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Passed | 55min | Action, Adventure, Music, Western | 17 February 1942 (USA)
New Mexico is the scene of undeveloped gold mines and kidnapping. Modern elements include tommy guns, an airplane, two-way radios, fast cars, and big city gangsters.
Director: Joseph Kane
Writer: James R. Webb
Stars: Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Linda Hayes
New Mexico is the scene of undeveloped gold mines and kidnapping. Modern elements include tommy guns, an airplane, two-way radios, fast cars, and big city gangsters.
Director: Joseph Kane
Writer: James R. Webb
Stars: Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Linda Hayes
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00:30I've been three weeks in the open air with sand and cactus in my hair give me
00:47back my rocking chair I'm glad the roundup's over I'll never never be the
01:01same my legs are sore and my back is lame I've never known such awful pain I'm
01:06glad the roundup's over I left my gal for the Rango steers I'll bet she shed a
01:20quart of tears the last three weeks have been like years I'm glad the roundup's
01:25over I ate so many Johnny cakes that now my stomach pains and aches I've never
01:40had such awful breaks I'm glad the roundup's over
01:45Hey Mary, you better watch out crossing Wolf Creek the road's washed out. Don't you
01:58worry, old leapin' lady here was raised on washouts.
02:15Hey, Mayor, why doesn't Leapin' Liza leap? Well, are you eights gonna quit laughin' and lend a hand?
02:45You fellas wouldn't waste so much time singing. Maybe the old Rogers ranch wouldn't be going broke so fast.
02:53If you'd quit galvantin' around the country maybe Whittaker City wouldn't be the next thing to a
02:58ghost town. I reckon Gabby's doing as well as any mayor can, Pat. So are we. We've been out day and
03:05night rounding up strays. Where you heading for, Gabby? Taking some mail to Carol Stevens. Carol
03:11Stevens? Yeah, she's been up to her mind for a week. I'm scared she's gonna close it down. I'm just the
03:16guy to deliver that mail. You'll never get there in this old sewing machine, Gabby. I got them letters right
03:23here in my pocket and they ain't none of you farmer's men enough to take them away from me. Is that so?
03:28Well, hand over that mail. This is an outrage, a dead burned outrage. Mr. Peter Moreland, mining
03:38engineer. Say, this is the good news Carol's been waiting for. You can have the rest. Yeah, young
03:45whippersnapper, you'll find me at Carol's waiting for you. I'm sorry about this, Jose, but if I can start the mine up again, you'll all have your jobs back. Goodbye.
04:08Roy, what are you doing up here? Oh, just moseying around. You haven't seen a couple of stray calves, have you?
04:17Calves? You know there aren't any calves up here. Come on, now, what are you hiding? Give it to me. Just something you've been waiting for. Not you, certainly.
04:25Something you'll like better, I'm afraid. Returning your father's reports under separate cover. They are convincing, but other factors. Now I know why newspapers call their file the morgue.
04:45That's certainly what this one is. Oh, why bother? The mine's finished. That's the last no I'm going to get. There's no one else to write to. Dad was a great geologist, and he knew this mine was worth putting his last breath and his last cent into. Now nobody will even bother to look at it.
05:14Regrets to state he wouldn't be interested unless assured machinery was available, and suggests that I write John G. McMahon. And John G. McMahon passes the buck to Harold Prentiss of Road Builders, Incorporated. Transportation is very important, you know.
05:28I was hoping this mine would be the saving of Whittaker City. Oh, and it could be, Gabby, if we could only get them all up here at once to look at it.
05:35We could only rope them and hogtie them and stick their noses down that mine shaft. I've done that a thousand times, and then I always woke up. Well, nobody's going to wake up this time. You know how we're going to get them down here? We're going to invite them to ride with the Vaccaros.
05:50But those city men probably never even heard of the Vaccaros. Everybody's heard of the Vaccaros. Spirit of the Old West. Whittaker City's claimed to fame.
05:59Well, what if they aren't interested in the Spirit of the Old West? What if they don't even ride? Makes no difference. Everybody likes to be a guest of honor. Now listen, the annual ride doesn't come off for about two weeks.
06:10I got it. You ever hear of a singing telegram? Men like that probably get a singing telegram every day. Not this kind. Listen, young fella, I've been plagued for years by you and them cactus canaries of yours. Now at last, I'm going to put you to some use.
06:29Yes, what is it? A whole bunch of cowboys, Mr. Morland. Cowboys? Yes, they want to see you. I tried to tell them, but...
06:46We are the Vaccaros. We ride that the West we love will live evermore. A strong horse beneath us as they did long before. Was good for old Bill Cody and it's good enough for me for we are the Vaccaros.
07:05The open plains, the summer rains, the foothill lanes, the wagon trains, where nothing changes, we will live and die for we are the Vaccaros. He should be a Vaccaro and sleep where his blanket is, the star-studded sky, and eat where the cactus goes, his bacon will fry.
07:29Living in the open ought to do him lots of good for he should be a Vaccaro. He never gets out. He's lame, no doubt. He's got the gallantry. He's much too stout. What do you think we ought to do? Why, he should be a Vaccaro.
07:48Thirty-two. Forty-four. In a little while, it may be more. Why, he should be a Vaccaro. Forty-four. Thirty-two. We'll have him looking just like you when he is a Vaccaro.
08:14Oh, Miss Pryor, I'm not going to be very busy next week, am I? No. No. No.
08:33OK. It'll do.
08:44Three whiskeys, the best you got.
08:48These gents here for the Vaccaro ride? Huh?
08:52You look like some of them big shots from the city. We're having three guests of honor this year. Three of the biggest men in the state.
08:59You mean they come out here just to ride a horse? Sure. For ten days. Clean out into the badlands, even.
09:06Say, who is this guy, anyway? Local color?
09:09That's Ace Brody. He slept there ten years come June. He only wakes up for a free drink. He was the best cattle rustler in the badlands. He knows that country like the palm of your hand.
09:20Can anybody go on this ride? Sure. Anybody could join a wagon train or a trail herd in the old days. That's what the Vaccaros are for. Keep the old spirit alive.
09:31Hey, don't you want your change? Buy the old man a drink.
09:44Leave my bags at the hotel if there is one. You two haul up in the next town.
09:48But Joe... You heard that guy said there were three big shots coming on this ride, didn't you?
09:52Well, he was wrong. It's four.
09:54You mean on a horse? Sure, on a horse. What cop would ever think of looking for Joe Keenan on a horse?
09:59Anyway, we've landed far enough. And this place looks like it's ripe for a facelifting. The Keenan Way.
10:05You mean in those three big shots? Sure. Phone me and let me know where you are. The name will be Harmon, see?
10:11Joseph Harmon. One of these Vaccaros.
10:14Good morning, gentlemen. How are you, boys? Well, well, how do you do?
10:19You sound like a chain gang. Put your bags in the truck wagon.
10:26Hey, look at that. That's one of the Vaccaros.
10:30Hey, look at that. That's one of the Vaccaros.
10:34Hey, look at that. That's one of the Vaccaros.
10:38Hey, look at that. That's one of the Vaccaros.
10:42Hey!
10:47Forty-four. You haven't got one that's built closer to the ground, have you?
10:53What's happened to Gabby? It's time we were getting started.
10:56Saw him sneak off with Fab Brady. Both of them insulting each other, as usual.
11:00Well, yes. Well, pay up right now. Princess Heidi's gonna win in a walk.
11:04Yeah, even with that head start you managed to hander, that desert tornado is still too good for her, you old mesquite bush.
11:11Well, fellas, in the name of all the old hands here,
11:14I'd like to welcome you newcomers to ten days and nights of the kind of life
11:18that's just as real today as it ever was.
11:20The flapjacks and the coffee still taste the same,
11:23and the old coyotes still howl as loud.
11:25I know you're all going to have a swell time,
11:27but we're riding into tough country where a man's horse is more important than he is.
11:31So if your horse pulls up lame, you're going to have to get off and walk.
11:34Horse is more important than we are.
11:36Doesn't he know who he's talking to?
11:38You're Peter Morland, aren't you?
11:41Yes.
11:42Joseph Harmon, Amalgamated Breweries, Incorporated.
11:44How do you do, sir?
11:50Yee-haw!
11:52Gee, I wish I was old enough to go along.
11:54Anyway, we'll be at the Vitero party tonight.
11:57Down the trail we roll along
12:01In the land of destiny
12:05There's a rainbow high in the prairie sky
12:09Like the smile of eternity
12:12Down the trail we press along
12:16Till the happy day is through
12:20And we sing our song as we roll along
12:25Down the trail, down the trail
12:31You better drop out of line, Harmon.
12:33Your horse is limping.
12:43You might have had a lame horse there.
12:45So I get another one trucked out from town.
12:47You can't make this 1890 just by wearing a six-shooter.
12:511890 or 1942?
12:54In the bad lands, a man's best friend is still his horse.
12:57Say, what's the rope for?
12:58To catch Indians?
12:59Nope.
13:00The rope's like a pair of pants with us.
13:02It sort of goes with the man.
13:03Well, it don't make him a man.
13:06It's time you hillbillies were growing up
13:08and leaving your toys at home.
13:11You better go easy on those spurs.
13:13That horse don't like them.
13:15When do we eat?
13:16I feel 20 years younger already.
13:19There's only one fly in the ointment.
13:22And that's a good one.
13:24There's only one fly in the ointment.
13:27And here he comes now.
13:35Settle your worries to a cowboy song
13:39And all of your troubles away
13:43Brand all your sorrows as you go along
13:47With a yippee-aye-oh, kay-ay
13:51Throw a rope around the sun as he rolls by
13:55So you can keep him shining bright way up in the sky
13:59Then saddle your worries to a cowboy song
14:03And yodel your troubles away
14:08Saddle your worries to a cowboy song
14:12And yodel your troubles away
14:16Brand all your sorrows as you go along
14:20With a yippee-aye-oh, kay-ay
14:24Throw a rope around the sun as he rolls by
14:28So you can keep him shining bright way up in the sky
14:32Then saddle your worries to a cowboy song
14:36And yodel your troubles away
14:41Yodel de do wobble baby
14:45Yodel de do wobble baby
14:49Yodel de do wobble baby
14:53Yodel de do wobble baby
14:56Then saddle your worries to a cowboy song
15:01And yodel your troubles away
15:11I didn't expect anything like this.
15:24You gentlemen probably would like something a little more nourishing than song.
15:27Won't you come in?
15:28Yes, thank you.
15:29Come on.
15:30You might as well pay up right now.
15:32Oh, quit whistling to keep your courage up.
15:34You're licked and you know it.
15:36Quit shoving me.
15:37I work here.
15:38Yeah?
15:39And I'm Miss Tara Starboarder.
15:40Stand aside there.
15:41Look there, you old prickly pear.
15:47That's the desert tornado.
15:49I told you you'd win in a walk.
15:51Huh?
15:52Look who just come in.
15:56Princess Heidi.
15:57She probably got in so far ahead that after she had a square meal, she went out for a
16:03stroll.
16:04Then that moth-eating pelican of yours snuck up.
16:07See?
16:09That's a victory looking awry.
16:12Why, you old faker.
16:14Are you trying to weasel out of this bet?
16:16The bet ain't got nothing to do with it.
16:19I'm just trying to make sure that Princess Heidi ain't the victim of a colossal fraud
16:24and a gigantic injustice.
16:26What do you say we race him again tomorrow, huh?
16:39Wanna go out for a smoke?
16:52No thanks.
16:53I wouldn't miss this for anybody.
17:39Gabby, I suppose we better tell them now.
17:43I'll bring him into the parlor, Carol.
17:45All right.
17:46Come on, Roy.
17:50Chin up.
17:51Everything's gonna come off all right.
17:52Oh, I hope so.
17:54But when they find out we've deceived them, I'm afraid...
17:56We didn't deceive them.
17:57All we did was invite them for a ride.
17:59Thanks to you.
18:00No matter how it turns out, I want you to know how grateful I am.
18:04Thanks.
18:09Well, folks, the mayor of Whittaker City and charter member of the Vaccaros,
18:14I've got a confession to make.
18:16We didn't ask you gents down here just to show you a good time.
18:20We wanted you to take a look at Miss Stevens' mind.
18:23Stevens?
18:24I thought that name sounded familiar.
18:26I'm not surprised, Mr. Moreland.
18:28I've written you three letters,
18:30and I believe Mr. McMahon was unlucky enough to get four.
18:33Oh, well.
18:36You've got a proposition requiring a stamp mill,
18:38transportation facilities and any number of things that...
18:46Miss Stevens, did you ever hear of priorities?
18:48I explained all that in my letter.
18:50I'm afraid I didn't read that far.
18:52Well, that's no reason for tricking us into coming down here.
18:54Oh, but that wasn't her idea.
18:56That was mine.
18:57You can't expect us to thank you for that.
19:00However, I think that Mr. Prentiss and Mr. McMahon and myself
19:03will be very glad that you did.
19:05Because while this is a very good sample of gold ore,
19:08its real value lies in its high tungsten content.
19:11Getting machinery to work a gold mine
19:13would be very difficult because of priorities.
19:15But tungsten is a vital war mineral.
19:17When can we see this mine?
19:19Oh, I think we can handle that all right.
19:21Can't we?
19:22The first thing in the morning.
19:24You see, we're riding into the bank.
19:27The first thing in the morning.
19:28You see, we're riding into the badlands anyway
19:30and we're camping at Willow Springs tomorrow night.
19:32Now, the mine isn't very far out of the way.
19:34You can go by car and I'll follow with the horses.
19:36Then we'll ride on and meet the Vaqueros.
19:38Well, at least we won't lose out on the ride after all.
19:41That's what we thought we were invited here for.
19:48Oh, I'm sorry, but I have an important business call to make
19:51and didn't realize there wouldn't be a telephone here.
19:53Would you suppose...
19:54Certainly. There's one on the main highway at Hank's gas station.
19:56You're welcome to use my car. The keys are in it.
19:58Oh, thank you.
20:05Hello, Louie?
20:06Wait a minute.
20:07Hey, buddy, do something, will you?
20:09Check the oil and the batteries.
20:11Where's all this friendly service I hear about?
20:13Tomorrow's the day.
20:15Well, nobody wise?
20:17Wise?
20:18Say, these yokels still think it's 1890.
20:20Everything said at your end?
20:21It's in the bag.
20:23You got that old desert rat Ace Brody under control?
20:25Sure. He's right here.
20:27Sleeping as dead as when we first saw him in that bar.
20:29Okay. Now listen.
20:32Sure you've got everything you need?
20:34We'll meet you at the lunch stop.
20:37Don't let Gabby drive you over a cliff.
20:39I'll follow with the horses.
20:41You needn't hurry. I'm so stiff from riding,
20:43I can't look a horse in the face.
20:45You'll be stiffer than that when Gabby gets through with you and that thing.
20:53How's for a little excitement to show the folks back home?
20:56Such as?
20:57You know, a hold-up or something like they had in the old days.
21:00You and those cowboys you work with
21:02could come riding in, shooting and yelling
21:04and capture us.
21:06I guess we could at that.
21:07All right, gather around, boys.
21:09We've got a battle coming up.
21:23All right, get on down the road.
21:25This is a hold-up.
21:28All right, get on down the road.
21:30This is a hold-up.
21:43I can build that road in six weeks
21:45with government help.
21:47Well, Mac, that puts it right up to you.
21:49I'm going to build it.
21:51I'm going to build it.
21:53I'm going to build it.
21:55I'm going to build it.
21:58All right.
21:59It's up to you.
22:00You're the machinery man.
22:02I suggest we operate along the partnership line
22:04we discussed last night.
22:05Uncle Sam's going to be mighty pleased
22:07to see this tungsten.
22:09What's the verdict?
22:11I don't reckon I have to ask that.
22:13Are you gentlemen ready to go?
22:15Mr. Mayor?
22:16After your car, that horse looks pretty good to me.
22:19Yes?
22:20At least Caroll don't mind my car.
22:22No, come on, Gabby.
22:23I'll drive her to ranch and join you in the morning.
22:25You always did have all the luck, Gabby.
22:27Well, fellas, from now on, Carol's claim won't be just a hole in the ground, it'll be a mine.
22:34Say, Bob, you and the boys better take the chuck wagon, go on ahead and get supper started.
22:39Right.
22:46If you like a lot of room around to roam in,
22:49Where any place you stop your heart to home in,
22:52If you like to see a camper in the gloaming,
22:55There's an open range ahead.
22:59Some folks will spend a lifetime
23:02Searching far and near
23:05For something that's always been waiting,
23:08Waiting for them right here.
23:11If you like a lot of room around to roam in,
23:14Where's that coming from? I thought we were miles from nowhere.
23:17That's the boys. There's their campfire.
23:20Let's eat!
23:23Up in the sky keep a bright sun shining,
23:26Out of the west let a clean wind blow,
23:29Here in your heart there'll be no more pining,
23:33Or somewhere else to go.
23:36If you like to hear the prairie wind a-wailing,
23:39And watch the snowy clouds above us sailing,
23:42If you like your heart to do some craving,
23:45There's an open range ahead.
23:54Boy, am I hungry.
23:57You just thought it was 1890.
24:00Get him up! Get him up and get back!
24:02We're not kidding this time. It's the real thing.
24:04Go on, back up.
24:10Take their guns, Bill.
24:13You guys had a swell time snootin' me, didn't ya?
24:16Well, it's gonna cost you about 50 grand per snoot.
24:19That plane here? Yeah, and it was a cinch.
24:22Get Rogers and his gang back there and tie him up.
24:24Red, Pete, you heard what he said.
24:30All right, move on out. Go ahead.
24:45Well, Rogers, I guess us easterners know something about ropes, too, huh?
24:53You all set, Bugsy? All set.
24:56You know what to do.
25:06I guess that guy meant it when he bragged about his modern methods.
25:10What's going on here, anyway?
25:12I don't know, but we can't do anything about it until we get rid of these ropes.
25:16Are yours tight?
25:18Now I know how a horse feels when you need it.
25:21Are those guys gonna leave us here until we starve to death?
25:24Not if we can get these ropes stretched.
25:26Say, a little water might do the trick.
25:28Are you game to try to make it to the spring?
25:30Smoke that thing's over a quarter of a mile away from here.
25:33It'll take us a week to get there all hog-tied like this.
25:36Much better than lying here. Let's try it.
25:38Well, if Sidewinder can do it, I guess we can.
25:43Not me. Ain't you guys ever heard of cactus?
25:51Cactus?
26:07Is that you, Gabby?
26:09It is and it ain't. Somebody must think it's Halloween.
26:21You're right about time.
26:23Time a man was in bed.
26:25Who do you think you are, Paul Revere?
26:27What happened? Why aren't you with the vipers?
26:29Just a snatch, that's all.
26:30A snatch?
26:31A kidnapping. The biggest one in history.
26:34I have to hand it to you, hillbillies.
26:36You're not so outdated after all.
26:38Who's been kidnapped? Not Mr. Moreland and the others.
26:42Mr. Moreland and all the others.
26:44Don't just sit there. Say something. What happened? Where are they?
26:47How do I know where they are? What do I know about the Badlands?
26:50You mean Roy and the rest of the boys were too?
26:53I mean Roy and all the boys took them away.
26:55Stand on your feet, you lying buzzard.
26:58It's against my principles to shoot a man sitting down.
27:01You don't have to take my word for it.
27:03It's all right there on film.
27:05I was off shooting some scenery when I pulled a snatch,
27:07so I photographed the whole thing and then slipped away.
27:10We ought to get to a phone and notify the families.
27:12Then we can hold a meeting here in the morning and decide what we're going to do.
27:15The film ought to be developed by then.
27:17Excuse me.
27:19Put that heater away.
27:21Heater? Out in this country, we call it a cooler.
27:28I don't know why that guy don't get here with that film.
27:30What difference does it make?
27:31If that stuff shows Roy and the boys committing a kidnapping, I'll eat it.
27:35This desert makes you city dudes kind of crazy sometimes.
27:38I'm not so sure that you took any movies or that there was a kidnapping.
27:41The pictures will show that. Keep your shirt on.
27:44And if you did, it's high time we were out trying to round up Rogers and his gang.
27:47Here comes the film now.
27:49When you see these pictures, you'll know those kidnappers mean business.
27:52If we make a move...
27:53Here, I'll take that.
28:07I'm Mr. Conway, Peter Morland's lawyer.
28:10This is Mr. Reed, who represents Prentiss and McMahon.
28:13Have you heard anything?
28:14We chartered a plane and came as fast as we could.
28:17This fellow here claims he's going to show us what happened.
28:19You're just in time.
28:21All right, pull him over.
28:24Turn it on.
28:35They turned on us so fast, nobody had a chance.
28:47I just swore it couldn't be. I just swore.
28:50Well, I know Roy was about to lose his ranch and needed money.
28:53No wonder he was anxious to get them rich fellas down here.
28:56What's that?
29:00Well, it's a plane.
29:17Let's see if we can see anything.
29:19Hey, Gabby!
29:21What's this?
29:22It dropped out of the plane.
29:23It's a little parachute.
29:25Well, here's a note.
29:27Maybe it's from the kidnappers.
29:29I told you those guys knew their stuff.
29:31Police interference means death of all concern.
29:35$250,000 by tonight.
29:38You will be watched. Don't try to pull anything.
29:41Remember, we should be careful.
29:44The rest is just routine about where and when to leave the money.
29:47We got the signatures here of Morland, Prentiss and McMahon.
29:51Are those genuine?
29:53Where are we going to get a quarter of a million dollars by tonight?
29:56Well, we local people couldn't dig up half that much in a month.
30:01Well, we're empowered to pay any ransom.
30:04We'll take care of the whole thing temporarily.
30:06But you'll have to settle with our clients later.
30:09Well, I guess we'll have to wait and see.
30:12We'll settle with our clients later.
30:15All right, we'll do it.
30:17You get the money and I'll act as pay-off man.
30:23You're stretched, Denny?
30:24Yeah, I think so.
30:33Boy, I've never been so glad to see you before.
30:35You sure did a good job of hog tying.
30:37Just good enough.
30:38Huh?
30:39I've got an idea.
30:40If they'd tied us up as good as they knew how,
30:42we couldn't have gotten loose water or no water.
30:44You mean they wanted us to get loose?
30:46We've got to get the other boys loose and find our horses.
30:49And try to catch an airplane?
30:51We've got to get word to the sheriff.
30:55They did need money settled.
30:57Hey, Roy, come here.
31:00Here's our guns.
31:01Those guys are mighty sure of themselves.
31:03And they're still loaded.
31:04There's no doubt about it.
31:05They wanted us to escape all right.
31:07And not too soon, but with our guns.
31:09They can't want us to get the alarm or to chase them.
31:11Well, they didn't do it out of kindness.
31:13Let's go.
31:33There's Rogers and his gang now.
31:35We'll go back up Pico Canyon and wait for them.
31:37Come on.
31:57Shoot over their heads.
31:58We want to take them alive if we can.
32:06Come on.
32:12Go after them.
32:36Come on.
32:48Say, Pat.
32:49I think I'm beginning to understand what this is all about.
32:51We'll ride on to Carol's ranch and make sure.
32:53Okay.
32:55Well?
32:56What have you got to say for yourself?
32:58I don't know.
32:59What do you want me to say?
33:00I'd like you to explain this crazy kidnapping business.
33:03Well, don't act like we did it.
33:05Well, I don't know why not.
33:06I saw you do it with my own eyes.
33:08Now, wait a minute.
33:09We've just been shot at by the sheriff.
33:10And now you claim you saw us do something we didn't do.
33:13I'm afraid you're the one that's going to do some explaining.
33:15Mr. Rogers, I don't know what you're talking about.
33:17I saw you do it with my own eyes.
33:19Now, wait a minute.
33:20We've just been shot at by the sheriff.
33:21And now you claim you saw us do something we didn't do.
33:23I'm afraid you're the one that's going to do some explaining.
33:24Mr. Harmon took movies of the whole thing.
33:27I know what she means, Roy.
33:28That Harmon fellow had a stage of fake holdup.
33:31It was when you were off at the mine.
33:33So that's it.
33:35That's why Harmon wanted us to escape with our guns.
33:38We wouldn't look guilty unless we were on the loose.
33:41But if he took those pictures while those mining men were off with me,
33:45you didn't see us in Harmon's movies.
33:47I certainly did.
33:50Oh, wait a minute.
33:51Did I?
33:52I'm so confused.
33:54I guess we just took it for granted that you were there.
33:56We weren't.
33:57That ought to prove that those movies weren't of the real kidnapping.
34:07Try and make it to the car.
34:23Come on.
34:24We'll phone the sheriff.
34:31What's the idea?
34:32You were saying something, and I wanted to hear the rest of it.
34:35Then you don't think we're guilty?
34:37I'm listening.
34:38All right.
34:39We'll head back to the ranch.
34:40But those deputies will be here any minute now.
34:42I don't care.
34:43I don't care.
34:44I don't care.
34:45I don't care.
34:46I don't care.
34:47I don't care.
34:48I don't care.
34:49I don't care.
34:50I don't care.
34:51But those deputies will be there.
34:52They'll be gone by now, given the description of this car to every cop in the state.
34:56This is a time for horses.
34:58Why don't you hide out in the hills someplace?
35:00We can't.
35:01We've got to keep those thugs from ever collecting the ransom money.
35:13But Roy, if those kidnappers don't get their ransom money, they'll kill all the victims.
35:17They'll kill all the victims if they do get it.
35:19Everything Harmon's done proves that he never intends to let any of those fellows live to identify them.
35:24The second he collects, they're goners.
35:26Gosh, I never thought of that.
35:28Say, did the ransom notes say where the payoff was to take place?
35:31Yes.
35:32On the Indian Wells Road, somewhere near Sentinel Rock.
35:35Sentinel Rock?
35:36Well, that's where I'm heading right now.
35:38But they said the place would be watched.
35:40I'll have to risk it.
35:50We've got to get the boys out of jail.
35:52How are we going to do that with everybody in town shooting at us?
35:55Well, that's for you to figure out, Pat.
35:56I'll tell you how to start.
35:57Gosh, I wish you would.
35:59First, you've got to get those movies of Harmon's.
36:01You've got to sneak them out of his room somewhere and make the sheriff look at them.
36:04And be careful you don't get shot.
36:06Be careful that...
36:07Sure, I'll do the best I can, but there's one thing I don't understand.
36:19Let's go.
36:38Hey, I'm going to need this car.
36:39I'm going in town to get those movies.
36:41They'd be shooting at you from every window.
36:45Hey, I ain't letting any girl do my work.
36:48Or am I?
36:57J.B., November 4th, 1883.
37:01I'll bet there hasn't been anybody in the place since.
37:04Probably tumble down on our heads any minute.
37:07I'm afraid that's the least of our worries now, Mac.
37:09Come on, break it up.
37:11This ain't a director's meeting.
37:19Shh.
37:22I wish I could sleep like that guy.
37:24Yeah.
37:25I think he was walking in his sleep when he showed us this hole.
37:37Hey, get away from there.
37:38You want lights showing all over the desert?
37:41I said to keep a lookout.
37:43All right, then get outside and look.
37:44And stay away from that blanket.
37:46Did Joe call?
37:47Get him back.
37:52This is Joe.
37:53Give the signal.
37:56Okay.
37:57Louie?
37:58Yeah, Joe.
37:59There's the payoff man.
38:00Model T4.
38:01You know the rest.
38:02Start now.
38:03It'll take you a couple of hours to get there.
38:04Bugsy?
38:06Yeah?
38:07Let me know by shortwave as soon as Louie gets back with the dog.
38:09Then blow up both entrances.
38:11Sure, I understand.
38:12Remember, if one of those snips slip to identify, it's at your neck, see?
38:15That's all.
38:16Come on, Felton.
38:17Okay, douse that light.
38:18So long, fella.
38:19See you in the night spots.
38:27Be careful nobody steals that before you get there, man.
38:30Don't you worry.
38:31No crook's gonna get this money.
38:47Look.
39:06That you, Joe?
39:07Give signal.
39:08Give signal.
39:16a.
39:36Fair let us out of here I was raised to be
39:38a convict. Don't stop I'd
39:44like to know how you do what throw us in jail I suppose.
39:51Oh. I'm terribly sorry but
39:57phone Jim Clancy and tell him to bring over his movie project I'll do nothing of
40:01a kind no girl is going to threaten me I'm not threatening you. This is.
40:08Owned Jim Clancy.
40:14A.
40:44A.
41:14All right hand it over.
41:22And it looks like it's all here certainly it's all there how about them poor folks
41:26you skunks kidnapped where they up in the no rustlers hideout but you won't have to
41:32worry about them anymore Graham Paul.
41:44A.
42:14A.
42:15A.
42:16All.
42:44A.
42:45All.
43:14A.
43:15All.
43:44A.
44:14Hey, there, princess, good old princess.
44:38Make it fast, princess, just like he's going to beat the desert tornado.
45:07I told you it wouldn't work.
45:12I just saw Princess Ida fly in.
45:14Princess Ida?
45:15Don't bother me with that magey bunch of feathers.
45:17She has something tied to her leg.
45:19Huh?
45:20She has.
45:21I guess that proves what I've been telling you, Sheriff.
45:49Well, it proves that Roy and his horse weren't in those movies all right.
45:53And I guess those mining men weren't there either.
45:55Then you'll let the boys out and arrest Harmon?
45:57Well, not so fast.
45:59Still don't prove that these boys weren't in on it.
46:01Well, if I was to let them go and they turned out to be guilty, I'd get lynched.
46:05And all the best I can do for you is to check on Harmon.
46:10But, Sheriff, you need the boys to help you catch the real kidnappers.
46:13I've got deputies to do that.
46:15Besides, I promised the families that I wouldn't move until they said so.
46:28Hey, here's a note from Gabby.
46:29It says where the kidnap victims are.
46:30What are you talking about?
46:31You're a kidnapper yourself.
46:32Oh, you think so?
46:33Well, take a look at this.
46:45All right, I'll let them out.
46:47We'll head up that way.
46:48No time to lose.
47:16How's that like?
47:17It's me, Louie.
47:18I'm coming in.
47:21They jumped us at the payoff.
47:23Let's go off this joint and scram.
47:53I'll go through and tell the boys to blow the other entrance.
48:01Be ready to scram.
48:02I'm telling the boys at the other end to set her off.
48:09Get the dynamite and light a five-minute fuse.
48:11Then beat it for the plane.
48:21Hold it.
48:40Hey, who's there?
49:09It's me, Louie.
49:38Take it easy, fella.
50:01You're hurt.
50:02I'm all right.
50:31It's me, Louie.
51:02You all right, Roy?
51:28Yeah.
51:29Well, looks like we're all here.
51:36Yeah, I guess the old Western methods are still the best after all.
51:39Well, ain't sure about that.
51:42You know, them newfangled bulletproof vests come in handy once in a while.
51:50Well, I don't know about this.
51:52We never had a girl of a carol before.
51:54Oh, that's all right.
51:55You never had guests of honor before.
51:57You never had a kidnapping before.
51:59We always finished our rides before, and, quacky, we're going to finish it.
52:04Down the trail we roll along in the land of destiny.
52:12There's a rainbow high in the prairie sky like the smile of eternity.
52:20Down the trail we press along till the happy day is through.
52:27And we sing our song as we roll along.
52:32Down the trail, down the trail.
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