00:26:09 69 |
COWBOY RIDING HORSE THROUGH WESTERN TOWN, UP
TO SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DISMOUNTS, LOOKS TO THE LEFT, THEN TO THE RIGHT, GOES INSIDE |
00:26:34 94 |
ENTERS SHERIFF'S OFFICE, LOOKS AROUND, THINGS
ASKEW, CHAIR TURNED OVER, STEAKS LEFT COOKING SIZZLING IN IRON SKILLET, CALLS "ANYBODY HOME?", LOOKS AT WANTED POSTER ON SHERIFF'S DESK, "REWARD WANTED FOR MURDER..." OPENS ANOTHER DOOR IN OFFICE, DEAD MAN UNDER WHITE SHEET |
00:27:38 158 |
OLD MAN ENTERS "DON'T LET IT SCARE YOU, SON",
DEPUTY SHERIFF. MAN SHOWS DEPUTY SHERIFF HIS PAPERS. CU TYPEWRITTEN LETTER FROM VOCATIONAL DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL OF MINES. THEY TALK WHILE MAN COOKS STEAKS. THEY TALK & EAT STEAKS & DRINK COFFEE. HOWLING WIND AUDIBLE |
00:31:49 409 |
OLD MAN GOES IN ROOM WHERE BODY LAYS, WINDOW
OPEN, BANGING, LOOKS AT CORPSE & GETS SPOOKED, SHUDDERS, LEAVES ROOM. CLOSES DOOR |
00:32:10 430 |
NEW ARRIVAL SAYS "WHAT WAS THAT NOISE?", MAN
HIDING SOMETHING CLICHE:"WHAT N", GOES ABOUT HIS BUSINESS, EAT MORE & TALK MORE, RISE, SHAKE HANDS, NEW ARRIVAL LEAVES |
00:35:04 604 |
DEPUTY SHERIFF WATCHES HIM GO, SITS DOWN AT DESK,
TAPS FINGERS, LOOKS TOWARD DOOR WHERE CORPSE LAYS, HEARS NOISE, RUNS OUT OF ROOM SPOOKED |
00:35:36 636 |
COWBOY RIDING ACROSS BRUSH, MOUNTAINS IN B/G
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00:35:43 643 |
COWBOY RIDING UP TO ABANDONED BUILDING, BARN
SHOT FROM GUN GOES OFF. |
00:35:56 656 |
ZOOM TO WOMAN COWGIRL ON HILL AIMING GUN AT
COWBOY, COWBOY SAYS "HEY, WHAT ARE YOU UP TO?" SHE RIDES AWAY. ANOTHER SHOT FROM GUN HITS BUILDING NEAR COWBOY, HE CROUCHES DOWN BEHIND HORSE, GRABS GUN FROM HOLSTER. ALL'S QUIET, MOUNTS HORSE, RIDES AWAY. |
00:36:20 680 |
COWBOY RIDING UP TO LOG RANCH HOUSE, RINGS BELL
ON GATE. CARETAKER WALKING WITH TWO HUGE DOGS, GREAT DANES TALKS TO COWBOY THROUGH GATE, SHOWS HIM PAPERS, CARETAKER LETS HIM INSIDE |
00:37:00 720 |
CU ELDERLY WOMAN PEEKING OUT OF CURTAINS
SNOOPING NOSEY |
00:37:04 724 |
POV FROM WOMAN'S WINDOW WATCHING COWBOY LET INTO
PROPERTY. CUTS TO WOMAN PEERING OUT WINDOW |
00:37:08 728 |
ELDERLY SHAWL WEARING WOMAN GOES TO FRONT DOOR,
TALKS TO NEW ARRIVAL, INVITES HIM IN HOUSE |
00:37:31 751 |
OLDER WOMAN TALKING TO COWBOY, HE SHOWS HER
PAPERS, SHE GOES UPSTAIRS LEAVING COWBOY WITH GREAT DANES |
00:38:12 792 |
MS OLD WOMAN WALKING UP LODGE STAIRS
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00:38:18 798 |
CU COWBOY TAKING OFF LEATHER GLOVES, MOVES TOWARD
SOUND OF MUSIC FROM ANOTHER PART OF THE HOUSE EAVESDROPPING |
00:38:28 808 |
COUPLE IN ROOM, FRUSTRATED WOMAN, WIFE CLICHE:
"I TELL YOU I CAN'T STAND IN ANY LONGER" HUSBAND REPLIES "OH, QUIT WHINING, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR". CUTS TO EAVESDROPPER LEANING ON BEAM. COUPLE HAVING WORDS |
00:39:02 842 |
EAVESDROPPER ALMOST GETS CAUGHT BY OLD WOMAN
COMING BACK DOWN STAIRS. HEARS HER IN TOME, SITS DOWN. OLD WOMAN SENDS HIM UP STAIRS TO SEE NEW BOSS |
00:39:34 874 |
CU MAN IN BED READING PAPERS, OLD WOMAN ENTERS
WITH GREAT DANES & NEW HIRE, SHE THEN LEAVES |
00:39:56 896 |
MAN BEING INTERVIEWED FOR JOB BY OLD MAN IN BED
|
00:40:06 906 |
OLD WOMAN & RANCH HAND LISTENING IN ON OTHER
SIDE OF THE DOOR, EAVESDROPPING TO OLD MAN TALKING |
00:41:40 1000 |
MAN WALKS INTO ROOM WITHOUT KNOCKING, THEN SAYS
"EXCUSE ME, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD COMPANY". OLD MAN TELLS HIM TO COME IN. LIAR. WAS LISTENING FROM DOOR, INTRODUCTIONS MADE, HAND SHAKE, NEW HIRE LEAVES |
00:42:21 1041 |
NEW HIRE TALKING TO RANCH HAND IN HIS NEW
QUARTERS |
00:43:39 1119 |
NEW HIRE COWBOY CHECKING OUT GROUNDS OF ABANDONED
SHOP, FOLLOWS WIRE UP WALL, FLIPS SWITCH, RICKETY OLD MACHINE START UP CREATING LOUD NOISES CAUSING TRIO IN OLD MAN'S ROOM TO WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON, YOUNG MAN LOOKS OUT BEDROOM WINDOW |
00:44:35 1175 |
COWBOY OPERATING UNSAFE MACHINERY IN ABANDONED
BARN |
00:44:48 1188 |
COWBOY LEAVING BARN, LEADS HORSE AWAY
|
00:44:55 1195 |
COWGIRL, WOMAN RIDING THROUGH RANCH GATES, TO
BARN, DISMOUNTS, MEETS NEW HIRE, THEY TALK, HE TAKES SADDLE OFF HER HORSE, SHE PLAYS WITH HER SHIRT NERVOUSLY. NEWLY ACQUAINTED COUPLE FLIRTING COWBOY HANGS SADDLE UP IN BARN |
00:46:08 1268 |
COUPLE WALKS TO HOMESTEAD GATE, NOTE TACKED ON
GATE "REVENGE FOLLOWS THE BALLARD FAMILY". THREATENING NOTE |
00:46:23 1283 |
INTERIOR RANCH HOUSE, LODGE; MS COUPLE LOOKING
OVER THREATENING NOTE, MAN WINDING CLOCK, SHUTS CLOCK DOOR, TURNS & LISTENS TO CONVERSATION, PUTS HIS TWO CENTS WORTH IN CONVERSATION |
00:47:26 1346 |
PEOPLE RETIRING FOR THE NIGHT, GOING UPSTAIRS TO
BEDROOMS |
00:47:40 1360 |
WOMAN PUTTING RECORD ON RECORD PLAYER, STAYING
UP AFTER REST GO TO SLEEP. SHE & NEW HIRE TALK. JEALOUS WOMAN |
00:48:26 1406 |
EXT/NIGHT; COWBOY WALKING AROUND CORNER OF
BUILDING, STOPS & DRAWS HIS GUN SAYS "STICK EM UP..." TALKS TO MAN HE THINKS IS SLEEPING ON THE JOB. CU GUN BARREL POKING FROM AROUND CORNER POKES GUN INTO COWBOY'S BACK, COWBOY DROPS GUN & RAISES HANDS OVER HEAD. MAN HE THINKS IS SLEEPING ON THE JOB SHOWS HIMSELF, MAN SLEEPING IS A DUMMY TRICKED COWBOY. THEY TALK |
00:50:29 1529 |
MAN IN SUIT CREEPING DOWN FRONT STAIRS OF HOUSE,
GREAT DANES WATCHING. HE WHISTLES A SECRET WHISTLE & WOMAN RUNS DOWN STAIRS OF HOUSE LOOKING FOR MAN |
00:50:51 1551 |
EXT/NIGHT, COWBOY RIDING INTO WOODS
|
00:51:00 1560 |
COWBOY WALKING AROUND DARK HOUSE WHERE ANOTHER
MAN IS DRAGGING CORPSE. MEETS UP WITH WOMAN, THEY HEAR LOUD NOISE, RUN TOWARD SOUND |
00:51:40 1600 |
OLD MAN IN HIS BEDROOM HEARS SOUND, JUMPS UP,
GRABS GUN, PUTS ON HOLSTER, RUNS OUT TOWARD SOUND |
00:51:57 1617 |
COUPLE OPEN DOOR IN TIME TO SEE MAN RIDING OFF
FROM HOUSE, INSIDE, THEY DISCOVER CORPSE |
00:52:18 1638 |
WOMAN RUNNING TO DOOR, LOCKED, PULLING DOOR IN
FRUSTRATION, KNOCKS ON DOOR "LET ME IN". MEN INSIDE, OPEN DOOR. OLD MAN CONSOLES HER, TELLS HER OF CORPSE, SHE CRIES |
00:52:45 1665 |
NEXT MORNING, HOUSE MEETING LED BY OLD BED RIDDEN
MAN, INTERVIEWING EVERYONE ABOUT THE WHEREABOUTS THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. SEARCHING FOR A KILLER. WHITE HAIRED MAN WRITING NOTES ON PAD, TAKING NOTES CU FACES OF THOSE IN ROOM. OLD MAN TALKS ABOUT HIS WILL |
00:56:00 1860 |
WOMAN LEAVES ROOM, MAN LEANS OUT DOOR, WHISPERING
TO HER |
00:56:46 1906 |
WHITE HAIRED RANCH HAND & NEW HIRE TALKING,
COWBOY PUTTING ON COWBOY HAT BEFORE LEAVING |
00:58:05 1985 |
COUPLE GETTING ACQUAINTED IN REMOTE PART OF
RANCH, WOMAN SITTING ON LOG, MAN SITTING AT HER FEET. MAN PLAYS WITH ROPE NERVOUSLY. DATING GAME |
00:59:07 2047 |
COUPLE HORSEBACK RIDING STOP AT SOUND OF GUN SHOTS
RIDE OVER TO MAN ON THE GROUND NEXT TO HIS HORSE, INJURED MAN, ARM SHOT WOUND, COWBOY HELPS HIM UP ON HIS HORSE. TRIO RIDE OFF |
01:00:10 2110 |
COWBOY WALKING HORSE BACK TO BARN, OLD MAN LEANING
BACK IN CHAIR AGAINST BUILDING. THEY TALK |
01:01:46 2206 |
INTERIOR LODGE, RANCH HOUSE. RESIDENTS GATHERED,
TALKING. CHINESE HOUSEBOY BRINGS OLD WOMAN TRAY WITH CUP OF COFFEE. CU OLD MAN DRINKING SPILLED COFFEE ON BOTTOM OF SAUCER. LOUD SLURPING SOUND, PANS OTHER PEOPLE IN ROOM WITH LOOKS OF DISTASTE OVER SOCIAL FAUX PAS. |
01:02:45 2265 |
CHINESE MAN SERVANT IN TRADITIONAL CLOTHES WALKS
DOWN STAIRS, TELLS NEW HIRE TO THAT OLD MAN WANTS TO SEE HIM, HE GOES UP STAIRS |
01:02:55 2275 |
YOUNG WOMAN CHASTISING OLD WOMAN FOR NOT HAVING
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, THEY HAVE WORDS. WOMAN ASKS MAN SERVANT TO PULL DOWN CURTAINS, PERTURBED, HE PULLS TOO HARD, SHADE FALLS OFF WINDOW, JUMPY OLD MAN GOES FOR HIS GUN, REALIZES WHAT'S HAPPENED, MAKES SMUG FACE, SETTLES BACK INTO SEAT |
01:03:30 2310 |
OLD MAN IN BED TALKING TO NEW HIRE
|
01:04:08 2348 |
OLD WOMAN GOES TO TURN OFF LIGHT, OLD MAN STOPS
HER, SHE GOES UPSTAIRS, OLD MAN TALKS TO YOUNG WOMAN, NEW HIRE COMES BACK DOWN, FLIRTS WITH WOMAN, ALL THREE GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS |
01:05:26 2426 |
CU SHARP RAZORS WITH DAYS OF THE WEEK ON THEM,
HAND PICKS UP RAZOR MARKED "TUESDAY" & SHARPENS RAZOR'S EDGE. CU CHINESE MAN SHAVING WITH SINGLE EDGED RAZOR. GROOMING. |
01:05:52 2452 |
EXT/NIGHT: COWBOY SITTING AGAINST BARN SMOKING
PIPE. |
01:06:02 2462 |
INTERIOR ABANDONED BARN, FIGURE SNEAKING CREEPING
UP BEHIND COWBOY AT ENTRANCE OF BARN, WEARING BLACK CLOAK. SOUND OF THUNDER, MAN HITS COWBOY FROM BEHIND WHILE THUNDER SOUNDS. DRAGS UNCONSCIOUS COWBOY INTO BARN POSITIONS HIM UNDER MACHINERY, TURNS ON MACHINE, AT SAME TIME MAN REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS & NARROWLY ESCAPES DEATH, SEES MAN ESCAPING, DRAWS & FIRES GUN. CU MAN SHOOTING GUN. RUNS OUT OF BARN HOLDING BACK OF HIS HEAD IN PAIN |
01:07:23 2543 |
PEOPLE AWAKEN FROM SLEEP RUN TO BANNISTER, OLD
MAN BELOW TELLS THEM TO STAY IN THE HOUSE, ONE WOMAN GOES WITH HIM INTO BARN, TURNS OFF MACHINE, SURVIVOR OF NEAR DEATH COME IN, THEY TALK, THEN LEAVE |
01:08:05 2585 |
MAN'S SHADOW REFLECTED ON BUILDING LARGER THAN
LIFE. CU GLOVED HAND PUTTING KEY IN KEYHOLE, TURNING KEY, OPENING DOOR |
01:08:20 2600 |
BEAUTIFUL SLEEPING WOMAN ILLUMINATED BY MOONLIGHT
AWAKENED BY THE SOUND OF A KEY IN HER DOOR CLICHE: " WHO'S THERE?". SOUND OF DOOR CREAKING OPEN, MAN IN BLACK ENTERS, CU FRIGHTENED WOMAN LETTING OUT BLOOD CURDLING SCREAM. PEOPLE DOWN STAIRS RUN UP, OPEN DOOR & FIND WOMAN ON THE FLOOR. CU MAN GRABS HER ARM, FEELING FOR A PULSE, FINDS A CLUE, RUNS OUT |
01:08:56 2636 |
TWO MEN STANDING OVER MAN SERVANT'S BED, TRY TO
SHAKE HIM AWAKE, TO NO AVAIL, CAN'T WAKE HIM UP |
01:09:14 2654 |
OLD WOMAN IN HER BEDROOM, FOLDING UP BLACK CLOAK
& HIDES IN DRESSER DRAWER |
01:09:43 2683 |
MAN FEEDING TWO GREAT DANES FEEDING DOGS
|
01:09:47 2687 |
TWO MEN LOOKING OUT WINDOW OF HOUSE TALKING, CUTS
TO MAN FEEDING DOGS |
01:10:12 2712 |
STIFF OLD MAN GETS UP FROM WINDOW LEDGE, HOBBLES
UP STAIRS HOLDING ON TO WALL |
01:10:23 2723 |
OLD MAN ENTERS BEDROOM, SEES BED EMPTY, SNOOPING
AROUND BEDROOM, PICKS UP CHAIR CUSHION, LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, OPENS CLOSET, DRESSER DRAWERS, IS CAUGHT BY OLD WOMAN WHO CATCHES HIM RED HANDED SNOOPING IN HER ROOM. ASKS HIM TO HAVE A DRINK WITH HER. HE SAYS HE'S ON DUTY. THEY TALK |
01:12:25 2845 |
OLD MAN TURNS HIS BACK ON OLD WOMAN, TAKES DRINK,
SHUDDERS FROM STRENGTH OF LIQUOR |
01:13:33 2913 |
CU MAN TAKING MEASUREMENT OF HORSE'S HOOF, TRACING
SIZE OF HOOF. ANIMAL FOOT PRINT. HOOF PRINT. TALKS WITH NEW HIRE WHO PULLS OUT TELEGRAM. CU TELEGRAM |
01:16:10 3070 |
YOUNG WOMAN PACKING CLOTHES IN SUITCASE ON HER
BED, BLACK CLOAKED FIGURE CREEPS IN HER ROOM, COVERS HER MOUTH, STRUGGLE. |
01:16:28 3088 |
FARM HAND CARRYING BOX STOPS & TALKS TO PEOPLE ON
FRONT PORCH, GOES INSIDE TO OLD MAN'S BEDROOM, THEY TALK |
01:17:00 3120 |
TRIO OF CONSPIRATORS PLANNING SCHEMING ON PORCH
|
01:17:15 3135 |
TWO MEN IN ROOM, ONE WHISPERING TO THE OTHER,
LOW VOICES |
01:17:44 3164 |
CAR PULLS UP TO HOUSE, OLD WOMAN GETS OUT OF CAR,
OLD MAN GREETS HER, BRINGS HER TO HIS ROOM, LEAVES HER TO GET OTHER MAN. |
01:18:44 3224 |
FADES TO INTERIOR OF HOUSE WHERE TWO MEN ARE
TALKING TO OLD WOMAN |
01:19:03 3243 |
OLD WOMAN WALKING ON PORCH INTO HOUSE, CLOSES
DOOR LOOKS AROUND HOUSE. OLD WOMAN ENTERS WITH COFFEE CUP, STARTLED TO SEE OLD ACQUAINTANCE, THEY HAVE WORDS, ONE WOMAN TRYING TO STOP ANOTHER FROM GOING UP STAIRS, WOMAN PUSHING ANOTHER OUT OF THE WAY, THEY STRUGGLE, WOMAN CALLS FOR MAN SERVANT FOR HELP, OTHERS COME IN HEARING LOUD VOICES, OLD WOMAN ESCORTED UP STAIRS |
01:21:09 3369 |
DIVORCED COUPLE REACQUAINTED AFTER 40 YEARS. MAN
IS NOT HER HUSBAND, MAN POSING AS SOMEONE ELSE IS CAUGHT IN LIE, GOES TO JUMP OUT OF BED, BUT IS STOPPED BY MAN WITH GUN "YOU'RE GAME'S UP.." |
01:21:51 3411 |
CONSPIRATORS RUNNING OUT OF HOUSE, RUNNING AWAY
|
01:21:54 3414 |
TWO OLD PEOPLE RUSHING DOWN STAIRS, REALIZE THAT
CONSPIRATORS ARE GETTING AWAY, OLD MAN TELLS OLD WOMAN TO WAIT HERE, CHASES AFTER PEOPLE GETTING AWAY. CU OLD MAN SHOUTING "LOOK OUT IT'S THE LAW TALKING TO YOU, YOU BETTER STOP", RUNS AFTER THEM |
01:22:15 3435 |
MAN JUMPS INTO GETAWAY CAR, OLD MAN SHOOTS AT CAR,
MISSES, JUMPS ON HORSE, DRIVER STOPS CAR, RUNS INTO WOODS, OLD MAN ON HORSEBACK FOLLOWS ESCAPING MAN ON FOOT |
01:22:52 3472 |
OLD WOMAN TALKING TO HER SON GRABBING HIM BY THE
SHIRT FOR COMFORT, SON RUNS OUT OF ROOM |
01:23:05 3485 |
KILLER BEING HELD IN ROOM, MAN TRYING TO GET
SIGNED CONFESSION FROM HIM. KILLER ASKS MAN TO "GIVE ME YOUR GUN WITH ONE BULLET & LET ME BE ALONE FOR A FEW MINUTES & I'LL SIGN THIS & LEAVE A NOTE SO YOU CAN FIND RITA" WANTS TO MAKE A CONFESSION & KILL HIMSELF, COMMIT SUICIDE |
01:25:25 3625 |
MAN TAKES GUN OUT, EMPTIES BULLETS EXCEPT ONE,
PUTS GUN ON TABLE, OLD MAN SIGNS CONFESSION, SAYS "I'LL PROMISE YOU I'LL LEAVE THE NOTE" SUICIDE NOTE. MAN LEAVES THE ROOM. |
01:26:10 3670 |
CU OLD MAN WRITING NOTE, SLOWLY PICKS UP GUN
MAN WAITING OUTSIDE OF DOOR HEARS GUN SHOT, THINKING MAN INSIDE HAS COMMITTED SUICIDE, OPENS DOOR, FINDS NOTE "RITA WILL BE SAFE WITH ME" REALIZES THAT HE WAS DUPED., MAN DIDN'T KILL HIMSELF. HEARS WOMAN'S SCREAM FOR HELP OUTSIDE |
01:26:51 3711 |
WOMAN STRUGGLING TO FREE HERSELF FROM THUG BAD GUY
CUTS TO MAN IN ROOM WHO RUNS TO WINDOW, CROUCHES & LOOKS OUT WINDOW AT WOMAN BEING LED INTO BARN, RUNS OUTSIDE TO SAVE HER |
01:27:17 3737 |
KILLER STRUGGLING WITH WOMAN IN BARN, GOOD GUY
RUNS IN TO SAVE THE DAY, WRESTLES, STRUGGLES WITH KILLER, ANOTHER BAD GUY ATTACKS FROM THE BACK, TWO AGAINST ONE FIGHT IN BARN, CUTS TO BOUND AND GAGGED WOMAN STRUGGLING TO FREE HERSELF FROM BONDAGE |
01:27:58 3778 |
HURT OLD MAN MANAGES TO REACH LEVER & FLIPS ON
MACHINE, TWO MEN FIGHTING TOWARD DEADLY MACHINE TRYING TO PUSH EACH OTHER UNDER MACHINE. OLD MAN JOINS SCUFFLE, GOOD GUY BREAKS AWAY, OLD MAN TRIPS OVER PIPE ON FLOOR & FALLS OUT SECOND STORY BARN WINDOW TO HIS DEATH |
01:28:39 3819 |
CU SHERIFF'S BADGE ZOOM OUT TO OLD MAN SHERIFF
ON TELEPHONE WITH HIS FEET UP ON DESK, HANGS UP PHONE, DIPS PEN IN INK WELL, WRITES SOMETHING DOWN |
01:29:54 3894 |
WOMAN IN EXOTIC ISLAND SETTING, SETTING OUTDOOR
TABLE, CALLS MAN TO DINNER, COZY COUPLE |
01:30:33 3933 |
TAPE ENDS
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Description: RANDOLPH SCOTT, CHARLES "CHIC" SALE, LESLIE CARTER, GEORGE MARION, SR., ANN SHERIDAN, KATHLEEN BURKE, HOWARD WILSON. MURDER MYSTERY SET IN THE WEST. SOMEONE IS MURDERING PEOPLE AT A NEVADA RADIUM MINE, AND THE DEPUTY SHERIFF TURNS TO RANDY FOR HELP.
Keywords: western
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