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Enter the eerie world of the Wild West in The Curse of the Whistling Skull, a classic western mystery filled with suspense, danger, and adventure. Follow a group of brave riders as they investigate a haunting legend surrounding a mysterious skull said to bring fear and misfortune to anyone who dares to uncover its secret.
This vintage western film blends action, mystery, and the spirit of the frontier, featuring daring cowboys, hidden dangers, and thrilling moments that capture the golden age of cinema. Perfect for fans of classic westerns with a touch of mystery and suspense.
Discover the legend, face the unknown, and experience a unique journey through the haunted frontier.
This vintage western film blends action, mystery, and the spirit of the frontier, featuring daring cowboys, hidden dangers, and thrilling moments that capture the golden age of cinema. Perfect for fans of classic westerns with a touch of mystery and suspense.
Discover the legend, face the unknown, and experience a unique journey through the haunted frontier.
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00:01The End
00:37The End
01:08The End
01:41My wrath is a swift star that falls from the night.
01:46My voice is a thunder that shatters the mountain.
01:50Anatezia is my name.
01:51Why waste time on a lot of childish inscriptions, Betty?
01:55We've got business to talk over with Mr. Rutledge here.
01:58If those inscriptions are so childish, Professor Brewster, suppose you read them.
02:02That's not quite fair, Professor Cleary.
02:04It just happens that my father and I have made a lifelong study of this type of Indian ross.
02:09Exactly.
02:09And as far as science knows, you are the only ones able to translate them.
02:14Dead languages and hieroglyphics are not my specialty, Cleary.
02:17Besides, no one today believes in those silly superstitious cults.
02:21The Indians do.
02:23Oh, those ignorant, dirty savages.
02:25Why, they...
02:33What do you want, Ota?
02:38Pardon me for a moment.
02:46Oh, what a primitive, masterful Indian.
02:50Don't you think so, Professor Frant?
02:51Yes, indeed, Henrietta, a fine representative of the early Americans.
02:56Let's forget this nonsense and get down to business.
03:00We came here to find the lost city of Luchatukai.
03:03I thought the primary object of this expedition was to find my father, Professor Faxton.
03:08Rather, I should say to join them, Betty.
03:10We have no evidence that they have been lost.
03:12But it's been over three months since I've heard from my father.
03:16I know if he were safe, he would have communicated with me.
03:18If your father and Professor Faxton are far too experienced in archaeological exploring
03:23to meet with serious difficulties,
03:24they have probably made some great scientific discovery that has detained them.
03:28I'm not going to delay the search any longer.
03:30If Mr. Rutledge can't supply a suitable guide for us, then we'll go on with asking.
03:34Sure, that's right.
03:43Oh, Miss Marsh.
03:44Yes?
03:45I've just made arrangements with Ota, to guide us in the search for your father.
03:49You mean that primitive, masterful Indian?
03:52Yes.
03:52He doesn't look trustworthy to me, Rutledge.
03:54I'm glad you'll be along.
03:56Thanks.
04:04It's Faxon.
04:05He's with the mesqueteers.
04:14Where'd you find him, Tucson?
04:16About a few miles up the country.
04:17He was out of his head.
04:19Mentioned something about your trading post,
04:22so I brought him here.
04:23Here.
04:39Wasn't there anyone else listening?
04:41No, poor fellow.
04:43Now, according to my deductions,
04:46he's an escaped convict from the state prison.
04:48You see, his wrists show the markings of handcuffs.
04:51His hands are callous from heavy prison labor.
04:54And he's probably a foreigner,
04:56because he keeps raving about a place called Lukachukai.
05:00The sun drove him loco, and he...
05:02I'd suggest you keep out of the sun, too.
05:04He's not a convict.
05:06He's Professor Faxon, a famous scientist.
05:08And he's not a foreigner.
05:10His ancestors came over on the Mayflower.
05:13Three months ago, Professor Faxon and my father left here
05:15to search for a lost city of Lukachukai.
05:20He's returned alone.
05:22Don't pay any attention to Sherlock Holmes here, miss.
05:26He's the one that's a little loco in the head.
05:28Yep.
05:29Reading detective story's done it.
05:31Used to be a pretty sane hombre.
05:33There's it again.
05:34The whistling skull.
05:35I can't stand it.
05:36I can't stand it.
05:37It mouths in my ears, day and night.
05:40Let me go.
05:41Let me go.
05:42You're with friends now, Professor Faxon.
05:45That's only a museum piece.
05:48Cleary.
05:50Bruce.
05:52Friends.
05:53Professor Faxon.
05:55What about my father?
05:56Is he alive?
05:58I...
05:58I don't know.
06:01We found it.
06:03The lost city of Lukachukai.
06:06The legends of the whistling skull were true.
06:09He guards an amazing ancient village.
06:12There's an enormous treasure of gold.
06:15It took us days to move it.
06:17But it's hidden.
06:18Hidden where no one can find it.
06:20Look.
06:21Look.
06:29We've got to go back.
06:31They've got Professor Marsh.
06:32They'll torture him.
06:33Can you lead the way?
06:34Yes, but it's a terrible journey.
06:36How far is it from here?
06:37Did you cross the Chuska Range to find the city?
06:40The Chuskas?
06:41Yes.
06:42Yes.
06:43Yes, up the Pated Gorge, then north of the Fork, and there's...
06:46What's the matter?
06:46Wait!
06:47The Chuska is my crossman!
06:52Ah!
06:57Ah!
07:11Don't touch that knife, Rutledge.
07:13It's a plain case of murder.
07:15Everyone in this room is a possible suspect.
07:18Stay where you are, all of you.
07:19No one is to leave this room until the sheriff arrives.
07:22Well, if I phone the sheriff.
07:24Well, hurry up, hurry up.
07:26Well, if you get off my foot...
07:32Listen, Hofshaw, don't get mixed up in this.
07:34Stick with your stories.
07:35We've got plenty of work to do at the ranch.
07:40Are you able to translate the writing, Miss Marsh?
07:43Whoever shall cease to defile the sacred city...
07:47shall cry for death and find it north.
07:51Mr. Faxon was killed by means of that knife in the hands of an unknown person.
07:55I shall have to hold you all as material witnesses.
07:59Sheriff?
08:01The curse on this knife handle shows plainly that it's a clear-cut case of Indian vengeance.
08:05I disagree with you, Stoney.
08:07The murderer may be unknown, but he's still in this room.
08:11The door was closed, and there don't happen to be any windows.
08:17You may be right, Tucson, but the evidence isn't strong enough to prove anything.
08:21I'm going to report this case as an unsolved Indian murder.
08:24Exactly right, Sheriff Lane.
08:26Faxon was probably trailed from the lost city by some Indian who killed him to ensure his silence.
08:31Well, I intend to continue the search for my father regardless of what's happened.
08:35The expedition will carry on as planned better.
08:38Don't worry.
08:42Where did this carpet bag come from, and who does it belong to?
08:45It belongs to me, Tex.
08:47What's in it?
08:48Only Elmer, me and him, are going to be on an act over at the charity bazaar at Rawhide.
08:52Elmer, hey?
08:52Well, there was someone else in the room.
08:55Open that bag, Lullaby.
08:56But I said open that bag.
09:03You're not under suspicion, Elmer.
09:06Say, did anybody think you questioned the sheriff?
09:11What a nond specimen.
09:13You're no more careful than yourself, lady.
09:17The investigation is closed, folks.
09:21It's just about coming.
09:30Tony, you know darn well that someone of that group in the room killed Faxon.
09:35Why did you pull that Indian stuff?
09:37Well, you're right, Tex.
09:39But you can never prove it in court.
09:41Now, here's my idea.
09:42They're all going on an expedition together.
09:44And, uh, we're joining them.
09:47Give me one week's time, and I'll bring back the killer.
09:49I don't know.
09:50They're heading into taboo territory.
09:53There's a cult of fanatic Indians in those mountains, and they're dead set against white intruders.
09:57That danger is bad enough.
09:59Without having a murderer in the expedition.
10:01Oh, come on, Tex.
10:02One week from today, and I'll deliver the murderer to you.
10:04How about it?
10:05Suits me.
10:06Better let me have that.
10:07Right.
10:08If you think we're going to go gallivanting around the country with a bunch of goopy scientists, you're crazy.
10:14We've got a ranch to take care of.
10:16Besides, Elmer and me have got to be at Rawhide tonight for that charity bazaar.
10:20The bazaar can wait.
10:21So can the ranch.
10:22We're going on that expedition.
10:23We're not going anywhere, but back to our ranch.
10:26Absolutely.
10:27Tucson's right.
10:29Well, if that's the way you feel about it.
11:04Well, if that's the way you feel about it, you're going to be at Rawhide.
11:07Scheme, this is the worst, Stoney.
11:09We don't even know where we're going.
11:11Well, Faxon mentioned the Cheska Range.
11:13Once there, we'll fish for the right trail.
11:30Don't worry, Betty.
11:31Uh, Miss Marsh.
11:34I guess there isn't really anything to worry about, Stoney.
11:37Both you and the sheriff agreed that Faxon was killed by an Indian, didn't you?
11:42Yes, of course, but I...
11:43I'm not a detective, but I can easily detect when you're alive.
11:47Why, I... I'm...
11:48I know that whoever killed Faxon is in this party, and I know that you know it, too.
11:53Well, maybe it's better that you do know it.
11:56Here, hang on to this.
11:57There's no telling.
12:01What a gorgeous panorama.
12:03Don't you think so, Mr. Joslin?
12:08Out here, we call them coyotes.
12:12Mr. Joslin, do you care for archaeology?
12:16Oh, I don't know.
12:17Never had any.
12:18I always thought it was kind of hard to peel.
12:20Oh, you say the cleverest thing.
12:24You know, I just adore traveling around the country collecting old fossils.
12:30Well, here's one old fossil you ain't collecting.
12:38Hey, Stoney.
12:40Maybe Miss Betty would want this chicken-scratching notebook
12:44that was picked up near Faxon a day without it.
12:46Let's have it.
12:50It's like Indian hieroglyphics.
12:52Oh, let me see it. Maybe I can read them.
12:55Can you make anything of it?
12:58These hieroglyphics were written by my father.
13:01They are instructions in a detailed map on how to reach the Lost City.
13:05Then the city really exists.
13:07The map leads to a cave where further directions
13:10will be found carved on one of the walls.
13:13The entrance to the Lost City
13:14lies at the base of the whistling skull.
13:18As leader of the expedition, I'll take charge of the map.
13:21Why should you have it?
13:22Betty's the only one who can decipher the hieroglyphics.
13:25To settle an argument
13:26we'll each take a piece of this map.
13:29And when we get stuck for directions,
13:32we'll place them all together.
13:54There'll be another murder committed if Coggins keeps on singing that cheerful song.
14:00Hey, Tucson, do you see what he's doing?
14:06Yeah.
14:07He's hanging out dishcloths.
14:09Would you notice anything unusual about it?
14:11Yeah, them dishcloths look kind of dirty to me.
14:14Well, don't you notice anything else?
14:16Where the wild fly o'er
14:18will howl o'er me.
14:21That's five dishcloths.
14:23Clothesline and the chuckwagon.
14:25So what?
14:26Those dishcloths are a signal to somebody.
14:29See his face?
14:30Those narrow eyes?
14:32That's a sign of a killer.
14:33On the lone prairie.
14:35So you're starting all over again.
14:37There's a killer in this party,
14:39and from now on,
14:39I'm not going to let Coggins get out of my sight.
14:41I'll keep my eyes on Brewster.
14:43I'll take Rutledge and the engine.
15:37I'll keep my eyes on you.
16:12I'll keep my eyes on you.
16:17Where do you think you're going, Coggins?
16:20I'm going after firewood,
16:22and I don't see any reason for being followed.
16:25I'm supposing you both get back to camp
16:26and stay there.
16:36What's happened, Betty?
16:37It sounded like clearing phone.
16:54Is he dead?
16:57Yeah.
16:58Probably never knew what hit him.
17:03Oh, I think I'm going to face.
17:09Looks like the same kind of Indian writing
17:11that was on the knife that Faxon was killed with.
17:17You're right, Tony.
17:19And it's the same curse, too.
17:20I think the wisest thing to do is to turn back.
17:23It's impossible to cope with an enemy
17:25that you can't see.
17:26I'm inclined to agree with you, Rutledge.
17:28The very section of the map's gone.
17:32Where's Professor Frank?
17:34Maybe he knows something about this.
17:37Oda, you stay here.
17:52Well, that's that, I guess.
17:53Hey!
17:55One of the horses is gone.
17:57Frank's disappearance proves conclusively
17:59that he's mixed up on these murders.
18:01I can't believe it.
18:02Professor Frank was one of my father's best friends.
18:05Facts are facts, Betty.
18:06The thought of gold and the lost city
18:08probably turn him from an island explorer
18:09into a cold-blooded murderer.
18:11Oh!
18:20The loss of Clary's section of the map
18:22puts us in a tough spot.
18:24Map or no map,
18:25I intend pushing on in search of my father.
18:28We'll continue the trip tomorrow
18:29and take a chance on finding the cave.
18:31All of you folks turn in.
18:37So Coggins is the killer, huh?
18:40Oakshaar?
19:23Professor Franck!
19:47Professor Franck!
19:47He's been whipped and tortured!
19:50Have you ever seen that kind of a brand before, Ota?
19:54It's brand of mysterious lost cult...
19:57who call themselves Sons of Anathasia.
20:01Let's get him back to the wagon where we can take care of his wounds.
20:05When I regained consciousness, I was in a camp of strange Indians.
20:09They tied me to a sacrificial altar...
20:11and after torturing me, burned the sign of their cult on my chest.
20:16Then they tied me to my horse and turned me loose.
20:18What about your section of the map, Professor Franck?
20:23Well, it was in my shirt.
20:24And that was stripped from me before the torture.
20:27I'm turning back. So am I. It's suicide to continue. Rutledge is right.
20:32If the rest of you want to turn back, that's your privilege.
20:35But I intend to keep on and learn definitely whether my father's alive or not.
20:38You can leave if you want to.
20:41But all sections of the map stay with us.
20:44Naturally, if Betty goes, we'll all go.
20:47I think it would be the right thing to do, Brewster.
20:50Do just as you like.
20:52You stay close to me, won't you, lullaby?
20:54Don't worry. I ain't got a chance in the world getting separated from you.
21:09Let's go.
21:10Let's go.
21:10Let's go.
21:22Let's go.
21:27Let's go.
21:42Let's go.
21:46Let's go.
21:48Let's go.
21:59Hold on!
22:00I'm starting!
22:17Hold on!
22:19Let's go.
22:52Let's go.
23:25Let's go.
23:27Let's go.
23:28Let's go.
23:40Let's go.
23:43Let's go.
24:10Let's go.
24:38Let's go.
24:41Let's go.
25:09Let's go.
25:10Let's go.
25:32Let's go.
25:39Let's go.
26:10Let's go.
26:25Let's go.
26:33Let's go.
26:53Let's go.
27:05Let's go.
27:05Let's go.
27:11Let's go.
27:12Let's go.
27:15Let's go.
27:16Let's go.
27:18Let's go.
27:21Let's go.
27:24Let's go.
27:30Let's go.
27:31Let's go.
27:43Let's go.
27:55Let's go.
28:07Let's go.
28:09Let's go.
28:09Let's go.
28:10Let's go.
28:12Let's go.
28:20Let's go.
28:34Let's go.
28:37Let's go.
28:39Let's go.
28:41Let's go.
29:11Let's go.
29:18Don't move.
29:20My men have you surrounded.
29:47Let's go.
29:47If you attempt to follow us, my men won't miss with our next shots.
29:51I warn you to turn back or your entire party will be wiped out.
30:14Let's go.
30:24THE END
31:04Those drums are driving me crazy. We'll never find the cave. We've got to turn back. We can't go back
31:10without water. Our only chance is to find the lost city.
31:12I know we're traveling in the right direction. You can't be positive. With the three most important sections of the
31:18map missing and another day of this first, we won't be able to travel.
31:21We're almost there. I'm sure we'll find directions in that cave.
31:26Lady, you forget I'm a detective. I'm going to solve this case.
31:45The writing's been chiseled away. It's impossible to decipher it.
31:56The writing's been chiseled away. It's impossible to decipher it.
31:59No. This expedition is hopeless, I tell you. We're lost, but no water. Turn back before we're all killed.
32:06Hey, get easy, Frown. By following that sound of the whistling skull, we're bound to locate the lost city.
32:12That sound comes from a long way off, Tucson. Without water, it's useless to go on.
32:17You think it's better to die a thirst here, eh?
32:20Well, we're going to make camp outside and then look for water.
32:30How come you've got two canteens of water ditched in the equipment under the supply wagon, Stoney,
32:35letting everybody run around with their tongues hanging out?
32:38Those two canteens are for the women in case my plan goes haywire.
32:41Look, everybody's plenty fishing now, right?
32:43We're going to spread out and look for water.
32:45Now, the killer knows this country, and he'll tip his hand by heading right for a water hole.
32:48That's right.
32:49Now, Lullaby, you follow Brewster.
32:51Tucson, you trail Oda, and I'll track Lutley.
32:54What? Have they caught him with the killer eye here?
32:56Hey, don't be funny. This is serious.
33:03Frowns, you and Coggin stay here with the women.
33:06Now, remember, boys, the first one finding water will fire three shots as a signal.
33:10Good luck.
33:21Good luck.
34:00You know, according to the track, those two men we're trailing must have joined forces.
34:04Yeah, sure looks like it, Stoney.
34:05Let's keep after them.
34:54It's a whistling skull, Stoney.
35:13There, Armino, they would have given us a signal.
35:15Come on.
35:16Easy, Stoney.
35:17Now that we know Ota and Rutledge are responsible for our trouble, we can depend on the rest of our
35:22outfit.
35:23You're right.
35:24Let's bring them all up here.
35:51Here, Armino.
35:59Let's go.
36:45Let's go.
37:13Let's go.
37:43Let them head into the skull.
37:45We'll bottle them up there.
37:51Okay.
37:52Go down and tell the men not to hurt the girl.
37:54I need her to help make her father talk.
38:22Let's go.
38:23What's the matter, all of you two?
38:24Still now?
38:24Keep them covered till you're safe inside.
38:30Let's go.
38:31Let's go.
38:32Let's go.
38:33Let's go.
39:03Let's go.
39:03Let's go.
39:03Let's go.
39:03Let's go.
39:13Let's go.
39:26Stay behind all of you.
39:27What happened?
39:34Let's go.
39:36Let's go.
39:38Let's go.
39:39Let's go.
40:00Let's go.
40:16Let's go.
40:21Let's go.
40:30Let's go.
40:38Let's go.
40:41Let's go.
40:49Let's go.
40:55Let's go.
40:57Let's go.
40:58Let's go.
41:17Let's go.
41:21Let's go.
41:22I don't think that mummy will bother us anymore.
41:24Is that you, Rutledge?
41:30Fóg!
41:31It's Professor Warsh!
41:36And because I wouldn't tell where Faxon and I hid the treasure,
41:40Rutledge and his men held me a prisoner here.
41:42Rutledge is a half-breed and a
41:45member of that Indian cult that ver...
41:46attacked you.
41:48He's been searching for the lost treasure.
41:51Is there any other way out of this skull besides the entrance we came through?
41:54Yes, there's a rope ladder that leads up to an opening in the eye.
41:57That's the way Professor Paxson escapes.
42:00I'll show you.
42:06The ladder is at the head of the stairs.
42:11Well, Brewster, you stay here and watch over things.
42:14We'll try and get out of the skull and bring back help.
42:55Hey, fellas.
42:58Let's cut the rungs off of this rope ladder and use the rope to get down to our horses.
43:02Yeah.
43:20No!
43:48There's a wave!
43:55THE END
44:27THE END
44:53THE END
44:53THE END
44:53THE END
44:53THE END
44:55THE END
45:10Mr. Harkin, hey there!
45:33THE END
46:09Well, if it isn't the young detective, you should be congratulated for solving the mystery.
46:14Or should I sympathize with you?
46:17Rutledge, you can't get away with this.
46:18What do you want?
46:19These Indians are the people of my mother.
46:22And as their leader and high priest of Anathasia, I demand that you return our sacred treasure.
46:27I demand all you want to. I don't know where it is.
46:29But you can persuade Professor Marsh to return it.
46:32What Professor Marsh does is his own business.
46:35Bring him along.
46:56Hey!
46:57You all in the skull!
46:59Are you there?
47:00Hey, I'll see who it is.
47:05You're doing a talking, Rutledge.
47:07Shoot.
47:09If Professor Marsh will tell us where he and Faxon hid the treasure, we'll turn Stoney loose and allow you
47:14all to leave the lost city.
47:17If Marsh refuses, Stoney will be turned over to my people for sacrifice.
47:22Don't do it, Lullaby. It's a trick.
47:24Take him away.
47:25Perhaps I'd better agree to Rutledge's demand.
47:27No, Stoney called it.
47:29Rutledge wouldn't let us go now that we know he's the murderer.
47:31Get back inside.
47:37Hey, Rutledge.
47:38If you let us hold you as a hostage, we'll tell you where the gold was hit.
47:48I'm going to do something to try to save Stoney.
47:50You all stay here and keep out of sight.
48:11I'm going to do something to try to save Stoney.
48:12I'm going to do something to try to save Stoney.
48:42It will be plainly seen from the whistling skull.
48:48It will be plainly seen from the whistling skull.
49:27I'm going to do something to try to save Euston.
49:29I'm going to do something to try to save Stoney.
49:30den
49:31W piel
49:37w当
49:54Sure a good thing the sheriff decided to have us follow you, fellas.
49:57Give him your horse, Jim.
50:25Well, it begins to look like a hot time in the old town tonight.
50:42Oh, my dear, oh, my dear, oh, my dear.
51:08Oh, my dear.
51:33Oh, my dear, oh, my dear, oh, my dear.
51:42Oh, my dear.
51:44Oh, my dear.
51:46Oh, my dear.
51:50Oh, my dear.
52:28Let my case be a terrible example to you.
52:31I've read detective stories, and where did they get me?
52:34Where did they get me?
52:35Look at me now.
52:36Hello, everybody.
52:37Well, for...
52:46Just wait until Elmer sees you.
52:50Boys, you got me.
52:52Just wait until I got mybits.
52:53Come here.
52:54Oh, boo.
52:57Bye.
52:58And you just got mestay.
52:58I'm sorry.
52:58Bye.
52:59Bye.
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