The Lion's Den (1936)
59 min | Action, Western | 8 July 1936 (USA)
Merwin hires Barton to fight Welsh, but when Barton arrives in town, Welsh mistakes him for the hired killer Single-Shot Smith. Figuring he can help Merwin by being part of Welsh's gang he hires on as Single-Shot. But soon the real Single-Shot appears.
Director: Sam Newfield
Writers: John T. Neville (screenplay), L.V. Jefferson (original story)
Stars: Tim McCoy, Joan Woodbury, Don Barclay
59 min | Action, Western | 8 July 1936 (USA)
Merwin hires Barton to fight Welsh, but when Barton arrives in town, Welsh mistakes him for the hired killer Single-Shot Smith. Figuring he can help Merwin by being part of Welsh's gang he hires on as Single-Shot. But soon the real Single-Shot appears.
Director: Sam Newfield
Writers: John T. Neville (screenplay), L.V. Jefferson (original story)
Stars: Tim McCoy, Joan Woodbury, Don Barclay
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00:00♪
00:28Look at that $20,000 you got in your wallet.
00:32Oh, and don't make a fuss.
00:33I got a rod pointing right at you.
00:38You got a shoulder holster, don't you?
00:41Now just think, a beautiful girl like you stepping off a dance floor and being able to give such an exhibition.
00:45Well, my dad taught me how to shoot a gun when I was barely old enough to hold one.
00:49Won't you come over and meet him?
00:50Thanks, yes, I'd like to.
00:58♪
01:10Leave that gun on the floor.
01:19Now hand over that wallet.
01:21Well, if it ain't Mitch Kruger.
01:28We've been looking for you for a long time.
01:31You'll have to sign a complaint.
01:33I have some business with Mr. Barton.
01:35As soon as I finish, I'll go down to the station.
01:38Right, come on.
01:43Thanks.
01:44Won't you sit down, please?
01:45Go.
01:46May I?
01:47Thank you, Mr. Stelman.
01:48You're welcome.
01:52♪
01:58You know, that job was so quick I couldn't follow it with my eyes.
02:02How long does your engagement run here?
02:04Till the end of the week.
02:05How about a proposition to make to you?
02:07If you were a western man, all I'd have to mention is water rights.
02:11Well, I might tell you I was raised on a ranch in Wyoming.
02:14Well, that simplifies things.
02:16Best water rights in Texas are on my land.
02:19Somebody trying to take them away from you?
02:21A fellow named Nick Welch.
02:23He's turned loose a bunch of gunslingers.
02:26And if they're not stopped,
02:28the small rancher will have to sell out at his price.
02:30Why don't you appeal to the law?
02:32Well, we are. There isn't any law.
02:35What I need is a man that isn't afraid,
02:37can handle a gun like you can.
02:39But you need to kill him.
02:41Don't you see you can prevent a lot of wholesale killings by helping Dad?
02:45I've never hired out my guns to anybody.
02:48Well, I wouldn't ask you if we were the only ones concerned.
02:55Where are you located?
02:56Hammond, Texas.
02:57Somebody in town will tell you how to get to my spread.
03:00You mean you'll really come?
03:03Heidi and I will be out there next week when things are over.