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In this episode, Little Joe's date, Jennifer Beale, vanishes during a visit to a local carnival. It is discovered she has been kidnapped in a plot to get a $1 million ransom from her father, Joshua Beale, the wealthiest silver baron on the Comstock. The plan goes wrong when a woman named Della is killed, and Hercules—a strongman who loves her—learns who is responsible.
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00:03The following program is brought to you in living color on NBC.
00:30In delicious movement from head to toe, you can see it here for only 25 cents, one quarter of a
00:35dollar.
00:39Oh, ain't this the meatiest dead gum thing you've ever seen?
00:46Virginia City's really come of age now that the carnival circuit has hit it.
00:52Oh, I can't stand it. Look at him. Supposedly he would have missed.
00:55Oh, he would have missed.
01:00Well, you don't look very scared, Jennifer.
01:02What's there to be scared of?
01:04I'd give anything in the world to change places with that girl up there.
01:11Well, Adam, I guess you and I had better get on our way. We've been here longer than we planned.
01:21Harriet, Jennifer, good night.
01:24Joe, you promised Mr. Beale faithful that you'd get the girls home by 10 o'clock tonight.
01:28Right.
01:28Missed your car track.
01:30Please.
01:31Do you have to remind me?
01:33Don't worry, Pa. Keep an eye on him.
01:34Good.
01:34Sure, Pa, but who's going to keep an eye on him?
01:36Two bits, 25 cents, a quarter of a dollar right here, folks.
01:39To see the most delectable package of folks.
01:41Isn't that right, Horace?
01:42Hi.
01:43I mean, sir.
01:45He'll do fine, Pa. Ask no more.
01:48You're going to see this charming little lady move every muscle in her body.
01:51I'm.
02:21Hey.
02:39Good night, girls.
02:40Good night, boss.
02:42Good night, boss.
02:43Good night.
02:43Good night, boss.
03:13I've read the San Francisco paper for the past couple of months.
03:16That's Joshua Beale's daughter.
03:19Joshua Beale?
03:20The Silver King.
03:22He's one of the richest men in the world.
03:26Stop dreaming, Gerner.
03:27Before the big show begins, the most electrifying set-back ever to appear on the midway west of the Mississippi.
03:34Just once in my life, I'd like to get my hands on some real money.
03:39What do you suppose Beale figures that daughter's worth to?
03:44More money than we'll ever see, Gerner.
04:00Hey, horse.
04:01Are you going to let this guy read your future?
04:03I don't know.
04:03I might just take him on.
04:05Ever since that old Paiute squall read my palm and told me I was going to be taking that long
04:09trip, I've been plumbed off my feet bag.
04:11I can't eat but five or six meals.
04:12I can't eat but five or six meals.
04:13I can't eat but five or six meals.
04:16I can't eat but five or six meals.
04:16Thanks.
04:26Now, if one of you will give to my assistant some personal object.
04:39Don't be afraid, ladies and gentlemen.
04:41Nothing will happen to it.
04:42If you please, some personal object.
04:51Are you ready, Mr. Wizard?
04:54I am ready.
04:55Then can you tell me what I'm holding in my hand?
04:57I see a round object of precious metal.
05:04I hear a strange sound.
05:07A very strange sound.
05:09I believe it is a gold pocket watch.
05:18Joe, how do you reckon he does that?
05:20Beats the heck out of me.
05:22You think it's some sort of trick?
05:23Of course it's a trick.
05:24How do you know?
05:25Well, I just know...
05:26Silence.
05:28And now, I will bring to you one of the most astounding disappearance acts in the annals of all magic.
05:39And tonight, just to prove to you that this is truly an outstanding and remarkable feat,
05:46instead of using my regular assistant, I shall ask one of you to assist me.
05:51Oh!
05:54Is there a young lady in the audience who would like to disappear for a few minutes?
05:59I assure you, it's a thrill that you have never realized before.
06:03I'd like to try.
06:04Hey, Jennifer.
06:05I don't know what your pa said about leaving little Joe's sight.
06:07He didn't say anything about this.
06:09And besides, this will be fun.
06:10But if you disappear, that's going to be leaving his sight, ain't it?
06:15Jennifer, sit down.
06:16Everybody's looking at you.
06:19Hey, Joe, don't you think you'll stop her?
06:21I'll let her go ahead.
06:22It's just a trick.
06:25It seems a shame to make such a pretty young lady disappear.
06:30Don't worry, young man.
06:31I'll have her back to you soon enough.
06:36Now, you see, ladies and gentlemen, that this is an ordinary wardrobe truck.
06:45Young lady.
07:14Where am I?
07:17Backstage.
07:19And I open it.
07:24Why is she doing things like that?
07:27Like the time she ran off to San Francisco.
07:29I kind of like it, Joe.
07:30She's got a lot of spunk.
07:32The young lady will reappear when the mystic spirits are willing.
07:36Hey, now, ladies and gentlemen, while that beautiful young lady is out there floating around in space,
07:41I offer you, for two bits, a quarter part of a dollar, this elixir of life.
07:46You know, young lady, since you were kind enough to join our act, I hope you'll be discreet enough to
07:49keep our secret.
07:51I'm Phil Reed, owner of the show.
07:53Oh, I won't tell.
07:54But I must say, I certainly expected much more than a backdoor in a trunk.
08:00I guess our magic is pretty simple, huh?
08:02Is it?
08:07You know what?
08:08It's the most fascinating place I've ever seen.
08:11I, uh, I think you'd better get back in the trunk.
08:13It won't take long before he sells all the snake art.
08:15Even when you know the tricks.
08:17There's such a strange atmosphere.
08:20Such an air of excitement about it all.
08:22It's a living.
08:25Oh, I'm sure it's much more than that.
08:30Much more.
08:34I think you'd better get back to your friends, huh?
08:36Please, Mr. Reed.
08:38I can get away from my friends.
08:41Now, look, if you're not in that box when he opens it, the whole act is going to be ruined.
08:49Isn't there any way I can change your mind, Mr. Reed?
08:54Aren't you afraid of what could happen to you in a circus sideshow alone?
08:58Afraid?
09:00Mr. Reed, I'm not afraid of anything.
09:04I'll bet you're not.
09:23And now, ladies and gentlemen, I think that the beautiful young lady who has been so far away from us
09:29may have returned.
10:01I want to call your attention to one of the most sensational acts ever presented west of the Mississippi.
10:06In just a few moments, directly next door, we're going to present that 350-pound strongman, Hercules.
10:13Just follow me right this way.
10:15The greatest act of the time ever presented on our midway.
10:18Right this way, you'll love it.
10:20It's the most sensational, outstanding act.
10:24And now, ladies and gentlemen, Hercules is going to bend this solid one-inch iron bar
10:29like it was made out of this sawdust on the floor.
10:33Hercules?
10:43How about that, sir?
10:47Hey.
10:49Would you like to examine that bar, sir, to see that it's genuine?
10:55Would you like to examine this, sir?
11:00Try that right in there, sir.
11:12Ladies and gentlemen, I...
11:14What are you, smart aleckers?
11:18Ladies and gentlemen, if there's anybody in the audience who doubts the genuine strength of Hercules
11:23or thinks that this is some form of trickery,
11:26Hercules is now ready to match his strength against any two men in the audience.
11:30And furthermore, we're prepared to offer 50 bucks,
11:33$50 to any man or woman
11:35who can force Hercules across this white line within the time limit of one minute.
11:42Do we have any takers, huh?
11:43What about you two stalwart young gentlemen down there, huh,
11:46with the two beautiful young ladies, huh?
11:49Us?
11:49Yeah, you two.
11:50Come on up, boys, and show the girls how strong you are.
11:53Go on, little Joe.
11:54You're not afraid to at least try, are you?
11:57Why, he's bigger than anything.
12:00Would you like to try your luck?
12:01Come on, Oss, I think we can take him.
12:03You want him?
12:04Come on.
12:04Let's go.
12:10All right, gentlemen, the time limit is one minute, remember,
12:13to pull Hercules across this white line.
12:16Are you ready?
12:17Go!
12:19And now there, ladies and gentlemen,
12:21is the greatest advertisement in the world
12:23for our elixir of life.
12:25Would you believe it, folks?
12:26At one time, this poor boy was only a 74-pound weekly.
12:30After 90 days and 90 nights,
12:32Hercules, taking this elixir of life.
12:35Today, look at the results.
12:38355 pounds of solid blubber, or muscle.
12:41There he is, folks, Hercules.
12:43At one time, the 74-pound weekly.
12:47Come on.
12:50Hey, hey.
12:52All right, all right.
12:53Hercules is the winner.
12:54Hercules is the winner now.
12:55Thank you very much, gentlemen.
12:57Let's keep moving it along, folks.
12:59Keep it moving along.
12:59Some wonderful shows out on the midway.
13:01See the sword swallower and the fire eater
13:04who swallows hot bowls right out of...
13:05Jennifer's gone.
13:06She's just the kid out of the tent.
13:08She's gone.
13:09Did you see her leave?
13:10I was watching the stage.
13:12Why is she always doing things like this?
13:14Well, it's probably just her idea
13:15of some kind of a joke.
13:16We gotta find her.
13:18No, we're gonna find her.
13:19And when we find her,
13:20I'm gonna hogtie her for the rest of the evening.
13:22Come on.
13:22Come on, let's go.
13:23Let's find out where she could be.
13:25Come on.
13:31Come on.
13:31You didn't do so good tonight out there, Della.
13:35Don't start an argument with me, Phil.
13:36Not tonight.
13:37I'm tired.
13:38I'm talking about the good of the show.
13:40Those rubes pay their money
13:42to see you give a performance.
13:44How long do I have to keep on doing this?
13:46You told me a year ago we could get married,
13:48I could get out of the act
13:49and help you run the show.
13:50Next time you go on,
13:52you give them their money's worth.
14:04Another argument?
14:06Oh, no, not really.
14:09Just that I know him so well.
14:12He saw a pretty young girl
14:13out in the audience tonight,
14:14captured his fancy.
14:16He looks at her, wanting her,
14:18and then he looks at me.
14:23Why don't you let me be
14:24the mystic in the show, huh?
14:28I'll tell you what we'll do.
14:30As soon as Hercules finishes his act,
14:32the three of us will go out
14:33and have a cup of coffee together.
14:35I'll tell you fortune.
14:54Oh, Mr. Reef, I was looking for you.
14:58Well, I can't say I'm not flattered.
15:00Well, what are you doing
15:01wandering around out here alone?
15:02What do you propose to do about it?
15:04Send me back again?
15:06Is there any reason why I shouldn't?
15:08Just one, Mr. Reef.
15:09It wouldn't do any good.
15:11How does your father put up with you?
15:14Oh, father.
15:16He just doesn't understand me.
15:17He doesn't realize I'm not as conservative
15:20as young ladies of his day.
15:23Why don't we go someplace where we can talk?
15:25I was hoping you'd say that.
15:27My wagon's right here.
15:29Let's go.
15:45Someday I'll kill him for what he does to her.
15:49Poor Hercules.
15:50Do you think that will make her love him?
15:57I had no idea a sideshow wagon would be like this.
16:01Well, not all of them are.
16:02But there has to be some compensation
16:03for earning the show.
16:05I'm sure there must be.
16:07Now, what do you mean by that?
16:10Oh, let's say compensation such as
16:14entertaining young ladies in your private quarters.
16:17Isn't that right, Mr. Reef?
16:20You're a very attractive young lady.
16:23And you're a very handsome man.
16:28Now, Mr. Reef, I...
16:30I thought we came in here to talk.
16:34Can't you knock?
16:35I can if I want to.
16:38Hello, Miss Beale.
16:40I didn't tell you my name.
16:42Oh, I know your name.
16:44I know your father's name, too.
16:45Joshua Beale.
16:47The richest man on the Comstock.
16:49How much do you suppose you're worth
16:51to that father of yours, Miss Beale?
16:54Are you out of your mind, Gurner?
16:56Aye, Mr. Reef, or you,
16:57if you missed this chance.
16:59We can break camp tonight.
17:00By tomorrow morning,
17:01we can be over the mountain
17:02and well on our way to Placerville.
17:04All you have to do is write a note
17:05to Joshua Beale.
17:08One million dollars.
17:11That's all it'll cost him
17:12to get his pretty little girl back home.
17:15You'll never get away with it.
17:16With your help, I can, Reef.
17:18Listen, Reef, one million dollars.
17:21Do you know what that could mean?
17:24You always wanted to make some big money.
17:30Shut up!
17:31Don't scream, lady.
17:32This is a sharp knife.
17:37Where do you think you'd hide her?
17:39I thought you'd figure out a way.
17:41You ought to hold her like I'm doing.
17:44You don't know how good it feels
17:46to hold a million dollars.
17:48We're gonna have to tie her up, Phil.
17:51Get the rope.
17:51It's right behind you.
17:54Go on, Phil.
18:20Go on, Phil.
18:41You're a good girl, Daisy.
18:43Just keep quiet about it.
18:45Anybody asks you, you haven't seen anything, you understand?
18:49You've always been my favorite, Daisy.
18:53You can have a job with me as long as you want it.
18:56Just keep quiet about it.
18:58You don't know anything.
19:01Okay.
19:15Hey, Joe.
19:16I'll ask this for you here.
19:21Excuse me.
19:23You ain't seen a little red-headed girl about so high, have you?
19:27Why don't you look inside, buddy?
19:28Get a ticket right over there.
19:31Right this way, folks.
19:32Follow me.
19:45You ain't no use in asking him.
19:50You ain't no use in asking him.
19:50He's got a gullet full of sword in him.
19:52They wouldn't tell you anything anyway.
19:55These carny people stick together tighter than those bartenders in San Francisco
19:58the time they tried to Shanghai our pub.
20:00How do we know she's even here at all?
20:02Where else would she be?
20:04Salt Lake or St. Louis, for all we know.
20:08Plus, I think we can cover more ground if we split up.
20:10Why don't you and Harriet look out here? I'll check behind those tents.
20:13All right, you be careful, you hear?
20:14Right.
20:15Dad, knowing if he don't get mixed up with some of the dangest women I ever saw.
20:19Now, you be careful what you say, Haas.
20:22Jennifer's my best friend.
20:24Now, listen, if you said ain't close to her,
20:26why don't you tell her to be real friendly and come on back here?
20:43Yes, what is it?
20:45I saw your wagon. I was just trying to find out who's in charge of the show.
20:47I am. Why, do you have a complaint?
20:50No, no complaints.
20:51See, I came here with a girl tonight. Now she's disappeared.
20:54I just wondered if you might have seen her.
20:56Sonny, I see an awful lot of people and happily all paying customers.
21:00Yeah, well, about this girl.
21:01Her name's Jennifer, Jennifer Beal.
21:03She's 18. She has light red hair, brown eyes.
21:07Well, from your description,
21:08I can understand why you feel badly about losing her.
21:10But you know what they say.
21:12They don't always go home with the fellas that brought them.
21:15Sorry I can't help you.
21:16Dad?
21:25Sure.
21:29Well, I know what she said.
21:32I won't do it.
21:34I can't help her.
21:39I can't help her.
21:40I can't help her.
21:42I can't help her.
21:42I can't help her.
21:46May I come in?
21:50My name is Joe Cartwright.
21:52I just wondered if, uh...
21:53You're a little young for this sort of thing, aren't you, Joe Cartwright?
21:57Oh, look, you don't understand.
21:59You see, I didn't come here to, uh...
22:01Well, what I mean is...
22:03Exactly what do you mean, Joe?
22:05Well, I'm sorry I barged in on you like this, Miss Little Egypt.
22:08Called me Della.
22:10Thanks, Della.
22:11Say, I brought my girl to the show tonight.
22:13Yes, I remember seeing her.
22:14She's very pretty.
22:15No, she's disappeared.
22:16I've been all over the carnival asking questions.
22:18Nobody seems to want to give me any answers.
22:20That's why when I saw your light, I...
22:22Sure.
22:27It hurts to lose someone, doesn't it?
22:29Oh, it's not quite as painful as all that.
22:31It's just that I am supposed to make sure she's all right.
22:34I don't think she's run off with another fella.
22:37All right, tell me about her.
22:39Who is she?
22:40Her name's Jennifer Beale.
22:42Well, is there anything special about her?
22:44Or for some reason, someone might want to harm her?
22:48Yeah, there's one big one.
22:50Her father's one of the richest men on the comp staff.
22:54Yes, that is her, isn't it?
22:56You stay here, Joe.
22:57I'll go ask some questions.
23:03Maybe I can find your girl for you.
23:06Thanks, Della.
23:19What are you doing here, boy?
23:21You looking for something to steal?
23:25No, wait a minute, mister.
23:25I'm no thief.
23:26Well, I think you are.
23:28I think we better teach you a lesson.
23:33Now, look.
23:33Wait a minute, fellas.
23:34We can talk.
23:35Oh, God.
23:44Oh, God.
23:49A good job, boys.
23:56Very good.
23:56That'll teach them from snooping around up.
24:00Wait a minute.
24:03Is this his gun?
24:04That's right.
24:05Right.
24:13Hello, Della.
24:14How'd you do?
24:16Oh, pretty well.
24:17How did you do?
24:18What's that supposed to mean?
24:21Something on your mind?
24:23Well, a young man just paid me a visit in my tent, and it seems he lost his girlfriend.
24:31What's that got to do with me?
24:33Well, it just sounded familiar, that's all.
24:36Oh, honey.
24:38I thought we weren't going to have any more of those suspicions.
24:41I saw you talking to a girl earlier, Phil, and I saw you bring her in here.
24:45Mm-hmm.
24:45And if you'd hung around a few minutes, you would have seen her leave.
24:49Oh, she was a child, an innocent kid looking for adventure.
24:53I got rid of her fast.
24:57You are telling me the truth, aren't you, Phil?
24:59You're not lying to me.
25:00Oh, Della, there's nobody else but you.
25:02Can't you believe that?
25:05I'm sure.
25:06I can believe it.
25:07Well, then let's forget about the girl.
25:09I saw the kid who visited you in your tent.
25:12I told her maybe his girl saw a boy she liked better and went home with him.
25:16I guess that's what she did.
25:18Sure.
25:19Now, come on, you're tired.
25:21Get a little rest because we're pulling out tonight.
25:24Tonight?
25:24Mm-hmm.
25:25Why tonight?
25:26I thought we were going to play this stand for the rest of the week.
25:28We were.
25:29But I changed my mind.
25:32See you later.
25:34You have got the girl, haven't you, Phil?
25:37Are we going to start that all over again?
25:38Stop lying to me.
25:40I know who she is and what you're trying to do.
25:43All right, so you know.
25:45Della, this is the biggest thing that ever happened to us.
25:48Do you think you can kidnap Joshua Beale's daughter and get away with it?
25:51She fell into our laps.
25:53I didn't invite her in here.
25:54She walked in.
25:55She's worth a million dollars to us.
25:57Do you know the kind of life we can have with a million dollars?
26:00Oh, Phil.
26:02I love you.
26:04I guess I always will.
26:06But I'd rather see you dead than mixed up in something like this.
26:08Della, we're not going to harm the girl.
26:11When Joshua Beale pays off, we'll turn her loose.
26:13How can you stand there and say you're going to turn her loose?
26:16Don't you know she'll remember you?
26:17If you go through with this, you can't turn her loose.
26:20Who said anything about turning her loose?
26:27Does she know where the girl is?
26:28No.
26:34You shouldn't have told Della about the girl, Phil.
26:36I didn't tell her.
26:36She figured it out.
26:38Well, that's too bad.
26:40Yes, that's very bad, isn't it, Phil?
26:41All right.
27:04I don't know where else we can look.
27:05We done covered every inch of this carnival.
27:09Twice.
27:11Yeah.
27:11I think I might as well be getting you home, Harry.
27:13There ain't no use in your folks' sake and you disappeared, too.
27:16Wonder what happened to little Joe?
27:18Last.
27:22Hey, Joe.
27:23What happened?
27:24What's the matter, boy?
27:25There were four guys just piled me up in there.
27:28I'll be all right, don't worry.
27:29What happened to your gun?
27:32Yeah, they must have taken it after they beat me up.
27:35Well, you know, there's something real wrong around here, Hoss.
27:37I got dumped because I was asking questions about Jennifer.
27:40You mean that this isn't just one of her jokes?
27:42You think something's happened to her?
27:44Hey, listen.
27:45Hoss, you take Harriet home.
27:46On the way, stop by.
27:47Tell Sheriff Brady to get over here.
27:48The car on it as quick as he can.
27:50What are you going to be doing in the meantime?
27:52The only thing I can do, keep on looking.
27:54Joe, you've got to find her.
27:56Yeah, Harriet, I know.
27:57I'll bring the sheriff myself.
27:59Be back in a minute.
27:59All right.
28:08Joe.
28:10Joe, what happened to you?
28:11Where were you?
28:12Oh, honey, that's a fine question for you to ask me.
28:15After you had your four friends work me over.
28:17Work you over?
28:18Joe, I didn't.
28:20I've got to talk to you.
28:22It's about Jennifer.
28:29All right, you said you knew something about Jennifer.
28:31Please believe me, Joe.
28:32I'm trying to help you find your girl.
28:33She's somewhere here in the carnival.
28:35Oh, we're going to find her, all right.
28:36I've already sent for the sheriff.
28:37Please, Joe.
28:39Let me do this my way.
28:40Don't call in the sheriff.
28:42The carnival people are good friends of mine.
28:43They'll help.
28:44I've already seen the way they help.
28:45I'll take the sheriff.
28:46But if the sheriff comes, then a lot of innocent people will be hurt.
28:49People I love and that are good people that know nothing about this.
28:53I'm sorry.
28:54I can't help that.
28:55Joe, let me...
29:13You killed her.
29:16No, no.
29:17Actually, no.
29:19Della wouldn't want it that way.
29:26Come on.
29:27Come on, Hercules.
29:29Come on.
29:30I'm going to kill you.
29:31No!
29:33What happened?
29:34Come on, fella.
29:41Where?
29:41What happened?
29:42All right, quiet.
29:44Quiet down, all of you.
29:45I'm in charge here.
29:49There's a lot of things I got to know.
29:51Well, first of all, I didn't do it.
29:53Second, they got Jennifer hit out around here someplace.
29:55You better forget about Jennifer.
29:56There's been a murder here.
29:58Yeah, I know.
29:58That girl was killed because she was trying to help me find Jennifer.
30:01You know anything about this, Reed?
30:03Well, boy, talk to me.
30:04I've questioned everybody in this show, and nobody knows anything about her.
30:08Is this your gun?
30:10Yes, it's my gun, but I didn't have it when this...
30:12I think you better come along with me.
30:14Look, I'm not going to leave here till we find Jennifer.
30:16Son, I know Jennifer as well as you do.
30:18Maybe better.
30:19I had a posse out combing the hills for her that time she run off to San Francisco.
30:24Joe, maybe you ought not to make any more trouble for yourself.
30:27Come along.
30:29Hey, look what's happening.
30:30Hey, he's going this way.
30:31Quiet, quiet, quiet, quiet, quiet, quiet.
30:37Cartman, in here.
30:38I'm trying to help you.
30:39In here.
30:46I don't know what you're up to, mister, but thanks a lot.
30:48I'm not up to anything.
30:49I'm Rudin.
30:51I was Della Thompson's closest friend.
30:53I don't believe you killed her.
30:56Ma'am, are you sure you didn't see him come by here?
30:59I didn't see anything.
31:01I just sit here.
31:02I don't see nothing.
31:06Sheriff, I know little Joe didn't kill that woman.
31:09But I'd a heap rather see him in your jail as running loose around here.
31:13No, we're not going to learn anything here.
31:15Now, listen to me.
31:16There's only so many wagons and so many tents.
31:19So we'll search them one by one.
31:22Boss, you take one party, I'll take the other.
31:25Right.
31:33It could be kidnapping.
31:35I'm sure Della thought so, too.
31:37You're just getting ready to tell me something when she was killed.
31:42I believe you, Joe.
31:44But I don't know what to do about it.
31:47What can you do?
31:48Well, we're a funny bunch here.
31:50In time, we get to believing our own acts.
31:55Maybe I can do a little mind reading.
32:02In here.
32:20There's no use searching for the girl in here, Hercules.
32:23I'm not looking for the girl.
32:24I'm looking for the man to kill Della.
32:25Do you think I'd protect anyone that harmed Della?
32:29I've got to find him.
32:30I've got to kill him with my fair hands.
32:33I always told Della I'd kill anybody that harmed her.
32:42I'm your friend, Hercules.
32:44Don't you trust me?
32:45All I know is Della is dead.
32:58All I know is Della is dead.
33:00You stay here.
33:01I'm going out back.
33:03I'm going out back.
33:15You stay here.
33:36You there, Rodan?
33:37Yes, I'm here.
33:39I told you there was no trick.
33:41I'll find him.
33:42And when I do, I'll kill him.
33:49Well, I wish there was some way to convince him you were innocent.
33:53Yes, so do I.
33:55Oh.
33:56He'd make a good ally.
33:58He's really a nice man.
33:59And he was in love with Della Thompson.
34:02Yeah?
34:05Well, we're all freaks here.
34:08One way or another.
34:10Doesn't mean we don't have any heart.
34:14Thanks.
34:18What are you going to do?
34:20Keep on searching.
34:22I know these folks are friends of yours, but one of them's a killer.
34:25I've got to get to Jennifer before he does.
34:44Don't make a sound right.
34:50My, you're a forceful one, aren't you?
34:59I'm terribly sorry about that, sir.
35:02See, I thought you were going to scream.
35:04Just because a handsome man came in my tent?
35:07Why, what makes you think I'd scream?
35:10Well, you're the one they're looking for, aren't you?
35:13Oh, yeah.
35:13Yeah, and then, well, they're looking for me all over the place.
35:16I think I better get out of here before I get you in a lot of trouble.
35:19Don't go.
35:20Don't go?
35:20Maybe I'd like to get into a lot of trouble.
35:23Well, ma'am, maybe sometime we could talk.
35:28That's what they all say.
35:29Now, why don't you just relax and we can get acquainted?
35:32Well, ma'am, I just really don't think this is a time to get acquainted.
35:37I saw you earlier this evening with that girl.
35:41Now, I thought she was too young for you.
35:43I think you'd prefer a more sophisticated lady like me.
35:47Now, wouldn't you?
35:49Ma'am, I...
35:50Can I come in, ma'am?
35:52Quick, behind the dresses.
35:55I'll protect you.
35:56And, uh, after they've gone...
36:03Uh, you seen a young fella go by here, doesn't belong to the carnival?
36:06No, I haven't seen anyone.
36:08Ma'am?
36:10They're gone, honey.
36:13Honey?
36:15Say, say, say, say, say.
36:43Has anybody searched this wagon yet?
36:45I'm sure the other party searched it thoroughly.
36:48They've searched here, Daisy, haven't they?
36:50Yes, they've searched very good.
36:52Well, I didn't see it.
36:52I think I'll take a look.
36:53Uh, Sheriff, if you don't mind,
36:55there are very few people that Daisy lets into a wagon.
36:58I'd rather somebody search it that she knows.
37:00You understand.
37:02Yeah, I think I understand.
37:04Gerner, why don't you take a look and satisfy the Sheriff?
37:07Well, if that's what the Sheriff wants.
37:17Look in there behind those clothes.
37:33Gerner, look in the back of the wagon.
37:47Nobody here, Sheriff.
37:51There's a lot of people in the back of the wagon.
38:02There's a lot of people in the back of the wagon.
38:03There's a lot of people in the back of the wagon.
38:04There's a lot of people in the back of the wagon.
38:05There's a lot of people in the back of the wagon.
38:06There's a lot of people in the back of the wagon.
38:07There's a lot of people in the back of the wagon.
38:07There's a lot of people in the back of the wagon.
38:07There's a lot of people in the back of the wagon.
38:07It's a lot of people in the back of the wagon.
38:10There's a lot of people in the back of the wagon.
38:12There's a lot of people in the back of the wagon.
38:15There's a lot of people in the back of the wagon.
38:44Any luck at all?
38:46Nope.
38:47Looks like that little brother of mine disappeared as completely as that gal did.
38:50Now, Sheriff, are you convinced she's not here?
38:53I'll decide that.
38:54As you wish.
38:55Just trying to cooperate.
38:57Sheriff, we gotta start tearing down camp.
39:00We open in Placerville day after tomorrow.
39:02Isn't that right, Mr. Reed?
39:03Mm-hmm.
39:04We're gonna find the guy that killed Della.
39:05There's coffee up in the cook tent.
39:07Why don't we all settle down for a bit?
39:09It's a good idea, Mr. Rodin.
39:10Right this way, Sheriff.
39:17I'd like to talk to you, Phil.
39:19What about?
39:20I think you know.
39:22I'm no more of a mind reader than you are.
39:25No, but you are a carnival man.
39:29A lot of people depend on you, Phil.
39:31Well, haven't I always come through for them?
39:33Yes.
39:35But will you come through for them now?
39:40You think I had something to do with that girl's disappearance, don't you?
39:43I think you could shed some light on it, yes.
39:48Well, you're wrong.
39:52If I am, I'll back you up.
39:55But if I'm right, I'll turn your people against you, Phil, and I can do it.
40:04Hercules, for one, has always hated you for the way you treated Della.
40:22Hey, thanks for not sneaking up on me.
40:24You little galoot.
40:25What are you trying to do?
40:27I'm still trying to find Jennifer.
40:29She's around here someplace, Hoss.
40:31Della knew it.
40:32That's what she was trying to tell me when she was killed.
40:34Now, let's go over it again.
40:36Just how much was she able to tell you?
40:38Nothing.
40:39As though she wanted me to know, and yet she didn't want me to know.
40:43I don't know, maybe she was trying to protect someone.
40:46Of course.
40:47I should have known.
40:49Phil Reed.
40:51She would want to protect him.
40:53Mr. Roudine, if Phil Reed knows something about this
40:55that he ain't telling, I'll choke it out of him.
40:57Then you'd have the carnival people and the sheriff done on you.
41:00I know these people.
41:02They've got a strange kind of loyalty.
41:06Man, I can believe that.
41:07I couldn't find out a thing from any of them.
41:10Hercules is the only one that might turn against Reed.
41:13You got any idea how you can convince him to help us?
41:18Well, not so long as he's with the others.
41:20Yeah, well, I suppose we could get him away someplace where we could talk to him.
41:23Yeah, but how are you figuring on doing that?
41:26He's pretty anxious to get his hands on me.
41:28Let's let him know where I am.
41:29Yeah, wait a minute.
41:30Ain't that a little risky?
41:31Look, I'll chance it.
41:32What do you think, Mr. Roudine?
41:34Well, Reed is afraid of Hercules.
41:37Deathly afraid.
41:38And with reason.
41:39Might work.
41:40Yeah.
41:41Well, just in case it don't, I'm going to be around.
41:43Thanks.
41:44Look, I'll meet you outside of town.
41:45There's a grove of live oaks.
41:47Horse knows the place.
41:48Right.
41:48Let's go.
41:55I thought you said there wouldn't be any trouble.
41:58There won't be.
42:10Cartwright.
42:13Cartwright.
42:15Might as well come out now.
42:17My mystic powers have told me where to find you, just as they let me read through a blindfold.
42:28Wait, Hercules.
42:29If my powers told me where to find him, they'd live.
42:31Let me read his mind.
42:34Hercules!
42:35Hercules!
42:41Hercules!
42:43Hercules!
42:45Hercules!
42:46Come on!
42:47Come on!
42:49Joe!
42:49I got him in a hammer, Joe.
42:50Hold him!
42:51Yeah.
42:51Hercules.
42:52Hercules, listen to me.
42:53We don't want to hurt you, but we just want you to know that Joe didn't harm your Della.
42:56And if you go chasing after little Joe while the guilty one gets away, you're not showing
43:00any love for Della.
43:02You're letting her down.
43:08You say you love Della.
43:10You think you're the only man who loved somebody that didn't love him back.
43:17Listen, Hercules.
43:19Mr. Reed is the only one who really knows what happened to Della.
43:23He used to make Della cry.
43:27Remember, Hercules?
43:31We want Mr. Reed to tell us what he knows.
43:34Will you help us?
43:43I'll go with you.
43:55Phew!
43:58Think the sheriff has given up yet?
43:59He never did think we had the girl.
44:01Didn't I tell you it'd be easy?
44:03Oh, think of it, Phil.
44:04One million dollars.
44:05That's what that girl's going to bring us.
44:09Mr. Reed.
44:10Gunner.
44:11I think there's something you ought to know.
44:25You two know what's good for you.
44:27You'll keep it quiet.
44:28You made Miss Della cry, and you're going to pay for this.
44:29That ain't all you're going to do, Buster.
44:31You're going to tell us everything you know about that little girl that disappeared and about Miss Della.
44:34Well, I don't know a thing about it.
44:36Maybe you better ask him your way, then, Hercules.
44:38Stop him!
44:41Stop him!
44:43What?
44:45What?
44:46What?
44:46You know, Phil, tell us, and I'll make him quit.
44:49It was Gunner.
44:51Gunner killed Della.
44:52I had nothing to do with it.
44:55You're a dirty liar.
44:56Mr. Sheriff.
44:57You liar.
44:58You're the one that killed Della.
45:00It was all Gunner's idea.
45:02He kidnapped the girl, and then he killed Della.
45:04Because she was going to tell where the girl was hidden.
45:06Well, where is she, man?
45:08She's down at...
45:10Get him!
45:14Hey!
45:15The girl.
45:16Where is she?
45:18Where is she?
45:20Ask Daisy.
45:24Ask Daisy.
45:29Joe!
45:30Sheriff!
45:32Joe!
45:33Well, young fellow, where have you been?
45:34You caused us enough trouble.
45:35Wait a minute, Sheriff.
45:36It was Gunner that killed the girl.
45:38He just killed Mr. Reed, and he got away, and Hercules is after him.
45:40Did you find out anything about Jennifer?
45:42Just before Mr. Reed died, he said, ask Daisy.
45:44That's the fat lady.
45:45Well, let's go.
45:45You'd better let me handle this.
45:47You keep the others back, or we'll never get anything out of her.
45:50You come with me, little Joe.
45:51Right.
45:59All right.
46:03Daisy, I'm your friend.
46:04You know that, don't you?
46:07Mr. Reed said that you knew something about the girl that disappeared.
46:11Can you tell us anything?
46:21All right, Daisy.
46:22Thanks a lot.
46:42Daisy, Daisy, are you sure?
46:45Are you sure that you can't tell us anything about the girl?
47:08No, Daisy, no.
47:09You don't have to protect Mr. Reed anymore.
47:13Mr. Reed is dead.
47:15Do you understand, Daisy?
47:17Mr. Reed is dead.
47:20Mr. Reed dead?
47:24Oh, no.
47:29Daisy.
47:34Daisy.
47:42Jennifer, where are you?
47:49Well, you know, I'll leave you tied up till I get you home.
47:57Oh, Joe.
47:59That's all right.
48:00You're okay now.
48:02What are we going to do now, Mr. O'Day?
48:05We're going on just as usual.
48:07It's the only thing we can do.
48:08Well, if you need anything, Mr. O'Day, and you let us know.
48:10Well, thanks very much.
48:12But there's very little pleasure people like us have
48:14except the satisfaction of helping ourselves.
48:18Joe, don't you let that gal out of your side no more, you hear?
48:23Little Joe, can you ever forgive me?
48:28Well.
48:35Yeah, yeah, I think I can forgive you.
48:38Of course, it's going to take some time.
48:45Quite some time.
48:59Well, you're right.
49:00All right.
49:00Well, I'm sorry.
49:03Well, I'm sorry.
49:46This has been a color presentation of the NBC Television Network.
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