Rawhide (1959–1965): Season 4, Episode 1 - Rio Salado - full transcript

Hyah!

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Keep movin', movin', movin'

Though they're disapprovin'

Keep them dogies movin'

Rawhide

Don't try to understand 'em

Just rope and throw and brand 'em

Soon we'll be living high and wide

My heart's calculatin'



My true love will be waitin'

Be waiting at the end of my ride

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

Move 'em on, head 'em up

Rawhide

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

Cut 'em out, ride 'em in

- Rawhide
- Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Hyahl

Hey!

Hey Soos!

It's me, Rowdy!

Senor Rowdy!

I thought that was you.
Good to see you again.



It is good to see you, too.
It's been a long time.

Oh, yeah. About six weeks.

You have a nice time at home?

Oh, yeah. Great. Great.

l... I didn't do anything
but eat Ma's cooking and sit around.

Never looked at a steer
expect in the shop window.

How about yourself?

Oh, the same.
When Mr. Favor's letter come saying

to met the Rio Salado. I almost write,

"This time no Hey Soos.
I don't leave home for anything.

Oh, me, too.

Person would have to be soft in the head
to go back on a drive after that last one.

Eating dust on the Chisholm.

Did you really have a good time
when you were home?

Hey. Yeah, didn't you?

Well, yeah, I did at first.

And then after a while, it was,
"Rowdy, do this," and "Rowdy do that,"

and "Ain't you ever gonna
get out of bed, Rowdy?"

Si, it was the same for me.

And all my little cousins
and sisters... Ugh!

There was never a minute's peace.

I'll be glad to get out on the trail.

I'm glad I ain't the only one
that's soft in the head.

There's another one of those posters.

Si. I have seen them everywhere.

He does not look much
like a bandido, do you think?

Not much.

Kind of a handsome fella.

They must want him pretty bad.
$5000, that's a lot of money.

Si, es mucho dinero.

Mucho dinero is right.

That's a lotta slugs.

What we couldn't do with money
like that, huh, Hey Soos?

Seguro. It is a fortune.

Maybe I'll just collect.
Get myself a bandit.

Drop the gun, senor!

Well, if it isn't
the handsome bandit himself.

Gracias.

Now, suppose you
hand over the dinero, huh?

Not you... the other.

Look, you got the wrong man, mister.

I'm about as flat as a person can be.

I spent all of my last $2.00
back in Laredo picking up grub.

A sad story.

You expect me to believe you're just
wandering through the country penniless?

Uh, no. We're on way to Rio Salado
to meet our crew.

We're drovers.

Both of you? Compadres?

- Si, senor.
- That's right.

Rejistrenlos.

A sad story, it is true, senor.

Look, I don't care about the money,
but that watch don't mean nothing to you.

And does it mean much to you?

Well, my old man gave it to me.

"Daniel Yates." Is that your name?

It's my old man's name.
My name's Rowdy.

- And you?
- Jesus Patines.

- De donde?
- Banderas.

You should choose better companeros.

He is my friend.

- You believe that?
- Of course.

He's proved it many times.

You're a fool.

You should pick better friends
with more money.

It is I who should donate to you.

Here.

Eat, drink, and be merry

at the expense of Antonio Marcos.

At least, take the horses, Antonio.

?ndale.

Quite a fella, isn't he?

A very strange bandido.

I want to thank you, Hey Soos.

Por qu??

He would have plugged me for sure
if you hadn't said I was your friend.

Well, that's true.

- This must be the place.
- Si, Senor Rowdy.

Qu? tal, senor?

- Hey, Mr. Favor!
- It's about time you two showed up.

- It's good to see you.
- Si, boss, it is.

It hasn't been all that long, has it?

You already forgot all the times
you cussed me out?

Oh, no, I'm better than ever.
I've been practicing...

Not bad.

Why don't you take your horses
around back, and have a bath?

- Anything you want.
- In here?

Yeah, sure. It's all taken care of,
all paid for.

All paid...
Well, how about that?

You, too, Hey Soos.

Gracias, senor.

I'll be over at the Monterrey Saloon

seeing the fella
whose herd we're contracting.

You two get cleaned up,
you come on over.

Right. We'll do that.

By the way,

I'm glad you both
decided to sign on.

- You thought we wouldn't?
- Each time is different.

You never know who in this outfit
is gonna come back or not.

Who's showed so far?

Collins, but he's still drunk from Sedalia.

Teddy, couple of others.

What about Pete
and Mushy and Wishbone?

Jim Quince? Joe Scarlet?

Have to wait and see.

Es muy hombre.

Yeah, a little pigheaded at times.

Well, who can't be?

Mr. Favor.

Oh, Collins.

I want you to meet
a friend of mine... Dan.

Dan, this is the boss,

the best boss a man ever had.

- Howdy.
- Dan.

If I was a drover,

I might take that
as a recommendation

and sign on with you.

Only I ain't a drover.

What line of work are you in, Dan?

Well, I guess you might say
right now, it's drinking.

That does explain why you
and Collins are such friends.

Pals.

That's what we are, ain't we Dan?

- Pals.
- Sure enough.

Mr. Andrews.

Oh, Mr. Favor. Good to see you.

- Sit down.
- Thank you.

Don Andres Marcos, Mr. Gil Favor.

Glad to know you, sir.

I am honored to meet you, senor.

And welcome to our town
of Rio Salado.

If I can be of service...

Thank you, but I doubt
if we'll be here that long.

I hope our troubles
will not inconvenience you.

Troubles?

Don Andres means
this business about the bandits.

Oh, yes.

I don't think that has anything
to do with our business.

Which is why you are here.

So I will excuse myself
and leave you to it.

Don Benito, gracias for the drink.

- My pleasure, Don Andres.
- Adios.

- Senor.
- Sir.

Didn't know there were any
like him left around.

There aren't many.

He's one of the last of the old dons.

Doesn't the name Marcos
mean anything to you?

Marcos?

Oh, the posters.

The bandido?

Yes. Don Andres' oldest son.

The scion of the family.

It's a tragedy, Mr. Favor.

It's a small tragedy,

but large enough
in a little place like this.

It's an old story.

Bad boy from a good family.

Not for the same reasons,
and not quite the same way.

Oh?

Antonio Marcos doesn't
call himself a bandido.

He calls himself a revolutionary.

He's leading a revolt against
the Texas land grant.

Isn't it a little bit late for that?

It's a lost cause,

but he can do a lot of damage.

Matter of fact, he already has...

robbery, even murder.

Three men have been killed already.

You said he had reasons?

He does.

Certain unscrupulous ranchers,

outsiders, all of them,

took advantage of the law,

and legally stole his father's lands...

left the family almost penniless,

killed Antonio's mother.

Your boy sure didn't seem penniless.

No, they're proud people, Mr. Favor.

Fine people.

Some of the finest I've ever known
are right around here.

Hmm.

Well, about the herd...

Yes, I was coming to that.

Mr. Favor, there's been a delay

in getting the cattle together
because of this trouble.

My vaqueros spend most
of their time right here in town

getting ready to fight if they have to.

It's that bad?

Ugly situation.

The tiniest thing could set off
a little civil war.

There's suspicion everywhere,
and there's talk.

Well, when my men get here,
we'll gather up the herd ourselves then.

Good. Good. When will that be?

Well, I told them today,
but they're coming in from all over.

You never can tell
who will show up and when.

No, we might as well start
tomorrow morning with what we have.

Fine. Anything you say.

I must warn you.
Be very careful, Mr. Favor.

Outsiders are not trusted in Rio Salado,

so keep your men well in hand.

Don't let them get mixed up in this.

All because of this one fella?

He's become sort of a symbol
to both sides.

I don't know what's going to happen
when they finally get him.

IBandidosl

Put up your hands.

What for?

You heard me.

Wait a minute.

I know these men.

Howdy, Mr. Favor.

What in blazes are you doing
with those masks on your faces?

I'm trying keep from breathing all
the alkali dust you got around here.

What do you think?

Do you have to get in trouble
before we even get started?

How did I know
he was gonna be so touchy?

I'm glad to see you anyway,

both of you.

Good to see you, too, Mr. Favor.

Yeah, well, I had
a better job all lined up,

but I figured you'd have a hard time

getting any other sane man
to cook for you,

so, well, for the good of the men,
I decided to come along.

You're hired.

Teddy'll show you the hotel
and where the stable is.

And then where the saloon is.

- Yippee! Let's go!
- Let's go, Bone!

There ya be, old horse!

Well, if it ain't my old pal Dan.

Why don't you come on
and have another little drink?

I don't mind if I do, old horse.
This child's dry.

Looks like there's gonna be
some celebrating around here tonight.

Make mine rye.

Hey, who do you think
you're shoving?

I'm sorry, senor.

Senor, huh?

What're you doing in here anyway?

This joint's not for you.

Now, just a minute, old pal.

This is my friend Hey Soos...

How do you know he ain't
one of Marcos' men?

I don't drink with bandidos.

Then maybe you're the one
who won't be drinking, mister!

You hear me? Get out!

- Now, just a minute here...
- You to take his part,

you'll get the same as him.

Why, you bearded old goat,
I'll tear you apart.

Why don't you pick on someone else?

Rowdy...

Boy...

This is kind of a surprise, ain't it?

Now, wait a minute, Yates.

His name is Yates, too.

Yeah. He's my pa.

But Rowdy, you told us
your pa was dead.

He still is.

Wait a minute, boy!

Come here!

Rowdy?

- I want to...
- I got nothing to say to you...

Let's go to that blacksmith shop
across the street.

There are things to be said
after all those years...

- Why the blacksmith shop?
- I bunk there.

Once I ran it.

Look, boy, the same blood
flows in both our veins,

no matter what I done.

Come on.

Rowdy.

Boy, is that a thing to say about your pa,

you wished I was dead?

Why not? It's true.
What'd you expect me to say?

I know. I ran out on you
and your ma. I admit it.

Been a long time, Dan.

I'm surprised you recognized me,
or me you for that matter.

You've growed some...
but I know you anywheres.

You're my boy.

You really care about that, don't you?

Maybe more than it seems.

Why'd you run out on Ma?

That ain't an easy thing to explain, boy.

Ever since them early days, even before,
I could never set long at a spell.

- Just the way I'm built.
- Yeah.

Long as she'd go along with me,
everything was fine.

- But then there was you, and school...
- So it was my fault, huh?

Wasn't nobody's fault.

She just had to stay,
and I just had to go.

Don't you ever get that itch in you
to get out and see something new?

Do something new?

Even if it's only to ride
out over that far hill,

just to see what's beyond,

to hear the wind in different trees,

to sit by a lonely campfire

and listen to the wolves about,

and know you're your own man.

Ain't you never had that?

Yes, I guess maybe I have.

I'm glad to hear you say that, boy.

Not for me, for you.

Means you're a man,
you've got the stuff.

That's no excuse
for not ever coming back.

I was gonna. I meant to all along.

But how could I come back
empty-handed?

I was always looking for that stake
to set us up real good.

We never wanted anything.

Just you.

But it was for you I done it.

A ranch like we always
used to talk about.

You remember?

Yeah, I remember.

Ma and you and me
on a place of our own.

Where a man could be hisself,

and not beholden to anyone,
or have to work for hire.

That's what I wanted.

I never got that stake.

I never had a real chance till now.

You think you could
go back now, Dan?

Why not?

You and me could run that ranch now.

You're a man now.

All we need is a little stake...

say, 5,000.

Oh, come on, quit dreaming, will you?

There's no 5,000,
and there's not likely to be.

No, Dan, you're gonna go on drifting

and cadging drinks
from drovers like me,

and getting in brawls and scrapes

and working as little
as you absolutely have to

for the rest of your life.

And I hope nothing more.

And then what?

Some day somebody plugs me,

or a horse kicks me,
or the old ticker just stops.

And that's the end of me.

I may not have much time left, boy.

I'd like to spend it with loved ones.

Dan, you got any loved ones.

You mean that she don't...

you don't feel nothing for me?

Yeah, I guess we do,
in spite of everything.

It's the same with me.

Maybe I can make it up to you.

Would it make it up to you
if I was to get you that little ranch?

Quit dreaming.

You can't go back now.
It's too late for that.

Oh, wait.

You sore on account
of that friend of yours?

That's right, I am.

You can't hold that against me, boy.

I fought in the war of '46, remember?

You used to play with the buttons
off of my uniform.

I was with old Sam Houston
at San Jacinto...

I had a brother died at Mier,

died when they shot every tenth man,

just to show they could.

That war's been over a long time.

That's no excuse
to start another one here.

All right, boy, anything you say.
Just don't get sore at me.

Maybe...

Maybe we could team up,
do things together, us two, huh?

I'm... I'm moving north with the herd.

I won't be back here till fall.

I see.

Well, maybe I'll mosey up,
see your mother.

I might be able to help
a little around the place.

Yeah, she'll probably
just take you back, too...

in spite of her tears and vows.

But you'd only disappoint her again.

No, you'd better stay away from her.

Oh, now, boy!

- Mr. Favor, l...
- Sit down, Rowdy.

Look, I want to explain...

Nothing. You got nothing to explain...

No. I want to explain.
I want to tell you about this thing.

Now, don't be bothered by it.

He wasn't always the kind of man
he looked like today.

I know. Sure.

He's lived kind of a rough, hard life.

He was quite a man, once.

All those stories, uh...

they... they weren't lies.

- At least I don't think they were.
- I'd bet on it.

You know, when I was a kid,

I used to really worship him.

All the kids around did.

He taught us how to hunt and fish

and defend ourselves.

I owe him a lot.

You paid him back in full.

How's that?

By growing into a man.

Then he went away
and left Ma and me.

I got to hating him for that.

I guess for what he did to Ma.

I don't know, maybe it was
for leaving me alone.

Maybe I'm being selfish
about the whole thing.

What do you think I ought to do?

What makes you think
you should do anything?

Or even that you can?

Well...

I can't just ride off
and leave him here alone.

He did it to you.

Look, he's gotten along
all these years without you.

No reason he can't do it now.

Forget it.

You've paid him back in full.
You don't owe him a thing.

It's the other way around.

I don't know.

Why you high-hatting us for, Rowdy?

Why don't you come on over
and join the party?

No, I don't much feel like it, Wish.

Aw, come on, there's no reason for you
to be down in the dumps.

Don't anybody think anything about that.

Thanks.

Senor, Rowdy.

Why don't you ask your father to come
and have a drink with us.

You mean after the way he talked to you?

Oh, I don't mind.

It was all a kind of mix-up.

He's probably a fine fellow,
and we would all have fun together, no?

Well, thanks, Hey Soos.
But I don't even know where he is.

Wonder where a man would find
the sheriff in this dried-up town.

Don't know.

- Hey.
- Huh?

- That the hombre that robbed us?
- That's him all right.

"Antonio Marcos. Reward. $5,000."

Just think, we was only about
that far from all that money.

We was never any farther away from it.

We was on the wrong end of them guns.

Quince! Scarlet!

Hey, what are you doing walking?

We just met up with his nibs
here on the poster.

He take your horses?

Yeah, and everything else, too.

We got our saddles, though.

Told him we was drovers
and might lose our jobs without them.

Funny thing, he asked
about Rowdy and Hey Soos...

wanted to know if we knew them.

We told them we was
with the same outfit,

then he let us go
and gave us our saddles.

He a friend of yours?

I could say something like that.

Well, he appeared like
a pretty good old boy,

but we'd better find the sheriff
and get our horses back.

- Afraid it won't do much good.
- Yeah, we got time for that later.

Yeah, I'm hungry enough
to eat a dad-blasted horny-toad.

We've got plenty of food and drink.

Remember, you've got to get up
early and start rounding up.

Come on, let's go.

Rowdy?

I got to talk to you.

What do you want, Dan?

Can we go somewhere...
just for a little... to talk?

Rowdy, I know how you feel.

I meant it when I said
I want to make it up to you.

Listen, I been doing
a lot of thinking about it.

I ain't as young as I was...

I don't sit easy by
the campfire no more...

there's aches in my bones
I never had before.

- Look...
- Oh, listen, boy.

Let me say it.

I want to come back, Rowdy.

You and me running our own place,
with your ma to mind us,

that's what I want.

I'm sorry, but like I said,
it's a little late for that now, Dan.

Oh, no, it ain't boy,
'cause I got something cooking.

I got a idea how to collect
that $5,000 we need.

How?

I think I know how we can collect
that reward money for the bandido.

You mean Antonio Marcos? How?

Never mind how. I'll take care of how.

Just say you'll come in with me on it.

If I get the information we need,
you'll just come along and help out.

It won't take long,
the way I got it figured,

and he won't even know
what hit him.

You mean you plan on killing him?

The poster says "dead or alive."
He's a bandido.

I ain't a bounty hunter.

Oh, look, boy!

This fella needs taking,
and somebody'll do it.

Not me.

You realize how much money that is?

More than either one of us ever seen.

You realize what it could do for us?

Give us both what we've always wanted.

I never done anything like that
and I ain't about to start now.

Not with Antonio Marcos.
He's no different than I am.

You know him?

That's right, I know him.

He held us up today,
me and Hey Soos.

Could have robbed us or killed us...
but he didn't.

He gave us back everything,
even that old watch you gave me.

He knows you? Knows your name?

Yeah, he knows my name.

He saw your name on the watch.

You still carry
that old watch I gave you?

Yeah.

Well, now, boy,
that's right thoughtful of you.

I don't think I'll carry it anymore.

I don't want much want
anything that belongs to you.

You can have it back if you want.

I'm sorry to hear you say that, boy.

Maybe you'd change your mind
once you had the money in your hand.

I doubt that.

Rowdy.

Give me back that watch I gave you.

Goodbye.

Just for a little, son.

Si, senor?

This is the Marcos place, isn't it?

Si. Don Marcos, he lives here.

I want to talk to the old man.

It's impossible. He's retiring.

I said I want to talk to him.

Senor! Stop...

You shut up, you hear me?

Senor!

Senor, what is it you want?

I don't suppose you'd tell me where
your son Antonio is, would you?

No, senor.

Even if I knew, I would not tell you.

Yeah, well, that's what I thought.

So I guess I'll have
to manage it another way.

No!

Please, stop. No!

Well, now, why don't you tell
that bandido of yours

about that, huh?

Don Andre!

IMi pobre...I IMi patronl

Claudia. Claudia.

Andre...

- Tell Don Antonio...
- No, I help you first...

No! No, tell Antonio.

Hey, where is this range
we're gonna be working?

Oh, about 3 miles west of town.

Sort of worried about Pete.
Where do you suppose he be?

I sure don't know.

Maybe he ain't coming.

You'd think he'd write or something.

Still time for him to show up.

He's probably palpitating
over some female somewhere.

Yeah. I should have thought of that.

Maybe that's where Murdock is
and some of the others, too.

I've left word where to find us.

They'll probably be straggling in
for three days yet.

Well, everybody ready to ride?

- Yeah! Just about...
- Senor?

- Hmm?
- There is a Senor Yates here, no?

Yeah. Right over there.

- Senor Yates?
- Yeah. How are you?

I have a message for you
From Antonio Marcos.

Marcos?

He says he will do something about it.

He is coming here to kill you.

And there is no use trying to escape.

Every road is blocked.

Wait up!

What'd he say?

Antonio Marcos
is coming here to kill me.

I'd like to know what's going on.

A Mexican boy just came in
with a message for Yates, here,

from Antonio Marcos.

Said he was coming in to kill him.

- Oh, so he knows.
- Knows what?

What happened last night.

Your name is Yates?

Yeah, that's right, Rowdy Yates.

That's a surprise.

- I thought...
- Look, what's this all about?

Maybe you should ask him.

Ask me what?

What happened at Don Andres
Marcos' house last night.

You mean to tell me you don't know?

That's exactly
what I mean to tell you.

And we can vouch for it.
He was with us all night last night.

Come on.

Let's find out about this.

No, no. Era un hombre viejo.

He was an old one, you know?

Yeah, just the one I thought.

Looked like a mountain man,
beard on his face,

the one who started
that trouble yesterday.

But why did he have a watch
with your name in it?

'Cause it's the same name as his.
He's my father.

Where is he?

I don't know.

And you had nothing to do with this?

Nothing.

Seems Antonio Marcos doesn't know that.

Might be too late to stop him.

It's up to you to protect him.

In this town? With a friend
of Antonio's on every corner?

All right, then get him out of town...

With Antonio's men on every road
waiting to shoot on sight.

Then it's gonna be up to you
to tell Antonio about it.

He may not wait to listen.

His father in there, unconscious,
maybe dying.

This whole thing could
explode into bloodshed

before we have a chance to stop it.

I'm partly guilty, too.
It's my responsibility.

I'll face up to him.

What are you talking about?
You got nothing to do with his guilt.

I might have known Dan
was planning something like this.

I gotta do it.

- Well, howdy, everybody!
- Here we are!

Howdy!

Well, what kind of a reception is this?

We're just one day late.

Yeah, well, maybe you
shoulda waited another day, Pete.

Just in time for some lead throwing.

What? What's going on here?

Come on inside, Pete. I'll tell you.

Sheriff...

what about swearing in some deputies?

I tried that. Everybody's sick
or awful busy or something.

You can't blame 'em...
the way this thing started.

Yeah. Looks like
we're your deputies now.

You don't have to do that.
It's none of your affair.

- You don't owe him nothing.
- Neither do you.

We ain't doing this for him, Rowdy.

- Sheriff.
- Yes, Ben.

I guess you realize
how dangerous this situation is.

Yes. I think I do.

If it happened some other way,
things might be different.

But this cowardly attack
on a defenseless old man,

a man everybody
respected and loved...

I know that.

Then you must know
that you try to take him...

arrest him... or worse...

I won't answer for the consequences.

What do you expect me to do,
let him ride into town

and gun this boy down?

If "this boy" was behind bars
where he belonged,

- there'd be no danger of that.
- Is that so?

Ben, do you expect me to let Antonio ride
into town and out again unmolested?

It's suicide, John... worse.

Think what it means to the town.
With these men behind you,

there'll be a war.
You owe it to the town, John.

I owe it to the town to do
the duty I swore I would.

That's what I'm gonna do.

If these are the only men that'll help me,
that's the way it is.

Besides, our man had nothing
to do with this thing.

What do you men?

Just what I said. He's innocent.

Who did it, then?

It was another man. It doesn't matter.

It matters a lot.

It doesn't matter.
I'm gonna answer for him.

It's the boy's father, Ben.

Where is he? Gone?

- We've got to stop Antonio.
- How?

I don't know how,
but we've got to stop him...

We've got to speak to him first.

I'm gonna do that.
I'll face up to him.

Rowdy?

You, gringo.

Marcos, you're under arrest.

Look around you, Sheriff.

You're not going to intimidate me, Antonio.

It is not to intimidate you.

It is to insure that this business,
which is personal between this man and me,

stays that way. Personal.

You can't get away with this.
A lot of innocent people will suffer.

You talk to me of innocent people?
My father was innocent.

And so is this man.
He didn't touch your father.

No?

What about this?

Somebody else took it.

Who?

This man had it only yesterday, I saw it.

This man did not beat your father.

Perhaps you can tell me, then,
who it was.

There's no way of proving who it was.

Then I have only you.
You will have to answer.

I'll answer...

only let's have this
between you and me,

not any of the rest
of these men, all right?

Muy bien, jefe.

All right. That is the way it will be.

You and me.

Sheriff, give me your word,
this is gonna be a fair fight,

you won't hold anybody here
for what happens.

All right.

Anytime you're ready, senor.

I Vamanosl

Sheriff!

I claim that reward!

Me and my boy, there!

This is partly my boy's, remember.

You be sure to tell everybody that.

You see how he stood up
to that fella, my boy?

Some boy, huh?

You tell everybody.

Rowdy!

Well, what are you staring at?

A body'd think I was the bandido
with a price on my head!

He was a murdering, thieving no-good
that needed killing, wasn't he?

So what's the harm?

You're all green, that's all,
envying me this!

Well, it's mine, you hear?
Mine and Rowdy's!

We done it, not you!

Better start moving.

We'll camp out on the range

so we can get an early
start in the morning.

Oh, just a minute, Mr. Favor.

I'm, uh, I'm sorry, Mr. Favor.

Sorry? Sorry about what?

I hate to back on a business deal,

but under the circumstances...

You trying to tell me
we don't get the herd?

How could I let you take it now,
the way these people feel?

- Now, after what you have done...
- What we've done?

We didn't have anything to do with it.

You mean to tell me
just 'cause we were here?

Yeah, just because you were here.

These people are always
gonna feel that you being here

brought this whole thing to a head.

And we lose our jobs, just like that?

I'm sorry.

I can't afford to take the chance.

We're hundred miles from nowhere.

These men are out of work
and most of them are out of money.

And you're sorry.

That's all I can say.

I'm sorry, boss.

Don't ever say that again.

Hey. Hey, you know?

It just might be that none
of us has to be sorry at all.

It could very well work out

that it somehow
works out for the best.

You mean losing the herd?

Yeah

I been thinking.

There's a little Mexican herd
I heard about, down the river.

Only about 800 head, but it's for sale.

Now, the brush between here and there

is just thick with wild critters
free for the taking.

Now, we beat the brush going down.

We pick some up,
with the 800 we bought,

we just might end up owning a herd.

Where you going?

I'm gonna get us some cash,
my half of that reward money.

This will make up
for the money you're losing.

Don't you never listen to me?

Didn't you hear what I just said?

Yeah, I heard you.

Think I'd take a cent of that money
even if I needed it, which I don't?

You hear me? Which I don't.

- I can get my own herd.
- You're not just saying that?

Listen, this isn't something
I just dreamt up.

I've been thinking
about this for a long time.

It's been tried before,
and it's worked fine.

I just never had
any reason to try before.

Now I got a reason.

You're just gonna pick up
a herd of lousy scrub cattle?

There's nothing wrong with them.
They just need gentling a little.

Besides, up north they'll get
just as good a price...

and we won't have to split
the profits with nobody, neither.

It'll work, Rowdy.

All right. All right, then it's settled.

We'll start beating them south
in the morning.

Let's get our gear ready, men.

Hey, Rowdy.

Thanks. Thanks for trying to help me.

You shouldn't be worrying
about that now.

What should I be worried about?

I can't say, but...

There is something your old man's
been spreading around,

that you were in on it with him.

He is your pa.

Yeah, I know.

Hey, you missed this.

I lost.

Bets down.

You gonna take that money?

The dealer runs this game, mister.

- You'll take that money, or I'm...
- Dan!

Come on, cash in.

Well, it's about time.

Oh, Rowdy,
I knew you'd come around!

Dan, I bought you a horse.

Get out of town fast, are we,

before somebody takes
a potshot at us, huh?

Oh, Rowdy, boy...

I'm sorry you was mad at me,

but if you only knew
how this makes me feel.

Listen, boy.

I never could tell you before,
but I can now.

I been lonely, awful lonely.

I need you and your ma.

Maybe it was just pride
made me stay away.

But now I'm glad...

awful glad...

it's gonna be me and you
and that little ranch.

Shut up, Dan.

It ain't gonna be nothing.

You're gonna take that horse
and that money and get out of here.

You think this money's tainted, too, huh?

Isn't it?

Look, I told you I didn't want
any part of that money.

Now, you get on that horse
and get out of here

and don't ever come around me again.

But your ma...

She'd feel the same way I do.
She wouldn't want a penny of it.

Rowdy, boy, you can't
send me away alone.

I'm a poor old man. I'm your father.

My father's been dead a long time.

Rowdy!

Rowdy!

All right! All right!

I don't need you!
I don't need your ma!

I don't need nobody!

I got what I need.

You can all rot in your pride!

Your pride!

For all I care!

No! No!

No! Wait!

Wait!

Stop! Stop!

Wait! Wait!

Wait! Stop!

Stop!

You... You...

You must be Marcos' men, huh?

We were Marcos's men, senor.

It was Marcos' men, all right,
and they got the money.

They're just plain bandits now.

Poor Pa.

All his life he wanted that money.

Look, you go on ahead.
We'll bury him.

He wasn't as bad as you'd think.

If you'd known him like...

he was when I was little...

Yeah, yeah. Sure.

But like you said,
he died a long time ago...

when he stopped caring
for those who loved him.

I sent him out here.

No, you didn't.

He put himself on that road
a long time ago.

You gotta stop blaming yourself.

You had nothing to do with it,

nothing at all.

Now, try and forget it, huh?

Those brush critters are the thickest
just northeast of Laredo.

About three days ride from here.

Your pay will start from the day
you reach Rio Salado.

Yeah, but there won't
be any owners this time,

no small ranchers
to give you an advance.

How are we gonna get the money?

Outta my own pocket.

You'll be working for me
in more senses than one.

You really meant what you said
about owning your own herd?

I meant it. I mean to own
my own herd... most of it anyway.

I'm gonna use all the money I've got,

some to buy beef,

some to pay your wages while
you're beating 'em out of the brushes.

It's gonna be hard job,

but you get paid,

and I'll share a quarter
of the profits with you.

What do you say?

- Here we go!
- Sounds good to me!

I was hoping you'd take it like that.

Well, what are you all
standing around for?

Come on! Let's hit leather!

Round 'em up!

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Keep rollin', rollin', rollin'

Though the streams are swollen

Keep them dogies rollin'

Rawhide

Through rain and wind and weather

Hell-bent for leather

Wishin' my gal was by my side

All the things I'm missin'

Good vittles, love, and kissin'

Are waiting at the end of my ride

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

Move 'em on, head 'em up

Rawhide

Count 'em out, ride 'em in,
ride 'em in, let 'em out

Count 'em out, ride 'em in

Rawhide

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

- Hyahl
- Rollin' rollin', rollin'

Hyahl

Rawhide

- Hyahl
- Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Hyahl