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Rollin' Home to Texas (1940)
Approved | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Music | 30 December 1940 (USA)
Tex, a United States Marshal, is sent to investigate the activities of a gang operating at the expense of the prison honor system. Using the honor system instituted by the prison warden, the gang helps unsuspecting prisoners escape and then enlists them in bank holdups.
Director: Albert Herman (as Al Herman)
Writer: Robert Emmett Tansey (original screenplay) (as Robert Emmett)
Stars: Tex Ritter, Cal Shrum, Slim Andrews
Approved | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Music | 30 December 1940 (USA)
Tex, a United States Marshal, is sent to investigate the activities of a gang operating at the expense of the prison honor system. Using the honor system instituted by the prison warden, the gang helps unsuspecting prisoners escape and then enlists them in bank holdups.
Director: Albert Herman (as Al Herman)
Writer: Robert Emmett Tansey (original screenplay) (as Robert Emmett)
Stars: Tex Ritter, Cal Shrum, Slim Andrews
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00:00:00♪
00:00:06Under Texas skies I am waiting,
00:00:13waiting for the one that I love.
00:00:21Melonites are calling and somewhere
00:00:28she will hear my song of love.
00:00:36Under Texas skies I am dreaming,
00:00:44dreaming of her lovely eyes
00:00:51and her promise to me
00:01:00underneath the Texas skies.
00:01:12♪
00:01:29Who killed this man?
00:01:30I did, Sheriff.
00:01:31I was right behind him at the teller's window.
00:01:33When he ordered the teller to shell out, I fired.
00:01:36He ran for the door and I shot him again and there he is.
00:01:39The banks of this state have agreed to pay for the capture
00:01:41of any bank robber dead or alive.
00:01:43You mean a reward?
00:01:44That's right, $1,000, and you've earned it.
00:01:46No, I don't deserve any money.
00:01:48I was only doing what any law-abiding citizen would do.
00:01:51You'll get it just the same.
00:01:54It worked perfect.
00:01:59I killed him, Sheriff.
00:02:00He tried to rob the bank.
00:02:02I killed him, Sheriff.
00:02:04When he tried to rob the bank.
00:02:05♪
00:02:16There you are, $1,000.
00:02:18Easy money, Lockwood.
00:02:20I'll say it is.
00:02:22And with my reputation in this state as a business leader,
00:02:24we're nicely set up.
00:02:26Now, I'll tell you what this is.
00:02:28It's a business deal.
00:02:30leader, we're nicely set up. Now then, Smokey, it's your turn. You go to Abilene and I'll have
00:02:35everything arranged.
00:02:47I didn't know you could read Chinese.
00:02:53What does it mean, Tex?
00:02:55It means the chief wants to see us. And right away.
00:02:59Well, read it to me. What does it say?
00:03:02You and Hunkapilla report at once to headquarters. Signed, L.W. Raymond, United States Marshal.
00:03:08Hunkapilla? Well, why didn't he call me by my first name, Slim? It's shorter.
00:03:14Well, the marshal likes to be exact. You see, Slim, there are a lot of Slims,
00:03:21but only one Hunkapilla.
00:03:25Josephine!
00:03:30Tex, I guess you were puzzled getting my message in code.
00:03:35Well, we've learned to expect anything, chief. What's up?
00:03:38Well, as a result of that last bank job you handled, I had a hunch you were being watched,
00:03:42and I wanted to make sure that message got through to you.
00:03:44Has news of the attempted bank robberies and killings drifted down your way?
00:03:48Well, there was some talk of it.
00:03:50Tex, when did you hear from your Uncle Jim last?
00:03:53I had a letter about a month ago.
00:03:55Nothing wrong with him, is there?
00:03:57No, nothing wrong with him,
00:03:58but there is something wrong with the penitentiary.
00:04:01Maybe there's something wrong with his honor system.
00:04:03This is the first time we've ever had an epidemic of bank holdups
00:04:07where the robber was caught red-handed and killed in every case.
00:04:10But what's that got to do with the prison?
00:04:12Just this, that every would-be robber was an escaped convict from Blue Ridge Penitentiary,
00:04:17and all this happened during the past few weeks.
00:04:19Well, that's tough on Uncle Jim as the new warden.
00:04:22I can't understand it.
00:04:24The men in that prison should appreciate the privileges they get under his honor system.
00:04:28That's just why I sent for you, Tex.
00:04:30You know a lot of those prisoners.
00:04:33Maybe you could get yourself a contact.
00:04:35Well, maybe.
00:04:37Maybe somebody's out to get Uncle Jim.
00:04:39Well, if they are, they'll be out to get you, too.
00:04:42It's dangerous.
00:04:43I'll take my chances.
00:04:45A few things have to square away at the ranch,
00:04:47then I'll go right over to the prison.
00:04:49And I'll meet you there.
00:04:50Come on, Slim.
00:04:51Oh, no, no, no.
00:04:52By George, that prison's too close to home.
00:04:56My wife thinks I'm an El Paso.
00:04:59But say, by George, I believe I will go.
00:05:02Maybe I'd be safe in a cell.
00:05:22Looks like your Uncle Jim has gone whole hog on that honor system idea.
00:05:26Yeah.
00:05:32Boys seem to be having a pretty good time.
00:05:34I'll say.
00:05:36So are the horses.
00:05:53You know, Uncle Jim has done a lot to improve prison conditions of this country.
00:05:58That's why I can't understand the trouble he's having.
00:06:01Let's ride down.
00:06:02I want to talk to some of the boys before I see them.
00:06:05Get along, Josie.
00:06:14Hello there, Tex.
00:06:18Hello there, Slim.
00:06:18Howdy.
00:06:19I see you got the same old mule.
00:06:21Yeah, it didn't get along without me Josephine.
00:06:24Sure is lasting a long while, huh?
00:06:26Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:06:27She's wearing pretty well.
00:06:29Wearing pretty well.
00:06:31Hey, Bonner.
00:06:33Give these to Happy.
00:06:35Have him to give them out to the boys.
00:06:39Well, how you been doing, Lee?
00:06:41Oh, fine.
00:06:42Everything's been mighty fine around here.
00:06:44Yeah.
00:06:45Here's some of the boys been flying to coop.
00:06:48I wouldn't know anything about that.
00:06:50Well, I didn't think you would.
00:06:52But you better spread the word around that it's got to stop.
00:06:56If it doesn't, things are going to get pretty tough around here.
00:07:02Well, I see they got Red anchored down so he can't fly.
00:07:11I don't think Red likes my company.
00:07:13He don't like any company at all.
00:07:15Not even his own.
00:07:16He's a good guy not to turn your back on.
00:07:18He'll never get over the fact that you nail him and put him here.
00:07:21Well, after wrecking two stagecoaches, robbing three banks,
00:07:27killing the proprietor of the Sweetwater General's store,
00:07:30I think maybe he had it coming to him.
00:07:33So did a lot of us, but we hate to admit it.
00:07:36Well, forget it, Lee.
00:07:38Keep smiling.
00:07:39You know, Tex, we sure do appreciate your visits here.
00:07:42Say, did Slim bring his wrinkle box?
00:07:43I think so.
00:07:44You know, the boys would like to hear a song.
00:07:47Well, the boys can stand it.
00:07:49I guess we can.
00:07:51Hey, Slim.
00:07:52Yeah?
00:07:53Bring your squeeze box and your Arkansas juice harp.
00:07:56OK, I'm ready to go.
00:08:03Here it is, Tex, the one you give us.
00:08:05We're just two Roman cowboys, that's all we want to be.
00:08:12A-ridin' rope and singin' all the while.
00:08:18At any kind of party that needs a little fun, just call us and we'll greet you.
00:08:26We're just two Roman cowboys, that's all we want to be.
00:08:33Just call us and we'll greet you with a smile.
00:08:38I'm Tex.
00:08:39I'm Slim.
00:08:41I'm me.
00:08:42I'm him.
00:08:44Just two old buddies riding on the rain.
00:08:49I'll fight.
00:08:50So'll I.
00:08:52I'll die.
00:08:53So'll he.
00:08:54Just two old buddies riding on the rain.
00:08:58Everything set?
00:08:59Yeah, I got one all talked up.
00:09:02I'm ready to break him.
00:09:04That kid over there on the post, he's going to make a run for it late this afternoon.
00:09:09He'll expect you to pick him up.
00:09:11I'm sayin' just two old buddies riding on the rain.
00:09:18Oh, where have you been, Slimmy boy, little Slim?
00:09:21Oh, where have you been, charming Slimmy?
00:09:24I have been to see my wife, she's the joy of my life.
00:09:30She's a battle-axe, her shoes are number 11.
00:09:33Did she ask you to come in, Slimmy boy, little Slim?
00:09:36Did she ask you to come in, little Willie?
00:09:38Yeah, she asked me to come in and she clipped me on my chin.
00:09:41She's a battle-axe, her shoes are number 11.
00:09:44How old is she, little Slim, Slimmy boy?
00:09:47How old is she, pretty potty?
00:09:50She is four times seven, 48 and 11.
00:09:52She's a battle-axe, her shoes are number 11.
00:09:55Can she bake a cherry pie, Slimmy Slim, Slimmy Slim?
00:09:58Can she bake a cherry pie, hunk of killer?
00:10:01She can bake a cherry pie quicker than a cat can wink its eye.
00:10:04She's a battle-axe, her shoes are number 11.
00:10:16Well, Slim, I guess we'd better go up and see Uncle Jim.
00:10:19Goodbye, boys.
00:10:22Goodbye.
00:10:29You're doing good work, Red.
00:10:31Every man you sprung out of here so far has turned out perfect.
00:10:34Yeah?
00:10:36When's Carter and Lockwood gonna keep that promise and get me paroled?
00:10:40Pretty soon, if you don't get excited.
00:10:42Yeah?
00:10:44Well, they'd better.
00:10:46Pronto.
00:10:48Don't lose your lid.
00:10:49They'll get you out.
00:10:50So long.
00:10:53So long.
00:11:18I'm gonna go and talk to Uncle Jim.
00:11:21You make yourself at home.
00:11:22George, I sure will.
00:11:26Oh, doggies, that's a good one.
00:11:30You know, when I replaced Jeff Carter as warden of this penitentiary,
00:11:34things were pretty bad.
00:11:35That's right, Tex.
00:11:37He found conditions so bad they were sickening.
00:11:39Filth, starvation, prisoners beaten.
00:11:41They were ready to make a break any moment.
00:11:44Now remember, they weren't very good.
00:11:46Your uncle changed all that.
00:11:47He gave them good food and plenty of it.
00:11:49Clean quarters, no beatings.
00:11:51And some freedom.
00:11:53You know how Jim's ideas of running a prison were ridiculed and laughed at.
00:11:56Sure, but in the short time that Uncle Jim has been here,
00:11:59he's built up the best prison record in the West.
00:12:02It was good.
00:12:04I thought I had every man here pretty well straightened out.
00:12:08I gave them all privileges.
00:12:10I thought all the boys here seemed to be for you.
00:12:13Three men killed and all of them inmates of this prison.
00:12:16It won't do the honor system any good unless we can stop it.
00:12:19Well, if we don't stop it, the governor will cancel all paroles.
00:12:23Yes, and grant no privileges.
00:12:25It means back to the old days of a hell prison.
00:12:27It'll be tough on the good men still on the honor system.
00:12:30Something's got to be done and pretty quick.
00:12:33We'll do our best, Uncle Jim.
00:12:34You'll have to hurry or I'm through as warden.
00:12:37Say, you remember Cal Shrum?
00:12:40Sure, the musical kid.
00:12:43He went to school with you.
00:12:45He has a band now, the Rhythm Rangers.
00:12:47They're touring around the country, playing, entertaining.
00:12:52They're paying me a visit at my ranch this week.
00:12:55How about bringing them over and let them play for the boys?
00:12:58I guess it'll be all right.
00:12:59There was nothing in Uncle Jim's orders that said he had to stuff up their ears.
00:13:07Joel, mind if I have one?
00:13:13Thanks.
00:13:18It's a nice building you got here.
00:13:28Whoa!
00:13:29Whoa, am I sick!
00:13:39Lockwood, we can't keep this up unless I get back as warden.
00:13:41You'll be back.
00:13:42The state must be sour on Reed by this time.
00:13:45We'll just have to keep hammering away at him.
00:13:47You know, things went good with you in there, Carter.
00:13:50Well, the graft alone was making us rich.
00:13:53What time did Red say there'd be one coming out?
00:13:55Late this afternoon.
00:13:56We better get out there and pick him up.
00:13:57Right.
00:13:58Reagan, smoke?
00:14:12That was a great idea, cutting Red in on this deal.
00:14:15Yeah, he thinks I'm working on a pardon for him.
00:14:45Rolling home, partner, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home,
00:15:15rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home
00:15:35This is the sort of thing that keeps their minds off of other things.
00:15:38I'm glad you like it, Uncle Jim.
00:15:40Oh, hello, Sheriff.
00:15:41Hello, Warden.
00:15:42Oh, by the way, this is my brother's son, Tex.
00:15:45Tex, this is Sheriff Dean of Sonoma County.
00:15:48Glad to know you, Sheriff.
00:15:49Glad to know you, Marshal.
00:15:50We've heard lots about you.
00:15:51Good, I hope.
00:15:52Oh, the best.
00:15:54Say, Eddie, your pop tells me that you're quite a singer.
00:15:58How about a little song?
00:15:59Oh, not now, Warden.
00:16:01My pipes are full of dust from the long ride.
00:16:03Some other time.
00:16:04All right.
00:16:05But we're missing a treat.
00:16:07I just rode over to ask Cal and his rhythm rangers
00:16:09to entertain at the town's annual bazaar.
00:16:12Oh, I'm sure they'd be glad to.
00:16:13Ha, ha, ha.
00:16:14How about a song?
00:16:15Come on.
00:16:16Come on.
00:16:17Come on.
00:16:18Come on.
00:16:20Come on, Slim.
00:16:21Give me a horse and a saddle and you.
00:16:34A winding trail when the day is through.
00:16:40A prairie moon, just a curdle and cool.
00:16:47Give me a horse and a saddle and you.
00:16:54And in a distant swale, a coyote
00:16:58will wail in answer to his mate.
00:17:03While neath the starry sky, a night owl will cry his lullaby.
00:17:15For you and me, it's a heaven-thought tune.
00:17:22Give me a horse and a saddle and you.
00:17:27They're out there now.
00:17:28All right.
00:17:29The guards are being entertained.
00:17:30It's going to be a cinch.
00:17:33All right, get going.
00:17:34Get going.
00:18:02Come on, guards.
00:18:04Let's go.
00:18:05Let's go.
00:18:06Come on, eh?
00:18:07The horse is not free.
00:18:08All right, let's go.
00:18:09Let's go.
00:18:10Come on.
00:18:11Let's go.
00:18:12Let's go.
00:18:13Let's go.
00:18:14Go.
00:18:15Go.
00:18:16Let's go.
00:18:17We'll never get away with that, kid.
00:18:43We'll get caught.
00:18:44What'll we do?
00:18:45Unload him.
00:18:46We'll talk.
00:19:16Well, when they found out they couldn't make his escape permanent, they left him behind.
00:19:30Yeah, and dead as a mackerel.
00:19:40What's up?
00:19:41We ran into trouble and had to leave our man behind.
00:19:43He might tell too much.
00:19:44Not the way we left him.
00:19:45Oh, what missed?
00:19:46Tex Reed jumped the trail the minute we left.
00:19:48Tex Reed, eh?
00:19:50Yeah.
00:19:51We better take care of him and quick.
00:19:54Let's lay off the prisoners for a while.
00:19:57Get someone else.
00:19:58All right, Carter, if you think it's a good idea.
00:20:00Come to think of it, you haven't earned a reward for the capture of a bank robber yet,
00:20:03have you?
00:20:04No, and I don't think I should.
00:20:07Wait a minute.
00:20:08Think what it would do to your reputation.
00:20:11Former prison warden risks life to capture bank robbers.
00:20:15Say, that's right.
00:20:18It might get me my job back.
00:20:21I'm on.
00:20:22A couple of you boys hang around the employment office.
00:20:26If I, uh...
00:20:27Slim and I'll drift around, see what we can run into.
00:20:29Well, be careful, Tex.
00:20:31It's liable to be dangerous.
00:20:32Say, if I run into my wife, it ain't liable to be dangerous.
00:20:36It will be dangerous.
00:20:38You know, I'm supposed to be in El Paso.
00:20:41Josephine.
00:20:54Oh, Josephine.
00:21:04I hear our star boarders are returning today, you know, your dear little Slim.
00:21:07Little Slim?
00:21:09You don't mean that long drink of poison, that octopus, that trifler, that desert sailor.
00:21:16Desert sailor?
00:21:17Sure, he never stays home.
00:21:19If you ask me, I'll bet he's got a girl in every town he visits.
00:21:23Always traipsing around with that fellow Tex.
00:21:26Now, Josie, why, that's no way to talk about your husband.
00:21:30He's a big help to Tex.
00:21:32Why, he's Tex's man Friday.
00:21:34Well, he might be Friday to Tex, but he's Blue Monday to me.
00:21:39Oh, Josie.
00:21:41Did Jimmy get back yet?
00:21:42Where did he go?
00:21:43Uptown to see about getting a job.
00:21:55Looking for a job, son?
00:21:56Sure.
00:21:57Do you know of any?
00:21:58Yes, be at the bank at four o'clock.
00:22:00Four o'clock?
00:22:01Yes, the boss is hiring after banking hours.
00:22:03Oh, I see.
00:22:04Well, fine.
00:22:05I'll be there.
00:22:07Don't mention it to anyone.
00:22:08There's only a couple of jobs open.
00:22:10Oh, thanks a lot, men.
00:22:11Four o'clock.
00:22:19Another thousand as good as collected.
00:22:34Tex, Slim, I'm so glad to see you back.
00:22:37Thanks, Mary.
00:22:38Thanks.
00:22:39Oh, is, uh, is Josie working today?
00:22:42Sure.
00:22:43That's fine.
00:22:44Slim, you better report.
00:22:45Yeah.
00:22:46Just as well go in and get my ears knocked down.
00:22:49Don't go on it, Tex.
00:22:51You give me goose pimples all over.
00:22:53Even the goose pimples has got goose pimples.
00:22:55Well, Mary, how have things been with you?
00:22:57All right.
00:22:58And how are things going with you?
00:22:59Oh, not, not so, not so good.
00:23:01I, I'm a little worried about Uncle Jim and the prisoners.
00:23:04Always worrying about somebody else.
00:23:06I guess Slim and I will be around for a spell.
00:23:09Fine.
00:23:10The two best eaters in the West.
00:23:12There goes my profit.
00:23:18Hey, Slim.
00:23:19Hey.
00:23:20Hey.
00:23:21Hey.
00:23:22Hey.
00:23:23Hey.
00:23:24Hey.
00:23:26Hey.
00:23:27Hey.
00:23:28Hey.
00:23:32Josephine, you dead bird, lop eared old critter, you.
00:23:37You know you're the dumbest, ugliest, fattest, sloppiest
00:23:40old gal in the West.
00:23:42I don't know what I'm going to do with you.
00:23:49Oh, but I love you just the same.
00:23:52Well, you sure have a fine way of expressing it.
00:23:55Oh, now, wait a minute, Josie, I didn't mean you.
00:23:58I meant my other mule.
00:23:59What?
00:24:00Oh, no, I mean my other Josephine.
00:24:03You ought to be ashamed of yours, naming that mule after me.
00:24:06Well, she didn't mind it.
00:24:08What?
00:24:09Oh, no, listen, my darling.
00:24:11I was just talking foolishness.
00:24:13Are you telling me?
00:24:15Oh, wait a minute.
00:24:17Now, you've misunderstood me.
00:24:19I still say you're a stumble-footed, knock-kneed, double-chinned old critter.
00:24:27I hear you.
00:24:38Sis, I'm getting a job.
00:24:40Fine, Jimmy, where?
00:24:41I'm to be at the bank at four o'clock, so I'll have to hurry.
00:24:44So long.
00:24:49So long, Tex.
00:24:51Bye, Jimmy.
00:25:02Your brother's a fine boy, Mary.
00:25:05How's he doing?
00:25:07Not so good, Tex.
00:25:09Work is awfully scarce.
00:25:11This bank job will be his first in months.
00:25:13What bank job?
00:25:15Why, some fellows are hiring at the bank at four o'clock.
00:25:19Let's go.
00:25:30Is everything ready?
00:25:31Yeah, there's no one in the bank, and I just jimmied the door as we planned.
00:25:34Anybody see you?
00:25:35No, that's my game.
00:25:36With me, it's technique.
00:25:38Good.
00:25:39Carter's all set across the street.
00:25:42With a kid carrying them burglar tools, it's perfect evidence.
00:25:48Come on.
00:25:54Am I late?
00:25:55No.
00:25:56Say, kid, you're all right.
00:25:57Well, jobs are scarce, and I sure needed this one.
00:25:59That's why I hurried.
00:26:00Well, here, you'll need these.
00:26:01The boss is waiting for you in the bank.
00:26:03But the bank is closed.
00:26:04Oh, that's all right.
00:26:05Cashier Green's in there hiring them.
00:26:07Oh, gee, thanks.
00:26:19Hold it.
00:26:24Why, it's Jimmy Gray.
00:26:26Who shot this boy?
00:26:27I did, Sheriff.
00:26:29When I saw him try to force his way into the bank.
00:26:35What's wrong?
00:26:38I'll take charge, Sheriff.
00:26:39All right, Tex.
00:26:40He's hurt pretty bad.
00:26:41I'll take care of it.
00:26:42I'll take care of it.
00:26:43I'll take care of it.
00:26:44I'll take care of it.
00:26:45I'll take care of it.
00:26:46I'll take care of it.
00:26:47He's hurt pretty bad.
00:26:52Well, I'll have to hold him under arrest.
00:26:55Take him to his home.
00:26:56Get a doctor.
00:26:58Give me a hand, Meacham.
00:27:00Will he live, Tex?
00:27:03I'm sorry.
00:27:05I'm a marshal, not a doctor.
00:27:09Did I hear you say the boy was trying to break into the bank?
00:27:12Yes, I did.
00:27:14And here's the burglar tools he used.
00:27:18I watched him work from across the street.
00:27:21Well, rather convenient, wasn't it?
00:27:24If you were trailing this man, I hope I didn't set you back.
00:27:27No.
00:27:29No, I think you gave me a lift.
00:27:33Now, if you'll excuse me, I...
00:27:36I want to do all I can to help that boy pull through.
00:27:43We've got to be sure he don't pull through.
00:27:47What do you make of it, Tex?
00:27:48I think I've got a clue.
00:27:50What is it?
00:27:51If I'm not mistaken, the fellow that showed me that tool kit slipped up.
00:27:55How?
00:27:57He knew there were burglar tools in that kit before he opened it.
00:28:02Well, cut my nose off and call me Snooty.
00:28:06Come on, Snooty.
00:28:07Huh?
00:28:08Oh.
00:28:16How is he, Tex?
00:28:17Doc says he'll make it.
00:28:19Oh, he mustn't die. He's got to clear himself.
00:28:22Everything will be all right.
00:28:24You'd better get some sleep.
00:28:25I'm counting on your help, Tex.
00:28:28Don't worry till you have to, Mary.
00:28:30Good night.
00:28:31Good night.
00:28:39What are you doing, Slim?
00:28:40I'm writing my wife, Josephine, a letter, asking her for a divorce.
00:28:45Why don't you be a man?
00:28:47Instead of writing her a letter, why don't you go to her face to face?
00:28:50Oh, no. It don't hurt to get slapped in a letter.
00:28:55Well, let's have a little music, Slim.
00:28:59It'll make you feel better.
00:29:00All right, George, that's a good idea.
00:29:02Can't spell divorce anyway.
00:29:04Got too many S's.
00:29:09Come and gather all around me
00:29:11All you boys who want a wife
00:29:13Come and listen to my warning
00:29:15You will thank me all your life
00:29:17For I was once a bachelor
00:29:19And I wish I was again
00:29:21I'd never give up that single bliss
00:29:23To wear a ball and tie
00:29:25I'd never give up that single bliss
00:29:27To wear a ball and tie
00:29:29I'd never give up that single bliss
00:29:31To wear a ball and chain
00:29:33Oh, why did I get married?
00:29:35Why get it on, this neck joke?
00:29:37If I talk back, she'll give me a smack
00:29:39And I'm liable to get my neck broke
00:29:41Before I got married, I advertised for a wife
00:29:45Three fellers wrote and offered me theirs
00:29:48Oh, why did I get married?
00:29:52What can the reason be?
00:29:54If you want to see the missing link
00:29:56Just take a look at me
00:29:58When she gets to be forty
00:29:59I'm gonna swap her off for a pair of twenties
00:30:02Oh, why did I get married?
00:30:06Look what I've gone and done
00:30:08It costs three times as much for two
00:30:10To live as cheap as one
00:30:12She's a good woman though
00:30:14Too good for an old walrus like me
00:30:17Do you want her text?
00:30:18No, why did I get married?
00:30:22I wish I was single again
00:30:24Old Solomon didn't have a thousand wives
00:30:26Thousand wives had him
00:30:32Well, we'd better turn in, Slim
00:30:38Doctor said I could move Jimmy tomorrow
00:30:41I ain't gonna take him over to Uncle Jim's prison
00:30:44Why take him there?
00:30:46Well, you know he was framed today
00:30:49Whoever framed him's gonna try to kill him
00:30:51So he can't talk
00:30:52Sure, he was framed by Carter
00:30:54He shot him, didn't he?
00:30:56Yeah
00:30:57Then lock him up
00:30:58Not so fast, Slim, not so fast
00:31:01I'm pretty sure that Carter was in on this
00:31:04But there were plenty more
00:31:06And we got to get them all
00:31:08Well, my motto is
00:31:10A burden of brushes in the hand
00:31:13Or am I wrong?
00:31:15You're wrong, Slim
00:31:16I was afraid of that
00:31:25Fister, Slim
00:31:37They're after Jimmy
00:31:39They've come sooner than I expected
00:31:41Well, what do we do?
00:31:43You keep them busy
00:31:45I'll try to get Jimmy out of here
00:31:54Come on
00:32:24Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
00:32:35Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
00:32:41Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
00:32:51Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
00:33:10Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
00:33:15Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
00:33:32Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
00:33:40Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
00:33:45Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
00:33:50Old Pied Piper didn't have nothing on me
00:33:52When he piped the rats away
00:33:54What's he babbling about?
00:33:55He said something about rats
00:33:57You suppose he means us?
00:34:03There he goes and he's got the kid
00:34:04We'd better stop him
00:34:10Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
00:34:16Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
00:34:21Slim?
00:34:22Yes, my dear
00:34:24Was that you playing that music?
00:34:26Sure was
00:34:28Kind of hot, ain't it?
00:34:34Not now
00:34:36Nyah, never touch me
00:35:06Nyah!
00:35:10Nyah!
00:35:21Prepare!
00:35:22Ha! Ha!
00:35:25Oh!
00:35:28Oh!
00:35:32Oh!
00:35:36♪♪
00:36:05How did you make out?
00:36:22We got both of them.
00:36:23Tex and the kid.
00:36:24Good.
00:36:25Maybe we can tie Tex into these bank jobs.
00:36:29You know, that's an idea too.
00:36:34Let's go.
00:36:50What happened?
00:36:51Where's Jimmy?
00:36:52Shh.
00:36:53Jimmy.
00:36:54I'm taking you over to Uncle Jim's.
00:37:05Think you can make it?
00:37:19Sure, I can make it.
00:37:21Wait a minute.
00:37:22If I get his eyes, I saw two fellas leaving in that wagon.
00:37:25Who was it?
00:37:26One of them was me.
00:37:28Oh.
00:37:29Who was the other one?
00:37:30A man of straw slim, wearing Jimmy's clothes.
00:37:33Well, I'll be a nanny goes baaah.
00:37:41How's Jimmy?
00:37:47He'll pull through, but he's mighty low and the doctor doesn't want to have any
00:37:52visitors in his room.
00:37:53He must have rest and quiet.
00:37:55Well, that's fine.
00:37:56He'll be our star witness when we nail the right men.
00:37:59Say, Tex, I got a good look at three of them polecats that tried to get you and Jimmy.
00:38:03There's no use trying to catch them, Slim, until we find out who's bossing the job.
00:38:09We'll see you later, Uncle Jim.
00:38:10Good-bye, boys.
00:38:11Good-bye.
00:38:12Good-bye.
00:38:13Good-bye.
00:38:14Good-bye.
00:38:15Good-bye.
00:38:16Good-bye.
00:38:17Good-bye.
00:38:18Hey, Guy!
00:38:19Guy!
00:38:20Come here, will you?
00:38:23I got something in me eye.
00:38:24Get it out, will you?
00:38:49Slim, I'm going to keep out of sight of Mayor Grace.
00:38:55You mosey around town, see what you can find.
00:38:58All right.
00:38:59Say, Tex, in your spare time, try to put me right with my wife, Josie, will you?
00:39:04So you really love her, huh, Slim?
00:39:06Yeah.
00:39:07Great gobs of her?
00:39:08No.
00:39:09I'm afraid of her.
00:39:10Oh, Jimmy will be all right.
00:39:32They'll take good care of him at the prison.
00:39:34Tex, you know he wouldn't rob a bank.
00:39:36Of course.
00:39:37But for his own safety, we have to hold him under arrest.
00:39:39Tex!
00:39:40Tex!
00:39:41Did you run into something, Slim?
00:39:42Yeah, yeah.
00:39:43What?
00:39:44What is it, Slim?
00:39:45What is it?
00:39:46Wait a minute.
00:39:47Wait till I get my breather.
00:39:48What is it?
00:39:49K-K-Kyle Straum and his rhythm rangers are playing at the town bazaar.
00:39:52Well, they are.
00:39:55I could have told you that.
00:39:57Oh, gosh.
00:39:58I hope we don't miss it.
00:40:02Well, what about it, Mary?
00:40:03Would you like to go?
00:40:04But, Tex, you mustn't be seen there.
00:40:06Those men will get you.
00:40:08What is it they say, Slim?
00:40:10Music hath charm.
00:40:12To soothe the wild beast.
00:40:14Slim?
00:40:15Slim, where are you?
00:40:16Uh-oh.
00:40:17Somebody better start the music quick.
00:40:19Whoo!
00:40:32Red, what are you doing here?
00:40:34Keep calm, you two.
00:40:35I'm here to save your necks.
00:40:37To save whose necks?
00:40:38All of us.
00:40:39You said you were going to spring me.
00:40:40You didn't do anything about it.
00:40:42Maybe you didn't want me out.
00:40:44You got us wrong, Red.
00:40:46It's not easy dealing with the law, and you know it.
00:40:48Yeah?
00:40:49Well, I'm here, and I'm getting my cut from now on.
00:40:52Sure, Red.
00:40:53You've got money coming to you.
00:40:55Yeah?
00:40:56Well, I'm collecting, and pronto.
00:40:57If you guys want to keep going, you can take care of that Tex Reed.
00:41:01But he's dead.
00:41:02You're wrong.
00:41:03Tex brought up Jimmy Gray to a pen hospital this morning.
00:41:05Are you sure?
00:41:06Well, now I ought to be.
00:41:07I saw him and heard him talk.
00:41:09We can't have him roaming around.
00:41:10We've got to stop him.
00:41:11But how?
00:41:12Send Smokey to Red Bluff.
00:41:14Have him round up all the old gang and bring him to the prison.
00:41:16How will that help us?
00:41:18I'll shut young Gray's mouth before he can speak.
00:41:20What about Tex Reed?
00:41:21We'll get him here.
00:41:22Yeah, well, he got me.
00:41:24Now let me get him.
00:41:25This is my chance to pay him off.
00:41:27Red, go to my place and change your clothes.
00:41:29Then get over to the town's dunes this afternoon
00:41:31and tell Tex the warden wants to see him.
00:41:33Bring him to the rocks.
00:41:36We'll take care of the rest.
00:41:38Get me?
00:41:39Right.
00:41:46A cowboy's reputation was a mighty important thing
00:41:49He was judged by the way he could ride
00:41:51Not by the way he could swing
00:41:53Times have changed in the western range
00:41:54Disruptive stuff won't do
00:41:56We'll settle down around this town
00:41:57To fling a little swing aroo
00:41:59Cowboy roundup days are over
00:42:02Now Tony and I, we're going to swing
00:42:14Now here's a cowboy wearing a black
00:42:16I expect he's been around
00:42:17Yeah
00:42:18Why, you recall all the folks who stacked
00:42:19When Pat brought his fiddle to town?
00:42:21They clapped their hands and stomped their feet
00:42:23When the two-step was a thing
00:42:24And the two-step dance still has a chance
00:42:26Because Pat never learned to swing
00:42:27Come on, Pat
00:42:29Oh, yeah, Pat, come on now
00:42:37Now here's a rough and ornery guy
00:42:39Just tough as he can be
00:42:40Yeah
00:42:41Waggin' whoopies, waitin' wildcats
00:42:42Huh, boys?
00:42:43Yes, sir
00:42:44And then one day with a board and knife
00:42:45He started in the widdle
00:42:47He chopped and hacked, used heavy shack
00:42:49But he built that turn-based fiddle
00:42:59You take scene, he plays at home
00:43:01But you can't keep an earnful of town
00:43:02Yeah
00:43:03He hits some strings that buzz and go
00:43:04Come on, boy, a couple of sounds
00:43:06He don't care for the barnyard dance
00:43:07Because he ain't got nothing to prove
00:43:09Since he's heard the latest swing
00:43:10See he's down in the groove
00:43:12Cowboy roundup days are over
00:43:15Now see him get on the guitar and swing
00:43:18Oh, yeah
00:43:19Oh, yeah
00:43:25Don't care if a good guy starts a-ridin'
00:43:28Jivin''s the most important thing
00:43:31Come on, let's sing it, cowboy
00:43:33Whenever you're feelin' low down
00:43:35Slow down, get in the groove and swing
00:43:40Applause
00:43:47And now, friends, our singing sheriff,
00:43:49Eddie Dean, is going to sing a song
00:43:51called Desert Moonlight
00:43:53Applause
00:44:00Desert moonlight is callin'
00:44:08Callin' you through a wondrous dream
00:44:15Evening shadows are fallin'
00:44:23Whispering of the years that died like broken schemes
00:44:31Each little star is the memory of a day
00:44:38Haunting like the echo of the songs the night winds play
00:44:45Desert moonlight keep callin'
00:44:52Till my only one comes back again someday
00:45:00Each little star is the memory of a day
00:45:08Haunting like the echo of the songs the night winds play
00:45:21Desert moonlight keep callin'
00:45:31Till my only one comes back again someday
00:45:48Applause
00:45:57And now, folks, Tex Reed is going to sing a song right now
00:46:01Applause
00:46:03Don't sing, Tex, those men might be gunning for you
00:46:06You'll be a perfect target if you get up there
00:46:09Maybe my singing calls for me to be shot
00:46:12It's a train gadget, sir
00:46:15Applause
00:46:21Thank you, pal
00:46:22That Wabash Cannonball
00:46:25Applause
00:46:29There's the engine in the caboose
00:46:31There's the engine in the caboose
00:46:52From out the wide Pacific to the broad Atlantic shore
00:46:56He climbs high mountains, up a hill and by the shore
00:47:00All of those, she's tall and handsome
00:47:02And she's known quite well by all
00:47:04She's a regular combination of the Wabash Cannonball
00:47:08Our eastern states are dandy, so the western people say
00:47:12When she climbed old Rock Island, took all her style away
00:47:17To the lakes of Minnesota, where the rippling waters fall
00:47:21No changes can be taken on the Wabash Cannonball
00:47:25Just listen to the jingle and the rumble and the roar
00:47:29As she glides along the woodland, through the hills and by the shore
00:47:33Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear the lonesome hobos call
00:47:37When she's traveling through the jungle on the Wabash Cannonball
00:47:41It's the old man Daddy Claxton, may his name forever stand
00:47:46May it always be remembered throughout this beautiful land
00:47:50His earthly race is over and the curtains round him fall
00:47:54We'll carry him home to victory on the Wabash Cannonball
00:47:58Wabash Cannonball
00:48:29We're all set. Smokey has the creaky gang on the rocks near the prison
00:48:33Good. After we fix young Gray, there'll be a prison break that'll end Warden Reed's job for good
00:48:38Say, that fella Tex is in town. Red's bringing him to the rocks
00:48:42You and Reed can lay for them in the pass and be sure you get Red, too
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00:49:16MUSIC
00:49:27Excuse me, Mary
00:49:31Red, what are you doing here?
00:49:33Warden sent me to get you, Tex
00:49:35I wonder what he wants
00:49:37Come on. Put him up
00:49:40Turn around
00:49:42MUSIC
00:49:52All right, now. Get on your horse. We're going places
00:49:56MUSIC
00:50:14Whoa! Help! Anybody! Somebody! Everybody! Sheriff!
00:50:22Sheriff, Tex is in trouble and needs help
00:50:25What's up, Slim?
00:50:26I don't know, but we're trailing him. Come on, let's go
00:50:29Come on, deputies
00:50:30A hundred of them!
00:50:32Ward, anyway
00:50:35Oi!
00:50:37MUSIC
00:51:02Red's taking him someplace, all right
00:51:04We'll lay back a bit and see what happens
00:51:06MUSIC
00:51:30Now you head down and let us have it again
00:51:33MUSIC
00:51:38Your pals double-crossed you, Red
00:51:41You're telling me
00:51:43MUSIC
00:51:59Ready to spill it, Red?
00:52:01Yeah
00:52:03Carter and Lockwood promised to get me a parole if I'd help spring some of the prisoners
00:52:09So the boys could rob banks?
00:52:12How'd you know?
00:52:13Oh, I had that part figured
00:52:15But I didn't know who headed the deal
00:52:17Look!
00:52:19MUSIC
00:52:21Better head for cover
00:52:22Give me my guns, Red
00:52:25MUSIC
00:52:36GUNFIRE
00:53:00Keep their heads
00:53:02And there's no one to say anything against us
00:53:04GUNFIRE
00:53:12Got them bottled up in those rocks
00:53:14Let's charge them
00:53:15We'll never make it across that clearing
00:53:16We'll hold them there and freeze them out
00:53:18You hold them off, Sheriff
00:53:20I'm going for help
00:53:21You'll never make it to town
00:53:23GUNFIRE
00:53:33Look!
00:53:34GUNFIRE
00:53:40Get him and bring him back here
00:53:43GUNFIRE
00:54:10GUNFIRE
00:54:32What's up, Dax?
00:54:33I need some help to round up the men we're after
00:54:35We'll take my guards
00:54:36Not enough
00:54:37He's going to get the guards
00:54:39If he does, we'll go down and free the prisoners
00:54:41That was Carter's plan
00:54:43How about the prisoners?
00:54:44Oh, I couldn't leave that, Dax
00:54:45I'm not sure of all of them
00:54:47All the men in this yard are on the honor system
00:54:50They've never let you down before
00:54:52You believe in them, don't you?
00:54:53That's true
00:54:54Furthermore, they have their own little place
00:54:56They come and go now as they please
00:54:58What's the difference?
00:54:59I never thought of it that way
00:55:01Let me talk to them
00:55:03Boys
00:55:06You all know what the warden here
00:55:08has tried to do for you at this prison
00:55:10through the honor system
00:55:12Four of your fellow prisoners have escaped
00:55:14All been killed
00:55:16I know the men responsible for these killings
00:55:20Will you help me get them?
00:55:22Yes, sir
00:55:29And do you further swear to uphold the law
00:55:33to abide by the honor system of this prison
00:55:36and to return to it when the job is done?
00:55:39I swear to you
00:55:41I appoint you deputy marshals
00:55:44Go get your horses
00:56:04All right, boys, follow me
00:56:07Look, he didn't get the guards
00:56:10He's got the prisoners
00:56:33Where's Tex?
00:56:54What did you do with him?
00:56:55Do with him?
00:56:56He's on his way here now with the prisoners
00:56:57The prisoners?
00:56:58Look
00:57:00We gotta get out of here
00:57:01We can't
00:57:02We're trapped
00:57:03Then we'll shoot our way out
00:57:32Stay at it
00:58:02I told you he's liable to need a doctor
00:58:31I know darn well you will now
00:59:00I told you he's liable to need a doctor
00:59:28I told you he's liable to need a doctor
00:59:57I told you he's liable to need a doctor
01:00:08Come on, boys, we got him
01:00:15All right, grab the guns, fellas
01:00:31Hand over those guns and be quick about it
01:00:36Perkins
01:00:37Harper
01:00:38Wilkett
01:00:39Bourne
01:00:40Contreras
01:00:42Look, Tex
01:00:43A wire from the governor
01:00:46Well, Uncle Jim, you can rest easy
01:00:49They all checked in
01:00:51Except Anderson, Clayton, Baker and Potts
01:00:54They're in the hospital wounded
01:00:56Thanks, Tex
01:00:58Boys, I want to thank you
01:01:00You've proven yourselves worthy of the honor system
01:01:04You may be glad to know that it will continue
01:01:07Not only in this prison
01:01:09But in every prison throughout the state
01:01:12Hooray!
01:01:16Hey, Tex, did they all check in?
01:01:18All checked in, Slim
01:01:19Slim!
01:01:21Oh, Slim, dear
01:01:23I'm checking out
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