Rawhide (1959–1965): Season 3, Episode 25 - Incident of the Running Man - full transcript

Hyah!

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Keep movin', movin', movin'

Though they're disapprovin'

Keep them dogies movin'

Rawhide!

Don't try
To understand 'em

Just rope, throw
And brand 'em

Soon we'll be livin'
High and wide

My heart's calculatin'

My true love
Will be waitin'



Be waiting at the end
Of my ride

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

Move 'em on, head 'em up
Rawhide

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

Cut 'em out
Ride 'em in

Rawhide!

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Hyah!

Hyah!

Rawhide!

Hyah!

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Hold it.

I'm the deputy
sheriff.



I lost my horse,
so I'm takin' yours.

Put your hands up.

Get down.

You don't look like
no deputy sheriff to me.

But that rifle ends any arguin'.

All right, mister, now we got
time to talk about it.

As a horse thief,
you're pretty bad, mister.

I'm no horse thief.

My name's Toland.
I'm a deputy out of Raleigh.

Sure you are.

Can you prove that?

Nothing. They stripped me clean.

I gotta get to Camp Henley.

If I can't have your horse,
you take me.

First, you wanna take my horse,

then you want me to ride
40 miles out of the way.

What else you got
to talk about?

Who's after you, anyway?

Can I have
your horse?

Look, Raleigh's
only six miles away.

You can walk it.

I'll tell you
what.

You're a deputy.
I'll tell the sheriff.

Maybe he'll come out
and get you.

Mister, I swear...

Here you go.

No way.

What are you doin'?

Now you gotta take me,
don't you?

Now get us on
that horse of yours.

Why, you...

You try and make me, huh?

Now, where's the key?

I ain't talk.

For your sake.

You better remember
where it is.

They're gonna kill me.
They'll kill you too

if we don't get
outta here fast.

Who is?

Part of the gang that
wiped out two Army wagons

at Feather Canyon last night.

Well, you ain't
makin' much sense.

Let me tell you...

this Army wagon stopped...

in Feather Canyon.

They stopped for
the night,

and I figured to have
supper with 'em.

There were 25 of 'em.
Replacements for Camp Henley.

They hit us so fast
and so hard,

we didn't have a chance
to blink our eyes.

By who? Comanches?

There ain't any of them
within 50 miles of here.

White men. They thought
they'd massacred us all.

That's how I got
stripped clean.

I played dead.

But I heard what
they were up to.

They're gonna ride
into Camp Henley tomorrow,

posin' as
the replacements.

They're gonna take over
the whole garrison.

What are you talkin' about?
Who's gonna ride in there?

I don't know.

I waited for
my chance while

they were strippi"
the bodies,

puttin' on the uniforms
themselves.

I crawled away,
grabbed a horse,

but some of 'em
saw me.

You don't think
they're gonna

let me run around loose,
do you?

They gotta come
after me.

Well, maybe they...
Maybe they gave up.

Maybe they gave up on you.

No, they're
out there somewhere.

I would've made it if
I hadn't of lost my horse.

Mister, I think
you lost your brain.

You know what it means
to lose that camp?

No protection
in this whole territory.

That gang will loot
every town.

They'll raid and rob
every ranch.

They'll cut down
every traveler.

That's their plan.

Well, if you're
lyin' to me, mister...

I'm not lyin'.

Forty miles. That's a long way,
even for a single rider.

Just get me
there, mister.

I gotta let 'em know
what's happened.

Sometimes it
doesn't pay a man

to roll out of his blanket
in the morning.

I think you're
outta your mind,

but I'll take you
to your sheriff.

Look... you're dyin'.

So you got no reason
for not telling me

where that key is.

Or if you lied
to me.

I'm dyin', all right.

But I ain't lied to you.

You'll see.

What you waitin' for?

You want him to turn around
and face you?

Hold it.

Boy, am I glad
to see you, sheriff.

Yeah, I'll bet
you are.

Hey, now, wait a minute.
I didn't shoot him.

He had me handcuffed because
he wanted me to take him

to Camp Henley.

You're the sheriff from Raleigh,
aren't you?

Who you tryin' to fool, mister?

My name's McVey.

What was my deputy
bringin' you in for?

He wasn't
bringin' me in.

Somebody up there
shot him.

I don't see
nobody up there.

Well, they were there
a few minutes ago.

Latch, turn him
loose.

Where's Toland's
horse?

He didn't
have a horse.

He was gonna take my horse
so he could get to Camp Henley.

What are you doin' out here?
Y-you know about it too, huh?

Know about what?

We're to meet
a couple of Army wagons

from Feather Canyon.

Yeah, that's the one
he was talkin' about.

That's... That's the wagon.
He said all the men were killed.

A-and they... They were
comin' after him

to keep him from gettin'
to Henley.

They're gonna...
They wanna take the place over.

Who is?

I don't know.

Look, sheriff,
I swear I didn't kill him.

He said there were some men
after him.

Latch, go up
and look.

All right,
get him mounted.

Takin' him in.

What are you
takin' me in for?

A murder.

I can... I can
prove who I am.

I've got papers,
but we're...

I'm with an outfit goin'
north of here to Sedalia.

I don't care
who you are, mister.

Toland didn't have you
manacled for pleasure.

Will you...? Will you take me
to Camp Henley?

Or send a man
to my outfit.

It's only a day's ride
from here.

He'll... Ask for a Gil Favor.
He'll tell you about it.

You can tell this story
to the circuit judge.

He'll be in town
in about a week.

A week?
Move.
Come on.

Look, there's liable to be
a massacre in this area

before a week.

Latch. You up there?

Pass out the posters, Hollis.

A hundred dollars
to the man

who brings
in Yates.

There are two or three
other men with him.

They couldn't have got far
in the last couple hours.

And remember:

They killed three of
my deputies.

Get back. Get back,
you men.

Let Mr. Baines through.

Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.

I thank you,
Mr. Hollis.

I thank all of you boys

for your respect
to the dear departed.

Oh, boys, if any of you want
shaves or barberin',

I'll be back in my chair
in about an hour.

Uh, we'll be riding all night.

Oh, yes. I heard about that.

That's a sorry business.

Well, I hope you get
your culprits, Mr. McVey.

I'm only sorry, boys,
that you won't be

at the funeral
of dear old Mrs. Purdy here,

because she liked all of you,
every one.

Now, you say
a prayer for her.

Giddap.

All right, let's
spread out and find him.

Man, if we ain't found him,
they ain't found him either.

You hope.

You know what I'm thinkin'?

I'm thinkin'
I'll get me a shave.

And I'm thinkin' about

gettin' me some of that...

...smelly perfume water.

You ain't doin' nothin'
till we stable the horses.

Twenty years I've
been married to you.

How many times
do I have to tell you

not to leave cash
in the register?

Honey, I told you.
I forgot.

You forgot.

You ain't got
brains enough

to come out of the rain,
have you, Nathan?

And what are
you leavin' money

on the counter for?

I didn't leave any money
on the counter.

Then what is this?

Oh. No. Nathan!

Nathan!

Help!

Go on. Help!

Help!

It is him.
The man with Cole.

Alfred, no. We've
got to take him alive.

Well, let's get him then.

She was a loyal wife
and mother,

and none of us ever
had a finer friend

than this sweet soul.

And now
let us pray.

Dear Lord...

we thank thee for letting us
know Martha Purdy

for a spell.

And now we send her
back home to thee...

with our love

and our gratitude...

and our regrets.

Mostly, our regrets

for not having done
better by her,

but knowing
that you will.

Amen.

I take it you're
in trouble, Mr. Yates.

Oh, you were described
on a poster they put out

earlier this evening.

Now, look, mister.
I don't know...

No, no. Don't worry.

I'm not as hasty
as our sheriff.

I like to listen
before I pass judgment.

Who are you?

My name is Baines.
Simon Baines.

And I'm a man of
compassion, I hope.

Look, Mr. Baines, I didn't
kill those three men.

Oh, I've got a hunch
you're telling the truth.

Now, you can be safe for a while
down at my place. Come on.

And we'll have to drive
through town,

so you climb
inside the hearse.

Oh... Just for
a spell.

Guess I'm the first customer
who ever climbed out of there

on his own, huh?

Well, let's hope you stay
that lucky, Mr. Yates.

This way.

Now, sir...

you're all safe and snug.

Oh, I sure can't
figure you out, mister.

I've seen a lot of
killers in my time, son.

You don't
look like one.

I'm no killer.

Well, now, tell me how you got
yourself in all this trouble.

Well, I...

just wish that
Mr. Favor hadn't

sent me on this job,
that's all.

Who's Mr. Favor?

He's my boss.

I'm up here buyin'
some cattle for him.

That's how I ran across
this Deputy Toland, and...

Well, Toland wanted to
take my horse.

Said he had to get
to Camp Henley.

Said a gang had killed
25 soldiers

up around some Feather Canyon,
or someplace.

And they got into
the Army uniforms.

They're gonna get inside
Camp Henley.

To do what?

Take over this territory,
I guess.

Rob it blind.

Well...

Well, I can see why
the sheriff didn't believe you.

But y... You've gotta
believe me, Mr. Baines.

I didn't believe it either
until Toland was killed.

Oh, somebody else
killed him?

Yeah, two men.

I just got away from 'em
in town here ten minutes ago.

Oh, they're
in town, huh?

Yeah, I told you,
I just got away from 'em.

Oh. Ahem.
Never let a razor

get dull, Mr. Yates.

Outside of mentioning this
incredible story to McVey...

have you told anyone else?

No, not a soul.

I've been out hikin'
across the desert.

Ah, I came here to get a gun
and a horse, that's all.

I gotta get to that camp.

S... Say, maybe you can
help me get a horse.

Oh, I'm sure I can.

But what you need
right now, my boy,

is to lie back
and relax.

Uh... Maybe a shave
would calm you down.

No, thanks. I shave
myself, and...

About the horse, you think y...?
Maybe you could get it?

Now, how's a horse gonna
get you outta this mess?

'Cause if get to
Camp Henley before tomorrow,

and this story's true,

I'll be
cleared.

And if it's a lie?

Oh. Well, I can't
think of that now.

As a matter of fact...

it's as true
as gospel, Mr. Yates.

Well... how'd you get him?

Ha-ha. With
loving kindness.

Well... What kind of
a joke is this?

It's no joke.
Well, now,
you shut up.

You've muddled things up
enough as it is.

They sent you after
Toland, you end up here.

Look, we tried.

Well, you didn't
try hard enough.

You're in
on this too, huh?

We're all mixed up in it,
Mr. Yates.

Thirty of us.

Oh, I don't call myself
the leader,

but I am handling
this end.

I'm a poor barber...

but a magnificent mortician.

Stop using
my merchandise.

Oh! Now, son, I wouldn't
move if I were you.

I'm gonna give you
a very nice funeral,

with appropriate arrangements.

And I got a name
for his tombstone:

Alabaster O'Toole.

That's a fella
I met up in, uh...

Up in the Dakotas.

I didn't know him
but about five minutes.

Pow!

Put that back
where you found it.

How come you let me
get this far?

Well, I had to know
if you'd spoken to anyone

who might've believed
your story.

I told Sheriff McVey about it.

Oh, I'm not worried
about McVey believing.

All right,
let's get to it.

Why don't we just shoot him
and turn him in?

Maybe there's
a reward.

How about that? Us getting
a reward for findin' you?

Let him up.

All right,
let's get at it.

Now, patience.

Patience, that's
the key to joy, Slade.

We don't want
any noise.

A nice, quiet
departure.

Talk like takin' a man's life
means nothin' to you.

It doesn't.

Not after I've planned
for a full year...

to wipe out Camp Henley.

And you were right
about that.

There won't be
an Army detachment

within
a hundred miles

to stop us
after tomorrow.

Hold him in the chair, boys.

Ooh!
Ooh!

Hold it!

Hold it. Put up
those guns.

He can't get out of town.
Now, just walk softly.

Come on.

This ought to
do it, Trager.

You got enough feed and grain
to last you a month.

Now, if you'll pay me my $30
and get on home,

I'll get to mine.

How do I know
you put in what I ordered?

I ever
cheated you yet?

Well, there's
always a first time.

And check
the wagon.

I kept the store open
special for you,

and that's
the thanks I get.

Send me a bill!

You know I never paid you yet
till I seen what you give me.

Uh... Uh...

What do you
got there?

You know what I told you
about buying things.

I just bought some seeds, Lem.
I want to plant a garden.

Flower seeds?
Give 'em back.

Go on! Give 'em back.
You think I'm made of money?

Now, get up on that wagon seat,
and let's get on out of here.

Evening,
Mrs. Trager.

Do you mind us
searching your wagon?

What for?

We're looking for
the thief

that ran out of the general
store this evening.

You're kind of
overdoing it, ain't you?

Mr. Cory said he didn't
steal nothin'.

You got anything
against us looking?

Maddy and me have
gotta get home,

that's what I got against it.

He's not in there.

And you said you wanted to
get home in a hurry, Lem.

Lem says we've gotta
get home, Mr. Baines.

You know
how it is.

Yeah, Mr. Baines,
and the whole town

knows how it is with that
high spender I married.

No. No, no.

It's all right.

We're sorry to
trouble you, ma'am.

Giddap. Giddap.

You mind telling me
what's wrong with you?

I'm always touched
by a lady in trouble.

She's certainly got enough
with that man she's married to.

No need for us
to add to it.

Yeah, but I think
he still could have...

Oh, the man we're after?
What's he doing in the wagon?

He'd be looking for a lot faster
way out of town than that.

Anyway, there's no problem.

We're thinking wrong.

He wants to get to that camp.

All right, let him try.

You two are gonna
be there ahead of him.

And when he shows,
whatever you do to him,

the sheriff will thank you.

What about you? You
getting out tonight?

Right now.

And how's that
fine lieutenant

gonna take
all this.

Well, he hasn't got
much choice, has he?

Go on. Get along,
you two.

You ain't opened your mouth
since we left town.

You got a chill?

No.

You go on in
to bed.

I'll unload the wagon.

Leave it be,
Lem.

It can wait.

Come on in
with me.

Maddy...

you sound...

nice.

Maybe I'll reconsider.

Let go.

Lem...

please.

Don't you
hurt him.

Don't hurt him.

What are you doing
in that wagon, boy?

Answer me!

Mister, uh...

all I wanna do
is buy a horse.

Why, you're not able to ride.

You mean you want
to steal a horse,

if I hadn't
caught you.

Oh, I got money. I got money.

You're that thief.

The one they were talking about.
Running from the store.

It's him, Maddy.

I'm no thief.
I'm no thief.

I gotta get to
Camp Henley. Help me...

He hasn't done you
any harm, Lem.

He's hurt.

He can't move.
You don't have to tie him.

He ain't one of
your sick birds, Maddy.

Uh...

Lem... Lem, you'll
get into trouble.

I know you will.

Let him alone, Lem.
Don't do it.

He's that thief.

I'll take him to town
in the morning.

You go on up.

Did you know he was
in that wagon all the time?

Don't you lie.

No.

I'll unhitch the team.

And you'll wait up for me.

One year I've been
planning this, Mr. Baines.

You hired these men.
That was your end of it.

I come out here
to give final orders

and discover you've
been chasing a man

who got away from you
at Feather Canyon.

Well, I wasn't there.
Morris was running that.

Anyway,
Toland's dead.

Now you come
and tell me.

Someone else knows.

Well, we're
handling that.

I just ask you
to postpone the attack

until we can
make sure.

And just when
will that be?

Tomorrow? The next day?
Next year?

What's this man
look like?

Well...

here's a description
of him.

All right.

I'll take out a patrol.

If this Yates
is anywhere close by,

we'll pick him up.

You say you've got two men
watching the entrance?

That's right.

We can't change our schedule.

I've arranged for
half the troops

to be on sick call at dawn.

That's when you move in.

You understand?

The rest of the men
will be at mess.

No rifles, no sidearms.

You men.

Move in fast. But...

I'll take care
of the colonel.

From the way you're talking,
you can taste it, mister.

I'll show him whether

I can be more than
a boot-licking lieutenant.

He'll know tomorrow.

I'll have an army of my own.

It's 11:00, Mr. Baines.

You move out of here
in exactly one hour.

We'll be at
the camp by 6.

I'll meet you
outside,

ride in with you.

You men.

Try to look like soldiers
until you get inside.

Then the camp
will be yours.

And the territory
the camp protects

for hundreds of miles
around.

It will all be yours.

We'll move in fast, and
clean them out fast...

before anyone even begins
to suspect what's happening.

Is that clear?

Do you think
you can do it?

Yeah.
'Course we can.

I'll see you
at 6, Mr. Baines.

Where am I?

Hush. Shh.
I'm no thief.

What trouble
you in, mister?

Just get me free here,
will you?

I can't.

Your husband.

He's gonna know
you've been here

when he sees
that bandage.

It doesn't matter.

Listen to me. I gotta
get to Camp Henley.

Oh, don't lie to me, please.
I'm trying to help you.

If he hadn't have caught you,
I would have let you go.

Yeah? Why?

Oh, I don't know. I guess I know
what it's like being caught.

I wasn't lying
to you.

If I don't get to
that camp,

there's gonna be
trouble there.

What trouble?

Some men,
they're gonna...

take it
by surprise.

I gotta get there.

I don't believe you,

but it... doesn't matter.

Unt... Untie.

Look, that thing's a lie.
I didn't kill no one.

It's a lie.

What are you
doing here?

What were you
doing with him?

You planning on
having him take you away?

I gave up planning
a long time ago, Lem.

I just couldn't let him
bleed to death.

I took that
away from him.

It's him, Lem.

What are you
gonna do?

I'm gonna take him
to town right now.

A killer's worth
money to us.

Maybe he's got friends
who are looking for him.

If they catch you,
they'll kill you, Lem.

What do you care?

I ask you a question.

What do you care
if I get killed?

I'm just asking you
not to do it alone.

Maybe you do
care a little.

Maybe.

Maybe we can still make it
together someday, Lem.

Oh, you just give me
half a chance, Maddy.

All right.

You go into town,
bring out the sheriff.

Bring anybody.

If anybody shows before
you get back, I've got this.

I ain't gonna leave you
alone here with that...

Do it, Lem. Do it.
You're wasting time.

Go on.

He's gone to
get the sheriff.

We'll use the horses
from the wagon.

I'll saddle them up.
I'm going with you.

Going with me?

If you believe
what's on that poster,

how come you trust me
all of a sudden?

Going with you won't be
any worse than staying here,

whatever you offer.

And a man who's wanted doesn't
figure on getting caught.

I'm drying up here,
mister. I'm dying.

This is my chance
to get away for good,

and I'm gettin'.

You want to go with me,
that's fine,

but I ain't goin' where
you think I'm going.

I gotta get
to that camp.

Do you want me
to change my mind?

I'm just saying I'm going
with or without you.

Uh, no promises.

No promises.

All right.

Now, here's
where I leave you.

I guess we'd both better
wish each other luck, huh?

You mean it.

You're going to
Camp Henley

no matter what,
aren't you?

Yeah.

Not about that story
you made up.

About m-men
taking the place

of soldiers
who aren't soldiers?

I didn't make that up.

I'm real grateful to you

for all you've done
for me, Maddy.

He couldn't have beat us.

We've been here
two hours.

Maybe he ain't
gonna make it.

Pow. Hm.

I'd like to get 'em though.
Just for luck.

The same men
as last night?

Yeah.

Looks like we'll be
traveling together after all.

Come on.

Those men down there
are part of the gang

that are coming
in the Army wagons.

Look, this whole territory's
gonna be robbed and stripped,

and the people
that ain't killed

are gonna be looking
to the Army for help.

Only there ain't going
to be any Army.

Now, you gotta
help me, Maddy.

They're only looking for me.
You can make it to the camp.

I'm not going to any camp.

I don't believe you.

Heh. No one believes it.

I didn't believe it
either at first.

What wild thing are you
up to? We can get away.

If running away from the man
you're married to means more

than the hundreds of people
in this area...

you'd better start running.

There he is.

Some day a man
just gets cheated.

Take over,
sergeant.

You come with me,
Mr. Trevor.

Well, he ain't dead.

What did you do
with my wife?

I let her go.

Let's get him
on a horse.

What's the trouble,
sheriff...?

Oh, no trouble anymore,
lieutenant.

He and some of his friends
kill three of my men,

we'll get him.

Lieutenant,
I gotta talk to you.

You got nothing
to talk about.

Some foolish notion about
taking over your camp.

I'd like to see anybody
try to take over your camp.

So would I.

You'll take the detachment
in, Mr. Trevor.

If the colonel
should ask about me...

tell him I'm meeting
the replacement wagons.

Colonel said for you to return
with the men, sir.

There was no need to meet up
with the replacements.

I don't care what
the colonel said.

I'm giving you an order,
Mr. Trevor.

Yes, sir.

Hyah. Hyah.

Well...

we should be there
in about a minute.

Everything
all right?

Some men coming.
Two directions.

Oh, that's all right.
You just keep driving.

Sheriff's got Yates.
Everything's on time.

Get those
horses going.

Let's go home.

Now, drop your guns and come out
with your arms raised.

All right, any one of you
that makes a move,

this Gatling gun

will blast you
to kingdom come.

I thought you and Baines
had it sewed up.

All right, put them
under arrest.

All of them.
Huh?

Such a diabolical
but wonderful scheme

to go wrong, colonel.

It was all ours.

We'd have taken over
the whole territory.

You might have at that.

Oh, yes, we would.

Except for him.

What a miserable barber
he'd have made.

He'd have never
learned how to

use his razor
effectively.

Hm.
Take him out.

What, are you gonna
lynch me, sheriff?

Not even give me a trial?

Never lynched
a man yet. Come on.

Here's
your hat.

Your gun.

My hand.

Ooh. Uh...

We caught every one of them,
Mr. Yates.

I can't express
my appreciation enough.

And you can
thank the lady here

for delivering
your message.

Um...

anything I can do
to make it up to you?

No.

You coming, Maddy?

I'll be
right there, Lem.

I know what this cost you.

Mr. Yates.

I understand you're
looking for cattle.

That's what you said
he told you, wasn't it?

That's right.

Well, we've got 60 head
of government stock.

More than we need.

I've been ordered
to dispose of it.

I'll be pleased
to accommodate you.

Well, colonel, you've
got yourself a buyer.

I'd sure like to know
what happened, though.

Glad to tell you
over a drink.

I'd say you look like
you'll need one.

Yeah, you got
that right.

See you later,
sheriff.

So long.

Head 'em up!

Move 'em out!

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Rollin', rollin'
Rollin'

Keep rollin', rollin'
Rollin'

Though the streams
Are swollen

Keep them dogies rollin'

Rawhide!

Through rain and wind
And weather

Hell-bent for leather

Wishin' my gal
Was by my side

All the things I'm missin'

Good vittles
Love and kissin'

Are waiting at the end
Of my ride

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

Move 'em on, head 'em up
Rawhide

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

Cut 'em out
Ride 'em in

Rawhide!

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Hyah!

Hyah!

Rawhide!

Hyah!

Hyah!

Rollin', rollin', rollin'