- 7 weeks ago
Lucas and Mark McCain are rudely received at their new ranch by Oat Jackford's henchmen, who burn the house. Mark learns a life lesson from the book of Job.
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00:00The Rifleman
00:06Starring Chuck Connors
00:30Hey, hey, Marty, where?
00:49Some children think he found a home.
00:52Well, now, don't you think it was time we showed him the error of his way?
01:00Well, how does it look now that we've bought it, son?
01:12Looks fine.
01:14Well, let's go to work.
01:19Looks like he's got a rifle.
01:23I don't think he'll have it for long.
01:30Hey, Paul.
01:44Morning.
01:49Looks like you folks plan to stay.
01:51Sure do.
01:52We bought the place.
01:53My name is McCain.
01:55This is my boy, Mark.
01:56I'm Sam Montgomery, Mr. McCain.
01:58Mine's Billy Lehigh.
01:59Howdy, Mark.
02:00Howdy.
02:01Surprised old man Dunlap finally sold this place.
02:04Well, he passed away back east.
02:05Judge Hennepin certainly matters for the heirs.
02:07Seems they were anxious to sell.
02:09You have the deed yet?
02:11We're getting the next month.
02:13Why?
02:13Well, we work for the San Savo Cattle Corporation.
02:16That's old Jackford's outfit.
02:17Maybe you've heard of him.
02:18As a matter of fact, I have.
02:20I thought your grasp was in Arizona territory.
02:23It is.
02:24Arizona, New Mexico, and a good section of Nevada, too.
02:26You see, Mr. Jackford had sort of a working arrangement with old man Dunlap.
02:30And when Mr. Jackford has an arrangement, it don't change until he says so.
02:35And I don't think he's going to say so.
02:36See, we've been using this place for winter grazing ground for our new Hereford stop.
02:40I think you all just better pack up and hightail it on back to North Fork or wherever you came from and send Mr. Jackford a letter.
02:47Well, I appreciate your interest, boys, but I own this land legal and proper.
02:52Talking legal or keeping legal?
02:55There's a difference.
02:56Possession is what we call the law around here, Mr. McCain.
02:58All ten points of it.
02:59Now, why don't you just hop in your wagon and move along?
03:02Until Mr. Jackford decides different, I'm afraid you're a trespasser.
03:06You don't seem to realize it, boys, but I am in possession.
03:10No, Mr. McCain.
03:12We are in possession.
03:17Now, do I make myself clear?
03:19You're beginning to, Mr. Lehigh.
03:23Where do I find Mr. Jackford?
03:25Looks like he and I had better have a talk.
03:27Well, right now he's camped at Grizzly Meta.
03:29But Adam figures how it'll take kindly to your visit, sir.
03:32He don't usually give up nothing unless he has to.
03:34And so far, he ain't had to.
03:37You don't mind if I give it a try.
03:43Stand easy, Mr. McCain.
03:53Looks like your daddy learns a hard way, Mark.
03:58Let it be.
04:00Walk around it.
04:01Come on, boy.
04:03Come on.
04:04Snap it up.
04:11Ricky, don't you go worrying about your dad.
04:13He'll be all right.
04:15Susan, calm down, brother.
04:26You can get up now, Mr. McCain.
04:27Sorry, I had to fuss with you.
04:39Hey, Mr. McCain, what do you get this loop here for to make it easier to...
04:42Marty, this thing goes off all by its lonesome.
04:47I didn't pull the trigger or nothing.
04:49Looks like that weapon has your best interest at heart, Mr. McCain.
04:51Well, this thing has a little old fandango here that trips the trigger when you slam the lever home.
04:57This is mighty cute, Mr. McCain.
05:05Cute, but not practical.
05:07You see what I mean?
05:15Mr., I think it's time for you to get in that wagon and pull out.
05:18You're going to keep the rifle?
05:19Yeah, I think we will.
05:20I like it.
05:21Are you leaving, Mr. McCain?
05:22Or do we have to drag you out?
05:28This is our home.
05:30We're staying.
05:31Billy, I figure there's a lamp full of coal oil on that house.
05:34Yeah, I think maybe there is.
05:47Now, I want to tell you something about Mr. Jackford.
05:49That'll save you considerable trouble.
05:50Mr. Jackford isn't a bad man.
05:52He's just a little narrow-minded when it comes to giving up what he's got.
05:55Sir Jackford figures he's his brother's keeper.
06:07Sure keeps well.
06:13You'll buy the place for me, I'm sure.
06:15Right, Billy?
06:16Right.
06:16And if you're polite, Mr. McCain, you'll end up losing nothing but a little of your time.
06:21All right.
06:24I understand.
06:25We're just a big outfit that don't intend to get smaller.
06:28That's the way it is.
06:30So long, Mark.
06:30Come on.
06:31Come on.
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06:54Paul, it's just not fair.
07:04We ride halfway across the country looking for the right place,
07:07and when we finally got it, well, look what happens.
07:13Looks to me like the Lord's dead set against us,
07:17having our own place.
07:21Help me saddle up, boy.
07:22I want to tell you a story.
07:24Well, come on.
07:32A long time ago, in a country so far west,
07:35it's almost due east of here,
07:37there lived a big stockman with a beard so long
07:40it reached down to his belly button.
07:43His name was Job.
07:47Now, Job had seven sons and seven daughters
07:49and over 7,000 head of fine cattle and sheep,
07:52not to mention a considerable amount of camels.
07:54Now, Job was top dog with the Lord
07:56because he was so hard-working and righteous.
07:59The Lord, who never lost a chance to brag on him,
08:02made a point of telling the devil about the old man,
08:04about how he hated evil,
08:06fought temptation,
08:08and most important,
08:10how he never lost his faith in God.
08:11Well, the devil switched his tail and laughed.
08:16And he allowed that Job was such a good man
08:18because everything was going his way.
08:20Just give him some trouble and he'd switch sides in a hurry.
08:24Well, the Lord thought this over.
08:26And then he said he'd give the devil a hog dollar
08:28against a penny worth of brimstone,
08:30that Job would keep faith with his maker,
08:33no matter what trials were put upon him.
08:34Well, the devil had set some rustlers
08:37onto the old man's stock.
08:38And he called up a big wind
08:40that knocked down his house
08:41and killed all his children.
08:43The old man's beard turned white with grief,
08:46but he held steadfast.
08:48So the devil reared back
08:49and saddled him all over with festering boils.
08:55Mark, Job was as miserable as a man could be.
08:59He got himself a piece of broken jug,
09:01sat out in a corral,
09:03doctoring his boils
09:04and shaking ashes over his head
09:07at the whale in his faith,
09:10wondering why the Lord had forsaken him
09:12until finally three of his friends came up.
09:15And they told Job that wailing about the situation
09:18only made it worse.
09:20And it looked to them like he'd sinned
09:22somewhere along the line.
09:23And why didn't he repent?
09:25Job jumped right back at them.
09:28He said he'd repent
09:29when he had something to repent about.
09:31He knew he'd been good and righteous.
09:33And while he might complain about his lot,
09:35he'd not lost faith with the Lord.
09:38Oh, that my words were now written
09:41and printed in a book,
09:42graven with chisel and granite rock forever.
09:46For I know that my Redeemer liveth
09:47and that he shall stand beside me later on.
09:52That's how the old man put it.
09:54Well, Mark, the devil was plumb wore out,
09:57so he just tossed in his chips and quit the game.
10:00And the Lord was so proud of Job
10:02that he restored all the old man's children
10:04and his house and his camels and sheep,
10:07and he gave them over twice as many cattle
10:09as he had before.
10:11And Job lived 140 years happy as a bird dog
10:15and finally died,
10:18being old and full of days.
10:25Makes our troubles look kind of piddling, don't we?
10:29But I guess if we were to come down with boils,
10:31we'd know where to put the blame.
10:32Well, I don't think Jackford can go quite that far, son.
10:37I guess we're gonna keep this ranch.
10:39Well, I guess we're gonna try.
10:41Now, you take the wagon back to town.
10:42Tell Judge Havid I'll be there in two or three days.
10:44I'd like to stay, Pa.
10:46I can bed down over by the spring.
10:48You think you can handle a team, make camp?
10:51Might get lonesome.
10:52Pa, I'm 10 years old.
10:53All right.
10:56But you keep your eyes open after dark.
10:58Rattlesnakes like to move when the sun's down
11:00and the ground's still warm.
11:06Pa, are you going against Jackford without your rival?
11:10I don't plan on it.
11:12So long, son.
11:23Pa, are you going against Jackford?
11:53Wait, wait, wait, wait.
12:23Hold it.
12:28Hold it.
12:30Hold it.
12:31Hold it.
12:44Hold it.
12:45Take it easy.
12:47Hold it.
13:17Oh, my God.
13:47Oh, my God.
14:17Oh, my God.
14:47Oh, my God.
14:50He didn't take it too well.
14:52Looked to me like it was the first time he had a taste of dirt.
14:57What do you do down here, Pablo?
14:58Senor Jack will send me on ahead.
15:00He's coming down from Grizzly Meadow.
15:02We'll pick up the Herefords, make the drive to Amity and ship.
15:04Say, is Billy with a herd?
15:08Yep.
15:10You go to sleep now.
15:11I'll leave, then I'm going to relieve him.
15:15Gracias, Alito.
15:16I'm a little wrung out anyway.
15:18Yeah, too much losing over your shoulder, huh?
15:19Maybe.
15:22Maybe.
15:22Maybe.
15:22Maybe.
15:22Maybe.
15:23That's right.
15:25Okay.
15:30Let's go.
16:00Oh, my God.
16:30Oh, my God.
17:00Oh, boy, that was very funny, Billy.
17:13Very funny.
17:14Easy, Marty.
17:15Come on.
17:18Paddle with the cattle?
17:19Yeah.
17:21One night's sleep.
17:21Take it easy, come on.
17:23Come on.
17:53Mr. Billy Lehigh.
18:14Levante, amigo.
18:16Now I sleep and you work.
18:19Oh, come on!
18:23Hold it.
18:25Toss your gun away.
18:27Come on.
18:29Sit down.
18:30See him to save!
18:48Clyde!
18:49You found the herd, Mr. Jackford.
18:54Yeah, I found them.
18:55Look at them.
18:56Scattered.
18:57Another sound of a rider.
19:00Maybe the herd got away from them, Mr. Jackford.
19:02Maybe.
19:04If those boys went to sleep and let my cattle drift,
19:07I'll nail their highest to the wall.
19:09Let's go.
19:28Well, well, if this ain't something...
19:32That's far enough.
19:33Evening, Mr. Jackford.
19:39All right, shed your guns and step away.
19:42Old man, if you weren't so slow, you'd be wearing a broken wrist.
19:46What do you want, mister?
19:48My name's McCain, Mr. Jackford.
19:50Your two boys tried to push me off my place this morning.
19:53I come up to tell you it can't be done.
19:55Oh?
19:57You bought the Dunlap ranch.
20:00I bought it and I plan on keeping it.
20:03How much do you want?
20:04You can't buy it for money, marbles or chalk, Mr. Jackford.
20:08You're gonna keep your stock, your men and your dogs off my property
20:10till I tell you different.
20:12And if I don't?
20:13I'll bury him there.
20:15You haven't got the chances of us...
20:17Maybe I oughta rope and drag you for a while.
20:23A mouth full of foxtails might teach you some manners.
20:26It taught me.
20:28All right, all right.
20:30You had your say, now get on your horse and get out of here.
20:32We got another thing to settle.
20:34Your boy's burnt down my house.
20:36You burned the place?
20:46It seemed like the thing to do.
20:47He's pretty stubborn, Mr. Jackford.
20:49I never told you to burn nothing.
20:51It wasn't much of a house anyway, sir.
20:55They had no call to burn your house.
20:58I'll pay you for your loss.
21:00But I got plans for that ranch and I aim to keep it.
21:03You're gonna have trouble.
21:04I cut my teeth on your kind of trouble, son.
21:08Now get out of here.
21:10Not until you build what you're burnt down.
21:13You better shoot, boy, if you got guts enough,
21:15because it's gonna be the last chance you ever get.
21:18Now go ahead and shoot.
21:21Mr. Jackford, I don't need this rifle to do...
21:26Now I'm gonna wrap this fancy rifle around a tree.
21:34Now I'm gonna do the last time.
21:35How am I gonna sit down?
21:36I'll do the last time.
21:37All right.
21:38All right.
21:39All right.
21:40All right.
22:01All right.
22:10That's far enough, mister.
22:15Well, tell him to shoot, if you got guts enough.
22:20You better do it, Jackford, or I'll be waiting out in the brush
22:23every time you step out the door.
22:27I'll kill your stock, and I'll burn your bonds.
22:29I'm going to pay you back, Mr. Jackford.
22:33Now, what's it going to be?
22:34All right.
22:40We'll build you a new house.
22:41All right, Clyde.
22:50Help the boys on their feet.
22:51You got yourself a ranch, mister.
23:06Whether you keep it or something else, you step out of line,
23:11or you make one mistake and you're finished.
23:14I'll be watching and waiting, waiting for a reason to come
23:18after you with a gun, and when I do, I won't be alone.
23:22Remember that, Mr. McCain.
23:48I'll be waiting for you, Jackford.
23:54Hi, Mark.
23:55Oh, hiya, Pa.
23:56Everything go all right?
23:59You have a good night's sleep?
24:02Fine.
24:05How'd you get along?
24:07Fine.
24:10Well, where do you want us to load, Mr. McCain?
24:25Right beside the burn.
24:27I want all the ashes and trash cleared away before sundown.
24:30Yes, sir.
24:32Hiya, Mark.
24:33Hiya, Billy.
24:34They're going to help us rebuild, son.
24:39Good.
24:41Like some coffee?
24:42Say, I think maybe I would.
24:44Got a fresh pipe going for when you got back.
24:47Well, hop aboard.
25:09Good.
25:13Good night.
25:15Good night.
25:17Good night.
25:17Good night.
25:20Good night.
25:22THE END
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