- 5/8/2015
Heart of the Rockies (1951)
Approved | 56 min | Western | 30 March 1951 (USA)
Roy Rogers, a highway engineer, strongly favors a youth-rehabilitation camp sponsored by retired State Prison Warden Parker where young first-offenders can be reformed without being exposed to penitentiary life. Andrew Willard, through whose range a new highway is being built, is being secretly robbed of his pure-bred cattle by his crooked foreman Devery who has marketed the cattle and replaced them with scrub stock.He then has the herd stampeded into a landslide set off by dynamite by Roy's young crew to make them appear responsible for the loss of the "valuable" cattle.
Director: William Witney
Writer: Eric Taylor
Stars: Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards, Ralph Morgan
Approved | 56 min | Western | 30 March 1951 (USA)
Roy Rogers, a highway engineer, strongly favors a youth-rehabilitation camp sponsored by retired State Prison Warden Parker where young first-offenders can be reformed without being exposed to penitentiary life. Andrew Willard, through whose range a new highway is being built, is being secretly robbed of his pure-bred cattle by his crooked foreman Devery who has marketed the cattle and replaced them with scrub stock.He then has the herd stampeded into a landslide set off by dynamite by Roy's young crew to make them appear responsible for the loss of the "valuable" cattle.
Director: William Witney
Writer: Eric Taylor
Stars: Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards, Ralph Morgan
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00:00Where each day is tailor-made, and each trouble seems to fade, yes, each trouble seems to fade away.
00:09Whistling a tune, a happy kind of tune, in the heart of the Rockies.
00:18Never worry, never mind, cause we left our cares behind, yes, we left our cares behind to stay.
00:27Tramp, tramp, trampin' up a mountain trail, blue, blue skies of blue above.
00:36Sing, sing, singin' through each hill and dale, cause we're singin' of the land we love.
00:44Easy to see that life is heavenly, in the heart of the Rockies.
00:52And we'll watch the world go by, far away up in the sky, cause the way up in the sky we'll be.
01:01It's the heart of the Rockies for me.
01:10Don't come any closer!
01:16Hold it! Here comes the highway engineer.
01:23Hiya, Roy.
01:24Hey, Roy.
01:25All right, fellas.
01:26Say, warden, you better hold the boys here.
01:28We're gonna blast in a few minutes.
01:40Everything's all clear for ya.
01:41That's good, cause she's all fired up.
01:43She just has about two more minutes to go.
01:45Are we safe here, Roy?
01:46Sure.
01:53They've given the all-clear signal.
01:55All right.
01:56Stampede them up the canyon!
01:58Ha!
02:00Look!
02:02How'd they get down there?
02:03I don't know.
02:04They're all up the canyon!
02:05Keep pulling!
02:06Keep pulling!
02:07Keep pulling!
02:09Keep pulling!
02:10Whoah, okay, watch the steps!
02:11Keep pulling!
02:12Keep pulling!
02:13Okay, watch the steps!
02:14Keep pulling!
02:15Keep pulling!
02:25Now!
02:26I think he's down there. I don't know about the canyon.
02:28Keep bulletin.
02:56I think he's down there. I don't know about the canyon.
02:58I think he's down there. I don't know about the canyon.
03:00I think he's down there. I don't know about the canyon.
03:02I think he's down there. I don't know about the canyon.
03:04I think he's down there. I don't know about the canyon.
03:06I think he's down there. I don't know about the canyon.
03:08I think he's down there. I don't know about the canyon.
03:10I think he's down there. I don't know about the canyon.
03:12I think he's down there. I don't know about the canyon.
03:14I think he's down there. I don't know about the canyon.
03:16I think he's down there. I don't know about the canyon.
03:18I think he's down there. I don't know about the canyon.
03:20I think he's down there. I don't know about the canyon.
03:22I think he's down there. I don't know about the canyon.
03:24I think he's down there. I don't know about the canyon.
03:26A bunch of cattle came through here just as that first blast went off.
03:28Several of them got buried under this landslide.
03:30This one has a W-bar-W brand on it.
03:32This one has a W-bar-W brand on it.
03:34W-bar-W?
03:36Willard's cattle. This may mean trouble, Roy.
03:38Well, I sent a notice to him we were doing some blasting over here
03:40Well, I sent a notice to him we were doing some blasting over here
03:42and to keep his cattle away from the road.
03:44Willard's an eccentric. He's been fighting against a highway
03:46going through his ranch for 20 years.
03:48He's crazy enough to complain to the prison board about this.
03:50He's crazy enough to complain to the prison board about this.
03:52Why? If anyone's to blame, I am.
03:54I have nothing to do with the prison board.
03:56Well, I'll ride over and have a talk with him
03:58and see if we can't reach some sort of an understanding.
04:00You better keep us out of it, Roy.
04:02We can't afford to make enemies.
04:04We'd all be in the pen if it wasn't for this camp.
04:06It's not just for us.
04:08Warden Parker says if we make good, there'll be other camps started.
04:10Don't worry. I won't do anything to get you in the wrong.
04:18Uncle Andy! Yeah?
04:20You've got a visitor.
04:22Who is it?
04:24Uncle Andy, I'd like to introduce Roy Rogers.
04:26Yeah.
04:28I know who he is.
04:30If I'd answered the door
04:32when you arrived, you never got in here.
04:34Now get going.
04:36I came to report an accident.
04:3810 or 12 of your cattle were buried in a landslide
04:40while we were blasting.
04:42That's going to cost the state something.
04:44Mr. Willard, the future of a lot of boys
04:46depend on the success of that road camp.
04:48We'll do everything possible to get along with you.
04:50Like blowing up my cattle?
04:52If you'll fix the price on the ones that were killed,
04:54I'll settle for them myself
04:56rather than have any trouble.
04:58My complaint is against the state,
05:00and that's where I'll make it.
05:02A dozen of my cattle would cost you a year's salary.
05:04I run nothing but the finest purebred stock.
05:08I hope we could reach some sort of an understanding.
05:10So let's start by being honest.
05:12Are you calling me a liar?
05:14Why, you!
05:16Take it easy, Mr. Willard.
05:18Impressed, young squirt?
05:20What do you mean, talking to me of honesty?
05:22Just this. I'm talking about your prize-winning stock.
05:24Well, they're nothing but a bunch of scrub.
05:26Has he given you trouble, Mr. Willard?
05:28Yes. Kick this powder monkey off the ranch.
05:30Uncle Andy, making trouble for those boys
05:32won't stop the road.
05:34Your niece is right.
05:36That new road will shorten the state highway by at least 50 miles.
05:38And no individual's going to stand in the way
05:40of that kind of improvement.
05:42I can. Now get out of here.
05:44Come on, Rogers.
05:46All right, Devery.
06:16Come on.
06:46You should all be awfully proud of yourselves.
06:48Now get back to work.
06:50Go on.
06:54And you, Dan,
06:56what I admire about you is your code
06:58to give everybody a fair break.
07:02You may be my uncle's right arm,
07:04but to me, you're nothing but a hoodlum on horseback.
07:06And you, Dan,
07:08what I admire about you is your code
07:10to give everybody a fair break.
07:12You may be my uncle's right arm,
07:14but to me, you're nothing but a hoodlum on horseback.
07:16If you ever pull anything like this again,
07:18the ranch won't be big enough for both of us.
07:20Well, Devery,
07:22what's on your mind?
07:24You know, it'll take some time
07:26before the state acts on your petition.
07:28By the time they get around to it,
07:30the road will be half built.
07:32Then they'll figure they may as well go through with it.
07:34They can't build across land they don't own.
07:36They've condemned the land and paid you for it.
07:38Whether you do or don't cash the check won't mean a thing.
07:40But I've got an idea how you can stop work on the road.
07:42How?
07:44An epidemic of crime.
07:46We could fence in 50 acres down in Indian Springs
07:48and plant cantaloupes.
07:50Melons make a good cash crop.
07:52Why, bless you, Devery.
07:54I'm a cattleman, not a dirt farmer.
07:56What's the matter, Uncle Andy?
07:58Nothing much. Devery wants me to get down on my knees
08:00and grub for weeds.
08:02It was just an idea.
08:04I didn't know you had enough brains to get an idea.
08:06What you need, Uncle Andy, is a new manager.
08:08What you want, honey?
08:10I'd like to know if you'd like apple pie for dessert.
08:12That'd be wonderful.
08:16Or you could have some cantaloupe.
08:18Boy, I'm going to give you a good paddling.
08:20You attend to managing the cattle, Devery,
08:22and don't come to me with any more truck-guarding ideas.
08:26With a few more crimes around here,
08:28the prison board will have to shut down that camp.
08:30I'm not going to be a party to robbery
08:32and possibly murder, if that's what you mean.
08:34The sheriff doesn't believe in mollycoddling prisoners.
08:36He'd back us to the hill.
08:38I'm sorry, but I wouldn't.
08:40He'd delay the road, give you time.
08:42They'd have to get bigger appropriations
08:44for civilian labor.
08:46Might take him a year to get them.
08:48For the last time, Devery, I'll not consent to robbery and violence.
08:50You old hypocrite,
08:52you consented to crime ten years ago
08:54when you talked me into breaking into the county office
08:56and doctoring the land records on that 5,000 acres you stole.
08:58I didn't steal it, Devery.
09:00It should have been mine from the first.
09:02I only want to help you, Andy.
09:04As long as that track is an island
09:06in the middle of your ranch, you're okay.
09:08But once the road opens the land up,
09:10a lot of people are going to be interested in it.
09:12My work on those records won't stand a close investigation.
09:16That'll mean we both go to prison.
09:18I won't.
09:20But I know you will.
09:22All right.
09:24What do you want to do?
09:26Not a thing.
09:28Splinters Cook learned his profession in the state pen.
09:30The handyman was his cellmate.
09:32I planted them with Splinters this spring
09:34and he made it.
09:42How do you feel, Roy?
09:44I feel fine, Splinters.
09:46Say, that's pretty music those silver dollars make.
09:48I ain't heard none prettier.
09:52Ouch!
09:54What's the matter?
09:56Oh, my lucky pieces make holes in my pocket.
09:58Splinters!
10:00Yes, Mr. Edsel.
10:02Now, the old professor's going to give you
10:04your fourth and last lesson today.
10:06And this is guaranteed to make you a real western.
10:10Oh, now, Mrs. Edsel, you ain't an Indian.
10:12I told you in your first lesson,
10:14you always get on the left side.
10:16The left side's the right side.
10:18The right side's the wrong side.
10:20You just get your leg...
10:22Why, Splinters.
10:26Now, take a deep seat.
10:28Now, take a deep seat.
10:32Why, now, Fanny!
10:40Well, this looks like as good a time as any.
10:42Yeah.
10:44As long as you hear music,
10:46you'll know the coast is clear.
10:58I've got you, Mrs. Edsel.
11:00Phew! What a ride!
11:02Oh, I'm sorry, madam.
11:04Don't call me madam!
11:06Yes, miss.
11:08I love the prairie country, I like the western sky.
11:10Give me a faithful pony, I'll be riding high.
11:14Western sky, you and I, riding high.
11:18I love the open spaces,
11:20give me the morning sun.
11:22I like the rope and ride
11:24until the day is done.
11:26Morning sun, having fun,
11:28the day is done, day is done.
11:30Free and easy,
11:34that's the life for me.
11:38Free and easy,
11:42that's how I want to be.
11:46I love the prairie country,
11:48I like the western sky.
11:50Give me my faithful pony,
11:52we'll be riding high.
11:54Western sky, you and I,
11:56riding high.
12:16I love the prairie country,
12:18I like the western sky.
12:20Me and my faithful pony,
12:22we'll be riding high.
12:24Western sky, you and I,
12:26riding high.
12:28Morning sun, day is done.
12:30Why don't you bring your dudes over to the road camp this afternoon?
12:32We're going to blow up half the mountain.
12:34Oh, I'd like to, Roy, but I can't.
12:36You see, Willard gave me an invitation to come over to his place.
12:38Most of the ranchers in the district are going to be there.
12:40And he's going to make a big speech against you building that road.
12:42So now you're going over to his side, huh?
12:44Well, I've got no choice.
12:46An invitation from Willard's a command.
12:48But don't you know that he owns all this land?
12:50Over 20,000 acres of it.
12:52All I do is rent this little place.
12:54Mr. Splinters!
12:56Something terrible's happened!
12:58My diamond pin's gone!
13:00Stolen from my dresser's drawer!
13:02Well, are you sure you didn't lose it?
13:04Of course I'm sure. I put it in that drawer last night.
13:06Well, do something about it, can't you?
13:08It's those convicts in the road gang.
13:10I saw one of them prowling around here early this morning.
13:12I'm going to get the sheriff!
13:14Hold on, Mrs. X-Fillet!
13:16I hope she finds that pin
13:18or there's going to be plenty of trouble.
13:26Look what's cooking.
13:30I put in and got caught.
13:32I thought you'd stop playing.
13:34I couldn't stop playing.
13:36How'd I know he was going to pick the tuna?
13:38Keep your fingers out of my stew.
13:42Hello, Sheriff.
13:44Have you brought a visitor to see the camp?
13:46Why not?
13:48I want you to line up your prisoners.
13:50Mrs. Edsel had a diamond pin stolen.
13:52I certainly did.
13:54I can't believe any of these boys would steal.
13:56They've stolen before.
13:58Call them together and let Mrs. Edsel pick out the thief.
14:00I'd know him anywhere.
14:02I saw him prowling around my cabin.
14:06Come over here, boys.
14:08Come on, line up.
14:10Come on, you fellas, let's get with it.
14:12Mr. Parker's talking to you.
14:16Well?
14:32That's the man.
14:34The one with the brown shirt and the funny little hat.
14:36Step over here, Corley.
14:38The rest of you boys go back to work.
14:42This boy wasn't prowling around Splinter's Ranch.
14:44I sent him over there with a message for Rogers.
14:46Oh, Roy, come over here, will you?
14:48Sure enough, Warden.
14:50What's the trouble, Warden?
14:52He's accused of stealing a diamond pin from Mrs. Edsel's cabin.
14:56Roy?
14:58Where were you when Corley delivered my message this morning?
15:00We were in a bunkhouse getting dressed.
15:02It was quite early.
15:04Did you go out with him or see him go from your window?
15:06No, I didn't.
15:08I'd never been over there before
15:10and I did have a little trouble finding the bunkhouse.
15:12I guess I walked around a couple of cabins,
15:14but I didn't go inside any of them
15:16and I didn't steal anything.
15:18I believe you, son.
15:20Just why did they send you to this road camp?
15:22Go ahead and tell him, Jim.
15:26For stealing.
15:28I'm gonna have to lock you up.
15:30Wait a minute, Sheriff.
15:32You have no proof that he stole anything.
15:34Why, of course he hasn't.
15:36If he was around Mrs. Edsel's cabin, so were a lot of others.
15:38He'll get a trial and it'll go much easier with him
15:40if he hands over the pen and makes a confession.
15:42Wait a minute! Stop, Corley!
15:58I don't like doing this, Mrs. Edsel,
16:00but I don't want to go to jail for something I didn't do.
16:11Oh, you're so strong!
16:24Jim!
16:26Jim!
16:38Have you ever driven a team?
16:40No!
16:42Well, you're about to learn.
16:44Jim!
16:54Jim!
17:02Jim!
17:14You're alive!
17:16You mean you're not hurt?
17:18Of course not!
17:20Say, that ride took 20 years off my age and 20 pounds off my...
17:22What did you mean by shooting at that nice young man
17:24and trying to frighten him?
17:26Well, I was afraid you'd be killed.
17:28Don't forget, you identified that nice young man
17:30a few minutes ago as a thief.
17:32Well, he's not guilty.
17:34He told me so himself, and I believe him.
17:36Well, I know he wouldn't steal,
17:38but running away like that sure gives Mr. Willard
17:40a lot of ammunition for that meeting this afternoon.
17:42Look at that, Ronnie!
17:44Get up.
17:46Say, it's to help get our stock to market.
17:48Oh, yes.
17:49Do we ever have any trouble shipping our cattle in the past?
17:52I'm not thinking of only the big ranches.
17:55We can stand it.
17:56But if that...
17:59If that road is built, it's going to mean ruin.
18:02Yes, ruin to all the small cattlemen of the county.
18:05They're all falling in line with him, Warden.
18:07When he gets through, you better get up there and straighten him out.
18:10Maybe you're right, Andy, but what can we do about it?
18:13The state condemned the right of way across your land, and they paid for it.
18:17The state never paid for it.
18:19If I hadn't cashed that check, and I don't intend to,
18:22I've blocked the building of that road for 20 years,
18:25and I'll keep on doing it.
18:27You're a big man, Willard, but not big enough to fight the whole state.
18:31And I'd like to know what makes you think you're right.
18:33Maybe that road will be a good thing for us.
18:35The highway will bring in a lot of small farmers.
18:37Not if we don't sell our land.
18:39You'll sell, all right.
18:41We'll all sell.
18:43Once the road is in, they'll raise our taxes until we have to sell.
18:47How can we stop them from building the road, Andy?
18:49I'll tell you how you can stop them.
18:51You can sign this petition to the governor
18:53that'll be handed around at the end of the meeting.
18:55And by signing this petition,
18:57we'll also get rid of that road camp of young criminals.
19:00Shut it down immediately.
19:02They belong in the penitentiary.
19:04I agree with Mr. Willard in one thing.
19:07If our road camp is closed down,
19:09those boys will go to the penitentiary.
19:12I served as warden of your state penitentiary for 30 years.
19:16I know what prison does to youth.
19:18Released after serving their first sentences,
19:21they found that the stigma of prison made them outcasts.
19:24Their only friends were hardened, older criminals.
19:28Soon they came back to the penitentiary as second offenders.
19:32Then as third offenders.
19:34Hardened criminals now doomed to a life of crime.
19:38The purpose of the road camp is to give young first offenders
19:41a chance to repay society
19:43and to save them from the associations of prison
19:46and to teach them the habits of industry and self-discipline.
19:50And now one of my boys stands accused of crime.
19:53I believe he is innocent.
19:55Then why did he run away?
19:57Because he was frightened.
19:59And under the circumstances, who wouldn't be?
20:02I ask you to give the road camp a fair trial,
20:05even if one of these boys has made a second slip.
20:09Is that reason enough to condemn all the others to prison?
20:13Think before you sign a petition to close the camp.
20:19That's a lot of poppycockers.
20:21The fact remains that they're criminals,
20:23still running loose in this law-abiding community.
20:26Sheriff, as our leading citizen,
20:29I think you should be the first to sign.
20:31And I hope the rest of you do the same.
20:33You can count me in, Sheriff.
20:34Me too.
20:35And me.
20:36I haven't signed, Splinter.
20:37Oh, well, I'm going to, Mr. Willard,
20:39but, you know, I broke my wrist.
20:40Very funny.
20:41Wait till your rent comes due.
20:43Oh, feels better already.
20:46Just a minute, Roy.
20:47I think you made a lot of friends, Warden.
20:49This is one petition I won't sign.
20:52Thanks, Miss Willard.
20:53But I'm afraid I didn't change your uncle's opinion.
20:55And he carries a lot of weight in this community.
20:58Maybe June can help.
20:59I can try.
21:00June!
21:02Where, June?
21:03Let's go.
21:28Lookie here, State Highway Department.
21:30Rain or all, they will make us well-planned.
21:33I'm sure of it.
21:45Are some of you boys in here?
21:56I guess he got a good look at us.
21:58Yeah, and he knows we work for Splinters.
22:04Well, good night, fellas.
22:07Oh, I almost forgot.
22:09I'm asking you over to the rodeo tomorrow.
22:11I'm putting on a shindig for my guest.
22:13I want you to feel free.
22:14I mean, I want you to come and go as you like.
22:17I mean, the Warden will bring you over,
22:19and I sure will like to have you.
22:21That's full of his brain.
22:22All right, Splinters, we'll be there.
22:24Holy smokes! A mainline collision!
22:26Wonder what happened.
22:27It's a good thing all the boys were back at the campfire.
22:30At least nobody was hurt.
22:31Roy, the Swarden will be in the front,
22:33and we'll follow him.
22:34Let's go, boys.
22:35Let's go.
22:36Let's go.
22:38Come on, boys.
22:39Come on, let's go.
22:40Let's go.
22:41Come on.
22:42Come on.
22:43Come on.
22:44Come on.
22:45Come on.
22:47Let's go.
22:48Let's go.
22:49Let's go.
22:50Let's go.
22:51Let's go.
22:52Let's go.
22:53It's Warden Parker.
22:54What?
22:56It's no use, Roy.
23:03Boy, you and the boys take the warden's body back to camp.
23:06All right, Roy.
23:07You're the powder expert. What do you make of this?
23:10Well, the door must have been open at the time of the explosion.
23:13Otherwise, it would have blown this hasp clear off of here.
23:16Hey, this lock's been twisted. Twisted clear off of there.
23:22Maybe this wasn't an accident.
23:24Al, stick around. Don't let anybody touch anything.
23:33I'll be back with the sheriff in a little while.
23:35All right.
23:51One of the worst men I ever knew was killed tonight.
23:53We're going to stand for that.
23:55Not if I can help it.
23:56He was one of the finest friends any of us ever had.
23:58The sheriff will probably blame us for his killing.
24:00Yeah. He'll probably say we sneaked away from the campfire and stole some powder.
24:04Either us or Corley.
24:06I'm all for getting the guy that killed the warden.
24:08Willard?
24:09Yeah.
24:10Maybe he wasn't there himself, but he's behind it.
24:12He's been fighting this road from the start.
24:14And now he's got a petition to have the camp closed.
24:16We'll go with the pen.
24:17So what do you say, fellas? Shall we go pay Willard a visit?
24:21Let's go.
24:29Hey, Roy!
24:39Some of the boys are going over to Willard's place.
24:41They're blaming him for the death of Warden Parker.
24:52We got the dynamite.
24:53And the warden.
24:54What do you mean?
24:55Parker caught us and was accidentally killed.
24:56Accidentally?
24:57Yeah, accidentally.
24:59Get out of here.
25:00What about this dynamite?
25:01Use it like I told you and I'll get going.
25:03If anything goes wrong, keep your mouth shut and I'll get Willard to get you out of this.
25:22Now stay here and let me do the talking.
25:28There we are!
25:29We want to talk to you, Mr. Willard.
25:31The warden Parker was killed tonight and it wasn't an accident.
25:33That's none of my business.
25:35That's for the sheriff.
25:36Go see him.
25:37Now clear out of here.
25:38We're going to get this thing straightened out.
25:40And you'll talk to us.
25:42All right.
25:43I'll talk to you.
25:44I'll talk to you.
25:45I'll talk to you.
25:46I'll talk to you.
25:47I'll talk to you.
25:48I'll talk to you.
25:49I'll talk to you.
25:50I'll talk to you.
25:55They just want to talk to you.
25:57Yeah, but we don't want to talk to them.
26:09It's all right, Roy.
26:10We're going to see if Willard knows anything about what happened tonight.
26:13Get out of the way, Rogers, unless you want to get shot.
26:15These fellows are trespassing and we have a right to shoot them down.
26:18Go ahead.
26:19Wait a minute, Devery.
26:20Put your gun away.
26:21These boys aren't even armed.
26:22Now you listen to me and do as you like.
26:25You boys are doing this to show your respect and devotion to Warden Parker.
26:28You think he'd be proud of you now?
26:30Well, maybe not.
26:31But we're going to find out what that old goat knows.
26:34Old goat?
26:36Somebody's going to pay for the warden's murder.
26:38Well, I feel the same way about it.
26:40But it has to be done lawfully.
26:41Yeah, if we leave it to the law, Roy, we'll be the ones to pay.
26:44Yeah.
26:45What kind of a break did they give Corley?
26:46You're going to spoil everything the warden ever lived for.
26:49The whole country will be saying he's just a sentimental old fool with an impractical idea that wouldn't work.
26:54If you want to do something for him,
26:56you'll go back to camp quietly and act as if he's right there with you
26:59until the state can send somebody here to replace him.
27:02He'd like that better than a monument.
27:04Now go on back to camp.
27:07Sure, Roy.
27:17Come away from him, June.
27:19You'd better go, Roy, before somebody does get hurt.
27:22I want you to know I'm sorry about this.
27:24I'll do everything I can to calm him down.
27:28Get going.
27:29Good night, June.
27:30Good night.
27:47Where's Uncle Andy, Julie?
27:49I don't know, Miss June.
27:51He didn't have any breakfast.
27:53He kept muttering about convicts on the loose, about the sheriff.
27:56He didn't eat a thing.
27:58I think he went into town.
28:00Is Devery around?
28:01I haven't seen him since breakfast.
28:04Pie.
28:09Hey!
28:16Hey!
28:47Whoa!
28:54We don't like horse thieves in this country.
28:57I was just borrowing it honest.
29:00Listen, Miss Willard, before you take me to the sheriff,
29:03I'd like to talk to Rogers.
29:05And that's why you stole the horse?
29:08I can guess why he tried to steal the pie.
29:13Is it safe to put this rifle away?
29:16Sure.
29:18All right, come on.
29:20Or is it the rodeo?
29:36You better not come in with me.
29:38We might have an accident.
29:39Somebody might not understand.
29:41All right, Miss Willard.
29:42I'll send him out to you.
29:47Say you never saw a dancing crowd so gay
29:51Say you never heard a fiddle really play
29:54Till you come and pay a visit out our way
29:57At the rodeo square dance
30:00Say you never thought that there could be such fun
30:03Nothing else is like it underneath the sun
30:06You are gonna have a treat before you're done
30:09At the rodeo square dance
30:12All the ladies in their Sunday best
30:15Tap their feet in rhythm
30:18And the men, folks, like you might have guessed
30:21Soon will join in with them
30:24Now we're getting set to have the dance begin
30:27Gotta have a caller
30:29That's where I come in
30:30You will see some sluttin' like there's never been
30:33At the rodeo square dance
30:39At the rodeo square dance
30:43All you square dancers, grab your horses and take a deep seat.
30:59All right, on your feet.
31:01Form a double line.
31:02I'm taking you back to camp.
31:05All right, line them up, pronto.
31:08Hey, Sheriff.
31:09Do you have an order from the state prison board to take over these boys?
31:12I am responsible for maintaining law and order in the county.
31:15These two men are special deputies.
31:17And I'm taking charge until arrangements can be made to send these boys to prison.
31:21Why?
31:22There was a bank hold up in town last night.
31:24The sack that held the dynamite was marked State Highway Department.
31:28Bank robbery.
31:30If there was any dynamite stolen from us,
31:32it must have been done by the same person who killed Warden Parker.
31:35But that doesn't prove these boys had anything to do with it.
31:37What about the threat to Willard at the ranch last night?
31:40All right, guys.
31:41March them back to camp and put them to work.
31:43Your vacation's over.
31:45If anyone breaks out of line, shoot them down.
31:47That's what we get for listening to you, Rogers.
31:50Let's go.
31:52Come home right away, June.
31:54All right, Uncle Andy.
31:55Looks like the road camp is going to shut down, Rogers.
31:59I wouldn't bet on that.
32:01Get out.
32:07Come on.
32:15Roy, I'm glad now I didn't get a chance to tell you this sooner.
32:19I found Jim Corley.
32:20Where is he?
32:21He's waiting in the old mineshaft at the edge of the ranch.
32:24He's coming in to give himself up, but he wanted to see you first.
32:27Thanks.
32:31He hasn't got a horse.
32:33Okay.
32:37Let's go.
32:53Hi, Roy.
32:54Hi.
32:55They're searching for you, Jim.
32:57Yeah, I know.
32:58You're in trouble.
32:59The boys are in trouble, too.
33:01But I want you to turn yourself over to the sheriff.
33:03In the long run, you'll be helping yourself and your pals.
33:06I guess that now you can do a lot of thinking on an empty stomach.
33:10What else do you want to talk to me about?
33:12I want to show you something, Roy.
33:13Come with me.
33:14I'll tell you about it.
33:15Sure.
33:37Get out of there.
33:44This is what I wanted to show you, Roy.
33:46I first saw them when I was hiding out up here.
33:48We're on Miller's property.
33:50Yeah, and there's something funny going on.
33:59All right, let's get the other bunch.
34:01All right, let's get the other bunch.
34:32They've been doing this at least once a day ever since I've been hiding.
34:36I don't get it.
34:37I know what they're doing.
34:39Those cattle, they're unloading their scraps.
34:41When that truck pulls out, it'll be loaded with Willard's purebreds.
34:49What a double-cross Devery's given Willard.
34:51Yeah.
34:52Looks like the old man was on the level when he told me he had enough of the purebred stock.
35:01I guess it's time for us to get out of here.
35:32Turn your horse loose.
35:37Let him go.
35:39Let him go.
36:01They'll be back as soon as they see that loose horse.
36:03Where are we going?
36:04To Willard's.
36:08Let's go.
36:28All right, scatter.
36:38Let's go.
36:51Get Trigger outside.
36:52Stay with him.
37:03Roy, you shouldn't be here.
37:05Yeah, I know.
37:06Did you find Coralie?
37:07I've been looking for things.
37:08Where's your uncle?
37:09He isn't here.
37:10You better invite me in because I'm going to stick around and wait for him.
37:13Sure, Roy.
37:16I don't know where he went.
37:17I'm worried.
37:18He hadn't been on a horse in five years until today.
37:21If he went out in the range, he wouldn't let me go with him and wouldn't tell me where he was going.
37:24Maybe he rode out to look over his stock.
37:26I don't know why he'd do that.
37:28Say, how many scrub cattle do you have on your range?
37:31Why, none.
37:32Then maybe you'll be surprised to hear that Devery was shipping out purebreds this afternoon
37:36in exchange for scrubs.
37:38And my guess is he's been pulling that trick for a long time.
37:41It's hard to believe.
37:42If it's true, this will kill Uncle Andy.
37:53Hello, June.
37:54Is your uncle around?
37:56No.
37:58I made a good deal today on 30 head.
38:00A rancher in Arizona is turning to purebred stock.
38:03I had to take 30 scrubs in on the deal, but we'll fatten them up and get more than I allowed for them.
38:09I knew there must have been some explanation.
38:12It's just a fast alibi.
38:13He's been rustling your cattle.
38:15That's funny.
38:16I seen him and a pal out on the range.
38:18I thought they were rustling the way they rode when I threw a few shots over their heads.
38:23You'll find the details to the deal I made on Mr. Willard's desk.
38:27Will she find the check on his desk, too?
38:29Not for a few days.
38:31They were shipped COD.
38:32Go to the office and bring me the papers covering the deal.
38:35I'll believe it when I see them.
38:37I sure will.
38:43You needn't trouble, Devery.
38:45Rogers is right.
38:49What Rogers said about scrubbed cattle with my brand stuck him a craw.
38:54Coming back from the road camp today, I saw a few of them.
38:57I guess they wandered down this way through a broken fence.
39:00I decided to forget my arthritis and take a look at my stock.
39:04It's time for a showdown, then, I guess.
39:07I paid you big money for running the ranch.
39:09I trusted you against June's advice.
39:12I never let her interfere with your management.
39:15What did you do with my cattle?
39:17I've been stocking a ranch in Arizona.
39:19I knew as soon as this road went through, this whole thing would blow up in our faces.
39:23Do you want me to shove off for Arizona now,
39:25or do you want me to stick around until you can hire a new crew?
39:27You aren't going to Arizona.
39:29You aren't going to Arizona.
39:30You're going to jail.
39:32You and your old gang.
39:33Fine.
39:34We could be cellmates.
39:35What did you mean, Uncle Andy?
39:37I'll tell you what I mean.
39:38Shut up, Devery!
39:40Ten years ago, when I went to work on this ranch, I was...
40:00They're coming from the house!
40:04Here they are!
40:11Get the sheriff!
40:24Stop them!
40:29Stop them!
40:59Stop them!
41:29Stop them!
41:59Stop them!
42:29Stop them!
43:00Where's Splinters?
43:01Where's everybody?
43:02He must be in the mess hall.
43:08He's behind the haystack.
43:09Send some of the boys around to the other side.
43:11Sure, Dev.
43:12Wait a minute.
43:17Check for the house.
43:30We can't stay here.
43:31Come on.
43:52It's not too bad, Roy.
43:53I can...
44:00Hey, Sheriff!
44:01This is Devery.
44:02I want to talk to you.
44:05What do you want?
44:07Look what I found in the dining room,
44:08feeding their faces.
44:10If you don't let us through,
44:11I'll shoot every one of them.
44:13He's got us licked, Roy,
44:14and there's nothing we can do.
44:16You promise not to hurt him
44:17if we let you pass?
44:19Yeah.
44:20All we want is a chance to get away.
44:22Then go ahead.
44:23All right.
44:24But I just want to know
44:25if you'll let me through.
44:26Then go ahead.
44:27All right.
44:28But I just want to warn you,
44:29don't try to follow us
44:30or I'll kill every one of them.
44:32Get on your horses.
44:35You think of the cutest things
44:36to keep us dudes amused,
44:38don't you, Splinters?
44:40Those guts aren't loaded, are they?
44:46What's the matter?
44:47Oh, that hole in my pocket.
44:51I'll keep this dough
44:52from falling in your boot.
44:54They're my lucky pieces.
44:55And this is my lucky day.
44:56Now get on that horse.
44:58Come on, hurry up.
45:19I don't think Devery
45:20will keep his word.
45:21There's a chance he will.
45:23Sheriff, I've got an idea.
45:24If you'll let me use the boys
45:25from the prison camp.
45:26Are you sure they can be trusted?
45:27I'm positive they can.
45:28Go ahead.
45:29Thanks.
45:30Look after Corley, will you?
45:31Sure.
45:32You certainly will.
45:51Get a few sticks of dynamite
45:52and everything that goes with it.
45:53Hurry.
45:54All right.
45:55Come on, fellas.
45:56Boys, I'm going to need
45:57four volunteers
45:58and it's going to be rough.
46:00You four, come on.
46:24This one ought to do it.
46:25Bring the stuff over here.
46:27One of you go up the road
46:28and watch.
46:33Al, run the wire around
46:34behind that hill.
46:35We'll be out of sight.
46:36Sure thing, Roy.
46:37We'll put the charge
46:38on this side of the tree
46:39and the other one
46:40on the other side.
46:41All right, boys.
46:42Let's go.
46:43Let's go.
46:44Let's go.
46:45Let's go.
46:46Let's go.
46:47Let's go.
46:48Let's go.
46:49Let's go.
46:50Let's go.
46:51Let's go.
46:52We'll put the charge
46:53on this side of the tree.
46:54That'll make it fall
46:55across the road.
47:11The road's still
47:12hooked up at this end.
47:22Let's go.
47:23Let's go.
47:52Let's go.
48:16Go get them.
48:22Go.
48:23Go.
48:24Go.
48:25Go.
48:26Go.
48:27Go.
48:28Go.
48:29Go.
48:30Go.
48:31Go.
48:32Go.
48:33Go.
48:34Go.
48:35Go.
48:36Go.
48:37Go.
48:38Go.
48:39Go.
48:40Go.
48:41Go.
48:42Go.
48:43Go.
48:44Go.
48:45Go.
48:46Go.
48:47Go.
48:48Go.
48:49Go.
48:50Go.
48:52Ow!
48:55A diamond pin.
48:57What hit me?
48:58I did.
48:59Ow.
49:03Darn, I'll hold my pocket.
50:51Willard was right, Devery. You're going to jail, not just for rustling cattle, but for murder.
50:56Come on, get out of here.
51:06Well, you're home, son.
51:07Thanks, Sheriff.
51:10Boys, I've just received a wire from the governor of the state.
51:13The road camp is to continue as it did under Warden Parker.
51:16They've asked me to be your new warden.
51:18I'm wiring my acceptance immediately.
51:20Gee, that's swell, Sheriff.
51:24Did I teach her that?
51:29Tell us, Splinter.
51:30Well, I didn't teach her that.
51:31Sure.
51:32Say, finding my diamond pin on that crook sure saved the day, eh, Splinters?
51:48Here's the sheriff's acceptance. Wire it to the governor immediately.
51:56You bet I will.
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