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Hoppy's mission from a law & order committee to prevent a town boss from blocking a territorial charter vote is imperiled.
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00:00Here he comes, here he comes, then the trumpets, then the drums, here he comes, Humble on Cassidy, here he comes.
00:15Red Connors and I had come to Big Bend at the insistence of its Law and Order Committee.
00:33They hoped we could keep the peace until after a scheduled vote on a territorial charter.
00:38My old friend, banker Henry Warren, had told us that all previous elections to incorporate under a reformed government had failed.
00:46Voters were intimidated by the gunslingers of Buck Staley, a ruthless gambler who bossed the wide open town.
00:54So far, our mission had been kept a secret.
01:07All right, boys, let's empty the strangers' pockets of the pile. He just won at the saloon.
01:19You ain't no stranger to me, Carney.
01:30Let's get out of here.
01:31Take care of him, Red.
01:41Take care of him, Red.
01:41Come on.
02:11It looked like my man was trying to shake me by taking a long about way into town.
02:18I figured I could get to the main road and still beat him there.
02:34Who are you?
02:35Cassidy, the town marshal.
02:37Town marshal?
02:39Don't tell me this is another one of those law and order committee jokes.
02:42I'm afraid not.
02:43I'm arresting you for attempted highway robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.
02:47You're arresting me, huh?
02:49You Edelbuck Staley hears about this.
02:53He'll hear about it during visiting hours.
02:55In jail.
02:57You've got nothing on me.
02:59You can tell that to the judge.
03:00Hi, Henry.
03:14Oh, hello, Hoppy.
03:15Hello, Jenny.
03:16Hello.
03:16We just caught Corny pulling a hold-up job.
03:19I got him in jail.
03:20Red took his victim over to the doctor.
03:22Good work, Hoppy.
03:23But Corny's only a henchman.
03:25If we could only get something tangible against Staley himself,
03:28then our elections could be run as they should be.
03:30Well, we'll try to get an early date set for the trial.
03:33I'll write over to the county seat and see if Judge Ferguson won't hold court here.
03:37But we don't have a courthouse in Big Bend.
03:40What's the matter with the bank?
03:44Not a bad idea.
03:46I'll go see who our victim is.
03:48Good.
03:49I want to have a talk with your niece.
03:52What do you hear if you play, Jenny?
03:54Well, he just received a $5,000 fee from winning a very important criminal case.
03:59In fact, he's on his way to Big Bend.
04:00He'll be here tomorrow.
04:02Oh, I'm glad to hear he's doing so well.
04:05You know, since he hung up his shingle back there, he hasn't written me.
04:08But I guess he's been kind of busy.
04:09Well, that's no excuse.
04:11He should have known how disappointed you'd be.
04:13After all, as your favorite nephew, he owes you an explanation.
04:17Well, he did right and tell me he wanted to get a little practical experience before he came back here.
04:22But now that he's coming back, I sure would like to see him serve as prosecutor in Big Bend's first criminal trial.
04:28Oh, that would be wonderful.
04:30That might convince him he should stay out here, huh?
04:33He better.
04:34I mean, after all, you are entitled to some show on your money.
04:39Well, I'm going over to the county seat to talk to Judge Ferguson.
04:42While I'm there, I'm going to ask him if he won't appoint Clay special prosecutor.
04:46Think he'd like that?
04:47Oh, I know he would.
04:49Good.
04:50I'll see you later.
04:50I've been expecting you, Staley.
05:00What are you carrying?
05:00Fifteen minutes.
05:05Thanks.
05:15Look, I want to get out of here.
05:17What are you grinning at?
05:18A letter I just got from an ex-partner back in St. Louis.
05:22All about a young criminal lawyer who just pulled him out of a bad legal trap.
05:26Lawyer's name was Morgan.
05:28His fee was $5,000.
05:30Is that supposed to make me feel better?
05:32According to our mutual friend, Clay Morgan likes the kind of living that only money can buy.
05:37And you think he may come out here?
05:39If I make it worth his while.
05:42Say, did you say Clay Morgan?
05:44Yeah.
05:45Why?
05:47Well, before Hoppy left for the county seat, I heard him tell Red that his nephew, a Clay Morgan, was arriving tomorrow.
05:54He was going to try to get him appointed special prosecutor.
05:57Could be the same one.
05:58Yeah, could be.
06:01Probably on his way here when Castie nabbed you.
06:05Now, Clay can't know anything about you or the charges against you.
06:09Or what Castie has in mind for him.
06:12Besides, I think he'll work for the side that gets there first, is with the mostest, as the general said.
06:17Well, that stagecoach doesn't leave the railhead till tomorrow morning.
06:24Clay's train gets there tonight.
06:27I see what you mean.
06:29I had ridden all night after my successful visit with Judge Ferguson.
06:36I wanted to surprise Clay and greet him with a special appointment.
06:39Let him know that I wasn't upset over his staying back in St. Louis.
06:44Jenny had already dragged Warren down to the stage depot.
06:47You've still got plenty of time to get to the edge of town, flag the stage down and ride it in.
06:56Better luck next time, Clay.
06:58Wish I'd taken time to clean up a bit.
07:01She won't know the difference.
07:03That stage ride from the railhead's a rough one.
07:05Yeah, sure.
07:07Well, I guess I'd better get out of here before somebody recognizes me.
07:17Uh-oh.
07:21I'll never make it.
07:26Fellow out there with Jenny and Warren is my uncle.
07:29I wonder what he's doing here.
07:31Well, I guess I might as well face the music.
07:33You don't have to tell him you've been here all night.
07:36Well, that isn't the worst of it.
07:38I was going to ask Jenny to go back to St. Louis as my wife, and now I can't.
07:41Because of the money I want?
07:43That's my worry, isn't it?
07:44Now, wait a minute, Clay.
07:45Maybe I can help.
07:46Oh, forget it, Bucket.
07:47No, no, listen.
07:48This is business.
07:49Come on, sit down.
07:58It's about my friend Carney.
08:01My advice is on the house.
08:02Anybody can get Carney out of that jam.
08:04But I need somebody who knows all the answers.
08:07You want to go ahead with your wedding plans?
08:13My wedding plans will take a lot of money.
08:17Why does Carney mean so much to you?
08:19It's not only Carney.
08:21Nobody around here knows anything about due process of law.
08:24I'm afraid that so-called law and order committee is planning on using it to get rid of anybody that disagrees with him.
08:32No, no, they can't do that.
08:34You heard what happened to Carney.
08:35You said he was innocent.
08:37I said he could be innocent in the eyes of the law.
08:42All right.
08:43Prove that at his trial and I'll tear up that check you gave me to cover your gambling losses.
08:50Fair enough.
08:50You just made a deal, mister.
09:05Yes, they paid up in the places there, too.
09:06I wonder what keeps...
09:08Clay!
09:10It was Clay, all right, but not the bright-eyed youngster who'd left the bar 25 years before.
09:19City living, success, different manners, clothes, society all seemed to have changed him far beyond his years.
09:26I was hoping that the long journey or overwork had given him that tired look.
09:31If he was self-conscious about going against my wishes, he certainly didn't show it by the way he took my hand and said what a surprise it was to find me there.
09:38I was about to tell Clay the big surprise Jenny and I had arranged when he interrupted to explain how Buck Staley had made his acquaintance while he was waiting for the stage at the railhead
09:47and then driven him to Big Ben at his carriage, a welcome relief after the long train ride.
09:55Warren and the Law and Order Committee had warned me that I was underestimating Buck Staley.
10:00I was wondering if he'd deliberately planned that meeting with Clay and why,
10:04when I heard Clay telling Jenny that she was going to get a chance to see him in action, right here in Big Ben.
10:11Hoppy, Mr. Staley's just retained me to defend his business associate, Carney, in Big Ben's first criminal trial.
10:24Staley's retained you?
10:26Sure.
10:27Wait.
10:27Why, what's wrong?
10:31There's plenty wrong.
10:33But this is not the place to talk about it.
10:35Come on over to the bank.
10:39Well, all right.
10:45How long do you think a decent community is going to put up with a law and order group
10:49that allows one person to jail its citizens for over 24 hours without benefit of a hearing?
10:54But, Clay, there was no request for bail or counsel.
10:56I was informed the prisoner requested transfer to the county seat
11:00until Big Ben was duly constituted to offer bail and counsel.
11:04Well, I knew nothing about that.
11:06Are you going to believe Carney or Hoppy?
11:08I'm an attorney, Jenny.
11:09It's my first duty to believe the accused innocent until proven guilty.
11:13Innocent?
11:14It's no secret that Carney works for Buck Staley
11:17and that Staley bosses the lawless element of this town.
11:20Guilt isn't based on bad reputations, sir.
11:22To put an innocent person in prison is a terrible thing.
11:25An impartial court must have proof of guilt beyond all reason of a doubt.
11:28And Judge Ferguson's court will have just that.
11:31Bearcat Smith told me that the voice of the man who tried to rob and murder him belonged to Carney.
11:36Now, what reason would he have for lying?
11:37It all depends on the circumstances.
11:38I ain't unlocking no jail when Cassidy says so.
11:44What is it, Red?
11:45Oh, Staley brought this loco galoot in to have a look and listen to the rawhide Carney.
11:49Now he says we jailed the wrong man.
11:51What's that?
11:52Well, it's gospel, Mr. Warren.
11:54Rawhide Carney don't look or sound a thing like the ombre that gun whipped me.
11:57But just after it happened, you swore to me that...
11:58Well, I guess I was still out of my head.
12:01You must have been putting words in my mouth.
12:02Why are you lying?
12:09Get away from me.
12:10We don't need your help, Clay.
12:15All right, get on your feet.
12:18Hoppy, I'd advise you to release Carney in the grounds of insufficient evidence.
12:23But, Clay, I...
12:24All right, Red, go release the prisoner.
12:28I told you our town wasn't ready for your newfangled ideas on law enforcement.
12:33Now look where it's got us.
12:34Oh, I don't know, Henry.
12:35We haven't lost yet.
12:37Actually, you weren't.
12:39Today, we've just seen justice triumph through due process of law instead of the six-gun.
12:45So let's all go over to my saloon and celebrate.
12:48Drinks are on the house.
12:49Wait a minute.
12:50Hoppy, if Carney and his cutthroats are free to celebrate, they might get out of a hand.
12:56That's right, Staley.
12:58So there'll be no more drinks served in town today.
13:01So we'll go out of town to my hossey and I'll give a party.
13:04Staley, get out of this bank.
13:07Sure, Henry.
13:09See you later at my place, Clay.
13:11Bearcat, I want a sworn statement of what you just said here a while ago.
13:15He lives just north of town.
13:16Draw up your statement.
13:17He'll sign it.
13:19Come on.
13:19Jenny, I'm sorry we haven't had more time to get together, but now that this is all over, maybe we can start to make some plans.
13:30I'm afraid we're not interested in your plans.
13:33Jenny.
13:34I don't know, Clay.
13:37I'm all mixed up.
13:39Please, just go away and leave me alone.
13:43Could you hand me my hat, please?
13:44Hi, Clay.
14:10Sit down.
14:10I know how ungrateful I must seem to you, Harvey.
14:14Well, Clay, I don't feel that way about it.
14:16You did what you thought was right.
14:18I know, but this is the second time I've let you down.
14:21Every man should be guided by his own conscience.
14:24That's right.
14:24My reasons for defending Carney weren't wrong.
14:27Certainly not.
14:28You're a lawyer.
14:29I just should have looked into the motives behind the man who hired me.
14:32That's right.
14:33You finished writing that deposition of Bearcat Smith's testimony?
14:36Yeah, I just finished it.
14:38How about giving it a professional going over?
14:41Saloons are all closed, Toppy.
14:43Carney's boys are nowhere in town.
14:44That's good.
14:45They've probably all gone out to Staley's place.
14:47It looks all right.
14:48A few errors, but we can correct them on the way out.
14:50Do you mind if I ride with you?
14:51I want to talk to Bearcat again.
14:53Aren't you going to Staley's celebration?
14:55Yes, I have to.
14:56Later.
14:57All right, you can come along with me.
14:59He can use your horse, can't he, Red?
15:00Sure, help yourself.
15:01Thanks.
15:03All right.
15:17Come here.
15:23These statements are full of mistakes.
15:31What's the matter with you, girl?
15:33Oh, I'm sorry, Uncle Henry, but I just can't get my mind off Clay.
15:37After what he's done to this town, to us, and to you?
15:40It's what we might have done to him that worries me.
15:42I turned my back on him just when he needed me the most.
15:46Uncle Henry, right or wrong, my place is with him.
15:50I forbid it.
15:51I'm sorry, Uncle.
15:56Yes, ma'am.
15:57He left here about an hour ago with Hoppy,
15:59and I think he said he was going over to Staley's place.
16:02Oh, thank you.
16:03But why drive all the way back to town, Miss Jenny?
16:24Clay will be here pretty soon.
16:26Let me fix you something cool to drink.
16:28Oh, no, thank you.
16:29Please don't let me interrupt your card game.
16:31I'll just wait out here in the garden.
16:32Well, as you wish.
16:34Uh, make yourself at home.
16:41Cheer me up.
16:58Lieutenant.
16:59Lieutenant.
16:59Lieutenant.
17:02I know I ain't invited, but you go tell Buck Staley that Bearcat Smith is out here and wants to see him.
17:32Pronto.
17:48Where am I here?
17:49You shouldn't have had better sense than to come here today, Bearcat.
17:59Well, I had to.
18:00Cassidy's got Clay Morgan figuring that you paid me to lie about Carney.
18:03They've been out to my place pumping me.
18:05You slipped up?
18:06No, Buck.
18:07But they ain't gonna let me up till I do.
18:09I'm scared.
18:10Why didn't you tell me that they could send me up for lying about that story?
18:13Bearcat, you better get out of town.
18:15Well, that's just why I'm here.
18:17You give me the payoff and I'll be on my way.
18:19Why, Cassidy won't even allow me to spit on the street from now on.
18:22I haven't got that much cash here.
18:24Ah, Staley, if you're trying to welch, I'll...
18:26No, no, no.
18:27I'm not trying to welch.
18:29As a matter of fact, I'm gonna give you ten times the amount I'd grieve you.
18:39Where's that girl?
18:48Hey, this check's signed by Clay Morgan.
18:50Sure, he's my attorney.
18:52All you have to do is endorse it on the back.
18:55Wow.
18:56It's made out for almost $5,000.
18:58Who's got that much cash?
18:59Henry Warren.
19:00He knows Clay's good for it, too.
19:03If you hurry, you can get that money today before the bank closes.
19:06You know, this is the first time I've ever been paid to leave any place.
19:10Thanks.
19:12All right, sister, you've heard enough.
19:17Staley?
19:19This little lady was mighty interested in your palaver out there.
19:22Why, it's too bad, Miss Jenny.
19:24Now you'll have to write Uncle Henry a little note saying you're a local with Clay Morgan.
19:29Clay is still in town.
19:31He won't be for long.
19:33Not after Uncle Henry shows a few people that check I just gave to Bearcat Smith.
19:37Well, I guess I'd better be gone if I'm going to catch that railhead coach.
19:51I don't know why you want to leave here.
19:53Why don't you stick around a while?
19:56I'll be back to help you if you nail Bearcat Smith or any of the Staley gang, whether Warren likes it or not.
20:01Meanwhile, I can't make any money here.
20:04Clay, someday you're going to find out there are more important things in the world than money.
20:09For instance, what are you going to do about Jenny?
20:12Well, that's up to her.
20:14I'm about as popular with her as I am with the Law and Order Committee.
20:19Anyway, I want a wife who's going to stick by regardless of what happens.
20:22Howdy, man.
20:24Jenny finds you, Clay.
20:25Jenny.
20:26Yeah, she was in here about an hour ago.
20:28She's mighty anxious to see you.
20:29What's the matter with that guy?
20:38He's not as tough as he sounds, is he?
20:45What's this check and payment for?
20:48What's it to you?
20:49We'll see what the Marshal says about it.
20:51Hold it, Warren.
20:52Give me that check.
20:55Drop that gun.
20:56You all right?
21:23I caught him robbing the bank.
21:26You murdered him to keep him quiet about this check.
21:28It's as plain as day.
21:30Clay bribed him to swear a lie and killed him when I got suspicious.
21:33Let me see that.
21:35Well, it is your signature.
21:38What would you be paying him nearly $5,000 for?
21:40$5,000?
21:42I didn't give him that check.
21:44Well, then what was he doing with it?
21:46Arrest him, Hoppy.
21:47Stay where you are.
21:48Put down that gun, Clay.
21:50Sorry, Hoppy.
21:51Maybe Warren is right.
21:52Maybe Big Ben's not ready for our newfangled ideas.
21:55Well, that may be true, but I can still help you.
21:57You're helping him get away with murder?
21:59What more?
21:59I'll get a pussy.
22:00That's as far as you're going, Henry.
22:02This is my job.
22:02It'll be your last one.
22:03I'll see to that.
22:04Red, keep him here till I get back.
22:05I'll see you next time.
22:35Well, I called the party off.
22:55I didn't think you could make it.
22:56I found this scarf in the seat of that buckboard outside.
22:58What are you trying to pull now, Staley?
23:00Pull?
23:01I don't understand.
23:02Oh, stop it.
23:04Where's Jenny Warren?
23:04What have you done with her?
23:06Well, Clay, you're my attorney, my friend.
23:08I wouldn't try to steal your girl.
23:09No?
23:10Just like you wouldn't try to frame me with that check you gave Bearcat Smith
23:13when you promised you'd tear it up.
23:15What check?
23:16Never mind that now.
23:17Get up.
23:19You're going to take me to Jenny.
23:21Look around you, Clay.
23:22You see, it's nicer this way.
23:26If you'd have shot me, who can tell what might have happened to Miss Jenny?
23:30Why, you dirty rat.
23:32Let's go, boys.
23:33The young lovers are united at last.
23:36Get it, boys?
23:37No, I don't get it, Carney.
23:39Explain.
23:41All right, Clay, get the gun.
23:43Yes, sir, Marshal.
23:43All right, come on.
23:49Get out of here.
23:53Ha, ha, ha, ha.
24:04Let's get them all out of here.
24:06Take them over to jail.
24:07All right, get out of the way.
24:11All right.
24:13Get out of here.
24:19What a gang.
24:21Henry, I'm sorry.
24:22I had to get a little rough this afternoon.
24:23That's all right, Hoppy.
24:24You had your job to do.
24:26Well, Bearcat was bribed all right, but Clay didn't do it.
24:29Jenny's testimony will clear him and Kithik Staley.
24:32On one condition.
24:34What's that?
24:34The next time Clay Morgan goes poker playing,
24:37he'll leave his checkbook home with me.
24:41Ha, ha, ha, ha.
24:44You're in for trouble, son.
24:51Hi there.
24:52Did you hear what the man said?
24:54I did, and I agree with every word of it.
24:57If you buy his product, I'm sure you'll like it,
24:59and it'll tickle my sponsor to death.
25:02Now a thought for my little partners.
25:05Be happy and proud that you're an American.
25:08Remember, there are millions of little boys and girls all over the world
25:11that would give anything for that privilege.
25:14Until next week, so long and good luck to you.
25:16There he goes, on his way, down the moon that trails to where cowboys reign.
25:28Hop along, Cassidy.
25:31Hop along, Cassidy.
25:34He'll return soon again.
25:38There's no use to say goodbye until then.
25:42Hop along, Cassidy.
25:45So long, hop along.
25:48Hop along, Cassidy.
25:49Echo.
25:50T 어머.
25:51Hop along, California.
25:51Hope along, Cassidy.
25:53T Ontario.
25:53T dwarves away.
25:54T
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