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1941 American Western film starring Tex Ritter and Wild Bill Elliott, directed by Lambert Hillyer, and produced by Columbia Pictures. The film is the eighth in Columbia's series of "Wild Bill Hickok" westerns, focusing on the efforts of Tex Ritter and Wild Bill Elliott to stop a gang and prevent the murder of a sheriff, according to Letterboxd and MUBI.
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00:00:00The End
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00:01:00Where's Hawk Hammond?
00:01:16I wouldn't know.
00:01:18Thanks.
00:01:22This ain't a healthy place for you.
00:01:24You'd better get out.
00:01:25Not until I've asked a few questions, Sheriff.
00:01:28That's my job.
00:01:30I'm law here.
00:01:33You heard me, Tex.
00:01:39Kind of counted on me sure enough, didn't you, Hawk?
00:01:42Santa.
00:01:43Sorry to hear about your old man, but then we all have to go sometime.
00:01:46What do you know about his murder?
00:01:48Come on, I want it straight.
00:01:51Me?
00:01:51Nothing.
00:01:52You got me wrong.
00:01:53Tex, you're just asking for trouble.
00:01:55Step back.
00:02:07Keep your hands where I can see you.
00:02:14All right, Clint.
00:02:15Out the back door.
00:02:15Here's his money.
00:02:16Make yourself scared.
00:02:20Tex, you got the sheriff.
00:02:20Sheriff!
00:02:21Sheriff!
00:02:21Knuckles, take as many men as you need and go after him.
00:02:23Okay.
00:02:24Who here?
00:02:25Who?
00:02:26It was bold about his murder.
00:02:27Sure doesn't have a chance.
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00:02:46There's a horse.
00:03:12Yeah, he's aimed up.
00:03:13He's up in that box canyon.
00:03:14You sure can't see the gun him out of there tonight.
00:03:18No, but as long as we stay here, he can't get out.
00:03:20He's trapped.
00:03:22Yeah.
00:03:23This is the only way out of there.
00:03:25You fellas stay here.
00:03:26I'll take us off from the town and bring back some grub.
00:03:28All right.
00:03:37Where's he holding?
00:03:38Far into the canyon.
00:03:39Behind some bowlers up there.
00:03:40We ain't been able to get a beat on him.
00:03:41Make up your mind right now.
00:03:42Tech's going to come out of their feet first.
00:03:44Goode Hill, get a line on him from that north cliff.
00:03:51And knuckle June Shet.
00:03:53Take him from the other side.
00:03:54Blue and I'll stay here in case he tries to make a break for you.
00:04:06Yeah.
00:04:07I lost my rifle.
00:04:37Come on, let's get out of here.
00:04:52Looks like we'll have to starve them out.
00:04:54I guess that's the only way we'll get them.
00:04:56Well, you men will just have to camp here and stand guard.
00:04:59Don't go to sleep.
00:05:01Come back any time, boys.
00:05:03You're always welcome.
00:05:06Oh, you've got to come and get me if you want me, boys.
00:05:13And you'll find old Betsy by my side.
00:05:17Nice of you.
00:05:19I'm a-shootin' one of them if you want me, boys.
00:05:23And you're bound to lose a little high.
00:05:27Yippee-tie-tie, aye, aye.
00:05:30I'll be here today
00:05:32When the crickets start to sing their song.
00:05:36Yippee-tie, aye, aye, oh.
00:05:39I want you to know.
00:05:41I'll be mighty hard to take along.
00:05:45Oh, you've got to come and get me if you want me, boys.
00:05:51And you'll never take me out alive.
00:05:53That's four shot offensive if you can shut him up.
00:05:55And your uncles ain't been cousin.
00:05:58And he has a gun.
00:06:00I'll be waitin' with my .45.
00:06:04Yippee-tie, aye, aye, oh.
00:06:11I'll be on the go
00:06:13When the stars come peepin' through the sky.
00:06:17Yippee-tie, aye, aye, aye,
00:06:20With the break of day
00:06:22I will bid you, boys,
00:06:25A last goodbye.
00:06:31Gold for you, folks.
00:06:46All out for gold for you.
00:06:47Nice work, Fred.
00:06:48You're right on time.
00:06:49Yeah, I made up for half an hour between here and Red Bam.
00:06:52What do you got there, girl?
00:06:54Two passengers to Wildcat Mountain.
00:06:56Don't give those horses too much water, boy.
00:06:58I've got a valise up there in the booth.
00:07:00I believe this is it.
00:07:02That's it, thanks.
00:07:06Pardon me, ma'am.
00:07:08Can you tell me where I might find the mayor of this thriving metropolis?
00:07:11Last I heard, he was still in the cemetery.
00:07:14You folks just held an election here, didn't you?
00:07:16Yes, Hulk Hammond voted himself into the office.
00:07:19Well, I take it your vote didn't count.
00:07:21Quite a lot of us couldn't get to the polls.
00:07:23Where is this Mr. Hammond likely to be?
00:07:25The renegades who go looking for him usually find him in his saloon.
00:07:29You put a brand on me pretty quick, didn't you?
00:07:31If you run with Hulk Hammond, Hurd, I wouldn't touch you with anything but a hot iron.
00:07:35Ready to pull out, Fred?
00:07:37Just about.
00:07:38Well, I think they're out of the gym.
00:07:44You'd better be hittin'.
00:07:45I'll see you on your way back.
00:07:46I'll see you later, boy.
00:07:47Come on.
00:07:48See you later, boy.
00:07:49There's his honor now in his reception committee.
00:07:54I sort of gathered that.
00:07:55Finally arrival, prospector.
00:07:56Better hold some gun and get out of town.
00:07:59Get out of town.
00:08:00That's what you claim jumpers want.
00:08:01Well, this prospect ain't giving his clam up without a fight.
00:08:04I'm one man you can't get off.
00:08:06You ain't got no legal claim.
00:08:08I got a gun that says I have.
00:08:10Step out and ask it.
00:08:11It's an old trick for that crowd.
00:08:13Give a man back his guns and shoot him down.
00:08:15I'll kill him for sure unless somebody stops him.
00:08:17Looks to me like he's asking for it.
00:08:19I'm game to settle this feud the way you want it.
00:08:21When do we start shootin'?
00:08:22Oh, now, wait a minute, Knuckles.
00:08:24We don't want any more gunplay.
00:08:26I'm sorry, Mayor.
00:08:27This shootin' was his idea.
00:08:29And as long as he gets an even break, that's all there is to it.
00:08:32You know that claim's mine.
00:08:33You ain't got no right to it.
00:08:34Well, if I were in your boots, I know I'd help him.
00:08:37That's not in your gunman's code, is it?
00:08:39Right or wrong don't matter.
00:08:40Let the other fella take care of himself.
00:08:42Let him be cheated and killed.
00:08:43None of your business.
00:08:44You've got a one-way ticket yourself.
00:08:46That's a fine way to build a country.
00:08:48This was your idea.
00:08:53You take this under the porch.
00:08:55Boothill?
00:08:56Stand here and come free.
00:08:58A lot of you eastern folks got the wrong impression of us out here.
00:09:01The great free and easy West.
00:09:03There it is.
00:09:04Gunlord it's worst.
00:09:06The mayor and a lot of able-bodied men standing around laughing.
00:09:09Watching a gunman get ready to kill a man who has the courage to call you what you are.
00:09:13Crooks, cheats, and cowards.
00:09:15You don't seem to be one over to the West.
00:09:17You can have it.
00:09:18Two guns don't make a right, or a man.
00:09:21You know, if you don't like it, you can always leave.
00:09:23It's an idea.
00:09:24I should have thought of that.
00:09:26No, I think those boots are too big for you.
00:09:29On he counts three, draw them.
00:09:35Take care of this, will you, Gabby?
00:09:38One.
00:09:39Two.
00:09:40Never mind that third, John.
00:09:41Why?
00:09:42Because I said so.
00:09:43You're in a kind of a bad spot there, stranger.
00:09:45If I were you, I'd pick up that pack and get moving.
00:09:46And the next time you go gunning, hunt rabbits.
00:09:50Hey.
00:09:51Who never mind that third gun why because I said so you're in a kind of a bad spot there stranger
00:10:06If I were you I'd pick up that pack and get moving and the next time you go gunning hunt rabbits
00:10:17Hey
00:10:19You're pretty nosy for a stranger. How would you like to take his end of it? I don't mind
00:10:24But I'm no stranger. My name is Bill Hickok
00:10:29Wild Bill Hickok people who don't like me call me wild you tell him to start counting just a minute
00:10:36Let's forget it
00:10:39Hey Reba who is that bad said Marshall
00:10:43Perhaps I was wrong. Maybe he has got on the right thing. Who? What do you mean?
00:10:52Oh
00:10:56Are you mayor Hammond
00:10:59Yes, sir sure it must be kind of shy or out of town
00:11:03We haven't got a sheriff in this town
00:11:05Last one was murdered nobody seems to want the job folks are that a pretty sorry time here first to bury the mayor and then the sheriff
00:11:11I hear you say your name is well bill Hickok. That's right, but you can forget the wild
00:11:16I'm a peaceable man your reputation got here first Marshall. I'm glad to make your queen
00:11:21Why
00:11:23Why do you happen to be stopping off here? Oh, just kind of see what's doing?
00:11:28Got a little job for you if you can handle it as long as it's in line of duty
00:11:32Bringing in a killer not in the line of duty. That's practically a habit
00:11:35Step inside marshall. I'll tell you all the particulars
00:11:38All right
00:11:43Sit down, Marshall. Thanks
00:11:46Well, it's better bring a bottle. All right, sure
00:11:48Who's this killer you want brought in?
00:11:51Tell me who takes killed our sheriff
00:11:54Happened right there in the back room. I was alone. He came in gunning for me
00:11:58What's he got against you? Nothing really except I was elected mayor to replace his father
00:12:03He seems to think I ought to know killed his old man
00:12:06up so no thanks
00:12:09Well, I guess a tragedy like that makes a man suspicious of everybody
00:12:13Yes, I guess so
00:12:16How did he happen to kill the sheriff instead of you sure I followed him in the back room to get his gun like shot him
00:12:22Where is he now?
00:12:23Out in Turkey Creek Canyon. We tried to get him, but we didn't have much luck. All we got so far is his horse
00:12:29The boys continue they just got back this morning
00:12:31How about a good deal we tried everything we know you try to bait him out yeah, no entice them out of that stronghold
00:12:37Who wanted for that?
00:12:39But the only chance we've got is to starve him into making a run for it shoot him down when he tries it
00:12:44Well, wouldn't it be better to try and bring him to trial?
00:12:49Nobody I'll ever take this customer alive
00:12:51Well, in that case I guess I'm not the marshal for the job
00:12:56Frankly I'm a feasible man by nature
00:12:59But this text is desperate he's a born gunman
00:13:02You make him sound like a first-class outlaw
00:13:04That's exactly what he is
00:13:06You know, we say at headquarters that somewhere there's a bullet with every marshal's name on it
00:13:10Maybe he's got mine, but I'll have a try at it good
00:13:14I've got some other men out there on the canyon they got him boxed up
00:13:16They'll do whatever you say and I'll get rid of them
00:13:18I'd rather bring him in alone than alive
00:13:20Where do I find this outlaw's canyon follow the freshest trail out of town we kicked it up pretty much we went after tech
00:13:26You got a jail here sure?
00:13:28I'll have it sucked up because I'll have text behind bars tonight, or you can figure on a double-bearing
00:13:34Sure, it'll be double
00:13:35Yes, you know, I've always had a feeling that whoever gets me will come along for company
00:13:40Oh, yeah, well good luck marshal
00:13:46Thanks
00:13:48Looks like we've got company
00:13:55I
00:14:04Take it. This is Turkey Creek Canyon. Yeah, I'm Marshal Hickok
00:14:08Mayor Hammond asked me to ride out here and get to that outlaw that's plaguing
00:14:12Well, he's up there waiting for a better man, and he is maybe together we can get him
00:14:16No, I think you boys better get on your horses and ride to town. I work better alone. You're pretty confident
00:14:21I see you brought his horse. Yes. I never did like to ride double
00:14:25Watch it. You're not overestimating yourself. Are you I don't think so
00:14:29Less than bacon and coffee you maybe need it. Let's go boy
00:14:55So
00:15:16THE END
00:15:46Looking for somebody?
00:16:03Get your hands in the air.
00:16:06You know, I'm glad to see you. I was running out of ammunition.
00:16:10Thank you for bringing my horse.
00:16:13Step off of him now.
00:16:16Now, turn around and drop those guns.
00:16:21We might talk this over.
00:16:22Turn around and drop them.
00:16:24If you're wearing a badge, we'll argue about nothing.
00:16:27There's no argument.
00:16:28I'm taking you in, Dick.
00:16:30You and what posse?
00:16:33I've never needed the posse yet to help me bring in one man.
00:16:36Well, this is one time you're going to hightail it out of here alone.
00:16:39And you can tell those crooks in Goldfield that if they want me, they'd better come and get me themselves.
00:16:45I'm kind of particular who I shoot.
00:16:47I unloaded my guns.
00:17:04Sort of lucky, wasn't it?
00:17:06Get on your feet.
00:17:11I'll take my guns.
00:17:12Where's your stuff?
00:17:20In the rocks.
00:17:21I'll get it, and then you can do some walking.
00:17:33He got it.
00:17:36Wild Bill's back, and he ain't alone.
00:17:38Checking out his match.
00:17:45Brought him in alive.
00:17:49Knuckles, food hill.
00:17:54Thanks, Marshal.
00:17:55We'll take charge of the prisoner.
00:17:56We'll lock him up.
00:17:57I can't turn Tex over to you.
00:18:00Why not?
00:18:01Legally, I can't yield him to anybody but the sheriff.
00:18:04And since he's dead, I'll have to take care of him until the judge wants to see him.
00:18:08You're going to give him a trial, aren't you?
00:18:10Well, uh, sure.
00:18:11But, uh, we didn't want to keep him from anything important.
00:18:14Nothing so important to me is saying that this fellow gets whatever's coming to him.
00:18:17Let's go.
00:18:28Well, I guess this means we're going to have to hold a speedy trial before we hang Tex.
00:18:32Let's go over the saloon.
00:18:34Red Thompson will have to swear on the jury and sit on the bench.
00:18:36All right, Tex, it's inside.
00:18:45Take care of his gun.
00:18:47You know, you make about as much sense as a rattler.
00:18:53But you don't move like a self-respecting snake.
00:18:57You're too tricky using a man's own horse.
00:19:01Maybe I should have shot you on sight.
00:19:04What's the use of turning me over to those wolves for trial?
00:19:07What'll they do in their courtroom?
00:19:10Measure my neck?
00:19:11Well, they might agree with you and find you innocent.
00:19:14Those 12 sterling characters own the jury.
00:19:18They'll believe me, I guess, when I tell them they're the ones that frame me.
00:19:21Well, don't let them serve.
00:19:23You've got your rights in court.
00:19:25You don't have to let any man serve if you feel he might be prejudiced against you.
00:19:29Well, that takes in the whole town, including the judge, to hold on, Marshal.
00:19:34I'd appreciate another minute of your valuable time.
00:19:39All right, it's yours.
00:19:40You know, I'm not very clear about my rights as a murderer.
00:19:46You've got nothing to say about the length of rope they'll use, I'll tell you that.
00:19:51Trying to figure out about this trial I'm up for.
00:19:54Do I have anything at all to say about how it's held?
00:20:00No.
00:20:01But you've got a choice as to where.
00:20:02You mean I don't have to stand trial here?
00:20:04Not as long as you have any reasonable objections.
00:20:07You can demand to be hurt in any court in the territory.
00:20:10How about taking me to the county seat for trial?
00:20:12That means handcuffs all the way.
00:20:14It's not the smoothest road to your probable destination.
00:20:17I'll go back after you.
00:20:19Oh, now.
00:20:20Get the ticket.
00:20:22Then I think I'll drop over and have a talk with the mayor.
00:20:25He's entitled to know that you don't have to support.
00:20:28He knows that.
00:20:29Yes, but he doesn't know you've asked to be transferred.
00:20:33Why spread the news?
00:20:35Say, what are you trying to do?
00:20:36Give him a chance to get up a hanging party before I get out of this trap?
00:20:39You're not going to be turned over at any mob as long as I'm responsible for you.
00:20:43And I'm not going to sneak out of this town like I was afraid.
00:20:46Maybe you won't be coming back here, but I might.
00:20:50Dealer.
00:20:51Yes, Mark?
00:20:51Keep an eye on him.
00:20:54Don't stop along the way to pitch horseshoes.
00:20:57I'm afraid I'll miss you while you're gone.
00:20:59They say I'll be here tomorrow.
00:21:25And I will pray that Judge Morrow will find the truth and set me free.
00:21:51Birds sing all day by my window.
00:22:17They make me blue and so for long.
00:22:25And all the time while I'm waiting,
00:22:34I wonder why that I was born.
00:22:41They know that I am not guilty.
00:22:50Still there's a noose that waits for me.
00:22:58I'll take a chance with a jury.
00:23:07But I don't like a willow tree.
00:23:15But I don't like a willow tree.
00:23:32Mr. Hammond, hadn't we ought to have the accused in here while we're selecting the jury?
00:23:41Let's get on with this, Rad.
00:23:43Now, just pick 12 men that are agreed on a verdict.
00:23:45We'll go over to the courthouse and take over the prisoner.
00:23:47Well, this is kind of irregular.
00:23:49But I guess we're doing enough by text just letting him stand trial.
00:23:52Now, Boodle, you made a mighty good jury foreman at our last hanging.
00:23:57How would you like to take a fling at this one?
00:23:58Sure.
00:23:59I guess any of you can serve.
00:24:01If none of you got any doubt in your mind about Texas being guilty, have you?
00:24:04No doubt at all.
00:24:05You're wasting time, Red.
00:24:06Come on, swear him in.
00:24:08All right.
00:24:08Now, 12 of you men put up your hands.
00:24:10No, no, not you.
00:24:13You're the 13th.
00:24:14Now, do you men all solemnly swear that...
00:24:17I'm afraid you're all going to a lot of trouble for nothing.
00:24:20You'll have to get yourselves a new prisoner if you're going to use this jury.
00:24:23Oh?
00:24:24Something happened to Tech?
00:24:26No, except he wants to be transferred to the county seat.
00:24:29He feels he won't get a fair trial here, and he probably won't.
00:24:32He's asked for a change of venue.
00:24:34I don't know what's in your mind, Marshal, but...
00:24:37you or nobody else is going to take that killer out of my jurisdiction.
00:24:41Murder was committed here.
00:24:42Texas is going to be trying here.
00:24:43You talk like Texas has already been convicted.
00:24:45But the prisoner insists he's innocent.
00:24:47Innocent?
00:24:48The sheriff in this town was killed, and he plugged him.
00:24:50Isn't that so meaningful?
00:24:50I was here, and I saw him do it.
00:24:53Then you shouldn't be on the jury.
00:24:54Truth of the matter is, I wouldn't put a rattlesnake here to let you folks try him.
00:24:58Aren't you crowding a little beyond your authority, Marshal?
00:25:00I haven't turned the prisoner over to anybody yet.
00:25:03And it's my own business if I want to book him at the county seat.
00:25:06I think you'd better reconsider.
00:25:07I think not.
00:25:08Texas and I are leaving town.
00:25:10You'll leave town in a lot better shape if you leave alone.
00:25:13You've seen the way the feeling here is about Texas.
00:25:16It's mighty high.
00:25:17People are going to see the justices carried out regardless of you or anybody.
00:25:20And regardless of you or anybody.
00:25:23It'll be carried out if I've got a hand in it.
00:25:25Where are you?
00:25:26And I've got two hands, gentlemen.
00:25:29Remember that.
00:25:30I'd like two tickets on the stage east, please.
00:25:54Two?
00:25:54I thought you traveled alone.
00:25:57I remember what you thought.
00:25:58I guess I didn't make a very good first impression.
00:26:01You corrected it.
00:26:03How tall that bullheaded, Marshal?
00:26:05Food Hill, you and Knuckles will get your horses and get Tex out of jail.
00:26:08Ride him out of town.
00:26:09But not too far.
00:26:12Now, the last two tickets are off sale.
00:26:14Stage pull up?
00:26:15Yes.
00:26:16One of the seats is mine.
00:26:18I'm taking your advice.
00:26:19I'm going home.
00:26:21What time does the stage go through here?
00:26:23About due now.
00:26:24You'd better get whoever rides on that other ticket if you're going to make it.
00:26:27Oh, we'll make it, all right.
00:26:29I hope so.
00:26:30I'll feel safer if you're alone.
00:26:33Thanks.
00:26:35Oh, Marshal.
00:26:36You're not taking along that matter.
00:26:38Nobody you know.
00:26:39Surely not that killer.
00:26:40You wouldn't let him ride in the same coach with decent people.
00:26:43Under the circumstances, I don't think he'd object.
00:26:51Hi, Marshal.
00:26:54Just a minute, Marshal.
00:26:55I'd like to have a word with you before you do anything foolish.
00:26:58Should we step into the saloon?
00:26:59I'd rather talk here.
00:27:02I just want it clearly understood that if you try to take Tex away from here,
00:27:05I'm going to hold you responsible for anything that people may do.
00:27:09Give us those a piece.
00:27:10Why, you've got no license.
00:27:15I guess you're looking for me.
00:27:18We believe in giving even a coyote a break.
00:27:22We're going to ride you out of town and let you run for it.
00:27:25I'm not running.
00:27:29You'll still have to come and get me if you want me, boys.
00:27:32I know it.
00:27:36Get your passengers aboard.
00:27:53Hurry.
00:27:54Hurry up.
00:27:54Feel shy, two passengers.
00:27:55I don't think they'll turn up.
00:27:56Now, believe me, Marshal, I know best.
00:28:02At least wait a day or so until this feeling dies down.
00:28:06All right, Hank.
00:28:07Take it away.
00:28:08Get out.
00:28:10You'll have to excuse me, Your Honor.
00:28:12It looks like I'm missing connections.
00:28:13What happened, Huck?
00:28:27Well, the Marshal and his prisoner missed the stage.
00:28:32Now, in your voice, I'm getting a cell.
00:28:58I'm getting a cell phone.
00:29:09Do you have a bed?
00:29:10I can make it.
00:29:12Let's get out of here.
00:29:19Get us out of here!
00:29:20Get us out of here!
00:29:22Get us out of here!
00:29:22Get us out of here!
00:29:22Get us out of here!
00:29:28Get us out of here!
00:29:58That leg's bleeding again.
00:30:16Yeah.
00:30:17I guess that pad you fixed must have slipped.
00:30:22Heck, you had enough.
00:30:23You can't ride another yard.
00:30:26Well, we can hide behind a rock.
00:30:28We'll take off as many of them as we can.
00:30:31That wouldn't clear you.
00:30:33We'd better turn the horses loose and maybe they'll follow them.
00:30:37Down the hill.
00:31:07Where's the sage road?
00:31:09Go to the hill.
00:31:10Come on, I'll help you.
00:31:27Well, we made it.
00:31:28The sage hasn't gone through yet.
00:31:31I'll take the gun, Tex.
00:31:33You'd better if I carried it now.
00:31:37Here she comes.
00:31:48Hold up!
00:31:51We're getting on here.
00:31:52I just got two seats left.
00:31:53Those seats are ours. Bought and paid for.
00:31:55How come you're getting on here?
00:31:56Never mind that. Don't waste any time.
00:31:58I want to get this fellow to Red Bend. He's been shot.
00:32:00Give me a hand.
00:32:07All right, driver, let's go.
00:32:09Enough!
00:32:15You might have held the stage for us.
00:32:16Didn't think you were coming along.
00:32:18I said we'd be on it.
00:32:19After this, I'll take you at your word.
00:32:21Hello there, Prospector.
00:32:23I'm glad to see that you got out of Goldfield all right.
00:32:25I was on the side of right.
00:32:27They're running every lucky Prospector out of town.
00:32:29A jumper's claim.
00:32:30I didn't know that.
00:32:31There are a lot of things you don't know.
00:32:33But what do you do?
00:32:34Blow in the town and stop the decent people from hanging that murderer there.
00:32:37After killing our sheriff.
00:32:39The one man in Goldfield upholding law and order.
00:32:42When I get my prisoner to adjust court, I'm sure he'll have a lot of important things to say.
00:32:46Things that might clear up that situation in Goldfield.
00:32:49Such as?
00:32:50There's always a chance that Tex didn't kill the sheriff.
00:32:53A mighty slim chance that everybody else is wrong about him.
00:32:56That's what I say.
00:32:57If Tex didn't shoot him, who did?
00:32:59Have you asked yourself that question?
00:33:02Well, all you folks seem to know each other.
00:33:05I'm Link Twiddle.
00:33:07No, I don't believe I've made your acquaintance.
00:33:10No.
00:33:11The few marshals I've met, I didn't take to.
00:33:14I wonder if you would stop this coach.
00:33:17We'll be in Red Bend pretty quick.
00:33:19We changed teams there.
00:33:20Please stop this coach.
00:33:21I'd prefer to ride with the driver.
00:33:23You wouldn't find it very comfortable.
00:33:25I don't care.
00:33:26This man's been shot.
00:33:27He's bleeding to death, this killer.
00:33:29I'm out of here.
00:33:30I can't stand this.
00:33:31I'm sorry.
00:33:32You'll have to put us a while.
00:33:33You'd only slow off the driver and Tex is not in any condition to have any time wasted.
00:33:35It's your fault.
00:33:36He's here.
00:33:37I shouldn't have listened to you.
00:33:38I shouldn't have gotten on this stage.
00:33:39Driver!
00:33:40Sit down and be quiet.
00:33:41You're not doing yourself any good or my prisoner either.
00:33:44Marshal, did you address the wound?
00:33:46Yes, as best I could.
00:33:48I didn't get the bullet.
00:33:49It went in too deep.
00:33:50Well, I guess there's luck in everything.
00:33:52That's sort of a specialty with me.
00:33:53As soon as we get to Red Bend, I'll take it out for you.
00:33:55Thanks.
00:34:07Red Bend!
00:34:08Everybody out!
00:34:09We didn't make up no time.
00:34:10Come on, get them fed.
00:34:11I'll take care of the stock.
00:34:24How long do we stop here?
00:34:25Just long enough to eat.
00:34:26Hank won't wait for that disabled passenger.
00:34:28All right, Hank.
00:34:29Take it away.
00:34:30Get up, Arnie.
00:34:49Got you.
00:34:50Good.
00:34:51Coffee.
00:34:52Pretty good.
00:34:53Where's the room we can have?
00:34:54Well, I'll show you.
00:35:02You know what that, Marcus?
00:35:03You know what that engine was saying?
00:35:04One of these days, I'll skid him and hang his hide on one of them posts.
00:35:11Hey, Marcus.
00:35:13That corral was empty.
00:35:14What became of them horses?
00:35:15Horses no like them here.
00:35:16They were on the way.
00:35:17You're a liar.
00:35:18What happened?
00:35:19Paiutes again?
00:35:20Yeah, Paiutes come.
00:35:21Three times they come.
00:35:22Just for horses.
00:35:23I still keep my stuff.
00:35:25I wish you'd lose it.
00:35:26Three times, no horses.
00:35:28The company might believe you, but I don't.
00:35:30I think you're selling them.
00:35:31Trying to get rich out here.
00:35:33Some bright day I'll come by and you'll be gone.
00:35:35Horses and all.
00:35:36Yeah, some bright day.
00:35:38Is that going to hold us up?
00:35:40Unless you pull the stage, the team we got's no good without a rest.
00:35:43You got that hot water ready?
00:35:45She boiled it now.
00:35:46I need some clean rags, too.
00:35:48Lots of them.
00:35:49Yeah.
00:35:50Faces is my business.
00:35:51I never forget them.
00:35:53Why, sometimes if I haven't seen a customer in, oh, say, 15 years,
00:35:57all I gotta do is shave him and it comes right back then.
00:36:07You can't take those in there.
00:36:09They're filthy like everything else here.
00:36:11That's all I got.
00:36:12Well, they won't do.
00:36:21That's why I swear I've seen that trusted passenger somewhere before.
00:36:24Even though he got on the stage at Goldfield, he's familiar to me.
00:36:27Maybe you shaved him at Wildcat Mountain.
00:36:29That's what I'm a-thinking.
00:36:30But what is he doing getting on the stage at Goldfield?
00:36:32But what is he doing getting on the stage at Goldfield?
00:36:34I'm not a bad guy.
00:36:35It's a bad guy.
00:36:36When you don't like a fella.
00:36:37And you can't play him.
00:36:38You just can't ride your mind.
00:36:39It's not a victim right?
00:36:40Yes, he's already.
00:36:41But when you don't like a fellow, and you can't place him, you just can't rid your mind of him.
00:36:54Got the victim ready?
00:36:56Yes, he's already.
00:36:58Now recollect where I've seen that varmint.
00:37:00I'll cut a bullet out of him in Wildcat Mountain.
00:37:02He's a killer.
00:37:03I'll bet you're right.
00:37:05Don't strike you kind of peculiar.
00:37:07Me of placing him in Wildcat, and him of getting on the stage at Goldfield.
00:37:09None of you folks from there knowing him?
00:37:11Well, maybe it is.
00:37:12Look, Barbara, will you get this bullet out?
00:37:13Yeah, yeah.
00:37:15This is going to hurt.
00:37:16Get it over with.
00:37:18This old razor's cut out many a bullet.
00:37:20You're not going to use that razor without sterilizing it.
00:37:22Why, sure, sure, young lady.
00:37:24Something slipped my mind.
00:37:27I didn't know you had the courage for this kind of a job.
00:37:30I know filth when I see it.
00:37:32Wash your hands.
00:37:35This is a horrible place to operate.
00:37:37This looks like it might belong to you.
00:37:40This is one time a man needs a petticoat.
00:37:43We'll just have to stand it.
00:37:45I think I could stand it a little better if you wouldn't tend to hold my hand.
00:37:50All right.
00:37:51That's better.
00:38:03Yeah, fella can see what he ain't got.
00:38:07Marshal, how's the prisoner?
00:38:10Think he's going to live?
00:38:11No, he's fit as a fiddle.
00:38:13Tomorrow he won't even know he's been hit.
00:38:14Too bad.
00:38:15Sort of like pulling wings off a fly, patching him up to hang.
00:38:18He's got the appetite of an innocent man.
00:38:21No moccasins.
00:38:23Fix him some supper and put it on the tray.
00:38:26Better set in, Marshal.
00:38:27Just a friendly game.
00:38:29Oh, I'm not much of a hand at gambling.
00:38:30You've got to play your hunches.
00:38:32That's all there is to it.
00:38:33Any objections?
00:38:34No.
00:38:35Go ahead, sit down.
00:38:36Well, I'll take a sec.
00:38:41You said you were from Goldfield, didn't you?
00:38:44I didn't say.
00:38:45I was telling the Marshal you hung out quite a spell in Wildcat Mountain.
00:38:51Got open it?
00:38:52No.
00:38:53Okay.
00:38:53There.
00:38:55I'll open it.
00:38:57You boarded the stage at Goldfield, didn't you?
00:38:59Of course you got on at Goldfield.
00:39:01What difference does it make?
00:39:02It don't make no difference that I can see.
00:39:04I just wonder why.
00:39:06The man's got a right to his own curiosity.
00:39:08Sure.
00:39:09When it's healthy.
00:39:11How many?
00:39:16Three.
00:39:19What the barber meant was that...
00:39:20I know what he meant.
00:39:23Let's play cards and shut up.
00:39:27Diva takes two.
00:39:28No offense meant.
00:39:30The barber and I just happen to have a common curiosity about strangers.
00:39:35Common among marshals and barbers.
00:39:38That's right.
00:39:39But it's an honest way to make a living.
00:39:41And when a man gets in trouble, it's usually because he knows too much.
00:39:46You're not going to pin anything on me.
00:39:48You got the killer you went after.
00:39:50Take him one at a time and be satisfied.
00:39:52When anybody gets me, it'll be by special invitation.
00:39:59I got a bet in this spot.
00:40:01He's calling.
00:40:02Here, take it.
00:40:03I ain't going to warm it over.
00:40:05Oh, Miss Bailey.
00:40:07I'd like to play in this game, and I'm sure Tex should appreciate your taking his supper into him.
00:40:11Why should I do that?
00:40:13Well, I know he'd like to thank you for acting as nurse.
00:40:16I've done as much for a dog.
00:40:18Well, you'd let a dog thank you, wouldn't you?
00:40:22All right, play your game.
00:40:30Anybody calling?
00:40:32I'm calling you, Beth.
00:40:34I'm raising a stack.
00:40:36It's me.
00:40:38Well, that's quite a piece out of my next grub steak.
00:40:40But I've got to keep you honest.
00:40:42I'll call.
00:40:45Three nines.
00:40:46Not good enough.
00:40:49All pink.
00:40:51You drew two cards.
00:40:53That's right.
00:40:54And made a flush.
00:40:56That's right.
00:40:58You were lucky.
00:41:02Almost worth being shot to have you look after me.
00:41:04The others are gambling.
00:41:06They didn't want to bother us.
00:41:08Sit down, won't you?
00:41:09You know, just to look at you as a treat for a fellow that's been hit out in a canyon.
00:41:19I might not have another chance to see a pretty girl where I'm going.
00:41:22They tried hard to get you, didn't they?
00:41:25Yeah, but the fact that I had an easy conscience made me hard to hit.
00:41:29You killed a man.
00:41:30Doesn't that trouble you any?
00:41:31Oh, it makes me a desperate character.
00:41:33Sort of a curiosity for folks like you to look at.
00:41:40You know, everybody wonders what makes a killer tick.
00:41:44That's why you came in here, isn't it?
00:41:47Just because you couldn't get me off your mind.
00:41:50Of course you were on my mind.
00:41:52I've never before had anything to do with a man who's about to be hanged.
00:41:55When you meet a person who hasn't got long to live, it's sort of natural for you to put yourself out to do something.
00:42:03Sure.
00:42:04Fatten the calf before the slaughter.
00:42:07You come in here, convince that I'm a killer.
00:42:11As long as I keep telling you I am, you'll listen out of curiosity.
00:42:15Just a minute.
00:42:15I like you without any questions asked.
00:42:22Because I know you're kind and considerate.
00:42:27Why don't you give me the same break?
00:42:29I know too much about you.
00:42:31What do you really know about me?
00:42:32Everybody knows you went in that saloon to get Hawk Hammond and you got the sheriff instead.
00:42:36I was gunning for nobody when I went in there.
00:42:39That didn't keep Hawk Hammond from framing me.
00:42:43You don't believe me, do you?
00:42:45No.
00:42:45You don't believe me.
00:43:15Bailey, beating my patient.
00:43:17What does the boy have against the sheriff?
00:43:20There's nothing that I can figure out.
00:43:22As a matter of fact, when Tex's dad was mayor, he appointed him sheriff.
00:43:26That's right.
00:43:27After Hawk became mayor, he never did take him.
00:43:29He didn't fire him.
00:43:31I guess the sheriff had so much on him.
00:43:33Nobody ever got anything on Hawk Hammond.
00:43:35Friend of yours?
00:43:37His reputation gets around.
00:43:40The prisoner might have been framed at that.
00:43:41It might have been a case of killing two birds with one stone.
00:43:44That's my guess.
00:43:46When Tex testifies, I'm sure that he'll make an honest jury believe that.
00:43:50Tex ain't got a chance.
00:43:52Hawk's gun wasn't fired.
00:43:54Well, if Tex didn't shoot, there'd have to be some drifter who just happened to be in the room with him.
00:43:59If I brought that drift in the court, Tex would have a case.
00:44:01Well, who would it be?
00:44:02Somebody like this stranger, for instance, who just happened to stop off between stages?
00:44:07Could be.
00:44:07That's a slight chance.
00:44:10Understand, sir, I ain't accusing you.
00:44:14You open?
00:44:16I'm open.
00:44:23Pardon.
00:44:25One.
00:44:26I'll play these.
00:44:28One.
00:44:31One.
00:44:37I'll take three.
00:44:41It's up to you.
00:44:42You open.
00:44:43Well, last for my group's sake, but here goes.
00:44:49Stack and a half.
00:44:51Too much for me.
00:44:54Beats me.
00:44:56Mine full.
00:44:57Not good enough.
00:44:59King's full.
00:45:00Well, that cleans meat.
00:45:09I guess we've all had enough.
00:45:10Yeah, let's cash in.
00:45:11Captain, pay both of us.
00:45:14Yeah, I've got just half of mine left.
00:45:22The rest of the bank's yours.
00:45:30What a day.
00:45:43Run off of my claiming gold pill.
00:45:46You've seen me lose my grub steak.
00:45:49My luck's hit bottom.
00:45:50You didn't have a chance.
00:45:52What do you mean?
00:45:52Was he crooked?
00:45:53Well, I'll show you.
00:46:00Here's the hand he collected on.
00:46:02I think you'll find the hand he really drew.
00:46:07Right here.
00:46:11He played a holdout.
00:46:12That's right.
00:46:13I'm going to get him.
00:46:14Now, wait a minute.
00:46:15Now's the time to give him plenty of rope.
00:46:17Sure, he knows we suspect him.
00:46:19I don't get it.
00:46:20Why do I have to pay for the party?
00:46:22I'm going to get my money back.
00:46:23Shut up.
00:46:23The marshal knows what he's doing.
00:46:25We'll take care of him in good time.
00:46:27But right now, I'm going to have a talk with my prisoner.
00:46:29Well, come on.
00:46:30Let's have a cup of coffee.
00:46:31Yeah.
00:46:56Nice evening.
00:46:59Thinking of taking a little air?
00:47:03You'd better be careful of that leg.
00:47:06I want you to be in good shape for the trial.
00:47:13Text when the sheriff was killed.
00:47:15Is there anybody else in that room?
00:47:17Just us.
00:47:19Some stranger Hulk was talking to.
00:47:21Who fired first?
00:47:22I don't know.
00:47:23The sheriff jumped in front of me just as the shot came.
00:47:28What did this other man look like?
00:47:30I can't say exactly.
00:47:32I was watching Hulk.
00:47:34I scarcely noticed him.
00:47:35You're sure there was another man?
00:47:36Sure.
00:47:37But what difference did he make?
00:47:38All the difference in the world.
00:47:39Hulk came and never fired his gun.
00:47:41And the other fellow did.
00:47:43Well, I wish I'd have taken a good look at him.
00:47:47You think you might be able to identify him?
00:47:50No.
00:47:51No, I only noticed him when he smashed the lamp.
00:47:55Well, you didn't tell me that.
00:47:56How'd he do it?
00:47:57With his hand.
00:47:58Which one?
00:47:59Let me see now.
00:48:00Stand in there.
00:48:09Left hand.
00:48:10You sure?
00:48:11Sure, I'm sure.
00:48:12Well, I'm certainly glad you noticed that much.
00:48:23Well, now, what did I say to put a spur to you?
00:48:26I guess you didn't look very closely at that tall fellow that rode on the stage with us.
00:48:29You mean the gunman that sat across from us?
00:48:33That's right.
00:48:34He's got a fresh burn across the back of his left hand.
00:48:38Marshal, I'm afraid I pegged you wrong.
00:48:41That's him, all right.
00:48:43Now, what are we waiting on?
00:48:43I feel great.
00:48:44Now, wait a minute.
00:48:46You're still the prisoner.
00:48:48I'll arrest him when we pull in at the county seat.
00:48:50That'll save me the trouble of guarding him on the ride.
00:48:53Oh, Marshal, you think maybe now I could have the run of the place?
00:48:58Sure.
00:49:01As long as you don't stray too far from Miss Bailey.
00:49:04Here.
00:49:06You might see how you can make out with a little tune, since you didn't fare so well with straight talking.
00:49:10Nice night for a stroll.
00:49:23You want to return, Marshal, Miss Bailey.
00:49:26It's worse than being a nursemaid.
00:49:28You don't make a very good nurse, Marshal.
00:49:30He shouldn't be on his feet.
00:49:31Here, sit down.
00:49:32Oh, he's pretty tough.
00:49:33Thanks.
00:49:38It's much better.
00:49:39Of course it's better.
00:49:42Well, I guess I don't get to stretch my legs.
00:49:45Not if you have to take him with you.
00:49:47Well, I'm not supposed to let him out of my sight.
00:49:49You know, these outlaws will fool you every time.
00:49:52Once you catch them, you've got to keep them under guard or they'll try and slip out windows.
00:49:58Say, you know, I could deputize you and then I could take a walk.
00:50:01You don't mind, do you?
00:50:02Thanks.
00:50:03Oh, Marshal, I want my dough back.
00:50:08I feel a lot easier for you to rest that car, Chuck.
00:50:11He took every cent I had.
00:50:12Now, look, it's a lot safer with him than it was with you.
00:50:16Can't you see you're interfering with romance?
00:50:19Now, go on back inside.
00:50:33If you don't mind, uh, once in that leg's enough.
00:50:41That Marshal won't do anything about arresting that car, Chuck.
00:50:45I've got to get my money back.
00:50:46That Marshal looks to me like a fellow that knows exactly what he's doing.
00:50:50Sit down.
00:50:51Quit your worrying.
00:50:52I'll sit down, but I won't quit worrying.
00:50:55Suit yourself about that.
00:50:58Too many stars out tonight for a girl to be unfriendly.
00:51:03You don't like the West, do you?
00:51:06I mean, you've made up your mind that you never would have lived here.
00:51:11A gunman like you made it up for me.
00:51:14You wouldn't feel the way you do if you'd seen the best part of the West.
00:51:19Maybe some of the fellows are a little quick on the draw, but they got to be.
00:51:24That doesn't mean they're not human.
00:51:33When you feel at home, where the dog is wrong, then you're a part of the West.
00:51:46You don't sing bad.
00:51:53No, but I prefer quartet.
00:51:55I wouldn't be singing in his boots.
00:51:58Why?
00:51:59It's like celebrating your own hangar.
00:52:01Folks out here, don't complain on a rainy day.
00:52:10They just grin and begin to drive the blues away.
00:52:16When your heart says yes, there'll be happiness.
00:52:23You know, it doesn't matter who our neighbors are.
00:52:40There'd be someone around us if our home was all a star.
00:52:46You know, it seems to me there's just one way to try to get along.
00:52:53We've got to live, love, and forgive.
00:52:57Make our lives strong.
00:53:00In our skies of gray, soon we'll fade away.
00:53:08And we're a part of the West.
00:53:38We're a part of the West.
00:54:08We're a part of the West.
00:54:38Hey, take a shot at him.
00:54:44Is he all right?
00:54:45Yeah, he'll be all right.
00:54:47Take care of him.
00:54:48I'm going after this.
00:54:53Must have been that gambler.
00:54:55Tex has gone after him.
00:55:00Never mind that saddle, Tex.
00:55:02You're not going to get away from me, too.
00:55:03Marshal, I don't have time to argue.
00:55:05That maverick is my ticket to freedom.
00:55:08Don't you think I know that?
00:55:09You wouldn't last an hour in the saddle.
00:55:11You and I are going after him together.
00:55:13What's all the excitement?
00:55:14Harness the team.
00:55:15We're leaving.
00:55:15I ain't driving no nightish, Price.
00:55:17You are tonight.
00:55:17That's right.
00:55:18The minute he gets to town, he'll find Hawk Hammond.
00:55:20And we'll get them together.
00:55:22Well, you fellas ain't leaving me.
00:55:23Remember, I got a gold claim back there to fight for him.
00:55:25Well, that's fine.
00:55:26You can help harness.
00:55:30Check what's happening.
00:55:31I don't understand.
00:55:32That fellow shut up.
00:55:33He's really the man you don't like, not me.
00:55:35He's the killer who got the sheriff.
00:55:37Are we going on to the county seat?
00:55:39No, Reba.
00:55:40You're staying here.
00:55:41The marshal and I are going back to Goldfield and clean out that crowd.
00:55:45You're wrong.
00:55:46I'm coming along to say you do it.
00:55:47Well, I thought you were against gun law.
00:55:50It's not gun law putting Hawk Hammond and his killers out of office.
00:55:52I've been looking at the west from the wrong direction.
00:55:55Well, right now, Miss Bailey, Goldfield is the most unhealthy place you could go to.
00:55:59I've got a ticket on that stage.
00:56:01You can't stop me.
00:56:03All aboard, let's go up.
00:56:06Wait for me.
00:56:07Wait.
00:56:08You're not leaving me here alone in this Paiute.
00:56:10I'm keeping my scalp.
00:56:16Get up.
00:56:22That's enough of that.
00:56:38I'm no mind reader, but I don't have to be.
00:56:40To know the Tex will bring Wild Bill back here to blast us out of town.
00:56:42It ain't my fault they got wise to me.
00:56:44How should I know to get on the same stage?
00:56:46I ought to let you have it for showing your face again.
00:56:48They're already coming into town, boss.
00:56:49All right, man.
00:56:50You know how to greet them.
00:57:12There's a window around there that leads to Balfour.
00:57:15You put us in behind them.
00:57:16Good.
00:57:16You take that, and I'll keep them busy for Honduras.
00:57:35Here we are.
00:57:36You're covered.
00:57:36Hold it.
00:58:04All right, you men are on your way to jail.
00:58:19Marshal, I see we've done it.
00:58:20This is not the first time we've met in this room, is it?
00:58:23I want to know who killed my father and who framed me.
00:58:26I've got enough on you now to make you talk.
00:58:29That's right, Tex.
00:58:31That's pretty straight information.
00:58:33If you ever have a chance to use it.
00:58:41Guard these men.
00:58:42Well, good-bye, folks.
00:58:57Marshal, I don't know why anybody would want to leave this town now.
00:59:00It's booming under our new mayor.
00:59:02Is that you talking?
00:59:03Marshal, I hear you're leaving us.
00:59:05We can't do that.
00:59:06I'm sorry, Cannonball, but I've got to be moving.
00:59:08Hey, Bill.
00:59:10This thriving town needs a sheriff.
00:59:13You've earned the appointment.
00:59:15Well, thanks, Tex.
00:59:16But if you as mayor, this town's going to be too quiet for me.
00:59:18Oh, now, Bill, that's no way.
00:59:20Now, wait a minute, Tex.
00:59:21I've already promised the Sage Company I'll try and get some of their horses back from the Paiute.
00:59:26Bye, Reba.
00:59:26Bye, Marshal.
00:59:27Sure glad you changed your mind about the West.
00:59:29Good luck, Tex.
00:59:32All right.
00:59:33So long, Cannonball.
00:59:39You boys are not going to let him run out on us, are you?
00:59:41Oh, of course not.
00:59:42But how are we going to stop him?
00:59:44Well, you've got to cause some trouble.
00:59:46Do something.
00:59:47Get in a fight.
00:59:49Fight?
00:59:51Bill, Bill, I can't handle these fellas without you.
00:59:56All right, come on and fight.
00:59:59Forgive me, pal.
01:00:02All right.
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