1 00:00:00,154 --> 00:00:03,093 Name's Elmo Ziller, and I poke from Hondo, Texas. 2 00:00:03,302 --> 00:00:04,678 I got it. It's the heat. 3 00:00:04,803 --> 00:00:06,054 You making fun? 4 00:00:06,221 --> 00:00:08,140 Elmo is my half brother. 5 00:00:09,975 --> 00:00:11,602 What the hell are you trying to pull? 6 00:00:11,727 --> 00:00:13,604 - I wanna pull your mustache. - You wanna what? 7 00:00:13,812 --> 00:00:15,481 Are you both joining the band? 8 00:00:15,606 --> 00:00:16,565 Higgins, we're undercover. 9 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:20,444 How many times do we have to kill a guy? 10 00:00:20,611 --> 00:00:22,029 Till you get it right! 11 00:00:22,196 --> 00:00:23,197 Let her rip. 12 00:02:28,655 --> 00:02:30,157 Here, time to earn your bones, kid. 13 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:31,116 Huh? 14 00:02:31,175 --> 00:02:32,844 You slow in the head? This is your initiation. 15 00:02:32,951 --> 00:02:35,579 - I thought you were gonna do... - You thought wrong. Hurry up. 16 00:02:45,339 --> 00:02:46,381 Now. 17 00:02:46,506 --> 00:02:48,175 Well, give me that. 18 00:03:00,103 --> 00:03:01,355 Here. 19 00:03:07,944 --> 00:03:09,196 Come on. 20 00:03:26,838 --> 00:03:28,173 Check him. 21 00:03:28,382 --> 00:03:29,925 You can do that, can't you? 22 00:03:35,597 --> 00:03:37,182 I think he's dead. 23 00:03:40,018 --> 00:03:41,269 You sure? 24 00:03:43,939 --> 00:03:45,190 He looks dead. 25 00:03:45,399 --> 00:03:47,776 Well, you will be, too, if you don't come on. 26 00:04:18,849 --> 00:04:21,268 Every day in the tropics is part illusion. 27 00:04:21,351 --> 00:04:23,729 Rain clouds are actually rainbows, 28 00:04:23,812 --> 00:04:26,314 the perfect wave breaks into a riptide. 29 00:04:26,648 --> 00:04:30,068 A conviction of immortality grows out of the endless summer. 30 00:04:30,444 --> 00:04:34,364 What I should have remembered is that illusion is always dangerous. 31 00:04:34,656 --> 00:04:37,075 But on a perfect morning on the beach, 32 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,035 who could remember fate? 33 00:04:40,287 --> 00:04:42,956 ♪ Where seldom is heard ♪ 34 00:04:43,081 --> 00:04:45,083 ♪ A discouraging word ♪ 35 00:04:45,208 --> 00:04:49,796 ♪ And the skies are not cloudy all day ♪ 36 00:04:50,881 --> 00:04:52,132 What the... 37 00:04:52,215 --> 00:04:54,926 ♪ Home, home on the range ♪ 38 00:04:55,218 --> 00:05:00,140 ♪ Where the deer and the antelope play ♪ 39 00:05:00,207 --> 00:05:04,060 ♪ Where seldom is heard a discouraging word ♪ 40 00:05:04,144 --> 00:05:05,520 Hey! Hey! 41 00:05:05,604 --> 00:05:07,230 ♪ And the sky... ♪ 42 00:05:10,692 --> 00:05:12,736 Hey, hey, pardner. 43 00:05:12,819 --> 00:05:15,071 Hey, sorry to bust in like this 44 00:05:15,155 --> 00:05:16,615 but your door was unlocked 45 00:05:16,698 --> 00:05:19,075 and I saw your guitar here, so... 46 00:05:19,493 --> 00:05:21,036 Higgins, what is this? 47 00:05:21,161 --> 00:05:22,704 It's too early for Halloween. 48 00:05:23,205 --> 00:05:26,708 Name's Elmo Ziller, and I poke from Hondo, Texas. 49 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,127 Just 'cause I busted your place, young fella, 50 00:05:29,211 --> 00:05:30,712 that ain't no cause for you to... 51 00:05:30,879 --> 00:05:34,257 Oh, no. No, no, thank you. But you go right ahead. 52 00:05:38,094 --> 00:05:39,471 I got it. 53 00:05:39,638 --> 00:05:41,306 I got it. It's the heat. 54 00:05:41,431 --> 00:05:43,725 Too much time in the garden without a hat. 55 00:05:43,975 --> 00:05:45,644 You makin' fun? 56 00:05:45,769 --> 00:05:47,521 'Cause where I come from, that ain't funny. 57 00:05:47,604 --> 00:05:48,772 Right. 58 00:05:48,939 --> 00:05:50,774 Right. I got it now. 59 00:05:51,900 --> 00:05:52,984 Howdy... 60 00:05:55,362 --> 00:05:57,280 No, I can do it. I can do it. 61 00:05:57,364 --> 00:05:58,532 Here it goes. 62 00:05:58,740 --> 00:06:01,368 Howdy, pardner. You just ride into town? 63 00:06:02,118 --> 00:06:04,538 Somebody told me you was a pretty good old detective. 64 00:06:04,621 --> 00:06:07,874 Terrific. I ain't had a rustlin' case all year. 65 00:06:08,583 --> 00:06:10,418 - I guess I been steered wrong. - No! 66 00:06:10,502 --> 00:06:12,838 - So if you'll excuse me... - No, don't mosey. 67 00:06:12,963 --> 00:06:14,631 You just make yourself to home. 68 00:06:14,881 --> 00:06:16,675 Pour yourself some rotgut. 69 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,218 Chew some tobacco. 70 00:06:18,343 --> 00:06:20,762 See, I'm headin' up to the ranch house to see Higgins. 71 00:06:21,012 --> 00:06:23,598 So you just be still and stay right there. 72 00:06:25,517 --> 00:06:27,435 I love the mustache. 73 00:06:45,704 --> 00:06:46,997 Higgins! 74 00:07:06,349 --> 00:07:08,143 You aren't here, are you, Higgins? 75 00:07:08,393 --> 00:07:10,186 You're down in my guesthouse acting like... 76 00:07:10,270 --> 00:07:11,897 Magnum, please. 77 00:07:13,899 --> 00:07:15,442 Hoot Gibson. 78 00:07:17,694 --> 00:07:21,197 I can't imagine that all this racket is absolutely necessary. 79 00:07:21,448 --> 00:07:24,367 I gotta hand it to you, Higgins, you changed pretty fast. 80 00:07:24,451 --> 00:07:25,660 I beg your pardon. 81 00:07:25,785 --> 00:07:27,370 Come on, how'd you do it? 82 00:07:27,621 --> 00:07:29,289 I say, Magnum, are you quite all right? 83 00:07:29,581 --> 00:07:32,208 Oh, don't get regimental on me, buckaroo. 84 00:07:32,334 --> 00:07:34,628 You "poke from Hondo, Texas," remember? 85 00:07:35,253 --> 00:07:36,671 I see. 86 00:07:36,838 --> 00:07:39,758 In your own crude way, you've explained yourself. 87 00:07:39,841 --> 00:07:42,093 Explained? Nothing's explained. 88 00:07:42,302 --> 00:07:44,846 You have met, as it were, Elmo. 89 00:07:46,932 --> 00:07:48,058 Elmo? 90 00:07:48,266 --> 00:07:50,810 Oh, be a good chap and help me out with my gear. 91 00:07:50,936 --> 00:07:52,228 Higgins. 92 00:07:53,271 --> 00:07:54,606 Higgins! 93 00:07:56,983 --> 00:07:58,818 What is going on? 94 00:07:58,944 --> 00:08:01,029 It is a melancholy but inevitable fact 95 00:08:01,112 --> 00:08:03,239 that all great families are burdened with 96 00:08:03,296 --> 00:08:05,298 what can be most delicately described as... 97 00:08:05,367 --> 00:08:06,910 Right in there will do nicely. 98 00:08:06,993 --> 00:08:08,453 Higgins, who is Elmo? 99 00:08:08,578 --> 00:08:10,497 Impossible though it may be 100 00:08:10,580 --> 00:08:13,750 for someone of your limited imagination to absorb, 101 00:08:13,959 --> 00:08:16,252 Elmo is my half brother. 102 00:08:17,462 --> 00:08:18,713 Now, 103 00:08:19,172 --> 00:08:22,342 for the next two weeks, I'll be taking my vacation, 104 00:08:23,426 --> 00:08:25,303 staying on the other side of the island 105 00:08:25,428 --> 00:08:27,722 at a lovely residential hotel. 106 00:08:28,431 --> 00:08:30,433 I've written down all the mundane details 107 00:08:30,517 --> 00:08:33,895 including some rather specific instructions regarding the lads' diet. 108 00:08:35,355 --> 00:08:36,439 Hold it. 109 00:08:36,815 --> 00:08:37,983 Hold it right there. 110 00:08:38,066 --> 00:08:42,320 No one is going anyplace until I get a thorough explanation. 111 00:08:43,029 --> 00:08:46,408 Coexistence in even remotely the same environs with Elmo 112 00:08:46,491 --> 00:08:50,286 is aesthetically corrupting and intellectually life-threatening. 113 00:08:50,912 --> 00:08:53,164 You, however, are a perfect match, 114 00:08:53,289 --> 00:08:55,208 which is why I recommended that he hire you 115 00:08:55,417 --> 00:08:57,669 when he came to me with his appalling story. 116 00:08:57,877 --> 00:08:59,921 Now, driver, out the gate. 117 00:09:01,297 --> 00:09:02,632 Higgins. 118 00:09:16,813 --> 00:09:18,148 Elmo! 119 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,245 And the best part is, 120 00:09:32,704 --> 00:09:34,539 when he comes out as Higgins 121 00:09:34,748 --> 00:09:36,166 in his house, 122 00:09:36,875 --> 00:09:38,877 I was sure I could see this little line of glue 123 00:09:39,002 --> 00:09:40,795 where he'd put on the big mustache. 124 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:42,589 What'd you say this guy's name was? 125 00:09:42,672 --> 00:09:44,507 There is no "this guy," Rick. 126 00:09:44,591 --> 00:09:46,551 - Don't you know... - Elmo. 127 00:09:46,718 --> 00:09:49,596 "Elmo Ziller-I-poke- from-Hondo, Texas." 128 00:09:51,347 --> 00:09:53,516 Hey, man, why would Higgins go through all the trouble 129 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,477 to dress up like a cowboy and then wear a fake... 130 00:09:55,560 --> 00:09:56,578 Guys, listen to me. 131 00:09:56,686 --> 00:09:58,271 It's some kind of practical joke. 132 00:09:58,396 --> 00:10:00,523 Some kind of trick to get even, you know, 133 00:10:00,607 --> 00:10:02,901 for some kind of imagined insult or something. 134 00:10:02,984 --> 00:10:05,695 Yeah. Well, it's a pretty expensive joke. Listen to this: 135 00:10:05,737 --> 00:10:07,072 "Opening Tuesday. 136 00:10:07,238 --> 00:10:08,615 "Starring for three days only. 137 00:10:08,698 --> 00:10:12,952 Bronco Elmo's Authentic Death-defying Texas Rodeo and..." 138 00:10:15,121 --> 00:10:17,999 "Authentic Texas Rodeo and Old West Roundup. 139 00:10:18,083 --> 00:10:20,335 $25,000 first prize." 140 00:10:20,543 --> 00:10:23,046 Maybe Elmo wants you to wrestle a bull. 141 00:10:23,129 --> 00:10:25,965 That would be death-defying enough for me to pay $25,000. 142 00:10:26,091 --> 00:10:28,843 Guys, I'm telling you. This is some kind of a... 143 00:10:28,927 --> 00:10:30,637 - Hey. - Hi. 144 00:10:30,970 --> 00:10:33,598 Excuse me, I'm looking for Thomas Magnum, the investigator. 145 00:10:33,681 --> 00:10:35,016 This is the place. 146 00:10:35,141 --> 00:10:37,227 See what I mean? He doesn't give up. 147 00:10:38,812 --> 00:10:39,979 - Hi. - Hi. 148 00:10:40,063 --> 00:10:41,147 - I'm Rick. - Hi, Rick. 149 00:10:41,231 --> 00:10:42,232 This is T.C. 150 00:10:42,315 --> 00:10:43,441 - Hello, T.C. - Howdy. 151 00:10:43,525 --> 00:10:47,112 And this guy with the grin on his face is the investigator Thomas Magnum. 152 00:10:47,195 --> 00:10:48,154 Hi. 153 00:10:48,254 --> 00:10:49,476 Can I get you something cold to drink? 154 00:10:49,572 --> 00:10:50,573 Oh, great. 155 00:10:50,657 --> 00:10:52,992 I had a roundup breakfast, but that was at 5:30 this morning. 156 00:10:55,245 --> 00:10:56,371 Oh, listen, 157 00:10:56,454 --> 00:10:58,373 you know, your accent is really very good. 158 00:10:58,456 --> 00:11:00,792 Are you in drama at the university? 159 00:11:01,459 --> 00:11:03,294 Come on, you can tell us. The joke's over. 160 00:11:04,504 --> 00:11:06,381 I guess the joke's on me. 161 00:11:06,631 --> 00:11:07,924 Oh, no, don't look at me. 162 00:11:08,007 --> 00:11:10,552 I'm still trying to get over "roundup breakfast." 163 00:11:10,677 --> 00:11:12,387 Don't pay any attention to him. 164 00:11:12,595 --> 00:11:15,431 Too much time watching helicopter blades going around, Miss... 165 00:11:15,682 --> 00:11:17,142 Lexi. Lexi Ziller. 166 00:11:18,852 --> 00:11:20,687 And even though I come from a town 167 00:11:20,770 --> 00:11:22,397 with two gas stations and one house, 168 00:11:22,522 --> 00:11:24,732 I don't want you to think I'm a hick. 169 00:11:24,941 --> 00:11:26,693 I've been to lots of cities with the rodeo, 170 00:11:26,818 --> 00:11:29,279 and I know I gotta pay cash money 171 00:11:29,362 --> 00:11:30,822 for a private investigator. 172 00:11:31,072 --> 00:11:33,867 Good grief. That's more money than this investigator's ever seen. 173 00:11:33,950 --> 00:11:35,034 T.C. 174 00:11:35,702 --> 00:11:38,037 Look, Lexi, or whatever your name is, 175 00:11:38,163 --> 00:11:41,040 why don't you cut this out now before anybody gets their feelings hurt. 176 00:11:41,124 --> 00:11:42,750 Why don't you just go to Higgins 177 00:11:42,834 --> 00:11:45,378 and tell him you did your part but it didn't work out. 178 00:11:45,545 --> 00:11:49,424 It's $750 from my barrel racing money from this spring. 179 00:11:49,632 --> 00:11:52,302 And look, if you're not gonna help me, you say so now 180 00:11:52,385 --> 00:11:54,929 so I can find somebody else, 'cause my daddy needs help real bad. 181 00:11:55,013 --> 00:11:57,640 Okay. Why don't you just tell us what the problem is? 182 00:11:58,266 --> 00:12:00,226 Marcella, my stepmother, 183 00:12:00,476 --> 00:12:02,729 the meanest woman to ever draw breath in Nevada. 184 00:12:05,023 --> 00:12:06,482 She tried to kill Elmo? 185 00:12:06,691 --> 00:12:07,859 How'd you know? 186 00:12:08,067 --> 00:12:09,861 Oh, come on, guys. Cut it out. 187 00:12:10,153 --> 00:12:12,989 Man, it don't hurt to listen to the story. Just be cool. 188 00:12:13,072 --> 00:12:15,700 Because if you're volunteering to help, I know it's a joke. 189 00:12:15,783 --> 00:12:17,869 An elaborate, vicious practical joke, 190 00:12:17,952 --> 00:12:19,704 and I'm not buying it, thank you very much. 191 00:12:20,455 --> 00:12:22,957 Well, Thomas. Hey, hey! 192 00:12:23,291 --> 00:12:25,084 Come on. Give this kid a break. 193 00:12:25,210 --> 00:12:27,670 I can spot a con a mile away just like this, 194 00:12:27,754 --> 00:12:29,339 and she's legit. 195 00:12:52,152 --> 00:12:53,655 I saw Mr. Magnum today. 196 00:12:53,738 --> 00:12:55,740 I think he's gonna take the case. 197 00:12:56,950 --> 00:13:00,245 It bothers me, though. He seems like such a decent man. 198 00:13:02,121 --> 00:13:04,916 But in a couple of days, if our plan works, 199 00:13:05,833 --> 00:13:07,877 this will be all be over, won't it? 200 00:13:11,422 --> 00:13:12,799 Yup. 201 00:13:25,436 --> 00:13:27,021 I know what you're thinking, 202 00:13:27,105 --> 00:13:28,773 but this time you're wrong. 203 00:13:28,898 --> 00:13:30,566 Higgins was up to something, 204 00:13:30,650 --> 00:13:33,236 but as long as I knew he was trying to trick me, 205 00:13:33,319 --> 00:13:35,238 I was okay, right? 206 00:13:35,321 --> 00:13:38,074 It's only when you don't know you're involved in a practical joke 207 00:13:38,157 --> 00:13:39,909 that you're in danger. 208 00:13:40,285 --> 00:13:43,162 Excuse me, I'm... I'm looking for Elmo Ziller. 209 00:13:43,246 --> 00:13:45,081 Bronco's just sitting down for breakfast. 210 00:13:45,164 --> 00:13:46,249 Thank you. 211 00:13:46,374 --> 00:13:48,960 Of course, if I'd remembered about the danger of illusion 212 00:13:49,252 --> 00:13:52,630 maybe I wouldn't have been quite so confident. 213 00:13:56,592 --> 00:13:58,428 Mornin', Elmo. 214 00:13:58,678 --> 00:14:00,054 Mind if I join you? 215 00:14:02,724 --> 00:14:04,559 You gonna talk smart? 216 00:14:05,768 --> 00:14:09,022 Your daughter tried to hire me yesterday to protect you. 217 00:14:09,147 --> 00:14:12,317 I just couldn't take the job without talking to you first. 218 00:14:17,864 --> 00:14:19,991 - Had your breakfast? - No. 219 00:14:21,701 --> 00:14:23,411 What are you eating? 220 00:14:25,038 --> 00:14:28,291 Chili and scrambled eggs on sourdough pancakes. 221 00:14:28,416 --> 00:14:30,668 Needs more hot sauce, though. 222 00:14:33,296 --> 00:14:35,048 What the hell are you trying to pull? 223 00:14:35,131 --> 00:14:36,424 I wanna pull your mustache. 224 00:14:36,507 --> 00:14:37,425 You wanna what? 225 00:14:37,508 --> 00:14:38,926 Daddy, what's going on here? 226 00:14:39,052 --> 00:14:40,887 This Hawaiian detective tried to pull my mustache. 227 00:14:41,087 --> 00:14:42,714 I just wanna see if it's real. 228 00:14:42,805 --> 00:14:44,640 - You look so much like... - Who? 229 00:14:49,020 --> 00:14:50,188 Jonathan? 230 00:14:56,778 --> 00:14:58,154 Well, 231 00:14:59,197 --> 00:15:03,034 I see you ain't gonna take me serious till you got some proof. 232 00:15:04,994 --> 00:15:06,829 Tell them to put Lightning in the chute. 233 00:15:06,913 --> 00:15:08,581 - Daddy, not Lightning. - You heard me. 234 00:15:08,706 --> 00:15:10,124 Higgins. 235 00:15:11,042 --> 00:15:12,293 Elmo, 236 00:15:12,377 --> 00:15:15,004 could you just tell me who's trying to kill you? 237 00:15:16,964 --> 00:15:18,424 You workin' for me? 238 00:15:18,508 --> 00:15:20,676 Yes. Yes. I'm on the case! 239 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:22,512 Now can you tell me? 240 00:15:24,305 --> 00:15:27,308 Your daughter mentioned something about your wife, Marcella. 241 00:15:30,186 --> 00:15:31,604 Come on. 242 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,693 Hey, Dan, stick my guns in the trailer, will you? 243 00:15:39,237 --> 00:15:40,655 Three or four months ago, 244 00:15:40,738 --> 00:15:44,075 a couple varmints bushwhacked me outside El Paso. 245 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:45,660 You mean they tried to kill you? 246 00:15:45,743 --> 00:15:47,537 Well, three shots through the windshield 247 00:15:47,620 --> 00:15:49,747 before the truck turned over, caught fire. 248 00:15:49,831 --> 00:15:50,957 What happened? 249 00:15:52,166 --> 00:15:54,252 You mean, after they left me for dead? 250 00:15:55,002 --> 00:15:57,255 Damn fools. All I had was a busted leg. 251 00:15:57,338 --> 00:15:58,840 You got picked up? 252 00:15:59,173 --> 00:16:02,093 I walked back to town, of course. 253 00:16:03,469 --> 00:16:06,722 You walked back to town on a... 254 00:16:07,473 --> 00:16:08,724 How far? 255 00:16:08,850 --> 00:16:11,727 Five miles by road, but I cut across the desert 256 00:16:11,811 --> 00:16:13,771 'cause I didn't want them to spot me, 257 00:16:13,896 --> 00:16:16,190 so come closer to ten. 258 00:16:17,483 --> 00:16:18,776 Higgins. 259 00:16:20,361 --> 00:16:22,613 Higgins, listen to me. 260 00:16:22,738 --> 00:16:24,574 However you're doing this, 261 00:16:24,782 --> 00:16:26,534 why ever you're playing this game with me, 262 00:16:26,701 --> 00:16:28,286 stop it right now. Don't ride this. 263 00:16:28,494 --> 00:16:30,204 Are you ready, boys? 264 00:16:30,496 --> 00:16:32,832 Look, I know your pride, but you can quit right now and... 265 00:16:33,082 --> 00:16:34,083 Let her rip. 266 00:17:03,279 --> 00:17:04,572 I'm sorry. 267 00:17:04,780 --> 00:17:06,324 It makes me really nervous. 268 00:17:06,407 --> 00:17:09,952 I mean, it's... it's crazy at his age doin' something like that. 269 00:17:17,293 --> 00:17:18,628 Oh. 270 00:17:23,883 --> 00:17:25,218 Marcella. 271 00:17:31,057 --> 00:17:34,018 Lexi, honey. How are you? Mmm. 272 00:17:34,101 --> 00:17:36,479 I have been looking for you for months. 273 00:17:36,562 --> 00:17:39,649 Well, two seconds earlier and you could have seen Daddy ride. 274 00:17:39,732 --> 00:17:41,400 He's still a champ. 275 00:17:43,611 --> 00:17:45,404 That's not Elmo. 276 00:17:47,490 --> 00:17:49,200 Lexi, why are you doing this to me? 277 00:17:49,325 --> 00:17:50,618 Doing what, Marcella? 278 00:17:50,701 --> 00:17:52,620 Tormenting me like this. 279 00:17:52,703 --> 00:17:55,331 Honey, everybody knows that your daddy is dead. 280 00:17:55,456 --> 00:17:57,416 Now, denying it is not gonna to help. 281 00:17:57,625 --> 00:17:59,752 Now I've spoken to a very good doctor about you. 282 00:17:59,877 --> 00:18:02,171 He says that if you'll just admit 283 00:18:02,255 --> 00:18:04,632 that that wonderful man is gone... 284 00:18:04,757 --> 00:18:06,133 That wonderful man 285 00:18:06,842 --> 00:18:08,177 is gone to the stables. 286 00:18:08,247 --> 00:18:09,790 Why don't you go see for yourself? 287 00:18:10,012 --> 00:18:12,014 He is dead. 288 00:18:12,223 --> 00:18:15,017 Nobody could have lived through that burning truck. 289 00:18:15,101 --> 00:18:16,352 God bless his soul. 290 00:18:16,561 --> 00:18:17,895 Elmo did. 291 00:18:18,020 --> 00:18:20,398 And there aren't gonna be any more accidents. 292 00:18:20,481 --> 00:18:23,484 This here's Thomas Magnum, the famous investigator. 293 00:18:23,859 --> 00:18:25,111 Howdy. 294 00:18:26,195 --> 00:18:28,447 He's protecting Daddy while we're here. 295 00:18:29,282 --> 00:18:31,325 As a matter of fact, Marcella, 296 00:18:31,409 --> 00:18:32,994 why don't you buy a ticket? 297 00:18:33,077 --> 00:18:34,912 You can see him any night you want. 298 00:18:36,122 --> 00:18:37,498 The show's not folding? 299 00:18:37,707 --> 00:18:39,166 No. We're a big success. 300 00:18:39,250 --> 00:18:40,710 The new equipment's payin' off. 301 00:18:40,835 --> 00:18:42,628 We even have a T.V. deal. 302 00:18:43,462 --> 00:18:45,673 Miss Lexi, your pa said he was going down 303 00:18:45,756 --> 00:18:47,592 to the newspaper office for an interview. 304 00:18:47,675 --> 00:18:49,677 He'll be back in time for the show. 305 00:18:51,012 --> 00:18:54,181 Well, I don't believe any of this. 306 00:18:55,266 --> 00:18:57,310 Well, why don't you go down to the newspaper office 307 00:18:57,435 --> 00:18:59,270 and find out for yourself? 308 00:18:59,478 --> 00:19:01,814 And I don't believe private investigators. 309 00:19:01,897 --> 00:19:03,691 Now, this is a trick. 310 00:19:03,858 --> 00:19:05,985 You're trying to cheat me like that damn Elmo did. 311 00:19:06,057 --> 00:19:07,224 But it's not gonna work. 312 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:08,779 You see, there are lawyers and there are courts, 313 00:19:08,988 --> 00:19:11,532 and I am gonna get what is coming to me. 314 00:19:11,616 --> 00:19:13,534 Oh, Marcella, you don't know how much I hope 315 00:19:13,607 --> 00:19:15,901 you get exactly what's coming to you. 316 00:19:17,246 --> 00:19:19,332 Elmo used to talk like that. 317 00:19:20,207 --> 00:19:21,959 Look what happened to him. 318 00:19:23,961 --> 00:19:25,713 She's married to Elmo? 319 00:19:27,381 --> 00:19:30,718 About ten years ago, the rodeo was in Reno. 320 00:19:30,843 --> 00:19:33,054 Daddy and some buddies picked up some chorus girls. 321 00:19:33,179 --> 00:19:35,765 Oh. So when he woke up in the morning, 322 00:19:35,890 --> 00:19:37,600 Marcella was Mrs. Elmo. 323 00:19:37,683 --> 00:19:39,518 We didn't hear from her for a long time. 324 00:19:39,644 --> 00:19:41,937 Then, about a year ago, the rodeo was in trouble 325 00:19:42,063 --> 00:19:44,023 and we thought we might have to sell out. 326 00:19:44,106 --> 00:19:46,275 She shows up yelling for half. 327 00:19:46,525 --> 00:19:48,402 You said something about new equipment? 328 00:19:48,527 --> 00:19:50,071 Daddy wouldn't sell the rodeo. 329 00:19:50,154 --> 00:19:53,032 So he borrowed some money to fix things up like old again. 330 00:19:53,157 --> 00:19:54,450 What about the T.V. deal? 331 00:19:54,533 --> 00:19:56,035 Well, that was my idea, 332 00:19:56,118 --> 00:19:58,287 you know how they have those special programs 333 00:19:58,412 --> 00:20:01,165 where those stars play tug of war and circus? 334 00:20:01,415 --> 00:20:03,250 That sounds like a nice piece of change. 335 00:20:03,376 --> 00:20:04,877 Enough to pay off the loans. 336 00:20:05,086 --> 00:20:07,046 So we've got to keep Elmo safe. 337 00:20:07,296 --> 00:20:08,881 Besides, he's my daddy. 338 00:20:12,718 --> 00:20:15,304 You going to the newspaper to tell him Marcella's here? 339 00:20:15,554 --> 00:20:18,057 No. I've got one other thing to check out first. 340 00:20:23,020 --> 00:20:24,647 I know what you're thinking. 341 00:20:24,772 --> 00:20:27,149 Just because I couldn't pull off the moustache, 342 00:20:27,225 --> 00:20:29,026 even though I'd seen a bronc ride 343 00:20:29,110 --> 00:20:30,778 that would've killed a normal man, 344 00:20:30,861 --> 00:20:33,114 somehow I knew it was Higgins 345 00:20:33,197 --> 00:20:35,074 hiding under that 10-gallon hat. 346 00:20:35,366 --> 00:20:37,785 And I knew one way for sure to prove it. 347 00:20:42,623 --> 00:20:43,666 Excuse me. 348 00:20:43,791 --> 00:20:45,376 Ma'am, excuse me. 349 00:20:45,501 --> 00:20:47,294 I'm terribly sorry. 350 00:20:47,378 --> 00:20:49,672 We are a private club. 351 00:20:49,755 --> 00:20:52,258 Oh. That's okay. I don't want to check in. 352 00:20:52,341 --> 00:20:54,844 Could you tell me if you have a Jonathan Higgins registered here? 353 00:20:54,927 --> 00:20:58,305 I'm not allowed to divulge that information. 354 00:20:58,431 --> 00:20:59,557 Of course. 355 00:20:59,724 --> 00:21:02,643 Maybe I could leave him a message, or else I could wait for him. 356 00:21:02,893 --> 00:21:05,604 That's not possible, I'm afraid. 357 00:21:07,064 --> 00:21:09,817 The bell captain will show you out. 358 00:21:10,067 --> 00:21:11,694 He isn't here, is he? 359 00:21:11,777 --> 00:21:14,655 He left you a big tip not to give out any information, 360 00:21:14,739 --> 00:21:16,615 but after he checked in, he left, didn't he? 361 00:21:16,741 --> 00:21:18,075 Certainly not. 362 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:19,869 That's fine. Oh, no, that's fine. 363 00:21:19,952 --> 00:21:22,788 I won't tell him how helpful you've really been. 364 00:21:47,229 --> 00:21:48,647 Higgins? 365 00:21:49,732 --> 00:21:51,108 Magnum. 366 00:21:51,859 --> 00:21:53,694 You gave me quite a start. 367 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,040 Nothing wrong at the estate, I trust. 368 00:21:56,155 --> 00:21:58,115 - Not one of the lads. - No. 369 00:21:58,365 --> 00:22:00,409 No, everything's just fine. 370 00:22:01,076 --> 00:22:03,871 Magnum, may I presume to say you look simply dreadful. 371 00:22:04,497 --> 00:22:08,000 Why don't you sit down before you attract attention by fainting? 372 00:22:11,545 --> 00:22:12,880 Uh, 373 00:22:14,006 --> 00:22:15,257 some food, perhaps? 374 00:22:15,341 --> 00:22:16,842 The eggs Benedict are simply... 375 00:22:16,926 --> 00:22:18,010 No. 376 00:22:18,260 --> 00:22:19,678 No, everything's just... 377 00:22:19,762 --> 00:22:20,971 Fine. Yes. 378 00:22:21,096 --> 00:22:23,140 I believe you've already relayed that information 379 00:22:23,224 --> 00:22:26,185 with all the vividness usually associated with a telegram. 380 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,564 I came here to tell you that I went to work for your brother. 381 00:22:30,940 --> 00:22:33,275 Half brother. 382 00:22:37,988 --> 00:22:41,951 I suppose I shall have to reveal the whole degrading, sordid story. 383 00:22:42,034 --> 00:22:43,536 Higgins, I do not want to... 384 00:22:43,619 --> 00:22:45,663 Please. Keep your voice down. 385 00:22:46,914 --> 00:22:49,583 I'm relying on your sacred word 386 00:22:49,667 --> 00:22:51,877 as a gentleman not to... 387 00:22:53,379 --> 00:22:57,633 That is, I'm going to ask you to keep this in the strictest confidence. 388 00:22:57,842 --> 00:23:00,469 Believe me, all I want 389 00:23:00,553 --> 00:23:02,471 is a few questions answered. First... 390 00:23:02,555 --> 00:23:04,849 It all began in the summer of 1919 391 00:23:04,932 --> 00:23:06,892 when my father was part of the military section 392 00:23:06,976 --> 00:23:08,602 attached to the British delegation 393 00:23:08,686 --> 00:23:10,646 to the Versailles Peace Conference. 394 00:23:10,896 --> 00:23:13,190 The old boy was stricken with influenza, 395 00:23:13,274 --> 00:23:14,692 and not to make excuses, 396 00:23:14,775 --> 00:23:17,695 but it was a ghastly business with tens of thousands dying. 397 00:23:17,778 --> 00:23:18,904 Higgins. 398 00:23:18,988 --> 00:23:21,824 There was this American Red Cross nurse. 399 00:23:21,949 --> 00:23:23,367 From Texas. 400 00:23:23,492 --> 00:23:26,287 Loud, coarse, vulgar. 401 00:23:26,370 --> 00:23:27,830 A tart, actually. 402 00:23:29,081 --> 00:23:30,708 Elmo's mother? 403 00:23:32,001 --> 00:23:33,752 And your father told you this? 404 00:23:33,878 --> 00:23:35,087 Well, of course not. 405 00:23:35,296 --> 00:23:38,215 But one can apply deductive reasoning. 406 00:23:38,507 --> 00:23:41,760 In his weakened, wretched state, my father was... 407 00:23:42,386 --> 00:23:43,804 grateful. 408 00:23:44,221 --> 00:23:47,474 And, she, realizing she had the flower of British manhood in her care, 409 00:23:47,558 --> 00:23:50,728 took advantage of him in a primitive, physical way. 410 00:23:50,811 --> 00:23:52,521 This is not an easy story to tell. 411 00:23:52,688 --> 00:23:54,189 You're handling it like a man. 412 00:23:54,273 --> 00:23:55,983 What did your mother do? 413 00:23:56,150 --> 00:23:58,193 After she had welcomed him home, 414 00:23:58,444 --> 00:23:59,862 into her arms, 415 00:23:59,987 --> 00:24:02,406 my father, being a gentleman, confessed all. 416 00:24:02,489 --> 00:24:04,033 My mother, being a great lady 417 00:24:04,105 --> 00:24:06,691 filled with Christian compassion, forgave him. 418 00:24:06,785 --> 00:24:09,705 And, of course, never allowed the beast to touch her again. 419 00:24:10,148 --> 00:24:13,423 Elmo and I were born almost at the same time. 420 00:24:13,542 --> 00:24:14,668 I'm sorry, madam. 421 00:24:14,877 --> 00:24:16,503 This club is for members only. 422 00:24:16,587 --> 00:24:18,505 Don't worry 'bout it. I'm just gonna be a few minutes. 423 00:24:18,589 --> 00:24:21,050 The symbolism is almost too perfect, don't you think? 424 00:24:21,133 --> 00:24:24,345 The child of the weakness of the flesh in contrast with the child of perfect. 425 00:24:24,470 --> 00:24:27,556 Have you ever met Elmo's current wife? 426 00:24:28,140 --> 00:24:29,975 Really, Magnum, what do you take me for? 427 00:24:30,100 --> 00:24:31,852 We're about to find out. 428 00:24:31,936 --> 00:24:34,688 Well, that's got to be him, 429 00:24:35,648 --> 00:24:38,150 with that slimy detective. 430 00:24:38,768 --> 00:24:40,269 I beg your pardon? 431 00:24:40,402 --> 00:24:41,528 Right here. Right here. 432 00:24:41,612 --> 00:24:42,905 Elmo Ziller? 433 00:24:43,072 --> 00:24:44,740 I most certainly am not. 434 00:24:44,823 --> 00:24:46,533 Oh, well, that is exactly 435 00:24:46,659 --> 00:24:48,619 who he has been saying that he is! 436 00:24:48,702 --> 00:24:49,954 Except that he is a fraud, 437 00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:52,164 trying to cheat an innocent widow 438 00:24:52,247 --> 00:24:54,917 by impersonating her dead husband. 439 00:24:55,209 --> 00:24:57,544 Officer, do your duty. 440 00:24:57,962 --> 00:25:00,339 This is a subpoena for you to appear in court. 441 00:25:00,714 --> 00:25:03,050 Failure to appear will result in your arrest. 442 00:25:03,133 --> 00:25:04,259 Do you understand, sir? 443 00:25:04,802 --> 00:25:08,597 I assure you I am quite conversant with the English language. 444 00:25:08,722 --> 00:25:10,808 I demand to know the meaning of this. 445 00:25:11,016 --> 00:25:14,144 The meaning of this is, buster, 446 00:25:14,478 --> 00:25:16,939 I am going to prove you a fake. 447 00:25:18,899 --> 00:25:21,276 There are fingerprints, you know. 448 00:25:21,443 --> 00:25:24,488 And when I prove that Elmo is definitely dead, 449 00:25:24,697 --> 00:25:27,449 I am going to get what is rightfully mine. 450 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:30,661 See you in court, Elmo. 451 00:25:54,601 --> 00:25:58,313 Ever notice how life enjoys pulling the rug out? 452 00:25:58,522 --> 00:26:01,316 Just when I'd decided Higgins wasn't Elmo, 453 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:02,818 Elmo's wife shows up 454 00:26:02,901 --> 00:26:05,779 and illusion and reality start getting scrambled. 455 00:26:05,988 --> 00:26:08,782 All I knew for sure was Marcella looked tough enough 456 00:26:08,866 --> 00:26:10,826 to pull the trigger on anybody. 457 00:26:10,868 --> 00:26:14,705 Elmo, alive or dead, had my sympathies. 458 00:26:14,913 --> 00:26:16,290 Magnum! 459 00:26:18,625 --> 00:26:20,836 Higgins, you're back. 460 00:26:21,837 --> 00:26:25,466 Your keen perception never fails to astonish me. 461 00:26:26,050 --> 00:26:28,552 Nor your proclivity for petty theft. 462 00:26:28,761 --> 00:26:30,179 Nor your wanton disregard 463 00:26:30,262 --> 00:26:32,306 for the dietary requirements of the lads. 464 00:26:32,473 --> 00:26:34,433 - Why are you back? - Because I knew. 465 00:26:34,641 --> 00:26:38,103 I just instinctively knew that you would take advantage of my absence 466 00:26:38,187 --> 00:26:42,024 to cavalierly destroy the entire moral and social fiber of this estate. 467 00:26:42,191 --> 00:26:43,650 Higgins. 468 00:26:45,194 --> 00:26:47,488 Actually, after that sordid scene at the hotel, 469 00:26:47,571 --> 00:26:49,114 I thought it best to return. 470 00:26:49,573 --> 00:26:51,658 So they threw you out, huh? 471 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:03,337 Magnum, 472 00:27:03,796 --> 00:27:05,506 it is my considered conclusion 473 00:27:05,589 --> 00:27:08,634 that the only way I can remove this blot from my name 474 00:27:10,344 --> 00:27:14,139 is by showing myself at the rodeo grounds while Elmo's there. 475 00:27:14,223 --> 00:27:16,934 As Elmo's hired detective, 476 00:27:17,476 --> 00:27:20,270 I thought, perhaps you'd like to lend some assistance to this endeavor. 477 00:27:20,343 --> 00:27:21,469 Me? How? 478 00:27:21,605 --> 00:27:23,273 By finding that disgusting woman 479 00:27:23,333 --> 00:27:25,418 under whatever rock she happens to have slithered under 480 00:27:25,484 --> 00:27:26,819 and bring her to the arena 481 00:27:26,902 --> 00:27:29,738 so the truth will finally become evident to her overly made-up eyes. 482 00:27:29,822 --> 00:27:30,989 Gee, Higgins. 483 00:27:33,242 --> 00:27:35,494 Doesn't that seem like a lot of trouble to go through? 484 00:27:35,575 --> 00:27:37,368 Why don't you just show up in court next week? 485 00:27:37,454 --> 00:27:39,748 Because I want to prove it today! 486 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:46,880 There are still those of us for whom a good name is held dear. 487 00:27:47,172 --> 00:27:49,883 Gee, I don't know, Higgins. I gotta protect Elmo. 488 00:27:50,008 --> 00:27:51,176 I'll protect him. 489 00:27:51,260 --> 00:27:52,511 - You are Elmo. - Magnum. 490 00:27:53,178 --> 00:27:55,681 Okay. Okay. 491 00:27:55,848 --> 00:27:57,432 I was just fishing. 492 00:27:57,516 --> 00:27:59,101 There's just one thing, though, Higgins. 493 00:27:59,309 --> 00:28:01,228 If somebody is trying to kill Elmo, well, 494 00:28:01,687 --> 00:28:04,648 you know, the two of you do look a little bit alike. 495 00:28:04,898 --> 00:28:08,610 A lamentable fact of which I am lately constantly being reminded. 496 00:28:08,861 --> 00:28:10,028 Magnum, what's your point? 497 00:28:10,112 --> 00:28:13,407 What I'm trying to say is, they might kill you by mistake. 498 00:28:13,740 --> 00:28:17,202 Your solicitude is very touching, but unnecessary. 499 00:28:18,203 --> 00:28:20,998 Just bring me the head of Marcella Ziller. 500 00:28:26,503 --> 00:28:28,297 You told me he was dead. 501 00:28:28,505 --> 00:28:31,008 You promised me he was dead! 502 00:28:31,341 --> 00:28:32,718 He is, ma'am. 503 00:28:32,759 --> 00:28:34,511 Ain't nobody could've lived through that fire. 504 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:35,888 Nobody. 505 00:28:36,013 --> 00:28:37,431 Oh, really? Really? 506 00:28:37,514 --> 00:28:41,268 And I suppose that that guy riding around that ring is all imaginary, huh? 507 00:28:46,231 --> 00:28:47,441 Okay. 508 00:28:47,524 --> 00:28:48,859 Okay. 509 00:28:50,068 --> 00:28:53,155 Maybe it is that brother that I found at that hotel. 510 00:28:53,405 --> 00:28:56,116 I mean, he does look a lot like Elmo, you know. 511 00:28:56,241 --> 00:28:57,826 Only wimpy. 512 00:28:58,452 --> 00:29:02,164 Miss Ziller, just tell us what you want. 513 00:29:03,373 --> 00:29:06,251 I want what is mine. 514 00:29:07,002 --> 00:29:10,631 And you two boys are supposed to help me get that. 515 00:29:11,131 --> 00:29:12,633 We did. 516 00:29:13,383 --> 00:29:15,886 Leastways, I think we did. 517 00:29:16,511 --> 00:29:20,265 Miss Ziller, how many times do we have to kill a guy? 518 00:29:20,515 --> 00:29:22,809 Till you get it right! 519 00:29:45,999 --> 00:29:47,334 I say, 520 00:29:47,626 --> 00:29:49,628 are you both joining the band? 521 00:29:50,504 --> 00:29:52,297 Higgins, we're undercover. 522 00:29:52,506 --> 00:29:53,507 Not me. 523 00:29:53,632 --> 00:29:56,718 I just always wanted to see what it was like to be a cowboy. 524 00:29:57,135 --> 00:29:59,263 Magnum put you up to this, admit it. 525 00:29:59,388 --> 00:30:02,391 Well, he did kind of want us to keep an eye out for your brother. 526 00:30:02,641 --> 00:30:03,934 Half brother. 527 00:30:04,017 --> 00:30:06,270 While he went looking for that Marcella lady. 528 00:30:06,395 --> 00:30:09,064 I assure you, she's no lady. 529 00:30:09,314 --> 00:30:10,774 Have, uh, 530 00:30:10,941 --> 00:30:13,777 have either of you seen Bronco Elmo? 531 00:30:14,361 --> 00:30:17,281 He's right over there, Higgins. He just rode in. 532 00:30:23,745 --> 00:30:24,955 If you'll excuse me. 533 00:30:25,038 --> 00:30:27,833 Um, we're gonna go with you. 534 00:30:28,041 --> 00:30:30,544 Um, private moment, I think. 535 00:30:30,669 --> 00:30:32,587 Until the other afternoon at Robin's Nest, 536 00:30:32,671 --> 00:30:35,299 I'd only met my half brother once before. 537 00:30:35,424 --> 00:30:37,301 Briefly, during the war. 538 00:30:37,467 --> 00:30:39,428 The conversation was short 539 00:30:39,511 --> 00:30:41,930 and rather one-sided, as I recall. 540 00:30:42,055 --> 00:30:43,849 It occurred at 1500 hours 541 00:30:43,932 --> 00:30:46,893 on the afternoon of June 6, 1944, 542 00:30:46,977 --> 00:30:48,812 on Gold Beach in Normandy. 543 00:30:49,062 --> 00:30:51,189 D-day? You ran into your brother on D-day? 544 00:30:51,648 --> 00:30:54,192 I spotted him standing like an idiot 545 00:30:54,276 --> 00:30:56,320 amidst the firing and I shouted: 546 00:30:56,403 --> 00:30:59,072 "Get your ruddy posterior down before it's shot off." 547 00:31:01,366 --> 00:31:02,993 It was rather charitable, I've always thought, 548 00:31:03,076 --> 00:31:05,078 given his unseemly background. 549 00:31:12,294 --> 00:31:15,005 What kind of jobs do you think Lexi will give us? 550 00:31:15,172 --> 00:31:16,673 I don't know. 551 00:31:16,882 --> 00:31:19,843 But she said it was something we could both do real easy. 552 00:31:23,221 --> 00:31:26,516 Clowns! You gotta be kidding! Clowns? Me a clown? 553 00:31:26,933 --> 00:31:29,811 Hey, I think you guys look real cute. 554 00:31:29,895 --> 00:31:31,938 Oh, yeah, real cute. 555 00:31:32,064 --> 00:31:33,607 I'm gonna kill him this time. 556 00:31:33,690 --> 00:31:35,233 And nobody's gonna stop me. 557 00:31:35,317 --> 00:31:37,569 Hey, I'll have you know this is very important work. 558 00:31:37,778 --> 00:31:39,738 Rodeo clowns save lives every day. 559 00:31:40,072 --> 00:31:41,281 They do? 560 00:31:41,365 --> 00:31:42,449 Sure. 561 00:31:42,657 --> 00:31:45,660 Now Val and Billy are gonna be working closest to the bulls, 562 00:31:45,827 --> 00:31:47,829 but if one of them should try to charge you... 563 00:31:47,996 --> 00:31:49,373 Charge us? 564 00:31:49,581 --> 00:31:51,208 Yeah. Well, just keep sideways of them, 565 00:31:51,291 --> 00:31:52,834 otherwise they get their horns underneath you. 566 00:31:52,918 --> 00:31:54,211 And they toss and trample you. 567 00:31:54,378 --> 00:31:56,588 Toss and trample us? 568 00:31:56,797 --> 00:31:59,549 Don't worry, you're gonna do just fine. 569 00:31:59,674 --> 00:32:02,594 Let me finish up your makeup before I send you out to Elmo. 570 00:32:07,808 --> 00:32:09,643 There weren't very many Zillers 571 00:32:09,726 --> 00:32:11,978 registered at any of the major hotels. 572 00:32:12,062 --> 00:32:14,314 Not any named Marcella, anyway. 573 00:32:14,523 --> 00:32:16,400 I was headed downtown to the courthouse 574 00:32:16,483 --> 00:32:18,485 to check on her Hawaii residence, 575 00:32:18,568 --> 00:32:21,696 but at the same time, my little voice was also telling me 576 00:32:21,780 --> 00:32:24,282 I was headed on a wild goose chase. 577 00:32:46,888 --> 00:32:49,015 Lookout Elmo! The bull's loose! 578 00:32:54,479 --> 00:32:55,647 Come on! 579 00:33:00,694 --> 00:33:02,154 Come here, bull! Come here! 580 00:33:07,701 --> 00:33:09,494 Save yourself, pardner. 581 00:33:09,578 --> 00:33:11,204 Hang in there, Elmo. 582 00:33:12,664 --> 00:33:14,499 Over here! Help! 583 00:33:16,418 --> 00:33:17,711 Over here! 584 00:33:27,095 --> 00:33:29,473 Welcome to Bronco Elmo's Authentic Rodeo 585 00:33:29,556 --> 00:33:30,765 and Wild West Show. 586 00:33:30,849 --> 00:33:32,225 Elmo won't be with us tonight, 587 00:33:32,392 --> 00:33:36,354 but carrying the spirit is his daughter, Miss Lexi Ziller. 588 00:33:36,897 --> 00:33:40,275 Let's hear a big Hawaiian welcome for Barbara Grey, 589 00:33:40,358 --> 00:33:43,069 world-famous trick rider out of Denton, Texas. 590 00:33:43,153 --> 00:33:46,531 Three years state champ, riding Big Reuben. 591 00:33:47,032 --> 00:33:48,867 Nice riding, Babs. 592 00:33:54,164 --> 00:33:55,540 He's a tough one. 593 00:33:55,624 --> 00:33:57,626 He should be, uh, he should be fine in a day or so. 594 00:33:57,709 --> 00:34:02,255 I been stomped worse than this and I ain't boot-heeled up yet. 595 00:34:02,714 --> 00:34:03,965 Thank you, Doctor. 596 00:34:05,300 --> 00:34:06,927 And now ladies and gentlemen... 597 00:34:07,010 --> 00:34:08,094 See you later, doctor. 598 00:34:08,178 --> 00:34:09,971 Help me welcome this year's rodeo queen... 599 00:34:10,180 --> 00:34:12,641 And thank you, both of you. I'm beholden to you. 600 00:34:12,849 --> 00:34:14,434 Oh, it's okay, ma'am. 601 00:34:14,643 --> 00:34:16,686 No. You two are truly heroes. 602 00:34:16,895 --> 00:34:18,563 Oh, shucks. 603 00:34:19,564 --> 00:34:23,151 Could I impose on you gentlemen just one more favor? 604 00:34:24,152 --> 00:34:25,403 Could I, I mean... 605 00:34:25,654 --> 00:34:28,823 Could I ask you to stay here tonight, to protect Elmo? 606 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,000 That's Waylon Weaver. 607 00:34:39,125 --> 00:34:42,879 Trying to stay on two horns of pure TNT. 608 00:34:43,088 --> 00:34:45,882 He's gotta beat 6.8 seconds. 609 00:34:46,550 --> 00:34:48,176 What a ride! 610 00:34:58,603 --> 00:35:02,440 There's Matthew Snyder bulldogging his third calf of the night. 611 00:35:02,524 --> 00:35:05,860 He's gonna have to go real fast, folks, to catch up with the champ. 612 00:35:05,944 --> 00:35:07,487 He just might make it. 613 00:35:08,954 --> 00:35:12,617 Here's last year's cowpoke again, Buck McKinshaw. 614 00:35:12,784 --> 00:35:15,328 Yes, sir, this man's hands are faster than your eye. 615 00:35:18,373 --> 00:35:19,916 What are you doing? 616 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:21,918 What are you doing sneaking up on me? 617 00:35:24,129 --> 00:35:25,630 Where is Higgins? 618 00:35:25,797 --> 00:35:27,841 I don't know. I think he went back to the estate. 619 00:35:27,924 --> 00:35:31,344 Said he got tired of waiting on you and this Marcella lady. 620 00:35:32,429 --> 00:35:34,931 What've you been doing, man? You missed all the excitement. 621 00:35:35,015 --> 00:35:36,558 What excitement? 622 00:35:46,568 --> 00:35:48,445 I can't see anything. 623 00:35:48,653 --> 00:35:50,363 Get out of the way. 624 00:35:51,781 --> 00:35:53,491 Here's Danny. 625 00:35:53,575 --> 00:35:56,036 Oops, he's having a little trouble with that calf. 626 00:35:56,161 --> 00:35:59,372 Doesn't wanna go down. Show them who's boss, Danny! 627 00:35:59,497 --> 00:36:02,834 There you go. Eight seconds flat. 628 00:36:02,917 --> 00:36:06,880 Not bad for a bad start. Now let's hear it for Danny. 629 00:36:23,021 --> 00:36:25,815 Look at old Billy Simpson riding that bronco. 630 00:36:25,899 --> 00:36:27,275 Stay on there, Billy. 631 00:36:27,359 --> 00:36:31,300 Another couple of seconds and you could have yourself a new record. 632 00:36:49,714 --> 00:36:51,508 There's Slimy Doggett 633 00:36:51,591 --> 00:36:54,511 trying to stay on Lightning, Elmo Ziller's pride and joy. 634 00:36:54,594 --> 00:36:56,346 Ride on, Slimy! 635 00:36:58,014 --> 00:36:59,432 What about Lexi? 636 00:36:59,683 --> 00:37:01,726 - What about her? - Where is she? 637 00:37:01,893 --> 00:37:03,853 I guess she's in her trailer. 638 00:37:04,020 --> 00:37:06,856 Man, what have you been doing all this time? 639 00:37:07,399 --> 00:37:08,942 Do you smell something? 640 00:37:09,150 --> 00:37:10,902 Well, of course I smell something. 641 00:37:10,985 --> 00:37:12,487 We're at a rodeo. 642 00:37:12,612 --> 00:37:14,698 Sittin' in this dumb horse stall. 643 00:37:14,823 --> 00:37:16,324 It's propane. 644 00:37:16,741 --> 00:37:18,118 The trailer. 645 00:37:19,452 --> 00:37:21,246 I'll turn off the tanks. 646 00:37:26,835 --> 00:37:28,878 Elmo! Elmo, wake up. 647 00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:32,465 Elmo, wake up. 648 00:37:32,674 --> 00:37:34,759 Sergeant Major Higgins! Snap to! 649 00:37:35,343 --> 00:37:38,096 What the bloody blazes is going on? 650 00:37:38,722 --> 00:37:40,306 Come on. 651 00:37:46,521 --> 00:37:48,565 I knew it! You are Higgins. 652 00:37:50,316 --> 00:37:52,360 I'm Elmo Ziller 653 00:37:52,569 --> 00:37:56,281 and I poke from Hondo, Texas. 654 00:38:02,537 --> 00:38:03,913 Why didn't you tell me? 655 00:38:04,038 --> 00:38:05,999 Why didn't you just tell me the truth? 656 00:38:06,166 --> 00:38:07,709 I didn't think you'd approve of what I'm doing. 657 00:38:07,792 --> 00:38:10,044 You're right! What are you doing? 658 00:38:10,128 --> 00:38:12,213 Look here, Magnum, I'm the one who should be angry. 659 00:38:12,289 --> 00:38:13,840 But as you can see, I'm perfectly calm. 660 00:38:13,923 --> 00:38:16,259 You? Why should you be angry? 661 00:38:16,342 --> 00:38:18,386 Because you failed, damn it. 662 00:38:18,470 --> 00:38:19,929 You had the fiends within your grasp 663 00:38:20,013 --> 00:38:21,973 and allowed them to slip away. 664 00:38:22,182 --> 00:38:24,559 A wretched display of tactics and command. 665 00:38:24,726 --> 00:38:26,603 Not to mention an abysmal failure 666 00:38:26,686 --> 00:38:29,189 to perform even rudimentary detective procedures, 667 00:38:29,314 --> 00:38:31,649 like finding one loud coarse woman. 668 00:38:31,816 --> 00:38:34,778 That's funny, and all the time I thought I was saving your life. 669 00:38:34,861 --> 00:38:35,737 Stop it! 670 00:38:37,822 --> 00:38:40,158 Please, Uncle Jonathan, Thomas. 671 00:38:41,075 --> 00:38:42,368 I'm sorry, child. 672 00:38:42,441 --> 00:38:44,360 We do seem to be losing sight of the point. 673 00:38:44,448 --> 00:38:45,783 Now that you... 674 00:38:46,331 --> 00:38:47,791 Now that you've brought it up, 675 00:38:47,874 --> 00:38:50,376 what exactly is the point, or is that a secret, too? 676 00:38:53,546 --> 00:38:55,131 Elmo's dead, isn't he? 677 00:38:56,174 --> 00:38:57,258 Yes. 678 00:38:57,467 --> 00:38:58,760 No! 679 00:38:59,135 --> 00:39:01,805 Texas state troopers found his pickup burned and gutted 680 00:39:01,888 --> 00:39:03,598 just outside Hondo. 681 00:39:03,765 --> 00:39:05,266 But there was no body. 682 00:39:05,350 --> 00:39:09,187 It seems Elmo dragged himself into the desert with a broken leg. 683 00:39:09,312 --> 00:39:10,939 Extraordinary. 684 00:39:11,147 --> 00:39:13,775 Of course I suppose Father's blood would win out 685 00:39:13,858 --> 00:39:15,235 in a situation like that. 686 00:39:15,318 --> 00:39:17,195 So he disappeared in the desert? 687 00:39:17,362 --> 00:39:19,948 They tracked him as far as the Mexican border. 688 00:39:20,448 --> 00:39:22,617 Then it was up to the Federales. 689 00:39:23,326 --> 00:39:25,036 They didn't find him, 690 00:39:25,286 --> 00:39:27,580 but they really didn't look, either. 691 00:39:28,373 --> 00:39:30,458 He's alive. I know it. 692 00:39:31,668 --> 00:39:35,296 Holed up somewhere south of the border till he can heal. 693 00:39:35,713 --> 00:39:37,757 I suppose he could be alive. 694 00:39:38,174 --> 00:39:40,009 He's got enough meanness in him. 695 00:39:40,552 --> 00:39:42,345 It's called grit in Texas. 696 00:39:43,096 --> 00:39:44,305 He's alive. 697 00:39:44,514 --> 00:39:46,182 So until he shows up... 698 00:39:46,307 --> 00:39:49,811 I gotta keep Marcella's grubby little hands off the rodeo. 699 00:39:50,061 --> 00:39:52,146 I figure the best way to do that is to 700 00:39:52,230 --> 00:39:53,940 prove she tried to kill him. 701 00:39:54,148 --> 00:39:55,567 The rodeo means that much to you? 702 00:39:55,775 --> 00:39:57,485 It does to Daddy. 703 00:39:58,903 --> 00:40:00,363 He means everything to me. 704 00:40:01,948 --> 00:40:03,366 Well, 705 00:40:03,491 --> 00:40:05,535 there's only one way to force Marcella's hand. 706 00:40:08,454 --> 00:40:10,999 So we just try again, that's all. 707 00:40:11,124 --> 00:40:12,917 Oh, goody. 708 00:40:13,042 --> 00:40:16,212 I can't wait to see how you're gonna screw it up this time. 709 00:40:16,421 --> 00:40:19,674 Well, ma'am, you gave us round-trip tickets and that's all. 710 00:40:19,757 --> 00:40:22,051 We could just go on home and take the loss. 711 00:40:24,304 --> 00:40:27,891 I have given you $10,000. 712 00:40:28,057 --> 00:40:29,601 On paper. 713 00:40:29,809 --> 00:40:31,352 When I sell the show. 714 00:40:32,979 --> 00:40:36,316 Well, it seems to me you don't got the show yet. 715 00:40:36,858 --> 00:40:39,152 Thanks to you bozos. 716 00:40:40,945 --> 00:40:42,864 $20,000. 717 00:40:45,033 --> 00:40:46,117 What? 718 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,537 We want $20,000, or we go home. 719 00:40:49,704 --> 00:40:51,664 I don't even like this place. 720 00:40:52,332 --> 00:40:54,208 You heard the man. 721 00:40:57,295 --> 00:40:59,964 Just get it right this time, okay? 722 00:41:06,346 --> 00:41:07,722 Hey, 723 00:41:08,181 --> 00:41:10,975 there might just be hope for you yet, son. 724 00:41:15,396 --> 00:41:17,398 Just tell me one thing, will you? 725 00:41:17,523 --> 00:41:19,901 How did you get on that bucking horse? 726 00:41:21,819 --> 00:41:23,529 Oh, dear fellow. 727 00:41:23,738 --> 00:41:27,951 Those polo games in India were bloody hell compared to this. 728 00:41:46,886 --> 00:41:50,348 Hey, Bud, when and how we gonna pull this thing off? 729 00:41:50,431 --> 00:41:52,350 - We ain't. - Huh? 730 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:54,143 Not now, anyways. 731 00:41:54,268 --> 00:41:56,437 Not here. Too many people. 732 00:41:56,562 --> 00:41:58,356 When are we gonna do it? 733 00:41:59,023 --> 00:42:01,192 We're gonna grab him before the show. 734 00:42:01,317 --> 00:42:03,319 This time, I got a plan. 735 00:42:03,403 --> 00:42:05,196 Oh, this I gotta hear. 736 00:42:05,279 --> 00:42:06,656 Oh, yeah? 737 00:42:07,073 --> 00:42:09,784 You know that little cowgirl you been sparking? 738 00:42:11,369 --> 00:42:12,996 What about her? 739 00:42:20,294 --> 00:42:21,879 Higg... I mean, Bronco. 740 00:42:21,963 --> 00:42:23,297 Come on. You're gonna be late for the show. 741 00:42:23,506 --> 00:42:26,342 Dear fellow, your protective instinct is touching, 742 00:42:26,426 --> 00:42:28,261 but this strategy won't work. 743 00:42:28,428 --> 00:42:30,805 What's the matter? All I'm supposed to do is walk you to the arena. 744 00:42:31,014 --> 00:42:32,140 Thomas and T.C... 745 00:42:32,265 --> 00:42:34,225 My point is that those blackguards won't try to kill me 746 00:42:34,308 --> 00:42:35,935 with you hovering about. 747 00:42:36,019 --> 00:42:37,895 You must be invisible. 748 00:42:38,062 --> 00:42:40,648 In other words, keep your distance, Rick. 749 00:42:41,107 --> 00:42:42,275 Okay. 750 00:42:43,776 --> 00:42:44,861 Done. 751 00:42:48,406 --> 00:42:50,283 Now, buckaroo, 752 00:42:50,992 --> 00:42:53,161 let Bronco ride! 753 00:43:07,967 --> 00:43:09,343 Hey. 754 00:43:09,844 --> 00:43:11,596 You're new here, ain't you? 755 00:43:12,263 --> 00:43:13,431 Yep. 756 00:43:13,723 --> 00:43:16,100 I just love a man in a uniform. 757 00:43:16,309 --> 00:43:18,394 No kidding. How'd you know I was in the service? 758 00:43:19,395 --> 00:43:21,981 No. I mean this uniform. 759 00:43:48,549 --> 00:43:49,717 Where's Higgins? 760 00:43:49,842 --> 00:43:51,677 I thought he was with you. I... 761 00:43:52,470 --> 00:43:54,013 They must've grabbed him in the stalls. 762 00:43:54,138 --> 00:43:55,223 Check the chutes. 763 00:43:56,099 --> 00:43:58,726 T.C., watch the ring. 764 00:44:06,317 --> 00:44:07,693 Give me a hand. 765 00:44:32,343 --> 00:44:34,303 He's following us on a horse. 766 00:44:34,512 --> 00:44:35,471 Darn it. 767 00:44:50,069 --> 00:44:51,779 This is all quite ridiculous, you know. 768 00:44:51,863 --> 00:44:53,698 I am obviously not Bronco Elmo. 769 00:44:53,781 --> 00:44:55,324 Aw, shut up! 770 00:44:55,575 --> 00:44:56,909 The police know everything. 771 00:44:56,993 --> 00:44:58,411 Even now, they're in hot pursuit. 772 00:44:58,578 --> 00:45:01,330 Immediate surrender is your only rational alternative. 773 00:45:24,604 --> 00:45:26,355 What is that thing? 774 00:45:28,191 --> 00:45:30,693 Get that darn thing out of the way! 775 00:45:31,152 --> 00:45:33,321 We're going over the curb. Hold on! 776 00:45:44,498 --> 00:45:47,293 Hey, what are you... What are you doing? 777 00:45:56,219 --> 00:45:57,303 Hold it right there! 778 00:46:10,900 --> 00:46:12,443 Really, Magnum, 779 00:46:13,319 --> 00:46:14,946 when will you learn? 780 00:46:15,238 --> 00:46:18,824 It's, "Reach for the sky, hombre." 781 00:46:23,037 --> 00:46:25,539 It was just like the Saturday double features 782 00:46:25,623 --> 00:46:27,625 I used to spend my allowance on. 783 00:46:27,750 --> 00:46:29,418 The bad guys confessed. 784 00:46:29,502 --> 00:46:31,796 The evil stepmother went to jail with them 785 00:46:31,879 --> 00:46:35,007 and the ranch, or the rodeo, was saved. 786 00:46:35,299 --> 00:46:37,385 The only thing left was goodbye. 787 00:46:37,885 --> 00:46:39,428 Only this time, 788 00:46:39,553 --> 00:46:42,139 it was the girl riding into the sunset. 789 00:46:43,140 --> 00:46:45,268 - Where's the rodeo off to now? - Texas. 790 00:46:45,434 --> 00:46:46,978 Season's over till spring. 791 00:46:47,061 --> 00:46:48,354 And you? 792 00:46:48,521 --> 00:46:49,772 Mexico. 793 00:46:49,855 --> 00:46:52,024 Daddy's down there somewhere and I'm gonna find him. 794 00:46:52,149 --> 00:46:53,901 That's the old Higgins spirit. 795 00:46:53,985 --> 00:46:56,195 Oh, Uncle Jonathan, I love you dearly 796 00:46:56,362 --> 00:46:58,489 and I'll always be grateful for what you did for Daddy and me. 797 00:47:07,665 --> 00:47:09,709 Thanks doesn't really say it, does it? 798 00:47:09,834 --> 00:47:11,460 It says a whole lot. 799 00:47:11,669 --> 00:47:13,129 And this, too. 800 00:47:17,842 --> 00:47:20,553 I don't suppose you ever get to Texas, do you? 801 00:47:21,429 --> 00:47:24,056 But the rodeo always comes back to town, doesn't it? 802 00:47:24,181 --> 00:47:27,018 Next season, cowboy. That's a promise. 803 00:47:27,601 --> 00:47:30,354 And look after Uncle Jonathan. 804 00:47:30,813 --> 00:47:32,648 He really put his life in your hands, 805 00:47:32,732 --> 00:47:34,358 counting on you to trap the killer. 806 00:47:34,442 --> 00:47:35,818 You bet. 807 00:47:38,446 --> 00:47:39,780 Take care. 808 00:47:49,206 --> 00:47:51,334 A brave and resourceful girl. 809 00:47:51,542 --> 00:47:53,085 I shall miss her. 810 00:47:53,919 --> 00:47:55,546 You know, Higgins, 811 00:47:55,838 --> 00:47:57,715 I want to thank you, too. 812 00:47:57,923 --> 00:47:59,050 Whatever for? 813 00:47:59,258 --> 00:48:01,385 For trusting me with your life that way. 814 00:48:01,510 --> 00:48:04,305 Putting your faith in my skill and ability as a private investigator. 815 00:48:04,430 --> 00:48:05,681 It's very important to me, 816 00:48:05,765 --> 00:48:07,767 knowing you think I'm really a professional. 817 00:48:08,059 --> 00:48:09,435 Professional? 818 00:48:10,895 --> 00:48:12,188 Really, Magnum? 819 00:48:12,313 --> 00:48:16,400 I did it because you have more dumb luck than anyone I know.