Rawhide (1959) s01e22 Episode Script

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 'em, throw, and brand 'em? Soon we'll be livin' high and wide? My heart's calculatin'? My true love will be waitin'? Be waitin' 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? Cut 'em out, ride 'em in? Ride 'em in, let 'em out, cut 'em out, ride 'em in? Rawhide? ?Rollin', rollin', rollin'? ?Rollin', rollin', rollin'? Hyah! Hyah! Rawhide!? Hyah! Pretty hard to beat it when it sets in solid- boredom.
You can feel it close in like heat around your riders, watch it dull them to the point where the drive gets to be something they'd just as soon forget.
But they can't afford to forget it.
I can't afford to let them.
My name's Gil Favor, trail boss.
You talk to Mushy this afternoon? No, why? Oh, he claims he saw it again- the wild man up in the hill.
That makes it about four times in the last two days.
Look.
Quince and Scarlet- they ought to know better.
Aw, leave 'em go, Pete.
Up there! There he goes again! Aw, he just ducks away every time.
Grown men chasing something that ain't there, taking a chance on busting up good horses' legs.
Aw, let 'em be.
They could use a little excitement.
Be turning dark in a couple of hours.
You find a good spot to bed down? About three or four miles ahead.
You want to take a look? All right.
All right, clear out of here! Now, you're all gonna have to stay out of my way, or you're gonna be wearing this stew instead of eating it.
Tell me, Wishbone, did you see that wild man the same time Mushy did? 'Course I seen it.
You think he's the only one with eyes in his head? Aw, come on, Wish, you're too old to be making up yarns like that.
I tell ya, I saw it.
Think ol' Wish is gonna have to get himself some specs.
It ain't no yarn, Pete.
Me and Scarlet saw it real plain, and believe me, it's human.
Ain't riding a horse, is it? I didn't say that.
Well, then how could it keep up with this herd for two days on foot? We bed down, don't we? Thing travels at night.
Next time you see it, it'll probably be riding a broomstick.
Hold him! Hold him! He's getting away! Somebody come over here and help us! Is that your wild man, Quince? That's him, all right, and he looks real hurt to me.
He's hurt, all right.
What happened to you, mister? Uh uh they did it to me.
They did it to me.
They'll get to you.
WhoWhat are you talking about? They're gonna come at you hard.
A whole lot of them.
Better get him into the supply wagon.
What do you make of it? Who's gonna come at us hard? He's out of his mind, that's what I make of it.
Maybe he's out of his mind, maybe not.
What do you mean? I'm not quite sure what I mean just yet, but there's just something about him.
He finally let us catch him, talked just enough to make it interesting, and he didn't say who was after us- just "they.
" He sure is battered.
That he is.
Well, a bad fall on the rocks could do something like that.
Something we can't afford to guess about, though.
We'll do some scouting first thing in the morning.
All right, spread out, take a good look around, and then come back.
If you run into any trouble, don't try to handle it alone.
You come on in for help.
Move out.
That man feeling any better this morning? Well, he's still asleep or unconscious.
I don't know which, after what you said.
Well, I'll make certain that he stays in the wagon.
Let's get the beef on the move.
Right.
Are you alone? Well, it's, uh well, it's not good for a girl to be alone out here.
You sure you're all right? You you don't have to be afraid of me.
I am not afraid.
W Would you mind saying that again? Why? Well, the way you talked, it it sounds to me like you don't belong out here.
I do not belong anywhere.
Well, it's hard to tell how you got this far out.
I walked.
You walked? Oh, that, uh, that doesn't make any sense.
That-that doesn't make any sense at all, now.
It's been a long time since I found anything that makes sense as you say.
Well, who who are you? What's your name? My name? Yeah.
You wouldn't understand.
Give me a try.
You would not.
You wish to know my name? Yeah.
All right.
I am Luisa Maria de la Fuentes, Contessa de Torres.
You see? You don't understand.
Well no, but, uh, I sure like the sound of it.
It doesn't matter.
In this country, nothing matters.
In this country, a woman is less than a dog.
And much less than a horse.
A pretty girl like you saying stuff like that Hey, wait a minute.
I want to talk to you.
Who are these people? I'm with them.
They your folks? No.
Wh-What's he gonna do with that? It will be cooked.
A lizard? When there is nothing else.
Boy, I've seen people hungry, but never nothing like this.
You want to wait here till I get back? Get back? Well, I'm with a herd not far from here.
I can get you people some decent food.
Oh, by the way, uh, we found a man near our camp last night, been beaten pretty bad.
You know anything about it? No.
Well, you'll-you'll wait here, now, huh? Remember that.
Yeah.
Hey, Wishbone, hold up! Pull up, Wishbone! Pull up! Ho! Hold it.
I need something.
You need something? See anything out there? Boys, you're never gonna believe this.
There's three starving women out there.
Three what? He said, three starving women.
Rowdy I don't know how they got there or what they're doing there.
They're alone? All by themselves.
They didn't say why, huh? No.
Most likely, their wagon broke down.
I figure they're gypsies or some religious group moving on.
Boy, they're in a bad way.
I come to get some food from Wishbone.
Now, just a minute, I'm real low on supplies.
You know that, Mr.
Favor.
But you couldn't find out exactly who they were, huh? Well, they're gypsies, but, boy, they're hungry, I'll tell you.
Well, the map said we'll be passing the Morris trading post before noon.
You let them have the food, Wish.
Well, I hope your map says that Morris will have what we need.
All right, Mushy, get 'em some bacon and beans and a couple of loaves of bread.
You sure they were alone? Well, no, wait a minute.
There was there was a kid with them.
Caught a lizard and they were going to eat it.
Well, they're in a bad way, boss.
Oh, also they don't know anything about that man we found the other night.
You take them the food, and if they're stranded, you bring 'em on back.
But remember, we're moving cattle, not picking up strays.
And stay out of trouble.
All right.
These women know how to cook? Who knows how to cook a lizard, huh? Lizard.
A lizard? Ugh.
Come on! You think he'll find us? He always does.
I don't mean Jonas.
I mean that young drover.
Oh, no, I don't think he will come back.
You were waiting for him.
I wasn't waiting for anything.
I was simply sitting here.
If I hadn't been here, I would have been somewhere else equally unimportant.
Well, it's a good thing Jonas didn't find us while he was here.
You know, there was a time and a place where Jonas would have hanged by his thumbs just for looking at me.
I sure would like to have seen that.
Maybe that young drover will come back.
No.
He meant well, but we won't see him again.
You sure you're not saying one thing and hoping for another? He said he was going to bring food.
I'm trying to forget what he said.
I-I like him.
And I won't let myself to be disappointed.
Look yonder.
Jonas? Your young drover.
This is the best I could do.
Thank you.
Thank you.
There's more stuff in there if you want.
You came back.
Oh, uh, I brought you this.
I thought you might need it.
For me? Yeah, it's an extra one I had.
I don't need it.
It might be nice for your hair.
For my hair? Do you like it? Sure like the way you talk.
Let me give you something in return.
You see, you may use it when you shave.
I couldn't take anything like this from you.
Of course, you can.
The others don't know I have it.
Yeah, but this is made out of silver.
No, I couldn't take it.
I couldn't take that.
Well, as you say.
Did you say there's other things there as well as the bread? Oh, yeah, there's some beans and bacon.
I'll get you something you don't have to cook.
What is that? Our cook calls this johnnycake.
Johnnycake.
Yeah.
Hmm.
Do you like it? It's very good.
As good as anything at Maximilian's table.
WhoMaximilian? You know of Maximilian and Carlota? Oh The king and queen of Mexico.
More than that.
He was the emperor, and she was the empress.
Had it pretty soft, huh? Oh, no.
He was killed by firing squad.
Last I saw her, she was in chains.
Did you work with these people or something? I was a lady-in-waiting to Her Majesty.
A lady-in-waiting? You don't believe me? How did you get out here? When we were overrun by the rebels, some of us were brought north so that we could go to California.
But our party was attacked by Comanches.
Comanches, huh? How did you get away from them? Well, now, what do we got here? He's all right.
He makes no trouble.
You know these men? Yes.
They're with us.
We're with you? That's a new way of putting it, but I like it that way.
Didn't you tell him about us? He's been kind, Jonas.
He brought food.
Now why would he want to go and do a thing like that? Just trying to help out a little, that's all.
Isn't often you find a girl out on the prairie alone.
She didn't try and talk you into helping her, did she? She didn't try and talk me into nothing.
She's a talker, this one.
You listen, she'll tell you she's even a real fancy lady.
A countess.
Where you from, mister? I'm with a cattle drive moving north not far from here.
Is that where this food came from? What difference does it make? Does it look like we're starving? The three of you look all right, but the rest of these people look kind of poor to me.
Now, you can't say that about the countess, now, can you? What's she doing with you anyway? She belongs to me.
I got her from some Tonkawas.
I swapped a mule for her.
It was not some Tonkawa.
Don't try that again.
Not in front of me.
What would you do? You try it and find out.
No need.
Not now.
You can see it don't make no difference to her.
I didn't know you were back.
I wasn't doing no hollering about it.
Something wrong? Those women, they had three men with them.
They came up when I was there.
They give you any trouble? I don't think those people could give anybody any trouble.
Three men- you sure that was all? There might be more.
Why don't I take some of our people and ride back? Rowdy we got 3,000 reasons why you don't.
Now, we're going to lose some of them if you don't give us a little help in kicking them along.
If your friends need help, they can catch up.
Look, Mr.
Favor You'd better come along with me, on second thought.
Where? We're turning out the chuck wagon, going into Morris for supplies.
I'd still like to go back after those drifters.
I'm sure you would.
You'll get into less trouble with me, though.
Wishbone, cut out and follow me! Mister, I want to talk to you.
Hold up, Johnny! What do you want? I want to tell you you're riding into trouble- Comancheros.
Comancheros? You're riding into 'em.
They're waiting for you.
What's Comancheros, Pete? Anybody in this part of Texas can tell you there's nothing crawls the Earth lower than a Comanchero.
They're a dirty, murdering bunch of renegade whites that trade with the Comanches.
But they don't only trade for gold and silver.
They buy captive women and children, turn 'em into slaves and sell 'em below the border.
Comancheros are about the only things on two legs that a man doesn't get hanged for killing.
What do you know about Comancheros, mister? You one of them? Not me.
I rode into 'em or they rode into me.
Me and my son was moving my wagon across the plain.
A man's got to go somewhere when his wife takes up with fever out of nowhere and dies.
Makes a man kind of aimless.
You got my sympathy.
What about the Comancheros? You know about 'em.
Maybe you men hadn't met up with 'em yet, huh? They raise up all around you from nowhere.
You don't fight 'em, you don't argue with 'em.
You either join 'em or you don't.
I joined 'em.
Yeah, I been with 'em.
I'll admit I've been with 'em quite a while.
I been with 'em long enough to know when they're going to hit.
They're going to hit you.
Wait a minute.
How come you got the word? If you know about it, you must be in on it.
Look at my face, mister.
Look at that.
I look like a man they let go? I don't care what you look like.
Comancheros wouldn't think nothing about marking up one of their own kind, sending him in as a decoy.
You made a mighty big statement, mister.
You better back it up.
With proof.
I got no proof.
I was hurt and starving when you men picked me up.
You didn't try to kill me.
You helped me the best you could.
I'm trying to help you now.
You can believe me or not.
I just hate to think what's going to happen if you don't believe me.
You say the Comancheros are going to hit us.
You know when or where? There's a pass about ten miles ahead.
I don't much care now if you know or not.
I told you.
It's up to you to do what you want now.
I can't stand this pain much longer.
It's coming over me.
I warned you.
Do what you think best.
Scarlet, ride up to the point and tell 'em to stop the herd.
All right.
Hey, Rowdy? Yeah? You know, I was kind of counting on buying a couple of jars of tobacco, and you know what? No, what? By some strange coincidence, You left your money back at camp.
I just happened to leave my money back at camp, yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Well, I I only need a dollar, and you wouldn't be giving it to me.
You'd only be putting it on account- on account of the poker-losing you owe me.
Well all right, being as you're putting it that way.
That's the way I put it.
Well, where'd you get a thing like that? I guess that girl gave it to me.
Well, if this ain't the daintiest.
Whatcha keeping it hid for? Afraid somebody's gonna catch you checking your beautiful curls? Now, look here, Wishbone That's real pretty, Mr.
Rowdy.
Silver frame- boy, I didn't know you had anything like that.
Where's the powder puff that goes with it? Tell me something, Wishbone.
You want that dollar I owe you? Well, you're mighty well told I do.
Well, you can just whistle up your elbow for it.
Why, I don't think very much of a fella that can't take a little friendly joking.
Sure never figured we had a trail herd this close.
Didn't see your dust.
For once, the stretch wasn't dry enough to raise dust.
Well, well, well.
How from this town are you? About five miles west.
Well, I guess you got money, so I can let you have all the flour and beans you want, but no bacon.
Ain't had any bacon since last fall.
Anything else you can think of? Axle grease, but I don't see none.
Got a lot of lard.
I know, mister, but lard ain't the same as axle grease.
That's not what you told me when you fried that last batch of spuds.
You shut up.
I'll look around for a bit.
Hey, Rowdy, let me look at the mirror a minute.
What for? Oh, you know Uh I think it's better that you don't see what we see, Wish.
Oh, come on.
I ain't gonna eat it.
Let me use the mirror.
All right.
Did you ever see anything like that? I never did.
Hey, mister, how much for the trick hat? That's genuine beaver.
I'd say eight dollars.
Eight dollars? That mirror looks like it's got a real silver frame.
If it has, I'll make you an even trade.
Hey, wait a second.
That ain't his.
Oh, go on, Rowdy.
It's a good way to get rid of it.
That way the men won't jibe you, and I'll be owing you instead of you me.
Give it back to me.
This belong to you? That's right.
Where'd you get it? Why? Better tell me.
A girl gave it to me, a girl I met out on the prairie.
You think that story's gonna wash? What's this all about, mister? There's engraving on this.
Says "Laura L.
Benton.
" Well, what about it? The Bentons were slaughtered by the Comanches.
Ranch looted and burned out.
Only two kinds of people that have that looking glass now: Comanches or Comancheros.
You don't look like a Comanche.
What are you saying, mister? You've got this, ain't you? I had my own place burned out once.
My wife and ten-year-old daughter with it.
You know how that feels, too, don't you, Charlie? Wait a second.
Don't start crowding me.
I don't think it's gonna be too smart for anybody to start crowding anybody.
Oh, you don't, huh? Anybody want any of this?! All right, that'll be about all.
You tote up our tab.
You don't get no supplies from me, mister.
You gonna stick up for him and his mirror, his special mirror? Mrs.
Benton's mirror? Get out of here, Rowdy.
You, too, Wishbone, Mushy.
You better turn him over, mister, or I'll spread the word that you got one of his kind working for you, maybe more.
Now just stand easy, all of you.
Hyah! Hyah! There's nobody following.
No use pushing the horses.
So we got away from 'em.
What good's it going to do us? You don't want to fight those people.
Nothing wrong with them.
You hear what they called me? A Comanchero.
A lousy Comanchero! Forget it.
You think they're going to forget it? You didn't get your supplies, did you? We'll eat more beef, less biscuits.
Comanchero- a name like that stays with you the rest of your life, no matter where you go.
It isn't going to do you no good to go back there and fight over it, though.
I got us into trouble this time, boss.
Real trouble.
I said forget it.
There's no forgetting it.
Do you know what it's like to be called a Comanchero? Yeah, I know all about it.
If we don't go back to them, they'll be coming to us.
Not enough of 'em for that.
They'll get more.
They'll hit us before we're a day's drive from here.
We'll face that when and if it comes up.
Well, it's going to come.
It's going to be my fault.
I got to find that girl.
She's the only proof I have.
There's not much chance of that.
So come on.
What's wrong? I figured you'd be three or four miles ahead by now.
Looks like we got trouble, boss.
Now what? That fellow we picked up.
He's feeling better and thinking straight.
He says we're going to be raided by Comancheros.
Comancheros? Claims they're the ones that beat him up.
Sounds pretty convincing.
I think you ought to talk to him.
So do I.
What's this about, mister? I'm telling you the truth.
I'm willing to show you where they are.
Why? You've been decent to me.
That the only reason? You can see what they done to me.
How many of them are there? Well, I only saw of few of them.
But they're meeting up with a whole bunch of them somewhere around here.
He claims they're going to hit us about ten miles ahead.
Rowdy? Where's Rowdy? Rowdy! I want all the men except Wishbone, Mushy Cunning, Belding and Murphy.
They'll stay here with you.
Rowdy's gone, Mr.
Favor.
Gone where? I seen him ride out after we come in.
Now, why would he do that? Because he's a pigheaded, stubborn young idiot, that's why.
He's riding into trouble maybe more than he can handle.
There's no reason why he can't have help, Mr.
Favor.
Me and some of the men can ride in You and some of the men? We're hired to try and deliver this herd, not to try and lose it.
Rowdy'll have to go it alone.
Go right up ahead to where those Comancheros are.
We'll hit 'em away from the herd.
Bane, you'll ride with me.
Johnny, cut him out a mount.
Yes, sir, Mr.
Favor.
My men will come from up here, slice the herd in half, send them back the other way.
You know a cowhide will bring ten dollars apiece below the border.
There's over 2,000 hides just for the taking if you do like I say.
As you say, Jonas.
You take these men and get started.
I'll pick up the rest.
All of you men, you're all going to go with Hess! All right, mount up! Here, take the kid with you.
Get on the horse there! Don't move.
Well, now, look who's come calling.
What are you doing here, cowman? Come to see the countess? You're a real stubborn man, ain't you? Find you can't get a woman by giving her presents, so you figure you'll come here and try and steal her, huh? I see she didn't keep the present very long.
You wouldn't have me waste a pretty think like this on her kind, would you? Maybe you figure I ought to give it back to her.
I don't know what she'd want to do with it after it's been around your filthy neck.
Tie him up.
I want him here when I come back! Get me a knife.
It's okay.
Ooh It hurts? How'd I get in here? I pulled you.
Another woman helped me.
You shouldn't try yet.
I'll be all right.
I'll be all right If you will just wait until tonight, until you are stronger, I'll help you get away.
Yeah.
I, uh I'll tell you what.
I want you to go back with me.
You should rest now.
No, I'm serious.
That's why I came back here, was to get you.
To get me? Look, you've got to come back with me.
Come back where? To the trading post, the other side of our trail.
Why? Well, that that looking glass you gave me- that sort of started it all.
The mirror got you into trouble? Oh, I'm sorry.
Oh, it wasn't your fault.
You couldn't have known about it.
But if you come back with me, everything will be all right.
But I can't leave here.
You've got to understand.
I need this bad.
You come with me, and I'll get you back to your own people.
Go back home? Yeah.
No, I-I couldn't go there.
You want to stay here with these Comancheros? I hate them.
But I can't go home, now or ever.
Well, why not? Look at me.
See what I have become what these animals have made of me.
Well look, you've got to treat this thing like it's been a-a bad dream.
Hmm.
You'll feel better when you get back with your own people.
I-I know you will.
That's easy tosay.
I say it, and I mean it.
I I'll go with you, if you want.
Good.
Where'd those men go that were out there? They are going to a kind of meeting.
What kind of meeting? I don't know.
Something about cattle.
CattleWhat about cattle? I don't know, they I heard a little talk.
These men are not tolerant of women, but they said something about a flank.
Flank.
If you know what this means Yeah, flank, that means the center of a herd.
God, I must have been hit hard.
I ain't been thinking.
They're if they're after a herd, they're probably afterourherd.
There is only one way to leave here.
That is back where the women are working.
But what happens if they see us? They say nothing.
You see, there is not one woman here who doesn't hate the Comancheros.
Well, all right.
All right, we're here to keep 'em busy while Jonas cuts a slice through the middle of the herd.
We'll keep 'em busy, all right.
Now, stay covered until they get close.
I said, "Stay covered.
" I didn't mean to bury yourself.
Move on out there.
Move! That's my son! Hold your fire! Roy! Down! This was a trick to drive you off.
They beat me.
They set me among youse to lead you into this ambush.
If I didn't, they said they'd kill my son.
Well, they've killed him anyway.
The boy's still moving.
Where are the others? The main bunch is gonna hit your herd.
This is a trick, I'm telling you.
They made me do this.
You two, take care of Bain and his boys.
See they come back with us.
The rest of you, gather in your horses.
We're heading back for the herd.
Butt those saddles, and start fanning.
Come on! Help me, will you? All right, we've made it.
But we're not out of trouble yet.
That herd's all spread out, and we don't know where those Comancheros are gonna hit.
So, bunch 'em up, and fast! Mr.
Favor! They're coming up fast.
They're gonna hit the middle of the herd.
Pete, come on.
You get in that wagon, Louise.
Get rid of the horses! Ya! Ya! Ha! I want to smash them on the first pass.
Hit men if you can, horses if you have to.
But we've gotta shear 'em off before they bite into the cattle.
Rowdy, how many there'll be? A lot of them, boss.
There they are.
Ten dollars a hide just for the taking.
Ya! Ha! Your men must have killed two dozen of those Comancheros.
I'm sure glad you came back, so we could tell you how wrong we were.
And we're sorry, son, real sorry.
I hope you can forget what we said.
Oh, that's all right.
Long as everything is straightened out now.
Oh, that mirror that the lady give you, uh, it's yours.
You ought to have it.
No, that belongs to her.
I'm gonna make sure she gets it back.
What's keeping her anyway? She's with my wife.
Charles? I want you to know how grateful I am.
It's our pleasure, ma'am.
Not only for helping me, but for all the others, too.
You gave us back our lives.
We-we can go home now, and face our own world.
I shall never forget what you've done.
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? Cut 'em out, ride 'em in, ride 'em in, let 'em out? Cut 'em out, ride 'em in? Rawhide? ?Rollin', rollin', rollin'? ?Rollin', rollin', rollin'? Hyah! Hyah! ?Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'? Hyah! ?Rollin', rollin', rollin'?