Ride a Crooked Trail Page #4

Synopsis: After robbing a bank Murphy assumes the identity of his pursuer, a famous US Marshal, when he stumbles into a town and is confronted by the local judge, Matthau. Murphy is forced to remain as the new Marshal; an old flame, Scala, nearly unmasks him by accident, only to be forced to assume the ruse of being Murphy's wife. The "couple" given a house and respectability, which neither has had before. They maintain the charade to avoid hurting a young orphan boy, Matthau's ward. Scala is torn by her loyalty to boyfriend planning to rob the bank and growing feelings for Murphy.
Genre: Romance, Western
Director(s): Jesse Hibbs
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.7
NOT RATED
Year:
1958
88 min
73 Views


This is the bank.

I'll bring you here, briefly, for Mr.

Curtis to show you the coffers.

We have a steel door.

I do not even bust a cannon.

- They tried to blow it up already?

- Some people.

You're living in the Land

of the Dead together now.

Remind me to show you

the plates I put on it.

Come on, Jackson!

Stop here, Jackson!

No one lives in this house.

It's totally empty.

Not for long!

here, Mrs. Noonan.

All yours and no income!

I did not expect that!

"You're quite right."

It's a nice neighborhood.

Mr. Curtis and his wife live

in the house next door. There.

A house like this will

need a lot of furniture.

It's all there.

When Ms. Prentice died, she

took nothing with her.

Come in.

It might be that they

want to be alone!

Do not tell me what to do,

I'll leave them to you.

Come on, get her up.

Carry your wife

through the door.

"You're wonderful, Tessa.

Tell me if I'm right."

Somehow he got the badge, and

they think he's a deputy.

And somehow, I'm going to get into

the bank safe without a cannon.

Maybe, smart as always.

Tell me everything.

"There's plenty of time to tell."

So, just do it.

Why?

For the same reason I

gave you in Natchez.

When Sam Teeler

buys me clothes...

I do not like any

man to crush them.

What if I buy them?

- Teeler might not like it.

- And you?

I'll never know.

Inside the house?

Yes, it must be raining a lot here.

- We were talking about you.

- We were talking about Teeler.

"And the clothes you bought."

He paid for the trip, too.

We do business.

I'll be happy to take

over his business.

I'd be surprised how

many people you tried.

Well, this one's a lot better.

We've discussed this before in Natchez.

The answer is still no!

But this time, it's Mrs.

Noonan, remember?

Be Smart, Maybe! I did not come

here to play the little houses.

Teeler is interested in

that bank, and so am I.

When I learn how

this city works...

he will arrive with 10 men,

and do what you wanted.

- You still talking about the bank?

- Nothing else.

When writing for Teeler, tell

him that I arrived earlier.

And I'm not just talking about the bank.

Tessa!

Shift and fall!

Breakfast is ready!

Come on, it's 9 o'clock!

"Who eats at dawn?"

Good morning, Paddlefoot!

Where did you come from?

You came with the house, did not you?

Are you hungry?

Here.

You do not feed

dogs in the house!

on the back porch, you will not

have milk all over the floor!

Paddlefoot, we have to send

him back to Sam Teeler!

- Then we will live in comfort.

- We'll have a good life!

When Teeler arrives, the

thing will be short.

What I have in mind will

surprise Teeler and you!

You were lucky even now, Deputy.

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Borden Chase

Borden Chase (January 11, 1900 – March 8, 1971) was an American writer. more…

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