26min | Adventure, Western, TV Series | Episode aired 14 February 1956
An ex-convict trying to go straight and his pretty wife buy the ranch next to the North's. He has a chance meeting with his former gang members who threaten his wife if he doesn't cooperate with their bank robbing scheme. Ricky, Champ and Rebel help the young man bring his former confederates to justice.
Director: George Archainbaud
Writer: Victor Arthur
Stars: Champion, Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon
An ex-convict trying to go straight and his pretty wife buy the ranch next to the North's. He has a chance meeting with his former gang members who threaten his wife if he doesn't cooperate with their bank robbing scheme. Ricky, Champ and Rebel help the young man bring his former confederates to justice.
Director: George Archainbaud
Writer: Victor Arthur
Stars: Champion, Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon
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00:00Champion, the Wonder Horse. Champion, the Wonder Horse.
00:10Like a streak of lightning flashing across the sky.
00:13Like a swiftest arrow whizzing from a bow.
00:17Like a mighty cannonball he seems to fly.
00:21You'll hear about him everywhere you go.
00:24The time will come when everyone will know the name of
00:28Champion, the Wonder Horse.
00:47Hello there! Hello there!
00:51I wonder who that is. Be right there!
00:59Hello. You call me? Hello.
01:03Hi. Just wanted to know if we're headed right for the Benson Ranch.
01:06The Benson Ranch? Well, it's only about a half a mile.
01:09Turn left at the next side road. But nobody lives there.
01:13Somebody's going to live there, though.
01:15Meaning us. We bought it. I'm Hal Collier. This is my wife, Beth.
01:19Gee, then you're going to be our new neighbors. Come on. I'll show you.
01:24Well, the first neighbor we meet seems to like it.
01:27And I like him, even though he forgot to tell us his name.
01:38Don't you worry about being strangers here.
01:41My Uncle Sandy and I will help you out with everything.
01:44And so will all the other neighbors.
01:46Well, we're certainly lucky if they're all like you, Becky.
01:49Well, thanks. But there's really lots of nice folks around here.
01:52But I'm sure you're the only one that has a wonderful horse and dog like yours.
01:55Oh, I know how lucky I am.
01:57Well, I promise to meet Uncle Sandy when he gets back from town.
02:00Goodbye. But not for long.
02:08Say goodbye for now, champ.
02:11I hope we see a lot of you in town, Ricky.
02:14I'll bring Uncle Sandy over as soon as I can.
02:16I guess he wants to shake hands to say his goodbye.
02:19You're beautiful, Grandpa.
02:22Adios, boy.
02:23Bye. Goodbye.
02:25It's going to be a new life, Hal.
02:28It sure is for me.
02:31And I'm going to like it.
02:40Well, looks like Uncle Sandy's late for a change.
02:44Might as well go back now, champ.
03:09You kind of look forward to killing a man, don't you, Murph?
03:12If somebody's after me like that marshal we're waiting for, why not?
03:15When you get a little bit older, you get more sense.
03:18You may not want to do it, but you have to.
03:21When you get older, you get soft.
03:23You mean me? I ain't too soft.
03:29There's our marshal.
03:32All right, let's go.
03:42Let's go.
04:13Oops.
04:32Hey, look at that stallion.
04:34I'm looking.
04:37Eh, just a local mustang.
04:40That's all. Let's get moving.
05:11Uncle Sandy will help you.
05:14Hey!
05:19I was just teaching Rebel to be an alarm clock.
05:21I guess I fell asleep.
05:23You guessed.
05:24What were you dreaming about, me helping somebody?
05:26Helping?
05:28Oh, the Cahiers.
05:30They just moved on to the old Benson place.
05:32They're going to be swell neighbors, but they're strange around here.
05:35Oh, well, that's easy enough to fix.
05:37We could use some good neighbors on that place.
05:40Champ, that's funny.
05:43I sent him back to the herd a long time ago.
05:47What's bothering you, Champ?
05:49Something sure is when he acts like that.
05:51Let's have a look.
06:07Hold on.
06:25Bullet wounds.
06:28This is the job for the coroner.
06:32Goodbye, Champ.
06:47Here we are.
06:48As good a hideout spot as you'll find in the West.
06:50I don't see no hideout.
06:52That's what makes it so good.
06:55Not bad.
07:26See?
07:28This is all right.
07:30You bet it is.
07:32Only, uh, what if the Jasper that owns this spread comes nosing around?
07:36No chance of that.
07:38This whole ranch has been abandoned for years.
07:40Some old geezer by the name of Benson.
07:43How long do you figure we're going to stay here?
07:45For a week after we pull that job in town, until the heat's off.
07:48You sure plan far ahead, Lucas.
07:51That's how I stayed away from the law for so long.
07:54I feel lucky.
07:56How about some blackjack?
07:58How about sticking to business and letting me know how we work tomorrow?
08:01Nothing much to tell.
08:03We ride into town, stick up the cattleman's office,
08:06ride off with their bankroll for the year's stock sales.
08:09I suppose you've got it all fixed for the local sheriff to hold our horses for us.
08:13Like you told me, I plan ahead.
08:16I'm counting on the blackjack.
08:18Like you told me, I plan ahead.
08:20I'm counting on the local law to keep on trying to find out who bushwhacked that marshal.
08:27Sheriff got any idea who did the killing?
08:29No, the dead man's a stranger.
08:31No identification on him, so we can't even figure out a reason.
08:34Well, I'd better get to my horse and join that posse.
08:36Want me to ride with you?
08:38No need for that. I just stopped by to warn you there might be outlaws around.
08:41Thank you, Mr. North. We'll keep our eyes open.
08:44And Uncle Sandy wanted to meet you, too.
08:46Guess I couldn't wait when Ricky told me about you.
08:48Mighty happy to have you as neighbors.
08:50Anything I can do to help?
08:51Oh, not right now. Thanks just the same.
08:53How about you, Mrs. Collier?
08:54Well, all I need right now is curtain material for these windows.
08:57Is there a good store in town?
08:58Sure. I'll pick you up and drive you in tomorrow.
09:01Oh, well, that isn't necessary.
09:03You'll be happy to do it, Miss Collier.
09:05Well, all right, then. Thank you.
09:06I'll come for you early.
09:08Come on, young fella. I'd better join that posse or I'll miss it.
09:12A couple of years ago, I wouldn't have believed I'd be offered to ride with a posse
09:15instead of running away from one.
09:17Don't even think about it.
09:19We left all that behind us in Texas.
09:22I look back now, I can't believe it was me.
09:25Oh, you were young.
09:27And you never killed anybody.
09:29And, well, anyhow, it's all over.
09:32Yes, ma'am.
09:34I got cured of trying to earn my living with a gun
09:36by the two best doctors in the world.
09:38Doctors?
09:39Well, the judge was a doctor in a way
09:41when he described the penitentiary sentence.
09:44The other doctor was you.
09:46Oh, you're sweet, darling, but you really cured yourself.
09:49No.
09:50I couldn't have done it if you hadn't trusted me to go straight and marry me.
09:55I don't want an argument on that.
09:57All right, Sid.
09:58You're the boss in this family.
10:00If you say I'm a doctor, I'll be a doctor.
10:03I just hope that nice folks like Ricky and Sandy
10:05never find out about me.
10:07You know, if they're real friends,
10:09it might be better to tell them.
10:11No, it wouldn't be.
10:13Maybe in a year or so.
10:15I've got to prove myself first.
10:17I suppose you're right.
10:19If the other folks found out about me now,
10:21they wouldn't trust either of us.
10:23And I don't want you to suffer for something I did.
10:26Ho!
10:29I'll come in with you.
10:31Think you'll be much help in picking up the phone?
10:33Sorry, I'm a little busy.
10:35You're ready to go.
10:37I'll be back in a minute.
10:39I'll be right back.
10:41Bye-bye.
10:42Bye-bye.
10:43Bye-bye.
10:44Bye-bye.
10:45Bye-bye.
10:46Bye-bye.
10:47Bye-bye.
10:48Bye-bye.
10:49Bye-bye.
10:50Bye-bye.
10:51Bye-bye.
10:52Bye-bye.
10:53Bye-bye.
10:54Bye-bye.
10:55be much help in picking out curtain material well maybe not I can help you get acquainted
10:59with folks. The boys are together over there all set.
11:17Back message you should be doing a minute now you follow him and the boys will follow
11:23you and I'll cover the street. There's the message you know.
12:23If only there'd been
12:36a law officer around the sheriff's out with a posse looking for ever kill that stranger
12:41might be the same man that's what I think I'll take you home and get champ and find
12:46the sheriff and I'll go see. You're.
13:16This horse is through his legs swelling up. I can't make it to the hideout either
13:24a footer with my horse carrying doubles but what are we supposed to do sit here and wait
13:28for the posse to come. The old Benson house is just around this bend we can hide out there
13:35for a while and maybe fix up his legs. Like
13:53a lot of luck somebody's moved in I wouldn't say we were out of luck we can get on and
13:57grab off that saddle or just hope we don't run into any trouble it would bring the posse
14:01around that's the chance we'll have to take. Well I'll be doggone.
14:09I can plug in from here next time he comes outside won't have to plug in he'll lend us
14:20the horse land I'll come pal I used to work with you saddle a fresh horse while I talk
14:58Lucas howdy partner and expect to meet you so far from home there was
15:03a killing in town yesterday were you mixed up in it. Don't you know better than to ask
15:08a man a question like that. I don't know what brought you here Lucas but get out I'm through
15:13I'm going to live different than I used to. Yeah I heard back in Texas how you was getting
15:18married turned irrespectable. That's how it is I can't blame you I tried going straight
15:24two or three times myself once but somehow or other my foot always slipped mine isn't
15:30going to slip what do you want nothing much. I'm going to borrow that saddle horse outside
15:36for a friend of mine you're getting no help from me and kind of rationed you have.
15:41I had a wife as beautiful as this my wife knows all about me yeah folks around here do too I
15:53thought not. I might not like it if I had
15:56an ex-convict for a neighbor because it's tough on the wife too. I'm for you. The man's
16:04got to look out for himself. You'll just let me have that horse to be the last you see
16:09of me. Take
16:15a look outside.
16:22My partner is not like I am how. It is soon kill a man to shake hands or a woman.
16:30This new life for yours could be spoiled so easily. If you don't use common sense.
16:40I wish you luck just the same so long have.
16:42I wish you luck just the same so long have.
17:12I wish you luck just the same so long have.
17:43I don't see any critical material practically in the middle of a hole in the middle did
17:49get into it you try to sleep over one of the outlaws. What's the matter. Nothing I just
17:56hate to think of it being so near danger can I leave the book for here while I go to find
18:00the posse sure you're not going to get into anything are you I don't know and anyway I'll
18:04have champ and rebel.
18:13Mr Collier that's not your horse out there.
18:20Sure isn't what happened. I was working in the house I didn't hear anything I'll go
18:26see what's bothering rebel.
18:31Nothing happened nothing I know about anyway. You find something rebel.
18:43You.
18:49Can't.
18:57Never find a sense I think the outlaw we saw in town was the one that stole your horse
19:02left his What are you going to do maybe I can find out where he went rebel can follow
19:06the trail you must be tricky it's too dangerous I'll be all right I won't get too close.
19:13To.
19:22Her Ricky must be right horses all lathered up there is something wrong. Honey I just
19:30learned a lesson from what Ricky's doing take one wrong step to protect yourself and somebody
19:35else pays for it.
19:43And.
19:51How are you going. After Ricky. I lied to you about. Those outlaws were here.
20:02With someone you used to know yes it was. When I lied to you I thought I was doing it
20:08for your good. That's a mistake I have straightened out right now.
20:39I.
20:51After I will find it again.
21:08Me.
21:15To call you.
21:24See anybody Ricky rebel acted like he was close to something up there. I'll go have
21:29a look and I can't be too dangerous rebel locates the man local city in the sheriff
21:34or somewhere around me we should find them first I can't wait I've got a special reason
21:40for tackling this job see you later.
21:46I only knew where to start looking.
21:50We can see better from over there.
22:05There.
22:27That's. Even we can't.
22:34Still can't figure it out rebel. Their footprints all right they stopped right here.
22:52Reach Lucas. I thought we made
22:55a deal how we didn't make a deal I got scared I was a mistake you should still be scared
23:01for your life's sake I might have given you
23:03a break if you hadn't threatened that. I'm taking you in.
23:16I know it was champ sure if there is.
23:22Any Mr Collier who's outlaws tell me later sure if that shooting is coming from up here.
23:31I.
24:01Don't know.
24:20How you're. Not good.
24:27That's the whole story there's only
24:29one part of the story house left out I don't care what the people around here are going
24:33to think I'm proud of. I think you're going to have plenty of company man I mean you're
24:38not going to hold anything against me the only thing I hold against is the fact you
24:42went after those outlaws alone and gave us a lot of trouble getting it down here she
24:46actually said he didn't mean that I just hope the other folks around won't make it hard
24:50on death when they find out about me serving time in Texas said they're going to find out
24:55did you send it but I remember sure you mean you want going to tell people all the sheriff
25:00Ricky and I aren't the only other two that know a rebel and champ I'm sure they will
25:05tell about it rebel.
25:12And how much.
25:26I.
25:31Like.
25:36From above.
25:40Seems.
25:43To go.
25:46When I.
25:55When I.