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Travel across the rugged frontier in The Outlaw Trail to Denver (1946), a classic Western adventure filled with danger, action, and the spirit of the Old West. As travelers journey toward Denver, they face outlaws, unexpected challenges, and thrilling encounters along the trail. Featuring courageous heroes, frontier landscapes, and timeless Western storytelling, this vintage film captures the excitement and adventure that made classic Westerns a beloved genre for generations.
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01:44Getting tuckered out, Dickey?
01:45Oh, no, ma'am.
01:47That's because I'm trickled up down here.
01:51A little sage-sick, I guess.
01:52Well, when we stop, I'll leave you right up front with Red.
01:55Good-bye. Gee, thanks.
02:09Howdy, Joe.
02:09Hiya, Red.
02:10Any company mail for Elkhorn?
02:12And there isn't much company either.
02:14Since the bottom fell out of silver.
02:15Just me and those keys.
02:18About all the good there for it's telegraphed me from Pablo when the Reds say I'm fired.
02:22Hey, it appears like you're riding kind of light this trip, Red.
02:24Yeah, just the Duchess and one paying passenger.
02:27You don't mean him.
02:29Yep.
02:30You don't have anybody to travel with him, Joe.
02:32His father and mother were killed in some kind of an accident.
02:35They're shipping him to a relative in Denver he's never even seen before.
02:38Oh, that's kind of a hard knock for a kid.
02:40It'd be a lot harder if he was old enough to understand.
02:43All he's been told is his father and mother went away on a long trip.
02:48Well, I better get that stage rolling again.
02:50If this is once, I mustn't be late getting to Elkhorn.
02:52Might hold up their big celebration.
03:10Well, well, well, my dear Duchess, I'm delighted to see you.
03:13And you too, Red.
03:14I was particularly anxious to have you christen my new stage line.
03:18With the best champagne Elkhorn could afford.
03:20Oh, gosh almighty, Bill.
03:22Carrying on like that, you're letting yourself in for a lot of overhead.
03:25Oh, you will have your little joke.
03:29There we are.
03:31Well, here's what we have to say goodbye, Dickie.
03:33Thank you, Mr. Ryder.
03:36There, there, fella.
03:38Your Aunt May will be there and everything will be just fine.
03:41Come on, give me a smile.
03:44Attaboy.
03:47Here's a passenger for you, Bill.
03:49Where's these folks?
03:50Well, they couldn't very well come along.
03:53Now, wait a minute, Red.
03:54What does Downgrade know about taking care of a lad like this?
03:57There's no one else going except the commissioner here.
04:00Well, if that's all you're worried about, forget it.
04:02I think the boy and I can get along all right.
04:05Come here, son.
04:08Now, come on, Dickie.
04:14Friends, fellow citizens of Elkhorn, the moment has arrived that you and I have long been waiting for.
04:21A stagecoach to Denver.
04:24You all know the Duchess here.
04:27First stage line serves Elkhorn to all points south.
04:31And now I have the privilege of giving Elkhorn a line that will connect us with the north, straight through
04:37to Denver.
04:39The Duchess is going to christen the first stage out with a bottle of real champagne.
04:46All right, Duchess.
04:47Right there on that hub.
04:52Yippee, Downgrade!
04:53Throw off the brake and leave them horses running!
05:15Hey, Downgrade!
05:16Pull them up!
05:20Here's the bag of mail you overlooked.
05:22We found it still in Ryder's stage after you left.
05:25Let's go!
05:37What's your name?
05:38You're going to be on there.
05:38Let's go!
05:38All right, let's go!
05:39You're going to be here!
05:39Come!
05:45Come on!
05:45Come on!
05:48Come on!
05:51Come on!
06:00So long, Downgrade.
06:01Give my best to Denver.
06:03So long, Duke.
06:25So long, Duke.
06:52You Dutchess helping a competitor to such an auspicious occasion.
06:55Competitor, my foot.
06:56I'll still be running stage lines when you're dead and gone, Bill Lambert.
07:05Something must have happened to your stage, Big Bill.
07:08I found these horses running wild and still hitched to the wagon, Tom.
07:11Where'd you find them?
07:12Up in the hill, my dogwood creek.
07:14And clean away from any road.
07:16Here's what I can figure out.
07:18The stage must have run off the grave.
07:19Hey, Fred, do you think that, good heavens, Dickie?
07:22See that our horses are unhitched and put back in the stable.
07:24Yeah.
07:29Well, this is no time to stand around and guess.
07:31Come on.
07:45He's still alive.
07:46Well, sir, that beats all tarnation.
07:48How two grown fellas could be killed dead and a little shaver like him could pull through.
07:53We'd better get him to town as fast as we can.
07:55Oh, why not take him over to my place?
07:57That's only about half his fur.
07:59Then somebody could ride for the dock.
08:00They'd get there just as soon as us.
08:02Me go.
08:02Me tell Dutchess.
08:04Here.
08:08Mommy.
08:09Mommy.
08:15What is it, Dickie?
08:16Is there anything I can do for you?
08:19Mr. Ryder, is you?
08:23Sure is, Dickie.
08:25Please don't go away, Mr. Ryder.
08:29Not on your life.
08:30I'm going to stay right here with you.
08:52His legs and lower body are paralyzed from here down.
08:56That means a back injury.
08:58It'll kind of be cured?
08:59Perhaps.
09:00But it'll take a very delicate spinal operation.
09:03Do you know the address of his aunt in Denver?
09:06Yes, but why?
09:07The decision to operate has to be made by his nearest relative.
09:10He better send for her right away.
09:12But that'll take time.
09:13There's no telegraph line in Elkhorn.
09:15Well, the thing to do is for me to ride to the Pioneer Mine.
09:18I'll get Joe to telegraph his company in Pueblo.
09:21Then I'll ride along as far as town with you.
09:23There's nothing more I can do here tonight.
09:29I don't like it, Bill.
09:31Well, then Commissioner's death in that stagecoats wreck wasn't an accident.
09:34He was murdered.
09:36You've only made matters worse.
09:37Now, this time you're really playing with fire.
09:39Now, why didn't you...
09:40Now, let me tell you something, my fine friend.
09:43If Felton had reached Denver, it would have been a lot worse than playing with fire.
09:46You'd have done a stretch behind bars.
09:48What do you mean, I'd do a stretch?
09:50The land is still being held in your name, remember?
09:52Yes.
09:53Only I'm only holding it for you.
09:55You made sure of that when you made me sign a mortgage ahead of time.
09:58You can take it over whenever you want.
10:00That, my dear fellow, makes me an innocent victim.
10:02How was I to know you acquired the property by fraud?
10:05Now, listen to me, Bill.
10:06Well, you're not going to leave me holding the bag.
10:08Now, be yourself, Braden.
10:10Felton didn't reach Denver, but his report will after I've doctored it up a bit.
10:14You can't get away with it.
10:15A dead commissioner wouldn't mail any report.
10:18News travels slow out of here, and I can make it happen two weeks from now as easy as not.
10:22Maybe so.
10:23What do you think I own a stage line for if I didn't want to control communication between here and
10:26Denver?
10:32Here's the dock now.
10:33Him and Ryder's coming in together.
10:35Better. Better ask him how the kid is.
10:44Hey, Doc.
10:46How'd you find the young one?
10:48Pretty bad.
10:49Ryder's telegraphing the boy's aunt to come on from Denver.
10:52Telegraphing?
10:53How does he plan to do that, Doc?
10:55Well, he claims a fellow at the old silver mine can reach Pio Ebel over their private line.
10:59Then they can relay the message.
11:05Duke, come here.
11:10If they get a message through to Denver, we're in for it.
11:13Get Blackie and Ed and overtake Ryder.
11:14Stop him the best way you know how.
11:16He's got quite a head start.
11:17Then use cutoffs.
11:18Anything.
11:19Only don't let them get a message on the wires.
11:31There he is.
11:36Bye.
11:43Bye.
11:45Bye.
11:49Bye.
12:14Joe, get on that key.
12:16Send a message to your Pueblo office as fast as you can.
12:19Tell them to get a message through the Denver as quick as possible.
12:21You haven't read the shooting.
12:22What's it all about?
12:22Don't worry about that.
12:23Get going.
12:34Okay, what do you want to say?
12:35Tell them to get in touch with Mae Barnes in Denver right away.
12:38She's got to take the first stage to Elkhorn.
12:43Her little nephew was injured.
12:44It might be a matter of life or death.
12:56Hey, Ed.
12:57Start climbing that pole and cut them wires.
13:16Ed's wounded, Blackie.
13:17Keep us covered till I get him to his horse.
13:19Then we'll all get out of here.
13:40Well, I don't know what this is all about, but they're gone.
13:44By the way, you better tell them the land commissioner was killed in case they want to send somebody out
13:48to take his place.
13:54And you're sure you wouldn't be able to recognize any of them if you saw them again?
13:58Well, it was too dark, Bill.
14:00Besides, they stayed too far away for me to see very plain.
14:03That's what I've been telling him.
14:05Maybe it was a mistake all around.
14:07Well, the way it looks to me, somebody didn't want Dickie's aunt Mae to receive any telegram.
14:12That's it, Bill.
14:13Maybe this Dickie Ray's folks left him some property that somebody wanted to get their hands on.
14:18Somebody wanted the kid out of the way, and when he didn't die first off...
14:23Well, anyway, Ryder, that could explain everything.
14:26Yes, it might.
14:28Except, as far as I know, the boys' folks didn't have any property to leave.
14:32No, I have an idea.
14:33We have to look deeper than that for our answer.
14:37Anyhow, when folks start shooting at me, I don't run out.
14:40I find out who and why.
14:42And that's what I aim to do.
15:00Well, you don't need to worry about being identified. He didn't recognize you.
15:05Well, what about the telegram he sent?
15:07Nothing serious.
15:08We won't be able to doctor up the reports.
15:10He didn't mention about the commissioner being dead.
15:12I knew it. I knew it.
15:13Now, wait a minute, Brayden.
15:15A man can always change plans if he's smart enough.
15:19The worst they can do is send out a new commissioner from Denver.
15:23Unfortunately, the boys' aunt may be on the same stage, but that doesn't offer any problem.
15:49The bridge is out ahead, but there's nothing to worry about.
15:53There's a fair to midland side road into town.
15:55I'll water the horses while we stop.
15:59Can you tell me what time it is, Mr. Taylor?
16:021.15.
16:05Then we should reach Elkhorn before dark?
16:10You know, people sometimes become overly concerned when child is injured, Miss Bond.
16:15You and us, you may not be really as bad off as they thought at first.
16:18That's what I'm trying to make myself think.
16:21You'll be all right.
16:47You better ditch those smokes, beautiful, before we get to Elkhorn.
16:51You watch your own step, Wally.
16:53I'll take care of mine.
17:00This is where we lose that stage ahead.
17:03These things come in handy sometimes.
17:11Give me a line.
17:40Howdy, ma'am.
17:41Ma'am?
17:42I suspect you're Dickie Barnes' Aunt May.
17:44Yes. How is the poor boy?
17:46There hasn't been much change, one way or the other.
17:49I beg your pardon.
17:49Can you tell me where I'll find the land commissioner's office?
17:52There isn't a land commissioner anymore.
17:53He got killed.
17:54Yes, I know.
17:55The land office sent me over to take his place.
17:57Name's Taylor.
17:58Mr. Taylor, my name's Lambert.
18:00It's a real pleasure to welcome you to Elkhorn.
18:02Our previous commissioner shared office space with the sheriff,
18:05so if you'll come with me, I'll be glad to show you where it is.
18:07Miss Barnes, do you have any baggage?
18:09Oh, yes, a few pieces.
18:11Well, I'll get the buckboard.
18:12As soon as I transfer your bags, we can start.
18:14All right.
18:22I told Blackie to bring him a sample of Taylor's handwriting.
18:25That's all the fella needs.
18:26It's done time for forgery, eh, Wally?
18:28Now, the idea is...
18:33Well, beautiful, what are you doing here?
18:34You're supposed to stick with Ryder.
18:36Well, he ran out on me to get his buckboard.
18:38What's the lowdown, Bill?
18:39Well, what's some brat's aunt got to do with you?
18:43Nothing.
18:45But a new land commissioner has.
18:47Wasn't any fault of mine.
18:48The commissioner and this brat's aunt happened to leave Denver on the same stage,
18:52and since both were expected here, both had to be accounted for.
18:55Oh, now, wait a minute.
18:57I'm not getting mixed up with anything like murder.
18:59What have you done with her?
19:00Now, don't get excited.
19:02She's being well taken care of.
19:03We've got her hit out in the hills in the shack.
19:05Now, you better get back on the job.
19:07All right.
19:08Oh, what about the kid?
19:09Can't you give me any more dope on him?
19:11You don't have to worry about the kid, but just watch your step when Ryder's around.
19:15He's nobody's fool.
19:16Oh, that long-legged geezer?
19:18Guys like him are cinch-down.
19:30I've been cramped up so long I had to get the kinks out of my leg.
19:33I guess it is a mite uncomfortable traveling in a coach all day.
19:37Well, I guess we're all set.
19:39The doc is already out there with Dickie.
19:48As far as the reports on the Braden land is concerned, all they need is Taylor's signature.
19:52I've got the new reports all ready to sign.
19:55What do I do, go fishing?
19:56Oh, no.
19:57Your coming here opens up a lot of possibilities.
20:00For instance, we could use a new survey.
20:02The present one doesn't give Braden as much land as it might.
20:05I'll show you what I mean.
20:14Now, according to the present survey, Braden's holdings stop here.
20:18Now, you could order a new survey and move this section line back maybe this far,
20:22and Braden's holdings would have to move right along with it.
20:25That's a good idea.
20:27I only knew what you were talking about.
20:28Well, it's simple.
20:29You may have to start back here ten miles and pair a little off each section,
20:33but there's really nothing to it.
20:47Well, well, how do you do?
20:50I only know you as Aunt May, but I'm darn tickled to meet you.
20:54I don't know how long you're going to stay here,
20:56but just as long as you stay, the place is yours.
20:59Oh, excuse me.
21:01The doctor's on the inside, Red.
21:02So you and her had better scoot on along.
21:04I'll unload the rig, and then I'll fetch all the stuff around to the back bedroom for you.
21:10Well, this is the Duchess and Doc Kimball.
21:12They've been looking after Dickey.
21:21He's awfully little, isn't he?
21:23He sure is.
21:24It doesn't seem right.
21:26You mean...
21:29He doesn't really have to die, is he?
21:33His back is broken.
21:35Broken?
21:35But apparently only enough to put pressure on the spinal cord.
21:39The only way to remove that is to operate.
21:41Then why haven't you?
21:42I thought you understood.
21:44He may not be strong enough to survive it.
21:46And under the circumstances, I couldn't assume the responsibility without your consent.
21:51My consent will buy mine.
21:53You're his next of kin, aren't you?
21:56Why, yes, I suppose so, but...
22:01Now, wait a minute.
22:02I'm not going to be held responsible if that boy dies.
22:05Why didn't somebody tell me about this before I left Denver?
22:07I'm sorry, ma'am, but that was the intention of the wire I sent.
22:11Joe or somebody must have messed it up.
22:13Yes.
22:14Yes, that must be it.
22:16Well, what will happen if I don't give my consent?
22:19He'll never be able to walk again.
22:21But will he live?
22:22Well, he may if he wants to live under such a handicap.
22:26Being a wheelchair patient all one's life, I...
22:29Mr. Ryder?
22:33Hello, Dickie.
22:34How do you feel?
22:36Guess what?
22:37Your Auntie May is here.
22:40Here she is.
22:42Gosh.
22:43Did...
22:43Did you ask her?
22:46Oh, no, I...
22:47I thought I'd let you.
22:49I'm glad to meet you, Dickie.
22:51How are you feeling?
22:53Oh, I'm fine.
22:54And I could do a great big favor.
22:58Now she would try.
22:59What is it?
23:00He should easily have a horse.
23:02Please, if you please.
23:05Why, I...
23:06I guess so.
23:07I told him I'd buy him one if it was all right with you.
23:10Well, it's Vicar's little beaver.
23:13And...
23:14And he'll learn me how to ride.
23:17Since my legs is able.
23:21Do you want to ride that much, Dickie?
23:24Gosh, yes.
23:26Gee, will you please?
23:32All right.
23:34You can have your horse.
24:08Somebody please take this map, quick.
24:10What is it?
24:11What's the matter?
24:12I...
24:12I just can't take it.
24:13I'm yellow, I guess.
24:15I'm going to my room.
24:16Well, of all the city-fired thoughts...
24:19Leave her alone.
24:20Let her go to bed and get some sleep if she can.
24:23The first time I saw an operation, I fainted dead away.
24:28In the morning when you call her,
24:30we may have some idea how this is going to turn out.
25:03What are you doing here?
25:04Do you want to advertise?
25:05Stop it!
25:05If you want to blow off steam, come on inside.
25:09Certainly, madam.
25:10Your nephew was hurt on my stage,
25:12and it's my responsibility to do everything I can.
25:15So please come in and talk it over, won't you?
25:22Stop acting around your trimmer, Donna,
25:24or I'll slap you good.
25:25The next time you pull a fast one,
25:27don't pick on me.
25:28All the dirty...
25:29Don't bail.
25:30You're hurting me.
25:30And behave yourself.
25:32Now, what are you beefing about?
25:33You know darn well what I'm beefing about.
25:35Why don't you tell me
25:36whether I'd have to decide to operate on that kid?
25:38Putting me on the spot
25:39where the doctor didn't have the guts to...
25:40Now, wait a minute.
25:41Ryder didn't tell me that's what he wanted you for,
25:43but what's the difference?
25:44If I were you, I'd just toss a coin.
25:46I don't have to.
25:47I told him to go ahead.
25:49I told him that...
25:52Well, they...
25:52They went ahead.
25:54Can't you see, Bill?
25:55If that kid dies, I did it.
25:56Stop it. Stop it.
25:57If that kid dies, I murdered him.
25:59But I won't know it.
25:59I don't want to know it,
26:00because I'm getting out of here.
26:01And be yourself.
26:02Now, what did Ryder say
26:03when you told him you were pulling out?
26:05I didn't tell him.
26:06I didn't tell anybody.
26:06Little fool, you can't do that.
26:08They'll start searching
26:09the whole countryside for you.
26:10Everybody will be aroused.
26:11It'll blow the lid off the thing.
26:12I don't care.
26:13But I care.
26:14You might want to spend some time
26:15in the jail cell, but I don't.
26:17Now, listen to me, lame brain.
26:18The only place you're going
26:19is straight back to Coonskin's Ranch.
26:21I'm not going back.
26:22I'm not.
26:27Still touch and go,
26:28but his pulse is a little stronger.
26:36Maybe you'd better call his aunt.
26:38Let me get her.
26:40I reckon I'd better get you some breakfast.
26:42Link him up!
26:45She's catching sleepyhead.
26:49Maybe she know that.
26:51Well, I'll see.
26:56Is it all over?
26:57He's coming, too.
27:00It's going to be a long, hard pull.
27:02That's all I can say right now.
27:31I'll see you next time.
27:41that's what i've been waiting for his legs are coming back do you hear that dickie your legs
27:48are getting well how long do you expect it'll be before he's able to walk again that all depends
27:53if his back continues to heal without any new complications it won't be very long
27:58sheriff the man's outside they say want to see coonskin sheriff won't see me now what i done
28:05i wonder what the sheriff wants to see me first
28:12now you look at here sheriff any doe i killed was accidental homicide you see my eyesight ain't
28:18so good no more and i just can't tell whether a deer has horns or don't mm-hmm well maybe
28:25they're
28:25good enough to read this i'm sure let's see that no them words blur all over the paper
28:34what does that say oh it's just a greetings from the district court telling you to get off silas
28:39braden's land well guys almighty you don't have to give me a paper to tell me that why i'd walk
28:46around a mile to stay off of that skunk's place you're on it right now coonskin according to the
28:51records you're located on the northeast corner of section five this here is section six it ain't
28:58neither i hired a fellow to survey that myself ah come on it's only about a hundred yards i'll show
29:04you
29:04where the section corner is come on oh that section corner ain't worth the continental never
29:09was official but this new land survey ordered legal by the land commissioner is now if you want
29:15to know where the genuine section corner is it's about a quarter mile up in those rocks and hills
29:20so is your place why you bloated up polly walk you better hold your tongue coonskin braden's given
29:27you ten days to get off you can't show me a law in any law book that says you can
29:31dispossess a man
29:32on ten days notice i ain't gonna show you nothing besides this ain't none of your business writer
29:36it's a lot of my business there's an awfully sick boy inside that house any unlawful attempt
29:41what do you mean unlawful do you see that badge that's the law around here anybody don't get
29:47off coonskin is gonna get moved off
30:00uh...
30:04uh...
30:08uh...
30:28Horses and cattle run off.
30:30Then they're burned out.
30:32Hamilton killed.
30:33There ain't no place else where notices can be put up
30:35and folks run off the land they've always thought was theirs.
30:38We know how you always sit for law and order, Bill.
30:40And we've stood for it with you.
30:42But if this doesn't stop, there's only one thing we can do.
30:46Organize and fight back.
30:48I realize how you boys feel, Matt,
30:50but I can't advise you to start trouble with the legally elected sheriff.
30:54It was our votes that elected him.
30:55We believed in him, Bill, the same as you did.
30:57But he's sold out to Braden.
31:00And if he forces us to a showdown,
31:01he'll find out that we've got just as many guns as votes.
31:06Wait a minute, Matt.
31:08Suppose you give me a try at Braden.
31:11I think I'm as big in this valley as he is,
31:13and I intend to see that everybody gets a square deal.
31:16Understand, gentlemen,
31:17if the law is actually on his side,
31:19there's nothing I can do.
31:20But I can make him lay off until I find out.
31:23Fair enough?
31:26We'll take a chance on that.
31:28All right.
31:28If Braden or anyone else continues to molest you,
31:31just let me know.
31:32Right.
31:39I don't understand.
31:41Perhaps it's a country doctor's limitations,
31:43but I can't explain why your nephew
31:45should have taken this sudden turn for the west.
31:47Well, there must be something you can do.
31:49He's awfully sick.
31:50Well, I'll keep trying.
31:51Anyway, I'll get to him as quickly as I can.
32:02I thought I told you to stay away from here.
32:05I had to come, Bill.
32:06The kid's worse.
32:07Well, then get a doctor.
32:08Don't come to me.
32:09I did.
32:09He's on his way out there now.
32:10But he's gone as far as he can.
32:12He said so himself.
32:13We got to get somebody else.
32:15A specialist like Dr. Cooper.
32:17Who's he?
32:18Well, in Denver,
32:19they say he's awfully good with kids.
32:21I don't know how much it'll cost,
32:22but you've got to bring him here.
32:24Are you out of your mind?
32:26Suppose he knew Taylor.
32:27Suppose he knew the kid's real aunt.
32:29He could land us all in jail.
32:30I'll get out of here and stop wasting my time.
32:32All right.
32:33But I'll start yelling my head off.
32:35What do you mean?
32:35It won't do any good to get rough this time, Bill.
32:38If I start squawking,
32:39it won't take a doctor from Denver
32:40to put you where you belong.
32:42You silly little fool.
32:44Don't you know you're into this up your neck yourself?
32:46I'm not bluffing.
32:47All I care about is saving that kid's life.
32:51Yeah, I suppose so.
32:53All right.
32:54That's the way it is.
32:55That's the way it's got to be.
32:57But I'll have to keep you and Wally undercover
32:59for a few days.
33:00Maybe, uh...
33:02You know, beautiful,
33:04you've been wanting to get out of here
33:05and right now is the time to do it.
33:07You cook up some sort of an excuse,
33:08it'll call you back home
33:09and I'll get your doctor.
33:10Uh, nothing to him.
33:13Staying right here
33:14until you deliver Dr. Cooper.
33:16And enough longer
33:17to make sure he's not a phony tool.
33:21You're one gal
33:21I've never been able to put anything over on.
33:23But believe it or not,
33:24this time I wasn't even trying to.
33:26You'll get your doctor
33:27just as quick as I can get him here.
33:29Now, let me handle things
33:31and you'll be a good girl
33:32and run along, huh?
33:51Keep going straight ahead, little beaver
33:53and keep your eye peeled
33:54and go for any survey stakes.
34:04We find out of what you call them
34:05section stakes, Red.
34:32Of course, pacing isn't as accurate
34:34as measuring with the chain.
34:35But it's accurate enough to tell me
34:37this section is short
34:38just like the rest.
34:39The whole survey's been jimmied up.
34:41How do you suspect
34:43anybody made a mistake like that?
34:45I don't suspect
34:46it is a mistake, Coonskin.
34:48Maybe the smash-up
34:49that killed the previous commissioner
34:50wasn't either.
34:51Looks to me like the idea
34:52was to get somebody else
34:54who'd take orders.
34:55Come on, little beaver.
34:56Come on.
35:04Come on.
35:07Come on.
35:11Come on.
35:18Come on.
35:21Come on.
35:22Come on.
36:01There goes that shooting again.
36:03You fellas go on home.
36:04I'm going to see what's going on.
36:22There goes that shooting again.
36:52Whoa!
36:56Whoa!
37:02Whoa!
37:05Whoa!
37:09Whoa!
37:20Are you all right, Miss Barnes?
37:22Well, I... I guess so.
37:26Oh, Miss Barnes.
37:29Miss Barnes.
37:34You still hurt, Dickie?
37:36Up here.
37:38I don't understand.
37:41There seems to be no indication of infection, but...
37:44Here comes Red. Him driving with Aunt May.
37:51What's the matter, Red?
37:53Somebody took several pot shots at Aunt May.
37:55None of them hit the mark, but she almost wrecked the buckboard trying to get away.
37:58Why on earth would anybody want to shoot her for?
38:01That's what I've been asking myself.
38:03I can't find a satisfactory answer.
38:05Were you acquainted with this here fellow that calls himself a land commissioner
38:08before meeting him on the stagecoach?
38:10I know.
38:11But what difference could that make?
38:13Well, I'm just thinking.
38:14Both you and he came from Denver.
38:16I have a notion there's a lot about him some folks wouldn't want to have told.
38:21How's Dickie?
38:23Well, hello there, Red.
38:26I sure am glad to see you're back.
38:28See, I read over to Matt Dishers to tell him how you found them sections of eight shorts.
38:33And he said Big Bill was handling the whole situation for us ranchers.
38:37Maybe you better write in and explain to Big Bill
38:39how this crooked land commissioner is trying to pull a fasten on it.
38:43All right.
38:44I was going in town anyway.
38:45Oh, please wait.
38:47You mustn't.
38:48This time they'll make sure.
38:49Who makes sure of what?
38:50Well, I don't know.
38:51Only I'm afraid if you go into town now, you won't come back alive.
38:56Now, don't worry.
38:57I've gone into a lot of towns where I wasn't exactly welcome.
39:00But don't you see there'll be trouble?
39:01I just know it.
39:02Oh, please don't go.
39:04Now, don't you worry.
39:06You're just upset because of what happened today.
39:09I can take care of myself, all right.
39:16The idea was to shrink this side of Section 6
39:19so Braden could stretch out on the other.
39:22You must be mistaken, Red.
39:23No land commissioner would be a party to a deal like that.
39:26It doesn't seem so, unless maybe he isn't a real land commissioner.
39:30I had a talk with him this afternoon.
39:31He doesn't seem to know much about his business.
39:33But he has credentials.
39:34I saw them myself.
39:36Maybe they're not his credentials.
39:39Could be they belong to somebody else.
39:42But he'd have to dispose of the other fellow
39:44before he can make use of them.
39:46Not a chance.
39:46He'd been spotted when he left Denver.
39:52Then he made the switch after he left.
39:54Impossible.
39:55The driver would have known.
39:56That's right.
39:57And so would the other passenger.
39:59Tell me, Bill.
40:00Who tried to kill Dickie's Aunt May this afternoon?
40:03What are you talking about?
40:05I didn't know anybody had.
40:06Why did she come here to see you today?
40:09See me?
40:11I don't even know the woman.
40:13That seems mighty funny.
40:15Because I'd have sworn...
40:18This is her purse.
40:21Out with it, Bill.
40:22Who is she?
40:23What did you do with the boy's real aunt?
40:27I don't know the boy's real aunt.
41:05Now, before I leave here, I'm going to get the truth.
41:07You've been using your stage line to get rid of people
41:09who might get in your way.
41:10That's what happened to Dickie Barnes' aunt.
41:12Arrest this man, Sheriff.
41:14He tried to kill Blackie Grubb this afternoon.
41:17Charge him with attempted murder.
41:19All right.
41:19Take him away.
41:20Take him away.
41:21Take him away.
41:38I learned a long time ago
41:40there ain't no sense worrying about Red.
41:42So if I was you, I'd go to bed.
41:44But Duchess, I'm not sleepy.
41:46I'd only lie awake.
41:48All right, then.
41:49If you're going to stay up, I'll hit the hay.
41:51Just call me if you need me.
42:18Good evening, miss.
42:19Thought I'd ride out and see how your nephew is.
42:25Where is everybody?
42:26Are they going to bed?
42:28What do you want?
42:29Where's Ryder?
42:30What have you done with him?
42:32Nothing.
42:33The last report is he's in jail.
42:36Unless, of course, he's tried to escape.
42:38Oh, so that's what you planned?
42:40In that case, the sheriff couldn't afford to take any chances
42:42to charge his manslaughter.
42:44Bill, that's a lie and you know it.
42:45He told a big story about shooting a man
42:47because he tried to shoot you.
42:49But, of course, you know that isn't true.
42:50And you know it is.
42:52Listen, beautiful.
42:53This afternoon, you said you weren't bluffing.
42:56I think you know by now that I'm not either.
42:58You wanted to get out of here, all right?
42:59I'm going to give you your wish.
43:01The stage will pick you up tomorrow on the road and you...
43:03Is that you, Red?
43:07No, Duchess, it's Mr. Lambert.
43:10He said that Mr. Ryder had been detained in town as a material witness.
43:17I tell you, Duke, she's gone batty over this kid
43:19and getting to Denver is just exactly what she wants.
43:22If she likes the kid, what's she want to go to Denver for?
43:24She wants to get this doctor she's been raving about
43:27and the first thing she'd do is send him back here with an escort of state police.
43:31She's not smart enough to catch me up like that.
43:36Why, that jumped-up swivel here, you blue-bellied crook.
43:40You've got to go over and put him in his place, Bill.
43:42He didn't know who's running this galldard basin.
43:45Why, the lockers...
43:46Now, wait a minute, Coonskin.
43:47Just who are you talking about?
43:49That six-tone sheriff, that's who.
43:51I was just over at his place to explain that I needed a word with Rick Ryder.
43:56And he well-nigh grabbed me by the seat of the britches
43:58and flung me out of his office.
44:01I think I can get a message through to him if it's important.
44:05Important?
44:06Why, it's disastrous.
44:12First off, Dickie's aunt has disappeared.
44:15Sudden and complete.
44:17Disappeared? How?
44:18Oh, well, just skipped out.
44:21Didn't even say goodbye.
44:22I reckon being shot at yesterday must have scared her plum out of her wig.
44:26But even so, where could she have gone?
44:28I don't know. I don't know nothing.
44:30Except Nick, Dickie's sicker.
44:32And the doc says that he's got to be arrested and we're on the first stage.
44:43Oh, Duchess, I had the driver pull down the blinds to protect the boy from any draft.
44:49And don't you worry about the sheriff not letting you see Ryder.
44:53I can handle things and I'll have him out of jail before night.
44:55I know you will, Bill.
44:57You've always been a good friend.
45:07There you are.
45:09Now, lots of luck to you and the boy boat, Duchess, and have a nice trip.
45:14All right, Duke, on your way.
45:38You'll have to ride up front with me.
45:39We've got unexpected passengers in back.
45:41It's a little crowded.
45:51Hiya!
45:51Hiya!
45:56Hiya!
46:14Hiya!
46:31It's all set.
46:32As soon as he starts to mount, we'll let him have it.
47:07He crossed us up.
47:09He'll probably have the coonskin branch.
47:11Let's get our horses.
47:28Tell the Duchess I've got to hide out.
47:30Well, the Duchess ain't here.
47:32Why, she took Dickey on a stage in Denver.
47:34The stage?
47:35Yeah.
47:36What's the matter, Ray?
47:37We've got to get the Duchess off that stage.
47:39They'll never let her get to Denver alive.
47:41Saddle up and follow me out the Denver road as fast as you can.
47:43If you can finally help, fetch them along.
47:46Why, sure.
47:46Come on, Beaver.
47:48Come on.
47:54You search the house.
47:55I'll go around covering back.
48:01Well, Bill, seems though you just got here in the nick of time.
48:06The Ray Rag talks he's going to need your help for plenty.
48:09That's so?
48:09Where is he?
48:10Well, sir, it's as puzzling as all get out.
48:13It seems as though somebody is laying for the Duchess's twix here in Denver.
48:16So, Ray, he...
48:18Sheriff, hurry up.
48:20We've got to get Ray before he catches the stage.
48:25Come on, Beaver.
48:49Duke, no.
48:49What are you doing?
48:50You saw the sign, didn't you?
48:52Yes, and I saw it before.
48:53Who is it this time?
48:53Who's in the back?
48:58Dickie, catch it.
49:00Shut up and behave yourself, Brown.
49:04Ha!
49:05Hi-ya!
49:12Let's go!
49:14Hi-ya!
49:16Hi-ya!
49:16Hi-ya!
49:16Hi-ya!
49:17Hi-ya!
49:18Hi-ya!
49:19Hi-ya!
49:19Hi-ya!
49:21Hi-ya!
49:21Hi-ya!
49:22Hi-ya!
49:23Hi-ya!
49:41Hi-ya!
49:43Hi-ya!
49:45Hi-ya!
49:45Hey-ya!
49:45Get away from all the suffering!
50:05Oh, look out, it's Ryder.
50:35Hey, try to get him from that rock.
50:43It's all my fault.
50:44I should have told you right at the beginning.
50:46Sure, I know.
50:48You would have, but they scared you out.
50:50Here, load this gun.
51:16Come on, let's get to the stage.
51:25Duchess, are you and Dickey all right?
51:26What on earth's been going on?
51:28Well, let's get the boy in that cabin first, and then I'll tell you all about it.
51:31Let me have him.
51:33Give him to me.
51:34I can carry him.
51:35Careful.
51:43Look out, Brad!
51:58He's done, Pete.
52:06Here, you take Dickey, so I can give him a hand, see?
52:09Yeah, I'll bundle him in that shack there.
52:11All right, all right.
52:12It's no use.
52:14I'm afraid she's done for.
52:18Well, guys, hold him locked in a spout and jumping beam.
52:22Well, here.
52:24You lay right here, Dickey boy.
52:26There.
52:28Well, of all the dirty tricks to play on a woman.
52:32Anyhow, that's as near as I can come to piecing the story together.
52:36I guess folks and horses are a lot alike.
52:39It all depends on how their saddle broke, whether the good or bad crops out.
52:44The thing that counts most ought to be how they finish the race.
52:52Dad, he's good.
52:53Maybe pretty soon you do more, Dad.
52:57You want a big surprise?
52:58What is it?
53:00Well, close your eyes.
53:06Keep it closed.
53:10Now, open the mine.
53:12There's the horse I promised to buy you, Dickey.
53:15Gee, gee, who is it, Uncle?
53:17Well.
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