- 9 months ago
“Saddle Songs of Arizona” brings a classic tale of cowboy spirit set against the rugged landscapes of the American West. Blending adventure, country music, and the fight for justice, the film follows a brave and free-spirited hero through the deserts of Arizona. It’s a timeless story of friendship, love, and courage beneath the blazing Western sun.
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01:00I'm a-travelin' on the prairie, I can hear the coyote howl. I can hear the creaking of the wagon train and the hootin' of the owls. I'm on the road to Tombstone with my six-gunned fire. I oughta be there but sundown with my elbows on the bar.
01:17Tombstone, Arizona, soon I'm gonna see. I'm pretty tightrope, but if I don't choke, I'll sing and joke till I feel my poke in Tombstone, Arizona.
01:29I left my gal in Tombstone just to shop around the wild. I hope no ordinary outlaw kept a answer with a smile. If a thing like that should happen, I reckon I've dropped in.
01:47But before I die, I'll feel my geezer plump full of lead. Tombstone, Arizona, soon I'm gonna see. I'm pretty tightrope, but if I don't choke, I'll sing and joke till I feel my poke in Tombstone, Arizona.
02:02You know, Tex, I've been ridin' this horse so long my foot's almost killin' me. Hey, you've got no kick comin'. Think of the poor horse. Oh, is that so? Well, of all the fool expeditions we've ever been on, this is the worst. Chasin' a wagon show cleaned across Arizona.
02:22Well, that's a right good outfit. And besides, there's nothin' wrong with wanting to see a show more than once. More than once? Seven towns and eight nights, not includin' Sundays. That's the life.
02:35What are you talkin' about? Well, what's the use of spendin' your life chasin' dogees over hills? You sure are an arbitrary critter. Singin' will never make you a livin'. Maybe not. But I sure get a lot of fun out of tryin'.
02:50Hey. There's the show up ahead there.
03:00Somethin' must be wrong. You owe the liver stable a seven-dollar feed bill. And you owe the town hall two dollars for coal oil. That's the lights. And you owe a twelve-dollar board bill at Jim Carter's Eaton House. And you owe a ten-dollar fee for makin' me ride out here to get you.
03:16Yeah. Well, uh, that seems to amount to about, uh, twelve dollars, doesn't it?
03:22Yes, about twelve. Huh? Your calculation is just a little bit off, ain't they? It amounts to exactly thirty-one dollars.
03:30Well, now we've done such bad business the last week at you, Sheriff, it's sort of eatin' up all our ready cash.
03:37Now, I think if you let us get on to Tombstone, we'll be able to pay the bill in full.
03:41You ain't gonna get to Tombstone. Unhiss them teams, John. Right.
03:45I reckon they're more than enough to cover what you owe.
03:53Howdy, Professor!
03:54What's the trouble, Sheriff?
04:08This here show here has got a lot of unpaid bills that amounts to exactly thirty-one dollars.
04:13And I'm impounding them at teams until McGill pays up.
04:16Well, you can't do that.
04:18Are you tryin' to tell me what a kin do and what a kin?
04:23Well, I'm mighty sorry that business has been so bad, sir.
04:26But they'll do all right in Tombstone.
04:28They ain't gonna get to Tombstone.
04:30I'm afraid the Sheriff's right, my boy.
04:32Well, maybe I could square things with the Sheriff, that is, if you wouldn't mind.
04:37Why, but I, uh...
04:39You know, I've always had a hankering to be in a show.
04:42I was just wondering if I'd pay the Sheriff off, uh...
04:46Maybe you could find a place for me in your troop.
04:49You know, I, uh...
04:51Play the guitar a little.
04:53Well, I don't know if you'd like my voice or not, but...
04:56I'd sure appreciate a chance.
04:58I'd be glad to see what you could do, but I...
05:01I couldn't allow you to, uh...
05:03Oh, that's all right. Don't worry about it.
05:05Oh, now, what are you doing?
05:07Sheriff, if you just mark that bill paid now, hmm...
05:10Um, I'll be mighty pleased to.
05:13Uh...
05:14Ida, I looked for him to be changing.
05:17Poor fellow.
05:18He's just throwing his money away.
05:25I'm sorry to cause you into trouble like this.
05:28But the law's the law.
05:30Come on, John, let's get going.
05:33I'm mighty grateful to you, young man.
05:36Don't mention it.
05:37Uh, my name's Mallinson.
05:39Tex Mallinson.
05:40This is Mr. Hopper, but, uh, you can call him Grass, for sure.
05:43Aw, Tex.
05:44How do you do, Mr. Hopper?
05:46How do you do?
05:47Boys, meet Mr. Tex Mallinson and Mr. Grass Hopper.
05:50How do you do?
05:51How do you do?
05:52They're joining up with us.
05:53Glad to have you with us, boys.
05:55Let's get going, men.
05:56Well, let's be on our way.
06:09I'm a howlin' fool from Texas with a six-gun in my pack.
06:15I ate rattlesnakes for breakfast.
06:17My coffee's on my back.
06:19Got a bucket for a park there, and we get a long supply.
06:23I sharpen my teeth on tombstones just to pass away the time.
06:27Tombstone, Arizona.
06:29Soon I'm gonna see.
06:31It's a pretty nice blow, but if I don't choke, I'll sing.
06:33It's a joke till I feel my poking in Tombstone, Arizona.
06:38Well, you're laying an own kind of thick, ain't you, Professor?
06:51Them are pretty big letters.
06:53You think I can live up to all that?
06:55A mere bagatelle, my boy.
06:57With myself as impresario, your success is assured.
07:01Well, them's mighty big words, Professor.
07:03But you know, Tex, he's a cow hand.
07:06He ain't no actor.
07:07My good man, I am a thespian.
07:09And to one who has trodden the boards with the immortal booze,
07:13nothing is impossible.
07:15Well, maybe you could do something for me, then.
07:17Now listen to this.
07:31Well, I guess these horses don't appreciate good music.
07:35You shouldn't have frightened him.
07:37You might have killed Billy.
07:38I don't get some right.
07:39It was fun.
07:41I think you need a little more practice, my good man.
07:45Just a little more practice.
07:49Say, mister, are you a play actor?
07:51Well, a sorter.
07:53Well, what do you do?
07:55Well, I play a guitar and I make funny noises with my mouth.
08:01Oh, you mean you're a singer.
08:03Well, some people call it that.
08:07If you don't sing any better than you play the trombone, I don't think we'll go to the show.
08:11Oh, but Marge, we've been counting on this.
08:13We've got to go.
08:15Now, son, if your mother won't take you, I'll see what I can do.
08:21Oh, she ain't my mother.
08:23She's only my sister.
08:25And if she won't take me, I'll tell on her.
08:27That's what Dad wants to town for.
08:29Where is your father?
08:30Oh, he's down at the Mint Saloon.
08:32Billy, you might explain to the man that father's there on business.
08:35Oh, yeah, right there's the county commissioner.
08:37He has a whole lot of business.
08:41Well, if you'll pardon me, I seem to have some business of my own.
08:45I'll see you later.
08:47Hey, hey, hey!
08:49Haven't you done enough damage with that horn?
08:51Oh, well, Tess, it slipped that time.
08:53I can do much better.
08:54Now, listen to this.
08:59Come on, honey.
09:05All right, man.
09:10All right, man.
09:12That's plenty.
09:13Well, I was just getting warmed up.
09:14I haven't started yet.
09:15I just wanted enough to attract their attention,
09:18not frighten them away.
09:20Well, Tess, I was just going to play them a tune.
09:22Not now, Rex.
09:24Later.
09:25Now, ladies and gentlemen.
09:27Step in closer, please.
09:29Don't be afraid.
09:30Just a little closer.
09:31That's fine.
09:32Now, ladies and gentlemen,
09:34tonight you're going to see one of the greatest shows ever presented in Tombstone.
09:39One of the finest aggregations of talent ever presented on any statement.
09:44Brought together by that famous empresario, Professor McGill.
09:51Flanked by one of the finest troops of entertainers ever seen west of Dodge City.
09:58Not now.
09:59Not now, Grace.
10:01Later.
10:02Step right up, ladies and gentlemen.
10:05The line forms to the left.
10:07Have your money ready, and Professor McGill himself will greet you.
10:11Step right up, ladies and gentlemen.
10:13Fifty cents.
10:14One half of a dollar.
10:15Don't be bad.
10:16That's right.
10:17Everybody goes in the night.
10:19Not now, Tex.
10:20Not now, Grace.
10:22Wait till we get the sponge on the inside.
10:24Step right up, ladies and gentlemen.
10:26Come right in.
10:27Fifty cents.
10:28Have your money ready.
10:29One.
10:30One, please.
10:32Good evening, miss.
10:35I've been expecting you.
10:37I couldn't disappoint Billy.
10:39He had such a peculiar take.
10:41Has he gone in yet?
10:43Well, yes.
10:44About ten minutes ago.
10:46First, I'd better join him.
10:48He must belong there all by himself.
10:54Well, how we doing, Professor?
10:55Business is excellent, my boy.
10:57We've already taken in over $200.
11:00Well, I guess they're about all in.
11:03Time to start.
11:04I'll see you backstage.
11:06All right, Grace.
11:08Now.
11:09B-b-b-takes, there ain't anybody around here to hear it.
11:19That's the idea.
11:32One moment, please.
11:33The entrance is fifty cents each.
11:35If we like your show, we'll figure it.
11:37On our way out.
12:07Well, what's the matter, Professor?
12:11Why, a bunch of ruffians walking without paying.
12:13I tried to stop them, but they threw me on one side.
12:16Oh, it's lucky you weren't hurt.
12:18Oh.
12:19Well, I'll attend to that later.
12:20Let's go on with the show.
12:21Hey, Hopper.
12:22Hey, Hopper.
12:23You make the introduction.
12:24Oh, gee, that's swell.
12:25Look.
12:26Look.
12:27Uh, lady.
12:28Ladies and gentlemen, I'm not paying.
12:29I'm not paying.
12:30I tried to stop them, but they threw me on one side.
12:31Oh, it's lucky you weren't hurt.
12:32Oh.
12:33Oh.
12:34Well, I'll attend to that later.
12:35Let's go on with the show.
12:36Hey, Hopper.
12:37You make the introduction.
12:39Oh, gee, that's swell.
12:40Look.
12:41Ladies and gentlemen, the first number on the program tonight will be Mr. Dex Mowler.
13:10Dex Mowler.
13:11The world's greatest vocalist and guitarist.
13:20The world's greatest vocalist and guitarist.
13:23Anyway, he stinks.
13:26I'm not the judge of the most of my sins.
13:28The Fulnings.
13:29I'm waiting for it.
13:30Come on.
13:31Come on, Peck.
13:32Theacterium氣kin.
13:36Hey.
13:37We went over a great, Mr. Dex Mowler.
13:39At the finest introduction I ever had.
13:40I'm a wild Texas cowboy I'm ready and I'm rough I hail from way out
14:10yonder where they always call your bluff I've never settled out I'm always on the go I'm a wild Texas cowboy from down near Mexico
14:31I ride high, I ride wide, I ride handsome I rope true
14:40when I rope true and then some I'm a lone buckaroo and I'm wild and woolly too
14:51I ride high, wide and handsome I ride high, I ride wide, I ride handsome
15:02I'm a lone and on my own, never lonesome Oh, the gals like my smile and my easy going stop
15:16I ride high, I ride high, wide and handsome Oh, a rope and a runner, a roam and a ramble
15:27And a swing, a raw hide and a sometimes gamble Let me ride my own horse and as long as I'm the ball
15:39I ride high, I ride high, wide and handsome Thank you very much, folks. It's mighty encouraging to a performer
15:57Especially to a new one like I am. And just to show you how much I appreciate it
16:03I'd like to do something for you that's a little different from what you usually see in a theater
16:08But I'm gonna need the cooperation of every one of you
16:12But I promise that if you do cooperate, you're gonna be highly entertained
16:17All right cowboy, let's have it
16:19All right
16:21Now every one of you keep your eyes straight to the front
16:24While I walk to the back of the theater and play a few notes on my guitar
16:29And when I play those notes
16:33Something very peculiar is gonna happen
16:37Shall I do it?
16:39Yeah, go ahead. Sure
16:54All right now folks
17:01Everybody turn and look at the stage
17:08Are you ready?
17:09Yeah
17:12Now every man in the audience raise his hands over his head
17:24I may not be so easy on the next man that reaches for his gun
17:43Now everybody face the stage again
17:47Professor McGill
17:48Will you step down here, please?
17:54Professor McGill
17:55Will you point out the men that walked into this show without paying?
18:09Yes, these are the men
18:14Now all you folks except these men back here can put down your hands
18:19I'm sorry to trouble you but
18:25These men came into this show without paying
18:29Now that's not fair to you and it ain't fair to us
18:32All right professor
18:35Collect 50 cents each from these gentlemen
18:39Wait a minute Mallinson
18:41We were just having a little fun
18:44I'll pay for all of us
18:45Well I'm sure that everybody found your little joke quite amusing
18:51All right professor
18:53Take the gentleman's money and we'll go on with the show
18:57Thank you
18:58Let's run him out
18:59Yeah
19:00If you and your partner are not on your horses and riding away from here by the time I count five
19:05You'll be dead men
19:06Well that's fair enough
19:08But I just want to say a few words Price
19:10Then it's up to you
19:12I'm not paying out any money to feed a lot of thieving politicians up in Tombstone
19:16Is that clear?
19:17That's right, that's the way I feel about it
19:20Well Harry, that's plenty clear
19:22But there's another matter
19:23Then what's that?
19:25A few minutes ago you gave us a count of five to get on our horses and get out of here
19:30Now I, I still have a little self-respect left
19:34Even if I have been talking to a few men who haven't
19:37And I don't aim to be run out of here like a coyote
19:41Well they're gonna be
19:43Shut them up Harry
19:44Is that all you have to say?
19:46No
19:48I understand that you're the fastest man on the draw and discounted
19:52Now I don't have that big a reputation
19:56But I'm willing to take my chances at ten paces with you
20:01Well
20:03Shall I oblige the gentlemen, boys?
20:06Sure, go ahead
20:07Yeah
20:08Let them have it
20:09All right, a little out of practice
20:11Well I'll take a chance
20:13Fine, fine
20:14But there's just one other matter
20:16Yeah?
20:17Of course if you win they'll be getting a new deputy county treasurer
20:22But if I win they'll get their back taxes from every one of you
20:27Is that fair?
20:29Yeah
20:31You wanna gamble?
20:33Sure
20:34Yeah
20:35Go ahead
20:37We'll stand back to back
20:39Walk ten paces
20:41Turn and fire
20:42All right
20:44Pete
20:45You count
20:48Well
20:49Maybe you better let Joe do it
20:52All right
21:01This all right?
21:04Suits me
21:08Ready?
21:09Right
21:11One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
21:19One, two, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, nine, ten, ten, ten, nine, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten.
21:30Thanks.
21:57I want to thank you boys for agreeing to pay your taxes.
22:00Are you going to pay them?
22:08Yeah.
22:09You know I'm a man of my word.
22:12Come on.
22:13Be around to see you in a few days.
22:27Yes, Tex.
22:30You've done pretty well since you started out.
22:32Well, I think I've done pretty good.
22:35Of course, some of the boys took a little persuading, but we've got them all except Price and I think we're going after him next.
22:42What happened to Harper?
22:44Oh, he's down at the corral playing a lullaby to the cows.
22:48Well, if you young folks will excuse me, I think I'll turn in.
22:53Come along, Billy.
22:54Oh, gee, Pop.
22:55Can I stay out a little while?
22:56Tex is going to give me a lesson.
22:58All right.
22:59Don't you stay out too late.
23:00Good night.
23:01Good night, Mr. Workman.
23:02Come on, Tex.
23:03Let's go see my hideout.
23:04Your hideout?
23:05Sure.
23:06Come on.
23:07Well, shall we invite the lady?
23:10Well, all right, if you want to.
23:13Yes, sir.
23:18It takes years of practice to become an accomplished trombone player.
23:22Now, you take this piece, for instance.
23:35There you go.
23:36You're just like all the rest of them.
23:38No appreciation.
23:45No trespassing, huh, Billy?
23:47No, nobody's allowed in here but me.
23:49Except on special occasions like this.
23:52There's a long, long trail of windings I've often heard is true.
24:22But now I've found my lucky trail.
24:32It's the trail that leads to you.
24:41Arizona days, Arizona days, Arizona ways, I happen to meet by chance.
24:56Arizona days, Arizona days, Arizona days, won my heart at a glance.
25:08I won my heart at a glance.
25:19Nature unfolds all its beauty here.
25:27To make it complete, you must always be near.
25:38Arizona days, Arizona nights, are made for love and romance.
26:08You all right, Marge?
26:17Yes, I'm all right.
26:19It looks as if we're halbisters.
26:22You and Billy better get out of here.
26:24I'm going to have a look around.
26:25Come on, Billy.
26:26Billy!
26:27It hurts.
26:39Billy!
26:40Billy!
26:41Billy!
26:42Billy!
26:43Billy!
26:44Billy!
26:45Billy!
26:46Billy!
26:59Billy!
27:00That fellow Mallinson, he's been doing pretty good in Texas.
27:12I understand he's heading down this way next.
27:15I'm really not expecting a visit from Mr. Mallinson.
27:19He's done all the tax collecting he's never due.
27:23Paid off?
27:24Yeah.
27:26I paid off.
27:30I just saw Mallory coming to town.
27:45Mallinson.
27:48Why?
27:50Pete, get the boys out of here.
27:53I'm handling this alone.
28:00This is Price's layout.
28:23Hey, perhaps she'd better stay here and look after the horses.
28:37Oh, this tax business before somebody gets hurt.
28:39It's going to give me the most genuine pleasure to collect from Mr. Price.
28:44He'll probably be laying for you, Ab.
28:45I have a hunch that he'll be a little surprised to see me.
28:52Hex, you're just one of those guys that don't know when he's well off.
28:59Don't you worry about me now.
29:05And there's another thing.
29:06All right, Price.
29:17I came to collect.
29:26Well, don't you think you'd better put iron away?
29:29Might go off.
29:30You weren't expecting to see me, were you?
29:39Why, sure.
29:41We made a bargain, didn't we?
29:44Now, what's the matter?
29:46Not nervous, are you?
29:48You know, I'm just here to see that you pay your taxes.
29:52Why, certainly.
29:53How much do I...
29:54Seven hundred and eighty dollars and forty-seven cents.
29:58By the way...
30:00What proof have I that I've paid my taxes...
30:03if you don't happen to turn them in?
30:07When I hand you a receipt, you're in the clear.
30:10It's up to get into Tombstone with the cash.
30:16Joe.
30:18Give me the cash bag.
30:24I'll give you the cash bag.
30:25I'll give you the cash bag.
30:26I'll give you the cash bag.
30:27I'll give you the cash bag.
30:28I'll give you the cash bag.
30:29I'll give you the cash bag.
30:30I'll give you the cash bag.
30:31I'll give you the cash bag.
30:32I'll give you the cash bag.
30:33I'll give you the cash bag.
30:34I'll give you the cash bag.
30:35I'll give you the cash bag.
30:36I'll give you the cash bag.
30:37I'll give you the cash bag.
30:38I'll give you the cash bag.
30:39I'll give you the cash bag.
30:40I'll give you the cash bag.
30:41I'll give you the cash bag.
30:42I'll give you the cash bag.
30:44I'll give you the cash bag.
30:45I'll give you the cash bag.
30:46I'll give you the cash bag.
30:47Here comes the sound.
31:05Get left to work with the ranch.
31:07All right, boys.
31:08Let's get going.
31:17Take your positions, men.
31:25There they come.
31:37Wait till they get directly below us.
31:47Hey, it looks like we have this.
32:02Yeah, I wonder who invited them.
32:08Keep your eye on that pack roll.
32:09I'll take care of them, Allison.
32:17You have me.
32:20I'll take care of them everything.
32:22Let's go!
32:24I'll take care of them.
32:30Tell them what happened.
32:31If ever they add cities, but never feel hungry,
32:34shall we?
32:35Give them what they did to their purge.
32:39Move again.
32:40Come on.
32:42Let's go.
33:12We haven't got enough ammunition to lie from it longer.
33:14I'm going to try and make it back to the ranks.
33:16Don't be a fool, Greg.
33:18They'll pick you up before you can hit the saddle.
33:42Let him have it.
33:44Let him have it.
33:46Come on.
33:50Let him have it.
33:54I'm going to take you to back this morning.
33:56Come on.
34:04Look at this.
34:08Let's go.
34:38Looks like we got them, boys.
34:54Come on.
35:08Come on, boys.
35:09We're riding.
35:13We don't need to worry any more about him.
35:14Now, we'll do a little tacks.
35:15Let's go.
35:16Come on, boys.
35:17We're riding.
35:21We don't need to worry any more about him.
35:22Now, we'll do a little tacks, collectors.
35:23Open those bags.
35:24Now, we'll do a little tacks, collectors.
35:25Open those bags.
35:26Say, this thing's glided as a feather.
35:27Say, this thing's glided as a feather.
35:28Now, we'll do a little tacks, collectors.
35:29Open those bags.
35:33Say, this thing's glided as a feather.
35:34There's $20,000 in those packs.
35:35Open them up.
35:36Say, this thing's glided as a feather.
35:38There's $20,000 in those packs.
35:39Open them up.
35:40Say, this can't be.
35:41Now, we'll do a little tacks,ursed.
35:42Now, we'll do a little tacks, collectors.
35:43Now, come on, let's go, let's go, let's go.
35:45Now, let's go.
35:46You really, the Tacks.
35:47...we don't need to worry anymore about him.
35:49Now, we'll do a little tacks, collectors.
35:50Now, we'll do a little tacks, collectors.
35:51Open those bags.
35:52Say, this thing's glided as a feather.
35:53$20,000 in those packs.
35:54Open them up.
35:55Say, this thing's glided as a feather.
35:56...
35:57They're $20,000 in those packs.
35:58Open them up.
36:01...
36:02It's pay.
36:04It can't be.
36:05...
36:06Now, it's on the trick-top.
36:07That's right.
36:08as you get it. Reach for the sky.
36:15Toss your guns on the ground.
36:18You first.
36:22Now you.
36:25And you.
36:33You.
36:34All right, Spice.
36:39Toss it.
37:04Here they come.
37:06Live up!
37:16Here they come.
37:18Live up!
37:35You.
37:37So judgment is covered.
37:39All right, Greg.
37:42You still revolved over here.
37:45Oh, Greg!
37:48Oh, Bob?
37:50Love you.
37:52Name him!
37:55The name.
37:57Termes.
38:00No problem.
38:01You boys cut twice as men off at the low road.
38:04Hopper and I have to ask the tent.
38:31Come on!
39:01Hey, you certainly can't handle that gun of yours.
39:13Did they get any of the money?
39:14I don't see how they could.
39:15What do you mean?
39:17I put it in his barn.
39:19That's me.
39:20Always using my head.
39:22Well, what do we do with him?
39:24You and Hopper take him in to Sheriff Higginbotham.
39:26While I'll go back to your ranch and get the money.
39:28Oh, by the way, there's a rather important question I'd like to ask your daughter.
39:36Do you mind?
39:38Not at all, my boy.
39:40You have my pleasure.
39:42See you later, Hopper.
39:46Well, I guess that makes me an orphan.
39:54I've owned ten thousand dogees and one old mangy mew.
39:58I've blowed a million paces like a crazy ownery fool.
40:03I've seen the finest gout on earth from silk to crinoline.
40:07I've had to leave him femen, but there's nothing I ain't seen.
40:11Tunes, don't Arizona.
40:13Soon I'm gonna see.
40:14I'm pretty nice broke, but if I don't choke, I'll say his joke till I fill my poke.
40:18In Tunes, don Arizona.
40:21Oh, I've had my troubles in Tunes, don't, but I found it worth a while.
40:33But sittin' right beside me is what won me with a smile.
40:37We'll ride this dear old bug board down the trail of married life.
40:41For I'm sworn in to love and honor and to blame a wife.
40:45Tunes, don Arizona.
40:46Oh, you've been kind to me, you gave me a bride.
40:49She's my pride.
40:50Away we'll ride side by side.
40:52Tunes, don Arizona.
40:55Oh, I've had my troubles in Tunes, don't, but I found it worth a while.
41:07But sittin' right beside me is what won me with a smile.
41:11We'll ride this dear old bug board down the trail of married life.
41:15For I'm sworn in to love and honor and to blame a wife.
41:19Tunes, don Arizona.
41:20You've been kind to me, you gave me a bride.
41:23She's my pride, away we'll ride side by side.
41:26Tunes, don Arizona.