Smith!

Synopsis: When the Indian Jimmyboy is accused of murder of a white man, he flees onto the ranch of Smith, who's well known for his tolerance for Indians, since he was raised by the old Indian Antoine. Smith helps Jimmyboy against the mean Sheriff and promises to speak for him in court, thus persuading him to surrender himself to the police.
Genre: Drama, Family, Western
Director(s): Michael O'Herlihy
Production: Walt Disney Productions
 
IMDB:
6.3
G
Year:
1969
112 min
73 Views


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[I Bobby Russell: The Ballad

of Smith and Gabriel Jimmyboy]

[horse whinnying]

[boy] Come on, Tasha.

Come on! That's the idea.

Come on! Come on! Come on, Tasha.

Come on back. Come get the apple.

Come on, boy. Come on.

Come on. Keep on comin'.

Come on. That's a good boy.

Come on. Come on. Keep on comin'.

That's the idea.

Come on. Come and get it.

That's a good boy...

Stay. That's a'way, Tasha.

That's a good boy, Tasha.

That's a'way.

[horse whinnies]

- [grunting]

[dog barking]

- [whistling]

- [cows mooing]

[whistling]

Smith!

[dog barking]

[cows mooing]

- [boy] Smith! Smith!

- [dog barking]

Where ya been for three days, Smith?

Ma's fit to be tied.

I've been up in the higher range

tracking down this scrawny beef.

- Ma been inquirin' about me?

- Inquiring?

She says when she

gets her hands on you...

She's been inquirin'...

"Three days he's gone," she says.

And the two of us here all alone.

What's for supper?

"We could be murdered in our beds

for all your father cares," she said.

Chicken stew for supper.

What's this about who

being murdered in who's bed?

I dunno. But she's been walking

around the house with your shotgun

like there's gonna be a massacre.

Well, sometimes your ma gets

carried away by the pioneer spirit.

Huh.

- [Smith whistling]

- [cows mooing]

Smith, remember

what we were talkin' about?

Three days ago before you took off?

Hope it isn't rooster stew for supper

considering the caliber of our chickens.

We were talking about Tashie.

And you said the day after Christmas

that you'd break 'em for me

so I could ride him.

Well, you got my solemn word, son.

- You didn't in January and February...

- And March and April and May...

Lemme tell you somethin', there's

only one way to break an Appaloosa.

That's the good old-fashioned

Indian talk way.

Eh, now I made a deal with OI' Antoine,

in fact it was the day after Christmas.

I'm sure he'll get

around to it sometime.

- Pretty soon now, huh?

- OK, Smith.

- Just thought I'd mention it.

- Well, I'm glad you did, son.

- I'll speak to Antoine. All right?

- All right. OK.

All right, Charlie.

Get 'em in the pen there, boy.

Come on, boy. Let's go.

[dog barking]

- [cows mooing]

[door opening]

"All right. Where you been and how come

you run off without telling me?"

Miss me? Hmm?

Oh, cut it out, will ya, Smith?

There's something going on in that old

shack on the other side of the meadow.

- Oh, really?

- Antoine's over there.

Oh, that's good. He's finally come

to break the Appaloosa for Albie.

There's someone in there with him!

Oh, now, Norah...

OI' Antoine must be

at least 97 years old.

- Smith, stop it!

- Wait a minute!

- That's the end of romance...

- Oh, stop it!

- All right, so who's with OI' Antoine?

- I think it's Gabriel Jimmyboy.

Smith, you've gotta

get him out of there.

- Norah...

- He's wanted for murder.

Please get him off our land.

I've been scared witless every night.

I don't know this Jimmyboy very well,

- but if he's a friend of Antoine...

- The police are after him!

Smith, he's got a gun!

How do you know he's got a gun?

I saw him. He and Antoine

went through the meadow

- heading for our old shack.

- [Albie] Smith!

- [footsteps pounding]

- [door opening]

OI' Antoine's here! He wants

some kerosene for his lamp.

Can we make him stay for dinner, Ma?

Chicken stew's his favorite.

Can he, Ma? Make him stay.

Hello, this place!

Hello, Antoine.

- Conesta.

- Conesta.

Well, look who dropped by

to borrow a little kerosene.

Uh, Norah, maybe we could

talk him into staying for supper?

- Hello. Good evening.

- Hello. Good evening, OI' Antoine.

- Smith...

- Shh... Now listen.

He's only gonna

stay a little while.

Eat, OI' Antoine.

Here. Hmm?

- [whispering] Oh, yeah. Go ahead.

- Antoine?

Smith says you're gonna

break my Appaloosa.

Could you do it

pretty soon, Antoine?

[speaking in Native American dialect]

[Albie] Will he do it, Smith?

I don't think he's talkin'

about your Appaloosa, Albie. He's...

He's comparing this stew

to the great famine of '78.

[clearing throat] Yeah.

Antoine...

Who is in that old shack with you

on the other side of the hay meadow?

- Cut it out, will ya, Norah?

- We have a right to know.

How can we sleep

with a murderer on the loose?

[Smith] Norah!

Antoine, listen to me.

- Who...

- [indistinct thumping outside]

- Hello, this place!

- [Albie] It's Peterpaul!

Can I go out and play till it gets dark?

I'll stay close to the house.

- Norah...

- Antoine...

I'm gonna ask you once more.

Now see what you've done?

Antoine, I tell you what.

Come by for breakfast and then you and

I'll go hunting in the hills, all right?

Might be that chicken.

No she chicken.

Might be he chicken, I think.

[sighing]

Indian very funny.

Oh, he didn't mean anything

disrespectful, Norah. He...

- You know OI' Antoine...

- Sure I know.

Blood brother.

Taught you everything you know...

As a matter of fact, he did.

Ever since I could climb on

a horse and throw a rope.

All right, all right.

We buy OI' Antoine,

but what about the rest of them? They

sleep on our land. They eat our food.

They get into trouble

and you bail them out of jail.

And you give them our hay when we don't

even have enough for our own stock.

And...

I'm so fed up with Indians.

Norah, now you listen to me.

Somebody has to take care of them

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Louis Pelletier

Louis Pelletier (March 7, 1906 – February 11, 2000) was an American author of radio dramas and screenplays for motion pictures and television. Pelletier was born in New York City, New York. He co-wrote the 1937 Broadway play Howdy Stranger that Warner Bros. made into a 1938 film, Cowboy from Brooklyn. His career was interrupted by service with the United States Army during World War II. In late 1944 he became one of several writers who wrote radio plays called The FBI in Peace and War based on the 1943 book of the same title by Frederick Lewis Collins; the highly successful series ran until 1958. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Collins became one of the first screenwriters for television drama, penning scripts for Kraft Television Theater, General Electric Theater and The Untouchables. In 1962, Louis Pelletier was hired by Walt Disney Pictures to adapt books to the screen that Disney had under option. Over the next decade he wrote six screenplays including Big Red, which was adapted from the Jim Kjelgaard novel, and Follow Me, Boys!, which was adapted from the MacKinlay Kantor novel. He wrote his last film script for Disney in 1972. He taught Screenplay writing at USC. Louis Pelletier died at the age of 93 in Santa Monica, California. more…

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