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Paladin plays the sportsman, reluctantly for once, in an effort to reunite a fallen circus performer with his dignity.
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00:00Even the Barbary Coast crapshooters don't operate like that.
00:18Let's reopen that bet, mister.
00:21I don't like to leave that kind of a winner on the board.
00:30I don't like to leave that.
01:00I don't like to leave that.
01:10Salamander City, Mr. Paladin. Step out and stretch a mic.
01:13Staying long?
01:14Or just till I hitch up some fresh horses?
01:17What can I do for you, Dooley?
01:19I just wondered, have you got room for another pass here?
01:22You got the price of a ticket?
01:23I just want to go as far as the next town.
01:25I could pay you next time around, maybe.
01:28Sorry, Dooley. No credit.
01:35Good afternoon, mister.
01:36Afternoon.
01:37Heading for San Francisco?
01:38Don't know the passengers, Dooley.
01:41Sorry, mister.
01:42Will you wait for me? Maybe I can raise the money.
01:54Well, he seems pretty anxious to get out of town.
01:56Yeah, poor little guy. Reckon you're getting tired of him here.
01:59Who is he?
02:00Dooley, Delaware.
02:01Says he used to be a big time acrobat.
02:03Now he just wanders around.
02:05One town today, another town tomorrow.
02:07Doing back flips for spending money.
02:10Call me when you're ready to leave.
02:12Yeah.
02:13divisions.
02:14Twelve.
02:15Four.
02:16Three.
02:17Three.
02:18All right.
02:19Three.
02:20Five.
02:21Three.
02:22Three.
02:23Three.
02:24Three.
02:25Four.
02:27Four.
02:29Three.
02:30Two.
02:31Four.
02:32Three.
02:33Three.
02:34Four.
02:35Three.
02:36Five.
02:37Four.
02:38Five.
02:39Okay, Dooley, let's see you walk in your nose.
02:51He's here, Dooley.
02:52Well, I'm not.
02:53Don't start anything, please.
02:59Fifty dollars, Dooley.
03:09Fifty dollars says you can't walk a rope across this saloon.
03:16Well, that's an easy bet for Dooley Delaware, isn't it?
03:19Well, I don't have a rope.
03:22Oh, well, pull over.
03:26There you go.
03:31There you go.
03:34Come on, Dooley.
03:36Come on, Dooley.
03:37You can do it, Dooley.
03:41You think you can make that, Mr. Delaware?
03:46Excuse me.
03:48I think that I can do it, Mr. Marquette.
03:52But I can't meet the best.
03:55All I've got is...
03:57Two dollars and twelve cents.
04:03I'm always willing to make arrangements.
04:08I'll tell you what.
04:10If I can't walk this rope,
04:14I'll curry your horse
04:16and shine your boots every day for a whole year.
04:20You're on.
04:21You're on.
04:22Come on, Dooley.
04:23Come on, Dooley.
04:23Come on, Dooley.
04:23Come on, Dooley.
04:24Come on, Dooley.
04:24Come on, Dooley.
04:25Come on, Dooley.
04:25Come on, Dooley.
04:26Come on, Dooley.
04:26Come on, Dooley.
04:27Come on, Dooley.
04:27Come on, Dooley.
04:28Come on, Dooley.
04:28Come on, Dooley.
04:29Come on, Dooley.
04:29Come on, Dooley.
04:30Come on, Dooley.
04:30Come on, Dooley.
04:31Come on, Dooley.
04:31Come on, Dooley.
04:32Come on, Dooley.
04:32Come on, Dooley.
04:33Come on, Dooley.
04:34Come on, Dooley.
04:35Come on, Dooley.
04:36Come on, Dooley.
04:37Come on, Dooley.
04:38Oh
05:08Now, Dooley, you all in one piece?
05:15I reckon so.
05:16Start shining, acrobat.
05:18Mr. Delaware doesn't like to leave a winner on the board.
05:20He'll repeat the bet, double or nothing.
05:22You let him call his own bets, mister.
05:25I only got $2.12.
05:27I'll cover for Mr. Delaware.
05:29$100.
05:30No shoeshines involved, just money.
05:32Mr. Marquette, I'm interested.
05:34Are you interested, Mr. Delaware?
05:36Golly, for $100?
05:41I've crossed Salamander Canyon on a wire.
05:46You've got yourself a bet.
05:48Anybody got a rope?
05:49Never mind the rope, mister.
05:52Get a wire.
05:54Get one long enough to stretch clear across Salamander Canyon.
05:57Now, wait a minute, that's not a fair.
05:58My $100 against your $100 says that Dooley can't walk a wire across that canyon.
06:02Oh, I, I, I, I was just, you know, making mouth noises, Mr. Marquette.
06:11Take it easy, Van.
06:12That canyon's 300 feet deep.
06:14Well, that don't mean a thing to a real wire walker.
06:18Well, I...
06:19Sorry, sorry, Marquette.
06:20No bet.
06:21Go on, Dooley.
06:22You can do it.
06:24Show him you're not yellow.
06:25Now, just a minute.
06:26It's my money and his life.
06:32We're both going to keep what we've got.
06:33Come on, Dooley.
06:33You've got just time to catch that stage.
06:35He's not an acrobat.
06:36He's a monkey on a string.
06:38Somebody throw him a peanut.
06:39Ha, ha, ha.
06:47I accept the challenge.
06:50Will you stake me, mister?
06:51You got the terms of the bet right.
06:53My hundred dollars says you can't walk a wire across Salamander Canyon.
06:57And I say I can.
06:59If this gentleman will sponsor me.
07:03It won't work, Marquette.
07:03You're forcing the odds.
07:05You're asking this man to risk his life for one hundred dollars.
07:08You talk too much, mister.
07:10That doesn't help anybody's reputation.
07:12Even the Barbary Coast crapshooters don't work like that.
07:15All right, I'll boost the ante as far as Dooley can go.
07:18One hundred and two dollars and twelve cents.
07:20Can you afford that much, mister?
07:22Make it a thousand.
07:24His life isn't worth that much.
07:26Your reputation?
07:28I'll see your thousand.
07:29Make it a thousand more.
07:30Well, why stop there?
07:31Three thousand dollars says Dooley can do this.
07:33You are hard.
07:36My reputation, huh?
07:40Hold the stakes, Bullo.
07:42Wait a minute.
07:43Six thousand dollars, that's too big a load for such a small character.
07:47Mr. Marquette says I owe the money.
07:48Easy, Bullo.
07:49We'd want to offend our meal ticket.
07:52We'll give it to a neutral party.
07:53I'll take care of it, Ben.
07:55Put it in the sack, Wally.
07:57Mr. Marquette, I'd rather not get mixed up.
07:59Wally's got a wife and two kids.
08:00She's got to be honest.
08:02Mr. Marquette, I'd rather not.
08:04Put it in the sack, Wally.
08:06You'll get all the protection you need.
08:11You happy now?
08:12I'll miss you.
08:14Stage is leaving, Mr. Paladin.
08:16Well, let it leave.
08:17I'll stay here and look after my investments.
08:20Mr. Paladin, I...
08:42I just want to tell you.
08:44$3,000.
08:48Gullick, you sure have a lot of faith in me.
08:51Faith?
08:51Uh-huh.
08:53What?
08:56I was boosting the bet to get you out of it.
08:58I was trying to make Marquette call it off.
09:00You must have been crazy to let them laugh you into a suicide stunt like that.
09:03It's all set up.
09:06It's 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
09:09I've been told that canyon is 100 feet across and 300 feet straight down in a wind like the breath of the devil.
09:14Mr. Paladin?
09:14Well, you heard what they call me.
09:17A monkey on a string.
09:20That's all I've ever been.
09:22Ever since the circuses quit Army.
09:24What circuses?
09:25A monkey on a string.
09:27Doing...
09:28Nip-ups for...
09:29Nichols and dines.
09:32I'm a man.
09:35Not a monkey.
09:37Well, of course you are doing...
09:38Maybe I won't make it across that canyon tomorrow.
09:41But they'll remember me for trying.
09:44They'll remember me as...
09:47Dooley Delaware.
09:49The man who almost crossed Salamander Canyon on a wire.
09:54Dooley!
09:56Come on inside, honey.
09:57Everybody's calling for you.
09:58Mr. Delaware has to rest for tomorrow.
10:00Oh, but the whole crowd's going to go down the canyon and set things up, and I thought you'd want to...
10:03Rena!
10:05Whose side are you on?
10:06Well, Dooley's.
10:07Isn't everybody enough?
10:08Come on, come on.
10:09Come on.
11:09Well, Rena, I thought you were part of that crowd.
11:14Look, mister, you've been doing some pretty nice things.
11:18Be smart.
11:20Stop being so nice and just go on where you were going.
11:22Well, I can't till I win my stage fair.
11:24For Marquette?
11:26He's too big.
11:27He's bigger than you, he's bigger than Dooley, he's bigger than this whole town.
11:31And Bolo's just standing on his shoulders.
11:33Well, they ought to make quite a thump when they fall.
11:35You're not going to topple them.
11:37Nobody ever has.
11:38Well, I can try.
11:40Why?
11:41What have you got?
11:43It's my business.
11:55Okay, say here you are.
11:57Well, howdy, Mr. Peloton.
11:58How about you take the stage out this afternoon?
12:00And Mr. Ruckus like this one?
12:01Not a chance.
12:02Why, look here.
12:03The first X-ray ever put out by the Salamander Gazette.
12:06You've seen Dooley?
12:07Thoughtless Dooley to defy...
12:08How about it, partner?
12:09How about a little bet on the big event?
12:10Five to one he doesn't make it.
12:11Best thoughts in town.
12:12Five to one he doesn't get across that canyon.
12:14Come on, honey.
12:16Drink up.
12:17Wally made that drink just for you.
12:19Good old Wally.
12:21It's called the Dewey Delaware Fizz.
12:24One drink of that and you can walk that canyon without a walk.
12:27All right, Dewey, that's enough.
12:30It's after two.
12:33Two of what?
12:33Two a.m.
12:34You won't be able to find that canyon tomorrow.
12:36I'll leave him alone.
12:37He's having a good time for the first time in his life.
12:40Yeah, let me be.
12:43Your name's Rena, ain't it?
12:45Sure it is, honey.
12:47You hear that, Mr. Peloton?
12:49Honey, she calls me.
12:52When did any girl call Old Dooley honey?
12:56Huh?
12:58When?
12:59Come on, come on.
13:02Take it, take it, take this.
13:04Take your hands off, my girl.
13:07All right, what's Marquette paying you?
13:09For what?
13:10The little job you're doing on Dooley.
13:12He says he's paying me.
13:13I say he is.
13:14Now tell me how much it is and I'll match the fee if you let Dooley alone.
13:16Maybe I don't want to let him alone.
13:18Maybe I don't want to see him show up at that canyon tomorrow.
13:20You want to scrape him off the bottom of the canyon, is that it?
13:23If he don't show up, he'll stay alive.
13:25Sure.
13:26Marquette will collect the bet.
13:27Dooley will spend the rest of his life running away from himself.
13:30Dead or alive, Dooley loses and Marquette wins.
13:32Best Thompson down, folks.
13:34Make your best right here.
13:35Hey, you.
13:36Come over here.
13:37Come right up.
13:38Best Thompson down, folks.
13:39Five to one.
13:41Now how do you figure odds like that?
13:44Nobody could walk a wire in that condition.
13:46Well, here's $50 on Dooley.
13:51There's nothing but the moths.
13:53Give the slip to Reno.
13:54To your money.
13:55To me.
13:55If Dooley wins, you get $250.
14:01$250.
14:02Now, how does that compare with what Marquette is going to pay him?
14:05Best Thompson down, folks.
14:06Take your best right here.
14:07One, double.
14:09Listen, I like the little guy.
14:11Let me fix it so he don't show up tomorrow.
14:14Then Marquette will be happy and Dooley will be alive.
14:16Dooley will be alive?
14:17He'll die every time he looks in the mirror for the rest of his life.
14:20This town will paint him yellow and never let him forget it.
14:22Well, what do you want me to do?
14:23I've been trying to save enough money to get out of this town.
14:27I can't afford to turn down Marquette's deal.
14:29And neither can anybody else.
14:31You can.
14:33Now.
14:34If Dooley makes it across that wire tomorrow.
14:36Sure.
14:37If he does.
14:38If.
14:38You can help.
14:39No.
14:40Undo what you've been doing.
14:42See that he shows up in decent shape tomorrow.
14:44Take care of him the right way.
14:48I guess I could try.
14:50Rena.
14:51Your stage fair is walking across that wire with Dooley tomorrow.
14:55Now go on.
14:56Take care of him.
15:00Thanks.
15:00Thanks.
15:00Thanks.
15:00Thanks.
15:08Thanks.
15:36Bye.
15:37Bye.
15:37Bye.
15:37Everything all fixed, eh, Marquette?
15:51Sure.
15:52I even control the wind in this town.
15:56That daredevil of yours is ten minutes late.
15:58I know.
15:59Another five minutes, and that money is mined by default.
16:03I think Julie will be here before the money is.
16:06Where is it, by the way?
16:08Good hands.
16:09It's all there.
16:11All 6,000.
16:12Well, Bolo's with it.
16:14I'd better count it.
16:16Later.
16:18Now.
16:25Bolo, protect me.
16:26I want to count the six.
16:27Hold on, you.
16:28That's all right.
16:28All right, Bolo.
16:29Give it to him.
16:31Listen, my wife and kids are...
16:33Oh, shut up.
16:34Come on, paladin.
16:50Hurry it up, William.
16:51Well, now, you just made me lose my place.
16:53I'll have to start over.
16:54There's Rina.
17:03She's got duly wood.
17:05That double-crossing little...
17:09Bolo.
17:09Bolo.
17:12Here's your money.
17:15Satisfied?
17:16Yeah.
17:16I'm sorry, sir.
17:23Bolo.
17:24Rina, how is it?
17:25I did everything.
17:26I did everything I could.
17:27What's wrong?
17:28He's scared.
17:29Just plain scared.
17:30You just mentioned this canyon and his eyes kind of roll back in his head.
17:34Oh?
17:34Don't let your friend talk you into this, Dooley.
17:38That wire means a certain death.
17:39Be smart, Dooley.
17:40Call it off.
17:41Allendon's only interested in his three grand.
17:43That's right, Dooley.
17:44Call it off.
17:45Nobody here expected you to walk that wire anyway.
17:47Go ahead.
17:47Call it off.
17:48Everybody here has got you marked yellow right from the start.
17:51No.
17:51I know what you're doing.
17:53You're trying to shame me into it.
17:56You're trying to shame me into committing suicide.
17:59Don't let him make a sap out of your Dooley.
18:00I'll talk to Dooley alone, Bolo.
18:02I've had enough.
18:03Oh!
18:03Wally!
18:09Give him the money, Bolo.
18:12Give it to him!
18:15Now I'll talk to Dooley alone.
18:32All right, Dooley.
18:32Let's hear it.
18:35What?
18:36Why don't the circuses hire you anymore?
18:38Come on.
18:41I took a bad fall about nine years ago.
18:45I got well, but I couldn't make myself get on the wire anymore.
18:50Not the high wire.
18:51They think you've lost your nerve, but they think you've lost your nerve and now that big
18:54fear is back again.
18:56Sure is.
18:58Dooley, do you know what's going to happen to you if you don't get on that wire?
19:02You'll be a monkey on a string again.
19:04I know.
19:04They won't throw coins to you anymore.
19:06I know.
19:06They'll throw peanuts.
19:07I know.
19:08I know they will.
19:09Dooley, that wire is no different than any wire you ever climbed on in a circus.
19:14Don't listen to him, Dooley.
19:16He's only interested in his money.
19:19You believe that, Dooley?
19:21I don't want to.
19:24Dooley, I made that $3,000 last week and I worked hard for it.
19:27But I'd rather lose it right here and now than see you lose your life trying to do something
19:32you can't possibly do.
19:34Now, no tricks and no jokes.
19:36I want you to turn your back on it.
19:38I want you to walk away.
19:41My wagon's over there and come on.
19:47We want Dooley!
19:49We want Dooley!
19:51We want Dooley!
19:54We want Dooley!
19:55We want Dooley!
19:57We want Dooley!
19:58We want Dooley!
19:59We want Dooley!
20:00We want Dooley!
20:01I want to try it, Mr. Hallidon.
20:02We want Dooley!
20:03We want Dooley!
20:04We want Dooley!
20:05I'm going to try it.
20:06Come on, Dooley!
20:07We want Dooley!
20:08We want Dooley!
20:09We want Dooley!
20:10We want Dooley!
20:11We want Dooley!
20:12We want Dooley!
20:13We want Dooley!
20:14We want Dooley!
20:15We want Dooley!
20:16Come on, Dooley!
20:17We want Dooley!
20:18We want Dooley!
20:19We want Dooley!
20:20We want Dooley!
20:21We want Dooley!
20:22We want Dooley!
20:23We want Dooley!
20:24Mr. Delaware, you're a walking stick, help us do it.
20:54And in the building, one of them, Marty!
21:02And in the building, one of them, Marty!
21:08I'm not a poor kid, but I'm looking for a car.
21:11Let's get up.
21:16I'm not a bad boy.
21:19Let's get up!
21:21I'm not a bad boy!
21:22I'm not a bad boy.
21:23Let's get up!
21:25I'm not a bad boy!
21:26They're the best!
21:28See you later!
21:29See you later!
21:30See you later!
21:31See you later!
22:04Come on!
22:11Come on, Marquette.
22:14Get on it.
22:15Stay, Polo.
22:16Get on it.
22:17I'm going to blow a hole in you.
22:19Help him, Marquette.
22:20Go on.
22:21I'll just pull it steady.
22:23What happened?
22:26I'm going to blow a hole in you.
22:29I'm going to blow a hole in you.
22:30Help him, Marquette.
22:31Go on.
22:32Don't quit, Polo.
22:33Lean on it.
22:34Blow your head off.
22:39Don't quit, Polo.
22:40Lean on it.
22:41Blow your head off.
22:46Where's the bartender?
22:48Where is he?
22:49You find him.
22:55Why'd you let him go?
22:57Never mind, Marquette.
22:58Let's find Dooley.
22:59The stage is leaving in an hour, Mr. Paladin.
23:01What are you talking about?
23:02You know Marquette's behind all this.
23:03Double-crossed is a very ambiguous sign.
23:04It points in eight different directions all at once.
23:05Come on.
23:06Come on.
23:07Come on.
23:08Come on.
23:09Come on.
23:10Come on.
23:11Come on.
23:12Come on.
23:25Come on.
23:26Come on.
23:27Let me go.
23:38Please.
23:39My wife will be worried sick.
23:41All right, get out of here.
23:44But if you open your mouth about this, you won't have a wife to worry about you.
23:47Understand that?
23:48Now get out of here.
23:57How come you let Wally go?
24:07Oh, he's still scared to open his mouth.
24:09Here, got it.
24:23Dauntless, duly, Delaware.
24:27You know, I did win that $250, and you sort of wound up with a handful of air.
24:33I think maybe you better have it.
24:35Rena, I don't really believe Dooley ever worked for a circus.
24:39Oh, no?
24:40Well, here.
24:42I can rule it.
24:45What?
24:47Oh!
24:48I thought Marquette and Bolo got it.
24:51So did they.
24:53How'd you pull a stunt like that?
24:54Dooley, you're not the only trickster in the West.
25:00Observe.
25:04I'll say a magic word and...
25:06Oh.
25:07Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
25:10Oh, my God.
25:40Oh, my God.
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