Rawhide (1959–1965): Season 2, Episode 19 - Incident of the Sharpshooter - full transcript

Hyah!

( whip cracks )

♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪

♪ Keep movin', movin', movin' ♪

♪ Though they're disapprovin' ♪

♪ Keep them dogies movin' ♪

♪ Rawhide! ♪

♪ Don't try
To understand 'em ♪

♪ Just rope, throw
And brand 'em ♪

♪ Soon we'll be livin'
High and wide ♪

♪ My heart's calculatin' ♪



♪ My true love
Will be waitin' ♪

♪ Be waiting at the end
Of my ride ♪

♪ Move 'em on, head 'em up
Head 'em up, move 'em on ♪

♪ Move 'em on, head 'em up
Rawhide ♪

♪ Let 'em out, ride 'em in
Ride 'em in, let 'em out ♪

♪ Cut 'em out
Ride 'em in ♪

♪ Rawhide! ♪

♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪

Hyah!

( whip cracks )

Hyah!

( whip cracks )

♪ Rawhide! ♪

Hyah!



( whip cracks )

( whip cracks )

( melancholy theme playing )

( horses snorting )

MAN:
Ah, there's no sense
in going any farther.

We're never gonna catch 'em
in that country.

Well,
we can try.

Well, my horse
can't go much farther.

Mine neither, and I ain't
gonna run him to death

running after
two no-good outlaws.

Well, looks to me like
the liquor's wearing off.

Yeah, but we didn't let 'em
break jail, and you did.

If you wanna
go down in there

lookin' for 'em
and get picked off,

you go ahead.

I'm goin' home.

( melancholy theme playing )

( quiet dramatic theme playing )

Comanches.

"Elemen...tary
Principles of Law."

He was a lawyer.

Fresh outta school.

Looking for some
nice little town

where he could
hang up his shingle.

Stupid guy.

Didn't even
carry a gun.

See what else
he's got worth takin'.

Wouldn't have
much use for this.

Too bad.
Just about your size.

I wonder what it'd be like
to ride into town again

in broad daylight.

( scoffs ):
You ain't liable to find out.

Not in any town
with a telegraph, anyway.

One meal at a table.

One night in a bed.

What's got into you?

I always heard
you were tough.

Just tired, I guess.

Who ain't.

Well, we better get goin'.

Go ahead.

I got an idea.

Like what?

Like being a lawyer.

Huh?

I'm gonna be Mister...

"Mr. Jonathan Williams,

attorney at law."

( laughs )

You off your head?

Maybe.

What are you drivin' at?

Every sheriff within
a thousand miles

has got the word on us.

Any two men seen together
between here and the border:

they're gonna look at 'em,
long and close.

But as Jonathan Williams,
I've got a free pass.

I can go when I want to,
where I want to.

That's right cozy.

You only
forgot one thing:

where does that
leave me?

Find yourself
a dead man...

your size.

Maybe you forgot
you'd still be in jail

if it wasn't for me.

When I busted out

I didn't have
to take you with me.

I could have left you there
to hang.

The only reason
you busted me out

is you needed somebody
to do your thinking for you.

How do you figure I'm gonna
make out with this bum arm?

You'll get along.
You've got no choice.

That's where
you're wrong.

( cocks gun )

( dramatic theme playing )

( majestic theme playing )

( cattle lowing )

( men shouting and whistling )

( harness jingling )

FAVOR:
Afternoon.

Gentlemen.
My name's Favor.

I got a trail herd
just over the rise.

Jonathan Williams,
Mr. Favor.

And I'm certainly
glad to meet you.

You know, you had me
worried for a moment.

I thought maybe you gentlemen
were going to, uh...

hold me up.

( laughs )

This is
Pete Nolan

and
Rowdy Yates.

I suppose you wonder

what I'm doing way out here.

The thought
did cross my mind.

My card, sir.

"Mr. Jonathan Williams,

attorney at law."

At your service.

You wouldn't
just happen to know

of a young,
up-and-coming town

that could use
a good attorney?

I don't know of a young,
up-and-comin' town

around here anywhere.

Well...

it sounded like such
a good idea back East, but...

Well,
now I'm beginning to wonder.

Nobody told me
how big it was.

( laughs )

Well, uh... We'll hit
Prairie Springs in two days.

I don't know how
up and coming it is,

but you're welcome to ride
along with us if you want.

Thank you very much.

I was getting
so lonesome,

I was beginning
to talk to the horses.

Well, as long as they
don't start talkin' back,

you're all right.

( chuckles )

Well, I guess you gentlemen
arrived just in time.

( laughs )

Boy, I sure don't know
how anybody remembers

all this law talk.

It isn't hard if you study
ten or 12 hours a day.

Well, what is this, uh...

"amicus curiae" mean?

I can't go around
giving away my trade secrets.

Otherwise, how would I collect
those fat fees

that I hope to get?

( laughs )

Well, if I ever
get in a jam,

I'll sure look you up.

I'll give you
a special rate.

Say, I heard there was
an Indian raiding party

kickin' up their heels
a few miles back.

You seen any sign of them?

No. If I had,
I wouldn't be here.

You see,
I don't even carry a gun.

I sure wouldn't be caught
out here without one.

Well, I figure there's no sense
in a man carrying a gun

if he doesn't
know how to handle it.

Besides, I'm on
the other side of the fence.

You might have had trouble
getting your message across

to the Indians.

How did you
get started in law, anyway?

Really wanna know?

Yeah.

Well, it, uh,

may sound a little silly,
putting it into words, but...

Well, I feel that
every man wants to do his part.

Make this country
just a little better.

And this is the way
that I'm doing mine.

Defending the innocent.

Helping to promote
law and order.

Little things
like that.

Yeah...

Well, that sounds
like a real fine ambition.

Yeah, well, now I've made
my little speech,

you think I could, uh,

persuade Wishbone
to give me seconds?

Sure, just use some
of that legal talk on him.

( chuckles )

He's a real
nice fellow, isn't he?

Mm.

Well, I guess
I'd better saddle up.

"tipulating the
ad...missibility

of a...priori
evidence."

Hm.

( mysterious theme playing )

( chuckles )

I admit, it isn't much
of a wagon, but it's--

Well, it's the best
I can afford.

Maybe you didn't
see the Indians,

but, uh,
they sure saw you.

What do you mean?

That little hole there
is made by a nice sharp

Indian arrowhead.

You sure?

I've seen a few of 'em.

Guess it happened
to the wagon before I bought it.

Wonder what happened
to the people in it?

Scalped, probably.

( sighs )

Human life doesn't mean much
out here, does it?

Nobody wants to die here

any more than
they do back East.

Only one difference:

out here,

sometimes you don't have
as much to say about it.

Hey, you better
get hitched up.

We've got some miles
to put behind us

before sundown.

( majestic theme playing )

Howdy.
Howdy.

Who's the boss
of this outfit?

I am.

Gil Favor.

I'm from Prairie Springs.

Just got word a couple men
busted jail at White's Junction.

Might be headed this way.

Mm, we haven't
run into 'em.

Any new men joined up
with you last couple of days?

Nope.

Outside of Mr. Williams.

Who's he?

Lawyer.

Been riding with us
since yesterday.

All the rest of my hands
been with me at least six weeks.

Lawyer.

We could, uh--

We could use one
in Prarie Springs.

You'd best
talk to him, then.

I think he's looking
for a place to set up shop.

I will.

Oh, if you, uh,
meet up with any strangers,

watch yourself.

Word is,
one of 'em's left-handed.

Gives him an edge,
if you ain't expectin' it.

Thanks.
I'll remember that.

Howdy.

Yeah?

I, uh,
hear you're a lawyer

lookin' for a place
to alight.

That's right.

We got a right nice town,
Prairie Springs.

You ought
to look it over.

Maybe I will.

Population's getting
bigger all the time.

Ten or 15 years,
ought to be

a right sizeable town.

Better to get in
on the ground floor.

We'll be in before sundown.

You can ride in with us.

Thank you, Mr. Favor.

You, uh, figure on letting
your men come into town tonight?

Be pretty hard
keepin' 'em out.

Even if
I wanted to.

SHERIFF:
Well, you're the boss,
ain't you?

I gather
we're not welcome.

Well, I don't mean you.
It's your men.

Folks in town just don't like
a bunch of trailherders

comin' in and
turning the place upside down.

There's a funny thing
about these towns:

they don't like
anything about my men.

Except the money
they spend.

Are you willing
to be responsible for 'em?

Look, sheriff,

I don't think
they'll give you any trouble.

If they do,
that's your problem.

They're all of age.

What they do on their
own time is none of my business.

Well, all I can say is:
they'd better watch their step.

Yeah.

I'll, uh,
look for you tonight.

Don't, uh, judge the town
by what this crowd does, eh?

Oh, I understand, sheriff.

Men like that
just don't know any better.

( sighs )

( peaceful theme playing )

FAVOR:
Remember,

anybody ends up
in the jug stays there,

as far as I'm concerned.

And Scarlet,
you be sure and be back here

by midnight with six men,

to relieve the men
on night herd.

And drunk or sober,

we hit the trail
tomorrow at dawn.

( all cheering )

MAN:
Yee-haw!

That's a very stirring speech.

Think it'll have any effect?

Nope...

but I done my duty.

( clucks at horses )

Hyah.

Sure you
won't need me?

You go on.

Just stay out
of any poker games.

Are you ever
gonna give up

tryin' to fill
inside straights?

( chuckles )

I'll make it
one of these days.

Why ain't you goin'?

Same as you:
gettin' old, I guess.

'Sides, somebody's
got to mind the store.

I'm not gettin' old,
and you know it!

I'm just savin' my money
so I can have me a nest egg,

so I can quit this
miserable job of cookin'

for that bunch of unruly,
ungrateful baboons!

You do it.

( cork pops )

That'll be
the day we bury you.

( men whooping )

( lively theme playing )

( men cheering, whooping )

( honky-tonk piano
music playing inside saloon )

Think you're gonna
need any extra deputies?

I'll be busy enough
without lookin' after deputies.

Evenin',
sheriff.

Hello. What about
that lawyer?

Isn't he with you?
Oh, him?

Yeah, he ought to be
along anytime now.

( harness jingling )

Whoa-oh!

Hello, sheriff!

Evenin', Mr. Williams.

We've been waitin' for you.

Oh, uh, Mr. Williams,
this is Judge Sanders.

How do you do?
How you doing, sir?

Fred Milton.
How do you do?

Milton.
Mayor Watkins.

Mayor.

We understand
you're looking

for a good town to hang
your shingle out in.

Well, that's
the general idea.

WATKINS:
Well, maybe we're prejudiced,

but we think Prairie Springs
is the best there is.

Well, I'm surprised that
you don't have a good lawyer.

Well, we did have,
but he died last year.

Dissatisfied client?

WATKINS:
No, dissatisfied liver.

( laughs )

Well, why don't
we all go to the hotel,

and we'll have supper
and we'll gang up on you!

( laughs )

Fine, but first
I'd like to get a room.

Then I want a bath
and some clean clothes.

I've been waiting
for two weeks.

The hotel is just
a block up the street.

We'll be
looking for you.

Fine.

Nice to have met you, gentlemen.

See you later.

( clucks to horses )

Hey, hey!

Well,
what do you think?

Mm, seems like
a smart enough fella.

Harry?

Nah, he looks kinda young.

But on the other hand, this
isn't exactly the Supreme Court.

( both chuckle )
Come on.

I'd like a room.

Day, week, or month?
I don't know yet.

I'm more interested
in a hot bath.

That'll be
50 cents extra.

How soon
can I have it?

Soon as I get
the water heated!

I'll call you
when it's ready.

A dollar and a half
in advance.

Do I look like
the kind of a man

that would, uh,

run out
on a hotel bill?

Well,
everybody does to me.

Don't exactly make
for good relations,

but on the other hand, there
ain't no other hotel in town!

Room 4,
upstairs to your right.

( coins clinking )

Well, something else
I can do for you?

The key.

Well, do no good
to have keys.

There ain't
no locks on the rooms!

You want yourself
a room with a lock on it,

get yourself
a room in the jail!

( laughs )

Well, I'll...
get the water started.

( quiet theme playing )

( dramatic theme playing )

( indistinct chattering )

Hey, here, buddy.
Get ready now.

How you doin', there, Jim?

Wake up, Pete!

Yeah, you're a real
whoop-it-up companion, Pete.

I'm sleepy already.
Let's go on back to the herd.

I thought we could get into
this game in a few minutes.

You remember what Mr. Favor
said about gambling.

Pete, I'll bet you never
drew to an inside straight.

I'll bet if more men did,

I wouldn't have to
work for a living.

Well, just the same,

I feel like some action.

I'm gonna sit in over here.

All right, you always remember
how nice it was when you had it!

Mm-hm.

( sighs )

Well, thanks for a pleasant
evening, Mr. Mayor.

Oh, thank you.

Uh, you don't have to
say yes right now.

We just wanted
to give you some idea

of what kind of business
you could expect.

Well,
it's very interesting.

I'm planning on
laying over here for two days,

so, um...

I'll think it over.

Well, I'll see you tomorrow,
Mr. Williams.

Good night, judge.
Good night.

Till tomorrow, then.

Thanks for the dinner.
Bye.

I, um, didn't wanna
say anything about it

in there, Mr. Williams.

But if you need a loan
to help you get started,

my bank can help you out.

Well, that's
very kind of you.

Well, I, uh...

I make loans
on character

as well
as collateral.

( men laughing )

( chuckles ):
Well,

there won't be much
peace and quiet

around here tonight.

That reminds me,

I've got $2,000
in a suitcase upstairs.

It's, um...

Well, it's all the money
I've got in the world!

I'd feel much better
if it was in your bank.

Why, certainly.

Bring it around
in the morning.

Well, that is,
provided I still have it

in the morning.

You know, this hotel
doesn't have locks

on any of its doors,
and, uh...

As you can see,
there is gonna be

quite a bit of drinking.

I know it's
after hours,

but, uh,
I would feel much safer

if it were in your bank.

Well,
I don't see why not.

I've got
the keys with me.

Thank you very much.

It'll just
take me a minute

to get the money.

( suspenseful theme playing )

( indistinct chattering )

Call.

Well, I guess
that does it.

Better luck
next time.

That's what
I keep tellin' myself.

This is, uh,
a little irregular,

but anything
to get a depositor.

Thank you.

( tense theme playing )

( grunts )

There's a vacant office
a couple blocks from here.

I could show it to you
in the morning.

I'll give you
a receipt for your money.

( gunshot )
( groans )

( menacing theme playing )

( door latch clicks )

( gunshot )

( indistinct chatter )

( piano playing )

WILLIAMS:
Sheriff!

I just heard a shot
up on the next block.

I couldn't see
anybody around,

so I thought
I'd better try to find you.

Probably some drunken
trailhand, but I'll take a look.

I'm sure it was
around here somewhere.

I was standing
on the hotel porch.

I could hear it
very clear.

SHERIFF:
Hold it!

Well, sheriff, I was
just looking for you.

There's a dead man in there.
Give me your gun.

Well, what for? Look, I found--

Give it to me!

Now, inside.

I found this dead man in here--
You told me.

He's right over here.

I heard this shot,
and I saw the light on, and...

Well, wait a minute.
You don't think I did this?

Well, suppose you
tell me who did.

All I know is
I heard this shot,

and when I came in here,

somebody must have
hit me on the head.

When I came to,
I saw him lying there.

That's when I came after you!

SHERIFF:
One shot.

In the back.

One empty chamber.

What are you talkin' about?

That hasn't been fired
in a week!

It's been fired
within the hour.

That's a lie!

I wouldn't know.

But you would.

( eerie theme playing )

Well...

s-s-somebody
must have fired it.

The same person
who hit me on the head!

Well, look,
if you don't believe me, look.

Lookit there.
There's a--

There's a lump
the size of a walnut.

It's too bad Fred Milton
didn't bust your head wide open.

Fred Milton?

He didn't do it!
He was dead when I came in here.

Empty your pockets.

ROWDY:
Now, look, sheriff,

why aren't you--?

I said empty your pockets!

( dramatic theme playing )

Let's go.

( stammering )

Wait a minute, sheriff.
Somebody must have planted--

Fred Milton
was a friend of mine.

You better get
into that jail, mister,

before I forget
I'm wearin' this badge.

Come on.

Lock the safe,
will you, Mr. Williams?

Go on!

( dramatic theme playing )

( door opens )

I understand you're holding
one of my men for murder.

That's right.

Now, I don't know
what kind of a case

you've got against him,

but I do know
Yates well enough

to know that he
wouldn't murder anybody.

One of our
most respected citizens

was found last night
in his office at the bank

with a bullet in his back.

The safe was open.

Your man
was caught comin' out.

His gun had just been fired.

He had bank money
in his pocket.

Any questions?

Can I see him?

Thanks.

Boss,
I'm sorry.

I didn't mean
to cause any trouble.

Believe me--
Take it easy.

Boy, that's pretty hard to do
when you're accused of murder.

Sheriff told me
about it.

Got any ideas
how this all happened?

Well, I wish I did.

I-- I told
the sheriff all I know,

but he won't believe me.

Well, I'm not
the sheriff.

I'll listen.

( sighs ):
Well...

I was leavin' town
and ridin' back to camp,

and I-I hear this shot.

And I-I look around, and
I see this light in the bank.

So I go over there,
and...the door's unlocked,

so I walk in.

Next thing I know,
I'm comin' to on the floor

with a...lump
on the back of my head.

And this fella Milton's
lying over there dead.

So I run out
to get the sheriff,

and here he comes
up the street with Williams.

Williams?
Yeah.

And, uh, the sheriff--
He checks my gun,

and it's been fired.

I could smell
the gunpowder on it too.

And there was...
some of the safe's money

in my pocket.

You never saw
who hit you?

( sighs )

If I did,
I sure wouldn't be here now.

You believe me,
don't you, boss?

Sure...

but I'm not the judge.

We're gonna have to
find out who framed you.

Yeah, well...
what about the herd?

How long are you gonna
be able to hang around here,

tryin' to help me?

As long as it takes.

Try and get some sleep.

What are you doing
about finding the man

who hit him?

What do you suggest?

Put an ad in the paper?

Let's get
somethin' straight:

I'm not gonna stand around
and see you railroad

one of my men into
the wrong end of a rope.

Now you get
this straight, mister:

nobody's railroaded
around here.

I think your man
killed Milton.

I think it's as plain
as the nose on your face.

And if the judge thinks so too,
he's gonna hang.

And if you and your trailhands
try to stop it,

he'll have company.

The town will
see to that.

Is that clear?

When are you
gonna try him?

Tomorrow.

If it wasn't Sunday,
we'd do it today.

Bet you would.

( ominous theme playing )

Mr. Favor.

Saw you ride into town.

Your boy got himself
in quite a mess.

So the sheriff
was tellin' me.

I haven't seen him
since they locked him up.

Is there any news?

Only news is,
somebody hit him

on the back of the head.

Well, I'll certainly be glad
to help in any way I can.

I'm happy
to offer my services.

You just got yourself a client.

Good.

Let's go up to my room

and see what we can think of.

Yeah, it isn't
much of an alibi:

an unknown man
that he didn't see.

He's got a lump on his head
to back it up.

( sighs )

Milton could have
done that before he was shot.

Hm.

Can he account
for where he was

before it happened?

He and Pete had a drink
together at the saloon,

and Pete says he left him
to get in a poker game.

Well, that'll
be easy to check.

I...

appreciate what you're doin'.

Takin' this on won't make you
very popular around here.

Well, I wouldn't think
very much of myself

if I let that stop me.

Yeah,
sure I remember.

Ain't easy to forget
that bad of poker player.

He'd stay on anything.

Was he drunk
when he left here?

Drunk?

No,
I don't think so.

Just broke.

I hear they're gonna
hang him tomorrow.

You better
get there early.

You wouldn't
wanna miss it.

I sure wouldn't.

Fred Milton
was a good man.

Well, that didn't help much.

Now they've got a motive.

First he gets
cleaned out gambling,

on the way back to camp
he sees Mr. Milton

going into the bank,

and gets an idea
how to get his bankroll back.

You're making a pretty
good case against him.

I'm not making anything,
it's already there.

But it's always nice to know
what you're up against.

Good morning,
Mr. Williams.

Oh, good morning.

That was a terrible
thing last night.

WILLIAMS:
Yes, it was.

WATKINS:
Must have happened
right after he left you.

Well, hardly
ten minutes had passed.

I was still
on the hotel porch

having a smoke
when it happened.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Mayor Watkins,
this is Gil Favor,

trail boss of the herd
that Yates was in.

The sheriff tried to get you
to keep your men out of town,

Mr. Favor.

I trust now you'll agree
it would have been better.

Your folks don't even
wait for a trial, do they?

Not in a case like this.

Well, that isn't fair.

And as a lawyer
for Mr. Yates, I'd like--

You're defending him?

Every man is entitled
to legal representation.

I'm aware of that,
Mr. Williams.

Good day.

Well, I'm not so sure

I wanna settle
in this town anyway.

Besides, I feel a little
guilty about what happened.

If I hadn't heard the shot
and got hold of the sheriff,

Yates wouldn't be in jail.

Well, maybe that's
one reason I wanna help.

The question is,
what can we do?

Unless we find that man...

Do you ever stop to think...

maybe there never was a man?

No.

I told you all I know.

What do you want me to do,
make up somethin'?

Take it easy.

Quit tellin' me
to take it easy!

I'll take it easy
when I leave

this stinkin' town behind!
All right, all right.

Just thought there
might be somethin'

you'd overlooked
that could help us.

We have to have some kind
of a case for you in court.

I always thought
a man was innocent

until proven guilty!

How can I be proven guilty?
I didn't do it!

Let's go over it
once more.

Just to be sure.

( sighs ):
All right.

Like I told you before,

I was ridin' out to camp.

I hear this noise
that sounds kinda like a shot.

Kinda like a shot?

You've heard
enough shots to know.

Well,
this wasn't the same.

It was...
kinda muffled.

You notice that
when you heard it?

I haven't heard
enough shots to, uh...

know the difference.

Anything else?

Uh...that's all
I can think of.

What about
the rest of the men?

Pete's checkin' on it.

So far, all of 'em
are accounted for.

Oh...

I'm sorry
I blew up.

It doesn't look
too good, does it?

FAVOR:
We'll keep trying.

( tense theme playing )

( dramatic theme playing )

Mind if we
sit down?

No. If it's business,
go ahead.

As far as we know,

all our men can account
for their time last night.

How about
your people?

Anybody have
a grudge against Milton,

or...owe him money?

Lots of people
owed him money.

That was
his business.

But he never
crowded anybody for it.

You mean to tell me

there's nobody
in this whole town

that you might not even
have cause to suspect?

( cup clinks on table )

If there was anybody
I thought would do

a thing like that
to Fred Milton,

I'd have run him
outta town

a long time ago.

Anything else?

No...

but thanks
for your cooperation.

( coin clinks )

Buy you a drink?

No...thanks.

Whiskey.

Well, I might as well
level with you.

The way things stand now,
the best lawyer in the country

couldn't keep Yates
from being convicted.

And I'm probably
far from the best.

You've done
everything you could.

A miracle
might still happen...

but I'd hate to bet
Yates' life on it.

Officially, I...

Well, I can't recommend

that you take the law
into your own hands.

Speaking to you
as a friend,

that's the only way
you're gonna keep Yates

from hanging tomorrow.

Yeah, I know.

And it won't be easy.

'Cause they'll
be ready for you.

I know that too.

So...?

He's not gonna hang.

( grim theme playing )

( horses snorting )

( hammering )

How's it look?

Not good.

( hammering continues )

Anytime you're ready,
you say the word.

You tell 'em
to stick around.

We've got
24 hours yet.

Can I talk to Rowdy?

Might buck him up a little.

Go ahead.

I'd like a room.

Day, week or month?

Let's start
with a day.

Well, that'll be
a dollar and a half in advance.

Oh, and say,
when Mr. Williams comes in,

tell him I'm here,
will you?

Sure thing.

Room 3,
upstairs to your right.

Come for the hangin'?

( sighs )

( chattering indistinctly )

( groans )

( sniffs )

You got any towels?

Williams?

( clears throat )

( sighs )

( dramatic theme playing )

( gun cylinder clicking )

( suspenseful theme playing )

He's
all right.

Let's get
a drink.

I hope they don't
start any trouble.

This might be
a good time to be at home.

See you later, judge.

HOTEL CLERK:
Mr. Williams?

Mr. Favor told me
to tell you he was here.

Room 3,
right next to yours.

Thanks.

( sighs )

( dramatic theme playing )

( scoffs )

( tense theme playing )

Come in.

The clerk told me
you'd checked in.

I figured I ought to
stick around overnight.

Thought of anything?

Nothing
worth mentioning.

Look, we're working together.

If you have an idea,
maybe I could help you with it.

Well, I...

I was wonderin'...

what kind of a man
would deliberately frame

an innocent man?

Let him get hanged
for something he didn't do?

I'd say, uh....

a man that's trying
to save his own neck.

Everybody does.

It's just
a question of

how far a man's
willing to go to do it?

It's easy to make the rules
if it isn't your neck.

( laughs )

I'm not
making any rules.

I'm just wonderin'
how that kind of a man

feels when he has to
look at himself in a mirror.

Well, maybe you don't
have to wonder any longer.

It feels fine.

So it was you.

Since you're
so interested,

the way that I feel:

I like to say
that I feel very smart.

Much smarter than
the penny-ante cowhand.

You're left-handed.

You must be one of the two
outlaws they're lookin' for.

Hey, you're
a real detective.

You've got everything
all figured out.

Won't do you
any good.

It might.

If you think that kid trick

of removing the bullets
from this gun worked,

take a closer look.

( dramatic theme playing )

You know all the tricks,
don't you?

I get along.

It...

It wouldn't
do any good to try

and make a deal
with you, would it?

I've either got to
kill you or trust you.

I don't trust anybody.

How you gonna
explain killin' me?

Well, I'll just
tell them that, uh...

you wanted me
to help you

get him out of jail.

We fought.

You lost.

Why didn't you kill Rowdy
in the first place?

Instead of
going through all this?

Well,
if I'd have killed him,

they'd be looking
for the man that did it.

If I'd left town,
they'd become suspicious.

This way, they think
they've got it all wrapped up.

I can leave
anytime I want to.

Nobody'll think
anything about it.

Any more questions?

It doesn't
bother you a bit:

eatin' a man's food,
drinkin' his liquor...

and killin' him
in cold blood?

That's the way
it goes.

Might as well
get it over with then.

You know, I...

Well, I kind of wish
I didn't have to do this.

Thanks.

Comin' from you,
it's a compliment.

Sorry.

( cocks gun )

( clicking )

You might as well
quit tryin'.

It, uh, won't fire
without a firin' pin.

( clicks )

I figured you'd, uh,
be so pleased

finding out
that first kid trick,

you wouldn't bother
to look for another one.

Well, let's, uh...

Let's take a trip
down to the jail.

I do wanna see
the sheriff's face.

( dramatic theme playing )

Oh, I was just comin' up
to your room, Mr. Favor.

I forgot to give
you a towel.

I don't need it,
thanks.

I found one.

( dramatic theme swells )

( cattle lowing )

Get those
beeves movin'.

All right.

Let's head 'em up
and move 'em out!

MAN:
Yo-oh! Hyah!

♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪

♪ Rollin', rollin'
Rollin' ♪

♪ Keep rollin', rollin'
Rollin' ♪

♪ Though the streams
Are swollen ♪

♪ Keep them dogies rollin' ♪

♪ Rawhide! ♪

♪ Through rain and wind
And weather ♪

♪ Hell-bent for leather ♪

♪ Wishin' my gal
Was by my side ♪

♪ All the things I'm missin' ♪

♪ Good vittles
Love and kissin' ♪

♪ Are waiting at the end
Of my ride ♪

♪ Move 'em on, head 'em up
Head 'em up, move 'em on ♪

♪ Move 'em on, head 'em up
Rawhide ♪

♪ Let 'em out, ride 'em in
Ride 'em in, let 'em out ♪

♪ Cut 'em out
Ride 'em in ♪

♪ Rawhide! ♪

♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪

Hyah!

( whip cracks )

Hyah!

( whip cracks )

♪ Rawhide! ♪

Hyah!

( whip cracks )

Hyah!

( whip cracks )

♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪

♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪