26min | Adventure, Family, Western | Episode aired 1959
Banner must deal with a romantic quadrangle - Colin Shaw lover Maggie MacGregor who is engaged to Maitland, an up-and-coming Hudson's Bay factor. Jack Cherry only wants to marry Maggie for commercial reasons - Maggie's father is an important businessman. He really loves a pretty Indian girl who he met during his days as a trapper.
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Writers: Victor Arthur, G. Francis Stayner
Stars: Barry Nelson, George Tobias, Louis Zorich
Banner must deal with a romantic quadrangle - Colin Shaw lover Maggie MacGregor who is engaged to Maitland, an up-and-coming Hudson's Bay factor. Jack Cherry only wants to marry Maggie for commercial reasons - Maggie's father is an important businessman. He really loves a pretty Indian girl who he met during his days as a trapper.
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Writers: Victor Arthur, G. Francis Stayner
Stars: Barry Nelson, George Tobias, Louis Zorich
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00:00Hudson's Bay, the saga of the great Hudson's Bay Fur Company and of the brave men who traveled
00:18the untrekked wilderness from Labrador to California, from Minnesota to Alaska.
00:27Joining Barry Nelson as Jonathan Banner, Hudson's Bay man.
00:43George Tobias as Pierre Falcone.
01:04Fort Gannon, 1821.
01:06We were taking on some of the niceties of civilization in the Northwest, also assuming
01:12some of civilization's problems.
01:19Oh, Colin, you promised.
01:32I couldn't keep myself away, Mary.
01:36I shall never be able to.
01:38Oh, my love, you shouldn't have come.
01:47I can't give you up, Mary.
01:53I can't.
01:57Mary!
02:05Mary!
02:07Father?
02:13You're taking a long time in getting to bed.
02:17It won't do to look haggard and tired tomorrow.
02:20I was just making ready.
02:23Oh, Father, please.
02:25Nothing will be changed by tears.
02:29I know what's best for you, Miguel.
02:32Good night.
02:35Let me see that your light's out quickly.
02:49Go away, Colin.
02:52Go away.
03:04We've been drinking toast to the bridegroom all night.
03:17Now I'll give you a new toast, to the finest man among us, Jock Mason.
03:23Jimmy, if it weren't known that you're the biggest spreader of larny in the whole of
03:29Canada, I wouldn't accept such a toast.
03:33But since it is, and to keep you happy, I will.
03:46You think it's a good thing or a bad thing?
03:49Shaw is not here.
03:52I wish I knew.
03:54You're not telling about a young hothead like him.
03:58He cannot steal the girl like from under her father's nose.
04:01It doesn't stop him from trying.
04:03It's only getting himself killed.
04:07Johnny.
04:18What is it, Banner?
04:19What do you want?
04:20I want to talk to you.
04:23Some other time.
04:25I miss too much of Jock Mason's wedding celebration as it is.
04:29I want to wish him well.
04:31Drink his health.
04:33And all that.
04:34Listen to me first.
04:36Come on.
04:51Would you try to see Mary McGregor tonight?
04:52What business is that of yours?
04:53Anything that can cause trouble on this post is my business.
04:57Look, you've got no right over a man's personal business.
04:59No, maybe I can help it.
05:01Look, Shaw.
05:02Get Mary out of your mind.
05:04Your case is hopeless.
05:05She'll be Jock's wife tomorrow.
05:07I shall never give her up.
05:08She's being forced into this marriage, and it's wrong.
05:11Maybe it is, but that's the way things work here.
05:15A father has the right to pick who he thinks is best for his daughter.
05:19I hope maybe someday it will be different.
05:22Someday.
05:23But I can't wait until someday.
05:25Look, Mr. Banner, we love each other.
05:28I'm sure you do.
05:29Mr. Banner, haven't you ever been in love?
05:36When I first joined the company, I was seeing a girl like your Mary,
05:41and we wanted to be married too.
05:44And Father, he wouldn't hear of it.
05:48Married her off to a merchant prince in Montreal.
05:53Actually, I took it pretty hard.
05:57As for Father, I thought he was a...
06:02I still think of it every once in a while.
06:05I don't know.
06:07I wonder if I really would have made her happy with the kind of life I lead.
06:12If she'd really loved you enough, she'd have been happy.
06:16Maybe.
06:18But who knows how much is enough?
06:22Oh, I can't blame your father for not wanting to take chances.
06:26A young fellow's got a lot of proving to do.
06:29And young Maitland is proving himself.
06:32Maitland's not worthy of her.
06:34Well, he came in as an apprentice boy at 14.
06:37He learned as much about the fur trade as any man in the Hudson's Bay Company.
06:40And he's to be promoted to factor.
06:42I'm not supposed to make him a good husband for Mary.
06:45Up to me.
06:47Silence.
06:48Attention.
06:50As we toast, Master, I want you all on your feet as we drink to the bride.
06:58To the lovely Mary McGregor, who tomorrow will be the lovely Mary Maitland.
07:05I'm sorry I'm late.
07:07But this is a toast that I don't want to miss.
07:10So then, gentlemen, health and long life to her.
07:15Yes, boy.
07:18Well, now that we've drunk to one lady who should be here in spirit,
07:23let's drink to another one.
07:26A lady who certainly is, gentlemen,
07:30a toast to Osita!
07:33Hey, get him.
07:35All right, I'll put you both under arrest.
07:37Wedding or no wedding, if I have to.
07:39Just give me two minutes with the mother home outside, Johnny. Two minutes.
07:41I welcome it.
07:42I'm so hot about Jock.
07:44What's the matter? Doesn't Osita deserve a toast?
07:46Oh, she's been a good woman to you, Jock.
07:48Even if she is only an Indian squad.
07:50That's enough.
07:51Come on.
08:09Settle the shot.
08:10You're leaving the post by morning.
08:12I have no intention of running away.
08:14Well, I'm ordering you.
08:15For your own protection, you're being transferred to the Two Rivers post.
08:18What if I refuse to go?
08:20You'll be locked up and lose your job to boot.
08:22Now make up your mind. Quick!
08:30You don't leave me much choice, do you?
08:41I feel sorry for that boy.
08:43I too.
08:45Johnny, if you've got time, Jock would like a word with you.
08:48I'll be in.
08:50Go over to the corral and pick out a horse for Shaw, will you?
08:53You'll need a good one.
08:54I'll have to throw him a map.
08:56He'll never find his way without it.
08:58Hey.
09:10Have a drink.
09:11Thanks, Johnny.
09:16I want to talk to you, Johnny.
09:19Here's to you, Jock.
09:21But not to my marriage.
09:23Oh, you know I wish you well.
09:26It'll work out all right.
09:28Mary's...
09:29Mary's the right wife for me, and...
09:31I'm ready to settle down.
09:35All the best.
09:37Thanks.
09:43It's no secret from me about...
09:45Mary having taken a fancy to the young Shaw.
09:48But she'll get over it.
09:56We can't stay on the same post.
09:58Oh, no, I'm...
09:59I'm transferring him to Two Rivers Post tomorrow.
10:02Good.
10:05I could...
10:06I could break him in half with these bare fists.
10:14Well, I don't want to stir any trouble.
10:16Yeah.
10:18Well, there's nothing else that'd be giving you trouble around here, would there, Jock?
10:23Was it her?
10:25I can't transfer her to Two Rivers.
10:28Oh, that's over.
10:30Zita...
10:31Zita's a fine girl, but she's just something that went along with the bottle on a Saturday night.
10:37It meant nothing more than that to either of us.
10:41You've, uh...
10:43You've told her?
10:45She's gone back to her people.
10:49She understands.
10:51When a man marries, it has to be of his own kind.
11:06Jock.
11:12Zita.
11:15I will go away in the morning.
11:21Why did you come back?
11:26You are not married until tomorrow.
11:50Zita.
12:13The bride was on her way.
12:15Everything was ready.
12:17But Jock was late.
12:19Pierre and I headed for his cabin to hurry him up.
12:49Pierre.
12:50Pierre.
13:19I guess you just take too long putting on fancy clothes.
13:32Looks like it.
13:50Jock.
13:51Wait.
13:52Hold on.
13:54Help me lift him.
13:55But easy.
13:56He's almost gone.
14:14Jock.
14:16Is it a bad wound?
14:18It's very bad.
14:20Jock told me you'd left.
14:21I go, but I come back again.
14:23Then I hear guns.
14:24All right.
14:25You can give me a hand.
14:26Make bandages out of something.
14:27Shirts, anything.
14:28Here.
14:29Andrew McGregor's had a bit of medical schooling.
14:31Get him here fast.
14:48Brace yourself, Jock.
15:00It's going to hurt.
15:11You bite this hard.
15:13It will help.
15:15My legs.
15:16I feel nothing... like that.
15:34You did well getting the bullet out quickly, Bonner.
15:38But from what little I know of anatomy,
15:42it strikes me he may not regain the use of his legs.
15:45Always?
15:47Not for me to answer that question.
15:49But I can tell you this, though.
15:51He'll need care day and night.
15:54Mary, go home and get into fit and clothes.
15:57You'll have nurses' work to do.
15:59If it's to be day and night, Andrew,
16:01Mary will have to have help.
16:04I'll not have my daughter sharing a man with an Indian wench.
16:08Jock promised me that was all over.
16:10She can't do it alone.
16:12If you want Jock to live.
16:15Aye.
16:18Very well.
16:20But what will you do about the man who fired the shot?
16:22Oh, Andrew, now you know as well as I do,
16:24and that it might have been Colin Shaw, but...
16:27Might have been!
16:33Johnny, the other man, they want to go to Two Rivers
16:37and bring Shaw back.
16:39Maybe.
16:41Take good care of Sita.
16:43Help Miss McGregor when she comes back.
16:45I'll help.
16:55I'm for us all going after him
16:57and shooting him down when we find him
16:59like he shot down Jock.
17:00Right!
17:04You must know something I don't know, Jimmy.
17:06What do you mean?
17:07Pierre and I were pretty close to Jock when he was hit.
17:10We didn't see who fired the shot.
17:12Rubbish.
17:13Who else could it have been but Shaw?
17:16And if you don't think so,
17:18why are you going down to Two Rivers to fetch him back?
17:21If you can find him.
17:22I told Andrew McGregor and I'm telling you all now,
17:25it looks like Shaw's guilty,
17:27but there's going to be no action taken
17:29until it's proven beyond a doubt.
17:32You understand?
17:33Sure, we understand.
17:37If you're trapping between here and Two Rivers, boys,
17:40then you're just chance to see Mr. Shaw.
17:43Don't do nothing about it.
17:45Wrong, Jimmy.
17:47Only don't do what you've been thinking of doing.
18:38Two Rivers
18:59Trail turned off around here.
19:02Ah, this green one.
19:04And I have given him a map.
19:06Maybe he didn't want to go the way the map was taking him.
19:09You think he tried to escape?
19:12What's that?
19:17Shaw!
19:18Right here, Banner.
19:21You better get your hands up.
19:23Quickly!
19:25Not thinking of turning outlaw, are you, Shaw?
19:28I'm not going back with you.
19:30I didn't kill Maitland.
19:32How did you know he was dead?
19:35I happened to see the shooting.
19:37Oh.
19:39Well, you've nothing to fear.
19:45You take one more step and I'll fire.
20:00Funny thing, but...
20:02I don't think you will.
20:05Banner.
20:29Mary.
20:31You've been kindness itself helping to nurse me.
20:35I was only doing my duty.
20:38Aye.
20:39You're a great one for dutiful feelings.
20:42Towards your father now...
20:44and towards me, we'll remarry, no doubt.
20:46I'll do what's expected of me.
20:50No more?
20:51What more is there?
20:54Would there be more if you married Colin Shaw?
20:57There's no point in talking about that.
21:00You must be tired.
21:02Send Rosetta in and stay with me a while.
21:19Here, Victoria.
21:30Sit beside me here.
21:41You're not much for duty, are you, girl?
21:44Duty?
21:48No matter.
21:50So now I can't be angry with you.
21:53Though I should be.
22:00Come on.
22:06You should be coming home for a rest, Mary.
22:09Yes, father.
22:27Did you find Shaw?
22:28Yes, bringing him in the fort now.
22:30But the men there, they'll kill him.
22:32No, they won't, Mary.
22:39How are you feeling, Jack?
22:40Much better.
22:41I'm gonna have to ask your help to save Colin Shaw...
22:44from violence, if nothing more.
22:47He didn't shoot you, Jack.
22:50What do you say?
22:52Well, this is the bullet I dug out of your back.
22:54A musket ball.
22:55The only gun that Shaw was holding was his rifle.
22:59He admits that he intended to shoot you.
23:02Even aimed at you.
23:03But, uh...
23:05Somebody else fired first.
23:09Now, who could that have been?
23:13You know, Jack.
23:16Stand back, Pierre.
23:18We're bound to take him and pay him out for what he did to Jock.
23:20Johnny say to shoot the first man who tried to take Shaw.
23:23Be sensible, man.
23:24There's many of us here.
23:25And you've only one shot in that piece.
23:27You wish to be the one who die?
23:43Not a minute too soon, were we?
23:45Tell him, Jack.
23:47Thank you for your friendly concern, Jimmy.
23:49Trying to help me.
23:50Who was it?
23:52It was an Indian.
23:54An Indian brave that bore me a grudge.
23:57I saw him playing when I was filming.
24:01Mary.
24:03If you, uh, want to go to him.
24:21Jock.
24:23Sending her to him?
24:25What about the marriage?
24:28It'll be a marriage.
24:30Never fear.
24:31Never fear.
24:48Are they well and fully married?
24:50They are.
24:51And off to Montreal, where he's to be a clerk in the offices.
24:54To which he's better suited than a life in the woods.
24:57Mary is like a new woman.
24:59She'll make sure a good wife.
25:01Not just a dutiful one.
25:03She will.
25:04She has a great love for him.
25:06Although she'd never, uh, shoot him.
25:08In case he decides to give her up.
25:11What could you mean by that?
25:14I don't know. I feel a little vague today.
25:16Touch of the sun, I guess.
25:19Um.
25:20I, uh.
25:21I have to turn in that report about the shooting, Jock.
25:25But you've done it already.
25:26I told you the whole story.
25:29I was shot by an Indian who bore me a grudge.
25:33A dozen of them were.
25:39That's what I thought.
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