WESTERN MOVIES [PREVEDENI] - 1947

WESTERN MOVIES [PREVEDENI] – 1947 [10]

 Angel and the Badman (1947) ANĐEO I ZLIKOVAC 
 California (1947) KALIFORNIJA 
 Gunfighters (1947) REVOLVERAŠI
 Pursued (1947) PROGNANI
 Ramrod (1947) VOĐA RANČA
 Sea of Grass, The (1947) GREH JEDNE NOĆI [aka MORE TRAVE]
 Thunder Mountain (1947) BORBA ZA RANČ 
 Trail Street (1947) POVRATAK ODMETNIKA 
 Unconquered (1947) NEPOBEĐENI 
 Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, The (1947) ABOT I KOSTELO NA DIVLJEM ZAPADU

 ANÐEO I ZLIKOVAC

Angel and the Badman (1947)

[John Wayne ... Quirt Evans, Gail Russell ... Penelope Worth, Harry Carey ... Marshal Wistful McClintock, Bruce Cabot ... Laredo Stevens, Irene Rich ... Mrs. Worth, Lee Dixon ... Randy McCall, Stephen Grant ... Johnny Worth, Tom Powers ... Dr. Mangram, Paul Hurst ... Frederick Carson, Olin Howland ... Bradley (as Olin Howlin), John Halloran ... Thomas Worth, Joan Barton ... Lila Neal, Craig Woods ... Ward Withers, Marshall Reed ... Nelson]

- Quirt Evans, an all round bad guy, is nursed back to health and sought after by Penelope Worth a quaker girl. He eventually finds himself having to choose between his world and the world Penelope lives in. Notorious gunman Quirt Evans is wounded and on the run. He arrives at a Quaker farm owned by Thomas Worth and his family where he collapses from exhaustion. Evans asks Thomas and his daughter Penelope to drive him into town in their wagon in order to send an urgent telegram. The telegram contains a land claim and is sent to the land recorder's office. The Quaker family is ignoring the town doctor's advice to rid themselves of the gunfighter and they compassionately tend to the delirious Evans. Penny Worth becomes intrigued by his ravings of past loves.When Evans regains consciousness, Penny explains to him about the Quaker credo of non-violence and way of life. Three weeks later, two desperadoes, Laredo Stevens and Hondo Jeffries, ride into town looking for Evans.Penny's younger brother, Johnny, rushes home to inform Evans of his visitors and Evans prepares to flee. Penny, now smitten with Evans, offers to run off with him. Upon hearing the sound of approaching horses, Evans grabs his... [Director: James Edward Grant] [100 min, Black and White, 1.37 : 1, Romance l Western, USA]

•  Džon Vejn u ovom vesternu igra odmetnika, koji ranjen dolazi na prag porodice Kvekera. Oni ga primaju u kuću, leče i on polako počinje da se zaljubljuje u njihovu ćerku. Mladi revolveraš će uskoro morati da se odluči između novog života i stare želje da osveti smrt svog očuha.

 KALIFORNIJA

California (1947)

[Ray Milland ... Jonathan Trumbo, Barbara Stanwyck ... Lily Bishop, Barry Fitzgerald ... Michael Fabian, George Coulouris ... Capt. Pharaoh Coffin, Albert Dekker ... Mr. Pike, Anthony Quinn ... Don Luís Rivera y Hernandez, Frank Faylen ... Whitey, Gavin Muir ... Booth Pennock, James Burke ... Pokey, Eduardo Ciannelli ... Padre, Roman Bohnen ... Col. Stuart, Argentina Brunetti ... Elvira, Howard Freeman ... Sen. Creel, Julia Faye ... Wagon Woman]

- Epic account of how California became a state, featuring a wagon train, the Gold Rush, a wicked saloon queen, and an evil profiteer. "Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Johnny and Michael finally arrive, Lily is rich from her saloon and storekeeper (former slaver) Pharaoh Coffin is bleeding the miners dry. But worse troubles are ahead: California is inching toward statehood, and certain people want to make it their private empire. [Director: John Farrow] [97 min, 1.37 : 1, Romance l Western, USA]

•  Priča o nastanku države Kalifornija, traganju za zlatom i zlim profiterima. Sjedinjene Američke Države 1848. godine, tokom masovne migracije na Zapad. Lili Bišop (B. Stanwyck), lepotica pomalo slobodnog ponašanja i ne baš časnih namera, pridružuje se karavanu koji polazi za Kaliforniju. Karavan vode Džonatan Trambo (R. Milland) i Majkl Fabijan (B. Fitzgerald), nekadašnji vojnici koje zaustavi, iako su već nadomak odredišta, iznenadna vest o pronađenom rudniku zlata. Međutim, Lili je nastavila put i kada Džoni i Majkl stignu na odredište, zateknu imućnu Lili. Ona je vlasnica saluna i bliska sa Faraom (G. Coulouris), njenim saveznikom i lokalnim despotom za koga rade tamošnji rudari.

 REVOLVERAŠI

Gunfighters (1947)

[Randolph Scott ... Brazos Kane, Barbara Britton ... Bess Banner, Dorothy Hart ... Jane Banner, Bruce Cabot ... Bard Macky, Charley Grapewin ... Rancher Inskip, Steven Geray ... Jose aka Uncle Joe, Forrest Tucker ... Ben Orcutt, Charles Kemper ... Sheriff Kiscaden, Grant Withers ... Deputy Bill Yount, John Miles ... Johnny O'Neil, Griff Barnett ... Mr. Banner]

- Gunfighter "Brazos" Kane lays aside his guns "forever" when he is forced to shoot his best friend, and decides to join another friend, Bob Tyrell, as a cowhand on the Inskip ranch. Upon arriving there he finds the bullet-riddled body of his friend. He carries the body to the Banner ranch, the largest in the territory, and is accused by Banner of murdering Tyrell; Banner orders Deputy Sheriff Bill Yount, who is in Banner's pay, to arrest Kane. But Kane has the sympathy of Banner's daughter, Jane, who notifies Inskip of Kane's plight, and Inskip arrives in time to prevent a lynching. Sheriff Kiscade dismisses the murder charge for lack of evidence. Brazos then sets out to find the killer of his friend. Bess Bannister, Jane's sister, is in love with the Banner ranch foreman, Bard Macky, and knowing that Bard killed Tyrell and that Kane will track him down, then hampers Kane's mission somewhat by pretending to be in love with him. [Director: George Waggner] [(adapted from Zane Grey's novel "Twin Sombreros")] [87 min, 1.37 : 1, Action l Drama l Romance, USA] 

•  Bard Maki (B. Cabot) je odgovoran za nekoliko ubistava u vezi razmirica oko prava na ranč vlasnika gospodina Banera (G. Barnet) i njegovih ćerki Džejn (D. Hart) i Bes (B. Britton). U grad dolazi misteriozan stranac Brazos Kejn (R. Scott) koji je poznat po tome da je i u ostalim mestima sredio nekoliko gradskih siledžija, kao što će i ovde srediti sve loše momke. Dobra ćerka Džejn se zaljubi u Brazosa Kejna, dok njena sestra blizankinja Bes spletkari opčinjena Bardom.

 PROGNANI

Pursued (1947)

[Teresa Wright ... Thor, Robert Mitchum ... Jeb, Judith Anderson ... Mrs. Callum, Dean Jagger ... Grant, Alan Hale ... Jake Dingle, John Rodney ... Adam, Harry Carey Jr. ... Prentice, Clifton Young ... The Sergeant, Ernest Severn ... Jeb, age 11, Charles Bates ... Adam, age 11, Peggy Miller ... Thor, age 10, Norman Jolley ... A Callum, Lane Chandler ... A Callum, Elmer Ellingwood ... A Callum, Jack Montgomery ... A Callum]

- Brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s, an orphan grows up haunted by nightmares of a childhood trauma in which his own family was killed. After his family is murdered in the 1880s, orphan Jeb Rand is raised by the Callum family on their nearby horse ranch. He remains haunted by this childhood trauma in a recurring nightmare of flashing spurs and confinement inside a trap door as his family is slaughtered. Widow Callum does her best to make Jeb feel loved as he is growing up, but the young man stubbornly maintains a sense of his own identity. While he has great affection for his foster-sister Thor, his relationship with her brother Adam is tenuous at best, especially when Jeb blames him for shooting a colt that he was riding. Although Mrs. Callum blames the incident on deer hunters, she is aware that the it was actually the attempted murder of the youngster by her brother-in-law Grant, a shadowy figure who, for vague reasons, is determined to harm Jeb. Jeb loses a coin flip with Adam, and becomes the designated family volunteer to fight in the Spanish-American War. Jeb returns a hero, but does not find happiness. [Director: Raoul Walsh] [101 min, Black and White, 1.37 : 1, Drama l Romance l Thriller, USA]

•  Radnja je smeštena u Nju Meksiku na prelazu u 20. vek. Film govori Džebu (R. Mitchum) čija je cela porodica ubijena kada je bio dete. U periodu nakon tog masakra, Džeb je pronašao gospođu Kalum (J. Anderson), udovicu, koja ga je odgajala u svojoj porodici. Traumatizovan ubistvima, Džeb se ne seća ništa o toj noći, osim nejasne slike u čestim noćnim morama. Gospođa Kalum ga podiže kao vlastitog sina, zajedno sa svojom ćerkom Torli i njenim sinom Adamom. Godinama kasnije, Džeb je mladić na koga puca sin gospođe Kalum...

 VOĐA RANČA

Ramrod (1947)

[Joel McCrea ... Dave Nash, Veronica Lake ... Connie Dickason, Don DeFore ... Bill Schell, Donald Crisp ... Jim Crew, Preston Foster ... Frank Ivey, Arleen Whelan ... Rose Leland, Charles Ruggles ... Ben Dickason (as Charlie Ruggles), Lloyd Bridges ... Red Cates, Nestor Paiva ... Curley, Ray Teal ... Ed Burma, Houseley Stevenson ... George Smedley (as Housely Stevenson), Ward Wood ... Link Thoms (as Robert Wood), Ian MacDonald ... Walt Shipley, Wally Cassell ... Virg Lea, Sarah Padden ... Mrs. Parks]

- Violent feud between Connie Dickason, the owner of the Circle 66 ranch and rancher Frank Ivey, the self-proclaimed boss of an otherwise public grazing land. A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results. [Director: André De Toth (as Andre de Toth)] [95 min, Black and White, 1.37 : 1, Romance l Western, USA]

•  U sukobu stočara i ovčara, Koni Dikason (V. Lake) gubi verenika, ali dobija njegov ranč i odlučna je da ga vodi sama, uprkos Frenku Iveju (P. Foster), "gospodaru" doline, za kojeg je njen otac Ben (C. Ruggles), hteo da je uda. Pored bivšeg alkoholičara Dejva Neša (J. McCrea) kao predradnika, zapošljava i gomilu Ivejevih neprijatelja. Ivej napada svom snagom, ali Dejv je odlučan da mu se suprotstavi na zakonit način, a njegovim saradnicima se to ne sviđa. Koni tvrdi da joj oružje nije potrebno da bi se dokazala, ali sve rezultira sa mnogo pucnjave. Stari dobri vestern sa sukobom Velikog i Malog rančera...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 GREH JEDNE NOĆI [aka MORE TRAVE]

Sea of Grass, The (1947)

[Spencer Tracy ... Col. James B. 'Jim' Brewton, Katharine Hepburn ... Lutie Cameron Brewton, Robert Walker ... Brock Brewton, Melvyn Douglas ... Brice Chamberlain, Phyllis Thaxter ... Sara Beth Brewton, Edgar Buchanan ... Jeff, Cook on Brewton Ranch, Harry Carey ... Doc J. Reid, Ruth Nelson ... Selina Hall, Sam Hall's Wife, William 'Bill' Phillips ... Banty, Brewton Ranch Hand (as Wm. 'Bill' Phillips), Robert Armstrong ... Floyd McCurtin (Brewton's attorney), James Bell ... Sam Hall, Homesteader, Robert Barrat ... Judge Seth White, Salt Fork, Charles Trowbridge ... George Cameron, Russell Hicks ... Major Dell Harney, Trevor Bardette ... Andy Boggs, Homesteader]

- This western begins with St. Louis resident Lutie Cameron (K. Hepburn) marrying New Mexico cattleman Col. James B. 'Jim' Brewton (S. Tracy) after a short courtship. When she arrives in "Salt Fork, NM" she finds that her new husband is considered by the locals to be a tyrant who uses force to keep homesteaders off the government owned land he uses for grazing his cattle-the so-called Sea of Grass. Lutie, has difficulty reconciling her husband's beliefs and passions with her own. [Director: Elia Kazan] [Conrad Richter (novel)] [123 min, Black and White, 1.37 : 1, Drama l Western, USA]

•  Priča se većim delom događa u okruženju travnatog mora, nepreglednog carstva pašnjaka koje se prostiralo na zapadu SAD-a, od velikih ravnica do Stenovitih planina, pa i dalje. Luti Kameron (K. Hepburn) se seli iz Sent Luisa u farmerski gradić Solt Fork da bi se udala za tamošnjeg moćnika Džejmsa Brojtona (S. Tracy). Po dolasku upoznaje advokata Čemberlena (M. Douglas), Brojtonovog zakletog neprijatelja. Naime, Čemberlen zastupa interese farmera koji se pokušavaju nastaniti i obrađivati prostrane zelene površine oko gradića, a Brojton se uporno bori protiv njihovih nastojanja, jer tu zemlju koristi za ispašu svoje stoke. Iako pokušava da razume voljenog supruga i podrži njegove interese, Luti se nikako ne može oteti utisku da Brojton gaji veću ljubav prema toj zemlji, nego prema njoj. Čak i nakon rođenja ćerke, ona se oseća sve usamljenije i utehu pronalazi u Čemberlenovom zagrljaju. Nakon što se vrati u svoj dom, život se naizgled vraća u normalu, ali skoro rođenje sina Broka u Brojtonu rađa sumnju. Paralelno sa gubitkom zemlje koju su zahvaljujući Čemberlenu zaposeli farmeri, Brojton tera i Luti, shvativši da mu je bila neverna...

 
 

 

 

 

BORBA ZA RANČ

Thunder Mountain (1947)

[Tim Holt ... Marvin Hayden, Martha Hyer ... Ellie Jorth, Richard Martin ... Chito Rafferty, Steve Brodie ... Chick Jorth, Virginia Owen ... Ginger Kelly, Jason Robards Sr. ... Jim Gardner (as Jason Robards), Harry Woods ... Trimble Carson, Tom Keene ... Johnny Blue (as Richard Powers), Robert Clarke ... Lee Jorth, Harry Harvey ... Sheriff Bagley]

- "Thunder Mountain" is the first of Tim Holt's 29 postwar westerns spread over the five year period from June, 1947 to June, 1952. While the film has one Zane Grey title, it has more elements in it from Grey's "To the Last Man" than from Grey's "Thunder Mountain", a not uncommon practice by RKO when dealing with the works of (Zane Grey). This one had Marvin Hayden(Tim Holt) returning to his Arizona ranch and finding it about to be sold for taxes. It has been in charge of his Mexican-Irish friend Chito Rafferty (Richard Martin). Local saloon-keeper Trimble Carson (Harry Woods), his friend Johnny Blue (Tom Keene) and Sheriff Bagley (Harry Harvey) have information that the ranch is to be the site of a dam and plot to obtain it. Plus, neighboring ranchers Ellen Jorth (Martha Hyer) and her brothers, Chick (Steve Brodie) and Lee (Robert Clarke), are antagonistic toward Hayden because of an old family feud between the Jorths and Haydens. Ellen and Hayden meet while looking for boundary... [Director: Lew Landers] [Zane Grey (based on the novel by)] [60 min, Black and White, 1.37 : 1, Action l Romance l Western, USA]

•  "Borba za ranč" je priča o korupciji, o borbi velikih i malih, zlih i dobrih, a u glavnim se ulogama pojavljuju Tim Holt, velika holivudska zvezda Marta Hajer i Ričard Martin. Marvin Hejden (T. Holt) se vraća na svoj ranč u Arizoni, međutim na njegovo iznenađenje ranč je na aukciji kako bi se namirile nagomilane poreske obaveze. Vlasnik saluna Trimbl Karson (H. Woods) ima aspiracije prema Hejdenovom ranču, a pomažu mu prijatelj Džoni Blu (R. Powers) i šerif Begli (H. Harvey). Ali, osim ove trojice i vlasnici susednog ranča, braća Džort (S. Brodie i R. Clarke) i njihova sestra Elen (M. Hyer), dočekuju Hejdena sa neprijateljskim stavom koji datira još od davnih dana. Roman "Thunder Mountain" Zejna Greja prvi put je objavljen 1935. godine i te iste godine doživeo je i svoju prvu ekranizaciju, što ne treba previše čuditi s obzirom da su Grejeve priče i romani bili omiljeno štivo mnogim filmskim stvaraocima pa broj ekranizovanih Grejevih dela broji više od 110 igranih filmova i nešto serija i TV filmova.

 POVRATAK BANDITA

Trail Street (1947)

[Randolph Scott ... Marshal William Bartley 'Bat' Masterson, Robert Ryan ... Allen Harper, Anne Jeffreys ... Ruby Stone, George 'Gabby' Hayes ... Deputy Billy Burns, Madge Meredith ... Susan Pritchard, Steve Brodie ... Logan Maury, Billy House ... Carmody, Virginia Sale ... Hannah Weeks, Harry Woods ... Lance Larkin, Phil Warren ... Slim, Harry Harvey ... Mayor of Liberal, Jason Robards Sr. ... Jason (as Jason Robards)]

- Bat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help the residents fight drought and a destructive range war. The Liberal Kansas area is in trouble. The town is without a Marshal and the nearby farmers are unable to grow crops due to the summer drought and trail riders that run cattle over their land. Bat Masterson arrives to bring law and order and his Deputy accidently finds a variety of wheat that will withstand the drought. But the farmers are giving up and leaving and Bat must convince tham to stay. He wants them to continue farming and also help round up the local gang of outlaws. [Director: Ray Enright] [William Corcoran (novel)] [84 min, Black and White, 1.37 : 1, Musical l Romance l Western, USA]

•  Kanzas potresa sukob farmera koji ograđuju svoje posede i stočara koji te ograde ruše, tradicionalno naviknuti da svoja stada slobodno napasaju. U gradu i okrugu Liberal stočar Logan Mauri (S. Brodie) želi milom ili silom da postane vlasnik farmerskih poseda, dok Alen Harper (R. Ryan), koji se pre dosta godina doselio sa istoka, farmere uverava da ne prodaju zemlju. Logan je bacio oko i na Alenovu devojku Suzan (M. Meredith), farmersku ćerku čiji su roditelji ubijeni. Loganova prijateljica Rubi (A. Jeffreys), salunska zabavljačica, ne gleda dobro na to. U grad stiže novi šerif Bat Masterson (R. Scott), koji odmah shvati da je Alen pozitivac, a da su Logan i njegov pomoćnik Karmodi (B. House) ništarije... Sukob stočara i farmera krajem 19. veka jedna je od velikih tema vesterna, a u ovom filmu obrađena je uvođenjem istorijske ličnosti Bata Mastersona, poznatog šerifa i novinara koji je zakon štitio i sa Vajat Erpom u Dodž Sitiju. Mastersona glumi jedna od ikona vesterna, Rendolf Skot, a partner mu je takođe dobro poznati Robert Rajan, jedan od sugestivnijih tumača uloga negativaca ili tzv. dobrih/loših momaka.

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 NEPOBEÐENI 

Unconquered (1947)

[Gary Cooper ... Capt. Christopher Holden, Paulette Goddard ... Abby Hale, Howard Da Silva ... Martin Garth (as Howard da Silva), Boris Karloff ... Guyasuta - Chief of the Senecas, Cecil Kellaway ... Jeremy Love, Ward Bond ... John Fraser, Virginia Campbell ... Mrs. John Fraser, Katherine DeMille ... Hannah, Henry Wilcoxon ... Capt. Steele, C. Aubrey Smith ... Lord Chief Justice (as Sir C. Aubrey Smith), Victor Varconi ... Capt. Simeon Ecuyer, Virginia Grey ... Diana, Mike Mazurki ... Bone, Porter Hall ... Leach, Richard Gaines ... Col. George Washington]

- Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War. In 1763, felon Abby Hale is sentenced to slavery in America. In Virginia, heroic Capt. Holden buys her, intending to free her, but villain Garth foils this plan, and Abby toils at Dave Bone's tavern. Garth is fomenting an Indian uprising to clear the wilderness of settlers, giving him a monopoly of the fur trade. Holden discovers Garth's treachery, but cannot prove anything against him. Can Holden and Abby save Fort Pitt from the Senecas? Many hairbreadth escapes. [Director: Cecil B. DeMille (as Cecil B. De Mille)] [146 min, 1.37 : 1, Adventure l Drama l History, USA]

•  Godine 1763. na londonskom sudu lepa Ebigejl Marta Hejl (P. Goddard) osuđena je na smrt, jer je ubila čoveka braneći brata kog su silom hteli da odvedu na neki brod. Ako želi izbeći smrt, može kao robinja da ode u engleske kolonije u Americi gde će biti oslobođena za četrnaest godina. Na putu u Ameriku zapazi je vlasnik broda Martin Gart (H. Da Silva) koji je na brzinu pokuša kupiti. Istim brodom vraća se u Ameriku i Kristofer Holden (G. Cooper), oficir britanske vojske. On ponudi više za Ebigejl i kada stignu na američku obalu oslobodi je. Kristofer nastavi put jer se žuri svojoj verenici sa kojom će se za nedelju dana oženiti. U međuvremenu Martin Gart prevari Ebigejl i kaže joj da je Kristofer nije otkupio i da je ona zapravo njegova robinja. Gart prodaje oružje Indijancima i oženjen je sa ćerkom jednog indijanskog poglavice. Ebigejl povede sa sobom prema zapadnoj "granici" gde indijanska plemena pripremaju napad na bele doseljenike i britansku vojsku. Kristofer dobije od svojih pretpostavljenih zadatak da stupi u kontakt sa Indijancima i da ih pokuša odgovoriti od napada. Već putem Indijanci ubiju dvojicu Kristoferovih vojnika. Dalje na zapadu on pronađe Ebigejl kako radi u Gartovoj krčmi. Ovaj vestern režirao je Sesil B. De Mil (1881-1959), jedan od stubova američke kinematografije. Režirao je i bio producent više od sedamdeset filmova, nemih i zvučnih. Publika ga je najviše povezivala sa biblijskim spektaklima iako je režirao filmove gotovo svih žanrova. Novija američka kritika tvrdila je da De Mil nije proizvođač kiča nego vrlo darovit reditelj sa izrazitim smislom za dramu i akciju, ali čini se da mnogi to ni danas ne prihvataju. Na to se De Mil nije obazirao jer njegovo je načelo bilo da je publika uvek u pravu. "Nepobeđeni" je koštao pet miliona dolara što je bio veliki novac posle Drugog svetskog rata. Na snimanju je bilo dosta sukoba između De Mila i Polet Godar koja nije htela da glumi u scenama sa plamtećim indijanskim strelama. Na kraju su se toliko posvađali da on sa njom više nije hteo da radi.

ABOT I KOSTELO NA DIVLJEM ZAPADU 

Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, The (1947)

[Bud Abbott ... Duke Egan, Lou Costello ... Chester Wooley, Marjorie Main ... Widow Hawkins, Audrey Young ... Juanita Hawkins, George Cleveland ... Judge Benbow, Gordon Jones ... Jake Frame, William Ching ... Jim Simpson, Peter M. Thompson ... Phil (as Pete Thompson), Bill Clauson ... Matt Hawkins, Billy O'Leary ... Billy Hawkins, Pamela Wells ... Sarah Hawkins,

Jimmy Bates ... Jefferson Hawkins, Paul Dunn ... Lincoln Hawkins, Diane Florentine ... Sally Hawkins, Rex Lease ... Hank]

- Chester Wooley (Lou Costello) and Duke Egan (Bud Abbott) are traveling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while en route to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal, Fred Hawkins, is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime. They are quickly tried, convicted, and sentenced to die by hanging. The head of the local citizen's committee, Jim Simpson (William Ching), recalls a law whereby the survivor of a gun duel must take responsibility for the deceased's debts and family. The law spares the two from execution, but Chester is now responsible for the widow Hawkins (Marjorie Main) and her seven children. They go to her farm, where Chester is worked by Mrs. Hawkins from dawn to dusk. To make matters worse, Chester must work at the saloon at night to repay Hawkin's debt to its owner, Jake Frame (Gordon Jones). Her plan is to wear Chester down until he agrees to marry her. Chester quickly learns that no one will harm him, for fear that they will have to... [Director: Charles Barton (as Charles T. Barton)] [78 min, Black and White, 1.37 : 1, Action | Comedy | Family | Romance | Western, USA]

•  Čester (L. Costello) i Djuk (Bud Abbott) su putujući prodavci koji se zaustavljaju u Vagon Gapu, u Montani, na putu prema Kaliforniji. Tokom zaustavljanja, zloglasni kriminalac, Fred Hokins je ubijen, a njih dvojica su optuženi za zločin. Oni su brzo uhvaćeni i osuđeni da umru vešanjem. Ali, šef lokalnog odbora za građane, Džim Simson (W. Ching), podseća na zakon kojim preživeli iz dvoboja moraju preuzeti odgovornost za dugove i porodice pokojnika. I tako zakon spasava dvojicu trgovaca od izvršenja, ali Čester je sada odgovoran za udovicu Hokins (M. Main) i sedmoro dece. Odlaze na njen ranč, gde Čester radi za gospođu Hokins od zore do sumraka. Da bi se stvari bile još gore, Čester mora da radi noću u salunu kako bi vratio i Hokinsov dug...