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An indebted lawyer fakes a stage holdup with the murder of the driver and a client to gain the client's fortune and blame the cavalry nephew in a clothing switch with an accomplice and nephew who left for dead survives but loses memory.
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00:00Here he comes, here he comes, there's the truppets, there's the drums, here he comes,
00:10Hop-a-Long Cassidy, here he comes.
00:30For some time, everything had been peaceful and quiet in the prosperous cattle-raising community of Twin Rivers,
00:41until late one afternoon.
00:45Come and run, Hoppy. Come and run, and the stagecoast just come in.
00:49What's so unusual about that? It's about do, isn't it?
00:52Yeah, but there's a cavalry officer driving, and I think the regular driver's been shot.
01:00Hello, Hoppy.
01:21Hello, Morse. What happened here?
01:23We were held up. They killed the driver and Gene Melton.
01:27Shot him through the heart.
01:28Gene Melton?
01:30This hit me like a punch in the jaw.
01:32For ever since Melton, one of the wealthiest cattle brokers in the neighborhood,
01:35had come to the Twin Rivers district four years ago, he had been one of my best friends.
01:47I'm Marshal Cassidy. I want you to meet Lieutenant Rex Melton, Gene's nephew.
01:51At your service, sir.
01:52How are you, Lieutenant?
01:54I've often heard your uncle speak of you.
01:56Just a few weeks ago, he told me you were coming out to spend your leave with him.
01:59Yeah, that's right.
02:01He and I were the only ones left in our family.
02:03You can imagine what this has done to me, Hoppy.
02:06Gene was more like a big brother to me than just my legal client.
02:10That goes for about all of us.
02:13How and where did this holdup occur?
02:14We were on our way back from Las Cruces after meeting the Lieutenant's train.
02:19Three masked men held us up at Two Mile Pass.
02:21They shot the driver, ordered us out, took our valuables.
02:26Gene reached back in the stage for his gun.
02:29He got in two good shots before they dropped him.
02:32And I'm positive Uncle Gene hit one of them.
02:34The man stumbled and almost fell just as he reached the cover of the trees.
02:37Well, he must have left the trail.
02:39Hey, you better go over and see the doctor.
02:41You got blood on your uniform.
02:42Oh, I wasn't hit.
02:45Must have been from my uncle.
02:46I see.
02:48Morris, will you have the corner take care of the bodies?
02:50Red and I will go out and see if we can pick up the trail.
02:52Well, let us know if you need us.
02:53Mr. Morris and I will be out of my uncle's place.
02:56Thanks very much.
02:57I'll call on you.
03:00A couple of you fellas give us a hand here.
03:16A two mile pass, we picked up a trail that led into a nearby wash.
03:21A two mile pass, we picked up a trail that led into a trail.
03:51He must have cracked his head on that rock when he fell.
03:57He's still breathing.
03:59Let's load him on your horse and get him into town.
04:05It was dark by the time we got the wounded bandit to town.
04:09The doctor had been working on him for hours.
04:16Between the dent in his skull and two slugs in his back, it's a miracle he's alive.
04:20He must have the constitution of an ox.
04:23You mean you think he'll pull through, Doc?
04:25Within a week, he'll be strong enough for Hoppy to take him to the county seat to stand trial.
04:30It would have been better for the bandit if he had died before we got to him.
04:34It meant to gallows for him.
04:35Thanks for coming over, Doc.
04:47It's all right.
04:48I'll give you a hand here.
04:55What happened?
04:55Where am I?
04:56You're in the Twin Rivers jail on a charge of double murder.
04:59Murder?
05:00You're joking.
05:02Them bars there look like a joke.
05:07What's your name, fella?
05:09My name?
05:10I don't know.
05:11Come on.
05:12Cut out the stalling.
05:13Red, wait a minute.
05:15Came to.
05:20We've got you dead to right, fella.
05:22You might as well make a clean breast of it.
05:24Who are you and who are your pals?
05:26Pals?
05:27There's no use holding out on us.
05:30My name is...
05:31I can't remember what it is.
05:34I can't remember anything.
05:36Well, let me have a try, Adam Hoppy.
05:39Now, young man, who are you?
05:41What's your name and where are you from?
05:42I told you I don't know.
05:47Looks to me like a case of amnesia.
05:51Is it catching?
05:52When I was a kid, I was always catching the measles and the mumps and the whooping cough.
05:56Nothing for you to worry about.
05:58Not with that dome of yours.
06:00Can't somebody tell me who I am.
06:02There must have been some sort of identification.
06:04There isn't a thing.
06:05Will you always be like this, Doc?
06:07Well, that's hard to say.
06:09Sometimes the victim never regains their memory.
06:12Other times, a shock or something familiar from the past will bring you back.
06:16I'll drop in on your prisoner tomorrow, Hoppy.
06:19Good night.
06:19Good night, Doc.
06:20Fred, I'll go out to the Melton place the first thing in the morning
06:31and bring in Morse and the lieutenant to identify him.
06:34Better lock him up.
06:43I left Fred in the jail to guard our prisoner.
06:45And early the next morning, I rode out to the Melton place.
06:48Well, hello, Marshal.
07:11Morning, Lieutenant.
07:12Mr. Morris and I are just getting ready to ride into town.
07:16To have this clean.
07:17I see.
07:17What brings you out here so early, Hoppy?
07:19Well, we found one of the bandits.
07:21He had some of your uncle's possessions on him.
07:23I'm holding those as evidence.
07:25Evidence?
07:26And he's still alive?
07:27Yeah, and the doc seems to think he'll pull through.
07:30Of course, he hasn't the least idea of who he is or what's happened.
07:33Apparently, amnesia from a blow on the head.
07:35He might be faking it.
07:37No, I don't think so.
07:38Would you two mind stopping by the jail to identify him?
07:41Well, certainly not.
07:41Let's go.
07:42Let's go.
07:42Let's go.
07:42Let's go.
08:12That the man?
08:34I'm almost positive that's the man Uncle Gene had.
08:36He's the same size.
08:38Same eyes, same color hair.
08:40If I could hear his voice, I think...
08:41Come here.
08:43When did you see these two men last?
08:48I've never seen either one of them before.
08:50Yeah, that's the voice.
08:50It certainly is.
08:52I guess that does it.
08:54Well, thanks for coming in, gentlemen.
09:01Oh, we should be thanking you, Marshal.
09:03Oh, by the way, Lieutenant, since we're in town, we might as well stop by at my office and check your uncle's will.
09:07I suppose you know that Gene left everything to his nephew here.
09:10Yeah, he told me as much.
09:12Well, I'd give every penny of it to have my uncle alive.
09:14Now, I'd expect you to be happy here, but now I can't wait to get away.
09:18I can understand that.
09:19Well, fortunately, you won't have to be here long.
09:22Most of the estate is in cash, and I'm sure I can find a buyer for the ranch within a week.
09:25Well, the sooner the better.
09:27I'll see you later, Marshal.
09:28Goodbye.
09:29So long.
09:29Goodbye, Hoppy.
09:30Goodbye.
09:31Goodbye.
09:31Red, keep an eye on our prisoner.
09:38I'm going out to see if I can pick up a trail of those other two bandits.
09:47It had just turned dark when I returned to Twin Rivers after a search that revealed no clue.
09:54The shots sounded like they came from the jail.
10:00Red, where are you?
10:01In here, Hoppy.
10:04Did you hear those shots?
10:06Did I hear it?
10:06I was just handing the kid a cup of soup and wham, right out of my hand.
10:09I got in one shot, but I couldn't see who it was.
10:11I'll go outside and take a look.
10:18I'll get you some more soup.
10:20Maybe I better use a tin cup this time.
10:31There were fresh boot prints in the dirt under the window.
10:49Whoever it had been, someone must have pulled himself up to the window and taken the pot shots
10:53at my prisoner.
11:01What happened?
11:02We were in my office and we heard some shots.
11:04Someone took a shot at my prisoner through that side window.
11:07Do you think it might have been some lynch-minded townsman?
11:11Gene Melton was mighty popular around here.
11:13Yeah, or it could have been one of the partners of your prisoner, trying to make sure he wouldn't
11:16do any talking.
11:17That's just the way I got it figured, Lieutenant.
11:29Red, you better get the iron shutter for that window.
11:31We'll make sure nothing like that happens again.
11:38For a week, I kept trying to pick up some trail of our prisoner's partners, but I had
11:43failed to find the faintest leaves.
11:47Oh, Michael!
12:05I'm just coming over to see you.
12:07Will you need me for anything more?
12:09No, with your sworn deposition and the evidence I have, he'll get a quick conviction.
12:13And probably the death penalty.
12:15Good.
12:15Well, since the estate's all settled, we can ride out to the ranch house, pick up our
12:20things, and then head for the railroad.
12:22Oh, Mr. Morris is traveling as far as Cheyenne with me.
12:25Some legal business.
12:26I see.
12:27Well, thanks for everything, Mr. Cassidy.
12:29So long, Lieutenant.
12:30Good luck.
12:30So long, Hoppy.
12:31All right.
12:47Hi, Doc. How's the patient?
13:02I just took the bandages off.
13:04Most amazing recovery I've ever seen.
13:07He's ready to travel right now.
13:09You know, for once, Doc, I kind of dislike my job.
13:12What's the matter, Hoppy?
13:13Going soft?
13:14Maybe I am.
13:16I just hate to see a man hang for a crime he doesn't even remember.
13:20Yeah.
13:21Well, if I can be of any help, just let me know.
13:23So long. Good luck.
13:24Thanks, Doc.
13:34Kind of feel sorry for you, kid.
13:36After what the doc said, I guess we'll be heading for the county seat come tomorrow.
13:40I'm not afraid to die, Red, but it's tough to hang for a crime you can't even remember committing.
13:45You can't buck the evidence against you, kid.
13:55No, I guess I'll have to take my medicine.
13:57I still can't convince myself I was ever a cold-blooded killer.
14:03Since the time we had found our prisoner, I'd been concentrating so hard on getting to the bottom of these killings
14:08that I hadn't taken a good look at him until now.
14:12There was something familiar about that face.
14:15Then I remember Gene Melton showing me a picture in his watch.
14:18The same watch we had found on our prisoner.
14:26Red, come here a minute.
14:28What's the matter, homie?
14:29Thanks.
14:29Take a look at this picture in Melton's watch.
14:38Who's that look like?
14:41I'll be hung for a sheep herder.
14:43It sure looks like that kid in there.
14:46It certainly does.
14:47And if I'm not mistaken, we just stumbled onto the most brutal frame-up I ever heard of.
14:54Red, the doctor, said sometimes a shock or something familiar might bring a person out of amnesia.
15:00I've got an idea that might snap that boy out of this.
15:04Here's what I want you to do.
15:05Fifteen minutes later, Red was headed back to my office, all dressed up in the uniform he had worn when he had served in the 7th Cavalry.
15:17It was moth-eaten and about 40 pounds too tight.
15:21But he wore it as proudly as he had when he'd ridden orderly to Major Reno many years ago.
15:35It looks pretty good outside.
15:40It's a little tight.
15:41Let's just say it's snug.
15:44Now you know exactly what you're to do, huh?
15:46Sure.
15:47Let's try it.
16:05Trooper.
16:28Trooper.
16:29Whoever taught you to blow that bugle ought to be court-martialed.
16:32Well, I'm a bit out of practice, sir.
16:33Report to the quartermaster and get a uniform that fits.
16:37I won't have a man dressed that way in my outfit.
16:40Lieutenant Mountain.
16:42Yes, sir.
16:44Hey, Harvey, it worked.
16:45Sure did.
16:48Would someone please tell me what I'm doing out of uniform and in the civilian guardhouse?
16:54Gladly.
16:55But it's going to take a lot of talent.
16:57Red, get the keys.
16:57I don't know.
17:04There's a lot of things about this thing that I can't quite understand.
17:08And when I had finished telling young Melton the whole story...
17:11Of all the low, thieving, murderous scoundrels.
17:14Yeah, they're even worse than that.
17:17Now you're going to have to answer a few questions for me.
17:20Well, there's so very little I can say, Harvey.
17:22All I can remember is that we were riding along and then suddenly something hit my head and knocked me out.
17:28Do you remember how many people were on that stage when you left Las Cruces?
17:32Yes, there was my Uncle Gene and Mr. Morris.
17:35Oh, and there was a stranger who introduced himself by the name of Brenner.
17:38Kind of a likable fellow.
17:40Can you describe Brenner?
17:42He's about my size.
17:44Pretty much my same coloring, and I'd say within a year or two of my age.
17:48What clothes did he have on?
17:52He had on a gray check shirt and striped trousers and...
17:57This is the very same outfit he was wearing.
18:02That's just what I thought.
18:05Now let's see if this doesn't all add up.
18:08Morris had Brenner waiting for him in Las Cruces.
18:11When you got the two-mile pass, one of them hit you over the head with the butt end of a gun.
18:16The other one shot your uncle.
18:18Then they killed the stage driver.
18:20They carried you off into that wash, Brenner changed clothes with you, shot you, and left you there for dead.
18:25Making it pretty simple for them to split up the estate, huh?
18:28Well, I can't wait to get my hands on them skunks.
18:31You'll have a chance before long.
18:33I'm going to arrest the two of them on a charge of double murder.
18:36Well, come on, let's go.
18:38There's no rush, Red.
18:39Their train doesn't leave the junction until six o'clock.
18:41We can cut across country and be there in plenty of time.
18:44Well, Marshal, I think I have a right to be in on this with you.
18:47You certainly have.
18:48Pick yourself out a gun and I'll get you a horse.
18:51Can you ride?
18:52Only Red would ask that question of a cavalry officer.
19:00We angled cross country and had just come through the pass a couple of miles from the station.
19:22Wait a minute.
19:29There's Morse and Brenner now.
19:36Hey, that's Cassidy and Red.
19:38Yeah, and that's Melton riding with them.
19:40Something's gone wrong.
19:41We better get out of here.
19:46You two get around back of them.
19:47I'll cut them off up here.
19:48All right.
19:48All right.
19:52They saw we were in a position to cut them off from the station, so they backtracked toward the ranch house.
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23:32The Kid's Guns jammed, Hoppy!
23:40Start saying your prayers, Melton.
23:50Is that enough, Morse?
23:53I'm through.
23:54All right, come on.
24:00On the way back to town, I got a full confession from Morse.
24:03He had made some bad investments and was desperate for money.
24:07On learning that Lieutenant Melton was due to arrive in a couple of weeks,
24:10he had cooked up the whole frame-up for murder with Brenner and Las Cruces.
24:15And it had almost worked.
24:17I tried to warn General Custer that doing it his way would fall into a trap.
24:22He wouldn't listen to me.
24:23And you know what happened?
24:24He and his old commander massacred at Little Bighorn.
24:28How'd you know?
24:29I just got the word.
24:32Well, I just got an answer to my telegram to my lawyer friend over at the county seat.
24:36He'll be here in a few days to settle up your estate.
24:39Well, I don't mind waiting, Hoppy.
24:40You know, I think I'm going to enjoy my leave with you and Brett.
24:44Well, that'll give me time to learn him a few things about the cavalry.
24:48Yeah, like you have never learned them before.
24:59Hi there, little friends.
25:00This is just a thought about guns.
25:03I was doing a scene one time and one of the pictures
25:05and the boy that was working with me
25:06was twirling his gun on his hand and playing with it.
25:10I said, what are you doing with that gun, Lucky?
25:12He said, I was just playing with it.
25:14I said, those things are not to play with.
25:17They kill people.
25:19So watch your guns, children.
25:20Be careful with them, won't you?
25:22There he goes on his way
25:28Down the moon that trails to where cowboys raise
25:32Hop along, Cassidy
25:35Hop along, Cassidy
25:39He'll return soon again
25:43There's no use to say goodbye until then
25:47Hop along, Cassidy
25:51So long, hop along
25:53There's no use to say goodbye until then
25:58A desire to be
25:58æž—
25:58There
25:59He goes on the way
25:59There's no use to Mess
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26:21Don't
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