Original subtitles

That's the biggest cow I ever saw.

Is that your witness?

My name's Bobby Nelson.

This is my foreman Rico.

I decided to come down here and try to sell some stock.

♪ Dancin' your memory away

Name's Mickey Gilley.

Say hello to my friend Johnny Lee.

'Hiya. Come on, come on, move up here.'

'Come on. Come on.'

'Come on, boy. Get over there.'

'Move over here. Now, come on, boy.'

'Hiya. Hiya. Come on now.'

'Come on, head 'em up. Head 'em up, boy.'

'Alright, this is the last truckful.'

'Get up in there. Ya. Go on.'

Kid, get the bull on your rig.

Well, you didn't say anything about carrying a bull.

You want the money, or don't you?

I'm beginning to wonder.

Poppy?

You have to bring this gorilla along?

'She's not a gorilla. She's an orangutan.'

Well, she's my partner.

Who would have a gorilla for a partner?

Better-looking than yours.

Let's just get this guy loaded and get out of here.

[Willie Nelson singing "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies"]

'Okay. Poppy.'

Put him in the truck.

♪ Mamas don't let your babies

♪ Grow up to be cowboys

♪ Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks ♪

♪ Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such ♪

♪ Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys ♪

♪ He'll never stay home and he's always alone ♪

♪ Even with someone he loves

♪ Mamas don't let your babies grow up ♪

♪ To be cowboys

♪ Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks ♪

♪ Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such ♪

♪ Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys ♪

♪ He'll never stay home and he's always alone ♪

♪ Even with someone he loves

♪ He'll never stay home and he's always alone ♪

♪ Even with someone he loves ♪

What time is it?

About 15 minutes later than the last time you asked.

I'm starving.

We just had breakfast an hour ago, man.

Can I help it? I'm just a growing kid.

We'll grab a bite just as soon as

we get out of cow country.

Poppy, see if you can find us some down-home music.

Yeah, that's more like it, girl.

You know someday, that's going to be Callie singing.

Hey, kid.

Your gorilla owes me a new hat.

Poppy, get down!

LA-15, Mary-6 and 7 have an 11-80

on the westbound Simi freeway at the Soto off ramp.

'Requesting an 11-12.'

A bull, and need assistance.

'10-4.'

That's the biggest cow I ever saw.

It's a bull, Bobby, not a cow.

Well, talk to him.

He's one of your people.

We gotta keep him focused on us.

That's not what I wanted to hear you say.

Come on, matador, move.

Watch out!

I'm not going near that guy as long as that ape is there.

Hold this.

Come here, fella, huh?

'It's okay. We're here to help.'

Come on, boy.

We don't want to hurt him. Right.

We just wanna help him. Come on, this way. Yeah.

Alright. This way.

Go, guys.

Come here. Yeah.

Yes.

Yeah, it's gonna be okay. He's gonna be fine.

He's gonna be okay. Yes.

What do you think?

He's either Tarzan or..

...he's dating your ex-girlfriend.

Oh, that's funny, Ponch.

Why do I get the feeling this is not gonna be a normal day?

Would you please turn loose? We got him.

Hey, I'm sorry I had to call animal regulations.

Did you see the way he looked at me?

Ponch, come on. It's only an animal.

He made me feel like I snitched on him or somethin'.

You've been eating too many bananas.

'Thank you for the information, Mr. Miller.'

'You'll be able to get a copy of the report.'

Well, glad to help.

Oh, by the way, who do we release the cattle to?

- Yeah.

Who do they belong to?

Uh, I don't know.

You don't know who you were working for?

Hey, w-why did you guys let them take my Poppy?

- My orangutan, yeah.

Why'd you let them take her?

You know, Mr. Miller, you got a nice way

of ignoring the question.

Now, we got some cattle, and they have to be

released to someone.

Are they, are they not yours?

Skip! Skip, what happened?

- I'm okay, sis.

You're not okay. Look at you. What happened?

That's what we're trying to find out, Miss..

Callie, Callie Miller.

How do you do? I'm Frank Poncherello.

This is my partner Bobby Nelson.

Your brother was in an accident

while he was driving his cattle--

What?

Who were you driving for?

'You didn't tell me anything about this.'

You know, the trouble with havin' a big sister

is sometimes you don't know when a little brother

has gone and growed up.

She's probably worried about you growin' up in jail.

Gentlemen, would you wait outside, please?

You think hard about those questions.

We're expecting some answers soon.

Eyes wide open.

I'll be right outside, honey.

What is really going on here?

Miss, we thought we had ourselves

a simple traffic accident.

He stopped answering questions.

Is there something we ought to know?

I don't know. I wish I did.

I tell you, we sure don't need this.

It seems like every time you start to get your feet

a little off the ground, something happens

to drive you back under.

Was your brother working for anyone?

No, he took care of the ranch while I worked.

He's never done anything like this before.

If we have to talk to you, how do we reach you?

I just started working out at the Palomino.

Hey, that's pretty big time.

Not yet, I'm with the house band

in between the big acts, but it's a start.

Alright.

I don't know what we have

but I hope it turns out okay.

Thanks, you've been very nice, Officer Poncherello.

Thank you.

What was I, chopped liver?

You said it. I didn't.

'Okay. Let's dump this chimp.'

Well, look who showed up.

How's it going, little brother?

What brings you out here?

You know, I thought I'd hear from you

how this guy made a monkey out of you.

Hey, I had to let him go.

He claimed he was related to you and Bobby.

Sergeant Getraer thought you'd like to know

we finally found the owner of the cattle

'from the accident this afternoon.'

In fact, there were several owners.

The cattle were all stolen.

Stolen? Like a cattle rustling?

Yeah, were you on the freeway or out on the range?

Was the truck stolen too?

'No. I checked the computer.'

It belongs to Skip and Callie Miller.

No wonder Skip didn't wanna talk about the accident.

There's been a lot of cattle rustling

on the small farms up and down the state highway.

No one has any clues or suspects.

Well, we got a suspect, Skip Miller.

Well, sarge says he wants results.

See you later, boys.

Let's go to work, partner.

I missed you so much. I was worried..

Mr. Miller, she's gonna have to

go back to the animal shelter.

No, don't let them take her back again.

Look, you can't put Poppy behind bars.

Well, she'll go crazy. She's not like other animals.

Sh-she's just like a human.

'Okay, hold on a minute, alright?'

Let's talk about the cattle.

'Did you know they were stolen?'

Stolen, huh? Well, I kind of had a hunch.

Come on, Skip. Fencing time is over.

- No way.

Well, whether you stole them or not

you were driving that truck.

That makes you a party to a felony.

I didn't think I was gonna get in this kind of trouble.

Hey, I was just trying to make a few extra bucks.

I hated watching Callie working day and night

'trying to save the ranch while..'

'I wasn't pulling my own weight.'

Who were the other guys?

- I don't know. - They must have names.

They never used them in front of me.

Funny.

Never thought about that till just now.

Right.

You're not being very helpful.

Honest. I don't know.

Look, maybe what-what I did wasn't straight down the line

but I'm not lying to you now.

Look, I-I met them at the Palomino.

They-they offered me a job and I took it.

That's all I know.

Can you recognize them again?

Absolutely.

But, he's in here, and they're out there.

'That doesn't help us.'

There is someone else who could recognize those guys.

' - Well, Poppy.

'She hated them from the first get-up.'

You've gotta be kidding me.

Seriously.

She'll point them out to you.

'Won't you, girl?'

Could she really understand what you're talking about?

Absolutely.

And she could recognize those guys again?

I don't believe I'm hearing what I'm hearing.

Sarge is gonna love this.

I'll meet you tonight at The Palomino.

That's what I like, champagne taste

on a jungle salary.

Open up.

Okay. That's enough.

Do you mind if I use the shower first, please?

Thank you.

'Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Johnny Lee.'

♪ And I was alone then

♪ No love in sight

♪ And I did everything I could ♪

♪ To get me through the night ♪

♪ Don't know where it started ♪

♪ Or where it might end

♪ I turned to a stranger

♪ Just like a friend

♪ I was lookin' for love in all the wrong places ♪

♪ Lookin' for love in too many faces ♪

♪ Searchin' their eyes

♪ Lookin' for traces

♪ Of what I'm dreamin' of

♪ Hopin' to find a friend and a lover.. ♪

This place is really jumpin'.

It's always like this.

Now, you keep your eyes open for those two guys, okay?

Okay? Alright.

Alright. Come on.

♪ You came a-knockin' on my heart's door ♪

♪ You're everything I been lookin' for ♪

♪ No more lookin' for love in all the wrong places ♪

♪ Lookin' for love in too many faces ♪

♪ Searchin' their eyes..

I see you baby-sit.

Are you being a good girl?

How are you doing, Callie?

Skip told me he talked to you.

Did he tell you about the cattle rustling?

Yeah. But you have to believe him.

He's just a wild kid

and sometimes he acts like he's 12

but he's not a criminal.

Do you have any idea who these guys could be?

I've been asking around since Skip told me what happened

but no one seems to know anything.

He is gonna come out of this okay, isn't he?

We'll do our best to catch these guys, alright?

♪ Now that I've found a friend and a lover ♪

♪ I bless the day I discovered ♪

♪ You oh you ♪

Thank you.

Name's Mickey Gilley.

Say hello to my friend Johnny Lee.

And you're welcome to the world-famous Palomino club.

Hey, we want everybody to have a good time tonight.

Yeah, we certainly want you to have a good time

and if the music gets to you

grab your sweetheart.

'Tell you what, we have a lovely young lady'

that's been helping us out the last couple of nights.

In fact, she made her debut

right here on this stage.

And in a few years when she's on top

y'all are gonna be able to say you saw her first

right here on this stage.

So if you will, let's give a big welcome

'to Miss Callie Miller.'

♪ It's Friday night you must be alone ♪

♪ That's the only time you'd ever phone ♪

♪ But if you drop by

♪ Don't be surprised

♪ 'Cause darlin'

♪ I won't be there tonight

♪ I'm dancin' your memory away ♪

♪ In the arms of a stranger ♪

♪ For now I'm okay

♪ My heart's out of danger

♪ Tonight while I'm waltzin'

♪ As the band softly plays

♪ I'm gettin' by one song at a time ♪

♪ Dancin' your memory away

♪ Once twice

♪ Tell me how many times

♪ Was I a fool

♪ For your lyin' eyes

♪ But I won't be

♪ Your fool anymore

♪ At least not while

♪ I'm out on the floor

♪ Dancin' your memory away

♪ In the arms of a stranger

♪ For now I'm okay

♪ My heart's out of danger

♪ Tonight while I'm waltzin'

♪ As the band softly plays

♪ I'm gettin' by

♪ One song at a time

♪ Dancin' your memory away

♪ I'm dancin' your memory away ♪

♪ In the arms of a stranger ♪♪

Folks, you know that Callie was singing under a strain tonight.

You see, her baby brother was hurt

in a trucking accident today

'and he's laid up in the hospital.'

If that boy's a trucker, he's okay in my book.

Hey, well, I'm glad you said that, brother, because we're

'looking for some donations to help pay the kid's bills.'

- Here's my 20. - 'I've got $20 too!'

'Well, I tell you what, while our assistant'

'is out there collecting all that hard-earned money'

Johnny and I would like to do a little

cowboy song for you folks.

In this song here lies just a little message

for all you mamas out there.

You got it.

♪ Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys ♪

♪ Don't let 'em pick guitars ♪

♪ And drive them old trucks ♪

♪ Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such.. ♪

Get away from me you crazy gorilla.

♪ Grow up to be cowboys

♪ He'll never stay home and he's always alone ♪

♪ Even with someone he loves ♪

♪ Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold ♪

♪ They'd rather give you a song than diamonds and gold.. ♪

Excuse me, My name is Frank Poncherello.

- Kind of.

I wonder if you two would please identify yourselves.

Just who wants to know?

California Highway Patrol.

Sure, and I'm a Texas ranger.

'Would you like to see some identification?'

Look, why don't you and your girlfriend just..

♪ Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys ♪

♪ Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks ♪

♪ Make 'em be doctors..

Thanks, partner.

♪ Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.. ♪

♪ He'll never stay home and he's always alone ♪

♪ Even with someone he loves ♪

♪ Cowboys love smoky old poolrooms ♪

♪ And clear mountain mornings ♪

♪ Little warm puppies and children ♪

♪ And girls of the night ♪

♪ Them that don't know him won't like him ♪

♪ And them that do sometimes won't know how to take him ♪

♪ He ain't wrong he's just different ♪

♪ But his pride won't let him do things ♪

♪ To make you think he's right ♪

♪ Mamas don't let your babies grow up.. ♪

Ponch, they're getting away.

Alright, hold it, everybody.

Hold it right there. Now, cool down!

♪ Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such ♪♪

- I tried to ID myself, sarge. - I couldn't.

I was too busy trying to save my partner.

Thanks, partner.

I suppose you two think it's fun

being woken up in the middle of the night by my counterpart

in the Los Angeles Police Department

and being asked with some pleasure on his part

I might add, if Poncherello and Nelson

belong to my official family.

I tried to tell that blue suit who we were!

'I am not finished, Frank.'

Do you know what it means to have to admit

to another person of supervisory rank

that two of your people are flakes?

I'm not a flake, sarge.

Super flake, Nelson.

And then, I had to listen to the laughter

as the sergeant told me that my senior officer

dressed as a cowboy

'was hot on the trail of a couple cattle rustlers.'

I saw them, sarge. They were there.

I thought our only witness was in the hospital.

How'd you know it was them?

Poppy identified them.

Poppy

Poppy the orang..

Who?

Oh.

Is that your witness?

'She made him, sarge.'

She can ID him any day of the week.

Frank, in case you haven't read the penal code lately

o-orangutans can't appear in court.

But the bad guys don't know that.

Oh, Frank, get him out of here.

Hey, she's very sensitive, you know?

Out of here. Out.

Aah! Ah.

Come on, Poppy.

Now, you're gonna have to really impress this guy, Poppy.

He's really tough, so you be a good girl, okay?

Okay, good girl. Come on. Let's go.

Come on.

Alright.

- Hi, Harlan, old buddy.

Oh, now, what kind of a way is that to talk, huh?

We come in here to offer you some help

in cleaning these cars.

You're gonna help me?

Well-well, not exactly.

Don't look at me.

Don't tell me.

No way.

Absolutely no way.

What's the matter?

I don't know, Harlan.

You know, they get their feelings hurt so easily.

Alright, alright.

I'll watch her for a while

but no kissing on the lips.

Thank you, Harlan. We'll make it up to you.

Goodbye, Poppy. You be a good girl.

Bye-bye, Poppy.

- Howdy, partners. - Funny, funny.

Alright, come on. We got work to do.

Hey, where did you get the gorilla?

Uh, Ponch just dropped it off.

I was talking to him.

- Good morning. - Morning.

I'm Officer Poncherello.

This is my partner Bobby Nelson.

- Hi. - I called you earlier.

I've been expecting you fellas.

You want to talk to me about that cattle rustling

report I made.

Yes, sir. We've recovered some of them.

Well, that was pretty fast.

Well, maybe you could educate us, sir.

What happens to these stolen cattle?

Where do they end up?

Well, it's my guess they haul 'em down into Mexico

or find themselves somebody with cash.

Well, we hope we can put a stop to it.

We've got a bigger problem than that.

I've started vaccinating these animals for anthrax.

Anthrax, sir? Isn't that a contagious disease?

'You got it.'

It's extremely fatal to animals

and unless I can catch it in time

I could lose my herd in a couple of days.

What would happen if some of the stolen cattle are also infected?

If a cattle with anthrax is sold to a slaughterhouse

and people eventually eat that meat..

...they could die.

'This is the ultimate exercise, sarge.'

The gravitational forces coupled with my reverse sit-up action

will enable me to reduce my abdominal girth by 65%.

Ah.

Good for tension too, sarge.

Helps you learn to relax.

- Right. Yeah. - Sarge.

We wanna give you a rundown

on the stolen cattle case.

We checked with the rancher.

Those cattle could have anthrax.

That could be serious. Have you made any notification?

We're working on it, there's..

Tension's gonna kill those guys.

They gotta learn to relax.

Ah, this is great.

Thank you, sir.

The county health department will contact us

if there are any anthrax cases reported.

What if they try to sell them to a slaughterhouse?

No chance. We already checked.

'A slaughterhouse will only deal with legit channels.'

Hey.

'Hi, girl. How you been, hmm?'

No, I can't play with you right now, alright?

You got to wait outside, I got business with the sergeant.

Go outside. Come on. Go.

Uh, can we continue our conversation now, Frank?

Yes, sarge.

Help!

Can anybody hear me?

Is anybody outside?

'Come on, somebody must be out there.'

'Help! Please, help!'

Poppy.

You little primate, you.

I know you're gonna help me.

What are you doing?

'No, you're supposed to help me.'

'You don't understand. Help!'

Come on, help me.

Help!

Help!

The APB is out, up and down the state.

Good, that seals off the Mexican border

and adjoining states.

- Now it comes down to money.

The cattle have to be sold, that means a ready buyer with cash.

Find that buyer, Frank.

Working on it, sarge.

We've already called all the ranchers

in the valley and told them to keep their eyes open.

'Help!'

What's that?

'Somebody, please!'

- 'Help!' - Comin' from the locker room.

Boy, am I glad to see you guys.

Help. Get me down from here.

Gotta admit, Grossie. You're losing that stomach.

'When you're upside down, it looks like a big chest.'

Would you get me down from here, please?

And get my uniform back.

Come on, Poppy, you should have your uniform tailor-fit.

Hey, she's rippin' off my shirt!

I'll get it back.

Poncherello.

Hey!

That bike's not ready yet.

Oh, no kidding, Harlan.

Well, you're riding it. Do you know how to stop it?

'Right hand is the brake.'

You're a mischievous woman, you know that?

♪ Tonight I made myself a promise ♪

♪ That I'll no longer play that old game ♪

♪ 'Cause she don't speak a word to me that's honest ♪

♪ And all her lies they sound just the same ♪

♪ And my heart's got a hole as big as Texas ♪

♪ And these tears are flowin' like the Rio Grande ♪

♪ And all I've got are dishes left from breakfast ♪

♪ And a pain that any fool can understand ♪

♪ She's Texas heartache number one ♪

♪ And climbin'

♪ Breakin' hearts with eyes of blue ♪

♪ So blue

♪ She's Texas heartache.. ♪

Hi there. How's it goin'?

Sure is a nice-looking party.

Ain't seen you round these parts before.

'Cause I ain't from these parts. My name's Bobby Nelson.

'My daddy owns a spread north of Bakersfield.'

This is my foreman Rico.

I decided to come down here and try to sell some stock.

- Uh-huh.

That is, if the price is right.

Well, you take care, now.

♪ Hang her old saddle on the wall ♪

♪ And the sign below will tell her story.. ♪

- I heard the name in a song.

I've always liked it.

Yeah

I could've made you my butler.

♪ She's Texas heartache number one ♪

♪ And climbin'

♪ Breakin' hearts with eyes of blue ♪

♪ So blue

♪ She's Texas heartache number one ♪

♪ Lord and climbin'

♪ And hey cowboys she's a-walkin' all over you ♪

- Hi, guys. - Hey, Callie.

Have you found the money man yet?

No. You sure he's here?

That's what I hear.

I put the word out that y'all are

looking to sell some cattle.

'I hope this works.'

How are things working out for you?

Oh, I don't know, some record people have come around

and I guess it's the break I've been looking forward to

but until this whole thing with Skip has been settled

I don't think I can make that decision.

Well, you keep your fingers crossed.

We'll catch these guys.

♪ I said well hey cowboys

♪ She's a-walkin' all over you ♪♪

Thank you very much. We appreciate it. Thank you.

Hey, we both appreciate it.

And we appreciate y'all not starting

any fights today too, huh?

- 'So far, that is, John.' - 'Yeah, well.'

'But I know you're not gonna fight'

'while Callie's going to sing.'

♪ I love a starry night

♪ Warm red wine and candlelight ♪

♪ With you

♪ With you

♪ I love a summer rain

♪ Snowflakes on a windowpane

♪ With you

♪ With you

♪ With you

♪ All of my skies are blue ♪

♪ With you

♪ All of my dreams come true ♪

♪ I've got it all when I'm with you ♪

♪ I never felt this way before ♪

♪ I found all I was looking for ♪

♪ With you

♪ With you

♪ Everything we do feels right ♪

♪ Can't wait to spend the rest of my life ♪

♪ With you

♪ With you

♪ With you

♪ All of my skies are blue ♪

♪ With you

♪ All of my dreams come true ♪

♪ I've got it all when I'm with you ♪

♪ All of my skies are blue ♪

♪ With you

♪ All of my dreams come true ♪

♪ I've got it all when I'm with you ♪♪

My name is Cal Davis.

I understand that you boys have got

some cattle you wanna sell.

Well, that depends upon the price.

I think you'll find, I pay about as good as anyone else.

Now, well, we had a fire at the ranch, Mr. Davis

and we're not sure we have all the ownership papers.

Well, now, there's no need to fret

about a little paperwork.

Of course, the price of beef

is gonna have to come down a mite.

Oh, I'm sure.

California Highway Patrol, Mr. Davis.

What happened to your accent?

Mr. Davis, we advise you not to get

into any more trouble than you're already in.

There are two cowboys out there selling

stolen cattle that could have anthrax.

'We want them.'

Good customers are hard to find.

Sorry to hear you say that, sir

because your cooperation might mean the difference

to a judge between probation and prison.

Now, now, now, wait a minute.

Do respect a good business deal when I hear one.

'Well?'

It sounds to me like you boys are looking

for Duane and Lonnie.

I'm supposed to meet them in an hour.

They comin' here?

No.

No, they gave me this map to their place.

Well..

Thank you, partner.

Giddy-up.

He's late.

He should have been here by now.

I know.

Something's wrong.

I told you we should have got rid of these cattle.

I know you told me.

Now, will you shut up about it?

I knew it. It's the cops.

Let's get out of here.

I knew we waited too long.

I knew this was gonna happen.

Shut up and stand on it.

Okay, out of the truck.

Come on. Hands on your head.

Nice job, buckaroo.

Any time, kemo sabe.

I brought some friends around to visit.

Hey, Callie, Skip, how you feeling?'

- Great.

Terrific.

Oh, and I brought Poppy around

to say goodbye to you folks.

Goodbye?

I'm gonna take that record contract

and Skip's gonna work the ranch.

The extra money I get should be

enough to pay off all the bills.

That's great.

I expect an autographed album.

That's a promise.

Say, lady, this is just goodbye.

It doesn't have to be farewell, you know?

We could still visit each other.

Save your money, that machine hasn't worked in days.

Alright.