Original subtitles

♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪

- Hyah! -♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪

♪ Keep movin', movin', movin' ♪

♪ Though they're disapprovin' ♪

♪ Keep them dogies movin' ♪

♪ Rawhide ♪

♪ Don't try to understand them ♪

♪ Just rope and throw and brand 'em ♪

♪ Soon we'll be livin' high and wide ♪

♪ My heart's calculatin' ♪

♪ My true love will be waitin' ♪

♪ Be waiting at the end of my ride ♪

♪ Move 'em on, head 'em up, head 'em up, move 'em on ♪

♪ Move 'em on, head 'em up, Rawhide ♪

-(whip cracks) -♪ Cut 'em out, ride 'em in ♪

♪ Ride 'em in, let 'em out, cut 'em out, ride 'em in ♪

-♪ Rawhide...! ♪ -♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪

♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪

- Hyah! -♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin'. ♪

(whip cracks twice)

You all done?

Yeah. Yeah, we couldn't get them all in the railroad pens,

so we made up a makeshift corral. That seems to work out all right.

Good. That means only one thing left to get done.

Go out and pick up Wishbone and Mushy and bring them back.

Ah, Wishbone's here in town somewhere.

He's dickering for a rebate on some supplies.

Good. That leaves only Mushy for you to pick up, then.

Me?

Yeah, you.

Couldn't I send some kid or something?

To pick up two wagons and a remuda?

Well, any time, Mr. Yates. Any time.

Eh, as long I'm riding on out there, maybe I better take Mushy his pay.

Oh, I already paid off Wishbone and Mushy yesterday.

Yeah.

- Mr. Rowdy. - Hi, Mushy.

How you doing?

What are you looking so happy about? You're out of a job, you know.

That make no never mind.

Mr. Favor says we're going back to Brazos and pick up another herd

and we're traveling by train.

Yeah? What's so good about that?

Well, Mr. Wishbone says train travel is broadening.

Well, I guess that depends on your point of view.

- Where are the wagons? - The what?

The wagons, where are they?

You're foolishing me, Mr. Rowdy.

Foolishing?

Well, you know there ain't no wagons.

What do you mean I know there ain't no wagons?

Cut that out, Mr. Rowdy. You're scaring me now.

Mushy, where are the wagons, all of the equipment?

And the horses, where's the remuda?

Mushy?

Why, you didn't send any buyers out here to pick up the wagons?

Buyers?

Well, sure. Four men came out here this morning

and they said they bought everything from Mr. Favor.

Everything?

You mean, wagons, horses, saddles, rifles, ammunition?

Oh, Mushy.

Well, if they, uh, bought everything,

how come they didn't take this stuff right here?

Well, this was all mixed up on two wagons.

And Mr. Wishbone and me unloaded it to see what we had.

Don't tell me.

Don't tell me, let me guess.

They were in too much of a hurry to load this stuff up.

No. They started loading, all right,

and I told them Mr. Wishbone was in town trying to sell it.

He might get in trouble if he sold it twice.

They were very nice about that.

They were?

Well, sure. They thought they had bought everything.

But they said if there was gonna be any kind of mix-up, they'd just let it go.

They wanted to do the right thing.

Gee, that, uh...

...was really awfully nice of them.

Well, I thought so.

One of them had a bill of sale.

Did you get a look at it?

I didn't exactly see it,

but one of them took it out of his pocket.

ROWDY: Yeah, and?

And?

Mr. Rowdy, I thought they were friends of yours and Mr. Favor's.

They acted so nice.

You mean, you didn't look at the bill of sale

because you didn't want to embarrass them?

[SIGHS]

Well...

- Which way did they go? - Thataway.

Thataway, huh? All right.

Well, we haven't got a chance in Hades to find them probably,

but we better make a try at it.

Come on, come on. Let's go.

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING]

MAN: Favor. - Oh, Smitty.

Smitty, you gotta be reasonable.

No, no, no. Don't talk to me, Favor.

Look, I'm three hours late already on account of you. Now I'm leaving.

Look, I know, I know. But my men aren't here yet.

You call those men?

Well, they ain't all like that, Smitty.

No, some of them are like--

Well, they've had a hard three months on the trail.

Now, they're entitled to blow off a little steam.

A little steam?

Why, it'll take this town a month to recuperate.

If I had my way, I wouldn't even let them on the train.

Smitty, you're absolutely right, but...

Fifteen minutes?

Fift--

You couldn't get the rest of these saddle bums

on this train in 15 days, let alone 15 minutes.

I'm not even worried about the drovers anymore.

I sent Rowdy after Mushy and the wagons yesterday afternoon

and I haven't even heard from them since.

Do they know what time this train is supposed to leave?

Rowdy does.

Then he knows it's too late to catch it.

I should've left three hours ago.

Now you get your men aboard right now, or I'll go without you.

Oh, Smitty, you--

Well, well, well, if it isn't Yo Yo.

Well, have you got any money left, Yo Yo?

[YO YO WHINNIES]

No, I didn't think so.

Well, I'll tell you what,

you go get on the train and we'll take you back to Texas,

and if you're very good

and work very, very hard for another three months,

we'll give you another big night on the town.

Al right?

[YO YO WHINNIES]

All right.

[MAN GRUNTING]

You speak English?

Nice wasi'chu. Very nice. Nice.

Thanks a lot for finding him for us, but he's got to go now. Understand?

Nice, nice.

Oh, yeah, he's the nicest.

[GRUNTS]

Well, never mind, I'll take him.

Wasi'chu, no.

Nice, very nice.

Nice. Very nice.

Mr. Favor.

I looked in every house in town. I can't find them anywhere.

Can't wait any longer, the train is leaving.

Well, you can't go without them.

I can't do anything about it.

But they'll be here, I know they will.

Wishbone, the train is leaving now.

It won't wait any longer, so let's go.

I won't go without Mushy.

Suit yourself.

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING]

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING]

It's the train. Let's catch it before it goes out of the valley.

Come on, ride!

I'm riding!

Oh, very nice.

Come on.

What about the horses?

Don't worry about them, they'll find their way to town.

But the saddles?

Mushy, if that's all we had to worry about, we'd be lucky.

We better go find Mr. Favor.

No time like the present for telling him.

The walking wounded at Chickamauga.

Mushy, you sit down here, I'll try to find the boss.

Well, it must be pretty bad

if it's taking you this long to figure a way to say it.

Well, heh...

I thought you were sleeping.

How did you get on the train, anyways?

Oh, we heard the whistle and cut across the ridge.

Leaving two horses and two saddles behind?

Well, I'm, uh, afraid we might have lost a little more than a couple saddles.

- Oh? - Now, uh--

Before-- Before you say anything, I wanna explain one thing to you.

See, this whole thing was my fault.

I mean, I could've figured something like this could've happened.

And, well, I didn't and it did. It could've been worse.

Worse than what?

Kind of hard to explain.

Well, why don't you just try starting your ugly little story

right from the beginning, then.

Well, you see, Wishbone and Mushy, they were guarding the wagon

and the supplies and the horses,

and, uh, Wishbone had to go into town and Mushy was left alone

guarding the supplies, the horses and wagons.

And these four men rode up, see, and...

FAVOR: You trying to say that that feebleminded idiot has handed over

more than a thousand dollars' worth of equipment

without even asking for a bill of sale?

Boss, you gotta consider the circumstances, you see--

Circumstances? I'll give you a circumstance.

I'm not only responsible for that equipment,

I have sold it.

- You what? - You heard me. I have sold it.

For $1,200 United States currency, right here in my money belt.

Horses, wagons, supplies.

And do you know, if that stuff don't turn up,

just exactly what my name is gonna be all over the southwest territory?

- Look, boss-- - It ain't gonna be boss.

It's gonna be-- You fire Mushy right now!

ROWDY: Fire him? FAVOR: Keep him out of my sight

because he will regret what I'll do.

ROWDY: No, look, I--

FAVOR: I don't wanna hear nothing more.

I know how you feel about Mushy.

But I have got a responsibility to the owners

and they've got a right to the feeling

that I'm protecting their property to the best of my interest

and I certainly can't do it with that irresponsible feeb

fouling things up!

ROWDY: Now, look,

you listen to me a second and you listen real good, Favor.

Don't go telling me I'm fired because I wouldn't work for you

for all the money in that fat money belt of yours.

Sure, Mushy might've done something stupid,

but he's got no corner on the stupidity market.

You've gotta remember, you've pulled a few good gems yourself, you know.

Yeah, that's right.

In fact, the dumbest thing you ever did was to hire me

because I'm the one who put Mushy and Wishbone out there.

And if you're so worried about your boss' money, here it is.

There's my wages.

You count it, Favor, and you count it real good.

And while you're doing it, you count all the cattle you've lost

through stupid mistakes and your dumb judgment.

And you fire Mushy because I ain't got the gut for it.

[BRAKES GRINDING]

[BRAKES SQUEALING]

[MEN GRUNTING AND GROANING]

MAN 1: What are you doing? MAN 2: Hey, let him up.

MAN 3: Come out here. MAN 4: Hey, guy, no.

SMITTY: I knew it.

I knew it was one of you, you--

Do you know what the law is about pulling a brake cord

when a train's in motion? It was him.

He done it. He pulled the cord.

- Shut up, Smitty. - Shut up?

My fireman singed every hair off his head.

Shut up!

Would you mind telling us what this is all about?

I don't think you'd be terribly interested.

Try me, anyways.

You told Mushy he was fired.

No. No, as a matter of fact, I didn't.

Then he must have overheard us talking, then.

- Why? - Because he ain't here, that's why.

Are you sure?

I've searched every inch of this train and he isn't on it.

This train hasn't stopped since we left Silver Creek.

That's right, he must've jumped.

That fool.

That word comes real easy to you, doesn't it, Favor?

All right. All right. What are you intending on doing?

Going after him. Are you gonna stop me?

- Why should I? - This is your horse and your saddle.

You already made it clear how you feel about company property.

That's all right, as long as you come back and work it off.

Now what's he sore about?

Well...

Quince, when you arrive, give this to Mr. Grayson, huh?

Sure. Are you going after Rowdy?

Well, somebody's got-- You know that boy is such a hothead.

I'm really surprised he stopped to bother to take a horse.

[HOOFBEATS]

[CHILDREN LAUGHING AND CHATTERING]

WOMAN: Come this way, kids. Come this way.

Hey, Vassily, look!

Am I blind? I see.

Teya, come back here!

When will you learn?

You might as well yell at the wind.

I'll flay her alive.

Hi.

No. No.

We can't afford another mouth to feed.

[MUSHY GRUNTING]

[GIRL GRUNTS]

What am I?

I am a performer.

Am I also to be a Samaritan to the public highway,

Moses to the wilderness,

collector of human garbage?

I have no room for him.

See if he has any money.

Ah!

- How much? - Enough.

I changed my mind.

- Bring him. MAN: Bring him?

- Are you crazy? VASSILY: Shut up!

First we rob him then we take him with us

so he can tell everybody we took his money?

Are we not saving his life?

Is a man's life not worth a few dollars?

If he dies, we will be blamed.

If he dies, we have done a Christian thing.

We have brought him to town for a decent burial.

And if he lives,

he may be useful.

Bring him.

Ah, it's no use, he couldn't have gone this far.

We ain't giving up.

We're going into Southfork.

Maybe he found the road.

- Maybe somebody picked him up. - Yeah, maybe this, maybe that.

And maybe he's lying out there,

dying of thirst, wishing he had a gun so he could end it all.

No, I can't do that.

I'm a ramrod.

I mean, I tell other men what to do.

Like on a cattle drive.

And when I speak to them, they jump.

They say, "Yes, sir, Mr. Mushko No, sir, Mr. Mushko."

And when my coffee cup gets empty,

well, somebody fills it up without even asking.

You don't believe me, huh?

I wish I can take you on one of those old cattle drives and show you.

Why, uh, sometimes I have to step in there when the men are fighting and...

And, uh...

I ain't no ramrod.

I ain't even a cowboy or a drover.

I'm just a--

I'm just a cook.

I mean, all I do is wash dishes.

But someday maybe I'll be a real cook, like Mr. Wishbone.

Oh, Mr. Wishbone... Oh, you don't know him, do you?

He's a friend of mine.

Used to be.

I guess-- I guess I ain't got any friends anymore.

Except you.

Oh!

Kill me!

You have a gun, take it, kill me.

But do not ask me to part with such a prize for a mere $40.

Might give you 45.

What do I say to my wife when the children cry for food?

High as I can go.

Like I said, been a bad year.

Listen to me.

I am an honorable man,

but I'm about to do a terrible thing only because I am forced to.

I must take my family away from this dust and heat.

One hundred dollars.

A man of discernment such as you cannot afford to say no.

You owe it to yourself in Christian charity.

You cannot ask me to take less.

Fifty. Last offer.

- Eighty. - Fifty-- Five?

Seventy.

On the fidelity of my wife and the head of my son,

I will not take one penny less.

- Sixty. - Done.

[WHISTLES]

Yeah. Put him in the stall.

How long will he sleep?

Oh, one hour. Two at the most.

Goodbyes are so painful, we put a little something in his wine.

He'll be able to work when he wakes up?

Tell him what to do and stand out of the way.

- Will you take care of this? - Sure.

FAVOR: Oh, yeah, though,

they'll need a rubdown and a slow watering.

PARKER: Oh, yeah? You come far? - Far enough.

PARKER: I supposed you're looking for work, huh?

No, no. As a matter of fact, for somebody.

A fellow about our size, couple of pounds lighter,

sandy hair, blue eyes.

Should have been brought into town today, probably.

Well, there would've been some talk. I heard nothing.

Uh...

Is this, uh, fella wanted for something?

FAVOR: No, no. He's just a friend.

Had a little misunderstanding about his job.

I ain't seen him and heard nothing.

- Will let you know if I do. - Much obliged. We'll be at the hotel.

A-yah.

Well?

Well, what?

When Vassily goes to sell something, he sells it.

You would rather haggle than save your own life.

How much?

Thirty dollars.

The market is not what it used to be.

Neither are you.

A child could have sold him for 50.

[GROANS]

Even at $60 it was a mistake.

She'll get over it.

How many things does she have?

He was important to her.

I will buy her a pony.

- You're a fool. - Ah...

She found something she wanted and you sold it.

And now with that money, you're going to buy her something she doesn't want.

Name of a Mongolian pig.

Am Ito drag him over half the world

and stuff that sheep's face with food that should be going into our mouths?

- You'll wake her. - She's too young.

Oh!

So that was it.

[LAUGHING]

[IMITATES LAUGHTER]

Ha, ha, ha!

You women make me sick.

Go get me something to eat.

Well?

Are you going, or am I to stand here and look forward to my old age?

[SCOFFS]

You see, it's kind of important to us that we get this man.

We'd make it more than worthwhile to anybody who could give us a lead.

BARTENDER: Yeah.

If I hear anything, I'll let you know.

Hey, when do I get to eat?

When you get through with them dishes.

I don't understand.

- What? - Well, how did I get here?

Well, from what I hear, the boss bought you.

Bought me?

- Well, who from? - Well, he didn't tell me.

If you don't get busy with them dishes,

he's liable to tell you something you won't forget.

How--? How long do I have to stay here?

Why, boy, you found yourself a home.

Well, do I get paid?

Why, sure. You get three square meals a day,

a place to sleep.

That isn't fair. I mean--

That's slavery, ain't it?

It all depends on your point of view.

From the boss' angle, it's charity.

Charity?

- You got any money? - No.

- You got a place to sleep? - No.

You got any friends?

No, not anymore, I guess.

Well, then, it seems to me, you ought to be mighty grateful.

I can go when I want to.

You don't see any chains, do you?

But this is a close community.

Nobody will hire you once they know the boss has taken care of you.

You get the picture?

Guess so.

Well, if I were you, I'd get through with them dishes. Now, hurry.

[RAPPING ON WINDOW]

[POUNDING ON WINDOW]

Aw, go away!

Well, you sold me! Now, go away!

You put that wine in on me, and made me go to sleep and sold me!

Wishbone, what are you doing here?

Riding up the line looking for Mushy.

You were on the train. How did you get here?

Uh, well, you see, Wish, it's kind of hard to explain.

And you were with Mushy.

Where is he?

Uh, well, you see, uh, well,

we caught the train before it left the valley, and then, well--

You might as well have the straight of it, Wish.

Mushy jumped the train between here and Carson.

- Mushy jumped the train? Why? - Yup.

Wish, why don't you come over to the bar and have a drink, huh?

Here, have a little drink.

[GROANS]

I'm hungry.

You just ate.

Am I responsible for the condition of my stomach? I am hungry.

[SIGHS]

Vassily.

What's the matter? Hm?

[LAUGHING]

What are you laughing at?

I thought you wanted to get rid of him.

Get rid of him? Ha, ha. Never.

He's a gold mine.

We will sell him in the next town and she will bring him back again.

[LAUGHING]

[BOTH LAUGHING]

I'm telling you, we're gonna find him.

It's no use.

Look, for somebody who's busting with determination,

you give up awful quick.

Yeah, well, what can we do that we haven't done already?

- Try again. - I've been to every house, every store,

every saloon, he's just not here.

FAVOR: We'll go back and pick up the trial where we lost him.

Hey, uh...

That fella you was looking for, I seen him.

- Yeah? Where? - Take it easy, Wish. Take it easy.

Where did you see him, fella?

Well, he came in here last night after you left.

- He ran off before I could find you. - What?

A girl came for him. I followed him.

They got into some kind of wagon and drove out of town.

What kind of wagons?

Er, some kind of a medicine show.

They come in here almost every year.

"The Great Vassily," the guy calls himself.

Which way did they go?

- North. - Let's go.

Uh--

You said something about a reward.

Yeah.

Here.

I knew he was all right.

I'm glad you're feeling that way,

because that was your money what I gave that weasel.

My money? My money?

MUSHY: How come we ran away?

Hey, what are we doing out here?

What are you doing?

That's a man.

Me?

Uh... It's a wagon?

Oh, that's a horse.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Oh, those are my horses and wagons.

Over there?

[SIGHING]

Somebody is bringing them here?

Who's bringing them here?

The four men who stole them.

Your people?

Couple of show wagons go by this way?

Yeah. Early this morning. They stole me blind.

Two sacks of flour, a brand-new wagon wheel.

- My wife's bronze teakettle. - Know where they were heading?

Yeah. They got a kind of a permanent camp

about 15 miles east of here.

Any of you got store teeth? Better keep them in your pocket.

MAN 1: Hey! MAN 2: Hey, come on!

MAN 1: Everybody, come on! MAN 2: Come on!

MAN 3: Come on, come on!

[INDISTINCT YELLING]

MAN 4: Give me one here. MAN 1: One for me. One for me.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

You're right. There's Mr. Favor's gun.

MAN 1: Look at that. Look at that.

- That ain't your gun. - Don't pull like that.

Hey, where did he come from?

We picked him up at the desert. Why?

- It's impossible. - What do you mean?

He is the one we got this from.

- He? MUSHY: That's right.

And when Mr. Favor finds out you got his gun,

- you're gonna be in trouble. - No.

It is you who are in trouble.

[ANSELMO YELLS]

MUSHY: You leave her alone, you understand?

Leave her alone, you understand?

Now, my friend, I'll show you what a knife is for.

Not today, fella.

Not today.

FAVOR: Wish, is it all here? - Just about.

Well, then, it boils down to a rather simple choice as I see it.

You can either try to kill us all off,

which, of course, would be the hard way to settle things.

Or you can just return our merchandise

and, well, we'll forget it was ever stolen.

Stolen? Ah!

How can you ever say such a thing?

My people are the very soul of honesty.

Stolen? No, my friend.

You see, my men found the wagons in the desert along with the horses

and they simply brought them here

so that they could be returned to the rightful owner.

Oh, I didn't realize.

I must say that was awfully thoughtful of them.

Well, in that case, we'll take our gear and be moving along.

There is, of course, the matter of the reward.

Reward.

Shall we say $500.

Or shall we say, uh...

Fifty dollars.

Stab me. Go ahead, stab me.

Stab me rather than ask me to accept $50

for such a service as I have performed for you.

If I were not the very soul of generosity, I'd demand $1,000.

Why, the horse's food alone came to $50.

Vassily, my friend,

I think we can at least start with the understanding

that we're both honorable men.

Well, let us also add that it is possible for honorable men

to reach an understanding.

But I don't wanna go.

I don't wanna leave you.

And you gotta-- You gotta believe that.

I mean, Teya, you're--

You're the only girl I ever had.

I mean, you're the only girl I ever liked before.

It's not--

It's not that I don't want to stay with you.

I mean, I wanna stay with you more than I want anything.

Just that I can't take care of you now.

I am not-- Not too smart.

I mean, it's true.

You think somebody like Mr. Favor or Mr. Rowdy would let--?

Let them fellas take those wagons like that?

I mean, I'm learning.

And I mean, Mr. Favor and Mr. Wishbone

are helping me all the time.

Oh, maybe in a year,

or a year after.

Well, if you're gonna be my girl,

I gotta look after you.

I can't look after you now.

I mean, not the way I want it to be,

not the way it ought to be.

You understand?

And of course, there's the silver spurs which are not on the inventory,

but which I know were in the wagons.

I'll give you a break on them. Say $145.

Silver spurs!

CARLO: There were no silver spurs.

On the heads of my children, there were no spurs.

Ah-ha, you were the one who got them, heh, heh.

Well, let's see, there's the silver-tooled saddle

which really should be reported to the sheriff.

I valued that at least $1,000.

I admit it's used, so I'll give you a break on it.

Fifty percent off.

Now, that adds up, without including a few bags of flour,

two wagon wheels-- Oh, and a bronze teakettle

- a fella I know is looking for-- - Take it!

Take it all!

But let me hear no more about spurs and saddles.

The man is a thief!

FAVOR: Mushy,

I know you've got a tough choice to make.

WISHBONE: Well, what are you just standing there for?

You got work to do.

FAVOR: You heard the man, let's get going, huh?

Head them up!

Move them out!