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my face

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starring tommy rettig as jeff miller

jan clayton as his mother ellen

george cleveland as gramps

and of course laughing

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hungry glasses

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you hungry

all right guys

all right

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can you tell us how to get to the miller

farm george miller that's right

that's about half a mile up the road you

bear left after you pass the lake this

farm on the right thanks

old macdonald had a farm e-i-e-i-o

and on his farm he had some chicks

e-i-e-i-o

with a chick chick here and a chick

chick there

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red fox

go get him lassie

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get him lassie

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you think anybody coming around that

bend and slow down

come on

hey where's your basket

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look

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it's the same one leslie

come on

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who's here mom well it's a nice friendly

greeting that's better

a couple of men from capitol city down

talking business with gramps they almost

ran over lassie they can turn around the

bend never slowed down even suppose you

were walking down the middle of the road

i'm not honest lassie was chasing a fox

and they were going at least a million

miles an hour

at least a million

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heavy

hot

they'll go off to a minute

what are they talking to gramps about

who the man

oh i wouldn't know i don't care young

fella i didn't put that water underneath

the ground neither did you the lord put

it where he put it and he must had

reason

you don't seem to understand mr miller

understand the lord

no

do you mr hazard

there'll be much more water by the time

we finish dredging the well not only

that sir but we'll pipe it down into the

valley and purify it before it reaches

the consumer

well i've been drinking it the way it is

for 68 years

that may well be mr miller but there's

no telling when it might become

contaminated

well when it does you two fellas come

around and we'll all have a drink

together huh

can i have a cookie now germany

did you catch any fish nothing but an

old sucker lassie killed a snake

which one you bring home neither

lassie how about you

where are you going honey who brought

her steve no no sweetheart he's busy i

don't want you bothering him but if you

don't have anything better to do you

might get me six years of corn please

okay

we don't seem to be getting anywhere

obviously you just don't want to listen

to reason oh i've been listening make no

mistake about that

trouble is you ain't said nothing that

sounded reasonable

all right mr miller it's your property

and you're well thank you for your time

sir good to meet you mr miller same here

you mr sanders

i'll show you at the door

you know mr hazlett uh if you don't mind

my saying so i uh

i don't think you handle him quite right

you're a lawyer saunders not a

businessman don't tell me how to buy

property from farmers all right

but i liked his sense of humor and i

admired the stand he took well that's

fine in the meantime we're going into

town and look up the deep to this

property

a lot of those old farm deeds had flaws

in them

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it's certainly nothing to lose your

temper over he said no and that's that

well i just don't like the idea of

people interfering with nature oh well

that's a lot of nonsense you know as

well as i do that irrigation and

chemical fertilizers have improved the

crops or don't you call that interfering

with nature oh

you just won't accept progress

even in your own home

old-fashioned gas stove old-fashioned

icebox and that horrible musty parlor

furniture

you want me to sell that land you want

pledges wretched and pumps of pumpkin

and everyone from here from calvin with

a water meter on the line and having to

pay off their hard-earned cash every

time they want to drink a water you want

me to do that

camper camper now women got about as

much sense as a day old pig

father little pictures had big ears i

know

can i be excused no

yes

come on lassie

you know what we're going lastly we're

gonna go find that well

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according to the map and the information

i got

it should be right around these rocks

somewhere

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there it is

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know i told you some of these old farm

deeds had flaws in them

we find any water in this thing

we can make a deal

i still think you're going at this the

wrong way mr haslam after all if you're

going to come into this community bring

the measuring line it's on the back seat

of the car

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wait a minute

it's the same ones lassie go back to the

house and get grams i'll sneak up on

them and watch what they're doing

go on

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go on

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hear that gurgling

there's an active spring under that well

bed

millions of gallons of water going to

waste

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there

just hit bottom start winding up

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17 and a half feet of water pretty deep

well

let's go see that barton woman look mr

hazlett don't you think that we i want

this well and i'm gonna get it

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where is jeff girl huh where is he

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do you know that you nearly scared the

daylights out of us who may yes you oh

who took the burden off

the water company fellas that's why i

sent lassie to get you they lowered

something down the world and they reeled

it in again the one with the mustache

said that it was 17 and a half feet deep

and then they went to see a woman

are you making this up

oh no honest that's glassy she saw them

i'll do that little thing

and look they left their shovel here now

do you believe me why the fucil animals

are better stop that

where'd they go they want to see the

woman white woman uh no i suggest that

we don't pursue that subject any further

i also suggest we go back to the house i

have a chicken in the oven now come on

chef now hold on a minute

the villains have come and gone there is

nothing more to be accomplished here and

you don't like burnt chicken now march

all right

yeah

i'm coming

oh matt

george miller

all fair to midland

say matt do you hear anything about this

fella from capital cities trying to pick

up water rights

yeah name is hazlitt

uh-huh

well here's the way i look at it we got

uh more water than we need right now

but if they start tapping in and piping

it out come along a dry spell the same

thing is going to happen here that

happened up question way

we'll have no water

maybe you better call a grains meeting

tomorrow night at your place

right

yeah they say don't forget the checker

game

salary huh all right goodbye

i recollect now how it come about

george miller give paul a heifer calf

for that strip of middle land

back um

40 years to us well evidently no deed

was drawn because none is recorded

what's that

i said uh no deed was recorded no piece

of paper was signed

them days a man's words stood well i

wish we could do business that way now

but unfortunately big companies require

something on paper that's why we bring

our lawyers along

nice looking young fella

thank you

uh now to get back to that strip of

middle land that barton mr saunders has

a deed in quick claim with him

all you have to do is sign it and we can

get to work bringing more water to the

people in the valley

get it out

don't suppose george miller had any

objection well why should he mr miller

is just as anxious as we all are to

bring good water facilities to the

community

look here i don't think never mind about

this on this

now

here we are miss barton

i wouldn't want to do nothing to ride

george miller

the land's rightfully his don't you

worry about him

i'm sorry i can't be a party to this

uh would you say

if you'll if you just sign right here

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well made up my mind ellen

about what

first thing in the morning i'm gonna

dump a load of rock into that well and

cement it up

well i think that's a good idea on

general principles but we should stop

worrying about those water company

people it's your land they can't take it

away from you

well i don't know

what do you mean

i got that piece from cyborg 40 years

ago

and i

whether i found a detail into that

you worry about the silliest things you

know suppose liz barton's gonna ask for

that land back now

no but that hazard's a tricky one i can

tell be his eyes

the day anyone puts anything over on you

will be a long cold rainy sunday well

i'm getting old ellen i ain't as sharp

as i used to be

you're not getting old yes i am

the older you get

the more i love you

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you better get out of here before my

gramps catches you go out home kid you

got no right here i said beat it you

can't put that here

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hazard

i'm wearing a branch down to you

grab it i can't see

i can't see reach for it

i got it

all right now hang on look has it i

can't pull you out with this branch it's

dead wood and it'll break if i try to

you know where you get a rope son

yeah

well go ahead get me out of here it's

freezing cold all right hang on hang on

we're going to get you out somehow you

have a pencil on a piece of paper pencil

and paper

yeah my inside pocket

you're getting hot i just hang on

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we're sending for help

it's freezing cold hurry up son

here i see take it to grabs

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it really ain't got mistakes with me

gramps man and well bring rope jeff

that's jeff's writing all right nobody

else spells like that you need me no i

don't need

thunder

get me out here we're waiting for a rope

you sure that dog understood son sure

she did

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your grandfather better hurry up with

that rope

here he comes

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it's a couple of minutes more hazlett

good girl lassie here

all right

you got here just in time gramps he's

freezing down there

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we're lowering a rope to you it's got a

loop in it

slip it under your arms

have you got it

yeah

all right y'all when you're ready

lassie jumped and grabs me fell in the

well

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can you hold it yes i can hold it all

right hang on jeff

hazlett

cool yeah please

we're gonna get you out

what's he doing gramps i don't know but

i don't figure to hold this rope all day

hey

all right pull him out

watch this he was going to put it here

gramps well he bought the land for miss

barton you're fusillanimous

on jeff

mr miller

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must say you two are a wonderful company

tonight

big grouch and little grouch

chicken's dead father you don't have to

keep stabbing few solo animus pool caps

yes i said it and i say it again that

fucilla animus pull pets

well i i'd say it too if i could

pronounce it i can't please look

you talked to liz barton yes she almost

had a stroke

it wasn't her fault they gave her to

understand that i knew all about it was

willing for them to have that maker

that's designed this almost dishonest

when those mealy-mouthed night crawlers

would steal the father of the peace

while he was ignorant i tell you

good evening uh my name's saunders

i'm ellen miller won't you come in

hello mr miller

we were just having our suffering

i'm sorry i'll only stay a moment

mr hazlett's resting at the hotel after

his experience today

mr haslam uh isn't he the one who

fell down the well today

yes yes and it couldn't have happened to

a more deserving individual

i uh came by to tell you mr miller that

i've resigned as hazlitt's attorney

but more important i wanted to give you

the deed and quit claim uh miss barton

signed today

you remember when we were hauling him

out i asked you to hang onto the rope

for a moment went over to the well yeah

well that's why i made the deal to get

your half acre back either that or

another dunking

young color

i want to shake your hand oh thank you

sir

me too are you bad

well that

does make it unanimous

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well now that really makes it unanimous

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you