Rawhide (1959–1965): Season 1, Episode 14 - Incident of the Dog Days - full transcript
Favor hired several hands along the way and some of the men are of questionable character and disputes crop up between the drovers. One man is on a quest to kill a younger drover he believes is a gunfighter. The herd has come to a point where it faces crossing a dry plain with limited water or turning back and losing a couple of weeks. One of the hands lost a herd on the route himself but supports Favor's decision to make the crossing. During the crossing tempers flare in the heat and long hours. Ultimately Favor is proven wrong on some of the men he hired. When no water is found, several men lead by Pete leave the drive. When the midpoint waterhole turns up dry, even Favor questions his own decisions and they may lose the herd.
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 'emout?
?Cut 'em out, ride 'em in?
??Rawhide?
??Rollin', rollin', rollin'?
?Hyah!
?
Hyah!
?Rawhide?
?- Hyah!
?-
Everyonce in a while you
have to get away from the herd,
??so you can listen
??to the sound of it.
?You can tell a lot
?from the way the cattle bawl,
??but the same can't be said
???for the drovers you hire
???along the way.
???It's hard to judge a man
???by his voice.
??That's why we keep gaining
??some, losing others.
?It's my job to judge,
?and sometimes I miss.
?My name's Gil Favor,
?trail boss.
Talby!
I don't want any murders
on my drive.
??That man's a gunman,
??Mr. Favor...
???a killer.
?Well, now, whether you
?believe it or not,
??I wasn't going to kill him.
???I only wanted
???to make him talk.
Long as it's just talk.
If anything happens to that boy,
though, I'll know who did it.
???I told you...
??he's a killer.
You got proof, Talby?
???I can get it if
???you give me a chance.
I'll give you a chance
to get back to camp.
And for your sake,
that boy better stay healthy.
?You've made a bad decision,
?Mr. Favor,
??and on a cattle drive,
???a trail boss can't afford
???to make bad decisions.
Get back to camp.
Talby's been trying to warn you
about Johnny Camber.
Hmm?
I believe him.
That kid does look
like the pictures
of Billy Carter
on the wanted posters,
and Billy Carter
is as bad as they come.
?All I ask of a man
?is he does his job.
As long as Johnny Camber
does that, he stays.
All right, boss.
But you'll be taking the herd
through the toughest country
we've tried yet
with the worst crew
we've ever had.
You've hired a gunman,
a camp...
I know what I hired,
what I'm up against.
??You better stick
??to scouting, Pete.
I'll drive herd.
Boy, I been waiting a week
for this wish.
???You got a mighty peculiar way
???of taking a bath, friend.
Well, I was getting ripe.
You know, as Mr. Favor
always says,
do a thing right and proper
the first time.
You cooking stew again?
?Now, you know darn well
?I'm cooking down tallow
???for lye soap.
Oh. Well,
I should have known.
Smells better than the grub
you been handing out.
Well, what are you
standing there for?
Get on back to work.
Me and Jed was just
talking about it.
Looks mean and
there's a lot of it.
Now, it's
?a wrong time of year.
??Two or three weeks earlier,
??even later,
??we'd have no trouble, but...
??Jed, when you were
??trail-bossing,
??you lost a herd trying
??to take it through
??this way, didn't you?
- Everybody knows that.
- Why did you lose it?
No use putting old Jed
through that.
Why Jed?
Well, like you, I tried it
at the wrong time of year.
??And like you, again,
??the other day,
?I had to take on a lot of
?extra hands I wasn't sure of.
?How far is it across, Pete?
Jed says about 40 miles,
count it most of a week's drive.
???Can we take the herd through?
Well, this is my first time
through here.
???- I can't be sure.
What about water?
Jed tells me there used to be
water out about 12 miles,
but not much of it.
What about going around?
we'd have to cut north
through Touralong Pass,
means doubling back.
Adds up to two or three weeks
more time, but...
???Jed, didn't you say something
??about having trouble
??in Touralong Pass, too?
That's right, Mr. Favor.
Had to turn back.
'Course, that was
a long time ago.
You take a chance
on dried-up creeks and streams,
and the rocky ground
is hard on the cattle's hooves.
- Any better than this?
- That's hard to say.
Two, three weeks...
???we might run into
???the same thing.
?All right, Pete, we'll
?take them through this way.
That settles that.
Mr. Favor knows
what he's doing.
He sure doesn't
want any company
when he goes
to making up his mind.
You're gonna find out, Pete,
??that the man who
??has to make the decisions
??is about the loneliest man
??there is.
What are you doing
in my bedroll?
?Rowdy, just trying
?to give you a hand.
Sticking cockleburs
in a man's bedroll
don't strike me
as being funny.
???I was just
???fishing them out.
Who put them there?
Now, I can't tell you.
You wouldn't want me to.
???It'd just make trouble
???with one of your friends.
Now you listen to me, Myers.
Maybe you were doing me a favor
and maybe you weren't.
Either way, if I catch you
messing around with my gear
again,
I'm gonna stretch your ears.
Now get away from me.
That's the thanks a man gets
for being friendly.
?If you're missing anything,
?you ain't the first one
?in this camp.
A man has to be sure
before he starts talk like that.
??It ain't so hard being
??sure of something.
??But proving it
??is something else.
Talking ain't gonna help
either way.
???That makes you right.
??I just wanted to make sure
you hadn't taken up swallowing
the whole steer, horns and all.
?Cockleburs.
If you hadn't
come busting up,
?I'd have had a chance
?to do something more
?than just talk.
Look, you know
how Mr. Favor feels
about trouble with his crew.
??There ain't gonna be none,
??not without a cause.
??I figure you give a jasper
??like Myers enough rope,
??and he'll throw a loop
??around anything
??that ain't tied down.
???All right, all right.
???I'm shut.
Say, boss, um,
how far does a man go
with something
he isn't sure about?
???You got something
???on your mind,
???let's have it.
Well, this Carl Myers,
he isn't liked around camp.
?Well, now, I didn't
?hire him on
?just to be liked.
Well...
I caught him
going through my bedroll.
He said he was picking out
some cockleburs
some yahoo put there.
Had them in his hand too.
Isn't much
when it's said.
- You missing anything?
- No.
???A man deserves
???the benefit of the doubt.
Yeah.
Check out your supplies?
You never know
the time I didn't.
Heading into dry country
from here on in.
Still time to send a man
into Three Corners,
anything we need.
?- We do it tonight.
?- No need, Mr. Favor.
???Check again
???to make sure.
Check again?
You'd think I was a green-eared
tenderfoot or something.
Mr. Favor, can I have
a word with you private?
?There's nothing you
?can't say in front
?of the rest of the men.
Just as you say, Mr. Favor.
It's about crossing
the dry plains.
It's the wrong time.
?You know it, I know it.
But I want you to know
that I think
you can make it.
That's all I got to say.
Don't you listen to him,
Mr. Favor.
Jed Blaine has been around
these parts for a long time.
???Everybody knows
???that he lost his herd
trying to stake claims
at the wrong time
of the year.
He's never been able
to live it down.
He'd like you
to try this drive,
then he can always say
he ain't the only trail boss
who lost a herd and a crew.
???You believe that,
???Mr. Favor?
Any reason not
to believe it, Jed?
I'm gonna take this herd
straight across.
?Won't be easy,
?but itcanbe done.
?We're gonna keep those cows
?on the move.
You'll eat and sleep
in the saddle.
???Maybe you'll cuss the day
???you signed on,
?but we're going across.
Any man who thinks different
can draw his time right now.
Only a fool would cut
straight across
in this time of weather.
- Not only that...
- Draw your time,
get your gear, get out!
Anybody else want
to go with him?
I don't like to rabbit out
on you, Mr. Favor,
but it wasn't just cows
that died out there with Jed.
It was men too.
I reckon I'll draw my time
and string along with Bates.
How about you, Jed?
?Well, I signed on, Mr. Favor,
?and I'll stay on.
Want to be an eyewitness
if I lose the herd?
I'll stay on.
Rowdy, get the cash box.
Pay those three off.
??See that they're
??out of camp tonight.
Mr. Favor's sure
set in his ways...
???even when he's wrong.
Who says he's wrong?
?I say he's wrong taking
?us through this way.
?And he's wrong thinking
?old Jed would give him
?bum advice
because he wants
to see this herd lost.
Look, Mr. Favor knows
more about taking
a herd through
than you'll
ever know, Pete.
Even if that's right, Rowdy,
it ain't for you to say it.
I'll say what I want to you
or anyone else around here.
It's time you
started wearing it, Billy.
???My name's Johnny.
??Johnny Camber.
It's been a long while,
but I had to make sure
you were Billy Carter
before I killed you.
I told you,
my name's Johnny Camber.
???Now I'll tell you
???something else.
??Keep away from me.
?All right, Billy...
?for now.
I just wanted you to know...
I knew.
?Been looking for you, boss.
- Any trouble?
- No, it's just that...
I don't understand about
us driving across here,
even though the old man
did say you'd have a chance.
Bet Bates was right
about the old man.
I think he was
egging me on
just because misery
needs company.
Yeah, but you're
risking the herd
just to save
a few days.
Look, Rowdy,
the price of beef
jumps up and down
according to supply.
Now, you've got
to reach the market
at a time when the price
is high enough
to make the drive
worthwhile.
Yeah, well...
Well, why don't you say that
to Pete and the others?
??Why do you just...
I can't stop to give a lecture
every time I wanna do something.
They ought to figure
it out themselves.
So should you.
You'd better turn in.
We've got a long day's work
ahead of us tomorrow.
??Yeah. 'Night.
?
???Wishbone, move your wagon
???up ahead near the point.
??We're not stopping
??for chow.
Fix what you can, we'll ride in,
grab it on the run.
Won't wait long, Billy.
Ho.
All right, get back
and dig out one of them hams
and a couple of loaves of bread.
I'm drier than one
of those Indian mummies.
One dipper to a man till we get
to some water.
Mr. Favor's orders.
??Why, you old goat.
You just love giving
orders, don't you?
??Oh, lay off, Rowdy.
Now, what do you got
to shoot your mouth
off about?
???Fine job of trail guiding
???you've been doing.
?Mr. Favor's choosing,
?not mine.
?Not the way
?I see it.
You left him in a hole
by not choosing back there
at Three Corners,
???before we started
???the dry plains.
Coming from a kid
still wet behind the ears,
- I'm going to let that pass.
- Don't do me any favors, Pete.
???I can take care of myself
???with you or any other man
???on this crew.
Pete.
Mr. Favor wants you.
You wanted me?
??How far ahead
??do you make the water?
??About eight miles.
??I think it's too far,
??the shape this herd is in.
I asked how far,
?not what you thought.
Keep 'em moving another two,
three miles, then circle 'em in.
Should reach
that water tomorrow.
???Yes, sir.
??Where's the sugar,
??Wishbone?
Ain't got none.
??Thought you, uh,
??checked out your supplies.
Well, I did.
I counted a sack of beans
instead of sugar.
Doing without sweets
ain't gonna kill none of this
hard-rock outfit.
??If you did your job right,
??we wouldn't have to do
??without anything.
Well, that was my fault,
Mr. Favor.
?I thought it was sugar.
?I don't care
?whose fault it was!
?Still no sugar,
?and no excuse
?for not having any.
Boy, I tell you,
this outfit's falling apart,
and I ain't gonna take
much more of it.
??
??
??Whoever told you pikers
??you knew how to play poker?
??Maybe it's the way you play.
Maybe you're just a poor loser.
???It's better
???than being a poor winner.
??- Or a crooked one.
??-
Now, listen, Clark,
get off my back and stay off.
I'm getting tired of you
and your cracks.
???Myers! Clark!
???One more shindig like this
???and you're both through.
???Myers, you're late
???for your trick at night herd.
No dirty cheat's gonna
draw a pig-sticker on me
and get away with...
?I said that's enough!
???
Oughta... have some music.
Might make things
seem a little better.
Shut up that
caterwauling!
??Just trying to help.
?You all know that Myers
?is a thief and a cheat.
??Mr. Favor had no right
??taking up for him.
You got no call
to say that, Clark.
Mr. Favor didn't
take up for anyone.
?Well, it seemed
?that way to me.
???And you're a poor one
???to talk.
???He tried to steal
???from you too.
You don't know that
any more than I do.
??Half the men in this crew
??are missing stuff
??from their gear
and we all know
who's taking it.
There's nothing lower
than a trail-camp thief.
???There's one thing.
???A woman-killer
???like Billy Carter.
?Maybe some of you heard
?of Billy Carter.
??Fast gun with ten notches.
?I keep wondering
?if he cut another one
for the girl he killed,
my daughter, Jenny.
She was just 18 when she ran off
with young Billy Carter.
???I wasn't home when
???he rode up for a job.
??I hired on with a herd
??on the Goodnight-Loving Trail.
?When I got back,
?she was gone with him,
???and I went after him.
??When I caught up with him,
??Jenny... was dead.
Killed by a bullet
meant for Billy Carter.
?She was going to have
?his baby when she died.
I've been looking for
Billy Carter ever since.
???How's the cattle?
Little restless.
??Say, boss.
Yeah?
???What are you gonna do
???about the trouble
??between Talby
??and Johnny Camber?
DoWhat do you
expect me to do?
I can't wipe the nose
of every man in this outfit.
I think Johnny Camber's
who he says he is.
?You do?
Yes, I do.
???Oh...
?Well, I'm sorry I bothered you.
Nothing but loose dirt out here.
Make digging a grave real easy.
Water hole just past
that swale-back ridge.
No graze, though,
and we'll have to
water them in bunches,
there's only room
for about 50 head at a time.
??Right.
Say, Pete, about yesterday,
well, I...
?I didn't mean to be
?so sharp with you, I, uh...
You don't owe me no apology,
Mr. Favor, you're the boss.
Ride back to Quince and Scarlet.
??Tell them to slow up
??the main body of the herd.
??I'll send the point in
??to water first.
??Rowdy! Break off
??the first 50 head.
?Pete says there's water
?beyond that rise.
Take them in, let them drink,
move them out for the next bunch
to get in.
Right.
Johnny!
?Slow 'em down.
?Break 'em in bunches of 50.
???
???Hey, get 'em out of here!
???Get back!
???Bad water!
??Get 'em out of here!
???
???
??
??Mr. Favor!
??- What's wrong now?
??- Poisoned water.
??I just saw it in time.
??It's all full of bones
?of birds and animals
?that drunk it and died.
???You sure?
??Well, take a look
??for yourself!
?Scarlet, turn the others back.
??They haven't smelled
??the water yet.
?Get 'em back beyond the rise.
?We'll join up later.
Straight poison.
You knew about this,
didn't you, Jed?
It wasn't poison
when I got my herd here,
Mr. Favor.
It wasn't?
It was bone dry.
I should've turned back
and didn't.
All right, let's get
back to the herd.
You'd have gotten
a big laugh out of this
if I'd have taken
a drink of that,
wouldn't you, Pete?
??Rowdy, lay off me.
??I'm not going
??to tell you again.
All right,
break it up.
?- Why, you young...
?- Let him up, Jed.
He's been askin' this
for a long time.
?Stay out of it,
?Mr. Favor.
What's the matter with you?
With both of you?
???Boss, I didn't mean to...
That's the trouble
with this outfit,
nobody means to,
it just happens.
Where do you figure
on stopping?
???I don't.
???Keep them moving.
Yeah, but only,
without water...
There's none out
here for them.
Moon's up.
Must be after midnight.
Mr. Favor,
Pete sent me back.
There's water up ahead.
There ain't much of it,
and it ain't fit for humans,
but it'll keep the cattle
from choking on their tongues.
How far?
About a mile and a half,
no more.
?All right,
?we'll try to make it.
Get back to Wishbone.
Have him move the wagon
up ahead.
??I want coffee and sandwiches
??waiting when we bring
??the herd in.
Wake up, you no good...
???The men will be in
???in a few minutes.
???Wishbone.
Now what?
Look at this bread.
What's the matter with it?
It's hard
as a board.
Can't you even
bake bread?
What with driving
day after day, every day,
and now night after night,
when do I have a chance?
I warned you,
if you can't handle
the job right...
Then say I can't.
Get yourself a new cook,
Mr. Favor.
I'm done!
Gee, Mr. Favor,
you think he means it?
???Mushy, you're
???the new cook.
The men will want
those sandwiches
in five minutes.
?What's the matter
?with you, Wishbone?
Get away from me.
Go on, leave me alone.
?I asked you.
?What's the matter with you?
???What's the matter with me?
What's the matter with everybody
around here?
???What's the matter
???with Mr. Favor?
What's the matter
with you?
Well, I mean quitting like this.
You know Mushy hasn't got
the brains to eat the food,
let alone cook it.
Oh, so now my cooking's
getting good, is it?
??Well, you can just durn well
??thrive on the memory of it,
because it's the last of it
you'll ever get.
??Why, you old coot!
Don't you call me an old coot,
you whelp!
???I don't give a hang
???about your lousy cooking.
I don't give a hang
about what you
give a hang about.
Now, you get out of here
before I...
Before you what?
Before I blast
that whelp face of yours
right out from
under your hat.
You see what
I mean now?
What's what you mean?
You... you're pointing
that gun at me.
You want to fire it,
don't you?
???You're mighty well told,
???I want to fire it.
?Now you get away from me
?before I blast your...
Yeah, I guess I see
what you mean.
???Do you, Wish?
Well, I'm not
so sure I do.
?All I know is,
?a couple days back,
?you wouldn't have poked
?a gun in my face
??no matter how sore
??you got at me.
Something just seems
to have happened.
?Everybody's at
?everybody else's throat
?like a pack of bobcats.
Everybody thinks everybody else
is wrong, too.
?I sure wish I knew why.
??Well, there's certain times,
??I guess,
when everything's got
to go wrong. All wrong.
I don't know,
maybe it's the heat.
?Aw, we've... we've been
?through heat before.
Well, maybe it's Mr. Favor
goin' across the dry plains
when he shoulda gone around.
?Now who says
?he shoulda gone around?
I say.
???Well, who are you to say?
You're not helping him move any,
??quittin' him when
??he needs you the most.
You think you're being
his little helper,
pickin' a fight with Myers
over some cockleburs?
And driving at Pete just
because you think he was wrong
for not warning
Mr. Favor sooner?
- Pete was wrong.
- Who says he was wrong?
- I say he's wrong.
- Who are you to say?
??Well, I'll show you,
??you lice-bitten old coot.
Why, you get out of here
before I blast
that sniveling
whelp face of yours
right off of this wagon.
I...
Where's my watch,
you lowdown thieving coyote?
I don't know what
you're talking about.
?Clark's dead.
Rowdy, tell Mr. Favor
I'll be back.
If I don't...
??Quince, you and Kyle
??take care of him.
???And Joe, go get Mr. Favor,
???will you?
??Whose gear is this?
Johnny Camber's.
???Well, clean it up.
Mushy, help him get
this gear cleaned up.
?Hope Jed catches up
?with that dirty
?murdering thief.
You setting yourself up
as judge and jury?
???I caught up with him.
He might have been
real quick with a knife,
but he wasn't very fast
with a gun.
??Clark had him figured right,
??Mr. Favor.
Most anything belonging
to anybody in this camp
???worth more than a quarter,
???right here.
Isn't this your razor,
Mr. Favor?
??Hey, Mushy, your
??coffee's boiling over.
??Thanks, Mr. Rowdy.
I ain't got the hang
of everything yet.
Is Wishbone still
holding his grouch?
Oh, he's lying in there,
looking up at nothing.
??He didn't even cuss me out
??this morning.
I been thinking, wishing things
was back the way they was.
?Well, you ain't the only one.
I got a hunch
they're gonna get worse.
Next to this, that poison
spring would taste good.
???It might at that,
???Mr. Rowdy.
I've waited
a long time, Billy,
???but I had to be sure.
All right, Talby.
Get your gun, Billy.
Talby, I told you his name
is Johnny Camber.
You can settle
what's between you
when you leave the crew.
???No, Mr. Favor, I'm sorry,
??but it's got to be
??settled now.
?I've waited too long
?to let you or anybody
?else cheat me.
I'm not going to have
any more trouble
in this camp.
???You won't stop me, Mr. Favor.
??You can't.
Billy Carter stole my daughter,
my only child,
and afterwards he killed her
just as if he
pointed the gun hisself.
??Why, I'll kill him
??with my bare hands
??if I have to.
??- Easy, Talby.
Give him his gun.
There's no use
in letting it hang fire.
We can end it right now.
What chance would he
have against you,
Billy Carter,
with ten notches on your gun?
?Stay out of it, Pete.
Is what Talby said
true, Johnny?
???I'm Billy Carter.
???Now give him his gun.
No.
??He won't need one now.
?If this is the way
?you want it, Mr. Favor,
I guess it has to be
all right with me.
??He wanted you to kill him.
??His gun ain't loaded.
??Why?
Going on this way,
thinking about her
every hour of every day...
seeing her face
every time I close my eyes.
He found her picture, but...
...he didn't find this.
Marriage license.
You... and Jenny.
Why didn't you tell me?
??Why should I let you think
??your daughter's name
??was Mrs. Billy Carter?
??It's all over.
??The day we got married
???I let her throw away
???every shell I had for my gun.
???And I swore I'd never
???buy any more.
???I never have.
But the way she died...
???We'd just found out
???she was going to have a baby.
She was so happy
?because I'd just told her
?we were going back to tell you.
But a drunken gunslinger
recognized me
?and drew on me.
Jenny jumped
between us.
???She died there in the street,
? look...
?looking up at me.
???
All right, so I was wrong
about Myers, and Johnny, too.
I got no ownership papers saying
I always got to be right.
It's over and done with.
I want the herd headed up
and moving out in 15 minutes.
???Mr. Favor.
??Some of us haven't had
??a chance to eat yet,
?no rest and not
?a decent meal for days.
??You think you can keep
??pushing men like that,
??you're wrong a third time.
I said I wanted that herd
moving in 15 minutes.
???Then you can move
???them yourself.
??Midway Valley's not
??over four hours' drive
??from here.
There's enough grass there
to rest the herd.
?You don't need a scout.
?You don't need anybody.
Anybody else feels
the same way as Pete,
they can ride out with him.
You're all a bunch
of yellow quitters.
??How about you, Jed?
Well, I signed on
to help get these cows through.
Now, I had a herd quit me once,
but I never quit a herd.
I'm staying, Mr. Favor.
??Talby,
is Johnny able to ride?
You say, Talby.
He can ride enough to help.
We're staying.
Rowdy, get the cash box,
pay them off.
Then let's get these beeves
on the move.
Mushy, you've got your wish,
as of right now you're
a working cowhand.
All right, let's get our gear
and get out of here.
??
Well, I never thought
Pete'd quit.
Scarlet or Quince either.
?What is it?
Dry. Dry as a bone.
Well, Midway Valley
is just over that rise.
Keep 'em moving!
??Midway Valley.
What sun and dust can do
in a few days.
One thing a trail boss needs
is good judgment.
I was wrong about Myers,
Johnny, Jed.
Now it looks like
I've been wrong
thinking I could get this outfit
across the dry plains.
???The way I see it,
?a man takes on a job,
?he ought to see it through,
no matter how much he don't like
it or how much it costs him.
???Should we try turning
???the herd, boss?
Nothing behind them.
It's too late to turn back.
As you might guess,
there's no water.
As far as I know, there's no
chance of finding any water
between here and the end
of the dry plains.
Am I right, Jed?
That's right, Mr. Favor.
That means at least three,
four more days with the cattle.
If we had enough hands, we could
force the cattle across, but...
?with only us,
I don't... I don't
need to tell you.
Can't be done.
All you have to do
is look at them.
??Oh... this is going to be
??kind of hard to say.
I know what you're thinking,
Mr. Favor.
Don't say it.
I guess I know, too.
He's the boss,
let him say it.
???No, that's just the point.
?I don't have the right
?to be boss any longer.
??I'm afraid I've proved that.
All the other hands realized it
and left.
For staying with me...
thanks.
Now, I don't see
how anybody could be
quite as wrong as I was,
still give an order and expect
to have it carried out,
but that's just what
I'm going to do.
I'm giving you
one last order
?and I still expect
?to have it carried out.
??I want you all
??to move out
??on your own,
get through
as best you can.
Without you?
???Lack of water can kill you
??just as quick as it can kill
??the steers.
???What do you plan on doing?
??Staying out here
??with these lousy cows?
???I don't know much
???about droving, Mr. Favor,
but if you're trying
to get rid of us...
That's what he's trying
to do, son.
Oh, now, it's time somebody
begun to talk sense around here.
That's enough, Wishbone.
No, it's not, Mr. Favor.
?I told you to move on,
?all of you!
That's an order!
??You trying to get rid of us
'cause you don't want us
to sit out here
???and watch the cattle drop?
What do I have to do
to get rid of you?
?Don't you understand
?there's no water here?
Not only for the herd,
there's none for you either.
Now, you can get through
if you're not tied down
with the cattle.
So start moving out now.
Look, I have to watch my herd,
but there's nothing says
I got to watch you.
Now, get out of my sight,
all of you!
I ain't got any place
to go, Mr. Favor.
Me neither.
???We can do without water
???for a couple days.
??I ain't a bit thirsty,
??Mr. Favor.
There, you see,
Mr. Favor?
You see?
??You stup...
???
?Well, what are you all
?standing around for?
Let's see if we can get these
lousy cows back on their feet.
???Mr. Favor, out there.
??We got lost.
You got lost?
???Yeah, I...
???It's rough out there.
???Pete, Scarlet and me,
we couldn't find
our way.
We didn't know
which way to go.
??We sort of
??miscalculated,
??Mr. Favor.
- It was a small mistake.
- Natural thing, making
mistakes.
We figured if you'd
sort of let us stroll
along with you
we wouldn't make
no more mistakes.
?- What did you find up ahead?
?- We found some water
and the grass is a lot better
on the other side of the valley.
You'd be wanting to take them
straight through?
???Yeah, Pete, straight through.
?Well, Rowdy, you gonna stand
?around up here all day
or you gonna earn
your pay?
???Never thought I'd be
???glad to see you,
???you old brush popper.
?Hyah!
??What else would you expect
??a crew like yours to do,
??Mr. Favor?
?You had the right hunch
?all the time.
???Looks like you're
???gonna make it.
We'llmake it, Jed.
???
?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'?
???- Hyah!
???-
??- Hyah!
??-
?Rollin', rollin', rollin',
?rollin', rollin', rollin'?
?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 '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 'emout?
?Cut 'em out, ride 'em in?
??Rawhide?
??Rollin', rollin', rollin'?
?Hyah!
?
Hyah!
?Rawhide?
?- Hyah!
?-
Everyonce in a while you
have to get away from the herd,
??so you can listen
??to the sound of it.
?You can tell a lot
?from the way the cattle bawl,
??but the same can't be said
???for the drovers you hire
???along the way.
???It's hard to judge a man
???by his voice.
??That's why we keep gaining
??some, losing others.
?It's my job to judge,
?and sometimes I miss.
?My name's Gil Favor,
?trail boss.
Talby!
I don't want any murders
on my drive.
??That man's a gunman,
??Mr. Favor...
???a killer.
?Well, now, whether you
?believe it or not,
??I wasn't going to kill him.
???I only wanted
???to make him talk.
Long as it's just talk.
If anything happens to that boy,
though, I'll know who did it.
???I told you...
??he's a killer.
You got proof, Talby?
???I can get it if
???you give me a chance.
I'll give you a chance
to get back to camp.
And for your sake,
that boy better stay healthy.
?You've made a bad decision,
?Mr. Favor,
??and on a cattle drive,
???a trail boss can't afford
???to make bad decisions.
Get back to camp.
Talby's been trying to warn you
about Johnny Camber.
Hmm?
I believe him.
That kid does look
like the pictures
of Billy Carter
on the wanted posters,
and Billy Carter
is as bad as they come.
?All I ask of a man
?is he does his job.
As long as Johnny Camber
does that, he stays.
All right, boss.
But you'll be taking the herd
through the toughest country
we've tried yet
with the worst crew
we've ever had.
You've hired a gunman,
a camp...
I know what I hired,
what I'm up against.
??You better stick
??to scouting, Pete.
I'll drive herd.
Boy, I been waiting a week
for this wish.
???You got a mighty peculiar way
???of taking a bath, friend.
Well, I was getting ripe.
You know, as Mr. Favor
always says,
do a thing right and proper
the first time.
You cooking stew again?
?Now, you know darn well
?I'm cooking down tallow
???for lye soap.
Oh. Well,
I should have known.
Smells better than the grub
you been handing out.
Well, what are you
standing there for?
Get on back to work.
Me and Jed was just
talking about it.
Looks mean and
there's a lot of it.
Now, it's
?a wrong time of year.
??Two or three weeks earlier,
??even later,
??we'd have no trouble, but...
??Jed, when you were
??trail-bossing,
??you lost a herd trying
??to take it through
??this way, didn't you?
- Everybody knows that.
- Why did you lose it?
No use putting old Jed
through that.
Why Jed?
Well, like you, I tried it
at the wrong time of year.
??And like you, again,
??the other day,
?I had to take on a lot of
?extra hands I wasn't sure of.
?How far is it across, Pete?
Jed says about 40 miles,
count it most of a week's drive.
???Can we take the herd through?
Well, this is my first time
through here.
???- I can't be sure.
What about water?
Jed tells me there used to be
water out about 12 miles,
but not much of it.
What about going around?
we'd have to cut north
through Touralong Pass,
means doubling back.
Adds up to two or three weeks
more time, but...
???Jed, didn't you say something
??about having trouble
??in Touralong Pass, too?
That's right, Mr. Favor.
Had to turn back.
'Course, that was
a long time ago.
You take a chance
on dried-up creeks and streams,
and the rocky ground
is hard on the cattle's hooves.
- Any better than this?
- That's hard to say.
Two, three weeks...
???we might run into
???the same thing.
?All right, Pete, we'll
?take them through this way.
That settles that.
Mr. Favor knows
what he's doing.
He sure doesn't
want any company
when he goes
to making up his mind.
You're gonna find out, Pete,
??that the man who
??has to make the decisions
??is about the loneliest man
??there is.
What are you doing
in my bedroll?
?Rowdy, just trying
?to give you a hand.
Sticking cockleburs
in a man's bedroll
don't strike me
as being funny.
???I was just
???fishing them out.
Who put them there?
Now, I can't tell you.
You wouldn't want me to.
???It'd just make trouble
???with one of your friends.
Now you listen to me, Myers.
Maybe you were doing me a favor
and maybe you weren't.
Either way, if I catch you
messing around with my gear
again,
I'm gonna stretch your ears.
Now get away from me.
That's the thanks a man gets
for being friendly.
?If you're missing anything,
?you ain't the first one
?in this camp.
A man has to be sure
before he starts talk like that.
??It ain't so hard being
??sure of something.
??But proving it
??is something else.
Talking ain't gonna help
either way.
???That makes you right.
??I just wanted to make sure
you hadn't taken up swallowing
the whole steer, horns and all.
?Cockleburs.
If you hadn't
come busting up,
?I'd have had a chance
?to do something more
?than just talk.
Look, you know
how Mr. Favor feels
about trouble with his crew.
??There ain't gonna be none,
??not without a cause.
??I figure you give a jasper
??like Myers enough rope,
??and he'll throw a loop
??around anything
??that ain't tied down.
???All right, all right.
???I'm shut.
Say, boss, um,
how far does a man go
with something
he isn't sure about?
???You got something
???on your mind,
???let's have it.
Well, this Carl Myers,
he isn't liked around camp.
?Well, now, I didn't
?hire him on
?just to be liked.
Well...
I caught him
going through my bedroll.
He said he was picking out
some cockleburs
some yahoo put there.
Had them in his hand too.
Isn't much
when it's said.
- You missing anything?
- No.
???A man deserves
???the benefit of the doubt.
Yeah.
Check out your supplies?
You never know
the time I didn't.
Heading into dry country
from here on in.
Still time to send a man
into Three Corners,
anything we need.
?- We do it tonight.
?- No need, Mr. Favor.
???Check again
???to make sure.
Check again?
You'd think I was a green-eared
tenderfoot or something.
Mr. Favor, can I have
a word with you private?
?There's nothing you
?can't say in front
?of the rest of the men.
Just as you say, Mr. Favor.
It's about crossing
the dry plains.
It's the wrong time.
?You know it, I know it.
But I want you to know
that I think
you can make it.
That's all I got to say.
Don't you listen to him,
Mr. Favor.
Jed Blaine has been around
these parts for a long time.
???Everybody knows
???that he lost his herd
trying to stake claims
at the wrong time
of the year.
He's never been able
to live it down.
He'd like you
to try this drive,
then he can always say
he ain't the only trail boss
who lost a herd and a crew.
???You believe that,
???Mr. Favor?
Any reason not
to believe it, Jed?
I'm gonna take this herd
straight across.
?Won't be easy,
?but itcanbe done.
?We're gonna keep those cows
?on the move.
You'll eat and sleep
in the saddle.
???Maybe you'll cuss the day
???you signed on,
?but we're going across.
Any man who thinks different
can draw his time right now.
Only a fool would cut
straight across
in this time of weather.
- Not only that...
- Draw your time,
get your gear, get out!
Anybody else want
to go with him?
I don't like to rabbit out
on you, Mr. Favor,
but it wasn't just cows
that died out there with Jed.
It was men too.
I reckon I'll draw my time
and string along with Bates.
How about you, Jed?
?Well, I signed on, Mr. Favor,
?and I'll stay on.
Want to be an eyewitness
if I lose the herd?
I'll stay on.
Rowdy, get the cash box.
Pay those three off.
??See that they're
??out of camp tonight.
Mr. Favor's sure
set in his ways...
???even when he's wrong.
Who says he's wrong?
?I say he's wrong taking
?us through this way.
?And he's wrong thinking
?old Jed would give him
?bum advice
because he wants
to see this herd lost.
Look, Mr. Favor knows
more about taking
a herd through
than you'll
ever know, Pete.
Even if that's right, Rowdy,
it ain't for you to say it.
I'll say what I want to you
or anyone else around here.
It's time you
started wearing it, Billy.
???My name's Johnny.
??Johnny Camber.
It's been a long while,
but I had to make sure
you were Billy Carter
before I killed you.
I told you,
my name's Johnny Camber.
???Now I'll tell you
???something else.
??Keep away from me.
?All right, Billy...
?for now.
I just wanted you to know...
I knew.
?Been looking for you, boss.
- Any trouble?
- No, it's just that...
I don't understand about
us driving across here,
even though the old man
did say you'd have a chance.
Bet Bates was right
about the old man.
I think he was
egging me on
just because misery
needs company.
Yeah, but you're
risking the herd
just to save
a few days.
Look, Rowdy,
the price of beef
jumps up and down
according to supply.
Now, you've got
to reach the market
at a time when the price
is high enough
to make the drive
worthwhile.
Yeah, well...
Well, why don't you say that
to Pete and the others?
??Why do you just...
I can't stop to give a lecture
every time I wanna do something.
They ought to figure
it out themselves.
So should you.
You'd better turn in.
We've got a long day's work
ahead of us tomorrow.
??Yeah. 'Night.
?
???Wishbone, move your wagon
???up ahead near the point.
??We're not stopping
??for chow.
Fix what you can, we'll ride in,
grab it on the run.
Won't wait long, Billy.
Ho.
All right, get back
and dig out one of them hams
and a couple of loaves of bread.
I'm drier than one
of those Indian mummies.
One dipper to a man till we get
to some water.
Mr. Favor's orders.
??Why, you old goat.
You just love giving
orders, don't you?
??Oh, lay off, Rowdy.
Now, what do you got
to shoot your mouth
off about?
???Fine job of trail guiding
???you've been doing.
?Mr. Favor's choosing,
?not mine.
?Not the way
?I see it.
You left him in a hole
by not choosing back there
at Three Corners,
???before we started
???the dry plains.
Coming from a kid
still wet behind the ears,
- I'm going to let that pass.
- Don't do me any favors, Pete.
???I can take care of myself
???with you or any other man
???on this crew.
Pete.
Mr. Favor wants you.
You wanted me?
??How far ahead
??do you make the water?
??About eight miles.
??I think it's too far,
??the shape this herd is in.
I asked how far,
?not what you thought.
Keep 'em moving another two,
three miles, then circle 'em in.
Should reach
that water tomorrow.
???Yes, sir.
??Where's the sugar,
??Wishbone?
Ain't got none.
??Thought you, uh,
??checked out your supplies.
Well, I did.
I counted a sack of beans
instead of sugar.
Doing without sweets
ain't gonna kill none of this
hard-rock outfit.
??If you did your job right,
??we wouldn't have to do
??without anything.
Well, that was my fault,
Mr. Favor.
?I thought it was sugar.
?I don't care
?whose fault it was!
?Still no sugar,
?and no excuse
?for not having any.
Boy, I tell you,
this outfit's falling apart,
and I ain't gonna take
much more of it.
??
??
??Whoever told you pikers
??you knew how to play poker?
??Maybe it's the way you play.
Maybe you're just a poor loser.
???It's better
???than being a poor winner.
??- Or a crooked one.
??-
Now, listen, Clark,
get off my back and stay off.
I'm getting tired of you
and your cracks.
???Myers! Clark!
???One more shindig like this
???and you're both through.
???Myers, you're late
???for your trick at night herd.
No dirty cheat's gonna
draw a pig-sticker on me
and get away with...
?I said that's enough!
???
Oughta... have some music.
Might make things
seem a little better.
Shut up that
caterwauling!
??Just trying to help.
?You all know that Myers
?is a thief and a cheat.
??Mr. Favor had no right
??taking up for him.
You got no call
to say that, Clark.
Mr. Favor didn't
take up for anyone.
?Well, it seemed
?that way to me.
???And you're a poor one
???to talk.
???He tried to steal
???from you too.
You don't know that
any more than I do.
??Half the men in this crew
??are missing stuff
??from their gear
and we all know
who's taking it.
There's nothing lower
than a trail-camp thief.
???There's one thing.
???A woman-killer
???like Billy Carter.
?Maybe some of you heard
?of Billy Carter.
??Fast gun with ten notches.
?I keep wondering
?if he cut another one
for the girl he killed,
my daughter, Jenny.
She was just 18 when she ran off
with young Billy Carter.
???I wasn't home when
???he rode up for a job.
??I hired on with a herd
??on the Goodnight-Loving Trail.
?When I got back,
?she was gone with him,
???and I went after him.
??When I caught up with him,
??Jenny... was dead.
Killed by a bullet
meant for Billy Carter.
?She was going to have
?his baby when she died.
I've been looking for
Billy Carter ever since.
???How's the cattle?
Little restless.
??Say, boss.
Yeah?
???What are you gonna do
???about the trouble
??between Talby
??and Johnny Camber?
DoWhat do you
expect me to do?
I can't wipe the nose
of every man in this outfit.
I think Johnny Camber's
who he says he is.
?You do?
Yes, I do.
???Oh...
?Well, I'm sorry I bothered you.
Nothing but loose dirt out here.
Make digging a grave real easy.
Water hole just past
that swale-back ridge.
No graze, though,
and we'll have to
water them in bunches,
there's only room
for about 50 head at a time.
??Right.
Say, Pete, about yesterday,
well, I...
?I didn't mean to be
?so sharp with you, I, uh...
You don't owe me no apology,
Mr. Favor, you're the boss.
Ride back to Quince and Scarlet.
??Tell them to slow up
??the main body of the herd.
??I'll send the point in
??to water first.
??Rowdy! Break off
??the first 50 head.
?Pete says there's water
?beyond that rise.
Take them in, let them drink,
move them out for the next bunch
to get in.
Right.
Johnny!
?Slow 'em down.
?Break 'em in bunches of 50.
???
???Hey, get 'em out of here!
???Get back!
???Bad water!
??Get 'em out of here!
???
???
??
??Mr. Favor!
??- What's wrong now?
??- Poisoned water.
??I just saw it in time.
??It's all full of bones
?of birds and animals
?that drunk it and died.
???You sure?
??Well, take a look
??for yourself!
?Scarlet, turn the others back.
??They haven't smelled
??the water yet.
?Get 'em back beyond the rise.
?We'll join up later.
Straight poison.
You knew about this,
didn't you, Jed?
It wasn't poison
when I got my herd here,
Mr. Favor.
It wasn't?
It was bone dry.
I should've turned back
and didn't.
All right, let's get
back to the herd.
You'd have gotten
a big laugh out of this
if I'd have taken
a drink of that,
wouldn't you, Pete?
??Rowdy, lay off me.
??I'm not going
??to tell you again.
All right,
break it up.
?- Why, you young...
?- Let him up, Jed.
He's been askin' this
for a long time.
?Stay out of it,
?Mr. Favor.
What's the matter with you?
With both of you?
???Boss, I didn't mean to...
That's the trouble
with this outfit,
nobody means to,
it just happens.
Where do you figure
on stopping?
???I don't.
???Keep them moving.
Yeah, but only,
without water...
There's none out
here for them.
Moon's up.
Must be after midnight.
Mr. Favor,
Pete sent me back.
There's water up ahead.
There ain't much of it,
and it ain't fit for humans,
but it'll keep the cattle
from choking on their tongues.
How far?
About a mile and a half,
no more.
?All right,
?we'll try to make it.
Get back to Wishbone.
Have him move the wagon
up ahead.
??I want coffee and sandwiches
??waiting when we bring
??the herd in.
Wake up, you no good...
???The men will be in
???in a few minutes.
???Wishbone.
Now what?
Look at this bread.
What's the matter with it?
It's hard
as a board.
Can't you even
bake bread?
What with driving
day after day, every day,
and now night after night,
when do I have a chance?
I warned you,
if you can't handle
the job right...
Then say I can't.
Get yourself a new cook,
Mr. Favor.
I'm done!
Gee, Mr. Favor,
you think he means it?
???Mushy, you're
???the new cook.
The men will want
those sandwiches
in five minutes.
?What's the matter
?with you, Wishbone?
Get away from me.
Go on, leave me alone.
?I asked you.
?What's the matter with you?
???What's the matter with me?
What's the matter with everybody
around here?
???What's the matter
???with Mr. Favor?
What's the matter
with you?
Well, I mean quitting like this.
You know Mushy hasn't got
the brains to eat the food,
let alone cook it.
Oh, so now my cooking's
getting good, is it?
??Well, you can just durn well
??thrive on the memory of it,
because it's the last of it
you'll ever get.
??Why, you old coot!
Don't you call me an old coot,
you whelp!
???I don't give a hang
???about your lousy cooking.
I don't give a hang
about what you
give a hang about.
Now, you get out of here
before I...
Before you what?
Before I blast
that whelp face of yours
right out from
under your hat.
You see what
I mean now?
What's what you mean?
You... you're pointing
that gun at me.
You want to fire it,
don't you?
???You're mighty well told,
???I want to fire it.
?Now you get away from me
?before I blast your...
Yeah, I guess I see
what you mean.
???Do you, Wish?
Well, I'm not
so sure I do.
?All I know is,
?a couple days back,
?you wouldn't have poked
?a gun in my face
??no matter how sore
??you got at me.
Something just seems
to have happened.
?Everybody's at
?everybody else's throat
?like a pack of bobcats.
Everybody thinks everybody else
is wrong, too.
?I sure wish I knew why.
??Well, there's certain times,
??I guess,
when everything's got
to go wrong. All wrong.
I don't know,
maybe it's the heat.
?Aw, we've... we've been
?through heat before.
Well, maybe it's Mr. Favor
goin' across the dry plains
when he shoulda gone around.
?Now who says
?he shoulda gone around?
I say.
???Well, who are you to say?
You're not helping him move any,
??quittin' him when
??he needs you the most.
You think you're being
his little helper,
pickin' a fight with Myers
over some cockleburs?
And driving at Pete just
because you think he was wrong
for not warning
Mr. Favor sooner?
- Pete was wrong.
- Who says he was wrong?
- I say he's wrong.
- Who are you to say?
??Well, I'll show you,
??you lice-bitten old coot.
Why, you get out of here
before I blast
that sniveling
whelp face of yours
right off of this wagon.
I...
Where's my watch,
you lowdown thieving coyote?
I don't know what
you're talking about.
?Clark's dead.
Rowdy, tell Mr. Favor
I'll be back.
If I don't...
??Quince, you and Kyle
??take care of him.
???And Joe, go get Mr. Favor,
???will you?
??Whose gear is this?
Johnny Camber's.
???Well, clean it up.
Mushy, help him get
this gear cleaned up.
?Hope Jed catches up
?with that dirty
?murdering thief.
You setting yourself up
as judge and jury?
???I caught up with him.
He might have been
real quick with a knife,
but he wasn't very fast
with a gun.
??Clark had him figured right,
??Mr. Favor.
Most anything belonging
to anybody in this camp
???worth more than a quarter,
???right here.
Isn't this your razor,
Mr. Favor?
??Hey, Mushy, your
??coffee's boiling over.
??Thanks, Mr. Rowdy.
I ain't got the hang
of everything yet.
Is Wishbone still
holding his grouch?
Oh, he's lying in there,
looking up at nothing.
??He didn't even cuss me out
??this morning.
I been thinking, wishing things
was back the way they was.
?Well, you ain't the only one.
I got a hunch
they're gonna get worse.
Next to this, that poison
spring would taste good.
???It might at that,
???Mr. Rowdy.
I've waited
a long time, Billy,
???but I had to be sure.
All right, Talby.
Get your gun, Billy.
Talby, I told you his name
is Johnny Camber.
You can settle
what's between you
when you leave the crew.
???No, Mr. Favor, I'm sorry,
??but it's got to be
??settled now.
?I've waited too long
?to let you or anybody
?else cheat me.
I'm not going to have
any more trouble
in this camp.
???You won't stop me, Mr. Favor.
??You can't.
Billy Carter stole my daughter,
my only child,
and afterwards he killed her
just as if he
pointed the gun hisself.
??Why, I'll kill him
??with my bare hands
??if I have to.
??- Easy, Talby.
Give him his gun.
There's no use
in letting it hang fire.
We can end it right now.
What chance would he
have against you,
Billy Carter,
with ten notches on your gun?
?Stay out of it, Pete.
Is what Talby said
true, Johnny?
???I'm Billy Carter.
???Now give him his gun.
No.
??He won't need one now.
?If this is the way
?you want it, Mr. Favor,
I guess it has to be
all right with me.
??He wanted you to kill him.
??His gun ain't loaded.
??Why?
Going on this way,
thinking about her
every hour of every day...
seeing her face
every time I close my eyes.
He found her picture, but...
...he didn't find this.
Marriage license.
You... and Jenny.
Why didn't you tell me?
??Why should I let you think
??your daughter's name
??was Mrs. Billy Carter?
??It's all over.
??The day we got married
???I let her throw away
???every shell I had for my gun.
???And I swore I'd never
???buy any more.
???I never have.
But the way she died...
???We'd just found out
???she was going to have a baby.
She was so happy
?because I'd just told her
?we were going back to tell you.
But a drunken gunslinger
recognized me
?and drew on me.
Jenny jumped
between us.
???She died there in the street,
? look...
?looking up at me.
???
All right, so I was wrong
about Myers, and Johnny, too.
I got no ownership papers saying
I always got to be right.
It's over and done with.
I want the herd headed up
and moving out in 15 minutes.
???Mr. Favor.
??Some of us haven't had
??a chance to eat yet,
?no rest and not
?a decent meal for days.
??You think you can keep
??pushing men like that,
??you're wrong a third time.
I said I wanted that herd
moving in 15 minutes.
???Then you can move
???them yourself.
??Midway Valley's not
??over four hours' drive
??from here.
There's enough grass there
to rest the herd.
?You don't need a scout.
?You don't need anybody.
Anybody else feels
the same way as Pete,
they can ride out with him.
You're all a bunch
of yellow quitters.
??How about you, Jed?
Well, I signed on
to help get these cows through.
Now, I had a herd quit me once,
but I never quit a herd.
I'm staying, Mr. Favor.
??Talby,
is Johnny able to ride?
You say, Talby.
He can ride enough to help.
We're staying.
Rowdy, get the cash box,
pay them off.
Then let's get these beeves
on the move.
Mushy, you've got your wish,
as of right now you're
a working cowhand.
All right, let's get our gear
and get out of here.
??
Well, I never thought
Pete'd quit.
Scarlet or Quince either.
?What is it?
Dry. Dry as a bone.
Well, Midway Valley
is just over that rise.
Keep 'em moving!
??Midway Valley.
What sun and dust can do
in a few days.
One thing a trail boss needs
is good judgment.
I was wrong about Myers,
Johnny, Jed.
Now it looks like
I've been wrong
thinking I could get this outfit
across the dry plains.
???The way I see it,
?a man takes on a job,
?he ought to see it through,
no matter how much he don't like
it or how much it costs him.
???Should we try turning
???the herd, boss?
Nothing behind them.
It's too late to turn back.
As you might guess,
there's no water.
As far as I know, there's no
chance of finding any water
between here and the end
of the dry plains.
Am I right, Jed?
That's right, Mr. Favor.
That means at least three,
four more days with the cattle.
If we had enough hands, we could
force the cattle across, but...
?with only us,
I don't... I don't
need to tell you.
Can't be done.
All you have to do
is look at them.
??Oh... this is going to be
??kind of hard to say.
I know what you're thinking,
Mr. Favor.
Don't say it.
I guess I know, too.
He's the boss,
let him say it.
???No, that's just the point.
?I don't have the right
?to be boss any longer.
??I'm afraid I've proved that.
All the other hands realized it
and left.
For staying with me...
thanks.
Now, I don't see
how anybody could be
quite as wrong as I was,
still give an order and expect
to have it carried out,
but that's just what
I'm going to do.
I'm giving you
one last order
?and I still expect
?to have it carried out.
??I want you all
??to move out
??on your own,
get through
as best you can.
Without you?
???Lack of water can kill you
??just as quick as it can kill
??the steers.
???What do you plan on doing?
??Staying out here
??with these lousy cows?
???I don't know much
???about droving, Mr. Favor,
but if you're trying
to get rid of us...
That's what he's trying
to do, son.
Oh, now, it's time somebody
begun to talk sense around here.
That's enough, Wishbone.
No, it's not, Mr. Favor.
?I told you to move on,
?all of you!
That's an order!
??You trying to get rid of us
'cause you don't want us
to sit out here
???and watch the cattle drop?
What do I have to do
to get rid of you?
?Don't you understand
?there's no water here?
Not only for the herd,
there's none for you either.
Now, you can get through
if you're not tied down
with the cattle.
So start moving out now.
Look, I have to watch my herd,
but there's nothing says
I got to watch you.
Now, get out of my sight,
all of you!
I ain't got any place
to go, Mr. Favor.
Me neither.
???We can do without water
???for a couple days.
??I ain't a bit thirsty,
??Mr. Favor.
There, you see,
Mr. Favor?
You see?
??You stup...
???
?Well, what are you all
?standing around for?
Let's see if we can get these
lousy cows back on their feet.
???Mr. Favor, out there.
??We got lost.
You got lost?
???Yeah, I...
???It's rough out there.
???Pete, Scarlet and me,
we couldn't find
our way.
We didn't know
which way to go.
??We sort of
??miscalculated,
??Mr. Favor.
- It was a small mistake.
- Natural thing, making
mistakes.
We figured if you'd
sort of let us stroll
along with you
we wouldn't make
no more mistakes.
?- What did you find up ahead?
?- We found some water
and the grass is a lot better
on the other side of the valley.
You'd be wanting to take them
straight through?
???Yeah, Pete, straight through.
?Well, Rowdy, you gonna stand
?around up here all day
or you gonna earn
your pay?
???Never thought I'd be
???glad to see you,
???you old brush popper.
?Hyah!
??What else would you expect
??a crew like yours to do,
??Mr. Favor?
?You had the right hunch
?all the time.
???Looks like you're
???gonna make it.
We'llmake it, Jed.
???
?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'?
???- Hyah!
???-
??- Hyah!
??-
?Rollin', rollin', rollin',
?rollin', rollin', rollin'?
?Rollin', rollin', rollin'?
?