All language subtitles for The Lions Den (1936) ENGLISHripdvddf

It won't take me two shakes
to finish my business in the bank.

You better get some cash, dad.

We're going to do the shops
and the nightclubs

before we go back to the ranch.

Okay, hold you back.

Don't you think $20,000 is an awful
lot of money to carry around?

It'll be much safer
when it's right here in my pocket.

Pardon me, ma'am.
Strangers In town?

Yes. We're from
the Cross Bar X ranch in Texas.

This is my first trip east.

I couldn't help but overhear
your conversation.

You'd like to take in some nightclubs.

I'd be pleased to show you to the finest.

That's nice of you.

Is your cab engaged for the afternoon?

- No, ma'am.
- Then you're hired.

Thank you.

I'm engaged with cab
for the whole afternoon.

The first thing we'll do is buy
an evening gown.

You mean one of those contraptions
that about half covers you?

Exactly.
And you're going to get one.

Oh, there.

I know city dude.

They ain't going to wear
one of those walletheal suits.

That's what you think.

Come on.

Two sherry cream.

What's that?

I don't know.

Ladies and gentlemen,
your kind attention, please.

We have with us tonight the all
around World Champion Cowboys.

So expertised with firearms

that he could have taken
on Jesse James with his left hand

and simultaneously
shoot it out with Robert Ford.

Ladies and gentlemen,
presenting Tim Barton.

His assistant, Paddy Callahan.

Boys, do your stuff.

Pretty good for a tenderfoot.

The range is full of punchers
that can do that trick.

Not many men who can do that.

They're pretty good.

Wait a minute. Wait.

I quit, I give up!

I give up.

He missed.

I'll get the card.

I could use a man like that
in the Cross Bar X.

Ladies and gentlemen,
I'm certainly glad you enjoyed the show.

Now perhaps there's one among you
who would like to contribute to it.

Let's all get together
and have lots of fun.

I'm not asking this
in the spirit of competition,

but as an invitation from the management
for one of you, a western perhaps,

who also have used the six gun.

Is there anybody here in the house
that'd like to step forward?

How about it?

Shall I get up there
and show him some real shooting?

Don't be foolish.

This is my night.
You said I could do anything I want to.

You can't.

We have a young lady,
and a very charming one.

- How do you do?
- How do you do?

What is your name?

Ann Mervin
from the Cross Bar X Ranch in Texas.

Ladies and gentlemen, presenting
that very charming Anne Mervin.

The Bar X Ranch way down in Texas.

Miss Mervin.

- How do you do?
- How do you do?

Where is he?

See that old gent sitting in that table?

Yeah.

That's him.

All right, scram.

It's a single-action gun, but I guess
you're used to handling it.

- Yes, I am.
- Watch it.

You bet. Do you mind
holding up some of those chips?

Me?

No, I won't do it.
No, I wouldn't, under no circumstance.

No.

Paddy.

I'd rather not...

Well... I'd rather do other things.

Pardon me. You have previously been
successful with this sort of thing?

Give me that $20,000 you got.

Don't make a fuss.

Got a rod pointing right at you.

You got to show the host
there's no problem.

A beautiful girl like you

stepping off a dance floor and being
able to give such an exhibition.

My dad told me how to shoot
a gun when I was a kid.

- Won't you come over and meet him?
- Thanks, yes.

Leave that gun on the floor.

Now hand over that wallet.

Well, if it ain't Bits Kruger.

We've been looking
for you for a long time.

You'll have to sign a complaint.

I have some business with Mr. Barton.

As soon as I finish,
I'll go down to the station.

Right. Come on.

Thanks. Won't you sit down, please?

Sure.

That draw was so quick
I couldn't follow it with my eye.

How long does your engagement run
here?

Till the end of the week.

I've got a proposition to make to you.

If you were a Western man,
all I'd have to mention is water rights.

I might tell you I was raised
on a ranch in Wyoming.

That simplifies things.

I've got some water rights in Texas.

Somebody's trying to take
them away from you?

A fellow named Nate Welsh.

He's turned loose a bunch of gunslingers.

And if they're not stopped,

the small rancher will have
to sell out of his price.

Why don't you appeal to the law?

There isn't any law.

What I need is a man that isn't afraid
and handle a gun like you can.

What you need is a killer.

You could avoid lots of killings
by helping dad.

I've never hired out my guns to anybody.

I wouldn't ask you if we were
the only ones concerned.

- Where are you located?
- Hammond, Texas.

Everybody in town will tell
you how to get to my ranch.

You mean you'll really come?

Paddy and I'll be out there
next week with things over.

I'll be back in a minute.

What are you trying to do?

Hey, ranger.

How about a break? Open these cuffs.
They're hurting my wrists.

Not a chance.

I know you too well, Smith.

It'll only be a few hours more.

You can take it.

Thanks.

Excuse me, partner.
My watch stopped. Can you tell time?

Yeah.

10:30.

Just got on, didn't you?

Yeah.

Sit down.

Thanks.

Who's that?

One of the most notorious gunmen in
Texas.

Single-Shot Smith.
Kills just for the love of killing.

Looks like my friend got your seat.

Yeah.

How about sitting down alongside of me?

Thanks very much.

Have a cigarette?

Yeah, I'd like to,
but my pal bet me $10

that I couldn't get out of these handcuffs

while he's talking to your friend
over there.

Handcuffs?

You look like a prisoner.

Yeah, feel like one too.

Can you get out of them?

Houdini couldn't get out of these.

Well, I guess you lose then.

Yes, I do.

He dropped the key.

I can't reach it.

If you get that key and unlock these
without him seeing you,

I'll cut you in on half the bet.

No, that wouldn't be fair.

Come on, be a sport.

Get the key.

No.

It's only a gig

As soon as he pays up,
I'll give him his money back.

- You will?
- Yeah.

Well...

I don't think I...

I might take a chance.

- But you promise now.
- Come on, I promise.

If I do this and you
don't give him back his money,

I'm going to tell him you cheated.

All I want out of this is a laugh.

- You're sure it'll be all right?
- Sure, come on.

When I grabbed Smith,
he was on his way to work

for a rancher named Welsh
in a big Ben country.

Nate Welsh?

You know him?

I've heard of him,
but never laid eyes on him.

I feel kind of guilty.

Just a minute.

There you are.

You can have the key.

I'll see you later.

Keep your eye across the aisle,
we'll get a laugh.

The fella you were talking to
bet his pal that he couldn't escape

from a pair of handcuffs, so I helped him.

He dropped his key and I...

Did you set him free?

- Yeah.
- Don't you know he's a murderer?

What?

See if you can find a doctor in the train.

That $20,000 ought to keep
you satisfied for a while, Walker.

- Put this on Newt's Mortgage.
- Yes, sir.

If I had my way, I'd be willing to extend
the remainder of that loan indefinitely.

I'll pay in full if given time.

The control of the bank
has changed hands since you went east.

What do you mean?

Nate Welsh just bought
51 % of the bank stock.

That's nothing for me to worry about.

All the same, you better keep up
your interest

and pay as much
on the principal as you can.

Nate's had his eye
on your place for a long time.

You're going to find it
difficult to do business.

There isn't any chance that you might
have to foreclose on the Cross Bar X.

He's been forcing me to call in loans
on righteous who've been unable to meet

their payments because the men
have been killed and their cattle run off.

That means he'll buy a first property
dirt cheap at public auction.

That fellow is trying to build up
a cattle empire by hook or crook.

He's trying to acquire the whole range.

I have a man coming
in a few days that will stop that.

- I'll do all I can to help you, Newt.
- Thanks, Walker.

There she comes, Nate.

That's Newt and his daughter.

Wonder what they're here for.

Single-Shot Smith is the one
I'm interested in.

I sent for him when I learned

he was the fastest man
with a gun in Texas.

And with his help, we ought to clean up
that Cross Bar X pronto.

Makes me feel better already
just knowing he's here.

I wonder if Welsh is waiting for someone.

You look a little different
than I thought you would, Single-Shot.

- Hey, wait...
- You must be Welsh.

Yeah. Come on over the Cactus Saloon.

I have something to wash
the dust out of your throat.

Been expecting you any day.
We're glad you showed up.

You'll like working for this outfit.

Take it easy.

I never thought he'd do a thing like that.

I thought we could depend on him.

Don't worry. This isn't
the first time I've been sold out.

All right, boys, everything's on me.

Waiter, may I order...?

Wait a minute.

May I have a beer?

You dirty...

Waiter!

I'd like to have a drink.

You don't look it,
but if what I've heard of you is true,

you're better
than Wild Bill Hickok was.

That's why I chose some sense.

Not trying to go around
and look like a gunfighter.

You're a bright fellow, Smith.

Most gunslingers go around
and get themselves away.

Thanks.

How about me having a drink?

All right. Bartender, one beer.

This fellow with you?

He helped me break out of jail
up in Kansas one time.

- Wait a minute...
- He's kind of dumb.

I think it was dropped
on his head when he was a child.

Hey, where's Newt?

Who?

I tell you he was dumb.

He wants to take on Newt,
the whole outfit.

He thinks he can end
this war before it starts.

There's a lot of money offered
for me, dead or alive.

These people know it.

So if there's anybody in your outfit
you can't trust 100%,

you'd better get rid of him.

Don't worry about getting
plugged in the back.

All of my men are wanted men.

They're not out to collect
rewards off of anybody.

I don't like the way you work.
You're too careless.

There won't be any slip up.

Listen to me.

Nobody here ever laid eyes
on Single-Shot Smith before today.

What do you do? Accept me at face value?

Ever ask me to prove anything?

Just asked me to have a drink.

Got too much confidence to suit me.

Since you beat me by a split second
in bringing up the matter,

suppose you prove
that you are Single-Shot Smith.

Paddy doesn't seem
to be the only one that's dumb.

You don't suppose I'd be carrying
identification papers with me, do you?

How are you going to prove it?

With this.

You folks know that Single-Shot Smith
is supposed to be

one of the best gunmen in Texas.

Get some chips over there
and stand back against that table.

Boys, get off my line of fire.

Hey, that's some shooting, partner.

If you told me you were a Billy the Kid
come back to life, I'd believe you.

The drinks on me, boys.

Aside from Slim, you are the only
man that's ever been in this room.

- Just why am I so honored?
- Because I can use you.

With the power I have behind me,
I can make men and I can break them.

I'm trusting you because that's the only
way we can do business together.

If I happen to be mistaken in you,
it won't take me long to know it.

Go on.

Don't try to slip anything over on me.

Two men have tried that before.

Just what part do I play in all this?

You're going to make it so tough
for the ranchers to run their business

around here that they'll be
willing to listen to reason.

In other words, you want me to head
this bunch of gunmen, is that it?

That's it.
Everything is mapped out for you.

I've got a sort of foreign legion,

but one question asked
when a recruit joins us.

Are you wanted by the law?

So if a man wants to quit,
you got him between two fires.

You and the law.

Take a look.

This picture doesn't flatter you, Slim.

Them jail photographers don't know
how to make good pictures.

Here's one of Ronnie McKee.

He's wanted by the feds.

Look it over for yourself.

I suppose you've been photographed
like this.

So often that every time
I see a camera, I pose.

I want one of yours to enter the others.

Sort of a hobby with me.

I'm not in habit
of carrying them around with me.

I make it a habit to destroy
everyone I see.

Maybe you know where you can dig one
up.

I'll be getting one, all right,
but it may take a little time.

They'll help a lot.

Help you and help me too.

Got any plans for tomorrow?

You can count me out.

I want to ride around
and get acquainted with it.

This range is new to me.

Not a bad idea.

You got a lot of work ahead of you.

Yeah, I can see that.

Well, see you later.

What do you think of him?

I ain' saying yet.

What's the idea of changing sides?

Ann it's going to be awfully mad.
I like Ann.

So do I.

When Welsh mistook me for Smith,

I figured I could help the Mervins a whole
lot more by throwing in with this outfit.

But Ann will never understand.

Women never do.

I tried to help a gal in Kansas City once.

What did I get out of it?

A flawed face
and 30 days on the rock pile.

Just keep your mouth shut
and remember that I'm Single-Shot Smith.

- But that ain't honest.
- Honest or not.

One more dumb trick of you
like unlocking those handcuffs,

I'll turn you over to the law
for helping a prisoner escape.

Single-Shot Smith.

Good morning, Ms. Mervin.

Maybe you don't know it, but you
crossed the sign on the Cross Bar X.

I was just riding over to explain.

Explanations are entirely unnecessary.

Ann, there's been a mistake.

The mistake was all on my part.

In getting dad to hire you.

Don't you realize that Welsh mistook me
for a gunman called Single-Shot Smith?

You took advantage of it real quick.

I came out here to fight
for you and your father.

First you were with the Mervins,

and then you turned traitor,
went over to Welsh.

I wonder how long it's going to be
before you change sides again

and go back to Welsh.

- Are you going to listen to me?
- I'm not. Let me go.

Don't shoot.

- Are these your men?
- Yes.

What's the matter?
Is he bothering you?

No.

I knew him
before he hired out to Nate Welsh.

Welsh's men aren't allowed
on the Cross Bar X.

Come on, boys.

I don't understand why you quit
Ann to come to work for this outfit.

I tried to explain to her,
but she couldn't understand.

There's no use trying to tell you.

- You saw Anne?
- But she wouldn't listen to me.

Ordered me off the Mervin ranch.

Didn't I tell you that women never
understand things you try to do for them?

This ought to blow out the dam
of the Cross Bar X water hole.

Don't use it until we see what happens
after we run off Mervin's cattle tonight.

Hey, there's that handcuffed guy
that knocked out the ranger on the train.

Hello there!

I'm looking for Nate Welsh.

I'm Nate Welsh.

I'm a little late, but I finally got here.

I'm Single-Shot Smith.

I'm the President of the United States.

That makes me Napoleon.

I think I'm going to kind
of like working for you.

I don't know who you are,
but you're not working here.

Who are you?

Maybe you wouldn't believe me
if I told you I was Single-Shot Smith.

I have seen you someplace before.

Sure you have.

Every cheapskate that goes
about the country

masquerading as Single-Shot Smith
has seen me.

- I'll kill you.
- Go ahead.

Wait a minute.
There's something screwy about this.

One of you is trying
to put something over.

Tie them both up until we find out
what this all about.

Drop those guns.

Be careful the way you do us.

No. I remember where I saw you.

I wouldn't remember
too much if I were you.

Get on that horse and get out of here.

Any of the rest of you
got any doubts about me?

I like you all right, Smith.

You just give us orders
and watch us carry them out.

I bet you clean old Mervin out
before he knows anything about it.

All right, pick up your hardware.

Boy, I wish Newt and Ann
could have seen this.

Say, what does he know about the
Mervins?

Paddy's getting more ferocious every day.

Yesterday he wanted to plug old Newt.

Today he wants to shoot the girl too.

If we're going to take care
of Mervin tonight, we better get moving.

Yes, and be sure there's no slip up.

Get your horses.

About one more remark like that out of you

and you'll have this outfit
pumping lead into us.

How can you help Ann by stealing a cow?

Because I've got to keep
in right with Welsh.

I'd tell you to keep your mouth shut
while I'm gone,

but I know it wouldn't do any good.

I may be dumb, but I know
when to talk and when to keep quiet.

I doubt it.

We caught this man as he crossed
the line from the Welsh ranch.

- That's Paddy Callahan.
- Barton's friend.

- He's trying to spy on us.
- No, I'm not a spy.

And you know I like you.

We don't want any
of Tim Barton's men here.

I'm not with him anymore.

He hired out to Nate Welsh
and you went along with him.

No, he made me go with him.
I got away as quick as I could.

I wouldn't stick around
with a guy like that.

We found Shorty's body
riddled with bullets.

That's why he didn't warn us
about the raid on the herd last night.

Who led that raid?

Tim Barton.

Did he send you here to find out
what we're going to do about it?

No, I left as quick as I could so that I
could tell you where the cows were.

Where?

I don't exactly remember.

It's in a box canyon about 10 miles
the other side of Dark Creek.

That's Latigo Canyon.

Why don't you go after them?

- Anybody guarding them?
- Yes. Four of Welsh's men.

It'll be easy enough
to find out whether he's lying or not.

Why don't you try it?

We're riding over there.
You're riding up in front.

If they don't get you, we will.

Get the rest of the boys.

Listen, the canyon
is right up over that hill there.

You boys go and see if you can
surprise them from the front.

Come on, let's go.

We're sure obligated to you, Paddy.

Shucks, that's nothing.
I like Ann.

From now on, you're welcome
to stay at the Cross Bar X.

Now, you'll try to knock
over the last two.

That'll be very easy.

Well, it must be the gun here.

Yeah, sure.

Not the man behind the gun.

Well, of course.

- No, it's a mechanical defect here.
- Yes, sure.

I had that...

Oh, boy.

Smith, I want you to meet
my daughter, Ann.

I do.

Hello, Single-Shot.

What are you doing here, you little...?

Just a minute.

Paddy happens to be a friend of ours.

Yeah, and he's the partner of that fellow
posing as me over Welsh's.

No. I quit Barton because he stole
Ann's cattle. I like Ann.

He's a member of the Cross Bar X Ranch.
I want you two fellows to be friends.

Didn't I help rescue you
from that ranger on the train?

Yeah.

You're making a mistake
bringing this man here.

He's a killer.

That's what I need.

I've got to fight fire with fire.
Come on, Smith.

- Hello, Barton.
- In this town, I'm Single-Shot Smith.

This gentle is Ben Thompson,
sheriff in the county seat.

- How are you?
- Flne.

Smith?

Yeah.

How come you're passing
yourself off as him?

The men from the train I was on
mistook me for Smith,

so I just strung along with it
to see what would happened.

Smith showed up?

He's around the country,
but let him ride for a while.

What do you mean?

There are a lot of wanted men
around this country.

If you cooperate with me, you
can take them all in without any killing.

I wish you would do something.

Get a reward poster made for Single-Shot
and put my picture on it.

I brought you a little souvenir.

You can add this to your collection.

You want me to autograph it?

Yes, if you will.

Why not?

You want to have all the boys
autograph there for you.

That's a great idea.

With a man I have working for me
and a leader like you,

I'll own the whole range in no time.

The boys we left on guard
at Latigo Canyon have been killed.

- All the cattle's been run off.
- How do you know?

I went there with Mike
to take them some grub.

But they won't need
anything to eat no more.

Somebody's going to pay for this.

Poor fellows.

I'm not thinking about the men.

They ought to know enough
to look after themselves.

It's the herd of cattle I'm thinking of.

Callahan's been missing since yesterday.

You wouldn't happen to know
where he is, would you?

I told him to get going.

He's probably halfway
across the state by now.

No, he's not.

He's over the Cross Bar X
with that man that said he was you.

I've seen him myself just
a couple of hours ago.

I knew a fellow one time that lived
to be 100 by minding his own business.

Why...

The next time any of these gunmen
try anything like that,

I'll use a six-shooter
on them instead of my fist.

From now on, you're taking orders from
me.

Does that mean anything to you?

You're going with me tonight.

- I ain't taking...
- Get going.

I've got another eye
on the back of my head.

Hey, who's that?

He wouldn't believe I had
eyes in the back of my head.

- Dan?
- No.

The Sheriff has still
got a hanging job in his hand.

Where's Smith?

Got him tied up over there.

Get him and follow me into town.

I have a date with a sheriff and a ranger.

That's him all right.

Are you sure the other one is Single-Shot?

I won't forget the face
of the man that slugged me.

Did the bank agree
to advance the reward money?

Yes.
Walker said it would be okay.

These two ought to bring you
quite a piece of change.

You want it all in currency?

No, just have Walker
credited to my account.

But tell him to keep his mouth shut.

There are four more buried up
at the head of Latigo Canyon.

I'll have to look over the reward notices

and see whether they're worth
digging up again or not.

Cunningham, wanted for robbery.

$1,000 reward.

Jake Crane, murder, $5,000.

Morgan, bank holdup. $1,000.

$10000 buried in Latigo Canyon.

Hello, Nate.

Ever since that night that Slim
tried to shoot you and then disappeared,

there's been a lot of strange things
going on around here.

I'm not surprised.

Not surprised when half a dozen
of my men disappear in this thin air?

They were all friends of Slim,
they just followed in his footsteps.

Is there anything you can't figure out?

Yes, a girl.

- Who is she?
- Name doesn't matter.

Somebody I knew back east.

That's the reason I'm out here.

Forget it.

Come on with me into Hammond.

Mervin's making up this thing somewhere.

I'm going to put a sprag in his wheel.

Hello, Nate. Good morning, Smith.

- Good morning.
- Morning.

What's the condition of the Cross Bar X
loan? Interest paid up to date?

If Mervin had a little more time,

I'm sure he'll pull through all right.

I asked you if the interest
on his loan was paid in full today.

It isn't.

Don't you think we can renew the note?

I want you to foreclose immediately.

- I don't like to do that.
- You'll do it, and do it now.

Unless you want me to appoint
somebody else to take your job.

Good morning.

I don't care to talk to you
or any of your associates.

Single-Shot isn't a bad fellow.

He isn't Smith.
He's a fellow from back east.

If he was quick enough
to go over to your side,

he's quick enough to turn you down too.

Are you positive he's not Smith?

Sure.

His name is Tim Barton.

You better put that in your pocket.

That's a good idea.

Well, hello, Sheriff.

When'd you get on our way?

A few days ago.

Smith.

I want you to meet an old friend of mine.

Thompson,

this is Single-Shot Smith.

I think you are looking for him.

I believe you're right.

Put them out.

You've got a reward coming for this.

I'm always on the side of law and order.

Smith, you're coming with me.

I'll take care of you.

Come on.

Had me stumped for a minute
when he turned you in.

It was a bigger surprise
to me than it was to you.

Think he's trying to move out?

No, he's moving in, on the Mervins.

We've got to work fast.

Take a look at these.

Going, going, going,

for the third and last time.

You don't mean to say
you're going to stand there

and see the Cross Bar X
sold for a measly $20,000.

There's no skin off of my nose,
but it's a robbery, I call it.

Will somebody bid $21,000?

$21,000.

$21,000, now we got a little competition.

I hear $21,000.
Will somebody say 22?

Will somebody say $22,000?

This man is supposed
to be in jail for murder.

Putting him there and keeping him
there is two different things.

- How'd he get out?
- Habeas corpus.

Got a smart lawyer
before I can move him out of town.

- 22,000.
- 22,000. Thank you.

What's the next bid?

I've got a bit of $22,000.
Can I have another bid?

- 24,000.
- 24,000$.

Thank you, sir.
24, can I hear 25?

Can I hear $25,000?
Will somebody say $25,000?

$25,000.

Welsh is stealing one of the best
ranches in the country.

$25,000. Thank you, sir.
Can I hear 26?

Will somebody say $26,000?

Can I hear $26,000?

$26,000.

I'm with $26,000.
I'm with $26,000 and it's going.

It's going once, it's going twice.

Make him show cash or a certified check.

Do you mind stepping up here
and give us a peek at your cash?

Don't move, anybody.

First man that moves, gets a bullet.

Sheriff, it's about time we collected.

You take down the amounts
as I read them off.

As I call your names, you step up here.

Mike Brown.

Wanted for murder.

$2,500.

Lathe Golden.

Dead or alive.

$6,000.

Jack Green.

Let's see what's on him.

Pete O'Hara.

$500 reward.

You must feel kind of cheap
in this outfit.

Nate Welsh.

I'm swearing out two warrents for you.

One for cattle rustling, and the other
for killing that Cross Bar X cowpunchers.

That will be first degree murder.

You're a couple of thousand dollars
short on your bid.

That's right.

What about those four fellows
buried up in Latigo Canyon?

I figured up the reward on them
was $10,000.

That will give you $8,000
for operating expenses.

Newt Mervin, would you mind
stepping up here, please?

Who will I make this bill of sale to?

Newt Mervin.

I was bidding this in
for him and his daughter.

I couldn't let you do a thing like that.

You're a lovely headed young lady,
but a very stubborn one.

The Cross Bar X belongs to you.

I only promised to come out here
and help you straighten things out.

Couldn't you stay now
and help us keep you straight?

Can you cook?