Rawhide (1959) s04e16 Episode Script
Woman Trap
Rollin', rollin', rollin' Rollin', rollin', rollin' Keep movin', movin', movin' Though they're disapprovin' Keep them dogies movin' Rawhide Don't try to understand 'em Just rope and 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' - Rollin', rollin', rollin' - Hyahl Told you them beeves would have water before dark.
Hey, Pete.
What the heck is that on the bushes? Looks like somebody hung out the wash.
Come on.
Huh.
Great for turnin' a stampede, huh? Just what do you think you're doing? Can't have any privacy anywhere.
It's sure too bad when a person can't hang out a few things without having them thrown around.
That's kind of a funny place to be hanging 'em.
This time of day, you hang washing where the sun is.
Hey, wait a minute.
Hey.
Miss? Why are you following me? Look, ma'am, I just wanted to say that I'm so Lightnin' an' thunder.
Phew.
A whole herd of good-looking women.
Hey, girls! Look what Dolly found! Men! Where'd you find them, Dolly? Any more where they came from? Yeah, we got lots more of them.
They'll be along any minute.
What're you girls doin' out here anyway? - We're going to Fort Worth.
- To get married.
Married? You serious? So you're wasting your time.
Our men are waiting for us right now in Fort Worth.
How about that? A freight load of women out here to get married.
You're not the mail order type wives, are you? Well, we wouldn't exactly call it that.
You know what I mean.
You know, when a town ain't got enough women, the men sort of advertise for a wife.
I still don't like the way you put it.
These men are good men.
They're homesteaders.
It isn't as if they just picked us out of some grab bag.
They sent us their pictures first, and then they wrote about themselves on the back.
And then we picked them.
Yeah.
Sure.
You two are kind of a long way from home, ain't you? Looks like everybody is.
How'd you find this place? We were looking for it.
- Water? - That's right.
It's not for us.
It's for the beef.
We got a herd coming in.
Well, they'll just have to wait.
- Wait for what? - Till we finish.
Evidently you've never seen a herd of thirsty beeves, have you, Miss? I suppose you expect us to move aside.
No, we'll cut them in down stream and water them there.
How big a herd do you got? Pretty good size one, about 3,000.
That takes a lot of men.
Yeah, we got a crew of 26.
And he's so tall.
Well, I just wanted to check on you.
You can't be too careful.
This is outlaw country, you know.
I don't blame you a bit.
We'll be back, girls.
Yeah.
Don't forget to finish the washing there.
Just a couple of drovers.
Got a big herd comin' up.
We'd better get these women out of the way.
Look, Grieve, the idea was to stall these women here, see that they didn't get to Fort Worth.
When I busted that gear, I made sure.
Then we're stuck here until Harleck gets back.
Them drovers don't know anything, and nobody's gonna tell 'em.
You understand? They might even turn out to be a help.
These gals have been getting restless lately.
Now they got something new to think about.
- Ain't they something? - You weren't foolin'! That right about you ladies come all the way out here lookin' for a bunch of husbands? We don't have to.
They're already waiting for us in Fort Worth.
We're beginning to think we'll never get there.
That would be all right with us.
We got enough folks here to have us a dance.
Well, let's dance! Yaah! Come on! All right, break it up! Oh, thank you, Emilie.
Oh, there, there.
Hey, I'm sorry.
I didn't know you had a kid around.
Oh, that's all right.
- I'm J.
T.
Lucas, wagon master.
- Howdy.
My name's Favor.
Sorry we come busting in on you like this.
No harm done.
I'm afraid we won't be able to push that beef away from water until morning.
We'll have to make night camp around here.
It's all right.
You seem to have your men under control.
Oh, yeah.
They'll be The reason we're stuck here is that wagon over there got broke down.
Anything we can do to help? No.
We got a new gear on the way.
All right.
Come on, we've got some beef to take care of.
Let's get to it.
I want to talk to you.
I notice that you don't have no trouble giving that trail boss a smile.
Why don't you just give me one? Come on, come on, come on.
You can do better than that.
Please, Mr.
Grieve.
Honey, I've had my eye on you ever since we left New Orleans.
And you ain't never looked at me once.
I'm going to Fort Worth to be married.
That's all right.
But that ain't no reason that you and me just can't be good friends.
Grieve! We still got a long way to go together.
Swing her high, swing her low.
Swing that gal in calico.
Alaman left with the old left hand.
Back to your honey and right and left grand.
Big foot up and little foot down.
Hands back up and form a star.
Those drovers are not going to have all the fun.
You stay right where you are.
Promenade home and quit your braggin'.
Your hind wheel's broke, your axle's draggin'.
Mosey home now, what'll you do? You swing her, and she swings you.
Now all folk up and bow and swing.
Eight hands up and pass the ring.
Swing to your break, do a do-si-do.
Drive her to the right, hold her to the left.
She kisses you like she did before, then swing that gal right off the floor.
That was great.
We'll do the Texas Star, too.
Joe, I believe I have the next dance, if you don't mind.
Oh? Oh, sure, boss Thanks.
I, uh, thought you needed some rescuin'.
Joe's a much better drover than he is a dancer.
Thank you very much.
But it's not his fault.
I'm afraid in New Orleans we never learned to dance the The Herder's Hoedown.
The Herder's Hoedown.
You'll learn it in Fort Worth, though.
I'm Emilie Vallarde.
Very pleased to meet you.
I'm Gil Favor.
Oh, I know.
Your men have all mentioned you.
Cussed me out, huh? Oh, no.
No, they have great respect for you.
They said nice things, very nice things.
It'll be different on the trail tomorrow, believe me.
Say, could I get you some coffee or something? Oh, no, thank you.
- Oh.
- Oh, it's you.
You mean you didn't know that when you came twirling over here? Oh, you really hate yourself, don't you? Well, I just want to be there when you meet that husband of yours from Fort Worth.
What would you do about it? I don't know.
I might sympathize with him.
Now, how do you know that I don't have a real sweet side to my nature? I don't.
Do you? I think so.
Well, I'm willing to find out.
Tell me, Mr.
Favor, have you ever been there? Fort Worth? Sure, for supplies and things.
You don't happen to know a man there named Ben Taylor.
Ben Taylor? A homesteader.
Afraid not.
Oh, is he the man you're marrying? Mm-hmm.
Just a hope that someone could tell me about him.
Wish I could.
You don't know anything at all about him? I've seen a picture of him.
Is that all? He wrote on the back of it his age and where he was born and that he had a small son.
I've heard about thing like this a woman coming out to marry a man she hasn't met.
I've never come across it, though.
Seem strange to you? Kind of.
Must take a lot of courage for a woman to do a thing like this.
Most of us have nothing to lose.
Fine-looking woman like you shouldn't have to worry about getting a husband.
I haven't had any other offers.
Still plenty of time.
No.
I've waited long enough now.
I've lived with two people longer than I ever should.
You mean at home? In my mind.
Two dear people, Mr.
Favor, but they're dead.
I need to forget them.
My husband and my son.
My husband wanted to show my little boy to his grandfather in Canada.
The ship foundered off Cape Hatteras, and they were gone, just gone.
I think I understand.
Let's talk about other things.
Or better yet, would you care to dance, Mr.
Favor? He belong to you? She belongs to me.
Oh.
I should've known anything that cute would have to be a girl.
She takes after her mother.
I never saw the day I was as pretty as she is.
I'd give you an argument on that.
Thank you.
I'd miss you, but if you'd care to join the dancers, I could get rid of this guitar and take care of that little bundle for you.
I'd prefer to just sit here, if you don't mind.
Oh, I don't mind at all.
Did you come out here to get married, too? If I can find someone who will take both of us, yes.
I lost my husband two months before she was born.
Oh, you don't have to worry about any man taking you two.
You don't have to worry about that at all.
Let's turn in the glad rags.
You got to get up at 6 in the morning.
Say, boss, we've been thinkin'.
Maybe we ought to stick around until they get that wagon fixed.
You know, might be dangerous, leaving them out here all by themselves.
They got Lucas and the others to look after 'em.
Yeah, well, that's just the point, though.
Dolly says there's something strange going on there.
She especially with this fella Harleck.
And who's Harleck? Harleck's the fella who brought 'em out here, arranged all the marriages and everything.
He left a few days ago, went to Fort Worth to pick a wagon shaft or something like that.
Might be a good idea to check into it, boss.
The little darlings came come all the way from New Orleans without nothing happening to 'em.
And I don't want anybody asleep in the saddle tomorrow.
Will you stop ogling the girls like they was animals in a zoo? Come on, Mushy.
Button it up.
We got to get rolling.
I kind of hate to go without saying goodbye to the girls.
What could you possibly say that you didn't say last night? Uh, you know.
Just the idea.
I noticed you picked yourself out one real fast.
How'd you ever get time to notice? Real fine-looking one, too.
Oh, yeah.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Bye.
Mr.
Harleck's back.
We can go now.
Did you fix it? I told the prospective bridegrooms that the ladies have made other plans.
Ladies.
We'll have the wagon fixed in no time.
But I'm afraid I've got some bad news for you.
Things have been real rough around Fort Worth.
Bad weather, crops ruined, and homesteaders going broke and pulling out.
The men who said they were going to marry you never even showed up.
Then we're stranded.
It doesn't have to be that bad.
I kept thinking about it all the way back.
I know a valley where there's plenty of men who want wives ranchers, successful men with money.
Where? West Texas.
It's a beautiful spot.
Well, that sounds all right to me.
I think we ought to go to Fort Worth and find out for ourselves what's going on.
We're close enough.
You saying I'm a liar, Flora? No, but we've come this far.
One day's more traveling isn't going to make that much difference.
But it's two days and two days back.
Just the same, these girls may be right.
After all, we've been traveling for eight weeks.
I'm getting kind of used to it.
Listen to me, girls.
You should be thanking Mr.
Harleck instead of wasting his time.
I think we ought to put it to a vote.
Dolly, you're lucky we even brought you this far, what with your record.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Oh, of course not.
I suppose you think we don't know about the kind of life you led in New Orleans.
Well, I've got it all here.
Ask her about her prison record.
All right, I don't care what you say about me but now I'm sure we ought to go on to Fort Worth.
They're hiding something.
What are you talking about, you no-good troublemaking tramp! Lucas! Now, whatever she did before she came out here, that's her own business.
I told him before we left.
Every girl's got a right to a new life.
I apologize for him, Dolly, and nobody here will mention one word about anything that he said.
No, we won't.
As for whether or not we go to Fort Worth, you can do what Dolly said.
Vote on it.
I've got nothing to hide.
What was that for? You'll find out when they vote.
- Mr.
Harleck.
- Yes, ma'am.
They're most of a mind to do as you say.
- Most? - I can't go with you.
Why not? My husband is in Fort Worth.
Her husband? I lied back in New Orleans when I told you I was single.
My husband and I broke up about a year ago, and I was only looking for a way to get back to him.
It wasn't I didn't trust you before, but I heard he was somewhere around Fort Worth and I just had to get there.
I wouldn't blame you if you was real mad at me.
Real mad's only half of it.
I'm sorry.
I don't know what else to say.
But I'm going on to Fort Worth if I have to walk.
You don't have to do that.
I'll send a man with you.
You mean that, Mr.
Harleck? Sure.
Go on, get yourself packed.
Go on.
- I can't thank you enough.
- Go on, scoot.
Meyers! We can't just leave her.
If she got to Fort Worth and found out we was lying, she'll have every marshal in Texas after us.
Did you hear that? You're taking her, only she's not to get there.
- You mean kill her? - Yep.
Get clear of us first.
But I've never gunned a woman before.
It has to be done.
Now look, I brought you along because you're the best guns in Pala Dura.
If you haven't got enough stomach to earn your pay All right, Harleck, I'll do it.
All right.
Don't make it too quick.
Fort Worth's about 60 miles from here.
I don't want them to start wondering.
Go on.
Whoa.
Whoa.
You want to get down and rest a while in the shade? Thanks.
Whaa! Get up! What you doing? You can't leave me! Not here alone! What you doing? I will I'll die! Please come back! Please come back.
- Hey, Rowdy! - Yeah.
Scarlet thinks a bunch of these steers veered off into one of those draws.
Oh, yeah? Let's take a look.
All right.
leave me to die.
You can't leave me alone.
Come back.
Please come Oh, please please You can't leave me here to die.
Where are you? Please come back.
Where are you? Come back.
Please don't leave me Please come back.
Please come Aah! Ha ha ha ha! That's one of the girls from them wagons.
Man.
Found her out on the prairie.
Her head's hurt.
I don't know how bad.
- Wish, take a look.
- Don't leave me out here.
- She's a pretty sick gal.
- I'm dying Better take her over here by the wagon.
Kind of wonder what's happening to those other girls.
Quince, you and Scarlet will ride with us.
Well, put her in there anyway.
Mr.
Favor, she slipped away.
Died while we were carrying her over.
Take care of the burying.
Try to find a nice spot.
Jane.
I thought you might like to take a walk with me.
I was just going to take the baby for a breath of air.
Why don't you go ahead? I'll take care of her for you.
Oh, thank you.
There weren't that many men before.
Sure not enough of us to take them.
Some of the girls might get messed up if we tried.
Quince, you and Scarlet ride back to the Army post at Parley's Cross and let them know about this.
- Right.
- Then get back to the herd.
Tell Pete to keep the herd movin'.
What are you going to do? We'll stay here and keep an eye on them.
Uh, let Hey Soos know about it when you get back to your horses.
We'd better just keep out of sight.
Thinking about that trail boss, maybe? What makes you say that? I just wondered.
Not much use thinking about him now, is there? Uh-oh.
Company.
Hey, wait.
I think you better go back.
That girl just dropped your baby.
No, no, no.
Not you.
You don't have to go.
Jane might need help if the baby's hurt.
I just told her that.
That kid didn't fall.
I've got to get back! Oh, no.
Not this time.
Not this time.
All right.
That's enough.
Hold it right there.
You got no business away from the wagons.
Now get over there.
All right, boys, move.
Pappy.
Well, what've we got here? Couple of them drovers.
This one here's the trail boss.
I'm going out and scout around, maybe pick up a couple more.
What brought you back here? Take a shine to one of the girls? I'm afraid it's more serious than that.
We found one of the girls out on the prairie alone.
Flora? She didn't say.
She was in pretty bad shape.
How is she now? She's dead.
But she can't be.
Just yesterday she I tried to get her to stay here with us, but She said she was left out there to die.
Was she in any condition to know what she was saying? One of your men went with her.
I know.
I'm sure worried about him.
I'd like to see him come riding back in here right now.
Where was he taking her? Fort Worth.
I thought you were all going there.
We're going to a place in West Texas where all the girls can marry up with husbands.
I don't believe him.
I think we ought to vote to go to Fort Worth before we go anyplace else.
- Yes.
- Of course we should.
No more votes, Dolly.
You were never going to Fort Worth.
Pala Dura's the name.
It's a canyon in West Texas.
I never did represent any of those homesteaders in Fort Worth.
The man who did died.
But there's plenty of men there who'll marry up with you.
They work for me.
Yeah? At what? I'm in the cattle business.
Moonlight cattle.
That's just another name for rustling.
That's a name for collecting cattle by moonlight.
I've got seven thousand head there wintering in Pala Dura.
My men won't stay there, though, without wives.
Rustlers? That's outlaws, isn't it? That's outlaws.
You can't make us marry men like that.
Afraid I can.
See, there's no law in Pala Dura but mine.
There's no place to run to.
If you don't stand up there and say an "I do," you'll be just about as dead as Flora.
Here's another one I found up on the hill, standing with three horses.
There was evidence two other horses were there.
Two more, huh? Where'd they go? All right, work him over.
They won't make me talk.
Let him alone.
I've already sent a couple of men to the fort for help.
It won't do you any good.
You won't talk them out of stopping you.
Nope.
But you will.
Come on, move.
Pap! Better go get yourself something to eat.
Here is something to eat.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you so much for trying to help us.
I wish we really could.
Look who I've got for a waitress.
Did you cook this? It won't kill you.
Care to join me? I thought maybe you might need some cheering up.
Why don't, uh Why don't you cheer him up over there? Why, do I bother you? No, but he looks like he needs something to cheer him up.
Yes, he does, doesn't he? I'll, uh, I'll see what I can do.
This knife couldn't cut air.
Keep at it.
If you can cut through a couple of those traces, it could really hold them up.
Anything you like better than food? Yep.
The one who brought it.
Now go get back to your job.
I told you to leave my men alone.
You told us we were going to Fort Worth, too.
All set to move out.
Good.
All right, time to move out, girls.
All right, come on.
Got those wagons ready? All right.
You can go with him if you want to, but I'm not moving.
You mean you're staying here? I know what kind of men he's got in Pala Dura.
Yes, I've got a prison record.
And it was one of those Pala Dura cutthroats that got me in trouble.
I'm not going to let Harleck marry me off to one of his henchmen.
We're not cattle.
They can't make us move if we don't want to.
They can shoot us.
We're no good to them dead.
She's right.
All we have to do is stick together! - Yes.
- I'm for that.
- Yes.
- I think so, too.
We're not going with you.
I'm fed up with your troublemaking, Dolly.
We're not going.
- That's right.
- We're staying here.
Are you going to start moving? You don't scare us.
You ready to move out, girls? I'll never be able to dance again.
Sure you will, Dolly.
Oh, I love to dance so much.
Did you see me with Rowdy? Yes, I saw you.
It's cold.
It's so cold in here.
How is she? If somebody knew enough to get that bullet out I ain't no doctor, but I've taken bullets out before.
Soon as we stop, I'll do what I can.
You've got to get that bullet out.
I don't care how much it hurts.
It's lodged in the calf here.
Might have chipped some of the bone.
Well, if I'm gonna be left lame, just leave it be.
I'd rather be dead than never be able to dance.
Everything will be all right, Dolly.
You'll be dancing yet.
Who with? One of those filthy rustlers that Harleck's gonna force me to marry? You're gonna hate me for this, Dolly.
You better hang on.
Oh, Rowdy, I never hated you from the first.
I just kept snapping at you all the time because I guess I liked you more than I wanted to.
Well, I kept jumping at you at you for the same reason.
The more I saw you, the more I liked you.
Ohh You keep saying things like that, I can take anything.
Hang on.
Wait till Wishbone hears how you stole his thunder.
Well, you really should have been here.
You're a lot better at this sort of thing than I am, boss.
I feel queasy, you know? You better see about getting a shot of whiskey, huh? Ask the wagon master.
Quite a man, your ramrod, Mr.
Favor.
Isn't that what you call him? My right hand would describe him better.
Yeah, he's quite a boy.
She's quite a girl, that Dolly.
She's got a lot of courage.
Hmm.
I wish I had half as much.
You were a big help getting that bullet out.
I'm afraid of everything.
Of getting to the Pala Dura, even of getting to Fort Worth.
You mean you don't want to go to Fort Worth anymore? I don't know.
Suddenly the idea of marrying a stranger Even if he were a good man, I don't know if I have anything to give him.
Well, everybody has their own kind of strength, their own kind of needs.
I'm sure you have a lot to give.
Do you, Mr.
Favor? All right, Favor, you got the bullet out.
Now get out of here.
Go on, get out of here.
Troopers headed this way, just up ahead.
All right.
Gather up the drovers and the girls.
Come on, boys.
You sent for the soldiers, you're going to get rid of them.
Go get the guns, Lucas.
Come here, Emilie.
Emilie.
I like your taste, Mr.
Favor.
All right, take her away.
That's just in case you decide to be a hero.
I don't know which one of them's going to be holding the gun against her head.
But if there's any trouble, she gets the first bullet.
Now please keep that in mind, all of you.
Now give them their guns.
No, Mr.
Yates.
No bullets.
The army might be upset if they saw drovers without guns.
Detail, halt! - Hello, Mr.
Favor.
- Lieutenant.
I got your message.
What's the trouble? No trouble.
It was a mistake.
- Who made it? - I made it.
You see, these people were lost.
One of the girls was out of her head when she found our herd.
I got the wrong idea about what was happening.
We passed your trail on the way here.
It looked kind of naked without a trail boss.
They can manage without me for a couple of days.
You planning on taking all these people to Fort Worth? I had it in mind.
It's not a trail boss' job.
Could be the army's, though.
Well, now, I'd appreciate it if the army didn't insist on that.
I don't know you, Mr.
Favor, but I know trail bosses.
There's got to be a reason.
Yeah, well, there is, as a matter of fact.
I'd like you to meet her.
Mr.
Harleck, would you mind having Emilie come out for a minute? I'd be delighted.
I've got a couple of little daughters back east, and I don't see them but once a year, and then just for a little while.
It's not very good for them.
Maybe if I were married again, well Well, anyway, like I said, it was just a mistake.
But it could turn out to be the best mistake I ever made.
You comfortable, Miss Emilie? Yes.
I guess I am.
Lieutenant, Miss Emilie Vallarde.
Glad to meet you.
How do you do? There's just one thing that bothers me.
What kind of report am I going to turn in to the captain back at the post? Invite him to the wedding, of course.
Good luck to you.
Detail, ho! Quick thinking, Mr.
Favor.
Can I have your gun, please? All right, girls, take Dolly back to the wagon.
You know, it's too bad that you're so honest.
You shouldn't judge a man by hearsay.
You know, I've been thinking.
You've got a herd twice the size of mine.
Meaning what? Meaning you don't have to pay any owners.
I'm the owner.
I don't mind sharing.
A lot more cattle where yours came from cheap.
And there is another reason.
- What? - Emilie.
You're not so big a liar as I thought you were.
Not where she's concerned.
It's a deal.
You're the first of my men I got settled.
Now what about them? They'll go along with me.
They always have.
I don't think you realize what a good deal you made.
You got him believin' you want to be on his side.
How long do you think he's going to keep believin' that? I bought us some time.
I'm afraid we needed it, considering he doesn't need us anymore.
They have many bullets.
There's only three of us, you know.
And the girls.
What are they good for? Don't answer that.
I know what you mean.
I don't know the answer yet.
We'll see.
You said you wanted to help.
Well, you can.
Rowdy is gonna try and make a break for it to get to the army post.
We have to get those guards away from the horses.
You girls can do it.
What are we waiting for? Where are you going? We've just come to talk to you, if that's all right.
It ain't gonna bother the horses any.
Well, honey, I was wondering how long it would be before you came around.
Sally doesn't waste any time, does she? Good luck.
What's the matter with you? Why Aah! Get off of him! Aah! - Drop it, Grieve! - Give me that, you - Get going.
- Get over there.
Come on.
Get in there! Go on.
Well, well, well, well, well, well, well.
Thank you.
Nice work.
If you ladies don't get husbands, I can always use you for drovers.
Hey Soos.
Why don't you catch up with that army patrol and bring them on back? Sí, señor.
Oh, this is silly.
Who's going to pay for it? Listen, old Doc Yates has done as much as he can.
All you have to worry about is getting better.
Thanks, Rowdy.
I promise you one thing.
- Yeah? - Next time you come through, I'll save every dance for you.
That's the way.
No one here at all.
The men you're looking for are homesteaders.
They wouldn't be in town.
Hey Soos will be out rounding them up.
The man's name you're looking for is Ben Taylor, isn't it? Yes, his name is Ben Taylor.
He's 44 years old.
He has a small boy.
And he How much did you mean back there? How much of what? The things you told Harleck.
I do have two little daughters back east in Philadelphia.
I do miss them.
And that's all.
But I'm a trail boss.
I never stay anywhere long.
I'm always on one trail or another, year in, year out.
Oh! I can recognize mine from here.
Me, too.
I think I see Mr.
Taylor and his son.
I mustn't keep them waiting.
It wouldn't be right if I did, would it? For anyone.
No.
It wouldn't.
Everyone is happy, I think, Señor Boss.
Yeah.
Let's get Rowdy.
Doc says she's gonna be all right.
She's saving all the dances for me when we back through.
Oh, she gonna bring her husband to the dance, too? Have to, I guess.
I guess.
You waitin' for anythin'? Nope, not a thing.
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 Count 'em out, ride 'em in, ride 'em in, let 'em out Count 'em out, ride 'em in Rawhide Rollin', rollin', rollin' Rollin', rollin', rollin' - Hyahl - Rollin' rollin', rollin' Hyahl Rawhide - Hyahl - Rollin', rollin', rollin' Hyahl
Hey, Pete.
What the heck is that on the bushes? Looks like somebody hung out the wash.
Come on.
Huh.
Great for turnin' a stampede, huh? Just what do you think you're doing? Can't have any privacy anywhere.
It's sure too bad when a person can't hang out a few things without having them thrown around.
That's kind of a funny place to be hanging 'em.
This time of day, you hang washing where the sun is.
Hey, wait a minute.
Hey.
Miss? Why are you following me? Look, ma'am, I just wanted to say that I'm so Lightnin' an' thunder.
Phew.
A whole herd of good-looking women.
Hey, girls! Look what Dolly found! Men! Where'd you find them, Dolly? Any more where they came from? Yeah, we got lots more of them.
They'll be along any minute.
What're you girls doin' out here anyway? - We're going to Fort Worth.
- To get married.
Married? You serious? So you're wasting your time.
Our men are waiting for us right now in Fort Worth.
How about that? A freight load of women out here to get married.
You're not the mail order type wives, are you? Well, we wouldn't exactly call it that.
You know what I mean.
You know, when a town ain't got enough women, the men sort of advertise for a wife.
I still don't like the way you put it.
These men are good men.
They're homesteaders.
It isn't as if they just picked us out of some grab bag.
They sent us their pictures first, and then they wrote about themselves on the back.
And then we picked them.
Yeah.
Sure.
You two are kind of a long way from home, ain't you? Looks like everybody is.
How'd you find this place? We were looking for it.
- Water? - That's right.
It's not for us.
It's for the beef.
We got a herd coming in.
Well, they'll just have to wait.
- Wait for what? - Till we finish.
Evidently you've never seen a herd of thirsty beeves, have you, Miss? I suppose you expect us to move aside.
No, we'll cut them in down stream and water them there.
How big a herd do you got? Pretty good size one, about 3,000.
That takes a lot of men.
Yeah, we got a crew of 26.
And he's so tall.
Well, I just wanted to check on you.
You can't be too careful.
This is outlaw country, you know.
I don't blame you a bit.
We'll be back, girls.
Yeah.
Don't forget to finish the washing there.
Just a couple of drovers.
Got a big herd comin' up.
We'd better get these women out of the way.
Look, Grieve, the idea was to stall these women here, see that they didn't get to Fort Worth.
When I busted that gear, I made sure.
Then we're stuck here until Harleck gets back.
Them drovers don't know anything, and nobody's gonna tell 'em.
You understand? They might even turn out to be a help.
These gals have been getting restless lately.
Now they got something new to think about.
- Ain't they something? - You weren't foolin'! That right about you ladies come all the way out here lookin' for a bunch of husbands? We don't have to.
They're already waiting for us in Fort Worth.
We're beginning to think we'll never get there.
That would be all right with us.
We got enough folks here to have us a dance.
Well, let's dance! Yaah! Come on! All right, break it up! Oh, thank you, Emilie.
Oh, there, there.
Hey, I'm sorry.
I didn't know you had a kid around.
Oh, that's all right.
- I'm J.
T.
Lucas, wagon master.
- Howdy.
My name's Favor.
Sorry we come busting in on you like this.
No harm done.
I'm afraid we won't be able to push that beef away from water until morning.
We'll have to make night camp around here.
It's all right.
You seem to have your men under control.
Oh, yeah.
They'll be The reason we're stuck here is that wagon over there got broke down.
Anything we can do to help? No.
We got a new gear on the way.
All right.
Come on, we've got some beef to take care of.
Let's get to it.
I want to talk to you.
I notice that you don't have no trouble giving that trail boss a smile.
Why don't you just give me one? Come on, come on, come on.
You can do better than that.
Please, Mr.
Grieve.
Honey, I've had my eye on you ever since we left New Orleans.
And you ain't never looked at me once.
I'm going to Fort Worth to be married.
That's all right.
But that ain't no reason that you and me just can't be good friends.
Grieve! We still got a long way to go together.
Swing her high, swing her low.
Swing that gal in calico.
Alaman left with the old left hand.
Back to your honey and right and left grand.
Big foot up and little foot down.
Hands back up and form a star.
Those drovers are not going to have all the fun.
You stay right where you are.
Promenade home and quit your braggin'.
Your hind wheel's broke, your axle's draggin'.
Mosey home now, what'll you do? You swing her, and she swings you.
Now all folk up and bow and swing.
Eight hands up and pass the ring.
Swing to your break, do a do-si-do.
Drive her to the right, hold her to the left.
She kisses you like she did before, then swing that gal right off the floor.
That was great.
We'll do the Texas Star, too.
Joe, I believe I have the next dance, if you don't mind.
Oh? Oh, sure, boss Thanks.
I, uh, thought you needed some rescuin'.
Joe's a much better drover than he is a dancer.
Thank you very much.
But it's not his fault.
I'm afraid in New Orleans we never learned to dance the The Herder's Hoedown.
The Herder's Hoedown.
You'll learn it in Fort Worth, though.
I'm Emilie Vallarde.
Very pleased to meet you.
I'm Gil Favor.
Oh, I know.
Your men have all mentioned you.
Cussed me out, huh? Oh, no.
No, they have great respect for you.
They said nice things, very nice things.
It'll be different on the trail tomorrow, believe me.
Say, could I get you some coffee or something? Oh, no, thank you.
- Oh.
- Oh, it's you.
You mean you didn't know that when you came twirling over here? Oh, you really hate yourself, don't you? Well, I just want to be there when you meet that husband of yours from Fort Worth.
What would you do about it? I don't know.
I might sympathize with him.
Now, how do you know that I don't have a real sweet side to my nature? I don't.
Do you? I think so.
Well, I'm willing to find out.
Tell me, Mr.
Favor, have you ever been there? Fort Worth? Sure, for supplies and things.
You don't happen to know a man there named Ben Taylor.
Ben Taylor? A homesteader.
Afraid not.
Oh, is he the man you're marrying? Mm-hmm.
Just a hope that someone could tell me about him.
Wish I could.
You don't know anything at all about him? I've seen a picture of him.
Is that all? He wrote on the back of it his age and where he was born and that he had a small son.
I've heard about thing like this a woman coming out to marry a man she hasn't met.
I've never come across it, though.
Seem strange to you? Kind of.
Must take a lot of courage for a woman to do a thing like this.
Most of us have nothing to lose.
Fine-looking woman like you shouldn't have to worry about getting a husband.
I haven't had any other offers.
Still plenty of time.
No.
I've waited long enough now.
I've lived with two people longer than I ever should.
You mean at home? In my mind.
Two dear people, Mr.
Favor, but they're dead.
I need to forget them.
My husband and my son.
My husband wanted to show my little boy to his grandfather in Canada.
The ship foundered off Cape Hatteras, and they were gone, just gone.
I think I understand.
Let's talk about other things.
Or better yet, would you care to dance, Mr.
Favor? He belong to you? She belongs to me.
Oh.
I should've known anything that cute would have to be a girl.
She takes after her mother.
I never saw the day I was as pretty as she is.
I'd give you an argument on that.
Thank you.
I'd miss you, but if you'd care to join the dancers, I could get rid of this guitar and take care of that little bundle for you.
I'd prefer to just sit here, if you don't mind.
Oh, I don't mind at all.
Did you come out here to get married, too? If I can find someone who will take both of us, yes.
I lost my husband two months before she was born.
Oh, you don't have to worry about any man taking you two.
You don't have to worry about that at all.
Let's turn in the glad rags.
You got to get up at 6 in the morning.
Say, boss, we've been thinkin'.
Maybe we ought to stick around until they get that wagon fixed.
You know, might be dangerous, leaving them out here all by themselves.
They got Lucas and the others to look after 'em.
Yeah, well, that's just the point, though.
Dolly says there's something strange going on there.
She especially with this fella Harleck.
And who's Harleck? Harleck's the fella who brought 'em out here, arranged all the marriages and everything.
He left a few days ago, went to Fort Worth to pick a wagon shaft or something like that.
Might be a good idea to check into it, boss.
The little darlings came come all the way from New Orleans without nothing happening to 'em.
And I don't want anybody asleep in the saddle tomorrow.
Will you stop ogling the girls like they was animals in a zoo? Come on, Mushy.
Button it up.
We got to get rolling.
I kind of hate to go without saying goodbye to the girls.
What could you possibly say that you didn't say last night? Uh, you know.
Just the idea.
I noticed you picked yourself out one real fast.
How'd you ever get time to notice? Real fine-looking one, too.
Oh, yeah.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Bye.
Mr.
Harleck's back.
We can go now.
Did you fix it? I told the prospective bridegrooms that the ladies have made other plans.
Ladies.
We'll have the wagon fixed in no time.
But I'm afraid I've got some bad news for you.
Things have been real rough around Fort Worth.
Bad weather, crops ruined, and homesteaders going broke and pulling out.
The men who said they were going to marry you never even showed up.
Then we're stranded.
It doesn't have to be that bad.
I kept thinking about it all the way back.
I know a valley where there's plenty of men who want wives ranchers, successful men with money.
Where? West Texas.
It's a beautiful spot.
Well, that sounds all right to me.
I think we ought to go to Fort Worth and find out for ourselves what's going on.
We're close enough.
You saying I'm a liar, Flora? No, but we've come this far.
One day's more traveling isn't going to make that much difference.
But it's two days and two days back.
Just the same, these girls may be right.
After all, we've been traveling for eight weeks.
I'm getting kind of used to it.
Listen to me, girls.
You should be thanking Mr.
Harleck instead of wasting his time.
I think we ought to put it to a vote.
Dolly, you're lucky we even brought you this far, what with your record.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Oh, of course not.
I suppose you think we don't know about the kind of life you led in New Orleans.
Well, I've got it all here.
Ask her about her prison record.
All right, I don't care what you say about me but now I'm sure we ought to go on to Fort Worth.
They're hiding something.
What are you talking about, you no-good troublemaking tramp! Lucas! Now, whatever she did before she came out here, that's her own business.
I told him before we left.
Every girl's got a right to a new life.
I apologize for him, Dolly, and nobody here will mention one word about anything that he said.
No, we won't.
As for whether or not we go to Fort Worth, you can do what Dolly said.
Vote on it.
I've got nothing to hide.
What was that for? You'll find out when they vote.
- Mr.
Harleck.
- Yes, ma'am.
They're most of a mind to do as you say.
- Most? - I can't go with you.
Why not? My husband is in Fort Worth.
Her husband? I lied back in New Orleans when I told you I was single.
My husband and I broke up about a year ago, and I was only looking for a way to get back to him.
It wasn't I didn't trust you before, but I heard he was somewhere around Fort Worth and I just had to get there.
I wouldn't blame you if you was real mad at me.
Real mad's only half of it.
I'm sorry.
I don't know what else to say.
But I'm going on to Fort Worth if I have to walk.
You don't have to do that.
I'll send a man with you.
You mean that, Mr.
Harleck? Sure.
Go on, get yourself packed.
Go on.
- I can't thank you enough.
- Go on, scoot.
Meyers! We can't just leave her.
If she got to Fort Worth and found out we was lying, she'll have every marshal in Texas after us.
Did you hear that? You're taking her, only she's not to get there.
- You mean kill her? - Yep.
Get clear of us first.
But I've never gunned a woman before.
It has to be done.
Now look, I brought you along because you're the best guns in Pala Dura.
If you haven't got enough stomach to earn your pay All right, Harleck, I'll do it.
All right.
Don't make it too quick.
Fort Worth's about 60 miles from here.
I don't want them to start wondering.
Go on.
Whoa.
Whoa.
You want to get down and rest a while in the shade? Thanks.
Whaa! Get up! What you doing? You can't leave me! Not here alone! What you doing? I will I'll die! Please come back! Please come back.
- Hey, Rowdy! - Yeah.
Scarlet thinks a bunch of these steers veered off into one of those draws.
Oh, yeah? Let's take a look.
All right.
leave me to die.
You can't leave me alone.
Come back.
Please come Oh, please please You can't leave me here to die.
Where are you? Please come back.
Where are you? Come back.
Please don't leave me Please come back.
Please come Aah! Ha ha ha ha! That's one of the girls from them wagons.
Man.
Found her out on the prairie.
Her head's hurt.
I don't know how bad.
- Wish, take a look.
- Don't leave me out here.
- She's a pretty sick gal.
- I'm dying Better take her over here by the wagon.
Kind of wonder what's happening to those other girls.
Quince, you and Scarlet will ride with us.
Well, put her in there anyway.
Mr.
Favor, she slipped away.
Died while we were carrying her over.
Take care of the burying.
Try to find a nice spot.
Jane.
I thought you might like to take a walk with me.
I was just going to take the baby for a breath of air.
Why don't you go ahead? I'll take care of her for you.
Oh, thank you.
There weren't that many men before.
Sure not enough of us to take them.
Some of the girls might get messed up if we tried.
Quince, you and Scarlet ride back to the Army post at Parley's Cross and let them know about this.
- Right.
- Then get back to the herd.
Tell Pete to keep the herd movin'.
What are you going to do? We'll stay here and keep an eye on them.
Uh, let Hey Soos know about it when you get back to your horses.
We'd better just keep out of sight.
Thinking about that trail boss, maybe? What makes you say that? I just wondered.
Not much use thinking about him now, is there? Uh-oh.
Company.
Hey, wait.
I think you better go back.
That girl just dropped your baby.
No, no, no.
Not you.
You don't have to go.
Jane might need help if the baby's hurt.
I just told her that.
That kid didn't fall.
I've got to get back! Oh, no.
Not this time.
Not this time.
All right.
That's enough.
Hold it right there.
You got no business away from the wagons.
Now get over there.
All right, boys, move.
Pappy.
Well, what've we got here? Couple of them drovers.
This one here's the trail boss.
I'm going out and scout around, maybe pick up a couple more.
What brought you back here? Take a shine to one of the girls? I'm afraid it's more serious than that.
We found one of the girls out on the prairie alone.
Flora? She didn't say.
She was in pretty bad shape.
How is she now? She's dead.
But she can't be.
Just yesterday she I tried to get her to stay here with us, but She said she was left out there to die.
Was she in any condition to know what she was saying? One of your men went with her.
I know.
I'm sure worried about him.
I'd like to see him come riding back in here right now.
Where was he taking her? Fort Worth.
I thought you were all going there.
We're going to a place in West Texas where all the girls can marry up with husbands.
I don't believe him.
I think we ought to vote to go to Fort Worth before we go anyplace else.
- Yes.
- Of course we should.
No more votes, Dolly.
You were never going to Fort Worth.
Pala Dura's the name.
It's a canyon in West Texas.
I never did represent any of those homesteaders in Fort Worth.
The man who did died.
But there's plenty of men there who'll marry up with you.
They work for me.
Yeah? At what? I'm in the cattle business.
Moonlight cattle.
That's just another name for rustling.
That's a name for collecting cattle by moonlight.
I've got seven thousand head there wintering in Pala Dura.
My men won't stay there, though, without wives.
Rustlers? That's outlaws, isn't it? That's outlaws.
You can't make us marry men like that.
Afraid I can.
See, there's no law in Pala Dura but mine.
There's no place to run to.
If you don't stand up there and say an "I do," you'll be just about as dead as Flora.
Here's another one I found up on the hill, standing with three horses.
There was evidence two other horses were there.
Two more, huh? Where'd they go? All right, work him over.
They won't make me talk.
Let him alone.
I've already sent a couple of men to the fort for help.
It won't do you any good.
You won't talk them out of stopping you.
Nope.
But you will.
Come on, move.
Pap! Better go get yourself something to eat.
Here is something to eat.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you so much for trying to help us.
I wish we really could.
Look who I've got for a waitress.
Did you cook this? It won't kill you.
Care to join me? I thought maybe you might need some cheering up.
Why don't, uh Why don't you cheer him up over there? Why, do I bother you? No, but he looks like he needs something to cheer him up.
Yes, he does, doesn't he? I'll, uh, I'll see what I can do.
This knife couldn't cut air.
Keep at it.
If you can cut through a couple of those traces, it could really hold them up.
Anything you like better than food? Yep.
The one who brought it.
Now go get back to your job.
I told you to leave my men alone.
You told us we were going to Fort Worth, too.
All set to move out.
Good.
All right, time to move out, girls.
All right, come on.
Got those wagons ready? All right.
You can go with him if you want to, but I'm not moving.
You mean you're staying here? I know what kind of men he's got in Pala Dura.
Yes, I've got a prison record.
And it was one of those Pala Dura cutthroats that got me in trouble.
I'm not going to let Harleck marry me off to one of his henchmen.
We're not cattle.
They can't make us move if we don't want to.
They can shoot us.
We're no good to them dead.
She's right.
All we have to do is stick together! - Yes.
- I'm for that.
- Yes.
- I think so, too.
We're not going with you.
I'm fed up with your troublemaking, Dolly.
We're not going.
- That's right.
- We're staying here.
Are you going to start moving? You don't scare us.
You ready to move out, girls? I'll never be able to dance again.
Sure you will, Dolly.
Oh, I love to dance so much.
Did you see me with Rowdy? Yes, I saw you.
It's cold.
It's so cold in here.
How is she? If somebody knew enough to get that bullet out I ain't no doctor, but I've taken bullets out before.
Soon as we stop, I'll do what I can.
You've got to get that bullet out.
I don't care how much it hurts.
It's lodged in the calf here.
Might have chipped some of the bone.
Well, if I'm gonna be left lame, just leave it be.
I'd rather be dead than never be able to dance.
Everything will be all right, Dolly.
You'll be dancing yet.
Who with? One of those filthy rustlers that Harleck's gonna force me to marry? You're gonna hate me for this, Dolly.
You better hang on.
Oh, Rowdy, I never hated you from the first.
I just kept snapping at you all the time because I guess I liked you more than I wanted to.
Well, I kept jumping at you at you for the same reason.
The more I saw you, the more I liked you.
Ohh You keep saying things like that, I can take anything.
Hang on.
Wait till Wishbone hears how you stole his thunder.
Well, you really should have been here.
You're a lot better at this sort of thing than I am, boss.
I feel queasy, you know? You better see about getting a shot of whiskey, huh? Ask the wagon master.
Quite a man, your ramrod, Mr.
Favor.
Isn't that what you call him? My right hand would describe him better.
Yeah, he's quite a boy.
She's quite a girl, that Dolly.
She's got a lot of courage.
Hmm.
I wish I had half as much.
You were a big help getting that bullet out.
I'm afraid of everything.
Of getting to the Pala Dura, even of getting to Fort Worth.
You mean you don't want to go to Fort Worth anymore? I don't know.
Suddenly the idea of marrying a stranger Even if he were a good man, I don't know if I have anything to give him.
Well, everybody has their own kind of strength, their own kind of needs.
I'm sure you have a lot to give.
Do you, Mr.
Favor? All right, Favor, you got the bullet out.
Now get out of here.
Go on, get out of here.
Troopers headed this way, just up ahead.
All right.
Gather up the drovers and the girls.
Come on, boys.
You sent for the soldiers, you're going to get rid of them.
Go get the guns, Lucas.
Come here, Emilie.
Emilie.
I like your taste, Mr.
Favor.
All right, take her away.
That's just in case you decide to be a hero.
I don't know which one of them's going to be holding the gun against her head.
But if there's any trouble, she gets the first bullet.
Now please keep that in mind, all of you.
Now give them their guns.
No, Mr.
Yates.
No bullets.
The army might be upset if they saw drovers without guns.
Detail, halt! - Hello, Mr.
Favor.
- Lieutenant.
I got your message.
What's the trouble? No trouble.
It was a mistake.
- Who made it? - I made it.
You see, these people were lost.
One of the girls was out of her head when she found our herd.
I got the wrong idea about what was happening.
We passed your trail on the way here.
It looked kind of naked without a trail boss.
They can manage without me for a couple of days.
You planning on taking all these people to Fort Worth? I had it in mind.
It's not a trail boss' job.
Could be the army's, though.
Well, now, I'd appreciate it if the army didn't insist on that.
I don't know you, Mr.
Favor, but I know trail bosses.
There's got to be a reason.
Yeah, well, there is, as a matter of fact.
I'd like you to meet her.
Mr.
Harleck, would you mind having Emilie come out for a minute? I'd be delighted.
I've got a couple of little daughters back east, and I don't see them but once a year, and then just for a little while.
It's not very good for them.
Maybe if I were married again, well Well, anyway, like I said, it was just a mistake.
But it could turn out to be the best mistake I ever made.
You comfortable, Miss Emilie? Yes.
I guess I am.
Lieutenant, Miss Emilie Vallarde.
Glad to meet you.
How do you do? There's just one thing that bothers me.
What kind of report am I going to turn in to the captain back at the post? Invite him to the wedding, of course.
Good luck to you.
Detail, ho! Quick thinking, Mr.
Favor.
Can I have your gun, please? All right, girls, take Dolly back to the wagon.
You know, it's too bad that you're so honest.
You shouldn't judge a man by hearsay.
You know, I've been thinking.
You've got a herd twice the size of mine.
Meaning what? Meaning you don't have to pay any owners.
I'm the owner.
I don't mind sharing.
A lot more cattle where yours came from cheap.
And there is another reason.
- What? - Emilie.
You're not so big a liar as I thought you were.
Not where she's concerned.
It's a deal.
You're the first of my men I got settled.
Now what about them? They'll go along with me.
They always have.
I don't think you realize what a good deal you made.
You got him believin' you want to be on his side.
How long do you think he's going to keep believin' that? I bought us some time.
I'm afraid we needed it, considering he doesn't need us anymore.
They have many bullets.
There's only three of us, you know.
And the girls.
What are they good for? Don't answer that.
I know what you mean.
I don't know the answer yet.
We'll see.
You said you wanted to help.
Well, you can.
Rowdy is gonna try and make a break for it to get to the army post.
We have to get those guards away from the horses.
You girls can do it.
What are we waiting for? Where are you going? We've just come to talk to you, if that's all right.
It ain't gonna bother the horses any.
Well, honey, I was wondering how long it would be before you came around.
Sally doesn't waste any time, does she? Good luck.
What's the matter with you? Why Aah! Get off of him! Aah! - Drop it, Grieve! - Give me that, you - Get going.
- Get over there.
Come on.
Get in there! Go on.
Well, well, well, well, well, well, well.
Thank you.
Nice work.
If you ladies don't get husbands, I can always use you for drovers.
Hey Soos.
Why don't you catch up with that army patrol and bring them on back? Sí, señor.
Oh, this is silly.
Who's going to pay for it? Listen, old Doc Yates has done as much as he can.
All you have to worry about is getting better.
Thanks, Rowdy.
I promise you one thing.
- Yeah? - Next time you come through, I'll save every dance for you.
That's the way.
No one here at all.
The men you're looking for are homesteaders.
They wouldn't be in town.
Hey Soos will be out rounding them up.
The man's name you're looking for is Ben Taylor, isn't it? Yes, his name is Ben Taylor.
He's 44 years old.
He has a small boy.
And he How much did you mean back there? How much of what? The things you told Harleck.
I do have two little daughters back east in Philadelphia.
I do miss them.
And that's all.
But I'm a trail boss.
I never stay anywhere long.
I'm always on one trail or another, year in, year out.
Oh! I can recognize mine from here.
Me, too.
I think I see Mr.
Taylor and his son.
I mustn't keep them waiting.
It wouldn't be right if I did, would it? For anyone.
No.
It wouldn't.
Everyone is happy, I think, Señor Boss.
Yeah.
Let's get Rowdy.
Doc says she's gonna be all right.
She's saving all the dances for me when we back through.
Oh, she gonna bring her husband to the dance, too? Have to, I guess.
I guess.
You waitin' for anythin'? Nope, not a thing.
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 Count 'em out, ride 'em in, ride 'em in, let 'em out Count 'em out, ride 'em in Rawhide Rollin', rollin', rollin' Rollin', rollin', rollin' - Hyahl - Rollin' rollin', rollin' Hyahl Rawhide - Hyahl - Rollin', rollin', rollin' Hyahl