 It's Hopalong Cassidy With action and suspense out of the Old West comes the most famous hero of them all Hopalong Cassidy starring William Boyd The ring of the silver spurs heralds the most amazing man ever to ride the prairies of the early West Hopalong Cassidy This famous hero thrills his 60 million fans with action and dangerous adventure In the role of Hopalong Cassidy is the popular star of the motion picture series William Boyd And now another exciting story of the early West the sundown kid It was a strange meeting there on the dry stage covered alkali flat five miles out of the little town of saguaro Hopalong pulled up in the shadow of a mesquite tree squinted through the shimmering heat at the rider move and taught him on the trail Drooped over the saddle horn his feet hanging loose out of the stirrups his hat slung around his neck by the chin strap Leaving his head bare to the killing desert Sun Only when the dog tired Roan pulled up alongside him did hoppy understand it The kid was out of his head No Listen to me, sir You've got no right to treat me like this. What's the matter kid? You ought to know what's the matter Sally we've been together long enough to know each other's minds. Hey, I Can't stand it. No more idea. I can't stand it Sun stroke Come on over this way fella. Let's get out of that Sun. Yeah Yeah, get out of the Sun Sun What do I care about the Sun? Wind rain Blizzards come on now. Come on. Yeah I've seen them all Sally on the move all is on the move Ever since you gave me the sign come on sonny snap out of it. Never forget that night You know when you're told me the kid was a little sweating from the heat hair matted on his body Hoppy's done it for these hat back on then saw something else Hmm bullet crease over the ear looks like you've been in a gunfight sonny Yeah, come on now snap out of it. No, don't sell please You're out of your head kid get hold of yourself Sally. Don't hit me don't come on Huh, that's it sonny look at me Who are you up along Cassidy? What happened don't ask me Like you've been in a gunfight for one thing and got yourself a little too much son gun Gunfight. Yeah, bullet crease over your ear. I I don't remember. Well, don't try to now. I wish I had some water mister, but I'm as dry as you are Five hot miles to town but two miles to the north. There's a ranch on Clear Creek. I stopped there a while ago I I Could use some water. I reckon we'd better go back there. You stay on that horse Yeah, I can make it only a few minutes from here we can Hold it. What's the matter? Loud of dust down the trail there. It's like a bunch of riders coming out in town. Maybe we better wait Maybe maybe they got water you You sure you don't remember anything about a gunfight. Yeah, I Was thinking Yeah, they've stopped They're trailing someone. That's a posse sonny Why are you looking at me? I got no reason to except for that bullet crease Want to stay here and find out what they want? You're playing on face-up. That's the way. I like it. I told you I got nothing to hide Okay, we better hit up the canyon of that ranch house Mort Robertson. Yeah before we mosey up to the sheriff I think we better find out more about that bullet crease. Let's go Now back to hop along Cassidy and the sundown kid It's only a few minutes after the meeting on the plane That hoppy and the kid right up to the door of Mort Robertson's ranch house on Clear Creek You all right. Yeah, gotta get rid of your horse here for the time being There you go boy. We'll do to have the sheriff spot him around here. Hello miss I I just stopped by here a while ago and I Eddie hello kitty come in Seem to know each other. Yes, Eddie and I are old friends. What's wrong? Eddie you like look like you've been in a fight picked up a bullet crease somewhere Gunfight Eddie doesn't remember much about what happened miss. Maybe we'd better find a place to stretch you out Eddie There's a bed in here You've got any water kitty. I'm off for dry. Of course right away Just lie down there and Feel better Yeah, look at it. I don't want to crowd you but you better try to think right now. I Can't think it's all a blank. When does the blank start last night? Don't ask me any more questions Cassidy My head hurts. Okay. It's your funeral What do you mean? I mean, I'm walking out right now unless you want to give me the whole story. Oh Here you are Eddie. Oh, thanks. What do you mean? You're walking out, Mr. Cassidy. What is it? There's a sheriff's posse down on the flat. I think they're looking for Eddie. Why Eddie? I'll try I'll try to think that's better. What's the last thing you remember? The cantina I Hit town about nine last night in a way for more in a year. I Couldn't stand any longer. I had to see Sally Sally. That's his his wife. Yeah, I guess I had too much to drink Anyway, I left about 11 and headed for her place down at the edge of town. I Remember knocking on the door and the funny look on her face when she let me in and then what? That's all it's all I remember Next thing I knew you were hitting me in the face out in the trail Listen the posse stay right where you are Eddie. Come on miss. We haven't seen him understand. All right Go ahead Sheriff mind if I come in of course not I Won't make no bones about it miss kitty We're looking for Eddie Langtree or should I say the sundown kid seems they call him that now. He's an outlaw Outlaw nothing real serious till now I hear he's got into a few scrapes during the past year over to sundown and points out What do you mean till now sure? This is mr. Cassidy sheriff How do you do well the putter direct Eddie Langtree's about three jumps ahead of a long rope he Killed his wife last night shot her I Know he thinks a lot of you and your uncle miss kitty figured this is the first place he'd head for Her tracks leading up here from the flat. He's he's not here. I Said there was a pair of tracks leading up here one set is mine and and the other belongs to my uncle He was in town last night got home late If you don't mind, I'll take me a look in that other room Who's that empty glass belong to? Me I got dizzy from the sun and flopped on the bed for a style You'll get in touch with me if he shows around here, of course I Think you're lying, but there ain't much I can do right now Nothing here boys. He must be down on the flat I still away go miss Cassidy bye How do you get out of there the window? He must be down in the barn. Oh, we'll wait till they get out of sight then We'll take a look This door here, okay Stay where you are. It's me kid Cassidy. They gone. Yeah Okay, why the gun more over there Yeah, come on Mort wanted to give me away. Give me the gun kid Sure here. I Huh, what's the matter? Well, this ain't my gun. You were pankin it weren't you? Yeah But look it's a walker colt an old one. I had a brand new frontier with my initials on the handle Let's see that Hmm Why'd you want to give up the kid away more? Well, I can answer that mr. Cassidy on account of me. He knows I Well, I think a lot of Eddie and and I don't want my niece mixed up with a murderer murderer What do you mean? Wait a minute kid? You heard about it more. I was in town last night when it happened. You didn't tell me uncle more Well, I knew it would break your heart kitty Figure you'd hear soon enough about what? Tell me tell me what it is your wife Sally No, she was shot last night You gotta believe me Cassidy all of you. I wouldn't kill Sally. I couldn't I love her. I yes Eddie I I know you love her you You do believe me. Don't you kitty? I think we all do Eddie Now tell me What happened between you and Sal? Why'd you split up a year ago? usual reason I reckon Another guy who I don't know We had a fight and I left hit the trail Kind of went wild for a year got into trouble got into jail a couple of times busted out Got blamed for a lot of things. I didn't do They call me the sundown kid like I was an outlaw or something then what? Sally had a hold on me. I Never knew what it was But I finally gave up. I had to come back to her That's how I ended up in the cantina last night but I I Never killed you gotta believe that We believe it Eddie. Yeah, I'm sorry for what I did. I Want you to know I believe you too. Thanks more Come on Eddie. Let's get back up to the house You need some rest Yeah, I'm I'm awful tired Mort yeah You said you believed in him How far does that go as far as you wanted to go will you help me will you help me clear him? Yeah, anything you say good. We're right in the Sawyer right now Now back to hop along Cassidy and the sundown kid It was two o'clock when hoppy and Mort Robertson left the ranch house on Clear Creek After three now as they pulled up in front of sheriff party's office in saguaro There he is Evening chef. Oh Evening Cassidy Putting up a new poster a that's right $500 reward dead or alive Eddie Langtree alias the sundown kid Dead or alive. Yeah The live part don't mean nothing They bring him in at all. It'll be feet first that the usual customer around here when a man kills a woman It is any objections. Yeah, I'm listening where I come from a man's entitled to a trial the kids had his trial He was heard to threaten Sal over the cantina last night. He was seen going there He was seen leaving town early this morning. So that means he killed it in my book It does I guess you and I own different editions Let me give you a tip Cassidy I don't know how it is where you come from, but if there's one thing that'll make the man of this town see red It's a woman killer They won't rest till they grind the kids carcass into the dust and anything you say will only make a matter I'm not defending woman killers. I'm saying there's a good chance that a land tree isn't one any idea Who it is I hear she was seeing another man Who told you that I keep my ears open if there's another man that means there's another suspect You ever hear that said more can't say I knew much about self sure I knew a pretty well Cassidy And as far as I know she wasn't caught in anyone else Who saw the kid going to her house lives McKinnon lives down the street just across from the cantina Guess we'll get out and have a talk with her. Thanks, chef Cassidy yeah, you're mighty interested in the kid for an outsider Ain't seen him lately. Have you that's one for you to chew on till we get back chef stick around we won't be long I Tell you that's all I know mr. Cassidy. I saw him go in what time about 11 I want the house here and into the back room to take off my hat I thought I heard a noise so I came back out and opened the door I saw him leave almost a hundred yards from here to sales doorway. It was dark last night. I don't care I know it was him. I could tell by buy his clothes. That's it. I could tell what do you have on Why blue denims in a gray shirt? How do you know they were blue? You can't tell colors on a dark night at 10 feet say nothing of 300 stop go on Liz were waiting you're lying Liz I'm not I tell you forget the hysterics Eddie Lanker and on a pair of black leather shafts when I met him on the trail this morning That takes care of your identification Now I want the truth this time You and sound we're pretty close friends. He had a gentleman friend. She was seen on the sly If anyone would know who he is you would I don't know anything about it. I hope you know what you're doing Liz There's a sign the sheriff's office will send every man in this town out tomorrow morning held been on bringing Eddie Lankery and dead They'll never take him alive even if he surrenders on your say so they'll shoot him on site If that happens Liz if they kill him for someone else's crime, you'll have something to think about for a long long time You gonna talk Liz or are we gonna stand here all night? I've told you all I know Come on more I'm not telling you the kid is innocent sheriff. I'm just saying there's a chance. He is that woman is lying I shot her story full of holes What is it more the posse they got word somewhere the kids at the ranch they're on the way All right, sir. You're gonna let them shoot that kid down in cold blood. I don't know golly Cassidy What can I do more take off right now over the hills? You can cut across the saddle and get their head of the posse get him out of there off the ranch You understand, okay, we'll be right behind you He's a clear creek. Yeah, we'll tip them off. No idea look you're gonna stop them You're the only one who can do it. They'll say I'm out of my head You're acting like it right now sheriff look It makes as much sense this way as the other the real killer the other man She was seen was in the house with her when the kid knocked on the door He hustles into the back room when the kid comes in Sees them in each other's arms and shoots them both then figure to make it look like murder and suicide He switches gun with the kid and leaves Not knowing he only creased the kid that he'd come to in a few minutes and walk out around midnight. Hey If the murder was discovered last night, how come they let the kid leave town this morning It wasn't discovered last night. They found Sal's body at eight o'clock this morning That's who it was What do you mean I lied he told me he'd kill me if I talked but I don't care Who you talking about I saw him leave the house to before Eddie did he was seeing Sal like mr. She's talking about Mort Robertson sheriff That's why I thought the killing was discovered last night Morton knew all about it and he hasn't been in town all day Jumping catfish. They'll come on. We gotta stop him before he gets hold of that kid What's the matter kitty? Why you're all worried about me, ain't you? I? Can always tell when you're worried your eyes get a look. I Ain't worth it kitty. I oh I die for you Eddie You know Sometimes a man has to get himself in a spot like this to see things clear It's kind of like I've been riding the fog all my life And suddenly it lives and I can see the Sun Eddie Kids you're an angel If they get me kid Remember I did see the light don't even think it Eddie Mort, what is it? When they leave 15 minutes we'll hit up into the hills have you got a gun Eddie just that old Walker somebody swap me for but it'll do No place a packet your horse saddle. Yeah behind the house good. Let's get it Goodbye kid. You'll make it Eddie you'll make it. I'm gonna try I'll go up to Mort's room and watch for them I can see way down the trail Go on now. Good luck, Eddie Hold it sheriff Look across the canyon past the ranch house. Yeah climbing out of the canyon going across the ridge We'll never catch him now. He'll shoot the kid in cold blood cook up some story for the posse only one thing to do Sheriff give me your winchester. You'll never make it Cassidy. That's 1,500 yards windblown move I said give me the rifle You'll libel to hit the kid. I've got to try I Get out and find me a stone for a gun rest ain't got much time. They're almost up to the notch Pull up kid. Huh? Oh, what are we I said pull up? Okay? What's the idea Mort you ain't going no father Eddie you're stopping right here, huh? You turned on me see you tried to kill me and make a getaway before that posse cut up They'll believe that Eddie That's what they want to believe. What are you talking about Mort? What down that gun? Why? I'm gonna kill you with it. Ain't I you're crazy Mort. No, I'm smart the 500. Huh? You want cut it? I loved her too kid. She was going to marry me Do she heard you were coming back? You and Sam yeah She won't do it no more though And you won't either If you got any prayers kid, you'd better stop Oh Watch what happens rifle shot right through the head You all right kid. Yeah, he killed Sal. He just we know Golly one second later, and he would have Where were you up across the canyon? We saw you heading for the notch Mind if I say you're a pretty fair shot with a rifle Sure, maybe you better hustle down to the ranch house and head off the posse They're coming up the canyon now. Tell them we've taken care of the murder of Sally Langtree Now back to hop along Cassidy Kid yes, sir Some of the boys outside in the posse want to talk to you why Well Apologize is a kind of weak word to use on a man you've been hell bent to kill But it's something along those lines. I see I already gave him a prime piece of my mind You may as well do the same thing at it. Yeah, well, I I think you know how we all feel kid Kind of like crawling in the nearest coyote holding Pulling it in after you could have been feeling a lot worse about now sheriff. Yeah Go ahead Eddie talk to them. Don't go away kid. I'll be right back. Don't worry I'll never go away. You see I Got a lot of apologizing to do too. It's all right now Everything's all right You know kitty by tomorrow. I'll be known as the best rifle shot in the Southwest How's your shoulder feel honey? Pretty sore a 450 sharp rifle isn't exactly a woman's weapon. I've seen them knock a grown man right off his feet I I Wasn't thinking of that you see I thought of mort right away when you said she'd been killed with a walker code I knew he had one But I couldn't believe he sure I had the rifle in my hand when I went up to his room to look for the posse That's when I found Eddie's frontier with his initials on the handle. That's when I knew it was mort So you just laid the barrel down on the windowsill and pointed her up the trail and don't share I don't want to think about it anymore. All right kitty. Don't worry The sheriff and I have got a key a secret to keep though Not that I want to ride around with a borrowed reputation Because of Eddie Yeah Men are funny kitty They got a lot of pride like to think they do most everything better than a woman Don't know exactly how it'd take it if he knew his bride to be could hit a moving target of a thousand yards Rifle This means it's so long from hop along Cassidy once again He's riding back to the bar 20 bunkhouse to sit with California and all the other what he's round an open fire and tell of the Exciting little escapade you just heard If you'd like more of these two gun adventures of poppies Don't forget you can see him in the fine hop along Cassidy pictures at your local theater Meanwhile, we're hoping you'll tune in next time hop along rides the airwaves To bring you more action out of the Old West Hop along Cassidy star and William Boyd is transcribed and produced in the West by Walter White Jr The sundown kid was written by Harold Swanton All stories are based upon the characters created by Clarence E. Mulford. This is a Commodore production