7 Faces of Dr. Lao

Dr. Lao, an elderly Chinese man rides a jackass into Abalone, Arizona, his only visible possession is a fishbowl occupied by an innocuous-looking fish. Wealthy rancher Clinton Stark has inside information that a railroad is coming to town and is scheming to buy up the place while the land is cheap. Mr. Stark's premise for selling the town is that its 16-mile long water supply pipe from a neighboring town is decaying.