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Actores invitados: Joan Taylor , Warren Oates , Michael Fox , Charles Tannen , Richard Devon
Actores invitados: Joan Taylor , Warren Oates , Michael Fox , Charles Tannen , Richard Devon
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00:06The Rifleman
00:14Starring Chuck Connors
00:32Ah, it's no use
00:36It's a long time for the pump to go out
00:38If we come back from a two-week hunting trip and can't even take a bath
00:42Well, you go out and see how much is in the rain barrel, will you?
00:45All right
00:51Pa, here comes Jim Oxford
00:58Hello, Jim
00:58Howdy, Lucas
00:59Marcus, Mark
01:00When did you get back?
01:01Oh, about an hour ago
01:03I got a pump barrel for you
01:04Woman down at the store asked me to drop it off
01:06She said you had it on order
01:08That's right, over a month
01:09Couldn't have come at a better time
01:13Oh
01:15What's the matter?
01:16That's the wrong size
01:18Hattie ought to know better than that
01:19I reckon so
01:20She'd been the one who sent it out
01:21What do you mean?
01:22Well, ain't you hurt?
01:24Of course you ain't
01:25You've been back up in the mountains
01:26Hattie don't run the store no more
01:28Hattie
01:28She went up to Denver about ten days ago
01:31Said her sister or somebody needed her
01:33She sold out?
01:35That's right
01:35There's a new lady now
01:38Mildred Scott
01:39She'd come down from Santa Fe
01:40Bought the place
01:42If you ask me
01:43She sure doesn't know her business
01:44Jim, I can't believe Hattie left
01:46Without saying goodbye
01:47She didn't have no choice
01:48You weren't here
01:49Gee, somebody else in the store
01:51That's sure gonna make it different
01:53That's right, son
01:54Wait till you meet her
01:56I've never seen such a mixed up female
01:58In my whole life
01:58Well, I better get going
02:00Bye, Jim
02:04Well, son, maybe we better go in to meet her
02:06We're gonna have to exchange this valve
02:28What in the world is that?
02:31But you've got to have it
02:33Hattie was never out of it
02:35She knew I needed it
02:36She always kept it on hand
02:38It eases the pain in my back
02:40Oh, you've just simply got to have it
02:43It's called Dr. Buttram Superponic
02:45I think it comes in the wrong box
02:46I'm sorry, there's a cycle car behind those
02:50I'm going to have a key unit
02:52I don't have it
02:54I don't have it
02:54I don't have it
02:55I don't have it
02:55I don't have it
02:57Look, I can't everywhere
02:58Or maybe it's
03:00Oh, look, look, everybody
03:01Please, please
03:02Look, I'm just getting settled here
03:05I've got to make my inventory
03:06If you would just come back later
03:08I need it
03:08You don't understand
03:09Oh, Maddie
03:10Would you please go
03:11Oh, no
03:11I've got to have it
03:12I've got to have it
03:15I'm awfully sorry, Miss Millie
03:17That's all right, Marshal
03:18Just leave it there
03:19Come back tomorrow, would you say
03:21Well, Miss, are you
03:22Oh, Miss Millie
03:23This is Lucas McKay and his boy Mark
03:25I was telling you about them
03:27Oh, yes
03:27How do you do?
03:29Excuse me
03:33How was the hunting trip, Lucas?
03:36Fine
03:37Oh, good, Micah, fine
03:40We've got three deer hanging in the cooler
03:42Oh, good, good
03:43But, uh, I get invited to a steak dinner
03:45Oh, any time, Micah
03:46That is if you don't have, uh, too much work left to do
03:51The Marshal was kind enough to help me out
03:53He was the only one
03:54Well, you saw how everyone else act
03:56Oh
03:58This place isn't such a mess
04:00I think I could use some of Dr. Butcham's tonic myself
04:02Look, Miss Scott
04:03I don't want to add to your troubles
04:04But this pump valve you sent out to me with Jim Oxford
04:07Is the wrong one
04:08Wrong one?
04:08Uh-huh
04:09But how could it be?
04:13It doesn't fit the pump
04:14Well, it came all the way from Santa Fe
04:16Collected on the stage
04:17Hattie Denton must have written up the order wrong or something
04:20Oh, probably
04:21What do you want me to do with it?
04:24Take it back and order the right one, ma'am
04:26Mr. McCain, I'm not set up to do business
04:29Much less start exchanging merchandise
04:31And we don't want to spend the rest of our life
04:32Getting our bath water out of a rain barrel either
04:34Well, I'm sure that's your concern
04:36I'm not mine
04:37Now, wait a minute, Miss Scott
04:38What are you going to do about the valve?
04:39Are you going to take it back or not?
04:41You know, I'm afraid you just don't understand, Mr. McCain
04:44I just bought this business
04:45I put a lot of money into it
04:47Practically every cent I've got
04:48Well, I paid for that for you
04:51You didn't even put a deposit on it
04:52And now you want me to send it back
04:54Of course I do
04:55People here will think that whoever owns the store is a...
04:58Is a bank
05:00When I took Hattie Denton's accounts receivable
05:02I didn't realize it included practically the whole town
05:06Don't people around here pay money?
05:09Or don't they have any money?
05:11Look, Miss Scott
05:12It's been a pretty dry year
05:14Crops haven't been too good
05:15Folks been having to sell off cattle to make ends meet
05:18I'm going to have to do the same thing myself
05:20Well, maybe you better get at it
05:22Instead of going off hunting
05:23That was our winter meet we were after
05:25Well, I hope you got plenty
05:26You're going to need it
05:27Let's see here
05:28Now, McCain, McCain, Lucas
05:29Look at this, McCain
05:31McCain, Lucas
05:32Yes, here it is
05:32$32
05:33Now, just a minute, Miss Scott
05:35Hattie Denton always kept a running account for me
05:37Just like everybody else in North Fork
05:39Well, I'm not Hattie Denton
05:40I can't afford it
05:41There'll be no more credit in this store for anyone
05:43Until all these accounts are paid up
05:46Now, if you'd like to bring yours up to date
05:48Well, don't you worry about it, Miss Scott
05:50It'll be taken care of
05:51Come on, son
05:57Oh, Lucas
05:58Lucas, wait a minute
05:59What's the matter with her, anyway?
06:00Now, now, calm down
06:02She figures she owns the town or something?
06:03Well, aside from the bank over there
06:05She practically does
06:06Now, what do you mean by that, Micah?
06:08She told you
06:09That ledger book
06:10She's carrying an awful lot of folks
06:11Well, what's a store for?
06:12People around here are good for it
06:14Hattie knew that
06:14Yes, but Miss Scott doesn't know it yet
06:17She's really a nice person, Lucas
06:18It's just that
06:19Well, starting up in a new town
06:22New business
06:23I'm afraid she isn't too impressed with North Fork
06:26Well, I don't think North Fork's very impressed with her either
06:28You know, Jim Oxford was right when he said she didn't know her business
06:32She doesn't
06:33Well, I'm glad you admit it
06:34She was a schoolteacher up at Santa Fe before she came down here
06:38A schoolteacher?
06:39That's right, a schoolteacher
06:40She came into a small inheritance
06:42Said she always wanted to go into business by herself
06:45And, well, when she heard Hattie was selling out
06:47She came down and made a deal
06:49Now, give her a chance, Lucas boy
06:50Look, Mike, I'd be happy to give her a chance
06:53If she'd just be a little bit reasonable
06:54Oh, time will take care of that
06:57A schoolteacher
07:00All right, Michael
07:01What do you want me to do?
07:02Go back in there and apologize?
07:04Well, now, I wouldn't rush it
07:05Give her a few days
07:07Come on
07:07I'll buy you a cup of coffee
07:09And, uh, maybe a piece of chocolate pie
07:13Are you gonna buy it or, uh, serve it?
07:16Huh?
07:17Oh
07:20Come on, son
07:49Come on
08:03No, no, no, no, no, no.
08:11No, no, no, no.
08:11Well, too long, I'd say.
08:13Now, Denver, there's a town.
08:15A stand here at this bar ain't gonna get us any closer to it.
08:18Hmm.
08:20What's in Denver?
08:21What do we do there?
08:23Well, we always been able to find something.
08:25Yeah.
08:26That's just what I mean.
08:29No, I, uh, I think we found the opportunity we've been looking for right here.
08:34You mean here?
08:36Well, let's say, uh, over there.
08:39Across the street in that store.
08:44Now, I ain't gonna work in no store.
08:47Well, who is?
08:49But that's the only supply point in better than 100 miles.
08:52People don't seem to realize how important that store is to them.
08:56If it wasn't there, they wouldn't have any place to buy what they need.
09:00Yeah, what are you talking about?
09:04You know how to use that gun, don't you?
09:07I've been known to use it, yeah.
09:10Well, that's all you need to know.
09:13You just stay here and leave the rest of me.
09:15Hey, now, Jack, I'll be back.
09:17I'll be back.
09:22I'll be back.
09:24I just don't know.
09:26I mean, how would it look?
09:30Well, I'm afraid it would look much worse if you went out of business, Miss Scott.
09:33Well, after all, it is your money.
09:36They owe it to you.
09:37Now, how are you going to help them and supply them with what they need
09:40if they don't help you and pay what they owe?
09:41I just don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.
09:44Well, now, why should you care about that?
09:46I saw how they treated you.
09:48They don't care about you.
09:50Miss Scott, business is business.
09:52And you're not going to have one unless you put your foot down
09:54and get those bills collected.
09:56Well, you won't offend them.
09:58I mean, I don't want to make any enemies if I can help it.
10:04There was a man that came in earlier today.
10:07I shouldn't have spoken to him the way I did, but...
10:10Well, I was so...
10:10I know exactly how you feel.
10:12But believe me, the sooner all this is cleared up,
10:15the better it'll be for everybody.
10:16They'll respect you for it.
10:18Now, I'm a newcomer to North Port just like you.
10:21I don't want to create any bad impressions either.
10:24I'll just ride out to your customers
10:25and talk to them in a nice, friendly way.
10:28Before you know it, all that money will be paid in
10:30and things will be just fine.
10:32That would be nice.
10:34But where would that leave you?
10:36Oh, don't worry about that.
10:38You can give me, oh, 10% of what I collect for you.
10:44I just don't know what to say.
10:48I... I do need help.
10:50Only...
10:51Only what, ma'am?
10:54I hardly know you.
10:56You're a stranger.
10:59Well, I hardly know you.
11:01Well, I guess we'll just have to trust each other, hmm?
11:04No one else has offered to help, have they?
11:06Well, there was the marshal.
11:08Oh.
11:09But he's not a storekeeper.
11:11All right.
11:13Let's try it.
11:15We'll see what happens.
11:17You won't be sorry.
11:19Now, if you just give me the ledger book, why,
11:20I'll get started right away.
11:22All right.
11:24There you are.
11:25Thank you.
11:27Oh, Mr. Adams.
11:28Yes?
11:30You will be nice about it, won't you?
11:33Of course I will.
11:34Don't worry about it.
11:35Come on.
11:54Our new business.
11:56That's our new business?
11:57What kind of business is that?
11:59Money.
12:00Collecting money.
12:02Let's see here.
12:04McCain.
12:05McCain.
12:08Lucas McCain.
12:10Who's that?
12:13Our first customer.
12:23Why don't you give me some more water, son?
12:26Oh, all right.
12:33What's the matter?
12:34You afraid I'm gonna waste it?
12:36Well, this has gotta last till morning.
12:38And you didn't haul it up from the creek I did.
12:40All right, Mark.
12:43That Miss Scott, she sure made a fuss out of nothing.
12:47But how come you didn't pay her off?
12:48We've got the $32 and, well, more than enough for the new punk, though.
12:53Well, son, I'll pay her.
12:54But right now, it's a matter of proper money handling.
12:58We've got the money, but I don't want to spend it till I know there's gonna be more money.
13:01I don't want to replace it.
13:02Oh, you mean like selling our cattle?
13:05That's right.
13:06That heifer down in the South Pasture, she's about ready for market.
13:09In a day or so, we'll take her in, sell her, and then we'll pay Miss Scott.
13:13You take our ranching and farming town like North Fork.
13:16That's the way everybody does business.
13:18They have to.
13:19Hattie knew it, and she never lost a cent by it.
13:22It's sort of a matter of mutual trust.
13:25I don't think Miss Scott trusts anybody.
13:28Well, Mark, like Micah said, let's give her a chance.
13:31After all, the one starting a new business, I guess it gets to be a little lonely, worrisome.
13:37We make amends, and I'm sure she'll turn out to be just as good a friend as Hattie was.
13:43Uh, Pa?
13:44Hmm?
13:45You think she's pretty?
13:47She's pretty? Why?
13:50Oh, well, I just saw the way you were looking at her.
13:55Oh?
13:57How did I look at her?
13:59Well, you know, I...
14:03Son, those dishes aren't gonna dry themselves, you know.
14:23Good evening, Mr. McCain.
14:25I know you.
14:26Well, not exactly. My name is Adams.
14:29What can I do for you, Mr. Adams?
14:30Well, my friend here and I are just paying a neighborly visit.
14:33We're making North Fork our home, and, uh, we're acquiring an interest in a business here.
14:37That's right. What kind of business?
14:39The, uh, the general store.
14:42I thought Miss Scott was running the general store.
14:44Well, she is. We're just helping her.
14:47Oh.
14:48Now, Mr. McCain, there's a little item in the ledger here for about, uh, $32 that you owe us.
14:54We came to collect it.
14:55You owe what?
14:56$32. We came to collect it.
14:59And seeing as how we're having to make this special effort,
15:01you can just add 20% to that amount for our trouble.
15:04She sends you out here?
15:06Why else would we come?
15:07Well, you can turn those horses around and tell Miss Scott I'll be in tomorrow.
15:11Personally.
15:12Now, please.
15:13I said this was a neighborly visit.
15:16We don't want any trouble.
15:17All we want is what's rightfully ours.
15:19Maybe you didn't hear me too well.
15:21Mr. McCain, I believe in giving a man fair warning.
15:26You've got a lot to lose here.
15:27For just $32.
15:31Get out of here.
15:32Anything you say.
15:34Only next time we won't talk so much.
15:36And maybe you won't have that rifle with me.
15:51What was it you said, Pa?
15:53About Miss Scott winding up being a real good friend?
16:05What was it you said, Pa?
16:07About Miss Scott winding up being a real good friend?
16:07Almost $300 and I haven't even started yet.
16:10This is wonderful.
16:11Now, how much do I owe you?
16:13Well, nothing, ma'am.
16:15I've already taken it out, if you don't mind.
16:17It's all noted right here.
16:19I made a copy so you can keep this.
16:21I hardly know what to say.
16:22Well, you don't have to say anything.
16:24It's a pleasure.
16:26I'd better get back to work.
16:30Hello there. Nice day.
16:35Good morning.
16:37I want some corn syrup.
16:39Corn syrup.
16:40Oh, yes, here it is.
16:45There you are.
16:46Never mind your ledger this time.
16:48I got the money right here.
16:50I didn't understand.
16:52Miss Scott, I'm only gonna say this once.
16:54I get my supplies here because it's the only place.
16:57If there was another food store in this town,
16:59you'd never see me again.
17:00But why?
17:01Maybe I can answer that, Miss Scott.
17:03What happened to your face?
17:06Why don't you ask her?
17:09What was he talking about?
17:10You got a man working for you named Adams, collecting money?
17:14Well, yes, I do. Why?
17:15People aren't gonna take to that, Miss Scott.
17:18Oh, really?
17:19Well, there's $300 in there that wasn't there yesterday.
17:23Well, I'm not surprised.
17:25Well, certainly there's no harm in asking people to pay up.
17:29I mean, well, I know I was a little abrupt with you and some of the others yesterday, but, well,
17:34how else am I going to stay in business?
17:37You ask a question like that?
17:40Well, Miss Scott, you can mark me paid up for good, $32.50.
17:45Well, honestly, I'm sorry if I offended anyone, but I'm simply trying to run this business as a business.
17:52You can't give things away, you know.
17:55Now, look, Miss Scott.
17:57Nobody's asking you to give anything but a little bit of yourself.
18:00The people around here depend on this general store for practically all their supplies.
18:04Now, somebody without feeling and without consideration can make a pretty good thing of that, just like you and Adams
18:09are doing.
18:09Lining your pockets with gold, so to speak.
18:12Now, Hattie Denton wasn't that way.
18:14She loved people and she understood them.
18:16That was more important to her than a full cash box.
18:19Maybe you better start thinking like that before you wind up the loneliest person in North Fork.
18:33Miss Scott, can I give you a piece of advice?
18:37What else, Marshal?
18:39You get rid of that man and his partner, or I will.
18:43Now, listen here, Marshal. You can't tell me how to run...
18:48...partner.
19:03How you doing, son?
19:04Fine. Two more and I'll have enough for one bath.
19:07Good.
19:10Better hurry, though. It's getting dark up.
19:12All right.
19:16What?
19:22That's Jim Oxfitt's rig.
19:26Jim?
19:28Jim!
19:31Good Lord, Jim, what happened?
19:34They... they dropped me.
19:36They stole my money.
19:37I tried to fight them off.
19:40Supply bill.
19:42Ninety-two dollars.
19:45They shot me.
19:46They left me for dead.
19:48For ninety-two dollars.
19:50Mark, we've got to get them to Dr. Burge right away.
19:52Go in the house, son, and get me some blankets.
19:54That's true.
19:55Easy, Jim. Easy now.
19:57Try not to talk, Jim. Easy.
20:00Easy.
20:02They...
20:04Mark, hurry up with those blankets, son.
20:08Supply bill.
20:28Mr. Adams.
20:30All right, good evening, Oscar.
20:31I was just coming over to see you.
20:34Would, um...
20:34Would this be your partner?
20:38Partner, ma'am?
20:40Well, Marty here, he...
20:41He works for me from time to time.
20:44I see.
20:46Have you collected any more money?
20:48Some.
20:49I haven't counted at all.
20:51Tell me, Mr. Adams,
20:52the people you took the money from,
20:55did they give it to you of their own free will?
20:58I'm not sure I understand what you mean, Miss Scott.
21:01How else would they pay?
21:03Maybe a little friendly persuasion helped.
21:14Wait for me at the hotel, Marshal.
21:21Wait for me at the hotel, Marshal.
21:22What's she talking about?
21:24Well, I couldn't say.
21:26What are you talking about, ma'am?
21:28Your collection methods.
21:30There was a man who came in the store today when...
21:32Adams, I want to talk to you.
21:33What about, Marshal?
21:35We just came from the dock.
21:36He's tending to Jim Oxford.
21:38He was pistol whipped and shot through the shoulder
21:40just to collect the $92 supply bill from him.
21:44You couldn't have.
21:47Marshal, I swear, I didn't...
21:48Now, just a minute.
21:50Who said we did anything?
21:50Jim Oxford said.
21:52You left him for dead, that's what he said.
21:54We don't know nothing about that.
21:56You know how it feels, a beating like you gave him?
21:59Either one of you ever been shot?
22:01I tell you, we did nothing.
22:03He drew a gun.
22:04Jim Oxford never carried a gun in his life.
22:06You're under arrest, both of you.
22:08You'll cool your heels in jail till Oxford's well enough to testify.
22:11Now move.
22:14You're under arrest, Mr. Cooper.
22:16There are four things.
22:16I'd like to see them.
22:16You said I'm going to get him out of the situ.
22:20Just a little bit when I saw the law.
22:21I'm playing the law.
22:21I know it's true.
22:22He's playing the law.
22:24Now, I've got him out of the law.
22:33But I know it's...
22:33Now I think I know it's true.
22:38What have I done?
22:45¿Qué ha sido?
22:47¿Qué ha sido?
22:48¿Qué ha sido?
22:50¿Qué ha sido?
22:51¿Puedo forgivearme, Marshal?
22:53Miss Millie,
22:54I've seen a lot of things happen
22:55in this town, good and bad.
22:57This isn't the first time there's been a misunderstanding.
22:59But you'll see, when the folks
23:01find out the truth, things will start
23:03to brighten up for you.
23:06Thank you, Marshal.
23:22You're going to need a new pint of glass
23:24in that window, Miss Scott.
23:34Looks like you're going to need
23:35a new pint of glass in that window, Miss Scott.
23:39There you are, Mr. Penn.
23:41Now, will there be anything else?
23:42No, that's all today.
23:44Now, just a minute.
23:45I know you haven't sold your cattle.
23:47You can pay me when you get your money.
23:50I do appreciate that, ma'am.
23:52And if you need anything else, you just come right back here
23:54and get it, huh?
23:55Thanks ever so much.
23:57Goodbye.
24:00Mark, you getting everything in the right place?
24:02Oh, I hope so.
24:04Oh.
24:05Now, this doesn't look like it's in the right place.
24:09There.
24:10That's where it belonged.
24:17I don't know how I can thank you all, Lucas.
24:19You don't have to thank us, Millie.
24:22But maybe you can help Mike
24:23and figure out what that is.
24:30You know, the next time I lock somebody up,
24:33I just think I'll put them in one of these.
24:35That'd sure be worse than going to jail.
24:37Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
25:07Here I are!
25:28The End
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