30min | Western, TV Series | Episode aired 7 February 1959
Dr. Bill Baxter becomes involved with an attractive woman from the east, who has inherited an oil field near the town of Rising Springs.
Director: William Witney
Writer: Ronald Davidson
Stars: Rex Allen, Shirley Patterson, Chris Alcaide
Dr. Bill Baxter becomes involved with an attractive woman from the east, who has inherited an oil field near the town of Rising Springs.
Director: William Witney
Writer: Ronald Davidson
Stars: Rex Allen, Shirley Patterson, Chris Alcaide
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00:00When an attractive girl from the East inherits an oil field and is shrewd enough to make
00:17it pay off, that was news in the early West.
00:21But it was also news when a young doctor from Rising Springs became involved in the inheritance.
00:27Max Allen stars as The Frontier Doctor.
00:34Good morning, Doctor.
00:53What are you doing up so early?
00:54Morning, Miss Cameron.
00:55I've got a sick boy upstairs.
00:57How's your cold?
00:58All gone, thanks to your medicine.
01:02Morning, Clint.
01:02Morning, Doc.
01:05Hello, Donna.
01:06How are you, Clint?
01:07Fine, just fine.
01:09But I haven't had any luck yet finding you a drilling crew.
01:12Oh, I meant to tell you, you don't need to bother now.
01:16I've located Mike Shea, who used to be Father's head driller, and he got some men for me.
01:21Well, that's great.
01:23You're going to start soon?
01:24Yes.
01:25There's a little work to be done on the old valley number one rig, but we should be able
01:29to start drilling tomorrow.
01:31I'm taking some groceries out now to the crew.
01:34Mike is waiting for me outside.
01:36I'm a little late.
01:37Go ahead.
01:38I'll see you later.
01:46Good morning, Mike.
01:47Good morning.
01:58Good morning, Mike.
02:10They're shooting at us!
02:11Ha!
02:12Come on!
02:14They're shooting at us!
02:16Ha!
02:17Come on!
02:44Come on!
02:45Come on!
02:48Ha!
02:49Ha!
02:50Look out, Mike!
03:13I got an urgent call from the hotel clerk that Miss Cameron had an accident.
03:21Yeah, you're a lucky girl. You're not hurt.
03:25Suffering more from shock than anything else.
03:27Oh, I can believe that.
03:29It was a horrible experience.
03:31Have any idea why those men were after you?
03:34Doctor, I'm gambling for millions.
03:37I haven't any idea who tried to kill me.
03:40But where there's money involved, even your best friend can become a Judas.
03:45I'm here trying to continue the oil drilling operation my father started on his ranch before he died.
03:51I admire your courage, but it's a rough game.
03:54Watch your step.
03:56I know. Everyone warns me it's no business for a woman.
04:00But, well, it's not only the money that's involved.
04:04Dad always said there was a big oil pool under that field, and I'm going to prove that he was right.
04:09And the last thing I'll do is sell out.
04:12Obviously, someone else thinks there's oil there, too.
04:17Well, good luck to you.
04:19If I can ever do anything for you, either professionally or privately, don't hesitate to call on me.
04:24Thank you, Doctor.
04:26I'm likely to need plenty of help, and I'll certainly remember you.
04:30Goodbye.
04:31Goodbye.
04:40All right, Doc.
04:41Hello, Clint.
04:43How's Miss Cameron?
04:45Oh, she'll be all right. She's suffering more from shock than anything else.
04:48Well, that's good.
04:49How well do you know her, Clint?
04:51Well, I knew her when she was a kid.
04:54Knew her father for years. He wasn't much good, a drunken, long-shot wildcatter.
04:59She came out from the East about a month ago, and since we're both interested in the oil business, we've got pretty well acquainted.
05:05Why do you ask, Doc?
05:07Oh, I don't know.
05:08I just thought maybe somebody ought to persuade her to sell out before she gets in any more trouble.
05:12Mm-hmm.
05:13Well, that's an idea, all right.
05:15It'd certainly be a lot safer for her, and I'm sure I can find her a buyer.
05:19Uh, do you mind if I go see her?
05:22No, go ahead.
05:23Thanks.
05:33Come in.
05:37Why, Clint, how nice of you to drop in.
05:40But why don't you warn a lady?
05:44If I'd ever thought that long, spindly-legged tomboy would ever grow up in...
05:48I might have had long legs, but they were never spindly.
05:52Or were they?
05:53They were.
05:56But they aren't now.
05:58Oh, Clint.
05:59You're so plain and varnished honest.
06:02That's what I like about you.
06:04Well, I'm glad you like something about me.
06:06Because I don't think you will after what I have to say.
06:10You want me to quit?
06:12Yes.
06:15Clint, can I tell you why I've got to go ahead?
06:18If it'll help any.
06:22When Dad died, all he left me were a few worthless stalks, cats and dogs, and this ranch.
06:28The last thing he said to me was,
06:29Hang on to Section 9, Donna.
06:31There's a million barrels under it.
06:33Now, this may sound like a cruel thing to say, Donna, but you know your father's pride.
06:38But don't you see, Clint, why I've got to go ahead?
06:41That I owe it to Dad.
06:44That I'd never forgive myself if I didn't.
06:47No, I don't.
06:50What do you suggest?
06:51Well, the only smart thing to do is sell.
06:54Can I?
06:56I think I can dig up a buyer.
06:58And one thing you must know, Donna.
07:00If I can't, I'll die trying.
07:03I know, Clint.
07:05Somehow, I think I've always known.
07:08Of course, it's an unproven site.
07:10But the structure's always been promising, and with the rig already set up,
07:14I think I can get you $25,000.
07:19What would the field be worth after I hit oil?
07:22First, you have to hit it.
07:24But if you should ever change your mind, my offer's still open.
07:27Thanks, Clint.
07:30I know you think I'm a stubborn little fool.
07:32But it's because of Dad. You understand, don't you?
07:36Yeah, I guess so.
07:38Bye, Donna.
07:48We came just about as close to killing her as we could the last time.
07:51If that didn't scare her out, what will?
07:58All right, then.
08:00If we can't scare her out,
08:02we'll run her crew off the job and wreck the rig.
08:05And we won't be fussy about how we do it.
08:08There are millions involved in this deal, so it's no holds barred.
08:12Line up three or four more men, and we'll ride out there tomorrow.
08:19You've kind of changed your tune about hurting a dame, haven't you?
08:22What do you mean?
08:24All I want is to stop that well until I can deal her out of it.
08:28It's always bad business to rough up a woman, you know that.
08:31Sure.
08:38All right, boys, cover up and go to it.
08:41But try not to hurt anybody.
08:57Come on, let's go.
09:30I want to apologize for calling you, doctor.
09:33This isn't a professional visit.
09:35But you did tell me you'd help me if I got into trouble, didn't you?
09:38Of course. I heard about the trouble you had out the oil rig and I'd be happy to do anything I can.
09:44I suppose I should appreciate your advice, but I know you'd only tell me to sell out and I'm not going to.
09:51At least not yet.
09:53All I want is some help protecting my men and property.
09:56Well, did you talk to the sheriff?
09:58My driller, Mike Shea, reported the attack.
10:01But all the men were masked, so the sheriff doesn't have very much to go on.
10:05But you're going ahead anyway.
10:07I certainly am, if I can talk the sheriff into furnishing me some protection for my men.
10:12And I thought that's where you might help me.
10:15Do you know the sheriff very well?
10:17Oh, yes. I'm sure he'll cooperate any way he can.
10:21Doctor, someone's been listening.
10:29Wait!
10:33Hey, wait a minute.
10:34What do you want?
10:35Why are you listening in Miss Cameron's door?
10:37It's no crime to stop in the hall and pick your food, is it?
10:41Maybe you ought to go to the sheriff and have a talk with him.
10:44You just might be one of the fellows he's looking for.
10:47You just might be one of the fellows he's looking for.
11:18Thanks, Donna, for bringing the sheriff.
11:21That's youse in your head.
11:23Who is he?
11:24The name's Steve Herrick, works part-time for Clint Forbes.
11:27Clint?
11:28Why, you surely don't think he had anything to do with it?
11:31I don't know, but Clint's in the oil business, and it might be to his advantage to force you to sell out.
11:36Oh, no, that's ridiculous.
11:38Why, Clint was the one person who understood my father.
11:42He protected him when everybody else called him a drunken crackpot.
11:46Why, he's offered to help me any number of times.
11:50You can't arrest him just because that man used to work for him.
11:54It's up to you, Sheriff.
11:55I'll take this man over to the office and question him.
12:05How'd you make out with the sheriff?
12:07All right.
12:08This time I'm really in the clear.
12:10Boss, I know Steve too well.
12:12He wouldn't be listening at that door on his own.
12:14Somebody paid him to do it.
12:16Yeah, I know.
12:18But if we didn't hire him, you tell me who did.
12:23Get out of here.
12:30Donna!
12:32Hello, Clint.
12:33How are you?
12:36I just came from the sheriff's office.
12:39I hear you've been having more trouble.
12:41Oh, it was nothing.
12:42In fact, the drilling's going very well now.
12:45We'll get the boiler repaired and tapped into the oil pool any day now.
12:50But...
12:51Well...
12:53I want to talk to you, Clint.
12:55Sure.
12:56Let's sit down.
13:04Clint...
13:05I'm afraid I'm beginning to lose my nerve.
13:09Why?
13:10You're over the worst of it now.
13:13I know, but I'm worried.
13:15There's been one man wounded and...
13:17Who knows what's going to happen in the next few days.
13:21So, what do you want to do?
13:23Clint...
13:24This is a man's job.
13:27Living in fear of being murdered every day...
13:32I've decided to sell out.
13:37That's quite a surprise.
13:40But my offer still stands.
13:42Twenty-five thousand.
13:44It might even be worth a little more now.
13:46With all the trouble I've had...
13:48Someone else must think it's worth a lot more.
13:55We caught a man last night listening at my door.
13:58The sheriff said he worked for you.
14:02That's right, Donna, but he hasn't been on my payroll in six months.
14:06If I could only find out who he is working for...
14:09I'm sure they'd pay me the price I'm asking.
14:11How much do you want?
14:13Well, it seems to me the field should be worth a hundred thousand dollars.
14:17Don't you think so?
14:19Oh, no, I couldn't possibly raise...
14:21That is, find anyone who could pay that much.
14:25That's all right, Clint.
14:27I understand.
14:30But if Steve Herrick wasn't working for you...
14:33Then he's probably working for the Joslin Oil Company.
14:36I'll contact them.
14:38I'll bet they'll pay the hundred thousand.
14:41Give me until tomorrow. I'll see what I can do.
14:44I'm sure you can do it.
14:47It would be all cash, wouldn't it?
14:51Yes, of course.
14:54Thanks.
14:56Goodbye.
14:57Goodbye.
15:08You hear that?
15:09Yeah.
15:10Well, see if you can find Steve Herrick and who he's working for.
15:13Somebody else is trying to beat us out of that oil lease.
15:15If we can't find him, we're forced to raise $100,000 by tomorrow.
15:18I'm sure he's left town.
15:20But I'll look her up.
15:30Morning, Fred.
15:31Morning, Doc.
15:33Hey, Mike.
15:35Hello.
15:36Hello, Doc.
15:37How you doing in town?
15:38Some more trouble at the well?
15:39No.
15:41I just got fired when Clint Ford bought out Miss Cameron.
15:44She paid me off and gave me a bonus, too.
15:47So she sold out.
15:49Clint going ahead with the drilling?
15:51Yeah.
15:52A lot of blowing today, too.
15:55Too bad you couldn't stay around for the payoff.
15:58I'll be there.
15:59I'm riding out there right now.
16:01I sure don't want to miss that show.
16:08Hello, Doc.
16:09Been waiting long?
16:10No, not very.
16:12I've got some news for you.
16:13Yes?
16:14Miss Cameron sold out to Clint.
16:16Is that right?
16:18Maybe that explains part of it.
16:20Explains what?
16:22Clint may have bought Miss Cameron out, but he can't buy me off.
16:26There's a matter of attempted murder of Miss Cameron
16:28and those men that were injured on the oil, Derek.
16:30This case isn't closed yet.
16:32Yes, I know.
16:34This case isn't closed yet.
16:36Yes, that adds up.
16:38Where does this leave Clint?
16:39Puts him number one on my suspect list.
16:41He ended up with her property,
16:43so it's a good bet he had something to do with scaring her out.
16:46Anyway, I'm going to have a talk with him.
16:48He's out at the oil rig now.
16:51They expect to bring it in this afternoon.
16:53I've never seen one of those things blow in.
16:55Is it all right if I go along with you?
16:57All right, let's go.
17:05We've just sunk the last piece of pipe, boss.
17:07We're standing by ready to cap it.
17:09All right.
17:10Tell them to go ahead and let it blow.
17:27What are you doing here?
17:29I'm here to see Miss Cameron.
17:32What are you doing here?
17:34Well, you know, Mr. Forbes, I've put a lot of time in on that old rig.
17:37Just want to see what happens when you bring her in.
17:40All right.
17:42Yeah, I guess so.
17:53Fill him up.
18:02Here she comes.
18:23It's a real payoff, Ed.
18:25It sure is, boss. There's a lot of pressure in there.
18:27You want to see what you really got?
18:29Huh?
18:36There's no oil in there.
18:38That's right. Not a drop.
18:41Nothing but mud and water screwed up in that gas pocket you just tapped.
18:47You know it's only a gas pocket.
18:49You're a big greenhorn.
18:51Why do you suppose old man Cameron stopped drilling that field for last year?
18:55You know you're going to be the laughingstock of town?
18:59You mean he found out there was nothing but gas here?
19:02That's right.
19:04I don't believe it.
19:06Because Donna must have known it, too. Why did she start drilling again?
19:09Oh, she wasn't drilling. She was just going through the motions, too.
19:12She found some easy market to sell out to.
19:15Looks like she found one.
19:25Hey, Mr. Forbes!
19:56What's wrong, Mike?
19:58Sure glad to see you, Sheriff. You've got a job to do.
20:01Clint Forbes has gone after Miss Cameron.
20:03Huh? What are you talking about?
20:05Well, he found out that she sold him a no-good field.
20:08I had to open up my big mouth.
20:10How long ago?
20:11He hadn't got much of a head start on you.
20:13He took the back road. Let's go.
20:15Let's get him!
20:26Let's go.
20:47Who is it?
20:49Letter for you, Miss Cameron.
20:56Why, you no-good little thief!
21:00What are you talking about?
21:02About $100,000. Where is it?
21:04It's safe. You made the deal. Everything's legal.
21:08Legal? You hired Steve Herrick, didn't you?
21:11You were the other party interested in that oil land, weren't you?
21:14Weren't you?
21:16Sure I hired him. It's a rough game, remember?
21:19You said so yourself.
21:21Why, you...
21:26You...
21:47You're all through, Clint. Why don't you give up?
21:51Sheriff, arrest this man.
21:53He was the one that raided my wells and who tried to kill me.
21:56Can you prove it?
21:58I'll sign a warrant or anything else you want.
22:00Don't let her get away with it, Sheriff.
22:02She's the one who hired Steve Herrick.
22:04She paid him to listen at her door.
22:06He had every reason in the world to be listening at my door.
22:09I hired him as a bodyguard.
22:11There's no law against that, is there?
22:14Bodyguard?
22:16Looks like you can take care of yourself.
22:18That was in self-defense, Doctor.
22:20He struck me.
22:21Come along, Clint.
22:23Doc, you better come along too and fix up his arm.
22:28And don't you leave town until I tell you,
22:30because I want to talk to you.
22:33You knew that oil field wasn't any good all along.
22:49Is Miss Cameron in, Fred?
22:51Yeah, the Sheriff's just checking her out.
22:56Good morning, Doctor.
22:58Those pills you gave me for insomnia didn't do me a bit of good.
23:02I never closed my eyes last night.
23:05There's nothing wrong with the pills.
23:07If you think it was my conscience, Doctor, that was bothering me,
23:10you're wrong.
23:12I didn't do anything illegal.
23:14No, I suppose not.
23:16But you sure handed Clint a sharp deal.
23:19Don't think too badly of me, Doc.
23:21Remember, P.T. Barnum said,
23:24there's a sucker born every minute.
23:26Yes, I suppose that's one way to look at it.
23:29And why not?
23:30Clint pulled several crooked deals on my father,
23:33and he tried his best to run me out.
23:35I only paid him back with his own medicine.
23:38And made yourself a nice chunk of money on the side.
23:47Here's enough money to pay for the medical expenses
23:50for the men that were injured in the oil fields.
23:53And what's left over is your medical fee for attending me.
23:56I'm sure the men and their families will appreciate it,
23:59but you don't owe me anything.
24:02Of course not.
24:04It's for the Rising Springs Charity Fund.
24:09There's a lot of money in it.
24:11I'm sure it's worth it.
24:14There's my stage.
24:16You've been so anxious to get rid of me, Sheriff.
24:19We'd better be going or I'll miss it.
24:21Oh, no, you won't. Come on.
24:23Come on.
24:42I don't suppose I'll be seeing you gentlemen again.
24:45I hope not.
24:46Get her out of here.
24:47Now!
24:48Get!
24:49Now!
24:50Now!
24:53Good riddance.
24:55What happened to Clinton and his gang?
24:57They pleaded guilty and the judge sentenced them
24:59to two years for attempted murder of Donna
25:01and the men at the oil fields.
25:03I like to see the day he catches up with it.
25:05I bet you by the time he serves his sentence
25:07he parlays that $100,000 into a million.
25:10Well, it could be, but I still say good riddance.
25:17I was wrong about Donna making her first million.
25:20I heard later that she ran into somebody just a little smarter
25:23and the $100,000 she took from Clint changed hands again.
25:27This time Donna was the one who was broke and in jail.
25:31There's an old adage that says,
25:33if you want peace and contentment,
25:36go out and earn it with an honest day's work.
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