Hyah!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Keep movin', movin', movin'
Though they're disapprovin'
Keep them dogies movin'
Rawhide!
Don't try To understand 'em
Just rope, throw And brand 'em
Soon we'll be livin' High and wide
My heart's calculatin'
My true love Will be waitin'
Be waiting at the end Of my ride
Move 'em on, head 'em up Head 'em up, move 'em on
Move 'em on, head 'em up Rawhide
Let 'em out, ride 'em in Ride 'em in, let 'em out
Cut 'em out Ride 'em in
Rawhide!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Hyah!
Rawhide!
Hyah!
Everything's so dry around here,
even the dadgum wood burns before you get it in the fire.
All right. Come on with that water.
What's that?
It's the water.
Well, I wouldn't have known if you hadn't told me.
Well, looks just like any other kind of water.
Well, the trouble is, there's so much of it.
Well, we're running kinda short.
You mean, that's all?
Well, I gotta add some liquid.
Come on, let's squeeze this barrel.
Well, come on.
But Mr. Wishbone, my ma told me
you can't squeeze blood out of a turnip.
Well, this isn't a turnip, and your ma isn't here.
Well, you're just making it tighter!
Now, untie it over there.
All right. Now, let's tip it.
I said, tip it!
This is just about the driest work I've ever done.
What'd you put in these sandwiches anyway? Buffalo hide?
We ain't even in buffalo country.
Well, that's something to be thankful for.
Mushy.
I'm probably the best withouten cook in the whole Sedalia Trail.
Yes, Mr. Wishbone.
Matter of fact, I'm probably the best withouten cook
in the whole United States.
Sure, Mr. Wishbone.
Um, what's a withouten cook?
Oh, Mushy, you're an ignoramus.
No, sir. I'm... I'm a Texan.
You're the cook's louse with the most withouten brains.
Now, like I said,
I'm probably the best withouten cook in the whole Sedalia Trail.
I can cook withouten salt, withouten sugar,
withouten eggs or milk, or even a decent side of beef.
There's one thing I can't cook withouten.
What's that?
Water.
Maybe Mr. Nolan will find some.
And what am I supposed to do in the meantime?
Go get my medical kit.
Ain't anybody sick, Mr. Wishbone.
Are you sick? No, I'm not sick.
But you're gonna be if you don't hurry.
If there ain't anybody sick around here, Mr. Wishbone...
Then I, um... Then I don't know it.
Am I sick?
If you don't shut up, you're gonna be sick past doctorin'.
Mushy, you ever hear of rum cakes?
Well, I heard of rum, and I heard of cakes.
Not together.
What is it?
Rum cakes are a French pastry.
Now, you ever hear of BBs?
What's BBs?
BBs are bourbon biscuits.
Bourbon biscuits? Wow. Heh-heh!
Yes, sir, this'll be the first time in history
anybody ever got drunk on biscuits.
I wonder who belongs to them,
wandering around loose like that.
Beats me, but when beeves start heading for Sedalia
on their own, I'm gonna quit.
They start going on their own, you're fired.
Whoa!
How do you do, ma'am?
What do you want?
Well, uh, we saw the herd down here, and, uh,
looked like you were alone.
Not quite alone, digger.
Well, too bad, boys. Better luck next time.
Ah, you got it all wrong.
We weren't gonna bother the young lady.
Get down.
Look, I'm Gil Favor,
this is Pete Nolan, our herd scout.
We're pushing a herd about four miles back.
We saw your dust and figured we'd just better check it out.
What do you think, Ruthanne?
Well, they have that cowhand look about them.
Yeah. Well, I'm kinda sorry, cobbers.
But you see to our blow in.
It's usually Rafferty's rules in the back blocks.
He means a newcomer can't be too suspicious
in a wild country like this.
I'm his translator.
Oh, my name's Goffage.
This is Miss Ruthanne Harper. Late of Claysville.
Pleasure, ma'am.
You handle 200 head, all by yourself?
Well, not quite.
Uh, say, uh, where you bound for?
Down under.
Uh, Australia. We're gonna start a run down there.
Ranch.
Ah, yeah, a ranch.
I always thought Australia was sheep country.
Well, yeah, that's right. Uh, down in the South.
But there's a lot of good cattle country up in the North.
Lot of good cattle country
and millions of miles of nothing else.
She's a city sheila.
You know, she wants to stay in Melbourne or Sydney.
Or San Francisco.
There's more beauty in a foot of the bush
than all the cities in the world, Ruthanne.
She'll change her mind.
One of us certainly will.
When we're married.
You know, I had to come all the way to Texas
to be bullied by a woman.
You say you're from Claysville?
Yes.
I've never been to Claysville, but I have a feeling
I know you from somewhere. Was it San Antone?
No.
Houston? Dallas, maybe?
No.
Come on. Let him go, will you?
He's a stockman, like us.
Let him go. Let him go!
Hey, try breathing again, Pete.
Oh, listen, I'm sorry about this, cobber.
His name's Binnaburra. He's my scout.
We've been friends since we've been kids.
He's my cobber. Your cobber.
That's right. He's my scout.
Your scout, huh?
Well, I guess you know you're going into
Comanche territory in about ten miles.
Wrong. What do you mean, wrong?
Wrong. Comanche all around here.
Well, listen. It doesn't make much matter, does it?
It matters, all right.
I don't mean to butt into your business,
but two men and a woman, alone in Comanche territory...
Now, listen, Mr. Favor, I've always been a loner,
except for these two.
I think we can take care of ourselves.
Hold it. Why?
Because that's not a war party.
They only wanted to warn us that they're here.
Everybody be still.
You speak English?
Some English. Some Spanish.
This Comanche land.
We are on our way north. Far north.
This Comanche land.
What's he after?
Beef, to let us through.
More cows come?
Three thousand more. And 20 more men.
Tawyawp's people hungry.
Children hungry.
Want five cows.
Mr. Goffage, we could wait for my herd to come up,
but I don't recommend it.
It's your game, Yank, you play it the way you want.
I'll make it up to you. Any ten steers of mine you like.
Thought he only asked for five cows.
We'll add five for insurance.
Good, good.
Mark your weak ones, I'll cut 'em out.
Wait a minute, Pete.
You choose, Tawyawp.
Choose all ten?
He'll pick the best beef in the herd.
Go ahead.
Tell me what you had in mind.
Maybe 50 miles of red Indian land.
Five cows, good business. Ten cows, friendship, I think.
Very smart, Mr. Favor.
Woman for sale?
For sale?
Give two knives, two guns.
No.
Three guns.
Well, I must say, I'm very flattered.
Feel like the belle of the ball.
Well, it's not so funny, darling.
Four guns.
Not even for a hundred guns.
Looks like that insurance of yours
might've paid off already, Mr. Favor.
You know, maybe I'm not so much the loner I thought I was.
Mr. Favor, I don't know whether you ever made the offer,
but if you wouldn't mind combining the herds for a way,
I'd certainly be obliged to you.
Where do you figure on stopping tonight, Pete?
There's a river about two miles north.
That sound all right to you?
Not so good.
Well, why not?
Storm's coming.
Maybe the river will flood.
Oh, there won't be any storm.
I know this Texas weather like I know the alphabet.
Run not far off, cobber.
all empty.
Well, that sound all right to you, Mr. Favor?
Yeah, that's fine.
Boss, listen... What's the difference?
Hey, we'll meet you at the run... I mean, the ranch.
Good. Come on, darling.
What storm is he talking about? Listen, I know this country.
I've heard of some crazy reasons to pick a night camp,
but this is the craziest I ever heard of.
All right, just forget it, then.
Well, I can't forget it.
Every time that jasper opened his mouth, he made a fool of me.
Well, quit helping him out so much, then.
We're gonna have enough trouble handling Comanches
without you having your back up.
Well, it ain't the Comanches I'm worried about.
I gathered that.
And it ain't that Binnaburra either.
Oh?
I finally figured out where I saw that woman before.
Where?
It was in a courtroom in El Paso.
They had her up for slickering some fella
out of his life savings.
You sure?
Yeah, I'm sure.
Come on.
Rain.
Now, don't scratch it. Easy... Don't drop it in the mud!
All right, now, come on. Turn.
Now, don't scratch it on that wheel. Coming around now.
I don't know why you wanna take it in there.
You're gonna have to bring it back out tomorrow.
So long as I got a kitchen, Mr. Yates, I'm gonna work in it.
And I can't work in a kitchen without a stove.
There's only half a roof over that room.
It's still a kitchen.
If putting it in the kitchen's gonna make Wishbone happy,
I sure ain't the one to argue about it.
I didn't say a word about it raining.
Don't scratch it going in that door.
It starts raining, we can float the thing out.
Now, what's going on?
Ah, he's showing how that boomerang thing works.
Never seen a piece of wood act so crazy in my life.
Here's something you can't make it do.
Throw it out there and make it circle and come back to you.
How about that?
That silly thing reminds me of a widow woman down in Galveston.
Got her hooks on old Wishbone.
Everything he did, well, here she come back.
Say, now, could you show me how to make one of them?
It's easy. I'll show all of you.
Ruthanne.
Hello.
Ruthanne.
Fiancé's calling you.
I heard him.
Uh, the cook, he, uh, needs a little water in here.
I don't believe I caught your name.
Rowdy. Rowdy Yates.
I'm Ruthanne.
Yeah.
Watching the twilight?
Yeah.
It's nice out here after the heat of the day.
Care for a drink of water?
I didn't bring a dipper along.
I'm not thirsty.
You're not?
You know, I see a real big cloud out there.
It looks...
It looks like a sailing ship.
Yeah, and right behind it, there's a lamb chasing it.
I don't see any clouds.
You don't?
Uh-uh.
Rowdy?
What are you doing out here?
Oh.
Excuse me, Mr. Yates.
I better see what Mr. Goffage wants.
Shame on you.
Look, we were just talking, that's all.
Listen to me, young fella...
Oh, uh, heh, hello, boss.
Yeah. You and Miss Harper getting along all right?
No.
He came along. Lucky I did too.
You know, of course, she's engaged to Mr. Goffage.
They're not married yet.
Pete tell you about her?
Looks like he told everybody.
She'll take that poor man for every nickel he's got.
Almost be worth it too.
You hear that? Now, how do you know she'll stop at Goffage?
Why, give her half a chance and she'll swindle her way
through this crew like a plague.
What do you wanna do? Turn 'em loose in Comanche territory?
Well, no. Well, then,
let's just stay clear of anything
that ain't our business, huh?
Both of you.
Well, where's my water?
He rose on his elbow And said
Wrap me up in my stockwhip And blanket
And bury me deep down below
Where the dingoes and crows Can't molest me
In the shade where The coolibahs grow
So bring out The battered old billy
Put the pannikins All in a row
And drink to the health Of the stockmen
Who soon will be lying below
More? More, anybody?
No, it's bonzer, cook. Especially the snorts.
Yeah, well, anybody don't like it don't have to eat 'em.
After all the work I went to on them sausages:
chopping the meat, stuffin' the cases.
Ah. Come on, Mr. Wishbone.
Binnaburra says your tack is fair whack out the diddly.
Me too. Fair dinkum.
Yeah?
They're wacko, Wishbone. They like them.
Especially the snorts. The sausages.
Oh, why don't you talk English?
Are you gonna let that good snort go to waste?
Oh. No, I ain't hungry.
Sure couldn't be one of our men.
Evening. I'm looking for Mr. Favor.
You found him.
My name's Adler.
I was on my way north when I spotted your herd.
Your nighthawk said you might have
a dry place for me to sleep.
You eaten yet?
Not since morning. Well, come on in.
Thanks.
Here. Sit down.
Wish, another plate.
Sure do appreciate this.
Um, well, this is Miss Ruthanne Harper.
Ma'am.
Mr. Adler.
And the lucky man next to her is the man she's gonna marry.
Uh, Richard Goffage. How are you, son?
Congratulations.
Hope you like the snorts. I mean, sausages.
You bet.
Say, uh, where you heading for?
Oh, no place in particular, just anywhere I can find me a job.
You a drover?
Off and on.
Say, I don't suppose you might have a spot open, Mr. Favor?
Well, I might.
Well, this... This looks like my lucky day.
A hot meal and maybe a job and a nice, dry place to sleep.
I wouldn't count too much on a dry place to sleep.
It's quite a ranch. This the only part still standing?
No. There's a barn. You must've passed it on the way here.
It's quite a ways from the house.
What do you suppose happened, Mr. Favor?
Where did the owners go?
Oh, on west.
Maybe back to civilization.
Maybe the Comanches went on the warpath.
Well, that sounds terrible.
It can be.
Say, any time you wanna, uh, bed down,
you can put your horse in the barn.
Well, thanks. I'll do it now if you don't mind.
Many thanks, and, uh, goodnight.
Say, Quince, why don't you give him a hand gettin' squared away?
You bet.
Oh, you must be tired, dolly.
I am rather.
Well, why don't you go upstairs, huh?
You don't mind?
No. Run along.
Good night, Richard. Good night.
Night.
Good night.
Oh, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny.
They told me in Claysville you'd gone north with the herd.
Why didn't you wait?
I waited.
I waited and I nearly went out of my mind.
Then they told me you tried to break out.
They said you were in solitary.
They said you'd be there forever.
They said...
How did you get out?
How do you think?
That don't matter. It's all over with now.
Who's this Goffage?
He's a cattle owner, a rancher.
He's taking a herd to Australia.
Where'd you meet him?
He was around town, and he had a nice smile.
So he smiled and said, "Marry me"?
And you said, "Sure, why not?
Nothing else on my dance card tonight."
Well, it was better than starving.
Besides, it kinda took me by surprise.
No one else has ever asked me to marry them.
Is that what you want?
Of course it is.
Then I'll marry you.
Soon as we get to a town.
Soon as I get a stake.
Where did you say this Goffage was headed?
Australia.
How's he figure to get those 3,000 beeves across that ocean?
Oh, he doesn't have 3,000.
He has 200, in with Mr. Favor's,
until we get past Indian territory.
How many of those men are Goffage's?
Just one.
Two hundred cows.
Ten dollars a hide.
That's the stake.
As soon as he splits with Favor, when he's off on his own,
that's the time.
Look, I don't want you to kill him.
He's a good man.
He's been kind to me.
Do you love him?
Course I don't.
You with me?
If I don't hurt him?
Yes.
Oh, you keep comin' out the door.
I have no specs this time.
Men, go right to the floor.
Now, watch your step.
You're sure worried about this old stove a lot.
Ah, this blasted thing. Oughta just carry it back and forth.
By the time I get to a kitchen, you're gonna carry it in again.
"Don't scratch it. Don't scratch it."
It sounds like one of them squawkin' birds, you know?
Easy. I'll open it up over here.
Oh, you ruined it! Upside down in the mud!
Get outta here!
Get outta here, every one of you!
Mushy! Hey.
Can't do anything.
Every other thing you gotta do,
you gotta try to do it for yourself.
Get over here and open this thing up.
Lift it up!
Y'all set to go?
Yeah, I'm ready to move out, Yank.
Cobber?
Yeah, what is it, mate?
Uh, I have a thing to tell you.
Are you worried about the woman?
Now, listen, cobber, I know you don't like her.
I know you're afraid that she'll lure me down to the city,
and that it'll be quits for you and me.
But that'll never happen.
I told you from the beginning, and I'll tell you again.
It'll be the three of us
on the finest cattle run you ever saw.
All right?
Mornin', boss.
Oh, Adler.
Yeah?
I, um, made up my mind.
I can't use you.
But last night you said there'd be a job.
I said there might be.
Well, Mr. Favor,
I want the job.
That mean anything to you?
Sorry, no.
Let me tell you something.
You need me.
I do?
Sure, as a go-between with the Comanches.
And that's you, huh? You bet your life that's me.
I'm more Comanche than white.
My father was Lone Eagle,
blood brother to Tawyawp.
Thought you said your name was Adler.
Well, that's the German name for Eagle.
Johnny Adler, Johnny Eagle.
I still can't use you.
Let it go.
No, I ain't gonna let it go.
I'll break your face in, you walk away from me.
Nobody's walkin' away from you.
I just want you to get it into your head
that I can't use you.
Now, isn't that simple enough?
No. No, it ain't simple enough.
I'm stayin' with you.
No, you're not, Johnny.
You got a reason?
I'm boss of this outfit,
I don't need another drover,
and that's reason enough.
Well, I'll give you a better reason.
Like this.
Now will you get out?
Oh, no!
Thank you, Mr. Favor.
I'll go.
I'll go, but I'll be back.
I'll be back so you can do that again.
You'll wanna see how it comes out next time.
You need some help, Miss Harper?
Wait a minute, Jim.
I think I see what you're doin' wrong.
Now, look.
Try turnin' your wrist over before you let it go.
I have turned it over.
I've turned it over and under and inside out,
and it still goes straight as a bullet.
No, wait. I'll show you what I mean. Look. Stand back.
It ain't the wrist.
Bunch of 2-year-old kids
throwin' them crooked sticks around.
Can you do it?
I wouldn't waste my time.
If you want that, it's yours.
Well, I don't want it.
You know, I think your scout's jealous of my scout, Mr. Favor.
Probably just all bent out of shape.
He'll get over it.
Well, it's a funny thing about jealousy.
It can tear a man apart,
unless he's sure of himself, can't it?
Oh, I told that boy to stay away from her,
but, um, she's a mighty attractive woman.
Heh. And he's a handsome boy.
It's no wonder they like each other.
Doesn't bother me, Mr. Favor.
Ruthanne's a flirt.
Maybe that's part of why I love her.
You know, Goffage, there's some women who...
Well, they just never get used to cow country.
What I mean...
I think I know what you mean, Mr. Favor.
You mean that this is a bad match,
that I'm making a mistake.
I think that what you see is a woman who doesn't love me.
Well, I see something else as well.
I see toughness and loyalty.
I see a need to settle down, take care of a home,
have some kids.
She was willin' to marry me without love.
And I think that maybe love will come in time.
By the way, Mr. Favor,
did you know that she was proved innocent
of that charge in El Paso?
Hm. You knew about that, huh?
I knew about that before I asked her to marry me.
You know, I got the feeling
you two are gonna come out all right after all.
So long as Mr. Adler doesn't come ridin' back again, huh?
Oh, incidentally,
thanks for gettin' rid of him.
Oh, that was my pleasure.
I say it can be done.
What are 20 whites against 50 Comanches?
You can attack at night. I know it can be done.
Would I have ridden this far to talk foolishness
with my blood uncle?
They said Tawyawp was a great warrior.
Were they wrong?
Tawyawp, the buffalo are gone,
but in their place are 3,000 steers.
And many guns.
I have another thought.
There is a woman.
She's my woman. She will come here with me if I ask her to.
Tawyawp will say he holds her as hostage
for all the guns and half the herd.
And for you, what?
The woman,
200 steers
and the scalp of a man named Favor.
Bring her.
It's the animals I wanna show you the most.
Koala sittin' up in a tall tree,
eatin' his eucalyptus leaves.
The platypus, the emu.
Wait till you see the feathers I'll take from our emu
to make you a bonnet.
Really are full of plans, aren't you, Richard?
I could plan for you, dolly, all the day and all the night
and never reach the end.
I don't know why you're so good to me.
l-I think it's the other way around.
No, it isn't.
I haven't even given you honesty.
About what?
Tell me about the baby kangaroos.
What did my uncle call them?
Joeys.
Tell me about the joeys.
There. How's that look?
Looks like the Ritz.
Pleasant dreams, darling. Sleep well.
Richard.
Yes?
Nothing.
Sleep well.
Good night, dolly.
Night.
Guard my girl well, cobber.
Aye, cobber.
Good night.
Hey! Hey, Jim.
Stampede!
Come on, let's go.
No, Johnny. I've changed my mind.
I'm not coming with you.
Look, I haven't got time to argue with you.
Richard! Argh!
Come on, let's get him!
Get him, cobber. Get him.
What are you waiting for? Get him!
Throw it! Throw that boomerang. Throw it, will you?
Throw it!
We gotta get after him, Mr. Favor.
Ah, it's no use, not in the dead of night.
You never missed a mark that easy before.
You wanted to miss. You wanted to get rid of her!
Take it easy, Goffage. It's true, isn't it?
Isn't it? Take it easy.
Sun's been up for ten minutes, Mr. Favor.
Now what are we waitin' for?
Rowdy, hold the herd here until noon.
If we're not back by then, move 'em out.
Mr. Favor.
Pete.
Tawyawp has the girl.
No.
But he'll give her up...
for all the guns...
and half of the cattle.
Well, tell him we'll do it, of course.
What's our choice, Mr. Favor? No choice.
Tell him.
Well, what's the matter?
It's half my herd he wants.
Well, of course it's half your herd,
but you can't hold back now.
Now, listen, Mr. Favor, I'll pay for those cattle
if it takes me 20 years.
I'm afraid the owners couldn't wait 20 years.
What kind of a man are you?
You know what they'll do to her. Even I know.
Look, I'd give my arm to save her,
but I can't give this herd.
Why, you filthy coward.
You rotten...
Tell him no deal.
We could follow him.
He sure ain't gonna let anybody follow him to Tawyawp's camp,
until he's certain he ain't bein' followed.
Where are you goin'?
Boss, Binnaburra's goin' after the girl.
Maybe he oughta have some help.
Yeah. Rowdy, take over till Pete and I get back.
Mr. Favor, room for one more?
Uh, sure.
Well, trail boss...
Where's the woman?
Safe.
If you brought her here on your own, Adler,
you're a real fool.
There's somebody else who wants her
as badly as you do.
Any time I wanna leave, the woman leaves with me.
Any time.
You wanna bet?
Comanche camp well-hidden.
How you come here?
This man found you.
We followed him.
And 20 more men are following us.
All with guns.
They're lying.
They wouldn't leave the herd alone.
Can you stand against that many guns, Tawyawp?
Give us the girl for 50 cows,
and there'll be no bloodshed.
Gotta hand it to you. You got him worried.
Well, what's so funny?
You'll find out.
The trail boss here has talked himself
into a real bad corner.
Well, what's that?
Comanche gauntlet.
Maybe you lie.
Maybe you tell truth.
You run from here
to there.
If any man get through,
all can leave and take woman.
You mean we got a choice?
You can give Tawyawp 100 cow and go,
but woman stay.
Isn't that a beaut?
If we try to take her outta here,
we'll never make it with our scalps.
I know.
We'll take the gauntlet.
Get goin'.
Wait.
You, go first.
Me?
Tawyawp, wait. Listen.
I'm kin to you.
l-I'll give you the woman.
Anytime you wanna leave.
She's yours, Tawyawp.
I won't challenge you for her.
From now on, never be seen in our camp.
Go.
I know their ways. Maybe I can make it.
No. My fault.
No, cobber,
I'm gonna give it a go.
If I don't make it, you can try.
Richard!
Richard, give it up. Don't do it.
I'm not worth it.
I'm not what you think I am at all.
I'm a cheat, and I'm a liar.
I've worked in dance halls, I've been in jail,
and not three nights ago
I promised to marry a common thief
at the first opportunity.
You made a mistake, dolly,
about the other man
and about yourself.
Let go of me! Let go! Richard! Richard!
Come on, Goffage. Get up, Goffage.
Richard.
Quick, get up, Richard.
Let me go and help him. Get up!
Richard!
Get up, cobber.
I don't want you to die.
I love you.
Get up!
Stop!
Let it be said that Tawyawp would not kill a man of courage.
He's run the gauntlet.
Is Tawyawp a man of his word?
Oh, no, dolly.
No, no need to make such a fuss over me.
We've been through tougher times than this, haven't we, cobber?
Aye, cobber.
Richard,
I'll go with you anywhere you say.
To the end of Australia.
But you'd rather stay in this land, dolly.
I'd rather be with you.
Anywhere.
Hey, scout,
that offer you made about, um,
givin' me one of them boomerang things...
That still go? Still go.
You'll have to teach me how to throw it.
Aye, cobber.
Mr. Favor,
if a man were to take over that ruined run back there,
you think he could make a go of it?
I'm positive he could.
Come on, dolly. Let's go back, huh?
Head 'em up!
Move 'em out!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rollin', rollin' Rollin'
Keep rollin', rollin' Rollin'
Though the streams Are swollen
Keep them dogies rollin'
Rawhide!
Through rain and wind And weather
Hell-bent for leather
Wishin' my gal Was by my side
All the things I'm missin'
Good vittles Love and kissin'
Are waiting at the end Of my ride
Move 'em on, head 'em up Head 'em up, move 'em on
Move 'em on, head 'em up Rawhide
Let 'em out, ride 'em in Ride 'em in, let 'em out
Cut 'em out Ride 'em in
Rawhide!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Hyah!
Rawhide!
Hyah!
Keep movin', Movin' movin'
Though they're Disapprovin'
Keep them Doggies movin'
Rawhide
Don't try To understand 'em
Just rope and throw And grab 'em
Soon we'll be livin' High and wide
Boy my heart's Calculatin'
My true love Will be waitin'
Be waitin' at the end Of my ride
Move 'em on Hit 'em up
Move 'em on
Hit 'em up
Rawhide
Set 'em out Ride 'em in
Let 'em out
Set 'em out Ride 'em in
Rawhide
Hyah!
Rawhide
Hyah!
There's one good thing you can say about driving a herd
up the Sedalia Trail.
Thieves stay thieves.
The drovers stay human.
And trouble is always saddling up a fresh horse,
preparing to ride with you.
What you can't be sure of is the direction it's coming from.
The face it's gonna be wearing.
The name it will be traveling under.
What you can be sure of is that trouble knows your name.
Mine's Gil Favor,
trail boss.
Yeah, back, back.
Come on, come on.
Little more, come on.
Back.
Whoa.
Giddyup.
Move.
All right, here we go.
Back, back, come on.
Back up a little more, come on.
Back up.
Back.
Uh-huh, there it is. Just like the map said.
Uh,
I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you
to help me get down off the horse.
Still don't want to say you're sorry, huh?
What do you mean, sorry?
I mean, taking off the drive
just because you got a little hitch in your get-along.
Have you ever tried pumping up and down on the chuck wagon?
Up and down, down and up.
Every time that wagon's going up, I'm coming down.
Boy, it jars me.
My back's jarred.
I ain't sure I ain't jarred for good.
Mr. Favor told me to get you well while we're in this town,
so you just look up and down the street
and see if there's anything gonna make you well,
except them signs.
What's wrong with the signs?
Looks like some medicine man might have wrote 'em.
"Guaranteed cure for rheumatism, ulcers,
"white swelliness and...
general debility."
You got any better idea what I could do?
No, and I can't take you back to the drive until you get better.
You were mighty well told you can't.
So?
Well, so I'll get well.
But my back hasn't got any choice
but to get well in a town like this.
Ah, just because you heard this town is a spay...
It isn't a spay, it's a spa.
Spa?
Yeah, spa, that's what they call a town
that's a healing place.
Spa. How do you spell it?
S-P-A.
S-P-A, spay. Why don't you call a spay a spay?
Oh, that's very funny, I'm gonna laugh and laugh at that.
Well, go ahead and laugh, it might do you good.
Water and feed 'em, gents?
Yeah, how much.
By the day, week, or month?
By the hour.
Whatever you say.
I'll meet you back at the hotel after I send a telegram.
Something I can do for you, mister?
Yeah, I want to send a message to Sedalia, Missouri.
Well, let's have it.
Well, I haven't written it out yet.
Do you got something I could write on?
You know what you want to say?
Well, I guess I do.
Say it, I can send as fast as you give it to me.
Who's it going to?
Goes to Mr. Dan Reynolds at Drovers Hotel
in Sedalia, Missouri.
Tell him to wire information
about their current beef prize train.
Uh, Favor will pace movement of herd accordingly.
Signed, Pete Nolan.
That will be 35 cents.
When can I expect to hear back?
Depends on who's drinkin' and who ain't.
Might take a couple of hours, night take a week.
I need to hear in a couple of hours. I hope nobodies drinkin'.
Good morning.
You new here?
Well, I'm looking for someone.
Little fella with a beard and a bad back.
You lookin' for me?
Excuse me.
You out of your mind?
Well, I'm takin' a mud bath.
Uh, I thought you would have dunked your back, not your face?
Well, can I help it if I slipped a little?
Besides, you don't look to good.
And you ain't takin' the treatment.
Who is he?
He's a cook for our trail outfit.
Trail outfit, huh? How big?
Three thousand head.
That's a lot of beef. Where you takin' it?
Sedalia, Missouri.
First big trail outfit I've heard of up this way.
Three thousand head? That's a man-sized job.
I should know, I'm a cattleman myself.
Well, I'm not in charge, Gil Favor's the trail boss.
I do the scoutin'. Name's Pete Nolan.
Paul Evans.
Sit down.
Are you gonna be around here for a while?
Might be here a couple of days.
Might be we could do a little, uh,
drinkin' and braggin' this evening, huh?
Ha-ha, sounds all right to me.
It beats sittin' over there in that boardin' house.
How'd you get clean so fast?
Oh, two tubs, one with mud, one with clear water.
You feel any better?
Oh, what do you expect out of a mud bath?
Now I gotta take me a mineral bath.
Supposed to cure everything from bunions to bullet holes.
Well, what are you hangin' around for?
You look healthy enough to do a day's work.
All right, boys.
I'd like nothing better than doing a days work.
Trouble is I can't make my legs feel the same way.
All right, boys, thank you.
Yes, sir.
Decided to look in on me?
How do you feel?
When are you going to stop asking, Laurie?
I think I'll always ask.
I told you before we left home
that bringing me here was a waste of time.
I'm a cripple.
You haven't excepted it, I have.
But that doesn't mean I want anyone feeling sorry for me,
least of all you.
All right, Paul.
Not gonna let anything upset that composure, are you?
That prissy, school-mistress, composure of yours.
Will you let me talk to you?
Again?
All right, talk.
I'm trying to make up my mind about something.
Congratulations.
Anything I can do to help?
It's something important to both of us.
What is it, the Besson party?
Should you go or should you stay away?
Paul.
Again, it depends on whether I want to go or not, doesn't it?
Can't stand the idea of having me sitting there in a wheelchair
and spoiling it for you, can you?
It isn't a matter of standing it.
I've always been able to stand it.
All right, Laurie.
I'll let you know if I decide you can go to the party?
I'll let you know if I decide you should stay home,
like a good loyal, long, suffering wife.
Does that take care of your problem?
Yes, Paul.
And I should have known you'd be such a help.
Hey, you seem to be moving better.
You think that mineral bath helped?
The pain's gone for the time being.
Maybe it's worthwhile coming' here after all.
Let's just see if I get a good night's sleep for a change.
I got a message back from Sedalia for you.
Good, let's have it.
Well, some other party sent the wire. It said,
"Dan Reynolds out of town, won't be back till tomorrow."
Oh, we'll check with it in the morning.
It's open, come in.
Mr. Nolan.
Yeah, I brought over one of our trail maps.
I thought you might be interested.
Good, sit down.
I'll show you where we go.
Now, here we are here.
We got right up through the Indian territory,
over into Kansas,
and right up to Sedalia, Missouri.
You think you'll get through there with most of your beefs?
Well, we figured it that way when we left San Antone
and we haven't changed our minds yet.
Ooh!
I wish I could go with you.
Funny thing, l...
I've been keeping away from people lately.
You've come along, and I feel right at home with you.
I wonder if I could ask you to do me a kindness.
Anything I can.
My wife hasn't had it too easy since I was hurt.
If it weren't for me she could be having good times.
Like tonight, there's a party over at Besson's ranch.
I'm not up to traveling 10 miles back and forth.
You'd be doing me a real service if you'd take her to that party.
I haven't even met your wife, Mr. Evans.
Isn't there someone she knows you could send her with?
Well, my brother Jubal, but he's running the ranch,
while I'm away.
Mr. Nolan,
I haven't been too easy to get along with.
I used to live in a saddle like you.
Glued to this chair is no life for me or for her.
Do this for me, will you please?
Laurie. Yes, Paul?
Would you come here a minute, please?
I want you to meet someone.
I'll be there in a moment.
I can't tell you how glad I am that you came over,
we haven't been getting along too well lately.
I get to feeling low and I take it out on her.
I don't mean to, but...
Laurie, this is Mr. Nolan, he's a scout for a trail outfit.
Moving north to Sedalia, Missouri.
Mr. Nolan, my wife, Laurie.
Mrs. Evans.
How do you do, Mr. Nolan?
A new dress?
Yes, I bought it yesterday.
Looks just right for the party tonight,
Mr. Nolan's taking you.
Mr. Nolan?
You need to go to that party, Laurie.
It will do you good.
Besides you don't want folks saying
that you can't get out because your husband's a...
A stay-at-home.
Paul, I don't mind... I want you to go.
I mean it.
What about it, Pete?
Mr. Nolan, this is an imposition, you must say no.
Well, I'd be glad to take you to the party...
Good, how about a drink, huh?
Fine.
Well, I know you ain't asked for my two cents worth,
but I'm gonna give it to you anyway.
Any man that lets himself get talked into squiring
another man's wife to a party's plum loco.
Wishbone, I told you,
her husband asked me as a favor to him.
I don't care what he asked you.
You're lettin' yourself in for trouble.
They're fine people.
A man like that asks you to do something for him,
you try to do it.
You better get her back by midnight,
or by mornin' this whole town will be buzzin'.
Wishbone, you would have made somebody a wonderful mother.
Mr. Evans. Mrs. Evans.
My wife looks very beautiful tonight.
Wouldn't you say so, Mr. Nolan?
Oh, yes, sir, I'd say so.
Goodnight, Paul.
Goodnight, sir.
Hi, Mrs. Evans.
Glad to see you're not missing the dance.
Heh. Crippled husband or no,
that Mrs. Evans ain't gonna miss some fun.
Hm, not much Paul Evans can do about it either.
I wonder how is brother Jubal will take it when he finds out...
You always wonder about things that aren't your business.
Giddyup.
Hyah.
Whoa.
Well, it's quite a party, by the sound of it.
Yes.
You want this inside?
No, please, put it back.
Now join your hands And make a ring
And circle it Like everything
Create that ring With a gorgeous thing
And join your hands And make a ring
And circle it Like everything
Create that ring With a gorgeous thing
Honey, I'm so glad you could come.
Uh, this is Mr. Nolan, he's a friend of Paul's.
Welcome, Mr. Nolan, I'm Mary Besson.
Pleasure to be here.
Hi, everybody, choose your partner for the next dance!
This is gonna be a cut in dance, and if you don't cut in,
you're gonna get cut out.
Do me the honor, Mrs. Evans?
Grab that lady in the calico and get her over here on the floor.
Need another couple, right there.
Another couple over here.
Bring the lady on the floor, here we go, everybody up.
Hey, cowboy, bring that girl in the calico.
and bring her on out here.
Pa, can I dance?
No.
What I can't figure is how this stranger got the honor.
We all thought it was Jubal.
You shut your big, small-town mouth.
Now bow To your partner
Get goin' is all
Now circle to the left Go around the hall
Circle to the left In a great, big ring
All the way down A great big ring
Now reverse back Single-file
Lady in the lead Gents go wild
When you get home
Everybody swing Everybody swing
Now ladies turn back To the bar
Gentleman step With a right hand stop
Come back to the left But not to far
Now pick up your honey With an arm around
Let's take a little walk Go around the town
When you get home
Everybody swing Everybody swing
Now match up But don't look down
Here we go Right into town
Go right
Don't look down The ring now
Holdin' hands With a pretty little thing
Meet you partner Prominently
Let's get out of here.
You go, I'll follow.
Don't be too long.
Back to back
We all go now The outside track
All the way down To a big old ring
When you get back home
Everybody swing Everybody swing
You dose around Your collar girl
Now bow to your partner
I haven't pranced around to much in months.
Ha-ha, hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
Oh, yes, Mr. Nolan,
would you mind getting me a glass of punch?
Sure.
Could I have a glass of punch?
Thank you.
No, not here, Jubal, not now.
I thought you were coming alone.
I couldn't, it didn't work out.
Who's the man?
A trail scout Paul just met and liked.
Why did you bring him out here?
I couldn't help it, Paul insisted.
It doesn't matter, you're leaving with me.
Now, I don't know, Jubal.
Look, you packed your bag.
Nobody told you to do that.
You're not putting me off this time.
This a think we could be sorry for.
Terribly sorry.
We've talked about all that. It's settled.
I wish I could be sure.
If you're worried about money, I sold 200 steers.
I got paid in cash.
I got everything we need to take us wherever we want to go.
In style. Paul's money.
Paul's steers.
Who has a better right to them?
You think Paul would have what he has if I hadn't helped him?
I helped him and he took it all.
There's no sharing with Paul.
He had to be the boss, top man.
I know.
The way he treats me like a hired hand.
Look at the way he treats you.
Don't tell me you want to stay around here and take it.
No, no, of course not.
All right, then you're leaving with me.
You got to say it now and do it now.
All right, all right, I'll go.
I don't want to go right away. Why?
Well, people might notice. They might start looking for me.
Now or later, what difference does it make?
Your glass of punch, Mrs. Evans.
Oh, thank you. Uh...
Mr. Nolan this is my brother-in-law, Jubal Evans.
How are you? How are you?
Well, would you care to dance?
She doesn't want to dance anymore.
Why don't you let her decide?
You better go inside and have yourself a time.
I'll take care of Laurie.
Do you care to dance?
Not now, Mr. Nolan, thanks.
Now, you better go on inside.
Look, I can go inside without you guiding me.
Jubal.
All right, but just tell him to go away.
I hope you won't mind if I let Jubal
take me home.
Home?
Well, back to town.
Is that where you're going?
What do you mean by that?
Jubal, let me handle this.
It's all right, Mr. Nolan. Why don't you do as Jubal said,
go inside and enjoy yourself?
Mrs. Evans, this afternoon
when I went to go rent a buggy to drive us here,
I didn't think much about it when the stable keeper
told me you'd rented the only one he had.
I figured you already knew you were comin' here,
but it's none of my business.
And then I couldn't help wondering about the bag,
the traveling bag, the one you wanted me to leave alone.
It's kind of big just for a party.
I don't see how this concerns you, Mr. Nolan.
Well, that's what I kept telling myself
until I met your brother-in-law.
This shouldn't concern you either.
Gettin' ready to leave your husband tonight, aren't you?
This just doesn't concern you, Mr. Nolan.
Paul Evan put you in my charge, and I brought you here.
Take your hand off her. Please, stay out of it.
You want to leave him, that's between you and your conscience,
but you're gonna do it after we get back to town.
Mr. Nolan.
He's hurt.
He's all right, come on, let's go.
Mr. Evans.
Let me alone, I'm going inside.
You're going home.
I'll scream.
Go ahead and scream. Giddyup.
Ha-ha-ha, I have just got to get a breath of cool air.
Why, Jubal, what on earth happened to you?
I'm all right.
You'd better come right into the house and lie down.
I got no time for that.
You won't get away, he'll come after us.
Hyah!
You're not actually going through with this?
Taking me back like a runaway child.
Why did we turn this way?
It's a shortcut, back to town.
You mean you're hiding from Jubal?
You're afraid he'll come after us.
You're scared he'll have men with him, huh?
I'd just as soon not meet up with him.
Well, I'm not gonna let you go through with this.
Cut it out, will you.
Hyah!
Whoa.
That was a fool thing to do.
Listen, get in that buggy or I'll put you in it.
I don't need your help.
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Whoa! Whoa!
Well, I hope you can hike in them dancing shoes.
You don't think I'm gonna walk back to town?
There don't seem to be any other way, thanks to you.
I'm not leaving here.
Well, then we'll spend the night.
We're gonna need a place with shelter.
Spend then night out here? Don't be ridiculous.
We passed a spot about a mile back
where there's an outcropping and some brush and stuff.
I think we can build a fire won't be seen from the road.
I'm staying here.
I could've caught my death out there for all you care.
I was wondering how much longer you were gonna be stubborn.
I'd never have found you if it hadn't been for the fire.
Oh, I figured you'd see it all right.
Might as well get comfortable.
It just makes things different, doesn't it?
Go on.
You could hardly expect to take me back to town now.
Oh, I'll take you back, all right.
How? You plan on carrying me?
If you think I'll walk, you're mistaken.
I'll find that rig in the morning.
That old horse won't run too far.
And you're still going to insist on taking me back?
I thought we'd settled it.
You settled it the way you wanted.
I'm not going back.
Well, we'll talk about that in the morning.
Will you believe me when I tell you
Paul doesn't even care if I go back?
Of course he cares. You're his wife.
And I also remind him of his frustrations.
His helplessness.
He hates having me around.
What happened to Mr. Evans?
A horse fell and rolled on him.
When was that?
A year and a half ago.
Well, you take a man that's crippled like that,
a man that was once strong and important,
he needs understanding.
Understanding? I have tried to understand him.
I have fetched and carried,
and given him sympathy for hours on end.
You made that contract when you married him.
And I wanted to carry it out, but he wouldn't let me.
He would not let me.
Too bad he's not here, you could tell him about it.
All right, be smug, be righteous.
Why don't you get some sleep?
So I can look refreshed when you drive me back?
You've only known Paul a matter of hours,
why do you care so much about taking me back to him?
Well, let's just say I like to finish a job once I start it.
So this is a job, is it?
You're interfering in my life
just because of some small amount of pride
you carry around with you?
Are you really in love with your husband's brother?
I suppose in your mind that makes me
the wrong kind of woman.
Well, are you in love with him?
What difference does it make?
You can probably answer that better than I can.
I wonder just how deep
this self-righteousness of yours really goes.
Think how it could be if you were to take me away.
I've thought about it.
Oh, the wood's getting a little low. I better get some.
Do you believe in things
happening to people all of a sudden?
Important things?
Well, you can't see a man die in a stampede without knowing that.
I mean other things.
Yeah, I imagine it goes for other things.
Feelings between a man and a woman?
Maybe.
There's something I want you to know
before we leave here.
I've never been in love with Jubal.
He hated Paul the way I began to hate him.
Gave us something in common.
We had lots of talks. I agreed to go away with him.
There's something else I want you to know.
I'm still going to leave Paul.
Not with Jubal, but I'm going to leave him.
Well, we better get going.
You know what it means for us to go back into town now?
Yeah, I know.
What are you gonna tell my husband?
I'm gonna tell him the truth.
What is the truth?
That we started back and had an accident.
No more?
Is there any more?
Suppose he doesn't believe you?
Well, we'll just have to take that chance.
Let's go.
What are you doing here?
I rode into town last night.
I didn't want to bother you so I took a room.
I was wondering if you were feeling any better.
I left you in charge of the ranch.
Don't worry, everything's all right.
It better be.
You know, I can do big things with that ranch
if you'd give me more authority with the hands.
Man makes his own authority in this country, Jubal.
You'd treat the hands like they were dirt.
They just don't like you.
Where's Laurie?
Went to a party at Besson's last night.
Yeah, I was there.
I know.
Got yourself mixed up in some kind of fight.
Got beat up and rode off in a huff, huh?
What time did she get in?
She didn't.
Out all night?
I expect there's some good reason for it.
Theodore.
What is it, Martha?
Look.
Are they just coming back?
Do you suppose their buggy broke down?
Girls. Get in the house.
Come on.
Whoa.
Good morning, Paul.
Have a nice time at the party?
It was a nice party.
I've been wondering if you ever got there.
We got there.
Decide to stay over?
No, we left early.
So I heard. From everybody that attended.
Well, we had an accident on the way back.
Horse ran off.
I can't make up my mind about you, Mr. Nolan.
Either you got more gall than a polecat...
Wait a minute, Mr. Evans.
You asked me as a favor to take your wife to that dance,
and look out after her.
I did that.
What about it, Laurie?
What he says is true, Paul.
Tom. Get Mrs. Evans' bag and take it inside.
Well, I'll take the buggy back to the live...
Never mind.
Jubal, take care of it.
You two know each other?
We might've met last night.
Jubal Evans. Pete Nolan.
Goodbye, Mrs. Evans. Mr...
Tender nothing from Sedalia yet, where you staying?
Oh, at the Borden house.
Well, if you wanna pay an extra 15 cents,
I'll bring the message when it gets here.
All right.
Where you been all this time?
Oh, I won't go into that. Well, maybe you won't,
but there's some folks in this town that will.
You can't keep a married woman out all night.
Oh, shut up. Now, Pete.
There's something you ought to know, and I'm gonna tell you.
That woman's husband's the biggest cattle rancher
this side of Fort Worth.
He's got a dozen wranglers all over town.
Now, that's mighty bad odds in a unfriendly place.
Well, I can't leave till I get that message from Sedalia.
Pete.
Just let me ask you one thing.
Why did you let that drover take you away last night?
I don't want to talk about it.
All right, we'll forget it for now.
Talk about it later.
The important thing is our getting away from here.
I'm not going with you.
You're not what?
I'm not going away with you, Jubal. Ever.
Look, quit acting like a schoolgirl.
You can't shake off the way we feel for each other.
I don't feel the same way you do.
You couldn't change that quickly.
Not unless something happened last night.
It never meant the same to me.
You're lying. You went soft for that drover.
Sure, you go for a ride in the dark with some stranger
and all of a sudden he's the man in your life.
You know what you are?
Tell me, Jubal.
Tell me what I am.
Get it over with and then let me alone.
Does Paul know how you feel about this?
I'm sure he will now,
as soon as you tell him.
No use dreaming about it, Pete.
Your pay for the whole drive
wouldn't make a dent in the price of this.
They got the right horse for it.
Heh. The horse can't afford it any better than you can.
How much longer are we gonna stay around here?
We leave those horses in the corral much longer,
they're gonna get spoiled on us.
I can't leave till I get a message from Sedalia.
Well, I'll go on up to the telegraph office.
I'm getting a queasy feeling about this town.
Why you keep on cleaning those guns is more than I can see.
You know you'll never get the chance to go hunting again.
Thanks for the kind thought, brother of mine.
Right now I say you got more important things to think about.
We've been all through it three times.
You just sit there cleaning guns.
Why are you so fired up about this?
Laurie's my wife, not yours.
If you have no family pride, I have.
Laurie told me everything was all right. I believe her.
She never lied to me in her life.
I say you're thinking like a fool.
I don't wanna hear anything more about it, Jubal.
You understand?
What are you doing?
Look down there.
That's your drover friend, isn't it?
Look there.
Now, watch where's she's going.
Now, why would she be going there if I wasn't right?
And why is he staying in town so long?
He's supposed to be with a herd of cattle, isn't he?
Get me down the street. Yes, sir.
Come in.
What are you doing here?
Why have you stayed in town?
I'm waiting for a telegram message.
I've been thinking I might be the reason.
You are making things worse.
Things couldn't be worse.
What with Jubal and Paul here.
I'm caught between the hatred of both of them.
Your husband doesn't hate you.
How can you know?
The other afternoon when he brought you and introduced us,
he did it like he was proud of you, wanted to show you off.
A man doesn't do that with a woman he hates.
You should hear the way he talks to me when we're alone.
That's because he's afraid.
Afraid? Paul?
Listen, I know he's been a tough-minded, hard-nosed man.
He was proud of his strength.
Now that it's gone he's afraid of losing you.
You don't know Paul.
I've seen it before. A man like this
doesn't wanna led on how much he needs someone.
He'll do anything to cover up the fear and pain.
Paul isn't afraid of anything, and pain doesn't bother him.
It's always easy for you to think that way.
It's always easy to sleep when another man's hurt.
It's no use, Mr. Nolan. I am still going to leave him.
And when I do, I'd like to go with you.
And if that seems as though I'm laying my pride at your feet,
well, l...
Who is it? It's me, Pete.
Pete, we got trouble. I know.
Well, you can't fight a man in a wheelchair.
Let's get out of here.
I'm going with you.
Laurie!
Find 'em.
Let me take a look.
They got the whole town reigned.
They ain't gonna let us get to our horses either.
This is all my fault. I'll go talk to Paul.
No one in there, Mr. Evans.
Laurie!
I'll find you. You and your friend!
He sounds crazy.
Yeah, he is crazy. Crazy with hurt.
Laurie! I'll find you! Both of you!
Laurie! Laurie.
Laurie!
Laurie.
Laurie!
Get her inside. What are you gonna do?
We need time for him to wear out that rage
or he'll kill you now if he finds you.
He'll kill you too.
I know it. Laurie!
I'm gonna try to draw him off. I'll make him come after me.
The minute I draw him off you get her inside.
Laurie!
Come out, Laurie!
Laurie!
No use trying to get away.
My men will find you if they have to tear this town apart.
Nolan.
That's far enough, Mr. Evans.
Mr. Evans, I don't wanna fight you,
but you come any closer I'll kill you.
Keep going, keep going.
Paul!
Go ahead, Paul. If you must kill someone, kill me.
Get out of here.
That man did nothing to hurt you.
I was gonna leave before he ever came here.
I was going to leave with Jubal.
Jubal?
You and Jubal?
You all saw what he was gonna do.
So you're gonna run away, huh?
Don't try to talk, Paul.
Jubal always wanted everything I had.
Everything.
Even you.
I wasn't going to shoot you, Laurie.
I couldn't pull the trigger.
I guess I thought l...
I could scare you into staying with me.
I guess I've been trying to scare you into that
for a long time.
I won't try anymore.
Get a doctor before he bleeds to death.
No danger of that, ma'am.
It's a good thing you were in that chair.
It deflected the bullet just enough to save your life.
He is bleeding though. Better get him inside.
Laurie. Laurie.
You mean that message finally got here?
Hey, I think there's somebody wants to see you.
I'll go get the horses.
How's he feeling?
Much better.
He's gonna stay here in town and try swimming in the springs.
Your friend said that might help him in time.
That's something to be hopeful for.
You're going now? Yeah.
Are you leaving me with him?
What else can I do?
You know what that means?
If I stay now it means I'll stay here forever.
Well, you'll have to make up your own mind to that.
You made up my mind.
Goodbye, Mr. Nolan.
Bye-bye.
Head 'em up!
Move 'em out! Hyah!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rollin', rollin' Rollin'
Keep rollin', rollin' Rollin'
Though the streams Are swollen
Keep them dogies rollin'
Rawhide!
Through rain and wind And weather
Hell-bent for leather
Wishin' my gal Was by my side
All the things I'm missin'
Good vittles Love and kissin'
Are waiting at the end Of my ride
Move 'em on, head 'em up Head 'em up, move 'em on
Move 'em on, head 'em up Rawhide
Let 'em out, ride 'em in Ride 'em in, let 'em out
Cut 'em out Ride 'em in
Rawhide!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Hyah!
Rawhide!
Hyah!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Hyah!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Keep movin', movin', movin'
Though they're disapprovin'
Keep them dogies movin'
Rawhide!
Don't try To understand 'em
Just rope, throw And brand 'em
Soon we'll be livin' High and wide
My heart's calculatin'
My true love Will be waitin'
Be waiting at the end Of my ride
Move 'em on, head 'em up Head 'em up, move 'em on
Move 'em on, head 'em up Rawhide
Let 'em out, ride 'em in Ride 'em in, let 'em out
Cut 'em out Ride 'em in
Rawhide!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Hyah!
Rawhide!
Hyah!
Well, look's good down here.
We'll ride into Endicott in the morning.
Good, I thought we were gonna ride all the night
the way you were going.
If you want to unsettle, I'll scare up a fire.
I don't want to admit to hearing what I think I hear.
You seeing what I'm seeing?
Yeah.
Just what, besides girls, are those?
Ballet dancers.
Well, I seen ballet dancers
at the Turkish Delight Saloon in San Antone...
Ballet, not belly.
I seen longer skirts and shorter legs.
It's a big thing in Europe. Very popular.
I have a hunch it's gonna be very popular in Texas too.
Uh-huh.
Come sit, master, please.
Please. Your indulgence.
You cannot see properly from here.
Will you please follow me?
You... You weren't here from the beginning, were you?
Uh, no.
Well, uh, I cannot permit that.
A ballet must always be seen from the beginning.
Oh, I'm sorry, we didn't know
one was being performed out here.
Oh. I'm MacKay.
Gil Favor, this is Rowdy Yates, my ramrod.
Ramrod? What's that?
That means second in command.
I'm trail boss of a herd that's coming through this way.
Are you, indeed? Oh, I'm impressed.
Won't you sit down?
It's wine. French wine.
The only thing to drink
when you're seeing a beautiful ballet performance.
Say, Mr. MacKay?
Yes, lad.
This is strange place to be holding a ballet.
Ah, nonsense.
There are times when MacKay has to go
to Europe to get a ballet. There are other times
when the ballet has to be brought to MacKay.
Maestro.
Sí, señor.
And now you see a ballet as it should be seen.
From the beginning, please.
Bravo! Bravo, maestro.
It was wonderful.
Bravo!
Bravo.
Wonderful, wonderful.
Gracia, gracia, Señor MacKay.
And now, the 20 ounces of gold dust, as promised.
Am I correct?
You are very generous, señor.
Me mountains are very generous to me.
Ladies, you were marvelous.
You were a delight to the eye and the heart
and I'd like to give you a little present.
Here. There's one for you.
One for you.
What's he giving them, rocks?
I'll give you nice long odds those are nuggets.
One for you.
Gold? Being carried around like that?
W-Where would he get it?
I heard him say those mountains of his
have been very generous to him.
And here's one for you.
Now, run along.
Younger men are waiting all over the world.
You mustn't keep them waiting.
Oh, uh, Mr. MacKay.
Oh, yes, uh, you don't have to thank me for the performance.
I was happy to share me pleasure with you.
Um...
Trail boss, you say? That's right.
Where's your herd?
About five, six hours' ride south of here.
Why aren't you with it? Well, we have to ride
into Endicott in the morning.
Endicott? Hm.
I know the town.
It's a dusty eyesore on the bosom of the prairie.
Keep away from it.
There isn't a girl to found within its dusty confines.
Well, we may not have to go there
now that we've run into you.
We just wanted to get some information there
about the Dead Mountains.
What would you be seeking in the Dead Mountains?
Water and a pass for the cattle.
Plains are dry as a bone.
Maybe you could tell us about it.
Uh, you said you owned the mountain.
I do.
What is it you want to know?
Is there a way for the cattle to get through?
There is, indeed.
And water?
Enough to flourish a desert.
Well, that's good news.
Could you let us know the best way in?
I'll take you there myself.
Goodbye, Mr. MacKay. Au revoir.
Bless them.
Where are your horses?
Oh, we got them right across the knoll there.
We were gonna make night camp.
Eh, make camp.
Go on and get your horses and meet me here.
Fine.
Funny old jasper, isn't he?
Yeah. It was a lucky break running onto him like that.
Seems like a real old desert rat, the way he's dressed.
Having them burrows and all.
Well, the way he's throwing that gold around,
he's more than found what he was looking for.
He must have taken off as soon as we turned our backs.
Yeah, but he was gonna take us into the mountains.
Yeah, except that must be the one thing
in the world he's most afraid of.
But why? We ain't after any gold.
He don't know that.
Well, what do we do now?
Well, wait till sunrise, ride up to those Dead Mountains,
see if we can find a pass ourselves.
There's a way in.
Wide enough for the herd to get through.
The ground don't look too bad.
Well, so far so good.
Of course, we haven't gone far yet.
Yeah.
Hold it.
We ought to try making a run for it, huh?
Well, this child ain't about to try and outrun bullets.
No one in these mountains except the people in them.
Raise your hands.
Get off the horses.
Where's he going? For help?
They don't need any more help as far as I'm concerned.
Why do you come to Dead Mountains?
We look for water and a pass for our cattle.
There is a pass.
There is water.
But they are both sacred to the Indians.
You have come this far.
No farther.
We've got 3,000 head of cattle. They have to have water.
Now, if your people need cattle, maybe we could trade.
No white man comes to Dead Mountains.
You're letting him go into the canyon.
Mr. MacKay!
Hey, MacKay!
He mustn't hear you.
He's a white man, you're letting him go in the canyon.
No white man rides the Dead Mountains.
What are you talking about? He's riding right in there.
I see no one.
Must be joking or something.
You're free to go back where you came from.
What about our guns and horses?
Look, we don't want to break any of your tribal customs.
Maybe it's only this pass that's sacred.
This pass and all passes.
Well, maybe it's only this part of the range.
Every mountain in this range.
Every rock, every tree, every blade of grass
is sacred to us and to our ancestors.
You know, I might believe that if it wouldn't...
Ah, never mind.
We wish you no harm.
No blood has been drawn.
But do not return,
because if you do, there will be harm
and blood will be drawn.
What'll it be, gents?
Whiskey or whiskey?
Whiskey.
You got a nice little town here.
Endicott?
You ain't had a real good look at it.
Yeah, most stores did seem to be shut up.
Permanent.
Mister, Endicott ain't no town.
It's just the leftovers.
Well, you're in business.
Ah. I'm just too lazy to move anyplace else.
Besides, there was a time when Endicott was pretty flourishing.
Lots of people had high hopes.
What happened to it?
Hopes need nourishing.
Only reason old man Endicott started the town
was he was sure there was gold in the Dead Mountains.
Ain't there?
Lots of men went into the mountains looking for it.
Only one of them ever come back.
Old man MacKay.
Ever hear of him?
Yeah, we heard of him.
Every day, every week.
Gunmen, fortune hunters come trailing into town
all looking for old man MacKay's gold.
All of them packing guns, willing and anxious to use them.
Uh, what's your interest in the Dead Mountains?
You looking for gold too?
No, not gold. Water.
We got 3,000 head of cattle on the Sedalia Trail.
Why would you want to take cattle into them mountains?
Well, there ain't any water on the plains
for 30 miles, that's why.
Hm.
If I was moving 3,000 head of cattle,
I sure wouldn't wanna take them into country
I didn't know nothing about.
That's why we're in Endicott, for some information about them.
Information won't do you no good.
What you need's a guide.
You need somebody that knows them mountains as well he knows
his way from that front door over at this bar.
Got anybody in mind?
Yes, I have.
How'd you like to earn some money?
No.
Now, look, you're running short of money
and I'm running short of whiskey.
Oh? First I heard of that.
My customers don't pay what they owe me,
I can't afford to buy any new stuff.
I think you ought to do what I say.
Come on.
This here is, uh, Joel Turner.
Howdy. Gil Favor and Rowdy Yates.
I was born and raised in this part of Texas,
I could take you blindfold.
Any nook or corner.
Could you get 3,000 head of cattle
through the Dead Mountains?
Sure.
What about Indians?
There are not many of them in the hills.
They stopped us.
Oh? Where'd you come up from?
South.
They must have tried Echo Pass.
There are lots of others.
Much better suited for driving cattle through.
Fine. The job's yours for the asking.
I'm your man.
Good. You ready to start out?
As soon as I get my gear.
We'll be right here.
Excuse me.
Are you going into the Dead Mountains?
We sure are, ma'am...
Uh, that's right, miss.
My name is Barbara Fraser
and I came to Endicott yesterday on the stage.
How do you do, ma'am?
Gil Favor, Rowdy Yates.
How do you do?
Please take me with you.
Now, I know that sounds strange,
but my father's in there somewhere
and I've got to find him.
We're taking a herd of cattle through.
We wouldn't have time to be looking for anyone.
But I just want to go along with you.
I won't be any bother, really. I've hired a horse.
And once we're in the mountains
you wouldn't have to worry about me.
I'd like to help you, miss, but, uh,
there's just no place for you on a cattle drive.
Oh, but I came all the way from the east
and I'll just do anything to find him.
Well, boss, maybe we could go...
Uh, no, I'm afraid there's not a thing
we could do for you, ma'am.
I'm sorry, Miss Fraser.
Yeah, I'm sorry too.
Look, boss, I ain't one to argue, but...
Then why are you going to? Well, you heard what she said.
She's just looking for her long lost father.
That's her story. Huh?
You know, Rowdy, I'm beginning to believe
half the population in these United States are trying to find
a way into the Dead Mountains to find MacKay's gold.
Oh, but that isn't the case with her.
I mean, she just here after her father. You heard her say that.
Like I said, that's her story.
Oh.
Well, l... I don't know how you can displease
such a sweet-looking little girl as that.
Oh. Practice.
Well, I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long.
The important thing is you're getting us where we want to go.
I'll show you a way to get your herd through the mountains.
Whoa. Whoa.
That's the pass I had in mind.
Ah, good. More than wide enough for the cattle.
It don't stay that wide all the way in.
The going gets pretty rough for quite a while
before we get to water.
It seems like it always does.
Up here!
Up here.
That's that eastern girl, isn't it?
Yeah.
Pick up her horse.
What happened?
My horse stumbled. I fell.
Trying to ride straight up the side of a mountain
isn't the smartest thing in the world to do.
I didn't think it would be.
What'd you have in mind?
Going into those mountains alone?
I am going into these mountains.
My father's in there and I'm gonna find him.
Say, your father's name wouldn't be MacKay
by any chance, would it?
MacKay? Of course not.
It's Fraser.
Look, we're... We're going on in there.
You know, we can't let her just go on by herself.
Why can't we take her with us?
Thank you.
Well, looks like my mind's been made up for me.
Oh, but boss... Look.
If I had a choice, I'd send you back to Endicott right now.
With him.
You think you can manage to sit your horse?
Well, she's riding with them, we're riding after them.
Plan's working out, Banning.
Yeah, just like you planned it.
Yeah, well, let's go.
We wouldn't want them to get lost.
You know, traveling hasn't been too bad so far.
We're past the worst part of it.
I think we ought to be able
to get our herd through here, don't you?
Yeah, sure, I guess so.
Well, come morning, Mr. Favor,
we got three or four more hours' ride
before we get to water.
Well, fine.
Oh!
Oh...! Oh!
Oh.
I suppose I behave foolishly.
It was probably just a coyote or something.
No, that was "just" a mountain lion.
You know, for somebody who scares easy,
you sure get in some strange places.
Oh, l...
I just felt like being alone.
Felt like remembering my father.
The way he was the last time I saw him.
He was very tall.
Almost as tall as you are.
And very gentle.
He was educated in Edinburgh
and was teaching in Boston.
He was a geologist and a mining engineer.
Everyone said he had a brilliant career ahead of him.
And what happened to him?
Well, he took me on an excursion one day.
Left my mother alone in the cabin.
And the lamp overturned and the cabin burned down.
He started drinking very heavily after her death.
I guess he felt guilty about leaving her alone.
And then he gave up his teaching job
and sent me to live with an aunt and uncle.
And then he just disappeared.
He went west.
There were a few letters at first,
but then none at all.
What makes you think he's in Texas?
Well, I got a letter from him two months ago.
You mean, he told you to come out here alone like this?
Oh, no.
He just wanted to know if I was happy
and if everything was all right.
But in it he mentioned the Dead Mountains.
And I found out where they are, and here I am.
Did, uh, he say
what he was doing in the Dead Mountains?
Well, he said that a man who had befriended him
was using his training and knowledge.
Sounds like it could be MacKay.
He didn't say.
He could use his experience as a geologist
to help him find the ore,
and as a mining engineer to help him get it out.
Mr. Favor, you've just got to help me find him.
Look, l... I've got to get a herd through.
You took me with you.
And you didn't have to.
Yeah, I know.
Are you sorry for me?
Let's say I made a mistake.
Why are you so afraid of being human?
The only thing I'm afraid of is not getting the job done
that I'm paid to do.
Perhaps I could pay you too.
I've already been hired.
So I guess we better get back to camp.
It was a wild
and turbulent crossing.
And the waves of the Atlantic Ocean
were rising mountains high
while our little ship was being tossed about like a...
Like a leaf on a waterfall.
But did MacKay get scared?
Did MacKay tremble?
He most certainly did.
And after riding many miles in an iron horse,
here I am.
Home at last.
And now I'm going to tell you
something you really want to know.
On my way back here,
I stopped in at your village.
And you'll be glad to learn
everything is going along fine.
I've had some plows shipped out from the east.
They put 200 more acres onto cultivation.
It'll be about a week before your replacements come in.
And then you can go back to your village.
Mr. MacKay. Yes, lad?
When you were in our village,
did you see my wife?
Ah. I did, indeed.
What's more, I saw your son.
A son.
I am glad.
Ah. Of course you are.
You want to laugh and dance and sing, don't you?
You've a right to.
He's a beautiful baby.
There are white men camping in mountains tonight.
But I was not followed in.
No one's ever been able to do that.
It is the two drovers, and others.
Another man and woman.
Also two riders who remain apart.
I don't like the sound of it.
We'll have to do something about it, lads, won't we?
Come on, Banning, we haven't got all day.
We should be ready to move out the instant they do.
Don't worry, we'll be ready.
Ready for what?
You men are a long ways
from Endicott, aren't you?
So are you.
There ain't a bar in sight.
I'm not leading you to MacKay's gold.
Of course you ain't. You're just showing that trail boss
a pass through the mountains.
That's right. So why worry about us?
I'm not worried about you.
I've got my story all ready.
I found you following me.
You tried to jump me.
And I had to kill the pair of you.
I don't think that's a very good idea.
Do you, Jim?
I sure don't.
That's too bad.
Turner? You got a gun?
In my saddlebag.
Get it.
I'll go on ahead. You cover me.
Well, what if they're Indians?
I don't know what it is yet.
Might be just Turner getting breakfast.
Somebody was a pretty good shot.
Three holes, not an inch apart.
Whoever it was couldn't have gone very far.
Well, they might as well be on the other side of the moon.
It'll only take them a few seconds to disappear in this.
Yeah, this'll only take a few seconds
for someone to get lost, you mean.
It just doesn't seem real.
Oh, it's real enough, all right.
What do we do now?
We get out of these mountains as fast as we can, if we can.
Backtracking on this rocky ground ain't gonna be no joy.
Sun might be some help if we knew which way Turner took us.
But we don't.
Well, sitting around ain't gonna change things. Let's go.
No, another dead end.
We're not getting anyplace, boss.
All that means is we keep on trying.
Come on, mount up.
What do you mean, "Keep on trying"?
We can do that forever.
Oh, no. I forgot.
We don't have any more water.
How long is it before you die of thirst?
You're not gonna die of thirst.
Well, what am I gonna die of?
Look, we got in here. So there must be a way out.
We'll find it.
Same way those other people did?
The ones who came in here and never came out?
Now, look, I don't know or care about them.
Well, I do. I know what happened.
The same thing that's gonna happen to us.
They just kept going round and round the way we've been doing.
And every rock looked like every other rock,
and they kept saying they'd find a way out and they never did.
Hey, boss.
One thing's sure, he'll know a way out of here.
What good will that do us?
It'll do us a lot of good if we can keep him in sight.
Come on, mount up.
Suppose he tries to lead us into a trap?
He don't have to. We're already in one.
Easy, Jim.
There ain't any more where that come from.
All that did was make me thirsty.
I'm getting sick of these rocks.
Maybe you better start to love them.
They're likely to be the last thing you'll ever see.
If only we hadn't lost them drovers.
They're likely in the same spot as we are.
Well, what are we supposed to do? Stand right here and die?
It's been done.
Tyree.
What's he hanging around for?
What are you whispering for? He can't hear you.
I don't want him to go away.
Well, why? That ain't...
I got me an Indian.
Now, that makes my day...
That ain't smart. That's all I was gonna say.
I have done as you said.
Fine.
And now let's take a look at what flows down to us
from the benevolent mountain, huh?
You know, at first sight
a foolish man might think this was pebble. Ha!
But we know better, don't we, my lad?
And there's no end to the gold in mountains.
At least not yet.
We're out of the rocks. We still keep following him?
Yeah. He could've led us deeper into them if he'd wanted to.
Maybe he's found a quicker way to get rid of us.
Yeah. Let's keep following him.
That could be a mistake, boss.
Yeah, but what's one more?
Yeah.
Guaranteed there's a madness in each and every one of you.
You came up here to seek for gold.
We came up here looking for water and for grazing land.
There's plenty of water and grazing land in the mountains.
But not in the direction you were going.
We hired a guide.
Where is he?
He was killed by your people.
You're wrong.
He was killed by that man and his partner.
But he deserved it.
He was not leading you to green pastures.
We hired him in good faith.
Faith, means, um...
It's a matter of belief, is it not?
Why should I believe you?
Either you do or you don't.
That's a matter of faith for you to decide.
You wouldn't be the first to come up to these mountains
and never be heard of again.
Our drovers will be up looking for us.
No chance would they have
of finding this place.
What do you think we're so interested in your gold for?
We got 3,000 head of cattle on our hands.
Well, I've heard you say that, but I've never seen it.
And this girl. Why is she with you?
Looking for her father.
Oh.
What's your name?
Barbara Fraser.
Was your father one of the men
that came up to look for MacKay's gold?
Story she told us,
he's a geologist and a mining engineer.
His wife died, he drank up everything back east,
so he came west.
Last place he was heard from was the Dead Mountains.
And who did the hearing?
She got a letter from him.
A letter?
Interesting.
Where did your father get his education?
Edinburgh.
Oh, the girl's clever.
She knows everything about the man she's talking of.
Everything except one thing.
And what's that?
He didn't have a daughter.
He's lying.
Mr. Favor,
I sincerely beg your pardon.
I very much doubt you being a murderer,
but I'm afraid you've been misled by a pair of pretty eyes.
Among other things.
You see, I'm the man she's talking about.
Careful.
Now, get down there. All of you.
There are other braves about, you know.
They'll be back.
You two get down here.
Down here.
Tyree. Is this what we came out here for?
If we're lucky there'll be enough to get us back east.
That ain't all the gold there is.
You said there was more than a man could carry.
There is! He's got it stashed someplace.
Now, where do you keep the gold?
We don't keep it. We spend it.
You saw me kill once, and I'll kill again.
I don't mind killing.
Matter of fact, you might say I like it.
Now, gold never did a dead man any good.
So why don't you tell us where you've hidden it?
And you might live to mine more.
Well, uh, I'm a reasonable man
and there's a good deal of sense in what you say.
But we have no thieves in the hill.
We manage to keep them out. Usually.
So all we have to do with the gold
is throw it onto the sluices.
Maybe he's lying.
Yeah. You go down and get the gold.
As you wish.
I suppose you want all the gold there is.
That's right. All of it.
Say, MacKay.
Yes?
Uh, you'll be needing a hand, won't you?
Aye. The gold's awful heavy. Come along.
He's much better-looking when he's unconscious, isn't he?
Thank you, young man.
You'd better take him in to that sheriff in Endicott.
I think you better take her too.
I don't think they'll hang her like they will him.
But it'll be some time before she gets out
to look for her father that never was.
And the gold that was never hers.
We'll take her in.
And when you return, my Indians will show you
the finest pass through the mountains.
And the finest grazing lands.
Don't worry, heh, it won't be anywhere near this place.
Isn't this the doggonest thing you ever seen, Joe?
No trail drive should ought to be without one.
This kind of thing go on all the time?
No, but it ought to.
I suspected your men would enjoy a cancan
more than a ballet, Mr. Favor.
Huh? Oh, they... They appreciate it, all right, all right.
Say, uh, one thing bothers me, Mr. MacKay.
What might that be?
Well, these stories about men going into the Dead Mountains
and disappearing forever,
there must be some truth to them.
Yes, it's possible some of them got lost.
Others may have died of thirst or starvation.
While others...
My Indians are very loyal, Mr. Favor.
Head 'em up!
Move 'em out!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rollin', rollin' Rollin'
Keep rollin', rollin' Rollin'
Though the streams Are swollen
Keep them dogies rollin'
Rawhide!
Through rain and wind And weather
Hell-bent for leather
Wishin' my gal Was by my side
All the things I'm missin'
Good vittles Love and kissin'
Are waiting at the end Of my ride
Move 'em on, head 'em up Head 'em up, move 'em on
Move 'em on, head 'em up Rawhide
Let 'em out, ride 'em in Ride 'em in, let 'em out
Cut 'em out Ride 'em in
Rawhide!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Hyah!
Rawhide!
Hyah!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Hyah!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Keep movin', movin', movin'
Though they're disapprovin'
Keep them dogies movin'
Rawhide!
Don't try To understand 'em
Just rope, throw And brand 'em
Soon we'll be livin' High and wide
My heart's calculatin'
My true love Will be waitin'
Be waiting at the end Of my ride
Move 'em on, head 'em up Head 'em up, move 'em on
Move 'em on, head 'em up Rawhide
Let 'em out, ride 'em in Ride 'em in, let 'em out
Cut 'em out Ride 'em in
Rawhide!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Hyah!
Rawhide!
Hyah!
There's one nice thing you can say
about driving a herd up the Sedalia Trail
if you're pressed to it.
It don't make much difference
if you're starting out from Texas at the one end
or approaching Missouri at the other,
the beeves stay beeves,
the drovers stay human,
and trouble is always saddlin' up a fresh horse,
preparin' to ride with you.
What you can't be sure of
is the direction it's comin' from,
the face it's gonna be wearin',
the name it'll be travelin' under.
What you can be sure of is that it knows your name.
Mine's Gil Favor, trail boss.
From this valley They say you are going
We will miss your bright eyes And sweet smile
They say you are taking The sunshine
That will brighten Your pathway a while
Hey, Joe.
Huh?
Turn around and ride back the other way, now.
What's wrong with the way we're goin'?
Nothin'.
Then why do we have to turn around and go back?
Well, Bailey and Thomkins are nighthawking
the other side of the herd, I guess.
Sounds reasonable.
Hey, Joe.
Take a look at them steers.
They don't have to get up at night.
Nope.
They don't have to eat Wishbone's cooking.
Nope, but I'm hungry just the same.
Find 'em good feed, good water, easy going.
What makes us think we got such a good deal?
Sedalia. Them steers and us both are goin' there,
but we're the only ones comin' back.
Yeah, but you consider where they're going
and where we're going.
For us it's San Antone, another herd,
another six months on the trail.
With them steers, they're going east.
Chicago, St. Louis, big cities,
to restaurants with bright, shiny lights a-blazin'
and pretty music.
Beautiful women just sittin' around,
champagne being poured by the buckets.
That's where them steers are going.
Yeah, but they ain't goin' be sitting at the table.
They goin' be on the table, on plates.
Eh, you got a point there.
Come sit by my side Little darlin'
Do not hasten To bid me adieu
But remember The Red River Valley
And the cowboy...
You hear that?
A bugle.
What would a bugle be doing out here this time of night?
Can't see, but he sure ain't cavalry.
Well, even if he was.
He got the herd stirred up.
Well, he can't be too far away. Let's take off after him.
It's too late, but he sure left us a job of work to do.
Hey, Wishbone.
What are you trying to do, wake everybody up?
I heard a bugle, Mr. Wishbone.
You heard a bugle. You heard a what?
I heard a bugle.
Have you been into my medical supplies again?
Nah, I ain't been sick, Mr. Wishbone.
All right, then get back down there
and bring up those pots and pans.
I ain't going down there. I heard that bugle.
We must be at least 100 miles away from the nearest fort.
Now, even if there was cavalry around here,
why would they be blowing a bugle like that
in the middle of the night?
I don't know, but they did.
Mushy, I gonna talk to you like your father.
My father never talked to me.
I can see why.
Well, I'll talk to you like your mother.
A bearded mother?
Now, you listen to me.
My advice to you is always think twice before you speak.
Well, at least think once before you speak.
Uh, yes, sir.
On the other hand, maybe it'd be better
if you didn't speak at all.
Yes, sir.
But I can't go around being like a mutt.
Why can't you? You're a mutt if I ever saw one.
Mutts can't talk.
A mutt... You mean a mute.
That's what I said, a mutt, yeah.
All right, neither a mutt nor a mute
can go around saying that he hears bugles
out in the middle of nowhere without somebody thinking
there's something wrong with him.
And in your case, they might be right.
I heard a bugle, though.
All right. You heard a bugle.
Now go back there and bring up that stuff.
You come with me.
All right, I'll go get them.
You go to sleep.
Yes, sir, Mr. Wishbone.
Try to help a jasper out and what do you get for it?
Nothing.
Just keeps on telling you he hears bugles.
Won't do any good to interfere.
Some of us blessed with good sense,
and others just hear bugles.
Don't do any good to interfere.
You just gotta...
Jumpin' crawfish. That's a bugle.
What do you think he's doing?
The question is, who is he? Doesn't matter who he is.
Rowdy, get all the men out to the herd.
Right. Let's move out.
Pete, you think you can track that jasper?
Not at night.
I am not sure you will be able to find any tracks, Señor Pete.
Day or night. What do you mean?
Well, I have heard this story many times.
It tells of a phantom bugler
riding a phantom horse in the night
calling dead armies to battle.
Oh.
I've seen a lot of things happen on a trail drive:
fire, flood, windstorms, rain, hail.
But this is the first time I ever heard a bugler
galloping around the herd.
Oh, shut up.
Nothing's wrong with the beeves.
Yeah, well, they ain't been up all night.
No sign of the bugler.
You know, maybe he don't come out in the daytime.
Huh? If he's a ghost, you know.
Oh. Heh-heh! Hey, there's Pete.
I couldn't find any tracks.
That ground's so hard up there
you could run a herd of buffalo over it
and not leave a sign. I guess it don't matter,
long as he doesn't show up again.
How far is it to water?
About two miles to the Woodside River.
It's wide and deep.
Eh, we better make camp here.
Don't want the herd stampeding to water.
Take 'em down in sections.
Rowdy, you, uh, pick up Teddy and Bailey
and take the first bunch down.
Water 'em at the river
and then bed 'em down there for the night.
Leave Teddy and Bailey in charge and you come on back.
All right.
Those couple hours of sundown.
I'll put on some extra night guards.
That bugler shows up again, I want him.
You think he will?
I don't know why he came around in the first place.
Might be able to answer that.
Glad to see you.
You are?
Yes, we always are.
Who's we?
The men, me. Judge Brady, Captain Donahoe.
I think you're trying to tell me something,
but I don't know what it is.
One thing I'm telling you is that, uh,
your cattle can go through to the water,
but you and your men can't.
Who's gonna stop us?
We will.
What for, anyway?
There's a small fee for watering your cattle in the river.
What? Since when?
So far as you're concerned, since now.
Mr. Yates, what's goin' on?
I don't know yet, Teddy.
Steers have found the water.
Don't worry about them.
Look, this is free range, mister.
Uh, used to be.
You can't stop anyone
from watering their cattle in this river.
Oh, we can charge you.
Why don't you leave your men here
and make sure the cattle don't stray,
and you come with me to meet Captain Donahoe?
I wouldn't do that, Mr. Yates.
You don't know what he's up to.
Suit yourself, Mr. Yates.
Uh, by the way, my name is Ben Wallace,
in case you wanted to know.
Teddy, you go back and tell Mr. Favor.
If that's all right with you, huh, Wallace?
They can ride anywhere they want,
except toward the river.
Uh, Bailey, you stay here and watch the cattle.
Sure, I'll do that.
There's not gonna be much I can do
if they wanna start anything.
I didn't ask you to do anything.
I understand.
All right, I'm ready.
You better give me your gun.
Let's go.
You know, I gotta admit one thing.
You're a lot braver man than I am.
If I was you, I wouldn't be ridin' off with me.
You wouldn't, huh?
No, that's why I asked for your gun back there.
You see, goin' up to where we're goin',
there's just gonna be you and me.
Now, a brave man like you might try things.
I don't want the chances to be even.
Come on, let's get outta here.
Yes, men!
Hut!
Put my horse away.
Well, our Captain Donahoe made me a lot of promises,
but all I get to do is watch his horse.
Best leader a man could ask for.
Yet so far all he's got us is short ration and dirt.
This place gonna be a real town someday.
We're gonna own it.
If this ever does become a town,
I'll tell you who's gonna that Judge Brady.
I hear someone mentioning my name?
Well...
I was just sayin' that things ain't happenin' very fast.
Don't pay no attention to Thompson, judge.
He's always grousing.
I hope he's not too unhappy.
We're embarked on a great enterprise.
We need confidence, enthusiasm.
My daughter would not be married to Captain Donahoe
if I did not believe in him.
That's right. She's real pretty too, judge.
Thank you.
She's very pretty.
Captain Donahoe is very manly.
Eh, very manly.
And he's a gentleman too.
Well, he was commissioned during the war, wasn't he?
That makes him an officer and a gentleman, don't it?
Very true.
Only trouble is he ain't nothin' more
than a farmer who knows how to fight.
But he does know how to fight.
Mary, I'm talking to you.
Let's not raise our voices again.
I'm sorry, but you just don't listen to me anymore.
No, I'm afraid it's you
who doesn't listen to me anymore.
You only listen to my father.
Well, I admit I ain't got the education your father's got.
I know. He's told you you're an office and a gentleman.
You've got the documents to prove it.
Trouble is, I married a man, not his documents.
It's only when you try to be something you're not
that you upset me.
You mean, when I try to behave like your father does?
You don't like it? Like he wants you to.
Why do you think I lead a bunch of rotten jayhawkers?
Why do you think I came out here?
For money, that's all my father wants.
That's what your father needs, he's got everything else!
Why...
Sure, I could go back and become a farmer again,
but you wouldn't like that.
I married you.
You married me because I got hopes and ambition.
'Cause during the war I got someplace.
And the war is over.
Well, my life isn't.
I just hope that our life isn't over.
Oh, Captain Donahoe, this is Mr. Yates, a drover.
Mr. Yates.
Captain of what?
Why did you bring him here?
Oh, he's with the herd
trying to water down at the river crossing.
Did you tell him about the toll?
Yes, sir, but, uh, he didn't like my explanation.
You're not gonna like my explanation,
but you're gonna pay the toll.
You didn't answer my question. What are you captain of?
Fort Springfield.
That was during the war.
Yeah, well, there ain't no war on now.
My men call me "captain" as a matter of courtesy,
something a drover wouldn't know anything about.
I'll tell you something, a drover don't know
anything about payin' a toll to water his cattle in a river.
You're one drover that's gonna find out.
How do you do? I'm Judge Brady.
Yes, judge, this is, uh, Mr. Yates.
Very happy to meet you, Mr. Yates.
He's captain of nothing. Now, what are you judge of, huh?
The story of my past would bore you
just as much as it bores me.
Wallace, take care of Mr. Yates' horse.
Oh, and have Thompson bring us some wine.
Shall we be seated, Mr. Yates?
Yeah.
I was just gonna suggest that, judge.
Of course you were.
Yates. Captain.
America is a great nation, Mr. Yates.
The rate of expansion westward is incredible.
Fifty years from now, hundreds of thousands of people
will be living in this very area.
I ain't exactly interested in 50 years from now.
We intend, Captain Donahoe and I,
to found a city,
a city which will be in the very path
of the march to the West.
A city which will be ours.
Lock, stock, and barrel, if I may use a cliché.
I don't care what you use, I gotta get back to the herd.
Which brings us to the point of the discussion.
I'll put it to you quite frankly.
The establishment of great enterprises
always, alas, requires money.
The greater the establishment, the greater the money.
You are going to be helpful in this respect.
Listen, judge, I ain't interested in your city.
But you are interested in getting your herd
across the river.
Well, thank you, Thompson.
It'll cost you $5 a head.
How large is your herd?
Three thousand, and we ain't gonna pay any $5 a head.
That is the price as of this moment.
If we are forced to continue in negotiations,
the price may rise.
Yeah, well, if I know Mr. Favor,
there won't be any continuing of negotiations.
Who is Mr. Favor?
He's the trail boss,
I'm just the ramrod of the outfit.
He a good trail boss?
Yeah, he's good.
Then he'll know that there's only one spot
within a hundred miles to cross the river.
He'll also know that by paying the small toll which we ask,
he'll be saving himself a great deal of time and money.
We're taking our cattle across the river
and we're saving money
'cause we're not gonna pay a toll.
You're a very young man, Mr. Yates.
Is Mr. Favor any older?
Yeah, he's older.
Good, an older head is always a cooler head.
You may convey my respects to Mr. Favor.
You may also inform him as to whatever happened here.
I shall expect to hear from him very soon.
Oh, I'll tell him what you said,
but don't expect to hear from him.
He ain't that much older.
What's that?
A bugle.
I know that, but who's playing it?
Captain Donahoe is a very gallant soldier.
and a very fine leader.
Many of the men you see here fought under him.
They will continue to do so.
Now, the bugler.
You seem strangely interested in him.
Was he around our camp last night?
I believe Captain Donahoe issued such instructions,
didn't you, captain?
I did, sir.
You may be wondering why.
The answer is very simple.
It's always best to do business
with frightened men, with worried men.
The sound of the bugle in the night,
did it frighten many of your men?
It didn't frighten anyone.
Did it worry them?
You're free to return to the river.
Three thousand head of cattle. $5 a head.
Judge.
Yes?
Do we have any right to make them pay a toll?
Course we have.
It's our land, isn't it, that they're crossing?
Is it?
I'm just a farmer.
Well, I used to be a farmer.
But land that you own
is land that you've bought and you've paid for.
Captain, I admire you.
You have sterling virtues.
I would not have consented to your marriage
to my daughter otherwise.
But you have no imagination.
The more settled parts of our country it is true,
land to be owned must be paid for.
In the West, however,
there are other ways of acquiring land.
Just by taking it?
By establishing sovereign rights.
Through possession, improvement and development.
I don't understand that.
Course you don't.
I do, however.
You can believe me when I assure you
that everything we're doing is perfectly legal.
Not always be surrounded by such squalor.
We'll build our castles.
One day, your children, my grandchildren,
will be very grateful.
They will inherit a kingdom.
Who's gonna be the king?
Well, that's about the size of it.
Jayhawkers. Haven't got a nickel to their name
or a roof over their heads or a honest bone in their body.
Pete, any way of bypassing the river?
Yeah, but it'd take five or six days longer.
Then there is a way?
If we head west, then go north.
Water?
Yeah, we'd be crossing some of the smaller streams
that feed the Woodside River.
Yeah, but five or six extra days.
Time is cheaper than money.
What are you afraid of those jayhawkers or something?
Ooh, they got a lot of rifles.
Yeah, well, so have we.
Their job is to use 'em.
What are ours doin', just sittin' in the wagon?
Our job is to push this beef north to Sedalia.
Boss, if you ask my opinion...
I'd get it, but I ain't asked.
I can't see runnin' away from a fight
with a bunch of outlaws.
We'll keep the beef movin'.
What about the cattle we've already got down at the river?
We'll pick 'em up in the mornin'.
Well, suppose they won't let us, huh?
There's only about 100 head. We can afford to lose 'em.
They ain't worth any $15,000
or any of the men's lives.
Boss. Yeah?
The men are willing to fight.
Well, I ain't.
I counted all the graves of all the drovers
who've died in useless fights.
I know there's too many of 'em. Hey, get some sleep.
Don't touch it!
Who's Mr. Favor? That'd be me.
Captain Donahoe.
Oh, yeah, the jayhawker.
Talk civil. Is it wrong?
Start movin' the herd.
Where?
Right where you were goin', the Woodside River.
We're not crossing the Woodside.
That's where you're wrong.
Drovers won't need guns to drive cattle, Mr. Wallace.
Sure, captain.
Don't worry about your night guard,
we didn't hurt him.
How long will it take you to get the herd to the river?
Most of the day.
Start 'em movin'.
Men ain't eaten yet.
Too bad.
Captain.
I don't know whether you're a real captain
or a fake captain, but there's one thing
you can mighty well be sure of.
You're gonna be a dead captain
if your men don't put their guns down.
You're lucky my men didn't kill you.
Leave it go, Wish.
Now, are you gonna move this herd
or are my men gonna move it for you?
We'll move it. Let's get movin'!
Your men know their job.
Yep.
Take Mr. Favor to see Judge Brady.
Keep a guard all night.
All right, captain.
Let's go, Mr. Favor.
I think Pete and I oughta go along with you.
I don't care what you think, Mr. Yates.
You talk pretty big when you've got all the guns,
don't you?
You think I need a gun to handle you?
Yeah, I think you do.
If I didn't have more important things to do
I might take you up on it.
More important things like stealing cattle?
What are we waiting for?
You seem worried, my dear.
Where's Brian?
I haven't seen him all day.
Young love is a wonderful thing.
Separated from your husband for an entire day
and you're practically on the verge of hysterics.
I'm not on the verge of hysterics.
I'm frightened.
Indeed.
Every time you send him out I don't know...
A soldier's wife must be brave.
I sometimes think almost braver than the soldier himself.
I didn't marry a soldier.
What on Earth do you think you married?
A gentleman?
A good, decent man.
You married... To be precise.
a fool.
One, however,
who happens to possess the ability to lead men.
Fools of that sort have risen very high.
Napoleon was a miserable chess player.
But I think he made a very fine general.
We're in the wilderness.
My husband leads a handful of ignorant men,
and you dream of empires.
Father, I don't want Brian to be any part of your dream
or scheme or plans.
I need him.
See these louts,
appendages of the rifles they carry?
Not one of them would follow me.
They all follow Brian wherever he leads.
He's very necessary to me, Mary.
I will advise you not to interfere.
Hey!
Judge Brady, this is, uh, Mr. Favor.
Very happy to meet you, Mr. Favor.
Captain, you wife is present.
Mrs. Donahoe, Mr. Favor.
Captain Donahoe's wife and my daughter.
How do you do, Mr. Favor?
Ma'am. I wanna get back to my herd as quick as possible.
Certainly not before you dine with us.
Please, be seated.
That's a real tall chief.
Don't get worried.
They'll know how to share him.
I'm not so sure.
Looks kind of smart.
Judge Brady can handle him with words.
Captain Donahoe can handle him with his fists.
Please, sit down.
Perhaps some wine will help your appetite.
Not thirsty.
Of course you're not.
Wine is much too noble a drink
to be used to quench one's thirst.
Stimulates the appetite,
quickens the intellect,
quickens the imagination.
I'm afraid it would be wasted on me then.
The only thing I'm interested in at the moment is my herd.
I make it a rule never to discuss business at table.
Let's go someplace else then.
There's no hurry.
Whatever you may think, Mr. Favor,
there's no hurry at all.
I think there is.
Any business I got to do with jayhawkers
I wanna get over with quick.
I don't like the word "jayhawker,"
so don't use it again.
Let's not quibble over proper nouns.
As I said, we will not discuss business...
Mr. Favor,
what is a jayhawker?
Mary.
Brian, I wanna know.
Mr. Favor?
"Jayhawker" is another term for "thief."
I like your sense of humor, Mr. Favor.
You call my father and my husband thieves.
Brian, I'd like to dance.
Dance?
Yes.
That's a waltz he's playing.
You know I don't know how to dance.
I'd forgotten.
Mr. Favor?
Ma'am.
Would you like to dance?
I didn't come here to dance.
Thank you.
Whatever your business is with my father
he won't discuss it till he's finished dinner.
You might as well dance with me.
It's a pleasure, ma'am.
Rather surprising man, the trail boss.
Seems to have the manners of a gentleman.
Mary and he look quite well together.
Mr. Favor?
Yes.
I'm going to keep on smiling
as though I were discussing the latest Paris fashions,
but I want to know why my husband brought you here.
You... really don't know what your husband is?
Why are you here?
By invitation, of course...
standing at the point of a gun.
I'm driving a herd of 3,000 cattle up the Sedalia Trail.
Your father and your husband are asking
for $5 a head to let us cross the river.
Isn't that usual?
I mean, when you're crossing other people's land?
It's not usual.
Especially since jayhawkers don't have any land.
If they had, this wouldn't be it.
Why not?
Mrs. Donahoe, I think it's about time
you asked your husband some questions.
Well, the answers I'd get wouldn't be his.
They'd be my father's.
You won't be allowed to leave tonight.
Please don't try.
Please stay. It means everything to me.
As well as to you.
Thank you very much, Mr. Favor.
Thank you.
Good night.
Mary always was fond of dancing.
I'm afraid the poor child has had little opportunity of late.
However, there are more important things
than social graces,
aren't there, captain?
I didn't bring Mr. Favor here to entertain my wife.
Of course you didn't.
We'll look on the dance as a bonus.
A very small bonus.
However, the toll remains to be collected.
Toll for what?
Five dollars per head for crossing the river
and trespassing.
Trespassing? On whose land?
Ours.
This is Indian land.
The government set it aside for the Cherokee tribes.
Judge, is he telling the truth?
He's telling what he thinks to be the truth.
Or what may even have been the truth at one time.
That time has passed.
The Cherokees know this?
If they don't, I'll be very glad to tell them.
You said this was open territory.
It is open territory.
Look, I don't know anything about legal matters.
All I know about is fighting.
But I'm not gonna fight for land that doesn't belong to me.
Since you've admitted your ignorance.
suppose you leave the legal matters to me.
If I thought you were lying to me...
Mr. Favor,
the fee has been set.
Are you prepared to pay?
Ain't got the money even if I would.
I won't have it until the herd's sold.
And even then, the money ain't mine.
In that case, we have only one recourse:
confiscation of your entire herd.
Couldn't we have done all of this without the song and dance?
Captain, I think we better detain Mr. Favor here.
His men will be less likely to cause trouble.
Slim, Norman!
Lock him up. Saddle my horse.
You're riding to river with me.
Mary?
I'm going with you.
To your husband?
Yes.
I'll be your hostage.
It's the only way to save Brian and me,
and also to save you, Mr. Favor.
Get the buckets.
Well, now, the cook's going down to the crick to get some water.
The cook's helper's going out and getting some fire wood.
Any objections from you generals?
Now, hurry up and get that wood.
Easy, Mushy. Easy.
Sorry, but l... I didn't want you yelling out.
Why? I would have.
This is Mrs. Donahoe.
I want Mrs. Donahoe to hide in the supply wagon.
Why, it'll be a pleasure.
And I don't want any of the jayhawkers to see her.
Well, they're on the other side of the wagon.
When I take the fire wood in,
I'll kind of act up
and they won't notice her getting in on this side.
Good. Try singing.
Yeah, that always gets 'em.
The wagon on the left.
Camptown races Five miles long
Doo-da, doo-da
Bet my money On a five-tailed nag
On the run all night Doo-da, doo-da
Run all day
Going to town With your head caved in
What do you think you're doing?
I'm singing. Well, I was.
That's what you think.
Mrs. Donahoe, the captain's wife,
she's hiding in the supply wagon.
Mrs... Oh, I'll get...
Mr. Favor brought her.
He's out where I got the wood.
Well, uh, son, it's no time to be singing.
In your case, the moonlight isn't either.
Now get the water on.
Well, you can guard without being in my way.
I'm gonna go get a sack of coffee.
It's all right.
I'll bring you some breakfast.
That bacon sure smells good, captain.
Yeah, well, we're not eating their food.
We ain't eating ours either.
Three thousand head of cattle's
enough to swallow in one morning.
Leave these three men here to guard our drovers.
Take the rest and push that herd across the river.
Right, captain.
We're moving the cattle across the river.
Mount.
Wishbone.
Sure is good to see you. What are they up to?
They're gonna move the herd across the river.
They are, huh?
Well, they can try.
You better get back before they miss you.
What do you plan on doing?
You just wait.
There's something wrong with those steers.
Something wrong with the way we're handling them/
Well, we're no drovers.
Plenty of drovers around.
I want you to move the herd across the river.
Kind of thought you did. They don't wanna go.
My old grandpappy told me there'd be days like this.
Through having your fun?
Get on those horses, move that herd across the river.
Well, we tried.
If I thought this was some kind of a trick...
You saw 'em trying.
How do you usually get 'em across the river?
Mr. Favor usually worries about it.
Captain Donahoe.
Judge let you go?
Well, he was asleep when I left.
So was nearly everyone else.
Nearly everyone else?
Your wife was up.
Favor, if you hurt my wife I'll kill you.
There's no need to.
You mean she just let you walk out?
She came with me.
She's all right.
Where is she?
I'll trade you your wife for my herd.
I'll find her.
It was her idea.
You're a liar.
You sure?
I'm not sure of anything.
Like I'm not sure if it's right for me to take your herd.
Are you willing to fight for your herd?
Your men got all our guns.
I'm not talking about the men.
I'm talking about us.
I'll fight for my herd.
Ready?
Now, that's all.
That's all.
You lose the fight
but you win your herd.
No man can take a beating like you have
and just keep coming back for more
unless he knows that what he's fighting for is right.
Well, I don't know that I'm right.
I'm very proud of you.
Why? Because I won the fight?
Yes.
And I don't mean just the fistfight.
If I may interrupt.
No one is giving away my herd.
I thought you were a fighting man, Donahoe.
You gonna let 'em throw away something that's in your hands?
All you had to do was reach out.
I'm not listening to any more of your speeches, judge.
You men thought you were taking orders from me,
but you weren't.
You were taking them from him.
But you're gonna take one last order from me.
From me.
Let the herd go.
How is he, Wish?
I don't know. I'll have to stop the bleeding.
Mushy, get my doctor's kit.
Take 'em across.
Hyah!
What are you stopping for?
Giving the wheels a good soak.
Good. How's, eh, Captain Donahoe making out?
Fine.
A medical doctor, as soon as we can get him to one,
will make him as good as new.
Good.
Wishbone says you're gonna be as good as new.
Better than new.
You got the cattle across the river.
Uh-huh.
Mind telling me how?
Well, you picked the wrong place.
Too many snags and dead trees in the river
where you tried to cross.
And you picked the wrong time.
Sun was just rising and shining in the cattles' eyes.
Steer just won't go across the river
unless they can see the other bank.
All I had to do was take them down the river,
wait until the sun was high enough in the sky
so it wouldn't blind them.
The cattle and me both.
Oh, Scarlet says we'll be passing a town
in a couple, three hours.
We'll get you there, captain.
Isn't "captain" any longer, Mr. Favor.
It's Brian Donahoe,
farmer.
And a good one.
Catch up when you can.
Head 'em up!
Move 'em out!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rollin', rollin' Rollin'
Keep rollin', rollin' Rollin'
Though the streams Are swollen
Keep them dogies rollin'
Rawhide!
Through rain and wind And weather
Hell-bent for leather
Wishin' my gal Was by my side
All the things I'm missin'
Good vittles Love and kissin'
Are waiting at the end Of my ride
Move 'em on, head 'em up Head 'em up, move 'em on
Move 'em on, head 'em up Rawhide
Let 'em out, ride 'em in Ride 'em in, let 'em out
Cut 'em out Ride 'em in
Rawhide!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Hyah!
Rawhide!
Hyah!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'