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♪♪ [ trumpet ]

Howdy,
I'm the Old Ranger,

and Death Valley's
my stampin' ground.

Many's the tale of adventure
I'm going to tell you

about
the Death Valley country.

True stories,
mind you.

I can vouch for that.

NARRATOR:
It's the year 1873,

and the sheriff's posse

is pursuing
Rod Ross and Cupe McFarland.

Bulletins are posted
all over Nevada

for the capture
of the two daring,
young road agents.

And the sheriff,

in whose territory
they staged
their latest hold-up,

has made up his mind
that he'll catch up
with them this time,

if he has to chase them
clear in the wilds
of Death Valley,

which is right
where their trail is leading.

There's the strong box.

We're on the right trail,
all right.

MAN:
They've takin' to the rocks.
You want to follow them?

[SHERIFF÷}
I'm a sheriff,
not a mountain goat.

Besides, Death Valley
will take care of them

as good as the law could.

Crossed the summit.

I figured
we'd never make it.

[ chuckles ]
Yeah, as a matter of fact,

I'd begun to think
we wouldn't either.

Kilp!

Look it.
No, no.

That ledge behind it.

Silver.

Silver Ore.
A whole ledge of it.

It's
a whole mountain of it.

It's all around us.

We're walkin' on it.

Kilp.

We struck it rich.

Swing your partner,
one, two, three.

We got a silver mine
beneath our feet!

Hey,
maybe the joke's on us.

What are we going to do
with this, now we got it?

Outlaws,
with a price on our heads.

We can't go near
a recorder's office to file.

We can't even have
the stuff assayed

without running the risk
of being arrested.

[ sighs ]
We'll do it...

by proxy.

[ knocking ]

Rod!

Oh, Rod.
Brenda.

I heard about the posse
chasing you down
into Death Valley.

They said--
Ah, I thought you were dead.

They don't know
that country like me and Cupe.

Oh, but Rod, you're crazy
to come back into town.

Why, your picture's pasted
all over,

and the reward's doubled.

Wait until you see
what I brought.

Where did you get those?

Panamint Mountains.

You jumped
somebody's claim.

No, honey,
I just stumbled on it

while we were hightailing
from the posse.

Well,
you don't dare file.

That's why I'm here.
Will you do it for us?

Me?

You get the stuff assayed?

It'd serve you right
if I wouldn't.

If you were just stuck
with your rich claim.

I'll be back in a couple of days
to get the report.

Well, all right,
but not here, it's not safe.

I'll ride up and meet you
near Last Chance Springs.

That's my girl.

Gentlemen of Congress,

as United States Senator
from Nevada,

I stand before you today

to protest against
the demonetization of silver.

Silver, my friends, is--
Someone to see you, uncle.

someone to see you, uncle.

Millie, how many times
have I told you

not to disturb me
when I'm rehearsing a speech?

It's about
a new silver mine.

Silver?
Show him in.

Well--
Show him in,
show him in.

Senator Stewart?

Millie,
what's the idea?

I don't know who you are,
young lady, but I--

I have some samples
of silver ore to show you,
Senator.

I'm a very busy man, Miss--
Bailey.

I'm on my way
to Washington very shortly,

and I haven't time
to look at pieces of rock

picked up
by young ladies.

Where did these come from?

Here's the assayer's report.

Six hundred dollars a ton?

How did you
get hold of these?

From the owners,
the men who laid this drive.

Who are they?

Rod Ross
and Cupe McFarland.

Rod Ross
and Cupe McFarland?

That pair of bandits?

I understood
they were dead.

No, they're
very much alive.

And they have the nerve
to send you here?

Well, they haven't
the slightest idea I'm here.

I came of my own accord.

Why?

Because I know you're
the biggest mining man
in Nevada,

with the most influence.

What's your proposition?

I'll get Rod and Cupe
to show you the claim.

Good.
Provided...

you guarantee their
protection from the law.

That's a little irregular,

but...very well.

May I have that
in writing, please?

Writing?
You're pretty smart,
aren't you?

Oh,
and one thing more, Senator.

As part of the deal,
you'll agree to square them

with Wells Fargo.

Square them?

For
all of their past mistakes.

Young lady, I happen to be
the attorney for Wells Fargo.

And what you say, goes.

What?
That's the most outrageous
suggestion I ever heard.

Very well.
I agree.

Thank you, Senator.

May I have that in writing,
too, please?

By George,
what an attorney you'd make.

How did you ever
have the nerve to see him when?

He was very sweet.
It's a trap.

He'll find out
about our mine and...
snap the handcuffs.

No,
he promised you immunity.

He'll deny it.
He can't.

I got it in writing.

This his signature?

Yes. All right,
he wants that mine of yours

the worst way in the world.

That man worships silver.
He'll pay you top price for it.

Ah, this is your chance
to clean up

and really go straight.

Now we can be married

instead to having to--
having to meet like this.

Oh, honey,
what a road agent you'd make.

As Chief Detective
for our Wells Fargo,

this is the most-most
undignified situation

I've ever been in.

Well,
how do you think I feel?

Head of the posse
that chased them

clear down
through Death Valley.

[ nervous laugh ]
I quite understand
your feelings, gentlemen,

but this plan will put the boys
back on the road again.

[ mumbles ]
The right road, I mean.

And we'll all benefit.

If you'll read the charges,
Mr. Hume.

"January 29th, held up
and robbed the stage
in Candelaria."

$1,750.

That's right.

Yeah, quite a haul.

MR. HUME: February 17th,
you didn't do so well
that time.

Only $500.

"March 10th,
at Pioche, $2,175."

"April 17th, $940."

May 5th at Winnemucca, $1,149.

"June 3rd--"

The Eureka-Austin stage.

That's right, Sheriff.

"$5,372."

And 71 cents.

SENATOR STEWART:
[ chuckling ] Well...

Now, let's get back
to the credit side
of the ledger.

You gentlemen are the owners
of a mining claim

in the Panamint Mountains,
known as the offer.

Correct.
You're prepared to sell?

I already have a check here,

made out for $25,000.

$25,000?

Why, that mine's
worth $100,000.

Perhaps.

You know it is!

Why, you've been up there
with us, seen it for yourself.

You forget, though,
you gentlemen

are getting immunity
along with this deal.

That's not worth $75,000.

Rod, your freedom
is worth everything.

Oh, now,
let's not argue.

After all, you gentlemen
are hardly in a position

to quibble.
Why you--

That's highway robbery--
What I mean is--

That's what I mean.

Well, how 'bout it?

Will you accept the terms,

or would you prefer to deal
with these gentlemen?

Senator, you forget I have
this little piece of paper

for which you signed.

Valid only in event
we come to terms,

and the terms
are $25,000 or nothing.

$25,000 split two ways--

Minus what you owe
Wells Fargo.

209, 11, and 5...

17, 13...

$10,986...

and 71 cents.

That will leave us
practically broke.

But free.

All right, Senator.
You hold the high cards.

We'll take it.

Good.

Well, now that everybody
is satisfied,

how about a drink
to celebrate?

To the new camp
at Panamint.

And the $75,000
you still owe us.

Try and get it.
That's what
I'm aiming to do, Senator.

Senator Stewart wasted no time
in developing his new mine.

Almost overnight,
a camp mushroomed
up there in the Panamints,

with the stamp mill
to handle the ore,

which proved to be
even richer than expected.

Oh, the senator had driven
a good bargain with
the two outlaws, all right,

but when he was ready
to ship out the bullion...

All right, Senator,
but Wells Fargo refuses

to be responsible
for any shipments
from your mine.

I never heard
of such a thing.

Wells Fargo
covers the entire West.

But not Panamint.
Why not?

'Cause of those two bandits,
Ross and McFarland

are hanging around there

with a very personal interest
in your output.

I'll pay 1% of the value
of the bullion

if you'll carry it.

1 1/2%.

My company refuses
to take the risk.

Great guns, man,

I'm a stockholder
in Wells Fargo

as well as its attorney.

Who made it possible for those
two bandits to be at large.

But how am I going to ship
my silver out?

That, I'm afraid,
is your problem, Senator.

Good day, sir.
Good day, Miss Millie.

Good day,
Mr. Hume.

[ Senator Stewart grumbles ]

Confound those fellows,
putting me in a spot like this.

Here Congress
is convening next week,

and I should be
on my way to Washington.

You can't go?

Not with things
the way they are in Panamint.

Ore piling up
and no safe way to ship it out.

Maybe you drove
too good a bargain

with those boys,
Uncle Will.

I kind of liked
that light-haired fellow,

he had such nice manners.

Don't be ridiculous, Millie.

Now, I just got time
to get that noon stage.

You're going up there?
What else can I do?

Oh, may I go with you,
Uncle Will?

Oh, please, I'd love to see
a wild and woolly mining camp

before I go back East.

There's nothing wild
or woolly up there.

Except Rod and Cupe.

By the way,
what is Cupe short for, Cupid?

Why--
How should I know?

I'll be ready
when you are, ooh.

Millie, now I...

Confound everything.

Oh, the senator had reason
to "confound" all right,

for Rod and Cupe
were really keeping
an eye on his silver.

Or should we say,
their silver.

Store much more silver
in that building

and it will bust.
Yup.

They'll have to start
shipping pretty soon.

You know, Cupe,

if we'd planned the geography
of this place ourselves,

we couldn't have done better.

Only one way out--
a long, narrow, winding Canyon.

Gwen,
what are you doing here?

I got myself a job
in the restaurant,

where I can keep
an eye on you.

Now, look here, Gwen--

Listen, I know why you boys
are hanging around here.

Sure, it's no secret.
Even Wells Fargo knows.

Oh, why can't
you be satisfied
with what you've got?

Peanuts.

Look, you're free,
there's no price on your head.

This is your chance
to-to straighten yourself out,

to make a fresh start.

I will...

when I get what's owin' me.

Cupe?

Senator did hamstring us,
Gwen.

[ hooves galloping ]

Here comes the stage.

Incoming stages
never interested me much.

Whoa.

Well, speak of the devil.

Howdy, Senator.
Let me take your bag.

You'll take nothing from me.

No?
No.

Miss Stewart,
this is an unexpected pleasure.

Do let me help you.
Oh, thank you.
You're very kind.

Gwen!

[ chuckles ]
Millie.

Did you get the job
in the restaurant?

Yes, I did.
Oh, good.

What are you two doing here?
Oh, just hanging around.

Mining operations
always did fascinate me.

Me, too.

Well, in that case,
I'll hire you both.

Hire us?
Hire us?

Yes,
I need a couple of muckers

down in the mine.

Well, thanks a lot, Senator,

but digging in a tunnel
for $3.50 a day

never appealed to me.
Me neither.

All right,
I'll pay you $10 a day.

That's generous enough.

You know,
for a man who's taken out--

Hey, Cupe, what did
we figure the output was?

Oh... 24 bars of bullion

in just the last four days.

Twenty-four bars, really?
Yep.

Your uncle's doing
all right.

[ laughs ]

Well,
maybe I was little close

when I made my bargain
with you gentlemen.

I'll raise
the price $10,000.

How's that sound?

Oh, it sounds like
it's still $65,000 short.

Rod, why don't you listen
to reason?

He's a fool.

Here you have a wonderful girl,
better than you deserve.

Why don't you marry
and settle down

and lead a decent life?

I will,
once I collect my dowry.

Have you got a girl?

No, sir,
but I got my eye on one.

My advice to you is
marry her.

Thanks, Senator,
glad to have your blessing.

You two are just
wastin' your time,

hangin' around here.

You won't get that silver.
Wanna bet?

You think you're pretty smart,
don't you, Rod Ross?

You forget
who you're dealing with.

You can't outsmart me.

You're pretty sure of yourself,
aren't you, Senator?

Well,
I'm pretty sure of myself, too.

I'll tell you what I'll do.

The day you ship
the silver out,

and we don't get any...
Well?

I go to work for you,
and I'll go straight.

What do you say, Cupe?

It's a repulsive thought,
but I'll throw in with you.

Uncle Will
is having a fit.

All he does
is pace up and down

and swear and--

Then come in here
for coffee.

I've talked to Cupe,
but it's no use.

They're going through with it.

You like Cupe?
Well, I might, if...

Oh, yes, I do.

I like him better
than any man I've ever met.

A road agent, imagine.

It'd be funny if...

If it wasn't so--
I know, honey.

I feel the same way about Rod.

If only there was some way
we can stop them.

I think there is.

Let's find the senator.

When a girl gets an idea,
she gets an idea.

And even the senator
thought this was a good one.

Good morning, Senator.
How's everything?

Well, fine boys, fine.

Have a cheroot.

What are you doing,
running for re-election?

[ laughing ]
Oh, no, I'm just celebratin'.

The first shipment
of silver out, tomorrow.

[ laughing continues ]

You think he's bluffin'?
Yes, I do.

I don't think
he's waitin' until tomorrow.

I think
he's shippin' out tonight.

Then let's go.

Wish they'd hurry up.

I'm freezi''
in this darn canyon.

You know somethin'?

If we get this silver,
we're both gonna
lose our girls.

This is no time
to think of that.

We got a bet on, remember?

Yeah, our reputations
are at stake.

Maybe he's found some other way
to ship the stuff.

There is no other way.

Only this canyon.

[ groans ]

Looks like
the senator's not going to keep

his engagement after all.

Yeah, and I'm darn hungry.

Well, come on, let's go back
to camp and get some breakfast.

Listen.
[ distant galloping ]

The freight wagon.
At last.

[ galloping continues ]

It's the senator
and the girls.

So that's what
he had up his sleeve--

putting the girls
on the wagon.

Of all the low-down tricks.

Whoa.

Well, good morning, boys.

Hello, Rod, dear.

Cupe, shall we reach
for the sky?

Is that silver
in the wagon?

Yes, almost two tons
of pure silver.

Who's following the outfit?

Nobody, we're all alone.

So you figured
you could stop us

by bringing the girls along.
Well, you're wrong.

You always had silver,
Senator, and we're takin' it

no matter what.

All right, if that's the way
you feel about it, go ahead.

[ whistles ]

Will you look at that.

I'm lookin'!

SENATOR STEWART:
In case you're interested,

those silver balls weigh
almost 1,500 pounds apiece.

1,500 pounds?

Maybe you'd like
to take them to the bank

and ask them
to cash them in?

Or perhaps you'd like to roll
them across the desert

with a posse on your trail.

Okay, Senator, you win.

I guess we know
when we're beaten.

[ laughing]
Well, I must confess

I did have a little help.

ROD:
I might've guessed.

You're not mad at me,
are you, Rod?

No, honey,
I'm not mad at you.

No, we're just dying to go
to work for the senator.

SENATOR STEWART:
[ laughing ]
Well, you'll regret, boys.

With myself,
and these two young ladies,

I can foresee
a great future for you.

Well, in that case,

the sooner we get busy,
the better.

You need some help
unloading this stuff?

I meant, you ride back here
with the silver, sir.

Senator, take care
of the horses, will you?

[ grumbles ]

Yah!

So, off we go,

the senator,
to his great surprise,

bringing up the rear.

But unless I'm very
much mistaken,

he'll be back in the driver's
seat before too long.

♪♪ [ trumpet ]