Rod Cameron Western #10

Hoghead Harry can't quite recall which country his uncle is visiting—he only knows it's named after an animal—so he and a friend work through a hilarious guessing game full of creative (and wildly incorrect) animal-based geography. This quick comedy bit from 1951 proves that even a simple riddle can lead to the silliest possible answer.

Rod Cameron joins Chief Red Eagle at a ceremonial buffalo dance where he hears an ancient legend: a great white buffalo is prophesied to appear as a sign of plenty, kept sacred by a hidden spirit flame that only chiefs and medicine men know. When Rod returns to town for the night, a scheming gang overhears the tale and kidnaps him, binding him in a cabin with a deadly trap involving his own horse and a noose—all part of their plan to locate the sacred flame while disguised as the captured hero.

A nervous tenderfoot quizzes Ambling Andy about the dangers lurking in the surrounding hills, and the wily trail hand spins a tall tale about a peculiar creature—one that gets its name from the unmistakable reaction it provokes in anyone unfortunate enough to catch a whiff as it gallops past.

Sam the Sheriff gets an unexpected visit from a stranger named Stretch Jenkins, who's convinced that a notorious drifter called Light Fingers Bill has shown up at his ranch looking for work—and he's terrified. Reluctant to take the threat seriously, Sam sets out to identify the suspicious newcomer, leading to a showdown filled with comedic misunderstandings and the kind of gunplay that somehow always manages to miss the mark.