- 2 months ago
a criminal with henchmen who is fleeing New Orleans tries to force Lucas McCain to sell his ranch, threatening Mark if he refuses. Lucas ultimately uses the men's own desire for freedom against the criminal to keep his ranch.
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00:00The Rifleman, starring Chuck Connors.
00:30I'm going to kill you, sir.
00:32Don't get them!
00:33Don't be afraid!
00:35Don't be afraid, sir.
00:37Don't be afraid!
00:39Don't be afraid, sir.
00:43Buenos dias, Sir Marco.
00:45Hello.
00:46What you are observing is a private matter being settled in a private way.
00:51What did he do?
00:53One does not take the wine without permission, even when one is thirsty.
00:57Look back!
01:00All he did was steal a little bit of wine.
01:05Patron's personal French wine.
01:08Now I advise you to leave here.
01:10Pronto!
01:11Yes, sir.
01:12Wilber, thank you.
01:13Shh, sir.
01:22Ah!
01:23This is enough.
01:33Call him back on his horse.
01:35is still light enough so that we make a proper impression
01:37on the good citizen of the city of North Fork.
01:57Well, it looks like they're coming our way, son.
01:59I can tell you, Pa, I've never seen anything like it.
02:05The way that fat little man was looking at...
02:07All right, Mark, you just keep on working.
02:09Like the man said, it was a private matter.
02:11We'll just act natural and hope they keep moving.
02:30Bonjour, monsieur. Good day.
02:32I am Cesar T. Forge of New Orleans.
02:35You have perhaps heard the name.
02:37No, we've never been that far east.
02:39No?
02:41Well, this at least is more comfortable than to be known too much.
02:45You're sure it?
02:46Oui, monsieur. It's much more comfortable.
02:48Yeah, it's better anywhere as Texas.
02:51These rangers.
02:52Ha! All they can tell us is move along, move along, check along.
02:56There we are.
02:58You have not yet introduced yourself.
03:03My name's Lucas McCain. This is my boy, Mark.
03:06Marchante, monsieur. Charmé.
03:09You really crossed the whole state of Texas in this rig?
03:12And why not?
03:13You must have got stuck in 50 sandpockets.
03:16Hmm, monsieur. I am stuck in 150 sandpockets.
03:21It was no problem.
03:23These fellows of mine, they have ropes on their saddles.
03:27So I make them harness themselves.
03:30And I, I stand here, I take a whip.
03:33Give me a whip. Give me a whip.
03:34Give me a whip.
03:35And I call on them.
03:36Hello!
03:37Hello!
03:38Hello!
03:39Hello!
03:40Hello!
03:41Hello!
03:42Yes!
03:43Yes!
03:44Yes!
03:45Yes!
03:46An animal.
03:47What did you say, Xavier?
03:50Well, nothing, sir.
03:51Nothing?
03:52No!
03:58Don't interfere, monsieur.
04:00Just keep the whip in its place while you're on my property.
04:03But, monsieur, you do not understand.
04:06Tout ça, c'est pour rire, voyant.
04:09It's all in fun, Xavier.
04:11Yes, si.
04:13Et voilĂ .
04:15Now, monsieur, with your kindness, we'll look for a city called North Fork.
04:23Go on, churn in the butter, Mark, before it gets too thick.
04:28I'm afraid North Fork isn't much of a town.
04:31Yes, yes, we know.
04:32No matter.
04:33Perhaps you'd be so kind enough to show us the way.
04:37You go up over that rise, turn right.
04:39You'll come to a road.
04:40A sign there will show you the way.
04:42Oh.
04:43Very nice little place you have here, McCain.
04:47We like it.
04:48All 4,100 acres.
04:49So much.
04:51Imaginez, mes garçons, voyons.
04:55McCain here is a big landowner.
05:02Most convenient here.
05:04Oui, monsieur.
05:05Most convenient.
05:06Be careful, my friend.
05:07You'll blister your trigger finger.
05:08Oh.
05:09It's nothing, senor.
05:13Maybe I'll take this place off your hands, eh?
05:14I wish to retire to the quiet life of this part of the country.
05:15It's not for some reason, my friend.
05:16You'll blister your trigger finger.
05:17Oh, my friend.
05:18You'll blister your trigger finger.
05:19Oh, my friend.
05:20Oh.
05:21It's nothing, senor.
05:22Maybe I'll take this place off your hands, eh?
05:23I wish to retire to the quiet life of this part of the country.
05:28It's not for sale.
05:29You hear that, you fellows?
05:30The McCain estate is not on the market.
05:31Monsieur McCain, the boss owns 25 blocks of New Orleans waterfront.
05:33That was not for sale, I've seen.
05:34No.
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06:18No, no.
06:19No, Shred.
06:20He and I will discuss it again tomorrow.
06:21We'll be in town tomorrow, monsieur.
06:23I'll be there, mister, to pick up supplies.
06:26Good. Then we'll have an appointment.
06:29Don't forget.
06:30I'm gonna be real busy, so don't count on it.
06:33All ready.
06:53Amigo, try not to be too busy.
06:55It's nice to be congenial to the patron.
06:57You'll learn this pretty soon, I think.
06:59You like being horse-whipped?
07:01Yankee?
07:02I'll tell you something for your own good.
07:04To be horse-whipped by senior Tophag
07:06is a privilege, is an honor.
07:09Xavier.
07:11You're too much of a man to mean that.
07:18Paul?
07:20How come you let Tiffage talk to you like that?
07:23Now look, son, I am a small ranch.
07:25I have got manure in my boots,
07:26and south of the border I'm a Yankee.
07:28You want me to start gun trouble with an army like that?
07:30Gosh, no, Paul.
07:32Time to be getting cleaned up for dinner.
07:33We'll eat early so you can get a good rest.
07:35We'll be having a full day tomorrow.
07:37All right, Paul.
07:43You coming?
07:44In a minute, son.
07:45One up, sir.
07:46No.
07:47No more.
07:48No more.
07:49Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, monsieur.
07:50Have no apprehensions.
07:51A nice little wine.
07:52Always trouble with a dozen or so cases for my special friends.
07:55For others, the local out of us is sufficient.
07:59You don't have mean to get Hai putty much again,
08:02much better than a commonæŁ.
08:03Come, Tiffage!
08:04We'll be having an orange juice.
08:05And then we all seeĂ
08:08a quick drink in my rear.
08:09Frances and ancient gustarĂa perchĂ©
08:10you ë€ morning,
08:11again, we're due a longer offer to the Middle hill.
08:12Please, go out now.
08:13You're welcome.
08:16I'm trying not to have a great a few short periods.
08:17What are our partners this future?
08:18for my special friends.
08:20For others, the local order is sufficient.
08:24Yes, monsieur, I always try to bring
08:28a little culture and civilization wherever I go.
08:35Here comes your rancher.
08:37Uh, marshal, that farmer on the wagon,
08:40I wish to speak to him.
08:42Lucas McCain?
08:44Hmm?
08:45Well, sir, I'll be right glad to tell him,
08:47only he might.
08:48Whether he'll be glad or not,
08:49be so kind to bring him here.
08:54I'll see what I can do.
08:56That's your list.
08:57It tastes different from anything I ever ate.
08:59It's here after I buy my property.
09:02You'll leave my guests to enjoy many such delicacies.
09:05Thank you very much.
09:06Uh, Paton, uh,
09:07you wish to say something, Xavier?
09:10Effie,
09:11there are many other ranches all around here.
09:14Twice as bigger, twice as better.
09:16Hmm.
09:17It's a strange thing with me, mon ami.
09:20Always I desire the one that is not for sale.
09:25The times not all get on my own, so if you'll excuse me.
09:28Oh, yes, yes, of course.
09:30I'll be seeing you, Mr. The Banker.
09:33Oh.
09:34He wants to see you.
09:36I know he does.
09:37I've never seen anything like it.
09:38He's got the whole town crawling to him.
09:41First thing last night,
09:42he deposited 85,000 gold in the bank.
09:46There's your nickel.
09:47Go buy your circus sticks.
09:48Thanks, Paul.
09:49Biker, how does a man get his hook sent to $85,000 gold?
09:53Here's a bulletin.
09:54Come in on this warning stage.
09:56A warning to all stops in the Texas Rangers.
09:58This, uh, Du Bois is the king of organized vice for the whole New Orleans area.
10:05And now he wants to retire in North Fork.
10:07Yeah, she stopped at my place on the way in yesterday.
10:09Wants to take it off my hands.
10:11I, uh, I think I'll go out and find a deputy as a few of the boys.
10:15You wait there for me, Lucas.
10:17No, I'll go out and talk to him.
10:19They're all cutthroats, every one of them.
10:21It's not a one-man proposition.
10:23I know, but I don't want to start a small war in the middle of town
10:26over what right now is a personal affair between me and him.
10:29But, Lucas, sometimes these...
10:30Look, Paul.
10:31Five of the big penny size.
10:33Orange, lemon, wintergreen, lippers, and peppermint.
10:36Later, son.
10:37Here he comes, monsieur.
10:38I hit it pretty fast with that gunny carousel.
10:39Portillo's carousel is as if it were part of his hand.
10:40You lose now your nerve, huh?
10:41Patron, if it were possible for Javier Escobar to fear any one man,
10:44you would not for two minutes keep him in your quadrilla, huh?
11:00But, Xavier, never forget to be afraid of me.
11:05No, Xavier.
11:07Xavier, sit down.
11:09Sit down, have a drink.
11:11No, thank you.
11:12But, monsieur, we Creoles of Louisiana are very friendly but proud people.
11:18If then, before my entourage, you refuse my offer of a small refreshment,
11:24what am I to think?
11:26Don't move the wagon, Marc.
11:28I'll be there in a few minutes.
11:30All right, I'll have just one.
11:33So far, one is all I have offered.
11:37McCain, I understand you are famous for your skill with that weapon.
11:44I can shoot.
11:45Mike Xavier here shoots also.
11:48It'll be interesting to see how you make out against each other, huh?
11:52Simply friendly concours.
11:55Let me see now.
11:57There, on the stable rope, which of you first can spin the weathercock?
12:03Well, I'm not much for shooting matches.
12:06I'll concede to Xavier there.
12:08Oh, come, come, monsieur McCain.
12:11Now, you shouldn't be some artist.
12:13Why, Xavier here was bragging for you, saying how quick you were.
12:18Here, both of you, shut up.
12:20I guess kill you, I'm afraid.
12:23Oh, perhaps this rifle of yours is just, just for show, huh?
12:28Perhaps my friend Xavier here lies about your abilities.
12:33I do not like liars!
12:38We will try again.
12:52Bravo! Bravo!
12:54Bravo! Bravo!
12:56Beautiful, Missy. Magnifique, sir, just as I hoped.
12:59Bravo!
13:01Hello, McCain.
13:03I know what you paid for your ranch.
13:06I offer you the same money, exactly.
13:09Unless, of course, 50% for wear and tear.
13:13I'm sorry, it's not for sale.
13:15I saved a long time to buy that place, and I intend to bring up my boy there.
13:18Xavier.
13:20Knife.
13:23Have you ever seen a woman die, my friend?
13:38Well, then you're aware that there's something,
13:42something, shall I say, special about the death of any woman.
13:47Something very special, Mr. Tafage.
13:50Mm-hmm.
13:52Why do you think I'm here, McCain?
13:55By the persecutions of my enemies.
13:58Reformers and hypocrites.
14:01Why, lady, three times their political grand juries have indicted me.
14:07Why, last time?
14:09Last time they bribed an old woman and two of the girls, you know, that work in her establishment.
14:15You know what happened?
14:17Early one morning, some unknown man with a passkey entered the room where the three were hiding.
14:26And when he leaves, there is no more evidence.
14:30He shot three women, huh?
14:33Who speaks of shooting?
14:36Too loud.
14:37Will you believe it, Mr. McCain, that my friends even say that this violent man was Cesar Tafage?
14:45Me.
14:46Me.
14:47Me, personal.
14:49Well, of course, I do not recount all these horrors to distress you.
14:55No.
14:56Now, if now you, you reject my fare and mind your friendly offer, huh?
15:02Sassé d'ombre, monsieur.
15:04I'm, of course, very sorry.
15:06And for both of us, Mr. McCain, who can predict what losses can occur to your livestock?
15:13That your crops do not catch fire.
15:16Your home itself burned to its foundation.
15:19And don't forget, you have a son.
15:23A son, my poor friend.
15:26You know, from now on, whenever he is not at your side, you will be asking yourself what comes to him.
15:32Where is he?
15:33I tell you.
15:34You will get up 20 times at night to look if he's in his bed.
15:39You will light the lamp, McCain, to see if there is blood.
15:47Sassé terrible, mon ami.
15:54Well, McCain, now what do you say to my proposition?
15:59You're a tough trader, Mr. Deforge.
16:02But wear and tear on my property, why, I've put in two wells out there.
16:06Built a house, a barn, a stable.
16:08Is, is a mile and a quarter of grade A fencing.
16:11I've sweated out there.
16:12Listen carefully to me.
16:14I shall be out there tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock precise by that hour.
16:19You will have ready for my signatures all the necessary deeds signed by yourself, understood?
16:25When your men left New Orleans, did they know they were gonna settle in a small town like this?
16:36Maybe they prefer San Francisco.
16:38I hear it's a great city, a place they can have a lot of fun.
16:41My men do not ask questions.
16:45They do not ask anything.
16:48They think as I tell them to think, and they feel as I wish them to feel.
16:54That you would not understand anyway.
16:5610 o'clock tomorrow morning, Mr. Deforge.
17:0710 o'clock, Mr. Vacay.
17:11What do you think of him now, Xavier?
17:16I still think he's muy macho.
17:18How do you say it?
17:19March man.
17:20Tomorrow morning over there I'll get his ranch on a platter.
17:26Micah, you mentioned about deputizing some of the boys.
17:29I did.
17:30We'll do it and bring them out to my place tomorrow morning at 10-15 sharp.
17:34I hope by the time you get there you can turn around and go home.
17:38All right, Lucas boy.
17:39Good luck.
17:47Ready to go, Paul?
17:48Ready.
17:49Did you let him know for sure the ranch isn't up for sale?
17:52No, I didn't, son.
17:53But, Paul!
17:54I'm telling you it isn't.
17:55It's just that Deforge just doesn't understand too easily.
17:59But I think he will in the morning.
18:01Here, finish the champagne.
18:03I go now to my room for siesta.
18:07Call me in time for dinner.
18:10Here.
18:11Here, leave, if I can.
18:12There!
18:13There!
18:14We'll get it here.
18:15No.
18:16No.
18:17No.
18:18Here.
18:19I'm going now to my house.
18:20He'll be there.
18:21Here.
18:22Oh, man.
18:23Here.
18:24Here.
18:25Here.
18:26Here.
18:27Here.
18:28Here.
18:29In the morning.
18:30There.
18:31Here.
18:32Here.
18:33Here.
18:34Here.
18:35Here.
18:36Here.
19:37You forgot your school books.
19:39There were little apps of mine this morning.
19:41I'd sure like to be here when they come.
19:43Anything to get out of Gonas?
19:48I thought you said 10 o'clock.
19:50It's only 8.
19:52Mark, you go into town the back way
19:54and tell Micah to get back out here
19:55as soon as he can with the boys.
19:56Sure, Paul.
19:57Then you go on to school.
20:00You heard me.
20:01Only don't get kept after.
20:02I want you back here to help me with the stock.
20:05Go on, boy.
20:06I want you back here.
20:36Mr. McCain.
20:59McCain, I'm waiting.
21:03You're early.
21:16I've got work to do.
21:17We'll talk at 10 o'clock.
21:18No.
21:20We'll talk now.
21:22Mr. Taforge,
21:24you're a guest on my property.
21:26And while you're here,
21:27I dispossess you from this property,
21:30McCain,
21:30because I am who I am
21:32and what I am.
21:34Among my ancestors,
21:35there was one
21:36from whom I inherited my name
21:38and my destiny
21:39who was answerable for his actions
21:42not even to the king of France.
21:44What the hell am I saying?
21:47Not to heaven itself.
21:49Even today is remembered
21:51in that famous story
21:52called Barbrood.
21:54Or as you say it in English,
21:56Bluebeard.
21:56You, of course,
21:57heard about it.
21:59Sure.
22:00He still frightens children.
22:02But you're wasting my time, McCain.
22:04Bring forth the papers.
22:05I ordered you for your own sake.
22:08Get the papers.
22:09That's the thing
22:10about this part of the country.
22:11Men come out here
22:12so they don't have to take orders.
22:14They think the way they want
22:16and they feel the way they want.
22:19Not the way some so-called ruler wants.
22:22As a matter of fact, Taforge,
22:24your kind just don't make any sense out here.
22:26You belong back in the dark ages
22:28with that ancestor of yours.
22:29And I'm telling you,
22:30most of your men agree with me.
22:33Get the papers.
22:35I just gave you my answer.
22:38I offer you one more chance, McCain.
22:40Then I give the order to have you shot.
22:45If I thought that order would be carried out,
22:47I wouldn't have been waiting here for you.
22:49Shoot him!
22:49Shoot him like the beast that he is!
22:54Shoot him!
22:55Shoot him!
23:01Patron!
23:04Watch obliged.
23:10It makes us.
23:11How do you say?
23:13Even on the board, huh?
23:15Oh, you are right, amigo.
23:17Freedom is a precious thing.
23:18You make me realize what he give it up for.
23:20After all, we see him for what he is there,
23:22a big, fat nothing lying in the dirt.
23:24I want this, no?
23:33You know.
23:34He said,
23:35we'd find you here this morning when we come,
23:36like a big bowl of jelly quivering on a platter.
23:39He was wrong what he said,
23:42and I have been right what I said.
23:44You are muy macho.
23:45Much, man!
23:47Thank you, Xavier.
23:48Por nada, amigo.
23:50Hasta la vista, eh?
23:52Javier, I go with you.
23:53Ah, yes!
23:54I play for you, will you?
23:55Yes!
23:56Ah, yes!
23:56We have to go with to Marina Gunn.
23:57Para all!
24:02Para all!
24:10Para all!
24:19Para all!
24:23Para all!
24:26THE END
24:56THE END
25:26THE END
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