1 00:00:23,056 --> 00:00:26,048 Name's Elmo Ziller, and I poke from Hondo, Texas. 2 00:00:26,126 --> 00:00:27,718 I got it. It's the heat. 3 00:00:27,794 --> 00:00:28,988 You making fun? 4 00:00:29,062 --> 00:00:31,030 Elmo is my half brother. 5 00:00:32,832 --> 00:00:34,595 What the hell are you trying to pull? 6 00:00:34,667 --> 00:00:35,691 I wanna pull your mustache. 7 00:00:35,769 --> 00:00:36,736 You wanna what? 8 00:00:36,803 --> 00:00:38,293 Are you both joining the band? 9 00:00:38,371 --> 00:00:39,360 Higgins, we're undercover. 10 00:00:41,241 --> 00:00:43,471 How many times do we have to kill a guy? 11 00:00:43,543 --> 00:00:44,976 Till you get it right! 12 00:00:45,045 --> 00:00:46,069 Let her rip. 13 00:02:51,671 --> 00:02:53,138 Here, time to earn your bones, kid. 14 00:02:53,206 --> 00:02:54,673 Huh? You slow in the head? 15 00:02:54,741 --> 00:02:55,765 This is your initiation. 16 00:02:55,842 --> 00:02:56,934 I thought you were gonna do... 17 00:02:57,010 --> 00:02:58,477 You thought wrong. Hurry up. 18 00:03:08,121 --> 00:03:09,110 Now. 19 00:03:09,489 --> 00:03:11,081 Well, give me that. 20 00:03:23,136 --> 00:03:24,125 Here. 21 00:03:31,010 --> 00:03:31,999 Come on. 22 00:03:49,963 --> 00:03:50,952 Check him. 23 00:03:51,364 --> 00:03:52,888 You can do that, can't you? 24 00:03:58,504 --> 00:03:59,903 I think he's dead. 25 00:04:03,042 --> 00:04:04,031 You sure? 26 00:04:07,046 --> 00:04:08,172 He looks dead. 27 00:04:08,414 --> 00:04:10,905 Well, you will be, too, if you don't come on. 28 00:04:41,848 --> 00:04:44,373 Every day in the tropics is part illusion. 29 00:04:44,450 --> 00:04:46,782 Rain clouds are actually rainbows, 30 00:04:46,853 --> 00:04:49,014 the perfect wave breaks into a riptide. 31 00:04:49,722 --> 00:04:52,816 A conviction of immortality grows out of the endless summer. 32 00:04:53,526 --> 00:04:57,087 What I should have remembered is that illusion is always dangerous. 33 00:04:57,830 --> 00:05:00,162 But on a perfect morning on the beach, 34 00:05:00,233 --> 00:05:01,666 who could remember fate? 35 00:05:03,770 --> 00:05:07,900 ♪ Where seldom is heard a discouraging word ♪ 36 00:05:08,207 --> 00:05:12,371 ♪ And the skies are not cloudy all day ♪ 37 00:05:13,913 --> 00:05:15,210 What the... 38 00:05:15,281 --> 00:05:17,545 ♪ Home, home on the range ♪ 39 00:05:18,284 --> 00:05:22,914 ♪ Where the deer and the antelope play ♪ 40 00:05:23,222 --> 00:05:26,783 ♪ Where seldom is heard a discouraging word ♪ 41 00:05:26,859 --> 00:05:28,087 Hey! Hey! 42 00:05:28,161 --> 00:05:29,594 ♪ And the sky ♪♪ 43 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:35,791 Hey, hey, pardner. 44 00:05:35,868 --> 00:05:38,098 Hey, sorry to bust in like this 45 00:05:38,171 --> 00:05:39,638 but your door was unlocked 46 00:05:39,706 --> 00:05:42,004 and I saw your guitar here, so... 47 00:05:42,642 --> 00:05:44,132 Higgins, what is this? 48 00:05:44,210 --> 00:05:45,802 It's too early for Halloween. 49 00:05:46,312 --> 00:05:49,543 Name's Elmo Ziller, and I poke from Hondo, Texas. 50 00:05:50,083 --> 00:05:52,176 Just 'cause I busted your place, young fella, 51 00:05:52,251 --> 00:05:53,809 that ain't no cause for you to... 52 00:05:53,886 --> 00:05:57,014 Oh, no. No, no, thank you. But you go right ahead. 53 00:06:01,194 --> 00:06:02,354 I got it. 54 00:06:02,695 --> 00:06:04,322 I got it. It's the heat. 55 00:06:04,397 --> 00:06:06,729 Too much time in the garden without a hat. 56 00:06:07,033 --> 00:06:08,364 You makin' fun? 57 00:06:08,701 --> 00:06:10,965 'Cause where I come from, that ain't funny. 58 00:06:11,037 --> 00:06:12,197 Right. 59 00:06:12,271 --> 00:06:13,602 Right. I got it now. 60 00:06:14,874 --> 00:06:15,863 Howdy... 61 00:06:18,344 --> 00:06:20,209 No, I can do it. I can do it. 62 00:06:20,580 --> 00:06:21,547 Here we go. 63 00:06:21,614 --> 00:06:24,242 Howdy, pardner. You just ride into town? 64 00:06:25,118 --> 00:06:27,678 Somebody told me you was a pretty good old detective. 65 00:06:27,754 --> 00:06:30,587 Terrific. I ain't had a rustlin' case all year. 66 00:06:31,891 --> 00:06:33,449 I guess I been steered wrong. No! 67 00:06:33,526 --> 00:06:34,515 So if you'll excuse me... 68 00:06:34,594 --> 00:06:35,959 No, don't mosey. 69 00:06:36,028 --> 00:06:37,620 You just make yourself to home. 70 00:06:37,930 --> 00:06:39,488 Pour yourself some rotgut. 71 00:06:39,799 --> 00:06:41,164 Chew some tobacco. 72 00:06:41,234 --> 00:06:43,828 See, I'm headin' up to the ranch house to see Higgins. 73 00:06:44,170 --> 00:06:46,638 So you just be still and stay right there. 74 00:06:48,441 --> 00:06:50,136 I love the mustache. 75 00:07:08,761 --> 00:07:09,750 Higgins! 76 00:07:29,382 --> 00:07:31,213 You aren't here, are you, Higgins? 77 00:07:31,350 --> 00:07:33,181 You're down in my guesthouse acting like... 78 00:07:33,252 --> 00:07:34,651 Magnum, please. 79 00:07:37,023 --> 00:07:38,183 Hoot Gibson. 80 00:07:40,726 --> 00:07:43,923 I can't imagine that all this racket is absolutely necessary. 81 00:07:44,564 --> 00:07:47,397 I gotta hand it to you, Higgins, you changed pretty fast. 82 00:07:47,533 --> 00:07:48,557 I beg your pardon. 83 00:07:48,634 --> 00:07:50,101 Come on, how'd you do it? 84 00:07:50,570 --> 00:07:52,470 I say, Magnum, are you quite all right? 85 00:07:52,672 --> 00:07:55,232 Oh, don't get regimental on me, buckaroo. 86 00:07:55,308 --> 00:07:57,640 You "poke from Hondo, Texas," remember? 87 00:07:58,444 --> 00:07:59,570 I see. 88 00:07:59,846 --> 00:08:02,872 In your own crude way, you've explained yourself. 89 00:08:02,949 --> 00:08:05,110 Explained? Nothing's explained. 90 00:08:05,251 --> 00:08:07,685 You have met, as it were, Elmo. 91 00:08:10,156 --> 00:08:11,123 Elmo? 92 00:08:11,190 --> 00:08:13,954 Oh, be a good chap and help me out with my gear. 93 00:08:14,026 --> 00:08:15,015 Higgins. 94 00:08:16,395 --> 00:08:17,384 Higgins! 95 00:08:20,066 --> 00:08:21,829 What is going on? 96 00:08:21,901 --> 00:08:24,062 It is a melancholy but inevitable fact 97 00:08:24,136 --> 00:08:26,229 that all great families are burdened with 98 00:08:26,305 --> 00:08:28,364 what can be most delicately described as... 99 00:08:28,441 --> 00:08:29,874 Right in there will do nicely. 100 00:08:29,942 --> 00:08:31,136 Higgins, who is Elmo? 101 00:08:31,544 --> 00:08:33,512 Lmpossible though it may be 102 00:08:33,579 --> 00:08:36,412 for someone of your limited imagination to absorb, 103 00:08:37,016 --> 00:08:39,007 Elmo is my half brother. 104 00:08:40,553 --> 00:08:41,542 Now, 105 00:08:42,321 --> 00:08:45,085 for the next two weeks, I'll be taking my vacation, 106 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:48,356 staying on the other side of the island 107 00:08:48,427 --> 00:08:50,258 at a lovely residential hotel. 108 00:08:51,197 --> 00:08:53,427 I've written down all the mundane details 109 00:08:53,499 --> 00:08:56,730 including some rather specific instructions regarding the lads' diet. 110 00:08:58,204 --> 00:08:59,262 Hold it. 111 00:08:59,839 --> 00:09:00,863 Hold it right there. 112 00:09:00,940 --> 00:09:05,104 No one is going anyplace until I get a thorough explanation. 113 00:09:06,178 --> 00:09:09,545 Coexistence in even remotely the same environs with Elmo 114 00:09:09,615 --> 00:09:13,176 is aesthetically corrupting and intellectually life-threatening. 115 00:09:14,053 --> 00:09:15,918 You, however, are a perfect match, 116 00:09:16,122 --> 00:09:18,056 which is why I recommended that he hire you 117 00:09:18,124 --> 00:09:20,786 when he came to me with his appalling story. 118 00:09:20,860 --> 00:09:22,657 Now, driver, out the gate. 119 00:09:24,330 --> 00:09:25,319 Higgins. 120 00:09:39,946 --> 00:09:40,935 Elmo! 121 00:09:53,192 --> 00:09:54,921 And the best part is, 122 00:09:55,661 --> 00:09:57,322 when he comes out as Higgins 123 00:09:57,663 --> 00:09:58,857 in his house, 124 00:09:59,765 --> 00:10:01,858 I was sure I could see this little line of glue 125 00:10:01,934 --> 00:10:03,925 where he'd put on the big mustache. 126 00:10:04,103 --> 00:10:05,570 What'd you say this guy's name was? 127 00:10:05,638 --> 00:10:07,401 There is no "this guy," Rick. 128 00:10:07,506 --> 00:10:08,495 Don't you know... 129 00:10:08,574 --> 00:10:09,506 Elmo. 130 00:10:09,575 --> 00:10:12,510 "Elmo Ziller-l-poke- from-Hondo, Texas." 131 00:10:14,046 --> 00:10:16,276 Hey, man, why would Higgins go through all the trouble 132 00:10:16,349 --> 00:10:18,408 to dress up like a cowboy and then wear a fake... 133 00:10:18,484 --> 00:10:19,508 Guys, listen to me. 134 00:10:19,585 --> 00:10:21,212 It's some kind of practical joke. 135 00:10:21,287 --> 00:10:23,380 Some kind of trick to get even, you know, 136 00:10:23,456 --> 00:10:25,754 for some kind of imagined insult or something. 137 00:10:25,825 --> 00:10:28,658 Yeah. Well, it's a pretty expensive joke. Listen to this: 138 00:10:28,761 --> 00:10:29,955 "Opening Tuesday. 139 00:10:30,029 --> 00:10:31,428 "Starring for three days only. 140 00:10:31,497 --> 00:10:35,593 Bronco Elmo's Authentic Death-defying Texas Rodeo and..." 141 00:10:38,070 --> 00:10:40,903 "Authentic Texas Rodeo and Old West Roundup. 142 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,270 $25,000 first prize." 143 00:10:43,376 --> 00:10:45,742 Maybe Elmo wants you to wrestle a bull. 144 00:10:46,045 --> 00:10:48,946 That would be death-defying enough for me to pay $25,000. 145 00:10:49,015 --> 00:10:51,882 Guys, I'm telling you. This is some kind of a... 146 00:10:51,951 --> 00:10:53,248 Hi. Hi. 147 00:10:53,819 --> 00:10:56,617 Excuse me, I'm looking for Thomas Magnum, the investigator. 148 00:10:56,689 --> 00:10:57,849 This is the place. 149 00:10:57,957 --> 00:10:59,857 See what I mean? He doesn't give up. 150 00:11:01,827 --> 00:11:02,816 Hi. Hi. 151 00:11:02,895 --> 00:11:03,987 I'm Rick. Hi, Rick. 152 00:11:04,063 --> 00:11:04,995 This is T.C. 153 00:11:05,064 --> 00:11:06,122 Hello, T.C. Howdy. 154 00:11:06,232 --> 00:11:07,893 And this guy with the grin on his face 155 00:11:07,967 --> 00:11:10,026 is the investigator Thomas Magnum. 156 00:11:10,102 --> 00:11:11,091 Hi. 157 00:11:11,170 --> 00:11:13,297 Can I get you something cold to drink? Oh, great. 158 00:11:13,372 --> 00:11:15,863 I had a roundup breakfast, but that was at 5:30 this morning. 159 00:11:18,177 --> 00:11:19,235 Oh, listen, 160 00:11:19,311 --> 00:11:21,142 you know, your accent is really very good. 161 00:11:21,213 --> 00:11:23,477 Are you in drama at the university? 162 00:11:24,050 --> 00:11:26,245 Come on, you can tell us. The joke's over. 163 00:11:27,553 --> 00:11:29,077 I guess the joke's on me. 164 00:11:29,488 --> 00:11:30,682 Oh, no, don't look at me. 165 00:11:30,756 --> 00:11:33,554 I'm still trying to get over "roundup breakfast." 166 00:11:33,626 --> 00:11:35,321 Don't pay any attention to him. 167 00:11:35,394 --> 00:11:38,363 Too much time watching helicopter blades going around, Miss... 168 00:11:38,431 --> 00:11:40,023 Lexi. Lexi Ziller. 169 00:11:41,767 --> 00:11:43,598 And even though I come from a town 170 00:11:43,669 --> 00:11:45,364 with two gas stations and one house, 171 00:11:45,438 --> 00:11:47,463 I don't want you to think I'm a hick. 172 00:11:47,773 --> 00:11:49,604 I've been to lots of cities with the rodeo, 173 00:11:49,675 --> 00:11:51,973 and I know I gotta pay cash money 174 00:11:52,244 --> 00:11:53,836 for a private investigator. 175 00:11:53,913 --> 00:11:56,882 Good grief. That's more money than this investigator's ever seen. 176 00:11:56,949 --> 00:11:58,041 T.C. 177 00:11:58,684 --> 00:12:00,948 Look, Lexi, or whatever your name is, 178 00:12:01,020 --> 00:12:03,989 why don't you cut this out now before anybody gets their feelings hurt. 179 00:12:04,056 --> 00:12:05,580 Why don't you just go to Higgins 180 00:12:05,658 --> 00:12:08,252 and tell him you did your part but it didn't work out. 181 00:12:08,327 --> 00:12:11,956 It's $750 from my barrel racing money from this spring. 182 00:12:12,631 --> 00:12:15,259 And look, if you're not gonna help me, you say so now 183 00:12:15,334 --> 00:12:18,030 so I can find somebody else, 'cause my daddy needs help real bad. 184 00:12:18,104 --> 00:12:21,232 Okay. Why don't you just tell us what the problem is? 185 00:12:21,307 --> 00:12:22,865 Marcella, my stepmother, 186 00:12:23,309 --> 00:12:25,743 the meanest woman to ever draw breath in Nevada. 187 00:12:27,847 --> 00:12:29,405 She tried to kill Elmo? 188 00:12:29,482 --> 00:12:30,471 How'd you know? 189 00:12:30,549 --> 00:12:32,710 Oh, come on, guys. Cut it out. 190 00:12:33,018 --> 00:12:35,919 Man, it don't hurt to listen to the story. Just be cool. 191 00:12:35,988 --> 00:12:38,616 Because if you're volunteering to help, I know it's a joke. 192 00:12:38,691 --> 00:12:40,784 An elaborate, vicious practical joke, 193 00:12:40,860 --> 00:12:42,794 and I'm not buying it, thank you very much. 194 00:12:43,462 --> 00:12:45,692 Well, Thomas. Hey, hey! 195 00:12:46,298 --> 00:12:47,925 Come on. Give this kid a break. 196 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,560 I can spot a con a mile away just like this, 197 00:12:50,636 --> 00:12:52,001 and she's legit. 198 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:16,552 I saw Mr. Magnum today. 199 00:13:16,629 --> 00:13:18,620 I think he's gonna take the case. 200 00:13:19,932 --> 00:13:20,956 It bothers me, though. 201 00:13:21,033 --> 00:13:22,762 He seems like such a decent man. 202 00:13:25,037 --> 00:13:27,528 But in a couple of days, if our plan works, 203 00:13:28,841 --> 00:13:30,832 this will be all be over, won't it? 204 00:13:34,446 --> 00:13:35,504 Yup. 205 00:13:48,794 --> 00:13:51,888 I know what you're thinking, but this time you're wrong. 206 00:13:52,198 --> 00:13:53,859 Higgins was up to something, 207 00:13:53,933 --> 00:13:56,493 but as long as I knew he was trying to trick me, 208 00:13:56,635 --> 00:13:58,432 I was ok, right? 209 00:13:58,504 --> 00:14:01,302 It's only when you don't know you're involved in a practical joke 210 00:14:01,373 --> 00:14:02,670 that you're in danger. 211 00:14:03,609 --> 00:14:06,237 Excuse me, I'm... I'm looking for Elmo Ziller. 212 00:14:06,345 --> 00:14:08,210 Bronco's just sitting down for breakfast. 213 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:09,304 Thank you. 214 00:14:09,381 --> 00:14:12,407 Of course, if I'd remembered about the danger of illusion 215 00:14:12,685 --> 00:14:15,347 maybe I wouldn't have been quite so confident. 216 00:14:20,125 --> 00:14:21,558 Mornin', Elmo. 217 00:14:22,094 --> 00:14:23,425 Mind if I join you? 218 00:14:26,165 --> 00:14:27,757 You gonna talk smart? 219 00:14:29,134 --> 00:14:32,297 Your daughter tried to hire me yesterday to protect you. 220 00:14:32,438 --> 00:14:35,271 I just couldn't take the job without talking to you first. 221 00:14:41,013 --> 00:14:42,207 Had your breakfast? 222 00:14:42,281 --> 00:14:43,248 No. 223 00:14:44,917 --> 00:14:46,748 What are you eating? 224 00:14:48,454 --> 00:14:51,252 Chili and scrambled eggs on sourdough pancakes. 225 00:14:51,690 --> 00:14:53,715 Needs more hot sauce, though. 226 00:14:56,695 --> 00:14:58,356 What the hell are you trying to pull? 227 00:14:58,430 --> 00:14:59,590 I wanna pull your mustache. 228 00:14:59,665 --> 00:15:00,689 You wanna what? 229 00:15:00,766 --> 00:15:02,028 Daddy, what's going on here? 230 00:15:02,101 --> 00:15:04,331 This Hawaiian detective tried to pull my mustache. 231 00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:05,995 I just wanna see if it's real. 232 00:15:06,071 --> 00:15:07,060 You look so much like... 233 00:15:07,139 --> 00:15:08,163 Who? 234 00:15:12,211 --> 00:15:13,473 Jonathan? 235 00:15:20,152 --> 00:15:21,244 Well, 236 00:15:22,621 --> 00:15:25,818 I see you ain't gonna take me serious till you got some proof. 237 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,191 Tell them to put Lightning in the chute. 238 00:15:30,262 --> 00:15:31,286 Daddy, not Lightning. 239 00:15:31,363 --> 00:15:32,330 You heard me. 240 00:15:32,398 --> 00:15:33,387 Higgins. 241 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:35,592 Elmo, 242 00:15:35,668 --> 00:15:38,136 could you just tell me who's trying to kill you? 243 00:15:40,539 --> 00:15:41,699 You workin' for me? 244 00:15:41,774 --> 00:15:43,935 Yes. Yes. I'm on the case! 245 00:15:44,009 --> 00:15:45,442 Now can you tell me? 246 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:51,047 Your daughter mentioned something about your wife, Marcella. 247 00:15:53,619 --> 00:15:54,608 Come on. 248 00:15:57,923 --> 00:16:00,653 Hey, Dan, stick my guns in the trailer, will you? 249 00:16:02,594 --> 00:16:03,822 Three or four months ago, 250 00:16:03,896 --> 00:16:07,195 a couple varmints bushwhacked me outside El Paso. 251 00:16:07,433 --> 00:16:08,957 You mean they tried to kill you? 252 00:16:09,034 --> 00:16:10,763 Well, three shots through the windshield 253 00:16:10,836 --> 00:16:12,895 before the truck turned over, caught fire. 254 00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:14,030 What happened? 255 00:16:15,140 --> 00:16:17,005 You mean, after they left me for dead? 256 00:16:18,344 --> 00:16:20,574 Damn fools. All I had was a busted leg. 257 00:16:20,646 --> 00:16:21,738 You got picked up? 258 00:16:22,548 --> 00:16:24,914 I walked back to town, of course. 259 00:16:26,852 --> 00:16:29,514 You walked back to town on a... 260 00:16:30,823 --> 00:16:31,915 How far? 261 00:16:32,124 --> 00:16:34,991 Five miles by road, but I cut across the desert 262 00:16:35,060 --> 00:16:36,823 'cause I didn't want them to spot me, 263 00:16:36,895 --> 00:16:38,988 so come closer to ten. 264 00:16:40,899 --> 00:16:41,888 Higgins. 265 00:16:43,569 --> 00:16:45,730 Higgins, listen to me. 266 00:16:45,971 --> 00:16:47,632 However you're doing this, 267 00:16:47,906 --> 00:16:49,806 why ever you're playing this game with me, 268 00:16:49,875 --> 00:16:51,706 stop it right now. Don't ride this. 269 00:16:51,777 --> 00:16:53,506 Are you ready, boys? 270 00:16:53,579 --> 00:16:56,139 Look, I know your pride, but you can quit right now and... 271 00:16:56,215 --> 00:16:57,375 Let her rip. 272 00:17:26,612 --> 00:17:27,579 I'm sorry. 273 00:17:28,113 --> 00:17:29,341 It makes me really nervous. 274 00:17:29,448 --> 00:17:32,884 I mean, it's... it's crazy at his age doin' something like that. 275 00:17:40,926 --> 00:17:41,915 Oh. 276 00:17:47,199 --> 00:17:48,223 Marcella. 277 00:17:54,506 --> 00:17:57,339 Lexi, honey. How are you? Mmm. 278 00:17:57,409 --> 00:17:59,604 I have been looking for you for months. 279 00:17:59,878 --> 00:18:02,938 Well, two seconds earlier and you could have seen Daddy ride. 280 00:18:03,015 --> 00:18:04,642 He's still a champ. 281 00:18:06,652 --> 00:18:08,279 That's not Elmo. 282 00:18:10,756 --> 00:18:12,451 Lexi, why are you doing this to me? 283 00:18:12,524 --> 00:18:13,752 Doing what, Marcella? 284 00:18:13,826 --> 00:18:15,589 Tormenting me like this. 285 00:18:15,894 --> 00:18:18,556 Honey, everybody knows that your daddy is dead. 286 00:18:18,630 --> 00:18:20,564 Now, denying it is not gonna to help. 287 00:18:20,632 --> 00:18:23,192 Now I've spoken to a very good doctor about you. 288 00:18:23,268 --> 00:18:25,259 He says that if you'll just admit 289 00:18:25,337 --> 00:18:27,396 that that wonderful man is gone... 290 00:18:27,473 --> 00:18:28,838 That wonderful man 291 00:18:30,042 --> 00:18:31,270 is gone to the stables. 292 00:18:31,343 --> 00:18:33,174 Why don't you go see for yourself? 293 00:18:33,245 --> 00:18:34,837 He is dead. 294 00:18:35,414 --> 00:18:37,882 Nobody could have lived through that burning truck. 295 00:18:38,250 --> 00:18:39,444 God bless his soul. 296 00:18:39,685 --> 00:18:40,947 Elmo did. 297 00:18:41,253 --> 00:18:43,517 And there aren't gonna be any more accidents. 298 00:18:43,655 --> 00:18:46,317 This here's Thomas Magnum, the famous investigator. 299 00:18:46,992 --> 00:18:48,016 Howdy. 300 00:18:49,428 --> 00:18:51,419 He's protecting Daddy while we're here. 301 00:18:52,531 --> 00:18:54,123 As a matter of fact, Marcella, 302 00:18:54,633 --> 00:18:56,100 why don't you buy a ticket? 303 00:18:56,168 --> 00:18:58,102 You can see him any night you want. 304 00:18:59,404 --> 00:19:00,735 The show's not folding? 305 00:19:00,839 --> 00:19:02,238 No. We're a big success. 306 00:19:02,307 --> 00:19:03,774 The new equipment's payin' off. 307 00:19:03,842 --> 00:19:05,366 We even have a TV deal. 308 00:19:06,645 --> 00:19:08,636 Miss Lexi, your pa said he was going down 309 00:19:08,714 --> 00:19:10,682 to the newspaper office for an interview. 310 00:19:10,749 --> 00:19:12,614 He'll be back in time for the show. 311 00:19:14,319 --> 00:19:17,083 Well, I don't believe any of this. 312 00:19:18,490 --> 00:19:20,549 Well, why don't you go down to the newspaper office 313 00:19:20,626 --> 00:19:22,116 and find out for yourself? 314 00:19:22,728 --> 00:19:25,026 And I don't believe private investigators. 315 00:19:25,097 --> 00:19:26,564 Now, this is a trick. 316 00:19:26,865 --> 00:19:28,992 You're trying to cheat me like that damn Elmo did. 317 00:19:29,067 --> 00:19:30,091 But it's not gonna work. 318 00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:32,262 You see, there are lawyers and there are courts, 319 00:19:32,337 --> 00:19:34,567 and I am gonna get what is coming to me. 320 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,608 Oh, Marcella, you don't know how much I hope 321 00:19:36,675 --> 00:19:38,870 you get exactly what's coming to you. 322 00:19:40,512 --> 00:19:42,139 Elmo used to talk like that. 323 00:19:43,315 --> 00:19:44,748 Look what happened to him. 324 00:19:47,019 --> 00:19:48,953 She's married to Elmo? 325 00:19:50,622 --> 00:19:53,716 About ten years ago, the rodeo was in Reno. 326 00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:56,324 Daddy and some buddies picked up some chorus giris. 327 00:19:56,395 --> 00:19:58,989 Oh. So when he woke up in the morning, 328 00:19:59,064 --> 00:20:00,691 Marcella was Mrs. Elmo. 329 00:20:00,766 --> 00:20:02,563 We didn't hear from her for a long time. 330 00:20:02,634 --> 00:20:05,228 Then, about a year ago, the rodeo was in trouble 331 00:20:05,304 --> 00:20:07,272 and we thought we might have to sell out. 332 00:20:07,339 --> 00:20:09,068 She shows up yelling for half. 333 00:20:09,708 --> 00:20:11,505 You said something about new equipment? 334 00:20:11,577 --> 00:20:13,135 Daddy wouldn't sell the rodeo. 335 00:20:13,212 --> 00:20:15,976 So he borrowed some money to fix things up like old again. 336 00:20:16,315 --> 00:20:17,612 What about the TV Deal? 337 00:20:17,683 --> 00:20:19,048 Well, that was my idea, 338 00:20:19,117 --> 00:20:21,551 you know how they have those special programs 339 00:20:21,620 --> 00:20:24,054 where those stars play tug of war and circus? 340 00:20:24,590 --> 00:20:26,524 That sounds like a nice piece of change. 341 00:20:26,592 --> 00:20:28,116 Enough to pay off the loans. 342 00:20:28,260 --> 00:20:29,921 So we've got to keep Elmo safe. 343 00:20:30,562 --> 00:20:32,052 Besides, he's my daddy. 344 00:20:35,901 --> 00:20:38,563 You going to the newspaper to tell him Marcella's here? 345 00:20:38,637 --> 00:20:41,003 No. I've got one other thing to check out first. 346 00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:47,770 I know what you're thinking. 347 00:20:47,846 --> 00:20:50,337 Just because I couldn't pull off the moustache, 348 00:20:50,415 --> 00:20:52,007 even though I'd seen a bronc ride 349 00:20:52,084 --> 00:20:53,847 that would've killed a normal man, 350 00:20:54,019 --> 00:20:56,317 somehow I knew it was Higgins 351 00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:58,549 hiding under that 10-gallon hat. 352 00:20:58,624 --> 00:21:00,683 And I knew one way for sure to prove it. 353 00:21:05,731 --> 00:21:06,755 Excuse me. 354 00:21:06,832 --> 00:21:08,299 Ma'am, excuse me. 355 00:21:08,634 --> 00:21:10,158 I'm terribly sorry. 356 00:21:10,636 --> 00:21:12,467 We are a private club. 357 00:21:12,871 --> 00:21:15,271 Oh. That's okay. I don't want to check in. 358 00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:18,036 Could you tell me if you have a Jonathan Higgins registered here? 359 00:21:18,110 --> 00:21:21,375 I'm not allowed to divulge that information. 360 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:22,669 Of course. 361 00:21:22,948 --> 00:21:26,179 Maybe I could leave him a message, or else I could wait for him. 362 00:21:26,251 --> 00:21:28,583 That's not possible, I'm afraid. 363 00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:32,750 The bell captain will show you out. 364 00:21:33,358 --> 00:21:34,825 He isn't here, is he? 365 00:21:35,027 --> 00:21:37,894 He left you a big tip not to give out any information, 366 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:39,863 but after he checked in, he left, didn't he? 367 00:21:39,931 --> 00:21:41,023 Certainly not. 368 00:21:41,199 --> 00:21:42,928 That's fine. Oh, no, that's fine. 369 00:21:43,001 --> 00:21:45,526 I won't tell him how helpful you've really been. 370 00:22:10,562 --> 00:22:11,551 Higgins? 371 00:22:12,964 --> 00:22:13,988 Magnum. 372 00:22:15,033 --> 00:22:16,591 You gave me quite a start. 373 00:22:17,369 --> 00:22:19,200 Nothing wrong at the estate, I trust. 374 00:22:19,271 --> 00:22:20,295 Not one of the lads. 375 00:22:20,372 --> 00:22:21,304 No. 376 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,203 No, everything's just fine. 377 00:22:24,376 --> 00:22:27,277 Magnum, may I presume to say you look simply dreadful. 378 00:22:27,679 --> 00:22:30,944 Why don't you sit down before you attract attention by fainting? 379 00:22:34,820 --> 00:22:35,809 Uh, 380 00:22:37,222 --> 00:22:38,416 some food, perhaps? 381 00:22:38,490 --> 00:22:40,651 The eggs Benedict are simply... No. 382 00:22:41,426 --> 00:22:42,825 No, everything's just... 383 00:22:42,894 --> 00:22:44,054 Fine. Yes. 384 00:22:44,129 --> 00:22:46,359 I believe you've already relayed that information 385 00:22:46,431 --> 00:22:49,161 with all the vividness usually associated with a telegram. 386 00:22:50,635 --> 00:22:53,604 I came here to tell you that I went to work for your brother. 387 00:22:54,206 --> 00:22:55,935 Half brother. 388 00:23:01,113 --> 00:23:02,512 I suppose I shall have to reveal 389 00:23:02,581 --> 00:23:05,175 the whole degrading, sordid story. 390 00:23:05,250 --> 00:23:06,581 Higgins, I do not want to... 391 00:23:06,651 --> 00:23:08,414 Please. Keep your voice down. 392 00:23:10,155 --> 00:23:12,783 I'm relying on your sacred word 393 00:23:12,858 --> 00:23:14,519 as a gentleman not to... 394 00:23:16,628 --> 00:23:20,792 That is, I'm going to ask you to keep this in the strictest confidence. 395 00:23:21,099 --> 00:23:23,499 Believe me, all I want 396 00:23:23,568 --> 00:23:25,627 is a few questions answered. First... 397 00:23:25,704 --> 00:23:27,729 It all began in the summer of 1919 398 00:23:27,806 --> 00:23:30,001 when my father was part of the military section 399 00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:31,770 attached to the British delegation 400 00:23:31,843 --> 00:23:33,811 to the Versailles Peace Conference. 401 00:23:34,179 --> 00:23:36,272 The old boy was stricken with influenza, 402 00:23:36,348 --> 00:23:37,645 and not to make excuses, 403 00:23:37,716 --> 00:23:40,651 but it was a ghastly business with tens of thousands dying. 404 00:23:40,719 --> 00:23:41,743 Higgins. 405 00:23:41,820 --> 00:23:44,687 There was this American Red Cross nurse. 406 00:23:44,923 --> 00:23:46,254 From Texas. 407 00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:49,059 Loud, coarse, vulgar. 408 00:23:49,461 --> 00:23:51,156 A tart, actually. 409 00:23:52,330 --> 00:23:53,490 Elmo's mother? 410 00:23:55,333 --> 00:23:56,891 And your father told you this? 411 00:23:56,968 --> 00:23:58,333 Well, of course not. 412 00:23:58,403 --> 00:24:00,963 But one can apply deductive reasoning. 413 00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:04,538 In his weakened, wretched state, my father was... 414 00:24:05,544 --> 00:24:06,806 grateful. 415 00:24:07,345 --> 00:24:08,539 And, she, realizing 416 00:24:08,613 --> 00:24:10,706 she had the flower of British manhood in her care, 417 00:24:10,782 --> 00:24:13,876 took advantage of him in a primitive, physical way. 418 00:24:13,952 --> 00:24:15,647 This is not an easy story to tell. 419 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:17,278 You're handling it like a man. 420 00:24:17,355 --> 00:24:18,788 What did your mother do? 421 00:24:19,424 --> 00:24:22,723 After she had welcomed him home, into her arms, 422 00:24:23,061 --> 00:24:25,552 my father, being a gentleman, confessed all. 423 00:24:25,630 --> 00:24:27,188 My mother, being a great lady 424 00:24:27,265 --> 00:24:29,790 filled with Christian compassion, forgave him. 425 00:24:29,868 --> 00:24:32,735 And, of course, never allowed the beast to touch her again. 426 00:24:33,338 --> 00:24:36,796 Elmo and I were born almost at the same time. 427 00:24:36,875 --> 00:24:39,400 I'm sorry, madam. This club is for members only. 428 00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:41,571 Don't worry 'bout it. I'm just gonna be a few minutes. 429 00:24:41,646 --> 00:24:44,240 The symbolism is almost too perfect, don't you think? 430 00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:45,943 The child of the weakness of the flesh 431 00:24:46,017 --> 00:24:47,609 in contrast with the child of perfect. 432 00:24:47,686 --> 00:24:50,314 Have you ever met Elmo's current wife? 433 00:24:51,356 --> 00:24:53,153 Really, Magnum, what do you take me for? 434 00:24:53,225 --> 00:24:55,056 We're about to find out. 435 00:24:55,227 --> 00:24:57,457 Well, that's got to be him, 436 00:24:58,964 --> 00:25:00,898 with that slimy detective. 437 00:25:02,033 --> 00:25:03,398 I beg your pardon? 438 00:25:03,468 --> 00:25:04,526 Right here. Right here. 439 00:25:04,603 --> 00:25:05,797 Elmo Ziller? 440 00:25:06,271 --> 00:25:07,863 I most certainly am not. 441 00:25:07,939 --> 00:25:09,804 Oh, well, that is exactly 442 00:25:09,875 --> 00:25:11,866 who he has been saying that he is! 443 00:25:11,943 --> 00:25:13,308 Except that he is a fraud, 444 00:25:13,378 --> 00:25:15,312 trying to cheat an innocent widow 445 00:25:15,380 --> 00:25:17,678 by impersonating her dead husband. 446 00:25:18,450 --> 00:25:20,475 Officer, do your duty. 447 00:25:21,253 --> 00:25:23,653 This is a subpoena for you to appear in court. 448 00:25:23,922 --> 00:25:26,288 Failure to appear will result in your arrest. 449 00:25:26,358 --> 00:25:27,950 Do you understand, sir? 450 00:25:28,026 --> 00:25:31,518 I assure you I am quite conversant with the English language. 451 00:25:31,863 --> 00:25:33,888 I demand to know the meaning of this. 452 00:25:34,065 --> 00:25:36,863 The meaning of this is, buster, 453 00:25:37,769 --> 00:25:39,930 I am going to prove you a fake. 454 00:25:42,107 --> 00:25:44,200 There are fingerprints, you know. 455 00:25:44,576 --> 00:25:47,636 And when I prove that Elmo is definitely dead, 456 00:25:47,846 --> 00:25:50,679 I am going to get what is rightfully mine. 457 00:25:51,483 --> 00:25:53,417 See you in court, Elmo. 458 00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:21,370 Ever notice how life enjoys pulling the rug out? 459 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,674 Just when I'd decided Higgins wasn't Elmo, 460 00:26:24,783 --> 00:26:26,250 Elmo's wife shows up 461 00:26:26,318 --> 00:26:28,946 and illusion and reality start getting scrambled. 462 00:26:29,454 --> 00:26:32,389 All I knew for sure was Marcella looked tough enough 463 00:26:32,457 --> 00:26:34,084 to pull the trigger on anybody. 464 00:26:34,593 --> 00:26:37,858 Elmo, alive or dead, had my sympathies. 465 00:26:38,530 --> 00:26:39,554 Magnum! 466 00:26:42,033 --> 00:26:44,194 Higgins, you're back. 467 00:26:45,537 --> 00:26:48,631 Your keen perception never fails to astonish me. 468 00:26:49,741 --> 00:26:52,005 Nor your proclivity for petty theft. 469 00:26:52,310 --> 00:26:53,902 Nor your wanton disregard 470 00:26:53,979 --> 00:26:55,947 for the dietary requirements of the lads. 471 00:26:56,014 --> 00:26:57,242 Why are you back? 472 00:26:57,315 --> 00:26:59,613 Because I knew. I just instinctively knew 473 00:26:59,684 --> 00:27:01,675 that you would take advantage of my absence 474 00:27:01,753 --> 00:27:02,981 to cavalierly destroy 475 00:27:03,054 --> 00:27:05,614 the entire moral and social fiber of this estate. 476 00:27:05,690 --> 00:27:06,679 Higgins. 477 00:27:08,693 --> 00:27:11,127 Actually, after that sordid scene at the hotel, 478 00:27:11,196 --> 00:27:12,754 I thought it best to return. 479 00:27:13,198 --> 00:27:14,665 So they threw you out, huh? 480 00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:26,668 Magnum, 481 00:27:27,379 --> 00:27:28,937 it is my considered conclusion 482 00:27:29,014 --> 00:27:31,812 that the only way I can remove this blot from my name 483 00:27:33,952 --> 00:27:37,547 is by showing myself at the rodeo grounds while Elmo's there. 484 00:27:37,789 --> 00:27:39,848 As Elmo's hired detective, 485 00:27:41,026 --> 00:27:44,086 I thought, perhaps you'd like to lend some assistance to this endeavor. 486 00:27:44,162 --> 00:27:45,060 Me? How? 487 00:27:45,130 --> 00:27:46,654 By finding that disgusting woman 488 00:27:46,731 --> 00:27:48,995 under whatever rock she happens to have slithered under 489 00:27:49,067 --> 00:27:50,091 and bring her to the arena 490 00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:53,262 so the truth will finally become evident to her overly made-up eyes. 491 00:27:53,338 --> 00:27:54,327 Gee, Higgins. 492 00:27:56,608 --> 00:27:58,803 Doesn't that seem like a lot of trouble to go through? 493 00:27:58,877 --> 00:28:00,868 Why don't you just show up in court next week? 494 00:28:00,945 --> 00:28:03,072 Because I want to prove it today! 495 00:28:06,584 --> 00:28:09,849 There are still those of us for whom a good name is held dear. 496 00:28:10,922 --> 00:28:12,048 Gee, I don't know, Higgins. 497 00:28:12,123 --> 00:28:13,420 I gotta protect Elmo. 498 00:28:13,558 --> 00:28:14,616 I'll protect him. 499 00:28:14,693 --> 00:28:15,887 You are Elmo. Magnum. 500 00:28:16,728 --> 00:28:19,162 Okay. Okay. 501 00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:20,558 I was just fishing. 502 00:28:20,832 --> 00:28:22,561 There's just one thing, though, Higgins. 503 00:28:22,634 --> 00:28:24,898 If somebody is trying to kill Elmo, well, 504 00:28:25,503 --> 00:28:28,199 you know, the two of you do look a little bit alike. 505 00:28:28,473 --> 00:28:32,000 A lamentable fact of which I am lately constantly being reminded. 506 00:28:32,210 --> 00:28:33,336 Magnum, what's your point? 507 00:28:33,411 --> 00:28:36,744 What I'm trying to say is, they might kill you by mistake. 508 00:28:37,415 --> 00:28:40,111 Your solicitude is very touching, but unnecessary. 509 00:28:41,786 --> 00:28:44,380 Just bring me the head of Marcella Ziller. 510 00:28:50,128 --> 00:28:51,595 You told me he was dead. 511 00:28:51,663 --> 00:28:53,995 You promised me he was dead! 512 00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:56,061 He is, ma'am. 513 00:28:56,134 --> 00:28:58,193 Ain't nobody could've lived through that fire. 514 00:28:58,269 --> 00:28:59,201 Nobody. 515 00:28:59,604 --> 00:29:01,936 Oh, really? Really? And I suppose that that guy 516 00:29:02,006 --> 00:29:04,440 riding around that ring is all imaginary, huh? 517 00:29:09,781 --> 00:29:10,770 Okay. 518 00:29:10,949 --> 00:29:11,938 Okay. 519 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:16,247 Maybe it is that brother that I found at that hotel. 520 00:29:16,955 --> 00:29:19,685 I mean, he does look a lot like Elmo, you know. 521 00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:20,986 Only wimpy. 522 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,220 Miss Ziller, just tell us what you want. 523 00:29:26,931 --> 00:29:29,229 I want what is mine. 524 00:29:30,602 --> 00:29:33,799 And you two boys are supposed to help me get that. 525 00:29:34,706 --> 00:29:35,832 We did. 526 00:29:36,975 --> 00:29:39,170 Leastways, I think we did. 527 00:29:40,178 --> 00:29:43,705 Miss Ziller, how many times do we have to kill a guy? 528 00:29:44,048 --> 00:29:45,743 Till you get it right! 529 00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:10,463 I say, 530 00:30:11,276 --> 00:30:13,210 are you both joining the band? 531 00:30:14,112 --> 00:30:15,602 Higgins, we're undercover. 532 00:30:15,947 --> 00:30:16,845 Not me. 533 00:30:16,915 --> 00:30:19,748 I just always wanted to see what it was like to be a cowboy. 534 00:30:20,752 --> 00:30:22,720 Magnum put you up to this, admit it. 535 00:30:22,954 --> 00:30:26,117 Well, he did kind of want us to keep an eye out for your brother. 536 00:30:26,357 --> 00:30:27,517 Half brother. 537 00:30:27,592 --> 00:30:29,787 While he went looking for that Marcella lady. 538 00:30:30,028 --> 00:30:31,962 I assure you, she's no lady. 539 00:30:32,897 --> 00:30:33,886 Have, uh, 540 00:30:34,365 --> 00:30:37,061 have either of you seen Bronco Elmo? 541 00:30:38,002 --> 00:30:40,664 He's right over there, Higgins. He just rode in. 542 00:30:47,412 --> 00:30:48,811 If you'll excuse me. 543 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:50,973 Um, we're gonna go with you. 544 00:30:51,649 --> 00:30:53,810 Um, private moment, I think. 545 00:30:54,252 --> 00:30:56,220 Until the other afternoon at Robin's Nest, 546 00:30:56,287 --> 00:30:58,687 I'd only met my half brother once before. 547 00:30:58,957 --> 00:31:00,720 Briefly, during the war. 548 00:31:00,925 --> 00:31:02,893 The conversation was short 549 00:31:03,094 --> 00:31:05,221 and rather one-sided, as I recall. 550 00:31:05,597 --> 00:31:07,394 It occurred at 1500 hours 551 00:31:07,465 --> 00:31:10,127 on the afternoon of June 6, 1944, 552 00:31:10,535 --> 00:31:12,469 on Gold Beach in Normandy. 553 00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:14,698 D- day? You ran into your brother on D-day? 554 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,731 I spotted him standing like an idiot 555 00:31:17,809 --> 00:31:19,834 amidst the firing and I shouted: 556 00:31:19,911 --> 00:31:22,937 "Get your ruddy posterior down before it's shot off." 557 00:31:24,382 --> 00:31:26,373 It was rather charitable, I've always thought, 558 00:31:26,451 --> 00:31:28,043 given his unseemly background. 559 00:31:35,927 --> 00:31:38,452 What kind of jobs do you think Lexi will give us? 560 00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:39,890 I don't know. 561 00:31:40,431 --> 00:31:43,161 But she said it was something we could both do real easy. 562 00:31:46,537 --> 00:31:49,506 Clowns! You gotta be kidding! Clowns? Me a clown? 563 00:31:50,775 --> 00:31:53,539 Hey, I think you guys look real cute. 564 00:31:53,611 --> 00:31:55,340 Oh, yeah, real cute. 565 00:31:55,613 --> 00:31:57,103 I'm gonna kill him this time. 566 00:31:57,181 --> 00:31:58,705 And nobody's gonna stop me. 567 00:31:58,783 --> 00:32:01,274 Hey, I'll have you know this is very important work. 568 00:32:01,352 --> 00:32:03,149 Rodeo clowns save lives every day. 569 00:32:03,888 --> 00:32:04,820 They do? 570 00:32:04,889 --> 00:32:05,913 Sure. 571 00:32:06,124 --> 00:32:09,184 Now Val and Billy are gonna be working closest to the bulls, 572 00:32:09,260 --> 00:32:11,626 but if one of them should try to charge you... 573 00:32:11,796 --> 00:32:12,820 Charge us? 574 00:32:12,897 --> 00:32:14,524 Yeah. Well, just keep sideways of them, 575 00:32:14,599 --> 00:32:16,590 otherwise they get their horns underneath you. 576 00:32:16,668 --> 00:32:17,896 And they toss and trample you. 577 00:32:17,969 --> 00:32:19,834 Toss and trample us? 578 00:32:20,305 --> 00:32:22,705 Don't worry, you're gonna do just fine. 579 00:32:23,274 --> 00:32:26,107 Let me finish up your makeup before I send you out to Elmo. 580 00:32:31,416 --> 00:32:33,145 There weren't very many Zillers 581 00:32:33,217 --> 00:32:35,549 registered at any of the major hotels. 582 00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:37,713 Not any named Marcella, anyway. 583 00:32:38,056 --> 00:32:39,887 I was headed downtown to the courthouse 584 00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:41,823 to check on her Hawaii residence, 585 00:32:41,993 --> 00:32:44,985 but at the same time, my little voice was also telling me 586 00:32:45,430 --> 00:32:47,398 I was headed on a wild goose chase. 587 00:33:10,254 --> 00:33:12,245 Lookout Elmo! The bull's loose! 588 00:33:17,829 --> 00:33:18,853 Come on! 589 00:33:24,302 --> 00:33:25,633 Come here, bull! Come here! 590 00:33:31,376 --> 00:33:32,968 Save yourself, pardner. 591 00:33:33,044 --> 00:33:34,272 Hang in there, Elmo. 592 00:33:36,381 --> 00:33:38,440 Over here! Help! 593 00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:41,349 Come here! 594 00:33:50,361 --> 00:33:52,852 Welcome to Bronco Elmo's Authentic Rodeo 595 00:33:52,930 --> 00:33:54,192 and Wild West Show. 596 00:33:54,265 --> 00:33:55,755 Elmo won't be with us tonight, 597 00:33:55,833 --> 00:33:59,269 but carrying the spirit is his daughter, Miss Lexi Ziller. 598 00:34:00,505 --> 00:34:03,838 Let's hear a big Hawaiian welcome for Barbara Grey, 599 00:34:03,908 --> 00:34:06,570 worid-famous trick rider out of Texas. 600 00:34:06,644 --> 00:34:09,511 Three years state champ, riding Big Willy. 601 00:34:10,515 --> 00:34:12,039 Nice riding, Babs. 602 00:34:17,655 --> 00:34:18,849 He's a tough one. 603 00:34:18,923 --> 00:34:21,118 He should be, uh, he should be fine in a day or so. 604 00:34:21,192 --> 00:34:23,251 I been stomped worse than this 605 00:34:23,327 --> 00:34:25,352 and I ain't boot-heeled up yet. 606 00:34:26,497 --> 00:34:27,623 Thank you, Doctor. 607 00:34:28,766 --> 00:34:30,700 And now ladies and gentlemen... 608 00:34:30,768 --> 00:34:31,826 Thank you, Doctor. 609 00:34:31,903 --> 00:34:33,598 ... welcome this year's rodeo queen... 610 00:34:33,671 --> 00:34:34,831 And thank you, both of you. 611 00:34:34,906 --> 00:34:36,237 I'm beholden to you. 612 00:34:36,407 --> 00:34:37,669 Oh, it's okay, ma'am. 613 00:34:38,142 --> 00:34:40,133 No. You two are truly heroes. 614 00:34:40,478 --> 00:34:41,945 Oh, shucks. 615 00:34:43,247 --> 00:34:46,842 Could I impose on you gentlemen just one more favor? 616 00:34:47,985 --> 00:34:50,283 Could I, I mean... Could I ask you 617 00:34:50,354 --> 00:34:52,322 to stay here tonight, to protect Elmo? 618 00:35:00,731 --> 00:35:02,596 That's Leland. 619 00:35:03,501 --> 00:35:06,061 Two horns of pure TNT. 620 00:35:06,504 --> 00:35:09,234 He's gotta beat 6.8 seconds. 621 00:35:10,041 --> 00:35:11,372 What a ride! 622 00:35:22,286 --> 00:35:25,915 There's Matthew Snyder bulldogging his third calf of the night. 623 00:35:25,990 --> 00:35:29,289 He's gonna have to go real fast, folks, to catch up with the champ. 624 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,191 He just might make it. 625 00:35:32,663 --> 00:35:34,654 Here's last year's... 626 00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:38,860 Yes, sir, this man's hands are faster than your eye. 627 00:35:41,906 --> 00:35:43,100 What are you doing? 628 00:35:43,174 --> 00:35:45,734 What are you doing sneaking up on me? 629 00:35:46,077 --> 00:35:47,066 Ahhh! 630 00:35:47,778 --> 00:35:48,938 Where is Higgins? 631 00:35:49,147 --> 00:35:51,274 I don't know. I think he went back to the estate. 632 00:35:51,349 --> 00:35:54,409 Said he got tired of waiting on you and this Marcella lady. 633 00:35:55,953 --> 00:35:57,147 What've you been doing, man? 634 00:35:57,221 --> 00:35:58,620 You missed all the excitement. 635 00:35:58,689 --> 00:35:59,849 What excitement? 636 00:36:10,434 --> 00:36:11,696 I can't see anything. 637 00:36:12,236 --> 00:36:13,669 Get out of the way. 638 00:36:15,206 --> 00:36:16,571 Here's Danny. 639 00:36:16,641 --> 00:36:19,371 Oops, he's having a little trouble with that calf. 640 00:36:19,477 --> 00:36:22,310 Doesn't wanna go down. Show them who's boss, Danny! 641 00:36:23,014 --> 00:36:26,279 There you go. Eight seconds flat. 642 00:36:26,417 --> 00:36:29,978 Not bad for a bad start. Now let's hear it for Danny. 643 00:36:46,737 --> 00:36:49,297 Look at old Billy Simpson riding that bronco. 644 00:36:49,373 --> 00:36:50,704 Stay on there, Billy. 645 00:36:50,775 --> 00:36:54,108 Another couple of seconds and you could have yourself a new record. 646 00:37:13,431 --> 00:37:14,898 There's Slimy Doggett 647 00:37:14,966 --> 00:37:17,935 trying to stay on like Elmo Ziller's pride and joy. 648 00:37:18,102 --> 00:37:19,660 Ride on, Slimy! 649 00:37:21,439 --> 00:37:22,565 What about Lexi? 650 00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:23,931 What about her? 651 00:37:24,008 --> 00:37:25,032 Where is she? 652 00:37:25,509 --> 00:37:27,204 I guess she's in her trailer. 653 00:37:27,612 --> 00:37:30,046 Man, what have you been doing all this time? 654 00:37:30,881 --> 00:37:32,246 Do you smell something? 655 00:37:32,783 --> 00:37:34,478 Well, of course I smell something. 656 00:37:34,552 --> 00:37:35,985 We're at a rodeo. 657 00:37:36,053 --> 00:37:38,112 Sittin' in this dumb horse stall. 658 00:37:38,189 --> 00:37:39,520 Propane. 659 00:37:40,224 --> 00:37:41,384 The trailer. 660 00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:44,360 I'll turn off the tanks. 661 00:37:50,434 --> 00:37:52,299 Elmo! Elmo, wake up. 662 00:37:54,105 --> 00:37:55,595 Elmo, wake up. 663 00:37:56,073 --> 00:37:58,041 Sgt. Maj. Higgins! Snap to! 664 00:37:58,776 --> 00:38:01,244 What the bloody blazes is going on? 665 00:38:02,380 --> 00:38:03,347 Come on. 666 00:38:10,087 --> 00:38:12,055 I knew it! You are Higgins. 667 00:38:13,858 --> 00:38:15,553 I'm Elmo Ziller 668 00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:19,688 and I poke from Hondo, Texas. 669 00:38:25,836 --> 00:38:27,303 Why didn't you tell me? 670 00:38:27,371 --> 00:38:29,066 Why didn't you just tell me the truth? 671 00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:31,404 I didn't think you'd approve of what I'm doing. 672 00:38:31,475 --> 00:38:32,942 You're right! What are you doing? 673 00:38:33,010 --> 00:38:35,205 Look here, Magnum, I'm the one who should be angry. 674 00:38:35,279 --> 00:38:36,940 But as you can see, I'm perfectly calm. 675 00:38:37,014 --> 00:38:39,209 You? Why should you be angry? 676 00:38:39,350 --> 00:38:41,477 Because you failed, damn it. 677 00:38:41,552 --> 00:38:43,076 You had the fiends within your grasp 678 00:38:43,154 --> 00:38:44,781 and allowed them to slip away. 679 00:38:45,456 --> 00:38:47,754 A wretched display of tactics and command. 680 00:38:47,825 --> 00:38:49,759 Not to mention an abysmal failure 681 00:38:49,827 --> 00:38:52,421 to perform even rudimentary detective procedures, 682 00:38:52,496 --> 00:38:54,930 like finding one loud coarse woman. 683 00:38:54,999 --> 00:38:56,398 That's funny, and all the time 684 00:38:56,467 --> 00:38:57,957 I thought I was saving your life. 685 00:38:58,035 --> 00:38:59,002 Stop it! 686 00:39:01,138 --> 00:39:03,129 Please, Uncle Jonathan, Thomas. 687 00:39:04,375 --> 00:39:05,569 I'm sorry, child. 688 00:39:05,643 --> 00:39:07,474 We do seem to be losing sight of the point. 689 00:39:07,545 --> 00:39:08,842 Now that you... 690 00:39:09,513 --> 00:39:10,741 Now that you've brought it up, 691 00:39:10,815 --> 00:39:14,148 what exactly is the point, or is that a secret, too? 692 00:39:16,721 --> 00:39:18,154 Elmo's dead, isn't he? 693 00:39:19,623 --> 00:39:20,612 Yes. 694 00:39:20,691 --> 00:39:21,749 No! 695 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,954 Texas state troopers found his pickup burned and gutted 696 00:39:25,029 --> 00:39:26,758 just outside Hondo. 697 00:39:26,831 --> 00:39:28,355 But there was no body. 698 00:39:28,532 --> 00:39:30,363 It seems Elmo dragged himself 699 00:39:30,434 --> 00:39:32,493 into the desert with a broken leg. 700 00:39:32,570 --> 00:39:33,764 Extraordinary. 701 00:39:34,305 --> 00:39:36,933 Of course I suppose Father's blood would win out 702 00:39:37,007 --> 00:39:38,099 in a situation like that. 703 00:39:38,175 --> 00:39:40,006 So he disappeared in the desert? 704 00:39:40,544 --> 00:39:43,012 They tracked him as far as the Mexican border. 705 00:39:43,647 --> 00:39:45,512 Then it was up to the Federales. 706 00:39:46,617 --> 00:39:47,845 They didn't find him, 707 00:39:48,519 --> 00:39:50,510 but they really didn't look, either. 708 00:39:51,589 --> 00:39:53,352 He's alive. I know it. 709 00:39:55,059 --> 00:39:58,290 Holed up somewhere south of the border till he can heal. 710 00:39:58,929 --> 00:40:00,624 I suppose he could be alive. 711 00:40:01,399 --> 00:40:03,094 He's got enough meanness in him. 712 00:40:03,667 --> 00:40:05,396 It's called grit in Texas. 713 00:40:06,370 --> 00:40:07,359 He's alive. 714 00:40:07,838 --> 00:40:09,237 So until he shows up... 715 00:40:09,507 --> 00:40:12,999 I gotta keep Marcella's grubby little hands off the rodeo. 716 00:40:13,077 --> 00:40:15,045 I figure the best way to do that is to 717 00:40:15,679 --> 00:40:17,169 prove she tried to kill him. 718 00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:18,738 The rodeo means that much to you? 719 00:40:18,916 --> 00:40:20,383 It does to Daddy. 720 00:40:22,086 --> 00:40:23,553 He means everything to me. 721 00:40:25,222 --> 00:40:26,382 Well, 722 00:40:26,624 --> 00:40:28,956 there's only one way to force Marcella's hand. 723 00:40:31,595 --> 00:40:33,961 So we just try again, that's all. 724 00:40:34,398 --> 00:40:37,492 Oh, goody. I can't wait to see 725 00:40:37,568 --> 00:40:39,399 how you're gonna screw it up this time. 726 00:40:39,470 --> 00:40:42,564 Well, ma'am, you gave us round-trip tickets and that's all. 727 00:40:42,973 --> 00:40:45,203 We could just go on home and take the loss. 728 00:40:47,611 --> 00:40:50,910 I have given you $10,000. 729 00:40:51,282 --> 00:40:52,579 On paper. 730 00:40:52,983 --> 00:40:54,610 When I sell the show. 731 00:40:56,253 --> 00:40:59,188 Well, it seems to me you don't got the show yet. 732 00:41:00,224 --> 00:41:02,158 Thanks to you bozos. 733 00:41:04,228 --> 00:41:05,661 $20,000. 734 00:41:08,265 --> 00:41:09,197 What? 735 00:41:09,266 --> 00:41:12,326 We want $20,000, or we go home. 736 00:41:12,903 --> 00:41:14,495 I don't even like this place. 737 00:41:15,673 --> 00:41:16,935 You heard the man. 738 00:41:20,611 --> 00:41:22,670 Just get it right this time, okay? 739 00:41:29,687 --> 00:41:30,779 Hey, 740 00:41:31,455 --> 00:41:33,980 there might just be hope for you yet, son. 741 00:41:38,529 --> 00:41:40,429 Just tell me one thing, will you? 742 00:41:40,664 --> 00:41:42,928 How did you get on that bucking horse? 743 00:41:45,102 --> 00:41:46,501 Oh, dear fellow. 744 00:41:46,837 --> 00:41:50,637 Those polo games in India were bloody hell compared to this. 745 00:42:10,261 --> 00:42:13,355 Hey, Bud, when and how we gonna pull this thing off? 746 00:42:13,731 --> 00:42:15,164 We ain't. Huh? 747 00:42:15,866 --> 00:42:17,356 Not now, anyways. 748 00:42:17,434 --> 00:42:19,425 Not here. Too many people. 749 00:42:19,770 --> 00:42:21,237 When are we gonna do it? 750 00:42:22,406 --> 00:42:24,271 We're gonna grab him before the show. 751 00:42:24,508 --> 00:42:26,271 This time, I got a plan. 752 00:42:26,610 --> 00:42:28,009 Oh, this I gotta hear. 753 00:42:28,445 --> 00:42:29,469 Oh, yeah? 754 00:42:30,447 --> 00:42:32,813 You know that little cowgirl you been sparking? 755 00:42:34,652 --> 00:42:35,812 What about her? 756 00:42:43,394 --> 00:42:44,861 Higg... I mean, Bronco. 757 00:42:44,929 --> 00:42:46,726 Come on. You're gonna be late for the show. 758 00:42:46,797 --> 00:42:49,391 Dear fellow, your protective instinct is touching, 759 00:42:49,633 --> 00:42:51,294 but this strategy won't work. 760 00:42:51,368 --> 00:42:54,201 What's the matter? All I'm supposed to do is walk you to the arena. 761 00:42:54,271 --> 00:42:55,260 Thomas and T. C... 762 00:42:55,339 --> 00:42:57,466 My point is that those blackguards won't try to kill me 763 00:42:57,541 --> 00:42:59,236 with you hovering about. 764 00:42:59,343 --> 00:43:00,640 You must be invisible. 765 00:43:01,312 --> 00:43:03,872 In other words, keep your distance, Rick. 766 00:43:04,648 --> 00:43:05,637 Okay. 767 00:43:07,184 --> 00:43:08,173 Done. 768 00:43:11,789 --> 00:43:13,256 Now, buckaroo, 769 00:43:14,358 --> 00:43:15,882 let Bronco ride! 770 00:43:31,342 --> 00:43:32,274 Hey. 771 00:43:33,110 --> 00:43:34,702 You're new here, ain't you? 772 00:43:35,713 --> 00:43:36,645 Yep. 773 00:43:36,981 --> 00:43:39,074 I just love a man in a uniform. 774 00:43:39,216 --> 00:43:40,205 No kidding. 775 00:43:40,284 --> 00:43:42,218 How'd you know I was in the service? 776 00:43:42,786 --> 00:43:44,777 No. I mean this uniform. 777 00:44:11,749 --> 00:44:12,875 Where's Higgins? 778 00:44:12,950 --> 00:44:14,542 I thought he was with you. L... 779 00:44:15,653 --> 00:44:17,314 They must've grabbed him in the stalls. 780 00:44:17,388 --> 00:44:18,548 Check the chutes. 781 00:44:19,423 --> 00:44:21,448 T.C., watch the ring. 782 00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:31,331 Give me a hand. 783 00:44:55,359 --> 00:44:57,293 He's following us on a horse. 784 00:44:57,761 --> 00:44:58,785 Darn it. 785 00:45:13,043 --> 00:45:14,738 This is all quite ridiculous, you know. 786 00:45:14,812 --> 00:45:16,746 I am obviously not Bronco Elmo. 787 00:45:16,814 --> 00:45:18,008 Aw, shut up! 788 00:45:18,415 --> 00:45:19,848 The police know everything. 789 00:45:19,917 --> 00:45:21,578 Even now, they're in hot pursuit. 790 00:45:21,652 --> 00:45:24,348 Immediate surrender is your only rational alternative. 791 00:45:47,711 --> 00:45:49,201 What is that thing? 792 00:45:50,948 --> 00:45:53,439 Get that thing out of the way! 793 00:45:54,151 --> 00:45:56,051 We're going over the curb. Hold on! 794 00:46:07,664 --> 00:46:10,599 Hey, what are you... what are you doing? 795 00:46:19,176 --> 00:46:20,370 Hold it right there! 796 00:46:34,091 --> 00:46:35,490 Really, Magnum, 797 00:46:36,460 --> 00:46:37,791 when will you learn? 798 00:46:38,362 --> 00:46:41,695 It's, "Reach for the sky, hombre." 799 00:46:46,103 --> 00:46:48,571 It was just like the Saturday double features 800 00:46:48,639 --> 00:46:50,436 I used to spend my allowance on. 801 00:46:50,908 --> 00:46:52,466 The bad guys confessed. 802 00:46:52,543 --> 00:46:54,943 The evil stepmother went to jail with them 803 00:46:55,012 --> 00:46:57,708 and the ranch, or the rodeo, was saved. 804 00:46:58,448 --> 00:47:00,143 The only thing left was goodbye. 805 00:47:00,984 --> 00:47:02,246 Only this time, 806 00:47:02,619 --> 00:47:04,883 it was the girl riding into the sunset. 807 00:47:06,056 --> 00:47:07,523 Where's the rodeo off to now? 808 00:47:07,591 --> 00:47:09,821 Texas. Season's over till spring. 809 00:47:10,294 --> 00:47:11,261 And you? 810 00:47:11,528 --> 00:47:12,552 Mexico. 811 00:47:12,896 --> 00:47:15,160 Daddy's down there somewhere and I'm gonna find him. 812 00:47:15,232 --> 00:47:16,859 That's the old Higgins spirit. 813 00:47:17,067 --> 00:47:19,092 Oh, Uncle Jonathan, I love you dearly 814 00:47:19,469 --> 00:47:22,461 and I'll always be grateful for what you did for Daddy and me. 815 00:47:30,848 --> 00:47:32,839 Thanks doesn't really say it, does it? 816 00:47:32,916 --> 00:47:34,315 It says a whole lot. 817 00:47:34,718 --> 00:47:35,878 And this, too. 818 00:47:40,858 --> 00:47:43,554 I don't suppose you ever get to Texas, do you? 819 00:47:44,528 --> 00:47:46,996 But the rodeo always comes back to town, doesn't it? 820 00:47:47,297 --> 00:47:49,765 Next season, cowboy. That's a promise. 821 00:47:50,734 --> 00:47:53,100 And look after Uncle Jonathan. 822 00:47:54,004 --> 00:47:55,665 He really put his life in your hands, 823 00:47:55,739 --> 00:47:57,468 counting on you to trap the killer. 824 00:47:57,541 --> 00:47:58,599 You bet. 825 00:48:01,578 --> 00:48:02,602 Take care. 826 00:48:12,389 --> 00:48:13,981 A brave and resourceful girl. 827 00:48:14,558 --> 00:48:15,855 I shall miss her. 828 00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:18,320 You know, Higgins, 829 00:48:18,962 --> 00:48:20,554 I want to thank you, too. 830 00:48:20,998 --> 00:48:22,090 Whatever for? 831 00:48:22,366 --> 00:48:24,459 For trusting me with your life that way. 832 00:48:24,568 --> 00:48:27,628 Putting your faith in my skill and ability as a private investigator. 833 00:48:27,704 --> 00:48:28,762 It's very important to me, 834 00:48:28,839 --> 00:48:31,069 knowing you think I'm really a professional. 835 00:48:31,308 --> 00:48:32,502 Professional? 836 00:48:33,944 --> 00:48:34,968 Really, Magnum? 837 00:48:35,379 --> 00:48:38,974 I did it because you have more dumb luck than anyone I know. 838 00:48:39,024 --> 00:48:43,574 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0