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Hoppy and Red try to help an immigrant family fight a rancher and a crooked lawyer who are attempting to drive them off their land.
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00:00Here he comes! Here he comes! There's the truppets, there's the drums, here he comes!
00:10Hopalong Cassidy, here he comes!
00:30Red Connors, my sidekick, and I were making a leisurely ride home from Railhead when we got our first inkling of trouble.
00:42Everything had been unusually quiet in our county, so we took the time to attend to some business for the Bar 20 Ranch.
00:49Red and I don't have to do a lot of talking. We pretty much understand each other.
00:54Anyway, we hadn't said anything for several miles. And all at once, I saw it and we reined in.
01:20Hello in there! Anybody home?
01:24What do you suppose?
01:35Let's find out here.
01:37Well, what do you suppose?
01:44Let's find out here.
01:59Don't move. Either one of you. Put up your hands.
02:04Are you back to burn down the rest of the place?
02:09But you've got us all wrong, Miss.
02:11Oh, no, I haven't. This time I've got you just right. Right where I want you.
02:17But, ma'am.
02:19I'm not man.
02:20Well, then, Miss, you see, ma'am, we're... This is Hopalong Cassidy, and we're here to help you.
02:26Papa!
02:34Who are these men?
02:38This man claims to be Hopalong Cassidy.
02:41Yeah. Put your gun away, Lily. I never met a gentleman, but more than once I've seen him.
02:48I see you've had some trouble here, Mr, uh...
02:51Vandermeer.
02:52Vandermeer? You're new here?
02:54Yeah.
02:55Yeah.
02:56I think I understand.
02:58Oh, you'll never understand what we've been through in the three years since we settled here.
03:01Lily, please.
03:02Uh, gentlemen, let us go into the bunkhouse to talk.
03:05My boy is lying there. He's been shot.
03:08I'll take a look at him.
03:10Oh, Papa, now that there's someone to help you, I'll ride at the bucking mule for Dr Peterson.
03:15Allow me, ma'am.
03:17Oh, well, it won't be too much trouble, Mr, uh...
03:20Uh, Connor, just call me Red. I'm Hopalong's pal.
03:24Thank you, Red.
03:47How long has he been unconscious?
04:00Oh, in a little while. It didn't look so bad at first.
04:04Oh, it's not too serious. It isn't bleeding badly.
04:07That slug's still in there. Just what did it.
04:11Oh, so many things have happened. I wish we'd never heard of this terrible ranch.
04:16Yeah, she's quite right. But now we give up and go back to Kansas.
04:20A man can take only so much, Mr. Cassidy.
04:23What, what, what started all this trouble?
04:26Sit down and I'll tell you the whole story.
04:28We have to wait anyhow for the doctor.
04:34The Vandermeers told how they had come from Holland seven years before.
04:38They had settled on a farm in Kansas, but soon heard the call of the West
04:41and settled here on land obtained from the government.
04:44They worked hard, tried to be thrifty.
04:47When their ranch prospered, the other less successful ranchers became hostile.
04:52At first they warned Vandermeer that foreigners weren't welcome here.
04:56When he replied that this country was discovered, explored and expanded by foreigners,
05:00their threats turned into violent action.
05:03I recalled hearing six months before that some of Vandermeer's cattle were mysteriously poisoned.
05:08Still later, Vandermeer riding in the hills was attacked and severely pistol whipped.
05:13And today?
05:14Earlier this morning some men rode in and began to shoot up the place.
05:18Klaus, who was at the woodshed, returned the shots.
05:22This man set fire to the shed.
05:24You can see what they did when he tried to run for safety.
05:27What about the other ranchers? Have you tried to get them to help you?
05:31Who would help us? They don't want us here.
05:34Besides, there doesn't seem to be any law here.
05:37What, there's a sheriff in this county and there's a judge in Buckingham.
05:41The sheriff, that's a laugh.
05:43He's right in with the rest of them.
05:45As for the judge, we've tried to get him to help us.
05:48But will he lift a finger? He will not. Am I right, Papa?
05:51Yeah, Lily.
05:53So, Vandermeer's well enough, we pack up and go back.
05:56Where we can live in peace again.
05:59But you can't allow yourself to be scared off.
06:02You have the same rights as everybody else.
06:04And to my way of thinking, the least of them is worth fighting for.
06:08But there are too many again.
06:13Your friend is coming back.
06:17But without the doctor.
06:22The doctor don't come.
06:24He delivered a baby. He can't get here until later.
06:27I've got to get that bullet out of there.
06:29Would you please give me some boiling water?
06:34Red, you better get him out of here.
06:46While I worked over Claus, I wondered who was at the bottom of Vandermeer's troubles.
06:50I disliked anyone using the flimsy excuse that Vandermeer was a foreigner.
06:55To cheat him out of his holdings.
06:57It wasn't honest or ethical.
06:59It wasn't American.
07:01May I help?
07:03No, I think I'd better do this alone.
07:30You wouldn't have a cup of coffee, would you, ma'am?
07:32Oh, yes, I do have. How about you, Papa?
07:35No, I wait.
07:36Come along.
07:37Come along.
07:52They are coming back.
07:53Move.
07:54Take a look.
08:01Vandermeer!
08:02Hey!
08:07Do you recognize any of them?
08:09The ringleader is Simon Cosgrove.
08:11Cosgrove?
08:12I've run across him before.
08:14He operates a little ranch around here.
08:16He's done some cattle rustling, too.
08:19Vandermeer!
08:20What do I do, Mr. Cassidy?
08:22You go out and talk to him.
08:23Invite him in the house.
08:24Leave the rest to me.
08:25I do what you say, but I feel better if I don't do it.
08:28Go on, hurry now.
08:39I hear you had a little trouble out here today.
08:41Those masks didn't fool me, Cosgrove.
08:44I know you shot my boy.
08:46That you got approved.
08:47Anyway, that's not why I come out here.
08:49So why did you come back?
08:51I'm ready to buy this place.
08:52I don't think you can offer me enough.
08:54But let's go inside.
08:56We'll talk it over.
08:57Yeah?
08:58Take it easy, boys.
09:24Let's go inside.
09:25Let's go inside.
09:30Twenty-four hours?
09:31That's impossible.
09:32I couldn't dispose of anything.
09:33Cosgrove is in there.
09:34I know.
09:35So I'll buy you out for a dollar an acre.
09:37Lock, stock, and barrel.
09:38You are joking, Cosgrove.
09:39Five hundred dollars for everything.
09:40The cattle, the horses, the land, the equipment.
09:43Take it or leave it.
09:44I'll buy you out for a dollar an acre.
09:46Lock, stock, and barrel.
09:47You are joking, Cosgrove.
09:49Five hundred dollars for everything.
09:50The cattle, the horses, the land, the equipment.
09:52Take it or leave it.
09:53I ain't such a big fool like that.
09:56You're making a mistake.
09:57He's doing exactly right.
09:59You can keep your nose out of this, Cassidy.
10:01You and that numbskull sidekick of yours.
10:03I wonder how you'd look without any teeth.
10:06Wait a minute, Red.
10:09Cosgrove, this isn't the first time you've pulled a stunt like this,
10:12but it's gonna be the last.
10:13Mr. Vandermeer is keeping this ranch,
10:15and you and your boys are gonna let him strictly alone.
10:18You're just a small-time rancher in my books, Cassidy.
10:21Your talk don't mean a thing.
10:23If you think it's just talk, why don't you start something?
10:26It's a good idea.
10:27But I'll pick the time and place.
10:29I'll pick the time and place.
10:30I'll pick the time and place.
10:32I'll pick the time and place good.
10:34Then, you guys, let me see.
10:35Oh no...
10:36I'll pick a pick.
10:37I'll pick a pick.
10:38I got that.'
10:39What?
10:40What?
10:41What?
10:42What?
10:43What?
10:44What?
10:45What?
10:46This guy might look at.
10:47What?
10:48What?
10:49What?
10:50What?
10:51What?
10:52What?
10:53What?
10:54What?
10:55What?
10:56What?
10:57What?
10:58What?
10:59What?
11:00What?
11:01Come on.
11:10Put away the hardware, boys. The deal's off.
11:12And get on your horses.
11:20You're asking for trouble, Cassidy.
11:22Sticking your nose in where it don't concern you.
11:24You're gonna get it.
11:25I'll be around. Get out of here.
11:31All indications pointed to a well-organized conspiracy against the industrious Dutchman Vandermeer.
11:50It seemed to include the sheriff and the local judge, who had taken an oath to enforce and defend the law.
11:56Brett and I wrote in the bucking mule.
11:59Let's go.
12:21Are you Roscoe Hicks?
12:22That's me.
12:23I understand you're John Vandermeer's lawyer, is that right?
12:26It is.
12:27We're friends of his.
12:28This is Red Connors.
12:29My name is Cassidy.
12:31So you're Hopalong.
12:32That's right.
12:33Say, I've heard a lot about you, but never had the pleasure before.
12:36Come in. Sit down.
12:37Thanks.
12:38Well, needless to say, right now, Vandermeer needs friends.
12:40It's only here.
12:42He's been getting a raw deal.
12:44Pretty raw deal.
12:45I try to do what I can, but I can't go into court without a clear-cut case.
12:49And you think Vandermeer had a clear-cut case?
12:53That's right.
12:54You see, the men who caused him trouble have always been masked.
12:58He may suspect their identity, but he can't prove it.
13:02What can we do to help Vandermeer?
13:04I don't know right off.
13:06But I'll dig right in and find an angle.
13:08You can depend on that.
13:09I'll do everything I can to protect his rights.
13:11Well, if you're looking for a starting point, you might swear out a warrant for Simon Cosgrove.
13:16What makes you think he's mixed up in this?
13:19We don't think.
13:20We know.
13:21Well, I'll check with Vandermeer.
13:23If he wants to swear out a complaint, I'll handle it.
13:25Oh, in the meantime, where can I get hold of you, just in case?
13:28There's a line cabin up back of Vandermeer's place.
13:30We'll hold up there.
13:31Good, good.
13:32Well, I'll get in touch with you if anything happens.
13:34Thanks.
13:35Maybe I should have been a lawyer.
13:45What brought that on?
13:46Well, a lawyer can stay neutral and still help people.
13:49What makes you think he's gonna help?
13:51Well, you heard what the man said.
13:53Well, what he says and what he means are two different breeds of horses.
13:56Well, sometimes it makes me sore.
13:59What makes you sore?
14:01You always disagree with me and you're always right.
14:04Oh, cheer up, Red.
14:05Some day the unexpected may happen.
14:07Come on!
14:08Come on!
14:19I just saw Cassidy riding out of town.
14:21What'd he want?
14:22He wants a warrant sworn out for you.
14:23Well, if he hadn't interfered, Vandermeer would be on his way to Kansas or dead.
14:27And you and I'd own that ranch right now.
14:29Cassidy isn't stopping me.
14:31Well, that's easy for you to say.
14:33You sit here and twiddle your thumbs while I take all the risk.
14:36Anyway, we can't do anything with Cassidy on the loose.
14:38He's always showing up at the wrong time in the right places.
14:41So now's our chance to get rid of him.
14:43Oh, just like that.
14:45So now's our chance to get rid of him.
14:47How?
14:48I know where he's heading.
14:52Oh.
14:53Well, that's different.
15:06When I build a fire in the summertime, I usually have something to cook.
15:12Well, we're cooking up something.
15:14Where is it?
15:15I'm proud to be along in a minute.
15:17What'll be along in a minute?
15:19Cosgrove's men.
15:21Say, one of us talking the wrong language.
15:24Why do you suppose Hicks was so anxious to find out where we were going to hold up?
15:27Well, so if he wanted to tell us anything, he'd know where we were.
15:30No, he and Cosgrove are back of all this trouble.
15:33Who?
15:34But where are the fire?
15:36So they'll see the smoke and think we're here.
15:39We ain't here?
15:41Right.
15:42We're out there.
15:45I don't get it.
15:47You will.
15:48Come on.
15:49Come on.
15:54Red and I hid out near the line cabin.
15:56Before long, Cosgrove's men showed up.
16:13The trap we'd waited for was working perfectly.
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19:55Hoppy
19:57Yeah, Ray.
19:59Gee, I'm sorry, Hoppy.
20:01Oh, that's all right.
20:03I thought I told you to stay outside.
20:05Why did you come busting in like that?
20:07Oh, I wanted to warn you.
20:09Them fillers found their horses and they're looking for us.
20:11Found the horses?
20:17Their horses weren't in the street
20:19and I had no doubt where they had gone
20:21and to what purpose.
20:23I decided, Red and I had to do some tall riding.
20:39While Red and I again rode toward Vandermeer's ranch,
20:41Lawyer Hicks was making the last bold play
20:43on behalf of Cosgrove and himself.
20:45Hoppy!
20:47Hoppy!
20:49Oh, Hoppy!
20:51Oh, Hoppy!
20:53A deputy marshal named Kate's came here with Mr. Hicks.
20:57He's a papa away.
20:59Yeah, we know all about that.
21:01Well, that whole thing is a frame-up.
21:03Did they head toward Bruxton?
21:05Yes, they've only been gone about five minutes.
21:07Come on, Red!
21:08Come on, Red!
21:09Come on!
21:10Come on!
21:11Come on!
21:12Come on!
21:13Come on!
21:14Come on!
21:15Come on!
21:16Come on!
21:17Come on!
21:18Come on!
21:19The farm!
21:22The farm!
21:23I'll have you in my face!
21:24I'm in my face!
21:25The farm!
21:26I'll have you in my face!
21:27It's a papo away!
21:28Oh, Dev, I'll have you in your face!
21:29mascern!
21:30I need to move on to the right place!
21:31There, we have to move on,
21:34We'll have to move on to the right place.
21:35OK, guys!
21:36We'll have to move on to the right place.
21:37We sighted Vandermeer and his captors.
22:06I told Red when the shooting started to grab Vandermeer and hurry him back to his ranch.
22:11Red begged to stay with me, but I figured someplace up ahead was an ambush,
22:14and I didn't want Vandermeer to fall into that.
22:36Red begged to stay with me.
23:06Red Phoensey
23:08I caught a glimpse of Cosgrove and his men coming out of the hills.
23:27During the exchange of shots, Cates decided to make a break and for some unknown reason headed back to Vandermeer's place.
23:33That suited me fine, especially when I saw Cosgrove and his men follow Cates and me.
23:57All right, drop them guns!
24:17I'll get going down that road.
24:23I'm sure glad to see you, Marshal.
24:25It started out the minute I got your telegraph.
24:28This one who claims to be my deputy?
24:29Yeah, that's him with his bare face of hanging out.
24:32I'll take special care of him.
24:34On your horse.
24:39There's another one for you.
24:40You too.
24:42Well, you're in the clear, Mr. Vandermeer.
24:43You're not wanted on any charge.
24:47We thank both of you for helping us in our troubles.
24:50Oh, we had fun.
24:52Brett and I always enjoy a fight when it's for a good cause.
24:55I'm sure your troubles are over now.
24:57We'll always be deeply grateful to you.
25:00Well, Marshal, can we help you over to the railhead with your prisoners?
25:02Sure thing, Hoppy.
25:11Come on.
25:12Get her out of here.
25:13Hop!
25:14That's where you are.
25:18So long.
25:18Say goodbye to you, boy.
25:19So long.
25:20There he goes, on his way, down the moon, the trail to where cowboys range.
25:35Hop along, Cassidy.
25:39Hop along, Cassidy.
25:41He'll return, soon again.
25:45There's no use to say goodbye until then.
25:50Hop along, Cassidy.
25:53So long.
25:54Hop along.
25:55Hop along.
25:55Hop along, Cassidy.
25:57Yeah.
26:10Hop along, Cassidy.
26:11Hop along.
26:13Hop along, Cassidy.
26:14Come on.
26:15Up along, Cassidy.
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