 With action and suspense out of the Old West comes the most famous hero of them all Huffleong Cassidy starring William Boyd The ring of the Silver Spurs heralds the most amazing man ever to ride the prairies of the early West Huffleong Cassidy the same hoppy you cheer in motion pictures and the same California you've left at a million times Raw courage and quick shooting have built a legend around this famous hero Huffleong is a name to be feared respected and admired for this great cowboy rides the trails of adventure and excitement William Boyd as Huffleong Cassidy and and declined as California Well, hoppy, what about our story? This one we call the lawyer of Laredo and started in the barren country that borders the Rio Grande as California And I were moving over one of the biggest cattle spreads in the world the broken M ranch It belonged to the Mayo's a family full of pride and arrogance We kept running into their hands from time to time and on the second day of crossing through One of them rode up to tell us Jesse Mayo wanted to see us Jesse was boss of the broken M. So we headed for the big Hacienda With Jesse was his cousin Garth Formerly the outfit been a few years since I've seen you Cassidy What kept you away? You might ask your cousin Garth about that Garth What's he got to do with it Cassidy figures himself a sort of eagle Jesse don't like to be told what to do I ordered him out of Nugget City a while back and he got a little sensitive about it as I remembered Garth I told you to go howl at the moon and you swore I'd be shot if I ever set foot on Mayo holding That's right. I did say that and what I say I mean so put your gun back Garth I've got other things to talk about Cassidy, maybe you remember my daughter Joan I certainly do one of the prettiest girls I ever saw must be about 18 now She's 19 and she's one of the stubbornest girls you ever saw come over here to this window Look down there in that stockade Recognize the fellow tied to the post Looks like young Duke favor it is young Duke favor Well, I knew you hated Charlie favor Jesse But I never figured carried on the feud with his son not with Charlie dead and buried never mind the moralizing just listen to me Duke favors down there because of my daughter Right now Joan is in Laredo ran away from me because I wouldn't let her marry Duke favor She's waiting for a favor to show up in Laredo so they can get married anyway Far as she's concerned. I can go to blazes. I'm sorry to hear that Jesse Jones a fine girl I always liked her and she likes you She'd probably listen to you. That's why I'd like you to go to Laredo and talk to her and what would I say here? How much I control things in this country around here? Yeah, part of my holdings are in the United States and part in Mexico This gives me a lot of power You might even say it gives me the power of life and death What would I say to the girl Jesse tell her I've got favor here Tell her she has to agree to give him up and come home Tell her if I don't see her here in five days agree into those conditions Duke favor is going to die Now back to hop along Cassidy and our story the lawyer of Laredo The males and the favors it had been one of the bitterest feuds in the history of the cattle country But now romance has sparked between young Duke favor and pretty Joan male and they want to get married But Jesse Joan's father and head of the male clan has laid down his ultimatum Either the girl agrees to forget the boy or the boy dies. Well Cassidy, what's your answer? Will you carry that message to my daughter? I don't know Jesse seems to me you and young Duke's father used to be pretty good friends Cassidy, that's right Garth Charlie favor once saved my life. Yeah, I remember that too Ain't liable to give you ideas is it? What are you talking about Garth? Well Cassidy might figure he could help the kid get away from here if I get it. Nobody could get that kid out of here Meet up your mind yet Cassidy. Yes Jesse. I made up my mind What you're asking sounds like a dirty job to me better find somebody else to do it for you Kind of a shame we're pulling out now hoppy or just when they're getting ready to serve up chow We'll eat out of her saddlebags Yeah, yeah, say what's the matter you get something in your mind. Oh, it's that kid You know his father did save my life. So what are we gonna do? All right now. I'm thinking Jesse Mayo didn't invite me here as a guest And I don't figure it'd be violating any hospitality rule if we wish to help get that kid away That's just what I've been thinking. Oh, no take it easy hoppy We ain't got a chance of getting young fever out of here Not unless you want to swap lead with about 40 gunslinger. I'm not saying we should try to bulldog our way out This is one of those times when you need a little finesse Come on. Let's head for that stockade where they got him tired up Here we are how about give me a boost you give me a boost. I'm the lightweight of this combination All right. Here you go Oh There I'm up here. I'll give you a hand. All right Come that wasn't so tough up up any second. Look young favor still here still tied to the post They must leave them out all night. Well, the mayors have never been noted for sympathy and understanding Come on that kid seems to be asleep. You take his hands. I'm gonna work on his feet Tied with raw hide. Yeah, good thing. I carry a boy knife What is it take it easy we're friends Friends, who are you? There's time for all that later right now. We want to get you away from here You're gonna have to carry me then I haven't got any more feeling than my feet than a fish. We'll carry you if we have to I'd get your feet and there's his hands. I'll be alright. It just moved me around a little. Yeah What's that? He comes around either once in a while and he's bad medicine can't even get to my gun not the way I'm holding this boy up I've got a hand for you Well, this makes a very touching scene friend of yours favor. That's right Chasseur friends of his if you're smart You'll leave us alone me and Mackie never smart. We enjoy buttoning on things like this Take a look at that Mac Them Lobos is trying to get that kid out of here and one of them is Cassidy Hop along Cassidy a guy with a reputation And now he's all tight and not trying to keep the kid on his feet Let go of that kid Cassidy. He'll drop if I let go of him. There's no feeling in his legs Let him drop You heard me Cassidy. I said let him drop sorry Chasseur. I wouldn't do that to anybody not even you You know God may have an idea you might try something like this Cassidy and you know what he told me Guy said you catch that coyote trying to pull anything like that you gun him down right where you find him I'm a man. It takes pride in carrying out orders back off Chasseur back off and let us alone We're going out of here. You're going out of here. All right, but you ain't going out on your feet And we might as well settle that right now Now we're in there'll be honest like whoa, I we're settled up and they're not Let's get to those horses, but the kid here in that fan. There's another gate. We can blow the lock get going I'll keep him back. I walked out on the streets of Laredo as I walked out in Laredo Did you see your gal no No, I didn't see June, but I saw something else the males just rode into town Which means they come after me sit down Duke rest your feet. I'm not sitting down hoppy I just stopped in to tell you I'm gonna round up some of my friends if Jesse Mayo wants to show down He's gonna get it. I'm not running any longer. How many men are with Jesse Duke 20 maybe more You're round up that many friends on your side, and it'll be a lot more than a showdown. It'll be a war. I'm not running hoppy Who's with Jesse Garth Mayo Chuck Chasseur raw hide Adams? And I thought I recognized Johnny Cleeg that gunslinger from Ponca City some rough boys there It's no good hoppy. I'll never be able to marry Joan as long as her father feels the way he does There's only one answer. I gotta have it out with him now wait. I'm wait for what so one of the maos can pick me off like a sitting duck I'll see you both later Well, what are we gonna do about that kid? I haven't thinking we might go and see Sanders McVeigh a lawyer What good's a lawyer when you're dealing with a male much they happens to be Jesse Mayo's own attorney Handles all Jesse's affairs and has a lot of influence with him McVeigh might be able to talk some sense into the man. Come on All right, but suppose it don't do no good Then I hope young Duke has more than just one or two friends because of he hasn't we're gonna be badly outnumbered You can see how it is mr. McVeigh. Well, I'll talk to Jesse. I don't know if it'll do any good though Jesse's pretty stubborn, but he sent word he was coming over to see me within the hour, so I'll talk to him It might be a good idea if you kept him from encountering young favor in the meantime, we'll take care of that We'll go out and find Duke right now Well, no sign of the kid and we've been looking a couple of hours wonder if he left town Oh, I don't think so not what Joan Mayo's still here if he did I don't know You hear that other side of town could have come from McVeigh's place. Maybe we better head over that way Look crowd in front of McVeigh's house Something's wrong. All right. There's Joan Mayo, but the door looks like she's been crying. I've got to talk to her Let me through will you please Joan Joan Mayo? Joan it's hop along Cassidy remember me Yes Yes, I remember you What is it Joan what's gone wrong here? Mr. Cassidy My father My father's just been shot He's lying dead right in the backyard of this house Duke favor Duke favors the man who killed him Now back to hop along Cassidy and our story the lawyer of Laredo her father murdered Apparently by the man she loves This is the tragedy that confronts pretty Joan Mayo and it's with reproach in her eyes that she faces hop along Cassidy Since hoppy is Duke favor's friend and has been helping him in his defiance of John's father Duke favor couldn't have killed your father Joan Duke isn't that kind of person? I never want to see him again. That's all Joan Joan wait him later along Cassidy you've caused enough trouble already How do you figure that Garth if it wasn't for you help him favor he'd never have had the chance to burn Jesse down I was fever now. Let's get I saw him run down the street right after the shooting where which way did you see him run? Wait a minute Garth. What do you expect to do with that rope? What do you think he's gonna do with it? Do you use ropes for hanging don't you this ain't gonna be for no hanging? I'm gonna find that killer and let Jesse's horse drag him around a little to make up for what he done to Jesse I'd reconsider that idea fire you Garth There's evidence your cousin Jesse was killed by Duke favor Duke can stand trial But in the meantime, I wouldn't pull anything fancy. You think you can stop us. I can try Yeah, well, I'm telling you something Cassidy you got 30 minutes to get out of town If you're still around by then you'll be staying permanent real permanent Who is it come in that's right where friends are here. I'm Duke's friend too known him for years from his father before Just between the three of us. I know where he is. Yeah hiding out He feels he has to hide out and so do I That male outfit has taken over the town. How about a law and order in the radio? I'm the law and order I've got one deputy sick and the other up north. So it's one man one man against 15 or 20 gunfighters pretty big God too big so I thought I'd shorten a little by Deputizing you fellas. All right, if you feel you need us. Well, that's just the way I do feel I know you by reputation Cassidy and right now I feel I need you badly is Duke Faber still in the radio Yes, I I was afraid to try keeping him in jail. So I let him hole up in the cellar of my house I'd like to talk to him. Oh, come on. We'll go there right now It's me kid take it easy Hey, it's hoppy you made yourself hard to find Duke. Am I glad to see you fellas Duke Tell me something and give it to me straight Did you put that bullet and Jesse Mayo? I Don't think I did hoppy. You don't think you did. You said to give it to you straight Well, I did some drinking this afternoon. It was pretty hot and I guess I passed out. How about your pistol? I don't have it must have dropped it somewhere Which makes it look bad. I know still doesn't prove you're guilty Only a fair trial can do that and I aim to see you get one hoppy. Yeah, how about John? Deceived she's pretty unhappy Duke. Yeah. Yeah, I guess you must be Marshall. How about Jesse Mayo's body? Do you have it under your jurisdiction? No, the male outfit wouldn't turn it over. There ought to be an autopsy performed on that body Yeah, you're right. What are we gonna do walk in there and try taking it away from them? The way they seem to feel that could lead to a lot more killing Joan Mayo. She's the one we need to see What good would that do? She seems to be the bitterest one of the whole bunch. I'll talk to her tonight Oh now hold on hoppy remember what got me. I told you about getting out of town in 30 minutes Well, that was hours ago. What do you think he'll do if he catches you now? I've got to talk to Joan Mayo could mean the saving of Duke favor's life. Hey, Joan You sure that's her window Who's down there? Joan Joan. I've got to talk to you Who is it hop along Cassidy, I've got to talk to you about Duke favor All right wait there I'll be down How looks though Duke might get a little luck on his side looks like we haven't now side to if that had been Garth Mayor's room with us in the moonlight. Why say what do you say we get a little closer to this wall anyway? I don't think Garth will be around here anywhere. He's probably still at McVeigh's place There ain't no place like Laredo. I've never been in this town yet when there wasn't trouble. Here comes John Thanks, Joan. Thanks for coming down What is it about Duke? He stands to lose his life if you don't do something about it Duke favor killed my father. Did you see him do it? No, of course not But I then how do you know he did it? Well, everybody says everybody says suppose Duke didn't do it and he dies for it Mr. Cassidy If I could only know you could do your best to find out you can say you think a postmortem should be performed on your father's body The Marshal has the legal right to order one, but your cousin Garth is defying him and Garth has enough gunfighters behind him to make that stick postmortem I Guess I could do that. You'll have to overwrite Garth's orders Well, would you come with us to Santa's McVeigh's house now all right I'll come Just me boss sure sure. I get the town Marshal with him. He wants to talk to you What's the matter with you just so you know what I told you about but miss Joan is with him Garth and she says this is mighty important And now the doctor and I'll join the party me too Cassidy What kind of trick is this Gilroy? I came here to talk about law and order meal and I thought I might need a little help Yeah, while I don't figure you brought along quite enough help take a look around I've already looked I've already recognized Roy Hyde Adams Chester Clark and Tex Marvin a tough bunch Take a better look Gilroy in the corner. Tell him who you are car boy. I don't think you in the Marshal ever met Cleague Johnny Cleague No Cleague and I have never met but I've heard of him. All right Gilroy. What do you want if it's Jesse's body? The answer is no you're wrong Garth answers yes, I'm Now wait a second Joe and you ain't gonna let him take your daddy out of this house I feel I have to Garth to make sure that justice is done After all I believe I'm head of the Mayo family now. That's where you're wrong young lady McFay, where are you right here Garth? Tell my little cousin here. Why are daddy come to see you this afternoon? As your father's attorney, I drew up his will miss Mayo several years ago This afternoon he came here to direct me to alter it. He wanted you disinherited But before we could get around to that he was shot So the will still stands and you'll inherit all the Mayo holdings now. Tell her how the will works McFay What Garth is getting at is the fact that you can't control anything until you're 30 years old until that time Control of the estate rests for the executor. So you see Joe and you ain't really head of the family at all Which means I'm gonna say what's to be done with your daddy's body and I'm ashamed Trying to help your own father's murderer. How do I know it was murder? My father's temper was horrible. He may have forced Duke Faber into a fight. I'm sorry miss Mayo. It was no fight Your father was about to mount his horse in back of his house He was standing with one foot in the stirrup when Duke Faber came around the fence and shot him without warning before Jesse had a chance All right Gilroy there it is Now you're gonna try taking Jesse's body out of here. Have you turned this room into a slaughterhouse? No, I'll wait, but I'll get it Mayo. It's the law and I'll get it somehow You talk too much Marshall You talk too much for your own good What do you think coffee looks bad for the kid don't it but then for all we know Duke probably did do the killing After all he was drunk. He admits that himself I know but I still can't believe Duke Faber killed Jesse Mayo and besides a man has always entitled to a fair trial Any man Garth Mayo has his way Duke won't get a fair trial Doctor just told me something. I didn't know about Cassidy Seems he had a look at Jesse Mayo right after Jesse was shot doc happened to be passing by and somebody called him Doc said the bullet entered Jesse's left side, but didn't come out I don't know what that means anything or not, but it means a lot. It means that Gilroy Winder that shot came from the winder quick, California run for the doctor of Marshall's hurt badly Doctor says he's gonna live Doc sure worked on him a long time Salmas morning. Gilroy is gonna be sick for a long time several months probably can't figure why he was shot Because there was still the chance that he'd be able to claim Jesse Mayo's body and somebody didn't want that to happen I don't know. I mean this whole business looks pretty hopeless to me We can't let it look hopeless, California We're Gilroy's decades and right now we're the only form of law and order that exists in Laredo So we better start working at it Getting ready to go somewhere McVeigh Cassidy, what are you doing around here this time of morning? I asked if you were going somewhere and to the Mayo ranch a lot of matters for me to take care of there You're the executor of the Mayo estate aren't you McVeigh? That's right. Jesse named me in the will Yeah, that'll give you quite a lot of influence in the Southwest wanted give you the chance to make a lot of money, too Cattle deals on the side land deal. Oh, wait a minute. Just what are you getting at Cassidy? I'm getting at the fact that you stand to profit a great deal because Jesse Mayo died What's going on out here? I'm saying that McVeigh killed Jesse Mayo and then talked you into keeping the marshal away from the body because there's a 38 bullet still in it That small caliber for around here, but it's about the size of man like McVeigh would you why you're crazy? I don't you want that bullet revealed McVeigh because you own a 38 and everybody knows the Duke favor always carries a 45 I'm arresting you McVeigh on suspicion of murder and I'm claiming Jesse Mayo's body in the name of the law Garth, are you gonna let him get away with this? What would I get out of stopping him McVeigh? I will run the holdings together We'll have more power than any other two men in Texas and we'll have it legally. Well Garth, what's your play? I'm throwing in with McVeigh better think that over carefully Garth. You'll be bucking something bigger than any of us I don't figure it that way at all Cassidy. I figure I'm just bucking you watch yourself. I'm throwing down on you right now He's down. You beat him to it hoppy. I don't move McVeigh. You'll get it too. No, no I'll sign a confession a full confession Then we'll go right now and get it over with so Joan may all know that Duke favor didn't kill her father Take care of Garth, California. Come on McVeigh Now back to hop along Cassidy Whoa there horse take it easy boy. Oh sir, California soon as I get the cinch a little Tighter there. That's better. Well, I'll take a last look around and then it's good by Loretta Yeah, where Jesse Mayo found death Duke favor found his girl and the man named McVeigh found you can't get away with murder McVeigh wouldn't have found that out if you hadn't broken him down on it How'd you figure it was McVeigh anyway because he lied he lied when he said Duke favor shot Jesse Mayo While Jesse was getting ready to mount his horse. How'd you know that? I knew it when I found out that Jesse took the bullet through his left side But how did you know well? You're ready to mount right now, aren't you with one foot on the stirrup? Could a bullet hit you on the left side? Well, not unless it came through the horse first. All right. There you are There weren't any dead horses around McVeigh's place that I could see Well, I'll be do go Let's go As I walked out on the streets of Loretta Feuds are pretty bitter things But anyway, it's settled now and it did give hoppy the opportunity to repay a favor to an old friend In their next thrilling adventure hoppy and California become involved in a murder and intrigue And it's almost the finish of them before they discover the secret in the hill Up along Cassidy starring William Boyd is transcribed and produced in the West by Walter White Jr Lawyer of Loretta was written by Buckley Angel with original music under the personal direction of Albert Glasser All stories are based upon the characters created by Clarence E. Mulford. This is a Commodore production