01x22 - Bad Men of the Valley

[bunniefuu]

♪ Champion, the wonder horse ♪

♪ Champion, the wonder horse ♪

♪ Like a streak of lightning ♪

♪ Flashing 'cross the sky ♪

♪ Like the swiftest arrow ♪

♪ Whizzin' from a bow ♪

♪ Like a mighty cannonball ♪

♪ He seems to fly ♪

♪ You'll hear about
him everywhere you go ♪

♪ The time will come
when everyone will know ♪

♪ The name of Champion ♪

♪ The wonder horse ♪

[dramatic Music]

- [Man] Hello, there!

Hello, there!

- I wonder who that is?

Be right there!

Hello, you called me?

- Hello.

- Hi.

Just wanted to know if we're headed right

for the Benson ranch?

- The Benson Ranch?

It's only about a half a mile.

You turn left at the next side run,

but nobody lives there.

- Somebody's going to live there, though.

- Meaning us, we bought it.

I'm Hal Collier, and
this is my wife, Beth.

- Gee, then you're gonna
be our new neighbors.

Come on, I'll show you.

- Well, the first neighbor
we meet seems to like us.

- And I like him, even though
he forgot to tell us his name.

[serene Music]

- Don't you worry about
being strangers here.

My uncle Sandy and I'll help
you out with everything,

and so will all the other neighbors.

- Well, we're certainly lucky

if they're all like you, Ricky.

- Well, thanks, but there's really lots

of nice folks around here.

- But I'm sure you're the only one

that has a wonderful
horse and dog like yours.

- Oh, I know how lucky I am.

Well, I promised to meet uncle Sandy

when he gets back from town.

Goodbye, but not for long.

Say goodbye for now, Champ.

- I hope we see a lot
of you and Champ, Ricky.

- I'll bring uncle Sandy
over soon as I can.

[Rebel Barks]

I guess he wants to shake
hands to say his goodbye.

- [Beth] You're beautiful, Reb.

- Adios, boy.

- Bye.

- Good bye.

- It's going to be a new life, Hal.

- It sure is for me,
and I'm gonna like it.

[serene Music]

- Well, looks like Uncle
Sandy's late for a change.

You might as well go back now, Champ.

[Rebel Barks]

[serene music]

[suspenseful Music]

- You kinda look forward
to k*lling the man.

Don't you, Murph?

- If somebody's after me like

that marshal we're waiting for, why not?

- When you get a little but
older, you get more sense.

You may not want to do
it, but you have to.

- When you get older, you get soft.

- You mean me?

I ain't too soft.

- Hey, there's our marshal.

Alright, let's go.

[suspenseful music]

[g*nshots fire]

[Champion neighs]

[suspenseful music]

[Champion neighs]

- Hey, look at that stallion.

- I'm looking.

- Yeah, just a local mustang.

- That's all, let's get moving.

[serene music]

[playful music]

- Uncle Sandy'll help you.

Hey!

- I was just teaching
Rebel to be an alarm clock.

- I guess I fell asleep.

- You guess?

What were you dreaming
about, me helping somebody?

- Helping?

Oh, the Colliers.

They just move on to the old Benson place.

They're gonna be swell neighbors,

but they're strange around here.

- Oh, well, that's easy enough to fix.

We could use some good
neighbors on that place.

[champ neighs]

- Champ?

That's funny, I sent him back
to the herd a long time ago.

What's bothering you, Champ?

- Something sure is
when he acts like that.

Let's have a look.

[suspenseful music]

- b*llet wounds.

[Champion neighs]

This is a job for the coroner.

- Goodbye, Champ.

[horse gallops]

- [Lucas] Here we are.

As good a hideout spot as
you'll find in the West.

- I don't see no hideout.

- That's what makes it so good.

[suspenseful music]

- Not bad.

[suspenseful music]

Say, this is alright.

- You bet it is.

- Only what if the jasper that owns

this spread comes nosing around?

- No chance of that.

This whole residence has
been abandoned for years.

Some old geezer by the name of Benson.

- How long you figure
we're gonna stay here?

- For a week after we
pull that job in town,

'til the heat's off.

- You sure plan far ahead, Lucas.

- That's how I stayed away
from the law for so long.

I feel lucky.

How about some blackjack?

- How about sticking to business?

and letting me know how we work tomorrow?

- Nothing much to tell.

We ride into town, stick
up the cattlemen's office,

ride off with their bank roll
for the year's stock sales.

- I suppose you've got it all fixed

for the local sheriff to
hold our horses for us.

- Like you told me, I plan ahead.

I'm counting on the local law

to keep on trying to find out
who bushwhacked that marshal.

- Sheriff, got any idea
who did the k*lling?

- No, the dead man's a stranger.

No identification on him,

so we can't even figure out a reason.

Well, I better get to my
horse and join that posse.

- [Hal] Want me to ride with you?

- No need for that.

I just stopped by to warn you
there might be outlaws around.

- Thank you, Mr. North.

We'll keep our eyes open.

- And Uncle Sandy wanted to meet you too.

- Guess I couldn't wait from
what Ricky told me about you.

Mighty happy to have you as neighbors.

Anything I can do to help?

- Oh, not right now. Thanks just the same.

- How about you, Mrs. Collier?

- Well, all I need right now

is curtain material for these windows.

Is there a good store in town?

- Sure.

I'll pick you up and
drive you in tomorrow.

- Oh, well, that isn't necessary.

- He'll be happy to do it, Mrs. Collier.

- Alright, then, thank you.

- I'll come for you early.

- Come on, young fella.

I better join that posse or I'll miss it.

- Couple of years ago,

I wouldn't have believed I'd be offered

to ride with the posse instead
of running away from them.

- Oh, don't even think about it.

We left all that behind us in Texas.

- I look back now,

and I can't believe it was me.

- Oh, you were young,

and you'd never k*lled anybody.

And, anyhow, it's all over.

- Yes, ma'am.

I get cured of trying to earn my living

with a g*n by the two
best doctors in the world.

- Doctors?

- Well, the judge was a doctor in a way

when he prescribed a
penitentiary sentence.

The other doctor was you.

- You're sweet, darling, but
you really cured yourself.

- No.

I couldn't have done it if you hadn't

trusted me to go straight and married me.

And I don't want an argument on that.

- Aright then, you're
the boss in this family.

If you say I'm a doctor, I'll be a doctor.

- I just hope that nice
folks like Ricky and Sandy

never find out about me.

- You know, if they're real friends,

it might be better to tell them.

- No, it wouldn't, Beth.

Maybe in a year or so.

I've gotta prove myself first.

- I suppose you're right.

- If the other folks found about me now,

they wouldn't trust either of us,

and I don't want you to suffer

for something I did.

[horses gallop]

- Ho!

I'll come in with you.

- Think you'll be much help in
picking out curtain material?

- Well, maybe not,

but I can help you get
acquainted with folks.

You stay here, Rebel.

[suspenseful music]

- The boys are together
over there, off set.

The bank messenger should
be due any minute now.

You'll follow him, and
the boys will follow you,

and I'll cover the street.

There's the messenger now.

Go ahead.

[suspenseful music]

[g*nshots fire]

[Rebel barks]

- Rebel!

He'll get sh*t.

[g*nshots fire]

Come back!

[g*nshots fire]

[suspenseful music]

- If only there'd been
a law officer around.

- The sheriff's out with a posse

looking for whoever k*lled that stranger.

- It might be the same men.

- That's what I think.

I'll take you home and get Champ

and find the sheriff and Uncle Sandy.

Come on, Mrs. Collier.

[suspenseful music]

- Hey Lucas, hold it!

Yeah, this horse is through.

His leg's swelling up.

- We can't make it to the hideout

either afoot or with my
horse carrying double.

- But what are we supposed to do,

sit here and wait for the posse to come?

- The old Benson house
is just around this bend.

We can hideout there for awhile

and maybe fix up his leg.

[suspenseful music]

Looks like we're out of
luck, somebody's moved in.

- I wouldn't say we were out of luck

if we can go down there and
grab off that saddle horse.

- I just hope we don't
run into any trouble

that would bring the posse around.

- That's the chance we'll have to take.

- Well, I'll be doggone.

- I can plug him from here

next time he comes outside.

- You won't have to plug him.

He'll lend us the horse.

- Lend it, how come?

- An old pal I used to work with.

You saddle the fresh
horse while I talk to him.

[suspenseful music]

- Lucas.

Howdy, partner.

Didn't expect to meet
you so far from home.

- It was a k*lling in town yesterday.

Were you mixed up in it?

- Oh, Hal, don't you know better

than to ask a man a question like that?

- I don't know what brought
you here, Lucas, but get out.

I'm through, I wanna live
different than I used to.

- Yeah, I heard back in Texas
how you was getting married.

Truly respectable.

- That's how it is.

- Oh, I can't blame you.

I tried going straight two
or three times myself once,

but somehow or other,
my foot always slipped.

- Mine isn't going to slip.

What do you want?

- Nothing much.

I'm going to borrow that saddle horse

outside for a friend of mine.

- You're getting no help from me.

- Getting kinda rash, ain't ya, Hal?

If I had a wife as beautiful as this.

- My wife knows all about me.

- Yeah?

Folks around here do too?

I thought not.

They might not like it if they had

an ex-convict for a neighbor.

It'd be kinda tough on the wife, too.

I'm for ya, Hal, but a man's
gotta look out for himself.

If you'll just let em have that horse,

it'll be the last you see of me.

- Uh-uh.

- Take a look outside.

My partner's not like I am, Hal.

He'd as soon k*ll a man than
shake hands, or a woman.

This new life of yours
could be spoiled so easily

if you don't use common sense.

Wanna wish you luck just the same.

So long, Hal.

[suspenseful music]

- [Beth] Hal?

- I don't see any curtain material.

- We were practically in
the middle of a hold up.

- Rebel did get into it.

He tore the sleeve off
of one of the outlaws.

- What's the matter, darling?

- Nothing, I just hate to think
of you being so near danger.

- Can I leave the buckboard here

while I go to find the posse?

- Sure, but you're not gonna
get into anything, are you?

- Oh no, and anyway, I'll
have Champ and Rebel.

[Rebel barks]

[suspenseful music]

Mr. Collier, that's not
your horse out there.

- Sure isn't.

- What happened, Hal?

- Nothing.

I was working in the house,
I didn't hear anything.

- I'll go see what's bothering Rebel.

- Hal?

- Nothing happened.

Nothing I know about, anyway.

- You find something, Rebel?

What is it?

[Rebel whimpers]

Gosh.

Champ.

[Champ neighs]

Rebel found a scent.

I think the outlaw we saw in town

was the one that stole
your horse and left his.

- What are you going to do?

- Maybe I can find out where he went

if Rebel can follow the trail.

- You mustn't, Ricky, it's too dangerous.

- I'll be alright, I won't get too close.

[suspenseful music]

- Ricky must be right.

That horse is all lathered up.

Oh, there is something wrong.

- Honey, I just learned a
lesson from what Ricky's doing.

Take one wrong step to protect yourself

and somebody else pays for it.

[suspenseful music]

- Hal, where are you going?

- After Ricky.

I lied to you, Beth.

Those outlaws were here.

- Hal.

Was it someone you used to know?

- Yes, it was.

While I lied to you,

I thought I was doing it for your good.

That's a mistake I have to
straighten out right now.

[suspenseful music]

- Get after it, Rebel, find it again.

Come here, Rebel.

[suspenseful music]

[Rebel whimpers]

Mr. Collier!

[suspenseful music]

- See anybody, Ricky?

- No, but Rebel acted like

he was close to something up there.

- I'll go have a look.

- Can I come?

- No, it'd be too dangerous
if Rebel located the men.

- Well, Uncle Sandy and the
sheriff are somewhere around.

Maybe we should find them first.

- I can't wait.

I got a special reason
for tackling this job.

See you later.

- If I only knew where to start looking.

We can see better from over there.

Come on, Champ.

[Rebel barks]

[suspenseful music]

That's it, Champ.

Go ahead.

Even if we can't see Uncle
Sandy, he can hear you.

- Still can't figure it out, Rebel.

They're hoof prints alright,
but they stop right here.

[Rebel barks]

Come on.

[suspenseful music]

Reach, Lucas.

- I thought we made a deal, Hal.

- We didn't make a deal, I got scared.

That was a mistake.

- You should still be scared

for your wife's sake.

- I might have given you a break

if you hadn't threatened Beth.

Now I'm taking you in.

[g*nsh*t fires]

[horse neighs]

- I knew it was Champ,
Sheriff, there he is.

- Uncle Sandy, Mr. Collier, those outlaws.

- Tell me later.

Sheriff, that sh**ting
is coming from up here.

[g*nshots fire]

[suspenseful music]

[horse neighs]

[Rebel growls]

- Mr. Collier.

Is he hurt bad, Uncle Sandy?

- Well, it's not good.

- That's the whole story.

- There's only one part of
the story Hal's left out.

I don't care what the people
around here are going to think.

I'm proud of him.

- I think you're going to
have plenty of company, ma'am.

- You mean you're not gonna
hold anything against me?

- The only thing I hold against you

is the fact you went
after those outlaws alone

and gave us a lot of trouble
getting you down here.

- Oh, shucks, Uncle
Sandy didn't mean that.

- I just hope the other folks around

won't make it hard on Beth

when they find out about
me serving time in Texas.

- Who said they're gonna find out?

Did you, Sandy?

- [Sandy] Not what I remember, Sheriff.

- You mean you aren't
going to tell people?

- Well, the sheriff, Ricky, and I aren't,

and the only other two that
know are Rebel and Champ.

- I'm sure they won't tell.

How about it, Rebel?

[Rebel whimpers]

And how about you, Champ?

[Champ neighs]

[triumphant music]

♪ Champion the wonder horse ♪

♪ Champion the wonder horse ♪

♪ Like a streak of lightning ♪

♪ Flashing 'cross the sky ♪

♪ Like the swiftest arrow ♪

♪ Whizzin' from a bow ♪

♪ Like a mighty cannonball ♪

♪ he seems to fly ♪

♪ You'll hear about
him everywhere you go ♪

♪ The time will come
when everyone will know ♪

♪ The name of Champion ♪

♪ The wonder horse ♪

♪ Champion the wonder horse ♪