- 3 months ago
Mark captures a hawk, but a rattlesnake endangers him. A stranger appears, knowing about Mark and the hawk, and offers help.
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00:00The Rifleman
00:07Starring Chuck Connors
00:30Starring Chuck Connors
00:35Call me day a hawk
00:52Now how did a smart bird like you get caught in my rabbit snare?
01:00Now hold still
01:19I'm not gonna hurt you
01:22All right
01:29Now you be quiet
01:43Soon as I finish checking the rest of my snares I'll take you back home and show you to my pa
01:49Doodgone whatever it was got away I don't see them
01:56Doodgone whatever it was got away I don't see them
02:03Doodgone whatever it was got away I don't see them
02:10Doodgone whatever it was got away I don't see them
02:17I don't see them
02:32Don't move boy
02:35I said don't move
02:36Don't move
02:54Sorry if I scared you boy but that rattler almost got you
02:57Thanks mister
03:16Feel better boy?
03:18I guess so
03:25I reckon on how you saved my life
03:27I'm
03:29Please mister
03:30Hake boy
03:31Walt Hake
03:32Pleased to meet you I'm Mark McCain
03:35I do Mark
03:36You traveling on foot mister?
03:38My horse shied off about three days ago
03:40Threw me so hard in there it broke my neck
03:41How far do you live from here boy?
03:42About a mile
03:43My pa would be pleased to know about what you did
03:44I mean about the snake and all
03:45Well I only did the natural thing boy
03:46Makes us even
03:47Even on what?
03:48For taking that game out of that snare you was looking at
03:55Ain't much but I did take it without asking you
03:57It's the first meat I've tasted since I lost my gear and my horse
04:01Say it
04:02If you don't mind
04:03How far do you live from here boy?
04:04How far do you live from here boy?
04:05About a mile
04:06My pa would be pleased to know about what you did
04:08I mean about the snake and all
04:09Well I only did the natural thing boy
04:11Makes us even
04:12Even on what?
04:13For taking that game out of that snare you was looking at
04:16Say if you want you can come along with me while I check the rest of my snares
04:21Maybe we'll find a rabbit
04:23I told my pa if I did that
04:25Well we'd have rabbit stew tonight
04:27And even if we don't my boy's got a side of beef hanging
04:30You're welcome to share it with us
04:32Boy
04:33You just made yourself a deal
04:38Oh hold on a minute I forgot my rattler
04:40What are you gonna do with that?
04:41Rattlesnakes are good for lots of things
04:43I'll show you sometime
04:44I can stick it in that sack there
04:46Uh uh
04:47I got something here already
04:48A hawk and it's alive too
04:50Well what are you gonna do with a hawk?
04:52Well I caught him in one of my snares
04:54You gonna keep it?
04:55Sure
04:56What for?
04:59Well I don't know but
05:01Well I caught him so I figure I'm keeping him
05:04Well I never knew of anyone keeping a live hawk before
05:07Well I never heard of anyone keeping a dead snake before
05:11I'll get that rattler and be right back
05:15I'll get back
05:34Won't that hurt him pa?
05:35Oh it won't hurt him son but he's gonna be staked if you wanna keep him
05:38You do don't you?
05:39Yes sir
05:44Alright Mark, stand back
05:45Alright Mark, stand back
05:53You don't like that?
05:54No sir, not one bit
05:56I wouldn't like it either
05:58Ah it's come you're staking him then
06:00A bird like that oughta be free
06:02What do you think Mark?
06:04Well he'll keep the crows away from the place
06:08Well he'll keep the crows away from the place
06:10Maybe so but a scarecrow would do the same thing
06:14No sir, if he was mine
06:16I'd let him go
06:18I think I'll keep him for a little while anyhow
06:37Alright
06:39Did all that scrubbing you were doing wash away your appetite?
06:42Heap of food's the only thing that'll do that
06:44All we've got is beefsteak and potatoes
06:46I sure had my heart set in a rabbit stew
06:49I'll get a rabbit tomorrow, you'll see
06:51Well you know you did pretty good today, consider
06:53You're out of seven rabbit stairs
06:55He'll get back with you alive, hawking a dead snake
06:57Oh boy
06:58Go on and wash up son
07:03He's a good boy Mr. McCain
07:04Yes sir, a good boy
07:06Thanks
07:07That was a fine thing you did today, killing that rattler
07:10Mark tells me you lost your mount and your gear
07:12I'd like to repay you
07:14By replacing whenever I can
07:15I don't want repaying
07:18I tell you what
07:19A place like this needs a lot of fixing
07:23Mending fences and cattle branding and what not
07:26Supposing you were to let me stay on here for say a week or so
07:30I could earn whenever you plan to give me
07:33Fair enough
07:35Hake
07:37You never did say where you were coming from or where you're going
07:40That's right I didn't
07:43I reckon I don't really know
07:45I've been to a lot of places and there's a lot of places to go to
07:49Some would call that being a saddle bum I guess but not me
07:53I call it being a free man
07:56There's too many places in this world to see and too little time to see them in
08:01I aim to take in what I can while I can
08:04That's my way of life
08:05Are you happy living like that?
08:08Always on the move?
08:09I sure am
08:10Wouldn't have it no other way
08:12Well, that's what counts
08:18Come on boy
08:20Come on
08:21What are you doing to the rattlesnake skin?
08:31Curing it
08:33I rubbed it out with salt last night and now I'm letting it dry in the sun
08:37Oh, what are you going to do then?
08:40Well, now ain't you the nosy one?
08:43Well, I just asked
08:45Mark
08:46Over here Paul
08:47Come along son
08:52Here
08:54I'll have that cord of wood behind the barn split for the time we get back
08:57That'll be fine, Walt
08:58You should see what he's doing to that rattlesnake skin, Paul
09:01Got it all cured and everything
09:03Well, you making something out of it?
09:05Never can tell
09:07Well, we'll be back this afternoon
09:17Here's a much interest in my poster
09:19You're no different from people in any other town you've been in
09:37Hi, Micah
09:38Hi, Micah
09:39Hi, Micah
09:40You take it to advertising?
09:41Not me
09:42Him
09:43Lucas McCain
09:44Meet Eli Black
09:46Take care of the team, son
09:47I'll meet you at the general store
09:48All right, Paul
09:49One of them were dead and the other was near out of his mind
09:52He was beaten out so badly
09:53That's why you were in the city
09:54You've taken to advertising?
09:55Not me
09:56Him
09:57Lucas McCain
09:58Meet Eli Black
10:00Take care of the team, son
10:01I'll meet you at the general store
10:02All right, Paul
10:03the last time i heard of you was maybe brought in the kelly brothers back in oklahoma
10:13two of them were dead and the other was near out of his mind he was beating out so bad
10:19they weren't even wearing their guns
10:22my job is to bring in escaped convicts mccain
10:27ain't none of your business how i do it
10:31all right i got everyone i ever went after one way or the other
10:36surprise you would let him come around here maker see the badge he's wearing
10:42they hired him on down in el tampo prison that means i have to cooperate
10:46as long as he remembers he's in my jurisdiction and if the man he's looking for is around here
10:52it'll be handled my way sure marshal sure don't you worry that that man's around here huh
10:58i trailed him now on the hundred mile and three days ago he just
11:03up and disappeared i'll figure he's hiding out somewhere
11:07somebody's hiding him but i'll
11:10i'll find him
11:12when i do
11:14you're gonna kill him flank just like all the others
11:17i'll never kill anybody mccain
11:22i say give me cause
11:24something bothering you lucas yeah according to that description
11:41man flack's looking for has been at my ranch for the past three days
11:45you're putting me in a bad position lucas
11:58will i ever give you any reason to doubt my judgment micah
12:01no
12:01no that you haven't
12:03all i'm asking for is 24 hours
12:05what makes you so sure that
12:07lord hake or reed young isn't a real killer like flack says after all that's what he was jailed for
12:12i'm not sure michael i'm just bedding that way all right all right i can see there's no sense
12:17arguing with you so go ahead do it your way
12:19but if you're not back by tomorrow at sundown i'm coming out there
12:22and i hope not to pick up the pieces
12:24thanks michael
12:26well lucas
12:28why do you want to do it this way
12:30he saved mark's life
12:32i don't believe it paul
12:43he's too nice a man
12:45well if he was all that bad he wouldn't have done what he did for me
12:48and you've seen how he's been
12:49just must be the wrong man
12:52i hope you're right son
12:53i can't believe it either
12:55we can't take any chances you understand that don't you
12:58yeah i reckon i do good
13:01i want you to act natural
13:03don't let on either one of us suspects anything
13:05what are you going to say to him paul
13:08what are you going to do
13:09well i haven't quite figured that out yet but you let me handle it all right
13:12all right
13:14gosh where did you learn how to do that
13:21oh just picked it up i reckon
13:22remember i told you rattlesnakes were good for lots of things
13:25you like it
13:26do i like it golly
13:29look paul i got me a rattlesnake band for my head
13:32that's fine son
13:34feel fine
13:35hey that's what walt was doing with the skin all along
13:39just teasing me trying to make me wonder
13:42boy i'll wait until the kids see this at school
13:46wahoo
13:47you better thank walt for it now son and get on to bed it's getting late
13:50thanks walt thanks a lot
13:53glad you'll like it
13:54i do i really do
13:56well good night
13:57good night boy
13:58good night paul
14:00good night son
14:01thanks again walt
14:09go on
14:11i never knew a boy yet
14:17what didn't like surprises
14:19yeah
14:20if you're the right kind
14:22i got this for a friend of yours
14:32friend of mine
14:33who
14:34eli fly
14:35according to what it says here wolf
14:38your real name is reed young
14:40is that right
14:41i reckon there's no sense in denying it
14:44you want to tell me about it
14:46here's a lie i never killed no one
14:55why were you in jail then
14:57all right
15:03all right
15:04at one time lucas i carried a gun
15:06like everybody else i carried a gun
15:10but i never used it for nothing excepting to kill for food and protection
15:16about two years ago i was down in hobs
15:22i was just having a drink to wash the dust down
15:26there was a gun fight
15:28there was five of them
15:30and one of them got himself killed
15:33they said i did it
15:35the only reason they said that was because i was a stranger in town and all the rest of them had friends there
15:41they found an empty cartridge in my gun
15:44they didn't believe me when i told them that it was empty because i had killed a rabbit for some food
15:50they didn't hang me lucas because i reckon their consciences bothered them
15:55so they just gave me five years
15:56five years out of my life for killing a rabbit because i wanted something to eat
16:01i'm sorry
16:03i ain't no more guilty than that
16:05that poor hawk is that your boys got fettered out there
16:09maybe not
16:11but you're in trouble
16:14broke jail wall
16:18i couldn't stand it in there lucas
16:20a man's got to be free
16:22every morning when i woke up in that place i
16:25i almost died
16:29so i made up my mind i was going to get out
16:32and i did get out and i'm out and i'm free
16:36and i'm going to stay that way
16:37you're not free walt
16:40as long as you live everywhere you go
16:43every corner you turn you'll be expecting somebody
16:47somebody like flack
16:48if you call that free you're dead wrong
16:51well i'm not going back
16:58i'm going on
16:59the only reason i stopped here in the first place was because i
17:02figured i could hide out and maybe lose flack
17:05you don't have to go back with flack
17:08what do you mean
17:09well michael torrance is the marshal here
17:11he's a good friend of mine and you're in his jurisdiction
17:14he gave me his word that if you'd come in quiet
17:16he'd make sure you got back safely
17:18you might even be able to get your case reviewed
17:21but if what you just told me is true
17:23what about flack
17:25he doesn't know you're here
17:26but he's still in town
17:28yes he's in town
17:29and i'm not going in
17:30you tell that marshal to come out here and get me
17:33that's the only way i'll do it
17:34i don't want to go nowhere near that eli flack
17:36tell the marshal i'll be waiting for him here
17:39you give me a word on that
17:40because you wait here till i go get him
17:41i give you my word
17:44good
17:46well we've got that settled
17:48i guess we've got to turn in
17:50you're you're not going in after the marshal
17:54well not tonight
17:55plenty of time for that tomorrow
17:56you mean you're going to let me go out and sleep in that barn
17:59after what i just told you
18:01why not
18:03you and that boy of yours
18:08sure do have a way
18:10good night walt
18:11good night
18:12come on boy
18:15you're going to let him go
18:25i'm thinking on it
18:29let him out up son
18:31you don't have late for school
18:32will you come back walt
18:38will you
18:40well now i'd say that would be up to your pa
18:42i'll be looking for you
18:50back in a couple of hours walt
19:01you know something bird
19:15i haven't felt this good since i can remember
19:19all you and me got to do is not give up hope that's all
19:25before you know it
19:27everything's going to turn out all right
19:29kind of early
19:36kind of early isn't you lucas boy
19:38he's waiting for you micah
19:40i'll just have a little breakfast like something
19:42all right
19:43all right
19:44all right
19:45well what are you waiting for
19:49nothing see you after school paul
19:51hold on boy what are you doing
20:01what are you doing
20:04Hold on, boy.
20:13What are you doing?
20:17What are you doing?
20:20Why don't you get that hat?
20:24Hey, give me that.
20:25That's mine.
20:26Now, this band that did this skin here,
20:29did you make it?
20:31None of your business.
20:34Now, you tell me.
20:38Did you make it?
20:41No.
20:42Somebody gave it to me.
20:44You know, there's only one man I know
20:45who can make these like this.
20:48A man learned how to do it in prison.
20:52You're McCain's boy, ain't you?
20:56That's what I thought.
21:04Come on, blue boy.
21:09Let's take that cut off.
21:14Paul!
21:15Paul!
21:16Paul, it's Slack!
21:17Slack's coming!
21:22Can you hear me?
21:23That's Slack.
21:24He's coming off the main road.
21:25I took the cut off.
21:26The partner will cross me.
21:27Now, I've got to freeze that killer out there
21:29over and miss out.
21:29It wasn't Paul, Walt.
21:35It was me.
21:36The hat, the snake skin.
21:40Your pa's got another gun, Mark.
21:41Where is it?
21:42That's the blacksmith's getting fixed.
21:43Where are you, killer?
21:49Get your room, boy.
21:50Do as I say.
21:51Go on in.
21:52Well, now, ain't this nice?
22:00Well, killer, looks like I've got to teach you a lesson.
22:03I don't like nobody to go busting out of my jail.
22:06You did.
22:08Well, I guess I've got to teach you a lesson.
22:11Don't, Flack.
22:12Don't.
22:13Go on.
22:18Kentucky!
22:19Where are you?
22:22You killed your last man, Flack.
22:48You've got no right to be alive.
22:49That's enough, Walt.
22:53That's enough.
22:54You're killing him.
22:55Let him go, Walt.
22:56Let him go, please.
22:58Stop.
23:02Oh, please.
23:03He told me he could never kill anyone.
23:05What was he doing?
23:07Listen to me.
23:08Listen to me.
23:09Let him go.
23:10Oh.
23:10Oh.
23:10Oh.
23:10Oh.
23:10Oh.
23:11Oh.
23:11Oh.
23:12Oh.
23:12Oh.
23:12Oh.
23:13Oh.
23:13Oh.
23:14Oh.
23:14Oh.
23:15Oh.
23:15Oh.
23:16Oh.
23:16Oh.
23:17Oh.
23:18Oh.
23:18Oh.
23:19Oh.
23:19Oh.
23:22Say, this man's in bad shape.
23:26Well, it was self-defense, Paul.
23:28He was going to kill Walt.
23:30Looks like he finally got what he deserved.
23:33I guess I'd have killed him if it wasn't for Mark.
23:41I'm ready to go back with you now, Marshal.
23:42Let him go, Paul.
23:43I'm ready to go, Paul.
23:44I'm ready to go back with him.
23:46Let him go, Paul.
24:16You know, Paul, Walt was right all along.
24:31That bird never did nothing to get all chained up for.
24:37St. Michael be able to help Walt, maybe get him off?
24:41Well, I'd say his chance are as good as that hawks were when you brought him in, son.
24:43Come on, we've got some house cleaning.
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