- Title: V-A6216
- Summary: STORIES OF THE CENTURY: "HENRY PLUMMER": JOHN DEHNER, KRISTINE MILLER, LANE BRADFORD, BILL KENNEDY, MIKE RAGAN. JIM DAVIS AS MATT CLARK & MARY CASTLE AS FRANKIE ADAMS. HALF HOUR WESTERN ADVENTURE SERIES ABOUT A PAIR OF DETECTIVES FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD. HISTORICAL RECREATIONS RE-ENACTMENTS BASED ON TRUE STORIES FROM OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FILES & RECORDS. DRAMATIZATIONS OF REAL EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF HENRY PLUMMER.
- Description:03:50:00 - STAGECOACHBEING CHASED AT HIGH SPEED LOSES CONTROL AROUND CORNER, STAGECOACH& RIDER FALLING CRASHING 03:50:09 - OUTLAWS RACING 03:50:21 - NIGHT RALLY HENRY PLUMMER THANKING CITIZENS FOR ELECTING HIM SHERIFF. TOWNSPEOPLE CARRYING PLACARDS PLUMMER FOR SHERIFF. APPOINTS DEPUTIES 03:50:45 - SHERIFF & HIS DEPUTIES CELEBRATE IN SHERIFF'S OFFICE. MEN PUTTING ON STAR BADGES 03:51:26 - SHERIFF TAKES HANDKERCHIEF OUT OF POCKET, TIES IN SAILORS SQUARE KNOT. MARKINGS, NON VERBAL COMMUNICATION TO FELLOW GANG MEMBERS NOT TO SHOOT THEM 03:52:10 - WOMAN PLEADING WITH SHERIFF FOR HER HUSBANDS LIFE. SHERIFF PULLS OUT MURDER WEAPON, PROVING HER HUSBANDS GUILT. WOMAN WEEPS IN SHERIFF'S ARMS. HE PROMISES TO GET HUSBAND OFF THE HOOK WITH A LITTLE NOOKIE. SEXUAL FAVORS. SHE COMPLIES 03:54:01 - SHERIFF'S MEN ON HANGMAN'S PLATFORM TIGHTENING NOOSE, BRING OUT MAN, WIFE HYSTERICAL, YELLS AT SHERIFF WHO WENT BACK ON HIS WORD. 03:54:42 - MS HANGMAN'S NOOSE PUT ON CRIMINALS NECK 03:54:46 - STAGECOACHPULLING UP TO STATION, MATT GRABS BED ROLL, GETS ON BOARD. STATION MANAGER NOTICES BRAND LAWMAN STAR ON COACH, RUBS AWAY 03:55:48 - MEN BOARD STAGE COACH, CLICHE:"LET HER ROLL BOYS". 03:56:05 - STATION MANAGER RIDES TO CROOKED SHERIFF, TELLS HIM ABOUT STAR LAWMANS BRAND SENDS OUT GANG TO MEET STAGE COACH 03:56:50 - GANG STOPS, PUTS ON MASKS, ATTACKS COACH CLICHE: "IT'S A HOLD UP" SHOOT OUT 03:57:54 - FRANKIE POSING AS STATION WORKER HEARS COACH PULL UP, DEAD MAN FALLS OUT OF COACH. PEOPLE FROM TOWN GATHER 03:58:40 - SHERIFF ASKING MATT QUESTIONS, COVERS IDENTITY 03:59:41 - MATT & FRANKIE EXCHANGING INFORMATION 04:00:26 - SMALL WESTERN TOWN, PEOPLE WALKING THRU TOWN, STAGECOACHPASSING THRU 04:00:58 - DETECTIVES POSING AS CITIZENS GO TO SHERIFF OFFERS NO HELP, THEY RIDE OFF THEMSELVES 04:02:01 - MATT & FRANKIE FIND TURNED OVER STAGE COACH CLICHE: "THEY CAN'T BE TOO FAR OFF". 04:03:14 - FRANKIE NOTICES CHALK MARKINGS ON COACH & HANDKERCHIEF TIED IN SAILORS KNOT IN DEAD MAN'S HAND. MATT MOVES HIS SCARF, SAY HE WONDERS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF HE PUT HIS SCARF IN A SAILOR'S KNOT 04:04:18 - MATT WALKS INTO BAR, SITS AT TABLE WITH CARDS, MEN AT BAR NOTICE SAILORS KNOT ON HIS TIE, THINK HE'S A MEMBER OF THE LODGE, GANG 04:04:50 - GANG MEMBERS COME OVER, PLAY CARDS WITH MATT MATT & ANOTHER LAWMAN FIGHT GANG MEMBERS, ON BARROOM, GOOD GUYS VS BAD GUYS 04:06:11 - SEARCH OUTLAW FIND STOLEN MONEY 04:06:44 - WIDOW GOES TO DETECTIVES & CAPTAIN HANDS THEM NOTE TELLING HER TO GET OUT OF TOWN. TELLS THEM SHE WAS BLACKMAILED 04:09:04 - CROOKED SHERIFF HOLDING OUTLAWS. THEY THREATEN TO TALK IF HE DOESN'T LET THEM OUT. "IF WE HANG YOU HANG WITH US". HE TOUCHES HIS THROAT, LETS THEM OUT. SEE MEN COMING FROM FRONT, TELLS THEM TO GO OUT THE BACK, SHOOTS THEM IN THE BACK PRETENDING THEY WERE ESCAPING 04:10:49 - CROOKED SHERIFF IN BAR PULLS OUT NOTE PAD, WRITING DOWN DIRECTIONS 04:11:13 - DETECTIVES RIDE TO STAGECOACHRELAY STATION, NOTICE MANAGERS SAILORS KNOT IN TIE, PUT HIM UNDER ARREST. TAKE HIS GUN. RIDER BRINGS IN NOTE WARNING ABOUT DETECTION. 04:13:25 - CROOKED SHERIFF ANSWERS DOOR, DETECTIVES PUT HIM UNDER ARREST 04:14:25 - MEN DRAGGING UNWILLING SHERIFF TO HANGMANS NOOSE 04:14:40 - FRANKIE & MATT GET IN STAGECOACHRIDE OUT OF TOWN
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-A6216