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A Texas gunslinger is hired to protect the bank of North Fork. When he appears at the McCain Ranch, he doesn't leave a very good impression with Lucas
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00:00The Rifleman
00:06Starring Chuck Connors
00:30Do you mind letting us in on it?
00:45We just follow it, that's all
00:47That's an empty safe
00:48Yep
00:49Anyone who takes a trouble to get a safe that size
00:52They, uh, they gotta put money into it
01:00Good morning, Harriet
01:13I'm sure gonna miss Harriet
01:21She knows what's gonna happen today
01:23I can see it in her eyes
01:24Ah, pig's a pig, son
01:26Yeah, but not Harriet
01:27She's like part of the family
01:29You raised her for sale, don't change your mind
01:31Mark, wait for breakfast
01:35You might want to you raised proper with table manners
01:37Better get another couple plates, son
01:43Stranger riding up
01:59Howdy
02:04Howdy
02:05Just having some bacon and coffee
02:07Care to join us?
02:09Well, thank you
02:10All right, have a chair
02:11No, I'll just
02:12I'll just stand up
02:14All right
02:14Hi
02:17All right, Ward
02:19Take your hat off, Mark
02:21Eat your breakfast, Mark
02:38There's some feed under the lean-to for your horse
02:44Huh?
02:45Oh, uh
02:46No, I'll feed them when I get to town
02:49North Park
02:51Yeah
02:53Well, if you're planning on settling down, you can take my word for it
02:57It's a good-growing community
02:58My boy and I took one look and stayed
03:00Nothing I'd like better just to stay in one place
03:06Give me a little spread
03:08Maybe I will someday
03:10I got me a job
03:12Steady job
03:13What do you do?
03:17Well, that's all right what I do
03:19Everybody's always trying to find out what I do
03:23But I do something
03:24I don't mind telling you I do it good, too
03:29Well
03:34You sure for any people I'm obliged to you for the food
03:38Oh, look now
03:39You, I guess
03:40You don't have to pay
03:40Well, uh
03:44That's a good union dollar
03:46Well, we enjoyed your company
03:48It was our pleasure
03:48Well, you
03:50You're a real friendly
03:52And I
03:53I thank you
03:54You're more than welcome
03:55Yeah
03:59I'm gonna give me a spread like this someday
04:02You're awful skittish, mister
04:32I'm sorry
04:33Well, pails like that are hard to come by out here
04:35I'll take that dollar
04:37Is that square?
04:41That squares it
04:42What made him spook, Paul?
04:56Men like him can never relax
04:59Son, you just had breakfast
05:01With a Texas gunfighter
05:02Now, we may not be as big as Albuquerque, but look out, we're growing fast
05:15Now, this is the first real indication that we're a hustling, bustling community of considerable means
05:25We've got ourselves a bank
05:27Now, I want you to meet a man who has faith in the future of North Fork
05:32Our new neighbor, our new council member, our new bank president, John Maysfield Hamilton
05:39Thank you, John Maysfield Hamilton
05:43I think someday you will be as big as Albuquerque
05:47That's why I've invested my time and money in this bank
05:52I want to grow
05:54With you and North Fork
05:57But let's put it this way
05:59I can't make money
06:02Unless you do
06:03Now, unless you folks are radically different from what our research tells us
06:09Most of you keep your savings buried in hidden spots on your property
06:13You dig holes, hide it under rocks, bury it beneath trees
06:17Now, this is foolish
06:19All of you neighbors with your money buried in tin cans under your property
06:23I'd like you to take a look at our tin cans
06:26This is the finest carborundum steel plate mankind can make
06:31Folks, the walls of this safe are six inches thick
06:34Absolutely guaranteed to be fireproof and burglar proof
06:39But I know what you're saying
06:41What about all those bank hold-ups we read about?
06:45Well, I've got an answer for any man
06:48Who's entertaining the idea of holding up our North Fork City Bank
06:52Would you step out, sir?
06:58I want you all to meet my new bank guard
07:00Mr. Floyd Doniger of Abilene, Texas
07:04Hey, Paul, that's going to be
07:05Yeah, I know, I know, son
07:06You want insurance? Your money's going to be safe
07:08All right
07:09Let's give him a little demonstration of our bank security, Floyd
07:13All right, let her go
07:20That's pretty fair shooting, Mr. Jones
07:36Floyd Doniger is the man I've hired to guard your savings
07:41Now, it's Openhauser, our bank
07:44You're all welcome
07:45Come in and look around
07:46Good morning, sir
07:55Cake and coffee's on the house, folks
07:57These lovely ladies over here will help you
07:59Give me your attention, please, for one moment
08:05You'll, uh, you'll notice this odd construction here
08:09What's that for, you're asking yourselves?
08:12Floyd, if you will, please
08:12There you are, folks
08:17I had this platform belt so that Floyd Doniger's got the advantage
08:21Over anybody entertaining the idea of fooling with your good people's money
08:25I like the cut of this man
08:26I think his bank's here at his date, too
08:28What do you think, Mr. McCain?
08:30They don't make him any safer
08:31Impressive enough, I guess
08:33Might even make the marshal think we don't need him when he gets back from Yuma prison
08:37Well, son, we got to sell that pig of yours
08:40We better get going
08:40See you folks later
08:42See you later
08:43Yes, sir, that's a mighty fine sow you raised there, Mark
08:59Thank you
09:00And now, what did you have in mind to ask for Harriet?
09:06Well, I didn't exactly know
09:09It's your sow, Mark
09:10You're old enough now to do your own selling
09:12I'll be over at the wheel rides when you're done
09:14Uh, Hattie
09:16Don't let him skin you too bad
09:18I don't know
09:19This is an awful sharp trader, this boy
09:22All right, Mark
09:25Now, let you and me start to dicker
09:27You'll put her weight at, uh, five stone
09:30Now, figure the head will weigh ten pounds
09:39A quick look at the tonnes
09:40What?
09:41How?
09:42Is there rasa hollow?
09:42That sounds fun
09:44I'll hold you
09:45In one hand
09:45After those stained
10:07Well, good morning, Miss Annie.
10:34Good morning, Mr. Hammond.
10:35Step right over here.
10:35Well, thank you.
10:37This is a great moment, isn't it?
10:39It certainly is.
10:40I'd like to deposit my money, please.
10:43Well, very well.
10:44Just put your name right there.
10:46And the amount of your deposit.
10:48Sign it right here.
10:48Yes.
10:49Do I get some sort of a receipt for all this money?
10:52Oh, certainly.
10:53It's all here in your bank book.
10:55Oh, well, thank you.
10:56Thank you, Miss Annie.
10:58Good morning, sir.
10:59I'd be glad to count it for you.
11:01Well done.
11:02Good morning, sir.
11:18Ah, yes.
11:19Give me some change, will you?
11:20I'd be glad to.
11:30There you are, sir.
11:32Five dollars, Pa.
11:47Just what I've been thinking, Pa.
11:49I'm going to use this money to buy another pig, raise and sell it to Mrs. Denton.
11:53Then I'll buy another one and sell it and another and another.
11:56And you know, Pa, I bet in about a year or so, I bet we'll almost have a million dollars,
12:00won't we, Pa?
12:01Well, I don't think we'll have that much, sir.
12:03Well, almost.
12:04You know, I bet I could have asked ten dollars instead of five.
12:09Now, you remember one thing.
12:11Don't ever look back at a deal.
12:12Make a bargain with somebody, you shake hands on it and put it behind you.
12:16That's the signature of a man, Mark.
12:18Now, you better let me have that to say for you.
12:19You're going to lose it.
12:20Pa?
12:21What is it?
12:22Well, I've been picking, Pa.
12:28Well, I earned the money, didn't I?
12:30What are you getting at?
12:31Well, you're always telling me how a man should do what he thinks is right with his own money.
12:36Well, I want to put mine in the bank.
12:40How'd you come by that decision?
12:42Well, I've been thinking about that two and a half percent interest, Pa.
12:46Think a boy like me can put his money in the bank?
12:49Your money speaks as loud as the next fellas.
12:52Well, then, it'd make me feel like I was a part of something.
12:56Like a real man.
12:59All right, son.
13:01Well, when, Pa, today?
13:04Today?
13:05We're digging tree stumps today.
13:06Now, I'm going to have my saddle fixed tomorrow.
13:08You can make your deposit bank.
13:11Hey, it's Judge Hunnaman.
13:14Attend to your chores, Mark.
13:16Yes, Pa.
13:21Hi there, Lucas.
13:22Hi, Judge.
13:23Stop in for a cup of coffee?
13:24Oh, no thanks, Lucas.
13:25I just stopped by for a little chat.
13:27I had a wonderful turnout at the bank this morning.
13:29Yeah, they're everybody in town.
13:30Oh, I saw.
13:32Excepting you, that is, Lucas.
13:34Oh?
13:35The reason I drove out here...
13:37People around here respect you.
13:40They admire you.
13:41The way you've carved out a home for yourself and your boy.
13:44You're always honest and fair in your dealings.
13:47Now, those that didn't come into the bank are the people that stay out because you do.
13:53Judge, they get minds of their own.
13:55I don't try to influence anybody.
13:57Well, nonetheless, they respect you.
13:59They follow your pattern.
14:02Tell me, Lucas, what is it?
14:04I'll tell you, Judge.
14:06Ten years ago, my wife and I put our savings in a little bank back home.
14:09Remember the slump of 78?
14:10Yeah.
14:12The bank folded and we were cleaned out.
14:13Well, it doesn't come easy for me now to let someone else look after my money.
14:17Well, this man, Hamilton, has considerable assets.
14:20You can check his books.
14:22I may change my mind when I see how he runs his business.
14:25Right now, he's a stranger to me.
14:26Oh, no more than you were when you came here.
14:28I remember the day you and the boy rode into town, the day of that big turkey shoot.
14:32Hamilton is part of the community, too.
14:36The only difference, I came without asking anybody to invest money in my future.
14:40Well, I won't press it, Lucas.
14:41Of course, a man has a right to make up his mind about his own money.
14:45I promised Hamilton that I'd talk to you and I kept my promise.
14:49Well, there's one he's convinced.
14:51Mark has $5 he's going to deposit tomorrow.
14:53The bank's got one, McCain.
14:55That's not a bad average.
14:56Well, so long, Lucas.
14:58You let Mark advise you.
15:01That's a pretty smart young businessman.
15:03So long, Judge.
15:04Goodbye.
15:04Goodbye.
15:04Goodbye.
15:04Goodbye.
15:11Oh, Floyd.
15:14Do you need me any more, Mr. Hamilton?
15:16Just finished.
15:22See you tomorrow.
15:26Well, Charlie, I think we can lock up now.
15:29Hiya, Floyd.
15:46Say, when was the last time, Floyd?
15:48Glory, Flats, Cassis?
15:53I nearly bust when I see you in the bank.
15:56Are you working for him?
16:00What do you think I'm doing?
16:02Come on.
16:02Get your feet off of Floyd's bed.
16:06Say, Floyd.
16:08Floyd, we've been following that safe a long time.
16:11What does he mean, am I working for him?
16:13I'm getting paid, ain't I?
16:14Oh, he figures you don't plan on working for him for long.
16:18If he says anything to Mr. Hamilton about me, I'll kill him.
16:21Now, Floyd, you don't understand.
16:23We're all playing the same game.
16:24We plan to crack in that safe, too.
16:29Oh, no.
16:30Now, I might have been thinking about it,
16:32but that's as far as it went.
16:33Just thinking.
16:34Floyd.
16:38Floyd, you got a real sucker's job.
16:41Now, what are they paying you, huh?
16:4420, 30 bucks a month?
16:46No, you can't do it, Gavin.
16:48I have to kill you.
16:49That's what Mr. Hamilton's paying me.
16:50Have you any idea how much you're guarding
16:52about $40,000 a month?
16:54No.
16:56About $40,000.
16:58Maybe.
16:59Maybe $45,000.
17:00Now, look.
17:01But one-fourth of that is all yours.
17:04There's more than you can make or steal in your whole life.
17:06Now, your line ain't that much money.
17:08It ain't, huh?
17:09Well, I'll guarantee you $10,000, your share alone.
17:15Yeah, but then I'd just have to ride on again.
17:17I was figuring on settling down.
17:19I could get a spread and just stay in one foot.
17:22What are you laughing at?
17:24Won't you laugh at Floyd?
17:27Won't you laugh at him?
17:29Hello, Floyd.
17:30I want to tell you something.
17:32At what they'd pay you,
17:34you'd have whiskers down to your boots
17:36before you could even buy the beginnings of a decent spread.
17:38Do you know that?
17:41Well, I never figured it out time-wise.
17:44Floyd, I'm not going to argue with you.
17:47You want to stay in one place, you can.
17:49You can stay right in this room
17:51the rest of your natural life,
17:53which ain't going to be too long.
18:00Floyd, I don't, I don't want to,
18:02I don't want to fight you.
18:03I want that money just like,
18:05just like you do.
18:08Come on, let's, let's work together.
18:10Come on.
18:10Come on, drink it down.
18:11Come on.
18:13Drink it.
18:14I've been looking the place over and
18:15I ain't figured the best way yet.
18:18Oh, we have.
18:19Since, since you're working for him,
18:22made it twice as easy for us.
18:24Huh?
18:24What do you say?
18:31Huh?
18:32What do you say?
18:32Come on.
18:48Paul,
18:49you can go get your saddle fixed.
18:51All right.
18:55Well, it's just that if you go in by yourself,
18:57they treat you more like you're a groan.
18:59See you at the saddle shop, mister.
19:01Thank you, sir.
19:31Hello there, young man.
19:35What can we do for you?
19:37Well, I'd like to open an account with my five dollars.
19:41Well, we'd be proud to accommodate a thrifty,
19:43smart man like you.
19:44Step right over here and I'll help you myself.
20:01Mark, one, look at you.
20:18Oh, you're Lucas McCain, son.
20:21Well, Mr. McCain, here's your bank book.
20:23Now, bring that with you whenever you make your next deposit.
20:26Everybody, look over here.
20:42Pay good attention.
20:45I'm going to kill the first person who opens his mouth.
20:49Over there.
20:50Over there.
20:50Over there.
20:53Over there.
20:53Over there.
20:55Over there.
21:25I'm going to see you get a bonus.
21:27No, I changed my mind.
21:29I ain't going to settle here.
21:31Floyd!
21:33I'm going to see you get a bonus.
21:37I changed my mind.
21:39I ain't going to settle here.
21:41Floyd!
21:55Anyone else?
22:01Hey, hold up there, boy. Come here.
22:03That's all that gunfire.
22:05He's got my $5.
22:07What are you saying, son?
22:15Would somebody stop him?
22:17Please don't go, Paul.
22:19I don't care about my $5.
22:21Please don't go, Paul.
22:23I don't care about my $5.
22:25You stay back there, son.
22:27Please, Paul.
22:29Paul, please.
22:31I don't care about my money.
22:37You there.
22:39Now, you're as friendly to me. I don't have to kill you.
22:41You got money doesn't belong to you.
22:43Now, you back off. This ain't none of your business.
22:47You got $5 belongs to my son, mister.
22:51I don't care.
22:55Is that squares?
22:57All right. Now, drop the saddlebags.
23:01Well, suit yourself.
23:21Oh, come on. Come on.
23:25To be continued...
23:55All right, all right, folks.
23:57Now just move back, make room.
23:59Everybody back, please.
24:00Make room for Mr. Hamilton to speak to you.
24:03Folks, I'm very sorry for what happened today.
24:07I personally picked the man Doniger for the job,
24:11and my judgment was bad.
24:13However, if you'll just be patient until I count the money
24:15and get the bank in order,
24:17I assure you that each and every one of you
24:20is welcome to take out the money you entrusted to me.
24:23Well, that's fair enough.
24:25Who said anything about taking money out?
24:27Well, that's why everybody's here, isn't it?
24:29Well, not me.
24:30I'm here to see if I'll put mine in.
24:34Tell me, Lucas, how come you changed your mind?
24:36Yeah, Pa, how come?
24:39You know, son, sometimes there's a good reason
24:41for a man to change his mind.
24:42What?
24:44I wonder where you are.
24:44You know what?
24:45I don't know if I can.
24:46Well, that's how you have.
24:56Come back.
24:57THE END
25:27THE END
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