TV-14 | 30min | Western, TV Series | Episode aired 13 January 1958
Jim Hardie agrees to having Wells Fargo take a woman as cargo who is wanted as a material witness in a San Francisco political corruption investigation. He is forced to guard her after the detective assigned to escort her is murdered.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Buckley Angell
Stars: Dale Robertson, Darlene Fields, Stafford Repp
Jim Hardie agrees to having Wells Fargo take a woman as cargo who is wanted as a material witness in a San Francisco political corruption investigation. He is forced to guard her after the detective assigned to escort her is murdered.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Buckley Angell
Stars: Dale Robertson, Darlene Fields, Stafford Repp
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00:00My name is Jim Hardy.
00:26I work for Wells Fargo.
00:28And in the course of a year, I cover a lot of territory.
00:31Right now, I'm on my way back to division headquarters in San Francisco.
00:36Will you look at that, now?
00:40Will you just look at that?
00:45Some small stuff in there for you, Dave.
00:52I'm going to cross to the stage driver's retreat for a bite.
00:55Hey, Mark.
00:56Looks like you might have had an interesting trip, huh?
01:00You'll find out.
01:01Do you think she's an actress or something, Mr. Hardy?
01:06She's the prettiest thing I ever saw in my whole life.
01:09She's prettier than a cut glass chandelier.
01:11Looks to me like somebody ought to help her down out of that coach.
01:18Welcome to Mesa City, ma'am.
01:20Wells Fargo would like to...
01:21I'm sorry.
01:22I suppose I should have not.
01:29No need to apologize, friend.
01:31Maybe she ain't glad to be here, but I am.
01:34Do you mind giving me a hand out of this wagon?
01:42Sure.
01:44Thanks, friend.
01:47What's the name?
01:50Hardy.
01:51Jim Hardy.
01:53Oh, yeah.
01:54Yeah, you're a kind of a detective for the Express Company.
01:56I'm a detective myself.
01:57Pete Gerson, San Francisco Police Department.
02:00Nice to know you.
02:01You're working a long way from home.
02:02What happened?
02:03Some people tried to take my prisoner away from me.
02:06As you can see, I've still got her.
02:11And I intend to keep her.
02:18She doesn't look that dangerous to me.
02:21You don't know what's behind this.
02:23With her testimony, we're going to convict one of the biggest political crooks that ever
02:26tried to take over a city.
02:28You'll never get that testimony from me.
02:30We'll see.
02:31Is there a doctor in this town?
02:34Right up the street.
02:37Yeah.
02:38Something wrong?
02:52Yeah, you might say that.
02:56I've got to talk to your clerk.
02:57Is there anything I can do for you, ma'am?
03:05No.
03:06Mr. Hardy, will you come here a minute?
03:14This man wants to consign that woman to us.
03:17Your prisoner?
03:18For delivery to San Francisco.
03:20We can't do that, can we?
03:21Wells Fargo claims they'll handle anything.
03:24He's right.
03:25We've never turned anything down yet.
03:28But a woman.
03:29She'll make a pretty nice-looking consignment, all right.
03:33Tell me.
03:34Why do you want to do this?
03:35Well, I have a feeling something might happen to me.
03:38Here?
03:39Well, if it don't, I'll travel with her.
03:41But I want to consign her anyway.
03:43Well, it looks like he's got us, Dave.
03:47We'll in there and make out a shipping bill.
03:49Here, it's signed.
03:50You make it out.
03:55I thought I'd go over to the cafe for something to eat.
03:57What would you like?
04:01Give me the keys to these cuffs, mister.
04:04Take your hands off.
04:05Don't nobody try nothing.
04:11This fellow's all right, Mr. Harding.
04:20That's too bad.
04:23This one isn't.
04:25He's dead.
04:29You seem to be causing an awful lot of trouble, ma'am.
04:33We'll leave here as soon as the driver finishes eating.
04:36And we won't need these.
04:38You're terribly sure of yourself, aren't you?
04:41Am I taking a chance?
04:43You'll never get me to San Francisco.
04:45I know.
04:46You've got friends, and your friends have got money.
04:48Money buys everything, including murder.
04:50We'll leave them off anyway until we need them.
04:53Then we can always put them back on.
04:55But you remember one thing.
04:57You're a part of the express being shipped by Wells Fargo from here to San Francisco.
05:02It's my job to accompany that express and see that it reaches its destination.
05:13Looks like you sent a boy to do a man's job.
05:16Who are you?
05:17Charlie Ivo from Wyoming.
05:19Do you think he could do any better?
05:22You know it.
05:24Well, you can have what he was going to get.
05:26A thousand dollars.
05:28Times two.
05:34All right, but not here.
05:36I don't care where I work.
05:38Well, follow the stage out of town.
05:40I'm going to pick up a couple of men.
05:42Bring them along if you want.
05:44There'll be somebody to talk to.
05:54Here you go, Martin.
06:05When will you be back this way again, Mr. Hardy?
06:07It's hard to say, Dave.
06:08A couple of months, maybe.
06:10Take care of yourself.
06:11Thank you, Dave.
06:13I'll be back here, Martin.
06:15Take off whenever you're ready.
06:17Hup, you birds!
06:25No, Harry.
06:27They can't hide that stagecoach in a hole.
06:30Give them a little time.
06:32Let them think they've got it easy.
06:55You been watching back there, Mr. Hardy?
06:58Yeah.
07:00They've been following us for quite a while.
07:02Trouble, maybe?
07:03Because of her?
07:05I said you'd never get me to San Francisco.
07:07I'm beginning to think you don't like good company, ma'am.
07:11Move out, Marty.
07:13I'm sure glad you're with me.
07:15Come on, you birds.
07:17Thanks, coach.
07:24That's enough.
07:54Come on.
08:21That lead mare's got a loose shoe, Pop.
08:23Don't forget it while she's here, will you?
08:25And that harness needs checking, some of it.
08:27Must be pretty hot in the coach, miss.
08:29Maybe you want to come out for a little while.
08:31But don't try running away.
08:33I don't need to run away.
08:35Oh, yes, I forgot.
08:37You got friends who are going to take care of you.
08:41How do you think?
08:43I don't want us to get close.
08:45That's good taking.
08:47We can wait them out.
08:49I got to leave that relay station sooner or later.
08:52Well, I've waited as long as I'm going to.
08:54We're going to settle this thing now.
09:10Come on.
09:19Get her out of that coach and over behind the barn.
09:21Hurry up.
09:30Why did you shoot? Are you afraid?
09:32I'm just warning those friends of yours not to get too close.
09:35But they got rifles.
09:37The best I can do is the shotgun the guard left.
09:39Come in handy if they get close, though.
09:42I'm not putting you in that kind of a spot, Marty.
09:45I'm getting out of here, and I'm taking her with me, on foot.
09:48On foot?
09:50Only ten miles to Colby's place. We'll make it all right.
09:52Maybe it's a good idea.
09:54Look, right around the barn there is a ravine.
09:57It'll give you good cover for about a mile.
10:00Take this.
10:02Fire just long enough to let us get a good start.
10:04Then let them come on in here. Tell them we left on horseback.
10:07Mr. Hardy, there won't be no horses at Colby's place.
10:11Maybe I'll swing by there tomorrow on my way back from Prado.
10:14We'll be there, Marty.
10:37Come on.
11:08I tell you, there's no use looking around here. They're gone.
11:11They rode off just before you came in.
11:13You're lying. I came through here yesterday,
11:15and there were no other horses here but these stagecoach nags.
11:20Why bother with them anyway when the answer is so simple?
11:23They're up foot.
11:25They wouldn't be going back, so they must be heading west.
11:27Hardy ain't got a chance of getting that girl away.
11:29All we have to do is to go back to Colby's place.
11:31We'll make it all right.
11:33They're heading west.
11:35Hardy ain't got a chance of getting that girl away.
11:37All we have to do is to go out there and pick them up.
11:39Well, there's only one man and one gun. We'll split up.
11:42We know the direction they're going and where they're headed for.
11:45All right. In that case, I'll ride on ahead.
11:47If they get past you and the boys, I'll pick them up when they're least expected.
12:04We're going to have to climb that hill.
12:06Oh, I won't do it.
12:09Yes, you will.
12:13You'd better hang on to this.
12:15You might want it when you get to San Francisco.
12:20I'll be back.
12:24I'll be back.
12:26I'll be back.
12:28I'll be back.
12:30I'll be back.
12:32I'll be back.
13:02Yeah, will you just tell me why?
13:04Make it a little harder on those friends of yours back there.
13:07Besides that, there's a nice cool lake down at the bottom of this hill.
13:11Oh, you mean we're going down now?
13:14It'll be easier than coming up.
13:16You know what I think of you.
13:18You better not tell me.
13:20You have no right to do this to me.
13:22You can sue me when we get to San Francisco. Come on.
13:26Right now, right this minute.
13:28I can't. My feet are killing me.
13:30I'm not used to this type of thing.
13:32When we get to the lake, you can take your shoes and stockings off...
13:34and soak your feet in the cool water.
13:36Oh, I will not.
13:38Yes, you will. Come on.
14:00Come on.
14:22Wasn't that worth the walk down the hill?
14:24I don't ever want to leave this place.
14:26You'll never get me to take another step.
14:28Are you wanted for anything in San Francisco?
14:31What do you mean?
14:33Gerson traveled a long way to arrest you.
14:35They want me for a witness, that's all.
14:38What do you think I am?
14:40I've been wondering about that.
14:42I'm no criminal, if that's what you're asking.
14:44Then why don't you want to go back?
14:46Because they want to use me to crucify a fine, generous man.
14:52A man named Pollard?
14:55I took this off of Gerson.
14:57He's going to take it back to his family.
15:01It says here that...
15:03William Pollard is being held for bribery, coercion, embezzlement and murder.
15:09That's a lot of things to be held for.
15:11Oh, it's all a pack of lies.
15:14Here's a clipping from another paper.
15:17Pollard's secretary was shot in front of his home.
15:20Seems he was one of the witnesses against Pollard.
15:23Lies. All of those papers, all lies.
15:27I take it he was a friend of yours.
15:29He is, and I'm proud of it.
15:32He was very good to me. He was kind.
15:35You're a pretty girl.
15:37It's not hard for a man to be kind to a pretty girl,
15:40but he may not be that way with everyone else.
15:43You can't say anything about him to me. Nobody can.
15:46Well, I don't know him.
15:48All I know is what I read in the papers about him.
15:50That's not very good, and there's a lot of people who seem to agree with it.
15:54How'd you get to know him in the first place?
15:56Why?
15:58Just curious.
16:00I'm a singer. I worked in his cafe.
16:02And he liked you?
16:04I only worked for him a few months. He only knew me for a few months.
16:07Now, what can you make out of that?
16:09Well, I can't make anything out of it,
16:11but evidently the San Francisco police can.
16:14Just because I was with Mr. Pollard the night Tom Sheldon was killed.
16:18But you see, with what they know and with what you know,
16:22they put it all together.
16:24They build up a case against him.
16:26Well, they'll never get it.
16:28Suit yourself.
16:30For me, I don't like it.
16:32I don't like any man that hires murderers.
16:34If you're trying to change my mind about him, you're wasting your time.
16:39I got plenty of time.
16:49Ah!
17:02Are you in love with Pollard?
17:04Oh, what a question to ask at a time like this.
17:06Are you?
17:07No, I'm not.
17:09You sure?
17:10I'm positive.
17:12Can a girl be loyal to a man without being in love with him?
17:15I don't know.
17:19It's a good thing it's hot out.
17:21Just let those clothes dry right on you.
17:24Yes, it is a good thing.
17:48Ah!
17:50Ah!
18:16Ah!
18:21Ah!
18:25Ah!
18:29Ah!
18:39Ah!
18:45Ah!
18:50Ah!
18:57Ah!
19:10Ah!
19:15Ah!
19:21Ah!
19:31Ah!
19:50Ah!
20:00Are you all right?
20:02Yes, but why all the fighting?
20:04Well, why don't you ask your friends?
20:07Put your stuff together. We get out of here.
20:10He's going to be out for a little while.
20:20Ah!
20:50Ah!
21:11Ah!
21:14Ah!
21:17Ah!
21:20Ah!
21:36You know what's happening?
21:37What?
21:38They're trying to kill you.
21:39Oh, that's ridiculous.
21:41Is it?
21:42You think they don't know who they're shooting at?
21:45What do you think of your friend Pollard now?
21:47Oh, Mr. Pollard has nothing to do with it.
21:49Well, who do you think they're working for?
21:51Oh, no, no, it's a mistake. Mr. Pollard wouldn't stand for it.
21:56When are you going to see him in his true light?
21:58He's a thief and a murderer.
22:00Huh?
22:01You're in the same position that secretary was in before he was killed.
22:04I will not believe it.
22:07All right.
22:09I've had my say.
22:11But I think your sense of loyalty is a little strong in your common sense.
22:15Let's go.
22:19Let's go.
22:38Well.
22:40You're taking real good care of that girl, aren't you, Hardy?
22:45And I aim to keep right on doing it.
22:47I can't say as I blame you.
22:50She's worth a lot of money.
22:51She is? How much?
22:53Five thousand.
22:55Dead or alive?
22:56Well, now, there is people that don't ever want to see her go to San Francisco, that's for sure.
23:02But you and me, Hardy, we could split that money.
23:05What makes you think we'd ever collect it?
23:07Oh, if we both went to San Francisco for it, what makes you think we wouldn't?
23:11Think about it now, Hardy.
23:13Money is mighty hard to come by these days, and that's a lot of it.
23:17All I want is the money Wells Fargo pays me.
23:20Now, you ain't gonna turn me down.
23:22Yes, sir, I am.
23:24Now, you know I ain't the kind to give up anything I've ever started.
23:27It'd be the sensible thing to do.
23:29And I ain't never done a sensible thing in my whole life.
23:44You ready to go, Mr. Hardy?
23:46We're all ready, Martin.
23:48I'd better get up where I belong.
23:50What about you, Ellen?
23:52Yes, what about me, Mr. Hardy?
23:55You scared?
23:57Mm-hmm.
23:58But I'll go back and testify, if you'll go with me.
24:03I work for Wells Fargo, remember?
24:05We take on a consignment.
24:07We promise to deliver it all the way.
24:13All right.