Down Texas Way (1942)
Approved | 57min | Action, Adventure, Western | 22 May 1942 (USA)
The sixth film of Monogram's eight-film series, "The Rough Riders", has U. S. Marshals Buck Roberts (Buck Jones) and Tim McCall (Tim McCoy) coming to a Texas town to visit their friend, U. S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton), only to learn that he has disappeared, and is suspected of the murder of John Dodge (Jack Daley), owner of practically the whole town, except the hotel Sandy owns and runs when he isn't on an assignment as a Marshal. The murder has been committed by the henchmen of Bart Logan (Harry Woods), who intends to take over the dead man's property and whose men are holding Sandy prisoner to make it appear that he fled after arguing with and killing Dodge. Just before the murder, Logan sent a letter to Dodge with the news that the latter's long-missing wife is returning, and in a short while, Stella (Lois Austin), a Logan accomplice, arrives posing as the missing Ann Dodge, thus establishing her right to the Dodge property. Sandy, allowed to escape, returns unsuspectingly to town and is jailed by Sheriff Trump (Glenn Strange.) Mary (Luana Walters), Sandy's niece, appeals for help to Dave Dodge (Dave O'Brien), the murdered man's son, who doesn't know his mother since she left when he was a baby. Meanwhile, Tim has taken charge of the town under his authority as a U. S. Marshal, and Buck, pretending to be a fugitive criminal, has worked his way into the Logan gang. Locating a photograph of the real Mrs. Dodge, he confronts Logan with the picture, who confesses the plot. Buck immediately arrests the whole gang, but Logan escapes. Dave traps him in an old mine, where he is captured by Buck and Tim.
Director: Howard Bretherton (as Howard P. Bretherton)
Writer: Adele Buffington (original screenplay) (as Jess Bowers)
Stars: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton
Approved | 57min | Action, Adventure, Western | 22 May 1942 (USA)
The sixth film of Monogram's eight-film series, "The Rough Riders", has U. S. Marshals Buck Roberts (Buck Jones) and Tim McCall (Tim McCoy) coming to a Texas town to visit their friend, U. S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton), only to learn that he has disappeared, and is suspected of the murder of John Dodge (Jack Daley), owner of practically the whole town, except the hotel Sandy owns and runs when he isn't on an assignment as a Marshal. The murder has been committed by the henchmen of Bart Logan (Harry Woods), who intends to take over the dead man's property and whose men are holding Sandy prisoner to make it appear that he fled after arguing with and killing Dodge. Just before the murder, Logan sent a letter to Dodge with the news that the latter's long-missing wife is returning, and in a short while, Stella (Lois Austin), a Logan accomplice, arrives posing as the missing Ann Dodge, thus establishing her right to the Dodge property. Sandy, allowed to escape, returns unsuspectingly to town and is jailed by Sheriff Trump (Glenn Strange.) Mary (Luana Walters), Sandy's niece, appeals for help to Dave Dodge (Dave O'Brien), the murdered man's son, who doesn't know his mother since she left when he was a baby. Meanwhile, Tim has taken charge of the town under his authority as a U. S. Marshal, and Buck, pretending to be a fugitive criminal, has worked his way into the Logan gang. Locating a photograph of the real Mrs. Dodge, he confronts Logan with the picture, who confesses the plot. Buck immediately arrests the whole gang, but Logan escapes. Dave traps him in an old mine, where he is captured by Buck and Tim.
Director: Howard Bretherton (as Howard P. Bretherton)
Writer: Adele Buffington (original screenplay) (as Jess Bowers)
Stars: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton
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00:00The Rock Riders ride, beware, The Rock Riders ride, take care,
00:28They're the finest bunch of riders in the land, Chasing every rustler and gorilla man,
00:35The Rock Riders watch the trail, The Rock Riders never fail,
00:42Taking law and order everywhere they go, Without a fear of any foe,
00:49And it's always great to know they're on your side, When those old Rock Riders ride,
00:56When the Rock Riders ride.
01:02To each valley they say you are going, I shall miss your sweet face and your smile,
01:19But because you are hard-working and willing, You are changing your name far and wide,
01:40All ready, Jim.
01:43Thanks, Mark. This has been a good round-up, Mark.
01:47I guess you fellas can load that stock tomorrow without any help from me, though.
01:51I reckon.
01:53While I'm down in Texas, I was trying to look around. I might get some new ideas about running livestock.
01:59Texas? I didn't know you were figuring on taking the trip, Tim.
02:03Sandy Hopkins is having a birthday.
02:06His niece wrote me about it. Said she's putting on a big surprise shindig for him.
02:10Well, I suppose Buck Roberts will be there, too, huh?
02:12You know he will. He'll get quite a kick out of meeting Sandy's niece for the first time, too.
02:17It's about time you Rough Riders were getting together again.
02:20Well, we haven't been together for quite a spell, but I can't think of a better excuse for a reunion than Sandy's birthday, can you?
02:26That's excused enough.
02:29Well, if you want to get in touch with me about anything, just wire me in care of Sandy's hotel, Dutchtown, Texas.
02:35All right. Have a good time.
02:37You know I will. So long, boys.
02:39Bye, Tim.
02:40Bye, Tim.
02:41Have a good day.
02:59Double P knuckle!
03:01Well, that gives me another 300.
03:04You're lucky tonight for a change, Sandy.
03:08Lucky nothing.
03:09You know I always lose my shirt in these games.
03:13Guess that you ain't up to form tonight, John.
03:17What's wrong?
03:19Got something on your mind? You want to spill it?
03:21Yes, I...
03:23I got this letter from Kansas City today. Read it.
03:28Here you are.
03:45Your newest wife Anne.
03:48Now, you never did say nothing about your Missus John, and I guess everybody around here, including myself, is t'too for granted that she was dead.
03:57I don't know. It's been about 20 years since we parted. Even I thought she was dead.
04:02Anyway, Dave always believed that his mother passed away when he was a baby.
04:07Well, what are you going to do? It's going to be an awful shock to the kid.
04:11That's why I've got to think about it. I can't tell him until I know just how to put it to him.
04:15She's his mother, and I want him to respect that fact, no matter what mistakes we made as man and wife.
04:22But maybe it's like she says in the letter, that you can start all over again, and it won't be so tough on Dave.
04:29Perhaps. Go on, deal him.
04:33You're in no mood for cards tonight, John.
04:36Yes, go on. I just want to get it off my mind for a spell.
04:41Well, it's getting kind of late. Don't you think you'd better go over and close up the saloon?
04:45No, no hurry. I can trust Pete to handle things. Go ahead, deal him.
05:02Hello, Pete.
05:06I wish you hadn't come here, Logan. I could have met you on the outside.
05:09Take it easy. What are back doors for?
05:12Joe, keep his eyes peeled for Dodge. Did he get that letter today?
05:16Yeah. Sure seemed to lock him for a loop.
05:19What'd he do about it?
05:21The old man didn't tell the son. He just shoved the letter in his pocket and said he'd have to figure a way to break the news to Dave.
05:28Who's the woman that's going to be Mrs. Dodge?
05:31You'll be surprised to know who I got to be Mrs. Dodge.
05:35And when she's his widow, she takes over everything. The bank, the store, the saloon, the whole works.
05:41I got her hiding out until we're set for her. Say about Radden. Did he meet the sheriff?
05:46Oh, yeah. He's sitting in the poker game now with that old plug at the sheriff's range. Outside of town.
05:50Good. Now, I'll take care of Dodge when he finishes that pinnacle game across the street. You know what to do when it's all over.
05:56Just use your head and you'll be running this woman instead of tending barns.
06:00Come on, Bill.
06:02You're sure that nobody's seen you come in?
06:04Nobody saw me ride into town and nobody's going to see me go out.
06:12Hiya, Smithy.
06:13Hello, Smithy.
06:14Hello, Dave, Mary. Working kind of late, aren't you?
06:18Yeah, kind of, but I'm all through now.
06:20Then you might as well walk along with us.
06:22Oh, don't mind if I do. Being that's alongside of a pretty gal.
06:27Smithy, you're an old flatter.
06:29Yeah, but I'll be back in a minute.
06:31All right.
06:32See you later.
06:33See you later.
06:34See you later.
06:35See you later.
06:36See you later.
06:37See you later.
06:38See you later.
06:39Old flatter.
06:40Yeah, but I'll bet you I wouldn't have to look far to find a body to back me up.
06:45You're right, Smithy. They don't come any prettier.
06:48Well, what I'd like to know is, when are you two young ones going to get married?
06:52Oh, one of these days.
06:54As long as I've saved enough money out of my job at the summer dress to buy a little bread home.
06:59But I'm buying them one for a wedding present.
07:03And I'm staking them to their furniture.
07:07If that uncle of yours and your pa are pin-knuckling in there again tonight, how come they ain't raising the roof?
07:13They are awfully quiet.
07:15Maybe they finally learned to play the game without fighting.
07:20Say, we're losing our reputation by being too peaceful-like.
07:24Let's fool them.
07:26You got a double pin-knuckle again?
07:29Yes, really.
07:31I told you you didn't know nothing about the game.
07:33Listen, I've been the champion pin-knuckle player for 14 years.
07:38And I could skin the pants off of my partners Buck Ross and Tim McCall.
07:44And they were good pin-knuckle players, too.
07:47Then you better stop hotel-keeping and go back to man-hunting.
07:50Because you sure gummed up your technique.
07:52Listen, you ain't telling me how to play pin-knuckle, are you?
07:55I ain't, eh? Well, I've been.
07:57Dave, they're really angry.
07:59One of these nights, they're going to kill each other in one of them brawls.
08:03Listen, no beer-slinging amateur has ever beat me yet.
08:07And I'll bet you a hundred to ten that you can't draw no more doubles.
08:11Least of all, if you draw them out of your cup.
08:13Why, you woolly little cuss accusing me of cheating.
08:15What a whore are you doing?
08:17Uncle Sandy, fighting over a silly card game.
08:20Why, you both ought to be ashamed of yourselves.
08:22He accused me of cheating.
08:24Well, maybe you did.
08:25Ain't natural for a man to draw three doubles in a row.
08:28You ought to be shocked from being so lucky.
08:30Well, you've got to admit the worst of it.
08:32I ain't admitting nothing.
08:33You get on upstairs, way past your bedtime.
08:35Go ahead, Mary, I'll handle it.
08:36You ain't handling nothing.
08:38You go on, get on home to that ranch.
08:40Go ahead.
08:45Popeye Simmons decides to hire himself another foreman.
08:47And I take this old saddle of Flatfoot on for another game and that hundred dollars.
08:51All right, Pop, but you hold your temper.
08:53You know, one of these days, you two are going to let that card game break up a swell friendship.
08:58Hello, Pop.
09:00Hello, Dave.
09:02I bet you they still believe they saved you from Papa Mio.
09:06And now they're going to have all the fun of helping us make up again.
09:10Well, here's your winnings.
09:13I'd better get across and help Pete close up.
09:16Hey, oh, I'll drop over tomorrow and make a payment on the mortgage you hold on this hotel.
09:22You know, I hope you get this thing washed up one of these days.
09:25Now, you take your time about that.
09:27Why I wouldn't crack down on you if you'd ever paid it.
09:29Thanks.
09:30Good night, Sandy.
09:31Good night.
09:32I'll get him as he goes past that corner coming from the hotel to the saloon.
09:36You stick around after it's over and see what happens.
09:45Get ready.
09:46Here he comes.
09:48Get ready.
09:49Here he comes.
10:07John!
10:17John!
10:33He's dead.
10:34Oh, I knew it.
10:37Mr. Dodge.
10:38What happened?
10:39Where's Uncle Sandy?
10:40Well, he rode off after he shot him.
10:42Smitty here said they were fighting like mad again.
10:44Another P-knuckle gamer.
10:45We heard him, didn't we, Miss Mary?
10:47Yes.
10:48You see there, Luke?
10:49Right out and get the sheriff.
10:50He's at his ranch.
10:51You bet.
10:56Hopkins will hang for this or I'm crazy.
11:10Who was that?
11:11I didn't see.
11:12I don't know.
11:15Pete, Uncle Sandy couldn't have done this.
11:19They quarreled, yes, but...
11:23We better take him over to the office.
11:45Well, it's all over.
11:46Beginning tomorrow, we start taking over the town.
12:15That ex-United States Marshal Sandy Hopkins is on your trail, Bert.
12:18Well, what of it?
12:19All we've got to do is bump him off.
12:21Wait.
12:22I've got a better idea.
12:23I want him alive.
12:24He's going to come in handy getting Mr. Dodge into town.
12:27You put a squad around here like you don't know he's coming and I'll handle him.
12:44Let's go.
13:14Come on.
13:33Put him up.
13:34And don't move or I'll let you have him.
13:36Better take that advice yourself, Marshal.
13:39Put him up.
13:41Get his horse and tie him to the saddle.
14:06You get their head and put Stella wide.
14:11All right, boys, you know what to do.
14:13Bill's going on ahead and we'll go back to town as planned.
14:16He knows the next move, so get going.
14:40♪♪♪
15:09How are you?
15:10Howdy, stranger.
15:11Reckon you'll be okay.
15:12That's right.
15:13What happened?
15:14We got the best rooms in the state of Texas.
15:17Fact is, we got the only bathtub with running water this side of Kansas City.
15:21Well, I can certainly use that.
15:23Where's Sandy Hopkins?
15:24Is he around?
15:25No way.
15:26She's...
15:27Marshal, Tim.
15:31Why, Mary.
15:33Why, but look at you with long dresses on and...
15:37Well, you're a grown woman at last, aren't you?
15:41What's the matter?
15:42Oh, everything.
15:43Where's Sandy?
15:44I don't know, but something terrible has happened.
15:47Come on, tell me all about it.
15:50Find out about this.
16:36Shoot.
16:57Who are you?
17:00Holy smoke.
17:01You are real.
17:03Yes.
17:05But for hours I thought this must all be just a terrible nightmare.
17:10The robbing of the stage, the murdering of the driver and the other passengers.
17:17And then when they brought me here,
17:20because they said it wasn't in their plans to murder women,
17:23I...
17:25Well, I just couldn't believe I was Ann Dodge
17:29on my way to join my husband and my son.
17:35Are you Ann Dodge?
17:38The wife of John Dodge of Dodgetown, Texas?
17:43Do you know my husband and my son?
17:48Yes, ma'am.
17:52Who are you?
17:54Why are you here?
17:56Why, that murder and cold-ass hog tied me and threw me in here after they killed...
18:05I'm Sandy Hopkins, ma'am.
18:08I run the hotel in Dodgetown.
18:12Your son Dave is a mighty fine man.
18:15And he's doing all right by himself.
18:17He must be.
18:19Because his father is such a fine man.
18:23How is John?
18:25Well, he didn't come to any of us in John Dodge.
18:30He was one of the best friends I ever had.
18:33Ever had?
18:36Well, just hold on to yourself, ma'am.
18:40He went awful quick, but he went happy.
18:43He never knew what hit him.
18:46And some folks say that's the best way to go after all.
19:02All right, drop the can and easy and stick them up.
19:10Who are you? What do you want?
19:12I want some water and some grub.
19:14I haven't had any for days.
19:16Get inside and lead me to it.
19:18We can't go in there.
19:20What do you mean we can't go in there?
19:21It's a shack and it's got grub in it.
19:23Right out of the spurs.
19:25I don't know what you're talking about.
19:27What do you mean we can't go in there?
19:28It's a shack and it's got grub in it.
19:30Right out of the spurs.
19:49Brave Marshal Hopkins.
19:52This is a bit of luck.
19:54Right into my hands.
19:58Don't look so puzzled. You know me.
20:01Remember?
20:03You put me in a penitentiary about a year ago down in Arizona.
20:07Yeah.
20:09For russians.
20:11If I'm any judge,
20:13that's where you ought to be now.
20:15I told you there wasn't a jail strong enough to hold me.
20:19And I also told you when I got out I'd be looking you up and here you are.
20:22Hey, wait a minute.
20:23He's our prisoner.
20:25You're amongst friends.
20:27Yeah.
20:32All right.
20:33I told you I was hungry.
20:35Fish out some grub and watch your step.
20:54Say, you fellas saddle up
20:55while I go over to the shack and get a pot of coffee off of Steve.
21:02Sit down.
21:05Get over by the window where I can watch you.
21:07Who, me?
21:08Yes, you.
21:14Don't touch that gun unless you feel lucky.
21:20Say, what are you saving him for?
21:22If it was me I'd knock him off right in the...
21:24It ain't no deal to bump off law men.
21:27It's too risky for what we got in mind.
21:30Go on back where you come from.
21:32I gotta keep an eye on you too.
21:38Now, who's the fella?
21:42Listen, you're speaking about Mrs. John Dodge.
21:46So what?
21:47She's the wife of my best friend
21:50whom these skunks murdered last night.
21:52Kidnapped her from her stage and brought her here
21:54the same as they hogtied me.
21:56Ain't that too bad.
21:59They're gonna hang you this time when they catch up with your robins.
22:02You hope.
22:04I know it.
22:23Drop it!
22:26Close that door.
22:32Now speak your piece and speak it fast.
22:34What do you want?
22:35What is this, Steve?
22:37A robin will break your neck for bringing in strangers.
22:39I ain't told him nothing.
22:41Well, then who is he? What does he want?
22:43Shut up. None of your business.
22:46Told you he was traveling.
22:48Keep your shirts on.
22:50I want to thank you for the grub.
22:54You two mugs want to do me a favor.
22:57Make that tin orange sweat before you skin him.
23:00And don't make a move till I get out of here.
23:07So long.
23:09Hey, you ain't going no place.
23:19Hey, you ain't going no place.
23:24...right instead of playing poker with the sheriff.
23:26Then you'd have seen the fireworks.
23:28Yeah, I just got through telling Dave and Mary
23:31that Sandy and John would draw a fire in one of them cardboards sometime.
23:34Kind of like a hunch, huh?
23:36Yeah, that's it, kind of like...
23:37Yeah, I got a doped-up dipper.
23:39Especially with Hopkins being an ex-lawman and knowing all the tricks.
23:43Yeah.
23:44He's sure outsmarting that sheriff in his posse, ain't he?
23:46Sure is.
23:49What do you mean, Pete? You've got it doped-up different.
23:53I knew of a lawman back in Kansas that went crooked once
23:56and headed a bunch of thievin' killers.
23:59His name was Ted Cook.
24:02Being a deputy U.S. Marshal, it took him years to catch up with him.
24:05Yeah?
24:06Yeah, the fact is that this case is so much like that one
24:08that Hopkins could have got his idea...
24:10You're a liar!
24:20I said you were a liar about that case.
24:22Well, what do you think you know about it?
24:24I happen to be the United States Marshal that wound it up.
24:27The man you're speaking about, Ted Cook, was framed.
24:32Well, it ain't healthy for a United States Marshal around here right now
24:35since one of them is charged with killin' a man here last night.
24:40Hold it!
24:50Now, look fast in the drawer, ain't you, stranger?
24:53Might pay you to remember that.
25:19Give me a glass of lemon soda.
25:37Oh, yeah, sure.
25:40Well, I recommend calls for the drinks on the house.
25:43Come on, fellas, and join the Marshal.
25:45Never mind.
25:46I drink alone and pay for it.
25:49If I were you, I'd forget about that Kansas story,
25:59or I'm liable to pick you up for what you know about it.
26:06You know, I'm still hunting for a couple of fellas
26:08that got away on that deal.
26:10I'd say if that's one of them, it ain't healthy to tangle with.
26:13Well, here's one man he ain't got, Bluff.
26:15I'm gonna help see that Dodger's killer gets what's comin' to him.
26:18Yeah, that's one thing we all gotta look after, all right.
26:24How come he made a liar out of you, Pete?
26:27He seemed to know what he was talkin' about, too.
26:30Yeah, sure he did.
26:31He's a good liar.
26:32He's a good liar.
26:33He's a good liar.
26:34He's a good liar.
26:35He's a good liar.
26:36He's a good liar.
26:37He seemed to know what he was talkin' about, too.
26:38Yeah, sure he did.
26:39That's cuz he's a liar himself.
26:41You know he pooled that stunt to protect Hopkins?
26:44Thinks he's donut behind the US badge and gives him special privileges.
26:48Hey, Pete, buy Smithee a beer.
26:50Oh, yeah.
27:07There's somebody in this room.
27:26Speak up or I'll start shooting.
27:27You couldn't hit me with a handful of buckshot.
27:28Oh, Buck.
27:29How are you, fella?
27:30Fine, Tim.
27:31How are you?
27:32When did you get in?
27:33Oh, just a while ago.
27:34I rode in just as you were going in.
27:36I read you another name of John Robbins.
27:37You know we can't be seen together.
27:38The room's just across the hall.
27:39I guess you know Sandy's in a jam.
27:40Yeah, I know.
27:41But how did you find out?
27:42I've seen him.
27:43What I can't figure out is why they've brought me here and you two.
27:53What I can't figure out is why they brung me here, and you too.
28:03I can't either, Mr. Hopkins.
28:06Oh, oh.
28:09The bandit's coming back with supplies.
28:15We're going to get that wagon while the others are awake.
28:18Yeah?
28:19But how?
28:20We tie it with this compounded cowhide.
28:23Look, I just remembered I have this knife in my bag.
28:26Turn around, Mr. Hopkins, and I'll cut you loose.
28:28Timber.
28:29I never knew a woman could think so fast before.
28:36Now let's watch your fun.
28:38Look, that rope on the wall.
28:40You can grab him and tie him.
28:41Yes.
28:42Get behind the door.
28:55Here's your grub.
28:59Come on, Mr. Hopkins.
29:00Tie him good so he can't escape.
29:02This is what I tie him to really stay tight.
29:05Hurry, Mr. Hopkins.
29:06Hurry.
29:11All right, let's go.
29:36Hurry up.
29:37We've got to beat him back to town like Logan Hardy.
29:57Well, the way this whole thing stacks up,
29:59they're trying to put this murder right in Sandy's lap.
30:01But we've got to act accordingly.
30:04That's about right, Tim.
30:06Let's start in by prying into old man Dodge's affairs.
30:09The back room in that saloon that Dodge used for an office.
30:13Do we have to go through the saloon to get into the office?
30:16There's a back door.
30:17That's good enough for me.
30:18It's right where I'm heading.
30:20See you later.
30:21Good night, Tim.
30:50Right up Holder Law?
30:51Yeah.
30:52All right, Red.
30:53Here's your badge.
30:54As soon as the other men get some rest,
30:56we'll start out again on Sandy's trail.
30:58So stick around.
30:59Now that I got the authority, Sheriff,
31:01I'm going to prove Pete's hunch and mine
31:03that Hopkins didn't kill Dodge just because he lost his head.
31:06There's something bigger behind it.
31:08When a man allows himself to be fooled,
31:10he's not fooling himself.
31:11He's fooling himself.
31:12He's fooling himself.
31:13He's fooling himself.
31:14He's fooling himself.
31:15He's fooling himself.
31:16He's fooling himself.
31:17I thought I made that clear in the saloon last night.
31:20Who are you?
31:21United States Marshal McCall.
31:23Sandy Hopkins was an old pal of mine
31:25when he was in the service.
31:27I came here to find him and whoever it was that killed John Dodge.
31:30He's going to be a lot of help, Sheriff.
31:33All you government fellows are alike.
31:35A bunch of politicians, thicker than thieves
31:37when you get together.
31:39Take your hand off that gun.
31:40Get up on your feet.
31:41Now hold on, Marshal.
31:43He didn't mean nothing.
31:44It's just that the whole town is surrounded up
31:46over the killing of Dodge.
31:50If Sandy Hopkins is guilty, he'll pay the penalty
31:52the same as anybody else.
31:54If I were you, Sheriff, I'd make sure
31:56the next time I saw him, he'd be dead.
31:59I'd make sure he was dead.
32:01I'd make sure he was dead.
32:03I'd make sure he was dead.
32:05I'd make sure he was dead.
32:07I'd make sure the next time I swore on a deputy,
32:10it was one that had some respect for his government.
32:12I know, but he's all right.
32:14He's just a little hot-headed.
32:15Come on now and get outside.
32:17I want to talk to Marshal.
32:22Sit down, Marshal.
32:28I hope he don't cause no trouble when that wagon rolls in.
32:31No, we'll have the folks in this town so worked up
32:33they'll have Hopkins strung up before the Marshal
32:35can turn around.
32:36He ain't figuring on him come breezing in here, is he?
32:39No.
32:40Say, I'll duck over to the saloon to meet the boys
32:41when they get here.
32:42You get to work in that black suit.
32:43All right.
32:54They're on their way.
32:55Good.
32:56Steve, you keep your eye out for Logan.
32:58Work your boys spread out.
33:00So I ain't found out a dang thing,
33:02except from what everybody else knows.
33:04But I'll eat the shoe leather off of my boots
33:06if Sandy Hopkins is within 30 miles of this man.
33:10Do you think he's guilty?
33:12Well, I don't know.
33:14All the evidence points to the gunner.
33:16Public opinion says he is.
33:18I just come from Dodge's funeral, and the people
33:20took it pretty hard, especially young Dodge.
33:23It's not fair to walk over to the hotel with me, Dave.
33:27Please try to believe Uncle Sandy didn't do it,
33:30and that Marshal Tim will prove it.
33:33I'm trying, Mary.
33:36Well, I'll see you later.
33:39I'll see how Pete and Luke are coming with Pop's things.
33:43I'll see you later.
33:44I'll see you later.
33:45I'll see you later.
33:46I'll see you later.
33:47I'll see you later.
33:48I'll see you later.
33:49I'll see you later.
33:50I'll see how Pete and Luke are coming with Pop's things.
34:09If that don't prove he had a reason for killing the boss,
34:11I'll eat it.
34:12What's that?
34:14A mortgage on Sandy Hopkins Hotel.
34:17I didn't know Pop had this.
34:18Nor did anybody else.
34:19It ain't even been recorded yet.
34:21That was due to be paid off the day your Pop was murdered.
34:24Now, there's a motive for you, kid, if I ever seen one.
34:26Maybe Sandy didn't have the money.
34:28Maybe there's bad blood over there,
34:29sure more used to that card game.
34:31I'm going to find Sandy Hopkins if it's
34:33the last thing I ever do.
34:36Better tell him how it all went.
34:38Just a minute.
34:39I guess this will say more than I can.
34:44The day your Pop was killed,
34:47I guess he was going to tell you all about her, too.
34:51I guess he figured he didn't have the chance to do it right.
34:58She didn't die like we all thought, and he knew it.
35:01They were separated when you were just a baby.
35:04Well, that's a shame.
35:06They were separated when you were just a baby,
35:09because they couldn't get along together.
35:12The last thing he said was that he wanted you to respect
35:15the fact that she was your mother,
35:17and to remember that, too, in case anything happened to him.
35:20I guess he meant about his property and all.
35:29Good morning, Mr. Logan.
35:31Oh, good morning.
35:32Waiting for someone?
35:33Yes.
35:34Waiting to catch Dave Dodge.
35:38You see, I'm interested in buying a saloon in the store
35:40that I can get him to sell.
35:42Had a deal with his father.
35:43That's before the old man was killed.
35:45Oh, is that so?
35:46You didn't happen to notice, Miss,
35:47whether he came back to town or went on to the Simmons Ranch.
35:50He's over at the saloon.
35:51Oh, thank you very much.
36:00Good morning, Mr. Robbins.
36:01Oh, good morning.
36:02I hope you rested well.
36:03I did.
36:04Say, did I hear you call that fellow Logan?
36:06Yes, Mr. Burt Logan.
36:08Do you know him?
36:09Burt Logan.
36:14No, I guess I was wrong.
36:17Thanks ever so much.
36:25Well, here she is, ma'am.
36:28Your home.
36:30The most pleasurable little town in the whole of Texas.
36:37I've lived here all my life.
36:40And you can be mighty proud of John
36:42for what he's done for this town.
36:44Why, there ain't a man here that wouldn't have laid down
36:47his life for him.
36:48No sirree.
36:50Well.
37:01Here comes Hopkins.
37:12Sandy Hopkins is back.
37:25What a gall of him.
37:27Well, we said we'd string him up, didn't we?
37:29Yeah.
37:30Well, come on, fellas.
37:31What are we waiting on?
37:32Come on, men.
37:33Come on.
37:34Let's go get him.
37:46Pete.
37:48Go on down there and keep things moving.
37:52I just heard.
37:54Like a nice crowd turned out to welcome you, man.
37:56They must know Jews are coming.
37:58How are you, David?
37:59I want to talk to you, Sandy, about a lot of things.
38:01David, my boy.
38:03My son.
38:04His mother?
38:05Well, that must be John's wife.
38:07Yeah, why wait a lot of words?
38:09He killed your father, didn't he?
38:10Well, what are we waiting on?
38:11Let's string him up.
38:13What?
38:14I killed his father?
38:16What are you saying?
38:17What's the matter with all these people?
38:19Are they crazy?
38:20You tell them, ma'am.
38:21What happened?
38:22You killed my husband.
38:24And you said you were his friend when you took me
38:26off that stage at High Point.
38:27What?
38:28Why, David, he may plan to kill me, too.
38:30Oh, take me home, son.
38:32That settles it.
38:33Let's string him up.
38:34There's a rope waiting around the corner.
38:35Oh, now.
38:36Pete, be yourself.
38:37Come on.
38:38Dave, you've got to do something.
38:40Stop them.
38:41Stop them.
38:48Hold on.
38:49What's going on out there?
38:50Let's find out.
38:53Marshal, Tim, they've got Uncle Sandy's son.
38:55They're going to hang him.
38:56Do something.
38:57Don't you worry.
39:07Boss, this hanging's too good for you.
39:09Yes, after killing the best friend this town ever had.
39:11Yeah, and framing to kill Dodge's wife, too.
39:13Just to get out of paying that mortgage.
39:15Hurry up and let's get it over with.
39:21Wait till you hear what I have to say.
39:23That's right, boys.
39:24Let's not be too hasty.
39:25He killed your old man, didn't he?
39:27Go ahead, men.
39:28If you loved my husband for what he did for you in this town.
39:33Just a minute.
39:35There'll be no hanging here today.
39:37Turn him loose.
39:38This man killed my husband, and he's going to pay for it.
39:41How about it, folks?
39:42You bet.
39:45If he's guilty, he will pay for it.
39:47But he's going to have a fair trial first.
39:49Now take that rope off him.
39:55Sheriff, take him down to the jail and lock him up.
39:57About time you got here to stop these crazy lunatics.
40:00Hold it.
40:06Now scatter out, all of you.
40:13David, take me home, please.
40:16I'm sorry, Mother, but I still want to hear what Sandy has to say.
40:24I'm sorry.
40:35Shooting a United States marshal in the back isn't very smart.
40:38Might gum up your deal.
40:39They got Hopkins.
40:40What are you worried about?
40:41Who are you?
40:42I was a guest at your shack yesterday, Logan.
40:44I thought you said you were heading for the border.
40:46I changed my mind.
40:48I'm cutting myself in on your deal.
40:50My deal?
40:51I don't get you.
40:52You will.
40:53Come on inside and we'll talk over it.
40:59Start talking, you bonehead.
41:01I was sitting on the porch and he came up and held me up and said he was hungry.
41:04He's an escaped convict.
41:05Heading for Mexico.
41:18Don't argue with me.
41:19Now you know I wouldn't do a thing like that.
41:22Of course I know you didn't do it.
41:24But you're going to be a lot safer in there than outside with that mouth.
41:27But, Marshal, Tim, I don't understand.
41:29Why didn't you tell them?
41:31Because, honey, we got to give Marshal Roberts a chance to get the lowdown on the gang that's behind all this.
41:36Right, Marshal?
41:37That's right.
41:38So Buck did get here after all.
41:40You knew he'd get here.
41:43Sorry, Robin.
41:44It looks like you're barking up the wrong tree.
41:46Come on, sit down.
41:47There's no deal.
41:49Well, by a partnership with Mrs. Dodge,
41:52figured she'd need some legitimate cash in order to help her run her affairs in this town.
41:56Did you say Mrs. Dodge?
41:58Yeah.
41:59Oh, we've been friends for years, that is.
42:01Ever since she and her husband split up,
42:03he used to tend bar for me in the old days.
42:07Oh, what's so funny about that?
42:10Keep polishing your glasses.
42:13Yeah.
42:20That's what's so funny about it.
42:22I happened to be in the back room last night,
42:24and I didn't have to go any further than Dodge's Bible to find this.
42:28Take a look at it.
42:32It says on the back,
42:34John Dodge and Ann Green.
42:36United and married June 1st, 1879.
42:41Kansas City Photography.
42:45You know, Logan,
42:46this Mrs. Dodge doesn't look any more like your Mrs. Dodge
42:49than I look like Abe Lincoln, now does she?
42:52All right, Robbins, you win.
42:54She's not Mrs. Dodge.
42:57But remember, this is my deal, and I don't give any orders.
43:00All right with me.
43:02As long as you begin at the beginning and tell me how you expect to get away with it.
43:06Suppose my real Mrs. Dodge shows up.
43:09She won't. She's been dead for two years. Only Dodge didn't know it.
43:12He wouldn't cut me in on the gravies getting out of this town,
43:15so I decided to take over.
43:16You started in by killing him, huh?
43:18I wouldn't say that. I just eliminated him.
43:21Still all right with me.
43:24Nice way to put it.
43:28To put you all under arrest.
43:41Another thing I wanted to explain is...
43:43What's that?
43:45That's Marshal Buck Roberts.
43:47Getting back to Logan, the real killer of your father.
43:49Open that door, Sheriff.
43:55This isn't your mother.
44:02He's working with Logan and his gang.
44:04Logan?
44:05Hey, let me out of this coop, Tim.
44:08Sandy, you were always good at handling widows.
44:10See if you can get some information out of this one.
44:12Buck and I will take charge of things.
44:15Marshal Tim, Dave's going after Logan. They'll kill him.
44:17You run back to the hotel and stay there.
44:19Buck and I will look after Dave. We'll have this whole matter cleared up in no time.
44:22Now run along.
44:33I'm making a break for the old mine.
44:35Keep me covered and then follow me there.
44:45Watch out.
45:15Mr. Garvey.
45:16Don't take any chances. Let's get out of here.
45:46Thanks, Tim. The kid took out after Logan.
45:48Yeah, and the three that got away are probably headed for the same place. Let's go.
46:15Let's go.
46:45Let's go.
47:15Let's go.
47:45Let's go.
48:15Let's go.
48:36I'm going to give you more of a break than you gave my father.
48:40Load up.
48:45Let's go.
48:46Let's go.
49:13Kid's in trouble, Tim.
49:14You take the tunnel and I'll take the shaft.
49:32Wait a minute.
49:33We ain't going to kill you yet.
49:35We need you or we'll never get out of here with them horses on our trail.
49:45What's that?
49:47You've got your cover in there.
49:49Come out with your hands in the air.
49:53We ain't coming, Marshal.
49:55Not unless you want us to bring out Dave Dodd's dead.
49:58Never mind me, Marshal. Come and get him.
50:06I'll make a deal with you, Marshal.
50:08It's the kid's life or I'll get away.
50:11Throw in your gun and we'll bring him out.
50:15Well, I guess we've got to do it, Buck.
50:24Here come our guns.
50:31All right, Joe, pick them up.
50:34We'll get them two marshals anyway on our way out.
50:37All right, marshals, come out in the open.
50:40Don't do it. They'll kill you.
50:41Oh, no, they won't.
50:44Get over there with the rest of your gang.
50:53How you doing, kid?
50:54I'm all right. They just took my envelope.
50:56Well, let's get these birds to jail or at least Sandy.
50:59Come on, move out.
51:05I've done a heap of man work.
51:08I've done a heap of man hunting in my day, ma'am,
51:11but this is the first time I ever got mixed up with a lady crook,
51:15let alone being in jail with one.
51:17Well, you don't think I'm enjoying it, do you?
51:21How come that you got mixed up with that ornery mess of critters?
51:30Oh, stop that sniffing.
51:32But you don't understand, Mr. Hopkins.
51:35See, I was married when I was pretty young
51:38and my husband turned out to be all bad
51:41and got us in a mess of trouble,
51:44but I never did a wrong thing in my life, Mr. Hopkins.
51:47Honest, I didn't.
51:50But you wrote the letter saying you were the boy's mother, didn't you?
51:54Didn't you?
51:55Well, yes, I did, but they made me do it.
51:59Well, yes, I did, but they made me do it.
52:02They threatened to kill me if I didn't.
52:12Mr. Hopkins,
52:15these two marshals are friends of yours.
52:21Now, why couldn't you say that I was a prisoner in that shack, same as you were?
52:26After all, I did let you free.
52:30They believe you, Mr. Hopkins,
52:33and you could get me out of all this.
52:37I believe you got something there, ma'am.
52:41Yes, yes, I will get you out of here.
52:44Oh, Mr. Hopkins, I knew you would.
52:47I'll get you out of here and I'll send you to the penitentiary for 20 years.
52:53Why, you dirty, double-crossing little flatfoot!
52:56Don't you hit me, you she-cat!
53:00All of them!
53:04Keep away from me, you black widow!
53:06Oh, shut up, you little runt!
53:08Runt?
53:12Come on, get in there, next door to your girlfriend.
53:14Well, now that the party's over, how about letting me out of this place?
53:17Let me have that key, shall I, will you?
53:19All right, Sandy.
53:23I've never been so glad to get rid of a woman, even like Hannah.
53:30Hannah looks like you've got a full house, Sheriff.
53:32Yeah, but I never expected to be a hold of the female for trial.
53:35Neither did we when we started this thing.
53:37We might have known it would happen sometime, though,
53:40since we've been trailing with a fellow who's a kind of a specialist on widows.
53:43So I noticed.
53:44Now, listen, you two, you just cut it out.
53:47I'm all for women for life, especially them kind.
53:51Says you.
53:52Says me.
53:59Hi, Sheriff.
54:00Hello, boys.
54:01Is everything all right, Uncle Sandy?
54:03Everything is just fine, honey.
54:07I'll get my horse and ride you fellas out of town.
54:13Well, thanks for everything, Marshal.
54:15Thank you, Marshal, Tim.
54:16That's all right, Mary.
54:18Goodbye, Mr. Roberts.
54:19Goodbye.
54:20Please come back soon.
54:21I'll do that, providing I get an invitation to the wedding.
54:23And that won't be long.
54:26Good luck.
54:27Bye.
54:28Well, they sure cleaned this town up mighty quick, didn't they?
54:30I'll say they did.
54:42Well, here we are.
54:44Oh, hold it.
54:45And fuck to think that we came down here to give this old coyote a birthday party.
54:49Ah.
54:50It almost turned out to be a necktie party, didn't it?
54:52It sure did.
54:53Now that I recollect it, it was my birthday, wasn't it?
54:57That's right, it was.
54:59Hey, Tim, I got an idea.
55:01Sandy, suppose you bring the young folks up to the ranch and I'll throw a real party.
55:05A wedding party.
55:06What do you say?
55:07Market paid, Buck.
55:10You two cofers know how I feel about what you've done for me.
55:14Oh.
55:15Hey, are you serious about that?
55:17I sure be.
55:18Tim, let's get out of here before he turns 100% jackass and starts bawling.
55:23I think you're right.
55:25I'm going back to Wyoming.
55:26Right now.
55:27And me to Arizona.
55:28So long, Rough Riders.
55:30So long, Rough Riders.
55:55The End