Colt Comrades (1943) - full transcript
Hoppy and his pals use their reward money to buy a half interest in the Whitlock ranch. After Wildcat Kelly cons California into buying a well drilling rig, they strike water instead of oil. This threatens Jebb Hardin's water monopoly and he retaliates by framing Hoppy for cattle rustling.
What do you want Mason?
You shouldn't come back here.
Well I am back.
Where's Harden? - Are you
crazy? There's a price on your head.
You think I don't know that?
Hopalong Cassidy knows deputies I've
been on my trail for the last hundred miles
Only a 10-minute ride
behind me now.
Harden gonna hide me out
- wait a minute. He isn't here.
He's over the bar. - Then go
get him. Hurry up. - all right.
But don't you show
yourself tonight find him.
I thought I told you
never to come back here
There wasn't no other place left
to go I'm at the end of my rope.
That's just where you belong.
You don't know what
it's like to be hunted
and hounded with
never a minutes rest
my face is plastered on every post
office in a livery stable west of the pecos
I'm such a filthy face to
Harden you've got to hide me out
for a while you owe me that much
I'm not sheltering murderers
I'm a respectable cattleman
You've dirtied...
- Don't all that gun.
Now get out of here
get out before we shoot you
can collect the reward ourselves
alright hon but if those deputies
take me alive I'll spill the works.
you shouldn't have said that Dirk
All right. Pul him up.
Johni. Watch the back door.
California come on the side
drop that gun nation
gotcha Covered
Tommy Johnny get the sheriff they've
taken him alive and doing the voice
better take him off their hands
oh say listen Sam I didn't get my
money's worth out of that bottle now
could I get a refund refunds
what do you want the Battle of Bull Run
that's drink listen they just catch it
Oh hold it
nice work Rangers you can turn the
prison mo to me right now just a minute
who are you I'm Joe brass head of the
vigilance committee and we know how to
deal with Dirk Mason we're not turning
this man over to any mob period lovey
wait wait did you capture him yeah but
he's all yours now sheriff and I hope
your jails strong enough to hold him I
put him in jail
we know who this killer is let's bring
him up right now all right 30 more dice
roll all that come on turn him over I
had enough of your religions brass and
you'll pay with your life for the next
one
oh I don't anybody move now don't try to
stop me sheriff I know I'm gonna die but
Jim Hardin is going out with me
you're all witnesses it was in
self-defense yeah
sure it was
no defense against what well I shouldn't
I I have a claim on this reward you
can't stick your finger in our pie I
have more right to it than you have you
haven't got a leg to stand on
gentlemen gentlemen please I can't issue
any reward money unless the claimants
reach an agreement that's right being
the postmaster here duty-bound to hold
up the reward all disputes are settled
just a moment sheriff you haven't heard
the full story
Mason broke into my office just before
he was captured and tried to hold me up
brass was there and pulled a gun on
enrollment the street at that moment
these men came along you might say we
flushed the bird for them yeah but you
seem more anxious to kill him than
capturing it says they're wanted dead or
alive oh you killed him all right after
we turned him over the sheriff that's
true you weren't meant to rounder Lynch
Mason it wouldn't have been necessary to
shoot him now wait a minute sheriff
there's no use squabbling over the price
in a dead man's head I'll tell you what
we'll do we'll relinquish all rights the
reward if you'll invest the $5.000 in
this community that alright with you Joe
well I
you see mr. Cassidy we helped get rid of
a dangerous criminal and so our
community is entitled to some of the
benefits you get the money and we get
your investment what do you say I've
talked it over with my partners let you
know later
now we might as well face the facts
we weren't thinking about a reward when
we started out looking for Mason were we
oh we got it coming to us and there's no
sense letting Harden and brass horn in
we might have to I've seen this happen
before usually when they start fighting
about a reward nobody gets it
yeah but there's nothing in this town
worth investing unless we buy a saloon
or restaurant restaurant chan chan idea
yeah that would be a great idea we'd
make a lot of money with the restaurant
with you around wouldn't they haha but
seriously haven't you both forgotten
something we've always wanted horse a
little ranch of our own a ranch of our
own Shay but you think it's about time
we laid our guns aside and put morning
around like three homeless stray
wouldn't you like a little peace and
quiet a roof over your head called your
own nobody to fire you and ride rains on
our own land and raise ham and eggs
ah you kind of go for the idea huh well
you know me happy all I asked you six
square meals a day
it sounds swell but do you think there's
any land around here for sale well we
might ask carton he seems don't all the
land the valley come on
aren't them he's inside but listen if
you give me quarter of the ring one will
leave him out of it one side ten on me
like that he'll come in gentlemen
come idea but you proceeded mr. dusty
thank you
you have reached a decision yes we
decided to invest our reward money in
the valley good that is if we can find
some good ranch land well every square
foot of the valley is good ranch land
trouble is there's not much of it as for
sale about the only place that's
available is the kwik-lok ranch that
costs about $10.000 $10.000 that's just
twice as much as we have no one expects
you to pay kay here's an inventory mr.
Cassidy that's a nice snug little ranch
house 300 head of good stock cattle and
plenty of good pasture land mm-hmm
$5.000 lets you take up the first
mortgage and considering the high price
of beef these days you should be able to
pay off the balance in a couple of years
well if that's true why couldn't would
like make a go of it well there are two
Whitlock's
a brother and a sister is she young yeah
trouble is they knew nothing about
raising cattle and cared less they let
the place run down and got behind in
their payments and you hold the mortgage
yeah but I was about to foreclose but if
you'd like to take up the mortgage
ourselves it's yours
well I will look at the place over if
it's what you say it is maybe we can
make a deal
fine fine oh by the way it might be a
good idea if we found out where the
ranch is well it's on the left-hand side
of the road about four miles south of
town you can't miss it
we'll find it see you later goodbye
I don't get it Jed I thought you wanted
to grab the Whitlock rants for yourself
I do want it first let them sink their
money into it as long as I control the
water rights they'll lose their money
and the ranch try it
thanks a lot
that's what I call cattle country
that's good land all right but it dry
grass it down drown that stream looks
pretty well it out well you didn't
expect it to be perfect did you
I suppose it was we wouldn't have the
fun of improving it no wait a minute
yeah I'd like to look at the rain charts
before we make our minds up ha ha
it'll have a kitchen if that's what
you're worrying about
so we're just looking father in there
yeah everybody home let's go on inside
Garden gave us permission I know but I
anybody home it's not
well with lots of girls certainly knows
how to fix up a parlor nice and cozy set
aside she's good-looking now what's that
got to do with it she don't go with a
Rancho Oh miss Whitlock you can bring me
my pipe and slippers
hey get your Spurs off that couch what
happened you all right
hi hoppy look what I found chicken I
might have known it that's our that
reminds me we haven't eaten since
yesterday oh this is not a very nice
thing to do but I am hungry that's our
trouble with you often you worry too
much about your conscience not enough
about your stomach yeah I'll take care
of that right now
who are they Lynne you suppose they're
Hardens men I don't know but they've
come to throw us off we're gonna throw
them off
you know if you had three hand your
Chokey Asaf tur there that's a good one
shape it wonderful there's no place like
home
know even if it's somebody else's boy
what are you doing here why MA I'm
Hopalong Cassidy this is Johnny Travers
and this is California Carlson where are
you
howdy
see ya hard to say assign Noah sent you
to throw us out starve us out - it seems
oh please will glad to pay you for the
chicken but that isn't exactly what we
can to buy see Harden told us you were
trying to get rid of the place trying to
get rid of it I've been doing everything
I could to hang on to it oh that's the
case I'm I'm sorry we barged in see we
have $5.000 we wanted to invest him and
he told us this place was for sale I'm
sorry I better get out of here
sorry about the chicken I couldn't
resist it mr. Cassidy
yeah how much money did you say you had
$5.000 then what do we better lose half
the ranch then all of it well what do
you mean we'll never get another loan
you know it in another month Harden I'll
take the place over so would it be
better to form a 50/50 partnership with
these men all right don't believe your
brother likes the idea of us Whitlock
besides we don't want to take advantage
your hard love no but you'd be helping
us Linden can't run the ranch alone and
we having money to hire hands so I think
we'd better accept three working
partners oh you're friends of Hardin or
Joe brass gosh hardly not after beating
amount of $5.000 reward money well any
man who can do that ought to be a good
partner yeah sit down Cassidy maybe we
can strike up a bargain Thanks probably
bad news we've already seen the bad news
there is enough water well there's
plenty of water you see that the river
that feeds the whole valleys got two
forks but Hargens dammed up the
headwaters and you have to pay em for
the water there's Rachel so how you
think no flow in that River instead of
water
none of us small ranchers can make any
money if we have to buy our water we
can't afford to do that unless we sell
our cattle so the whole thing's a
vicious circle mm-hmm but they don't pay
your bills you take your land he does
worse than that he shuts off the water
and our cattle diet thirst
why don't you complain to the
Cattlemen's Association well Hardin
controls that too Oh
so if you expect to get rich in this
valley mr. Cassidy the cards are stacked
against you well getting rich is exactly
what I have mine I just want a place to
settle down Harden's water rates may be
a little high but I'm ready to pay a
higher price for a little peace and
quiet of course I don't have my partner
Steve about it
how about a Johnny huh oh sure sure
let's form a partnership California did
you open it chicken fish yes you get a
partner now you got three funny that's
right
well we've got a lot of chores to do if
save time we divide them up Johnny
you go over to the telegraph office and
wire our resignations to the federal
marshal all right well tell me we can
find some other deputies to chase us
criminals from now on and I'll tell him
you us so long as you count him an
n-word well I will because I don't want
to hang around town all day I got plenty
to keep me busy out the ranch I noticed
that wait a minute I got a job for you
too want you to take this five hundred
dollars into Hardens always to pay the
water bill house you're that happy I
gotta go to the bank and open account
shave my throat awful dry what if I go
across the way and sort of refresh the
inner man all right I'll see you get
there and later and why you're quenching
the inner man don't forget to pay the
water bill
patty 911 give me a double chasing
bloody mother zero take a bath bad
thanks a good what put it ain't had a
drink yet
doggone it Joey and I couldn't get here
fast enough to get one sarsaparilla
sarsaparilla
hey he said one of the foes did win that
reward yeah my buddy's got a bankroll on
him too if you can't okay why can't you
really lost your touch
sarsaparilla oh there honey
I say ain't you the photo that captured
that killer shucks it weren't nothing
st. you were the fella that tripped me
up oh well I was just trying to stay out
of the fight thanks all oh you sure was
anxious to get into that ruckus I never
seen the total of that much gunk oh yeah
Sam give me a friend here drink got one
already well they're not have one on you
think they're drink
understand you fellas heard mine and
then what do I win yep I mean my pals
are gonna settle down and take life easy
yeah
oh that's you're not a smart buy you're
a awful smart naturally bought the
mineral rights to her minute mm-hmm
Watford you didn't buy the mineral right
no I guess I thought that you were the
fella that into a fortune when you seen
it
well usually do ya say no listens my
mom's a word oh sure sure mum's the word
what word say come on over here brother
I'll tell you what I'm gonna do t I do
for ya
see I think I've got something here
it'll be interesting is he here now I
wasn't here I don't mind that is okay I
see that's you did that anti-climb there
that there yeah that's right
now look here see was axial plane now
that shows evidence of assets difference
stratification Jojo all right and you
imagine yeah you see with this lubbers
l2 superimposed over her ah Janice
Michael I doll down into there using
well there are days well that's what I
mean horse named lines 401 all this is a
geological surveyor the Whitlock ranch I
made the thing myself saying here's
something else you want to be interested
in wait a minute I got it but Charlie's
report here the beers not everything
I've been telling you longer to
pathologist haha sure yeah you see here
it says your soil samples give definite
proof of the presence of petroleum
petroleum petroleum you mean oil oil hey
brother there's enough oil under that
whitlock range to lubricate the entire
planetary system oh my gosh yeah okay
right wait a minute
if there's oil there if I don't Harden
we step in and take it over
that's because he doesn't know anything
about it you don't know now look if I
was go to him and try to buy the mineral
rights from him why he'd catch on the
second Jory what sure I'm not gonna go
no more fortunate are glad you know of
course me know huh say yeah good put up
at the villain tools oh you don't have
to worry about that now I've got a rig
in a drill of my own giving you those
yeah now that is if you cut me in for
native the royalties sure I'll catch it
you think an H enough well make it to
wait hej honey
yeah well what can I lose million
barrels of oil $10 a barrel a million
but at 1010 million dollars
gosh it's a deal they are 500 well his
toys
hey doggone it you know I was supposed
to pay the water bill without all wait a
minute brother don't worry about water
no you see in about a month's time from
now you're gonna have enough money to
buy the Amazon whatever
Amazon hmm push that no just make it the
Mississippi sure yeah here's toys we got
something let's go
oh hej hey $500 uh-huh say listen don't
you think you better go ahead and
prepare your pals for the shock no no
well now there's no wait a minute this
may be an awful surprise to him you know
that's what I wanted to do a surprise
him huh will they be tickled pink
oh what a bro now on you can call me
King Carlos the oil typhoon hej come on
I want you to meet Wildcat Willie the
best oil sniffer this fired a
Pennsylvania what's this stuff in the
wagon drilling Jules hoppy I just bought
the exclusive rights to the biggest oil
field in the whole state look at them -
yes forget the fill-up Anya did you pay
the water bill didn't have to pardon
give us a 30-day extension on the debt
did he put it in writing and writing
world
not exactly but he gave me his word of
honor his word of honor
Harden's word isn't worth any more in
those all right you've been talking
about Oh
something always happens now we have
money to pay for the water and Hardin
knows it that's our money you just throw
away you know you might have spoken to
us before investing anything like this
well doggone it hoppy I was doing it for
all of us hej hey you'll sing another
tune when we strike it rich strike it
rich
you couldn't drill more than a hundred
feet with that Rick you've got there and
even if you could you wouldn't strike
oil if you don't have way to China no
wait a minute you ain't seen the
petrological report you mean his reports
his report
give me a mouth show up every rancher in
the valley knows that man's an oil
swindler all right there
oh yes window yeah we strike
get rich haha you me so you want a drill
do you you better get off the rats
before you get drilled yes sir yes sir
well folks I guess I'll be getting along
oh no you ain't you're gonna stay here
you're gonna set up that rig and sink a
well
oh listen brother I didn't say I do any
work no oh but you're going to if you
want to stay above ground you better
find something below get over that way
get off of that yeah you can use mine
the matter ID you used to working yeah
but not like this
look I'm not a dirt scratcher I'm a
cattle man I gotta break my back I want
to do it on the horse I know you love
the range particularly the one in my
kitchen well if you really want to know
it's because you're there well have no
kitchen citizen here you want to eat got
a word what about California
he's been some of that oil derrick for
two weeks never doesn't like a word it
eats more than all of us put together
California promised me a barrel of oil
for every meal I gave him that well
produces less than 50 barrels a day I'll
be getting swindled sure he got swindled
so now I swindling us I'm gonna tell him
all what's your stopping for partner
we've been working here now two weeks
and we've only drilled 40 feet at this
rate we won't reach all doomsday your
dare domain far off you don't keep
drilling I know but I haven't had a
minutes rest you'll rest in peace if
that holds dry keep her going now what
could I have a little water please
thank you hej California I'm warning you
for the last time huh shut that paint
off thank you
he did you do some work around the ranch
if you don't eat I gotta be here at the
drillin there and I gotta eat to see a
fine pal you are trying to start me out
huh don't call me a pail I'm through
with you just wait until hoppy and Lynn
get back here they come now
who's that with him Pez mr. Varney he
owns a ranch south of ours
what's the matter it's hard to shut off
the water
the creeks already dried my cattle have
been without water for two days we're
going up to the dam now and see if we
can get him to open the spillways well
I'm going with you I'll finish that
garden patch when I get back
so Arden gave you his word of honor he
wouldn't shut off the water huh well I
got along California I like to hoppy but
water ain't my business oil is my racket
she might gush any minute all right you
old faker when you get hungry just try
and eat that all well come on come on
quit stalling get to work a word bacon
jool brass and some of his vigilantes
huh me
yeah and they look like they're ready
for trouble yes they're gonna get it too
what's the matter boys thirsty da with
our Catalan we just want to remind you
that Hardin promised us a 30-day
extension on our water rights and he
must have changed his mind because if
you want water you'll have to pay for it
you mean we'll fight for it my hurt is
dying her first hot I'll be glad to take
the cattle off your hands 50 cents on
the dollar
let me tell you brass you'll never kill
my cattle because I'll take that water
stealing cattle shut it off Johnny get
it off yes shut it off come on
widget back down for coffee because what
Brad said is true we take that water by
force Harden can have us arrested for
theft and I guess we're licked about
time being just like we'll have to sell
our title now well we got a payoff and
lead wait a minute Johnny remember we
bought into this ranch for a little
peace and quiet
so long boys see you later Barney
you know huffy every time I look at that
pile of junk I get some mad I can't even
see straight
California won't raise a hand to help we
got to kick him off the ranch Oh picking
on him he's having fun hej this is
really a two-man job you know
well there's two of us here
did they turn the water on no we're
gonna have to sell our cattle thanks to
California would you like to help us
with a roundup or are you too tired no
no I ain't too - do we get paid for it I
need some new drilling pipe paid foot
after eating us out of house and home
that's the last straw now you can tear
down that contraption and get off our
property I ain't on your property I'm
suspended in midair you're either gonna
get off I get blasted off and that goes
for you too Wildcat don't pay no
attention to him keep on working
what's that happy well if you're well
you oughta know
get the noise or some kind
I got it still there
Hey
we stuck
hi then hot it okay you're brought in oh
well is that true oh well it's more like
an underground lake enough to water a
thousand head of cattle
yeah and irrigate a thousand acres to
boot I never saw such luck first they
win a reward then they discover a well
and we want to share that luck with all
of you
you bring your cattle over to our place
and use all what do you want well that's
mighty generous of you happy but I'm
afraid that isn't gonna sit too well
with Hardin no that's what we're gonna
find that right now how did I know they
were gonna strike water
besides you thought it was a great idea
please don't remind me
listen Jeb suppose I poison the well or
something will you be quiet brass why
should we poison the well when I can get
it from them legally I still have them
over a barrel they haven't a single
speak of the devil
come in gentlemen congratulations
I hear you struck a bonanza yeah one of
your crooked deals finally boomerang
boomerang you've got me all wrong I'm
very glad there's a new source of water
in the valley you might as well be
because we're not buying a drop of water
from you from now on
what about the water you've already used
and haven't paid for we're bringing 50
head of cattle into town for shipment
you can arrange the deal and take what
we owe you out of the price we get I
couldn't sell your cattle for love no
money there's no demand the market is
cluttered that's a lie you've been
selling your own cattle right along well
wait a minute Hardin you are the head of
the Cattlemen's Association here it's
your duty to see that every rancher gets
a fair share of the market that's not
quite right mr. Cassidy it is my duty to
see that the cattle come up to the
specifications demanded by the buyers if
my herd is the only good beef the valley
that's your hard-luck well how can we
fatten our cattle on the water rations
you give us Oh
why argue with him is better way to
channel the wait a minute
we're gonna sell our cattle if we have
to start our own association to do it
but first I want to pay off this debt
we'll give you a hundred head of cattle
for what we owe you I won't take your
cattle what are you talking about cattle
is legal tender for debts anywhere in
the West but not your cattle I want your
ranch and I'm going to get it I'm afraid
not Hardin I'm calling a meeting of
every rancher in the valley then we'll
see how much support you have today if
he gets all the ranches working together
we're gonna have a fight on our hands I
don't believe the ranch this will
support mr. caste especially when they
find out he's a cattle rustler cattle
rustler white Jeb Cassidy ain't never
stole anything not yet we're gonna see
that he does
party
she came in with a guy's a regular old
faith I never would have believed it I
had no idea there was any water in this
valley yeah huh look at that string I
filled her overnight yeah and overnight
California becomes the hero says he knew
all along is gonna get water you did oh
of course we did I just wanted to
surprise and that ain't know I'll bet
there's a teasing water all over this
fan now wait a minute just because you
hit water here don't start bragging
thirteen bragging hoppy Oh
Chavo dodo mean my pal sink a well for
any rancher that wants one if drink
water we won't charge you much sin well
that sounds fair enough see if this
works out we've got heart and licked you
bet we have here come the others let's
get the meeting started ah yeah hej look
boys
well there's Hardin now with these
vigilantes
want to showdown it out
jolanda's largest to maintain order
I didn't get an invitation to your
meeting however there's some old
business I want to bring up I'm glad you
came and brought your gang since you're
the subject of this meeting gentlemen
this valley has some of the finest
cattle land in the country get your
stock is dying in your lands blowing
away and why all because of one man
Jeb Harden he shuts our water off and
lets off past your turn to dust and if
we try to sell our cattle eat l's us
there's no market for them yet he's been
selling his own right along
that's right hoppy yes and that's true
of the vigilantes too
oh yes the vigilantes Hardin tells us he
formed that little group to protect us
from outlaws the maintain law and order
and who are the vigilantes a bunch of
gunmen hired by him to clean out anybody
that gets in his way and Hardin can
clean us out two gentlemen he can break
all of us one by one unless we stick
together we're with you hoppy we'll
start our own Association market our own
cattle sake our own well we don't need
to buy Hardens water anymore oh wait a
minute gentlemen
don't let caste stampede gentle you hear
what I have to say he used a lot of fine
sounding words well I've never known a
crook that didn't however there's one
thing he said it's quite true I did
refuse to market his stock I refused
because I found out half the Whitlock
herd is stolen cattle and I suppose you
can prove that statement I certainly can
this hide came off a stair the Lynn
Whitlock trip to Kansas City last year
the stockyards returned it to me
take a good look at it mr. Varney
there's the original plan the bar v you
can see where it's been enlarged to a
box W the use of a running iron quick
lock and cassadee poses a small ranches
friends that doesn't stop them from
stealing your cattle you haven't proved
anything Harden anybody can mark up a
hide and you probably did it yourself
so that's your story is it and you won't
object if we take a look at the herd
certainly not you'll find some of
money's can let the waterhole and
they've still got his brand on them
alright gentlemen let's take a look
well in its some kind of a fray my papi
well I didn't do it oh I know you didn't
but we got to be ready for trouble if
Harden has planted stolen cattle and
I've heard we've practically got a rope
around her neck let's go see
there's one go get him red
happy yes Wow can't hear nose Hardened
brass better than any of us they planned
this frame-up didn't they
oh well now Miss Lucy no I'm just an
innocent bystander on wag your tongue
well if you want the truth give Harding
a double-cross himself we got to have a
chance oh we've known that all along
it's yours alright mr. Barney somebody's
with him over the running iron so you're
the one that was gonna help the little
fellow say we'll see that you get
justice mr. Gordon but but not your kind
of justice you'll have to come with us
Cassady I'll see you get a fair trial I
can imagine that kind of a trial wait
yet we wouldn't even live when we got to
the jail whether you get off those
horses
come on get out there drop your gun
you are too
that's your horse mr. Bonnie
aren't you going to help them sooner you
pretty good guilty I don't want to
believe they're guilty Miss Lucy but if
those men are innocent they should have
given themselves up but Hardin would
have lynched them you know that he
framed my brother today and tomorrow
frame you I've got no use for hardness
getting either miss Lucy your brother
and his partners are fugitives yes and
we'll all be if we're siding with them
now you're afraid of them oh no we're
not we're all fight Hardin if we can get
the evidence against him but there's no
sense trying to fight him as long as he
stays within the law
any other way of that held no Susan
steeper on the other side they can knock
us off like clay pigeons alright leave
two men here rest was the ride back to
town they might crawl out of that hole
and get away
what of it they run away they'll only
prove the guilt they stay here it'll be
open season for anyone named quick block
Travers or Cassidy quick bowler you stay
here
hey they're leaving two men on guard
yeah we'll stay here till it gets dark
then we'll make a break for it where we
go hoppy we're fair game for anybody
back to the ranch when I would talk with
Wildcat miss hoppy why didn't they
include me in this frame-up well my
goodness ed because you're not a cattle
man huh pass me that will you please you
know when you've got mixed up in this
oil business you certainly got your head
out of the news here you talk you think
lindenhof me and Johnny we're really
guilty what wait a minute
Jenny are you hurt I'm alright we make a
bad tire on a dark night shouldn't have
come the vigilantes might be watching
the house we made sure no one is around
before we rolled in we're only gonna be
here a few minutes I want to have a talk
of Wildcat now I want you to tell me
everything you know about it Jeff Hardin
and Joe brass Oh what now listen I don't
know nothing - hiya Wildcat you promised
to go straight oh yes I know but not
straight across Harding's path that's
suicide
look what's happened to you yeah I know
and we haven't got a chance unless we
got some evidence against Hardin
mm-hmm oh well now I don't know whether
this is evidence or not but you remember
Dirk Mason you know the fellas a killer
that you fellas captured yeah what about
him he used to work for Jim Hardin oh
well that's no surprise
what else oh well one of the vigilantes
told me that Joe brass had to kill Dirk
Mason to keep him from squealing on Jim
Hardin keep him from squealing
what about well oh and I wouldn't know
about that night yeah well that's a
great help you can't prove anything on
that kind evidence hej wait a minute
wasn't it right after that mail robbery
the Hardin put Martin in their ranchers
cattle well yes the cattle contracts
didn't come through Hardin told the
ranch is that all the stockyards weren't
buying any cows this year and you took
their word for it we had to you see
Hardens head of the Association so
naturally he does all the bargaining
yeah but suppose the cattle contracts
were in that stolen mailbag
Mason couldn't have
used him but Harden
could you mean to say Hardin fill those
contracts himself he must have he's been
selling his cattle right along hasn't he
you Betty has and he could have told the
buyers that all our cattle were stolen
and they'd have believed him what about
that wild can't does that make sense
well anything accuse hard enough makes
sense but how are you gonna prove it no
I guess the only thing we do is break
into his office and see what we can find
well that's impossible the town's full
of vigilantes well it's your chance
sight
and we'll have to find a way to get the
vigilantes out of town here's what we'll
do
as little plum portrayed you just nor
the town will meet their son
Wow listen the old guys a king himself
where's your cattle peeping friends I
want to see Hart step right inside get
out I'm busy I get a message for a year
from Cassidy and Whitlock where are they
they're ready to give themselves up that
is yeah on one condition
well they'll surrender if you bring
along the sheriff and guarantee him safe
conduct to the jail
all right I'll guarantee there'll be no
lynching now where are they they're
waiting at those big rocks 3 miles north
of town wait here
brass boys never mind about the
sheriff's just round up the men and go
get them right and brass it might be
better if you shot them for attempting
to escape
maybe Tommy come on boys go inside
please
sure
sit down yeah
in case anything goes wrong you will
make a nice hostage to turn over the
vigilantes
California's alright
watercress
get up
get inside that door Johnny get in
getting tied up right
hi Sandy Whitlock come out with your
hands up
see they haven't been here there's no
fresh tracks something tells me we've
been tricked come on
where
career puppy then yeah I'll be which
fine enough here to send Hardman brands
to the pen for 20 years these are the
cattle contract sent to you on any other
ranches and stolen from the United
States mail find any friends see this
evidence
stole the papers give me a Mason's job
yeah uh for that now they get that
evidence the ranchers were finished come
on
the former pocket you think half of
those over and shown to Varna get the
rest of them to Wow can't let him
showing the ranch's what's the time all
right wait a minute you hydrate Allah
vigilantes go by we're gonna drop the
ranch that's where I want you to bring
the posse come on
Harden's heading for the ranch now yes
all right I'll go with you
Johnny cover that side
then I'm happy
well let's stop them for the time bein
hey take a look at them contracts those
were found in Harding's office
can a it watch that back door
eight
they aren t the gun said so if I get it
right home and putting away our guns for
peepers in practice
hey happy I'm getting low on ammunition
oh my they seem to have plenty
a lot of fire
now the chaps come on
get up on your feet alright everyone
comfortable oh yeah seeing that while
I'm away you make another survey the
valley I still think there's oil around
here you do positive well sure sure
brother there's one born every minute
thank Lynn well that's all right hoppy
I'm sure sorry you got that telegram
ah so am I in a way but Bucks have an
outlaw coupling after all he is a friend
of ours we can't very well at this point
and I thought we was gonna settle down
maybe when we get this job finished we
can come back here and start in where we
left off but I understand happy you know
I never did expect you to hibernate for
long not him you don't seem to mind
housework as much as you used to Jenny
Wow
Lucy it's all tied up with something
I've been wanting to ask you what is it
well our business partnerships worked
out fine but I can't take the place of I
know it can't take the place of fried
chicken and mashed potatoes Oh Lucy it's
not that I just don't think you're ready
to settle down Johnny
well poppy might need me if I collect
another reward well maybe you goodbye
Lucy
okay bye happy
what am I saying bye
You shouldn't come back here.
Well I am back.
Where's Harden? - Are you
crazy? There's a price on your head.
You think I don't know that?
Hopalong Cassidy knows deputies I've
been on my trail for the last hundred miles
Only a 10-minute ride
behind me now.
Harden gonna hide me out
- wait a minute. He isn't here.
He's over the bar. - Then go
get him. Hurry up. - all right.
But don't you show
yourself tonight find him.
I thought I told you
never to come back here
There wasn't no other place left
to go I'm at the end of my rope.
That's just where you belong.
You don't know what
it's like to be hunted
and hounded with
never a minutes rest
my face is plastered on every post
office in a livery stable west of the pecos
I'm such a filthy face to
Harden you've got to hide me out
for a while you owe me that much
I'm not sheltering murderers
I'm a respectable cattleman
You've dirtied...
- Don't all that gun.
Now get out of here
get out before we shoot you
can collect the reward ourselves
alright hon but if those deputies
take me alive I'll spill the works.
you shouldn't have said that Dirk
All right. Pul him up.
Johni. Watch the back door.
California come on the side
drop that gun nation
gotcha Covered
Tommy Johnny get the sheriff they've
taken him alive and doing the voice
better take him off their hands
oh say listen Sam I didn't get my
money's worth out of that bottle now
could I get a refund refunds
what do you want the Battle of Bull Run
that's drink listen they just catch it
Oh hold it
nice work Rangers you can turn the
prison mo to me right now just a minute
who are you I'm Joe brass head of the
vigilance committee and we know how to
deal with Dirk Mason we're not turning
this man over to any mob period lovey
wait wait did you capture him yeah but
he's all yours now sheriff and I hope
your jails strong enough to hold him I
put him in jail
we know who this killer is let's bring
him up right now all right 30 more dice
roll all that come on turn him over I
had enough of your religions brass and
you'll pay with your life for the next
one
oh I don't anybody move now don't try to
stop me sheriff I know I'm gonna die but
Jim Hardin is going out with me
you're all witnesses it was in
self-defense yeah
sure it was
no defense against what well I shouldn't
I I have a claim on this reward you
can't stick your finger in our pie I
have more right to it than you have you
haven't got a leg to stand on
gentlemen gentlemen please I can't issue
any reward money unless the claimants
reach an agreement that's right being
the postmaster here duty-bound to hold
up the reward all disputes are settled
just a moment sheriff you haven't heard
the full story
Mason broke into my office just before
he was captured and tried to hold me up
brass was there and pulled a gun on
enrollment the street at that moment
these men came along you might say we
flushed the bird for them yeah but you
seem more anxious to kill him than
capturing it says they're wanted dead or
alive oh you killed him all right after
we turned him over the sheriff that's
true you weren't meant to rounder Lynch
Mason it wouldn't have been necessary to
shoot him now wait a minute sheriff
there's no use squabbling over the price
in a dead man's head I'll tell you what
we'll do we'll relinquish all rights the
reward if you'll invest the $5.000 in
this community that alright with you Joe
well I
you see mr. Cassidy we helped get rid of
a dangerous criminal and so our
community is entitled to some of the
benefits you get the money and we get
your investment what do you say I've
talked it over with my partners let you
know later
now we might as well face the facts
we weren't thinking about a reward when
we started out looking for Mason were we
oh we got it coming to us and there's no
sense letting Harden and brass horn in
we might have to I've seen this happen
before usually when they start fighting
about a reward nobody gets it
yeah but there's nothing in this town
worth investing unless we buy a saloon
or restaurant restaurant chan chan idea
yeah that would be a great idea we'd
make a lot of money with the restaurant
with you around wouldn't they haha but
seriously haven't you both forgotten
something we've always wanted horse a
little ranch of our own a ranch of our
own Shay but you think it's about time
we laid our guns aside and put morning
around like three homeless stray
wouldn't you like a little peace and
quiet a roof over your head called your
own nobody to fire you and ride rains on
our own land and raise ham and eggs
ah you kind of go for the idea huh well
you know me happy all I asked you six
square meals a day
it sounds swell but do you think there's
any land around here for sale well we
might ask carton he seems don't all the
land the valley come on
aren't them he's inside but listen if
you give me quarter of the ring one will
leave him out of it one side ten on me
like that he'll come in gentlemen
come idea but you proceeded mr. dusty
thank you
you have reached a decision yes we
decided to invest our reward money in
the valley good that is if we can find
some good ranch land well every square
foot of the valley is good ranch land
trouble is there's not much of it as for
sale about the only place that's
available is the kwik-lok ranch that
costs about $10.000 $10.000 that's just
twice as much as we have no one expects
you to pay kay here's an inventory mr.
Cassidy that's a nice snug little ranch
house 300 head of good stock cattle and
plenty of good pasture land mm-hmm
$5.000 lets you take up the first
mortgage and considering the high price
of beef these days you should be able to
pay off the balance in a couple of years
well if that's true why couldn't would
like make a go of it well there are two
Whitlock's
a brother and a sister is she young yeah
trouble is they knew nothing about
raising cattle and cared less they let
the place run down and got behind in
their payments and you hold the mortgage
yeah but I was about to foreclose but if
you'd like to take up the mortgage
ourselves it's yours
well I will look at the place over if
it's what you say it is maybe we can
make a deal
fine fine oh by the way it might be a
good idea if we found out where the
ranch is well it's on the left-hand side
of the road about four miles south of
town you can't miss it
we'll find it see you later goodbye
I don't get it Jed I thought you wanted
to grab the Whitlock rants for yourself
I do want it first let them sink their
money into it as long as I control the
water rights they'll lose their money
and the ranch try it
thanks a lot
that's what I call cattle country
that's good land all right but it dry
grass it down drown that stream looks
pretty well it out well you didn't
expect it to be perfect did you
I suppose it was we wouldn't have the
fun of improving it no wait a minute
yeah I'd like to look at the rain charts
before we make our minds up ha ha
it'll have a kitchen if that's what
you're worrying about
so we're just looking father in there
yeah everybody home let's go on inside
Garden gave us permission I know but I
anybody home it's not
well with lots of girls certainly knows
how to fix up a parlor nice and cozy set
aside she's good-looking now what's that
got to do with it she don't go with a
Rancho Oh miss Whitlock you can bring me
my pipe and slippers
hey get your Spurs off that couch what
happened you all right
hi hoppy look what I found chicken I
might have known it that's our that
reminds me we haven't eaten since
yesterday oh this is not a very nice
thing to do but I am hungry that's our
trouble with you often you worry too
much about your conscience not enough
about your stomach yeah I'll take care
of that right now
who are they Lynne you suppose they're
Hardens men I don't know but they've
come to throw us off we're gonna throw
them off
you know if you had three hand your
Chokey Asaf tur there that's a good one
shape it wonderful there's no place like
home
know even if it's somebody else's boy
what are you doing here why MA I'm
Hopalong Cassidy this is Johnny Travers
and this is California Carlson where are
you
howdy
see ya hard to say assign Noah sent you
to throw us out starve us out - it seems
oh please will glad to pay you for the
chicken but that isn't exactly what we
can to buy see Harden told us you were
trying to get rid of the place trying to
get rid of it I've been doing everything
I could to hang on to it oh that's the
case I'm I'm sorry we barged in see we
have $5.000 we wanted to invest him and
he told us this place was for sale I'm
sorry I better get out of here
sorry about the chicken I couldn't
resist it mr. Cassidy
yeah how much money did you say you had
$5.000 then what do we better lose half
the ranch then all of it well what do
you mean we'll never get another loan
you know it in another month Harden I'll
take the place over so would it be
better to form a 50/50 partnership with
these men all right don't believe your
brother likes the idea of us Whitlock
besides we don't want to take advantage
your hard love no but you'd be helping
us Linden can't run the ranch alone and
we having money to hire hands so I think
we'd better accept three working
partners oh you're friends of Hardin or
Joe brass gosh hardly not after beating
amount of $5.000 reward money well any
man who can do that ought to be a good
partner yeah sit down Cassidy maybe we
can strike up a bargain Thanks probably
bad news we've already seen the bad news
there is enough water well there's
plenty of water you see that the river
that feeds the whole valleys got two
forks but Hargens dammed up the
headwaters and you have to pay em for
the water there's Rachel so how you
think no flow in that River instead of
water
none of us small ranchers can make any
money if we have to buy our water we
can't afford to do that unless we sell
our cattle so the whole thing's a
vicious circle mm-hmm but they don't pay
your bills you take your land he does
worse than that he shuts off the water
and our cattle diet thirst
why don't you complain to the
Cattlemen's Association well Hardin
controls that too Oh
so if you expect to get rich in this
valley mr. Cassidy the cards are stacked
against you well getting rich is exactly
what I have mine I just want a place to
settle down Harden's water rates may be
a little high but I'm ready to pay a
higher price for a little peace and
quiet of course I don't have my partner
Steve about it
how about a Johnny huh oh sure sure
let's form a partnership California did
you open it chicken fish yes you get a
partner now you got three funny that's
right
well we've got a lot of chores to do if
save time we divide them up Johnny
you go over to the telegraph office and
wire our resignations to the federal
marshal all right well tell me we can
find some other deputies to chase us
criminals from now on and I'll tell him
you us so long as you count him an
n-word well I will because I don't want
to hang around town all day I got plenty
to keep me busy out the ranch I noticed
that wait a minute I got a job for you
too want you to take this five hundred
dollars into Hardens always to pay the
water bill house you're that happy I
gotta go to the bank and open account
shave my throat awful dry what if I go
across the way and sort of refresh the
inner man all right I'll see you get
there and later and why you're quenching
the inner man don't forget to pay the
water bill
patty 911 give me a double chasing
bloody mother zero take a bath bad
thanks a good what put it ain't had a
drink yet
doggone it Joey and I couldn't get here
fast enough to get one sarsaparilla
sarsaparilla
hey he said one of the foes did win that
reward yeah my buddy's got a bankroll on
him too if you can't okay why can't you
really lost your touch
sarsaparilla oh there honey
I say ain't you the photo that captured
that killer shucks it weren't nothing
st. you were the fella that tripped me
up oh well I was just trying to stay out
of the fight thanks all oh you sure was
anxious to get into that ruckus I never
seen the total of that much gunk oh yeah
Sam give me a friend here drink got one
already well they're not have one on you
think they're drink
understand you fellas heard mine and
then what do I win yep I mean my pals
are gonna settle down and take life easy
yeah
oh that's you're not a smart buy you're
a awful smart naturally bought the
mineral rights to her minute mm-hmm
Watford you didn't buy the mineral right
no I guess I thought that you were the
fella that into a fortune when you seen
it
well usually do ya say no listens my
mom's a word oh sure sure mum's the word
what word say come on over here brother
I'll tell you what I'm gonna do t I do
for ya
see I think I've got something here
it'll be interesting is he here now I
wasn't here I don't mind that is okay I
see that's you did that anti-climb there
that there yeah that's right
now look here see was axial plane now
that shows evidence of assets difference
stratification Jojo all right and you
imagine yeah you see with this lubbers
l2 superimposed over her ah Janice
Michael I doll down into there using
well there are days well that's what I
mean horse named lines 401 all this is a
geological surveyor the Whitlock ranch I
made the thing myself saying here's
something else you want to be interested
in wait a minute I got it but Charlie's
report here the beers not everything
I've been telling you longer to
pathologist haha sure yeah you see here
it says your soil samples give definite
proof of the presence of petroleum
petroleum petroleum you mean oil oil hey
brother there's enough oil under that
whitlock range to lubricate the entire
planetary system oh my gosh yeah okay
right wait a minute
if there's oil there if I don't Harden
we step in and take it over
that's because he doesn't know anything
about it you don't know now look if I
was go to him and try to buy the mineral
rights from him why he'd catch on the
second Jory what sure I'm not gonna go
no more fortunate are glad you know of
course me know huh say yeah good put up
at the villain tools oh you don't have
to worry about that now I've got a rig
in a drill of my own giving you those
yeah now that is if you cut me in for
native the royalties sure I'll catch it
you think an H enough well make it to
wait hej honey
yeah well what can I lose million
barrels of oil $10 a barrel a million
but at 1010 million dollars
gosh it's a deal they are 500 well his
toys
hey doggone it you know I was supposed
to pay the water bill without all wait a
minute brother don't worry about water
no you see in about a month's time from
now you're gonna have enough money to
buy the Amazon whatever
Amazon hmm push that no just make it the
Mississippi sure yeah here's toys we got
something let's go
oh hej hey $500 uh-huh say listen don't
you think you better go ahead and
prepare your pals for the shock no no
well now there's no wait a minute this
may be an awful surprise to him you know
that's what I wanted to do a surprise
him huh will they be tickled pink
oh what a bro now on you can call me
King Carlos the oil typhoon hej come on
I want you to meet Wildcat Willie the
best oil sniffer this fired a
Pennsylvania what's this stuff in the
wagon drilling Jules hoppy I just bought
the exclusive rights to the biggest oil
field in the whole state look at them -
yes forget the fill-up Anya did you pay
the water bill didn't have to pardon
give us a 30-day extension on the debt
did he put it in writing and writing
world
not exactly but he gave me his word of
honor his word of honor
Harden's word isn't worth any more in
those all right you've been talking
about Oh
something always happens now we have
money to pay for the water and Hardin
knows it that's our money you just throw
away you know you might have spoken to
us before investing anything like this
well doggone it hoppy I was doing it for
all of us hej hey you'll sing another
tune when we strike it rich strike it
rich
you couldn't drill more than a hundred
feet with that Rick you've got there and
even if you could you wouldn't strike
oil if you don't have way to China no
wait a minute you ain't seen the
petrological report you mean his reports
his report
give me a mouth show up every rancher in
the valley knows that man's an oil
swindler all right there
oh yes window yeah we strike
get rich haha you me so you want a drill
do you you better get off the rats
before you get drilled yes sir yes sir
well folks I guess I'll be getting along
oh no you ain't you're gonna stay here
you're gonna set up that rig and sink a
well
oh listen brother I didn't say I do any
work no oh but you're going to if you
want to stay above ground you better
find something below get over that way
get off of that yeah you can use mine
the matter ID you used to working yeah
but not like this
look I'm not a dirt scratcher I'm a
cattle man I gotta break my back I want
to do it on the horse I know you love
the range particularly the one in my
kitchen well if you really want to know
it's because you're there well have no
kitchen citizen here you want to eat got
a word what about California
he's been some of that oil derrick for
two weeks never doesn't like a word it
eats more than all of us put together
California promised me a barrel of oil
for every meal I gave him that well
produces less than 50 barrels a day I'll
be getting swindled sure he got swindled
so now I swindling us I'm gonna tell him
all what's your stopping for partner
we've been working here now two weeks
and we've only drilled 40 feet at this
rate we won't reach all doomsday your
dare domain far off you don't keep
drilling I know but I haven't had a
minutes rest you'll rest in peace if
that holds dry keep her going now what
could I have a little water please
thank you hej California I'm warning you
for the last time huh shut that paint
off thank you
he did you do some work around the ranch
if you don't eat I gotta be here at the
drillin there and I gotta eat to see a
fine pal you are trying to start me out
huh don't call me a pail I'm through
with you just wait until hoppy and Lynn
get back here they come now
who's that with him Pez mr. Varney he
owns a ranch south of ours
what's the matter it's hard to shut off
the water
the creeks already dried my cattle have
been without water for two days we're
going up to the dam now and see if we
can get him to open the spillways well
I'm going with you I'll finish that
garden patch when I get back
so Arden gave you his word of honor he
wouldn't shut off the water huh well I
got along California I like to hoppy but
water ain't my business oil is my racket
she might gush any minute all right you
old faker when you get hungry just try
and eat that all well come on come on
quit stalling get to work a word bacon
jool brass and some of his vigilantes
huh me
yeah and they look like they're ready
for trouble yes they're gonna get it too
what's the matter boys thirsty da with
our Catalan we just want to remind you
that Hardin promised us a 30-day
extension on our water rights and he
must have changed his mind because if
you want water you'll have to pay for it
you mean we'll fight for it my hurt is
dying her first hot I'll be glad to take
the cattle off your hands 50 cents on
the dollar
let me tell you brass you'll never kill
my cattle because I'll take that water
stealing cattle shut it off Johnny get
it off yes shut it off come on
widget back down for coffee because what
Brad said is true we take that water by
force Harden can have us arrested for
theft and I guess we're licked about
time being just like we'll have to sell
our title now well we got a payoff and
lead wait a minute Johnny remember we
bought into this ranch for a little
peace and quiet
so long boys see you later Barney
you know huffy every time I look at that
pile of junk I get some mad I can't even
see straight
California won't raise a hand to help we
got to kick him off the ranch Oh picking
on him he's having fun hej this is
really a two-man job you know
well there's two of us here
did they turn the water on no we're
gonna have to sell our cattle thanks to
California would you like to help us
with a roundup or are you too tired no
no I ain't too - do we get paid for it I
need some new drilling pipe paid foot
after eating us out of house and home
that's the last straw now you can tear
down that contraption and get off our
property I ain't on your property I'm
suspended in midair you're either gonna
get off I get blasted off and that goes
for you too Wildcat don't pay no
attention to him keep on working
what's that happy well if you're well
you oughta know
get the noise or some kind
I got it still there
Hey
we stuck
hi then hot it okay you're brought in oh
well is that true oh well it's more like
an underground lake enough to water a
thousand head of cattle
yeah and irrigate a thousand acres to
boot I never saw such luck first they
win a reward then they discover a well
and we want to share that luck with all
of you
you bring your cattle over to our place
and use all what do you want well that's
mighty generous of you happy but I'm
afraid that isn't gonna sit too well
with Hardin no that's what we're gonna
find that right now how did I know they
were gonna strike water
besides you thought it was a great idea
please don't remind me
listen Jeb suppose I poison the well or
something will you be quiet brass why
should we poison the well when I can get
it from them legally I still have them
over a barrel they haven't a single
speak of the devil
come in gentlemen congratulations
I hear you struck a bonanza yeah one of
your crooked deals finally boomerang
boomerang you've got me all wrong I'm
very glad there's a new source of water
in the valley you might as well be
because we're not buying a drop of water
from you from now on
what about the water you've already used
and haven't paid for we're bringing 50
head of cattle into town for shipment
you can arrange the deal and take what
we owe you out of the price we get I
couldn't sell your cattle for love no
money there's no demand the market is
cluttered that's a lie you've been
selling your own cattle right along well
wait a minute Hardin you are the head of
the Cattlemen's Association here it's
your duty to see that every rancher gets
a fair share of the market that's not
quite right mr. Cassidy it is my duty to
see that the cattle come up to the
specifications demanded by the buyers if
my herd is the only good beef the valley
that's your hard-luck well how can we
fatten our cattle on the water rations
you give us Oh
why argue with him is better way to
channel the wait a minute
we're gonna sell our cattle if we have
to start our own association to do it
but first I want to pay off this debt
we'll give you a hundred head of cattle
for what we owe you I won't take your
cattle what are you talking about cattle
is legal tender for debts anywhere in
the West but not your cattle I want your
ranch and I'm going to get it I'm afraid
not Hardin I'm calling a meeting of
every rancher in the valley then we'll
see how much support you have today if
he gets all the ranches working together
we're gonna have a fight on our hands I
don't believe the ranch this will
support mr. caste especially when they
find out he's a cattle rustler cattle
rustler white Jeb Cassidy ain't never
stole anything not yet we're gonna see
that he does
party
she came in with a guy's a regular old
faith I never would have believed it I
had no idea there was any water in this
valley yeah huh look at that string I
filled her overnight yeah and overnight
California becomes the hero says he knew
all along is gonna get water you did oh
of course we did I just wanted to
surprise and that ain't know I'll bet
there's a teasing water all over this
fan now wait a minute just because you
hit water here don't start bragging
thirteen bragging hoppy Oh
Chavo dodo mean my pal sink a well for
any rancher that wants one if drink
water we won't charge you much sin well
that sounds fair enough see if this
works out we've got heart and licked you
bet we have here come the others let's
get the meeting started ah yeah hej look
boys
well there's Hardin now with these
vigilantes
want to showdown it out
jolanda's largest to maintain order
I didn't get an invitation to your
meeting however there's some old
business I want to bring up I'm glad you
came and brought your gang since you're
the subject of this meeting gentlemen
this valley has some of the finest
cattle land in the country get your
stock is dying in your lands blowing
away and why all because of one man
Jeb Harden he shuts our water off and
lets off past your turn to dust and if
we try to sell our cattle eat l's us
there's no market for them yet he's been
selling his own right along
that's right hoppy yes and that's true
of the vigilantes too
oh yes the vigilantes Hardin tells us he
formed that little group to protect us
from outlaws the maintain law and order
and who are the vigilantes a bunch of
gunmen hired by him to clean out anybody
that gets in his way and Hardin can
clean us out two gentlemen he can break
all of us one by one unless we stick
together we're with you hoppy we'll
start our own Association market our own
cattle sake our own well we don't need
to buy Hardens water anymore oh wait a
minute gentlemen
don't let caste stampede gentle you hear
what I have to say he used a lot of fine
sounding words well I've never known a
crook that didn't however there's one
thing he said it's quite true I did
refuse to market his stock I refused
because I found out half the Whitlock
herd is stolen cattle and I suppose you
can prove that statement I certainly can
this hide came off a stair the Lynn
Whitlock trip to Kansas City last year
the stockyards returned it to me
take a good look at it mr. Varney
there's the original plan the bar v you
can see where it's been enlarged to a
box W the use of a running iron quick
lock and cassadee poses a small ranches
friends that doesn't stop them from
stealing your cattle you haven't proved
anything Harden anybody can mark up a
hide and you probably did it yourself
so that's your story is it and you won't
object if we take a look at the herd
certainly not you'll find some of
money's can let the waterhole and
they've still got his brand on them
alright gentlemen let's take a look
well in its some kind of a fray my papi
well I didn't do it oh I know you didn't
but we got to be ready for trouble if
Harden has planted stolen cattle and
I've heard we've practically got a rope
around her neck let's go see
there's one go get him red
happy yes Wow can't hear nose Hardened
brass better than any of us they planned
this frame-up didn't they
oh well now Miss Lucy no I'm just an
innocent bystander on wag your tongue
well if you want the truth give Harding
a double-cross himself we got to have a
chance oh we've known that all along
it's yours alright mr. Barney somebody's
with him over the running iron so you're
the one that was gonna help the little
fellow say we'll see that you get
justice mr. Gordon but but not your kind
of justice you'll have to come with us
Cassady I'll see you get a fair trial I
can imagine that kind of a trial wait
yet we wouldn't even live when we got to
the jail whether you get off those
horses
come on get out there drop your gun
you are too
that's your horse mr. Bonnie
aren't you going to help them sooner you
pretty good guilty I don't want to
believe they're guilty Miss Lucy but if
those men are innocent they should have
given themselves up but Hardin would
have lynched them you know that he
framed my brother today and tomorrow
frame you I've got no use for hardness
getting either miss Lucy your brother
and his partners are fugitives yes and
we'll all be if we're siding with them
now you're afraid of them oh no we're
not we're all fight Hardin if we can get
the evidence against him but there's no
sense trying to fight him as long as he
stays within the law
any other way of that held no Susan
steeper on the other side they can knock
us off like clay pigeons alright leave
two men here rest was the ride back to
town they might crawl out of that hole
and get away
what of it they run away they'll only
prove the guilt they stay here it'll be
open season for anyone named quick block
Travers or Cassidy quick bowler you stay
here
hey they're leaving two men on guard
yeah we'll stay here till it gets dark
then we'll make a break for it where we
go hoppy we're fair game for anybody
back to the ranch when I would talk with
Wildcat miss hoppy why didn't they
include me in this frame-up well my
goodness ed because you're not a cattle
man huh pass me that will you please you
know when you've got mixed up in this
oil business you certainly got your head
out of the news here you talk you think
lindenhof me and Johnny we're really
guilty what wait a minute
Jenny are you hurt I'm alright we make a
bad tire on a dark night shouldn't have
come the vigilantes might be watching
the house we made sure no one is around
before we rolled in we're only gonna be
here a few minutes I want to have a talk
of Wildcat now I want you to tell me
everything you know about it Jeff Hardin
and Joe brass Oh what now listen I don't
know nothing - hiya Wildcat you promised
to go straight oh yes I know but not
straight across Harding's path that's
suicide
look what's happened to you yeah I know
and we haven't got a chance unless we
got some evidence against Hardin
mm-hmm oh well now I don't know whether
this is evidence or not but you remember
Dirk Mason you know the fellas a killer
that you fellas captured yeah what about
him he used to work for Jim Hardin oh
well that's no surprise
what else oh well one of the vigilantes
told me that Joe brass had to kill Dirk
Mason to keep him from squealing on Jim
Hardin keep him from squealing
what about well oh and I wouldn't know
about that night yeah well that's a
great help you can't prove anything on
that kind evidence hej wait a minute
wasn't it right after that mail robbery
the Hardin put Martin in their ranchers
cattle well yes the cattle contracts
didn't come through Hardin told the
ranch is that all the stockyards weren't
buying any cows this year and you took
their word for it we had to you see
Hardens head of the Association so
naturally he does all the bargaining
yeah but suppose the cattle contracts
were in that stolen mailbag
Mason couldn't have
used him but Harden
could you mean to say Hardin fill those
contracts himself he must have he's been
selling his cattle right along hasn't he
you Betty has and he could have told the
buyers that all our cattle were stolen
and they'd have believed him what about
that wild can't does that make sense
well anything accuse hard enough makes
sense but how are you gonna prove it no
I guess the only thing we do is break
into his office and see what we can find
well that's impossible the town's full
of vigilantes well it's your chance
sight
and we'll have to find a way to get the
vigilantes out of town here's what we'll
do
as little plum portrayed you just nor
the town will meet their son
Wow listen the old guys a king himself
where's your cattle peeping friends I
want to see Hart step right inside get
out I'm busy I get a message for a year
from Cassidy and Whitlock where are they
they're ready to give themselves up that
is yeah on one condition
well they'll surrender if you bring
along the sheriff and guarantee him safe
conduct to the jail
all right I'll guarantee there'll be no
lynching now where are they they're
waiting at those big rocks 3 miles north
of town wait here
brass boys never mind about the
sheriff's just round up the men and go
get them right and brass it might be
better if you shot them for attempting
to escape
maybe Tommy come on boys go inside
please
sure
sit down yeah
in case anything goes wrong you will
make a nice hostage to turn over the
vigilantes
California's alright
watercress
get up
get inside that door Johnny get in
getting tied up right
hi Sandy Whitlock come out with your
hands up
see they haven't been here there's no
fresh tracks something tells me we've
been tricked come on
where
career puppy then yeah I'll be which
fine enough here to send Hardman brands
to the pen for 20 years these are the
cattle contract sent to you on any other
ranches and stolen from the United
States mail find any friends see this
evidence
stole the papers give me a Mason's job
yeah uh for that now they get that
evidence the ranchers were finished come
on
the former pocket you think half of
those over and shown to Varna get the
rest of them to Wow can't let him
showing the ranch's what's the time all
right wait a minute you hydrate Allah
vigilantes go by we're gonna drop the
ranch that's where I want you to bring
the posse come on
Harden's heading for the ranch now yes
all right I'll go with you
Johnny cover that side
then I'm happy
well let's stop them for the time bein
hey take a look at them contracts those
were found in Harding's office
can a it watch that back door
eight
they aren t the gun said so if I get it
right home and putting away our guns for
peepers in practice
hey happy I'm getting low on ammunition
oh my they seem to have plenty
a lot of fire
now the chaps come on
get up on your feet alright everyone
comfortable oh yeah seeing that while
I'm away you make another survey the
valley I still think there's oil around
here you do positive well sure sure
brother there's one born every minute
thank Lynn well that's all right hoppy
I'm sure sorry you got that telegram
ah so am I in a way but Bucks have an
outlaw coupling after all he is a friend
of ours we can't very well at this point
and I thought we was gonna settle down
maybe when we get this job finished we
can come back here and start in where we
left off but I understand happy you know
I never did expect you to hibernate for
long not him you don't seem to mind
housework as much as you used to Jenny
Wow
Lucy it's all tied up with something
I've been wanting to ask you what is it
well our business partnerships worked
out fine but I can't take the place of I
know it can't take the place of fried
chicken and mashed potatoes Oh Lucy it's
not that I just don't think you're ready
to settle down Johnny
well poppy might need me if I collect
another reward well maybe you goodbye
Lucy
okay bye happy
what am I saying bye