Ghost of Hidden Valley (1946) - full transcript

Dawson is running rustled cattle across the abandoned Trenton ranch and has given it the reputation of a ghost ranch to keep people away. When Henty Tenton arrives from England to take over the ranch, Dawson tries to get rid of him. But Billy and Fuzzy are on hand to help Henry and it's not long before they have to go into action.

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Charlie, start these cattle
moving for hidden valley.

I'll ride on ahead
and tell the boss we've got 'em.

Hi, boss.

Hi, buck.

Has that outfit
from across the border

showed up yet?
Not here. Not yet.

We brought in a nice bunch
of cattle this time.

The boys'll be along with them
pretty soon.

Good.

This valley
sure makes a good spot



to cool off hot cattle.

You're tellin' me.

Unsaddle your horse.
We'll bunk here tonight.

We've got company.

We can't have
any strangers around.

He's liable to see
something he could talk about.

Well, that takes care
of that.

And the ghost of hidden valley
will get all the blame.

I hated to do that.

You ain't gettin' soft,
are you, Dawson?

No, I ain't.

I just do
what has to be done.

But I don't
have to like it.

Phew! Well, that was
a pretty tough trip.



I'm goin' in to see if I got
any mail in the last two weeks.

Any mail?
Who'd write to you, fuzz?

Oh, I don't know.
Somebody might.

( Laughs )

Hello, fellas.

What's new?

More rustlin'.
But that ain't new.

Another man disappears
up around hidden valley.

Yeah?
Who was it?

I don't know--

some pilgrim looking for
a homestead, I guess.

Boys found his outfit
along the road,

but he didn't show up again.

I suppose you think

the ghost of hidden valley
gobbled him up.

Maybe it did, maybe it didn't.
Ain't no proof one way or other.

No, sir, I won't do it.
By George, I won't do it.

No, sir.

All right,
all right, fuzz.

All right.
What won't you do?

Play nursemaid to no half-baked,
young, English gentleman

just out of Oxford.

Here. Read it.

What is this Oxford
he just got out of--

a penitentiary?

No, fuzz.
Some sort of a school.

Oh, sufferin' catfish.

Dud Trenton was all right,

but I ain't got
no time to waste

lookin' after a schoolboy.
Yeah.

Fuzzy, what property
is he talking about?

Oh, dud bought the old
hidden valley ranch years ago.

Never done nothin' with it.
Just let the place go to pot.

It's a good ranch.

If somebody'd knuckle down
and work it.

Whoa.

Hey...
( Laughs )

Do you see
what I see?

Yeah. Looks like
a medicine show.

Or Henry.

I better go find out
which it is.

Howdy, young man.

Are you Henry Trenton?

You have the advantage of me,
my good man.

Hold on. I don't want
no advantage of no one.

Fuzz, he means
he doesn't know
who you are.

Well, why didn't he
say so?

I'm fuzzy q. Jones.
And if you're Henry Trenton,

why, I'm your dad's
old sidekick.

Pata always had
such odd taste in friends.

That's, uh...

That's quite an outfit
you're wearing.

Oh, yes.
Of course.

It was designed
after exhaustive research

by my London tailor.

I always make a point
to dress correctly.

I say, my good man,
would you locate a vehicle

to transport our luggage
to the estate?

Estate?
What do you mean, "estate"?

The pata mentioned having
an estate called hidden valley.

Y-Y-You don't plan
to stay there.

Certainly. Why not?

Oh, the dog-gone place
is haunted.

And them ghosts
ain't kiddin'.

A lot of people have
wandered out to hidden valley

and they ain't never been
heard of since.

Don't be ridiculous.

Most English families have
an ancestral ghost or two.

Pardon me.

Oh, this is
awful embarrassing.

I say, sir.

The inhabitants
of this village

seem a bit uncouth,
don't they?

Barbaric, tweedle.
Barbaric!

Quite right, sir.
Quite right.

What circus are you
working for?

I don't believe, sir,

I have the dubious pleasure
of your acquaintance.

Well, don't let that
worry you none.

Where did you get
that outfit?

Take it off!
Take it off!

I have no desire
to brawl with you.

I shall be forced
to summon the police.

( Men laugh )

Listen, son.

It's gonna take a man
to ranch hidden valley,

and I don't think
you're it.

Why don't you go back
where you came from?

Ooh!

( Men laughing )

I wouldn't do that
if I were you, mister.

Why don't you mind
your own business?

I say, sir!

Are you all right?

Quite.

What happened?

Well, if you'll pardon me
for saying so, sir,

the blighter struck you.

So he did.

Yes, sir.

Very good,
eh, sir?

Oh!

Hey, why didn't you wait
till I got back?

You know I enjoy
a good fight.

Sorry, fuzzy.

But our friend wanted
immediate service.

Looks like he got it.

Well! Charming!
Allow me, sir.

I find this all
very distasteful.

Can we leave
immediately?

Sure. Throw your stuff
in the wagon,

and we'll get going.

Surely you don't expect me
to ride in that thing.

It is very disgusting!

Oh. You don't have to
if you don't want to.

You can walk behind.

Henry, you'd do
a lot better

if you'd get
that nose of yours

down out of the clouds.

Tweedle,
get the luggage.

Very good, sir.

Howdy, miss kaye.

Hi, fuzzy.

I'm bringing in
some new neighbors.

Oh, meet Henry Trenton.

I'm glad
to know you.

Charmed, I'm sure.

Henry's dad was
my old sidekick
Doug Trenton,

who bought hidden valley
some years ago.

Were you planning to ranch
in hidden valley?

I hope to make
a go of it.

Hello,
miss kaye.

Hi.

Henry there's sort of new
to the wild and Willy west.

I never would have
guessed it.

He looks like a rootin',
tootin' buckaroo.

Well, I'll be
seein' you.

Bye-bye.

Yeah,
she's a nice girl.

Well...
This is it.

Uncle Cecil did say

the place might need
a few repairs.

Tweedle?

Yes, sir?
Yes, sir?

Carry in the luggage.

Oh. Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.

Oh, dear.
This is very depressing.

Not a bit like
merry ol' england. No.

Tweedle?

Oh, yes, yes, yes.
The luggage, sir. Yes.

Hey, Harry.

You don't plan
to stick around here

and fix this place up,
do you?

An englishman, sir,
is not a quitter.

Meanin' I am?

I made no such implication.

Mm.

Where shall I put
the luggage, sir?

I fancy there's
a bedroom over there.

Very good, sir.

Henry...

Your dad was a good scout,
and I liked him.

I wouldn't feel right
if I didn't stick around

till you learned
our western ways.

Go on, fuzz.
Quit your stallin'.

There's a lot of stuff
to be brought in--

we gotta sleep
here tonight. Hurry up.

This place has got
a hoodoo on it.

I can feel it
in my bones.

A ghost couldn't find

a better place to haunt a man
than right here.

Now, if I was a ghost--

you will be, if you don't
shut up and go to sleep.

I'll see to it
personally.

( Owl hoots )

Hey! Did you hear
that ghost a-screamin'?

( Owl hoots )

Th-th-there it goes
again.

Oh, fuzz. It's only
a hoot-owl.

I--

maybe it was a hoot-owl.

Ah!!! Oh!!!

What's the matter now?

Th-th-there's a ghost
at the window!

What's the commotion?

Think nothin' of it.

Fuzzy was fed some
local weed once by mistake.

He goes crazy
every once in a while.

You'll get used
to it.

What a fantastic chap
to have around.

Quite right, sir.

Now, you look here,
Billy Carson--

will you shut up
and go to sleep?

I'm tellin' you
there was a face
in that window

that looked
like nothin' human.

Fuzz, it's
your imagination.

Oh, my imagination,
huh?

I'll prove it.

I'll have a peek.

Glad you put
that light out, fuzz.

Yeah--

hey!

I didn't do it!

I didn't do it!!!

You didn't do what?

I didn't put that light out
something else did!

You didn't put
that light out? You sure?

Then we'd better
have a look. Come on!

Man. It looked
like your ghost

wore high-heeled boots,
fuzz.

It might have been
somebody playing a joke.

I don't know.

Better keep
our eyes open.

Go on back inside.

People just don't disappear
into thin air, fuzzy.

You gotta find the answer
to all these ghost stories.

( Owl hoots )

What's the matter?

Maybe this is where
that hoot-owl hangs out.

We got more
important business

than pickin'
on hoot-owls, fuzz.

( Gunshot )

( Gunshot )

That's the first
gun-totin' hoot-owl
I ever heard about.

Let's go scout around.

See if we can pick up
that bush-whacker.

Come on, fuzz!

I don't see fuzzy,
nor that Carson chap around.

Perhaps that gunshot

was their American idea
of humor.

Quite right, sir.
Quite right.

I'll find out who fired
those shots and why.

Come on, fuzz.

Good morning.

Good morning, miss.

It's a custom out here,
when strangers settle nearby,

to drop in
for a neighborly visit.

Make 'em feel at home.

That's a very
jolly custom.

Well, aren't you
going to invite me in?

Oh. Pardon
my thoughtlessness.

Please, come in.

Oh, pardon me, sir.
Pardon me.

And, allow me,
miss?

Pull up a trunk
and sit down.

( Laughs )

You are roughing it,
aren't you?

Temporarily.

I'll purchase furnishings
immediately.

Oh, I brought you
a little snack.

Allow me, miss.

It's my duty
to set the table.

Please don't be offended

if I give you
a little friendly advice.

Carry on.

Your clothes...

No one dresses like that
out here.

But my tailor's an authority
on proper attire.

They missed the boat
this time.

Oh, howdy, miss kaye.

Say, you're sure
an early bird.

I love to ride
the early morning.

Yeah. So does
somebody else.

Yeah.
Some early bird

was throwing lead at US
this morning.

Allow me
to serve you, sir.

Hey, I ain't cripple!

I know how to grab
my own grub.

Was someone
shooting at you?

Well, if somebody
wasn't shooting at me,

it was a peculiar accident.
Look at this.

You were out on the range
early this morning, kaye.

Did you see anybody
riding away from here?

No. I didn't see
a soul.

I didn't even hear
the shots.

Would you mind telling me
what this is all about?

Yeah, I'll tell you.

I have an idea that somebody
doesn't want you

to ranch hidden valley.

If you do,
you stand a good chance
at being killed.

Under those conditions,
I can't ask you chaps

to stay here
and risk your lives.

You mean you're gonna
stick it out here alone?

Naturally.

Well, fuzzy and I haven't got
anything particular to do.

We'll hang around
for a while.

( Laughs )

Won't we, fuzz?

Yeah.

Yeah?

Yeah.

( Piano player music )

Henry, you should-a
hired yourself some hands.

I'll see what
I can dig up for you.

Fuzzy, keep an eye
on these two mavericks.

What's a Maverick,
ol' boy?

Oh, don't pay
any attention to him.

He's just tryin'
to be funny.

Hey, let's go in
and get a drink,

and cut the dust
out of our throats.

Right-o, partner.

I'll be happy to go.
What, what, what.

Hoo-ee!
We'll have three beers.

That's two beers.
I will take that.

Ahh!

Well, then.
Cheerio!

( Laughs )

Ahh!!!

Boy, that's good!

Rrroooaaaghh!!!

What happened?

( Laughs )

One drink
of that 40 rum

and I could kick up
a mule.

But he'll come out
of it all right.

My word! What a
fantastic country.

Hello, boys.

Anybody want a job?

Whereabouts?

Hidden valley.

Uh-uh.

Now what's wrong with taking
a job at hidden valley?

Maybe we don't like
the scenery.

My word!

That was a most
peculiar experience, sir.

But I'm quite all right now.
Yes, yes.

That's fine.

I'll go and see
about our furnishings.

Yes, sir.

Oh, pardon me, sir.

But would you mind

if I engaged in that pastime
over there?

No. Of course not,
tweedle. Go ahead.

Thank you, sir.

Hey, um...

D-Do you know
what you're doin'?

Definitely.

We often used to play
for beans in the kitchen.

Beans in the--?

Well, I hope you brought
enough beans with you.

Those people are not
playing for beans.

( Laughs )

That's what you're
gonna find out.

"Beans in the kitchen."

Pardon me, gentlemen.

Do you mind
if I join you?

Not at all.

Pull up a chair
and buy a stack.

Thank you.

Well, did you hire
any hands?

No.

Hidden valley doesn't seem
to be very popular.

I wouldn't be surprised.

Most everybody believes
that talk about it
being haunted.

Maybe you're right.
I don't know, fuzz.

Hey, you oughta get a load
of this tweedle over here.

He's giving those boys
a poker lesson.

Hey, fuzz...

Who's that stranger?

The fellow
with the moustache?

I don't know.
I never saw him before.

I have. I've seen
that face before,

but I can't place it.

I call you.

What have you got?

Ace-high straight.

A-ha-ha-a.
Just a minute.

That is not sufficient.

Well, what do you got?

I have
an occupied residence.

What's that?

A full house.

Wait a minute.

I think
you're cheatin'.

Sir?!

I resent--

Where have I
seen you before?

I don't know.

But you'll sure
see me again.

Come on.

That's the outfit that plans
to rent hidden valley.

Yeah?

Well, maybe they'll
change their minds.

Say, how do I get out
to Dawson's place?

Follow the main road
to the fort,

and then turn
to the left.

Okay.
See ya later.

( Knock on door )

Dawson here?

No.
Uncle ed isn't home.

I'll wait.

I don't know
when he'll be back.

That's okay.
I'm in no hurry.

So Dawson's your uncle?

I never knew he had
such a good-lookin' niece.

Have you known
uncle ed long?

Oh, sure.

Me and Dawson
are old pals.

We used to be as thick
as a couple of horse thieves.

Hello, Arnold.

I heard you were in town.
What's on your mind?

Hello, blackie.

I understand
you're doin' pretty good,

so I thought
I'd throw in with you.

I'm not inviting anybody
to throw in with me.

That's okay.

I don't need
no invitation.

Set another place,
kaye.

We have company
for supper.

All right.

Supper will be ready
in about an hour.

She's a trim-lookin'
Philly.

You better not get
any ideas along that line.

Okay.

I'm here on business.

I had quite
a nice set-up.

I was owning cattle
through hidden valley.

A young englishman
shows up.

He's gonna ranch the valley,

so that put a crimp
in my game.

You leave everything to me,
and you won't have to worry

about that englishman
any longer.

You don't use
your head.

I'm afraid you'll get me
into a jam,

like you did once before.

I've played smart.

No one has ever
suspected me.

Well, when I take a hand,
I want fast action.

You'll get fast action

when you start dropping
at the end of the rope.

( Laughs )

We'll talk about it later.

Okay.

Are you going into town
tomorrow, kaye?

No. I've taken over
a new job.

I've decided to teach
the boys at hidden valley

how to keep house.

It may not be
a permanent job.

Tweedle, you're not
beating out a grass fire.

Take it easy and don't make
so much dust.

Yes, miss.

You shouldn't be doing
that sort of thing, sir.

It isn't proper
for the master.

Tweedle,
in this man's country,

the master stands
on his own two feet.

And don't you try to undermine
all my good work.

Henry, pile that stuff
over there.

Oh, yes, miss.

Wait till I get my hands
on Billy and fuzzy.

Good-for-nothing loafers.

Sneaking out
with the lame excuse

that they have some very
important business
off the range.

I'll bet they're taking a nap

in the shade of a tree
right now.

There's no cattle
on this ranch, fuzz.

Just signs that plenty of cattle
have been driven through here.

Yeah, but how can cattle
that ain't here make tracks?

I don't know.
I'm no good at riddles.

There's no riddle at all
in that direction.

Where the border is.

That could spell rustlers.

Hey! That could be it.

And it could've been rustlers
that been hauntin' this valley.

You're beginning to show
signs of intelligence.

Come on. Let's look around
some more.

I'd sure like to know
what's going on over there.

Well, we won't find out
sittin' here.

Fuzz, you're gettin' smarter
all the time.

Let's go have
a look-see.

You mean
you're gonna sit around

and let some English dude

spoil a swell set-up
like this?

If you can't scare him off,

there's other ways
of gettin' rid of him.

Hey, fuzz...

I know who he is.

Who're you talkin' about?

The fella that started
that fight at the poker game.

What about him?

He's one of the gang
of vigilantes

ran out of Cheyenne.

They didn't have
enough evidence to hang him.

Wasn't any doubt that he was
a killer and a rustler,

and I can prove it.

Let me have a peek.

What this outfit needs
is a man to run it.

( Gunshot )

( More gunshots )

I'll hold them inside
while you get the horses.

Hurry, fuzz!

( Gunshots continue )

( Gunshots continue )

Aw, let 'em go.

We know where to find 'em
when we want 'em--

and that'll be
pretty quick.

Well, there ain't
none of 'em followin' US.

I guess we gave 'em
all they wanted.

Don't fool yourself,
fuzz.

Hidden valley's in for plenty
of trouble. Come on.

You timed your return
very well.

The work is all done.

Will you join US
in a spot of tea?

No, thanks.

Henry, you'd better
take miss kaye home.

I say, old chap,
she's my guest, you know.

Why? Am I unwelcome?

It's not that, kaye.

We ran into
a bunch of rustlers.

I expect them
to repay the visit.

I'm pretty sure
I winged one of 'em.

You shot a man?

Oh, I can't claim
a bull's-eye.

I only got him
in the arm.

He's perfectly right.

You must allow me
to see you home at once.

I'd only be added worry
if you did have trouble.

Oh, Billy, try to see
that no one gets hurt.

I'll do
the best I can.

Cheerio. I'll be back
in a jiffy.

Tweedle, you'd better
find yourself

a nice gopher hole
and dig in.

But I say, sir,
mightn't the gopher object?

Oh, no. Not if you're
real nice and polite

and say "please."

Oh, thank you.
Thank--

oh!

Won't you come in?

I'd like to have you
meet my uncle.

It would be a pleasure,

but I should be getting
back to hidden valley.

A few minutes
one way or the other

won't make any difference.

I don't suppose it would.

( Footsteps approaching )

Uncle ed, I'd like you
to meet Henry Trenton.

This is my uncle--
ed Dawson.

We had a previous meeting
when I first came into town.

Yes--and what I first saw of you
I didn't like.

Uncle ed!
Why do you act like that?

There's plenty of good men
in this country

without you taking up
with some foreign dude.

You're not welcome here,
fella,

so turn around
and make tracks.

I've no desire to inflict
my presence upon you.

And I'm very grateful to you

for being so kind
to a total stranger.

Henry, I don't know
what to say.

I don't know how
to apologize.

You have no reason
to apologize.

It's not your fault.

I'll say goodbye
for now.

Goodbye, Henry.

Uncle ed, how could you do
a thing like that--

insult a friend
I bring to the house?

On account of some
stupid prejudice

because he was educated
differently from the rest of US.

I know what I'm doing,
kaye.

I'm only thinking
of what's best for you.

You have a funny way
of showing it.

You treat the nicest man
I ever knew like a stray dog.

You're not in love
with him?

Yes, I am.

And he's in danger
of being killed.

How do you know this?

There's a gang of rustlers
in hidden valley.

Billy and fuzzy
had a fight with them.

Uncle ed!
How did you hurt your arm?

Oh. Uh, that.

Let me bandage it for you.

Leave it alone!

It's all right.

Hey! Holy smoke.
What you got there?

That, sir,
is our hunting equipment.

We may need 'em.

All set?

Yeah. The boys
are all scattered out

and rarin' to go.

Okay. But remember,
I want that foreign dude alive.

I got an idea about him.

Hey, look at that!

Ohhh...

I wish they'd start
so I can get it over with.

This waitin' around--

you got your wish,
fuzz!

( Gunshot )

Henry, take this gun
and cover that window.

Fuzz, come on!

We'll have the boys move in
and finish this.

I'm anxious to square things
with Carson.

( Gunshots continue )

I say, sir, what shall I do?
What shall I do?

Grab a gun and cover
the back. Hurry up.

Right, sir.

( Gunshots continue )

Whoever's handlin' that shotgun
is shootin' wild.

I got an idea.
Come on!

Keep firin' at that window
until I tell you to stop.

Tweedle: Help! Help!

Hold 'em off,
fuzz!

Help!

Help!

Hold it!
Everybody!

Get him
on his feet.

I told you
we'd meet again.

I noticed you didn't care
to make it just the two of US.

Why should I give
a sucker a break?

Throw 'em on our horses.

We're headed
for the shack.

Fuzzy!

Fuzzy, what happened?

( Laughs )

Oh...

Where is everybody?

I don't know.

I--

tweedle!

( Tweedle moans )

Kaye, get me some water.
Quick!

Looks like you're hit
pretty bad.

You know why
I brought you up here?

No, I can't say
that I do.

To give you a chance
to beg for your life.

I'd enjoy hearin' that.

You won't find it funny
from here on.

( Laughs )

You could save your life
by signin' this paper

and high-tailin' it
back to england.

What's the paper?

Bill of sale
for hidden valley.

Don't be fooled,
Henry.

Your life wouldn't be
worth two cents

after you sign
that bill of sale.

You keep
your trap shut.

Your life
ain't worth two cents

if you don't sign it.

I'm givin' you
a break.

I'm sorry, but I dislike
being coerced.

Oh, get off
your high horse

and talk so I know
what you're sayin'.

He means he won't be
pushed around, sucker.

Dawson's got you fellas
in a fine mess.

When folks hear about this,

the whole country's
gonna be on your trail.

I'll tell you
what they'll think--

they'll think the hidden valley
hoodoo's on the job,

and they'll be
scared stiff.

That's what you hope.

That's the way
it'll be!

I'll take care
of you later.

Throw him in the back room!

Let's see you talk yourself
out of this one, wise guy.

I've had my say.

If you won't listen,
that's your hard luck.

Stand him up
against the wall.

I have no particular reason
to want to kill you.

But you're in my way.

This is your last chance.

Which will it be?

I won't wait all day.

Start talkin' if you ever hope
to talk again.

( Door opens )

Now you listen to me,
Arnold.

There's gonna be
no more killing.

Maybe I got somethin'
to say about that.

Are you a member
of this outlaw gang?

Yes. And it's lucky
for you that I am.

Turn him loose, boys,

and I'll guarantee
that all of you

will have time
to get out of the country.

With money in your pocket.

( Whispers )
Hey! Psst, Billy!

Get over towards the window
and I'll cut you loose.

I knowed they'd bring you
here, so--

shh, fuzzy!

( Whispers )
So I snooped around
till I spotted you.

Turn around,
Dawson.

It's about time
you found out

that I'm runnin'
this outfit.

Dawson: These boys
are workin' for me.

And I'm still boss.

I thought
they'd killed you.

I don't kill easy,

but I've got a lump
on my head

the size of a goose egg.

Hey, you'll probably
need this.

That sure feels good
in my hand.

What do we do now?

You listen to Arnold,

and you're in
for a pack of trouble.

Take it from me.
I know.

Raiding that ranch
was a fool thing to do.

Fuzz, you start
a rumpus outside.

I'll take it from there.

Hey, save that buckswinger
for me.

I owe him a crack
in the noggin'.

All right,
go ahead.

Boys, a smart man
knows when to cash in

and quit the game
while his luck is still good.

That's enough
chewin' the fat.

Boys--

( gunshot )

I said I was boss
of this outfit.

Any more objections?

Start talkin'!

You gonna sign
that bill of sale,

yes or no?

I'll give you
until I count to five.

One...

Two...

( Gunshots )

Come on.
We gotta move fast!

( Gunshots continue )

Oh, the boys'll
take care of--

hey, that English dude--
he's gone!

Carson got away!

Well, that's bad!

We've only got
one chance.

It's a gamble,
but we gotta take it.

We'll high-tail it
to town

and tell 'em we trailed
stolen cattle

into hidden valley.

And that Carson
and the others
murdered Dawson.

But what happens when
they start askin' questions?

Whenever you start
a mob

with the idea
of hangin' someone,

they don't take time
to ask questions
or listen to reason.

Come on, let's go.

We just dropped in
to see how tweedle is.

He had a close call.

I'm doing very nicely
thanks to the young lady.

That's fine. We'll go
fetch the doc

and have a talk
with the sheriff.

Uh...

Miss kaye, your uncle,
he was--

I know.

I knew the truth when I saw
his wounded arm.

I was on my way here
to warn you.

He gave his life
to save mine.

I'm glad it was
that way.

Come on, fuzz.

Looks like Henry's
growed up.

Yeah, he's all right.

Now you know who's been doin'
all the rustlin' around here.

And they killed that Dawson
in cold blood.

Well, that's a job
for the sheriff.

We don't need
a sheriff, mister.

Men, there's only
one way

to handle cattle rustlers
around here.

And we could take care
of that job ourselves.

How do you men
feel about it?

All: Right. Yeah.

Carson brought in
that English dude

to make the outfit
look respectable.

He figured
by doing that,

no one would suspect him
of rustling.

I think we ought
to have more proof.

Proof, huh?

Ed Dawson is layin'
up there, dead.

Ain't that
proof enough?

I'm a range detective

hired by the cattleman's
association.

Dawson sent for me to come
and run down these rustlers.

You men all know me.

I worked a long time
for ed Dawson,

and he was as fine a man
as ever lived.

All: That's right.
He was.

Hey, the sheriff
might be in there.

I'll stop in and look
while you go find the doc.

Are you sure that's
the only reason, fuzz?

Well, he could be.

Besides, all this ridin'
has made me thirsty.

Ain't gonna hurt me
to wet my whistle, is it?

Hey!!!
Out of my way!

There's the man
I'm lookin' for!

This is one
of the rustlers, men.

We'll take care of him
and go get the rest of 'em.

You'll take care
of nothin'.

( Crowd murmuring )

Carson: Stay put,
everybody.

I'll drop the first man
that goes for a gun.

Now, turn him loose.

I said,
turn him loose.

I just heard some talk
about rustling.

There's one of them,

and the man
that killed ed Dawson.

Men: Yeah?
How 'bout that?

Now wait a minute,
boys.

Don't be fooled.

He's lyin' about me
to try to save himself.

Yeah?

His name is Jim Slade.

He and his gang
were run out of Cheyenne.

Take off his shirt.

He's got an "r"
branded on his back.

Take it off.

I said
take it off.

You heard
what the man said.

Now, go on.
Have a look.

Men: Yep.
There it is.

He got off lucky.

The vigilantes
branded him

and ran him out of town
instead of hangin' him.

You caused a turn,
all right.

We darn near made fools
of ourselves.

No harm done.

Now get a lawful posse
together,

and we'll help you round up
the rest of the gang.

( Bells chiming )

( Wedding march playing )

I say, tweedle,
old boy,

( clears throat )

How do I look?

Awful.

Turn around.

I say, sir,

you can't dress that way
for an afternoon wedding.

Who says I can't?

My good man,
it is not being done!

Who says it ain't bein' done?
I'm doin' it!

I insist, sir,

that you dress properly
for the occasion.

Take it off.

Stays on.

Take it off.

Stays on!

It comes off!

On.

Off!
On!

Off!
On!

Off!
On!

Off!

I say,
take it off!

Take this coat off!

( Arguing )

Take that coat off!

I won't take it off!

( Arguing continues )

No beetle or tweedle
or anything

is gonna tell me
how to dress!

I insist that you take
that coat off, sir.

I insist!

You're not gonna talk
much longer!

I'm afraid I'm going
to lose my temper, sir!

You're gonna lose
a lot more than that!

( Laughing )

Tweedle!
Your feet!

My feet, sir?
Awfully sorry.

I meant to Polish them
this morning.

Will you take
that coat off, sir?

I'll not allow you
to sport it.

( Laughing )