30min | Western, TV Series | Episode aired 7 January 1958
Rynning and Travis investigate when a number of women are murdered in a small Arizona town. Since the circumstances surrounding each murder are identical, the rangers fear that they are trying to capture a psychopathic misogynist. When Travis finds a footprint with a distinctive heel mark near the body, the lawmen search the surrounding area for the owner of such a boot.
Director: Reg Browne
Writer: Joe Richardson
Stars: Tristram Coffin, Kelo Henderson, Paul Sorensen
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00:00Saddle up, saddle up, saddle up, saddle up, saddle up.
00:09This is the story of 26 men who rode the Arizona Territory.
00:16High is the glory of 26 men whose courage helped to build the Territory.
00:2426 men who saddled up and then rode off to answer duty's call.
00:3226 men who lived to write again and fight for the rights and the liberty of all.
00:39This is the story of 26 men enforcing law within the Territory.
00:47Praise be the glory of 26 men who rode the Arizona Territory.
00:54Ride on, ride on, ride on.
01:07The 26 men of the Arizona Rangers encountered a lot of violence
01:10that sprang openly from the quarrels of hot-tempered men.
01:14But occasionally we found another kind of violence,
01:17hidden from the light of day and springing from the twisted souls of men.
01:20March 18, 1903, near Buxton, Arizona.
01:25Oh, for heaven's sake! You scared me out of my wits!
01:29What are you doing here?
01:33Stop!
01:36What's the trouble, Travis?
01:37There's been another murder.
01:38Another one?
01:39Old Man Watson found the body.
01:41A woman again?
01:42I'm afraid so.
01:43Let's find out about it.
01:58She was strangled, all right.
02:00Same as Mary Collins last month.
02:02She was on her way home from choir practice, too.
02:04When they found the Collins girl,
02:06were the contents of her purse scattered around like this?
02:08Yeah. Folks figured the killer dumped her purse out looking for money.
02:11But the killer didn't take Mrs. Norwood's money.
02:13Think the same man killed both of them?
02:15Well, both victims were women.
02:17Both were strangled the same way.
02:19And both times the contents of the victim's purse were scattered around.
02:23But nothing was taken except the purse itself and a pair of gloves.
02:26Don't add up. Where's any motive?
02:29Some killers don't need a motive.
02:30You mean the killer's a maniac?
02:32That's the only way I can make it add up.
02:34If there was a maniac hanging around, wouldn't somebody have noticed him?
02:37Sometimes people who are insane seem to be perfectly normal.
02:40Could be anyone in town.
02:43Too many footprints around here to be any help to us.
02:45Take a look over there.
02:47Yes, Captain.
02:50Mr. Norwood, I'm sorry about what's happened, and I don't want to bother you.
02:53But I wonder if you could answer a few questions.
02:55Captain Reining!
03:02What have you got?
03:03Footprints.
03:04Not bad.
03:05Inside corner of the left heel missing.
03:08About size 10.
03:10Pretty big man, I'd say.
03:12Think we can track him?
03:13I doubt it.
03:14But these prints give us plenty to work on.
03:16Find the man wearing boots with a heel to match these prints.
03:20We've got our killer.
03:27Sam, it's time to get up.
03:29Come on, get up, son.
03:30Next coming down the road.
03:33Thanks, Ma.
03:39I'm sorry.
03:57Aunt Lucy.
03:58Guess what, Aunt Lucy.
04:00I'm your stepmother, not your aunt.
04:02I'm sorry, I just sort of slipped out.
04:04There's been a lot of excitement uptown.
04:05Been another murder.
04:07This time it was Mrs. Norwood.
04:09Hickey Watson told me about it.
04:10Said they found her up...
04:11Mrs. Norwood?
04:12Yeah, he said they found her up in the wood right this side of the meadow.
04:14Same way they found Mary Collins.
04:16Folks think some lunatic did it.
04:17You know, like those killings back in Plainview?
04:19I told you never to mention Plainview again.
04:21Oh, gosh, I'm sorry, Ma.
04:23I wouldn't have said anything about it if I knew it made you so upset.
04:26I'm not upset.
04:28Don't you worry, Ma.
04:30I'm not going to let you out of my sight until I catch that fellow.
04:33Sam's not feeling well.
04:35I think I'll go up and see how he is.
04:49Did you go out last night?
04:50No.
04:53I mean, I don't think I did.
04:56Your boots are muddy.
04:59I don't remember, Ma.
05:00Honest, I don't.
05:01Oh, you never do remember.
05:02Sam, what are we going to do?
05:05Was it as bad as last time?
05:10Who was it?
05:12Mrs. Norwood.
05:13Mrs. Norwood?
05:15Oh, Sam, I thought if I took you away from Plainview,
05:18away from the memories of those other times, you might get better.
05:22I've tried, Ma. I've tried.
05:24Oh, I know you have, son.
05:27I always liked Mrs. Norwood.
05:30You weren't yourself, Sam.
05:32Why do I have to do these things?
05:35Why do I have to be this way?
05:37It was the war.
05:39Other men fought in Cuba.
05:41If I had any courage, if I wasn't such a coward, I...
05:44Oh, no.
05:45Four people already have died on account of me.
05:48There'll be others.
05:49No, no, don't say that.
05:50You're going to get better.
05:51I know you will.
05:52Oh, your loving me won't cure me, Ma.
05:55Well, we'll move again.
05:56We will.
05:57I won't give up.
05:58You're all I have in the world.
06:00You have Ned?
06:01No.
06:02I married Ned's father to take care of you,
06:04and I'm going to go on taking care of you,
06:06no matter what happens.
06:07Oh, Ma.
06:24What did Mr. Carter say about the sketch?
06:26Never sold a boot like it.
06:27That's a bad break.
06:28Just the opposite.
06:30Now we know the man's a newcomer,
06:31or he can afford to send away for his boots.
06:33You got the list ready?
06:34Yeah.
06:35These folks moved here within the last year.
06:37These others over two years ago.
06:39We'll check the newer ones first.
06:41How do we split them up?
06:42The Alstons, the Betts, and the Paulins live west of town.
06:44The Walkers and the Gorhams to the east.
06:46I'll take the last two, Walker and Gorham.
06:48You handle the others.
07:01Come on.
07:27Howdy.
07:28Your name Walker?
07:29Pleased to meet you.
07:30You investigating the murder?
07:31Yes.
07:32I figure if I see enough people and ask enough questions,
07:34I might be able to.
07:35What's the matter?
07:36What are you looking at?
07:37Your boots.
07:38Oh, my boots?
07:39Yes.
07:40I've been wanting a pair like that for some time.
07:42What size do you wear?
07:43Oh, size 8.
07:45But I think it'd be too small for you.
07:47Anybody else in the family have the same kind?
07:49Sam.
07:50Sam would be too big for you.
07:51Sam?
07:52Oh, my stepbrother, Sam Hudson.
07:54Is he around?
07:55Yes, but he's sick in bed.
07:56I don't think we can go.
07:57Come on.
07:58Let's go see him.
07:59All right.
08:18Ma?
08:19Ma, someone here wants to see you.
08:22Ma?
08:25Yes?
08:26I'm Captain Riding, Mrs. Walker.
08:28The ranger?
08:29That's right.
08:30I wonder if I could talk to your son a moment.
08:32Sam?
08:33Yes.
08:34Well, why do you want to see him?
08:36Just some routine questions.
08:38He's ill, and he mustn't be disturbed.
08:40I'm afraid it can't be helped, Mrs. Walker.
08:42Where's his room?
08:44It's upstairs, but you...
08:56Oh, my.
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11:21Why are we here now?
11:22After a few questions.
11:23I had nothing to say except that my boy's innocent.
11:26I can understand your feeling, Mrs. Walker, but we have enough evidence to convict him
11:29a hundred times over.
11:30Don't believe him, Mollie.
11:32He's just trying to scare you.
11:33Sam's footprints were found at the scene of the crime.
11:36Mrs. Norwood's purse was found in his room.
11:38And given time, we'll probably find gloves.
11:40In addition, he ran away to avoid being questioned, and in the last hour,
11:44we've caught him telling lie after lie.
11:46I'll swear he didn't leave the house last night.
11:48A jury might admire a mother's courage and devotion and still not believe her.
11:51You see, if they find him guilty, what will they do to him?
11:54You know the answer as well as I do.
11:58You mean they'll hang him?
11:59That depends.
12:00No, no, no. They can't hang him. He wasn't himself. He didn't know what...
12:08You'd better tell us the truth, Mrs. Walker.
12:12It was the war.
12:14He got some kind of a fever in Cuba and...
12:17When he came home, he was so changed, I...
12:19I hardly knew him.
12:21He was nervous and short-tempered.
12:29He had spells when he'd do things and...
12:31couldn't remember afterwards.
12:33What sort of things?
12:34Strange, cruel things that...
12:36they weren't a bit like him and...
12:39I didn't know what to do.
12:40You could have taken him to a doctor.
12:42No, I... I was afraid.
12:44His stepfather was dead and...
12:47there wasn't money to send him to a place where he'd be treated kindly.
12:50Ma, why didn't you let me know?
12:52Maybe I could have helped.
12:54When...
12:56When that girl in Plainview was killed and I found her handkerchief in Sam's room, I...
13:00I should have gone to the police, but...
13:02I couldn't.
13:04I couldn't bring myself to do it. I just couldn't.
13:07Don't cry, Ma. Please don't cry.
13:09I'm to blame for what's happened.
13:11Those girls in Plainview.
13:14Mary Collins.
13:16Poor Mrs. Norton.
13:18I'm more guilty of murder than he is.
13:21I'm the one you should hang.
13:28Mrs. Walker, I don't want to...
13:33All right, Reining, bring him out.
13:35It's Norwood. They're coming for Sam.
13:38You and your mother go out the back way.
13:40Do as I tell you. Hurry.
13:41Come on, Mark.
13:42We mean business, Reining.
13:45We're going to take care of that murdering devil in our own way.
13:48Hang is too good for him.
13:50Yeah.
13:51Do you hear me? Bring Hudson out, or we come in and get him.
13:55We will.
13:58I better go out and talk to them before they wreck the place.
14:01Captain, you can't reason with a mob like that.
14:03I'm going to try.
14:05Back me up.
14:15Tell your friends to go home, Norwood.
14:17We're not leaving until we get the man we come for.
14:21They're going to leave and leave quietly.
14:23After what that fiend did to Ellen, I'm going to see he gets what's coming to him.
14:27He'll get what's coming to him.
14:29But it'll be done legally.
14:31After a jury hears the facts.
14:33We know the facts. Now get out of our way.
14:35Stay where you are.
14:37Travis is inside covering you.
14:40Now, I don't know who he's aiming at.
14:42If the place isn't cleared by the time I count three, I'll order him to shoot.
14:46You're bluffing.
14:48You know better than that.
14:51One.
14:54Two.
14:57He could be aiming at you.
14:59Do you think it's worth it?
15:01Let the law do its own dirty work.
15:04I know exactly how you feel, Mr. Norwood.
15:07But it has to be this way.
15:13That was sure close.
15:15It won't be so easy next time.
15:17Next time?
15:18What do you think is going to happen when they find out the law doesn't hang a man who's insane?
15:21They'll tear this place apart.
15:22We've got to get Hudson out of here.
15:24Put the handcuffs on him and take him around the back. I'll get the horses.
15:32Wouldn't I tell you? I was home all night, wasn't I?
15:35No, she told the truth.
15:37The truth?
15:38Yes.
15:39I won't go to her side.
15:40I won't be locked up with a bunch of lunatics.
15:42Hold out your hand.
15:43What for?
15:44We're taking you away.
15:45No!
16:03How'd it happen?
16:04I guess I got carried away.
16:06How do you feel?
16:07Like cutting my throat.
16:09We can't have much of a start.
16:10Round up a posse.
16:11He'll probably head for his ranch.
16:12Ranch?
16:13If he figures on hiding out, he'll need food and clothes.
16:15Come on.
16:37Come on.
16:48Hello, Ned.
17:03Hello, Sam.
17:04How'd you get here?
17:05What do you got in your hand?
17:06Uh, nothing.
17:07Looks like a pair of woman's gloves.
17:09Are they Mrs. Norwood's?
17:10Uh, yeah.
17:11I just found them.
17:12You must have left them there last night after you...
17:14I saw you walk direct to that wood box.
17:16That means you knew they were there.
17:18How would I know?
17:19Because you put them there.
17:20That means you killed Mrs. Norwood.
17:22It's been you all the time, not me.
17:24No, wait, Sam.
17:25Why else would you lie about finding those gloves?
17:28You're the killer.
17:29No, wait, Sam.
17:31I couldn't help it.
17:32Honest, I couldn't help it.
17:34I couldn't help killing all those women.
17:36Something inside of me made me do it.
17:38It was like being sick.
17:39Like living in a nightmare.
17:41What kind of a nightmare do you think I've been living in?
17:44Ma wouldn't think twice about turning me in.
17:46I knew she'd protect you.
17:48Go on.
17:49Well, after I found out how I was,
17:51I took to wearing your clothes,
17:53and then I drugged you so you wouldn't wake up.
17:55Oh, that's why I couldn't remember.
17:57Sam, it was the only way.
17:59I knew Ma would find out sooner or later,
18:01and I was afraid she'd put me away.
18:03Oh, I ought to kill you.
18:05No.
18:07Don't worry.
18:08I'm turning you over to Ryan.
18:10But that's not the answer either, Sam.
18:13I think it is.
18:14Get moving.
18:15If you turn me in, it'll be your word against mine.
18:19And the evidence still points to you.
18:21Oh, are you?
18:22Kill me, and you'll have one more murder on your hands.
18:26And with me dead, who will take care of Ma?
18:31I've still got you, Sam.
18:32Stay where you are.
18:37Sam, there's only one thing for you to do.
18:39Just keep on running.
18:40Now go on, while you still have the chance.
18:42I'm turning you in.
18:44Maybe they won't believe me at first.
19:01Look over there.
19:03Get after him.
19:04I'll check the shot.
19:31Captain, Captain Riding?
19:33Yes.
19:34It was accident.
19:36Tried to get a gun away from Sam.
19:38Don't waste your strength talking.
19:40Lots to say.
19:41Not much time.
19:42You lie here quiet.
19:43I'll go for a doctor.
19:44No, no, no.
19:45No, wait.
19:46I killed Mrs. Norwood, Captain.
19:49I killed all the others, too.
19:51I killed her.
19:52I killed her.
19:53I killed her.
19:54I killed her.
19:55I killed her.
19:56I killed her.
19:57I killed her.
19:58I killed her.
19:59I killed all the others, too.
20:01It was me, not Sam.
20:03You did?
20:04Yeah.
20:06Always hated Sam.
20:09Ma loved, Ma loved Sam.
20:11Not me.
20:14I guess there's no use hating Sam now, though, is there?
20:18No.
20:20I knew Ma would protect Sam.
20:23So, when I found out how I was, I,
20:27I made her think that Sam was the one.
20:31I, I took to wearing his clothes.
20:34I drugged him.
20:36And then I...
20:57Sam!
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23:21Sam, you're innocent.
23:22Nobody's gonna hurt you.
23:24You're lying!
23:26Sam, I'm taking my gun belt off.
23:30I'm coming over to have a talk with you.
23:34Captain, he'll kill you.
23:37I'm betting he won't.
23:39Don't come any closer.
24:00Not a very good shot, are you, Sam?
24:02Next time I'll kill you.
24:04Stay back!
24:09You're no killer, Sam.
24:21You didn't kill those women, and you're not gonna kill me.
24:25Nobody's gonna lock me up.
24:26I'm not spending the rest of my life in an asylum.
24:28That's what I've been trying to tell you.
24:31Now put down the gun.
24:32No.
24:33Go ahead and use it.
24:34All right.
24:35I will.
24:36I can't.
24:37It's all right, Sam.
24:38Everything's gonna be all right, son.
24:39Ned, did they tell you I was...
24:40It was an accident.
24:41What happened wasn't your fault.
24:42That I...
24:43I'm free?
24:44Where are you going?
24:45To the hospital.
24:46I can't.
24:47I can't.
24:48I can't.
24:49I'm not going anywhere.
24:50I'm going to be with you.
24:51I can't.
24:52I can't.
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25:00I can't.
25:01I can't.
25:02I can't.
25:03I can't.
25:04I can't.
25:05I'm free.
25:06We're both free.
25:07Oh Ma.
25:11It was march 20.
25:121953.
25:13And I was 2 days overdue at headquarters.
25:22This is the story of 26 men who rode the Arizona territory man
25:29High is the glory of twenty-six men whose courage helped to build the territory.
25:36Twenty-six men who saddled up and then rode off to answer duty's call.
25:44Twenty-six men who lived to write again and fight for the rights and the liberty of all.
25:51This is the story of twenty-six men enforcing law within the territory.
25:59Praise be the glory of twenty-six men who rode the Arizona territory.
26:06Ride on, ride on, ride on.