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Wide Open Town (1941)
Approved | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Western | 8 August 1941 (USA)
Belle Langtry runs a town being taken over by cattle rustlers. She is also a front for the outlaws, who are led by Steve Fraser. Hoppy gets elected sheriff and cleans up the town with help from the Bar 20 boys.
Director: Lesley Selander
Writers: J. Benton Cheney, Harrison Jacobs
Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde
Approved | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Western | 8 August 1941 (USA)
Belle Langtry runs a town being taken over by cattle rustlers. She is also a front for the outlaws, who are led by Steve Fraser. Hoppy gets elected sheriff and cleans up the town with help from the Bar 20 boys.
Director: Lesley Selander
Writers: J. Benton Cheney, Harrison Jacobs
Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde
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00:03:03I tell you, Jim, the situation is growing from bad to worse.
00:03:07If we don't do something quick, Gunsite won't be fit for even a dog to live in.
00:03:11Brad's right. It's getting so it isn't safe for folks to be out at night.
00:03:15I know that, boys. But until we get another sheriff, I'm afraid there's nothing we can do.
00:03:20Yes, there is, Dad.
00:03:22We never had any trouble here until that Miss Langtry bought the Paradise Saloon.
00:03:26Why don't the good people get together and chase her and her outlaw friends out of town?
00:03:30Well, that's what we've tried to have them do, Joan, but, well, you know, we haven't had much success.
00:03:35That's no reason why you and Mr. Wilson, Dad, shouldn't keep on trying.
00:03:39Sooner or later, all the good people will help you.
00:03:42She's right. We've been laying down on the job, and it's about time we got busy.
00:03:46Suits me, Tom. You and I will start circulating among the miners and ranchers again.
00:03:50And I'll begin today with a front-page editorial.
00:03:53Well, let's get started, Brad. See you later, Jim.
00:03:55Thanks for coming.
00:03:58We'll show that Bill Langtry, won't we, Dad?
00:04:00You bet we will.
00:04:07Set him up again.
00:04:10I'd like to have a look at your claim, Pete.
00:04:12If this piece of ore indicates, I'll buy him again.
00:04:15No, sir. I ain't telling nobody where it is until I find it.
00:04:20I'll just buy one more, and I'll get going.
00:04:23You've been saying that for the last hour.
00:04:26One more drink of this colored water, and my insides will look like the wallpaper in Gertie's room.
00:04:45Good morning.
00:04:56Find anything yet?
00:04:58Not yet, but we're still working on it.
00:05:00All right, keep it up.
00:05:04Hello.
00:05:09Why, Pop, what are you doing here carrying a gun?
00:05:13Me and old Betsy are looking for a couple of hombres that robbed me this morning.
00:05:17Ten dollars I made selling firewood.
00:05:20Any idea who they are?
00:05:21No, but I'll know them when I see them again.
00:05:25Don't look like they're here, though.
00:05:27What did they look like?
00:05:29Well, both of them were kind of big and husky.
00:05:32One of them was red-headed, and the other one kind of dark.
00:05:36Oh, yes, I think I know who you mean.
00:05:44Here's your ten dollars, Pop.
00:05:46I'll collect from them when they drop in here again.
00:05:48Well, now, that's mighty kind of you.
00:05:50That's all right, Pop. You run along. I'll get my money back.
00:05:53Thanks, Miss Bell.
00:05:54All right, Pop.
00:05:58Come here, Spike.
00:06:01Here?
00:06:02When Red and Blackie come in, tell them I want to see them.
00:06:05All right.
00:06:10I can't find out a thing from Pete.
00:06:12The old mule just won't tell me where his claim's located.
00:06:17Sometimes a mule can be coaxed when he can't be driven.
00:06:25He just had one more, huh?
00:06:27All right, we'll make this the last one.
00:06:29Set him up, Candice.
00:06:32Hello, Pete.
00:06:34Oh, hello, Miss Bell.
00:06:36I'm awfully happy to hear you've made a strike.
00:06:38Thanks. Will you have a little drink on it?
00:06:40Not unless I can buy you one first.
00:06:43Sandy, bring out my private bottle.
00:06:45You know, this is for my special friend.
00:06:47Oh.
00:06:49Look at Bell going to work.
00:06:51He might just as well give up his claim right now.
00:06:56I hope you've been smart enough to protect your claim in every way.
00:07:00You bet your boots I have.
00:07:03You sure your location papers are made out properly?
00:07:06The description and all?
00:07:07Yep, got them all written out proper and ready to file.
00:07:10That's fine.
00:07:12Oh, I know you can look out for yourself,
00:07:14but you better not let anyone know where your claim is located until after you file.
00:07:19No, sir. The papers stay right in my belt until I file them.
00:07:24Oh.
00:07:26Well, here's to the mind, Pete.
00:07:30Have one on the house.
00:07:31No, sir. I've had enough.
00:07:33I'm heading for the county seat.
00:07:35Goodbye, Miss Bell.
00:07:36Goodbye, Pete. Good luck.
00:07:42So long, Pete.
00:07:43So long, boy.
00:07:44Take care of yourself.
00:07:50Pete carries his location papers and his money belt.
00:07:54You know what to do, Ed. Get after him.
00:07:59It's a hard game to beat.
00:08:06Looks like we've lost the trail, Hoppy.
00:08:09Yep. We're going to keep right on going until we pick it up again.
00:08:13I think we'd better go right on into gun sight and see what we can find out there.
00:08:25Come in.
00:08:31Fred said you wanted to see me.
00:08:34Fred said you wanted to see us, Miss Bell.
00:08:36I do.
00:08:38You measly, two-bit, penny-ante chiselers.
00:08:42But, Miss...
00:08:43I'll do the talking.
00:08:45You're a fine pair of gunmen picking on a poor old man like Pop.
00:08:49Don't you realize your petty thievery is liable to jeopardize everything I've taken months to build up?
00:08:55I'm playing for big stakes, not pennies.
00:08:57And unless you remember that in the future, you both know what's apt to happen.
00:09:03Now, get out.
00:09:06Wait a minute.
00:09:12Now, hand over that ten dollars you stole from Pop.
00:09:28Well...
00:09:30Here's Pete's location papers.
00:09:34What about him?
00:09:35You needn't worry. He won't do any more talking.
00:09:39Have my horse saddle while I change clothes.
00:09:41I'm leaving for the county seat to file on this claim.
00:09:49Wait a minute, Hoppy.
00:09:51I think I'd better check that out.
00:09:54Wait a minute, Hoppy.
00:09:56I think I'd better check that pack.
00:10:04Give me a hand, will you, California?
00:10:05Yeah.
00:10:10Well, we ought to be getting to gun sight soon.
00:10:12Oh, sure, be glad when we do.
00:10:14I'm so hungry I could eat the horns right off on the steers.
00:10:18We'd better watch him, too. Lucky he's liable to do it if we find the steers.
00:10:22Yeah.
00:10:24Hoppy, look!
00:10:29Well, there's a woman on that horse.
00:10:31Looks like a runaway.
00:10:52Let's go.
00:11:22Whoa!
00:11:48Get down off that horse!
00:11:53Up with him!
00:11:55Well, I...
00:12:00Come on! Come on! Come on!
00:12:03Wait a minute, you little wildcat. I'm not gonna hurt you.
00:12:07Well, what were you chasing me for?
00:12:09Chasing you?
00:12:10I wasn't chasing you. I thought your horse was running away. I was trying to catch up with him.
00:12:16You must think I'm pretty stupid, Mr...
00:12:19My friends call me Hoppy.
00:12:22Well, I'm sorry to have been so suspicious, Hoppy, but thanks anyway for your good intentions.
00:12:27Ah, it's all right.
00:12:31What happened? Who fired the shot?
00:12:33I did. I just wanted to let you know where I was.
00:12:36Oh, uh, these are my two friends. This is Lucky and this is California.
00:12:40Hello.
00:12:41How do you do?
00:12:42Howdy.
00:12:43Where are you boys heading for?
00:12:44We're heading for gun sight. We're gonna be there for a while.
00:12:46Oh, look me up in a couple of days. I might be able to show you around.
00:12:51Just ask for Bell Langtree at the Paradise.
00:12:54Bell Langtree at the Paradise, huh?
00:12:56Uh-huh.
00:12:57Thanks.
00:12:59I hope to see a lot of you, Hoppy.
00:13:02That's possible.
00:13:04Bye.
00:13:05Bye.
00:13:07Goodbye, boys.
00:13:08Goodbye.
00:13:21What are you thinking?
00:13:23I'm thinking she's plenty good looking.
00:13:26What do you think?
00:13:27That she's plenty smart.
00:13:30I wonder what gave her the idea I was chasing her.
00:13:34I don't know.
00:13:36Well, let's go. I'm hungry.
00:13:41The task will not be a difficult one if every honest man does his part.
00:13:46And I say unto you that the time has come when the decent citizens of our community must band together
00:13:51to stamp out the vicious, lawless element that is infesting our community.
00:14:16I remember we never heard of the Bar 20.
00:14:25I think this will interest you, Steve.
00:14:30Interesting editorial, don't you think, Ed?
00:14:33I like it.
00:14:34I like it.
00:14:35I like it.
00:14:36I like it.
00:14:37I like it.
00:14:38I like it.
00:14:39I like it.
00:14:40I like it.
00:14:41I like it.
00:14:42I like it.
00:14:43I like it.
00:14:44It's a swell editorial, don't you think, Ed?
00:14:46Yeah, but you're not going to let that inked finger get away with it, are you?
00:14:49No, we're going to pay him a visit.
00:14:50Right now.
00:15:06Gee, Dad, it's a swell editorial.
00:15:08Write a few more like this and I bet everyone will be with us.
00:15:10I wish it were as simple as all that, Joan,
00:15:12but I'm afraid it's going to take a lot of patience before that happens.
00:15:17Dad!
00:15:20Shut her off!
00:15:31You wish to see me?
00:15:32Why, yes. I've just read your latest article on crime, Mr. Stewart.
00:15:36It's very well written.
00:15:39However, in your comments about Miss Lankrey and the Paradise,
00:15:42I feel that you've been ill-advised and foolish.
00:15:45You can't scare us!
00:15:46I don't know, Joan.
00:15:49Why don't you come to the point?
00:15:51What do you want to see me about?
00:15:53Just this.
00:15:54You write any more such drivel and gunsight will have to do without a newspaper.
00:15:59I don't frighten easily, Mr. Fraser.
00:16:02And I intend to continue my efforts to bring law and order to this community.
00:16:07Now, wait a minute.
00:16:08There's no reason why you and I shouldn't get together on this.
00:16:13Get back here!
00:16:18Race looks deader than a salt mackerel.
00:16:36Come on!
00:16:53Come on, line up there!
00:16:54Come on, get up!
00:17:00Daddy? Daddy, are you hurt?
00:17:07Shall we turn them over to the sheriff?
00:17:09There isn't any.
00:17:11I'm afraid...
00:17:13I'm afraid we'll just have to turn them loose.
00:17:16But, Dad, what about the damage they've done?
00:17:18It'll cost more than a hundred dollars to get things fixed up.
00:17:21And they ought to pay it.
00:17:23You're right, sis.
00:17:25All right, you heard what the little lady said.
00:17:27Start digging.
00:17:37Let me get a couple more.
00:17:44That's better.
00:17:46If anything else happens around here, we'll know who to start looking for.
00:17:49Now, get out!
00:18:07I don't know how to thank you and your friends.
00:18:10No thanks necessary.
00:18:11I'm glad we happened to be around.
00:18:13Say, what caused all the trouble?
00:18:16Here, I'll show you.
00:18:20Just read this.
00:18:24Those four men work for Bell Langtry.
00:18:27Bell Langtry?
00:18:29She and her outfit just about run this town.
00:18:33That sounds interesting.
00:18:37That's a bad tuck you got there.
00:18:40Better get that a tennis too.
00:18:42Yeah, Dad, you run on home and put some medicine on it.
00:18:44I'll look after things here.
00:18:45You boys stay and give the young lady a hand.
00:18:47And don't forget your money over here.
00:18:48Oh, I will.
00:18:50Well, what do you want us to do first?
00:18:54Well, you can work in that tie case over there.
00:18:56I'll start in this.
00:19:01Gee, they sure fixed the press.
00:19:04It'll take a miracle to make it run again.
00:19:07I'll have a look at it.
00:19:11Isn't it awful?
00:19:13Yeah, it sure...
00:19:15Oh, it ain't nothing.
00:19:16I can fix it right pronto.
00:19:18You can?
00:19:19That's wonderful.
00:19:22Are you sure you know how?
00:19:23Do I know how?
00:19:24Why, I'm the dingbustiness mechanic this side of the Mississippi.
00:19:29Ain't I lucky?
00:19:30No, you're not.
00:19:31I wouldn't let him fool with it if I were you, miss.
00:19:33One time back at the Bar 20, tried to fix a windmill.
00:19:35Blew away like a kite and we haven't seen it since.
00:19:38Ah, don't pay no attention to him.
00:19:39He's jealous because I'm smarter than he is.
00:19:43Now, uh...
00:19:45Well, the first thing, uh...
00:19:48I need an apron.
00:19:51Yeah?
00:19:52There it is.
00:19:54Sure enough.
00:19:55Yeah.
00:19:57Well, now, let's see.
00:19:58I'll start, huh?
00:20:00Uh...
00:20:01Uh...
00:20:08Well, I need a nut, huh?
00:20:27Now, get these.
00:20:32You know, in the excitement, I forgot to ask your name.
00:20:35I'm Jim Stewart.
00:20:36I'm Bill Cassidy.
00:20:38Cassidy?
00:20:40Seems to me I've heard that name someplace before.
00:20:42Maybe you have.
00:20:43It's pretty well known back in Ireland.
00:20:46No, I've never been in Ireland.
00:20:47Well, that ought to do it.
00:20:50Thanks.
00:20:51That's better.
00:20:54Say, you and your friends are strangers here, aren't you?
00:20:56That's right.
00:20:57Yeah?
00:20:59And after seeing that editorial of yours,
00:21:01it looks like we're on the same side of the fence.
00:21:04What do you mean?
00:21:06We're down here looking for some candle that was stolen from the Bar 20.
00:21:10That's an outfit up north.
00:21:13Tell me, uh...
00:21:15Do you think that Paradise outfit could have had anything to do with it?
00:21:18I don't know.
00:21:20They might have.
00:21:21I wouldn't put it past them.
00:21:23I know they're extending their sphere of operations.
00:21:25Why doesn't the law take a hand?
00:21:27It has.
00:21:30But the last two sheriffs have been killed.
00:21:33I can't find anybody to take the job.
00:21:36That's too bad.
00:21:39Say, did you say your name was Cassidy?
00:21:41That's right.
00:21:43Now I know where I've heard of you.
00:21:45You're Hopalong Cassidy, the ex-sheriff that cleaned up Santa Fe single-handed.
00:21:49Oh, Stuart, being a newspaper man,
00:21:51you should know better than to believe everything you read.
00:21:54I didn't do that job alone.
00:21:56I had plenty of help.
00:21:58Maybe so.
00:22:01Cassidy...
00:22:03This town needs help a lot worse than Santa Fe did.
00:22:08Will you take over as sheriff?
00:22:11As sheriff?
00:22:14Oh, I don't know.
00:22:15I'd like to help.
00:22:16Those cattle mean an awful lot to my boss.
00:22:18I couldn't very well give up trying to get them back.
00:22:21You don't have to.
00:22:22There's nothing to prevent you from combining both jobs.
00:22:27That's an idea.
00:22:29I wish you would.
00:22:31I'm not asking you this for myself.
00:22:34I'm thinking of the women and children of this town
00:22:36who've been waiting a long while for law and order to come here.
00:22:39All right.
00:22:41Where does a man go to get sworn in around here?
00:22:45You don't have to go anyplace.
00:22:47You're right here.
00:22:49I happen to be mayor, too.
00:22:51That makes it easier.
00:22:59Now just raise your right hand and repeat after me.
00:23:03I'm the mayor of Santa Fe.
00:23:06Now just raise your right hand and repeat after me.
00:23:10I, William Cassidy, do hereby swear.
00:23:12I, William Cassidy, do hereby swear.
00:23:35I, William Cassidy, do hereby swear...
00:23:55Give me that.
00:24:00How did you come to California?
00:24:02Oh, just in my element.
00:24:05Most interesting work.
00:24:18Darn thing.
00:24:21And will faithfully discharge the office of sheriff to the best of my ability.
00:24:25That all?
00:24:27I think that's all.
00:24:29Come along and I'll show you your new office.
00:24:31All right.
00:24:35I think it's going to be a little better if no one around here really knows where I came from.
00:24:40I believe you're right.
00:24:57Well, this is it.
00:25:00A little dusty, but it's all right.
00:25:11Our last sheriff was wearing that badge when he was killed.
00:25:18A nice fellow did that.
00:25:20Right through the back.
00:25:22Say, I'd like to see those two friends you mentioned.
00:25:25Jackson and Wilson.
00:25:27They're both up in the hills, but I'll send word for them to come into town.
00:25:30That's fine.
00:25:45Lucky the darn thing's got me stuffed.
00:25:47I'd like to bust it into a mill.
00:25:50Look, it works! Look!
00:25:53It's wonderful!
00:25:55It's wonderful!
00:25:57It's working!
00:26:01Huh? Am I clever?
00:26:03You're wonderful!
00:26:13California fixed it all right.
00:26:15California fixed it.
00:26:16Well, she's rolling.
00:26:18She sure is.
00:26:21It's all these extra parts.
00:26:24Just what I've been wondering myself of.
00:26:37Oh, you got her fixed so she prints them and delivers them too, huh?
00:26:40Yeah!
00:26:45She won't shut up!
00:26:48Maybe she's one of them back in there, huh?
00:26:52Well, put her in and find out!
00:26:56You put her in there and...
00:27:12Hello, Spike.
00:27:13Hello, Belle.
00:27:14Hello, Belle.
00:27:22Well, Steve, I filed a claim.
00:27:24We've got a new gold mine.
00:27:25Yeah, we've also got a new sheriff.
00:27:28A new sheriff?
00:27:29Where's he from?
00:27:30I don't know. I haven't been able to get much of a line on him yet.
00:27:34Keep your eye on him.
00:27:35He gets in our way, you know what to do.
00:27:42Hi, Joan.
00:27:43Seen anything of Hoppy or Lucky?
00:27:45No, I haven't, California.
00:27:46No?
00:27:47How's the press working, huh?
00:27:49It isn't.
00:27:50It isn't, huh?
00:27:51Well, it ain't, huh?
00:27:55Well, I think maybe...
00:27:57Don't touch that!
00:27:58No?
00:27:59Well, if I just give it a little turn...
00:28:01Daddy said never to touch that!
00:28:03No?
00:28:04Why no?
00:28:05Of course not!
00:28:06What am I thinking about?
00:28:08That thing shouldn't never be touched!
00:28:10You remember that.
00:28:11Sure I will.
00:28:20Hi! Where are you going?
00:28:22We're going to look the boys over in the paradise.
00:28:24Want to come along?
00:28:25I'll see you later.
00:28:29Yes, sir.
00:28:31Biggest trail herd I've ever seen.
00:28:33Yeah? How many?
00:28:35Must be close on to 2,000 head.
00:28:38Give my friend another drink, Sandy.
00:28:40On the house.
00:28:41I'll be right back.
00:28:51Well?
00:28:52The Ferguson outfit are driving a herd of 2,000 to market.
00:28:55They should be passing through Rocky Ford in about two weeks.
00:28:58What a haul that's going to be.
00:29:00See that you make the necessary arrangements.
00:29:02I do.
00:29:04Oh!
00:29:05When will that buyer be here to take the Bar 20 herd off our hands?
00:29:08He should be here any day now.
00:29:10Good.
00:29:15I'll tell you what to do, Ed.
00:29:21All right.
00:29:32The new sheriff sent us this way.
00:29:34He is, huh?
00:29:43Remember, no fireworks unless they start it.
00:29:50All right.
00:30:14All right, boys. What do you have?
00:30:18Oh, I'll have a little, uh...
00:30:20Two sarsaparillas.
00:30:22Yes, sir.
00:30:25Howdy, Sheriff.
00:30:27Howdy.
00:30:28You, uh, you're on business, or is this just a little social call?
00:30:32I'll be a little abode.
00:30:34I presume it's your intention to make Gunsite into a model and upright community, am I right?
00:30:40That's a rough idea of what I'm here for.
00:30:43But you're not going to turn the town into a Sunday school picnic ground, are you?
00:30:48Not a bad idea. Thanks for the suggestion.
00:30:51You know, the last sheriff felt that way about it, too.
00:30:54Poor fellow.
00:30:56Someone killed him before he had a chance to try it out.
00:30:59Yeah.
00:31:01But good ideas are hard to kill.
00:31:04Maybe.
00:31:05But they've been known to leave a long trailer dead behind them.
00:31:09Well, I'm hoping certain folks around here will soon start to realize.
00:31:14And speaking of that last sheriff, I saw the badge he was wearing.
00:31:19Looks to me like he was shot with a rifle.
00:31:23And through the back.
00:31:25What do you think?
00:31:26I'm not thinking.
00:31:28Then you'd better start.
00:31:29Look, this conversation's becoming a little tiresome,
00:31:31so you go right ahead and make your speech, mister, and get it over with.
00:31:35I'm not exactly the speech-making variety, but thanks.
00:31:40Listen, folks.
00:31:43I want to give all of you a little advance information.
00:31:47From now on, law and order is going to be enforced in gun sight.
00:31:52This town is going to be a mighty unhealthy spot for the ones who refuse to respect the law.
00:31:57And just to make it a little plainer,
00:32:00And just to make it a little plainer,
00:32:03a jail is ready to accommodate anyone who doesn't.
00:32:07Now, did you hear that, folks?
00:32:10The new sheriff means business.
00:32:20What's going on here?
00:32:31Oh, hello, Hoppy.
00:32:33Howdy, miss.
00:32:34I was wondering if I'd ever see you again.
00:32:37Bottle of my best wine, Sandy.
00:32:39It's the finest in the country.
00:32:41Being yours, I'm sure it would be.
00:32:45I'm sorry to refuse.
00:32:46I don't drink.
00:32:49Oh, now, Hoppy.
00:32:53Say, you weren't wearing that badge the last time I saw you.
00:32:58Say, you weren't wearing that badge the last time I saw you.
00:33:02I didn't own it then.
00:33:05You're not going to let that little piece of tin keep us from being friends, are you?
00:33:10That's entirely up to you.
00:33:15Well, then, have a drink with me.
00:33:18I said I don't drink.
00:33:21If Miss Bell says you're drinking, you're drinking.
00:33:27Just as you say, mister.
00:33:30But so long as I'm going to have a drink, I'll have a real one.
00:33:34Give me some raw liquor.
00:33:52Here's how.
00:33:58I do mean business.
00:34:04I'll give you an hour to get out of town.
00:34:09Get going.
00:34:14That'll give you and your friends an idea of how I stand on things.
00:34:20Bell looks like she doesn't know whether to kiss him or kill him.
00:34:24Good day, miss.
00:34:54Good day.
00:35:14Why, uh...
00:35:16Why didn't you tell me you knew the new marshal?
00:35:19Well, I didn't know it was him until I saw his badge.
00:35:22I didn't know him.
00:35:24Well, not that it's any of your business, but I met him while I was riding in to file a claim.
00:35:35You're not thinking of dry-gulching him, are you?
00:35:38Exactly.
00:35:40Since when have you started doing things without being told?
00:35:43Do you think I'm going to let him get away with what he did just now?
00:35:46Better take it easy, Steve.
00:35:48I can't afford to lose anyone as valuable as you.
00:35:51I'll take care of him.
00:35:53You're not fooling me, Bell.
00:35:55The only reason you don't want me to get him is because you've gone soft on him.
00:35:59Now don't tell me you figured that out all by yourself.
00:36:03Listen, Bell...
00:36:04That's enough!
00:36:05You and your outfit were nothing but tin horn rustlers till I made something out of you.
00:36:10I'm boss here. Don't you ever forget it.
00:36:19I'm sorry I lost my temper, Bell.
00:36:21But if we don't get that new sheriff, there's no telling what'll happen.
00:36:25I've kept us out of hot water so far, and I'll keep right on doing it.
00:36:30Mr. Hoppy or no Mr. Hoppy.
00:36:48California, I told you never to touch that!
00:36:51So you didn't.
00:36:53Shut her off, Jones!
00:37:02Oh, tell Hoppy that Jackson and Wilson are coming over to the house tonight,
00:37:06and we're expecting you three over for dinner.
00:37:08Yeah.
00:37:09Dinner!
00:37:11Dinner!
00:37:13We're expecting you three over for dinner.
00:37:15Yeah.
00:37:16Dinner!
00:37:18You gonna have apple pie?
00:37:20Well, I don't know.
00:37:22Oh, I just love apple pie.
00:37:26You know what, Hoppy? I just love apricot pie.
00:37:30I thought it was apple pie you liked.
00:37:33Was it?
00:37:37You say nobody's seen Pete Carter since he left the Paradise to file a claim, huh?
00:37:41That's right, Sheriff.
00:37:42The reason I believe he's been killed is that Bell Langdry just filed on a new mine.
00:37:47Oh.
00:37:48Who'd like some more coffee?
00:37:50None for me, thanks.
00:37:51No, thanks.
00:37:52California, how'd you like some more pie?
00:37:54Well, I never want to disappoint the cook.
00:37:57I'll have another piece.
00:37:58Joan, could you use some help with your dishes?
00:38:01Well, I could use some.
00:38:03There's your man, best dishwasher in the state.
00:38:06Hoppy, you know that isn't true. Why don't you tell her the truth?
00:38:09I did make a slight mistake. He's the best in the country.
00:38:17Dishwasher.
00:38:18Hurry up and get through so we can get started on these things.
00:38:22You're going to help me, you know.
00:38:24I never noticed those things.
00:38:29Those two are a problem.
00:38:32Hey, Jackson, Stuart tells me that you and Wilson have been trying to line up the honest folks around here.
00:38:38We have.
00:38:39And what's more, you'll find most of them ready to back up your play.
00:38:42All they need is someone to lead them.
00:38:44I'm glad to hear that.
00:38:45I might need some help before long.
00:38:47What's on your mind?
00:38:48I might be wrong, but I've got an idea that that paradise is just a place where they get people drunk so they'll know where to strike next.
00:38:55Maybe you're right.
00:38:57Good.
00:38:58Here's what we'll do about it.
00:39:03This is the last of it, California.
00:39:05How'd it come, Lucky?
00:39:07Oh, all right, I guess.
00:39:09Say, if you'd hurry up, maybe you'd be a little help around here.
00:39:12Now, don't rush me.
00:39:14You want me to catch indigestion or something?
00:39:19You know, Lucky, I love bananas.
00:39:21Because you just peel them and there they are.
00:39:23Oh, no, you don't.
00:39:24You think we're going to stick around here all night?
00:39:26You think we're going to stick around here all night while you eat?
00:39:29And in that way, I think we should be able to get someplace.
00:39:31Does that sound reasonable?
00:39:33Hoppy, I think it's an excellent idea.
00:39:35I think you've got something there.
00:39:36It sure is.
00:39:37Well, I'll leave at once and start the ball rolling.
00:39:40Want to come along, Wilson?
00:39:41Sure enough.
00:39:42Good night, gentlemen.
00:39:43Good night.
00:39:44Good night.
00:39:46Aren't you through yet?
00:39:48Just finished.
00:39:50It's about time.
00:39:52Let's go.
00:39:53Hey, you can't do it that way.
00:39:55Well, it's the difference how we do it so long as it's done.
00:39:58Come on, let's go.
00:40:00All right.
00:40:09Well, then I'll get things started, isn't it?
00:40:15Just a minute. They're stuck.
00:40:17Well, let go.
00:40:19Let go.
00:40:25Oh.
00:40:27Now, you see what you did?
00:40:29What I did?
00:40:30You told me to let go, didn't you?
00:40:32Well, I meant for you to let go of the door.
00:40:34Why don't you, sir?
00:40:36Let's get it.
00:40:39Just finishing up.
00:40:47So the bank has arranged to transfer the money from the train to the stage at Sandy Junction.
00:40:53I don't blame them.
00:40:54Twenty thousand dollars is quite a sum.
00:40:56You bet it is.
00:40:57What's more, they were smart in picking Sandy Junction.
00:40:59The depot's been deserted for the past year and there won't be any danger of a holdup.
00:41:03That's right.
00:41:05I wonder why they chose Sunday night to make the transfer.
00:41:08Did I say Sunday night?
00:41:10Well, I thought that's what you said.
00:41:11Well, that's all wrong.
00:41:13I mean noon tomorrow.
00:41:17Well, I better be getting.
00:41:20Thanks for the drinks.
00:41:21All right.
00:41:23You better give him a hand, Steve.
00:41:49Think you can make a friend?
00:41:50Yeah.
00:41:53Yeah.
00:42:02You better take care of this job yourself, Steve.
00:42:04There's too much involved to let the boys handle it.
00:42:06Right, Bill.
00:42:10And if this works, we'll find out all we need to know.
00:42:13Here he comes.
00:42:15What happened?
00:42:16They fell for it hook, line, and sinker.
00:42:18Good.
00:42:19Now be sure and have all your men at the junction ten minutes before the train gets here.
00:42:22Right.
00:42:23Come on.
00:42:36Well, it looks like this is one of the biggest holes we ever made.
00:42:40Well, it looks like this is one of the biggest holes we ever made.
00:42:44Here comes the stage.
00:42:49Let's go inside.
00:42:50Let's go inside.
00:43:08All right, get after him.
00:43:14Don't move, you're covered.
00:43:21Take him behind the station and tie him up.
00:43:31Nice work, Ed.
00:43:33I hope we'll be able to get away with the money that easy.
00:43:35Just do what I tell you, we won't have any trouble.
00:43:37All right.
00:43:50Come on, boys, hurry up.
00:44:21You're from the Stockton Bank?
00:44:22That's right.
00:44:23Can I see your identification papers?
00:44:24Why, sure.
00:44:28Now get busy and tell them to unload that money.
00:44:30Pronto.
00:44:34All right, boys, bring them over the box.
00:44:51All right, load it on the coach.
00:44:59Drop that box.
00:45:00Get your hands up.
00:45:20Drop it.
00:45:21Drop it.
00:45:51You got a bad one, old timer?
00:45:52No, it ain't nothing.
00:45:54It felt like it went all the way through, but it...
00:45:57It didn't.
00:45:58Oh, that's good.
00:45:59Cubby.
00:46:00Yeah?
00:46:01Get that fella in the deeper for me.
00:46:20All right.
00:46:39Well, let's see a big stand-up on your feet.
00:46:41Sure can.
00:46:42I wasn't chopping the food.
00:46:45Yeah, you were all right.
00:46:48Turn around here.
00:46:51There.
00:46:52All right?
00:46:53Sure.
00:46:57Ah, it's you again, huh?
00:46:59You feel like doing a little talking?
00:47:02All right, get on.
00:47:05What happened to the others?
00:47:07One in my depot and two of the others got away, but...
00:47:10Well, come on, we got plenty to do.
00:47:11Which way can I get my gun?
00:47:20All right.
00:47:51What happened?
00:47:52That money transfer was a trap set by your friend, the sheriff.
00:47:54What about Ed and the other boys?
00:47:56Larry and Yuma Bill were killed.
00:47:57I don't know what happened to Ed and Hank.
00:47:59Did they spot you?
00:48:00No, I got away just in time.
00:48:01Just as...
00:48:14Don't be a fool, Steve.
00:48:16They'll know where the shot came from.
00:48:17Then it'll be curtains for us.
00:48:19Maybe you're right.
00:48:21I'll get my rifle and finish him like I did the others.
00:48:23You do nothing of the sort.
00:48:24At least not until I tell you.
00:48:26Don't you realize he suspects us?
00:48:28That he wouldn't have set that trap for us if he didn't?
00:48:30He can suspect all he wants.
00:48:32As long as he doesn't get any proof, we're perfectly safe.
00:48:34So you're going to sit here and wait until he puts a rope around your neck.
00:48:37Well, I'm not.
00:48:39Steve, if that's the way you feel about it,
00:48:41you can draw your share out of this place,
00:48:43and I'll take care of the rest.
00:48:44If that's the way you feel about it,
00:48:45you can draw your share out of this place any time you want.
00:48:55Keep a close eye on him.
00:48:56Lucky I'll be back in a moment.
00:48:57Right.
00:49:08Wait right here while I get some more clean water.
00:49:14Okay.
00:49:15Okay.
00:49:43California!
00:49:44Get back in that stool.
00:49:55And I was just wondering whether or not Stark is liable to talk.
00:49:58If he does, he'll hang himself.
00:50:00I don't think he'll care to do that.
00:50:03Who is it?
00:50:04The sheriff.
00:50:05Oh, just a minute.
00:50:06I'll handle this. Get out the back way.
00:50:08Come in, Hoppy.
00:50:12Oh, hello.
00:50:13Howdy.
00:50:16Oh, that's a nice place you got here.
00:50:19Thanks.
00:50:20Won't you sit down?
00:50:22Are you here on business, or is this a personal visit?
00:50:26Uh, business.
00:50:27I just arrested one of your men for attempted robbery.
00:50:30I thought maybe you'd like to know about it.
00:50:32Attempted robbery?
00:50:33Who is he?
00:50:34I don't know.
00:50:35I'd like to know about it.
00:50:36Attempted robbery?
00:50:37Who is he?
00:50:38He calls himself Stark.
00:50:40Oh, him.
00:50:41Well, he doesn't work for me anymore.
00:50:43You fired him, remember?
00:50:45Oh, that's right.
00:50:46I did invite him out of town, didn't I?
00:50:49Well, now that that's settled, tell me.
00:50:52How do you like your new job?
00:50:55Not bad.
00:51:06A nice piece of rock you got here.
00:51:09That's the first piece of ore out of my best mine.
00:51:13There's a lot of gold in that mine.
00:51:15More than enough for one.
00:51:17You're very fortunate.
00:51:21You know, if I could find someone to run that mine for me,
00:51:24someone with brains and nerves,
00:51:28someone I like,
00:51:30he'd be fortunate too.
00:51:32He'd be fortunate too.
00:51:35Is that an offer?
00:51:38What do you think?
00:51:41No, thanks. I'm not interested.
00:51:46You don't like me, do you?
00:51:49I think you're very attractive.
00:51:52But I don't like the business you're in or your friends.
00:51:56Oh, I suppose you think I should give up everything and run away from it all.
00:52:02Well, come to think of it, it mightn't be a bad idea.
00:52:07And if I don't?
00:52:10I really came here to tell you that I don't like the idea of making war on women.
00:52:15But I've got a job to do.
00:52:18It seems to me that you and I are lined up on opposite sides of the fence.
00:52:23Is that a warning?
00:52:26No, it's just a little good advice.
00:52:30And if you take it,
00:52:34you won't be needing that.
00:52:59What do you want?
00:53:01He didn't want anything.
00:53:03He just told me politely that gun sight wasn't big enough for both of us.
00:53:07Does that convince you you ought to get rid of him quick?
00:53:10Yes, Steve, it does.
00:53:14Not being a woman,
00:53:16you wouldn't understand.
00:53:19You wouldn't understand.
00:53:22You wouldn't understand.
00:53:25You wouldn't understand.
00:53:27You wouldn't understand.
00:53:30I'll take care of him in my own way.
00:53:45Tried to get him to talk, but no smoke.
00:53:48Ah, that's too bad.
00:53:50What about Frazier and this lanky woman? Are we going to round them up?
00:53:53That won't do any good, Lucky.
00:53:55We can't prove that they had anything to do with that attempted robbery,
00:53:58or anything else for that matter.
00:54:00Until we can, we'll just have to keep on chopping down on the size of their outfit.
00:54:04That suits me.
00:54:06What about Buck's steers? We sort of forgot about them.
00:54:09Yeah, it does kind of seem that way.
00:54:11I got an idea we're going to get our cattle back soon, and we might bring in some more outlaws.
00:54:15Well, how are we going to do it?
00:54:17You round up California and the boys, and I'll tell you all at once.
00:54:21You'll have to wait. I ain't through yet.
00:54:23That's all right. Take your time. How's the food?
00:54:26Well, I've tasted worse, but I don't know when.
00:54:28Better have some more coffee. I made it myself.
00:54:31Yeah.
00:54:33Yeah, sure.
00:54:50Oh.
00:54:52Mm-hmm.
00:54:55Oh.
00:55:19Have some more coffee.
00:55:21Mm-hmm.
00:55:24Mm-hmm.
00:55:34Oh.
00:55:36Ah.
00:55:38Oh.
00:55:40Gosh.
00:55:55Oh.
00:56:00Yeah.
00:56:25Yeah.
00:56:31Mm-hmm.
00:56:55Oh.
00:57:21African.
00:57:24African.
00:57:43Well, where do you think you're going?
00:57:45With you and Hoppy.
00:57:47Now, you're a spunky girl, Joan, but you'd better run on home.
00:57:50Why can't I go?
00:57:52Well, I can handle a rifle as well as any man in town.
00:57:55Ask Dad if that isn't so.
00:57:57I know you can, but we'd better...
00:58:01Start that boat and head north.
00:58:03We'd better get going. You run along home, Joan.
00:58:22Oh.
00:58:52Oh.
00:59:23Oh.
00:59:30Well, there it is.
00:59:32Let's split up here and maybe we can take them by surprise.
00:59:52How'd you get out so soon?
00:59:54All he just wrote in and told us you'd get thrown in jail early this afternoon.
00:59:58I did, but Bell took care of that.
01:00:07I'll go ahead and see if I can get around back up.
01:00:10All right.
01:00:17When I got out, my horse was all saddled and waiting.
01:00:20Well, here I am.
01:00:22He went to the boss to look after us.
01:00:24Had any shower yet?
01:00:26Yeah, I ate, but I could stand another cup of coffee, Baldy.
01:00:29Sure, I'll get you something out of the way.
01:00:50Careful. Come back here.
01:01:16Look out, fella!
01:01:21I got it.
01:01:39Get him up. Drop your gun.
01:01:51All right, Stewart, there they are.
01:01:53Get them on the horses, boys.
01:01:55All right, come on.
01:01:58Come on, boys.
01:02:00Come on.
01:02:28There's a Bar 20 steer.
01:02:30And there's another one.
01:02:32Doggone it, Hoppy, we found the herd.
01:02:34Yeah, looks like we found a couple of other herds, too.
01:02:37Yeah.
01:02:41What are we going to do, leave them here?
01:02:43No, we've got to put them over in that canyon where we get time to cut our own cattle out.
01:02:47Then we'll find out who the others belong to.
01:02:50Come on, we'll get our horses.
01:02:57Yeah.
01:03:14The sheriff and his men surprised us a couple of hours ago.
01:03:17They got everybody but me.
01:03:19Come on with me.
01:03:28Well, what is it this time?
01:03:30You're through, Belle.
01:03:32From now on, I'm running things here.
01:03:37You better change your brand of liquor, Steve.
01:03:39Now get out of here and sleep it off.
01:03:41Not so fast, you double-crossing...
01:03:43What did you say?
01:03:45You heard me. I knew you were in love with the sheriff,
01:03:47but I didn't think you was a far gone on him you'd try to sell out the rest of us.
01:03:50Sell you out?
01:03:52What's this all about, anyway?
01:03:54Red just told me the sheriff raided the hideout and grabbed everyone but him.
01:03:57And you think I told him where the hideout was?
01:04:00Not only that, I think you helped frame that phony money transfer with him.
01:04:06All right, lock the doors. Watch her.
01:04:08Shoot if she tries to make a break.
01:04:10And Red, make sure that you get all the guns out of here.
01:04:14You'll never get away with this, Steve.
01:04:16No.
01:04:18Jack, Lou, Frank, Tucksley, come here.
01:04:22Now listen.
01:04:24Some more of the boys have been arrested by that new sheriff and his men.
01:04:26So we're going to take care of them when they come back.
01:04:28Jack, you take some of the boys and get Stark out of jail.
01:04:30The rest of you, scatter out and keep a lookout on both sides of town.
01:04:33Now get busy. Go on.
01:04:35Now listen.
01:04:37Some more of the boys have been arrested by that new sheriff and his men.
01:04:40So we're going to take care of them when they come back.
01:04:42Jack, you take some of the boys and get Stark out of jail.
01:04:44The rest of you, scatter out and keep a lookout on both sides of town.
01:04:46Now get busy. Go on.
01:05:06Better take it easy, Bill. Sit down.
01:05:23Stark's gone. The cell door's open. There ain't no one around.
01:05:36That Stewart kid must be going to warn the sheriff.
01:05:43Come on. Let's get after him.
01:06:05Come on.
01:06:35Well, where'd that shot come from?
01:06:54I don't see anything.
01:06:56I don't like the looks of this, but let's go ahead.
01:06:59Keep your eyes open.
01:07:05All right. Get up, boys.
01:07:36They're over the second ridge.
01:07:38I saw them as we came around the bend.
01:07:40All right, Mike. Take her into town.
01:07:43Come on.
01:08:06Make for this door. Come on.
01:08:27Wait a minute, Steve. We'd better not follow them.
01:08:29They'll hole up in there and get all of us.
01:08:31What about the cattle?
01:08:32They drove them up into one of those canyons back there.
01:08:34We didn't get a chance to see where it was.
01:08:36Well, it's too late to search for them now. We'll go after them tomorrow.
01:08:38They won't get far with a herd in this country.
01:08:40Anyone killed at the hideout?
01:08:41Yeah, two. Stark and...
01:08:42Stark? How did he get there?
01:08:44Why, he told me one of the waiters helped him to break jail.
01:08:47Looks like they ain't gonna follow us.
01:08:49Yeah, it looks that way.
01:08:58Yeah, there's quite a bunch of them there.
01:09:00We're gonna be needing all the help we can find, Jackson.
01:09:03You think you and Wilson can line up some more men before nightfall?
01:09:06All you need, Hoppy.
01:09:08That's fine.
01:09:09But what are we going to do?
01:09:10We're gonna clean out the paradise.
01:09:13Come on, boys.
01:09:31Why don't you eat your food, honey?
01:09:33Don't you call me honey!
01:09:45Let's split up here, boys.
01:09:47Wilson, you take some of the boys and go in from the edge of town.
01:09:49All right.
01:09:50We'll go this way.
01:10:00Let's go.
01:10:30Let's go.
01:11:01We're in for a fight.
01:11:03Barricade the doors and get the girls out.
01:11:31Open the door!
01:11:40What are you doing?
01:11:41Stay out there.
01:11:42Stop!
01:11:44Wait a minute.
01:11:48I'm gonna get you.
01:11:50I'm gonna get you.
01:11:52I'm gonna get you.
01:11:54I'm gonna get you.
01:11:56I'm gonna get you.
01:11:58Wait a minute.
01:12:01Stewart!
01:12:02Sheriff!
01:12:04Look out here!
01:12:07If you don't stop firing and get out of town,
01:12:10I'm gonna shoot Joan Stewart!
01:12:12Hoppy.
01:12:13What are we gonna do? I can't...
01:12:15Men! Stop firing!
01:12:18I'll stop them, too.
01:12:20Don't worry about me, Hoppy.
01:12:22You won't get me!
01:12:25Hold your fire, boys!
01:12:28Well, I guess that did the trick.
01:12:30I gotta hand it to you, Steve.
01:12:32You're pretty clever.
01:12:34Put on your guns or I'll start blasting.
01:12:40Get those guns, Joan.
01:12:49Get out.
01:12:54Oh, Miss Belle!
01:12:58I wonder who's doing the shooting in there.
01:13:19Belle!
01:13:24Wilson, tell the boys to let him have it.
01:13:33You got a handkerchief? Yeah.
01:13:35Let him have it!
01:13:55I'm sorry. I was so mean.
01:13:57Don't you worry your little head.
01:13:59She's gonna be all right.
01:14:01Belle, where does that door lead to?
01:14:03It leads up to her room.
01:14:06You take care of her.
01:14:24I'll take care of her.
01:14:55Come on, fellas, let's get him!
01:15:17Come on, drop it!
01:15:19Drop it!
01:15:24Drop it!
01:15:54Drop it!
01:16:20Goodbye, Joan.
01:16:22Goodbye.
01:16:36I guess I must have caught cold in that old jail of yours.
01:16:40Yeah, I guess you did.
01:16:42Well, so long, Hoppy.
01:16:44So long, Belle.
01:16:45Let me know if there's anything you need down there.
01:16:48You might send me a nice new hacksaw.
01:16:52Maybe I will.
01:16:54Goodbye.
01:17:23Ink.
01:17:28Joan told me not to touch the darn thing, and I...
01:17:31So you touched it.
01:17:33I touched it.
01:17:35That's it!
01:17:52THE END
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