"[MUSIC PLAYING]" "[MUSIC - "LAUGH YOUR TROUBLES AWAY"]" "Say that was swell." "How about another song?" "Buck, if you've got all that chirping out of your system," "Maybe you can get back to the ranch." "Sure Dad." "I'm riding back right away." "I want you to go up to North Fork Range," "See what's wrong up there." "What do you think is wrong?" "I don't know." "I was up through there the other day," "And there ain't hardly a calf on the range." "And I don't think cows have quit having families." "Maybe mountain lion's been getting them." "I didn't see any lion tracks." "Well I'll scout around and see what I can find out." "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "Slow that critter, don't waltz with him!" "I got him." "Bring him in." "Hurry up." "We got to make tracks out of here before we have visitors." "Here comes Buck Lawson." "Hit leather." "Leave that iron." "I want Buck Lawson to find it." "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "Dad, it ain't mountain lions that's" "Been getting away with our calves." "I jumped a bunch of rustlers at work." "Rustlers?" "And they left in such a hurry they" "Forgot their branding iron." "Keep RP, Tex Preston." "That's the way I read it." "Why that lowdown coyote." "I fought Tex Preston to a standstill 15 years ago," "And it looks like he ain't learned his lesson." "That branding iron fixed things with the Lawson outfit." "Now let's go scare Tex Preston." "You boys know what to do." "Stay here and watch for my signal." "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "Howdy, Bat." "Hello, Tex." "How's everything?" "Things are not so good." "Seems like I'm losing stock lately." "When I was riding over this way," "I found a cow of yours laying in the brush." "She'd been shot." "What?" "Someone killing my stock?" "It looks that way." "There was a calf hanging around." "Looked like he was related to her," "But he carried Pop Lawson's brand." "Well the lowdown coyote, killing" "My cow so he can steal my calves." "Why I fought Pop Lawson to a standstill 15 years ago." "You think he's know better than to monkey with a buzz saw." "Mr. Preston I think to myself, you're tired of eating beef," "So I cook you a nice duck." "Boy she looks beautiful in the frying pan." "This comes from our prize stock." "Looks to me like somebody ain't very friendly." "I got a pretty good idea who did it." "No one ever asked me for a fight without finding" "Me willing to oblige." "Mr. Preston, I think for myself again you have to eat beef." "Ducky, ducky." "Fritz, come here." "Fritz, come here ducky." "Nice duck." "Go away." "I don't want you." "Go away." "Go away." "Come here." "I won't hurt you." "I won't hurt you." "Come here." "Perfectly safe." "Can we not sit down somewhere and talk things over?" "Come here, Fritz." "Look at the nice corn." "I can eat myself." "Come here." "I won't hurt you." "Fritz, come here." "Ducky, ducky." "Come here, ducky." "Come here." "Come here." "I just want to make friend with you." "Look Fritz, it's getting late for the boss's dinner," "And I'm getting tired." "Fritz, I only need you for one minute." "Fritzy, come out." "I got something for you." "I got something nice for you." "[SCREAM]" "Fritzy, you're around here someplace." "You boys enjoy yourself while we're waiting for the stage." "As I was saying, I never thought" "That Mrs. Clancy could be so small." "You're absolutely right." "Well good bye." "Good bye." "Good morning, Mrs. Johnson." "Good morning." "Howdy, Tex." "Hello, Sheriff." "I'm warning you, Tex." "Don't start no trouble in town." "I won't hunt no trouble, and I won't run away from it either." "Buck, there's no sense in all you boys riding to town." "You scout around, keep an eye out of rustlers." "But you might end up with that Preston outfit." "If I do, I reckon I can take care or myself." "I don't need someone to ride hurt on me." "All right, Dad." "We'll head back." "Now don't forget what I told you." "Come on." "Let's get those supplies." "Hello, Tex." "What are you doing in town?" "My niece comes in the stage today." "Your niece, huh?" "Coming out for a visit?" "No, she's going to make a home with me." "Her folks died, and I'm all the kin she's got." "She's not coming to a very peaceful spot." "Oh it will be peaceful all right," "When I do some exterminating that" "Needs to be done around here." "And you're just the man that can do it." "Don't worry." "We will do it." "Come on." "[APPLAUSE]" "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "[MUSIC - "HEY, LOOK OUT"]" "I want to talk to you." "What's on your mind?" "You keep your nose out of that fight" "Between the Lawson and Preston outfits." "Let nature take its course." "It's my duty to keep peace." "Your duty, if you're smart, is to do as I tell you." "I'm grabbing myself a nice bunch of cattle from both sides," "And each one blames the other." "I'll finally end up owning both outfits." "[MUSIC - "HEY, LOOK OUT"]" "What about that money for the bank?" "Is it coming in on the stage?" "I stood for rustling and a lot of dirty work," "But holding up the stage might mean murder." "That's going too far." "If you don't like my game, just say so." "The warden at the penitentiary would just" "Love to see you come back and finish your time." "When a man wants to go straight," "Why won't you give him a chance?" "Cry about that some other time." "What about that money?" "It's due to arrive on the stage." "Now you're talking sense." "Beat it." "Well Bat, how's everything working out?" "Great, Nita." "I'll sure keep my promise and load you down with diamonds." "I can carry the weight." "Bartender, my private bottle." "Yes, sir." "Coming up." "Will you be in town for a while?" "No, I got a little job to do." "The one I told you about?" "Yeah, I just got some information about it." "I'll see when I get back." "Be careful, will you?" "Don't worry about me." "Come on." "Why you big ox!" "What are your trying to do?" "I can't help it, boss." "I schlitzed." "Well schlitz that stuff into the wagon." "I'm going over to the barbershop and get all cleaned up." "Good." "[MUMBLING]" "[MUSIC - "SHE'S THE DAUGHTER OF SWEET CAROLINE"]" "That was mighty fine, boys." "Give her another whirl." "Sure will." "Curry me down, Sammy." "I don't want to scare my niece by looking like an outlaw." "I'll make you look Beau Brummell." "Oh you needed go as far as that." "Don't strain yourself." "[MUSIC - "SHE'S THE DAUGHTER OF SWEET CAROLINE"]" "Pop Lawson and Preston are both in town." "Pop Lawson just got in town." "Reckon I got to head to the cyclone cellar." "If anybody in town's got any calves," "They'd better watch them today." "I thought the county paid a bounty on coyotes instead" "Of letting them run around loose." "Seems to me, I smell something that should be buried." "Smells mighty like a polecat." "Why you..." "I won't get shaved here today." "I might catch smallpox." "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "Here it comes." "I wonder who those hombres are." "Let's pick up their trail and see what they're up to." "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "Stop that trouble." "Come on, men." "Beat it, boys." "Here comes trouble." "After them, men." "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "Are you all right, Miss?" "I'm nearly frightened to death, but otherwise all right," "Thanks to you." "You had a right to be scared." "Nobody would have found that ride a pleasure trip." "Why it's outrageous that a respectable citizen" "Should be endangered like that." "I'll see that something is done to put a stop to it." "That's a way for a man to talk." "I'll have the Sheriff take you along" "When he goes after those outlaws." "He needs more men like you." "Lend me hand with those fellows on top," "And we'll take the stage on in." "Someone will hang for this job." "Pete in there was a good man and a good friend of mine." "Maybe you'd rather ride on top with me." "Yes, I would if you don't mind." "I'm proud to have your company." "Hey cowboy, climb aboard or we're going to leave you." "Hurry up!" "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "We missed a rich haul on account of Buck Lawson." "Do we stand for that?" "What do you think?" "I think we send Baby Face after them." "Sure boss, I'll make smoked beef out of him." "Shut up." "Take it easy, Baby Face." "He'll get his." "Only we'll do it the smart way." "We'll have those two outfits killing each other." "It's about time we run off another bunch of stock." "Don't you see the dynamite, you local maverick?" "I hear the stage was held up today, Sheriff." "They didn't get anything, but they" "Killed Pete and the Wells Fargo messenger." "Hm that's too bad." "Sheriff, outlaws have been mighty busy" "Around here of late." "And I can't see where you've done much about it." "You better not prod the Sheriff, Buck." "He might take an interest in all that gun smoke out your way." "That ain't just according to law." "What a minute, Buck." "You're wrong, Bat." "Any man's got a right to protect himself." "What's the matter, Nancy?" "Forget something?" "Oh no, I was just looking around." "Well there ain't much to see in this town." "We better get going." "All right, Uncle Jim." "But it seems I should say something" "To the man that stopped the runaway." "The least you have to say to him, why the better." "All right, boys." "We'll get started." "Buck, how about riding with the posse?" "I got an idea it would be wasting my time." "Meaning anything in particular?" "No, it just seems that you don't" "Have any luck when you go hunting outlaws." "Dad, don't you think we better get back to the ranch?" "All right." "I don't admire that remark Buck Lawson made." "He's too smart for his own good." "I'm taking him out of circulation before long." "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "Boss, we ain't been able to round up enough prime beef" "To make it worthwhile sending a trail" "Real herd to the railroad." "I bet I can thank Pop Lawson for that." "And the Sheriff must be on his side." "Why I'm being rustled poor and can get no help from the law." "You better do something about it pretty pronto." "I'll do plenty." "Put on more hands, but get men that can sling guns." "I'll stop it." "I'll ride into town and see what gunfighters I can locate." "All right." "[SINGING]" "What's the matter?" "Worried about something?" "I was just thinking what a fine world this would" "Be if there wasn't any Lawsons in it." "I think it's a pretty nice place just as it is." "And I'm sure you're the nicest uncle in the world." "Going for a ride again today?" "You don't mind, do you?" "Why bless your heart, no." "Go on and enjoy yourself." "Otto, I'm going for a ride." "Would you put up a lunch for me?" "What would you like to eat?" "Oh a half a dozen sandwiches, some boiled eggs, and pickles." "Where are you going to put all that?" "In my saddlebag." "In your saddlebag." "And then where are you going to put it?" "In my tummy." "In your tummy, a little girl like you." "Every day she gets more appetite." "Oh I get terribly hungry when I ride." "Yeah, I know." "It's the exercise." "You want two pieces of cake like yesterday?" "Yes, two pieces." "You make such wonderful cake." "I know." "[MUSIC - "DOWN ON THE SUNSET TRAIL"]" "[MUSIC" " MISTER JACK AND MISSUS JILL"]" "Say that was mighty pretty." "Why didn't you tell me before this" "That you could really sing?" "Can I?" "The best I've ever heard." "Liar." "Honest." "Was that song for me?" "Well there's nobody else around." "Did you really like it?" "Why certainly." "That is all but the finish, the part about the wedding." "Oh I see, a woman hater." "Don't you ever think of settling down?" "Not until I stop this feud between our families." "I hope you can, Buck, soon." "Oh let's forget all this trouble" "And just go on with our picnic." "Wait a minute, Buck." "I'm trespassing on the Lawson range." "Aren't you going to throw me off?" "Well not until after we've had this lunch." "Oh is that the only reason why I'm" "Welcome, just because I feed you?" "I'm not saying it is, and I'm not saying it isn't." "In other words, you don't believe in taking chances." "Well come on, I'll feed you anyway." "A range war's like rolling a rock down a mountain." "Easy to start, but might hard to stop." "But you don't hate me, and I don't hate you." "Why can't we be allowed to live in peace?" "We have the right to be happy." "We could have all that if only we could make folks" "Use common sense instead of gun smoke." "Oh I better get back to the ranch." "I tried to reason with Uncle Jim," "But it only makes him angry." "He just won't listen to me." "We still can be friends in spite of everything." "Just friends?" "But there's a very serious matter I want to talk to you" "About just as soon as I get this trouble ironed out." "I'll be waiting." "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "Is this the way you ride the line," "Lollygagging with one of the Preston breed?" "Dad, she has nothing to do with the quarrel" "Between you and Tex Preston." "She's of the same breed." "And man or woman, I won't have one of them on my range." "Dad, I don't take to that kind of talk about my friends." "Please Buck, don't quarrel with your father on my account." "If there's any quarrel, it's of his makings." "Dad, if you're calling for a show down, I'm standing pat." "If you favor my enemies, you're not my son." "Go back Buck, and make up with your father." "I can't come between you." "We'll work this out somehow." "I'll make those two old warhorses" "Understand some common sense." "If you don't mind, I'll ride a ways with you." "All right." "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "Tex, your niece has been riding out to meet Buck Lawson." "I think they're headed for town." "What?" "I'll put a stop to that." "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "You get home just as fast as you can." "I don't allow no Lawsons on my ranch." "Get before I make a shiv out of you." "Uncle Jim, please." "Do as he says." "There won't be any trouble." "You promise?" "I promise." "Now you make tracks and make them pronto." "You're not afraid to shoot it out with me, are you?" "No, I'm not." "I dare you to talk to me for five minutes." "Why I never took a dare in my life." "Come on." "Come on." "Start talking, and make it fast." "Tex, you think our outfit rustled your stock." "I know you're wrong." "Well I've lost plenty of stock." "So have we." "Are you rustling from us?" "I am not!" "Hold on, Preston." "You agreed to talk for five minutes." "Well all right." "We're both losing stock." "You blame us, and we blame you." "That don't make sense." "Doesn't it strike you as being reasonable that someone is" "Playing us against each other and rustling from us both?" "If you and Dad would stop this fool war and work together," "We might find out who it is." "Even if I was willing, it takes two men to stop a war." "If you'd only meet Dad halfway, I know he'd be reasonable." "Buck, you sound honest to me, and I" "Believe you're talking horse sense." "I'm glad you see it my way, Tex." "I'll make Dad wash off the war paint" "And meet you in town for a powwow." "Will you be there?" "Sure." "So long, Tex." "So long, Buck." "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "Royce, Nancy!" "Buck Lawson just killed Tex Preston over on the south pass." "Shot him in the back." "Hit leather men, and shoot on sight." "I'm sorry, Nancy." "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "How could he do a thing like that?" "You can't tell what a man might do in the heat of anger." "You can count on me to do all I can for you." "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "[APPLAUSE]" "[MUSIC - "MISTER JACK AND MISSUS JILL"]" "[APPLAUSE]" "Hello, sweetie." "I haven't seen you for so long." "Don't bother me." "I'm busy." "Sheriff, I got a job for you." "Yeah?" "I reckon it won't be anything I can be proud of." "What is it?" "I want you to arrest Buck Lawson" "For the murder of Tex Preston." "Hey, hey hey!" "I hear you've been showing a lot" "Of interest in that Preston girl." "What I do is my own business." "Oh like this, eh?" "Yeah, just like that." "That's where you're wrong." "You owe me plenty." "And don't get the idea you can kick me off like an old shoe." "What will you do about it?" "Stick around." "You'll find out." "I'm so sorry, Nancy." "Nan..." "Stay where you are!" "Get out of this house." "What do you mean?" "What have I done?" "Don't pretend." "Bat Haines said you shot my uncle." "He lied." "Nancy, you can't believe that." "Oh I don't know what to believe." "I left you talking to Uncle Jim, and now he's dead." "That's what I came to tell you." "Only two people knew that Jim Preston was killed," "Myself and the man who shot him." "Bat Haines and I are due for a talk." "I want to talk to you." "Hold on, Buck." "I'm arresting you for murder." "On whose say so?" "Bay Haines." "Hold on, Bat." "This man is in the custody of the law." "I'll take those shooting irons." "We both know who killed Tex Preston." "Yeah, but I know who's going to hang for it." "Don't bank on that too heavy." "Get going." "If we could stop this rustling, we'd pull out of the hole" "All right." "But there's no chance to raise any money right now." "Thank you." "That's all I wanted to know." "Your uncle was talking about taking" "On some more gunfighters." "I've located three or four." "No!" "I'll have no more bloodshed." "Yes'm." "I think Bat Haines is a snake in the grass." "Snake or no snake, he'll be boss around here pretty pronto." "Oh yeah, boss around here." "Don't forget I'm the cook." "I'll fix him." "Why try to run a cow ranch?" "That's no job for a woman." "Now as my wife..." "No, that's out of the question." "What's the matter with me as a husband?" "Why some day I'll be the biggest man in this county." "That has nothing to do with it." "Oh still hankering for that half pint" "That murdered your uncle, eh?" "I don't believe he did it." "You mean I lied?" "When two men tell a different story, one of them lies." "All right." "I tried to be friends, and for thanks" "I get slapped in the face." "Your uncle owed me a lot of money." "You better be ready to pay it up." "You know I can't right now." "That's your worry." "Thanks, Otto." "I hope you get stomach trouble." "Otto, how many times have I told" "You not to eat so much pie." "Do you want to get sick?" "I feel all right." "Hurry up and get ready." "I want you to ride to town with me." "What's the matter, Bat?" "You look worried." "What makes you think so?" "Just the way you've been acting." "Don't pay so much attention to me." "Maybe the Sheriff takes orders from you," "But no jury will come with him if she's on his side." "Maybe we won't have a jury." "Men, we've got to take things in our own hands" "And take care of Buck Lawson in our own way." "[MURMURING]" "Nancy, it was mighty nice of you" "To drop in and see if they're taking good care of me." "I'm sorry." "Is there anything I can do to help you?" "There's nothing to worry about." "They can't convict me of something I never did." "Bat Haines is buying the drink." "Everybody chin up to the bar!" "Nancy, Nancy!" "They coming to take Buck over to the gambling house" "And hang him." "Who is?" "The whole town, I guess." "Let him go and give him a chance to save himself." "I can't turn a prisoner loose." "Would you keep him here to be murdered?" "They won't try anything like that." "If I had a couple of the boys from Dad's ranch," "I'd give them a run for their money." "You'll have them." "What about the Sheriff?" "He might object." "Oh he'll be reasonable." "Come on." "Let's get going." "What if I told this crowd what I know about you?" "[SLAP]" "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "Wait a minute, Haines." "Don't forget, there's a law in this town." "That's all right, Sheriff." "We figured to save you some bother." "Come on, men." "Hurry, or you'll be too late." "Get the boys." "We're riding to town." "You're back of this, Haines." "You're not man enough to fight it out with me." "Why bother?" "This suits me all right." "Sentences you to be strung up until you are dead." "Hold on, men." "Buck Lawson is innocent." "It was Bat Haines who..." "[SCREAM]" "Stay where you are!" "From now on, I'm playing a lone hand." "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "Stay where you are." "Turn around." "Take care of them, Dad." "I got a job to do." "Buck, wait!" "I'll be right back." "Drop those gun belts, and be careful how you do it." "Are you hurt bad, Sheriff?" "It looks like I'm at the end of my trail." "Haines did all the rustling and caused all the trouble" "Between you and Tex Preston." "And Nita was in with him." "You'll find him in a cabin at Big Rock Canyon." "Round up all the boys." "We're heading for Big Rock Canyon." "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "Go ahead." "You got it all your own way." "I'll give you an even break." "That's more than you did for me." "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "Are you looking for Bat Haines?" "Yes." "[LAUGH]" "In about one minute, he'll be scattered all over these hills." "Buck, Buck!" "Some of you boys take her to town." "Lock her up." "The rest come with me." "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "NANCY:" "Buck, Buck!" "[MUSIC PLAYING]" "Are you hurt?" "I don't think so." "But what happened?" "You just missed being an angel by about three seconds." "I think he's somewhat of an angel right now." "What is this important matter you wanted to talk to me about?" "That's right." "I forgot." "Wait a minute." "Now." "[MUSIC - "MISTER JACK AND MISSUS JILL"]"