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🐅🌨️🏞️ In The Big Cat (1949), the rugged mountains of Utah become the battleground between man and beast. Set during a harsh drought, this thrilling adventure pits a young man and his community against a deadly mountain lion terrorizing their land.   📽️ Plot Summary:  Young Danny Turner moves to rural Utah amid a fierce drought. When a massive cougar begins attacking livestock, tensions rise. With emotions and danger running high, Danny must confront not only the predator, but also the secrets and grudges threatening to tear his community apart.   🕰️ Year Released: 1949  🎭 Genre: Adventure, Western, Survival Drama  🎬 Directed by: Phil Karlson  🎞️ Starring: Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner, Preston Foster, Forrest Tucker   🎯 Why Watch It?  ✔️ Classic frontier drama filled with suspense and realism  ✔️ Intense man vs. nature narrative with emotional depth  ✔️ Breathtaking outdoor cinematography  ✔️ A hidden gem in 1940s survival thrillers   🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE 👍 | COMMENT 💬 | SUBSCRIBE 🔔 for more vintage Westerns, survival dramas, and public domain treasures!   👇 Explore more Golden Age classics & outdoor adventures here:  📺 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYSxyPafGbnT7hNTlq29mZQJKn7wrNglY  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  🎞️ #TheBigCat1949 #ClassicWestern #SurvivalDrama #ManVsNature #PhilKarlson #PublicDomainMovies #GoldenAgeCinema #MountainAdventure  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  🌲🐾 One cat. One drought. One young man’s fight for justice and survival. Don’t miss The Big Cat (1949)—a thrilling tale of courage in the wild!  ________________________________________

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00:01:12it's 1933 1933 it's been a long time since i first looked out into this valley in southern

00:01:26utah and said to myself tom acres this is sure a pretty country ain't it how'd you like to live

00:01:33here and have your own place where there's plenty of gold and trout in the streams lots of deer in

00:01:38the hills forget all your worries raise your own food and be your own boss 25 years ago i made up

00:01:47my mind i'd make this place my home find a wife raise a family maybe a son but in a few years

00:01:56things changed nature had given us a lot but gradually she began to take it away the cool

00:02:04rains became hot dry winds now we have a drought and depression but like the fellow said there's

00:02:15some good in everything i wouldn't be happy anywhere else i love this country and i'm gonna stick it out

00:02:22till things get better even if all i have to live on is the bounty you get for killing the big cat

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00:06:02Cloud on the mountain.

00:06:24Where'd you come from?

00:06:26A big lion jumped me from up there.

00:06:29I've been tracking that cat ever since sunup.

00:06:31Just when I get him in my sights, you have to come along.

00:06:34If you know what's good for you, you'll hit the road and keep going.

00:06:36I was only trying to...

00:06:37Shut up and get out of here.

00:06:46Kimber!

00:06:57Right where you sit, Pa.

00:06:59All in the knowin', boy.

00:07:01Pa never misses.

00:07:03Well, let's get her stripped down.

00:07:05Whit, Jim, get to work up along that side there.

00:07:17Spike, come back here.

00:07:18Hi there, fella.

00:07:29Spike, come back here.

00:07:30Come here before I beat your ears down.

00:07:38Stay here where you belong.

00:07:41Hi, boys.

00:07:41Hello, Gil.

00:07:45Been out after the cat?

00:07:47Yeah.

00:07:49Pulled my calf down last night.

00:07:51Did you get him, Mr. Eggers?

00:07:52Did he get him?

00:07:53Huh.

00:07:54You want to bet?

00:07:55I had him right in my sights, and along comes some city kid, and I...

00:07:59City kid?

00:08:00Up here?

00:08:02Yeah, up here.

00:08:04He was carrying a suitcase, just like it was walking down Main Street.

00:08:07Tom, why don't you own up that cat's too smart for you?

00:08:10Take a better shot than you're ever going to be to collect that bounty.

00:08:26You think so?

00:08:40If you ever do that again, Tom, Eggers, then I'm going to split your back over.

00:08:51If I ever do it again, I won't be a miniature hat.

00:09:02Dead center.

00:09:10Dead center.

00:09:13Hello there.

00:09:16Alright, Tom.

00:09:19Hi, Matt.

00:09:22Did you get the calf?

00:09:27No.

00:09:31Hey, wait a minute.

00:09:32Okay.

00:09:40Get up.

00:09:46There's your mail.

00:09:48If you'll take my groceries home, I'll come back and give you a hand.

00:09:51Get up.

00:10:10The farmer is the man, the farmer is the man, buys on credit till the fall's day.

00:10:40Though his family comes to town, with a wagon broken down, oh, the farmer is the man, feeds them all.

00:10:52When the farmer comes to town, with his wagon loaded down, oh, the farmer is the man, feeds them all.

00:11:03If you'll only look and see, I think you will agree, that the farmer is the man, feeds them all.

00:11:15The farmer is the man, the farmer is the man, buys on credit till the fall, till the fall.

00:11:28Then they take him by the hand, and they lead him to the land.

00:11:33And the merchant is the man, who gets it all.

00:11:38The farmer is the man, the farmer is the man.

00:11:45Going somewhere, young fellow?

00:12:00Yes, sir.

00:12:01I'm looking for Tom Eggers' place.

00:12:03Tom Eggers?

00:12:05He'll never get there.

00:12:06Why not?

00:12:07You're going the wrong way.

00:12:09I can take you right to his gate.

00:12:12Unless you're dead set on walking.

00:12:14Not me.

00:12:18Thanks a lot, mister.

00:12:22Yeah.

00:12:23Jim, Henry.

00:12:25You know, I walked all the way over from Cedar Breaks.

00:12:29On the trail back there, a big mountain lion jumped on me.

00:12:32He just missed me, too.

00:12:33Hey, you're lucky.

00:12:35Quickest killers in the forest, them cougars.

00:12:37It's doing a lot of damage to stock, too.

00:12:43Oh, here.

00:12:43Here's a match.

00:12:50What are you trying to do?

00:12:54Want to start a forest fire?

00:12:57One spark and this whole country'd go up in flames.

00:13:01Everything's dry as tender around here.

00:13:04I'm sorry.

00:13:05I didn't know.

00:13:06Oh, trees all look so green.

00:13:10Yeah, pines are always green.

00:13:13That don't mean they won't burn.

00:13:17Especially when we've had no rain.

00:13:20Oh, the country certainly looks pretty to me.

00:13:22Yeah.

00:13:24Pretty or not pretty.

00:13:25You know, there ain't a blade of grass for a county.

00:13:32Where are you from?

00:13:34Philadelphia.

00:13:36Feeling the depression back there?

00:13:38Sure are.

00:13:39I haven't had a job in six months.

00:13:41It's mighty rough here.

00:13:43We're right in the middle of the worst drought we've ever had.

00:13:45All our water's dried up.

00:13:48Except in the lake back at Tom's place.

00:13:50Oh, I've heard a lot about that lake.

00:13:52That's where I'm hoping to get a job with Tom Eggers.

00:13:54In the tan bark business.

00:13:55You know, my mother used to tell me that when she was a girl...

00:13:58Does your mother live here?

00:13:59Well, she did when she was a girl.

00:14:00I'm Danny Turner.

00:14:02Lucy Hawkes' son.

00:14:03You're cold.

00:14:05Well, here's where I turn off.

00:14:08Take this road here.

00:14:09Turn right.

00:14:10Take you right to Tom's place.

00:14:11I thought you said you'd take...

00:14:13Take Tom's mail.

00:14:13I picked it up in Tom.

00:14:16Get up.

00:14:17Well, I'm not told.

00:14:18I'm next to the left.

00:14:20Hey, my coat.

00:14:21Whoa.

00:14:22Hey.

00:14:33Hi, Pop.

00:14:51Hi, Pop.

00:15:03Did it come?

00:15:08What come?

00:15:09The catalog.

00:15:10The catalog?

00:15:12Now, let me see.

00:15:15It seemed like there was something for you.

00:15:19Oh.

00:15:21Oh.

00:15:22The wishing book.

00:15:24There you are, Doris.

00:15:26Oh, boy.

00:15:27I'm afraid you're going to have to wait a while before you do any ordering from it.

00:15:31Is that bad, Matt?

00:15:33Well, it's like the man said.

00:15:36Mattie says this year, 1933, is going down in history as the worst depression year that this America has ever seen.

00:15:43He told me...

00:15:44I don't care about history.

00:15:46What did you get for the calf?

00:15:49Calf?

00:15:51Well, he wasn't very big.

00:15:53He was five months old.

00:15:56Well, we couldn't fatten him up.

00:15:58Matt Cooper, how much did you get?

00:16:03Fourteen dollars.

00:16:08Fourteen dollars.

00:16:11That's less than seven cents a pound.

00:16:17Mary's the best I could do.

00:16:18It's a lot better than nothing.

00:16:27Doris, shut up that whistling and go and see if them hens have laid some eggs.

00:16:30Matt, bring the groceries in.

00:16:32Hey, who do you think I met up with today?

00:16:36Picked him up on the road?

00:16:38He gave him a ride.

00:16:39Who?

00:16:40Danny Turner.

00:16:41Lucy Hawks' boy.

00:16:42A boy?

00:16:43How old is he?

00:16:44How about 20?

00:16:45Is he good looking?

00:16:47I guess you'd call him that.

00:16:48He's a spittin' image of Lucy.

00:16:50Who's Lucy?

00:16:51Doris.

00:16:52What did I tell you?

00:16:53Yes.

00:16:56Where is he at?

00:16:57Gil's?

00:16:59No, Tom's.

00:17:01Tom's?

00:17:04Went there looking for a job.

00:17:06Tom's so broke he could use a job himself.

00:17:09What do you suppose Gil will do?

00:17:16I don't know.

00:17:19But I wouldn't be surprised if this didn't lead to a killing.

00:17:39Well, I'll be up.

00:17:59What happened?

00:18:03You again.

00:18:05What are you doing here?

00:18:06That's my drinking water.

00:18:07Get your foot out of it.

00:18:08I'm sorry.

00:18:08I must have made a mistake.

00:18:10I'll say you did.

00:18:11Thought I told you to hit the road and keep going.

00:18:13All right.

00:18:14Keep your shirt on.

00:18:15Got a lot of nerve busting in here like it was your own place.

00:18:17All I did was take a little water.

00:18:19A little water?

00:18:20I have to pack that a half a mile.

00:18:22Pack it?

00:18:23Yeah, pack it.

00:18:24Carry it.

00:18:24Well, you got a pump right over there.

00:18:26The well's dry.

00:18:27Well, how was I to know I'm no mind reader?

00:18:29First, I get blamed for being jumped by a lion.

00:18:32Then I get pushed out of a wagon.

00:18:33And now I get thrown out of here.

00:18:35If this is your Western hospitality, you can have it.

00:18:39I'll be lucky if I'm not shot before I get to Tom Eggers' place.

00:18:42You already got to it.

00:18:43I'm Tom Eggers.

00:18:48You're...

00:18:48Yeah.

00:18:50What about it?

00:18:55I'm Danny Turner.

00:18:56I sent you a telegram two weeks ago.

00:19:10I guess this is it.

00:19:11You're Lucy's boy, huh?

00:19:36Yes, sir.

00:19:45How was she?

00:19:49She...

00:19:50died last month.

00:19:52She used to talk about you a lot.

00:20:15It was about all she ever did talk about.

00:20:20Especially when things weren't going right for her.

00:20:24She...

00:20:25What about your father?

00:20:30She was killed by a truck a long time ago.

00:20:36I...

00:20:37I didn't hear about it.

00:20:40I mean...

00:20:40The mother didn't write to me or anything.

00:20:46Better put that bag down.

00:20:47I'll get you some supper.

00:20:50Thank you, Mr. Eggers.

00:20:54I, uh...

00:20:55Guess you'll have to take potluck.

00:20:59I'm too busy to go to town.

00:21:00I don't care what it is.

00:21:06Just so there's plenty of it.

00:21:08I'm pretty hungry.

00:21:16Hey.

00:21:17Where you going with that water?

00:21:19I told you I have to carry that half a mile.

00:21:22Put it there by the door.

00:21:24Tomorrow is sunny.

00:21:24We'll use it to wash you before we go to church.

00:21:27You know, I've never seen so many stars in Philadelphia.

00:21:37Yeah.

00:21:38I'd trade them all for one good rain cloud.

00:21:42By the way, what are you doing in this nigga, the woods?

00:21:45Oh.

00:21:46I heard so much about it, I guess I just had to see it.

00:21:50I guess you know how rough things are in the city now.

00:21:52Yeah, I heard a little about it.

00:21:54Speak pretty bad.

00:21:55Well, that's why I came out here to ask you...

00:21:59What was that?

00:22:03Big cat.

00:22:04Is that the same one that jumped me this morning?

00:22:08Must have been.

00:22:10Are there any others around?

00:22:12I don't think so.

00:22:13I haven't seen signs of any but this big one.

00:22:17He wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the drought.

00:22:20Down here looking for water.

00:22:21Let's go.

00:22:39Guys.

00:22:40Good boy, Spike.

00:22:57That's the same cat.

00:23:01Biggest pad marks I ever saw.

00:23:04Howdy.

00:23:10Hi, Daris.

00:23:15Come over and look at the cat track.

00:23:17Lose any stock last night?

00:23:20Not as I know of.

00:23:22Well, that cougar's been raiding again.

00:23:24Look, Daris.

00:23:25Over here he made a jump in nearly 20 feet.

00:23:29Figured he must be close to 8 feet long.

00:23:31Big cat.

00:23:33Big enough to pull down one of our milk cows.

00:23:35Yeah, while Tom fiddles around making excuses.

00:23:37Oh, now, Gil.

00:23:39Well, that was the bargain, wasn't it?

00:23:40He was going to get the cat while we work on the dam.

00:23:43Stop worrying.

00:23:43I'll get it.

00:23:44Sure, after we lost half our stock.

00:23:46What are you squawking about?

00:23:48Me and Matt's the only one who's lost any stock.

00:23:50Now, this is no time to argue.

00:23:53Hello there, young fella.

00:23:54Hello.

00:23:55Oh, you know Matt Cooper, huh?

00:23:56Yeah.

00:23:56I said to Matt yesterday.

00:23:57Why don't you meet the folks?

00:23:58That's my wife.

00:23:59How do you do, Mrs. Cooper?

00:24:00Howdy.

00:24:00This is my daughter, Doris.

00:24:01Pleased to meet you.

00:24:02Same here.

00:24:04Pop says you're Danny Turner.

00:24:06Your mother used to live here,

00:24:07but her name wasn't Turner, was it?

00:24:09This is Widd.

00:24:11Widd.

00:24:11Howdy.

00:24:13And Jim.

00:24:14Jim.

00:24:14Pleased to meet you.

00:24:17You say your name was...

00:24:20Turner?

00:24:21Yes, sir.

00:24:22Danny Turner.

00:24:23Looks a lot like Lucy, don't he?

00:24:28Are you Lucy's boy?

00:24:29Yes.

00:24:32Where is she?

00:24:33Where's your mother?

00:24:34Lucy's dead.

00:24:49Well, as far as I'm concerned,

00:24:51she's been dead for 20 years.

00:24:55Land of goodness,

00:24:56it's way past meeting time.

00:24:57Yeah, blessed if it isn't...

00:24:59When'd you get here?

00:25:00Yesterday.

00:25:01I was staying with Mr. Eggers.

00:25:03What the devil's he doing at your place?

00:25:04What business is it of yours?

00:25:06Why...

00:25:06Stop the arguing, both of you.

00:25:08This is meeting ground.

00:25:09Everybody, take your places.

00:25:10Gil.

00:25:12Tom.

00:25:27Who is he, anyway?

00:25:39Uh...

00:25:39Quiet.

00:25:41Meeting's begun.

00:25:45I thought you said we were going to church.

00:25:48I did.

00:25:49This is it.

00:25:50Friends, friends, and neighbors.

00:25:56The Bible says,

00:25:58Six days shalt thou work,

00:26:01but on the seventh,

00:26:03thou shalt rest.

00:26:04Well,

00:26:07the Lord knows we need the rest.

00:26:13But...

00:26:14But being the Almighty,

00:26:16he, uh...

00:26:17Well, he also knows that we need

00:26:20our water piped down to our cattle and our stock,

00:26:24or there won't be nothing left.

00:26:26Likewise, knowing that every minute counts,

00:26:31well, he won't mind if we make this meeting short.

00:26:36So we'll just start out by

00:26:38offering up a prayer.

00:26:40Oh, Lord.

00:26:56I'm not much good at this,

00:26:57as you can tell by listening to me,

00:26:59but...

00:27:01We're here to ask you to bless us.

00:27:05Especially Tom Eggers,

00:27:07for letting us have the use of the water

00:27:09which is on his property.

00:27:11I know we haven't always been friendly enough,

00:27:15or neighborly enough.

00:27:18There's often a dry spell in our hearts,

00:27:22like in the land.

00:27:25But...

00:27:26if each of us is...

00:27:28willing to forgive our enemy,

00:27:31then maybe...

00:27:33we'll see fit to end this drought.

00:27:39Amen.

00:27:44Well,

00:27:45how do you like that, Church?

00:27:46It's pretty wonderful.

00:27:47Come along, boy.

00:27:49You're going home with me.

00:27:50Why should I?

00:27:52Well, I'm your uncle, ain't I?

00:27:54Uncle?

00:27:58You haven't been my uncle for 20 years.

00:28:00That's telling him, Danny.

00:28:01You keep out of this, Tom Eggers.

00:28:03As long as he's living under my...

00:28:04He should have come to me in the first place.

00:28:05I get the same kind of treatment you gave Lucy.

00:28:07I can take care of myself.

00:28:08I won't have no hawks beholden to Tom Eggers.

00:28:11I'm not a hawks, I'm a turner.

00:28:12Did you hear that, Gil?

00:28:14Sock him, Pa.

00:28:16Shut up!

00:28:20Come on, Danny.

00:28:21Go on home.

00:28:30Isn't he just...

00:28:33wonderful.

00:28:35I'm sorry I started that route.

00:29:03Don't worry.

00:29:04You didn't start it.

00:29:05That happened over 20 years ago

00:29:07when Gil first tried to find the water

00:29:08off my Lamprey's cattle.

00:29:11I couldn't agree to that

00:29:12because I would have taken my best stand of trees.

00:29:13So Gil gets mad and won't let Lucy marry me.

00:29:19Lucy ran away because she figured one of us would wind up getting killed.

00:29:23We did come mighty near it.

00:29:25There's been bad blood between us ever since.

00:29:31Looks like my coming here hasn't helped things any.

00:29:34Maybe I'd better clear out.

00:29:36You ain't gonna let Gil scare you.

00:29:38No, it isn't Gil.

00:29:39No, it isn't Gil.

00:29:42What is it then?

00:29:43Well, it's... it's just that...

00:29:45Well, you know how it is when you hear about a place and then you find it.

00:29:48It isn't exactly like you pictured it.

00:29:50But what did you expect out here in the wilderness?

00:29:53A job.

00:29:55A job?

00:29:56My mother used to tell me about your tan bark business.

00:29:59Tan bark?

00:30:02No wonder you're disappointed.

00:30:04Come out here and find all I'm doing is trying to kill a mountain lion.

00:30:08Well, aren't you?

00:30:09Sure.

00:30:09Then I'll get them too.

00:30:11But that don't mean I'm out of business.

00:30:13See, the depression hit me kind of hard.

00:30:15But the fact is, as soon as I get that cat, I'll be needing somebody like you to help me gather the bark.

00:30:21You will.

00:30:22If you'll stick it out till we fill an order, you got yourself a job.

00:30:26Well, sure I will.

00:30:27Thanks, Mr. Eggers.

00:30:30There's one thing we gotta get straightened out right now.

00:30:33You and I are gonna work together, you gotta start calling me Tom.

00:30:38All right, Tom.

00:30:39Good.

00:30:41You know anything about tan bark?

00:30:42No, not very much.

00:30:43Well, you better climb out of those Sunday clothes.

00:30:45If you're gonna be a peeler, you gotta learn how to strip the bark.

00:30:48Yes, sir.

00:30:49I'll sharpen up an axe for you.

00:30:50All right.

00:31:13I'm gonna work together.

00:31:15No, no, no, no, no.

00:31:17No, no, no, no, no.

00:31:17Let's go.

00:31:18No, no, no, no, no.

00:31:19No, no, no, no, no.

00:31:19No, no.

00:31:21No, no, no.

00:31:22No, no, no, no, no.

00:31:22No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

00:31:23Hello.

00:31:23Howdy!

00:31:27Howdy!

00:31:40Did you get through work kind of early?

00:31:41After you left, Gil got us all fired mad, he went home

00:31:46Well, maybe you and Danny would like to have supper with us

00:31:49Well, that's mighty nice of you, but we've got a lot of work to do

00:31:54Well, then at least you can eat the lunch I've fixed for you

00:31:57Well, thank you

00:31:58Where's Danny?

00:31:59In the house

00:31:59May I take it in for you?

00:32:01Well, that's a...

00:32:02Oh, all right

00:32:02That's all

00:32:05Excuse me, I didn't mean to burst in on you like this, but Tom asked me to bring in the basket

00:32:22Oh, well, thanks, would you put it on the desk?

00:32:32Mr. Turner

00:32:33Do you mind if I call you Danny?

00:32:37No, of course not

00:32:39You can call me Doris

00:32:42All right

00:32:45Are you going to be here long?

00:32:48Oh, I hope so

00:32:49Why?

00:32:51Well, there's going to be a dance up at school next week

00:32:56Maybe you'd like to... to go

00:32:59Sure

00:33:00Wood and Jim want to take me, but I haven't made up my mind

00:33:05Oh, maybe we could all go together

00:33:07We?

00:33:09Oh, you mean, if we all went together, you wouldn't be afraid

00:33:13What's there to be afraid of?

00:33:16Well, the cougar, he's outrating nearly every night

00:33:19But you wouldn't be scared, would you?

00:33:22You're awfully brave

00:33:26No, I... I wouldn't say that

00:33:30What's that?

00:33:36Ow!

00:33:37Tom Eggers!

00:33:38I stood for this long enough

00:33:43You had your chance, Tom Eggers

00:33:45Now I'm going after that cat

00:33:46What happened?

00:33:47He pulled out my best mare last night

00:33:49And she was in full

00:33:49Danny

00:33:50Get my rifle and some cartridges

00:33:52Yes, sir

00:33:52We'll all go

00:33:53Leave the horses here

00:33:54They won't be any good in the hills

00:33:55Room doors go on home

00:33:57I don't know when I'll be back

00:33:58All right

00:33:59Here, get along there

00:34:00And don't forget

00:34:02Whoever brings down that cat

00:34:03Gets a hundred and fifty dollar bounty money

00:34:05Don't start spending it

00:34:06Until you got it in your pocket

00:34:07Here you are

00:34:08All right, that one

00:34:10Give me the thirty-thirty

00:34:11I'd have to be breathing down that cat's neck

00:34:13To get him with a twenty-two

00:34:14So, cousin Daniel don't even know it

00:34:18A twenty-two from a thirty-thirty

00:34:21Well, both of them are guns, ain't they?

00:34:24They go bang when you shoot them

00:34:26Cut it out

00:34:27Stop it

00:34:27You ought to be ashamed of yourselves

00:34:28Both of you

00:34:29If Danny had you in the city

00:34:31He'd make you look like a couple of dunces

00:34:32Quick!

00:34:35Him!

00:34:36Him!

00:35:05Thought you said his den was around here, Summers

00:35:29It is

00:35:30He's got a hunting range of over thirty miles

00:35:32He'd be lucky if we pick up his track by sunset

00:35:36He found it

00:35:41Here he goes

00:35:55Mister, that was a waste of land

00:36:06He's got that

00:36:19Spike must have him cornered.

00:36:49Spike must have been in for a while.

00:37:15No, no, no!

00:37:45Where is he?

00:37:49I don't see him.

00:37:53There he is!

00:37:55Where? Over there!

00:38:09A burrow!

00:38:11I thought... You thought...

00:38:13Some hunter.

00:38:15Don't even know a donkey from a cougar.

00:38:17A cat ain't got long ears.

00:38:19Even if you do!

00:38:21Oh, cut it out, you two.

00:38:23Just who are you ordering around?

00:38:25If you teach your kids some manners, other people wouldn't have to.

00:38:27You leave my... Shut up!

00:38:29There he goes! Up the hill!

00:38:43Move!

00:38:45Move!

00:38:49You saw that rock down there?

00:38:51Look out, Danny. You'll get shot.

00:38:53Look out!

00:38:55Look out, Danny! You'll get shot.

00:38:57Look out!

00:39:02Daddy! Look out!

00:39:04Danny, look out.

00:39:07The cat!

00:39:12Danny, look out!

00:39:13The cat!

00:39:15Danny! The cat!

00:39:16The cat!

00:39:18All right, Danny? I think so.

00:39:39Well, you're sure messing up this hunt. Why don't you go home?

00:39:42Here's your peashooter. Think it's safe to give it to him?

00:39:45He might shoot off his foot.

00:39:47On account of it wiggles.

00:39:51There goes Spike up the hill again.

00:40:10Along with Matt.

00:40:12How about you, Danny?

00:40:16I can smell supper from here.

00:40:18I think it's wonderful that you're going to stay here, Danny. I have a lot of things planned for us to do. In the fall, we can go berry picking and duck shooting. Do you like duck shooting?

00:40:34In the winter, we can always go skiing and skating on the lake. Do you like to skate?

00:40:38Oh, well.

00:40:39And then we can always go ice fishing. I'll bet you that's something you've never done. And then there's sleigh rides and dances.

00:40:44Whoa, whoa, whoa, Doris. You got Danny Plum Tucker down.

00:40:48Oh my goodness, he has to have something to do.

00:40:50Well, I guess my new job will keep me pretty busy. Do you have a job?

00:40:54Uh-huh. That's something I've always wanted to do. A chance to work out of doors, up in the hills, right in the middle of a forest.

00:41:00Of course, I don't know much about the business yet, but Tom's promised to teach me.

00:41:04Danny, will you have some more pie?

00:41:05Oh, no thanks. But it was awfully good.

00:41:07Mom made it for the last of the dried apples.

00:41:09We were saving them for a guest, like we got tonight. Well, if nobody wants us, I'll just send it along to Tom.

00:41:14Matt, get me that dish of butter from the cool house, will you? And I'll need a paper sack for the eggs.

00:41:18Now, there's something else if I can just get one.

00:41:20I've got something to show you.

00:41:26Mom made it for the school dance. Don't you think it's pretty?

00:41:29Yes. Do you know what a peeler is?

00:41:31A peeler? He strings the bark from the hemlocks after they're cut.

00:41:35I'm going to wear a blue ribbon in my hair to match the dress.

00:41:38Don't you think that'll be nice?

00:41:40Sure. I guess there's a lot to learn about the tan bark business.

00:41:44What tan bark business?

00:41:46The Tom's.

00:41:47Are you crazy? Tom hasn't been in business for years.

00:41:50Well, I know that. He told me about the depression.

00:41:53It wasn't the depression.

00:41:55I just love to dance in a dress that twirls when I twirl.

00:41:59What do you mean it wasn't the depression?

00:42:03Well, somebody invented a synthetic tannin that was better than they could get from bone.

00:42:07Are you sure?

00:42:09Of course I'm sure.

00:42:11You know, I just adore waltzing. It's so romantic.

00:42:16But my mother told me that Tom had a lot of men working for him.

00:42:21Well, he did. But they all moved away.

00:42:24Then after they'd gone there was a big pile of tan bark left.

00:42:27And then one night Tom burned it. It made the most beautiful bonfire.

00:42:32I love bonfires, don't you?

00:42:34Doris, for goodness sakes, put that dress away.

00:42:37Is this what you want, Mary?

00:42:38Yes, thanks. Doris, get me a clean napkin.

00:42:40I think I'll just put in the rest of his bread.

00:42:43Mom's always worried about Tom not having enough to eat.

00:42:46Tom pays for everything he gets.

00:42:48Oh, sure. Tom wouldn't accept charity.

00:42:51Tom's the handiest man of these parts.

00:42:53He mends all our fences and chops all wood.

00:42:55He's the best ranch around here if his land wasn't so poor.

00:42:58He didn't buy the land for ranching in the first place.

00:43:01He bought it for timber.

00:43:03Yeah, and I can't do nothing with that, so he's having a pretty bad time with it.

00:43:07Pop says all he lives on now are hopes and dreams.

00:43:10I see. Looks like I've had it all wrong.

00:43:19No, Danny. Don't let it get you down. Nothing lasts forever.

00:43:27Just remember, time changes things.

00:43:31Yeah, but I can't wait that long.

00:43:36Well, I guess I better be going.

00:43:39Oh, I forgot to tell you. The dance is next Saturday night.

00:43:43I'm afraid I won't be here next Saturday.

00:43:48But you said...

00:43:49I know, but I'm leaving in the morning.

00:43:55Thank you. Good night.

00:43:57Thanks for everything.

00:44:09I know.

00:44:10Come on, Queen.

00:44:11Buck.

00:44:12That's what?

00:44:13Come on.

00:44:14Come on.

00:44:15Come on.

00:44:16That a girl.

00:44:17Come on, Queen.

00:44:22Buck.

00:44:25Come on.

00:44:28Come on.

00:44:33Grab it, girl.

00:44:40Jim, come give me a hand.

00:44:47What took you so long?

00:44:53Come on, I'm doing all the work here.

00:44:54Give me a hand.

00:44:57Spike, go get me the axe.

00:45:01That's right, get it.

00:45:04That's a boy.

00:45:06Now bring it here, Spike.

00:45:08Bring it here.

00:45:11That's a boy.

00:45:12We're going to lay down, Spike.

00:45:17We're going to lay down, Spike.

00:45:32Where?

00:45:33We got company.

00:45:35Well, if it ain't the big cat hunter.

00:45:37Did you kill any donkeys lately with that big gun of yours?

00:45:43Good old...

00:45:44Cut and dammo.

00:45:45Okay, fellas, so I'm no hunter.

00:45:48Where's Tom?

00:45:49What's the matter?

00:45:50Didn't he come home last night to tuck you in?

00:45:53No.

00:45:54I thought I might find him here.

00:45:56No.

00:45:58Running out on Tom, are you?

00:46:01What'd I tell you, boys?

00:46:03I said,

00:46:04as soon as he finds out Tom ain't got enough to feed a dog,

00:46:07he'd come a-running to his uncle, Gil.

00:46:12I'm not running to you or anybody else.

00:46:14Of course not, boy.

00:46:15Of course not.

00:46:16Just be insensible.

00:46:19Where's Tom?

00:46:21I came to tell him I'm leaving.

00:46:23I'll tell him.

00:46:24Next time we're seen.

00:46:26Whit, Jim,

00:46:27cousin Daniel's coming to live with us.

00:46:29I want you boys to get along.

00:46:31Take his suitcase, coat, put him in the wagon.

00:46:36I'm not coming with you.

00:46:38I wouldn't stay with you if I were starving.

00:46:40After the way you treated my mother, I ought to-

00:46:47What do you mean the way I treated your mother?

00:46:50What did she do to me?

00:46:51Walked out on me she didn't, left me with all of-

00:46:53Sure she did, because you wouldn't let her marry Tom.

00:46:55Of course I wouldn't let her marry no bull-neck, stubborn fool like Tom Eggers.

00:46:59What did you say?

00:47:00You heard me, and I'll say it again.

00:47:05You started this fight.

00:47:34I'll say it again.

00:48:04You heard me, and I'll say it again.

00:48:05You heard me, and I'll say it again.

00:48:06You heard me, and I'll say it again.

00:48:07You heard me, and I'll say it again.

00:48:08You heard me, and I'll say it again.

00:48:09You heard me, and I'll say it again.

00:48:10You heard me, and I'll say it again.

00:48:11You heard me, and I'll say it again.

00:48:12You heard me, and I'll say it again.

00:48:13You heard me, and I'll say it again.

00:48:14You heard me, and I'll say it again.

00:48:15You heard me, and I'll say it again.

00:48:16You heard me, and I'll say it again.

00:48:17You heard me, and I'll say it again.

00:48:18You heard me, and I'll say it again.

00:48:19You heard me, and I'll say it again.

00:48:20You heard me, and I'll say it again.

00:48:21Oh, my God.

00:48:51What?

00:48:52What?

00:48:53What?

00:48:54What?

00:48:55What is it?

00:48:56Quit!

00:48:57Jim!

00:48:58Danny!

00:48:59Stop that!

00:49:00Stop it, I say!

00:49:01Tom!

00:49:02Quit it!

00:49:03Oh, Venus.

00:49:04Right inside.

00:49:05Tom, wait!

00:49:06Next time I shoot, I'll be aiming.

00:49:07Next time I shoot, I'll be aiming.

00:49:09You've got to be ashamed of yourself.

00:49:10You've got to be ashamed of yourself.

00:49:11Oh, my God.

00:49:12What?

00:49:13What?

00:49:14What?

00:49:15What?

00:49:16Oh, no.

00:49:17No, no, no.

00:49:18No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

00:49:19Any of you?

00:49:20Oh, my God.

00:49:21What?

00:49:22Why?

00:49:23No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

00:49:26Next time I shoot, I'll be aiming.

00:49:37You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

00:49:40Scrapping like a pack of dogs.

00:49:41Come, you and Danny, get home.

00:50:04Danny, you all right?

00:50:06You aren't hurt, are you, Danny?

00:50:09No, I'm all right.

00:50:13Ain't you forgetting this is my property?

00:50:18Ain't you forgetting this is my gun?

00:50:38No.

00:50:39There.

00:50:40Is that all right?

00:50:41Oh, that's fine.

00:50:42Thanks.

00:50:43No, for a city kid, you put up a right fair fight.

00:51:00You didn't do so badly yourself.

00:51:02Oh.

00:51:02You know, that's a pretty deep cut you've got there, Tom.

00:51:06Hadn't you better see a doctor?

00:51:07Oh, sure.

00:51:08Run right over.

00:51:10Closest one's only 30 miles away.

00:51:12Oh.

00:51:13Oh.

00:51:15Yeah, have a look at that ear of yours.

00:51:22Hurt?

00:51:23Oh.

00:51:23Well, it's not so deep.

00:51:28I guess you'll live all right.

00:51:30Get some cups.

00:51:31Just have a little coffee.

00:51:38Hey.

00:51:39What were you doing up at that dam, anyhow?

00:51:43Looking for you.

00:51:45I'm leaving.

00:51:48Leaving?

00:51:50I thought you'd made up your mind to stay.

00:51:52I changed my mind.

00:51:56Look, Tom.

00:51:58What's the use of kidding yourself?

00:52:00You can't build up a business out of hopes and dreams.

00:52:03Who have you been talking to, Gil?

00:52:07No.

00:52:08Matt.

00:52:10Ah, Matt's crazy.

00:52:12Look.

00:52:13If they've got a synthetic tanning, nobody's going to need that bark of yours.

00:52:18You think I lied to you about those orders?

00:52:20No, it's just that maybe the tanners sent those orders before they'd seen this chemical.

00:52:25Uh-huh.

00:52:27Take a look at them.

00:52:29There's one in there that's only three months old.

00:52:32I don't get it.

00:52:34Isn't the synthetic tanning any good?

00:52:37Well, it's all right for some hides.

00:52:40But not for the real fine skins.

00:52:43I knew it as soon as I saw the skins.

00:52:46That's why I've been trying to hang on.

00:52:48Well, then, what's holding you back?

00:52:51I'm broke.

00:52:53I can't hire anybody.

00:52:56I thought maybe if you and I could work together,

00:52:58we could get out enough bark to fill those orders.

00:53:02Do you think we could?

00:53:03Sure.

00:53:04It'd be a little tough till the depression and the drought breaks.

00:53:08At least you'd have a roof over your head and some venison to eat.

00:53:12Danny, I'll tell you what I'll do.

00:53:14You throw in with me now, and when business picks up,

00:53:18make you my partner.

00:53:20Partner?

00:53:20I'd have married your mother.

00:53:31I might have had a son like you.

00:53:35She named me after you.

00:53:36She did.

00:53:41Daniel Thomas Turner.

00:53:45Thomas.

00:53:49Clown on a mountain.

00:53:50Thomas.

00:54:00Thomas.

00:54:04Daddy, there's $150 bounty on that cat.

00:54:08You help me get him, and we'll split.

00:54:11You mean if we get him, we'll have $150 to put into the business.

00:54:16What do you say, son?

00:54:18How about climbing out of those Sunday clothes and let's go get that cat?

00:54:21It's a deal.

00:54:22It's a deal.

00:54:36We're going to have arrival before.

00:54:38Only in shooting galleries.

00:54:48Look.

00:54:49Shh.

00:54:52I see him.

00:54:55Except went from us, too.

00:54:57I reckon we've got time to get him out.

00:55:06What about the cat?

00:55:07Shh.

00:55:08We can wait.

00:55:09We need to meet.

00:55:22We're done.

00:55:32Here.

00:55:33That's when you get your first buck.

00:55:52Okay, Danny, I got him.

00:56:12Give me a hand, will you?

00:56:22I'm sorry, I just couldn't pull the trigger.

00:56:30You had buck fever, that's all.

00:56:33It'd be kind of tough dressing him out here.

00:56:35I guess we'd better get him back to the house.

00:56:37Go throw a rope on that horse in the pasture and bring him up here, will you?

00:56:40I don't know how to rope a horse.

00:56:43That's okay, son, I'll go.

00:56:45You stay here, but keep your eyes peeled for that cat.

00:56:52I don't know.

00:57:22Hey, what are you trying to do?

00:57:33Why don't you wait for me?

00:57:35You've got a bad arm.

00:57:37Besides, I ought to be of some use around here.

00:57:39Not a use you'll be around here with a sprained back.

00:57:41Why don't you dress him first?

00:57:43We made him lighter by 30 or 40 pounds.

00:57:46Here, put that loop on him.

00:57:49Light on the horns.

00:57:52Pull it up, that's it.

00:57:57Pull it up, that's it.

00:58:02Pull it up, that's it.

00:58:03Oh, my God.

00:58:33get a blister yes they'll turn into calluses pretty soon

00:58:44well gotta get to work go mad a couple of steaks we can use some of that meat for supper i don't

00:58:52think i want any i i'm not much of a meat eater

00:58:56listen danny if you're gonna live out here you'll have to get over that notion or you

00:59:03might not eat regular i don't like killing any better than you do and i've never done it unless

00:59:11it was some barmint like a rattlesnake or a cougar or something i needed to eat you know

00:59:17if some of us didn't cut down on the deer and the cats that overrun the country so bad you couldn't

00:59:23raise a stalk of corn or a single head of cattle it's a funny thing that the balance of nature gets

00:59:30unbalanced sometimes i suppose maybe it's man's fault but there's one thing i know for sure

00:59:37that meat was put here for us to eat besides any deer i go hunting for has got a lot better chance

00:59:45to die of old age and some steer cooped up in the stockyard how about give me a hand dressing out

00:59:52that but yes sir

00:59:59up

01:00:04up

01:00:11up

01:00:17up

01:00:28up

01:00:29up

01:00:30up

01:00:31up

01:00:32up

01:00:34up

01:00:36up

01:00:37up

01:00:38up

01:00:39Well, if I can get up close, I think I can get him with this.

01:01:09Oh, my God.

01:01:39Oh, my God.

01:02:09Oh, my God.

01:02:39Oh, my God.

01:03:09Oh, my God.

01:03:39Oh, my God.

01:04:09Oh, my God.

01:04:39Oh, my God.

01:05:09Oh, my God.

01:05:11Oh, my God.

01:05:13Oh, my God.

01:05:15Oh, my God.

01:05:17Oh, my God.

01:05:23I can't understand.

01:05:25Oh, my God.

01:05:27Oh, my God.

01:05:33Oh, my God.

01:05:39Oh, my God.

01:05:41Oh, my God.

01:05:43Oh, my God.

01:05:45Oh, my God.

01:05:55Oh, my God.

01:05:57Oh, my God.

01:05:59Oh, my God.

01:06:09Oh, my God.

01:06:11Oh, my God.

01:06:13Oh, my God.

01:06:21Oh, my God.

01:06:23Oh, my God.

01:06:31Oh, my God.

01:06:33Oh, my God.

01:06:35Oh, my God.

01:06:37What are you doing with that gun?

01:06:40You can't go after the cat if you're going crazy.

01:06:43You can't just walk up and shoot him.

01:06:46You don't know how to crack. You haven't even got a dog.

01:06:49There isn't a man in these parts if you go after that cougar without a dog.

01:06:53You can't go. I won't let you go.

01:06:58I won't let the cougar kill you like he did Tom.

01:07:01I killed Tom.

01:07:03I forgot and left his gun up in the hills.

01:07:07All he had was a .22.

01:07:12If it hadn't been for me, he wouldn't have died.

01:07:15That's why I've got to get the cat.

01:07:18I've got to.

01:07:26Danny!

01:07:28There was something I'll never understand.

01:07:30Tom!

01:07:31Tom taking a .22.

01:07:32Tom!

01:07:34Tom, don't let Danny go after that cat. Stop him! Please stop him!

01:07:37Why the young fool?

01:07:38Danny!

01:07:39Danny!

01:07:40Spike, come back! Come back!

01:07:42Spike, come back here!

01:07:43Let that dog go! What are you trying to do? Get that boy killed?

01:07:46What do you mean I'm trying to get him killed?

01:07:47Without a dog, he hasn't got a chance.

01:07:49You know as well as I do that Tom left everything to Lucy.

01:07:52And with Danny out of the way, you'd get that property you've been wanting for the past 20 years.

01:07:55I wanted that property for over 20 years, but not that bad.

01:07:58He could have the dog.

01:07:59Danny!

01:08:00Danny!

01:08:02Danny!

01:08:03Danny!

01:08:04Danny!

01:08:17Danny!

01:08:18Danny!

01:08:19Danny!

01:08:20Danny!

01:08:21Danny!

01:08:22Danny!

01:08:23Danny!

01:08:24Danny!

01:08:25Danny!

01:08:26Danny!

01:08:27Danny!

01:08:28Danny!

01:08:29Danny!

01:08:30Danny!

01:08:31Danny!

01:08:32Danny!

01:08:33Danny!

01:08:34Danny!

01:08:35Danny!

01:08:36Danny!

01:08:37Danny!

01:08:38Danny!

01:08:39Danny!

01:08:40Danny!

01:08:41Danny!

01:08:42Danny!

01:08:43Danny!

01:08:44Danny!

01:08:45Danny!

01:08:46Danny!

01:08:47Oh, no, no.

01:09:17Oh, oh, oh.

01:09:47You stay with Matt, Taurus.

01:10:17You stay with Matt.

01:10:47You stay with Matt.

01:11:17You stay with Matt.

01:11:47You stay with Matt.

01:12:17You stay with Matt.

01:12:47You stay with Matt.

01:13:17You stay with Matt.

01:13:47You stay with Matt.

01:14:17You stay with Matt.

01:14:47You stay with Matt.

01:15:17You stay with Matt.

01:15:47You stay with Matt.

01:15:49Matt.

01:15:51Matt.

01:15:52It's the end of the drought.

01:15:54It's the end of the drought.

01:15:56It's the end of the drought.

01:15:58It's the end of the drought.

01:16:00It's the end of the drought.

01:16:02It's the end of the drought.

01:16:04It's the end of the drought.

01:16:06It's the end of the drought.

01:16:09Climb on the mountain.

01:16:27If each of us is willing to forgive his enemy,

01:16:32then maybe you'll see fit to end this drought.

01:16:35If you keep my commandments and do them,

01:16:40then I will give your rains in due season,

01:16:43and the land shall yield its increase,

01:16:46and I will give peace to the land.

01:16:49We shall lay down.

01:16:50Now shall we?

🐾 The Big Cat (1949) | Tense Wilderness Drama & Man vs Nature | Classic Survival Western 🎯🌲

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