The Rough Riders ride, beware!
The Rough Riders ride, take care!
There's a finest bunch of riders in the land
Chasing every rustler and guerrilla man
The Rough Riders watch the trail
The Rough Riders never fail
They keep law and order everywhere they go
Without a fear, how can they go?
And it's always great to know they're on your side
When those old Rough Riders ride
When the Rough Riders ride
Hey, that martiner's here?
Yeah, people ain't off there long enough
The orders are out of take
Yeah, but we've always...
Here comes Red
Everything all set?
Yeah, nobody around at me, so go ahead
Hey, Maura!
Quad Turner!
Pat Peterson!
What are you howling about this time of night?
Anything the matter with Molly or the baby?
No, Maura, but they're rushing cattle out of your North Corral
Quad!
Get some help, I'll see if I can head them off
I'll be with you in a minute, Hank
I'll drive them to the whole range
And mix them with his herd like we did before
We'll cut them out tomorrow night
All right
Thanks
I'm sorry, Ma
Looks like they stopped me
Instead of me helping you
Oh, I ain't complaining, Hank
It's you we gotta think of now
Oh, let me see
No use, Maura
I'm going
Look after Molly and the kid, will ya?
Sure, I will, Hank
You go on over to the meeting, son
I'll be there directly
I want to stop here at the bank
And see Miller about extending our loan
All right, Dad
But hurry it up
You know how the ranchers look to you to lead them
Yeah, I know
I'll be there
Morning, Hope
Morning, Joe
You going over to the saloon for the meeting?
Yeah, just a minute
Hey, hold it
Hope you've figured out just what you're gonna do
You know, this is getting mighty serious for me, too
Just had to get another loan from Miller
You know, I've got my store mortgage right up to the hill
Just because the ranchers can't pay me
Well, we ought to be getting some action today
You just hang on
All right
I thought I'd find you all here
Now listen, Miller
When you and I cooked up this deal
There wasn't gonna be any killing
And we were laying off our turn of spread
That's right, John
You were to handle the rustled cattle
And I was to loan the ranchers cash
Foreclose on the mortgages as fast as they were cleaned up
But our deal to take over this whole valley
Is no good without Mark Turner's spread
You know that
Sure, she's in the clear
Miller hasn't had to loan her a dime
Yes, that's why I told Duke to tell Hogan and the boys
To go ahead last night and start cleaning her up
Because with the killing of Hank Peterson
Well, that was his own fault
He had no right to put in where he didn't belong
Which puts us in a fine spot
With the town folks up in arms and the ranchers too
They're holding a meeting right now
Well, what's the matter with that?
You can handle them
You always have
You can stall them a while longer, can't you?
I'll handle them
And I'll do it my way
I'm still running this deal, Miller
And don't you forget it
Maybe we'd better go over and see what he's got on his mind
You run along first, Sheriff
It'll look better with you up there with Hogan
It's a beginning to be a little difficult, isn't it?
Oh, well, we shall see
Get a stone
I've got to get back in there anytime
Hank Peterson was killed last night
We don't stop talking and get some TIME
There'll be more去了
What I want to know is
What do they got to share for any?
What's he done to stop this rustling and thieving
That's got us all back for the war?
Don't give me that
a minute now you all know that I've taken as much loss as you have if you'll give me
a chance I'll tell you what I've done.
Let me through your long written water.
Come on Molly oh stop blibbering tears won't bring Hank back.
Get up there and let Molly sit down.
There's a seat up here for you Mark.
I ain't here to sit.
You get outside kid.
Hope's out there.
I don't want her barging in here.
Might get an idea mother ain't a lady from what I'm going to say in a minute.
All right.
Easy. Come on.
I can see everything I want to from here.
You all know what happened last night.
Hank Peterson was killed.
Trying to help me his neighbor.
I never thought them rustling cold cattle would ever touch my cattle.
But they did.
Took half the herd.
Now we know all that Mark.
And I was just about to tell the ranchers here that I wired the cattlemen's association
this morning to get an investigator on here to help us solve our problem.
That's good.
Yeah.
What do we members for?
I'll drift into the back room.
Bring Holt in there when this is over.
Now it won't be long before that investigator gets here.
Investigator my eye.
He'll probably get his ears blown off before he hits the junction.
What's the matter ma you always trusted my judgment before.
When people start getting killed we got to start trusting nobody.
Not even our best friends John.
And I'm here to say that you're that all right.
But when I smell engines.
I smell engines.
And then it's when I start using horse hens and getting business.
What do you mean ma?
Engines.
Jim and me blazed our trail out here in the covered wagon.
And when I started sniffing Jim grabbed his gun for engines.
Well I'm sniffing now boys.
And Jim's gun is ready and I ain't forgot how to use it.
That's the spirit ma.
Take that.
That collection for tomorrow.
She'll be needing it.
Sure.
Come here boys.
Where's all this going to end Steve?
With you and me together just like we always planned.
Nothing's going to stop that.
Fine time for you kids to be mooning.
Why don't you wait till you can get a moon.
Go on and get Marley.
Hope, you take Marley and the baby to our house.
I got something to do.
All right.
But Mark.
Then Mark must take me home.
What do you mean by bringing an investigator on here?
Yeah, association agents are lawmen.
I know it.
It's his credentials I want.
Oh, I get it.
Not a bad idea.
That's a good idea.
And it's my idea and I'll handle it.
The boys are going to snatch that investigator off the stage
before he hits town.
And they're going to deliver him and his credentials
to me at the shack and I'll be waiting there
with my man to take his place.
A man I've sent for from over the line
whom nobody knows around these parts.
And this time I don't want any interference with my plans.
It looks like he's taken over the whole deal.
Hmm.
It looks like he was cutting us out.
Come on over to my office and we'll talk it over.
Give me a telegraph, Frank, Joe.
Gosh, sure.
Hurry up.
Gosh, Mom, what's he doing?
Oh, here it is.
You're blinding him.
Oh, no.
You're a blinder and a bat.
How you can hold down this job
as well as selling fiddles and stuff, I don't know.
What happened at the meeting?
What do you think?
I don't know.
Talk?
More bellyache.
More Turner.
Here.
Buck Roberts.
Did I hear that name somewhere?
Well, if you ain't, you're deaf as well as blind.
He's the best United States marshal in the whole country.
Personal friend of mine.
And what's in that message ain't for everybody to see.
Drive it.
Understand?
Take it easy, Mom.
I got you.
They'll rattle it off in that contraption.
Sure.
I hear that he's doing bad.
I smell something stronger than rustling, but don't know what.
Lance has got an investigator from Cattleman's Association coming out on next stage.
But I want you to come private and come as snorting maw Turner.
Same old maw.
Well, I guess that's it, Tim.
Well, I felt it must be pretty serious,
or you never would have wired me to meet you here.
Looks like a three-man job.
You mean Sandy's coming, too?
Wired him the same thing.
I don't know what's keeping it.
Looks like it's over the hill.
Get out of that coat.
Give me that gun.
I'll get on that board.
Looks like they're taking somebody off that stage.
Take him.
Get him.
Get him and I'll stop the stage.
Now give me those credentials that show who you are and for what.
You won't be needing them any longer.
You're not going to get away with this.
You were right that time.
Now drop those guns.
Get down off those horses.
Back over against that tree.
Frank, stranger, you got here just in time.
I said all of you get down.
But I'm not one of them.
I was on the stage.
They just stampeded after killing the driver back down the road.
Just kind of took a fancy to you, eh?
Wanted to show you the scenery or something.
No, they were stopping me from getting to Red Rock.
I'm a special investigator from the Cattlemen's Association.
Here's my credentials.
They want them probably to impersonate me.
That sounds like a smart idea.
Never like to pass them up when they're smart.
What do you mean, you'll never pass them up?
Take that rope and get down off your horse.
Go over there and tie those fellows up.
What kind of a game are you up to?
I like dealer's choice when I'm dealing.
Now get down and get busy.
Enough rope there to tie up four as well as three, you know.
Scatter out two fellows.
Each pick your own tree.
Come on, come on, hurry up.
We haven't got all day.
All right, get mounted.
I'll get you for this, stranger.
Not if I can get him first.
Never mind.
Climb aboard that horse.
We'd better date over here in the canyon.
Move out.
Must be pretty weird with us not showing up at the shack
with those credentials.
Can we help it?
If I could just figure out who that fella could be
and what he's up to hijacking that investigator.
I guess I'm coming around the bend now.
Hey, you.
Come here.
Wait a minute.
Well, slap my catch.
What's going on here?
A feud?
No, some of the boys in our outfit think they're funny.
They tied us up here as a joke
because of an argument over a bet.
Yeah, that's it, stranger.
Turn us loose, will you?
Oh, well, I don't know.
I don't want to spoil no last for any hardworking cow folks.
Oh, shucks.
They'll probably come along and turn you loose themselves.
I'm afraid they won't.
It's a bet, you know.
Well, now, that sort of gives me an idea.
Oh, Magnolia.
Now, you fellas probably don't know who I am,
but I am the famous Dr. Sandy Hopkins in person.
Glad to know you, Doc.
Glad to know you, bub.
And you know, I manufacture, I imagine,
the finest pacifying panacea of its kind in the world today.
And it'll get a man out of almost any predicament
to define himself in.
Now, just to prove my point, I'll give you a free sample.
Well, I'd better not.
Why, it won't cost you a thing.
It's just free grab it.
Try it.
That's good.
There you are.
It's just as soft as it could be.
Oh, Doc.
Have another?
No, no, thanks.
Very much.
I'll tell you what I'll do.
If you turn us loose, I'll buy all that snake juice
you've got in that wagon.
Sure enough?
It's a promise.
Well, that's the deal.
Now, you know, I've only got about eight
and a half dozen bottles left,
and that'd be quite a load for you to tow.
Well, that's why we can't pack them with us now.
Why?
You deliver them to us at Red Bluff.
Red Bluff?
That's just the way I'm heading.
The doctor will deliver them to you personally.
Well, you've made myself a pretty good deal out of it.
We'll be seeing you, Doc.
I hope that investigator knows his business
and ain't afraid to tear into them reins, brats.
And I hope the next time he comes checking into town,
it won't be just for talk.
So do I.
Better do your stuff.
You know the problem.
You know, Miller's sure been worried about this thing.
I don't know what the most of us ranchers would do
without the help he's given us from the bank.
Well, I don't know.
But I just assume Miller or anybody else
didn't have a mortgage on my place.
First time anything like this has happened to me
in over 30 years of ranching.
Oh, hello, Sheriff.
Hi.
Where's all the folks for the meeting?
Sorry we couldn't get word out to you fellas,
but that investigator ain't getting in today.
He sent hold a message from Rockford last night.
He had to stay over.
So Holt's going over there to meet him.
Well, that's a fine note.
Gee, something wrong.
That's a stranger bringing that stage in.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Oh, boy.
All right, so hold up, Kennedy.
Where's Pete?
Who's this fella?
Would anybody around here lose a stagecoach?
What happened?
Where'd you find a stranger?
He picked it up about five miles back.
The only thing left to board was this mail pouch.
Are you the sheriff?
That's right.
Tie on to that, will you?
Guess there's nothing to worry about, Sheriff.
Doesn't look like a holdup.
Reckon the dough to that duke.
Gets the horses took off by themselves
when the driver stopped them down there by the junction.
Yeah, well, he'll come living in the town after a while.
Not Pete.
He'll die of old age right where he is
if leaving means walking.
Well, that's what he gets for being careless.
Herman, hop up there on that coach
and take it around to the barn.
Well, it seems to me that somebody ought to thank you
for all your trouble, stranger.
Oh, it wasn't any trouble.
Hadn't that way anyhow.
The name is Duke Mason.
How are you?
Well, if you're thirsty, the drinks are on the house
over at my place.
Thanks.
I'll take you up on that a little later.
Excuse me.
I gotta get my horse.
I'll have everything already by the time
you send one of the boys in to take it out.
All right, Joe.
Hey, you keep right on moving out of here.
We've got in laws in this town against fakers
with quack remedies.
Pardon me, my good man.
Do I understand you to refer to me as a faker?
I'll have you to understand, my good man,
that I am the one and only one who is responsible
for Dr. Sandy Hopkins.
Well, I don't want no competition setting up
right in front of my store.
Competition?
Sandy Hopkins has no competitors.
I am completely sold out.
As far as competition is concerned,
I only honored your little dump here
to buy a little chewing tobacco.
Sold out?
Why, you've got a whole load of bottles.
Certainly, I've got a whole load of bottles.
To be delivered by me personally.
Deliver that much squirrel juice?
Ah, you're faking.
Get up here now and get out before I call the sheriff.
As you will, my good fellow.
But you may live to regret this day.
Mayhaps the mice and rats will eat
the outer house and home.
It's none of my business, but maybe the old boy's
got something in those bottles.
Yeah, rat soup and liver poison.
Away, Magnolia.
What are you looking spread in it?
Yeah.
Aren't you the stranger that brought in the stage?
Yeah.
Steve, wasn't your father looking for the investigator
to arrive on that stage?
That's right.
The dad said he was going to meet him in Rockford.
Back then, he left the ranch early this morning.
Well, that accounts for it.
Maybe the investigator will get a horse at Rockford
and come ride along with your dad.
Well, that's a good idea.
Maybe the investigator will get a horse at Rockford
and come ride along with your dad.
Yeah, sure.
I guess that's it.
Well, see you again, stranger.
If you're going to be around.
I'll be around.
Hey, who is that boy?
Seems like a right nice fella.
Fine boy, Steve, he is.
That's old man Holson.
Holton is one of the biggest ranchers in these parts.
Neighbor to old Ma Turner.
Fact is, I think Steve's intended to marry Ma's daughter.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah.
Well, they must get orders put up.
Dad, what are you doing back from Rockford so soon?
Well, I...
Where's that investigator?
I guess I must have missed him.
We got our dates mixed up.
You go on back to the ranch, son.
I reckon I'll be home early.
All right, out the back way, Holton.
Stick around that saloon until you find out who that fellow is
and why he snatched that investigator.
Right.
I'll get this clear, you two.
I'm splitting whole out of this deal.
When we take over this whole valley, we'll split it three ways
instead of four.
No telling what this investigator fumble will bring,
and we're not taking any chances.
Killing two birds with one stone
and dumping the troubles of the ranchers
right into Mr. Holst's lap.
Fine.
When the showdown comes,
ready I'll do plenty of talking.
And since he's Ma Turner's favorite gal hands,
I guess the stalkers around here will believe him all right.
Not quite.
I'm on my feet.
They won't.
If anybody's being double-crossed,
it ain't going to be me.
Take it easy, Holton.
You've got us all wrong.
You've got me wrong.
That's the way it stands.
I'm still running this deal,
and I've given you five minutes to get those ranchers' loans
out of that vault and transfer them over to me.
He's dead, kid.
Just what happened?
I don't know exactly.
I walked in here just in time to see the sheriff
shooting my father in the back.
And if the sheriff hadn't killed Holton,
he'd have killed everyone in the room.
What's all this rumpus about?
It looks like Steve Holton shot the sheriff.
Oh, no.
Get me in here.
Who is this man, Mason?
United States Marshal, Buck Roberts.
And I sent for him.
Seems like Garrett got here none too soon.
Steve.
Red.
What in Sam Hill are you doing here?
Why aren't you out in the range?
I bumped into something awful, Ma.
I couldn't think of nothing but getting the information
in town here at the sheriff.
I found him here with Duke and Mr. Miller.
Oh, quit talking, Henry.
They'll spit it out.
What did you find out?
Well, I, uh, I, uh...
Let me explain, Red.
It isn't going to be an easy joke, Ma.
I still can't believe it myself.
It seems that Holton was behind all the ranchers' troubles.
And that goes for Steve, too.
It seems he ran the whole spread
and was so quick to kill the sheriff.
That's a lie!
Wait a minute, kid.
Listen, Marshal.
My father never did anything to hurt the ranchers.
He was their best friend.
And I'm vouching for that, Duke.
You ought to know that yourself.
Sure, he loaned them money as long as he could.
Then he got Mr. Miller to help,
and we started losing cattle ourselves.
Just what are you driving at, Mason?
Well, Ma, Red found Russell's cattle from your ranch
and some of the others in the whole spread.
And he saw Holton and Steve
directing the Russells and cleaning them out.
That's the truth, and Holton didn't deny it.
That's what started the shooting.
He was going to get us all in.
Clear out, wasn't he, Mr. Miller?
Yes, that's right.
I'll choke that out of you!
Enough now.
But he's lying.
You don't believe it, do you, Ma?
He's guilty.
The court will find it out.
You had a good trial.
Are you the banker, Mr. Miller?
Yes, Marshal.
And I feel as deeply about this as Mason here.
Naturally.
But I'll have to ask you three, gentlemen,
not to leave Red alone.
I may need you as witnesses at this boy's trial.
Yes, of course.
To be sure, to be sure.
The justice and the goodwill of this community
mean more to me, Ma.
than anything in the world.
But I do feel that Holton and his son are guilty.
Why?
Well, he admitted it when he pulled his gun on us.
Maybe so.
But there's still something all darn funny about this to me.
They're lying.
That's what it is.
Listen, don't let your sympathy run away
with your good judgment.
Come on, kid.
I've got to lock you up.
You're making a mistake, Marshal.
Listen, the more you talk, the worse
you're going to get into it.
Oh, no.
I can't believe it.
Can't we do something?
Stop your whining.
Get out the bus board.
Red, get back to the ranch.
I ain't paying you to start any more trouble.
Well, I've only done what was right.
Right or wrong, there's enough trouble around here
now to stampede more than one heartbreak.
Get!
I'll listen, Miller.
But I ain't satisfied.
What's he done, mister?
Shot the sheriff, that's all.
That's all?
Sounds like a heap to me.
Red, you go up to the sheriff's office
and tell Buck Roberts to come to my ranch for supper.
I want to see him.
Yes, ma'am.
Say, Ma, you don't think Steve's guilty, do you?
I don't know.
Evidence says he is.
And there's a heap block of it.
Get it!
What's going on, old timer?
I don't know exactly.
Except that young fella killed the sheriff.
United States Marshal took him in there and locked him up.
He did, eh?
Just went into the door.
Hold it!
The marshal's doing the right thing, men.
We fought to get law and order up here,
and we should uphold it.
Maybe so.
But when I think of that thieving Holt,
he's no good son.
Pretending to be our friend, I don't feel very lost.
All right.
Any of you men John Holt?
Marshal, you've got to listen to me.
Tell your story to the judge when the time comes.
Here you go, deputy.
Hey, what's the winter?
Friends are out there asking for John Holt.
John Holt, eh?
You two deputies keep your eye on that prisoner.
Don't let that crowd outside get any funny notions.
Yeah, sure, boss.
We'll do it.
The bank's dead.
And the marshal's just locked up his kids.
But who are you, and what did you want with Holt?
I was ordered to report to him.
Here are my credentials.
Well, he's our investigator from the cattlemen's association.
Folks are sure waiting for you, Mr. Dodge.
They generally are when there's rustling trouble.
Why?
Are you always too late?
You know, this investigation's about over.
That's fine.
It saves me a lot of work then.
But marshal, Holt's gang of rustlers
are still on the loose.
I thought you said the investigation was about over.
Little bit optimistic, aren't you?
I never take any chances.
Let me see those credentials.
I don't see any marshal's badge on you anywhere.
Are you satisfied, Mr. Marshal?
Sorry I got a little rough with you, Dodge.
My name's Roberts.
It's like a kind of a bad mess around here,
and you and I could help each other out.
I'll let you know if I need you.
But I don't generally holler for help.
Tell the marshal Ma wants him out at the ranch tonight for supper,
will you?
Sure.
You'd better vamoose too, Magnolia,
and look for our customers.
Stranger just showed us the sheriff's office
and talked to the rancher.
He said he was that investigator.
He's heading this way now.
I can't be seen talking to you, fellas.
Go on.
Oh, I'm sorry, stranger.
I didn't see you.
Oh, what?
He just came in with a long plan.
What do you have, stranger?
A glass of sarsaparilla.
Sarsaparilla?
That's right.
Make a move, stranger,
and I'll blow the gizzard out of you.
I'll still have that sarsaparilla.
All right, start talking.
Who are you and what did you do with that investigator?
Ever hear of Tom Steele?
Yeah.
He's in Leavenworth, train robbing in Russell.
He was in Leavenworth.
Right now, he's making sarsaparilla.
What?
Did you crash prison?
Well, I'm here.
And that investigator?
Cramped it over in the canyon where I lifted it from you.
What's your game, Steele?
His name is Dodge now.
Jim Dodge.
Agent for the Cattlemen's Association.
Well, my game is the same as yours,
because you're going to cut me in on it.
Well, well.
You know, I thought I seen you three builders come in here.
I never forget the face of a satisfied customer,
especially the bigger.
Now, this is all I need with a total present time.
Shall I leave it in here and go to the wagon and get the rest of it?
Oh, you're crazy.
What do I want with all that snake hoarding?
Get it out of here.
Sounds like you ordered it.
Ordered it?
Why, they bought the whole kit and noodles,
eight and a half dozen bottles,
of the famous Dr. Hopkins pacifier and panacea.
Why don't you tell him where to deliver it?
Yes, I can deliver it.
Out to your ranch, maybe.
Oh, if I don't want to cause you all that trouble, old timer,
you just take it outside of town,
and I'll have Slim here get a wagon,
and take it off your hands.
What, say, no trouble at all?
I'd like to take it down to your ranch,
but I'd like to know where my customers live,
so I can look them up on my next trip in.
No, you just take it outside and wait.
Slim will give you the address when he meets you.
Okay.
Well, I'd like to have your friend try a bottle of this.
Do you want one?
Well, sure, I'll, uh, I'll give him one.
You be it. We're busy.
All right.
Oh.
I'd better leave a bottle of it for you,
or it's mighty good for lead poisoning.
Well.
Good afternoon, brother.
Lovely weather we're having.
Only you promise cutting me in?
What if I was to tell you this ain't our deal?
We ain't running.
Just by the way I figured it.
You'll have till tonight to contact your boss.
I'll be back in here then to meet him.
I may have a few ideas of my own.
Howdy, stranger.
Been taking care of all right?
Sure.
Best asparilla I ever drank.
Asparilla?
That's the word we've wiped our investigators.
He's beaten us to the impersonating.
He wants to cut in on our deal.
His name is Tom Steele.
Tom Steele?
Yeah, just broke out of Leavenworth.
Get out there and tail him.
Don't let him out of your sight.
Roy, go over and get Milley.
I'm on the back room.
Good morning, my good friend.
And a goodly morning, it is, too.
May I introduce myself to you, good neighbor?
I am famous doctor Sandy Hopkins,
discoverer and founder of the world's
greatest pacifying panacea.
Good for man, woman, and child.
And may I inveigle you to throw a lip over this corn seal.
It's as soft and smooth as a kitten's ear.
Why don't you cut it out, Sandy?
How are you?
How are you, bud?
That was a good line.
Well, change of technique.
That's my motto.
And it worked out all right, too.
When I met you and Tim,
three horns swung on that investigator.
You're about right there.
Wonder what's keeping Tim.
Who wants to know?
Well, slap my face.
Why don't you call your shots, partner?
And how did you get in this rigging?
Well, I had to hide somewhere in a hurry
to keep those fellas from trailing me.
We better start comparing notes.
I've got a date at sundown.
Oh, bye.
Climb out of that rig and bring it back in this stick.
Nobody can see us.
Come on.
All right.
Tim, I know you.
That's the way it looks to me.
Perfectly convinced that that kid is innocent.
He didn't know anything about his old man being crooked.
Well, you're assured on the fact that Mason and Miller are
trying to get their hooks on this valley, huh?
Yes, and they're going to do it.
I bet we can pin something on them.
Right.
First thing we got to do is get that kid out of jail.
Well, it's up to you.
Who's that old guy?
You know, a kid breaks jail, still being accused
of cattle rustling while he's out.
I know.
Well, the gang and I hold him prisoner, right?
That's right.
In that way, they'll have to lead you to the hideout
where you locate Mason and Miller.
Yeah.
That's all right, book.
But how about me?
Civil engineer, that jail break is son of a bitch.
He'll let you know where he's taking that kid.
That'll give me a chance to check up on that
cowhead at Mark Turner.
Hey, by the way, I'm having supper with her tonight.
I'm also going to invite myself for breakfast.
You know, ain't that just like it?
To ace himself in on the honey and biscuits.
Sure, you know, the big engine.
Ha ha ha.
Never mind.
I'll eat enough for the both of you.
Yeah.
And let's know how good it is when you see us later, huh?
That's right.
Hey, listen, if you're smart, you'll check up on that hideout.
Maybe you'll be there in time for breakfast.
That's a good idea.
Tim, you better talk to him.
Well, I don't know.
This looks about as likely a spot as any
for a meeting of the gang and the kids.
What say, Cindy?
Well, it's all right for me.
Hey, that gives me an idea.
Hey, he's finally getting smart.
Well, come along, doctor.
That's it.
Now, I'll tell you.
I'd like to sell you a bottle of this
just to try for the entire package.
You getting softening of the brain,
looking on that quench of yours?
Hey, Ma, stuff will be ready in about 10 minutes.
All right, Hope.
Feeding badge-toting sap heads like you
believe in Steve guilty right off the bat.
Oh, now, Ma, take it easy, will you?
I ain't saying didn't kill the sheriff.
Maybe he's telling the truth.
Maybe he ain't.
And I ain't saying that Hope wasn't
as crooked as a corkscrew.
But I ain't dumb enough not to see
that there's something powerful
big back of all this,
and it don't end with a rustling and a killing.
Listen, Ma, what do you say you and I
go out and take a look at the barn?
My barn?
Yeah, we just about got time before supper.
Come on.
Cool down, will ya?
Fuck, Roberts, what's the matter with you?
Hat'll be in Russell, men being killed,
men being killed, ranchers losing their homes,
and you want to look at barns.
Now I know you're crazy.
Give me a match.
All right, Pa, but you gotta keep your shirt on.
Here you are.
Come on, Ma.
Now what?
Hey, Dodge, Dodge, come on out, will ya?
They're dead sinks.
I don't mind playing along with you.
I'll be doggone if I care for a halo.
Who is this man? Who is he?
Listen, Ma, quiet.
That's the reason I hit him up here,
to keep him out of sight.
He's the investigator for the Cattlemen's Association.
Just keep your hat on, I'll introduce you.
Dodge, this is Ma.
Howdy.
You seem to like each other.
Just keep your boots on, your feet out.
Explain what this is all about.
You know, when Dodge first came into this country
on the stagecoach, we framed him.
We had to hide him out here to keep him out of the way.
And remember, don't tell Steele any more than you have to.
He's got us on the spot,
and we may have to play ball with him.
And keep your mouth shut about Miller and me, understand?
Sure.
Steele's coming down the street now.
Heading for here.
All right, Hogan, you know what to do.
Hello, Steele.
Take a hand?
Yeah, one hand.
Showdown.
Well, I'm listening.
I talked to the boss.
He doesn't mind cutting you in if you can
produce some ideas we can use.
You see, we ain't cutting no special use
for an investigator anymore.
That's where you fellas are dumb.
Just like leaving that whole kid over there in jail.
What do you mean?
Well, he's got the name, hasn't he?
With him out of there and safely hidden away,
he could carry on a profitable cattle business.
And with the investigator on our side,
he'd have that whole valley in our hands
before the ranchers knew what hit him.
Gee, that's right.
We could spring him easy.
The deputies guarding him are on our side.
That's fine.
Then fix it.
You've got to do it my way.
I'll walk into that jail at sunup.
We'll meet you out there at that live oak at the edge of town.
Have your boss there.
No stalling.
Well, he'll be there.
Slim, you get over to jail and tip off the deputies
to inspect steel at sunup.
We'll meet you at the big oak.
What's all this?
Who are you?
My name's Doug.
I'm the special agent your father sent for.
You're worth more to me outside than you are in here.
But I don't think you're guilty.
I'll say I'm not.
This whole thing's a frame up.
Well, I've got horses right out back.
Come this way.
Well, time aboard.
Hey, where are we going?
I'd like to see Ma Turner first.
I want to have a talk with her daughter.
Well, that's just where we're going.
We're going to hide you out for a while.
Come on, this way.
Nice work, Steel.
I couldn't have done better myself.
Say, what is this?
I thought you said your name was Dodge,
and we were heading for Ma Turner's.
Well, I have a little habit of saying things
now and then I don't mean.
Where's your boss?
We're to meet him later.
Speaking of Ma Turner, we decided to get rid
of that Marshall friend of hers.
Who, Buck Roberts?
Yeah.
Slim and a couple of the boys are over there now
to pick him off.
Well, that's not so smart.
I had other ideas for him.
Well, we think you're a pretty smart umber, Steel,
but not smart enough to deal two hands at once.
Come on, let's get going with the kid.
Wait a minute.
Where are you going to take him?
We have a shack in Box Canyon.
It's on Holts North Range.
The kid ought to feel quite at home there, first of all.
You're crazy.
There's no shack in those canyons.
That's what you think.
Your old man took care of that, too,
the same as he did a lot of other things.
Come on, we're wasting time.
I just found out they're hiding an investigator
up at the house.
What?
You know, that fellow Steel is a phony.
He must be working with Ma and that Marshall,
who's inside now having breakfast.
Ma sent all the cowhands over the whole range
to pick up her cattle.
So you fellas go ahead.
Blast them right at Buck Roberts.
I'll be right there.
So you fellas go ahead, blast them right at breakfast
if you want to.
Better get back.
They're coming out of the house now.
And now's your chance.
No, not yet.
You get back out the house and see what you can find out.
We got to make sure of everything that Ma Turner knows.
We might have to get her, too.
I'll go around the back.
One thing more that's worrying me, Buck.
If we do catch Miller and Mason, especially Miller,
what's going to happen to the ranchers' lawn?
Oh, we'll worry about that, Ma, when we get to it.
Maybe so.
He's been listening to everything we said, Ma.
He reads in a jam.
Here's one of your rustlers, Ma.
I've been watching him ever since I came to town.
Deacon, low down, pole cut.
Come on.
Ma!
Ma, what's wrong?
Ma, are you all right?
I'm all right.
Watch him off.
Get on your feet.
Start anything, I'll let you have it.
Let's go.
Buck, I've been calling for you.
All right, Sandy, only the fellow has fallen and got away.
Well, maybe he's headed to their hideout,
up in that boxed canyon on Hope's North Range.
If we don't find it in time, Tim's liable to get in the jam.
Oh, watch holdin'. Come on, let's go.
I told you I wasn't wasting any time.
You sure your bosses are here?
Well, sure, but I don't remember mentioning more than one.
Tie him up and keep him outside.
Get up there.
But remember, no rough stuff with that kid.
He's more important to us alive.
Come on, Steele.
This is Tom Steele, Chief.
We sent Steve Hold outside.
Howdy, Steele.
How are you?
Well, you can take the disguise off now, Mason.
Where's your partner?
How do you know who I am?
Well, I don't know.
I didn't tell him.
You told me yourself, Mason.
You got to take off that dog chain.
And a fasted scene, I think, isn't it, Steele?
Yeah, like the two horses outside.
Where's your partner?
That's one time you missed, Steele.
I'm alone in this, Neil.
I thought the horse boy was one of the boys out back.
Is that so?
All right, Miller.
You can come out of there now.
What is it?
Duke, what is this all about?
Quit stalling, Miller.
I told Hogan here that when I sit in the game,
I want all the cards on the table.
Can't expect me to swallow a lot of stuff
like that Marshal did yesterday at the bank
after Hope was shot.
What do you mean?
You weren't going to do it?
I was going to do it.
What do you mean?
You weren't going to do it?
I was at the back door.
I let you go over to the saloon to wait for me
like Miller ordered you to.
All right, Steele, you win.
I'll cut you in like Hogan and all the rest.
No, you won't.
I'm not interested in chicken feet.
I want whole share of this valley
when you fellas foreclose on these ranchers.
You want?
Well, that's the deal he made for stalling the ranchers
and hiding the Russell cattle
so you could run him across the line.
And that's my deal.
Only I'm stalling him with a pocketful of credential.
Bring that whole kid in here.
I want him to know how he's going to be a goat
for my plan of cleaning this deal up in a hurry.
All right.
All right, bring him in.
I heard what you said when you made your deal.
All right, if my father was guilty,
he got just what was coming to him.
But I think you double crossed him
because when you killed him, you didn't give him a chance.
That just about sums it up, kid.
Get your hands in the air.
All of you.
Now untie the kid.
What is this, Steele?
The name isn't Steele.
It's United States Marshal McCall.
Yeah, that's what we discovered over at Mark Turner's.
All right, get him up.
What happened?
He's working with that marshal.
They got the investigator in hiding over at Mark Turner's.
I tried to get the marshal, but he was too fast for me.
He shot Ed and Sam, but I gave him the slip.
That means our deal's off.
We'd better make a break for it.
Just a minute.
You only have business in town for us.
Come on.
Get that old.
We'll tie him up, too.
What a torch for this place.
A little hot fire ought to finish him.
We'll pitch this torch in from the outside.
I hope you like the heat, marshal.
Wait a minute, Sandy.
We're getting lucky.
This is it.
Sure boxed all right.
Let's get after him.
You had a hard time looking in the shack.
You could finally get out here.
You all right?
Yeah, I'm all right.
Where's Buck?
He's outside having the time of his life.
You move away from here, and I'll kick your teeth
right down your throat.
I'm going to get my horse.
Well, Buck's still working on him.
Come on, you can get up over there now.
Get your hat.
Wait a minute.
Hi, coming, Buck.
Oh, pretty good.
Where's Miller and Mason?
They're headed for town.
My guests are after the cash in Miller's bank.
Cash in Miller's bank, huh?
Take over here, will you, Sandy, and bring them on in?
Let's go.
Well, I ain't going to stand watch on no dead bird
while them two get in on the big killing.
You bring them in, Steve.
Sure.
Steve, here's where the rough riders ride again.
I got $5,000, and that was in that safe of mine.
I'm not going to leave it.
I want to get those mortgages in the bank.
I might be coming back here sometime.
I'll see you out in the back.
Hold it, Mason.
You're not going anywhere.
I'll take charge of that box.
Nice collection you got, Miller.
Wait a minute.
I want to see those.
Bring them out here.
You know, just between you and you,
I got a notion that's going to make you very happy.
Yes, start a fire.
With these?
You've got the idea.
My dear sir, they're my mortgages.
Very valuable.
That'll make them burn better.
They're hot anyway.
Put them in a stove.
Why didn't you wait for me?
Couldn't wait that long.
Go on down to the bank.
Maybe you're not too late to give Buck a hand.
He's one of the best lawmen in the country.
I can't help ripping him now and then.
Come on, get going.
I asked him a customer, ma'am.
Here they are, sweetheart.
They're all yours now.
I don't know of a better sheriff to take charge.
But the town has a chance to elect a new one.
Oh, God.
If I don't think I'm going to run for it myself.
That's not a bad idea.
I wish I could stay here and campaign for you more.
Get out of here.
Say, Buck, me and them ranchers want to know something important.
What happened to their mortgages, Miller Scott?
Mortgages?
What mortgages?
Oh, let me see.
I bet those are the papers that Miller was burning in that bank stove
when I nabbed him.
Yes, sir.
I bet that was them.
So long, Ma.
Oh, gee, Ma.
Aren't they swell?
They don't come any better.
Not anywhere in the land.
Well, I guess that winds up another mess of trouble.
You know, Arizona's going to look mighty good to me.
Yeah, but not half as good as Wyoming looks to me.
Well, you can have the both of them.
Texas is my hitch and pull.
Well, so long, rough riders.
So long, rough riders.
The rough riders ride, beware, the rough riders ride, they care.
So long, rough riders.