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Lucas helps a man after a shootout, and allowing a pet endangers his son's life. The episode aired Jan 6, 1959, and is 30 minutes long.
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00:00The Rifleman, starring Chuck Connors.
00:30Flecker, you've got something that belongs to me.
00:47Drop it in the dirt and then ride out of town.
00:51I can't do that, Ward.
00:57Turn around, Flecker.
01:00You can draw first or last.
01:25See a friend of yours?
01:28How?
01:29Then why bother?
01:31He's still breathing.
01:32I'm taking him to the doctor.
01:39Son, you wait for me in the buckboard.
01:41Yes, sir.
01:41Looks like he's trying to talk, Doc.
01:57Probably wants to know what the bill is, if he ever intended to pay a cent of it.
02:01There's not a chance to puncture both lungs.
02:08He seems stronger.
02:10The shot I gave him may be conscious for a minute or two.
02:13Don't worry.
02:13Don't worry, he's all right.
02:14Why did Haskins gun you down?
02:25Hey, Doc.
02:25Hey, Doc.
02:27Do something.
02:28I can advise him not to tangle with Haskins.
02:31But, Boots...
02:32I'm late for that.
02:33I don't be a pompous fool.
02:34Take another look at him.
02:36I'm just a doctor, Lucas, not a saint.
02:38Sometimes it's hard enough to stop one little germ, let alone a big .45 slug.
02:44Boots.
02:46What was it between you and Haskins?
02:49The boots.
02:51What was your quarrel?
02:52I die with my boots on.
03:03Make any sense of that, Doc?
03:06Seemed like he was proud to die with his boots on.
03:08I'd rather be a live coward than a dead hero myself.
03:12Well, you can chalk up another one for Haskins.
03:15You want to take charge of the body?
03:18I didn't know him, Doc.
03:19I thought he was an old friend of yours.
03:22You lugged him in here.
03:24Nobody else would.
03:26I figured he deserved a chance.
03:28If you see anybody else fool enough to tangle with Haskins,
03:32just carry him straight to the Undertaker.
03:34I never got off a shot.
03:35He was scared half to death.
03:36Maybe you'd better stay out of this yourself.
03:38You'll wind up on the table here.
03:41You want me to go see Toomey
03:43and see about getting the coffin ready?
03:45No, I'll take care of it.
03:46We work together all the time.
03:47Sort of a professional association.
03:53You're not half as mean as you act, Doc.
03:55Just a love of an old Hick sawbone.
03:58Now get out of here
03:59before I decide to charge you for an office call.
04:01How old is he, Paul?
04:26It's too late, son.
04:28Well, what about him?
04:29Well, what about him?
04:31He belonged to that man.
04:33Can we keep him?
04:36I don't know, Mark.
04:37Oh, he'll be good company for my sorrow.
04:40Please, Paul.
04:41Well, you can see he's got good qualities.
04:46Oh, I guess we can take care of him for a while.
04:48Well, let me fast and enjoy you.
04:51What do you say, boy?
04:53You want to come home with us?
04:54Come on.
04:55Come on.
04:58Oh.
04:59Come on.
05:00Come on.
05:11Come on.
05:19it's warm work isn't it sure is looks good though that'll look better when you're finished
05:32did you carry the palomino this morning i forgot well you better get to it you want that pony's
05:39coat to be as shiny as your sorrows don't you yeah and bring me some more nails when you come
05:43back they're in the barn
06:13morning mr mccain morning
06:20figured it was about time you and me had a little talk talk joe flecker had something that belonged
06:30to me i figure you got it now i'd like to have it back flecker i don't know the name i mean that
06:36broken down saddle tramp i had to shoot in self-defense the other day why don't you give
06:40me that paper you're looking in the wrong place mister flecker tried blackmail you saw how it
06:44paid off what makes you think i've got it i went to search this room it wasn't there well maybe he
06:50kept it with him i went to the doctor's office after you left so it's got to be with you blackmail's
06:56out of my line haskins mr mccain you've got five seconds
07:04i don't know what flecker had on you and i don't care but nobody walks on me in my own place haskins
07:32i'll think it over while you ride back to town maybe it'll save you another trip
07:36you
07:36so
07:43Who's he?
08:12His name's Haskins.
08:14Isn't he the one that did the shooting in town?
08:16That's right.
08:17Paul, what makes a man like him so mean?
08:20Well, it's hard to tell, son.
08:22Something must have happened to him a long time ago.
08:24When he was a young man, maybe.
08:25Or when he was a boy, maybe.
08:27It could be.
08:28You know, Mark, people aren't born mean or bad.
08:31They usually get that way because someone has done something to them.
08:33That goes for animals, too.
08:35You remember that playful little puppy Jimmy Peterson's pa gave him for his birthday?
08:39Yeah, I remember.
08:41Puppy didn't stay playful very long.
08:43Jimmy had to give him away.
08:44Thing got so ornery it wasn't safe to keep him around the ranch.
08:48You recall how he got that way?
08:50Yeah.
08:51Jimmy used to cuff him around, tease him, and pull his tail too much.
08:55That's exactly what I mean.
08:57He felt mistreated and he had to strike back.
08:59At anyone.
09:00Well, the same thing's true of Haskins.
09:02Only he's come to the point where killing a man means nothing to him.
09:07I see.
09:08Well, I'm not sure you do, son.
09:10You see, a man is different from an animal.
09:12He's got a conscience.
09:13That means he knows right from wrong.
09:15But just because he's been hurt doesn't mean he's got the right to take out that hurt in anyone else.
09:19That includes Haskins?
09:20Mm-hmm.
09:21That's right.
09:22I think I'll ride into town tomorrow and see if I can dig up the reason why he tried to take out his meanness on us.
09:27You bring me those nails?
09:29Yep.
09:31Bring me another board, will you, son?
09:33All right.
09:34Now make sure it's long enough.
09:50Son, you remember to close the south irrigation ditch in a couple of hours, will you?
09:53And let the water into the lower meadow.
09:55I will, Paul.
09:56Not like you'd have missed a trip to town.
09:59Well, I wanted to stay and take care of the pony.
10:02Oh, something wrong with him?
10:04Well, he's been acting kind of funny, like he's sick.
10:07He wouldn't eat this morning and won't let me ride him.
10:10He keeps on baring his teeth and winning.
10:12Well, you keep your eye on him.
10:13I'll stop by and speak to the vet while I'm in town.
10:15You'll be careful, won't you, Paul?
10:17Don't you worry, son.
10:18I'm not looking for trouble.
10:19I'm trying to avoid it.
10:21Go away.
10:48Hey, place is closed.
10:49Open up, Doc.
10:50Very delicate operation going on.
10:54All right, it's me, McCain.
10:55Open the door.
10:56I'll do it for you.
10:57I'll do it for you.
11:00I'll do it for you.
11:00It's nice to see you alone, Max.
11:11Couldn't you find another corpse to carry in here?
11:14A little early in the day, isn't it?
11:16Really?
11:17It's my own personal prescription.
11:20It's the only good medicine I have.
11:22You know why?
11:23Because I'm a good patient.
11:26Only take it when I need it.
11:29Don't wait till it's too late.
11:31Bad night last night?
11:32People around here never call a doctor
11:34until they see the vultures circling the house.
11:37And they hate me because they can't help.
11:39Scrapped some of this for you, too.
11:42Oh, now.
11:43Say, did you keep Flecker's belongings?
11:45That's right.
11:47Wrapped him in a sheet and stuck him in the potter's field,
11:50like most of my patients.
11:51Where'd you put his things?
11:54Cabinet there.
12:02These are nothing but rattings.
12:04They are now, after Haskins got through with them.
12:08Tore them all up.
12:09Did he say what he was looking for?
12:11Told me to mind my business.
12:14I considered it very wise.
12:17Flecker kept talking about his boots before he died.
12:20Hold on.
12:21What's that?
12:23Our friend Haskins is wanted in Kansas for two killings.
12:24What's that?
12:26Our friend Haskins is wanted in Kansas for two killings.
12:29Stay out of it, Lucas.
12:32Burn it, bury it, throw it away.
12:34Forget you ever saw it.
12:35I don't want to lose my only friend.
12:40I don't want to lose my only friend.
12:41What's that?
12:42What happened to you that you're drinking so early in the morning?
12:47Last night they brought me a little eight-year-old girl and to watch her die.
12:51Yesterday afternoon, it was a 16-year-old boy.
12:57It's two kids in the same day, Mac.
12:58Death is part of a doctor's business.
13:03You can't save them all.
13:05I could have saved these two if they'd call me soon enough.
13:07They've got a new cure.
13:08People don't know about it.
13:09A great scientist spent years working on a serum.
13:12I sent all the way to Philadelphia for it.
13:24These stupid, these people doing some work.
13:30You've done some work.
13:38I sent all the way to Philadelphia for it.
13:41These stupid plow pushers won't give me a chance to use it.
13:46What'd the kids die of, Doc?
13:48Anthrax.
13:50Not an easy way to go.
13:53Anthrax.
13:54That's right.
13:56We've got an epidemic starting.
13:58Hanley, the vet, told me he had to shoot a dozen animals.
14:01Inspects with it.
14:02One out of every ten horses.
14:08Come in.
14:38One out of every ten horses.
15:08One out of every ten horses.
15:09One out of every ten horses.
15:10One out of every ten horses.
15:11One out of every ten horses.
15:12One out of every ten horses.
15:13One out of every ten horses.
15:14One out of every ten horses.
15:15One out of every ten horses.
15:16One out of every ten horses.
15:17One out of every ten horses.
15:18One out of every ten horses.
15:19One out of every ten horses.
15:20One out of every ten horses.
15:21One out of every ten horses.
15:22One out of every ten horses.
15:23One out of every ten horses.
15:24One out of every ten horses.
15:25One out of every ten horses.
15:26One out of every ten horses.
15:27One out of every ten horses.
15:28One out of every ten horses.
15:29One out of every ten horses.
15:30One out of every ten horses.
15:31One out of every ten horses.
15:32THE END
16:02THE END
16:22Nobody answered my knock, so I thought I'd look around.
16:27Do you mind?
16:32THE END
16:42Where's your father?
16:45They've got some important business.
16:46I said, where's your father?
16:58He's in town.
16:59Well, that's better.
17:01Now tell me where he keeps his important papers.
17:04No.
17:05I don't like that word.
17:06Now try again.
17:07I don't like that word.
17:07I don't like that word.
17:07Now try again.
17:34I don't like that word.
17:36I don't like that word.
17:46THE END
18:16Mark? Mark?
18:26Don't move, McCain.
18:28I'll drop that rifle.
18:30Where's my son?
18:32Drop it, I said, real slow.
18:33I'll take that paper you got from Flecker.
18:48Haven't you already found it?
18:50I mean it, McCain.
18:55Don't turn around.
18:56Who else knows about this?
19:05Nobody?
19:06You read it, you must have.
19:10Yes, I read it.
19:18I'm going to kill you, McCain.
19:19You leave me no choice.
19:23There's no point in killing me, Haskins.
19:27I'm not going to turn you in.
19:30There's no need to.
19:33Flecker's pony nipped you the other day.
19:36That horse has anthrax.
19:38Anthrax?
19:39Anthrax.
19:41That's always fatal, you know that.
19:42You ever see a human that's got it?
19:47First he gets chills.
19:49Then it turns to fever and he starts to burn up.
19:52And his brain begins to rattle and ache.
19:56Gradually he goes mad with the pain.
19:59Not very pretty to watch, Haskins.
20:02No lying.
20:03You're stalling for time.
20:04You got no proof that horse has anthrax.
20:06He's sick.
20:08There's an epidemic.
20:10If you don't believe me, he's out in the barn.
20:11Go look at him.
20:13You show me.
20:14Move around the table.
20:23Hold it right there.
20:30All right, move.
20:36You first.
21:06Yeah, it's got anthrax.
21:22Come on.
21:47All right.
21:47you all right pa i'm all right
21:57poor pony i guess he's luckier to go this way than
22:11than from anthrax i'm sorry you had to see this son
22:17i'm sure glad you showed up with that rifle when you did i didn't do nothing
22:22you saved our lives so we make a good team son we're gonna last a long time as long as we look
22:32out for each other let's go in paul something troubling you more i'm just tired i guess
22:40it's been a pretty tough day maybe we better sit down and talk it over
22:46oh that's what it's all about
22:50why didn't we always agree to tell each other everything
22:53you seem mighty worried about something mark
22:56just seeing the pony get killed and haskins holding a gun on you that worried me
23:02you never lied to me before is there anything else
23:07the pony did this how long ago just a little while ago i heard you telling haskins that people always died from it
23:20i didn't want to worry you about it
23:23oh son i i was just stalling haskins
23:27doc burridge hasn't seen a metal cure this
23:29you don't need to tell me that if it ain't so
23:34it's so much
23:37come on son let's go
23:48and a very famous doctor named pasteur invented this serum mark
24:06you want to be a doctor when you grow up i thought about it but i'd rather work with my paul we make a good team
24:22it didn't hurt a bit did it huh
24:36huh
24:38Ha, ha, ha.
25:08Ha, ha, ha.
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