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And now, "Colt .45"

A Warner Bros. television production.

Colt !

Since when did the fare include a picnic ?

The picnic is my own. And so is the gold in the strongbox.

'Put up your hands, mister. And turn around. Slowly.'

Alright, drop that belt. Easy now.

Get it.

Captain Colt. Government man.

No !

When you stopped this stage, you promised no one will be harmed.

Let's open that strongbox.

Keep an eye on "em."

I want to thank you for what you did, ma'am.

Well, these were sure meant to be permanent.

Stand back.

I'm not thanking them for what they're about to do.

Careful, this one has been nicked.

Picnic's over, folks, just stand back and take it easy.

I'm just out of trip to Carson City.

But you're out of whole gold shipment, Mrs. Tremaine.

Poor, dear.

How long do you think you can get away with this ?

Well, don't rightly know, ma'am, but it's best you get on

into that stage. We ain't got all day.

Hiyah !

Let me see that government man's papers.

Alright, boys. Load it up.

Whoa !

Will you take my bags to my apartment in the hotel, please.

- 'Suzanne ! - Harry.

- Oh, Suzanne. - I'm alright.

When the driver said the coach

had been robbed I could only think that...

I know, I know. That I was there.

And that I would do something foolish.

What you did was save my life.

Oh, Captain Colt, this is Harry Dodson.

The captain's here on government business.

Sorry you lost the gold from the Lucifer Mine, Mr. Dodson.

Mrs. Tremaine was telling me you were her partner.

And her fiancé.

I trust that you're here to do something

about the stage robberies.

Indirectly.

You know a Jeff Kincaid ?

The Scotchman ? Of course.

He's building a tunnel for the railroad.

He's a very good engineer. A friend of mine.

The faster he gets that railroad through, the sooner

you gold miners won't have to depend on the stages.

I, saw some of his men picking up supplies earlier.

He might be in town with them.

You're right, Mr. Dodson, Jeff Kincaid is in town.

Chris, my lad, I've been wait..

Like, I started to say, Chris boy, I've been waiting for ya.

Looks like I got here just in time.

First time I've seen the inside of a saloon in more than a month

didn't wanna go back to camp.

You men, wait at the wagon. I'll be right with ya.

I said wait at the wagon.

As if I didn't have enough trouble.

Without having to tear my own crew.

What kinda trouble ?

Two miles of tunnel through bedrock

sand, shale, you name it.

Anything else ?

No, the usual run of the mill accidents

that happen on a railroad job.

Why, what were you expecting ?

Well, the bands can't like the idea of the railroad

taking the gold out of the territory.

Stage is much easier to hold-up.

Aye, you could be right.

Actually, Chris, we're very close to the breakthrough.

And is that gonna call for a celebration.

Aye. Say, what was the stage doing back in town ?

It was going to Carson today.

It was couple of hours ago.

Until it got held-up.

I was there, if it weren't for Mrs. Tremaine

I wouldn't be here.

Mrs. Tremaine ? Why, what did she do ?

She saved my life.

Well, you sure picked a good-looking to do it.

She doesn't seem the sort to be engaged in gold mining.

Oh, I don't suppose she bothers too much about it.

Now, Dodson runs the outfit with a small crew.

And it appears, is just about ready

to sign articles for full partnership.

Wedding bells maybe alright for a mining man

but they sure ain't good with a railroader.

- Or a government man. - Yeah.

Hey, do you wanna come out and watch us move rock ?

I will, later.

The hold-up men got away with my horse

and gear along with the gold.

Alright. But you can't miss us.

Ten miles south. Where all the noise is.

See you, Chris.

Yes, sir.

I don't know what I've got here, it's just a sample

and I don't want to waste any time if it's not worth anything.

Well, I charge four bits to make a test.

Hey, you must have been doing some prospecting

over at the little skaw range.

What makes you say so ?

Oh, no offense, mister.

The trace of iron pyrite

is peculiar to that area.

How well do you think it'll run ?

Well, the Stanislaus diggings is doing pretty well over there.

Can't tell though, unless I can take a look at an ore sample.

I might be back. Thank you.

Well, Mr. Colt. What can I do for you ?

I'm doing a little checking.

When are you making your next shipment to Carson City ?

Jim. How soon will we be shipping again ?

Oh, Captain Colt, this is our foreman at the mine Jim Squires.

- Jim. - Hello.

Way we are going, in a couple of weeks.

I hear the Francisco Mine is planning to send

a heavy load in several days. Why ?

Well, I'm riding guard on the trip.

The mint at Carson needs the gold.

Not enough has been getting through.

As we know only too well, captain.

Where is the Lucifer Mine located ?

- A little skaw range. - Well, no, captain.

We operate in the Shadow Hills area.

Give my regards to Mrs. Tremaine.

With pleasure, captain.

Looks like you'll finish that tunnel in record time.

Are those air drills that good ?

Oh, it's not just the air drills.

No, I'm trying something else that's new.

You see, there's just so much rock face you can hit

when you're digging a tunnel

and just so many men who can hit it.

Now, this is the layout of the tunnel.

I put a shaft at both ends

it shouldn't be too long before the two tunnels meet.

It seems as though a mistake of just half a degree

would throw you clear off. Are you sure they'll meet ?

You're not the first one who's asked that question. Come here.

- What's this all about ? - It's a pool.

The gang boss has started it.

Five dollars a chance.

They're guessing just how many yards apart the two tunnels

will be, when they're supposed to meet.

The one who hits it in the nose takes a part.

It looks like this one doesn't have much confidence.

100 yards off.

Yeah. Hardy, my crew boss.

- Hey, you want in ? - I'min.

"Exact center ?"

Exact center.

Well, even I gave myself

a two yard leeway.

To us, Jim.

You know, you're very handsome when you're angry.

You shouldn't have stopped me from killing Colt

when I had the chance.

You know something, Jim, you're not only handsome

but you're stupid as well.

Kill him and you have the entire army down here.

Sure. But now Colt is going to ride guard on the stagecoach.

No. He's here to protect the railroad.

He told me so.

There's nothing wrong with him doing both.

He can protect the stage until the tunnel is finished

then there is no more need for any protection.

Jim, I'm beginning to think that maybe it's time we pulled out.

And what do we do about Harry ?

He wouldn't be very happy losing both

his fiancé and his money.

He'd talk we wouldn't get very far.

There's a better way.

We can get rid of Harry, Colt and the tunnel

all at the same time.

We can ?

On top of the west end of the tunnel there's a rock fault.

How do you know ?

Honey, I'm a mining engineer.

I know every foot of ground in this whole country.

Alright, Mr. Mining Engineer.

So there's a rock fault, so what ?

Just a small charge of dynamite and there's a cave-in.

With Colt, and Harry, and Kincaid trapped in the tunnel.

I still think this is silly, Suzanne

We've got to keep them thinking

the Lucifer Mine is still in operation.

Looks like we've got company, Jeff.

I hope my partner and I have timed this

properly, Mr. Kincaid ?

Good morning, ma'am.

If you came to see the crews working

most of them are at lunch.

Oh, what a pity.

We'd heard about the new air drills you're using, Kincaid

we'd hope to see if they could be adapted

to our use in the mine.

We thought if they speeded up

the digging we'd put them in.

Well, they are being used in some mines already, ma'am.

Really ? Could we see a demonstration ?

Hardy, who is standing by the tunnel phase ?

Hardrock.

Well, I don't see why not.

It can't do any harm.

Men won't be back in the tunnels for half an hour.

Come on, Mr. Dodson.

Oh, and, Chris you wanted

to see this operation too.

I'll keep Mrs. Tremaine company.

No, no, you go ahead. I don't mind, I insist.

You've made a lot of head-weight, Kincaid.

Yeah, we're getting near the breakthrough.

Hardrock's one of my foreman.

Hardrock, Mr. Dodson here is one of the owners of

the Lucifer Mine, he'd like to

see the power-drill in operation.

Sure.

What's wrong ?

One of the hose couplings must have come loose.

I'll check.

Hey, listen.

Slide ! Slide ! Cave-in and tell everyone !

Slide ! Cave-in ! Slide !

Chris !

Slide ! Slide ! Can you hear me in there !

Get some shoring, come on.

- How are things back there ? - Pretty bad.

Tunnel's completely choked off. 70-80 yards back.

That slide must have been a butte.

I can't understand Jeff taking a tunnel

through this treacherous rock formation.

Well, we checked it thoroughly.

Only found one small fault

high up on the ridge.

But Jeff was positive there was

no danger of it giving way.

- Could it be it was helped ? - What do you mean ?

- Could it ? - Well.

Maybe a little charge of dynamite

but who would do a thing like that.

Maybe he can give us some answers.

Ride into town right away.

Get all the available men out here on the double

we gotta clean out that tunnel.

You get over to tunnel number two

bring the men over here, have them bring pitch, shovels

wheelbarrow, anything they can carry.

Bob, you go get the doc we're gonna need him right away.

Come on, get moving.

Which way will Jeff try to get us out ?

This side or the other tunnel ?

Well, we're so close to the other tunnel

I'm sure the boss will gamble that way.

If he got out.

Well, if Jeff didn't make it, what about the foreman

would he take the gamble ?

Hardy ? He's the one that bet

the tunnel is a miss by a 100 yards.

Well, either way I'm not waiting to find out.

Hardy !

Hardy !

Come over here !

Keep working, boys, every minute counts.

Get the men to the drills in that other tunnel now.

But, boss, this is a sure way to get to 'em.

There could be a 100 yards of rubble

to dig through in that tunnel.

Look, if we go through that other tunnel

we could miss 'em by a 100 yards.

Colt's in there.

He gambled that those two tunnels would meet dead center.

It's his life and we go with his gamble.

Alright, you're the boss

Knock it off, boys, we go to tunnel number two.

- It's caving-in. - It has caved-in.

What are they doing about it ? Can they get us out ?

Are you sure you want to get out ?

Well, why shouldn't |1 ?

No particular reason.

Well, was it your idea or Mrs. Tremaine's

to inspect the air drill ?

What are you getting at ?

Think it over.

The boss is alright.

That land slide was started by someone. Any idea who ?

No.

Someone who wanted us out of the way, along with the tunnel.

I don't believe it.

The gold shipments from the other mines around here

were taking from the stagecoach.

Then you ship them to the Carson City Mint as your own.

That's not true, we were held up the other day

you saw it yourself.

The hold-up was a fake.

According to the Assay office

your shipments were from the Stanislaus Mine.

How long has it been since the Lucifer produced ?

More than a year.

They're not gonna make it.

You're giving up.

I'm not, but our air is.

Then let's give them some help.

Breakthrough ! Breakthrough !

Breakthrough !

Chris, boy !

Dead center.

'Mrs. Tremaine.'

Captain Colt.

Surprised ?

I'm delighted.

Is Mr. Dodson alright ?

He's fine. An interesting talker.

Particularly when he is scared.

Now, where is Squires ?

He's helping at the tunnel.

He wouldn't do that.

He's the leader of the bandits.

Or are you, Mrs. Tremaine ?

It isn't going to matter much to you

who the ring leader is, Colt.

Just unbuckle that belt. Let it drop.

Sit down.

Now, that we have him, Jim, what're we gonna do with him.

I've got the wagon loaded with the gold

We'll let Colt ride along with us.

For a while. I'll get some clothes.

We'll walk Colt through the lobby.

You keep us company.

- Herb. - Yes, Mrs. Tremaine ?

Captain Colt has decided to return to Carson City

Mr. Squires and I are gonna ride aways with him.

Very good, Mrs. Tremaine.

Hope you have a pleasant trip, captain.

I'm sure it will be.

Shall we go, gentlemen ?

Alright, get over there beside her.

Alright, Squires, let's see if we can locate my gear.

Three hundred and seventy-five.

$375 to Captain Chris Colt

for hitting the pool right on the head.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Sure is a sizable chunk of money

to be taking back to Washington.

I think this oughta pay for the scotch

you boys will have tonight.

♪ There was a gun that won the west ♪

♪ There was a man among the best ♪

♪ The fastest gun or man alive ♪

♪ A lightning bolt when he drew that Colt .45 ♪

♪ He carried the message of law and of order ♪

♪ Into a wicked land ♪

♪ With a Colt single action army revolver ♪

♪ Blazing from either hand ♪

♪ There was the right, there was the wrong ♪

♪ The gun was quick, the man was strong ♪

♪ And peace was made when they'd arrived ♪

♪ A lightning bolt when he drew that Colt .45 ♪

♪ Colt .45 ♪

♪ Colt .45 ♪