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Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) and his friends (Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks) save a town from a deacon after oil.
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00:02:00Well, we're not far from Coltsville. Maybe we can find some shelter there.
00:02:18Shelter? What do you mean, Hoppy?
00:02:19Look at that storm ahead of us.
00:02:21Holy smoke.
00:02:27Guess you're right, Hoppy.
00:02:28And I don't want to get soggy as a dunk donut.
00:02:31Son, I remember once, back in 86,
00:02:34it rained so hard I had to tie a log on each side of my horse
00:02:37to keep them floating down the trail.
00:02:40California, every time you tell that story, it gets wetter.
00:02:43Now, come on, before you drown yourself.
00:02:44Well, this looks like a good place for us to stop.
00:03:08But that's a church.
00:03:10Well, what about us?
00:03:11It's not a bad place to spend a little time once in a while.
00:03:24Well, let's get the food and blankets off.
00:03:26We'll go inside and eat and sit down for the night.
00:03:31Boy, I'm hungry.
00:03:31What are you fixing for supper, California?
00:03:34I don't know.
00:03:34I ain't never cooked in a church before,
00:03:36and the only thing I ever ate in one was humble pie from a sin.
00:03:40That'll be a full nine-course meal.
00:03:43For me, I'll just give thanks for the beans.
00:03:46How you coming?
00:03:47Good.
00:04:01You're right, Hoppy.
00:04:16We're due for a storm.
00:04:17Sure sounds like it.
00:04:28Gee, this looks like a ghost church.
00:04:30It is.
00:04:31So is the town it belongs to.
00:04:33I've never been here before,
00:04:34but I remember hearing about how everybody moved away from here.
00:04:37Yeah, and I'd just as soon go with them.
00:04:39This place gives me the creeps.
00:04:42What was that?
00:04:44Oh, probably just a shutter banging in the wind.
00:04:47Kind of drafty in here.
00:04:48Let's see what's in here.
00:04:55Oh, this looks better.
00:04:58Smells kind of musty.
00:04:59Oh, this'll do fine, California,
00:05:01and so will a little food.
00:05:02Coming right up, Hoppy.
00:05:04Oh, listen to that wind blow.
00:05:06Sure glad we got those cattle, Mark.
00:05:07Glad we got the price we did for them, too.
00:05:10Now I can relax and take it easy.
00:05:12You mean we're just going to sit around and wait for no good, healthy trouble?
00:05:15California, if trouble's coming, it'll find you.
00:05:18You don't have to go looking for it.
00:05:22Lucky, I bet this old place could tell a lot of stories.
00:05:26Christening, marriages, funerals, the whole span of life.
00:05:30Well, I've already been christened, and I'm not looking forward to my funeral,
00:05:34so I'll take the marriage part.
00:05:37That just shows how dumb a man can be.
00:05:39Marriage is worse than a funeral.
00:05:41At a marriage, your troubles just begin.
00:05:43At a funeral, they're over.
00:05:46Now, how would you know?
00:05:48You haven't tried either one yet.
00:05:49Now, how about the grub?
00:05:50I'm hungry.
00:05:51Sure.
00:05:52Uh, beans, of course.
00:05:55But how about a little bacon with them?
00:05:58Good enough.
00:05:59Ha, ha, ha.
00:06:03There's somebody banging at the door.
00:06:06Oh, that's just the wind again.
00:06:07I bet there isn't anybody in miles of this place.
00:06:10I hope so.
00:06:11Come on, get something ready to eat, will ya?
00:06:19I'm sure glad we decided to stop here.
00:06:21It's so nice and quiet.
00:06:23Not a thing to disturb a good night's sleep.
00:06:26I ain't sure of that.
00:06:27I get a feeling my bones is mighty disturbing.
00:06:30Oh, that's just a rheumatism.
00:06:32When I put my head on those saddlebags,
00:06:33not even the prettiest gal in the world could make me open my eyes.
00:06:36Ha, ha, ha.
00:06:38If I was a gambling man, I wouldn't make any bets on that, would you?
00:06:40Me neither.
00:06:41Don't take the coffee.
00:06:43No.
00:06:45I'm gonna get this beautiful bed figured right now.
00:06:48You know, Hoppy,
00:06:49I think California's getting too old to make these trips with us.
00:06:52He's losing his nerve, always worried about something.
00:06:54Oh, he'll never stop worrying because he likes it.
00:06:57He'll never lose his nerve because he's not built that way.
00:07:00You've seen him in plenty of tight spots.
00:07:01Oh, I didn't mean it that way.
00:07:02It's just that tonight he seems kind of on edge.
00:07:04Oh, it's probably this old church.
00:07:07He hasn't been in one for so long.
00:07:08It makes him nervous.
00:07:10Well, whatever it is,
00:07:11it probably won't sleep awake.
00:07:14Ha, ha.
00:07:14Well, I'm gonna have another cup of coffee.
00:07:16I'll keep watch over you.
00:07:17What was that?
00:07:40What was what?
00:07:41That noise.
00:07:43Sounded like someone moaning with a last breath.
00:07:45I didn't hear anything.
00:07:47You must have been dreaming.
00:07:49The people in my dreams don't go around making that kind of a noise.
00:07:52Didn't I tell you?
00:07:53There it is again.
00:07:55If it ain't a ghost, it's Gabriel.
00:07:57A blow in his horn.
00:07:59Well, we'll soon find out.
00:08:01Sir.
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00:08:21I don't see anything.
00:08:22No.
00:08:27Lucky I have got a hunch.
00:08:29I think we have got an invisible musician in our midst.
00:08:31What do you mean?
00:08:33Here, hold this.
00:08:39Wait a minute.
00:08:42There you are, he's playing again.
00:08:44Who?
00:08:45The wind.
00:08:46When it blows through the pipes on that organ, one of them sounds off.
00:08:49Oh, what do you know?
00:08:51Poor Californian.
00:08:52He thought his day had come.
00:08:59How many of them are, sir?
00:09:00Only one, but he was too big for us to handle.
00:09:03He was so big he could blow you right over.
00:09:05Blow us over?
00:09:06Sure, that's what the wind does.
00:09:07When it blows through those pipes on the old organ out there, mixed up, we use our play.
00:09:13Just what I thought it was.
00:09:15Nothing to get excited about.
00:09:16I'd have gone out there and seen for myself if you two hadn't gotten ahead of me.
00:09:19Oh, sure.
00:09:20Now, will you go on and get some sleep?
00:09:22I want to finish my coffee.
00:09:25Yeah, sure.
00:09:25Now somebody's ringing the doorbell.
00:09:35No, it ain't the doorbell.
00:09:36And it couldn't be a fire alarm.
00:09:39It's just someone used to do a mistake.
00:09:41Hoppy!
00:09:42Hoppy!
00:09:43What is it now?
00:09:44Things are happening again.
00:09:45Do you hear them bells?
00:09:47Sure, I hear them.
00:09:48What about them?
00:09:48It's the spirits, Hoppy.
00:09:50It's the spirits.
00:09:51They're trying to get even with me.
00:09:53Every time I ever went to church, I always fell asleep.
00:09:55Now they ain't never going to let me sleep again.
00:09:57Well, if I felt that way about it, I'd go out and have a talk with them.
00:10:00That's just what am I going to do.
00:10:02I'm a law-abiding man.
00:10:03Me and the spirits have got to come to an understanding.
00:10:06Look, California, either make peace with your spirits or go bunk with the horses.
00:10:09I want to get some sleep.
00:10:10All right, all right, but I'm telling you, there's somebody or something meddling around out there.
00:10:16Well, they'd have as much right here as we have.
00:10:19All right, I'll go with you.
00:10:20You will?
00:10:21Well, that's downright accommodating, Hoppy.
00:10:24Hey, Hoppy, let's separate and close in from both sides.
00:10:27Yeah.
00:10:27Whatever's ringing that bell is going to be too busy to notice us.
00:10:30Oh, sure.
00:10:45It's haunted.
00:10:46Not half as much as I am by you.
00:10:48It's just the wind again.
00:10:51My God.
00:10:52I give up.
00:10:53Now, this ain't fair.
00:10:54Come on, get in here.
00:10:55I'm all ready to fight and ain't getting nobody to fight with.
00:10:59If you don't go to sleep, I'm going to give you a punch in the nose.
00:11:02You won't have to.
00:11:03Just give him a chance.
00:11:04Hoppy, Hoppy.
00:11:26Yeah.
00:11:27You hear what I do?
00:11:28Yeah, the organ.
00:11:35That wind has sure been taking music lessons.
00:11:41Well, somebody's playing it.
00:11:43You darn two.
00:11:45I've heard that song before.
00:11:47I think it's a hymn.
00:11:48Well, that should prove there's no one with bad intentions.
00:11:51I knew a wrestler at once who was singing a hymn when they hanged him.
00:11:55Let's find out what's going on.
00:11:56Well, let's go.
00:12:17That's beautiful music.
00:12:36Oh, I'm sorry if we frightened you.
00:12:39You did startle me.
00:12:41There's seldom anyone here.
00:12:43Well, that's what we thought, so we came in here to spend the night out of the storm.
00:12:48I'm Hopalong Cassidy, and these are my two friends, California Carlson and Lucky Jenkins.
00:12:52Glad to know you, ma'am.
00:12:53Me too.
00:12:54I was thinking maybe it might be some angel out here playing.
00:12:57And you were pretty nearly right.
00:12:59I'm Susan Crowell, and this is my mother.
00:13:01How do you do?
00:13:03Susan's father was the pastor here, and he's buried in the churchyard.
00:13:06We come here each morning and evening to give simple prayer.
00:13:09I understand, Ms. Crowell, and I'm sorry we were here to interrupt you.
00:13:13Did you say you and your daughter lived near here?
00:13:15Yes.
00:13:15Well, I thought this place was deserted.
00:13:17It is, with the exception of Deacon Black and ourselves.
00:13:20Deacon Black?
00:13:21Oh, Mr. Black's not a real deacon.
00:13:23We just call him that because, well, he's a fine man who helped father with his work at church.
00:13:28When father was killed, Mr. Black just decided to stay on, helping any way he could.
00:13:32I see.
00:13:33Tell me, Ms. Crowell, what happened to the people here?
00:13:36Why did they abandon their homes?
00:13:37Why?
00:13:38I don't like to talk about it.
00:13:40Bad luck has always come to those who have.
00:13:42Well, I'll talk about it.
00:13:44All began about four months ago.
00:13:46It was a nice enough little town then, and all of a sudden a shadow fell over it.
00:13:50What do you mean, Ms. Crowell?
00:13:52Well, people were afraid because there were shootings and strange disappearances.
00:13:57It got so no one knew who would be next, and they either kept their doors locked or started moving away.
00:14:03Well, there must have been someone they suspected.
00:14:05No, not a soul.
00:14:06That was the awful part of it.
00:14:08My own father was one of those who killed without warning, but we didn't move away like all the others.
00:14:16I've seen a lot of trouble, but never without reason like this.
00:14:20It's almost as if an evil spirit had swept through the whole valley, destroyed our happiness for no apparent reason.
00:14:27I've had the same feeling ever since we've been here.
00:14:30This place ain't healthy for man or beast.
00:14:32And if we just had a little more time, we'd stay around and see what makes it so unhealthy.
00:14:36Oh, no, no, you mustn't do that.
00:14:37But it's bound to cause more trouble.
00:14:39We ask only for peace and the privilege of coming to this little church.
00:14:42Oh, don't worry, Mrs. Crowell.
00:14:44We have to leave the first thing in the morning, and you can be sure that we all hope you have nothing but peace.
00:14:50Come, Susan.
00:14:51You'd better go now.
00:14:52It's a pretty bad night.
00:14:52I'll get my poncho and go with you.
00:14:54If you wish.
00:14:55Good night.
00:14:56Good night.
00:14:56Good night.
00:15:02Sort of wish I was going, too.
00:15:07It's the end of the world.
00:15:10Well, it's not the end of the world, but it could have been the end of Miss Susan.
00:15:13What do you mean?
00:15:14Well, if she'd been sitting at that organ, she'd have been killed when that thing came down.
00:15:17Oh, what a narrow escape.
00:15:19See that they get home safely, Lucky.
00:15:21I will.
00:15:21By golly, Hoppy, that could have been a terrible accident.
00:15:37You've got it wrong, California.
00:15:39It would have been murder.
00:15:40What?
00:15:41Murder?
00:15:42Sure.
00:15:42That beam wasn't right at her crack.
00:15:44It's been sawed almost in two, and it was done very recently.
00:15:46Then who ever done it to?
00:15:47Wanted to kill that girl because she's the only one that ever sits there.
00:15:50I'll split them like a rack of spare ribs.
00:15:52I'll tear them limb from limb.
00:15:55Say, how did he know that someone would be sitting there when that thing fell?
00:15:59I don't know.
00:15:59He must have figured on the vibrations of that organ to break this thing loose.
00:16:03But in this case, that clap of thunder did it.
00:16:05Fortunately, she wasn't sitting there.
00:16:09I'd like to get to the bottom of this thing.
00:16:12A deserted town, a lot of killings, and nobody around but two women and a deacon.
00:16:17You know something, Hoppy?
00:16:18There's somebody else around here.
00:16:22You know something else?
00:16:23Sometimes your deductions are phenomenal.
00:16:27I'm a pretty smart fellow.
00:16:28I'm a pretty smart fellow.
00:16:42I'm a pretty smart guy.
00:16:44I'm a pretty smart guy.
00:16:46I'm a pretty smart guy.
00:16:49You know something else?
00:16:51Where are you going?
00:17:07I'll be back in a minute.
00:17:08You get some sleep.
00:17:09Me sleep?
00:17:11There it goes again.
00:17:13Even the dead couldn't sleep in this place.
00:17:14Oh, don't worry.
00:17:15I don't think anything else will happen tonight.
00:17:21Oh, don't worry.
00:17:51Oh, don't worry.
00:17:57Well, Susan and her mother are home safe.
00:18:00I hope they are safe.
00:18:02What do you mean?
00:18:03Well, that beam falling was no accident.
00:18:05It had been sawed.
00:18:06Somebody hoped she'd be sitting at the organ when it fell.
00:18:08Well, why should anyone...
00:18:09I don't know, Lucky.
00:18:10Let's forget about it for now, huh?
00:18:11By the way, how did you make out with Miss Susan?
00:18:21Oh, homie, she's a wonderful girl.
00:18:23Better yours again.
00:18:24Gee, it sounds like somebody's breaking the place up.
00:18:48Yeah, and it ain't termites.
00:18:51This is the busiest church I ever saw in my born days.
00:18:55Oh, you should try going into one some Sunday.
00:18:57You'll find a lot of people there.
00:18:58Hold it.
00:19:17What's the idea of starting on that wall?
00:19:19What's going to hold the roof up?
00:19:21You said we were going to tear the joint down, didn't you?
00:19:23Sure, but you start from the top, not the bottom, generally.
00:19:27All right, get up on that roof.
00:19:30Hello, boys.
00:19:35Who are you?
00:19:37The name's Cassidy.
00:19:38I don't think I got yours.
00:19:40Ryker, what are you doing here?
00:19:41Well, it was storming last night, if you remember,
00:19:43and we came in here for shelter.
00:19:45See, the sun's shining out now.
00:19:47Must be a nice day outside.
00:19:48It is.
00:19:49So why don't you and your boys get out there
00:19:51and enjoy it while you can?
00:19:52Listen, mister, my friends and I have been enjoying good health
00:19:55for a long time.
00:19:56We expect to keep right on doing it.
00:19:58Now, what's your business here?
00:19:59Well, I'll tell you.
00:20:00It's a good thing you were here last night.
00:20:02How's that?
00:20:03Because this church ain't going to be here tonight.
00:20:05We're tearing it down.
00:20:07Mr. Cassidy.
00:20:09Did I hear right when this man said
00:20:12he was going to tear our church down?
00:20:14You heard right, miss.
00:20:15Since when has it been your church?
00:20:17I think a young lady means that she and her mother
00:20:18come here to worship.
00:20:19And the church belongs to whoever uses it.
00:20:22Look, Hoppy, why are you arguing with this man?
00:20:24Let's throw him out of here and not worry Miss Susan anymore.
00:20:27Son, you got more nerve than you got brains.
00:20:30You're in a place where they used to give them burial services.
00:20:33And that's what you're going to get if you don't shut up.
00:20:34I think we've done enough arguing.
00:20:36Unless you've got a legal right to tear this place down,
00:20:38you're not touching a stick of it.
00:20:40You ain't the law around here.
00:20:42I got as much right to tear it down as you got asleep in it.
00:20:44And I got the men to back me up.
00:20:46Now get this straight.
00:20:48You're getting out and I'm staying here.
00:20:50Gentlemen.
00:20:51Oh, Mr. Black.
00:20:52I'm so glad you've come.
00:20:54There's trouble here.
00:20:55Yes, I gather that from the doorway.
00:20:57Have patience and faith, child.
00:20:58I'll do what I can.
00:21:00I don't know you men, but you've chosen a place of peace to make trouble.
00:21:03May I ask what the difficulty is?
00:21:04Mr. Deacon.
00:21:05I'd like to baptize that trigger with a little hot lamp.
00:21:08That's enough, California.
00:21:10Mr. Black, Miss Susan has told us about you and we're glad you came.
00:21:13In that case, I think you should put your gun away.
00:21:15Mr. Black, I can't understand why anyone would want to tear this church down without reason.
00:21:21Tear it down?
00:21:23Are you thinking of doing such a thing?
00:21:25No, I am.
00:21:26And you and all your gospel can't stop me.
00:21:28Who owns this church?
00:21:30I don't know.
00:21:31Since Coltsville has become a deserted town, it'd be hard to say.
00:21:35It was built by public donation.
00:21:36Well, then that's all the more reason it should be preserved.
00:21:40It's...
00:21:40Well, my father rests outside, so I guess you know what it means to us.
00:21:43And I'm sure you wanted to remain, Deacon.
00:21:46Yes, Susan.
00:21:48I've stayed on here with the hope that someday we'd have a congregation of good people back on these benches.
00:21:55See it go now, it'd shatter what little we have left.
00:21:59May I ask why you want to destroy this building?
00:22:02Sure, I found out that nobody owned the place and we need finished lumber.
00:22:06I'm building a mining cabinet all the way up the trail.
00:22:08Who ever heard of such a thing?
00:22:10Somebody has got to stop him.
00:22:12We'll do what we can, won't we, Hoppy?
00:22:14Well, I...
00:22:15I think that's up to Mr. Black.
00:22:19I came here today, as I do every morning and every evening, for self-meditation.
00:22:23Charfuge?
00:22:24Meditation.
00:22:25You should try it sometime.
00:22:26I'm not a man of violence, and I can't condone it.
00:22:30If the building must go, it must go.
00:22:32Because, actually, it has ceased to be a place of worship.
00:22:35Well, when are you leaving, I've got work to do.
00:22:44As soon as I'm sure you're a lot of miles from here, you're not tearing this building down so long as these people want it to stand.
00:22:52I'd have bet he'd say that.
00:22:53Me too.
00:22:54I've got sort of a liking for this place myself.
00:22:56Yeah.
00:22:57When no one's playing the organ and they're ringing bells.
00:23:00So that's it.
00:23:01You're staying.
00:23:02That's right.
00:23:03All right.
00:23:04But I'll be seeing you soon again.
00:23:06It's a big country.
00:23:07That's what I've heard.
00:23:08If you live long enough to get around to seeing it.
00:23:13All right.
00:23:14Come on.
00:23:14Thank you, Mr. Cassidy.
00:23:20We owe you a great debt of gratitude.
00:23:22You've saved our church.
00:23:23I'm not so sure about that.
00:23:26I have a feeling those men are coming back, if only out of vengeance.
00:23:29If my daughter and I had been here alone, we could have reasoned with them instead of using threat.
00:23:34Mother, they'd never have listened to us.
00:23:36Mr. Cassidy did the only thing possible.
00:23:38My method might have been wrong, but at least we won the argument.
00:23:42Well, we might as well get out of here.
00:23:43Hoppy, if you don't mind, I'd like to stay on for a while.
00:23:48Those men might come back if they think we've all gone and, well, at least they won't have their own way of it.
00:23:54All right, Lucky.
00:23:54And if anything comes up, you can get word to me at the ranch.
00:23:57As long as one of your men's staying, I'll be leaving too.
00:24:00Goodbye, friend.
00:24:01Goodbye, sir.
00:24:01And bless you.
00:24:02Susan.
00:24:04Goodbye, Mr. Cassidy.
00:24:05Goodbye, Susan.
00:24:07California, will you get our horses?
00:24:08Lucky, come and help me with the gear.
00:24:11Oh, ma'am.
00:24:13Glad to have met you.
00:24:15I'm glad to be leaving.
00:24:25You all right, California?
00:24:27You sure you're all right?
00:24:28I don't know, Hoppy.
00:24:29How do I look?
00:24:30Oh, they didn't get you.
00:24:32They must have been waiting for us to come out.
00:24:33When have they got Mr. Black?
00:24:34I don't know.
00:24:35I'll find out.
00:24:36You see Mr. Black?
00:24:45No, but I see plenty of others.
00:24:46Reggie, take two men and cover them on the left.
00:25:03Joe, you and Mickey get round to the right.
00:25:06And Steve, take those others and get round to the back.
00:25:08You think maybe they're gone?
00:25:15I don't think so.
00:25:26It's like they're surrounding the place.
00:25:28It doesn't make sense.
00:25:30First they want us to leave, now they're shooting so we can't get out.
00:25:32Make sense if we meet up with women in them bullets, then you're out for good.
00:25:36If one thing's certain, so long as they keep us in, we can keep them out.
00:25:39Lucky, you go back with the women and watch those windows.
00:25:40We'll take care of this up here.
00:25:45Where do you want them?
00:25:46Right over here.
00:25:48Take your mother over by the organ.
00:25:53Sit here, Mr. Carl.
00:25:54Stay with your mother, sir.
00:25:59Get over there, bro.
00:26:02Get over there, bro.
00:26:32Tony.
00:26:58Take this note and be sure the boss is the only one that gets it.
00:27:01Well, what's wrong?
00:27:08Two of the boys have been winged already.
00:27:10That isn't what they're being paid for, and some of them want to quit.
00:27:13You know what you're here for, and so do the others.
00:27:15The boss would shoot you for getting those guys in the church if I told about this.
00:27:19Now go back and get to work.
00:27:22Wait.
00:27:22I'll go along with you and give my little love measures to our friends.
00:27:26Lucky, listen, I don't know what's going on.
00:27:34Susan, get down.
00:27:35I'm worried enough about you.
00:27:36I'm worried enough about you already.
00:27:38Why?
00:27:38What do you mean?
00:27:40Well, maybe I shouldn't tell you, but last night someone tried to kill you.
00:27:43You killed me?
00:27:44Why?
00:27:45I don't understand.
00:27:47Hoppy says that that beam was deliberately sawed so that it would snap at the least vibration
00:27:50and fall on the organ bench where you were sitting.
00:27:53I hate to think of what could have happened.
00:27:55Oh, let's not think about it.
00:27:58Mother's the one I'm worried about.
00:27:59What's the matter with her?
00:28:00She seems quiet enough.
00:28:02That's just what worries me.
00:28:04She hasn't changed her expression since the finding began.
00:28:06Well, maybe she's stunned from the shock of all this, and after all, it may be better.
00:28:10She won't know what's going on.
00:28:12I don't know.
00:28:14Do you think we'll ever get out of here alive?
00:28:16Listen to me, sir.
00:28:17Hoppy won't let you down.
00:28:19I've been in lots of trouble with him before.
00:28:21He always figures a way out.
00:28:23And believe me, this time I'm going to do more than help.
00:28:26I know you will.
00:28:29Still, I sure don't like the looks of things.
00:28:32Hey, you people in the church.
00:28:42I want to talk to you.
00:28:44Hoppy, he's out here.
00:28:52We're listening.
00:28:54Now you're showing some sense.
00:28:58I've got men on all sides of you, and you're licked, and you know it.
00:29:02But I'm going to give you a chance on account of the women you got with you.
00:29:05All right, name it.
00:29:06Throw your guns out the window and come out with your hands up.
00:29:09And then what happens?
00:29:11Then you'll be our prisoners until we get our work done here.
00:29:14I've heard of better deals than that.
00:29:16Suppose we refuse.
00:29:17There's just three things we can do.
00:29:20Burn you out, shoot you out, or stab you out.
00:29:23I'll give you just one minute to make up your minds.
00:29:27Come on.
00:29:27You heard what Riker said?
00:29:31Yes.
00:29:31How do you feel about it?
00:29:32I know what your answer would be.
00:29:34That's mine, too.
00:29:35Good girl.
00:29:36Now listen.
00:29:36You know the song about the big bad Piker?
00:29:38Of course.
00:29:39Fine.
00:29:40Now go up to the organ and play it as loud as you can.
00:29:43You feel all right, Hoppy?
00:29:44This ain't no time for organ playing.
00:29:46Unless you made up your mind we're going to heaven.
00:29:48Oh, relax, California.
00:29:49The only place we're going is home.
00:29:51Right now, you and Lucky are going to sing.
00:29:52You both know the words.
00:29:53Sure, but just change Piker to Riker.
00:29:55Go ahead.
00:29:56Get me a chair, Lucky.
00:30:08They're not in any hurry to give you an answer, Riker.
00:30:11I'll give them just one more minute.
00:30:19Hey, what's that?
00:30:22I'd say somebody was playing an organ and singing a song.
00:30:25About you.
00:30:26But to all he didn't sing
00:30:27To be full of hot air
00:30:30The old Piker
00:30:32There was once an old man named Bad Riker
00:30:37Who carried two guns and swore like a tiger
00:30:42He vowed he was mean
00:30:46But to all he didn't sing
00:30:49To be full of hot air
00:30:52The old Piker
00:30:54There was once an old man named Bad Riker
00:31:00Think they're going to make it full of me, eh?
00:31:03Well, there's one way to stop them.
00:31:04Start throwing them.
00:31:05I guess our singing was pretty bad.
00:31:16Hurt!
00:31:19Didn't think it was that bad.
00:31:20Tommy, I've never questioned you before
00:31:25But I think that song made them all the matter.
00:31:27That's just what I wanted.
00:31:29California, you better get back to the window.
00:31:30They might try to move in.
00:31:31When they're moving,
00:31:32It's always old Californian that's left to greet them.
00:31:37Come over here.
00:31:38I'll tell you what I had in mind.
00:31:43Get to the window.
00:31:45You don't think you do what I do with the other.
00:31:46It's always a dog.
00:31:49I figured that song would make Riker mad
00:31:51And when a man gets mad,
00:31:52He's liable to do most anything.
00:31:53What do you mean, Hoppy?
00:31:54He might give me a chance to get out of here.
00:31:55Why, Lucky said you'd never let us down.
00:31:57Oh, you misunderstand, Susan.
00:31:58I've been doing a lot of thinking
00:32:00And there's only one conclusion.
00:32:01These men don't want this place
00:32:02Just for the lumber to build a camp.
00:32:04That's been puzzling me too,
00:32:05But I don't get the answer.
00:32:06I know, Lucky.
00:32:07It all has to do with the killings
00:32:08And desertions of this little town.
00:32:10But these men are all strangers here.
00:32:12I know, Susan.
00:32:13If I can only get out of here,
00:32:14I have an idea where I can get
00:32:15Some important information.
00:32:17And probably find out
00:32:17What these men are after.
00:32:23I think it's shush.
00:32:25Come on, Lucky.
00:32:26Get back.
00:32:31Forget this.
00:32:32We'll keep up a steady fire
00:32:33From the front and the left side of the building
00:32:35While you creep around the back
00:32:36When you get within 50 feet of the place
00:32:38Like this and throw it up on the roof
00:32:40They'll be in front shooting at us
00:32:41So you shouldn't have any trouble
00:32:43You got matches?
00:32:45Alright, let's go
00:33:05Let's go
00:33:05Okay, let's go
00:33:17Okay, let's go
00:33:18what's the idea just knocked off one of them muskrats that's what a call ringing the bell
00:33:44one of these days i'm going to ring your neck but i guess that's a long way so i hope so
00:33:48concentrating on the front of the building i'm going out through that back room wherever you're
00:34:02going good luck thanks i'll be back sometime tonight we'll take care of things here fine
00:34:06if you need any extra ammunitions in my saddlebag so long
00:34:08he's leaving yeah come on
00:34:38so
00:34:40so
00:34:44so
00:34:46so
00:34:48so
00:34:52so
00:34:58so
00:35:08so
00:35:12so
00:35:18so
00:35:24so
00:35:28so
00:35:32so
00:35:38i guess i'll go over the boys and see who's shooting who coming go ahead i'm too tired to get killed
00:35:54so
00:35:56so
00:35:58so
00:36:00so
00:36:02i guess i'll go over the boys and see who's shooting who coming go ahead i'm too tired to get
00:36:06killed sides i gotta watch again
00:36:08so
00:36:10so
00:36:12so
00:36:14so
00:36:16so
00:36:18so
00:36:20so
00:36:22so
00:36:24so
00:36:26so
00:36:28so
00:36:30let the
00:36:32so
00:36:34Hey, stop!
00:36:42Shut up!
00:36:46Shut up!
00:36:46Put him that way on our front floor!
00:37:04Shut up!
00:37:34I know a shortcut. Maybe we can hit him off.
00:38:04I know a shortcut.
00:38:16I know a shortcut.
00:38:22I know a shortcut.
00:38:28I know a shortcut.
00:39:51I wonder what we're going to do now.
00:40:09The boss says the one to get is the leader.
00:40:11So we'll be waiting for him.
00:40:12Now remember, no more shooting, but keep your eyes open.
00:40:14Come and get it.
00:40:31What's the window?
00:40:32Them fellas expect me to keep on fighting the least they can do is send me over a decent
00:40:46meal with all the shooting going on and work up a powerful appetite.
00:40:48Forget it and eat what you can while you can.
00:40:52Where's mother?
00:40:53Wasn't she with you?
00:40:54Who wasn't where with who?
00:41:03Mother, you scared me for a minute.
00:41:05Why did you go in there?
00:41:06I wanted to be alone, that was all.
00:41:10Here's something to eat.
00:41:11I don't want it.
00:41:15Mother, I know this is a terrible thing for you to go through, but you're not helping yourself
00:41:23any.
00:41:23Mother, I know this is a terrible thing for you to go through, but you're not helping me.
00:41:24Please, believe these men are doing their best.
00:41:28We must get out of here.
00:41:31That's impossible.
00:41:34You'll see.
00:41:37Now let me alone, Susan.
00:41:38I wonder what's the matter with her.
00:41:52Oh, nothing.
00:41:54Well, I wish I could say the same thing about Hoppy.
00:41:59I wish I know where he went and what he went for.
00:42:02Probably needs my help, too.
00:42:04You usually need his help when you go along.
00:42:06That ain't true.
00:42:08You're the one he's always helping out.
00:42:10If it ain't out of danger, it's out of some darn romance.
00:42:14I wish you'd stop talking like that.
00:42:16Besides, Hoppy can get along fine without either of us.
00:42:21I wish I could be more sure of that right this minute.
00:42:24Come on, eat those beans.
00:42:24We've got to get back to the windows.
00:42:33Hey, quick!
00:42:37What's the idea of waking up a man at this hour?
00:42:51I've heard two pins I'd have a law on you.
00:42:53Hey, wait a minute, Tom.
00:42:55Don't you recognize your friends after sundown?
00:42:57I ain't got any friends with as bad manners as...
00:43:02Hoppy!
00:43:03Well, Hoppy, darned.
00:43:05Hey, what can I do for you?
00:43:06Well, if you come down and open the door, I'll be glad to tell you.
00:43:08I'll be right down, Hoppy.
00:43:15Come on in.
00:43:15Come in, Hoppy.
00:43:16My goodness.
00:43:18You know, I can always get my sleep, but I can't always see a friend like you.
00:43:22Thanks, Tom.
00:43:23It's all right.
00:43:24You know, you haven't changed the bed.
00:43:26Like not?
00:43:26No.
00:43:27Not one little bit.
00:43:29Say, how about a snitcher?
00:43:30It's an awful cool...
00:43:31Oh, no, thanks, Tom.
00:43:32Oh, sit down, sit down, sit down.
00:43:33Say, I had to wake you up, Tom, but I got something pretty important on my mind.
00:43:37I might as well get right at it.
00:43:38Well, sure.
00:43:39Go right ahead, Hoppy.
00:43:40You know all about the history of Coltsville, don't you?
00:43:43Oh, I sure do.
00:43:45And an awful black one it is, Hoppy.
00:43:47What with all the killing and kidnapping.
00:43:49Why, that place is practically a ghost town.
00:43:52I just wouldn't want any part of it.
00:43:54No, I wouldn't either, but apparently somebody would.
00:43:57Well, I don't follow you, Hoppy.
00:43:59I don't follow myself so well, Tom.
00:44:01I want you to do me a favor.
00:44:03Why, oh, sure.
00:44:04What is it?
00:44:05You've got a record of the deeds and property homes of Coltsville, haven't you?
00:44:08Oh, sure.
00:44:09Oh, right over here, Hoppy.
00:44:12Yeah, everything in the county has to be registered right here in this book.
00:44:16Mm-hmm.
00:44:17Coltsville is, or was, such a little town that there won't be much trouble to, uh,
00:44:21oh, that thing always bothers me.
00:44:24It does, huh?
00:44:24Yeah.
00:44:27There.
00:44:28Oh, I never thought of that.
00:44:30There you are.
00:44:31There's the whole shooting caboodle on Coltsville.
00:44:34It seems this one party's been buying a lot of that property.
00:44:37Yes, I remember her well.
00:44:39She's an awful smart woman if that town has ever built up again, because she bought all
00:44:43that stuff just dirt cheap.
00:44:44Hmm.
00:44:45When did you see her last?
00:44:46Oh, uh, she was in here just last week.
00:44:49Wanted to put in a bid on the old church over there.
00:44:51I asked her if she was aiming to preach the gospel, and she said yes.
00:44:55And that her first text was going to be, how to mind one's own business.
00:44:59Ha, ha, ha.
00:45:00I guess she meant that for me.
00:45:02Oh, she couldn't have.
00:45:05Oh, well, anyway, I told her that she couldn't buy the church because the county didn't own
00:45:09it.
00:45:09That that church was built by subscription, and would belong to the village of Coltsville
00:45:13as long as it stood.
00:45:14Well, sure it would.
00:45:16Hmm.
00:45:16Well, I guess I found out all I want to know.
00:45:18Well, maybe you have, Hoppy, but I haven't.
00:45:21You know, Hoppy, there's trouble of brewing in any pot that you stir.
00:45:24There is, Tom, and plenty of it.
00:45:26Well, you're going to have a hard time getting a posse together this time of night.
00:45:29Well, maybe you can do something along those lines.
00:45:32Come on.
00:45:54Hey, Riker, what's all of you up on the rocks?
00:46:02What happened?
00:46:30Come on.
00:46:32Someone sneaked up to the window, hit me in the head with a sledgehammer, and then
00:46:35get away.
00:46:36There were three others with him, but I think I got them all.
00:46:40Dream up another one like that, and we can go home.
00:46:42How come?
00:46:43There won't be anybody left to fight.
00:46:53Mr. Scrowl.
00:46:55Stay away from that door.
00:46:57Don't try to stop me.
00:46:58I'm leaving.
00:46:58Now, I'm sorry, ma'am, but you can't go another step.
00:47:01Are you...
00:47:01You desecrate her.
00:47:03I am not.
00:47:05I'm a Presbyterian.
00:47:07Mother, what's the trouble?
00:47:10This one and his friends have brought all this trouble upon us.
00:47:13I'm going out to the other men and tell them to come and tear or burn the place down.
00:47:18It's a refuge for the bad rather than the good.
00:47:20What are they fighting for?
00:47:22I say let them take it.
00:47:25But I thought you loved this place as I do.
00:47:28It must come down.
00:47:30And in its place will arise something greater and better.
00:47:33Mother, you don't know what you're talking about.
00:47:35You can't.
00:47:35You can't.
00:47:37Now, please, come on.
00:47:38We'll go and sit down.
00:47:44I wonder what's come over her.
00:47:46I don't know.
00:47:47It's either a case of the whim whams or something that Hoppy ought to know about.
00:47:50What do you mean?
00:47:51She's mighty suspicious to me.
00:47:53Could be in cahoots with those men.
00:47:55Oh, that's silly.
00:47:56You can't make me believe a fine girl like Susan would have a mother.
00:47:59And if you're looking for a mother-in-law, I wouldn't pick on that lady.
00:48:07Who is it?
00:48:08Me, Black.
00:48:10Black.
00:48:13Hi, Deacon.
00:48:15Good evening.
00:48:16Good evening.
00:48:17How'd you get here all in one piece?
00:48:20Well, I went to the camp of those men and demanded that they let me through their lines.
00:48:23It's my daily habit to visit here.
00:48:26And no one shall stop me.
00:48:27Mighty brave of you.
00:48:28Oh, Mr. Black.
00:48:31Mr. Black.
00:48:33Good evening, child.
00:48:34I'm so glad you're here.
00:48:36I wish you'd talk to Mother.
00:48:37She needs your help.
00:48:38Of course, Susan.
00:48:39I'll be glad to.
00:48:47There's a good man.
00:48:48You betcha.
00:48:50Mrs. Crowell, I can understand your sentiments.
00:48:54I've fought for the preservation of this place.
00:48:57But my fighting is mental.
00:48:59Not physical.
00:49:01Let us pray.
00:49:03You know, California, sometimes I wish we'd led a better life.
00:49:06Quiet.
00:49:07Settle down.
00:49:08I tried it once, look.
00:49:10Yeah?
00:49:10Yeah.
00:49:11Bought myself a nice little shack.
00:49:13And the harmonica.
00:49:14Didn't go out for two whole months.
00:49:17But it just didn't seem to work out.
00:49:19Why not?
00:49:20I forgot to learn how to play the harmonica.
00:49:24I can say, what time is it now?
00:49:26Uh, ten o'clock.
00:49:28Hoppy should be back by now.
00:49:29Yeah, I'll bet when he does come he don't get no free passage like the deacon did.
00:49:33Yeah.
00:49:34Mm-hm.
00:49:35That's it.
00:49:35I can say, what time is it ?
00:49:41Well, listen, maybe you can hear it.
00:49:45All right.
00:49:46Riker wants some hot coffee.
00:50:08It's cold out in them woods.
00:50:10It'll be hot in a couple of minutes.
00:50:11I just put it on.
00:50:12Bring it out when it's ready.
00:50:16I just put it on.
00:50:46I got coffee.
00:50:51Where's Riker and the boys?
00:50:52They're all over to the left of the church.
00:50:54Riker just called them in for new orders.
00:50:56Thanks.
00:50:56Say, wait a minute.
00:50:58I could use some of that hot coffee.
00:51:00Well, help yourself.
00:51:03Help.
00:51:07That's Smelly.
00:51:08Something's happened.
00:51:09Spread out and shoot straight.
00:51:09I'm going to try.
00:51:21I'm going to try.
00:51:22I'm going to try.
00:51:23Come on.
00:51:24I'm going to try.
00:51:24Lucky, you know something?
00:51:54Yes, since I met you yesterday.
00:51:57Little Country Church is as wonderful as a great cathedral.
00:52:00Because it stands for the same things.
00:52:02Like marriage?
00:52:04Yes.
00:52:06My mother and father were married here.
00:52:08Perhaps I should be, too.
00:52:10You know, this is the place I'd like to be married.
00:52:14I've always heard that you kissed the bride after the ceremony.
00:52:20A fine army I have.
00:52:22One has his eyes wide open with love,
00:52:25and the other has his eyes closed with sleep.
00:52:29Hey!
00:52:34Hey, there there.
00:52:35Hiya, Hoppy.
00:52:36I was just closing my eyes to make believe you was his.
00:52:39Sure.
00:52:40Ain't the thing happened since you left.
00:52:41Except one shot that I know of.
00:52:43Yeah?
00:52:44That one didn't do any harm.
00:52:45This is a pleasant surprise.
00:52:47I saw you were missing when I arrived tonight.
00:52:49I made no inquiry because I thought you'd been...
00:52:51Well, seeing you here is just as much of a surprise.
00:52:54How did you make it?
00:52:55Well, as I told him, I went to the camp of those men and demanded that they let me through.
00:53:00Then they asked me to bring you a message.
00:53:02Well, the only message I want from them is that they'll clear out of here.
00:53:05You mean we have a chance?
00:53:07We can get out?
00:53:08Well, it's possible.
00:53:09I've learned a few things that might save the church in a lot of killings.
00:53:12I went to the county clerk in Fenwell, and among other things, I found that this church belongs to the town of Coltsville.
00:53:17It can't be bought and it can't be sold so long as it stands.
00:53:21To be honest, I don't know why anyone wants the place, other than for a sentimental or religious reason.
00:53:26I think this Riker and his men are the same opinion, as far as rights are concerned.
00:53:31That's probably why they let me come here to tell you this.
00:53:34They're hard men.
00:53:36Rough, unscrupulous men.
00:53:39But I think my talk with them did some good.
00:53:42They withdraw and allow you free exit if you leave tonight.
00:53:47Hmm.
00:53:49Do you suggest that we do that?
00:53:51Oh, I'm sorry to say it, but I do.
00:53:54I would rather see this building destroyed than lives in defense of it.
00:53:58Uh, I think you're right.
00:54:00Staying here proves nothing but that death is convenient to a church graveyard.
00:54:04You think you can get back to those men safely?
00:54:07Why, yes.
00:54:08Tell them that we're leaving this morning.
00:54:11But we're coming back.
00:54:13That you don't tell them.
00:54:15I don't want you to be too confident that I have enough information to get to the bottom of this.
00:54:19I still don't know what it's all about, but I've got a hunch who's behind it.
00:54:23Well, may I ask what you know?
00:54:25Ah, very little.
00:54:26And what I do know is all based on suspicion.
00:54:29But sometimes that can be as strong as the rope around the man's neck.
00:54:32My friend, gratitude has no depths.
00:54:36All I can say is, I'll deliver your message, and I appreciate from the bottom of my heart what you've told me.
00:54:41Good night.
00:54:42Good night, sir.
00:54:43Mr. Black, you're leaving.
00:54:45Please take me with you.
00:54:46You'd better stay here with Mr. Cassidy, my dear.
00:54:48Susan, take care of your mother.
00:54:49Oh, but please, Mrs. Crowell.
00:55:03Well, maybe now we can all get a little sleep.
00:55:07We still don't know what's gonna happen here tonight.
00:55:09We'd better get back to the windows.
00:55:10It'll be daylight before long.
00:55:20Never spent so much time in a window since Ma put a candle in one when Pa was at the saloon.
00:55:26I'll get this straight.
00:55:39This is gonna be the payoff.
00:55:41When we go in there, I want each one of you to make your bullets count.
00:55:44We're gonna rush the place, and we're not coming out till it's cleaned up.
00:55:47What about the women?
00:55:48Ain't your fault if they get in the way.
00:55:51I don't like it.
00:55:52You'll do what you're told.
00:55:53I'm giving the orders around here.
00:55:55What'd you just say, Riker?
00:55:56Oh, nothing, nothing, boss.
00:55:58I didn't know you were back.
00:56:00I was just telling the boys what we were gonna do.
00:56:02You're gonna do nothing until I tell you to.
00:56:05Remember?
00:56:06No further shooting.
00:56:25Oh came except the boys.
00:56:26Yeah, that one person won too.
00:56:27You dude didn't understand that.
00:56:28Oh, wait.
00:56:29I didn't know you.
00:56:30I don't know you were gonna die.
00:56:31I don't know you.
00:56:32No, he wouldn't even know you're but he wouldn't know how to take a handful of any attendants!
00:56:34I don't know you should have anything.
00:56:35I think it's funny.
00:56:36You aren't saying you're told of me.
00:56:37Hold it, Lucky.
00:56:56The man's wounded to see what he's up to.
00:56:58This place is getting busier than a barn at a cattle auction.
00:57:07California, let him in.
00:57:14We let him.
00:57:15Come on, open the door.
00:57:20I sure hope they're an enemy, because I hate to kill a friend.
00:57:23The man, help me.
00:57:25Let him in.
00:57:33Why did you come here?
00:57:34I have something to tell you.
00:57:37Well, go on.
00:57:42Put him on that bench and do what you can for him.
00:57:45Get his feet.
00:57:54Well, do something.
00:57:55Get the man some water.
00:57:56Oh, stay here.
00:57:57I'll get it.
00:58:07Oh, my God.
00:58:12You're a certain greatness.
00:58:15Take it easy.
00:58:16I'll get it.
00:58:17I'll get it.
00:58:30Let's go.
00:58:35Hoppy, this man's pretty bad hurt.
00:58:48You know what you can't for him.
00:58:50Uh-oh.
00:58:53That bell's gonna ring again.
00:58:56Get back.
00:59:05What are you doing, Hoppy?
00:59:18But who was that?
00:59:20Mr. Black.
00:59:21The Deacon.
00:59:22I can't believe it.
00:59:24Hoppy, does that smell like oil?
00:59:27It is oil, California.
00:59:28It's oil, all right.
00:59:31I met Riker one night,
00:59:33and he found out I was an oil man,
00:59:36and he forced me to his house with a gun.
00:59:40Riker was working for a man who had found oil,
00:59:43but didn't know how to get it out.
00:59:47That was going to be my job.
00:59:49That's why he killed or scared everyone
00:59:50until he left town so he could take over.
00:59:52How did you know all this?
00:59:53I accidentally ran across a Bible up there
00:59:55that had a name inscribed in it,
00:59:57and through that I found out
00:59:58who was buying all this property.
01:00:00It was a woman.
01:00:00I knew it all the time.
01:00:05Oh, no, it wasn't your mother, Susan.
01:00:08It was a woman by the name of Mary Brewster.
01:00:10That's the name I found in the Bible.
01:00:12She was his sister.
01:00:14Hoppy, we forgot about the others.
01:00:16No, I didn't,
01:00:16and neither did Tom, the county clerk.
01:00:20Look out there.
01:00:26Well, we'd better get her gear together.
01:00:28California, get him bandaged up.
01:00:29Oh, Mrs. Crowell,
01:00:32I'm sorry this has been such a trying ordeal,
01:00:36but at least you have your church.
01:00:38You'll find a couple of them in the church.
01:00:55Better take care of them, too.
01:00:56Thanks for everything, Tom.
01:00:58That's all right, Hoppy.
01:00:59It's sure a nice way to start out a day,
01:01:01you know,
01:01:01holding up a lot of gophers.
01:01:03Say, they're an ugly-looking bunch, ain't they?
01:01:05What are they after, Hoppy?
01:01:06Oil.
01:01:07Ground under the old church is full of it.
01:01:09Well, you might as well take them in, Tom.
01:01:11Maybe they can find some oil
01:01:12under the old jail, Howard.
01:01:14We'll sure give them a lot of time to try it.
01:01:16Well, now that the shooting's over,
01:01:18I suppose you'll be heading for home, huh?
01:01:19Yeah, I guess so.
01:01:22Looks like I'm gonna have a slight delay, hmm?
01:01:25I hope you've forgiven me, ma'am,
01:01:27because, uh, well, I really did think that you...
01:01:29Oh, you're a fine man.
01:01:30You saved me from something I couldn't control
01:01:32because I thought the old church was lost.
01:01:34Oh, shucks.
01:01:36Ain't often I get the chance
01:01:37to help a fine-looking woman out of trouble.
01:01:39Why, Mr. California, you are a gentleman.
01:01:42I am.
01:01:43Well, I see you again, Susan.
01:01:49I'll be here, Lucky.
01:01:50Whenever you want to come back.
01:01:52Well, so long, everybody.
01:01:53I wasn't expecting you to leave so soon, Mr. California.
01:01:55Well, uh, but I'll be seeing you, Mrs. Crowell.
01:01:57Goodbye, Susan.
01:01:58Goodbye, Lucky.
01:01:59So long, Tom.
01:02:00Go on, Harvey.
01:02:02Lucky.
01:02:03A mighty fine woman, that Mrs. Crowell.
01:02:05Yeah, she is.
01:02:06Gee, I'm gonna miss Susan.
01:02:08Yeah, she's a nice girl.
01:02:10Make you a fine wife, too.
01:02:12But there's only one hitch.
01:02:13What's that?
01:02:14You'll be liable to have him for a father-in-law.
01:02:16Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
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