?? >> a ranch. cisco, let's went down there because if i don't get a drink of water pretty soon, i'm gonna die of thirsty. vamos. cisco, look at the sign. what it say, "keeps out or you will be shoot." >> friendly sort of a place, isn't it? good with bullet holes in him. >> oh, nobody'd accuse us a little water, pancho. come on. >> hurry up, cisco, i'm terrible thirsty. >> just a minute. don't drink that water. >> yeah, but, cisco, i don't got some water for lots of hours. i am thirsty. >> drop those guns, you sidewinders! i've got you covered. hurry up, or i'll-- >> we didn't shoot him, cisco. what happened to him? >> he's fainted. pancho, get some water--not >> i said the kitchen, pancho. he's not hurt as badly as i thought, pancho. he's mostly weak from loss of blood. >> why didn't you let me get the water from the well? >> because i noticed traces of oil on top. >> oil? (whistles) then this place must be worth lots of pesos, eh? >> say, pancho, can't you think of anything else but money? >> no. >> oh. >> (moans) >> ah, you are awake, my friend. you are feeling better, i hope? >> -- you care. >> hey, cisco, he's the most thankless man i never see in my whole life--and we save his life and he's non-greatless. >> why did you shoot at us, mister? >> why? that's a laugh. you two birds tried to kill me a little while ago, and you came back to finish the job. you ask me why. well, get on with it, but you tell turner i'll come back from the grave and haunt him. >> who is this turner? >> we don't know, turner. we never saw you before. >> get your hands up, you two. >> good work, mary. give me the gun. >> i can take care of 'em. >> you heard what said, keep your hands up. >> why? we didn't try to kill your friend. we only wanted some water. >> keep back, or i'll shoot. >> go right ahead. >> shoot, mary, shoot! >> look out, cisco! >> oh, turk. if you don't leave him alone, you'll answer to the sheriff. >> leave him alone? we didn't do something to him. we tried to keep him alive for you. >> now, suppose we all relax, about. >> hey, cisco, this sticking your nose in other people's business is gonna get it chopped off right in the middle. >> but, pancho, the boy thinks that the girl's uncle, the banker, is behind all his trouble, and the girl thinks the boy is crazy. so we have to have a talk with the banker and see who's right. >> yeah, and like always, the trouble commence to begin, eh? >> now, just who are he thinks you hired us to kill him because he has oil on his property, and you hold a note against it. >> oil on his property? >> si, se?or, and he say you don't want him to marry your niece. >> that's only partly true. >> oh, mr. turner. >> oh, i'll be with you in a minute, george. sit down. >> thank you. >> gentlemen, it's true that i didn't want them to get married, not at first. but after mary convince me that she would marry turk willy-nilly, why there's nothing i wouldn't do for the boy, especially now that he struck oil. >> you mean that, mr. turner? >> i most certainly do. him an extension of his note. that'll convince him more than anything in the world that he's wrong about you. >> well, this is rather awkward. you see, i sold his note to a third party-a depositor who thought it would be a good investment. >> oh, then maybe i can make arrangements with the buyer in favor of turk. who is he? >> i'm sorry, but i've been sworn to secrecy. however, you can tell turk everything is going to be all right and to drop in here tomorrow. in a few minutes. i forgot some documents i want you to look at. >> then you are going to buy the note back? >> exactly. >> maybe he don't wanna sell it. >> i don't think there'd be any difficulty about that. >> well, pancho, let's tell turk the good news. good-bye, sir. >> good-bye, gentlemen. >> that's them. take 'em alive. i want to find out exactly how much they know. then get turk, and if you bungle the job this time, i'll-- >> don't worry, we won't. >> his horse must've thrown him, pancho. >> get 'em up, quick! >> what's this, a holdup? >> you can call it that. get their guns, boys. all right, start walkin'. >> but-- >> come on. >> mr. bandito-- >> start walkin'. >> i guess this'll keep you put until the boss has a talk with you. let's get going. the boss says not slipups this time. >> cisco, maybe next time you're gonna listen to me, eh? and you won't stick his nose where it smell like trouble. say, why they make us prisoners? >> i don't know, pancho, but this has something to do with turk martine. come here, boy. come here. come on, diablo. see, pancho, he hasn't forgotten the trick i taught him. >> you know, sometimes i think diablo's got more braims than you gotted. >> goork >> hey, cisco, what are we gonna do, wait till those banditos come back, and then we gonna catch them? >> no, pancho, we're heading for the martine ranch. i have an idea they went over there. >> we don't got no guns. >> we'll get their guns at the ranch. i only hope we get there on time. >> here's your dinner, turk. sure smells good. >> well, it ought to, i cooked it. >> oh, forgot the sugar. >> open up the window, honey. it's a little warm in here. >> mm-hmm. turk, look. get away from the window, mary, you're liable to get shot! >> this is my fight, too. >> why not sneak around the back of the house? let's go get 'em. >> they'll see us before we get halfway to him, pancho. pancho. (gun shots) >> don't shoot! >> cisco, pancho! >> turk, where do you keep your guns? >> on the mantel. >> pancho, get the gun, cover the back. >> wonder what's happened to joe. work your way around back and give him a hand. >> that will teach you to look in a window that don't belong to you, you peeping tommy, you. (gun shots) >> this is more than i bargained for. let's get outta here. >> stay here, pancho. i'm going after them. >> i wonder who those men could've been. >> why don't you ask your uncle. >> oh, turk, not that again. >> hey, hey, i forgot i got one of those banditos covered up i covered him up so he don't get cold. hey? what, what-- he flewed away. >> and i tell you your uncle jim is behind all this. he wants this ranch, and he's gonna get it even if he has to commit murder. >> turk, i think you're wrong about mr. turner. pancho and i had a talk with him, and he wants you to drop in tomorrow. >> it's what he say. >> all he did was to feed you a line of tap so his men would have time enough to get to me again. >> turk martine, you're impossible. >> thanks. >> don't worry, miss, everything will be all right. >> oh, i hope so, cisco. >> if cisco says it gonna turn up all right, it gonna turn up all right. >> we'll stay with him until tomorrow. i'll be in early in the morning to fix breakfast. >> what's the matter with you, pancho? didn't you sleep well last night? >> not one little bit. >> did you try counting sheep? >> yeah, i try to count the sheep, but they make so much noise when they jump the fence, they keep me awake. >> here, wash your face. it'll wake you up. >> oh, cisco, that's cold! >> i know, but it'll wake you up. try it. hey, pancho, do you call that washing? i bet you your teacher sent you home many a time with dirty ears. >> cisco, i tell you the truth that i never told a lie, not once. >> no? i wonder why not. >> maybe it was because i didn't never went to school. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> hey se?orita, you look as fresh as a little flower. >> thank you. how's turk? >> oh, he's sound asleep. he sleep like a little baby. you got here. >> well, i'll have breakfast ready in a jiffy. >> oh, breakfast, eh? i want two dozen eggs-one dozen sunny side down, and the other dozen strangled, eh? >> sounds complicated, but i'll do my best. >> there he is, still asleep. he didn't want to go to bed. he said he preferred the sofa. >> well, wake up-- >> jiminy weasels, he didn't was there. >> but why? where'd he go? >> where was your uncle when he left? >> he went to the bank to clear up a few-cisco, you don't think that-- ? >> no, no, don't be alarmed. pancho, we are going to town. you better stay here and wait for us. >> no, i'm going with you. >> i didn't kill him, sheriff. all i did was to come in and talk about a note he held on my property. >> turk! what's happened? >> i'll tell you what's happened, miss turner. he killed your uncle. >> i didn't kill him, mary, i swear i didn't. he was dead when i came into the bank. >> you're a liar. i saw him standing over your uncle's body with a knife in his hand. >> why, you-- >> take it easy, son. >> tim turner was a good friend of all of us. let's hang the man who killed him. >> no, you can't do that. >> hold it, george. there'll be no lynching while i'm sheriff. turk's going to get a fair trial. on your way, son. >> stand aside, sheriff. holding a trial is a waste of time. >> just a minute, mister. >> keep back. >> all i was trying to tell you that this man-- >> you draw and i will put your wishbone where your backbone ought to be. >> look, mister, turk martine may be guilty, but we'll let a jury decide that. >> get out, the rest of you. >> and i don't mean maybe. andale, pronto! >> i didn't kill him, mary, you gotta believe me. >> i do. >> was this george telling the truth when he said he saw you standing over mr. turner with a knife in your hand? >> yes, but-but i can explain. >> you better commence to explain. >> well, maybe i shouldn't have sneaked off from the house the way i did, but i couldn't sleep thinking about turner. early this morning decided to have a showdown with him. it was before banking hours, and i tried the door and found it open and went in. i found turner lying on the floor near his desk dead, with a knife near him. holden came in the door. well, the rest you know. >> you believe him, don't you, frank. >> what i believe doesn't matter, miss mary. come on, son, i'll have to lock you up. >> take it easy, turk. pancho and i will get to the bottom of this. >> thanks. >> you'd better give me your gun, son. >> hey, cisco, how we gonna do all these things we just told turk? >> pancho, i think the answer is >> cisco, for the 22 times, i ask you what are you and the se?orita looking for? >> pancho, i already told you 21 times-the name of the man who bought turk's note. >> yeah, but why? >> because he's the one who either killed mr. turner or had him killed, and then framed turk. >> you know, cisco, that's what pancho think all the time. there's no record on file of the sale of the note. >> well, maybe your uncle put it someplace. >> either that, or the killer removed it from the file. look at this-apparently, this was the last check your uncle drew, but the stub is also missing. will you please get me a mirror. >> a mirror? >> yes, pancho, a looking glass. >> a looking glass, you gonna shave at a time like this? >> how much did turk owe on his note? >> three thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars. why? >> it's the same amount that your uncle wrote on his last check. take a look in the mirror. you'll also see the name of the man who killed him. >> george holden. but, cisco, it can't be. he was one of uncle's friends. >> some friend. when your uncle tried to buy back the note from him, he refused to sell it to him, and then he killed him. >> that'll be pretty hard to prove. >> i'm not so sure of that if we can get the cooperation of the sheriff, and i think we can. yeah, that's the way. >> well, cisco, i don't understand--why must you wear clothes like martine's, and why must i wrap your head up like a cabbage? >> pancho, we're fixing a big surprise for mr. holden. >> yeah, that i know, and i know, too, the sheriff say he was gonna cooperate with you. but, i don't know, cisco, i'm all mixed up in my-- >> well, in about half an hour, pancho, the sheriff is going to of insufficient evidence, and then he'll make sure that holden hears about it. >> so? >> so, unless i'm badly mistaken, holden will come back here and make another attempt to kill turk martine, but turk will not be here. i'll be here instead, waiting, do you understand? >> a little baby understand that, but i don't why he want to kill you instead. >> not if i stay awake, pancho. >> well, i will stick you full of pins. >> oh, thank you very much, my friend, but i can manage without that. now, tell me, how do i look? >> well, no, if i didn't know it was you, why i wouldn't think it was you. >> george. >> what's up? >> young martine's being turned loose by the sheriff. said the evidence wasn't strong enough to hold him. >> get ray and saddle the horse for me. we're paying a visit to the martine ranch. wait here. this time i'm gonna make sure of getting turk by doing the job ?? >> he's all yours, sheriff. >> not for long, cisco. he's for the hangman. >> cisco, look what i find in the sagebrush. >> all right, holden, get out. >> why can't the two of you stay for our wedding, cisco? >> well, i've always made it a practice to keep away two things-weddings and funerals. >> any reason for that? >> pancho will tell you-one is the beginning of the end, and the other is the end of the beginning. >> oh, pancho. ?? >> good-bye, amigos! >> see you soon! ?? have to show hoby this. well, come on! morning. coffee's fresh. no thank you hoby, uh... does the name harry keller mean anything to you? well it has a familiar ring but i can't place it. read this. an open letter to the citizens of porter, texas. this is h. porter, editor and publisher. the undersigned having no wish to harm innocent people hereby serves notice of the death sentence of one hoby gilman. this man will be executed for the murder of my brother. the execution will be carried out by me at the time of my own choosing. since i have no personal desire to kill anyone, of porter avoid being in the vicinity of mr. gilman at the time of his execution. be forewarned. harry keller. yeah i remember him now. it was a bank hold up out in waco bout 6-7 years ago. 8 years.you and another ranger broke it up. and a well-known outlaw named keller was killed. his younger brother harry was captured and jailed for 8 years. he was released last week. well henrietta, that's not the first threatening letter i've ever gotten, this wasn't addressed to you hoby own. all right then print it if it'll make you feel better. i intend to. but, well, you're not going to be very popular for a while, at least until you take care of this harry keller. there is one problem. like what? well like i got a little shot up in that scrape, i went to the hospital and stayed there all during blication of a threatening letter created considerable stirin the town of porter. obliged them. to the housewives of porter, it wasn't a laughing matter. each of them saw the possibility of stray bullets cutting down their children or their husbands. and every stranger who entered the town of porter was viewed with suspicion and apprehension. hoby: well you'll find a description of keller in there. he was about medium height, medium weight. brown hair, blue eyes, about 28 years of age. i suggest you ladies take another look. oh is that him? all right, make your bet. sorry tanner. howdy, mr. wilson. mr. gilman, there's a stranger in the saloon. he tell you his name? nah, i didn't think it was my job to ask him. he fits keller's description, and if he is keller so what do i owe you? good morning. ranger. you mind telling me your name? hart. al hart. who were you expectin'? jesse james? no. i was expecting a man named harry keller. i never heard of him. what'd he do? that's all he's done so far. can i buy you a drink mr. hart? thanks. uh, gentlemen. this one's on me. thank you tanner. where you headed? box c down amarillo way. punchert? no, wrangler. box c i think i've met the owner, the name is uh... born. sam pangborn. look ranger. i know when i'm being suspicioned. i ain't this harry, whatever it is you're lookin' for. no, i don't think you are. least you got all the right answers. what kind of letter did this fella write ranger? you got a copy of the paper around some place tanner? just so happens i do. give my regards to your boss mr. hart. no i, i think i'd like to stick around for a while. watch the fun. maybe. maybe not. hoby? you can lock him up until somebody from the parks tee has an opportunity to identify him. want me to arrest every traveler that comes through here? i didn't say that. besides, if keller walked in and identified himself, what am i going to arrest him for? writing a letter? now look here, hoby. this is serious. the whole town is worried. there are women and children in this town, too. than i thought. oh, allow me. all right, all right, that's enough help. come on father get our bags. let me. thank you. i'll be happy to help you over to the hotel,mr. uh... ward. john ward. i'd like you to meet my father, doctor ward. uh... an. are you just passing through? yeah. and the sooner the better. we're staying over tonight to catch the arizona stage in the morning. father's just retired. we're going out there for his health. if i survive the trip. well thanks again, mr. gilman. no trouble at all. i hope you sleep well, doctor. i doubt it. come on, mom. where are we now? some place called porter. not much of a place, either. oh, get me a bed before i die right here in the dirt. good evening. louis. these are my sons, joseph and joshua. well, i'm happy to know you. do you have a doctor here? i'm a sick woman sheriff. surely, ma'am i'd be glad never mind, she ain't no sicker than you are. come on, mom. lady's really sick. when we want your help we'll ask for it. they don't look like brothers to me. yeah me neither. either one of 'em could be harry keller. it'd be a clever stunt coming into a town like this. getting a friend and an old lady to help him. maybe the old lady's really harry keller's mother. it's possible. and hoby killed her only son 8 years ago. did you notice the way the one she called joseph looked at gilman? you know, you're all wrong. the old lady is harry keller in disguise. why don't you all go on home and lock yourselves in. well if he isn't going to do anything about this situation well it looks like everyone's here. all right now. we're splitting into two groups. what are you gentlemen up to? we're gonna stop every stranger coming into porter. before he gets in town. just to make sure he ain't harry keller. and if one of them is? we'll take care of him, mr. gilman. we're armed. bunch of armed men that haven't been sworn in as deputies doesn't constitute a posse. it's called a mob. swear us in, then. i will not. intimidating people that have got a perfect right to go wherever they want to. even if they're harry keller, huh? that's right. i told you, he hasn't broken any law. there's no proof he even wrote that letter. i'm telling you right now. i'll arrest any and every man that rides with this so called posse. now look here, hoby. i've looked enough. i mean what i say. hoby. what? don't snap at me, hoby. i'm sorry, henrietta. look. will you try to understand how they feel? they're nervous, they... they think they can help to keep their families from getting hurt well an armed mob isn't the way to do it. well, what is? i don't know. if keller's comin' he's comin' after me i'll wait for him, that's all. and how will you know him? narrator: the town of porter finally went to sleep but not very soundly. the same question was in every citizen's mind: was harry keller in town yet? (glass breaking) wrapped around that stone. where's mr. gilman? ralph went to get him. here, hoby. it came through the window. wow, he's pretty dramatic, isn't he? is that all you got to say? no. no, now he's done something i can arrest him for he's busted a window. i compared the handwriting with the original, they were pretty much the same. it has to be one of the strangers who came in today. well, he could have rode in late tonight while everybody was asleep. well in that case he could be anywhere and with that light behind you you make a pretty good target! you're right henrietta. thank you (explosion) the hotel! (shouting) narrator: after searching their rooms and finding nothing incriminating, ranger gilman questioned the strangers at some length. each denied having left the hotel until awakened by the explosion. cup of coffee, please. tanner. have you ever heard of a paraiah? that's sort of an outcast isn't it? (laughing) yeah. i'm costing you money. that's all right. ain't you afraid of stray bullets? some. but when i think of you walking around, pokin' into corners, lookin' up and down alleys all alone... mr. gilman. what are you going to do? well none of the citizens will get close enough for me to talk to 'em anymore. you tell me. what are they saying? what do they think i ought to do? now go ahead. tell me. the people feel that you should leave porter. and go some place else and get yourself shot. well. that figures. i uh...think that's what i'll do. i didn't say that, mr. gilman. i know it. but uh...it'd be the best thing anyway. i mean it's not fair to keep the whole town in a state of fright just by bein' here. mr. gilman, these people, they don't... on't hate me, they're just scared. all right, hold it. and just sit right there. where's mrs. callie? well if you listen close enough you can hear her. you plannin' to follow us all the way to california? i'm not following you. what are you doing travelling at night? none of your business. don't start anything, josh see, she didn't want to go to california. she wouldn't leave the hotel. so we waited until she went to sleep. and we carried her into the wagon. she sleeps pretty sound, doesn't she? yeah. (groaning) oh fine. she's awake. are you finished with us, mr.? (explosion) greetings gilman! t like i promised. (gunshots) 8 years i've been waiting for this! 8 years i've been planning! i could have killed you any time the last couple of days, you know. i didn't though, because i wanted to see you sweat. i wanted to see your town turn against you and run you out. gilman. after 8 years a few more hours ain't gonna make any difference. it'll be sun up pretty quick. and you're gonna start cooking in them rocks. you're gonna get mighty thirsty. pretty good shootin' for a man who ain't touched a gun in 8 years, huh? don't move, keller. you all right tanner? fine. made a mistake, gilman. you should have killed me. sure. i mean it. next time i get out of jail i'll get you for sure. you'll make out a whole lot better if you don't write thanks, tanner. we were positive it was one of those callie boys. last night. as a matter of fact we had them covered when you were talking to them, really? well, where's ralph now? i don't know. we decided he'd follow the wagon to see if they were really going to california or if they planned to stop and come back after you. i stayed in sight of your camp fire just in case somebody else came. well, i'm glad you stayed. well, um...the only trouble was i um...i fell asleep. keller must have walked right past me. well you woke up in time anyway. just in time. oh by the way that old doctor character's disappeared. he took the north bound stage last night and hasn't been seen since. yeah i imagine he's just somebody keller hired to play the part. i'm worried about ralph. you don't suppose he followed them all the way... oh how are you, mr. gilman? well i'm fine, how bout you ralph? all right i guess. hey it ain't supposed to be here. i'm supposed to be following that there wagon. ralph, you're a lucky man. if your horse didn't know the way home you'd be