Prairie Badmen (1946) - full transcript

Hiya, hiya, hiya,
hiya, hiya, folks!

Come on in.

Gather round,
gather round.

Good news is about
to come your way.

Doc Lattimer's
world-famous elixir

will cure any known misery,

and a lot of other things
that you've never
heard about, too.

It's good for man or beast.

Why, it'll even cure
flat feet
or falling hair,

and it only costs you
one dollar.

Just imagine, folks,
just imagine.



You can become
a new man

for one lone,
measly buck...

I mean, dollar.

Fuzzy seems to be all right
on the crescendo,

but he doesn't
seem to have

the proper
persuasive note

in his confidential
appeal.

Oh, stop worrying, dad.

Everything's going
to be all right.

You just lie back
and rest.

Step right up
a little closer

and who is the first one
to want one of
these cure-alls?

Why, ladies and gentlemen,

you can even drink
this famous elixir,



or you can rub it
on the outside.

Now here's a scientific test
for ya.

Just rub some of this
on one leg,

then see if that leg
don't step higher
than the other one.

Ha ha!

Folks, you wouldn't believe me
if I was to tell you

the terrible dangers
and hardships

that doc Lattimer
went through

to gain the secret
of this elixir,

and bring his blessings
to suffering.

Gentlemen, I could go on
telling you for hours

the powers that are contained

in this little bottle
right here.

But my time
is running short.

Hey, let's have
a little fun.

Get the rope.

All right,
step right up, folks,

and lay your dollar
on the line.

Then go home

and make your wife think
she's got a new husband.

And for you lady folks,
vice-versy.

All right, here it is,
only one dollar.

One dollar,
step right up.

Ain't got many left.

Step right up, folks,
here it is.

[ Stammering ]

Don't anybody want one?

[ Crowd laughs ]

Hey!

Hey!

Don hitched the horses.

What happened?

I don't know.

Hold it!

[ Men whooping ]

Hey!

Hey, wait for me!

What's eatin' you?

We're just havin'
a little fun.

I don't see anything
to laugh at.

Might be funny
if you dragged that wagon

back where
you got it from.

Never mind the wagon.

Just get out of here.

You heard
what the man said.

Get goin'.

Okay, but I'll be
seeing you again

when you haven't got
a gun in your hand.

Go on!

Howdy.

I hope you folks
didn't get hurt.

We're all right,
thanks to you.

It's impossible for US
to express our gratitude.

Don't lose any sleep
over that.

Where are your horses?

They're in town.
My son Don
will bring them.

You know, I've seen
that old coot somewhere,

but I can't place him.

Who cares about
that old coot?

It was that girl
that took my eye.

That gun in
that stranger's hand
took my eye.

That's the only thing
I was lookin' at.

[ Panting ]

Fuzzy, you pop up in
the doggonedest places.

Billy.

What are you
made up for?

Oh, haven't you heard?

I'm dishin' out
blessings of mankind.

I'm sellin' a famous
kickapoo elixir.

Yeah? What do you know
about medicine?

Nothing much,
but I'm sellin' it.

Fuzzy has been
a real friend.

Dad was taken ill,
and we were desperate.

We didn't know
what to do.

Fuzzy offered
to help out
for a while.

You don't know the trouble

fuzzy's helpin'
gets you into, ma'am.

I was watering
the horses.

What happened?

Some barroom sports
thought they'd have
a little fun.

This gentleman
set them back
on their heels.

This is my brother Don,
mister...?

Carson. Bill Carson.

Glad to know ya.Same here.

And i'm
Linda Lattimer.

We'd love to have you
travel with US
to the next town.

Oh, we travel
too slow for him.

He's always in a hurry
to go someplace.

I don't happen to be
in a hurry right now, fuzz.

I'd enjoy
having company, ma'am.

That's fine.

I'm glad you can
join US for a while.

Don, hitch up the team,
and we'll get started.

Excuse me.

I'll see if dad
wants anything.

Hey, how come you're not
in a hurry all of a sudden?

You wouldn't happen
to be jealous,

would you,
you old goat?

And by the way,

seems like you should
know something

about the stuff
you pass out to people.

What's the difference?

That won't hurt anybody,

and this stuff don't do
anybody any harm.

Yeah? How do you know?

Look. I'll prove it to you.

Look here.

You can put it
on your hair,

or you can rub it
down your back,

or you can even
drink it.

[ Yells ]

What's the matter?

What happened
to him?

He, uh...

He's practicing
a new war dance.

Oh.

That's all right.

That should
attract a crowd.

But how does he
expect to sell any elixir

if he runs away
at the finish?

He's gonna figure
that out later.

That's just...

He's demonstrating
the power of the elixir.

♪ The campfire's light

♪ brightens up the night

♪ and the prairie's
goin' to rest ♪

♪ down that lonely trail

♪ there's a coyote's wail

♪ to his mate
out in the west ♪

♪ while the night
is waning... ♪

How's your pa?

He's resting nicely.

That's good.
I'm glad to hear it.

♪ Cowboys have their dream

♪ and the stories told...

You know, he ain't
got nothin' to worry about.

I'm on the job.

I'll ride herd on
this kickapoo elixir.

We're very grateful
to you.

You got no reason
to feel grateful.

I thought it was
t'other way around.

I'm fed up
with travelin' around

this cheap
medicine show.

I want a chance to get my hands
on some real money.

That's not a good idea

to be in too much
of a hurry about that.

You got a lot of time
ahead of you.

Sure.

But who wants to waste
a lot of time?

You know, I...

I've been figurin' on
gettin' married.

T'ain't no
fittin' life
for a fella

to be roamin' around
by himself all the time.

I can go buy
a nice little
piece of land,

build a home on it.

I was thinkin' of you...

Well, I was hopin'...

Will you, uh...

If you got money,
you can enjoy life.

What's the sense
of livin'

if you can't have
a little fun out of it?

What's the matter
with you?

Just a mild case
of growin' pains,
I think.

He'll get over it.

I'm not a kid,

and I won't
be treated like one.

Take it easy.

You don't prove
that you're a man

by carrying a chip
around on your shoulder.

You folks can stay up
and gab all night
if you want to.

I'm goin' to bed.

Happy dreams, fuzz.
Hey, wait a minute.

What have you
got there?

A hammock.What for?

I heard about settlers
sleepin' in 'em,

so I got one.

I'm tired of sleepin'
on the ground.

Linda:
Ha ha!
Good night.

All: Ha ha ha!

Ha ha ha!

Ha ha ha ha!

Ride 'em, sailor.

Ha ha ha!

Good night.

Good night.

Sleep well, fuzz.

Good night.

♪ Now prairie Pete's
a bad man ♪

♪ who rode into
Santa fe ♪

♪ although there was
a price upon his head ♪

♪ when the sheriff
tried to stop him ♪

♪ why, old Pete,
he nearly dropped him ♪

♪ and he left him with
his britches full of lead ♪

♪ now, prairie Pete

♪ why, prairie Pete

♪ he's the man that no one
ever dared to meet ♪

♪ when he would come
a-lopin' ♪

♪ with those two six-guns
a-smokin' ♪

♪ why, you'd find that
everyone in town had fled ♪

♪ now prairie Pete's
a bad man ♪

♪ he never went to school

♪ but he was educated
to the trail ♪

♪ though he never learned
to figure ♪

♪ he was lightnin'
on the trigger ♪

♪ on graduatin'
from the county jail ♪

♪ now, prairie Pete

♪ prairie Pete

♪ he's so tough,
you couldn't bend him ♪

♪ but it took a gal
to mend him ♪

♪ and from then on,
she was Mrs. Prairie Pete ♪

Gather round, folks.
Come on up here,

because good news
is comin' your way.

Ha ha ha!

Dr. Lattimer's
world-famous elixir

will cure all miseries,

and a lot of other things
that you've never heard about.

It's good for
man or beast.

Why, it'll even cure
falling feet
or falling hair.

And it just sells
for one dollar
a bottle, gentlemen.

Think of that.

Now, stop and think.

You can become a new man
for just one measly dollar.

Ha ha ha!

That's him--
I'll bet $1,000.

You could be wrong.

Yeah, and I could be
the king of siam.

My friends, the secret
of this marvelous elixir

has been handed down
from father to son

for unknown generations.

Years ago, I learned
of the miraculous cures

made by an old
kickapoo medicine man.

I didn't believe
those stories

until I saw the proof
with my own eyes.

I can't tell you
how I gained that secret.

That is a secret confidence.

But I can offer to you

this marvelous blessing
to suffering mankind.

[ Coughs ]

All right, folks,
all right.

Step right up.

It's only one dollar
a bottle.

One dollar.

Who wants to take a bottle?

Here you go, sir.

Something you'll
never regret.

You'll always be glad.

Here you are,
little lady.

Hey, I think I'll get me
a bottle of that.

I've had a little touch
of rheumatism here, lately.

Remind me sometime
to sell you

a nice, gold brick
I've been savin'

for someone
just like you.

Ha ha ha!

Uh, pardon me, son.

I see you work
with this outfit.

Have you known
old doc Lattimer long?

Yeah, quite a while.

He happens to be
my father.

Ho! Then you should be
pretty well acquainted.

Want a little drink?

Thanks.
I don't mind
if I do.

Just a minute, mister.

I've got a bone
to pick with you.

I'm gonna learn you
to mind your own business.

Who wants a big bottle?

[ All talking at once ]

One for the man
behind the bush.

What happened?

Billy Carson
started a fight.

Fuzzy jumped in,
and we lost the crowd.

Ha ha ha ha!

Why should they
do that?

I don't know why,

but I'm certainly
gonna tell them
what I think about it.

Somebody put out the lights.

Gimme! Gimme!

Billy! Billy!

Take it easy.

Now that you learned me
my business,

suppose you go about
your own?

That was the meanest trick
anybody ever played on me.

What are you
talkin' about?

You know very well
what I mean.

I suppose you thought
it was funny

to start a brawl
and steal the crowd
away from US.

And I thought
I could count on you
as a friend.

I never dreamed
you'd take part
in a mean trick like that.

Well, I...

We'll manage to get along
without your help
from now on.

Give me that costume.

Hey, wait a minute.

I haven't got
anything else on.

You're through
as of now.

See what you've done?

Yeah? What did I do?

I don't know,

but you done somethin'
to get me in bad.

You're a hoodoo.

Ha ha ha!

Your friends ran into
a little trouble.

They've gone on
down the road.

What kind of trouble?

Educational.

They offered to teach me
to mind my own business.

You might be smart
if you'd learn that lesson.

What did he
wanna know?

Nothin' particular.

We just had
a sociable drink.

What'd he talk about?

I think you should learn
to mind your own business.

Listen, son, I'll
turn you over my knee

and give you a spankin'.

Well, he talked
about dad.

Wanted to know
if he was in

this part of the country
five years ago.

Yeah? Was he?

I don't think so.

That was before he had
this kickapoo outfit.

Linda and I
weren't with him then.

We can do no good
in this town now.

Let's get started.

What's the matter
with her?

Ah, I guess she's
mad at me and Billy

because a rumpus started

and folks lost interest
in the elixir.

Fuzz.

Hmm?

I'm worried about
that outfit.

I'm afraid they're in
for some serious trouble.

Why don't you
go tell 'em?

I don't think
they'd pay much attention.

All I've got to go on
is a hunch.

We ain't what you'd call
exactly popular.

All right, pull up.

Linda: Why did you
stop US?

I want to have a talk
with doc Lattimer

where we won't
be disturbed.

You can't talk
to my father.
He's not well.

I think he'll talk,
all right.

Either call him,
or I'll go in
and get him.

If this is a hold-up,
this is all the money we have.

Take it and let US
be on our way.

I'm not interested
in that chickenfeed.

What I want
are the four
bars of gold

that bill Thompson
took from the express office

five years ago.

I don't know anything
about that.

Don't tell me that.

Bill made a map
of where he
hid the gold.

You were the last one
to see him alive.

The map wasn't
on his body

when the sheriff
found him.

You didn't
dig it up, doc,

or you wouldn't
be playin' around
with this tinhorn outfit.

I tell you, I don't know
what you're talking about.

Then you'd better start
doin' a little rememberin'.

I had the right
hunch, fuzz.

Let's take 'em.

Wait a minute.
We gotta avoid shooting.

Here's what I
want you to do.

I'll go around
this side.

You'd better start
thinkin' fast,

because I'm not gonna
stick around here
all day.

This is your
last chance, doc.

What do you say?

All right.
You win.

[ Fuzzy laughing ]

[ Drunken muttering ]

Whoa, horse! Whoa!

Whoa!

Hey! Ha ha!

Did you come
all the way out here

to get some of
this elixir?

It's wonderful stuff.

It's wonderful.

Look what it's done
for me.

I ain't half the man
I am now till I
started drinkin' it.

Get off of me,

or I'll break
every bone in your body!

Wait till things stop
goin' round.

Don't be too rough
on him, Cal.

I think maybe
he's fond of you.

Cal: Get this drunk
off me!

Hit him over the head
with something!

You boys havin' fun?

Let's not bother
these folks any longer.

I think they'd like
to be on their way.

You certainly go
out of your way
to look for trouble.

It could be,

but I haven't
found any yet
that bothered me.

I wouldn't trail
this outfit any further.

The next time you show up,
it won't all be in fun.

Now get goin'.

And thanks for
the gun.

I think I'll keep it
as a souvenir.

I hope you can
forgive me.

I'm so ashamed.

That's all right.

I'd sure like to know
what those fellas
had in mind.

Doc, why were they
so interested in knowing

whether or not
you were in this country

five years ago?

Dad, I think we should
know the whole story.

Yes, you're involved,

and you have
a right to know
what it's all about.

You children were living
with your aunt

five years ago,
going to school.

I wasn't doing very well

in a small mining camp
as a doctor,

when one night,

a fatally wounded man
staggered into my office.

You're in pretty bad shape.

Wait a minute, doc.

I know I'm finished.

You're a pretty good
scout, willin' to help me.

I want to do
something for you.

That map will show you
where I buried

four bars
of gold bullion.

Don't send it
by express.

It might look
familiar to 'em.

You've got
a pretty good chance.

You might pull through.

I'm layin' the odds, doc.
I told ya.

[ Knock on door ]

Hello, sheriff.

Hi, doc.

Looks like
bill Thompson's
horse outside.

That looks like
bill Thompson himself.

When a man comes
to me for help,

I don't ask him
his name.

Save US the trouble
of hangin' him.

He's dead.

What did he do?

Robbed the express company
of a gold shipment.

They've got him,
but no gold.

I'll send somebody
over tomorrow

and pick up the body.

Good night, sheriff.

So long, doc.

I left town the next day,

intending to go after
the gold,

but I found
I couldn't go through with it.

I couldn't use that wealth,

but I didn't have
the moral courage

to return it
to the express company.

As far as I know,

the gold is still
where Thompson buried it.

Do you have
that map, doc?

Yes, I have it.

Then we'll find the gold,

and return it
to the express company.

You're crazy!
They lost the gold.

Why should we
hand it back
to 'em?

If we had that money,

we could get
a start in life.

Then we could
amount to something.

Maybe you like it,

but I'm fed up with
trailing around the country

with a two-bit
medicine show.

But, Don, that
isn't our money.

We haven't any right
to keep it.

Why not?

We don't owe
the express company
anything.

That gold could
stay buried
where it is

for the next
5,000 years,

and it wouldn't do
anybody any good.

I know I'm right.

Tell him there isn't
anything else
for US to do.

I have nothing
to do with it,
miss Linda.

It's something
for you folks
to decide.

Dad, we must
return that gold
to the express company.

It will be
on our conscience
until we do.

We could never
make any use of it.

It would be the same
as if we stole it.

Yes, you're right.

I've been wanting
to do that for
the last five years.

I'm glad
you feel that way.

You can count on
Billy and me

helpin' you
see it through.

Maybe they want
to get their hands on it,

after we dig it up.

Wait a minute,
wait a minute.

No little whelp
can talk to me like that.

I'll pin his ears back.

Oh, he didn't
mean that.

He's only angry
and disappointed.

Please forgive him.

I won't hold a grudge
if you don't want me to.

They're not gonna
get away with that.

We're gonna make him
cough up that dough.

Yeah, but before
we try it again,

there's a couple of guys
we've got to get rid of.

We'll take care
of them, too.

Ah, cheer up, Don.

You were wrong.

Be a sport about it.

Well, another day
behind US.

Yes, we're nearly there.

I'm glad we didn't
have any further trouble.

Yeah. Looks like
those fellas gave up.

I'm not countin' on it.

Aahhh!

Ha ha ha ha!

Oh, fuzzy,
I'm terribly sorry.

Oh, that's all right.

It just kind of
surprised me
a little bit.

Smells like you scorched
your surprise, fuzz.

Hey, why don't you
do me a favor,

and play dead,
will you?

Don, come and get it.

Thompson hung out
in this country.

I'll bet we're
pretty close to
what we're after.

I don't see that
we're any closer

to getting rid
of the two guys

that messed things up
for US.

We'll take care
of them tonight.

I have an idea
we'd better

keep a pretty good watch
from now on.

Hey, fuzz.

Maybe you'd better
bed down in
your hammock.

Then you'd fall out
every time you
went to sleep.

Ha ha ha!

Don acts as if
we were stealing
something from him.

I don't like it.

He's acting like
a spoiled brat.

But he'll get over it.

[ Snoring loudly ]

[ Snoring continues ]

[ Muttering ]

Will you stop snorin'
so I can get some sleep?

Who's snorin'?

I been wide awake
all the time.

Yeah, maybe you were.

I don't see how anybody
could get any sleep

with all the racket
you were makin'.

[ Snoring resumes ]

I wonder why he's
sneakin' away like that.

Do you suppose
he's figurin' on

double-crossin'
the others?

He could be.

Maybe we'd better
trail him.

What about
them other two fellas?

We'll take care
of them later.

Maybe this is
our lucky break.

Hey!

No, it's me!

What's the matter?

I heard a horse.

I don't hear anything.

I don't know,

but I'm sure
I heard a horse.

It's probably
one of your nightmares
headin' this way.

Well, you roll in, fuzz.

I'll stand guard
for a while.

Might as well
be comfortable
while you're sleeping.

Who's been asleep?

I been wide awake
all the...All the time.

You won't need a gun
to protect yourself from me.

Guess I'm a little jumpy.

You know, I can't
help feeling

we're gonna run into
a lot of trouble

before we get
that gold back
where it belongs.

And it isn't really
your trouble.

You've taken our worries
on your shoulders.

I want you to know
how very grateful we are.

Ah, it's all right.

Didn't have anything
else to do, anyway.

Hmm.

Nobody ever bothered
to stay up and keep me company.

Ooh!

Don.

Come on, wake up.

Billy!

Billy, Don isn't here.

Oh! Oh!

Oh!

He piled up that stuff

to make US believe
he was there all the time.

Dad, Don
has run out
on US.

Are you sure?

Yes, sir.
One of the horses
are gone.

He's stolen the map.

It's hard to believe
that a boy of mine

would do
a thing like that.

I could break
his neck.

I know that map
by heart.

And I have a pretty good
general idea

of where
he's headed for.

Will you go after him?

Yeah, we'll go
after him.

And, doc,
I wouldn't
take it too hard.

You know,
it's a big temptation

for a young,
discontented kid,

and you don't know
he's not gonna
turn out all right

when the final
showdown comes.

Hey, fuzz.

Get your boot on.

We got some
hard ridin'
to do.

How come?

Don stole the map.

He's after the gold
bullion on his own.

Why, that little whelp!

I'll get him.

I'll show him
what to do.

[ Muttering ]

I'll gamble
he's leading US

right where
we want to go.

We'll have to thank him
for being so obliging.

You take your time.

We'll be movin'
pretty fast.

And Linda,
don't you worry
about nothin'.

I'm takin' care
of everything.

I think
he saw US.

Well, what's the difference?

We're at
the end of the line.

Maybe so.

That's far enough.

Who are you,
and what do you want?

All right, kid,
let's have a talk.

We can't find
the gold bullion

without your help,

and you can't
get away with it

if we don't let you.

Now, what do you say?

Okay, I'll give you half.

We'll split four ways.

I get half,
or it's no deal.

All right, it's half.

All right, kid,
where is it?

The way I read
the map,

it's hidden
somewhere in this shack

around the fireplace.

Well, let's go get it.

You boys satisfied
with half?

Half is better
than nothin'.

Let's go.

Let's start tearin'
this fireplace apart.

Whew! I never thought
I'd act like a gopher,

but half of that gold
is worth workin' for.

You're tellin' me?

Half of that bullion
is worth a lot of money.

What are you gonna do
with your half
of the gold, son?

I won't have any trouble
spreadin' it around.

All: Ha ha ha!

Hey!

Take him inside.

What's the idea?

Don't you want
your half of the gold,

or maybe it ain't
where you said it was.

I told you
I wasn't sure.

You better start
makin' sure quick.

Now where is it?

If it isn't
in there,

I don't know
where it is.

Get up.

Hey, wait a minute, fuzz.

Something wrong.

Four horses.

Don must be
in there.

There's Linda's horse.

I didn't know
we were coming
to a party.

Maybe we'd better
look it over--
see if we're welcome.

Come on.

Now you start
remembering.

I thought it's
where I told you.

It's been a long time.

Maybe somebody else
got it.

Don't give me that.

Now you tell me
the truth,

or I'll beat you
to a pulp.

Have you got
the map on you?

No. I only saw it once.
I tried to memorize it.

It's gonna
be tough on you

if you didn't do
a good job
of memorizing.

Get some ropes.

Tie him up.
I'll make him remember.

Hey, I heard somethin'
out there in the brush.

Must be an animal
of some kind.

Coyote maybe.

Yeah.
I'll get rid of him.

Oh!

Your head sounded
hollow, like a pumpkin.

This looks like it might
turn out to be

a pretty rough
party, fuzz.

Yeah.

Now you listen to me.

You wouldn't
have sneaked up here

if you hadn't known
where that gold's hid.

Now tell US
where it is.

I told you
everything I know.

You're lyin'!

If you care anything
about livin',

you'd better
start talkin' fast.

Let me think about it.

Maybe I can remember.

They've treated Don
pretty rough.

Fuzz, it wouldn't
do any good to start
a gunfight.

He might get killed.

Say, I've got an idea.

Don't ask me
to play a drunk.

They won't hold still
for that again.

No, stampede the horses.

That'll bring 'em out.
Now go on.

That's good.

Yah! Go!

Something's happened
to the horses!

So you're
hittin' me
on the head

with a rock, huh?

Keep your eye
on 'em, fuzz.

You bet I will.

Come on,
get up.

Now that we're here,

we'll pick up
that gold bullion.

Why should I
give it to you?

Why?

Because we saved
your life.

Your dad wants it
to go back where it belongs.

Ah, you're right.

I was wrong
all the time.

I'll get the map.

I hid it when
I thought I
was bein' trailed.

You're a good boy,
Don.

I don't think
you three

have committed any crime
the sheriff would be
interested in.

You can walk
back to town.

You won't be
botherin' US anymore.

Hey, just a minute.

Hey, do you mind
if I toss a rock

at those coyotes?

No, fuzz.
Go right ahead.

All right,
get runnin', you.

Ha ha!

Well, that's the way...

Hey, Billy!

Hey, the fight's over.

Hey! Come on.

Well, they gave US
a very substantial reward

for the return
of the bullion.

That's fine, doc.

I wish you'd
take half of it.

No, you'd better keep it.

You know, it'd ruin fuzzy
to have money.

Couldn't get a hat
to fit him.

Billy Carson,
you're a very nice person.

I bet you say that
to all the boys.

She ain't never said it
to me yet.

Fuzzy, you're a dear.

Bye.bye.

Bye, boys.