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 living 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!
Hey, you were right, Pete.
We can ram the herd through there in less than a day.
Yeah, if this weather holds we can.
We get a storm up in them hills,
and that creek bed will be 10 feet underwater.
Hey, look.
Somebody's taking a wild ride.
Yeah, let's go.
Whoa!
Whoa! Whoa!
Clear out.
Is that the way they teach you to say thanks
where you come from, sonny?
Thanks. Now go on, get movin'.
Somebody ought to teach you a lesson, huh?
You better watch him, Rowdy. He's spookier than the horses.
Yeah, well, a spankin' will change that.
I said clear out.
Pete?
What's goin' on?
This whelp here is showin' his appreciation.
What for?
Oh, his team ran away.
We caught 'em for him.
All right, let's put away the gun.
You want to play games, I'll blow your head off.
Now, what's it all about, son?
Look, if you wanna fool around with guns,
you're takin' a chance on somebody gettin' killed.
Now, you better come up with a pretty good reason.
Now, stay away from there.
Anybody in there?
I'm sorry, uh... I don't mean any harm.
That your mother?
She been this way long?
Pete, let's have your canteen.
Here, you do it.
Wet a cloth, put it on her forehead.
Thank you.
Your mother and sister?
Now, you've got enough trouble without askin' for more.
What are you doin' out here? What's your name?
Billy M-Manson.
Do you live around here?
Back in the hills.
Where's your pa?
Away someplace.
Well, where?
Can you get ahold of him?
Well? What do you care?
Now, look, just snap out of it.
I don't give duly about you.
But that woman in there is sick.
A lot sicker than you must realize.
And bein' bounced around in this wagon
ain't doin' her a bit of good.
She wants us to take her to Itasca.
Itasca?
It's a town about 15 miles east.
Good. Town's the best place for here.
All right, get rolling.
As soon as you get into town,
you get ahold of a doctor, first thing, you hear?
Oh, he'll never make it, boss.
You got a couple of broken spokes in that wheel already.
I don't suppose you got a spare wheel.
No. And no fence wire neither.
No.
All right, Rowdy, you ride into town.
Get ahold of a doctor. Bring him out to the valley.
We'll be making camp there.
Follow along after us
and take it real easy with that wheel.
That goes before we reach the herd,
we'll be just as bad off as if we had never tried.
I'll do my best.
Good.
How's the wheel holdin'? Fine. Just fine.
Pick up on them lines.
You're givin' 'em too much slack.
That's why they run off with you before.
All right, you don't have to tear their head off.
Ease off a little, that's it.
That's better.
We'll be there in a little bit.
Oh, wheel's holdin' fine. Looks like we're gonna make it.
Good. You notice them up there?
Yeah.
That Billy seems like a nice kid.
Yeah, he's a good enough boy,
when he hasn't got a gun in his hands.
You must've hit quite a chuckhole.
Now, what do you think you're doin'?
Uh, cuttin' the bread, like you said.
Slices, not hunks.
Butcher.
Thin, like you're shavin' it.
Hey, Wishbone.
Did you get it? Yeah, I got it.
Well, is that all?
Did you ever stop and figure
how many milk cows we got with 3,000 steers?
What'd you want milk for, anyway?
Well, you don't want me to feed anything else
to a growin' girl, do you?
Is that any better?
Yeah.
What are you doing all that for?
I'm fixin' a tray.
Don't you know nothing about serving young ladies?
Oh. I'll get you some grub in a minute, son.
Thanks.
Well, that's no way to fix a wagon wheel.
Do I tell you how to cook?
All the time.
All right, I'll listen just as well as you do.
Hmph.
Here you are, young lady. A nice hot supper.
Thank you...
but I'm not hungry.
Oh, come on. You gotta eat.
Why, I fixed it for you, special.
Beef stew. Ain't anybody can cook beef stew like me.
You're very right, Señor Wishbone.
There is nobody who can cook anything like you.
And who asked you to butt in?
I would like the company of the young señorita
while she has supper.
I may?
Mm-hm.
Uh, that is all, Señor Wishbone.
Uh, when she is hungry, the señorita will eat.
I am Hey Soos.
My name is Laurie.
Very pretty.
You know, you remind me of my sobrina.
Uh... my, uh...
Uh... Uh, the child of my sister.
The daughter.
Your niece?
Sí.
You have eyes just like her.
And the long hair.
And the...
Uh, the, uh...
When you smile, uh, the holes.
Dimples.
Sí.
I teach you Spanish,
and you teach me English.
All right?
Um... here.
leche.
Cuchara.
Tenedor.
pan.
guisado de vaca.
Mmm.
You know... I owe Señor Wishbone an apology.
You would like to try some now?
Good.
Sss.
You wanna try the broth again?
No. Would do her good.
Any sign of Rowdy yet?
Maybe the town don't have a doc.
Laurie.
Bill.
They're in good hands.
Nothin' to worry about, Mrs. Manson.
My name's Favor.
Drivin' a herd north, we come across your wagon,
figured you needed some help.
There's a doctor comin'.
It...
Itasca.
We're only a few miles away.
Children must get to Itasca.
My sister's coming.
Coming on the stagecoach.
All right, you just rest up now.
Please help them get to Itasca to meet their aunt.
Tomorrow.
Please help them.
We'll take care of it.
Say... where's your husband, ma'am?
Does he know you're like this?
Look, if you could tell us where he is,
maybe we could get ahold of him.
My husband is dead.
Mr. Favor.
Rowdy's brought the doc.
Oh, Mr. Favor, this is Doc Crowler.
Mr. Favor. Doctor, I'm glad you could come.
Do you know what's wrong? Well, she's got a bad fever.
Breathing's hard and bad cough.
Been that way long?
Well, I guess so.
We just came across her this afternoon.
She's in the wagon.
Thank you.
Can I see my mother now?
Oh, in a little while, Laurie.
Better let the doctor look at her first. Oh, oh...
But I should be with her. Soon, Laurie.
Come on, sis.
Everything's gonna be all right now.
Kid still playing with a gun?
No, I guess he was just rattled this afternoon.
Or else it's his nature.
Hm?
Check this. I picked this up in town.
Manson? She said her husband was dead.
Yeah, and kid said his father was away.
What are you gonna do?
Nothin' right now. I got enough trouble as it is.
Mr. Favor? Yeah, Joe?
Couple of men camped
on high ground across the valley.
And ain't doin' nothin' particular,
but figured I ought to tell you.
Owl hooters don't usually advertise,
but I guess we'd better check on it.
Pete. Mount up.
I'll go with you. No, you better stick here.
Evenin'.
Howdy, my name's Favor.
I'm bossing that herd down there.
Nice of you to pay us a visit, Mr. Favor.
You're worried about your beeves?
Just bein' careful.
Oh, we're just easin' through, lookin' for work.
You wouldn't need a couple of drovers, would you?
Sorry, but I'm full up at the moment.
You should've come down to the chuck wagon though,
had supper with us.
We thought about it.
We're runnin' kind of short.
Don't much like sharing unless we can chip in
our little piece. You know how it is.
Yeah, I know. Good night.
Night. Don't you worry none about your cattle.
They're safe.
With 20 drovers I don't have to worry too much.
She's gone.
Lung fever. Doctor couldn't do nothin'.
Oh, best let 'em be, Mr. Favor.
They'll be a comfort to each other,
and they need a good cry.
If you're gonna sit up all night, you better have
somethin' to keep the chill out of your bones.
Thanks, Wish.
Say, what are you doing up so late anyway?
I'm not sleepy.
Oh, if you're worried about the kids,
they're all right. They're asleep.
Shows how much you know.
Last time I looked in on Laurie,
she was cryin', fit to bust.
Not makin' a sound either.
Just lyin' there...
tears rollin' down her cheeks.
Like you say, she's gotta cry it out.
Helps to know someone's around,
feelin' miserable right along with you.
We put her out there in them cottonwoods.
Hey, I didn't mean you had to do it right away.
Could've waited until it stopped rainin'.
Well, looks like it's gonna rain all night.
Figured it was better to get it over with.
Be kind of rough on the kids to see their ma bein' buried.
First time I even knew you to use your brains.
You know, it's funny, um...
I've dug a lot of graves.
You'd think I'd be getting used to it after a while.
Seems as if you really got used to it,
you wouldn't have much use for the livin'.
It don't seem right though.
Maybe it's because she's a woman.
What do you mean? A woman dyin'?
No, I mean bein' left alone out here
in the middle of nowhere like this.
It's different with a man.
A man's pretty much of a loner anyhow.
A woman ought to be left with her folks.
You know, when...
When I was a kid, my pa used to take me out
to the churchyard now and then
to pay respects to his ma.
And she was...
She was buried right there with her ma and sister
and some other kin I never even heard of.
It all seemed kinda right that way, you know?
I mean, all being buried together.
That's what I mean.
It ought to be that way with her too.
Aren't you both forgettin' somethin'?
I mean, uh...
Well, a woman don't just lie there in the ground
any more than a man does.
She's not off in those cottonwoods.
And your pa's ma and those others...
they're not in that churchyard.
They're with their family and friends,
where they ought to be.
Yeah, well, that's all according to have you believe.
Well, no, I'm not givin' you any preacher talk, Rowdy.
Heaven and hell and the hereafter,
I don't anything about that.
What I mean is...
right here on this Earth,
I don't think anybody ever really dies.
Don't make any difference what happens to the bones.
They'll be alive in the minds and hearts of the living.
You talk about your kin in that churchyard.
Don't that keep 'em alive?
I suppose so, yeah.
Same with that woman out there in those cottonwoods.
She won't be alone.
She'll be with her children.
You may be right,
but how are we gonna get them kids to understand that?
Afraid you can't.
One of those things that takes time.
About all anybody can do is help 'em over the rough spots.
Till they learn it's the why and how of things.
Says it mighty well over here.
"Oh, Lord...
"support us all the day long
"until the shadows lengthen and evening comes,
"and the busy world is hushed,
"and the fever of life is over,
and our work is done."
Got anything you want to add?
Amen.
That "wanted" poster, I guess I'd better tear that up, huh?
We'll see. Hm, gotta let up soon.
Maybe we can even get out of here today.
What about the kids?
What about 'em?
Well, they're all alone now.
You'd better check on that first.
I've got better things to do than just move this camp around.
Wish, ain't the coffee ready yet?
"Coffee ready yet?"
No, it ain't ready yet.
I ain't even found the coffee pot yet.
Maybe you don't think it takes me time to pack this wagon
and then unpack it again within a half hour.
I know it takes time.
Huh, then why'd you move the camp five miles?
The grazin' ain't any better, scenery's the same.
Flat and full of cows.
Only reason I can think of you did it was to plague me.
Wish, I just thought it might be better
if we park the camp away from the mother's grave.
Oh. Won't take any time at all to get the coffee.
You know that.
Think this is the best time to be showin' her that, Billy?
There ever gonna be a better time, Mr. Favor?
That's our father.
Only we didn't know he got out.
Why?
Why did he have to get out?
Can't he ever leave us alone?
Laurie.
Now it's gonna start all over again.
Everybody hatin' us and everybody talkin' about us.
Why couldn't it have been him instead of Mom?
She just don't understand.
Oh, I think she understands, all right.
Maybe.
But she was too young to know him...
Really know him, like I did.
Pa loved us, Mr. Favor.
He did everything he could to take good care of us.
And as far as this...
Well, Mr. Favor, the way I figure it,
a man does what he has to.
What's inside of him, makin' him do it.
Fine. As long as he doesn't hurt anybody else.
My father never hurt nobody, Mr. Favor.
At least not on purpose anyway.
Well, we've got your sister and you to worry about now.
Last night, you mother told me
you were going to Itasca to meet an aunt.
Was she gonna take you someplace?
Back East, for a visit.
But I think... I think we should go home now.
Home? You mean, that place in the hills?
Mm-hm.
It's a small place...
but I can take care of it by myself.
I've been doin' most of the work since...
Since Ma took sick.
What about Laurie?
Do you think that's gonna be good for her,
livin' up there alone in the hills?
S-she'll get along all right.
Like your mother?
Mr. Favor, I don't wanna go back East.
You wanna deny Laurie the chance?
At least the chance to make up her own mind.
No.
Then why not do what you ma wanted?
See you aunt, talk it out between you...
decide then.
I guess.
Now, if you're gonna make it into town
before nightfall, you'd better get movin'.
Hey, boss.
Back in a minute.
How's the canyon?
Well, it's just the way Pete figured, all right.
Rain's got it plumb up to here, and it's roarin'.
No way to get through today.
Then we'll have to hold up.
Uh, sure won't make me mad.
Say, uh, remember those two men?
The ones camped on the other side
of the valley last night?
Yeah, what about 'em?
Well, I saw 'em on the way back.
They were might interested in that buryin'.
Watchin' it with spyglasses even.
Oh? I watched 'em for a spell,
and when it was over, they moseyed on.
But it's a good bet they're still hangin' around
up there someplace.
Somewheres up that slope.
Oh, I'll grab me some grub, huh?
Yeah.
I don't think those men are after this herd.
It don't make sense.
Don't make sense for 'em to be watchin' the burial
or following the kids' wagon neither.
You figure on getting the kids into town?
The canyon's gotta drain.
We'll have to hold over until tomorrow anyway.
Yeah, I figured that.
Uh, tell Rowdy to take care of things while I'm gone.
Señor Boss, you are thinking
of taking the boy and girl into town?
And if I was thinkin' about it?
Oh, they wouldn't go without me, Señor Boss.
They like me, I like them. You ask them.
If I don't go, they'll stay with the herd
forever and forever.
Pete, you think Hey Soos is givin' me the business here?
No, the kids kinda took a shine to him.
All right, you grab the wagon
so Billy can look after his sister.
Sí, señor.
Keep an eye on the water level.
All right.
So there is a big fight between my mother and father
whether to sell the chickens and buy the pig.
My mother, she wants to keep the chickens
because they lay the eggs.
W... Why does your father want to keep the pig?
Because he likes the pork chops.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Giddyup.
So anyhow, my mother, she wins the fight real quick.
How?
Oh, very simple.
You see, she explains to my father
that when you have the egg, you still have the chicken.
But when you have the pork chop...
Giddyup.
Hey Soos.
First thing, I think we find a place for supper, eh?
Why don't you get a couple of rooms?
Leave the wagon at the livery stable.
I'll see when the stage is due.
Sí, Señor Favor.
Excuse me. Uh, you got a stage coming in?
Bound to or comin' from?
Well, I don't know exactly.
Listen, mister, this is a busy town.
We get four runs a week here.
Sorry. Um, I know it's coming from the East.
Tomorrow morning, 11:00.
Makes connections clear back to St. Louis.
Well, thanks a lot.
A thousand dollars. That's a lot of money for one man.
Bankers' Association put it up.
An escaped prisoner?
Guess they're afraid of him again.
Territorial prison.
That's way over in Arizona territory.
Yep.
What makes 'em think he'd come back here?
Home grounds. Got a small place up in the hills.
Mm-hm.
You know him?
Saw him a couple of times. Kept to himself mostly.
Federal marshal's the one who took him.
How long was he in for?
Fifteen years. Served seven.
Behaved himself pretty good too, I hear.
Then something happened. Got a letter from his wife, I think.
Just spooked.
Thanks.
You worki" alone?
Workin'?
Competition's pretty rough.
You're gettin' a late start.
I don't follow you.
Well, you said, "a lot of money for one man."
Like sugar.
Draws plenty of flies.
Oh, I'm with a cattle drive about 15 minutes west of here.
Some of 'em just strays, drifting through.
Some of 'em hands looking for work.
All ask the same questions, got the same look.
I'm not a bounty hunter.
If I'm wrong, I apologize.
I'm looking for Manson too.
Speaking of bounty hunters.
But, uh, we weren't, were we?
They are both asleep.
What's the matter, Señor Boss? What's troubling you?
Oh, I was just thinking about those bounty hunters,
after Manson's reward.
But they follow the children.
Sure. They expect the kids to lead 'em right to the father.
Come to think of it,
that's why Billy probably took
that shotgun to us.
Must've spotted them, figured we were part of them.
So they waste their time. For one thing, we are here.
And the other, the children do not know where their father is.
You heard Billy. He didn't even know of the escape.
Well, even if they don't know where he is,
shouldn't be too hard for Manson to find them.
Why should he want to find them?
Well, from the way Billy talked...
Manson's a strong family man.
He broke jail when he got the letter from his wife.
She must've told him she'd taken ill.
Sending the kids back East.
So he comes to them. What is that to us?
I'd just hate to see anything interfere
with their going back East,
gettin' away from this kind of trouble.
So you do not have to think long, señor.
It will be over tomorrow.
Mm-hm.
Sí?
I, uh, think you're closest to the lamps, aren't you?
Billy?
Billy, where are you?
Please answer me, Billy.
What is it? You have a bad dream?
Billy, where is he?
You didn't hear him leave, Laurie?
What is it, Mr. Favor? Where did Billy go?
"Dear sis...
"it's better if you go with Aunt Martha alone. I can't.
"I've gotta go back and help Pa.
"I'll think about you all the time.
"Please think of me too.
Billy."
What does he think he does?
Laurie...
you sure Billy doesn't know where his father is?
No. Honest.
But... uh, where does he go?
"Go back." Only place I guess he could mean is home.
Oh, no. Please, Mr. Favor, bring him back.
Don't let him.
He probably got a pretty good start.
You will go after him, Señor Boss?
Yeah.
Billy?
Hey, Billy.
Billy, it's Favor.
Drop it. Ugh.
Drop it.
Gonna have to go around again, Billy?
Thought you and me was beginning to understand each other.
I don't wanna go back East.
I wanna stay here.
You could've told me that when you took off.
Save me a long ride.
Yeah? You wouldn't have listened.
You'd have dragged me back.
Oh, I might've wanted to.
But I couldn't. I got no say on you.
You think I'm good bait to catch him?
I never even thought of trying to get your pa.
Yeah. You can say that.
Is that why you come back here? To warn him?
No. He's nowhere around here.
Look, all I wanna do is be alone,
so will you do me a favor and get out?
What about Laurie?
She took it pretty hard when she found you gone.
She'll get over it.
Sister's a little different, Billy.
She needs a man to help her grow up.
You're the only one she's got.
All right, she can come here and live with me.
That wouldn't work out, and you know it.
Look, you said you had no say-so on me,
so will you just get out of here and leave me alone?
All right. It's a long ride back.
I'll wait till sunup. No.
Look, I got nothing more to say to you.
I'll just stay here and keep you company.
He's got company.
Pa?
It's been a long time, Billy.
Oh, Pa.
Hey. Heh.
Pretty old for this kind of thing, aren't we?
Heh. I knew you was coming. I was waiting for you.
It took some doing.
I was afraid I'd be too late.
Your ma wrote and said you's all going back East.
I wanted to see you.
Wh... Where's Ma and Laurie?
Ma? Yeah, Ma.
L-Laurie's in Itasca.
Oh. Ma too?
She must be feeling better.
What's the matter, boy?
Billy?
She's dead, Manson.
Last night.
Dead?
She wrote me. She...
Said she just wasn't feeling good, but...
Bad cold.
It was lung fever.
We had a medical doctor.
Even he couldn't do nothin'.
I tried to get back.
You, mister?
I'm a trail boss.
We come across your boy. He needed some taking care of.
For the reward?
No, Pa. He helped us.
He took Laurie and I to Itasca after Ma...
You left Laurie there alone?
She's with a friend of mine.
We're gonna be together now, son.
That's what I came back for, Pa.
I mean, like a family, the three of us.
You and Laurie...
I'm gonna look after you from now on.
I think Laurie maybe ought to go back East.
No, she's staying with us.
We'll go to Mexico. It... It'll be better for us there.
You go into town, bring her out.
Well, I don't think Hey Soos is gonna let her come.
Hey Soos?
He's a wrangler with our herd.
Well, you tell that wrangler, if he don't let her go,
he won't see his boss again.
Oh, Pa. That's the way to make
things move in this world, boy.
Yeah, but, Pa, Mr. Favor...
Now, look. You're wasting time. Go on. Get going.
Now, you hand me that gun, mister. You'll sit easier.
Now just relax. We've got ourselves a wait.
Bounty men crawling all over this territory.
You sure you got the time?
I got more time than you have.
Laurie?
Come on, amigo. You don't expect us
to swallow that, do you?
Your boss and the kid didn't go out this late
'cause they like riding in the moonlight.
They were figuring on meeting Clete Manson someplace,
weren't they?
Well, weren't they?
You're being awful stubborn. Maybe too stubborn.
They way I see it, you've got no reason to protect Manson,
unless, of course, you've got some ideas
on making a piece of change out of this yourself.
That it?
All right, I'll make a deal with you, amigo.
It's a big reward.
We'll cut you in. Fifty bucks' worth.
That's near two month's wages.
I have already told you ten times,
I don't know where they went.
But they did go to meet Manson.
Look, Manson could've taken the boy
and cut out by this time.
And leave his daughter?
Wouldn't you, if it meant your life?
He'll show, sooner or later.
How do you know?
What makes you such an authority?
Look, we've been checking him and his record
for a long time, ain't we?
Whatever else he is, he's a family man.
Whether you overlooked that or not.
You're out of your mind.
The kind of men we bring in ain't family men.
I'm goin' down for a drink.
Yeah, you do that. Have three.
One for you, one for me,
and one for the family man.
Now, you don't think I'll kill you
if they don't come back, do you?
Thought you was just a thief, not a killer.
I learned me some new tricks in that territorial prison.
Teach 'em all to Billy, huh?
I'm gonna teach him to stand up on his hind legs and fight back.
Against what? Against anybody that tries
to crowd him.
Now, he ain't going through what I did.
Never getting a decent chance, caught in a backwash.
Grubbing in the dirt
till you can't see your fingers for the blood.
Begging at the store, begging at the tax office,
living on handouts.
And the bank business paid better?
You bet it did!
I wasn't standing still no more. I was going out
and getting my wife and kids what they deserve.
Place like this?
Well, what's seven years in my life or in theirs?
Think your wife wouldn't have traded every minute
to go back to grubbin' and patchin' your bleeding fingers?
Now... You just better hope Billy and Laurie come back.
The young lady, querida,
los dedos must always look nice.
Make a good father, amigo.
I told you not to bite the nails off your fingers.
Here, settle down, both of you.
What's the matter with you two, anyway?
I'm sorry, it's my nerves. They can't stand
the little girls that bite the nails off their fingers.
Come on, Laurie. Where's Señor Favor?
He's at the farm. Come on, get dressed.
You're coming with me. She's coming with you? where?
Home. My father's waiting for us.
That's all right with Señor Favor?
He's got no say. He said so himself.
Now, listen. You tell me everything.
Look, if I don't bring Laurie back, Pa's gonna kill Mr. Favor.
What? Uh, get dressed.
Hey Soos, I don't wanna go back.
Get dressed. Okay.
Hey, Pa, I brought Laurie.
Oh, hold it right there.
Don't come any closer.
Get his gun first.
Where is Señor Favor?
Right here, Hey Soos.
Thanks.
All right, inside.
Laurie, girl...
I almost forgot how pretty you was.
Why, you're the picture of your mother already.
I guess you don't remember me very much. l...
You was just a little sprout when I went away.
I guess you and me
are gonna have to get acquainted all over again.
grub, blankets, everything.
Put it on one of them horses out there.
You and your friend are gonna have to walk back.
This whole territory's after you.
How do you expect to make it with two kids?
They won't be looking for a peaceful family man.
Is that what you wanted 'em for?
For... Now, I told you, they're mine!
I'm gonna keep this family together.
We're gonna start all over again in Mexico.
No.
I won't go.
But Laurie...
I won't go anywhere with you.
But Laurie... It's all your fault. Everything.
You went away and left us alone, and nobody would have anything
to do with us because of you.
Nobody would even talk to us.
Ma, she had to do everything all by herself, all alone.
Even when she got sick, you did that.
You killed her.
Laurie, you don't have any idea what you're saying.
You killed her.
It's all right, Pa.
She don't understand.
She don't know what she's talking about.
You, son? You gonna stick?
Yeah, Pa, I'm stickin'.
All right. Girl would just be a drag on us anyway.
Forget the supplies. We'll travel light.
Will you do something for me?
Depends.
Make sure she gets back to her aunt?
You've been almost like having Ma with us.
Come on.
Billy, do you have to go?
I want to. We gotta stick together now.
And you take care of yourself, remember?
And maybe I'll write you sometime.
Well, I'll write too.
I'm gonna miss you something terrible.
All right, boy, let's go.
Now, Laurie, y...
You mind your ways now.
Your Ma raised you to be a lady.
You do that.
Come on.
You brought the law.
No.
Give up, Manson. We got you cold.
The bounty hunters. They followed us.
Get her out. Back there, Hey Soos.
Cover the back. No.
Well, go on. You got a gun, use it.
Now you can start teaching him all your tricks, Manson.
Pay attention, mister. You can get killed.
Fine education you're gonna give him.
Guns and killing.
Oh, we'll get out of there.
And then what? You gonna teach him how to run?
Being afraid of everybody and everything?
Living in holes, afraid to show his face?
Now, I told you to pay attention
to what's going on outside, mister.
They're not the only ones, Manson.
There are a lot more, and they're all gunning for you.
Now they're gonna be gunning for Billy too.
You think he can "pay attention"?
Well, it's too late. There's no other way.
You can give up.
What, and go back? Start my sentence all over again?
Just how much time is your son worth, Manson?
Pa? Pa, let's make a run for it.
Get down.
Pa, let's make a run for it.
You mean that, Billy?
Sure.
Just the two of us?
I said I'm stickin'.
Oh, you're lucky, Manson.
Not every man gets what he wants.
Hold it, Manson.
If you won't listen to one thing,
you're gonna listen to this.
Mr. Favor.
You're stayin' here, Billy.
I'm going with him. You're not going anyplace.
I'm not gonna let you live the life he does.
Anything he does is all right with me.
You're not leaving.
You'll have to use that trigger to stop me.
If I have to...
No.
Laurie. Please, Mr. Favor, don't.
Laurie. Laurie, get out of the way.
All right, Favor, let it drop.
Pa, you can't.
Well, it's him or me, ain't it?
But it's Laurie.
If all you can do is snivel, then shut up.
What do you say, Favor?
Now, you stay here.
I got no use for a mealy-mouthed,
spineless whelp.
Mr. Favor...
the reward.
G... Give it to the kids.
Yeah, sure.
It was a great thing
you did in there for Billy.
Think you convinced him.
Good.
Maybe it's not the right thing to say...
but it's good for the children,
the way this happened.
Yeah.
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'
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!
Hold it.
I'm the deputy sheriff.
I lost my horse, so I'm takin' yours.
Put your hands up.
Get down.
You don't look like no deputy sheriff to me.
But that rifle ends any arguin'.
All right, mister, now we got time to talk about it.
As a horse thief, you're pretty bad, mister.
I'm no horse thief.
My name's Toland. I'm a deputy out of Raleigh.
Sure you are.
Can you prove that?
Nothing. They stripped me clean.
I gotta get to Camp Henley.
If I can't have your horse, you take me.
First, you wanna take my horse,
then you want me to ride 40 miles out of the way.
What else you got to talk about?
Who's after you, anyway?
Can I have your horse?
Look, Raleigh's only six miles away.
You can walk it.
I'll tell you what.
You're a deputy. I'll tell the sheriff.
Maybe he'll come out and get you.
Mister, I swear...
Here you go.
No way.
What are you doin'?
Now you gotta take me, don't you?
Now get us on that horse of yours.
Why, you...
You try and make me, huh?
Now, where's the key?
I ain't talk.
For your sake.
You better remember where it is.
They're gonna kill me. They'll kill you too
if we don't get outta here fast.
Who is?
Part of the gang that wiped out two Army wagons
at Feather Canyon last night.
Well, you ain't makin' much sense.
Let me tell you...
this Army wagon stopped...
in Feather Canyon.
They stopped for the night,
and I figured to have supper with 'em.
There were 25 of 'em. Replacements for Camp Henley.
They hit us so fast and so hard,
we didn't have a chance to blink our eyes.
By who? Comanches?
There ain't any of them within 50 miles of here.
White men. They thought they'd massacred us all.
That's how I got stripped clean.
I played dead.
But I heard what they were up to.
They're gonna ride into Camp Henley tomorrow,
posin' as the replacements.
They're gonna take over the whole garrison.
What are you talkin' about? Who's gonna ride in there?
I don't know.
I waited for my chance while
they were strippi" the bodies,
puttin' on the uniforms themselves.
I crawled away, grabbed a horse,
but some of 'em saw me.
You don't think they're gonna
let me run around loose, do you?
They gotta come after me.
Well, maybe they... Maybe they gave up.
Maybe they gave up on you.
No, they're out there somewhere.
I would've made it if I hadn't of lost my horse.
Mister, I think you lost your brain.
You know what it means to lose that camp?
No protection in this whole territory.
That gang will loot every town.
They'll raid and rob every ranch.
They'll cut down every traveler.
That's their plan.
Well, if you're lyin' to me, mister...
I'm not lyin'.
Forty miles. That's a long way, even for a single rider.
Just get me there, mister.
I gotta let 'em know what's happened.
Sometimes it doesn't pay a man
to roll out of his blanket in the morning.
I think you're outta your mind,
but I'll take you to your sheriff.
Look... you're dyin'.
So you got no reason for not telling me
where that key is.
Or if you lied to me.
I'm dyin', all right.
But I ain't lied to you.
You'll see.
What you waitin' for?
You want him to turn around and face you?
Hold it.
Boy, am I glad to see you, sheriff.
Yeah, I'll bet you are.
Hey, now, wait a minute. I didn't shoot him.
He had me handcuffed because he wanted me to take him
to Camp Henley.
You're the sheriff from Raleigh, aren't you?
Who you tryin' to fool, mister?
My name's McVey.
What was my deputy bringin' you in for?
He wasn't bringin' me in.
Somebody up there shot him.
I don't see nobody up there.
Well, they were there a few minutes ago.
Latch, turn him loose.
Where's Toland's horse?
He didn't have a horse.
He was gonna take my horse so he could get to Camp Henley.
What are you doin' out here? Y-you know about it too, huh?
Know about what?
We're to meet a couple of Army wagons
from Feather Canyon.
Yeah, that's the one he was talkin' about.
That's... That's the wagon. He said all the men were killed.
A-and they... They were comin' after him
to keep him from gettin' to Henley.
They're gonna... They wanna take the place over.
Who is?
I don't know.
Look, sheriff, I swear I didn't kill him.
He said there were some men after him.
Latch, go up and look.
All right, get him mounted.
Takin' him in.
What are you takin' me in for?
A murder.
I can... I can prove who I am.
I've got papers, but we're...
I'm with an outfit goin' north of here to Sedalia.
I don't care who you are, mister.
Toland didn't have you manacled for pleasure.
Will you...? Will you take me to Camp Henley?
Or send a man to my outfit.
It's only a day's ride from here.
He'll... Ask for a Gil Favor. He'll tell you about it.
You can tell this story to the circuit judge.
He'll be in town in about a week.
A week? Move. Come on.
Look, there's liable to be a massacre in this area
before a week.
Latch. You up there?
Pass out the posters, Hollis.
A hundred dollars to the man
who brings in Yates.
There are two or three other men with him.
They couldn't have got far in the last couple hours.
And remember:
They killed three of my deputies.
Get back. Get back, you men.
Let Mr. Baines through.
Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.
I thank you, Mr. Hollis.
I thank all of you boys
for your respect to the dear departed.
Oh, boys, if any of you want shaves or barberin',
I'll be back in my chair in about an hour.
Uh, we'll be riding all night.
Oh, yes. I heard about that.
That's a sorry business.
Well, I hope you get your culprits, Mr. McVey.
I'm only sorry, boys, that you won't be
at the funeral of dear old Mrs. Purdy here,
because she liked all of you, every one.
Now, you say a prayer for her.
Giddap.
All right, let's spread out and find him.
Man, if we ain't found him, they ain't found him either.
You hope.
You know what I'm thinkin'?
I'm thinkin' I'll get me a shave.
And I'm thinkin' about
gettin' me some of that...
...smelly perfume water.
You ain't doin' nothin' till we stable the horses.
Twenty years I've been married to you.
How many times do I have to tell you
not to leave cash in the register?
Honey, I told you. I forgot.
You forgot.
You ain't got brains enough
to come out of the rain, have you, Nathan?
And what are you leavin' money
on the counter for?
I didn't leave any money on the counter.
Then what is this?
Oh. No. Nathan!
Nathan!
Help!
Go on. Help!
Help!
It is him. The man with Cole.
Alfred, no. We've got to take him alive.
Well, let's get him then.
She was a loyal wife and mother,
and none of us ever had a finer friend
than this sweet soul.
And now let us pray.
Dear Lord...
we thank thee for letting us know Martha Purdy
for a spell.
And now we send her back home to thee...
with our love
and our gratitude...
and our regrets.
Mostly, our regrets
for not having done better by her,
but knowing that you will.
Amen.
I take it you're in trouble, Mr. Yates.
Oh, you were described on a poster they put out
earlier this evening.
Now, look, mister. I don't know...
No, no. Don't worry.
I'm not as hasty as our sheriff.
I like to listen before I pass judgment.
Who are you?
My name is Baines. Simon Baines.
And I'm a man of compassion, I hope.
Look, Mr. Baines, I didn't kill those three men.
Oh, I've got a hunch you're telling the truth.
Now, you can be safe for a while down at my place. Come on.
And we'll have to drive through town,
so you climb inside the hearse.
Oh... Just for a spell.
Guess I'm the first customer who ever climbed out of there
on his own, huh?
Well, let's hope you stay that lucky, Mr. Yates.
This way.
Now, sir...
you're all safe and snug.
Oh, I sure can't figure you out, mister.
I've seen a lot of killers in my time, son.
You don't look like one.
I'm no killer.
Well, now, tell me how you got yourself in all this trouble.
Well, I...
just wish that Mr. Favor hadn't
sent me on this job, that's all.
Who's Mr. Favor?
He's my boss.
I'm up here buyin' some cattle for him.
That's how I ran across this Deputy Toland, and...
Well, Toland wanted to take my horse.
Said he had to get to Camp Henley.
Said a gang had killed 25 soldiers
up around some Feather Canyon, or someplace.
And they got into the Army uniforms.
They're gonna get inside Camp Henley.
To do what?
Take over this territory, I guess.
Rob it blind.
Well...
Well, I can see why the sheriff didn't believe you.
But y... You've gotta believe me, Mr. Baines.
I didn't believe it either until Toland was killed.
Oh, somebody else killed him?
Yeah, two men.
I just got away from 'em in town here ten minutes ago.
Oh, they're in town, huh?
Yeah, I told you, I just got away from 'em.
Oh. Ahem. Never let a razor
get dull, Mr. Yates.
Outside of mentioning this incredible story to McVey...
have you told anyone else?
No, not a soul.
I've been out hikin' across the desert.
Ah, I came here to get a gun and a horse, that's all.
I gotta get to that camp.
S... Say, maybe you can help me get a horse.
Oh, I'm sure I can.
But what you need right now, my boy,
is to lie back and relax.
Uh... Maybe a shave would calm you down.
No, thanks. I shave myself, and...
About the horse, you think y...? Maybe you could get it?
Now, how's a horse gonna get you outta this mess?
'Cause if get to Camp Henley before tomorrow,
and this story's true,
I'll be cleared.
And if it's a lie?
Oh. Well, I can't think of that now.
As a matter of fact...
it's as true as gospel, Mr. Yates.
Well... how'd you get him?
Ha-ha. With loving kindness.
Well... What kind of a joke is this?
It's no joke. Well, now, you shut up.
You've muddled things up enough as it is.
They sent you after Toland, you end up here.
Look, we tried.
Well, you didn't try hard enough.
You're in on this too, huh?
We're all mixed up in it, Mr. Yates.
Thirty of us.
Oh, I don't call myself the leader,
but I am handling this end.
I'm a poor barber...
but a magnificent mortician.
Stop using my merchandise.
Oh! Now, son, I wouldn't move if I were you.
I'm gonna give you a very nice funeral,
with appropriate arrangements.
And I got a name for his tombstone:
Alabaster O'Toole.
That's a fella I met up in, uh...
Up in the Dakotas.
I didn't know him but about five minutes.
Pow!
Put that back where you found it.
How come you let me get this far?
Well, I had to know if you'd spoken to anyone
who might've believed your story.
I told Sheriff McVey about it.
Oh, I'm not worried about McVey believing.
All right, let's get to it.
Why don't we just shoot him and turn him in?
Maybe there's a reward.
How about that? Us getting a reward for findin' you?
Let him up.
All right, let's get at it.
Now, patience.
Patience, that's the key to joy, Slade.
We don't want any noise.
A nice, quiet departure.
Talk like takin' a man's life means nothin' to you.
It doesn't.
Not after I've planned for a full year...
to wipe out Camp Henley.
And you were right about that.
There won't be an Army detachment
within a hundred miles
to stop us after tomorrow.
Hold him in the chair, boys.
Ooh! Ooh!
Hold it!
Hold it. Put up those guns.
He can't get out of town. Now, just walk softly.
Come on.
This ought to do it, Trager.
You got enough feed and grain to last you a month.
Now, if you'll pay me my $30 and get on home,
I'll get to mine.
How do I know you put in what I ordered?
I ever cheated you yet?
Well, there's always a first time.
And check the wagon.
I kept the store open special for you,
and that's the thanks I get.
Send me a bill!
You know I never paid you yet till I seen what you give me.
Uh... Uh...
What do you got there?
You know what I told you about buying things.
I just bought some seeds, Lem. I want to plant a garden.
Flower seeds? Give 'em back.
Go on! Give 'em back. You think I'm made of money?
Now, get up on that wagon seat, and let's get on out of here.
Evening, Mrs. Trager.
Do you mind us searching your wagon?
What for?
We're looking for the thief
that ran out of the general store this evening.
You're kind of overdoing it, ain't you?
Mr. Cory said he didn't steal nothin'.
You got anything against us looking?
Maddy and me have gotta get home,
that's what I got against it.
He's not in there.
And you said you wanted to get home in a hurry, Lem.
Lem says we've gotta get home, Mr. Baines.
You know how it is.
Yeah, Mr. Baines, and the whole town
knows how it is with that high spender I married.
No. No, no.
It's all right.
We're sorry to trouble you, ma'am.
Giddap. Giddap.
You mind telling me what's wrong with you?
I'm always touched by a lady in trouble.
She's certainly got enough with that man she's married to.
No need for us to add to it.
Yeah, but I think he still could have...
Oh, the man we're after? What's he doing in the wagon?
He'd be looking for a lot faster way out of town than that.
Anyway, there's no problem.
We're thinking wrong.
He wants to get to that camp.
All right, let him try.
You two are gonna be there ahead of him.
And when he shows, whatever you do to him,
the sheriff will thank you.
What about you? You getting out tonight?
Right now.
And how's that fine lieutenant
gonna take all this.
Well, he hasn't got much choice, has he?
Go on. Get along, you two.
You ain't opened your mouth since we left town.
You got a chill?
No.
You go on in to bed.
I'll unload the wagon.
Leave it be, Lem.
It can wait.
Come on in with me.
Maddy...
you sound...
nice.
Maybe I'll reconsider.
Let go.
Lem...
please.
Don't you hurt him.
Don't hurt him.
What are you doing in that wagon, boy?
Answer me!
Mister, uh...
all I wanna do is buy a horse.
Why, you're not able to ride.
You mean you want to steal a horse,
if I hadn't caught you.
Oh, I got money. I got money.
You're that thief.
The one they were talking about. Running from the store.
It's him, Maddy.
I'm no thief. I'm no thief.
I gotta get to Camp Henley. Help me...
He hasn't done you any harm, Lem.
He's hurt.
He can't move. You don't have to tie him.
He ain't one of your sick birds, Maddy.
Uh...
Lem... Lem, you'll get into trouble.
I know you will.
Let him alone, Lem. Don't do it.
He's that thief.
I'll take him to town in the morning.
You go on up.
Did you know he was in that wagon all the time?
Don't you lie.
No.
I'll unhitch the team.
And you'll wait up for me.
One year I've been planning this, Mr. Baines.
You hired these men. That was your end of it.
I come out here to give final orders
and discover you've been chasing a man
who got away from you at Feather Canyon.
Well, I wasn't there. Morris was running that.
Anyway, Toland's dead.
Now you come and tell me.
Someone else knows.
Well, we're handling that.
I just ask you to postpone the attack
until we can make sure.
And just when will that be?
Tomorrow? The next day? Next year?
What's this man look like?
Well...
here's a description of him.
All right.
I'll take out a patrol.
If this Yates is anywhere close by,
we'll pick him up.
You say you've got two men watching the entrance?
That's right.
We can't change our schedule.
I've arranged for half the troops
to be on sick call at dawn.
That's when you move in.
You understand?
The rest of the men will be at mess.
No rifles, no sidearms.
You men.
Move in fast. But...
I'll take care of the colonel.
From the way you're talking, you can taste it, mister.
I'll show him whether
I can be more than a boot-licking lieutenant.
He'll know tomorrow.
I'll have an army of my own.
It's 11:00, Mr. Baines.
You move out of here in exactly one hour.
We'll be at the camp by 6.
I'll meet you outside,
ride in with you.
You men.
Try to look like soldiers until you get inside.
Then the camp will be yours.
And the territory the camp protects
for hundreds of miles around.
It will all be yours.
We'll move in fast, and clean them out fast...
before anyone even begins to suspect what's happening.
Is that clear?
Do you think you can do it?
Yeah. 'Course we can.
I'll see you at 6, Mr. Baines.
Where am I?
Hush. Shh. I'm no thief.
What trouble you in, mister?
Just get me free here, will you?
I can't.
Your husband.
He's gonna know you've been here
when he sees that bandage.
It doesn't matter.
Listen to me. I gotta get to Camp Henley.
Oh, don't lie to me, please. I'm trying to help you.
If he hadn't have caught you, I would have let you go.
Yeah? Why?
Oh, I don't know. I guess I know what it's like being caught.
I wasn't lying to you.
If I don't get to that camp,
there's gonna be trouble there.
What trouble?
Some men, they're gonna...
take it by surprise.
I gotta get there.
I don't believe you,
but it... doesn't matter.
Unt... Untie.
Look, that thing's a lie. I didn't kill no one.
It's a lie.
What are you doing here?
What were you doing with him?
You planning on having him take you away?
I gave up planning a long time ago, Lem.
I just couldn't let him bleed to death.
I took that away from him.
It's him, Lem.
What are you gonna do?
I'm gonna take him to town right now.
A killer's worth money to us.
Maybe he's got friends who are looking for him.
If they catch you, they'll kill you, Lem.
What do you care?
I ask you a question.
What do you care if I get killed?
I'm just asking you not to do it alone.
Maybe you do care a little.
Maybe.
Maybe we can still make it together someday, Lem.
Oh, you just give me half a chance, Maddy.
All right.
You go into town, bring out the sheriff.
Bring anybody.
If anybody shows before you get back, I've got this.
I ain't gonna leave you alone here with that...
Do it, Lem. Do it. You're wasting time.
Go on.
He's gone to get the sheriff.
We'll use the horses from the wagon.
I'll saddle them up. I'm going with you.
Going with me?
If you believe what's on that poster,
how come you trust me all of a sudden?
Going with you won't be any worse than staying here,
whatever you offer.
And a man who's wanted doesn't figure on getting caught.
I'm drying up here, mister. I'm dying.
This is my chance to get away for good,
and I'm gettin'.
You want to go with me, that's fine,
but I ain't goin' where you think I'm going.
I gotta get to that camp.
Do you want me to change my mind?
I'm just saying I'm going with or without you.
Uh, no promises.
No promises.
All right.
Now, here's where I leave you.
I guess we'd both better wish each other luck, huh?
You mean it.
You're going to Camp Henley
no matter what, aren't you?
Yeah.
Not about that story you made up.
About m-men taking the place
of soldiers who aren't soldiers?
I didn't make that up.
I'm real grateful to you
for all you've done for me, Maddy.
He couldn't have beat us.
We've been here two hours.
Maybe he ain't gonna make it.
Pow. Hm.
I'd like to get 'em though. Just for luck.
The same men as last night?
Yeah.
Looks like we'll be traveling together after all.
Come on.
Those men down there are part of the gang
that are coming in the Army wagons.
Look, this whole territory's gonna be robbed and stripped,
and the people that ain't killed
are gonna be looking to the Army for help.
Only there ain't going to be any Army.
Now, you gotta help me, Maddy.
They're only looking for me. You can make it to the camp.
I'm not going to any camp.
I don't believe you.
Heh. No one believes it.
I didn't believe it either at first.
What wild thing are you up to? We can get away.
If running away from the man you're married to means more
than the hundreds of people in this area...
you'd better start running.
There he is.
Some day a man just gets cheated.
Take over, sergeant.
You come with me, Mr. Trevor.
Well, he ain't dead.
What did you do with my wife?
I let her go.
Let's get him on a horse.
What's the trouble, sheriff...?
Oh, no trouble anymore, lieutenant.
He and some of his friends kill three of my men,
we'll get him.
Lieutenant, I gotta talk to you.
You got nothing to talk about.
Some foolish notion about taking over your camp.
I'd like to see anybody try to take over your camp.
So would I.
You'll take the detachment in, Mr. Trevor.
If the colonel should ask about me...
tell him I'm meeting the replacement wagons.
Colonel said for you to return with the men, sir.
There was no need to meet up with the replacements.
I don't care what the colonel said.
I'm giving you an order, Mr. Trevor.
Yes, sir.
Hyah. Hyah.
Well...
we should be there in about a minute.
Everything all right?
Some men coming. Two directions.
Oh, that's all right. You just keep driving.
Sheriff's got Yates. Everything's on time.
Get those horses going.
Let's go home.
Now, drop your guns and come out with your arms raised.
All right, any one of you that makes a move,
this Gatling gun
will blast you to kingdom come.
I thought you and Baines had it sewed up.
All right, put them under arrest.
All of them. Huh?
Such a diabolical but wonderful scheme
to go wrong, colonel.
It was all ours.
We'd have taken over the whole territory.
You might have at that.
Oh, yes, we would.
Except for him.
What a miserable barber he'd have made.
He'd have never learned how to
use his razor effectively.
Hm. Take him out.
What, are you gonna lynch me, sheriff?
Not even give me a trial?
Never lynched a man yet. Come on.
Here's your hat.
Your gun.
My hand.
Ooh. Uh...
We caught every one of them, Mr. Yates.
I can't express my appreciation enough.
And you can thank the lady here
for delivering your message.
Um...
anything I can do to make it up to you?
No.
You coming, Maddy?
I'll be right there, Lem.
I know what this cost you.
Mr. Yates.
I understand you're looking for cattle.
That's what you said he told you, wasn't it?
That's right.
Well, we've got 60 head of government stock.
More than we need.
I've been ordered to dispose of it.
I'll be pleased to accommodate you.
Well, colonel, you've got yourself a buyer.
I'd sure like to know what happened, though.
Glad to tell you over a drink.
I'd say you look like you'll need one.
Yeah, you got that right.
See you later, sheriff.
So long.
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!
Sometimes it gets right peaceful on a trail drive.
You're traveling easy in pretty country
with the trail-broke herd acting gentle as lambs.
Weather's fine, air's fresh, sun's warm.
That's when I begin to worry.
Something's bound to happen.
And out of all the bad things that might be,
it usually turns out to be the kind of trouble
you least expect.
My name's Gil Favor, trail boss.
Say, haven't we gone just about far enough for today?
Jim, why are you always in such a big hurry?
Pete tells me we'll be bedded down there at town tonight.
Hold on. Well, we just left Baxter Springs two days ago.
Well, uh, the farther north we go,
the closer these towns get together.
Yeah. Well, I suppose everybody'll
be wanting late guard tonight, huh?
Well, uh, this kind of weather,
good grass and water to hold them,
almost won't need a guard.
How much further?
It's just about another mile to water.
Looks like somebody's waiting for us.
Yeah, I noticed.
Well, I suppose it's one of those agents from Sedalia
trying to look things over, huh?
No, we're still too far from Sedalia for that.
Maybe it's just somebody trying to tap us off on another town.
Well, there's one good way to find out.
What's that?
Howdy.
George Hahms, sheriff of Simpson County.
Gil Favor, this is my ramrod, Rowdy Yates.
You boss this herd?
That's right.
You wanna see my papers?
Later, maybe.
Must be up here for some reason.
That's right. To stop your herd.
Well, what?
First I wanna look at your crew.
They're all new from Texas.
They've just now come into this county.
I'll make sure.
All right, but you don't have to stop the herd to do that.
I said stop them.
Mister, you got a court order or a warrant or something?
I got better than that.
Boys!
Unless you wanna fight, you better give that signal.
Pete!
Hold 'em up!
Hold 'em up.
What's up?
I don't know.
Maybe the sheriff will break down and tell us.
What are you looking for?
A cattleman named Thad Clemens.
Thad Clemens?
Know him?
Everybody knows of him.
Haven't actually met him.
He's known as one of the best
and most respected drovers in the business.
You got something against Thad Clemens?
That's right.
Can't think of what it'd be.
But anyway, that hasn't got anything to do with us.
He's not with our outfit.
No? I heard tell all
you Texas cattlemen stick together.
I heard plenty bragging that way.
You're pretty proud of it.
That could be.
Then, I guess you wouldn't mind
if we hold you to it.
What do you mean?
Hold you responsible
for what one of your fellow Texan drovers did.
Wait a minute.
Keep your hands away from your gun, mister.
What do you want?
I said... You said you wanted to make sure
first off he wasn't here.
Well, let's not waste any more time. You make sure.
All right, boys.
Thad Clemens came here a few months ago
looking for a herd.
"To market," he says.
Only small ranchers around here,
but he gathered quite a stock of beef from them.
Near a thousand head.
Took them on to Sedalia, got a good price.
Yeah, well...
Took that beef on a consignment.
"Partnership," he called it.
What's wrong with that?
Nothing, except he forgot his partners:
the ranchers here in Simpson County.
He sold that beef in Sedalia
and we ain't seen hide nor hare of him since.
Him or our better than $15,000.
Everything I know about him, he's an honest man.
His word is as good as gold.
You just give him time, he'll come back.
Yeah, he must have got held up somewhere along the line.
He wrote a pretty slick contract
so he can't be held liable.
Even if we found him, we couldn't have him arrested,
unless we caught him back here in the county.
He ain't likely to risk that.
I still wanna know,
what's all this got to do with us?
You're talking about Thad Clemens.
We ain't got Thad Clemens, but we got you.
You Texans like to stick together,
proud of your honest reputations.
All right, you give us back our losses
and you collect from Clemens.
You can't do that, that ain't legal.
In our county, it's legal. We just passed a law.
Tax to pass a herd through the county, $5 a head.
That's robbery, that's against the law.
Oh, you got a right to hire a lawyer
and find out, later.
But right now I'm the law here and I say it's legal.
Boy, you want your money back in a big hurry, don't you?
Think it over tonight. Decide which it'll be.
Money or stock. I'll be back in the morning.
And I wouldn't try to fight through.
I can bring out all the men in the county.
Well, they can't do that, can they?
Gotta be somebody who could stop them.
Just ain't legal.
There ain't no other way around at all, huh?
Sure, if you wanna lose a week to 10 days,
maybe 2 or 300 head of steers.
It's bone-dry to the west and there's nothing
but mountains and timber to the east.
Looks like they've got us.
We can fight. Oh, yeah, sure.
You gonna fight your way through a whole county
and end up with a herd?
What else we gonna do? We ain't got that kind of money.
Sure as I ain't gonna give him a third of the herd.
There's one other thing to do.
Who are you?
He just rode in, boss.
I asked who you were, mister.
Name's Clint Coffee.
Well, Mr. Coffee, you can butt your saddle
and get on back to town and tell them the answer is no.
You wasn't listening.
Do I sound like one of those Missouri Mules?
What part of Texas you from?
Now you got it.
Tascosa.
What are you doing way up around here?
Riding through, heading for home.
I heard about your trouble.
Thought I might help.
Well, if we were gonna fight, maybe you could, but...
I said there's one other thing to do
besides fight or ride around.
Or pay.
And that is?
Find Clemens and bring him back.
He's the one they want.
That's a mighty big order.
Yeah, he could be anywhere from El Paso to Mile City.
Or Frisco to Boston.
Or Boston to Frisco.
Well, why not Paris, with $15,000?
Unless you happen to know where he is.
I got an idea. It's only an idea
but it's a pretty good one and it ain't too far from here.
Where?
Baxter Springs.
Hey, now, that's only about a day's ride.
Little more than that.
That's taking a big chance, being that close, isn't it?
It's only an idea.
What do you know about Thad Clemens?
He's maybe the best man I ever worked for.
But he had the same trouble some of us always have.
That is?
Can't blame him much.
She was all woman.
Pretty. Real class.
And real expensive, $15,000 worth.
Name's Miss Katie.
She runs a gambling café in Baxter Springs
called the Painted Lady.
Someday, I'm gonna get my money back from the Painted Lady.
I take it you knew Miss Katie pretty well.
That's where I met Clemens.
He was hanging around like a lovesick pup.
Hired me to round up a herd for Sedalia from around here.
I guess he wanted the money fast.
Boss, this might be worth a chance, you know.
Maybe we could bring him back.
There's just one more thing.
You worked for him and liked him.
Why are you turning on him now?
I'm a drover.
All this talk about us sticking together,
there's something to it.
But Clemens didn't stick.
What he'd done can only cause all of us trouble.
You're the first.
The way I see it,
taking care of your own works both ways.
Man ought to clean up his own messes.
He's right.
Let's get going, huh?
All right. I'll go after him.
But I'll go alone.
But boss, you... I can handle it.
You might need help.
Look, you'll have your hands full
if the town decides to give more trouble.
Pull them back to last water, hold them there.
Don't let anybody lay a hand on one of our brand.
If Clemens is to be found, I'll bring him back.
How about a cup of coffee, mister?
Much obliged.
Good morning, Miss Katie.
How do you know me?
I've never seen you before.
Well, you're famous.
I heard about you a long ways from here.
You're, uh, something special, I understand.
Who are you and what do you want?
Just some information.
Can I talk to you over a drink, alone?
I never drink this early in the morning.
It's part of your job, isn't it?
I own the place.
I don't have to drink with every trail-dusty bum
who wanders in here.
Now, look, Miss Katie...
If you want a drink with me, go take a bath first.
Wash the cow smell off you.
You heard the lady, mister.
Well, now, you figure she means what you say.
Yes. Yes, I do.
Now, look.
There isn't gonna be any trouble around here.
You come in off the trail, you want a good time.
Fine, that's what we're here for.
But you'll feel better when you're cleaned up.
You'll enjoy yourself more, you know you will.
Now, go over the drover house and get a room.
All right, all right.
First of all, I gotta find somebody,
and you can help me.
He's supposed to be a close friend of yours.
Who are you looking for?
Friend of mine too. Thad Clemens.
Close friend of yours, is he?
Close enough.
Then turn around.
Are you looking for me, friend?
My name's Favor.
Favor.
Gil Favor.
Well, it's nice to know you, Mr. Favor.
Two old hands like us aren't friends yet,
it's time we ought to be.
Sit down.
I'd have agreed to that yesterday,
but now I don't know.
Oh? Why?
They say us drovers ought to stick together,
at least once we've crossed the line
out of Texas.
Well, I certainly subscribe to that.
Then I got a problem, a big one.
Anything I can do to help?
You're the only one who can.
You can bring that $15,000 you got
for the sale of your herd at Sedalia
back to the people it belongs to.
What are you trying to do, Mr. Favor,
take sides with those farmers?
You yourself just said
we drovers ought to stick together.
The only way any of us can get along
with all the people in all the places
we got to pass on the trail
is to keep a reputation for honesty and fair dealing.
You're the one who stepped out of line, Mr. Clemens.
I don't know where you got your information, Mr. Favor,
but you're jumping to conclusions.
My dealings were entirely legal.
I'm not talking about legal. I'm talking about honest.
One raw deal like yours makes it tough for everybody,
especially me.
You?
They're holding me responsible for you.
They're trying to take my herd to pay for what you stole.
That's too bad.
I never thought they'd try anything like that.
I don't see how they can get away with it.
Oh, they can get away with it, all right,
unless they get their money.
So everything'll be fine
if you'll just come along with me and bring the money.
We can tell them you were delayed,
sick or something.
I'm sorry. No.
What do you mean, no?
Just that.
I can't go back with you.
I can't pay them.
Can't, or won't?
I suppose it amounts to the same thing.
Can't, won't.
Have you got the money?
Not anymore.
You realize what you're doing to your reputation
and the reputation of every other drover.
And I'm sorry about that.
You'll be sorry, all right,
when you find out you'll never work again.
I know. I'm all through with that.
And what am I supposed to do?
Go back and pay for your thieving?
Don't you see there's nothing I can do about it?
I don't have the money.
There's something you can do.
You can go back and face the people you swindled.
Mr. Favor, would that do any good?
It'd do some good for the drovers
who don't think like you do.
I'm taking you back with me, Mr. Clemens.
You think you can manage that?
I can try.
Come on.
Take your hand off me, Mr. Favor.
All right, would you let him go!
All right, who are you?
He's a friend of mine. Trail boss, marshal.
You want to tell me what this is all about, Mr. Clemens?
Uh, it's a private affair,
unless Mr. Favor wants to press it.
Mighty well told I wanna press it.
I'm taking him back to Simpson County.
He's wanted there.
Wanted, Mr. Clemens?
Yeah, wanted, Mr. Clemens.
What for? I got no warrant on him.
You got a warrant?
No.
Is there a warrant?
Look, he swindled his partners.
Civil affairs are out of my bailiwick.
Yours too, Mr. Trail Boss.
And you don't just come in here and take a man by force.
That's against the law.
Wanna make a charge, Mr. Clemens?
No, thanks, marshal.
Then you just better stay away from Mr. Clemens from now on.
Look, all you gotta do is send a deputy over to Simpson...
When I get a wanted poster on him,
I'll pick him up myself.
Till then, you stay away from him.
You hear me? Find yourself in jail.
Sorry about this, Mr. Clemens.
It's all right, marshal.
We all know it doesn't mean anything.
Anyway, I don't see what's to be done about it.
Even if what you say is true.
You don't believe me?
Why should I?
Stranger like you comes in here,
tells me things about a man like Thad Clemens.
Fellow with his reputation.
Why, we've known him a lot of years.
Ain't a finer man never stopped in Baxter Springs.
Look, all you gotta do is send a telegram.
I'll pay for it.
What for?
You say yourself ain't no legal way to take him back.
What do you expect us to do?
You can help me save my herd.
You're stock men, aren't you?
Uh-huh. Maybe just a little different from you, though.
We're all small ranchers here too.
There's no great love for you drovers.
Well, Clemens is a drover.
Was. Looks kind of like he might settle here, spend his days.
And his money too, huh?
But it's men just like you that he's swindled.
Doesn't that matter to you?
Well, now, that's their affair.
Don't see why we should get mixed up in it.
Let them settle it.
How, by robbing me?
That ain't my problem, mister.
Sorry, can't help you.
Room, sir?
No, I won't be staying the night.
I'm just looking for a friend of mine.
Maybe you could tell me his room.
Yes, sir, what's his name?
Uh, Clemens, Thad Clemens from Texas.
Oh. Oh, I'm afraid he isn't in. He just went out.
I'd like to make sure of that, if you'll just show me his room.
Oh, but l... l... I can't do that.
I'm sure my friend won't mind.
Now, just show me the way.
You won't find anything.
All his valuables are in the safe.
I told you. Who's got this room?
Uh, no one.
Good, I'll take it. But...
I said I'll take it. I've got the money.
Come on. Open it up.
Hello, Mr. Favor.
All right, start walking. Come on, no arguments.
You promised to buy me a drink. I was afraid you'd forgotten.
Well, your invitations are kind of hard to refuse.
Just wanted to make sure you came to the party.
Sit down.
You, uh, sure you want to drink with a trail bum?
You look a little different now that you're cleaned up.
In fact, you almost look good.
So do you.
I'm in this business for my health, Mr. Favor,
and my health requires a considerable income.
From all kinds of people,
including trail bosses, for instance?
Glad to trim anybody that comes by, Mr. Favor.
including trail bosses.
Including you.
Except that I get a special invitation.
How come?
You interest me.
Yeah, you showed that this morning.
That was this morning.
What you said about Clemens, the truth?
You think it's not?
Actually stole money, are you sure?
It's not hard for a man to lose his head over money,
or a woman.
It's a little hard to believe about Thad Clemens.
Is it, for you?
What do you mean, for me?
Well, I found him in here, didn't I?
You think he spent money in here?
Well, like you said, uh, "Glad to trim anybody,
including trail bosses."
Thad Clemens drinks ten-cent beer and never gambles.
Up to now, Mr. Favor, I didn't dislike you.
Now I do.
Well, don't look for an apology from me, Miss Katie,
because this whole thing doesn't set too well with me
that there's no better reason for it than you.
Fine man losing his reputation, becoming a thief,
hurting the men he's worked with all his life just because a...
That wasn't very feminine of me, was it?
Not at all like a gambling house proprietor.
I should be used to insults.
But I'll tell you this, Mr. Favor.
I've got nothing but respect for Thad Clemens,
and there was never anything between us.
That's not the way I heard it.
Anybody told you anything different lied.
Well, then, how come I heard I'd find him here with you,
and did?
Anybody could've told you that.
He sits over by the door hour after hour,
sipping on one beer, staring, watching, waiting.
But if he's done anything wrong, I had no part in it.
Well, he must've had a pretty good reason
to steal that much money. Somebody's got it.
It wasn't me.
You sure?
I'm sure.
Then you must know who did get it.
How would I know?
You seem pretty interested to hear.
I was interested to find out what bothered you, Mr. Favor.
That's why you were invited here.
And now that I've heard your story,
I'm no longer interested in you.
Well, I'm still interested in you.
Suit yourself.
Now, if you'll excuse me.
Enjoy your drink.
Cory.
What are you doing here?
You know what I'm doing here.
I've been here for days,
waiting for you, son.
I knew, as soon as you got your leave,
you couldn't stay away.
Can't you leave me alone? I'm a grown man.
Whatever I do I'll take the responsibility for.
It becomes my responsibility too,
remember?
That won't happen again, I told you.
I'm sorry. I can't believe that.
What are you gonna do,
hold this over my head the rest of my life?
Use it as an excuse to treat me like a child?
Now, I'm gonna do what I think is best.
Cory... Now, you leave me alone.
Cory, don't go in there.
Now, you leave me alone.
Leaving so soon, Mr. Favor?
Well, I'm not having as good a time as I might,
in spite of the special invitation.
Mm-hm. It's on the house.
I'd rather pay.
Who's soldier boy?
I'll find out anyway.
Lieutenant Clemens.
Ooh.
Clemens. Mm-hm.
Thanks.
Did you see what happened, Fred?
No, I was across the street.
I told you to let him alone.
I have, so far.
You're under arrest.
Gonna be all right.
Sore jaw, a few bruises, but otherwise...
All right, let's go. Wait a minute.
What are you taking him for, marshal?
Beating you.
He didn't do it.
I saw the man who did it.
He was a run-of-the-street thief trying to rob me.
You're sure, Mr. Clemens?
I'm sure.
All right. You can go.
No, wait, l...
I want him to stay. I wanna talk to him.
Well, what's it all about?
It wouldn't help you to know what's behind it all.
Doesn't matter.
Not even who did it or why?
It won't help you save your herd.
The only thing that would do that is...
Is $15,000.
That's gone. Hopeless.
I told you.
Mr. Favor, if I thought going back there and facing them
would do any good, believe me, I'd go.
It might.
No, they want the money,
not revenge.
Well, you can settle that with them.
The way I see it, if they have you to talk to,
they got no reason for holding us up.
You think it doesn't matter to me
what I've done to you and the others?
It's the end for me.
The end of everything I've ever had.
It's all over.
All over?
Just because your son beat you up?
How'd you know that?
That's what this is all about, isn't it?
He's the one you stole the money for,
to pay back his gambling debts to Miss Katie.
Isn't that about the size of it?
No. No, that's not it.
The boy's a little wild, sure. We have our differences, but...
Then what is it?
It's none of your business, Mr. Favor.
Isn't it?
Well, even if it is, I'm not going to tell you.
Well, I'll tell you one thing.
You better be ready to ride in the morning,
because you're going back to face those men.
I know.
The ones that now think
that an old drover can be trusted.
Something like that.
Mr. Favor.
Yeah?
How is he?
He was just knocked out, that's all. He'll be all right.
Did he say anything about...?
About who did it? He said it was just a street thief.
I think that's close enough to the truth.
What you said before, I mean, is it true?
Did he take all that money from all those people?
That's right. He swindled all of them.
I never thought...
Nobody did.
He must've needed that money pretty bad.
He needed it, all right. He...
He needed it for me, Mr. Favor.
See, this is my fault.
I'm the thief here.
Look, you don't have to tell me about it. He didn't.
Well, I have to tell somebody.
Come on in.
Sit down.
No, I...
Now, see, I am a thief.
Never really admitted to myself until now.
Now I made him one too.
You ought to be able to explain better than that.
The Army should've taught you that much.
Well, I never wanted to be in the Army.
That was his idea.
He sent me through military school.
Well, you see, I'm a quartermaster,
keeping the commissary accounts.
It was easy enough to steal, all right.
Just a little bit at a time, just borrowing.
I was thinking my luck would change
and I could pay it all back.
I guess you know the story. It didn't.
Then, when it got to be $15,000, well, I knew it was beyond me.
I knew there could be an inspection at any time.
So you asked him for help.
Yeah. I got it.
And where he got the money from, or how, l...
I suppose I thought he borrowed it or maybe sold something.
I swear, I didn't know it was anything like this.
You sure ought to know you don't get rich droving.
Yeah.
Now, I've done this to him
and to you too.
Don't worry about me. I'll get along.
You better save your worrying for your father.
Afraid there's no way out for him.
Maybe there is.
If you could get that $15,000 back, you and he,
both of you could be saved.
And he could pay the money back.
That's right, if we had it.
I think maybe, uh, I can get it.
Now, look, lieutenant.
Don't worry, I'm not gonna rob a bank or the Army or anything.
Maybe there's one place I can get it.
Now, wait a minute.
Don't try and tell me what to do Mr. Favor.
My father's been doing that all my life.
This is one thing I'm gonna do on my own.
Change your mind, Mr. Favor,
and decide to come back to the party?
I figure maybe I've been playing the wrong game.
Maybe I should switch to yours soon. How about cards?
You a gambler?
Like you, I don't mind taking a chance.
How about a cut of the cards someplace private
for big stakes?
How big?
Mm, say, um,
15,000, money you took from Lieutenant Clemens.
Took?
All right, won, if you want it that way.
And what have you to put up against it, Mr. Favor?
A life or two, maybe one of them yours.
Is that a threat?
It's just a warning.
Let's go in here where we can talk.
Now, what's all this about?
Cory Clemens is looking for $15,000.
I figured the only logical place for him to get it was here.
He seems pretty determined.
You think he might harm me, Mr. Favor?
Well, you're wrong.
I have nothing to fear from Cory.
You sure? It's his money, isn't it?
Is it?
You think I enticed him into losing his money?
No, you're wrong again.
I tried to get him to stop gambling,
but you can't do much against a sickness like that.
Can't or won't?
You see, he wanted to get out of the Army,
become independent of his father,
many things.
He thought he could do it by winning a lot of money.
And you tried to stop him.
That's not very business-like of you.
I don't feel very business-like about Cory Clemens.
How do you feel?
I'm in love with him.
Oh?
Don't you think I could love a man like that?
Well, it's a mighty profitable love, isn't it?
Fifteen thousand dollars' worth?
You see this? It's a bank book.
I kept track of every cent he lost.
It's all in there, all 15,000.
Mm-hm.
In your name.
For now, but it'll be his someday.
When will that be?
When we're married.
Don't you mean if he marries you?
You're so righteous, Mr. Favor.
So is old man Clemens.
Must run that way with trail bosses.
You couldn't know what it's like to grow up an orphan.
A girl orphan in a country of men.
Fighting to live, decently if you can,
but just live.
You wouldn't know what it's like to see other women
living nice, comfortable lives with husbands and children
and homes.
Do you know what it is to envy somebody like that so much
that you'd kill or steal or do almost anything
to have what they have?
Or buy a husband,
when you find a man who could give you all that?
A man you could love?
You really think he'd ever go through with it, Miss Katie?
Aren't you just daydreaming?
Am I?
You think he loves you?
You think he couldn't?
He might think so for a while.
You're honest enough to know it couldn't last.
What happens when he takes you to his Army post
and introduces you to his officers
and their wives?
As a painted lady?
I don't always have to be like that.
I could change.
They'll forget.
Yeah, sure. You're strong enough.
Is he?
I'm sorry.
I came here ready to plead, beg, borrow, steal.
Do anything I could to get that money. l...
I didn't figure on this.
Why is it so important to you?
I stand to lose 3,000 head of cattle
which don't belong to me,
unless Clemens' partners are repaid.
But that's nothing to you.
No, it's nothing to me.
You're just another trail bum who wandered in here.
Tomorrow, you'll be gone and forgotten.
Come in.
What are you doing here?
He came to gamble, and lost.
But we had a nice talk about marriage.
You ever talk about that, Cory?
It's exactly what I came by here for.
What does he have to say?
You wouldn't like it. But never mind.
Run along, Mr. Favor.
No, wait.
Maybe it's a good idea that he is here.
He can break the news to my father.
What news?
Katie and I are gonna be married.
I just talked to the preacher. He's gonna be over in an hour.
Katie, did you hear me?
I heard.
Well, I thought that'd make you happy.
I thought that's what you wanted.
I couldn't be happier.
Go on, tell Mr. Clemens.
I'm sure he'll be delighted.
Just tell him everything's going to be all right.
Honey, l...
I know it's not the kind of a wedding you always wanted.
I mean, rushing like this, but I only had a two-day pass.
It's all right.
I didn't think you'd mind.
I don't mind anything if you love me.
You do love me, don't you?
What a question. Of course I do.
Then say it now,
just once.
Say, "I love you, Katie."
Well, l... I love you, Katie.
Look, I think you'd better go and change,
put on something, you know, different, huh?
I know.
You are happy, aren't you, Katie?
Oh, go on, now. I have to change.
Cory.
Have you thought what it'll be like
taking me back to the Army camp?
Oh, well, l... I didn't have time to tell you.
I'm gonna resign my commission, get a job.
I never did like the Army anyway.
It... It doesn't matter to you, does it?
No.
No, nothing matters anymore.
No. I didn't bring him up to marry a woman like that.
What did you bring him up for?
An officer and a gentleman.
What makes you think a uniform's gonna make a difference?
Look, Mr. Favor, I brought him up all alone.
Maybe I made mistakes, but I tried to make him a man.
A good man.
Just like you, huh?
So you push him into a life he doesn't like or want.
Boy's never known his own mind.
Maybe I made mistakes, but so has he.
And this is one mistake I'm not gonna let him make.
What makes you so sure it's a mistake?
She's quite a woman. Might even be good for him.
Her?
Yeah, her.
He'll never marry her. I'll make sure of that.
Oh, she told me to tell you something.
When, uh, they're married, everything's gonna be all right.
You'll get the 15,000.
You think I'll sell my son?
You better forget about that money.
I think I'd better go with you
before they get you for murder too.
Cory.
Well, I was expecting you.
I'm not gonna let you make this mistake.
You're not gonna stop me.
I don't think you understand.
You'd be better off dead than married to her.
You gonna kill me?
That won't be necessary, gentlemen.
I've changed my mind, Mr. Clemens.
I figure as long as I'm buying a husband,
I might as well get my money's worth.
And with Cory, I don't think I would.
For $15,000, you want a real man.
Not a thief and a cheat.
Someone more like Mr. Favor here.
Haven't changed your mind, have you?
No, uh... Afraid not.
Then too bad about the money.
Katie.
Come on, let's get out of here.
But l... I don't believe her.
I'm afraid she means it, lieutenant.
Come on, let's go.
I am sorry.
It's all right, son.
Can you forgive me for what I've done to you both?
I guess you and I have got a lot to forgive each other for.
Maybe we can just start over.
You live your own life.
Me, I'll be going back with you in the morning.
I only hope it'll do some good.
Mr. Favor. You're wanted over at the Painted Lady.
Be back in a minute.
Sit down, Mr. Favor.
We didn't finish that game of cards last night.
Remember, you like to take a chance?
I don't think I care to gamble anymore with you, Miss Katie.
Oh, come on. Just this once.
Cut a card for big stakes.
What stakes?
This.
Ah. What is that?
A draft on the First National Bank of Kansas City
for $15,000.
Against what?
What have you got to put up?
My good name.
My hat.
I'm not sure either one is worth much.
But cut.
Shouldn't we shuffle first?
Don't you trust me?
Ten.
Trey.
It's yours, Mr. Favor.
On one condition.
Don't give it to him until you get there.
And remember, you won it gambling.
Why did you, uh, do that last night?
You were very convincing.
You were right about a lot of things.
Maybe I just wasn't cut out for marriage.
If he should come back?
I could see to it that he wouldn't stay.
Your stage is due, Mr. Favor.
I was wrong about one thing.
What?
About a woman like you not being able to love a man like that.
Go on, Mr. Favor. You won your bet.
No, you did.
That's what you get for playing with a professional gambler.
We ready?
Oh, just a little last-minute business.
All set.
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!
All things come to them who waits.
Hm?
Well, look, we got plenty of good grass,
lots of good water around here.
Anything a man could ask for.
You mean anything a steer could ask for, don't you?
Yeah, that's what I said.
Yeah, I guess that's what you did say, Pete.
You getting hard of hearing?
No.
You know, a couple days on grass like this
is gonna put ten pounds on those beeves.
Yeah, I better go tell Mr. Favor.
No, you don't. Listen, I have told him
about flooded streams,
burned-up grass, dried-up waterholes...
He's even getting ready to run and hide
when he sees me coming.
Well, he's due for some good news for a change
and I'm gonna take it to him.
Kiawah squaw.
I wonder what she's doing out here all by herself.
She might not be all by herself.
You! You!
Strong brave men.
You would brag how you killed a woman?
We weren't gonna hurt her.
He knows that.
Quince.
You seen Rowdy or Pete?
Oh, not for quite a while, boss.
Still kind of hanged-over from that keg
you let Wishbone open last night.
I haven't been looking for Pete or Rowdy or nobody.
In fact, I was kind of hoping
I couldn't even see me.
Gypsy?
Think you could carry out an order for once
if I gave it to you?
Well, what's the order, Mr. Favor?
Ride flank for Quince, keep it in the strays.
You think you can do it?
Sure, why not?
Let's go, Jim.
I don't see nothing no more.
Track's disappearing all of a sudden.
Shouldn't, this kind of ground.
They've been brushed.
No place to go.
No place to set out to from here.
Might as well get back to the herd.
That's where Rowdy and Pete will show up if they're able.
Yeah, I guess so.
I guess we'll have to get back to the herd
and wait.
That's the trail boss
coming in now, lieutenant.
Better tell him.
Mr. Favor, Lieutenant Meadows.
Fourth Cavalry, Mr. Favor.
Lieutenant.
I thought I better warn you, sir.
An Indian named White Eyes just came off the reservation
with a Kiawah war party.
You better keep an eye out, he's ready to go after
anybody who's got white skin.
We'll do that.
Obliged for the warning.
Can't the army hold that half-breed?
Oh, we've had enough chains on him to hold a buffalo.
You see, he got sick.
The Indian agency sent him home to die.
Well, that was their mistake.
He wasn't anywhere near dying.
Matter of fact, he's all around us right now.
He's got enough Kiawahs to wipe us all out
if he feels like it.
Does he feel like it?
I'm afraid White Eyes is the only man
who can answer that question.
I'll ask him when I run into him.
Oh, lieutenant,
uh, two of my men disappeared.
We followed their tracks till they gave out,
but it seems they have been brushed out.
How long has it been since you've seen your men?
Twelve hours.
Uh, we'll do our best to see if we can get 'em back for you.
If they can be got back.
Anything me and my men can do to help?
No, that's what the army's for, Mr. Favor.
Look, I've gotta keep this herd moving,
but the men that are missing, well, uh...
they're good men.
Well, we'll do our best, Mr. Favor.
Why, that lice-bitten lieutenant.
If he knew half as much as White Eyes
he'd be a general.
What do you know about this White Eyes?
Well, he's part white.
At least, white as he ain't all Indian.
He used to tear up the country, raiding, murder,
killing anybody he can.
And things.
Well, bed the herd down.
You, Scarlet and Bailey get working at it.
Well, Mr, Favor, you, uh,
fixing to let the army locate Pete and Rowdy?
We'll move the herd out in the morning.
I figured you'd say that.
You figured it right, Jim.
So let's get working at it.
The horse soldiers have gone to the great herd that moves.
Now the horse soldiers chase rainbows.
It is a pursuit they will tire of.
We must act quickly.
We must not act quickly.
Oh?
You have a reason why we must not?
You are the reason.
The white skins in the prison
made it difficult for me to go on living.
That is for all to see.
Whether you understand it or not, Anko,
I must leave.
You will crawl back to your own?
Would you have it otherwise?
I would not give in.
I would fight.
Until none of us was left to fight.
These are your people.
Would you have them killed?
I would do more for them than you are doing.
I would stay with them.
I would not leave them.
Even though the white man had made me sick.
I would not leave as you are leaving.
I understand you.
Because I understand,
I will not name you
chief to follow me.
You live out of your heart.
Your heart is not guided by wisdom.
What I do will bring peace.
You do not want that.
My people will do what is planned.
I have heard you,
and I will obey you,
but let it be known that I believe you are wrong.
I think that death will come to our people
because of you.
Is there one here who doesn't understand what I mean?
We have very little time.
As long as you are alive they will do as you say.
Will that make you happy?
I have outlived my happiness.
All that remains is to do what must be done.
Help me to my feet.
You cannot stay on your feet.
Strength is a thing
one must rise up and meet.
It will not come to you when you are lying down.
Let me take care of you.
Let me put you down gently on a bed of reeds.
Let me run and fetch for you.
Let me be near you.
My people do not believe it,
but unless something is done,
the whites will swallow us.
You do not trust us?
We are Kiawahs and you still do not trust us.
It has not made any difference all these years.
You are not as you say.
You are not Kiawah. You are white.
You will help me to my horse.
And you will see a Kiawah ride away.
All right, break it up. Double guard tonight
in case the Kiawah try for the herd.
I want the search party out before daylight.
The rest of you turn in.
Won't do no good.
They're dead.
Death card.
Injins killed 'em.
Don't let him spook you.
He don't know nothing from cards.
How do we know the cards are wrong?
They're cards, ain't they?
I know Rowdy and Pete are no longer alive.
Oh, you do, do you?
Well, tell them how you got your name, Gypsy.
He's a fortune teller.
At least that's what he said when he signed on.
The cards know.
The cards know how to scare some of the jaspers around here.
All the card says was that two men
you didn't know before you signed on
was gonna be killed by Indians, right?
It said I'd be killed too.
Because of the two men.
The card say how?
Somebody would fire a gun and I would die,
but not because of the gun.
It's got him so spooked
he's trying to spook the rest of you for company.
Boo!
See what I mean?
You sure showed that Gypsy, Mr. Wishbone.
Sure did.
Didn't I?
Did you?
Gypsies. Who believes in them?
I do.
Are you gonna get that...?
I know.
Quince.
I hear 'em. Dowse the fire.
Wishbone. I heard it.
Break out the rifles.
What is it, Indians?
Let go.
If you're too scared to fight,
then find a hole and crawl under them fool cards of yours.
Never heard of Kiawah fighting at night before.
First time for everything.
We talk.
They'll kill us.
We talk.
Anko.
The one who shot.
We want him.
It was a mistake.
We will talk.
"Tatain."
Kiawah war chief.
Satanga.
My men?
They are alive.
What do you want for them?
Beef?
No, 30-40 miles.
Soldiers search for Tatain.
The army know me as an enemy of the white man.
One place they will not look for me is among white men.
You mean, you and your men wanna go along with us?
If the army comes to you again,
they will have no reason to inspect your men.
Unless you give them a reason.
How far do you want to go?
The Black Pass.
That's Cheyenne Pawnee country.
You won't find any friends there.
I do not search for Indian friends.
You are not Indian, are you?
I am a dying man.
If I die among those with whom I was born,
the soldiers will be satisfied
that the Kiawah they search for is only a white man.
My people will no longer be hunted down.
What about my men?
Satanga will go with us.
The others will return to our hostages.
When I have reached Black Pass,
Satanga will return
and release your men.
If I say no?
Many of our people are hidden.
You are alone.
So you cannot say no.
Through the patrols to Black Pass...
That's all?
You have my word...
if you keep yours.
I have not decided who will wear it.
If I wasn't here, and they aren't who they are,
I'd swear it was an Irish wake.
Same thing.
Death chant for a chief.
Well, the army's wasting money chasing him.
He's gonna die anyway.
Well, you'd better all make sure he doesn't.
He's gotta reach Black Pass
as far as Rowdy and Pete are concerned.
Put him in the squire wagon.
Mushy, fix a bed.
Go.
Satanga.
Where you go, I go.
It has always been so.
It is best this way.
All right, let's flip those saddles,
I wanna be in Black Pass in three days.
Come on, let's get moving.
Mr. Favor!
I don't wanna be part of this, Mr. Favor.
I know you don't want your two men killed,
but I don't wanna be killed because of them.
I want my pay.
You got any other reason but the cards, Gypsy?
I got a right to it.
All right, you'll get it.
After White Eyes leaves.
I can't take a chance on you spoiling things, can I?
And after all your hoodoo talk,
you'd just have to tell somebody, wouldn't you?
All right, you can keep my pay.
I don't want it.
Gypsy. Gypsy!
Bailey, hold up!
Whoa, boy.
Look, uh, one of my men took off because of you.
He's kind of superstitious and he might talk.
Talk might get back to the army.
You sent him.
You should have stopped him.
Shot him if you had to.
We're doing everything we can to protect you,
but we're not gonna kill to do it.
Now, he was that scared,
he might get clean out of the country
without the cavalry finding out.
Two of your men will die if the troops come.
Look, you're part white.
Can't you understand part of our side?
I am all white.
And there are two more
with the same blood in their veins,
a brother, a sister.
It is those two who must bury me
and proclaim me white.
Well, we both hope you make it.
We'll do everything we can,
but we can't figure on the cavalry not coming back.
I'll send Wishbone over to cut your hair.
Bring you some drover's clothes.
Tikana will not see another sunrise.
He will not see another sunset.
Who's Tikana?
My brother.
Well, all things considered,
I'm sorry about your brother.
A white man is sorry that an Indian is dead?
I admit it.
The spirit of my dead brother thanks you.
Anko.
Why are you here?
It is time for them to die.
They must be left alive
so that Tatain may travel safely north.
Tatain himself is about to die.
He is still your chief.
He was my chief when he rode before us.
When he led us in battle.
You speak like this to a woman?
I would speak this way to Tatain himself.
Then you will wait for him to come back.
We both know he will not come back.
He will come back.
Then you will speak to him the way you spoke to me.
You will eat.
No.
Thanks, though.
Do not thank me.
When I remember what your people did to Tatain,
how they hung chains on him,
made him sick and old before his time.
I could kill you myself.
It wasn't us that did that to him.
One rattlesnake is not like another rattlesnake
yet both carry death in their fangs.
You have a god.
Then pray to him.
Pray to him that Tatain reaches his destination.
Alive.
No, thanks. Don't want any.
First sign of life we've seen in days.
Yeah, he's riding up from the south.
Yeah, that's kind of funny.
I want him.
The rider on flats,
Cal Stone wants him.
Split up here.
Stay where you are.
I ain't done nothing.
Ain't nobody said you did.
Then why are you shooting at me?
Cal Stone wants to see you.
Who's he? You ask him.
I ain't got no time, I'm headin' for town.
Mister, you got plenty of time.
You was riding all alone in an Indian territory.
What makes you so brave?
I ain't brave.
I was just heading for the nearest town.
I ain't interested in where you're heading for.
Where you heading from?
I told you. I left a trail drive.
You up and quit a trail drive
in the middle of Kiawah country?
Yeah.
Why?
Me and the trail boss, we didn't get along.
You and me ain't getting along either.
Look, what do you want from me?
Try the truth.
I'm looking for a Kiawah.
A Kiawah chief.
Look, all right, all right.
There's two Kiawahs riding with the herd.
Hear any names?
Only one of 'em.
White Eyes.
Why would White Eyes be riding with a herd?
He's trying to avoid the cavalry patrol.
And you left the drive to find the cavalry?
I was afraid.
It's in the fortune telling cards.
What's in what fortune telling cards?
Death.
Murph, get back to the ranch, bring Jenny.
Bring her where?
Where's the herd now?
About two hours ride from here.
Which way are they headed?
Due north.
Herd can't travel more than eight miles a day.
You won't have any trouble to find us.
Well, where will you be?
Close to the herd as we can get.
We'll be watching for you.
Cal, you sure you want your wife around?
She's got a right to see what happens to White Eyes.
More than anybody else in the world,
she's got a right.
Give him his gun.
Jenny, we don't have to wait no longer.
Why did you send for me?
White Eyes ain't more than a stone's throw from here.
White Eyes?
He's with that trail drive.
Couldn't get to him in that prison,
couldn't get to him on that reservation,
but I can get to him now.
But I don't want to see him at all.
l-I don't want to be there.
I want him to see you.
What good will his seein' me do?
It'll remind him of what he done to your pa.
He'll remember you.
Especially I want him to remember you.
I never asked you to find him.
You're acting like you're sorry I done it.
I am.
But Jenny, I done it 'cause I love you.
You're doing it because you're filled with hate.
You've always been filled with hate.
White Eyes is just an excuse.
It wasn't hate made me marry you
when no other man would.
Did you want a reward for marrying me?
I love you, Jenny,
and I shouldn't have said what I did,
but that don't make no difference with White Eyes.
He's gonna die, and you're gonna be there.
They're making camp. Good. Let's go.
Mr. Stone, I don't want to go back.
You're goin'.
I told you about White Eyes. I even brought you to the herd.
That's right, and now you're going back with us.
No.
Suit yourself.
But if he tries to stay behind,
blow him right out of that saddle.
Mr. Favor.
Yeah.
You'd better bring in some of the boys.
Yes, sir.
Keep your heads down.
My name's Stone. You the trail boss?
Name's Favor.
I understand you got a couple of Kiowas riding with you.
Do you see any, Mr. Stone?
You. Come here.
You know this man?
I know him.
Says you're hiding a couple of Kiowahs.
I didn't want to tell him, Mr. Favor.
Tell him what?
Well, you got no right hiding White Eyes anyway.
If I was hiding White Eyes, I'd be the judge
of whether it was right or wrong, wouldn't I?
I don't care why you're doing it,
all I want is White Eyes.
Well, you're a long time answering.
What makes you think I'm gonna answer at all?
Where are they hiding?
Supply wagon.
All right. Drag 'em out.
We keep supplies in the supply wagon.
Got any objection to my finding out
if that's all you keep in the supply wagon?
Plenty of objection.
You'd put up a fight to save an animal
that swears he'd kill every white he sees?
I'll put up a fight to stay boss of this outfit.
Jenny.
Yes.
Come here.
Jenny's my wife, Mr. Favor.
Ma'am.
You're not gonna shame me before strangers, are you?
I've got to show them what kind of a man they're hiding.
You promised that nobody would ever look at me.
Turn your face, Jenny.
Look.
Go on. Take a good look.
Well?
Ma'am.
Did White Eyes do that?
Tell him.
He was one of them.
Now, where is he?
I'm sorry for you wife, Mr. Stone.
Is that all you've got to say after what you've just seen?
You'd better leave now, Mr. Stone, you and your men.
Good thing about a man driving a herd:
you can't hide 3,000 steers.
I'll be back.
She could have been a real pretty woman.
You know who that woman is?
I saw her face.
It'd be a hard face to forget.
Yes.
Is that all you've got to say about her?
Yes.
You're gonna send your man here back to your war party,
with orders to return with Rowdy and Pete to the herd.
So that you can turn me over to the Cavalry
without fear of what will happen to your men.
If I didn't turn you over to them,
you don't have to worry about being turned over to anyone
until you get to Black Pass.
Satanga.
Can we trust him, Tatain?
Do as he says.
If you betray my chief...
It's gonna take Stone and his men a day's hard riding
to get to Fort Scott. Figure another day to get back.
That's the time you got. You'd better use it well.
Now, get a horse from the remuda.
He is my blood brother.
A good man.
Yeah.
But at what?
Free the white men.
The great herd could not have reached the Black Pass so soon.
It has not.
The why do we free the white men?
Tatain has ordered it.
Why does he order us to free the hostages?
The chief of the great herd gave his word.
Do we hold the white man's word sacred?
Your orders come from Tatain, not the white man.
If Tatain had ordered us to fight,
I would fight.
If he sent orders to burn the white men,
I would burn them.
Those are a chief's orders.
The orders he was bringing were not a chief's orders.
From this day,
I am chief.
From this day, we are men,
not frightened dogs.
I hope you're right, Mr. Stone.
You know, you're making a very serious accusation
against the trail boss and his men.
I know I'm right. This drover saw White Eyes
join up with the herd. My wife can identify him.
Lieutenant,
if you capture White Eyes,
two men, two white men, they'll die.
I have no choice, ma'am.
Well, I've got one, and I ain't going back.
There's death in the cards, and it ain't gonna be me.
Don't be a fool.
Look, I've faced them once,
but I ain't gonna face it again.
Stop that man!
Fire over his head.
The fall broke his neck.
It's taking too long.
Satanga is dead.
He was killed by Anko.
What about my men?
The were alive when I left the camp.
He has made himself the new chief.
He is going to lead them against the whites.
He plans to get all the other tribes together.
I'm taking you back to Fort Scott.
You will accomplish nothing
by giving a dying man to the Cavalry.
They cannot save your men.
Then who can?
Mr. Favor.
Paibada, go.
I'm not gonna have to take you to Fort Scott.
You asked who could save your men.
I can.
I took your word once.
You couldn't help yourself then.
Can you help yourself now?
What about your heading north?
Not any longer.
There are more important things.
I must go back to my people.
Just to save my men?
To save mine.
All right. I'll go along with you.
I'm sticking with the stories that White Eyes isn't with us.
You men will have to decide what you want to do for yourselves.
Get rid of that Indian rig on that pony.
Get back here.
Hold it.
Mr. Favor, according to information received,
I have reason to believe you are harboring a fugitive.
The penalty is five years for every man involved.
I'd be the only one responsible if there was a fugitive here.
You turn him over to me and I won't press charges.
I said if there was a fugitive.
Any objection to our searching your outfit?
You ought to start with the supply wagon.
Dismount!
You two search the supply wagon.
He was there. They must have hid him somewhere else.
We're going through your entire outfit.
We're breaking noon camp in half an hour.
You've got half an hour.
Are these all the men you've got?
Rest are riding the herd.
We'll start with these. Have your men line up.
You heard what the lieutenant said.
I want Mrs. Stone with me.
Come on.
Are you sure you could recognize White Eyes
if you saw him again, ma'am?
Will you look over these men, please?
Cal?
Lieutenant, I saw all the men.
None of them is White Eyes.
Are you sure?
I'm sure.
Well, it looks like there's no Indians here, Mr. Stone.
Then maybe I was wrong.
All right if we go back to work?
I'm not apologizing for wasting any of your time.
I didn't expect any, lieutenant.
Goodbye, Mr. Favor. Lieutenant.
Now we'll ride out and check the other drovers.
Prepare to mount.
Mount!
Murphy, take my horse. I'm riding the buggy.
How come she didn't point you out?
Perhaps she didn't remember.
Yeah.
Let's get going.
I seen you knew him.
I've known you a long while, Jenny, you can't fool me.
Then why didn't you tell the lieutenant?
When you didn't identify him, I knew there had to be a reason.
A good reason.
Cal.
You don't never have to tell me about White Eyes
if you don't want to.
Oh... Oh, now I want to.
I was too ashamed before.
Pa and some other men got drunk.
Pa had to show the big man he was.
They raided White Eyes' village without any reason at all.
The braves were away,
so they killed women and children.
Jenny, don't...
No, l... I have to finish, Cal.
White Eyes returned and there was a fight.
The house we were in caught on fire.
It was White Eyes who pulled me out of that burning house.
Paibada.
You be needing some rest.
He has been sick a long time.
Take this.
It will help you speak to my people.
Wear it.
They will listen.
They must not travel the path to war.
That path for them is coming to an end,
just as my path is coming to an end.
It has been good.
All good.
Take me back to my people.
Up north?
The Kiowahs.
Tatain.
You killed Tatain.
You were a fool to bring him here.
I did not kill him.
Tatain gave me this before he died.
He wanted me to speak to you.
The Kiowahs listen only to their chief.
I am speaking for him.
Because you wear the medallion around your neck?
If a woman wore the medallion around her neck,
would she then be a Kiowah chief?
Is it that you are afraid of his words?
Among the Kiowahs,
a man must win the right to speak.
Tatain said to free my men.
Cut them loose.
Tatain said the old days are over.
He wanted you to return to the reservation,
to live in peace.
He died trying to bring you these words.
They're good words.
Hold this until your people select a new chief.
How do you feel?
Well, a lot better than I did, I'll tell you.
Yeah.
So do I.
They're going back, looks like.
Head 'em up!
Move 'em out!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rollin', rolli" 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'