If your familiar with George Stevens great film Gunga Din staring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, and Douglas Fairbank's Jr, then you will appreciate either the "lift" or homage to the film in this episode of Rin Tin Tin.
Boone (who would be Ballantine/Fairbanks in the movie) is leaving the Army to marry his sweetheart, Louise, who postponed marriage until Boone's enlistment was up. Sgt. O'Hara (MacChesney/McLaglen in the film) doesn't want Boone to leave, and carries reenlistment papers in his shirt pocket just in case.
As the episode begins, two gunmen led by the Cherokee Kid are waiting for an explosion. When it occurs, there other gunmen exit the bank with the loot. They escape with a few hundred dollars, and the sheriff forms a posse to take off in pursuit. The stage coach the men are waiting for is not only bringing in Boone's fiancée, but $20,000 in gold. And now all the able-bodied men are out on a chase, so the hold up for the real prize should go easily. The robbery goes well, but as the robbers are exiting, the soldiers are pulling in. What to do with the loot? They "deposit" it in a flour barrel and figure to come back later. They don't know the barrel is part of the supplies that will be heading back to Fort Apache.
The soldiers are coming into town to both pick up supplies, and to drop Boone off to be married. O'Hara is doing his best to get Boone's goat to get him to reenlist; but Lt. Masters urges O'Hara to stop trying to pressure Boone. The soldiers arrive and discover the Wells Fargo office has been robbed. Rip quickly determines the bank robbery was a ruse; now the cavalry will have to step in. They will look for the robbers while O'Hara takes the supplies back to the fort. This also means the wedding will have to be postponed for a bit.
The robbers figure they can easily ambush O'Hara at Kioterra Pass. But on the way back, O'Hara loses control of the buckboard. The flour barrel splits open and O'Hara finds the gold.
Boone is waiting with Louise, Rusty, and Rinty when he remembers O'Hara has the rings. He has to go after O'Hara. Louise doesn't care about the rings. She wants to get married. And if Boone isn't ready, then she'll marry Bob Pierce, the banker's son. Rinty finds one of the gloves the bandits was wearing. That means O'Hara has the money. Boone has to go after his friend. Rusty has to go get Lt. Masters. Louise is not happy.
The robbers find the wagon and know O'Hara has the money. They go off in pursuit and catch up with O'Hara. O'Hara hides the money but still has to fend off the robbers. O'Hara is shot but it's just a flesh wound. When Boone arrives, O'Hara milks it for all it's worth (see Gunga Din) and tells Boone he can't assist in a military matter; he's a civilian. But if he just signs the enlistment paper, then . . .. Boone signs. O'Hara has a miracle recovery. But it looks bad as the other robbers appear. Now O'Hara and Boone are seriously outnumbered. Masters and the troopers appear at the right moment just before Boone and O'Hara run out of ammo. Rinty arrives first to take down the Cherokee Kid, and Masters and the troopers get the others.
O'Hara is glowing. The robbers have been captured; more important, he has Boone's reenlistment papers. Here the departure from Gunga Din. Masters says no one can be tricked into a reenlistment, and he takes the papers and tears them up. When Boone returns to town, Louise has left to marry the banker's son. There's only one thing to do—reenlist. Not to worry, O'Hara has the real reenlistment papers in his pocket.
Everyone is happy. Even Boone?
Boone (who would be Ballantine/Fairbanks in the movie) is leaving the Army to marry his sweetheart, Louise, who postponed marriage until Boone's enlistment was up. Sgt. O'Hara (MacChesney/McLaglen in the film) doesn't want Boone to leave, and carries reenlistment papers in his shirt pocket just in case.
As the episode begins, two gunmen led by the Cherokee Kid are waiting for an explosion. When it occurs, there other gunmen exit the bank with the loot. They escape with a few hundred dollars, and the sheriff forms a posse to take off in pursuit. The stage coach the men are waiting for is not only bringing in Boone's fiancée, but $20,000 in gold. And now all the able-bodied men are out on a chase, so the hold up for the real prize should go easily. The robbery goes well, but as the robbers are exiting, the soldiers are pulling in. What to do with the loot? They "deposit" it in a flour barrel and figure to come back later. They don't know the barrel is part of the supplies that will be heading back to Fort Apache.
The soldiers are coming into town to both pick up supplies, and to drop Boone off to be married. O'Hara is doing his best to get Boone's goat to get him to reenlist; but Lt. Masters urges O'Hara to stop trying to pressure Boone. The soldiers arrive and discover the Wells Fargo office has been robbed. Rip quickly determines the bank robbery was a ruse; now the cavalry will have to step in. They will look for the robbers while O'Hara takes the supplies back to the fort. This also means the wedding will have to be postponed for a bit.
The robbers figure they can easily ambush O'Hara at Kioterra Pass. But on the way back, O'Hara loses control of the buckboard. The flour barrel splits open and O'Hara finds the gold.
Boone is waiting with Louise, Rusty, and Rinty when he remembers O'Hara has the rings. He has to go after O'Hara. Louise doesn't care about the rings. She wants to get married. And if Boone isn't ready, then she'll marry Bob Pierce, the banker's son. Rinty finds one of the gloves the bandits was wearing. That means O'Hara has the money. Boone has to go after his friend. Rusty has to go get Lt. Masters. Louise is not happy.
The robbers find the wagon and know O'Hara has the money. They go off in pursuit and catch up with O'Hara. O'Hara hides the money but still has to fend off the robbers. O'Hara is shot but it's just a flesh wound. When Boone arrives, O'Hara milks it for all it's worth (see Gunga Din) and tells Boone he can't assist in a military matter; he's a civilian. But if he just signs the enlistment paper, then . . .. Boone signs. O'Hara has a miracle recovery. But it looks bad as the other robbers appear. Now O'Hara and Boone are seriously outnumbered. Masters and the troopers appear at the right moment just before Boone and O'Hara run out of ammo. Rinty arrives first to take down the Cherokee Kid, and Masters and the troopers get the others.
O'Hara is glowing. The robbers have been captured; more important, he has Boone's reenlistment papers. Here the departure from Gunga Din. Masters says no one can be tricked into a reenlistment, and he takes the papers and tears them up. When Boone returns to town, Louise has left to marry the banker's son. There's only one thing to do—reenlist. Not to worry, O'Hara has the real reenlistment papers in his pocket.
Everyone is happy. Even Boone?