King Of The Texas Rangers (1941) E1 The Fifth Column Strikes
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01:11 [Announcer] And there goes the whistle for this postseason gridiron classic between the Alabama champions and the Texas All-Stars.
01:17 With the score tied at six to six. Davis of Alabama kicks and it's a beauty.
01:21 Down to the Texas 21-yard line where it's snared by King of Texas, slinging Tom King.
01:25 He takes the ball and comes up. It looks like he's pocketed.
01:28 No, he's getting out in the open and across the midfield stripe down into Alabama territory.
01:31 He's going down there. Go on, Tom, go on.
01:34 And he's hit hard by Sloan. Right down on the 45-yard line.
01:38 First and ten. Shifts over the right. King's back. He's going to throw a forward pass.
01:41 He finds a man out in the clear and it's thrown to second on the 35-yard line.
01:46 First and ten for Texas on the Alabama 35-yard line.
01:49 Oh, Mr. King, you're just in time for the second half. Tom's on his way for another touchdown.
01:53 Got no time for that, Sally. I've got to use your phone.
01:55 Hi, Pop. Hello, Tom. Hi.
01:59 Hello? This is King of the Texas Rangers. Get me Colonel Avery in Austin. Official 5-0.
02:04 Sounds like something big. It is.
02:06 May I have the story? Oh, you'll have to get that from Avery, Sally.
02:10 Hello? King, Boca Grande Station, Colonel.
02:14 You were right about that sabotage ring, sir.
02:17 Yes, sir. I've got a complete list of their operatives right here.
02:21 We can crack it wide open. And that is just what we will do.
02:24 Leave for Austin immediately. I'll have a National Guard plane ready to fly us to Washington.
02:29 And we'll place your evidence in the hands of J. Edgar Hoover himself.
02:33 Right. Bye.
02:36 I've got to get a car. Take mine.
02:40 Oh, say, Pop, see that my horse gets out of the station, will you?
02:44 Better will, Tom.
02:47 Better let me drive, Sally.
02:52 Better let me drive, Sally.
02:55 Can't you give me just an inkling of what this is all about?
03:19 It's too big, Sally. I wouldn't dare until Colonel Avery okays it.
03:24 Let's see how that son of mine is doing against Alabama.
03:28 Take the canyon cutoff.
03:39 That's a Texas ball on the road, 35 yard line. Fourth down and eight to go.
03:45 They've got to make it this time if we want to hold that ball.
03:48 King looks over the defense. Centers down over the ball.
03:51 The shift's over the right. King and Ellsworth back. Here comes the passing center.
03:54 The ball goes back to King. He's following one man around. He's going to throw it forward.
03:57 Passing does. Ellsworth takes it on the sideline. He's coming up there.
04:00 Five, ten, fifteen. And he's good on the bound. Another first down for Texas.
04:03 They're marching goalward. Here's the shift to the right again. King is back.
04:07 The ball goes back to slinging Tom. He's going to throw it forward. No, he changes his mind.
04:10 It's a running play. Up the sideline. That is another first down for Texas.
04:14 This boy slinging Tom King is running wild this afternoon.
04:18 If this sabotage case hadn't busted wide open, I'd see that game.
04:21 Sounds like I'm missing something.
04:24 Tom, it seems to make all Americans here. I expect so.
04:28 You can get him from here easy. I won't miss.
04:40 Come on.
04:43 Texas is on the mark again, folks. Looks like they made another first down on that play.
04:58 We'll get the exact yardage in just a moment. Yes, it's the first down.
05:01 Now they're in the huddle. They cross the line of scrimmage. There's the play.
05:04 The ball goes to Ellsworth. He's over right tackle, but the Alabama line holds.
05:07 Nice defense by those Alabama forwards.
05:10 It's second and ten for Texas on the Alabama 30.
05:13 Hurry up. I hear a car coming. Here it is.
05:16 And it's going down into the end zone. He takes it and it's a touchdown for Texas.
05:21 The Texas champions win the ball game to score Alabama champions six, Texas all-stars twelve.
05:27 And just listen to that crowd. They're crying, crying, crying.
05:30 And it's all for the man who made that last touchdown, slinging Tom King.
05:34 I only hope Captain King of the Texas Rangers is listening to his son's prayers.
05:38 Yes, sir, ladies and gentlemen, at this time we salute you, Captain King.
05:42 I was all set to settle for a tie score when I saw you bust loose, Tom.
05:46 I said, man, they can't stop him with a squirrel gun, and sat down.
05:49 Boy, those old Alabama boys sure had me tired.
05:52 Yeah, me too, Stubb.
05:54 Fan mail's coming in early, Tom.
05:56 Thank you, coach.
06:00 [Paper rustling]
06:02 Bad news?
06:13 Yeah, bad.
06:15 Oh, I'm sorry.
06:18 Hey, Tom, wait a minute.
06:20 I'll see you later, Stubb. I've got good office.
06:28 [Engine rumbling]
06:31 Got the list, Martin.
06:38 What about the Ranger?
06:39 He's dead.
06:40 Good.
06:43 Hanger.
06:44 Good. This is Martin speaking.
06:46 Warm up my plane. I'm leaving immediately.
06:48 Yes, sir.
06:49 Contact the Zeppelin. Use my call number.
06:52 Ask His Excellency to radio me on beam five and give me a contact point.
06:55 [Bell tolling]
06:58 Texas One calling Z-100.
07:19 This is His Excellency. Come in, Texas One.
07:22 I'm speaking for Texas One, Your Excellency.
07:25 We request you to radio him on beam five and give him a contact point.
07:30 At once. Beam five.
07:32 Z-100 to Texas One.
07:36 Z-100 to Texas One.
07:43 Texas One on beam five at 11,000. Contact point, please.
07:47 Use contact point seven at 15,000.
07:50 Contact point seven at 15,000.
07:53 Captain, do you have the course?
07:55 Yes, Excellency.
07:57 Course seven altitude 15,000.
07:59 Stand by for contact.
08:15 [Engine rumbling]
08:18 Lower the ladder.
08:28 [Engine rumbling]
08:31 For the cause.
08:55 What detained you?
08:57 I threw a stupid blunder.
08:59 This very nearly fell into the hands of the American authorities.
09:02 It is a complete list of all the new sabotage agents that we've established in the United States.
09:06 You have done well.
09:08 A slip now might ruin our chances to cripple American defense.
09:11 Any difficulties with the work in Mexico?
09:13 None. We're now ready to move into the Texas oil fields.
09:16 Splendid. You will, of course, continue to keep me informed by radio.
09:19 For the cause.
09:21 For the cause.
09:23 [Engine rumbling]
09:26 This is your father's old badge, Tom.
09:34 It represents years of loyal and courageous service.
09:37 See that you wear it as honorably as he did.
09:46 I'll try to, sir.
09:49 I know you will.
09:51 You've got the case.
09:53 And then you better go to the Sentinel office and talk to Sally Crane.
09:56 Anybody home?
10:11 Hello, Pop.
10:14 Howdy, Tom.
10:16 I reckon it's Ranger Tom from now on.
10:18 I read about it in the AP story from Austin.
10:21 Mighty fine. Mighty fine.
10:23 Thanks, Pop. Is Sally around?
10:25 She went over to Dober Hills to get a story.
10:27 They're bringing in a new well.
10:29 I'll drive over there. See you later, Pop.
10:31 So long, Ranger.
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10:37 I think that'll be the best idea.
10:51 Yeah, if we start the fire on the other side of the field, the wind will...
11:02 Come on.
11:04 Operator, get me the Boca Grande to Ranger Station.
11:27 Cancel that call.
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11:34 Never mind that call, Operator.
11:37 Go pick up that car.
11:40 I should have plugged you the day I shot that Ranger.
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12:01 There's a Ranger coming. This is a plant out.
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12:28 [Gunshot]
12:30 [Gunshot]
12:36 Fast going, fella.
12:43 Rangers, get going!
12:49 That's the man who shot your father.
12:51 He's got a car up on the hill.
12:55 [Explosion]
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13:37 Turn off at Brock's Crossing.
13:39 They turned off the highway.
13:44 Yeah, heading for the border.
13:46 [Gunshot]
13:51 Get out of it!
13:53 [Gunshot]
13:55 We'll never catch them now.
13:59 That'll slow them up a while. Now step on it.
14:02 [Tires screeching]
14:04 Catch up a couple of horses. I'll get the saddles.
14:19 They must be safe across the border by now.
14:31 Maybe not.
14:33 Tom!
14:36 What are you going to do?
14:37 Go and after them.
14:39 But you can't. A Texas Ranger has no right in Mexico.
14:44 All right, then. I'm not going as a Texas Ranger.
14:49 But that's even worse. You're going in there to...
14:52 I don't think international laws were made to protect men like that.
14:55 You take this and wait here.
14:57 [Door opening]
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15:03 Hiya, Jake.
15:08 Is everything okay at the warehouse?
15:09 Yep. All quiet.
15:11 What are you fellas doing here?
15:12 The Rangers ran us out of Texas, but we'll be back there again tonight.
15:16 Pancho, tequila.
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15:24 You better get down to that warehouse and get word to Lynch about that girl.
15:45 She knows too much.
15:46 Yeah. Here's a go.
15:48 [Gunshot]
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15:54 You're the man I'm looking for.
16:03 I'm taking you back to Texas to stand trial for murder.
16:06 You can't touch us, Ranger. You're in Mexico now.
16:14 I'm not here as a Ranger.
16:16 I'm here as a private citizen.
16:18 Son of Ranger Keene.
16:20 Remember him?
16:22 [Gunshots]
16:27 [Gunshot]
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16:47 Thanks. I'm Tom Keene of the Texas Rangers.
16:57 I should like to be certain you are a Texas Ranger, senor.
17:00 I'm Pedro Garcia, lieutenant of Rurales.
17:11 Well, and who are these men?
17:14 The men killed my father, Ranger Tom Keene, while he was working on a sabotage case.
17:21 Sabotage? Oh, now I see.
17:26 I don't understand.
17:28 I'm investigating some of your countrymen who are suspected of sabotaging American oil properties in Mexico.
17:34 I have a tip they're hiding back in the hills in an abandoned olive oil plant.
17:38 Come, we'll go together, eh?
17:41 I have no authority south of the border.
17:45 You have two guns, which I may need.
17:52 I have the authority which you may need.
17:55 It's what you call 50/50, eh?
17:57 That's fine.
18:01 Bueno, vamos.
18:07 There is the place. One guard outside.
18:10 I wonder how many are inside.
18:14 Get savvy. We must find out.
18:16 Hey!
18:22 This is a marvelous trick. What do you call it?
18:35 It's a flying tackle. An old American custom.
18:38 It works very fine.
18:40 I think this Mexican-Rurales-Texas-Ranger combination is going to work pretty good.
18:44 Seems harmless enough.
18:51 Perhaps there is something else here.
18:55 Pedro.
19:00 Kind of heavy for olive oil.
19:03 Let's take a look.
19:05 There's your stolen explosive.
19:15 So, this is the stuff they use to blow up our oil wells.
19:19 Adobe Hills Distributing Corporation.
19:29 Adobe Hills, Texas.
19:31 That's where they're sending it.
19:33 That warehouse must have enough of this stuff in to blow up the whole Adobe Hills oil field.
19:38 I've got to get back there as quick as I can.
19:40 Listen.
19:42 My Rurales.
19:44 Rurales!
19:52 Rurales!
19:54 Who are those guys?
20:12 Rurales and Rangers.
20:14 We've got to get them or the whole deal will be washed up.
20:18 (Gunshots)
20:20 (Gunshots)
20:23 Keep them busy.
20:42 (Gunshots)
20:44 Tell the boys to keep them pinned in there until the fire gets to that explosive.
20:55 (Gunshots)
20:58 This stuff is going to blow up any minute. We've got to get out of here.
21:09 That back door. Let's go.
21:11 They're coming out the back door.
21:26 Rurales!
21:35 (Gunshots)
21:37 My Rurales!
21:45 Now we don't have to worry any more about those explosives.
22:03 That's right. But there's plenty more in that Adobe Hill warehouse.
22:06 I've got to get back there right away.
22:08 I'm coming with you.
22:10 You have helped me in Mexico, I will help you in Texas.
22:13 That suits me fine. Let's go.
22:15 Tom, I've been so worried about you.
22:22 Did they get away?
22:24 No, they didn't get away.
22:26 Sally, I want you to meet Lieutenant Garcia of the Mexican Rurales.
22:30 Pedro, Miss Crane.
22:32 How do you do?
22:34 Why don't you go to the Adobe Hills field and tell the watchmen to double their guards around the well.
22:38 Pedro will tell you what it's all about.
22:40 But where are you going?
22:42 To pick up the rangers at the Boca Grande station.
22:45 We can take this car.
22:47 Wichita, get a couple of boys and come with me.
23:00 We're going to raid the Adobe Hills warehouse.
23:02 Fred, Johnny, you heard that. Let's go.
23:04 What's up, Tom?
23:05 I'll tell you on the way.
23:07 Here it is, Nick.
23:15 Handle it carefully.
23:17 Rangers, get going!
23:23 Come on, Nick.
23:25 We're all set as soon as that bomb gets here.
23:50 Let's go.
23:52 Something is not right.
24:03 When you work around oil wells at night, you use floodlights.
24:07 I have seen it many times.
24:10 You wait here.
24:12 I'll be back.
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24:45 Hold it!
24:47 Put her in the tool shed.
24:57 That bomb should be here by now.
25:04 I hope nothing happened to the warehouse.
25:07 [Music]
25:09 Ranger!
25:30 Stop it!
25:35 [Music]
25:37 Come on.
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26:03 Let's get out of here.
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27:05 Pedro! Pedro!
27:13 What happened?
27:15 My back.
27:17 She hurts so.
27:18 Where is Sally?
27:20 Tom, they locked her in the tool shed.
27:30 Come on, I'll take you to the car.
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27:35 Tom!
27:59 Tom!
28:01 Tom!
28:09 Tom!
28:16 Sally!
28:24 We have to get out of here. The whole village will be on fire.
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