Morning, peggy. Hello, dan. You look worried. Having troubles . Nothing i cant handle. Why, miss conlan, this is quite a surprise. Wont you sit down . This is not a s sial call. I just came here to tell you that you dont frighten me. You dont frighten my father, eieier. Im afraid i dont quite understand what you mean, you know exactly what i mean. Evererince my father refused to pay your gang of hired gunslingers and outlaw protection, youve threatened us. First you rustled our cattle, then you set fire to our barn. Now, just a minute but whoever tried to shoot my father last night was a bad shot those are very strong charges, young lady, and you cant prpre any of them. I know i cant, but i do know that manville was a peaceful town before you and your gang of hoodlums came here to offer us so much protection. Were protecting the citizens of manville. And d erybody in town, except your father and a few of his of being a member of the association. They have a choice of either paying you or losing everything they own. Now get t is straight dad wont pay you. Youre not gonna run us off. And the next time e have an accident on our ranch, im gonna you know what that girl said to me . No, but i can imagine. Shes quite a little spitfire. I dont see anything funny in this at all. Shes liable to carry out her threats. Calm downwnvic, ill take care of it. Boys, come in a minute. I want you to pick up that conlan girl and take her to the cabin down by y ogun ridge. Wait there till you hear from me. Right, boss. Whats the idea . I want you and one of the boys to go and call on the girls father. I dont think youll find it too difficult to persuade him that, if he loves his daughter, hed better join our association. Now, why hadnt i thought about that . So i see. Maybe we should join her, pancho. No, no, cisco, no se . Orita. No, no more girl. Lets st right here and rest in peaces, eh . All right, pancho. . . She should be a ang any minute now. Yeah, im in no hurry. Personally, id rather handle a rattler than that conlan gal. Oh, cisco, aint this better than chasing se . Oritas, huh . So nice and peaceful. No trouble. gunshot that t rl must be in trouble, pancho. Always say a little trouble. Wait, cisco. Let go of me be still, you little wildcat, or ill really fix ya youre big heroes, arent you . Two of you against a girl why, you bates, bring a rope did you ever see them before . No. Get down. Hold it. Wait till they get closer. Look out ambush oo a hole i imy sombrero. You can start worrying when they shoot a hole in your head, pancho. Pobrecita, me sombrero. Hold your fire, pancho. Yous just wasting shehes. But but they have spoiled my sombrero. Look, the wind gonna whistle through the holes. Lets get outta here. Thats right run, you cowards you havent seen the last of spanish im gonna make them buy me a new hat if they ever see me again pancho, get the horses while i see what became of the girl. Oh, girls, girls, girls theyre nothing but trouble, especially when cisco get mixed up with them here, miss, let me help you. Thanks you two certainly came along at the right time. Im pepey conlan, of the flying arrow ranch. My friends call me cisco. You mean cisco kid . S . , se . Orita,a,nd im pancho fernando jr. , with a hole in his hat. M mbe it is better that pancho and i see you home. And on the way over, you can tell us what happened. Thanks. I certainly appreciaia that. Pancho, find her horse. . . Get out of my house youre not welcome here, and you know it now, thats not very neighborly of you, especially when i came to do you a service. I know why youre here. Youve been here before, and my answers still the same you wont get a cent outta me well, its all right with me if thats ththway you feel about it. But, uh. By the way, wheres your daughter . Peggy . What do you mean . Oh, i heard some talk that you might never see her again. So, thats why she hasnt come back yet. If anything happens to my daughter, ill kill you and youll kill the only man that c c help you. You see, if you were to join our association, it would be our obligation t tsee that no harm came to your daughter. Do i make myself clear . Whats the matter . Those horses in front of the houseone of them belongs to maybe it is better if we left our horses here and went in the house through the side door. All right, ill sign up. Very wise decision, one that youll never regret. Now, if youll just fill out this application and a check for 500. Five hundred . Last week you said it would be 300. That was last week. Why, you lowdown now, just remember your daughter. Sign here. Just a minute so, youre the man ive heard so much about. You sell protection, huh . Thats putting it rather crudely, mister. Dont mister me. My name is cisco. Cisco kid . Yes. Youve heard of me . Why, of course. You also heard that i hate nothing more than extortion and the men behind it you, for instance. Now, see here, ii sell legitimate protection. Legitimate, huh . Kidnapping a girl and then trying to force her father to pay is that legitimatete thats not true. And youre going to get it, mistst. And youre going to get it the way cisco pays it off. . . Look, boys cisco. . . Come on good boy, pancho get out, you and d e rest of your kind clean out of the country therell be no more protection monenepaid out if i have anything to say about it. Go on here, se . Orita. Heres 10 for you for the man who break the picture with his head, and 10 for me to fix the hole in my hat. Andale i want to thank you boys very much for what you just did. Ah, thats nothing, se . Or. What cisco dont like, pancho dont like twice as good. Do you think he and his men will really clear out, cisco . I dont know. Tell me, how did such a situation develop here . Isnt there any law around . Well, its like this, cisco. Things started happening all of a suddenrobberies, holdupsand then after three town marshals were killed, why nobody wanted the job. Who is responsible for the organization of this association . The man who left here . It wasnt organized, cisco. The association was brought in gambling casino in town. I see. You know him well . Now, wait a minute, cisco, if you think that hes mixed up with these crooks, just forget it. Hes as honest as the day is long. I think pancho and i will take a look around town, eh . Yeah, and i go look for a new hat that dont got some old holes in it. See you later. Okay. Cisco means business. If youre gonna sit on your hands and do nothing about him, im clearing out. Who said i wasnt gonna do anything about it . Then why dont you order the boys to go out and get him and his pal . My dear vic, why should the mountain go to muhammad . I know ciscos reputation very well. And unless im badly mistakenand i dont think i amhell be riding into . . Take over, pancho. Go after him, you lunkhead hurry up cisco, why you stop me from shooting . I could kill him dead. Yes, and it wouldve brought the rest of em swarming about well, i didnt think about that. It looks like they dodot want us to poke our noses into this protective blackmail of theirs. Cisco, pancho can tata a hint. Lets take our horses and went. Not yet, pancho, not until we find the real brains behind this blackmail. Dont you know who it is . Its that fellow whos selling protection. Pancho, i said the brains, i couldnt find em down there. Did you look in there . No. Hey, cisco, what are you looking for . Shells, pancho, empty shells. Hey fellas. Well, weve looked high and low, and they just simply disappeared. I think that im not interested in what you think. I want them found if you have to turn the whole town upside down. I tell ya weve looked hey look, cisco, look what was that . Sounded like something fell in the gold room. Hey, you think somebody hr that . Well soon find out. Get the boys to surround the place. Get upstairs and have a look around. Cover that back room. Put your gun away, pancho. . . Get up there and smoke em out lets get him outta here. We are trapped like pigs up a tree, and its all my fault. They havent got us yet, pancho. Look, i have an id. Them downstairs. Now, listen. Give them another blast. Mister, dont shoot i am coming out come down wi your hands up. Wheres cisco . Cisco didnt was with me. Im all alone by myself. I climb up the back. . . Hes not up here. Ill look in the other room. All right, bring him over here. Oh, here. Hes not up hereranywhere. Well, it looks like youre gonna have to tell us where he is. Dont rush me, se . Or, or i will forget what im trying to tell you. You see, cisco, he say to me, pancho, this is what i want you to do, and when i ask him why, hehe saywell, i dont remember. You dont remembebe eh . No. Perhaps we can help you to remember. Give me thatatun. Put him over in that corner. Ive always heard that the cisco kid would come arunnin whenever his pal needed help. That is right. Cisco always come running when pancho needs the help. Well, his pal needs help gonna like it because you spoiled his wallpaper. Are you ready to talk now . Pancho is always ready to talk now. Then where is cisco . Didnt i tell you before i dont know where cisco is . All right. Youre gonna wreck up this place and lose the poker chippies. Between your e es. One, two. Can y y take that . This is a rapid punches. Punch, punch, punch. Where youre going, mister, they dont charge for protection. Its all for free, including room, board, and even clothes. Well, cisco, thanks to you and pancho, manvle wont have any more trouble with those protective blackmailers. gunshot whats the matter, panchoho nothing is the matter, cisco only, see, the ones that shoot a hole in my hat, so pancho put a hole in each of their hats oh, pancho . . Goodbye, amigos see you soon . . . . Man please, please. Help me man please man please where are ya . Here. Frank. What happened . Mmr. Gilman. Better get. Into town. They need ya. Frank who did this to you . Mr. Gilman. Hurry. weakly. mumbling quietly frank . Frank . . Trackdown ays. When hed left, porter had been like any other small town. . . Blake hoby look out gun shot who is it . Blake yedor. In the bank. Blake hoby yeah . We can cover you from here. Where are they . In the saloon. One of thems on the second floor. gun shot oh, thank goodness youre back. Were in real trouble, hoby. Did frank get through to you, hoby . Yeah, i found him on at topple road. Did he come back in with ya . sighs no, doc. Were gonna have to send somebody back after him. Oh, no. Now whats goin on here . Well, its the hastings gang. Yesterday morning they rode in and they. Well, they just took the town right over yesterday morning . Oh, its been quite a session. And weve been here all night, hoby. All right, now. From the beginning. Whats happened . Well, youve heard of will hastings and his bunch, hm . Everybody in south texas has. Mhm. Well, theyre across the street at tenner smiths place. The whole bunch . I counted six. There could be more. No, thats all. Just six. Well, its enough to make it count. Been breakin up things, beatin people up. Doc parently, just for the fun of it. Oh, theyre guns on the street, but nobodys usin em. What do you mean . Henrietta just that. Judge henrys got a bunch down at the hotel. Ralphs got some at the back of the saloon. T dare shoot back. Well, why not . They hurt him . Were not sure. What do you mean youre not sure . Well, last night he wasast one of the windows and. Look like hes tryna get away. Well, thats the last time we saw him. laughing lee . Yeah, will . What are pilgrims up to . Ah, not much. Uh, someone just rode in. Lee joined the bank crowd. Yeah . Who is he . I dunno. Looks like might be the town law. Yeah, well keep eye on em. You got it got a nice little town here. You know that, boss man . How long you planning on staying . Till the rest of the boys get here. That all right with you . Hey, you want a drink there, boss man . Huh . , hes to the town of porter. It wasnt nice when they shouldve indistinct . laughing thats a corker, will hey, how bout that, boss man . Aint that a corker . Yeah, yeah, a real corker. Hastings hoby will hastitis somebody in the bank, will. Hoby hastings who is i i hoby gilman head. Talk ah, not this way. I wanna see ya. You got words . Use em from there well, what do ya got to lose . Ill give you my word. None of my people will lift a gun. Dont go for it, will. Dont trust him. Nah. No, id like to hear what hes got to say. Guthrie all right, ranger. Ill talk. Id keep him in your sighgh, but no shooting unless he starts somethin. Hoby, maybe henrietta, i got to try and talk him out of there i dont know any other way to go bout it. Will ranger i got your gambler friend here you gimme trouble and he dies. You understand . I gave you my word anything happens, i dont wanna see him alive when i get back. Cover the lawman from the tiny steps on the street. Any bad move, drop him. You got it right, will. I want you outside first, ranger you got a better idea . All right, anybody in thee s. I gave hastings my word hed be safe out here. Hes holding tenner smith a hostage. If you start anything, tennerll answer for it. . . Hastings, come on out. Your gun belt drop it in the street so youre the law in town, huh . How long do you figure to be in porter . Well, that all depends, mr. Gilman. On what . Well, see were expectin some more of our boys, uh. They were supposed to be here yesterday, but i guess somethin musta held em up. Well when they get here, what then . Well ride on. You see, were on our way south totooin up with general diaz. I hear he can use some good fightin men. So we figure we juju trot down to mexico and give em a hand with his war. Hastings, i want you to get these saddled tramps together and ride out of porter right now, you hear me . Doesnt seem youre standin in the right place to be tellin me what to do. Will well stay as long as we like. And anybody tries to chew w us is gonna get their objection shoved right down their throat. And you Better Believe it. I do. I found the man your boys beat up on at topple road. Well, that wasas shame. Otherwise now,w,idnt we . What about tenner smith . The gambler . Oh, wed like to keep him with us. He makes the saloon seem a little more cheery. All right, hastings. Im a give you five minutes to say good bye to the town of porter. Hoby and about mr. Smith, you lay a hand on him, and ill strip p e skin off of your back. Ill braid it into a rope and haha you with it. gun shot your bright friend just blew it. You know that, dont you, gambler . It wasnt hoby. Well, he was standin in front of him. Come one lets kill him hoby Hastings Hastings i had nothin to do with that. You heard me tell em hoby now, dont take it out on tenner. It wasnt his fault. Then who do i blame, ranger . Huh . Will tell me that you can walk out, will. I give yououy word. Open the door and nobodyll try to stop you if you leave now. Hoby how bout it . But you cant promise that. Notnot after what theyve done. What about frank . Youre not just gonna forget about him. Tenner is ststl alive. I promise him a move and try to deliver it to try and get him outta there. All right, how bout it, hastings . Whatd ya say, will . Lets just lets take him up on it, huh . I toldldhe rest of the boys wed wait here till tonight. Theyre not here by dark, we leave. E. Butcha said boy, you just havent got any sense at all, have you . None at all. Hes the only thing thats keepin them across the street. Will anything happens to h h and theyll be down on us so fast will wouldnt know what hit us. So just back off and stay there. Im gonna kill him before we leave this town. Guthrie i s sar it. Will ill give him to you as a present when we leave. Right now, put him back in the office and get him outta the way. Oh, come on. Lets go come on . . Well, this is going just about far enough. Itll be dark in an hour. Doc, when the light goes, move some kind of cupboard in front of the building here. Right now, check down at the e tel. Tell em were gonna try to make a move. And, uh, make sure that they got that end of the street bottled up. And that theyre takin their directions from here. Blake. Now you go find ralph. Tell him what were gonna try to do. And have him round up every man he can find. I want a ray of guns around that place. Now, blake . Yup . Now, i want it clearly understood that hastings and the rest of em are gonna have the chance to o lk out. What if they dont take it . Well, we offered it. You check with the judge . Yeah, hes gettin readadnow. Whats the plan . Lock em in. Let em know were not kiddin. Anything new out on the street . No, uh, i sent a telegram to austin. And i told em what we were up against. They offered to help. Lotta good thatll do us. Yeah, thats what i told em. What about the rest of the gang . Any word on them . Yeah. 30 of em hit lamesa last night and drove the town right into the dirt. Trailed em as far as big spring and then lost em. 30 of em . And just lost em . Well, it can happen, doc. stretches i dont understand it, hoby. What makes a bunch of youngstete go off on this kind of a toot . Well, doc, if i had the answer to that, id bottle it and save the world. Well, weddetter get back to the bank. Whats a matttt . Somethin goin on. Whatd ya think . Well, theyre comin for us. Maybe theyll still let t. Huh, will . Ask em tom will tom tom yeah . Yeah, will . Will bring the gambler out here gun shot gun shot what happened . Hes gone. sighs gun c ccking welllli guess we can go in now. All right, load em up boys. We dont have to go to mexico for a war. Hoby. gun shots screaming gun shots sigh of relief well, mr. Smith, ive seen you land in a room with more grace thth that but never with more relief, mr. Gilman, to be sure. Well, what about this hastings and his group . The whole bunch ofofem. How many are there . Six. Mhm. They all downstairs now . They were before i leftft mhm. All right. Lets go get em outta there. . . How bout the back . I just checked with ralph. Hastings hoby will hastings back off, ranger youre in bad trouble now, will. You tell me about it if you wanna get killed, youre goin about it the right way. What about the others . Maybe they want a chance theyll stand with me what now, mr. Gilman . Tear it apart. gun shotsts gun shots e shooting went on for an hour. Several of the men of porter were hit. And there seemed to be no lessening of fire from the saloon. It began to look like a stalemate. gun shots well, mr. Gilman, we cant shoot em out of the place. Maybe we can burn em out. Not my place. Its a mess, but at least the walls are standing. There must be some way. If they cant breathe, they cant shoot. gun shot coughing coughing how do i know . They got us. They got us for sure. We cant stay here much coughing longer. You got any ideas how we get outta here . I know how im gettin out. You move for that door and i kill ya. coughing guthrie ranger ya hear me, ranger . We wanna give up how many are there . Three. Altogether, three come on out guthrie dont shoot please, dont shoot gun shots gun shots there they are, ranger come on and get em you wanted em . Come on and get em its just hastings left. Hes mine. Tanner, dont ahhh gun shots he was dead when he hit the floor. The shooting started at 6 30. At 7 45, it was over. Beats me how a thing like this gets started. Youngsters, every one of them. Not one over 23. Hardly out of school. Yeah, somewhere along the line, they managed to pick up a pretty good education. It just doesnt make sense. Why, mr. Gilman . Where do we find the answer . . Thats him. Dont let him get too far. . Put your hands up, and take your last breath