- Title: V-A6204
- Summary: STORIES OF THE CENTURY - "JIM COURTRIGHT": WITH ROBERT KNAPP, WALLY CASSELL, FRED SHERMAN, LEE ROBERTS, DANIEL WHITE, RORY MALLINSON. JIM DAVIS AS MATT CLARK, KRISTINE MILLER AS JONESY. HALF HOUR WESTERN ADVENTURE SERIES ABOUT A PAIR OF DETECTIVES FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD. HISTORICAL REENACTMENTS RECREATIONS BASED ON TRUE STORIES FROM OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FILES & RECORDS. DRAMATIZATIONS OF REAL EVENTS OF JIM COURTRIGHT.
- Description:01:26:54 - OLD LOCOMOTIVE TRAIN TRAVELING DOWN TRACKS 01:27:03 - BAND OF OUTLAWS WREAKING HAVOC ACROSS THE WEST, SHOOTING UP TEXAS TOWNS, HOMESTEADS 01:27:27 - FREIGHT TRAIN APPROACHING TEXAS CATTLE RANCH 01:27:33 - MS CATTLE COMING OFF CATTLE TRAIN DOWN RAMP INTO CORRAL 01:27:40 - CATTLE SHIPPER & FARMER TALKING ACROSS FENCE 01:27:58 - TWO EXTORTIONISTS APPROACH RANCH, GET OFF HORSES FARMER CARRIES WEAPON AGAINST NEER-DO-WELLS 01:28:55 - EXTORTIONISTS PRETEND TO BE LEAVING, FARMER PUTS GUN AWAY, MEN SHOOT HIM 01:29:11 - MS CATTLE HERDED IN CORRAL 01:29:13 - SHIPPER FINDS SHOT MAN, IS THEN SHOT HIMSELF 01:29:28 - EXTORTIONISTS, CRIMINALS RIDE AWAY 01:29:34 - RAILROAD TRAIN CROSSING COUNTRYSIDE 01:29:42 - INTERIOR OF TRAIN, PASSENGER READING NEWSPAPER 01:29:53 - SMALL WESTERN TOWN CIRCA LATE 1800'S CU SIGN MARSHAL'S OFFICE 01:30:05 - DETECTIVE GOING INTO MARSHAL'S OFFICE, TALKING, OFFERS A CIGAR, DISCUSSING SHOOTING 01:31:44 - MARSHAL LEAVING OFFICE, TAKES HAT FROM HAT RACK PUTS HAT ON HEAD, LEAVES OFFICE 01:31:52 - MEN WALKING THROUGH SALOON DOORS. MEN DRINKING IN SALOON. BARTENDER CLEANING GLASSES BEHIND BAR TALKS TO FEMALE BARTENDER, JONESY IN DISGUISE 01:33:37 - REUNION OF FRIENDS IN BAR, ONE GOING IN & ONE GOING OUT 01:34:29 - CLICHE: CUSTOMER WANTING A DRINK SAYS "HEY BARTENDER" 01:36:35 - THREE MEN TALKING ON STREET IN TOWN, MATT WALKS THROUGH SALOON DOORS INTO BAR, TALKS ACROSS THE BAR TO BARTENDER & OWNER 01:37:39 - MS SIGN TARRANT COUNTY PROTECTION AGENCY, JIM COURTRIGHT PRESIDENT 01:37:45 - JONESY GIVES INFORMATION TO COURTRIGHT, GETS MONEY & A KISS 01:39:29 - OUTLAWS ATTACK WAGON TRAIN, WAGONS FALLING OVER, SHOT MEN FALLING OFF HORSES, RIDERLESS WAGON OUT OF CONTROL CRASHES INTO TREES 01:40:24 - MAN SHOT, FALLS OFF HORSE, ROLLS DOWN HILL INTO RIVER 01:40:26 - HORSES & WAGON RACING AROUND DANGEROUS BEND WAGON BLOWS UP, WAGON FALLS DOWN HILL HEAVY BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING FROM WAGON 01:40:31 - SURVIVOR OF WAGON TRAIN AMBUSH RIDES INTO TOWN, GOES INTO SALOON, TELLS OWNER ABOUT AMBUSH 01:41:02 - OWNER GOES INTO OFFICE, OPENS DRAWER, GRABS GUN. CLICHE: "YOU STARTED IT, I'M GONNA FINISH IT" 01:42:24 - COURTRIGHT WALKS INTO OFFICE CLICHE: "STEP INTO THE NEXT ROOM, I GOT A LITTLE BUSINESS TO DO" MAN SHAVING IN TINY MIRROR. 01:43:22 - MAN MANHANDLING WOMAN, SHE RESISTS, HE THROWS HER ON CHAIR, SHE RUNS FOR THE DOOR. MEN TAKE HER IN CUSTODY, KIDNAPPED, HOLDING HOSTAGE 01:45:01 - MATT, DETECTIVE LOOKING AROUND ROON, OPENING DOORS, TAKES CIGAR BUTT FROM ASHTRAY SMELLS IT, TAKES IT WITH HIM GOES INTO MARSHAL'S OFFICE, PULLS OUT CIGAR THAT MATCHES THE ONE MARSHAL IS SMOKING. THE MARSHAL STUMBLES FOR WORDS 01:46:38 - BIG DETECTIVE GRABS SMALL MARSHAL FROM HIS CHAIR CLICHE: "NOW YOU TELL ME WHERE HE REALLY TOOK HER OR I'LL BREAK YOU IN TWO". GETS INFORMATION FROM HIM, THEN THROWS HIM VIOLENTLY ON FLOOR & LEAVES 01:46:58 - MAN RUNNING INTO SALOON, FORMS A POSSE, MEN UNTYING HORSES, RIDING OUT OF TOWN 01:47:27 - POSSE RIDING UP TO A HOUSE, STOP, GET OFF HORSES WITH THEIR GUNS, SURROUND HOUSE 01:47:38 - WOMAN BEING HELD HOSTAGE. CLICHE: "YOU'RE SURROUNDED COURTRIGHT, COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP" WOMAN SCREAMS TO ALERT THEM SHE'S INSIDE, KIDNAPPER THROWS HER, SHE HITS HER HEAD & FAINTS PASSES OUT ON FLOOR 01:47:54 - OUTLAWS BREAKING WINDOWS, SHOOTING OUT WINDOWS 01:48:13 - POSSE SHOOTING AT HOUSE. CLICHE: "I SAID COME ON OUT" "WE CAN'T HOLD OUT HERE JIM". SHOOTS GUN, EMPTY CARTRIDGE. WOMAN ON FLOOR PRETENDING TO BE PASSED OUT LISTENS TO THEM MAKING PLANS 01:48:33 - SHOOT OUT CLICHE: "I'LL CIRCLE AROUND BACK MEN" 01:48:52 - OUTLAW GETS SHOT, JONESY GRABS HIS GUN, MATT ARRIVES AT SAME TIME, OPEN DOOR, CLICHE: "HOLD YOUR FIRE MEN" 01:49:17 - COURTRIGHT RIDES INTO TOWN, DIRT ON HIS SUIT WALKS INTO SALOON, PULLS GLOVES TIGHT, SAYS CLICHE: "I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU LITTLE MAN" THREATENS BAR OWNER WHO PULLS OUT GUN CLICHE: " YOU'RE LYING LITTLE MAN YOU HAVENT GOT NERVE ENOUGH", BAR OWNER SHOOTS HIM 01:50:44 - OWNER SAYS CLICHE: "IF ANYBODY WANTS ME I'LL BE AT THE MARSHALS OFFICE" 01:50:57 - CU DEAD MAN LYING ON BARROOM FLOOR 01:51:00 - CU PACKAGE, GUNS INSIDE 01:51:38 - SHOW ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-A6204