Original subtitles

here he comes here he comes there's the

trumpets there's the drums here he comes

home

[Music]

i've been through something like this

before and i had the feeling that come

nightfall the town of san marcos would

be ripe for a sample of crude

old-fashioned western justice

a lynching

i could tell it with the whispers of the

people in the street the way they kept

watching the jail

[Music]

and their intended victim was young

carlos valero the son of my long time

friend dawn raymond

hey hobby

yes red i think liro's coming out of it

good

[Music]

get me a cup of water when you read

[Music]

just an hour ago red and i had ridden

into the border town of san marcos on

our way to pick up some cattle at the

valera ranch and had learned that valero

still unconscious from a beating was

being held by the sheriff on a charge of

murdering a rancher by the name of

taggart

tag it must have got one good lick in

before valera knifed him

yeah carlos

drink some of this you'll be all right

take it easy

that's good

it's in your casualty my friend

sheriff

jail

senor cassidy

why am i here has this been a bad dream

your knife and tiger's back weren't no

dream

my knife

taggers

sheriff i've known valeria since he was

a kid i knew his father before that and

not the kind that go around sticking

people in the back well i know is what i

saw

there's always a first time for

everything

carlos

you want to try to tell me what happened

so up saying you're happy

but this i swear to you is the truth

yesterday i received a note from trini

and who is training

she's a girl who works in the dance hall

she set for me to meet her in her room

at the hotel at midnight

just as i walked into her room

something hit me over the head

and that's all i remember

and what happened to this note that

trini sent you

i have it here

be in my room at the hotel at midnight

tonight is important to you

trini

and you just take it easy for a few

months i want time to think this out

we'll be right into here

do you believe valero's story

well of course i do well i'm not dumb

enough too

who asked your opinion

well i'm sure if they die yeah i've seen

dog catchers make a better sheriff i

don't have to stand here and be insulted

my own office then sit down red bread

the sheriff has a right to his own

opinion till we convince him otherwise

i had run into this kind of sheriff

before

well-meaning enough with a little dumb

by the way

i wear a marshall's badge in my own

county

maybe you better swear me in as you're a

deputy just in case anybody gets the

idea trying a necktie party they are

better tiger is pretty popular around

these parts yes he was

i wanted that deputies badge so i could

operate within the law

[Music]

yes

oh yes

uh

i'll do all i can to help you mr deputy

you see i read a great many detective

stories and i have a theory well that

sounds very interesting but i'd like to

know what time valera came to the hotel

at exactly five minutes to 12.

it was all very unusual but i knew he

was a friend of miss trinis and she

being one of our special pets and what

time did tiger get here

at exactly 12 o'clock

i happen to know the exact time because

i always have my cup of tea at 12. i see

and where was trini all this time at

work as usual oh she has a perfect alibi

she left here at 10 o'clock to go to the

saloon and didn't get home until

daylight it was she who discovered the

murder you never heard such screaming

has anything in the room been disturbed

heavens no i've read enough detective

stories to know better than to let

anyone do that

i'd like to take a look at the room oh

yes sir

it's the last room on the left on this

floor you go right down to the end of

the hall now i have a theory yes i'm

sure you have but do you mind if i

listen to it later

my theory is that when miss trini sent

those notes she got her dates mixed up

and when taggart found valero

[Music]

i had come to trini's room hoping to

find some lead something to work on and

i found plenty

in the first place the room was in

perfect order not the least sign of a

struggle between valero and taggart

a note that i'd found on tiger's body

read exactly the same was the one valera

had given me

the dust on the sill had been disturbed

that could have been caused by someone

crawling in through the window

a tall man could have pulled himself up

without too much trouble and sure enough

there were fresh heel marks in the dirt

under the window

[Music]

now i began to see it someone had hid

behind the door waited for valera and

hit him over the head with a gun then

taken his knife and killed taggart when

he came to the room

it was a smart piece of framing but who

was he and why

maybe trina's notes would give us the

answer

when i'd finished telling the sheriff

and read what i'd found out at the hotel

i'd swear that's the same handwriting in

both notes that's what hoppy just got

through telling you

guess i better bring in trini for

questioning about the notes no not yet i

want to get another sample of her

handwriting and she can't lie about

writing them

that'll be your job red

just pretend that you've got a lot of

money and uh maybe you've had a little

too much to drink oh now hoppy how can i

do that you know that dead ratted stuff

always giving me the hiccups just the

smell of it

try putting some cotton in your nose try

putting some of your mouth too might

keep you from talking so much why don't

you shut up red

you got work to do get over the saloon

and have a talk with trini

and i don't think trini will be too hard

to meet

get out of here

[Music]

i've given rent a few minutes start i

didn't want anyone to know that he was

tied in with me

but red has the habit of doing things

the hard way

i wanted to be near in case he made any

slip up and got into trouble the reason

i wanted to talk to you miss training

was because you remind me so much of my

little daughter susie that was killed in

a stampede

there she was riding at the head of a

herd of stamping cattle

little golden curls waving in the wind

trying to save the settlers

i thought you told me your daughter's

name was jenny

[Music]

that was my other daughter

she was a pretty little thing too

blue eyes golden hair

my boy

oh i've had a sad life miss treaty

hey you

do you mind taking your trouble

somewhere else

you're disturbing our game don't you go

telling me what to do mister

i'm sorry if i disturbed your game

mystery it was just that my bereavement

was too much for me

for two cents i'd toss you out of here

come on russ it's your deal you're

hauling up the game

[Music]

we will bring to the memory of your

daughter

tell you what i'd like you to do miss

trinity

i'd like you to give me a little memento

of the occasion memento like what

oh like uh maybe an autographer you know

he

writes something on a piece of favor

write me something nice

all right

what shall i say

oh

say to my dear friend red

man i'd most like to meet at midnight

this will remind you of your daughter oh

yes

she used to like to go on midnight rides

with me

[Music]

read it to me amit amigo el senor rojo

that's in spanish

sure i wrote him in spanish

but i can't read spanish

that makes us even i do not know how to

write in english

[Music]

i knew that something had aroused the

interest of the man named ross and i

didn't know how far red would go

now that he was confused i had to get

him out of here in a hurry without

tipping my own hand oh right if you

don't like him in spanish we tear him up

now that's a fine thing to do after all

the money i spent on youtube i know

you've been drinking but i think you

bothered this little lady about long

enough i'll get out of here and leave

her alone

well come on get out

if you hadn't handled that old coup d

i'd have done it myself

well i thought it was about time to do

something

thank you senor i was beginning to get

tired of him

and anyway i like you much better

maybe you would like twinny to buy you a

drink yes

no thanks not right now i got things to

do

here buy yourself a couple of drinks i

may be back later i hope so

[Music]

[Applause]

sorry i messed things all up poppy

guess i'm just no good what are you

talking about nobody could have done it

any better and what a liar you were

wonderful

i was for sure

you proved that trini couldn't have

written those notes didn't you

did i do that you certainly did

and now we're gonna have to find out who

sent those notes and why

that's an impossible task

ah maybe not

who brought the note to you

man by the name of ross he's a gambler

who hangs around the saloon

yeah i know who he is

what do you know about this ross sure

oh not much

he rode into town a couple of weeks ago

with a man named bailey

who's bailey oh he's a big man with

chin whiskers and heavy sideburns

does he have a knife square on his right

hand

i never noticed

you wouldn't

carlos i want you to think hard

were you and tiger tied up in any way

we both like trini

no that's not what i mean

is there any reason why anyone would

want to get even with both of you

not that i can think of

wait a minute

you might have something

about six years ago my father and senor

taggart found out that a man by the name

of blake was smuggling arms across the

border well i remember the case

taggart and don ramon brought big blake

in

he was convicted and sentenced for five

years

do you have the file on that case

sheriff

must be around here somewhere

maybe those old filing cases let's take

a look

two hours and a half dozen filing

drawers later i found what i was looking

for

the picture and description of blake was

close enough to fit ross's pal bailey he

could grow a beard but that knife scar

on his right hand would always give him

away

now we had a suspect and the motive

but how to prove that blake or bailey as

he called himself but killed taggat was

the problem

then an idea hit me

hey sheriff

is there some place nearby where we can

hide belair for a while

yeah the little ranch house three miles

out the north road good

red use the back door get down to the

liver stable and hire light wagon and

bring it around the alley back of the

jail and bring a tarpaulin horn a tarp

oh you you mean it's our polio

okay kesley i don't like this

high-handed business what's the idea

thinking you can take my prisoner take

it easy sheriff i'm just trying to give

you a chance to prove that you're smart

enough to bring in the man who really

killed taggart you willing to take a

chance with me

i'll take a chance

let him out

[Music]

foreign

[Music]

so

[Music]

all right come on in i'll put the rig

away and be right back all right sheriff

there you are carlos i think you'll be

all right here until i get back as long

as red's here to take care of yeah you

can depend on me hoppy sure

maybe you better tie a string on it

well i'd better get back to town

you just take it easy buy a condos and

you're happy thank you very much carlos

and if everything goes away i hope it

will you'll be cleared of all charges in

a few hours hostile ego

yeah i have to live vegan

i wasn't half as optimistic as i'd made

it sound i knew that if blake was my man

i was up against someone who was not

only a cold-blooded killer but a mighty

smart one as well

all right sure

[Music]

on the way back to town i told the

sheriff everything i wanted him to do

when i was sure he had a down pat i'd

sent him a head to slip into town the

same way he'd left it

so

[Music]

i could only hope that the sheriff would

be able to handle his end of the job

the chips were down and i'd have to play

this game through to the last card

how about having that drink with me now

i'm busy right now

how about having a little talk

what about

business what kind of business

cattle

cattle's not my line i'm not interested

not even if they happen to be carlos

valero's candidate

jess what are you trying to say hey

everybody the leno's escaped he's

heading south i want a posse here's

shardy you jack jim come on come on

they won't find him heading south blake

my name is bailey

it wasn't when you were doing time on

the federal penitentiary no use to reach

right now you and i are playing on the

same team

want to listen to a proposition if you

got anything to say to me let's go in

the back room

i want to come right to the point blake

i can use you and i think you can use me

what makes you think my name's blake

the beard might have fooled me but that

knife scar on your hand was the tip off

see i had a friend who was serving a

sentence at the same time in places you

did

so i know all about you

go on i'm listening

it wasn't hard to figure that you were

here to even things up with taggart and

the son of your other enemy dawn raymond

take it easy i said we're on the same

team

i want valera out of the way as much as

i think you do

and why all this talk let's follow the

party and get him wait i'm gonna the

posse isn't gonna catch up with him i

made sure the sheriff would lead him

away from valera

are you crazy

no

i want you to go after valera alone huh

i'll tell you where he's hiding

and you're gonna be a hero for tracking

down and killing and escaping murderer

do you come in on this that's simple

i've got to build a sale for a thousand

head of valera's cattle he's got my

draft for ten thousand dollars now if i

can get that money back without anybody

knowing anything about it i'll be that

much ahead

lest the thousand i figure i've given

you

why don't you go out and get him and you

draft yourself

now how would that look i'm supposed to

be his friend

you're a smart operator

no i'm just lucky i have to be in town

buying some cattle the same time you

were here for your reason

say i was willing to go along with you

how do i know you could lead me to

valero

i'm the one that talked the sheriff into

hiding him in case anyone got

lynch-minded the sheriff thinks he can

sneak belair out to the county seat as

soon as it gets dark

i'll play it your way

then we'll have enough on each other

that we'll both have to keep our mouths

shut

then it was you who knifed tigered and

framed valera huh

yeah

you had it figured right get your hands

up i'm the law you're under arrest

what do you got here when you did russ

now we'll have to run for it the sheriff

is probably in on everything you'll

still be able to do what you came here

for valera's out the sheriff's house

with no one except that old wind bag to

take care of him how do you know

i saw him and his partner sneaking a

wagon out of town with a sheriff i got

suspicious and trailed him

we'll stop by and take care of valero on

our way to the border come on

[Music]

i heard them leave the back room i heard

the sound of their horses galloping away

i couldn't move i had to get up and get

them before they got to the sheriff's

house

i had to

[Music]

don't shoot again i'll give up

i'm out in the open with your hands up

all right red

right as rain hoppy carlos is too thanks

to you and hoppy

all right red get the wagon we're taking

blake on the first leg of a long long

trip i'll help you

well sheriff i'll see that valera gets

home

now posse will help you get blake over

to the county seat in the morning and

don't worry about a thing you got enough

evidence you victim a dozen times thanks

to you huffy

i guess i won't be leaving this anymore

i kind of wish you'd keep that badge i

might be needing your help again

sometimes you just call and i'll be

careful as for you your big loud mouse

clumsy bull

why are you lonely wait a minute

you're welcome back anytime too you're a

darn good man i have around particularly

when the chips are down

i found that out a long time ago so long

sheriff goodbye hoppy come on

there he goes

[Music]

he'll return

soon

again there's no use to say goodbye

until then