay.
00:20:12Then it's settled.
00:20:14I'll show you the dog out.
00:20:31Molly.
00:20:34Found something of yours.
00:20:38Yes, I know.
00:20:41I've been meaning to talk to you, Will.
00:20:44I had a feeling you might.
00:20:49How's the roundup coming?
00:20:51I thought you had something to say to me.
00:20:54Well, I...
00:20:56I don't know how to begin.
00:20:59It isn't easy.
00:21:01I guess not.
00:21:03Oh, but it isn't what you think.
00:21:07I've been looking everywhere for you, Collie.
00:21:15I hope I didn't break anything up.
00:21:25Found them down at the bar.
00:21:28What are you boys doing in town?
00:21:30We was run off the ranch.
00:21:32Deputy came after us from down south.
00:21:34Well, he won't waste much time looking for you.
00:21:36You better ride up to Buffalo Canyon hideout for a few days.
00:21:40Well, say, wasn't that young Bellens came in on the stage today?
00:21:43Drove in this morning.
00:21:45Well, White Slides Ranch ought to be about ready for calling.
00:21:49Yeah, that range is downright crowded.
00:21:51Ain't near enough to feed for all them cattle.
00:22:02All right, boys.
00:22:03Let's ride in there and split them up.
00:22:22Let's go.
00:22:51Morning, Red.
00:22:52Morning, Red.
00:22:54I'd be careful going in there if I were you.
00:22:59Oh, they're not as mean as they look.
00:23:00That's just mistrust.
00:23:02They'll get over that when they find I don't mean to hurt them.
00:23:05You don't beat dogs.
00:23:06No.
00:23:08It's not the way to get along with animals.
00:23:10I stopped coming to see them because someone was always mistreating them.
00:23:14That one's Kane.
00:23:17Yeah, and she's a beauty.
00:23:19I figured she was leader of the pack.
00:23:22You do know a lot about dogs, don't you?
00:23:35Yeah, her blood's too rich.
00:23:36Makes her high strung.
00:23:39Would you hold her for me for a minute?
00:23:41So she don't run over me when I go to feed her?
00:23:49You'll have to learn manners.
00:23:56When her over, they'll all make friends with you.
00:23:59With your help, it won't take any time at all.
00:24:10Lamb.
00:24:15There's something wrong here.
00:24:16That's what I've been thinking.
00:24:18Cali's coming up short.
00:24:19We were due for a heavier gather on this range.
00:24:22You reckon there's been rustling?
00:24:24We'll be only outfitting these parts that haven't been.
00:24:26I've been looking for it to start.
00:24:29You hold them right here.
00:24:34What's up?
00:24:36Somebody's cut a slice out of our herd.
00:24:39What do you figure of the loss?
00:24:40Well, Cali's two or three hundred heads short.
00:24:43Well, there's nothing unusual about that.
00:24:46With a herd the size of ours, wild animals and local weed can account for it.
00:24:52I don't see it that way.
00:24:53I'll take a couple of the boys and have a look around.
00:24:55You'll do nothing of the kind.
00:24:57I don't want you busting into the roundup.
00:24:59Johnson here's taken over the hounds.
00:25:00He'll put a stop to our losses.
00:25:03You're the boss.
00:25:07You've got your work cut out.
00:25:08Yeah.
00:25:11What makes you think somebody's on the rustle?
00:25:14I've never seen animals grow big enough to carry away two hundred head of stock in one night.
00:25:25I see you got the ride down to work.
00:25:27What's sticking in your craw?
00:25:28I suppose there's news to you that the rustles have been cutting in on our herds.
00:25:32You got the saddle on the wrong horse, Dad.
00:25:35I told you that was the Cap Folsom.
00:25:39I'm holding you to that.
00:25:51It sure don't add up right.
00:25:53The old man must have his reasons for making somebody president of all those cattle.
00:25:56Yep.
00:25:59Well, that's a fair to middle looking horse you got there.
00:26:02What's his name?
00:26:04Spot.
00:26:05Suppose you get another horse out of the stable.
00:26:07I think I'll ride him.
00:26:09I don't lend my horses.
00:26:11Do you own him?
00:26:13Well, I never bought him.
00:26:14I raised him from a colt and broke him.
00:26:16I guess he belongs to White Slides.
00:26:18Well, seeing as how this ranch belongs to my father, I'd make him mine.
00:26:25I've got a round up to take care of and I need this horse.
00:26:27You know, it might interest you to know that I'm taking over the job as foreman around here.
00:26:32It sure does.
00:26:35What's the idea?
00:26:37You may own a horse, but this saddle cost me $60.
00:26:41Now let's see if you can ride it.
00:26:54You keep out of this.
00:26:55Can't you see he ain't packing a gun?
00:26:57I aim to from now on.
00:27:01I'll let it pass this time.
00:27:07I'm giving you notice.
00:27:08You won't last long around here.
00:27:10I got a hunch you won't either.
00:27:18Much obliged, Johnson.
00:27:20Well, I don't ordinarily horn in on another man's play.
00:27:24Looks to me like the cards are stacked.
00:27:28Yeah, it does, doesn't it?
00:27:35You ain't aiming to pull up stakes, are you?
00:27:37He's trying to raw hide me.
00:27:39I start the job and I'll finish it.
00:27:41I'll wait until after the roundup's over.
00:28:10Well, if they stole your gal's ranch, let me handle it.
00:28:13It's quick and clean.
00:28:14I can't let you do that.
00:28:15No trouble at all.
00:28:16Just watch them kiddles till I get back with it.
00:28:18No, they won't get us anywhere, Frosty.
00:28:20Kills them deader than any gun.
00:28:22Oh, that potato peeler away.
00:28:24You've got to figure out some way to get that ranch in the girls' hands for keeps.
00:28:28Well, ain't there some record or deed or legal flap doodle you can dig up?
00:28:32I'm afraid not.
00:28:34Looks like Bellin's got us coming and going.
00:28:37Well, there's one thing we can do.
00:28:39We can keep them from rustling this ranch blind.
00:28:42And if Bellin's won't do anything about it, maybe we can.
00:28:59Well, look who's here.
00:29:01I want to talk to Folsom.
00:29:03We've been looking for you.
00:29:06We've been looking for you to come around.
00:29:15Hello.
00:29:16Come in.
00:29:20Your men raided White Slides last night.
00:29:22Now, don't get excited.
00:29:24You'll get your usual cut.
00:29:26I didn't come here for a cut.
00:29:28This rustling's got to stop.
00:29:31Well, that's too bad.
00:29:33I had an idea.
00:29:34It was just getting started.
00:29:36You try it again and I'll call in the sheriff.
00:29:40That'd be good.
00:29:41A man with your record yelling for the law.
00:29:43I've served out my time.
00:29:45Yeah, but there are plenty more accounts against you they don't know about.
00:29:49There's no use trying to get out.
00:29:52Nobody's found a way yet.
00:29:55My old man sure had you pegged right, Folsom.
00:30:25Oh.
00:30:52Hello.
00:30:54Hello.
00:30:58You mind if I share the view with you?
00:31:00There's lots of it.
00:31:03The dogs have certainly taken to you.
00:31:11You worried?
00:31:12No.
00:31:13Just thinking.
00:31:15Things sometimes look a lot clearer up here.
00:31:18The boys tell me that you're set on marrying Jack Bellum.
00:31:23Well, not exactly.
00:31:26Do you love him?
00:31:28I feel sorry for him.
00:31:31He's always had such a quick temper and I think I could help him.
00:31:36Well, human beings are a lot like dogs.
00:31:39Sometimes a kind word will bring them around,
00:31:41others just so bad that nothing can help you.
00:31:44But I keep feeling that he may be able to straighten himself out
00:31:48and I hate to disappoint his father.
00:31:52After all, he has brought me up.
00:31:54Well, you've got something else to think about.
00:31:57What about Wells?
00:32:01You've picked up a lot in the short time you've been around here, haven't you?
00:32:05Well, outsiders can often see things a lot clearer.
00:32:09I don't know about Wells.
00:32:12He's never come right out and said anything.
00:32:15I'm not sure that he loves me.
00:32:18I'm not even sure I love him.
00:32:21What is love?
00:32:23Everybody knows what love is.
00:32:26That's no answer.
00:32:29Well, I reckon real love is a lot like the feeling a father has for his daughter.
00:32:38You've been married.
00:32:41And she was a therapist.
00:32:45Just like you.
00:32:58I ain't got quite the right mix yet.
00:33:00It's hard to tell when I got in enough baking powder.
00:33:04You ever try tasting one?
00:33:06I hadn't thought of that.
00:33:12That's it.
00:33:13What's it?
00:33:14Sir.
00:33:17Here.
00:33:18That's what you've got, sir.
00:33:27You'd better stay here.
00:33:28Oh, you ain't going without me.
00:33:30You might be missed.
00:33:31Oh, dagnabbit.
00:33:34You'd better stay here.
00:33:35Oh, you ain't going without me.
00:33:37You might be missed.
00:33:38Oh, dagnabbit.
00:34:04Some people get all the gravy.
00:34:35Hey.
00:34:36Somebody's to come.
00:34:41That's Pecos Field.
00:34:42What could he be doing here?
00:34:48That's coming from the west range.
00:34:50I told you there was wrestling going on.
00:34:52Come on, boys.
00:34:53Let's go.
00:35:05Let's go.
00:35:26It's a crossbow.
00:35:27Blame the final.
00:35:35Hey, look like the whole outfit's coming.
00:35:52Look.
00:35:53There's one of them.
00:35:57There's the other one.
00:36:03Look, there's one of them!
00:36:08Let's take the field!
00:36:09Come on, let's get it!
00:36:33Let's go!
00:37:03Make a move and I'll drill you.
00:37:17What's eating you, Wells?
00:37:20Oh, you're stalling, Pecos. I got you cold.
00:37:27Get moving.
00:37:28Now wait a minute, Wells.
00:37:30We're both on the same side of the fence.
00:37:32I was after the rustlers when you busted in.
00:37:35Look out!
00:37:37What's the idea, Pecos? What'd you spoil my aim for?
00:37:39Now, Wells here's got things twisted.
00:37:41I didn't want him to get hurt.
00:37:42Well, it's him or us now that he knows who we are.
00:37:45You're through anyway you look at it.
00:37:46It doesn't matter what you do with me.
00:37:47I'm not so sure of that.
00:37:48You may not care about yourself, but I'm gambling you're willing to help Collie.
00:37:51What's she got to do with it?
00:37:52I wouldn't tell you even now.
00:37:53But I got some unfinished business here at White Slides.
00:37:57Now you sit down.
00:38:06Did you ever hear of Ben Wade?
00:38:07Nothing good about him.
00:38:09He was Collie's father and ran out on her when she was a kid.
00:38:11He was run out.
00:38:12He and his partner started this ranch and the partner was murdered.
00:38:15And he was blamed for it.
00:38:17He's been dodging the law ever since.
00:38:21Are you trying to say you're Collie's father?
00:38:23Are you trying to say he ain't?
00:38:27Well, then how'd Bellings get this ranch?
00:38:29He was my foreman.
00:38:31I left my family and everything in his care.
00:38:35Well, if that's true, Collie doesn't know anything about it.
00:38:39I'm hoping she'll never have to.
00:38:42If you're talking straight, I'll go to the law and prove it.
00:38:44I'll keep your name out of it.
00:38:45Well, it's not as easy as that.
00:38:47There's no record of ownership.
00:38:50I doubt if there's anybody around here that even remembers the real story.
00:38:53All adds up.
00:38:55If Bellings doesn't own this ranch,
00:38:56that must be why he didn't want me to go after those rustlers.
00:38:58That's what I'm working to find out.
00:39:03I'll back you up.
00:39:05Sorry I took a cut at you, Will.
00:39:07I wasn't aiming to kill you, though.
00:39:10I was just going to kind of pin the ears back, maybe.
00:39:24Well, here's the spot.
00:39:27Come on, boys.
00:39:28Get them.
00:39:54Come on.
00:40:15No time for the outfit that's raiding our stocks.
00:40:17My losses don't amount to much.
00:40:19Maybe not.
00:40:20But I've lost over 500 head in the last two years.
00:40:24And this lead on Pecos Bill is the first real break we've had.
00:40:27Maybe we'd better ride out and look around.
00:40:29Might pick up some tracks.
00:40:31There was some shooting on the west range.
00:40:33I'll show you.
00:40:34All right, let's get going.
00:40:43If they're looking for Pecos Bill, I reckon I better change my outfit.
00:40:47They'd never know me this way.
00:40:48Going to start things humming?
00:40:49Well, I've spotted the rustler's hideout.
00:40:51I've got to get that posse up there some way.
00:40:53And chasing me is as good a way as any.
00:40:55Yeah.
00:40:56No, you'd better stay here, Frosty.
00:40:58Somebody might miss you.
00:41:00Oh, miss me.
00:41:01Hey, get away from there.
00:41:02Scat.
00:41:04Doggone you dogs.
00:41:06Them would have been the best muffins I ever made.
00:41:12I never see so many coyotes tracks in all my life.
00:41:16Hey, Sheriff.
00:41:17Look.
00:41:26Right men, after him.
00:41:48All right, let him up.
00:41:51Stop for Pecos.
00:41:52I ain't going to miss this.
00:41:53Wait a minute.
00:41:54This may be a trick.
00:41:55You boys stay here with the herd.
00:42:18Pecos!
00:42:20Wills.
00:42:25Are you all right?
00:42:26Sure.
00:42:27If that posse keeps going, they're going to run right into the rustler's hideout.
00:42:30I'm sure of it.
00:42:31Let's go.
00:42:32Let's go.
00:42:33Let's go.
00:42:34Let's go.
00:42:35Let's go.
00:42:36Let's go.
00:42:37Let's go.
00:42:38Let's go.
00:42:39Let's go.
00:42:40Let's go.
00:42:41Let's go.
00:42:42Let's go.
00:42:43Let's go.
00:42:44Let's go.
00:42:45Let's go.
00:42:46They're going to run right into the rustler's hideout.
00:42:48Yeah, they may be back here too.
00:42:49Take the horse and get out.
00:42:50How about you?
00:42:51They're not looking.
00:42:52They may not.
00:42:53Come on, get.
00:42:54Cool.
00:43:06He must have doubled back.
00:43:07He's the slipperiest rider I ever see.
00:43:09Can't see any tracks.
00:43:11He must have turned back.
00:43:12He must be hiding out somewhere.
00:43:17Take him.
00:43:36Hey, Gus, come by here.
00:43:37He couldn't have got by here without me seeing him.
00:43:39I was riding up to join him.
00:43:40Broke my stirrup and took a spill.
00:43:42The horse likely sailed left.
00:43:43Well, I'm one of them.
00:43:44You men keep your eyes open.
00:43:45No telling where he might have ducked it.
00:44:15Come on.
00:44:20Come on.
00:44:46Thought you said you lost a stirrup.
00:44:48I must have figured wrong.
00:44:50You sure did.
00:44:52You're going to gut about this.
00:44:53Oh, me?
00:45:01Well, that came from the barn.
00:45:03Careful, boys.
00:45:04It might be pick.
00:45:12What's the matter with you?
00:45:14Have you gone loco?
00:45:15I caught him trying to cover up.
00:45:16Look at those stirrups.
00:45:22He's right.
00:45:23They're not broken.
00:45:24He helped Pecos get away.
00:45:26Let me do that, ma'am.
00:45:27Why did you try to throw us off the trail?
00:45:30Just what do you know about Pecos Bill?
00:45:33Come on, come on.
00:45:34You can't lie out of this.
00:45:38I have nothing to say.
00:45:39I'm afraid I'll have to place you under arrest
00:45:41until you make up your mind to speak out.
00:45:43You're one of the best punchers I ever had.
00:45:45I hate to think that you've been playing in with the rustlers.
00:45:48Oh, well, you've got to say something.
00:45:50Come on.
00:45:51I'll dress every wound for you when we get to town.
00:45:56He'll talk.
00:45:57We're not letting this chance get by us.
00:46:04I guess he don't stack up so high with you now.
00:46:08In some ways, I'm glad this happened.
00:46:10At least I know what to expect from you.
00:46:27Hello, ma'am.
00:46:28Hello, Frosty.
00:46:30Did you see Wills?
00:46:32Yes, I saw him.
00:46:33But he still won't say anything.
00:46:35Not even to me.
00:46:37How's the feeling in town?
00:46:39Well, that's what worried me.
00:46:40The ranchers have lost a lot of cattle,
00:46:42and I'm afraid they'll take it out on him.
00:46:44Well, I got a hunch things ain't as bad as they seem.
00:46:47Well, I don't know why,
00:46:49but just your saying that seems to help.
00:46:52But I still can't see how those...
00:46:54Don't quit it.
00:46:55You're crowding your troubles too hard.
00:46:57They'll work out all right.
00:46:59Thanks.
00:47:01I hope so.
00:47:09First time I ever knowed you to have a hunch
00:47:11that promised good to anybody.
00:47:14We've got to get that boy out of jail.
00:47:16Things ought to be about ready now.
00:47:18You can count on me to get six posse members
00:47:20and two deputy sheriffs.
00:47:22It'll take an army to bust that jail open.
00:47:24Well, and what you aiming to do?
00:47:27I'm leaving that in your hands.
00:47:29In my hands?
00:47:32Oh.
00:47:34Where I come from,
00:47:35we know how to deal with cattle rustlers.
00:47:38We've got law in this town.
00:47:40Sheriff Burley will handle that young whale.
00:47:42Oh, the law is powerful, slow, swinging into action.
00:47:45We don't want this town overrun
00:47:46without laws and bandits, do we?
00:47:48Well, that's right, too.
00:47:49We ought to show Faker's bill and his outfit
00:47:51just where we stand.
00:47:52You let one man off and there'll be no peace
00:47:55for us law-abiding citizens.
00:47:57Well, somebody's gonna pay for the money
00:47:59I lost on that stage.
00:48:00Yeah, and it's time we done something about it.
00:48:02He ought to get a fair trial.
00:48:03Well, he's had plenty of time to talk.
00:48:05Oh, come on, let's make an example of him.
00:48:07Come on, let's make an example of him.
00:48:11Stand back.
00:48:12Stand back, I warn you.
00:48:13Don't you come any closer.
00:48:14I can see you.
00:48:29What about me?
00:48:30Yeah, hell, yeah, I don't give a damn.
00:48:32Not me.
00:48:34What about me?
00:48:36Get in the door.
00:48:44Not a bad jail for a town of this size.
00:49:05Come on, come on, hurry it up there.
00:49:07Get a move on you.
00:49:08We need a lower limb.
00:49:10Yeah, let's take you there.
00:49:18Now, maybe we'd better not be hasty about this now.
00:49:26We're giving you one more chance to speak up.
00:49:29Where's Faker's bill?
00:49:35Let her go.
00:49:36Now, wait a minute.
00:49:37Now, wait.
00:49:40Have you got any last requests to make?
00:49:46All right, Kramer, stretch it.
00:49:49Hold it!
00:49:53Take those ropes off him.
00:50:05I'll be waiting for the first man to follow.
00:50:08And you better come shooting.
00:50:35I can't stay here, it's too risky for you.
00:50:37It won't be for long.
00:50:38I just saw an old friend of mine, Cap Folsom.
00:50:41How does he fit in?
00:50:42He runs a hotel in town.
00:50:43Well, I've got a notion he runs something else than that around here,
00:50:45unless he's changed considerably since the last time I saw him.
00:50:48That would make him a rustler.
00:50:50Things are beginning to shape up all right.
00:50:52Where are you going?
00:50:53I got a call to make.
00:50:56I suppose I'd be missed if I went alone.
00:51:01Ollie, I want to talk to you.
00:51:05I think I've got a right to give you some advice.
00:51:08Well?
00:51:09What is it?
00:51:11Aren't you being a little unfair to Jack in all this?
00:51:14I'm sorry, but my mind's made up.
00:51:17You'll find you're making a big mistake.
00:51:28Seeing that you're in the mood for advice, Bellins, I got some for you.
00:51:31You should have known better than to let those rustlers have a free hand.
00:51:34Why?
00:51:35What do you mean, Folsom?
00:51:37I've got a right to run my ranch any way I see fit.
00:51:40That's where you're wrong.
00:51:41This ranch belongs to the girl who just walked out of here,
00:51:44and you're going to see that she gets it.
00:51:46You can't prove nothing.
00:51:47I don't have to, because you're getting out.
00:51:50You can't bluff me.
00:51:51The law will back me up.
00:51:53Bellins, that son of yours is a sneaking cow thief, and you know it.
00:51:57You'd rather cut your right arm off than to go to the law.
00:52:00I'm going to give you a chance to get out of here peaceful.
00:52:03You better take it, because if you don't, I'll be coming back.
00:52:11Come on, Jack.
00:52:24Watch the grub.
00:52:25Take the bill and get away.
00:52:26Get your horses.
00:52:27They're gone.
00:52:28Where's my horse?
00:52:29Well, I thought you'd finished with them for a spell.
00:52:31I put them all back in the stable.
00:52:33I told you to stay in the cage.
00:52:34Come on.
00:52:35Come on.
00:52:36Why, you mutton-headed fool.
00:52:39Well, I was only trying to help out.
00:52:59They've gone by, all right.
00:53:07Not a sign of him anywhere.
00:53:08We could have caught him, but he had too big a start on us.
00:53:10He seems to know the country better than we do.
00:53:12I could have sworn he headed for town,
00:53:14but there wasn't a yelp out of that pack till we rode by.
00:53:18Wait a minute.
00:53:20I knew I'd seen him before.
00:53:23He's changed, but it's the same man.
00:53:26What are you talking about?
00:53:27That new hand.
00:53:28It's Ben Wade.
00:53:30Wade?
00:53:32Polly's father.
00:53:33Well, what are you worried about?
00:53:35What, did he run out of here on a murder charge?
00:53:37We'll turn him over to the sheriff.
00:53:39No, you stay out of it.
00:53:40I'll take care of it my own way.
00:53:52Yes, sir?
00:53:53Old Saman?
00:53:55Yes.
00:53:58Old Saman.
00:54:03Good afternoon, fellas.
00:54:04Something I can do for you?
00:54:06Plenty.
00:54:07I suppose you'll hear again about that son of yours.
00:54:10That can wait.
00:54:12Ben Wade is back.
00:54:14Well, that doesn't mean anything to me.
00:54:16Maybe it will when you know that he's picked his bill.
00:54:20Now, you've got to help me.
00:54:22He warned me to get off the ranch.
00:54:24Don't come tear-squeezing around me.
00:54:26That's your play, not mine.
00:54:27You're the one who killed his partner.
00:54:29And I ain't going to sweat for you any longer.
00:54:31You're the only one who could talk.
00:54:33And you're not going to.
00:54:38Then we're playing this hand together.
00:54:42All right, Bill.
00:54:44Now, you go on back to the ranch,
00:54:46and I'll see that Pecos doesn't get to you.
00:54:57Hey, careful with that door.
00:54:59You make my muffins fall.
00:55:03The boys tell me Pecos pulled Wilson's head out of a noose this morning.
00:55:07Yeah, so I heard.
00:55:10Seen anything of that pardon of yours around lately?
00:55:13Last I knew, he was out looking after his traps.
00:55:17Well, I'll see him at supper.
00:55:26Good night.
00:55:52Well, I'm a Popeye Polecat.
00:55:56I'm a Popeye Polecat.
00:56:26Don't shoot.
00:56:30We'll leave guns out of it this time.
00:56:56Come on.
00:57:26Come on.
00:57:50I thought I told you to go easy on your arm.
00:57:52What's the matter? Did your gun jam on you?
00:57:56I guess the posse finally caught up with you.
00:58:14That's my father.
00:58:22Hold it, Dad.
00:58:24Hold still.
00:58:28I'll square this, Dad.
00:58:30Let him go.
00:58:35If there's any good in him, it'll come out now.
00:58:44Thanks, Wade.
00:58:47He gunned me down from behind.
00:58:50Just like he got your partner.
00:58:54I guess I...
00:58:57I guess I'm tougher than he thinks.
00:59:10This is one time I won't be missed.
00:59:13What?
00:59:15Holtham got him. Jack and the boys went after him.
00:59:22We're clear now.
00:59:24But you fellas don't need to worry. I'll pay off.
00:59:26We'll drive the cattle on over Gore Pass tonight.
00:59:28Yeah.
00:59:44Howdy.
00:59:52What are you doing up here?
00:59:54Things was getting a little too hot for me down at the ranch.
01:00:14Don't know why we're always stuck out here.
01:00:16Miss out on everything.
01:00:26You know, Pecos, I was thinking...
01:00:28If I had one of them old-time muffin pans...
01:00:31Yeah, that might do it.
01:00:33Yeah.
01:00:37I'd better get going. The boys may need help.
01:00:40The sheriff's coming.
01:00:42They must be looking for you, Will.
01:00:44We're stalling. You can still make it.
01:00:53You're under arrest, Moore.
01:00:55You better not try to get away.
01:00:57You're riding the wrong trail, Sheriff. Holtham's the man you want.
01:00:59Yeah, that's a lie. What's he got to do with you?
01:01:02He just finished Bellings and lit out for the hills.
01:01:04That's straight.
01:01:06The old man cast in, but he named Holtham first.
01:01:09Some of our boys went after him, but he may need help.
01:01:11Yeah, where do you think you're going?
01:01:13I'm the only one who knows where his hideout is. I'll take you there.
01:01:15All right, but remember, you're still under arrest.
01:01:39There they go! They're close!
01:01:41Stop them horses!
01:02:09Stop them horses!
01:02:40Let's move on down.
01:02:53Say, ain't that Holtham?
01:02:58You clean missed them.
01:03:00No wonder I've been holed up in that kitchen so long.
01:03:09They're cornered. Rush them!
01:03:40Say, what is this?
01:03:42Well, the posse's coming.
01:03:44I might have noticed.
01:03:46Well, let's go.
01:03:48Let's go.
01:03:50Let's go.
01:03:52Let's go.
01:03:54Let's go.
01:03:56Let's go.
01:03:58Let's go.
01:04:00Let's go.
01:04:02Let's go.
01:04:04Let's go.
01:04:06Let's go.
01:04:08I might have known it.
01:04:10Leave it to a sheriff to spoil a good party any time.
01:04:15Well, there's somebody I gotta see.
01:04:17Well, look out now.
01:04:19Don't let old Nickelplate see you.
01:04:38Don't let old Nickelplate see you.
01:04:41Gunshot.
01:04:43Gunshot.
01:05:00Gunshot.
01:05:02Gunshot.
01:05:09That'll earn you to run away and leave a sink full of dirty dishes.
01:05:14Gunshot.
01:05:16Gunshot.
01:05:18Gunshot.
01:05:20Hello, Holtham.
01:05:33Go ahead.
01:05:35Fill your hand.
01:05:37I wouldn't have a prayer.
01:05:39I've seen you throw a gun.
01:05:41I'm giving you first shot.
01:05:43That's more of a chance than you ever gave Bellums...
01:05:46for my apartment.
01:05:48Gunshot.
01:05:54Sheriff's coming in.
01:05:56You hurt?
01:05:58No, it's just a crease.
01:06:00I must be getting slow on the draw.
01:06:06Well, Sheriff, I guess you'll be wanting to take...
01:06:08This is Red Johnson, one of the men I've been telling you about.
01:06:11Looks like this was a man's fight even for you.
01:06:15Reckon I owe you a good deal on this roundup.
01:06:19Too bad you'll have to be riding on.
01:06:26You know, for a sheriff, he seems downright human.
01:06:28No, don't be too sure.
01:06:30He probably beats his old woman.
01:06:37I reckon the sheriff will be looking for this.
01:06:39I'll see that he gets it.
01:06:41Might even say that it's a present from Folsom, son.
01:06:45If you say, I'll raise your pay and let you do all the cooking.
01:06:48Oh, no, ma'am. Thank you just the same.
01:06:52All right, Holtham.
01:06:54Are you sure?