Billy the Kid Returns (1938) is a Republic Pictures Western directed by Joseph Kane, starring Roy Rogers in one of his earliest leading roles, alongside Smiley Burnette.
The film introduces Roy Rogers as a cowboy who bears an uncanny resemblance to the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid. Mistaken identity leads him into conflict with rustlers and lawmen, but with the help of his sidekick Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnette), Roy proves his innocence and restores justice. Blending action, romance, and musical interludes, Billy the Kid Returns helped establish Rogers as the “King of the Cowboys.”
Film Details
Title: Billy the Kid Returns
Year: 1938
Genre: Western / Musical / Adventure
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring:
Roy Rogers as Billy the Kid / Roy Rogers
Smiley Burnette as Frog Millhouse
Lynne Roberts as Mary Hart
Earle Hodgins
Roscoe Ates
Runtime: Approx. 53 minutes
Studio: Republic Pictures
Country: United States
Format: Black‑and‑white
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The film introduces Roy Rogers as a cowboy who bears an uncanny resemblance to the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid. Mistaken identity leads him into conflict with rustlers and lawmen, but with the help of his sidekick Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnette), Roy proves his innocence and restores justice. Blending action, romance, and musical interludes, Billy the Kid Returns helped establish Rogers as the “King of the Cowboys.”
Film Details
Title: Billy the Kid Returns
Year: 1938
Genre: Western / Musical / Adventure
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring:
Roy Rogers as Billy the Kid / Roy Rogers
Smiley Burnette as Frog Millhouse
Lynne Roberts as Mary Hart
Earle Hodgins
Roscoe Ates
Runtime: Approx. 53 minutes
Studio: Republic Pictures
Country: United States
Format: Black‑and‑white
#BillyTheKidReturns #RoyRogers #SmileyBurnette #1930sWestern #SingingCowboy #OutlawImposter #LincolnCounty #RepublicOater #ClassicWestern
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00:08THE END
00:38The End
01:11The End
01:26Why don't you stop it?
01:28Are you going to let Billy and his friends be murdered because they stood up for us homesteaders?
01:33I can't interfere with officers who are enforcing the law.
01:45Wait!
01:51Here they come!
01:58Did we get him?
01:59No.
02:00Looks like he's still in there, Mr. Matson.
02:02Better keep down.
02:03He never yet, Mr. Manning, could line his tights off.
02:06Oh, the devil himself couldn't shoot straight out of that fire.
02:09Hey, Billy!
02:10You turned yellow!
02:12You're scared to come out and take him!
02:20Get set, boys!
02:21I'm coming out!
02:28Why don't we come out and get it over with?
02:57I'm coming out!
03:00Hey, you, get off my horse!
03:30Where is he?
03:31Oh, my husband.
03:31You know who I mean.
03:33Billy the Kid.
03:33He headed this way and you're hiding.
03:35No, sir.
03:36You've done it before.
03:37That's why we're running you nesters off our range.
03:40We're sick of you people protecting murderers like him.
03:43That's a lie.
03:44You're putting us homesteaders off our claims because you big ranters begrudge us a little
03:49of the open range.
03:50Throw these things out.
03:51Hold on, there.
03:57Don't ever try to beat me to the draw, Mattson.
04:00Or the next time, it'll be through the head instead of the hand.
04:02Drop those guns and get out of here.
04:13I don't reckon you'll be bothering you again, ma'am.
04:15Why do you stick up for us nesters?
04:18My father was the nester.
04:19Besides, you folks come in mighty handy for a meal or a bed when the fellow's on the dodge.
04:23Poor boy, you must be starved.
04:24I'll throw some biddles on the table and a jiffy.
04:27Thanks, but after what happened, I'd better keep moving.
04:29Well, good luck.
04:49Ooh.
04:51Howdy, Mattson.
04:52Hello, Mr. Garrick.
04:53Where have you had?
04:54I just had a little run-in with Billy the Kid.
04:57We followed him from Lincoln down to the old Allen place.
05:00He'll be gone the time you get there.
05:02Well, I'm not going there, Mattson.
05:04I got a lead on where he's been hiding out these nights.
05:10You're looking he knows where to find him.
05:12He does.
05:13It's too bad for Billy.
05:40I'm not going to be.
06:01Billy!
06:04Take it easy. I got you covered.
06:07Why don't you shoot? You said you was the next time we met.
06:11Now, I'm gonna give you another chance, Billy.
06:13Will you go peaceably?
06:17Sure.
06:33Born to the saddle with the west in my heart.
06:37My eyes to the prairie skies.
06:41With a happy song.
06:44Born to the saddle am I.
06:49Born to the splendor and the charm of the plains.
06:52I'm free as the birds that fly.
06:55And I find romance in the broad expanse.
07:00Born to the saddle am I.
07:03The life I lead is fine indeed.
07:07My cares don't mean a thing.
07:11I'll greet each day with a grin and say.
07:14It's grand to live and be able to sing.
07:20Born to the saddle with a song on my lips.
07:24In tune with the winds that sigh.
07:28And I'll never change as I ride the rain.
07:32Born to the saddle am I.
07:35Born to the62nd away.
07:36I'm free for the wind to enter the candy.
07:38I will never change the time.
07:48I can save my life.
07:49I can share my life.
07:56I'll never change the time.
08:00Drop still alive in the sand.
08:02I am free for the slowchanging Church.
08:05Let's go.
08:48You gents looking for trouble?
08:49Billy!
08:59What do you think of these New Mexico bad men, Trigger?
09:02You're right.
09:03They wouldn't make common chicken thieves back in Texas.
09:06Come on.
09:06We've got to catch up that nester's horses.
09:18Come on.
09:19Let's get out of here.
09:38Let them go, boys.
09:39We've got work to do here.
09:44Set her down, boys.
09:45Over near the wagon.
09:47You know, if I had it to do over again, I'd let that organ burn so I could sell you
09:51a new one.
09:53You want us to help you load up, Mr. Miller?
09:56Well, what's the use?
09:57They've got my horses.
09:58Well, whose horses is them?
10:09I'm sure I much obliged to you.
10:11But, shucks, it's just like you, though, to get them back from them thieving ranchers.
10:14You're all right, Billy.
10:16Billy?
10:17Well, my name's Roy Rogers.
10:19Oh, sure.
10:20Anything you say is all right with me, Billy.
10:23Uh, meet my friend, Mr. Milhouse.
10:25Well, howdy, Frog.
10:27Why, you are Roy Rogers.
10:29Huh?
10:30Do you know him?
10:31Know him?
10:31Sure I know him.
10:32I used to go to school with him down in Texas.
10:35Didn't I?
10:36That's right.
10:36I was in the third grade nine years down there.
10:39Say, I hear you as a deputy sheriff or something, was you?
10:43Was is right.
10:44What happened?
10:45Well, the new sheriff thought I was too young, so I headed west looking for a job.
10:49Now imagine him saying a thing like that.
10:51You know, I'd give you a job, but I've got more men than I know what to do with right
10:55now.
10:55Oh, don't worry about me, Frog.
10:57With trouble like this going on, there should be room for another peace officer here.
11:00I'll tell you what you do.
11:01You ride into town with us and put in your bid.
11:04There's a shortage of good peace officers around here.
11:09Thirsty trigger?
11:10I'll be back in a minute.
11:11All right.
11:15Well, sir, you sure put that over.
11:18But you didn't need to cover up with me.
11:21I put what over?
11:22Oh, that Texas business.
11:25Well, sir, Billy never went to school a day in his whole life.
11:29But if you say so, he's a college graduate.
11:43Let me do that, ma'am.
11:53Thanks, young man.
11:54You can tell your folks you had good raising.
11:56Oh, you're welcome.
11:56Who shall I say give me the recommendation?
11:58Nathaniel Moore of Connecticut, sir.
12:00Pleased to meet you, Mr. Moore.
12:01My name's Roy Rogers.
12:04This is my daughter, Ellen.
12:05I'm obliged to, sir.
12:07Well, that's nothing.
12:08Helping newcomers has always been part of my job.
12:11Where are you folks bound for?
12:12We haven't decided where to locate.
12:14Just look in the country over.
12:15It's a mighty big country.
12:17Yes, big country to find a dollar in, as the fellow says.
12:20Get aboard, Ellen.
12:21We've got all a ten mile to make before sundown.
12:25Can I help you up, Miss Ellen?
12:27Come on.
12:57Come on, man.
12:58Come on, boy.
13:15Here he comes.
13:17You know how many men he's killed?
13:20Twenty-one.
13:21How many women?
13:23You don't count women.
13:30I hear you held up the bank of Zocora and cleaned them out.
13:33What's the use of an outlaw having so much money?
13:36He can't spend it.
13:37Well, he thinks he can.
13:38Well, he's getting so sure of himself, a man wouldn't believe it.
13:41Beg pardon, gents.
13:42You mind if we use some of this walk?
13:50I saw him first.
13:59Five dishes of ice cream.
14:00Yeah, make them double dishes.
14:04Mark, you cover the rear.
14:09There's a big boot for you.
14:11Hey, you don't eat ice cream, do you?
14:12Yeah.
14:13I figured on eating all five of them.
14:18Reach high and quick.
14:20You can't do that.
14:21He's my partner.
14:23I got him.
14:23Him and his partner are both.
14:25Hey.
14:25What's going on?
14:26We ain't done nothing.
14:27What's the matter?
14:30Well, Mr. Page, what can I do for you gents in the land office?
14:34The administration has sent me to find out why cattlemen are allowed to run settlers off
14:38the public land.
14:39Ain't that a local problem?
14:40I'm afraid you don't realize it's a national problem.
14:43We must have room for the crowded people of the east, land where they can safely settle.
14:47Their protection is your duty.
14:48And what are you doing about it, Marshal?
14:51There's nothing I can do about it, except feel sorry for the poor devils.
14:54You should be able to control a few cattlemen.
14:56You were United States Marshal.
14:57That's just it, Page.
14:59Being a federal officer, I can act only in offenses against the United States government.
15:03Nestor's is a local problem.
15:04Then as far as you're concerned, there's nothing can be done to stop the robbery and killing
15:08of innocent men and women?
15:16What is this?
15:17Well, these men claim I'm Billy the Kid, and it ain't so.
15:20That here's a man who knows me.
15:21Yeah?
15:22But who knows him?
15:23Well, he does.
15:25Well, anyhow, I'm not the man you want.
15:27I'm Roy Rogers from Texas.
15:29Everybody knows you can lie faster than a hound dog can lick a plate.
15:33You think so?
15:34Well, then take a look at this.
15:39Deputy Roy Rogers, Sheriff's Office, San Antone, Texas.
15:42I know where he got that.
15:44Off the last man he killed.
15:46Son, you better give an account of yourself.
15:48Well, I'm here looking for a job.
15:49Everybody knows we got no jobs for outside punchers.
15:52But I can do more than punch cattle.
15:54I've been a sheriff's deputy and I've wrangled horses.
15:57Yeah, and he's a musician, too.
15:58Yep.
15:59We know what sort of music.
16:01Finger exercises on a .45.
16:04It just happens that Billy the Kid can't play a note or sing one either.
16:07We'll call your bluff.
16:09Get that guitar.
16:10Cool customer, isn't he?
16:12Thanks, partner.
16:14What shall I sing?
16:15No, anything.
16:33Sing a little song about anything.
16:36I wonder why he feels so happy.
16:39Words should rhyme, but who's got time?
16:43Just sing a little song about anything.
16:46I wonder why he feels so happy.
16:48I know lots of things worth knowing.
16:53But you won't have a need of an education where you're a-going.
16:58I am haunted.
17:01You mean wanted.
17:03Sing a little song about anything.
17:06Wonder why I feel so happy.
17:08What do you think of a crazy gink who feels so cheerful?
17:11Is he a guy who never cries?
17:12Oh, how fearful.
17:13Sing a little song about anything.
17:16I wonder why I feel so happy.
17:18Do you suppose the fellow knows the meaning of worry?
17:21One of the few who's never blue or in a hurry.
17:23Sing a little song about anything.
17:25I wonder why I feel so happy.
17:48You boys ready to admit you made a mistake?
17:50Let me through.
17:51He's shot in my brother.
17:52Let me at him.
18:00There's only one man that can shoot like that.
18:02Now try and claim you're not Billy the Kid.
18:05Hold on there.
18:06What's the trouble, Dave?
18:07We're still finding out what's up.
18:09Put that glo-coed fool under arrest.
18:11The rest of you, get out.
18:13Not you.
18:14Come back here.
18:16How about our reward?
18:18Sure.
18:18We brought him in.
18:19Huh?
18:19You mean I did?
18:20You can wait until we figure out who you brought in.
18:23Come on, Pat.
18:26What do you mean you brought him in?
18:31Don't do you no good to lie if you are, Billy.
18:33There's a man that knows you.
18:34Yes, I knew Billy well.
18:36Rode the range with him and was his friend until he went wrong.
18:39Looking at you, I'd swear he was him.
18:42But you're not.
18:44How do you know, Pat?
18:46Because I killed Billy last night.
18:49That's too bad.
18:50Your point of view is hard to understand, Marshal.
18:53What's too bad about killing a murderous outlaw?
18:55When it comes to protecting those poor nesters you were so worried about,
18:58Billy was more used to me than all my deputies.
19:00He had the rancher's plum buffaloed.
19:02How do you know?
19:03They mistook me for Billy the Kid and they sure took out on a high low.
19:07So, hunting a job for yourself, ain't you?
19:10You're needing a new Billy the Kid, ain't you?
19:12You ain't going to take that job.
19:13It's too dangerous.
19:14Well, so is my resemblance to Billy dangers.
19:16I might as well put it to some use, hadn't I?
19:18Pat, maybe we can hold off.
19:20Letting it out is how you killed Billy the Kid.
19:22You mean have Rogers help the homesteaders do the things Billy did?
19:24Yeah, but not the bad ones.
19:26Think you can handle the job, Rogers?
19:28Why not try me?
19:29See here, if you think the United States government is going to legalize an outlaw...
19:32Well, this boy ain't an outlaw.
19:34You'll just be impersonating one.
19:35And if he shows the same nerve on the job that he's shown here...
19:38Why, he'll have the whole territory eaten out of his hand.
19:42That's what worries me.
19:43You're putting too much power in the hands of an inexperienced boy.
19:46Maybe you're right, Pat.
19:48But I don't know any steady family man that would take the job.
19:51From now on, you forget that you knew him as Roy Rogers.
19:54He's deputized to be Billy the Kid.
19:56Savvy?
19:56Yes, sir.
19:57Raise your right hand.
20:03Let's have the key to your best room.
20:05But suppose the people find out Billy's here with you...
20:08Then there'll be much trouble.
20:10Nobody's going to know he's here unless you tell him.
20:12I'm alone up there, Savvy.
20:13No, I wouldn't tell him.
20:21Move!
20:29Go for it for Mr. Mattson.
20:32Open it for me, will you?
20:45Garrett taking Billy back to Lincoln for trial.
20:48We'll put up at Ramone's halfway house tonight.
20:51Who sent it?
20:52Don't say.
20:55Maybe a trick.
20:57We better get over there just the same.
21:00Get out and round up the men.
21:05Thanks, Pat.
21:06Now, when do I make my getaway from you?
21:09Watch your hurry.
21:11I'm still not sure you're the right man for the job.
21:13Well, what do you got against me?
21:15Nothing yet.
21:17Just what do you mean by that?
21:18I mean I rate a man by what he does.
21:21Well, why don't you wait and see what I do?
21:23Because there's something wrong with the setup.
21:25I can't believe you wanted the job of being Billy the Kid just to earn a deputy's pay.
21:29You had something bigger in mind, didn't you?
21:32Yes, but...
21:33Well, you wouldn't believe me if I told you.
21:35All right, go ahead.
21:38All right, ever since I can remember, I've heard of Pat Garrett.
21:41What a fine fellow he was.
21:44Well, I just wanted to know you and work with you and learn to be like you.
21:49Young fellow, if I'm wrong about you, I'm awful sorry.
21:53But every time I look at you, I seem to see another boy who'll talk the same line you do.
22:00A boy I finally had to kill.
22:02Oh, but I'm not Billy.
22:03Billy, I'll make good.
22:05Well, after what you just told me, I sure hope you do.
22:08Now look, you can make your getaway out of that window after I bring your supper up.
22:12You'll find your horse near the corral, already saddled.
22:16Thanks, Pat.
22:18Remember, you're plenty hated around here, so you better get your guns out of my bag now, just in case.
22:23All right.
22:25Here they come.
22:42Oh, where can I find an officer?
22:44An officer?
22:45The sheriff's in room number one upstairs.
22:56Who's there?
23:03Excuse me, miss.
23:05You looking for someone?
23:06Well, I...
23:07I was told I'd find the sheriff up here.
23:09Well, what seems to be the trouble?
23:10Well, my father's been robbed by a thieving shopper.
23:13Well, where?
23:13Out in the barnyard.
23:15Oh, you mean the corral.
23:16I'll go with you.
23:17All right.
23:30That's the queen, sir.
23:32Don't take that man's money, you thieving shopper.
23:35Gosh, you scared me for a minute, Billy.
23:37Don't call me Billy.
23:38Well, the marshal said to.
23:40Why not?
23:41Make him give you back the rest of your money, Dad, while the sheriff's here to protect you.
23:44Don't worry, Elliot.
23:45I'll have my money back once I get the hang of this game.
23:47Oh, you've been doing that ever since we left Connecticut.
23:49A quarter here and a dime there.
23:51Why, you lose all the money you saved up to open your store.
23:53Are you fixing to open the store?
23:55Yes, sir, I...
23:56Why, you ought to be ashamed of yourself, letting me take your money like this.
23:59Why, I don't take money from people that's going to start stores.
24:01I make money for them.
24:03Don't it, boys?
24:03Sure.
24:04Well, sir, I should say so.
24:06We'll prove it to you.
24:06Get out the instruments, men.
24:21Ellen, those instruments would sell.
24:23Come on, everybody dance.
24:52Have you decided where your father's going to open up his store yet?
24:54Not yet.
24:55Where would you invite?
24:57Right here in Lincoln County.
24:58Why?
24:59With police protection.
25:00That's not enough.
25:02How's business?
25:03Well, I can guarantee you one steady customer.
25:16I knew we'd meet again sometime.
25:18I knew we would, too.
25:19Ellen, I...
25:21Yes?
25:22Would...
25:26What were you going to say?
25:27Now, ladies and gentlemen, I've got a proof to you all that anybody, a rank amateur, can
25:33take one of my Dixie brand instruments and play it just like a professional.
25:37Now, I'm going to pick somebody out of the crowd here, somebody that don't know a thing
25:40about music.
25:41How about you, stranger?
25:43Who, me?
25:43Yeah, try it.
25:44Oh, go ahead.
25:46Right up here.
25:54When the sun is setting on the prairie,
26:04My heart is there with you Once again we ride across the prairie
26:23And find a dream come true Each golden beam is a friend to cheer me
26:40I close my eyes and pretend You're near me
26:49When the sun is setting on the prairie My heart is there with you
27:11There he is.
27:19Oh, God, my God!
27:21Let's go.
27:30aud отс resist
27:31Judgment
27:31I love you
28:06Well, I'm glad he's not hurt bad.
28:07So is the right for shooting at the sheriff?
28:09The sheriff?
28:10I am the sheriff.
28:11The man who escaped was my prisoner, Billy the Kid.
28:15Billy the Kid?
28:16The murderer?
28:18Well, I wouldn't let a little thing like that worry me if I was you.
28:21He's only killed 20 or 30.
28:46Read that, Pat.
28:47Life and property safe again, all because a nowclaw's on the job.
28:51Yeah.
28:51Well, you've got to eat crow this time, Pat.
28:53You were so sure that he'd start out protecting poor folks and wind up robbing rich ones.
28:58Yeah, all right, Dave.
28:59I reckon you were right and I was wrong.
29:01But I hear the ranchers are driving off the nest of stock so they can't break sod.
29:05Well, it's better than the burning and killing we used to have.
29:09Hey, listen to this.
29:11Nathaniel Moore announces the opening of his new bargain store in Lincoln.
29:15What?
29:17And I thought Yankees were smart.
29:20Yeah.
29:20Well, here we go again.
29:22I guess that fellow never heard what happened to McSween for trying to buck Morganson.
29:34Keep your price as cheap as they are, Moore, and you'll change the buying habits of the entire town.
29:39Oh, you forgot something.
29:42Don't you want your souvenir of our grand opening?
29:44Gosh, thanks.
29:46Careful, big chief.
29:47Don't go around shooting people.
30:01Kids from 60, 66 sure can cut some fancy tricks with the Dixie Brands.
30:07With the Dixie Brands.
30:09Oh, there ain't too much to know.
30:10All you've got to do is blow with the Dixie Brands.
30:14With the Dixie Brands.
30:16Slight trombones and clarinets come complete with sharp and flat.
30:20If you buy my fiddle strings, I'll throw in some extra cash.
30:24Buckle week a dollar down, be the gayest man in town.
30:28With the Dixie Brands.
30:29With the Dixie Brands.
30:31There's a song in every horn and you'll never be flown.
30:35With the Dixie Brands.
30:37With the Dixie Brands.
30:39Oh, choose a melody.
30:40You can play it one, two, three.
30:42With the Dixie Brands.
30:44With the Dixie Brands.
30:46Pickle-o's and violins.
30:48Sweet guitars that you can strum.
30:50Buy a pair of drumsticks now.
30:52We'll throw in a lovely drum.
30:54Buckle week a dollar down.
30:55Be the gayest man in town.
30:57With the Dixie Brands.
30:59With the Dixie Brands.
31:01What's all that?
31:02What?
31:03Just what you ordered.
31:04A full musical department.
31:05Well, I didn't order all that.
31:06Besides, I can't pay for it right now.
31:08Oh, shucks.
31:08Your credit's good with me.
31:09You can pay for it in 90 days.
31:11A man can't refuse merchandise on terms like those.
31:13Come on in, Milhouse.
31:23You drew a right smart prow down here.
31:25Maybe you can't wait to make some sales for me.
31:26How'd you guess it?
31:27You ready, boys?
31:28Let her go.
31:33You'll be sharp if you try this harp.
31:40Try this fight for the thrill of your life.
31:46A slight trombone.
31:49A zither or a flute.
31:53A mandolin or a violin.
31:57And a big bass violin's cute.
32:02Better yet try a clarinet.
32:09A piccolo or a swell banjo.
32:16Strike up the band.
32:18Wake up the land.
32:20Dixie's the bear.
32:21It will stand the test.
32:24You'll be sharp if you try this harp.
32:27Try the fight for the thrill of your life.
32:36Hello, friend.
32:37Now my...
32:38Good afternoon, sir.
32:39I just noticed you're advertising more.
32:42Very clever.
32:44It's convinced me ought to buy you out.
32:46I'm not selling.
32:49$500, you said.
32:51Well, I only intended giving you three,
32:53but I'll make it five rather than hold up the deal.
32:58Well, you fellas wouldn't be so smart
33:00if you knowed who was standing behind you.
33:03You wouldn't expect us to fall for that old trick, would you?
33:07Well, don't say I didn't warn you.
33:12Better reach, boys.
33:13It's Billy.
33:19Disarm him, bro.
33:21So you're the smart aleck that wouldn't fall for that trick, huh?
33:25What seems to be the trouble?
33:27Mr. Morganson doesn't like competition,
33:29so he's brought Mr. Matson and his friends down to make a sellout.
33:32I understand you've been looking for me, Matson.
33:35What's on your mind?
33:37If you won't speak up, I will.
33:39Leave the settlers alone,
33:40or you might lose more than the use of that hand.
33:43And you, Morganson, leave this stall alone, too.
33:46Well, I just came in to sort of look over the stock, friendly-like.
33:49Friendly-like?
33:50With these gunmen?
33:51Why, these men are some of the biggest cattle ranches in the county.
33:55Well, yeah.
33:56We just come in to pick up some of these bargains.
33:58Sure, we're customers.
33:59Why, uh, why, uh, I was gonna give more of a big order.
34:05Well, if that's the case, pardon me.
34:08Tell the gentleman some merchandise, Frog.
34:10Well, I should say...
34:14You can sing hymns to him, and you can dance to him.
34:17Houching him off, Frog.
34:17Maybe some of these men will bid him in.
34:19Miss Moore, you come over and take the gentleman's money.
34:23Now, what am I offered for this very fine Dixie-brand concertina?
34:26Ten free easy lessons goes with every one of them.
34:29Now, even a child can learn to play them.
34:31Don't be afraid.
34:32Speak up.
34:32This man bids a hundred dollars.
34:35It's old.
34:44Thank you, sir.
34:45Take the gun out of the man's belt, too.
35:00Now, Mr. Morganson, this trombonee is just the thing you need.
35:04I've hearin' tell that you're a big noise around this town.
35:06What am I offered?
35:08Two hundred dollars.
35:09Sold.
35:10Give the gentleman his horn, Frog.
35:12Do you know how to play it?
35:13No.
35:14Like this.
35:28Billy.
35:29Yes, Miss Ellen?
35:30You've been a mighty good friend to us.
35:32Even though you are a...
35:33An outlaw?
35:34Would it make any difference to you if I weren't?
35:37Well, you better be going now.
35:39Not just yet.
35:40You were gonna tell me something.
35:42Well, I was just going to warn you that the sheriff is coming to our opening.
35:45He might walk in any minute.
35:47All these men bid fifty dollars apiece for what's left.
36:04Come on, come on.
36:06Come on, come on.
36:06Yeah, company among the concert theater.
36:11Yes, sir.
36:12We're going back there and get that money.
36:28Mr. Moore?
36:29Yes, sir?
36:30What can I do for you?
36:32Let's have that money.
36:33What?
36:34Those men are coming back for it as sure as shooting.
36:36I'll keep it for you.
36:37Don't you worry.
36:38I'll have it in the safe place.
36:39In that ten bucks?
36:40Come on, let me have it.
36:41Now I see through your game.
36:42It was a slick roundabout way to rob those ranchmen.
36:44And rob me, too.
36:50Come on, hand it over.
37:06There goes Billy.
37:13Let's go get him.
37:13We'll get the storekeeper later.
37:31Sheriff, sheriff.
37:33Sheriff, I've been robbed.
37:34Who robbed you?
37:35Billy, the kid.
37:35He got away with $500 or better.
37:39Are you sure it was Billy?
37:40Yes.
37:41Hurry.
37:41He's getting away.
37:42Don't worry.
37:42We'll get him.
37:46We'll get him.
38:05We'll get him.
38:08We'll get him.
38:14Hell!
38:40All right, boys.
38:52When I camped under the stars, I can't forget that night we met.
39:07When I camped under the stars, every breeze seemed to whisper,
39:19I love you, while the moon made a halo above you.
39:31I'll never forget that night we met, when I camped under the stars.
40:12I'll never forget that night we met, when I camped under the stars.
40:27Well, hello, Pat. I was gonna start shooting till I saw that paint horse of yours, and, well, I just
40:32knew it was you.
40:34Give me that storekeeper's money.
40:36Well, I already took it back to him.
40:42So you already took it back to him, huh?
40:44Well, that's not Moore's. A bunch of the nesters gave it to me.
40:47Another yarn. I shouldn't have believed your first one, about wanting to work with me and make good with me.
40:53Well, if you'll only give me a chance to...
40:54I'm giving you a chance. The same chance I gave Billy.
40:58He had fair warning to get out of this country before I killed him.
41:02So have you.
41:05You'll think different by tomorrow morning.
41:16Good morning, Miss Ellen. I got your money back from Billy the Kid.
41:22You didn't? Is he all right?
41:25Well, now, I don't know. I never laid eyes on him.
41:27I found the money in his saddlebags while he was out of camp.
41:31Oh, thank goodness. But you see, this money doesn't belong to us.
41:34Billy returned ours the same night.
41:37Now, I don't want to doubt your word, Miss, but that's mighty hard to believe.
41:40But it's true. He did bring it back.
41:43You can see for yourself.
41:46Mr. Garrett, I was wrong.
41:48He only took it to keep the ranchers from getting it.
41:50Wrong?
41:51Now, look here, mister. You've got to be mighty careful about being wrong in this country.
41:55It might mean shooting.
41:57I wouldn't keep all that loose cash around here, either.
42:00Oh, Billy said it was all right.
42:01You see, everybody thinks that he stole it and kept it.
42:04Even you thought so, Mr. Garrett.
42:07It's no laughing matter, Ellen.
42:09Sheriff, I want to swear out warrants for Morganson and those bullies of his.
42:12Now, look here, Mr. Moore. This isn't Connecticut.
42:15The law is as new here as... as you tender feet.
42:18You mean you can't haul these rapscallions into court?
42:21Why, sure I can. But what's the use?
42:23They don't want to be acquitted by a jury of their friends and relatives.
42:25This is cattle country.
42:27And the cattlemen still run it.
42:39It's okay, Billy. I've been waiting for you and them horses.
42:42Got them yet?
42:44Sheriff Garrett sort of tied me up on that horse deal for you settlers.
42:47But don't worry, Ellen. Your money's safe.
42:49Ain't the money that worries me.
42:51I've got to turn sod on 40 acres or get out.
42:54You mean you'll lose your claim?
42:55That's why the ranchers have been stealing our horses.
42:57So we can't prove up our homesteads, according to the law.
43:00Yes, I know.
43:02Has Matson been giving you any trouble lately?
43:03No, but him and his crowd was here a couple hours ago looking for you.
43:08Might be them coming back.
43:13Thank gum, it sure looks like it.
43:15I'll hide you in the barn.
43:17No, it's too late. They've seen me already.
43:39Stay on the outside. If he breaks into the open, fire a shot.
43:42All right.
44:05Let's go.
44:06Let's go.
44:33Let's go.
44:40It's a good thing you're riding the same horse.
44:42I don't know what would happen to you if it wasn't for him.
44:44I almost took a shot at you again.
44:46Say, what's the idea of running me down like this?
44:49Well, Roy, it seems like this whole thing's a horse on me.
44:52I, George, I'm sorry I didn't give you a chance to explain about that money.
44:56Well, that's all right, Pat. Thanks.
44:59I wish that was all, but it ain't.
45:01You're through.
45:03I know you've done a good job,
45:05but it seems that Mr. Page went down to Washington and squawked plenty,
45:08and Dave Conway got his orders to turn you loose right away.
45:12Well, what's gonna happen to the homesteaders?
45:14Well, it's gonna be tough.
45:15You know those cattlemen don't fear a thing but federal court.
45:18Well, why don't we run them in there?
45:19Well, the U.S. District Court only handles crimes against the government.
45:23Say, Pat, those ranchers haven't got us beat yet.
45:26We've still got a chance.
45:27Have we?
45:28Yes, if I can get some teamwork from Frog Millhouse,
45:30then I'm sure he'll be glad to help us.
45:39There goes that music peddler.
45:43I wonder what happened to his horses.
45:46Let's go find out.
45:51Hey, Morganson.
45:58What do you want?
45:59Well, uh, Mr. Morganson, uh, you see, uh, what I'm trying to say is, uh, you reckon you and me
46:06could talk a little business?
46:07You've got a lot of gall coming here.
46:10Well, I know I have, but you see, I've got to sell out my whole stock of Dixie Brand musical
46:14instruments.
46:15And cheap, too.
46:16I wouldn't have any more of your junk if you gave it to me.
46:19Hello, Millhouse.
46:21Hello.
46:21What happened to your horses?
46:23Want to catch up to you?
46:24You know who got my horses?
46:26My friend, Billy the Kid.
46:28What are you handing us?
46:28I ain't handing you nothing.
46:29He held me up and stole all my horses.
46:32What does he want with horses?
46:33Nesters.
46:34He's stealing all the stock he can get his hands on.
46:36And he's getting $50 a head, too.
46:40Stole your team, eh?
46:42Well, ain't that too bad.
46:44Now, ain't it?
46:45And I thought he was my friend, too.
46:48Couldn't tell us where we might find this friend of yours, could you?
46:51We might get your horses back for you.
46:53Well, last time I seen him, he was heading for Apache Pass.
46:56And he's a follower in a big bunch of stolen stock, too.
47:00Hey, Burton, get out and spread the word that Billy the Kid's been located.
47:04I sure do hope you get my horses back.
47:07Now, Mr. Morgerson, don't you think you'd like to try my line of Dixie Brand instruments?
47:11Not interested.
47:12Well, I reckon I might as well be going.
47:14You're staying here.
47:16What are you taking us for, a couple of fools?
47:18Yeah.
47:18Huh?
47:18No, no, no.
47:26Now, when we get to Apache Pass, this is the way we'll work.
47:34What are you making me do this for?
47:37Billy's your friend, ain't he?
47:38He won't think you'd bring up somebody to spot him and take word back to the boys.
48:03All right.
48:05You stay here.
48:06And no funny business.
48:10All right.
48:16You'll be here pretty soon, Pat.
48:18You'd better pull out.
48:19Good luck, Roy.
48:25Come on.
48:26Come on.
48:27Come on.
48:28Come on.
48:42Come on.
48:44Come on.
48:55Attaboy!
49:07Attaboy, Roy!
49:28Where'd he go?
49:29Well, we'll get him later. Let's get the stock. Come on.
49:57Forward, gallop, gallop!
50:38Good afternoon, men. Have you seen any stolen horses?
50:42No, sir. This herd belongs to us.
50:44We're just bringing them in from pasture.
50:47That black looks like an army horse.
50:51Well, that's one of the best stock horses I got.
50:53Raised him from a colt.
50:55Let's have a closer look at him.
50:57Get down. Both of you.
51:07Look at that hook.
51:13You're all under arrest for having horses in your possession that were stolen from the United States Army.
51:18I reckon we made a mistake.
51:20You sure did make a mistake.
51:22And this time, you won't stand trial at home. You'll face a United States court.
51:26And you'll serve your sentence in a federal penitentiary.
51:37Billy!
51:38Hold it, Mattson. That's not Billy.
51:39I killed Billy the kid the night he nearly shot your hand off.
51:42This is Roy Rogers.
51:44He's made the country safe for settlers.
51:47And he's gonna be my chief deputy.
51:51Fresh copies of the Prisoner's Song. A dollar each.
51:54What's the matter? Ain't there no takers?
51:57I'll see you in jail.
52:01Once again, we ride across the prairie
52:11And find a dream come true
52:19When the sun is setting on the prairie
52:29My heart is there with you
52:53Help!
52:57Hey, Roy! Roy!
52:59Hey, Roy!
53:02Where are you? Roy, don't leave me!
53:04Hey!
53:08Hey!
53:13Hey!
53:14Hey!
53:15Hey!
53:16Hey!
53:16Hey!
53:19Hey!
53:20Hey!
53:21Hey!
53:21Hey!
53:22Hey!
53:22Hey!