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A famous gunfighter decides to retire from gunfighting when he marries. His wife persuades him to move to North Fork, open a store, and settle down.
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00:00The Rifleman
00:07Starring Chuck Connors
00:30Oh, Wes
00:48It says I'm a better man
00:55You ought to save your money, Oni
00:56Then your friends could give you a good funeral
00:58Strong words
01:00For a man that's taken to hiding behind a woman's skirts
01:04Come on, Wes
01:05Well, sure enough, it's true
01:07You know, maybe it wasn't in the deal
01:12I ought to take insults from a two-bit saddle tramp
01:16Hold it
01:16Oni, you told me you were just passing through
01:21Well, I was on my way, and I saw my old buddy here
01:24Now, if you've seen him, what's keeping you?
01:27Nothing
01:27You're sitting there, Wes
01:30I'm astrayed from your usual stumbling ground, haven't you, Wes?
01:40Well, I haven't heard of any law that says a man and his wife can't change their address
01:43Wes isn't looking for trouble, Marshal
01:45We're hoping to settle here in North Fork
01:47Begging your pardon, ma'am, but I'd rather you didn't
01:50Seems to me you're talking a little out of line
01:52You're mistaken about my husband
01:54And Wes made a promise
01:54He's through being a gunfighter
01:57Ma'am
01:57Knowing about some of the friends your husband made in the past
02:02I'm wondering just how long you'll be able to keep that promise
02:05Oh, come on in, mana
02:06I'm kind of making a promise
02:09I'm sure you know what the truth is
02:10I'm afraid
02:11You're Guten september
02:13Bye
02:14I'm sorry
02:15Ma'am
02:16But now you can doünü that
02:17What have I known?
02:18I'll meet you
02:18You're a little bit
02:19You're going tokan
02:19Maybe you'reree i hedgered from the spirit of the world
02:20You're a little bit
02:21Yeah, you're a little bit
02:22I'mdas
02:24I'll meet you
02:25You're a little bit
02:26A little bit
02:27I'll meet you
02:27But now you're a little bit
02:29An old Kentucky trapper told me about this
02:37when I was still in Knee Bridges.
02:39This Brucewood has a nice, clean taste,
02:41and it's not too hard.
02:42It doesn't look much like a toothbrush to me.
02:45It'll do till I get to town and get you a new one.
02:59It looks like we've got some early morning visitors.
03:08Do you know who they are?
03:09A man and a woman in a buckboard.
03:11Can't tell who.
03:11You go in and button up.
03:17Hi, folks.
03:23Lucas.
03:24Claire.
03:28Hello, Lucas.
03:30Claire Wheatley.
03:33Only it isn't Wheatley anymore.
03:36I've been Mrs. Wes Carney for almost a month.
03:39Wes.
03:40This is Lucas.
03:42Hello, Lucas. Glad to know you.
03:44Carney.
03:47This must be Mark.
03:50Claire was one of your mother's dearest friends, Mark.
03:52They grew up together.
03:55I'm very pleased to meet you, ma'am.
03:58This is her husband, Mr. Carney.
04:00How do you do, sir?
04:01Hello, Mark.
04:02He resembles Margaret a great deal, Lucas.
04:05Yes, I know.
04:08What brings you to this neck of the woods, Claire?
04:10Well, we're looking for a place to settle.
04:11I'd heard that you'd moved here, and I thought maybe you could help us.
04:15It'd be a special pleasure to do anything I can.
04:17Is there a problem?
04:22Are you aware of Wes's reputation?
04:26That hurt his name.
04:27Seems as though your marshal doesn't draw a line between one former gunfighter and another.
04:31Well, Micah may be a little hasty in his judgment, but he's fair if you meet him halfway.
04:35That's all Wes and I asked.
04:37Oh, then there shouldn't be any trouble.
04:38Let's go inside and we'll talk it out over a cup of coffee, huh?
04:40Fine.
04:41Oh, that would be nice.
04:44Paul?
04:45I'll go on as a horse.
04:47I'd appreciate that, son.
04:48Being the wife of a man who lives by the gun just doesn't fit some women, Lucas.
05:00Well, Claire is that kind of woman.
05:03I guess I would have married Wes anyway, but when he said he'd take off his guns, I knew we'd both be happier.
05:09Now that you've given up your trade, what are you aiming to do?
05:12Well, we thought we'd stay in Crowder, where Claire was teaching school.
05:15There's been a drought season there. Regular jobs just aren't to be had.
05:17And I've seen it happen that way.
05:19And I had an offer to take over the marshal's job at Bolton City.
05:22I thought it was the answer all the way around.
05:25But I guess Claire was right when she said that it was just another name for what I'd always done.
05:29So you kept on being, how you said, a fish out of water.
05:33Lucas, that's not fair.
05:35Well, maybe not.
05:37Look, I figured if we could buy into some kind of business here, maybe we could work it out.
05:43Well, they're darn good in farmers for sale.
05:45It's a nice place, too. Good water and soil.
05:47Well, it'd be fine for raising most any crop.
05:49No, I don't think I'd be any good at farming.
05:52Well, the only other place for sale is Matt Beale's feed and grain store.
05:55That sounds like what we're looking for.
05:57All right, honey.
06:08Well, that is if the man doesn't want too much for the place.
06:11$2,500 is his asking price.
06:13I've got almost that saved from when I was teaching.
06:16I'm sure Beale's price could be horse traded.
06:18Would you try, Lucas?
06:19Are you sure being a storekeeper is what you want, Wes?
06:27Well, I'm willing to try.
06:28It's not going to be easy.
06:30Starting in life is a tough job, especially for a man with your reputation.
06:34He's going to need all the help he can get, Claire.
06:36Wes knows he can depend on me.
06:38All right.
06:45I'll saddle up and we can get going.
06:54Lucas.
06:58You'll never know how much this means to me.
07:00Well, it looks pretty good, Wes.
07:14Oh, well, that bad considering?
07:16Considering what?
07:18Considering that I haven't had my first customer yet.
07:20At least you're dressed for the part.
07:22Well, Claire says when a man's a storekeeper, you should look like one.
07:24Wes, I owe you an apology.
07:26When you first came to town, I just sort of figured it.
07:33Morgan and Clyde Bailey.
07:35Oni Kincai, Jeff Wallace, and Phil Norton.
07:39It's fine a bunch of killers as you'll find between there and the Kansas line.
07:42I wonder what they want here.
07:45I think we're about to find out.
07:48I told Oni I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.
07:53Wes Carney wearing a face.
07:56Oni Kincai, it looks natural.
07:58All right.
08:00You've had your little joke.
08:01Now move on.
08:02Oh, now that ain't no way to talk to five law-abiding citizens that figure I'm making North Fork their home.
08:09Now we'll maybe want to start a business like Wes did.
08:12It'll only work a little more fitting for a man.
08:16Like, uh, I've always been partial to banks.
08:19I think I'll open one here.
08:20I was afraid something like this would happen.
08:29Let one fast gun stay.
08:32Why not others?
08:33They just came to bait me.
08:34I won't take the bait.
08:35Maybe they'll move on.
08:39A little rough on him, Micah.
08:40I only said what I felt.
08:42Well, he might have had a fast gun, but he never hired out to the wrong side.
08:44No use arguing the point, Lucas.
08:46All I know is things were pretty good in this town before Wes arrived.
08:50Now we're becoming a haven for killers.
08:52Come on, Wes.
09:18Come on, Wes.
09:22Where's the apron, Wes?
09:32Is that him with flowers on it?
09:45All right, Clyde.
09:46Now move out of the way.
09:48Plenty of room in the street, Wes.
09:52You looking for something, Wes?
09:54Looks like he lost something.
09:56I think it's his guns.
10:00We can walk in the street, Wes.
10:02I don't mind.
10:05You know what they're trying to do.
10:07Don't let them.
10:09He ain't wearing an apron today.
10:11He's hiding behind one.
10:13Are you forgetting I took care of you once already?
10:19I ain't forgetting nothing.
10:21None of us are.
10:29Wes.
10:31Got a customer waiting at the store.
10:34Sam DeKoven wants some oats for his back meadow.
10:36Put her away, Clyde.
10:36Put her away.
10:42Ain't you mixing into something that ain't none of your business?
10:45I'd say it's the other way around.
10:47From now on, leave these folks alone.
10:49I ain't one for taking advice, Lucas.
10:52Right now, I'm giving it for nothing.
10:54Later on, it might cost.
10:56Come on, I'll walk you back to the store.
10:59Thank you, Lucas.
10:59There we are.
11:22Let's see now.
11:23So far, we have four sacks of chicken feed,
11:25three sacks of scratch corn,
11:26a hundred pounds of oats,
11:27and a hundred pounds of barley.
11:28Anything else, Mr. Moody?
11:29No, there's something else.
11:31Can't place my mind on it.
11:33Well, your wife was asking the other day about package seeds.
11:35That's it.
11:36Good thing you reminded me.
11:38Ella would have nailed me to a post if I'd forgotten them.
11:40They're right over here.
11:41Take your pick.
11:42You know,
11:43when it comes to flowers,
11:45I'm just as green as they come.
11:46Get Wes to pick them out for you.
11:48He'll be the next person.
11:50Ask him to show you the correct way to plant drinking fires.
11:55Guess I'll let the missus pick them out.
11:57Be around later this afternoon to get the order.
11:59Hey, it's a nice-looking place you got here, Wes.
12:09Yeah, maybe give me a place like this when I get older.
12:11It's a nice safe place to retire.
12:13You won't be that lucky, Yoni.
12:14Somebody will cut you down long before then.
12:17Hey, Wes,
12:18what do you suppose is in these here sacks?
12:20Corn?
12:22Rice?
12:23Wheat?
12:24Why don't you find out for yourself, Clyde?
12:36I guess I'll water the plant.
12:41Hey, this bag's got a hole in it.
12:43Oh, it doesn't.
12:43Take him and get out of here.
13:06Straighten out his shells, boys.
13:07Let's take him out the bank.
13:25I've waited a long time to pay Mr. Carney all that I owe him.
13:28Time you turned in, son.
13:45I would have been finished long ago if it wasn't for this one problem.
13:48Fred has 15 cows.
13:53John has twice as many cows as Fred had
13:56when Fred had as many cows as John has now.
13:59How many cows is John?
14:02Study it some more, son.
14:03If you can't come up with the right answer,
14:05we'll work it out together.
14:14Late for visitors.
14:18Let's take a look at that bag of yours, Wes.
14:48Wes, I don't think these welts are bothering you
15:02as much as something else.
15:04It's been a long time since I've taken a whipping.
15:06When I was a young pup back in Illinois,
15:09I was about as scrawny as a sapling in the desert.
15:14I had collar when I was a baby
15:15and just barely made it through.
15:16I used to tag around after my ma all day long,
15:20following her.
15:21The other young pups would call me about it.
15:23I'd yap back.
15:25They'd start shoving me around
15:26and I always wind up taking a licking
15:27to ma'd come to my rescue.
15:30Ma died when I was eight.
15:32I was left practically alone.
15:35Pa working early morning
15:36till late night at his printing shop.
15:38So I had to face the other kids
15:39knowing that nobody was going to save my skin.
15:43When you're forced to fighting every day,
15:45you get tough pretty quick.
15:47Well, it wasn't long before nobody bothered me anymore.
15:50They'd keep their distance,
15:51show me the proper respect.
15:52I grew to like it that way.
15:55So naturally, it followed for me to become a gunfighter
15:58and a proud one.
16:00You know, all that time,
16:01there was something that was missing.
16:02I was lonely.
16:05I know.
16:07Then Claire came along, everything changed.
16:09Well, she's got ways about her,
16:10sweet and kind,
16:12soft brown eyes like Ma had.
16:14Now, I gave up my trade to make her happy.
16:16It's been hard.
16:18But I owed her that much.
16:21And you think that's what she really wants,
16:22even though it makes you miserable?
16:25Claire knows there's a limit.
16:26It's Claire.
16:31Hello, Lucas.
16:32Is Wes here?
16:37Sorry.
16:38Well, it's all right now.
16:39Listen, we've run across tougher boys in these.
16:41They could be happy.
16:43This time, you're going to stay out of it
16:45and let me handle it in my own way.
16:47Oh, Wes.
16:48Hattie Denton saw them riding you out of town.
16:51Well, she came and told me.
16:52I took it on myself to talk to the marshal.
16:58I had to, Wes.
17:01I wanted him to know
17:03because I was afraid of what you might do.
17:08Well, I guess everything's taken care of.
17:11Not really, Lucas.
17:12It seems that Bailey and his boys have a whole town couch.
17:17Even Hattie's afraid to say out loud what she told me.
17:19It's up to Wes to bring charges.
17:29I love you, Wes.
17:30I love you too much to let you gamble with your life
17:33just to satisfy your pride.
17:36All right, I'll go to the marshal.
17:38I'll go get some betting, Wes.
17:40You and Claire better stay the night here.
17:43I'll ride in with you in the morning.
17:44I'll ride in with you in the morning.
17:49Well, good morning, Lucas.
17:59I was hoping you'd come in this morning.
18:01Mike, I'm ready to file charges against Bailey and the rest of them.
18:04Wes, you'll just be wasting my time and yours.
18:06Those charges don't amount to a hill of beans
18:08against what they did last night.
18:10They were in the last chance bragging.
18:13One of the boys from the Roland R
18:14had just enough to give him too much courage.
18:15They shot him down before he got half-drawal.
18:18Put a bullet in Joe Logan's leg when he tried to go for help.
18:22There's the basket, Wes.
18:23File the charges there.
18:25How did it wind up, Micah?
18:27It didn't.
18:28I tried to get me some deputies last night,
18:30but nobody would stand up.
18:32I saw Bailey and the boys out in front of the hotel this morning.
18:35They're figuring on staying, Lucas.
18:37Taking over the town and me with it.
18:39Where are you going?
18:41Try again to get me some deputies.
18:44I'm counting on you, Lucas.
18:47Good luck.
18:52Lucas, I'm...
18:52We've got a lot of work to do back at the store.
18:57Sorry, Lucas.
18:58Lucas.
18:58Hey, looks like that sheriff's coming.
19:24Anybody with him?
19:25Luke, Luke, McCain.
19:26Who else?
19:27Nobody else.
19:38I'll just be a minute, Micah.
19:47Go on home, Charlie.
19:48Hello, Lucas.
19:56Micah had no better look today than you did last night.
19:59Old Jackford and his boys are out in Roundup,
20:01and so are all the other men he might have carried on.
20:03You two are taking it alone, huh?
20:05Kind of looks that way.
20:13We can straighten up ourselves, Lucas.
20:15I know you can.
20:18When I was in the territories,
20:19I knew a fellow named Tom Harveston.
20:22He was an Indian fighter
20:23and reckoned as one of the best.
20:25Tom was mighty proud of his reputation.
20:29But he fell in love with a girl
20:31who came out from the east.
20:32He loved her like there was no tomorrow.
20:35Her condition for getting married
20:37was that he give up his trade.
20:40Well, he did.
20:40He quit and opened up a small inn
20:42and was doing pretty good.
20:43Then one day, about 20 miles out,
20:46the mail stage was wahooed by a raiding party.
20:50When they brought the bodies in for identifying,
20:52they couldn't tell which was which.
20:56I'll never forget the look on Tom's face
20:57while he stood there.
20:59You see, one of his jobs
21:00had been to scout for that mail line.
21:03Well, I didn't see him again for quite a spell.
21:06When I did, he was still running the inn.
21:08Well, he wasn't doing so good.
21:09The reason was that Tom and his missus
21:12were barely speaking.
21:15Seemed like he'd lost all his own self-respect.
21:19So when that happened,
21:20it was only natural
21:20that he soon lost the respect of his wife.
21:24That's a very pretty story, Lucas.
21:26What did you do, make it up?
21:27Claire.
21:29I'm sorry, I didn't mean to.
21:32Well, I have to go.
21:32Well, Lucas, boy,
21:55I was beginning to think
21:55you forgot all about our appointment.
21:57Sorry to keep you out here in the hot sun, Micah.
21:59Well, no use waiting here.
22:12Let's go.
22:12Let's go.
22:12Let's go.
22:29Hey!
22:41The pony's yours.
22:44Lucas, take the Bailey brothers.
22:46All right, boys.
23:15Put down your guns and surrender.
23:17Now you had your say, Marshal.
23:19What you gonna do about it?
23:23Get him, will ya?
23:24Get him, will ya?
23:39Get him.
23:42that's what happens when a man takes all his guns he gets jealous that's all right don't worry
24:00is that all you can ever say don't worry better take him up to the docks
24:07i'll look after the store till you get back never mind lucas wes is going to take that marshall's
24:13job if it's still open i was going to talk to you about that who are you now marshall lucas
24:24what do you figure made them change their minds
24:36remember tom artiston sure the old indian fighter i told him what happened when tom married a woman
24:42set in changing his ways i didn't know tom got married you didn't huh
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