Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid in "Blazing Across the Pecos" (1948) - feat. Smiley Burnette

Added: 2026-05-31

[00:00:13][music] [music] [music] [music] [cheering] [cheering] [screaming] >> The greatest enemies to the civilizing of the West were the white men who through greed armed the savage Indian tribes.

[00:01:34]For years, they kept the frontier ablaze with bloody raids like this attack on an isolated trading post beyond the Pecos.

[00:01:47]>> [music] >> Sooner or later, an outlaw's contempt for the law will make him careless.

[00:02:04]>> [music] >> Following up the Indian raid on one of Matt Carter's trading posts, the Durango Kid was closer to a solution of the trouble than he had been in months.

[00:02:26]At last there was something definite to go on.

[00:02:54]The Durango Kid's job now was to find out who was posing as an Indian and for what reason.

[00:03:11]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Well, Buckshot, how did it go?

[00:04:04]>> How did it go? How did you expect it to go with me handling the deal? Those red skins wiped out that whole trading post.

[00:04:11]>> That makes three.

[00:04:14]Let's see.

[00:04:15]There's two more to go.

[00:04:18]Why, Matt Carder won't have a dollar to his name inside of a month.

[00:04:24]>> Dad?

[00:04:26]What's wrong, Ed? Has something more happened?

[00:04:28]>> I haven't got time to tell you now, dear.

[00:04:30]>> Look at him.

[00:04:36]>> [laughter] >> There he goes. He probably just got the news and he's out trying to raise some money.

[00:04:46]>> He looks uh a mite upset.

[00:04:48]>> Say, wait a minute, Ace. I didn't tell you the real news. You don't have to worry about the Durango Kid anymore.

[00:04:55]>> What?

[00:04:56]>> I just killed him.

[00:04:57]I spun him off a cliff that'd make a skyhawk dizzy.

[00:05:01]>> Buckshot, this is the happiest day of my life.

[00:05:04]>> Well, I'm glad you think so, Ace.

[00:05:05]>> Have a cigar.

[00:05:07]>> Thanks.

[00:05:07]>> You know, if the Durango Kid had ever found out that I was supplying them Indians with the rifles, he'd have torn me apart.

[00:05:14]>> Well, now you can step high, wide, and handsome. I don't know about you, Ace, but I'm going to celebrate.

[00:05:19]>> And it's on me.

[00:05:20]>> Good.

[00:05:58]>> That that that's a right nice horse there, ain't it?

[00:06:00]>> Yeah, sure is.

[00:06:01]>> I wonder who owns it.

[00:06:02]>> Well, he belongs to Buckshot Thomas.

[00:06:04]>> Buckshot Thomas, eh?

[00:06:06]I don't think I know the gentleman.

[00:06:08]>> Well, he ain't no gentleman.

[00:06:09]He's a kind of a ramrod for Ace Brockway. Ace is the mayor here. That Buckshot's bad medicine.

[00:06:16]>> That so?

[00:06:17]Tell me, where's my feed around here?

[00:06:19]>> Smiley Burnette's Elite Restaurant.

[00:06:21]That's me.

[00:06:22]The mayor give me the eating concession in his saloon.

[00:06:25]>> How come you're running a restaurant? I thought you were marshal.

[00:06:28]>> Oh, that's just kind of a sideline.

[00:06:30]>> Sideline?

[00:06:31]>> Well, the mayor says I got to be the city marshal or I can't have the restaurant concession in there.

[00:06:35]>> Why not?

[00:06:36]>> Well, I can't figure that out. I got to have two jobs or I don't get any.

[00:06:42]>> Oh, come on now, Buckshot.

[00:06:45]All right now, now. You don't want to shoot up my place. We're friends, remember?

[00:06:51]>> Yeah, pals to the bitter end.

[00:06:53]>> That's right. Now, I'll tell you what you do. You go on over there and wreck Mike Doyle's saloon.

[00:06:59]>> [laughter] >> You know how I like a good laugh.

[00:07:01]>> And you want me to make it real funny, huh?

[00:07:03]>> Uh-huh.

[00:07:04]>> That's him.

[00:07:07]>> [laughter] >> That's a dirty trick, Brockway.

[00:07:41]>> What's the trick?

[00:07:42]>> Getting Buckshot drunk then sending him over here to wreck my place.

[00:07:44]>> Yeah, I think that's AGAINST THE LAW.

[00:07:51]WELL, WHY DON'T YOU GET MARSHALL BURNETT TO STOP IT?

[00:07:54]>> OH, NO. I resigned four shots ago.

[00:07:56]>> Oh, you can't resign not while I'm here.

[00:07:58]You're one of the few laughs I get.

[00:08:01]>> A drunk with two six-shooters is nothing to laugh at.

[00:08:03]>> Well, maybe you'd like to stop it.

[00:08:06]>> I think I will.

[00:08:26]He's your man, Marshall.

[00:08:27]>> Oh, no. You want him, you can have him.

[00:08:30]>> Well, Ace, you seem to have a lot of fun around here making Smiley the butt of your jokes. If this fun is going to stay away, make him Smiley's deputy.

[00:08:38]>> I don't think it'd be fair to use the taxpayers' money for a deputy. Not only have such an able man in Marshall Burnett.

[00:08:45]>> I'll pay his wages.

[00:08:46]>> Let's see you weasel out of that, Broadway.

[00:08:49]>> I don't think he'd like the job.

[00:08:52]>> You know, I think I will.

[00:08:54]>> Yeah?

[00:08:55]Well, if anything happens to you, don't blame me.

[00:09:01]>> Well, say, does that mean I can hire this fella?

[00:09:03]>> Yeah, if he wants the job.

[00:09:05]>> We can use a fella like you around here, Mr. >> Blake. Steve Blake.

[00:09:08]>> I'm Matt Cardin.

[00:09:09]>> I'm Matt Cardin.

[00:09:10]>> Show him around, Smiley.

[00:09:11]>> I sure will. I'll not only show you around, I'll put on a show for you.

[00:09:24]Come on. Come on.

[00:09:29]>> I'll blast that hombre right out of this town.

[00:09:31]>> Matt Cardin, I might wonder about that.

[00:09:33]You just run him out of town. Make a monkey out of him. Give us all a good laugh.

[00:09:38]>> You'll get your laugh.

[00:10:05]>> I'm the kind of fellow that loves his sleep. Do my snoozing long and deep. Get in my fancy dozing about half past four.

[00:10:13]Some hungry skunk invented a rig, stands on a dresser and dances a jig, and it rings a bell when my feet hits that icy floor.

[00:10:20]I can be dreaming about anything. I once got as far as buying a ring. What happens then on? Whoa, well, who can tell?

[00:10:28]I'll tell you one I never miss. I can be that far from a juicy kiss, and that ornery thing will fairly bust the bell.

[00:10:35]Oh, that's all, brother. Yes, that's all.

[00:10:39]Time to hit the deck, you hear me call.

[00:10:43]Last night you set the alarm. Now, get up or I'll break your arm. That's all, brother. [singing] That's all.

[00:10:51]I'm walking down the avenue, just to wind the galking like people do. I sees a sign that says three excursion train.

[00:10:58]At 6:00 a.m. she's due to arise, so I set the alarm for quarter to five. Spent the evening in a friendly poker game.

[00:11:06]Well, I turned in early, started counting sheep. Counted a dozen, then I went to sleep. Thinking about this free trip all the time.

[00:11:13]All at once, I opens my face. The morning sun's all over the place, and that pesky rig says 25 minutes to nine.

[00:11:20]Whoa, whoa. That's all, brother. Yes, that's all.

[00:11:25]Well, I tried to wake you up. I tried to call.

[00:11:29]Now, you're the stupid mug that forgot to pull the plug. That's all, brother.

[00:11:34]That's [singing] all.

[00:11:36]That's all, brother. That's all.

[00:11:41]>> THAT'S ALL, BROTHER.

[00:11:44]PARDON ME. I'M JIM TRAINER, EDITOR OF THE PECOS Flash Beacon.

[00:11:47]>> Howdy. Steve Blake's the name. Sit down.

[00:11:50]>> Thanks.

[00:11:53]You know, you stepped into a first-class feud.

[00:11:55]>> Brockway Cardy?

[00:11:57]>> Mhm.

[00:11:59]>> What are they feuding about?

[00:12:01]>> Everything. They both want to control Pecos Flats and the range west of the river.

[00:12:05]>> And Cardy's in the saddle, eh?

[00:12:07]>> Well, he was till they started publishing the Beacon to control local politics. And the Indians started wiping out Cardy's trading posts.

[00:12:15]>> I see. Might be a connection in that.

[00:12:17]>> Well, Cardy thinks Ace is behind the gun running.

[00:12:21]>> And Brockway?

[00:12:22]>> He says Cardy sold those guns to the Indians himself.

[00:12:26]>> Tell me, where'd Brockway come from?

[00:12:28]>> Nobody knows. He hit town with a deck of cards and a hundred dollars, and he's already run them into plenty.

[00:12:34]>> I guess we better get better acquainted.

[00:12:36]>> You will.

[00:12:38]You won't like being forced to appoint you Smiley's deputy.

[00:12:41]>> Why not?

[00:12:42]>> Oh, his first act as mayor was to have Smiley made town marshal just for laughs. He doesn't want law and order around here. He wants a wide-open town.

[00:12:52]And uh you work for his paper?

[00:12:55]Well, I take his money.

[00:12:58]And I write what he tells me.

[00:13:01]But that's as far as it goes.

[00:13:05]>> Your napkin.

[00:13:06]>> Thanks.

[00:13:17]>> Get up.

[00:13:18]>> [snorts] >> Get his gun belt, Trainer.

[00:13:34]>> Now stand over there.

[00:13:46]>> Well, what's the matter Buck Shaw? You and the new deputy having a little trouble?

[00:13:51]>> No, I'm just going to play with him a little bit before I run him out of town.

[00:13:55]Hey Burnett.

[00:13:56]>> Yes, sir.

[00:13:57]>> Bring this guy's grub.

[00:13:59]>> Yes, sir.

[00:14:09]>> A whole turkey?

[00:14:11]Well, that's too good for that saddle I think I'll eat it myself.

[00:14:19]So tear off one of those legs and start feeding me.

[00:14:24]>> [snorts] >> Get his gun, Reno.

[00:14:38]What I done?

[00:14:40]Ah.

[00:14:41]>> You start feeding me.

[00:14:49]>> Uh-uh.

[00:14:51]I like to start with a wing first.

[00:14:57]>> Here's a list of my losses to date.

[00:15:03]>> Hm.

[00:15:04]Strikes me most men would have given up and quit by now.

[00:15:06]>> Oh, I can't do that. All these small ranches and settlers are dependent upon me and my trading post for their supplies.

[00:15:13]>> That's why I dropped around to see you, Mr. Thaddeus. There's talk in town that you have a supply train scheduled to leave Santa Fe in a day or two.

[00:15:20]>> Tomorrow to be exact.

[00:15:21]>> Tell me, why can't you telegraph instructions and have it held up a few weeks? By then, a United States regiment will be moving to Fort Bush, and they can escort your wagons.

[00:15:29]>> Well, I'd like to, Steve, but I I can't do that.

[00:15:32]You see, our supplies are pretty low as it is.

[00:15:35]>> Oh, hello, dear. Steve, I want you to meet my daughter, Lola.

[00:15:38]>> How do you do?

[00:15:39]>> you. Mr. Blake is the new deputy marshal I was telling you about.

[00:15:42]>> Oh, I see.

[00:15:44]Dad, I was just talking to Jim Trainer, and he would like >> The less you see of that cow-town Horace Greeley, the better it'll suit me.

[00:15:52]>> But, Dad, he's never done you any harm.

[00:15:54]And besides, he wants your story on the Last Trading Post.

[00:15:56]>> You tell him to get his story from Brackway. He only prints what Ace tells him to print, anyway.

[00:16:00]>> But, that doesn't mean he isn't our friend.

[00:16:03]Dad, I think Jim would like to help us if you would let him.

[00:16:06]>> I agree with Miss Lola. Trainer strikes me as being a pretty good boy.

[00:16:10]Well, it looks like I'm outnumbered.

[00:16:12]All right, I'll see him.

[00:16:13]>> Oh, thanks, Dad.

[00:16:16]>> There's another reason I can't give up, Steve.

[00:16:19]>> Also a good reason why you shouldn't take too many chances.

[00:16:22]>> I know what you mean.

[00:16:23]But, that wagon train's got to leave Santa Fe tomorrow.

[00:16:29]>> You fellas enjoyed your meal, I hope.

[00:16:31]>> That stew tasted like the same stew you had yesterday.

[00:16:34]>> It was. Before I serve you dessert, I want to show you a good trick a magician fella did on the stage down in El Paso.

[00:16:41]I'm going to pull that tablecloth off of there without messing up any one of them three glasses.

[00:16:45]>> For every glass you break, I'm going to charge you a dollar.

[00:16:48]>> Oh, there's nothing to the trick. See, nothing up my sleeves, nothing in my pocket.

[00:16:52]>> Nothing in your head.

[00:16:54]>> See? Hurry up and get that grub.

[00:16:59]>> As soon as we've eaten, we've got to pay Chief Bear Claw another visit.

[00:17:03]>> What for?

[00:17:09]>> If Matt Clark's wagon train leaves Santa Fe on schedule tomorrow, and the settlers don't get the supplies they're expecting, there won't be much else to keep them in this territory.

[00:17:19]>> That's when you move in, huh?

[00:17:22]>> 66 67 68 >> [music] >> How many?

[00:18:17]>> I owe you $68.

[00:18:19]>> And you'll pay it.

[00:18:26]This Santa Fe, this Pecos River, this Pecos Flats. Back Claw savvy?

[00:18:31]>> Me know.

[00:18:31]>> When wagon train reach here, you strike.

[00:18:34]You savvy?

[00:18:35]>> Me know.

[00:18:35]>> Kill men, kill horses, burn wagons. You savvy?

[00:18:38]>> Me know.

[00:18:40]>> How much rifle?

[00:18:41]>> Back Claw want 100 rifle.

[00:18:44]>> That's a lot of rifles.

[00:18:47]>> Back Claw want 100 rifle. You savvy, Buck Wai?

[00:18:52]>> Buck Wai savvy.

[00:18:54]You get rifles.

[00:19:05]>> The old chief's getting smart, Ace.

[00:19:07]Those 100 rifles are going to cost you plenty.

[00:19:09]>> Yeah, but not as much as it would have cost if Matt Carder's wagon train had got through.

[00:20:32]>> What happened, Bill?

[00:20:33]>> We were wiped out last night.

[00:20:35]>> Indians?

[00:20:36]>> Yeah.

[00:20:37]>> Where did it happen?

[00:20:38]>> Out on Cactus Mesa.

[00:20:45]>> Do you know what tribe it was?

[00:20:48]>> I couldn't tell, Matt.

[00:20:50]Indians are Indians at night.

[00:21:08]>> All right, boys. All right, there's the bark. You want to have some fun? It's all on the house.

[00:21:14]Red, give us a little tune, huh?

[00:21:18]>> Going [music and singing] back.

[00:21:20]Going back.

[00:21:23]Going [singing] back [music] to Texas.

[00:21:25]Going back to Texas. Going back [singing and music] today. Take my boots and saddle and ride the reins all day.

[00:21:34]Going [music and singing] back to Texas.

[00:21:36]Going back today. Going to get my darling when I get down that way. Going back to [singing] Texas. Going back to stay in that little prairie [music] cow town where the girls all swing and sway.

[00:21:51]>> Going back to Texas. [music] Yes, I'm [singing] on my way. Going to find my darling when I get my pay.

[00:22:09]>> [music] >> Going back [singing] to Texas. Going [music] back to stay in that little prairie cow town where the girls all swing and sway. Going back to Texas.

[00:22:28]Yes, I'm on my way. Going [music] to find [singing] my darling when I get my pay.

[00:22:36]>> [music] [applause] >> You know, there's one thing about the old chief, he always does a good job.

[00:22:52]>> Yeah.

[00:22:53]>> We can count on him just as long as we give him the rifles we promised him.

[00:22:57]>> You're going to give him that hundred you bargained for?

[00:22:59]>> Why, sure.

[00:23:00]I need these Indians now more than ever.

[00:23:03]With their help, I can move in on the land that Matt Carder is now holding.

[00:23:07]>> You can't hold on to that territory with just Indians.

[00:23:10]>> Well, I don't intend to use just Indians. As mayor of Pecos Flats and a prominent newspaper publisher, I've already appealed to Washington for troops.

[00:23:20]>> You mean you want a bunch of soldiers running all over the place?

[00:23:22]>> The army, my not too bright friend, will force Bear Claw up north in the Indian territory after he's wiped out Matt Carder.

[00:23:31]Then everything west of the Pecos will be mine.

[00:23:34]>> Ace, you've got a smart head on your shoulders.

[00:23:36]>> Yeah.

[00:23:37]And I intend to keep some hair on it.

[00:23:41]Now, about those rifles.

[00:23:43]You better have Curly Niles make the delivery. [snorts] >> 100 rifles are pretty heavy pull over Red Rock Pass.

[00:23:49]>> I know it. You tell him to go by way of Cañon Diablo. We'll ship the rifles by stagecoach. Chuck and Whitey will be driving that day and we'll make sure there are no other passengers.

[00:25:55]>> Durango.

[00:25:58]>> Trainer, I've come here because I figure you can be trusted.

[00:26:01]>> Just because I work for Ace Brackett doesn't mean I think like him.

[00:26:04]>> That's what I figured.

[00:26:06]Tell me, would you recognize this club if you ever saw it again?

[00:26:10]>> I'm sure I would.

[00:26:11]>> Good. Next time you see it, identify it as Durango's.

[00:26:14]>> I will.

[00:26:32]>> $20 you can't hit that milk pitcher.

[00:26:35]>> [laughter] [laughter] >> Well, here's your 20. It was worth it.

[00:26:54]>> That's all, brother.

[00:26:56]That does it.

[00:26:57]If Matt Carter wants his lunch, he can cook it over a match. I'm not going to be A TARGET FOR NOBODY, NO TIME, NO DICE.

[00:27:05]>> SAY, UH CURLY OUGHT TO BE getting back from making that delivery pretty soon, hadn't he?

[00:27:27]Say, what's he doing driving that coach?

[00:27:29]>> I don't know, but we'll find out. And let me do the talking.

[00:27:34]>> Hey, Jim. Got a story here for you. Take a look.

[00:27:41]>> It's Curly Niles.

[00:27:42]>> Is that who it is?

[00:27:42]>> Is he hurt bad?

[00:27:44]>> He's dead.

[00:27:50]Where'd you come across him?

[00:27:52]>> Found him in the stage about a mile out of town.

[00:27:54]>> Is that all?

[00:27:55]There was no drivers, nothing else inside the stage?

[00:27:59]>> Nope.

[00:28:00]>> You don't suppose that some Indian party could have >> Indians don't kill a man and leave his gun on him, Ace.

[00:28:07]>> Yeah, that's right.

[00:28:08]Well, deputy, you take him over to Doc Summers. Have him fix him up with a fine funeral.

[00:28:12]>> Sure.

[00:28:26]>> Ace, what do you suppose happened?

[00:28:27]>> Oh, shut up. I'm trying to think.

[00:28:35]Hey, look at this.

[00:28:38]>> What's this?

[00:28:40]>> Only one man I know wears a glove with a D on it like that.

[00:28:43]>> Who's that?

[00:28:43]>> The Durango Kid.

[00:28:44]>> Why, you're crazy. The the Kid's dead.

[00:28:46]>> Yes, I've got a whale of a story, but that glove makes me think he's very much alive.

[00:28:49]>> All right, Trainer. You can go back to your work and keep your mouth shut about this.

[00:28:56]So, the Durango Kid is dead, huh? You killed him.

[00:29:00]>> Yes, I did kill him. When I shoot a man, he's dead.

[00:29:02]>> Well, then who killed Curly Niles? What became of them rifles? And how do you account for this glove?

[00:29:07]>> It's a trick, Ace.

[00:29:09]>> Nobody in this town would dare play a trick on Ace Brockway.

[00:29:12]>> One man would.

[00:29:13]>> Huh?

[00:29:14]>> Matt Carter.

[00:29:16]>> Yeah.

[00:29:18]Yes, he would.

[00:29:20]And Jim Trainer's in on it.

[00:29:21]>> Well, how do you figure that?

[00:29:22]>> Well, Trainer's a tenderfoot.

[00:29:24]What could he know about the Durango Kid?

[00:29:26]>> Only what he's heard, probably.

[00:29:28]>> Well, then how could he identify this glove as Durango's if somebody hadn't put him up to it?

[00:29:33]>> You're right, Ace.

[00:29:34]>> We got to do something about Trainer.

[00:29:36]>> That's asking for trouble. Trainer's mighty well liked around here, you know.

[00:29:39]>> Don't worry.

[00:29:40]I'll get Gunsmoke Ballard to handle it.

[00:29:51]>> Mother nature made the pumpkin on the ground. Mother nature made the pumpkin on the ground. If she'd made it twice as big, made a fine house for a pig. It ain't much help, no, it ain't much help.

[00:30:06]Mother nature made the high grass in the fields.

[00:30:10]Mother nature [music] made high grass in the fields.

[00:30:14]If she'd made it that sweet, I'd know right where I would eat. Ain't much help. It ain't much help. It ain't much help.

[00:30:22]>> No, no.

[00:30:23]>> Can't do no good.

[00:30:24]>> No, no.

[00:30:25]>> Got to work and work and slave for all you get. Plenty of everything laying around, just waiting to be found. Ain't much help.

[00:30:33]>> No, no.

[00:30:34]>> It ain't much help. Mother nature made mighty wind to blow.

[00:30:40]Mother nature made mighty wind to blow.

[00:30:43]All that blowing with the whole piles of dirt all over the stoop. Ain't much help, it ain't much help.

[00:30:51]Mother nature made the cloud, made the rain.

[00:30:54]Mother nature made the cloud, made the [music] rain.

[00:30:58]Long as she can make a rain, why don't she wash this window pane? Ain't much help, it ain't much help. Ain't much help, no, no. Can't do no good, no, no.

[00:31:09]Got to work and work and slave for all you get. Plenty of everything laying around, just waiting to be found. Ain't much help, no, no. Ain't much help.

[00:31:26]>> Don't turn around.

[00:31:27]>> No, sir.

[00:31:28]>> Reach for it and do A GOOD JOB.

[00:31:30]>> YES, SIR.

[00:31:31]>> GO ON, JUMP.

[00:31:33]>> YES, SIR.

[00:31:33]>> NOW THE NEXT ONE.

[00:31:35]>> YES, SIR.

[00:31:36]>> COME ON, JUMP.

[00:31:37]>> YES, SIR.

[00:31:38]>> ALL RIGHT, ONCE MORE.

[00:31:40]>> YES, SIR.

[00:31:43]>> ONCE MORE.

[00:31:51]>> SAY [laughter] I GOT ENOUGH TROUBLE WITHOUT YOU FELLOWS BADGERING ME.

[00:31:55]>> WELL, at least I got the windows clean.

[00:31:57]>> Yeah, sure that's mighty with Steve's help.

[00:32:00]>> Uh you can give me some help getting out of THIS PAIL NOW.

[00:32:03]>> [laughter] [laughter] >> OH, SMILEY, THIS IS NO PLACE TO TAKE a bath.

[00:32:12]>> Well, help me.

[00:32:13]>> It's not Saturday, it's not night, and it's NOT DECENT. [laughter] >> HELP ME.

[00:32:18]>> YEAH, wait a minute. Let me get this in THE OH, KICK.

[00:32:23]>> HELP. GET ME OUT of here.

[00:32:26]>> Jumping Jehoshaphat.

[00:32:28]>> Ooh.

[00:32:31]Get me out of here.

[00:32:33]Help.

[00:32:34]>> I'm awful sorry, Mr. Mr. I don't seem to recall that face.

[00:32:40]Are you in there?

[00:32:41]>> Yes, I'm in here. Get me out.

[00:32:43]>> All right, I'LL HELP YOU.

[00:32:46]>> WHY YOU LAYING THERE, PIECE OF COYOTE BAIT? I >> LOOK OUT, YOU CAN'T hurt me. I got King's X.

[00:32:51]>> Why you >> Honest, it won't happen again, Mr. >> better not happen again.

[00:32:58]>> Goodbye, Mr. Gunsmoke.

[00:33:00]>> What did you say?

[00:33:01]>> That's Gunsmoke Ballard. He's a mean hombre to get mixed up with. You know, folks say he'll shoot a man for $50 and for $100 he'd shoot himself.

[00:34:00]>> You're under arrest, Ballard.

[00:34:05]>> What's up, Steve?

[00:34:05]>> GET OUT OF THE LIGHT, JIM.

[00:34:17]>> [music] >> You've got me, Blake.

[00:34:46]I'm through.

[00:34:48]Here's my gun.

[00:34:52]>> You're a two-gun man, Ballard.

[00:34:54]Throw the other out.

[00:34:59]>> I'll bring it to you, you two-bit deputy.

[00:35:12]>> $20,000 is a pretty fair price, Mr. Jason. I'll have my men make delivery of the cattle immediately.

[00:35:18]>> Fine.

[00:35:19]>> Oh, just in time, Steve. Come in.

[00:35:22]Meet Mr. Jason. He's purchasing agent for the army.

[00:35:24]>> Glad to know you, Mr. Jason.

[00:35:25]>> How do you do?

[00:35:26]>> You know, it was Steve's idea that I contact the army in the first place.

[00:35:29]>> When Colonel Watkins heard about Mr. Carter's cattle, he authorized me to purchase them immediately.

[00:35:34]>> Well, that doesn't make us unhappy.

[00:35:36]>> Well, I'll make payment now and be on my way.

[00:35:42]>> Hello.

[00:35:43]>> Hello.

[00:35:43]>> This means Dad can finance another supply train and save the settlements.

[00:35:46]>> And Mr. Jason says Colonel Watkins will send a cavalry escort with the wagons.

[00:35:52]>> You don't look too happy about it, Steve.

[00:35:54]>> I can be wrong, but >> But what?

[00:35:57]>> Oh, nothing. I just hope news doesn't leak out about this deal.

[00:36:04]>> Well, I'll be busy up at the ranch for a few days, so if you'll >> I'll be all right, Dad. Jim will Well, I mean, there's nothing to worry about, really.

[00:36:14]>> Well, if anything goes wrong, you can put a help wanted ad in his newspaper.

[00:36:19]Come back, you old coot.

[00:36:20]>> Bye, Dad.

[00:36:24]>> Now, that goes Carter.

[00:36:27]Tell Trainer I want to see him in my office right away.

[00:36:37]>> My job is to print news, eh? It's not to betray confidences.

[00:36:39]>> In my opinion, when an army purchasing agent pays a call on Matt Carter, that's news. I you were there, what was the deal?

[00:36:46]>> I'm not at liberty to reveal it.

[00:36:47]>> Oh, so there was a deal.

[00:36:49]>> I didn't say that.

[00:36:50]>> Trainer, I'm paying you to run my newspaper.

[00:36:54]But if I ever find out that you're withholding news that might be of interest to the people of this town >> I'll print it, not before.

[00:37:01]>> Trainer.

[00:37:04]You better think it over and think it over right.

[00:37:17]>> The Durango Kid was waiting for Jim when he got back from Brockway's. What he wanted Jim to do had to be done quickly, and Durango knew it wasn't going to be easy to make Jim see it his way.

[00:37:27]In time, Brockway could find out the details of Matt Carter's cattle deal.

[00:37:31]That information would soon be open to anyone at the army post.

[00:37:35]It was up to the Durango Kid to convince Jim Trainer that he could help Carter the most by printing the story himself.

[00:37:42]Especially certain details about the money Mr. Jason had turned over in payment for the cattle.

[00:37:59]>> OH.

[00:37:59]GOOD MORNING, MR. BROCKWAY.

[00:38:01]>> What's good about it?

[00:38:02]>> Well, one thing it's good about it, I got the $68 I owe you.

[00:38:06]>> Well, where did you get $68?

[00:38:08]>> It was easy. I bet old Red Arnold that I could do that glass trick again.

[00:38:12]>> You mean you tried it again?

[00:38:13]>> Sure, look.

[00:38:19]Now, I only owe you $65. Three of them didn't even break.

[00:38:23]>> Well, you clean up that mess. And Red, go on, play a little music, will you?

[00:38:27]It's awful dead around here.

[00:38:28]>> Play music, boys.

[00:38:33]>> You get a line and I'll get a pole.

[00:38:34]>> Honey.

[00:38:36]>> You get a line and I'll get a pole.

[00:38:38]>> Baby.

[00:38:40]>> You get a line and I'll get a pole.

[00:38:41]>> We'll go down to crawdad hole, [music and singing] honey, baby mine.

[00:38:46]>> Heard the duck say to the drake, >> Honey. [music] >> Heard the duck say to the drake, >> Baby.

[00:38:53]>> I heard the duck say to [music] the drake, "Ain't no crawdads in this lake, honey, baby mine."

[00:39:00]>> Set on the bank till my feet got cold, >> Honey.

[00:39:03]>> Set on the bank till my feet got cold, >> Baby.

[00:39:07]>> Set on the bank till my feet got cold, [music and singing] looking down that crawdad hole, honey, baby mine.

[00:39:13]>> Wake up, Sue, you slept too late, >> Honey.

[00:39:17]>> Wake up, Sue, you slept too late, >> Baby.

[00:39:20]>> Wake up, Sue, you slept too late, crawdad man done passed your gate, honey, baby mine.

[00:39:27]>> What you going to do when the pond goes dry?

[00:39:29]>> Honey.

[00:39:30]>> What you going to do when the pond goes dry?

[00:39:32]>> Baby.

[00:39:34]>> What you going to do when the pond goes dry? I set on the bank watching crawdads die, honey, baby [singing] mine.

[00:39:41]Caught a crawdad 3 ft long.

[00:39:42]>> How long?

[00:39:44]>> Well, I caught a crawdad 2 ft long.

[00:39:46]>> How long?

[00:39:47]>> Well, I caught a crawdad 1 in long.

[00:39:50]>> That's the [singing and music] end of the crawdad song, honey, baby mine.

[00:39:58]>> I LIKE THAT. I LIKE THAT.

[00:40:19]>> Holy smoke.

[00:40:33]>> Steve.

[00:40:35]>> Golly, where have you been? I was afraid it happened before you even got here.

[00:40:39]>> Afraid what would happen?

[00:40:40]>> Read that.

[00:40:41]Trainer ought to have his head examined for printing information like that about Mr. Carter.

[00:40:47]>> Sale of 500 head of cattle to the army will enable Matt Carter to go ahead with his plans for the bell >> No, no, no, no, no, no. Reread there.

[00:40:54]>> Oh.

[00:40:55]Right here?

[00:40:55]>> Yeah.

[00:40:56]>> However, there's no question that Mr. Carter was a very happy man as he put the $20,000 in his safe. What's wrong with that?

[00:41:04]>> What's wrong with that? Why, every crook west of Pecos will be after that money.

[00:41:08]That's what's wrong with that.

[00:41:09]>> Oh, stop worrying, Marshall. You'll be around to protect it.

[00:41:13]>> Oh, I knew you'd say that.

[00:41:23]>> Well, I'm glad you came to see it my way, Trainer.

[00:41:26]That's good newspaper work.

[00:41:28]>> That all?

[00:41:28]>> Yeah, sure, you can go now. I just wanted you to know I appreciate a good job.

[00:41:38]>> Say, you know, Trainer scared a lot easier than I thought he would.

[00:41:41]>> Oh, no, he's just getting smart. With everybody in town knowing about this, anybody could be responsible for what's going to happen.

[00:41:47]>> What about Steve Blake? Supposing he decides to keep an eye on that safe?

[00:41:50]>> Yeah, we better get him out of town.

[00:41:53]Send for Sleepy Larson.

[00:41:55]>> What can he do?

[00:41:56]>> Well, Sleepy can take Steve a message. A message that will take him out to the Carter ranch tonight.

[00:42:04]>> I wouldn't be too harsh on Jim Trainer.

[00:42:07]Maybe he had good reason to print that story.

[00:42:09]>> Well, I never want to see him again. And when Dad finds out what he's done, there's >> Hold on.

[00:42:18]Don't worry, Jim.

[00:42:19]Maybe she'll feel differently about it after tonight.

[00:42:22]>> What do you mean?

[00:42:23]>> I think I know why you printed that story.

[00:42:25]>> Are you Steve Blake?

[00:42:26]>> That's right.

[00:42:27]>> I'm from the Carter ranch. Matt told me to give you this.

[00:42:33]>> What's the trouble at the ranch?

[00:42:34]>> Some gunslingers are trying to keep them from rounding up the cattle for the army.

[00:42:38]I got winged and came in to see the doc.

[00:42:40]>> Well, you better go see him right away.

[00:42:41]Now, hurry out there.

[00:42:44]>> Say, does Carter usually print things out like this?

[00:42:47]>> I don't think so. I've seen him write a very fine hand.

[00:42:54]Say, you won't get to the ranch before dark if you don't start right away.

[00:42:57]>> Yeah, you're right.

[00:43:11]What time is it?

[00:43:13]>> [music] [music] >> Hey, Marshall.

[00:43:54]Well, I see you're right on the job.

[00:43:56]>> Yes, siree. There ain't going to be no suspicious characters around long as I'm here.

[00:44:00]>> Oh, speaking of suspicious characters, you know, I think I saw one prowling around the undertone a while ago.

[00:44:08]>> You did?

[00:44:08]>> Yeah. I think maybe you better get down there and investigate.

[00:44:12]>> You do?

[00:44:13]>> I think you'd better.

[00:44:38]>> All right, with the blanket.

[00:44:44]Now get over there.

[00:45:09]>> Santi, there's a bullet right way street.

[00:45:14]Turn around.

[00:45:16]Drop your gun.

[00:45:20]>> So that the Durango Kid is dead, is he?

[00:45:24]>> Not as dead as you'll be if you try anything.

[00:45:28]>> What's your game, Durango?

[00:45:30]>> To put an end to yours.

[00:45:31]>> As mayor of this town, you're going to have a tough time explaining why you're interested in my >> Carter's safe.

[00:45:37]Those taxpayers will be here any minute.

[00:45:40]>> Grab some air, you masked hombre. I got you red-handed.

[00:45:48]>> Nice work, Marshall.

[00:45:49]>> And don't try any funny tricks. I got a hair trigger on this smoke stack and enough powder in it to blow you to kingdom come.

[00:46:00]>> AFTER HIM, BOYS.

[00:46:01]>> YEAH, AFTER HIM. DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY.

[00:46:08]COME ON, BOYS.

[00:46:24]GO GET HIM, BOYS. HURRY UP. AFTER HIM.

[00:46:40]>> [music] >> Get your horses and after him.

[00:47:43]Django gave us the slip. No one ever saw him again. Say, do you think he's got the money?

[00:47:47]>> Not unless he knew the combination of that safe. It's my guess they're trying to trick us with that newspaper story.

[00:47:52]>> Well, part of the story was true.

[00:47:53]Carter's men have already started moving the cattle to Fort Bush.

[00:48:01]Suppose the army never got delivery on them beefs. Suppose Chief Bear Claw's Indians raided that herd before it ever gets there.

[00:48:09]>> You're washed up with Chief Bear Claw, you know. He never got those 100 rifles like you promised, remember?

[00:48:14]>> Yeah, but the chief will feel a lot better about it when I hand over 500 head of prime cattle.

[00:48:20]Let's get out of here, Buckshot. We got to be in Indian country by sunup.

[00:48:38]>> [music] [screaming] >> Go to hell.

[00:49:45]Anene, Durango.

[00:49:48]Go to hell now.

[00:49:55]>> Durango followed trail of many cattle to this place.

[00:49:59]Two days, many soldiers follow same trail.

[00:50:04]Cattle belong to soldier.

[00:50:06]>> Buck Wei tell Bear Claw he's cattle.

[00:50:09]>> Buck Wei talk with two tongues.

[00:50:12]Buck Wei send 100 rifles he promised?

[00:50:15]>> No, not rifles. Send cattle.

[00:50:17]>> Cattle trapped for Bear Claw to make war on soldiers.

[00:50:20]Buck Wei no friend to Indians. Durango friend.

[00:50:25]>> Durango friend to all Indians.

[00:50:27]>> And Durango say to Bear Claw, he must hold wise counsel with his braves.

[00:50:33]Make peace with soldiers.

[00:50:35]Give them back own cattle.

[00:50:37]>> Bear Claw will speak at campfire council.

[00:51:07]>> [laughter] >> Ah, that's good, boys.

[00:51:10]>> That's good.

[00:51:12]>> You know how I like a good laugh.

[00:51:15]>> [laughter] >> Come on, come on.

[00:51:23]>> What's the matter with you? Where have you been since yesterday?

[00:51:26]>> Fort Tuscon. I was lucky to get away from there, Ace. Chief Bear Claw is giving you the double cross.

[00:51:30]>> What?

[00:51:30]>> He turned every one of those cattle over to the army.

[00:51:32]>> If this is your idea of a joke, >> you the truth. You and me are so close to hang, I can feel the rope burns on my neck.

[00:51:38]>> Keep talking.

[00:51:40]>> Bear Claw turned good Indian.

[00:51:42]Told Colonel Watkins the whole deal about the rifles, the raids on the trading post, the wagon trains, everything.

[00:51:47]I suppose that's something to smile at.

[00:51:51]>> I just thinking I hit this town with a deck of cards and a hundred dollars.

[00:51:57]I did pretty good for myself.

[00:52:00]Starting up in a new territory with twenty thousand dollars figures to be just two hundred times easier.

[00:52:08]There's still Indians in the west and Indians will still do anything for rifles.

[00:52:14]And the further the west we get the less chance the army will have to mess up our plans.

[00:52:21]>> Buckshot we've got to get our hands on Carter's twenty thousand dollars before we leave this town.

[00:52:29]>> Lola, if you'd only let me explain.

[00:52:30]>> There's nothing you can say that would make any difference.

[00:52:33]>> Supposing I were to tell you your father's money hasn't been stolen at all.

[00:52:38]I've been carrying it ever since the Durango Kid gave it to me.

[00:52:41]He told me when the cattle were delivered to return it to you or your father.

[00:52:48]>> Fire, quick.

[00:52:57]Pull up blinds.

[00:53:01]I want to talk to you two. I think you know what I'm after.

[00:53:04]>> You're wasting your time, Ace. There's nothing in this office you could want.

[00:53:06]>> Oh no?

[00:53:07]Where's that money?

[00:53:09]>> I don't know.

[00:53:10]>> You don't, huh?

[00:53:11]Well, nobody's going to leave this office alive until I find out.

[00:53:15]>> You're barking up the wrong tree, Ace.

[00:53:16]The Durango Kid took that money.

[00:53:17]>> And I've got a pretty good idea that you know what he did with it.

[00:53:21]Soften him up.

[00:53:31]>> Oh, please stop. You're killing him.

[00:53:34]I know where the money is.

[00:53:36]>> Lola, don't tell them.

[00:53:37]>> Shut up, PLEASE.

[00:53:38]>> HERE.

[00:53:42]>> COME ON, BUCKSHOT. LET'S CLEAR OUT OF HERE. We got it.

[00:53:45]>> Wait a minute, Ace.

[00:53:47]You're not going to leave those two here alive, are you?

[00:53:49]>> You take care of them.

[00:53:59]>> All right, Marshall. They're both yours.

[00:54:01]>> Well, at last I've got you.

[00:54:04]Right where I want you. And as the Marshall of this town, I >> [music] [music]