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Los McCain regresan de un viaje y se enteran de que Micah ha sido destituido como alguacil y que ahora un desconocido ocupa el puesto.
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00:04The Rifleman
00:12Starring Chuck Connors
00:25How's it feel to be home, son?
00:27Kind of good, as long as we've been away.
00:30Three weeks.
00:30Well, that's one vacation we're entitled to.
00:33Won't be another stock show in these parts like that for a long time.
00:36Mr. McCain, I take it.
00:37And that would be the young McCain I've heard so much about?
00:40Quite a big boy.
00:42Well, I know we haven't met, Mr.
00:43Oh, I'm sorry.
00:44Judson. Ben Judson is my name.
00:46Oh, Mr. Judson.
00:49I see you're wearing the North Fork Marshals badge.
00:51Mike out of town on business?
00:52No, he's still in town, I believe.
00:54Took the last of his personal belongings from the office less than an hour ago.
00:58Mike, I moved?
01:00Well, yes.
01:01I defeated him in the election for town marshal.
01:04Defeated him?
01:05You hadn't heard.
01:06No, I hadn't heard.
01:08But Mike has been town marshal for five years.
01:11Evidently, the town felt it was time for a change.
01:14Oh, you'll check that rifle with me while you're in town, mister.
01:17Check the rifle?
01:19Yes, I've invoked the ordinance related to the carrying of firearms while in town.
01:23Well, Mr. Judson, that ordinance was meant to be used when trailhands came into town and they're celebrating it out
01:27of hand.
01:28I don't see any trouble around you.
01:30Enforcing that ordinance is at the discretion of the marshal, Mr. McCain.
01:34Your rifle, please.
01:36The rifle stays with me.
01:39You in the habit of disobeying the law, Mr. McCain?
01:42Are you the law, Mr. Judson?
01:44In this instance, I am.
01:53Come on, son.
02:14Hey, that's just about it, Lucas.
02:16Like you and Mark, a lot of folks were away at the stock show.
02:20Weren't here to vote.
02:22Folks here in town, they didn't seem to care about the election.
02:26Kind of figured Mike would win hands down.
02:28But whoever heard of Mr. Judson?
02:30I mean, I've never seen him around before.
02:32Came into town a couple of weeks ago.
02:34First I noticed him, he was in the saloon buying drinks for all the boys.
02:38Up and down the street, talking to all the ladies.
02:41Letting everybody know he was running for marshal.
02:43Well, he's got a smooth way about him, all right.
02:45Well, come on, son.
02:46We'd better go over and pay a call on Micah.
02:48See you, Nils.
03:02Micah!
03:06Whoa, look at this boy.
03:08Your back's just in time to bury the body.
03:11Micah, if I knew you weren't going to be supported in the election, Mark and I would have postponed our
03:16trip.
03:16Oh, that's all right.
03:17It's about time I retired anyway.
03:20Now I'll be able to do some shooting, some fishing.
03:24I'll be able to...
03:27You know, Lucas, I didn't even bother the campaign this time.
03:32Didn't even bother to let folks know I was happy being that marshal.
03:37I'm sorry, Micah.
03:39Real sorry.
03:40Well, that's all right, Mark.
03:43It's all right.
03:45I'm sorry you caught me without a shave.
03:48I've been sleeping most of the day and...
03:51Micah, what about this Judson checking everybody's guns so quickly?
03:55Well, he posted that notice this morning and then went around personally, collecting me.
04:02He even took my gun.
04:04You know, Lucas, I've been dealing with men for a long time and I kind of got a nose for
04:11knowing when a man is saying one thing and thinking another.
04:14Yeah, I know what you mean.
04:17I wasn't with Judson two minutes before I had the feeling that smooth front of his was rehearsed.
04:22When they pinned that badge on him, I could feel my temper going up and up.
04:27Oh, not because I lost the election, but because I saw a man wearing a badge who maybe shouldn't be.
04:35You know, with me, a badge is a more or less sacred thing.
04:41When I see it on a man and it don't belong on him, it's like waving a red flag in
04:46front of me.
04:51Micah, come here. Judson's got himself a visitor.
05:03Bob Barrett.
05:10Badge looks good on you, Marshal. Real good.
05:15Just try to hold down that perverted sense of humor of yours when Tarrams comes in here to face you
05:20with charges.
05:21Gun.
05:30Judson, North Fork has a warranted poster for this man, dead or alive.
05:34Yes. Yes, so Mr. Barrett was just telling me.
05:37But he's placed himself in my custody, Mr. McCain.
05:41He's asked for an immediate hearing in the hope that the charges against him might be dismissed as unfounded.
05:47Unfounded?
05:48Micah Tarrams himself was a witness that this man and his partner held up the noonday stage five months ago
05:53and killed the driver and the shotgun rider.
05:55Now, what more do you want?
05:56Well, like I was telling the marshal here, I can understand the mistake.
06:00Seeing as my brother and I were like two peas in a pod, as the saying goes.
06:04So, when I heard about North Fork wanting me, Bob Barrett instead of Harry Barrett, I decided to come in
06:11and settle the problem.
06:12Bob Barrett, Harry Barrett.
06:13Didn't your brother die in Tucson about a month ago?
06:17Yeah.
06:18It was a very sad day.
06:20We were very close.
06:22Yeah, close as thieves problem.
06:23Now, look, Barrett.
06:24You can't get away with it.
06:25You can't throw the guilt on a dead man.
06:27There's no mistaking you for your brother.
06:29Micah, please.
06:30Wild accusations, gentlemen.
06:32I've got to get his notepads.
06:33Now, as I understand it, the procedure here in North Fork has been to hold a preliminary hearing in the
06:38marshal's office with the marshal officiating before you ask a circuit judge to come and hold a trial.
06:43Is that correct?
06:44We don't bother Judge Evans until we're sure of our ground.
06:48Well, exactly.
06:50Well, why don't we proceed without any delay?
06:52We have the accused here.
06:54So, Mr. Torrance, Mr. McCain, if you'd care to be seated?
06:57I don't think this will take but a few minutes.
06:59I'll stand.
07:01Barrett was identified.
07:02There's no question he should be held for trial, and you know it.
07:04Mr. McCain, every man deserves some measure of justice.
07:15Barrett, your defense, then, is that this is simply a case of mistaken identity?
07:19Yeah, yeah, that's right.
07:20I was 100 miles away in Santa Fe when that stage was robbed.
07:23That's a bald-faced lie.
07:25Mr. Torrance, please.
07:26Any comments that are to be addressed to the official conducting the hearing?
07:29Now, you were a passenger on that stage, right?
07:31I was.
07:33Now, would I be wrong in assuming that both of those hold-up men wore masks?
07:38They were masked at first, yes.
07:39But after the shooting stopped, and I was on the ground, looking like I was dead, Barrett here, he figured
07:47he could pull his mask down, that it'd be safe.
07:49And that's when I got a good look at him.
07:52And you got a good look at him?
07:54Yeah.
07:56I'm curious of how you accomplished that.
08:00You were wounded, lying sprawled face down on the road.
08:05But just how?
08:07Well, when I got a chance, I opened my eyes and sneaked a look at him.
08:10And it's true I was lying face down, but how did you know that?
08:18If you'd been lying face up, the sun would have been burning right down at you and blinding you.
08:23Now, look, Jetson.
08:25This hearing was to establish whether or not there was reasonable cause to hold this man for the circuit judge.
08:29Micah Torrance was a witness to the killing.
08:31That should be enough.
08:32Not with that kind of an identification, McCain.
08:35I just don't see it.
08:37I'm declaring Bob Barrett not a wanted man.
08:39He's free to come and go as he pleases.
08:41I don't know who you are, where you come from.
08:43But we'll see what the circuit judge has to say about this.
08:45And if I know Judge Evans, Barrett's going to have to prove he was somewhere else during that hold-up.
08:49And you can keep that smile on your face, Barrett.
08:51You'll need it for a jury in a few days.
08:56Judson, I've always had a respect for the law, but the sight of that badge on you sickens me.
09:01If I was 20 years younger, I'd rip it off you and the devil take the consequences.
09:10Micah, did you hear that slip of the tongue he made about you lying face down?
09:14You know, I'm beginning to wonder if they don't have a common cause.
09:16All this could be prearranged.
09:19I'm going to get a wire off to Judge Evans.
09:21When he gets here, he'll have Barrett behind the bars in three minutes.
09:24Come on.
09:24Okay.
09:26They're headed for that telegraph office.
09:28They're going to wire that judge.
09:31Well, the trial is the last thing in the world we want.
09:34Torrance testifies against you.
09:36Judge Evans will get you twisted up in your own lies.
09:38He'll have you on a scaffold within 48 hours.
09:40Well, I thought you told me old man Torrance would drink himself into this place.
09:43I expected it.
09:43Can't you see McCain's keeping him on his feet?
09:46Hey, I got an idea.
09:48Maybe you could be my witness.
09:49Say you saw me up in Santa Fe during the time of that hold-up.
09:52I can't place myself in Santa Fe at that time any more than you can.
09:55That's right.
09:57Because you was busy putting a bullet in that driver's head.
10:00Same time I was blowing a hole in that shotgun rider.
10:01That's right.
10:02You know, the easiest way out of this for you to gun your horse and ride north for a while.
10:06Oh, I'm not going anyplace.
10:09Now, I want some place to go where I can come and go like I want to.
10:12Like you do.
10:14Now, what happens to me happens to you.
10:17Don't you forget that.
10:28Well, Torrance is the only witness against you.
10:32Just get him out of the way, Judge Evans' hands will be tied.
10:36That's right.
10:37I tell you.
10:39I'll go to old man Torrance and I'll get him riled up, you know.
10:43Then we'll scuffle around and you get him some shot up.
10:46It's a wonder to me you haven't been hanged before this.
11:02You going to make me a deputy?
11:03Yeah.
11:04But when Torrance sees this badge on you, he'll blow sky high.
11:09And then you can start riling him.
11:10And you rile him any way you want.
11:13Just you make sure he does the challenging.
11:14You make sure we have witnesses that you were provoked into handling that gun.
11:18Well, don't you worry about it.
11:23Well, I'll rile him, all right.
11:26Because when it comes to antagonizing somebody,
11:30I guess I take top honors.
11:41The door is open.
11:53Pa's waiting for a return wire from Judge Evans, Micah.
11:57Well, that's good, Mark.
11:59Judge Evans will set things straight.
12:02You know, we get Barrett dead to rights.
12:04We get...
12:07You know, Mark, I suddenly feel very old and tired.
12:14I guess it's about time I quit trying to be a lawman.
12:18Well, I think you're the best marshal we ever had, Micah.
12:23How many North Fork marshals have you known, Mark?
12:27Well, none's up to you, but...
12:30But I just know that you're the best.
12:32You know, Mark,
12:34I never really knew a bad marshal.
12:37Oh, there was times when a weak sister showed up,
12:41but all my friends, they were true and good.
12:45And all my friends.
12:50It's funny how alive they all seem now.
12:56How close.
12:58All dead, but close.
13:02Like I...
13:04I could reach out and touch them.
13:08All my friends.
13:11Real close.
13:15Real close.
13:19Real close.
13:31Real close.
13:34Thank you.
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14:05You said that you knew him, and then you fell asleep.
14:09Funny, I didn't know I was telling you about Wyatt.
14:12Well, let's see, where was I?
14:16Well, the first time you saw him.
14:18Oh, oh, yeah.
14:25What are you doing with that gun, Barrett?
14:28Did you get the wire off to the judge all right?
14:41Oh, he had his faults, but he was a brave man.
14:48He brought law to some of the most forsaken parts in the territory.
14:52Well, I remember when the...
15:01He put a badge on him?
15:04A North Fork Marshal's badge on Barrett?
15:08Must be a mistake, Micah.
15:10Yeah, a mistake.
15:12A mistake, eh?
15:15I'm not asking your advice on who I deputize.
15:17Barrett's a good man with a gun.
15:18I'm sure he is.
15:20There's enough notches on the woodies.
15:21I'll run the Marshal's office as I see fit.
15:24What are you looking for in this town, Judson?
15:26A chance to get your friend Barrett off the hook?
15:29Pa, Micah's getting himself into some trouble.
15:35I'll say it again, Barrett.
15:36You aren't fit to wipe a Marshal's boots.
15:39You better go back to that bottle, old man.
15:41I think you'll find it safer than drinking yourself to sleep.
15:44Micah, your turn will come tomorrow.
15:46You got a big mouth and you do a lot of talking.
15:49But you're not wearing a gun, so I guess you feel kind of safe, huh?
15:51Well, I'll fish you any day, with or without a gun, Micah.
15:55He's not worth losing your temper over.
15:57You sure it's not the liquor talking?
15:58Liquor talking?
15:59I'm asking if he's throwing a challenge in my face or a bottle of Red Eye.
16:02You can take it anywhere you like.
16:04Micah, I wouldn't be much of a man if I backed down from a challenge.
16:06You weren't challenged, Barrett.
16:09Well, Tawn's here. Now he can back down if he wants to.
16:12I can understand that.
16:13So can everybody else.
16:14Well, I said goes.
16:16There'll be no backing down.
16:18All right.
16:19I'll give you a couple hours to sober up.
16:22Then any time you see.
16:23Barrett, we don't allow gunfights in North Fork.
16:26We, Mr. McCain?
16:28Now, much as I dislike seeing a gun battle in the street,
16:32it's been my experience that gives each man a fair chance.
16:36You mean you're going to allow this gunfight, Judson?
16:38Rather than have these men meet somewhere out of town where one can take advantage of the other, yes.
16:41Judson, I'm just beginning to...
16:43Never mind, never mind, Lucas. This is my fight.
16:47When the first lights go on in town.
16:50I'll be waiting.
17:04You know, Judson, we got something to talk about.
17:07If Torrance doesn't die tonight, then I want you to jump in with both feet.
17:10You figure these townspeople are going to just stand by idly while I shoot Torrance down, huh?
17:15I mean, I want you to put enough bullets in him so we can bury him.
17:20Because if he's alive tomorrow, then I'm finished.
17:23That's why you're going to back me all the way tonight.
17:26Don't you forget that.
17:40Go ahead and light it, Nils. It's getting about that time.
17:43Yeah, we can do without light for a while.
17:45All you have to do is walk out there and tell Barrett you don't want to fight.
17:48That's all it'll take to stop it.
17:50And after I do, in what town do I hold my head up?
17:53You're not going to have any head if Barrett draws a gun on you.
17:55And you're completely ignoring that trick arm of yours.
18:00That's why I have to go out there tonight.
18:02This trick arm of mine.
18:06You know, maybe this arm isn't as disabled as I and some other folks think.
18:16Go ahead and look at me.
18:18None of you ever had to wear a badge in a desert, hoodlum-filled cow town.
18:23None of you ever had to wake up every day wondering what saddle tramp was coming to town,
18:27spoiling a match's draw against yours.
18:3130 years wearing a badge.
18:35All right, call me a coward if you like.
18:37But maybe I needed something to stay alive.
18:40To have those trigger-filled boys play their games with somebody else.
18:44Nobody's calling you a coward.
18:4530 years.
18:48Nobody can walk a tightrope that long.
18:51Nobody.
18:52A man needs something.
18:53A barrier, a shield.
18:57So 25 years ago, when it was hurt, people began to accept my bad arm.
19:06Nobody figured to use me to let off steam when they knew I'd be coming out of that office with
19:10a shotgun in my hand.
19:12Every marshal has a lawful right to carry a shotgun and you know it.
19:16That may be true, but tonight I've got to prove something to myself.
19:24Whether this arm is as bad as I think it is.
19:30I've got to prove that I was using that shotgun to live like a lawman and not to live like
19:36a coward.
19:38Mike, everyone knows you're not a coward.
19:42I don't know it, Mark.
19:46It's been bothering me for a long time and at my age I'd kind of like to know the truth
19:53about myself.
19:56Lights are starting to go on.
20:23It's a lot of man to walk away from a challenge.
20:26Have you ever walked away from one, Lucas?
20:47Paul, Mike, you can't beat a gunfighter.
20:50I know it, son.
20:52Well, aren't you going to do something?
20:54There's nothing I can do if I stood alongside him or interfered.
20:58I'd only shame him.
21:00Lucas, both those fellas out there wearing guns.
21:03Both.
21:03Jackson and Barrett.
21:29Mr. McCain, you remember my instructions regarding guns.
21:39I see you brought some help, Torrance.
21:42Lucas McCain will not interfere.
21:50You're wearing your gun on your right side.
21:52I always heard you favored that arm.
21:54I'm ready for you, Barrett.
21:59I'm ready for you, Barrett.
22:07Take him out, Jackson.
22:10Take him out.
22:12I warned you, if I'm going downhill, I'm going to take you with me.
22:17You want to know who my partner was on that stage?
22:20Hold up.
22:21Well, there he stands.
22:34Saddle yourself with a fool?
22:36You deserve whatever you get.
22:41What makes you think you're any less of a fool?
22:43I'm here, Micah.
22:52This belongs to you.
22:57I just voted you back into office.
23:08Lucas.
23:10Well, don't you think you'd better hang out that gun belt?
23:12Go back to your shotgun?
23:14Oh, no.
23:15You saw me beat Barrett to the draw.
23:18You know, this bad arm of mine was all in my head.
23:20Just a psychological thing, like a doctor would say.
23:23One, you didn't beat Barrett to the draw.
23:25Two, you were slower than a banker agreeing to a cash loan.
23:29And three, the only thing you did beat him with, old friend,
23:32was a barrel for courage.
23:33Something you were born with, something you're going to die with.
23:39Well, I, uh...
23:41I got to admit, my arm has been aching ever since I started yanking this gun.
23:46You know, I guess maybe I will go back to Machatang.
23:50I'll still be able to look people square in the eye.
23:53Hey, Pa, look at this.
23:57I got a real good paragraph for ending my essay with.
24:00Well, good, let's hear it.
24:02When people take the right to vote for granted,
24:05or when they leave it up to the other fellow to see they got good government,
24:09they're going to get what they deserve.
24:11Maybe bad government.
24:14Well, it sounds fine, son.
24:16Except how many times have I told you to say going to and not gonna?
24:21Oh, but, Pa, it means the same thing.
24:24Well, I guess you're right.
24:26I ain't gonna argue about it.
24:28Ain't?
24:30Pa, that's worse than gonna.
24:35Ha, ha, ha!
24:38Ha, ha, ha!
24:59Ha, ha, ha!
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