Rawhide (1959–1965): Season 7, Episode 7 - Damon's Road: Part I - full transcript

Here he is. I knew it.
He's coming after us.

Come on, fellas. Let's go.

MAN 1: Come on. MAN 2: Let's go.

Well, now, boys, this is
what I call a real stroke of luck.

Just happen to
have my wagon here,

so I can give you boys
a lift right back to work.

We ain't going back to
end of track, Mr. Damon.

- No?
- No.

We're fed up working
for you and your railroad.

Well, now, Luther, I'm sorry to
hear you talk like that. I truly am.

After all, you boys did
sign a work contract.



And we've worked our heads
off for bad food and no pay.

Well, is that all it is?

Charlie, my boy,

I promise you that I'll pay
you back every cent I owe you

when my pay train gets in.

You've been expecting
that pay train for three weeks.

We're not going back,
Mr. Damon, work contracts or no.

Well, my promises
don't impress you?

My work contract
doesn't impress you?

You, Charlie, you were
brought up very poorly.

Let's get him!

[MEN SHOUTING]

GOODGATE: Mr. Damon.

Why, Mr. Goodgate.



Well... Whoa, boy.
How's everything?

Perfect. Don't see
how it could be better.

I heard a rumor this morning.

I heard that your pay train
has been delayed again.

So I took a ride out to
end of track to see you

and I was surprised
to find it deserted.

Is your road in
trouble, Mr. Damon?

Mr. Goodgate, the C & L
Railroad is as sound as a dollar.

Well, my bank
certainly hopes so.

My word is my
bond, Mr. Goodgate.

But tell me, why was it
deserted out at end of track?

And what was that crowd of men
I saw walking away down there?

- Was that your crew, by any chance?
- It sure was.

When men work as
hard as those men work,

I try to see to it that they don't
turn into subhuman wrecks.

I told them to take the day
off and enjoy themselves.

Well, what about the guards?

The men I advanced you the
money for. Where are they?

The railroad guards? Oh, they're
with the men. They're with the men.

They're gone swimming.
That promotes brotherhood.

Then everything's all right.

Perfect. Perfect.

Best medicine in the world is
a little laughter in the sunshine.

Mr. Goodgate, I promised you I'd
have that railroad into Oxford by winter,

and it'll be there.

Mr. Damon, that'll be a
proud day for all of us.

Mr. Damon. Mr. Damon.

Mr. Damon, I haven't
been paid for this team yet.

Well, now, Vinnie, I
gave you 50 percent down.

Well, I know, but
I haven't had...

I can't understand how a fine,
forward-looking young American

can stand in the way
of America's progress.

Would you care to
be next, Mr. Damon?

Where is it?

And how come everybody in town

knows what's in those
messages before I do?

Oh, that.

Now, any messages I get are
for me, not for anybody else.

- You got that clear?
- Yes, sir.

A telegraph unit
in a barber shop.

He's all het up because
his pay train's not coming.

Is he ever in need of money.

Mr. Damon, you better
not even go inside.

You're just making
it harder for yourself.

I can't give you no more credit.

John, after all
I've done for you?

The answer is no, Mr. Damon.

Look, I need that
food for my employees.

Those are men who depend on me.

Now, what makes you think
I won't be able to pay you?

The answer is no, Mr. Damon.

Why, hello, my doves.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Come in.

[DOOR OPENS]

DAMON: Hello, Goldie.

Goldie, what are you doing?

I'm fleeing, that's
what I'm doing.

I figured you'd be coming
around here to borrow money,

so I decided to take
our four gorgeous heads,

our eight cerulean blue eyes,

and our 16 milk-white limbs

right out of here and back to
Saint Louis where we belong.

DAMON: Oh.

- You heard.
- It's all over town.

No pay train, no money,

no food, no crew, and no guards.

Goldie, listen.

I'm gonna have that new
crew in here before you know it.

Ha!

Come on, Goldie,
heaven will provide.

It always has, it always will.

You are a no-good rotten liar.

Why I let you even talk
me into coming out here...

You can't even support
yourself, let alone...

Oh, forget it.

Goldie, come on, listen...

And I want my costumes back.

What, those tiny little things?

It isn't the size, it's the fit.

Goldie, listen. Come
on, now, don't leave me.

I love you.

The only thing you love is pushing
two steel rails out into no-man's-land.

That's the only thing you love.

That's not true, Goldie.

I love pretty ladies too.

You think I wanna go?

No!

I want my costumes.

You can have them if you
do one number just for me.

- For you?
- Yeah.

Well, just what do
you think this is?

I'm going back to
Saint Louis, remember?

I am finished, Mr. Damon.

- Finished.
- No, you're not.

- Now, come here.
- No.

- I said, come here.
- And I said no.

Come on.

- I don't want you kissing me.
- All right.

Go on back to Saint
Louis, see if I care.

I got more important
things to think about anyway.

I've gotta dig up
20 men somehow.

That's what's important to me.

That's what ought to
be important to you too.

Without them, the
railroad's got no future.

You got no future, this whole
part of the country got no future.

How do you expect to
get men without money?

My job is to keep this railroad
moving, pay train or no pay train.

If you don't wanna stick
it out, then get out of here.

How do you expect
a girl to stick it out

when you keep saying
heaven will provide?

I just don't believe
you anymore.

Then get.

[GOLDIE SOBS]

Hey, what's this?

DAMON: Howdy.

- Howdy. DAMON: Name's Damon.

I'm building this road.
This is Miss Goldie.

How do you do, Miss Goldie?

- My name's Favor. Gil
Favor. ROWDY: Uh...

Oh, this is my helper, Rowdy.

DAMON: You men look a
little tired, also a little hungry.

It just happens that I need a
couple of good hard-working men.

I'm usually full up, but
some of my men took sick

and I could put you
right on the payroll.

GOLDIE: Two men?
- Well, it's a start.

Well, what about it? Does
working for a steady job

with good pay, good future...?

- How's that for you?
- Ah, Mr. Damon, thanks, but, uh...

We do appreciate the offer. I'm
afraid we already got jobs, though.

Well, you could quit
them, couldn't you?

Oh, I don't think so.

- Well, is that yours?
- Yeah, 2,400 head of them.

We're taking them
over to Oxford.

Twenty-four hundred
head. That's very impressive.

About how many men, uh, would you
carry as drovers for a herd that size?

It's a pretty good-sized herd,
so we got 28 men altogether.

Say, I, uh, hope you're not upset
by having, uh, our herd on your land.

We'll be off in an hour or so.

Got 28 men.

Twenty-eight men.

Welcome.

Welcome to the end of track.

Thank you.

Well, you sure got a
lot of tents around here.

Yeah, well, it's a big
job building a railroad.

We use a big crew.

By the way, where is your crew?

Oh, they're working up
the track about a mile or so.

We keep moving these tents up

- right along behind them.
- Thank you.

DAMON: All the comforts of home
when you're working on the railroad.

Oh, is that so? Oh, yes. Yes.

Well, how long have
you been building all this?

DAMON: Almost four months.
Another month, we'll be in Woodley.

That'll be good news
for trail herds, you know.

Yeah, building railroads is
good news for everybody.

Just have a look
in here, Mr. Favor.

Oh, uh, Goldie,

tell Smitty I brought a couple of
guests out on the property, will you?

And they can leave their
herds there, unmolested.

All right. Uh,
I'll see you later.

All right.

I asked Goldie to run a little
errand just to get rid of her.

I didn't want her
to get embarrassed

in case you gentlemen
made any remarks.

- She works here, you
know. FAVOR: Oh?

- On that stage?
- You guessed it.

Now, you wait right there.
I'll show you something.

In these.

Some way to run a railroad.

[CHUCKLES]

Yeah, those girls, they put
on a mean show. Ha, ha.

"Those girls"? You
mean there's more?

Oh, yeah, she's got
three working with her,

only wilder and sassier.

[DAMON CHUCKLES]

- Hey, you boys want a drink?
- Yeah.

Step right up.

Here we are, Mr. Favor.

Well, uh, here's to
working on the railroad.

Why, thank you.

Say, listen, you being
the first herd to reach us,

that calls for a little
celebration, don't you think?

- Sure do.
- Oh. I'm sorry.

We still got three days hard
push to get to the railhead.

Mr. Favor, I'm getting what
you might call an inspiration.

Yeah, listen.

Why don't you bed that
beef down right where it is,

right on railroad property?

Oh, it's good grass.

Won't cost you a red cent. You
can fatten them up for nothing.

And not only that, I'll
bring new buyers out to you,

let them make
their bids right here.

Oh, no, I couldn't be obligated
for all that trouble, Mr. Damon.

- Thanks just the same.
- That's no way to feel.

Now, listen here. All I gotta do
is send word into town tonight

that they can take my
wagon, come out tomorrow

and make you an offer.

Come on, it'll save you time.

On top of that, we can
have our little celebration.

No, no, you...

Oh, you make a mighty
tempting offer, but, uh, no.

Boss, uh, the beef, they
could use a little fattening up.

Yeah, that's true.

Yeah, you go make camp. Now,
bring those boys back in here tonight.

They're gonna have
the time of their lives.

Oh, you make... You make
it sound too good to be true.

Listen, I wanna throw you
boys a party. I really do.

GOLDIE: All right if I come in?

- Please, do.
- Why, Goldie, come on in.

Goldie, I asked these men
to bed down on our land.

- Let us throw a little party for them.
- And?

And like all overworked
men, they're pole-axed.

They don't know what to do.

Oh. Ha, ha.

Please?

Well, all right.

They really can be
a pretty rank bunch.

You sure you can handle them?

Well, I can sure try.

But how?

You just leave that to me.

Heaven provided them.

All I gotta do is use my brains.

I've seen you do it to six men,

to eight men,

but 28 men?

Twenty-four men.

I'm figuring they'll leave
a few to watch the herd.

I got a lot to do.

I know.

And you stay away
from those Kumquats.

Yes, ma'am.

FINN: Well, Mr. Damon.

Well, I can't blame
you for eating.

At least you're not out
boozing it up with your men.

Round up every guard in town.
We're going out and go to work.

Oh, you mean there's somebody
out there we can guard, huh?

- It won't be long. Now get moving.
- Right, sir, right.

I'll meet you back here in 20
minutes with The Kumquats.

- Right, right, right, sir.
- And, uh, steal me a horse, will you?

[LAUGHS]

- Push it, Finn.
- Right, right, right, sir. Right.

[ALL LAUGHING]

Hang on tight, because you're
gonna have the time of your life.

Get moving, get moving.

Hold on tight.

Yeah.

All right, ladies and
gentlemen of the C & L Railroad,

this is gonna be a
night to remember.

MAN: Hey.

[MEN SHOUTING AND CHEERING]

Ain't this the way
to herd cattle?

Sure was nice of Mr. Favor

- to pay us in advance.
- Yeah.

[SALOON MUSIC PLAYING ON PIANO]

Oh, now, don't pout.

You lost the draw fair
and square, didn't you?

Being petty just doesn't become
you big, strapping outdoor types.

[CHATTERING]

Well, if it isn't Miss Goldie.

- Mr. Favor.
- Oh, none of that. Uh, Gilbert.

[CHUCKLES]

- Your ramrod out nursing the cows?
- Oh, yeah.

What do you say we start
things off with a little drink?

Oh, that suits me fine too.

Say, uh, just on the off chance that
you wasn't busy after the show tonight,

I was thinking that maybe we could
get together someplace quiet and alone.

And?

And, well, we could look
at the stars or something.

Oh, ha, ha. Don't you get enough
looking at stars in your work?

Oh, well, it's just that I
don't often get a chance

to have someone nice
like you to help with it.

[GOLDIE CHUCKLES]

I'd like that.

I'm pretty good at it.

Well, everybody seems to
be having a very good time.

Oh, they certainly do.

Can't tell you how much I
appreciate this, Mr. Damon.

Don't mention it. I'm glad to build
up a little good will for the railroad.

You cattlemen, you bring
us in a lot of good business.

I say, it's dang funny that black
never comes up until I switches to red.

That's 18 times in a row.

Well, that's the luck
of the game, cowboy.

[GOLDIE LAUGHS]

- What's going on here?
- Just a string of bad luck, Mr. Damon.

- Yeah, well, nobody's luck is that bad.
- Now, take it easy.

Oh, wait a second. Maybe
he's got a good case here.

I warned you last week
about a rigged spin, Jenkins.

I didn't do nothing, Mr. Damon,
and it's my word against his.

And your word's
crooked, so I'll take his.

- Get out.
- Now, Mr. Damon...

Get out of here and
get off railroad property.

[MEN LAUGH]

MAN 1: There he goes.
MAN 2: That's right.

How much did you lose?

- Fifteen dollars.
- Fifteen. Well, here's 20.

Now go play
yourself another table.

See if that extra 5 won't
bring you some luck.

Thank you. Twenty dollars.

If there's one thing
I hate, it's a cheat.

Well, I guess I'll go round up
things, get the show started.

[MEN CHEER AND
SALOON MUSIC RESUMES]

That was fine.

All right, now, quiet down.
Quiet down now. Show time.

All right, now,

from the wildest, wooliest
nightclub in Saint Louis, Missouri,

brought to you with the
compliments of the C & L Railroad,

Goldie Rogers and
her three Kumquats.

[CHEERING]

ALL [SINGING]: See
those dice rolling round?

Wanna own the whole town?

Bet it up, boys, and get it down

With that wheel set to spin
Are you planning to win?

[MEN CHEERING WILDLY]

Sweat it out,
boys, and rake it in

Kick your luck high
Swing your luck low

Gotta pick it up and bet it
Better yet, let's go and get it

Down where it counts
In amazing amounts

Because the thing That
brings the pretty girls around

Is the boys who bet
it up And get it down

See those dice rolling round?
Wanna own the whole town?

Bet it up, boys, and get it down

With that wheel set to spin
Are you planning to win?

Sweat it out,
boys, and rake it in

Kick your luck high
Swing your luck low

Gotta pick it up and bet it
Better yet, let's go and get it

Down where it counts
In amazing amounts

Because the thing That
brings the pretty girls around

Is the boys who bet
it up And get it down

[MEN CHEERING AND CLAPPING]

Kick your luck high
Swing your luck low

Gotta pick it up and bet it
Better yet, let's go and get it

Down where it counts
In amazing amounts

Because the thing That
brings the pretty girls around

Is the boys who bet
it up And get it down

See those dice rolling round?
Wanna own the whole town?

Bet it up, boys, and get it down

With that wheel set to spin
Are you planning to win?

Sweat it out,
boys, and rake it in

Kick your luck high
Swing your luck low

Gotta pick it up and bet it
Better yet, let's go and get it

Down where it counts
In amazing amounts

Because the thing That
brings the pretty girls around

Is the boys who bet it up

And get it down

[MEN CHEERING]

MAN: Yeah!

Hey, hey, watch who
you're pushing, will you?

- I'm not pushing you.
- I ain't sure I ought to take that nicely.

Hey, cut it out now. Behave.

[CLAMORING]

It's in a good cause.

Okay.

- Come on!
- Listen!

- We gotta break this up!
- Right!

Let's get up on the stage!

- Maybe we can make them listen!
- Good thinking!

- Well, thanks.
- Don't mention it.

You try from over
there, I'll try from up here.

Here, here. Simmer down.

Quiet! Quiet!

[YELLS]

Cut it out, you bums!

Come on, you're
ruining the show.

Quiet now, folks!

You cut that out.
Now, stop that.

Now, this is the boss.

[FAVOR MOANING AND MUMBLING]

Oh, hold it. Driver.

- Now, now, now, just lie
back and rest. FAVOR: Mm!

- Mm-hm? Oh. Ooh.
- Yes? Okay.

[FAVOR GROANING]

- What happened?
- You were hurt in the fight.

Mr. Damon thought you
ought to see a doctor.

- Mm.
- You have a nasty gash on your head.

My men. What about my men?

No, no, no, you were
the only one hurt.

Just lie back, relax. Come on.

Driver. Oh.

- Oh, dear, wait a minute.
- Huh?

What's the matter? What is it?

I was wondering what to
do if the doctor's out on call.

I need someplace to
leave you till tomorrow.

Maybe I could leave
you at my place.

Well, whatever you say.

Oh, well, that's what
we'll do. Just relax.

[MEN CHATTERING AND LAUGHING]

ROWDY: Shut up!

I understand. I'll take
care of it all right now.

MAN 1: Yeah? MAN 2: Yeah, fine.

Where do I find Damon?

That's his tent there,
the second one up.

MAN 3: You tell
him for me, Rowdy.

MAN 4: Get us out of here.
MAN 5: Get us out of here.

MAN 6: Hey, tell him
straight, you understand?

MAN 7: Yeah. MAN 8: Right.

Yeah, yeah.

Damon.

Damon.

[DAMON GRUNTS]

What's going on here?

- Where?
- Here.

I came over here to get the
men after this party of yours

and I find them all
locked up out there.

Oh, yeah. Yup.

They're locked up out there, all right,
but I don't have them locked up there.

- The railroad's got them locked up.
- Yeah. Where's Mr. Favor?

- He's gone into town to see a doctor.
- Doctor? Is he hurt?

No, no, no, he's not hurt
bad, just a cut on the head.

Now, calm down, will you?

I'll be glad to explain
what happened to you.

Your drovers got into
a little trouble last night.

They started a fight with some of my
men and the guards had to break it up.

The guards are hired
by the railroad, not by me.

They're deputies,
they have their orders.

They're supposed to arrest
anybody causing a fracas.

- Yeah, but that doesn't mean...
- Now, don't get all het up now.

I'm sure this isn't the first
time you had to salvage

a bunch of high-spirited men
who was blowing off a little steam.

How long they plan on keeping
them locked up out there?

Oh, till the circuit judge gets
here and they have a trial.

- What?
- Hey, now, don't you worry.

Now, don't you worry.

He's gonna be here. Due
here this afternoon sometime.

A trial?

What about your men, the
men they were fighting with?

Don't they go on trial too?

Well, heh, they should,
but they're railroaders.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means it doesn't
help to lock them up.

The judge just
lets them go again.

See, the judge, he's awful partial
to the railroads, especially the C & L.

He's raised money,

made speeches, helped
clear the right-of-ways for them.

He just does not like
to see that work stop.

So when he hears about
somebody interfering with the railroad

or the workers, he
throws the book at them.

Book, huh?

Just how hard is he
liable to throw this book?

No telling about that.
Maybe 30 days, $30.

And how do you think I feel?

- After all, it was at my invitation.
- Oh, yeah.

Mr. Favor is really
gonna love this.

Yeah, it sure doesn't
seem very fair somehow.

Yeah.

Isn't there anything I can do?

I doubt it.

In the judge's book, there
are just two kinds of people:

railroad workers
and other people.

Supposing, uh...

Yeah? Suppose what?

Well, supposing, uh, the judge thought
that our men were railroad workers.

Well, he'd let them
off just like that.

[SNAPS FINGERS]

- Well, why can't we just tell him?
- You want me to lose my job?

- You mean you'd tell him?
- I'd have to.

That's some way to
treat a cattleman, Damon.

Listen.

Are you...? Let me
tell you something.

That judge would
never believe me.

You want me to
be frank with you?

There's no point in my trying
to pull the wool over your eyes.

I've done some pretty
unscrupulous things in my time

and the judge knows about
it. He just wouldn't believe it.

- You know what he'd make me do?
- What?

He'd make me show
him the work contracts.

Work contracts?

I mean, your men
signed work contracts?

That's right.

For at least three months.

Tell me, how come...?

I mean, why couldn't, uh, we,
all of us, sign work contracts?

Just until the trial's over,
then you can tear them up.

[DAMON SCOFFS]

If you really want to be a
good fellow, Damon, help us out.

You feeling bad about
the whole thing and all.

After all, we are your guests.

Oh, you sure are asking
me a lot, that's all I can say.

Never ask, never get.

All right, I'll take a chance.

As a favor to you.

After all, I do feel a little
responsible and it might work.

All right, I'll bring some
contracts over to the stockade.

Now you go on over and
tell those men not to worry.

Great, great. Oh, Damon,
believe me, we'll never forget this.

Yeah.

I thought you might like
to have some breakfast.

Ah. All the comforts of home.

Now, slow down, Gil,
you're an injured man.

But only my head, honey.

But you ought to take it easy.

Oh, you know, we
haven't got all day.

Those cattle buyers are coming
out to look at my herd, you know.

Well, you could be
late, couldn't you?

Well, yeah, I guess I could.

Goldie.

How come every
time I start to leave,

you look like your
heart was gonna break?

And when I decide to stay
and show my appreciation,

you back off?

Oh, you're entirely
mistaken, Gil.

Really, you are.

I gotta admit, I've been
on the trail for a long time

and I do remember
how it is supposed to go.

Now, you come here or
I really am gonna leave.

You have the knotted-est muscle.

Did you know I used to
work in a massage parlor?

No.

- Mm-hm.
- Oh.

Oh, yeah, huh?

Oh. Where?

- On your shoulders.
- Huh?

I mean, Chicago. Heh.

Come on, I'll show you.

Hey. What are you doing, girl?

What are you doing?
Massaging my feet?

Well, this is the way I start.

Or will, as soon as I get some
breakfast to get my strength back up.

Oh, no, no, no.

Come on, boy, you
promised me a massage

and you are gonna give it to me.

Now, Gil, stop being so brutal.

Aw.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

GOLDIE: Oh!
- Unh!

Oh, Gil, what's the matter?

What have you got
in this thing anyway?

Horseshoes?

Mr. Favor, you are an idiot.

[GRUNTS]

Oh! Hey, hey, hey.

- Huh?
- Oh, that's mean.

[GOLDIE CHUCKLES]

[GRUNTING]

Hey, cut it out.

All right. You wanna play, huh?

Let go of me! Let go of me! Aah!

Let go of me!

You rotten polecat, put
me down! Put...! Aah!

Now, you better
behave, young lady.

[GOLDIE LAUGHING]

You didn't behave.

[GOLDIE SHRIEKS]

Oh, stop it! You're
ruining my dress, you fiend!

You let go! You are
no gentleman! Oh!

Help! Let go of me! Aah!

Help! Help! Let go!

Help! Help!

Abduction!

Abduction! Help!

[SCREAMING] Help!
Help! Abduction! Abduction!

Help! Help!

Abduction!

Aah! Sheriff!

[SCREAMING]

Oh, sheriff, help!

[GRUMBLES]

SHERIFF: Just hold
it right there, cowboy.

You're under arrest.

Me?

- What for?
- Ha!

He's lying already.

She claims you abducted her.

Oh, but he did, he did.
From the end of track.

Ask anyone out
there, they'll tell you.

He grabbed me and
threw me into a wagon

and forced me to come with him.

Oh, isn't that a
pretty ridiculous lie?

I'll tell you what
really happened.

She knocked me out.

Not only that, she put me in a
wagon and she abducted me.

- That's the way it really happened.
- All right, you can tell it to the judge.

Did you see that? She
did that on pur... Judge?

Oh, no, look, I can't
wait for the judge.

- I gotta get back to the track.
- Come on.

- Oh, but my men are out there.
- Come on.

They're all wandering around.

Those poor souls, they don't know
how to take care of themselves.

[MEN LAUGHING]

That's a wicked woman!

All right, come on, come on.

FINN: Come on, all you
lippy cow-peddlers, inside.

ROWDY: Nothing to worry about,
boys. It's gonna be over soon.

Heh. We sure did a job.

- Hey, where's Mr. Damon?
- He's with the judge.

All right, sonny, over there.
Come on, lads, come on.

Take your seats.

Yeah, there you are, judge.

JUDGE: Thank you, Mr. Damon.

Kind of you to realize I
always get that dust in my throat

when I travel out this way.

Ah. That's good.

No, no.

No more, thanks. Not
before I go on the bench.

Judge, I surely hope that you aren't
gonna be too hard on those men.

Well, it seems no one got hurt.

No, no, no, just that one
character, that Gil Favor.

Oh, he's a rough customer.

Got a bump on the head.

You heard about him
being put in jail, didn't you?

- No. What for?
- Abducting Goldie.

- You don't mean it.
- Yeah. He's a bad kind, he is.

Actually, it was him that
started this whole ruckus.

- He did?
- Yeah.

- Why?
- Well, I offered his men some jobs.

And to a man, they
couldn't wait to sign up.

Favor got mad and
he started that fight.

Well, we'll take
care of him later.

In the meantime, those
men who signed contracts,

I'm sure they'll be
all right, won't they?

Oh, those are fine
boys. I can handle them.

Of course, I wouldn't want
you to be too lenient with them.

I mean, I can give them
a good stiff talking-to,

but a lecture isn't always
enough sometimes.

Well...

- If there's only some way...
- Tell you what.

I'll make you no promises.

But if the circumstances
warrant, I'll put them on probation.

Oh, judge, now,
that's a good idea.

Nope, never touch
it when I'm working.

[MURMURING]

I understand you men
all signed work contracts.

- Is that right? MAN:
That's right. Yes, sir.

Good. Our country's progress
depends on good men like you.

Now, then, inasmuch as you
are all working for the railroad

and inasmuch as the fight
took place on railroad property

and nothing other than
railroad property was damaged,

I shall suspend any sentence I
might otherwise have imposed.

[MEN CHEER AND LAUGH]

But I certainly can't tolerate
a recurrence of this situation.

Therefore, I am placing
you all on 90 days probation.

It's okay.

If during that time you
cause another disturbance

or violate your
contracts in any way,

I shall have you brought
back before this court

and dealt with quite severely.

Case dismissed.

[CHEERING]

That was the fastest
trial I ever did see.

It was a good idea signing
those work contracts.

It sure was. Now you
can round up your men

and get them up the line,
start earning their paycheck.

What are you talking about?

Well, you heard
what the judge said.

Unless those boys work
well for the next 90 days,

he'll throw the book at them.

- You mean, work for you?
- That's what your work contract says.

Yeah, but you said you'd
tear those up after this trial.

I said I'd tear them up
after they was free, and I will.

But they're not free,
they're on probation.

You heard what the
judge said. Probation.

Okay, round them up to the
end of track and put them to work.

All right, let's take them out.

You can't let him do that to us.

Good clean work.

[MEN GRUMBLING]

MAN: Let's go.

- Oh, you...
- Go ahead. You'll feel better.

You dirty...

I'd love to continue this,
but it wouldn't be too smart.

- Finn?
- Yes, sir, Mr. Damon?

I'd say this calls for another
session with the judge

next time he comes around
to visit the end of track.

I say this would be worth
about, oh, 30 days hard labor.

On the railroad.

[DAMON CHUCKLES]

Yeah, nice little jail, I'd say.

Yes, well-run and modern.

Well, you are, without
a doubt, the lowest.

He really is.

I mean, you, woman, least ways
you could have brung me my boots.

Yes, she is low.

Yeah, you wait till the
cattle buyers get here.

I'll have bail up in a
minute. And when I do...

There are no
cattle buyers, Favor.

- No cattle buyers?
- No cattle buyers.

On top of that, I have a
message for you from your ramrod.

- Message? What's the message?
- "Help."

"Help."

Yes, unfortunately he's a
prisoner in my stockade,

waiting to be sentenced.

He'll probably get about 30
days hard labor on the railroad.

He started a fight, Favor.

He's a little upset because his
men had to go to work so soon

after signing their
work contracts.

"Signing their work contracts"?

You.

Signed work
contracts? You rotten...

You slimy, dirty...

Temper, Favor.

It's in good cause, you know.

My herd, the supplies,
the other men...

Right where you left
them, for the moment.

But don't worry about them.
I'll take care of them too.

You'll take...

All right, what is it?

What do you want from me, Damon?

Everything.

I need your men to work for me.

I need your ramrod to
keep your men happy.

I need your cook to feed them.

That means I need your cook's
helper and your chuck wagon.

Got a lot of beef out there too.

I'll need that just in case your
chuck wagon's low on chow.

Is that all? Are you sure
you've forgotten nothing?

Just you, Favor. I need you.

None of it works properly
unless you're there.

Your mind and your heart and
your soul committed unequivocally

to the grand task I've
laid out for all of us.

I need you, Favor.

And what's more,
I'm gonna get you.

Oh, you're...

Oh, you're gonna get
me, all right, Damon.

You're gonna get me stomping
up and down your backbone

until your ribs pop
out in your face.

You're gonna get me tearing
out your greasy, dirty little heart

and feeding it to you bit by bit until
your stomach begins to squirm so bad,

it's gonna turn you inside out!

Damon!

Just wait till my men
hear you got me here

on a phony trumped-up
charge of abducting a woman.

They ain't gonna believe it
for no minute. No, no, they ain't.

They're gonna come here
and tear you limb from limb.

You just told me all these
lies to try and break me down.

I ain't gonna...

[FAVOR CONTINUES
SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]