The Rifleman S04E30
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00:00No, no, that's not right.
00:25Um, over here, by the pots and pans.
00:29That's right. Stove grates belong with pots and pans.
00:33Stove grates? What do you think we are?
00:36A little exercise is good for you, Lucas.
00:39I'd say you two have earned yourselves a fried chicken dinner Sunday.
00:43Well, that's more like it.
00:45Well, I've got to get back to the office. I'll see you Sunday.
00:47All right. Thanks again, Micah.
00:50Oh, I'm sorry I didn't see you. Is there something I can do for you?
00:55You should have called out of work to tell Lieutenant.
00:58McCain, isn't it?
01:00Yes, but I'm afraid I...
01:01Chase. Harry Chase. Company B-11th, Indiana. You were my training officer.
01:06Oh, yes, yes. How are you?
01:08Oh, fine, fine. You know, I haven't seen this fella since...
01:11Well, since the beginning of the war.
01:13I was transferred to McDowell's 3rd Infantry.
01:153rd Infantry?
01:18Why, uh...
01:20Yes, ma'am?
01:23My brother was with McDowell. Ted Scott?
01:28He was killed at Bull Run.
01:30Ted Scott?
01:31Did you know him?
01:34Why, yes, ma'am.
01:36He died right alongside of me.
01:40Oh...
01:52The Rifleman!
01:58Starring Chuck Connors.
02:07I didn't mean to upset you, ma'am.
02:11Just that I wasn't expecting to...
02:13Billie, why don't you go lie down? We can come back later.
02:16No.
02:18I want to talk. I want you to tell me.
02:21Billie.
02:22Please.
02:24Well, just what is it you want to know, Miss Scott?
02:27How did he die?
02:29Did he suffer?
02:31Please understand. We were very close.
02:39I... I could never find anyone who knew him.
02:44I never knew where he was buried or...
02:48even if he... if he was buried.
02:52He's resting peaceful.
02:54Him and the rest that fell that day.
02:56I saw it to it personally.
02:58Small grove by a stream, pretty place.
03:01And as for suffering, he didn't.
03:04He was running one minute, the next he was lying there.
03:07Quiet, still, not moving.
03:10I guess that's just about all there was to it.
03:14Please forgive me.
03:16That's all right, ma'am. Sometimes it's better to talk about it.
03:19Keeps the nightmares away.
03:21Nightmares?
03:23Yes, it isn't easy, Mr. McCain, leading men into battle,
03:26watching them fall all around you.
03:29Say, you, uh... say you were leading those men?
03:32Don't tell me you weren't a stripe.
03:34Field commission.
03:36Probably the worst mistake the Army ever made.
03:38What have you been doing since?
03:40Oh, living under my hat, around any convenient poker table.
03:44Are you staying in North Fork?
03:46Well, if there's any worthwhile reason why I should, ma'am, I will.
03:49Well, why don't you join us for dinner Sunday?
03:52I know. We'll have a party.
03:55I'll invite Mike, I...
03:57That's a lot of fried chicken, isn't it?
03:59Well, I accept with pleasure, ma'am.
04:01Meanwhile, I'll look around and see your town.
04:04Yeah, the poker table's over at the saloon.
04:09Well, until Sunday, then?
04:11Unless we meet sooner?
04:16Nice seeing you again, Mr. McCain.
04:18Yeah, same here.
04:26Until Sunday, then.
04:29Go on.
04:46That sure was good.
04:48I'm glad you liked it, Mark.
04:50Now, if you're through,
04:52do you suppose you could flap your way out back
04:55and feed your relatives for me?
04:57Huh?
04:59Well, I think what Millie means, son,
05:01is that you've been going at it so hard
05:03you're liable to turn into a chicken.
05:05What do you mean?
05:07I've only had about, uh...
05:09About, uh...
05:11Oh, yeah.
05:13Excuse me.
05:15Funny thing, how good cooking makes a man wonder sometimes.
05:18What about?
05:20Oh, the life he leads,
05:22what he's facing up to as the years pass.
05:24Well, I wouldn't think a professional card player
05:27like you ever thought about such things.
05:29Why's that, Marshal?
05:31Well, I don't know.
05:33Sometime you might want to settle down
05:35and wouldn't want to have to worry about
05:38and sometime you might want to settle down
05:40and wouldn't be good.
05:42Change of luck.
05:44What's wrong with settling down?
05:46Nothing. Nothing at all.
05:48Well, Lucas, how about you and me cleaning up, huh?
05:51Huh?
05:53Oh, don't be silly.
05:55Either of you. That's woman's work.
05:57Now, you stay out of this, Millie Scott.
05:59You did the cooking.
06:01Well, if you say so.
06:03While they're doing that, I think I'll take a look around.
06:06This is your place.
06:08I'd like to show it to you.
06:10Excuse us.
06:20Thanks...
06:22friend.
06:27Chick, chick, chick, chick.
06:29Come on.
06:31This is really the life out here,
06:33especially for a boy.
06:35Yes. Lucas and Mark are very happy.
06:38I'm sure they are.
06:40I often wondered how happy I would be
06:42if my boy had lived.
06:44He would have been just about Mark's age by now.
06:47Your boy?
06:51Fortunes of war.
06:53I was wounded at Mechanicsville leading a charge.
06:56I was lying in a field hospital for three weeks
06:58while the doctors were trying to save my leg.
07:00Back home, there weren't any doctors.
07:03They saved my leg, all right.
07:05But nobody back there could save my wife and child.
07:10When I got back, they were gone.
07:13Cholera.
07:15I'm so sorry.
07:18That was a long time ago.
07:20Fighting a war, you forget.
07:24You went back?
07:26All the way to Gettysburg.
07:28It was good for me in a way, though.
07:30I felt that my men needed me.
07:32I was their captain.
07:33It gave me a sense of responsibility.
07:36You were a captain?
07:39Yes, Mark.
07:40I was promoted to Chancellorsville.
07:42Time to go, son.
07:44Get the horses.
07:45Sure, Pa. Excuse me.
07:49We'd better go in.
07:52Not just yet.
07:54Miss Scott, there's just one more thing I'd like to say.
08:00I never even heard of North Fork
08:02until I just happened to ride in.
08:04It was just another town and another place.
08:06I've, uh...
08:08Well, I've always been very lucky at cards
08:11and not so lucky at other things.
08:14But, like I said at the dinner table...
08:19I've always been lucky.
08:21At the dinner table...
08:25a man's luck can change.
08:28I hope for your sake, yours will.
08:31I think it already has.
08:34I guess we're leaving now.
08:51Pa, you still awake?
08:54What is it, son?
08:57Miss Millie...
08:59isn't she sort of like Ma was?
09:03Why do you ask that?
09:05Well, I mean, I kind of figured that you liked her
09:09like you did Ma.
09:11And I like her, and...
09:13well, I'm pretty sure that she likes us.
09:17Go on.
09:19That Mr. Chase, he likes her, too.
09:22Millie has a lot of friends, son.
09:25Pa?
09:27He almost kissed her.
09:30It's getting late, Mark.
09:32You'd better get to sleep.
09:36Yeah. Night.
09:49Good night.
09:57Millie?
09:59Lucas, what are you doing in town?
10:01I just rode in.
10:03You were looking for Millie. She's not in.
10:05It's not like her to close up this time of the week.
10:07No, it isn't.
10:09Maybe she's a little tired, you know, after cooking that chicken Sunday.
10:13The man that gets her is sure going to be lucky, the way she cooks.
10:18That is, if she ever figures on settling down.
10:21Yeah.
10:23You know, it's kind of strange seeing you in town this time of day, Lucas.
10:27Something wrong with my being in town, Micah?
10:29Well, no. I was just wondering.
10:32Look, if it's bothering you so much, I came in to get a couple of beers,
10:35play a little poker, and see if Harry Chase's luck is still holding out.
10:38Oh, I don't think you'll find him in the saloon.
10:40With his luck, he's been having a hard time getting the game going.
10:43Where is he?
10:45Well, I haven't seen him.
10:47Well, maybe he went out for a ride or something.
10:49What's the big secret? He's out with Millie?
10:51Well, I...
10:53Why do you act this way, Micah? It's not the end of the world.
10:56Harry Chase will be moving on soon.
10:58Gamblers never stay in one spot for too long.
11:00Well, Lucas, that depends on what the stakes are.
11:03Well, you just said he couldn't find a game.
11:05Oh, well, I was talking about poker.
11:07But he hasn't had any trouble finding this store.
11:11Now, you were saying something about a beer.
11:18This stream branches down to Bull Run.
11:21I was leading my platoon up this side of it
11:24when the rebels attacked.
11:26They were all pouring out of a place called Sudderley Springs.
11:30That was our objective.
11:32If you should want to go back, Millie...
11:34No.
11:36There'd be nothing there for me.
11:38Not now.
11:39No, I don't suppose there would be.
11:42Here was where your brother was killed.
11:45Here was where your brother and the others...
11:51When it was over, I went back,
11:54brought a burial detail.
11:57You?
11:58Well, I was their commanding officer.
12:01You see, I was very close to my men.
12:05It somehow seemed fitting.
12:10All these years I've wondered...
12:14And now to know that...
12:17my brother was with someone who...
12:20who cared.
12:24I can't thank you enough, Harry.
12:28And Harry...
12:30what you said last Sunday...
12:33I don't think you just happened to ride into North Fork.
12:37I think something led you there.
12:41I hope you never leave.
12:50I don't know who said anything about leaving.
12:59Well, look who's here.
13:01Hello, Mark.
13:03Hello, boy.
13:05Hello, Miss Milling.
13:06Mr. Chase.
13:07You heading into town, boy?
13:09Well, I'm going to have supper with my pa.
13:12Supper? Is it that late?
13:14My goodness, we'd better be getting back.
13:16Yes, I guess so.
13:18Let me help you with this.
13:26What's that?
13:28Suddenly springs.
13:29Huh?
13:30Mr. Chase was just telling me about...
13:34where he buried my brother.
13:36Oh.
13:38Well, Mr. Chase, you being a captain and all...
13:41I bet you can really tell some interesting stories about the war.
13:44Well, if you've got the time to listen, I'll be glad to tell you.
13:47I sure do.
13:48What would you like to hear about?
13:50Vicksburg? Gettysburg? Bull Run?
13:54I got a lot of stories.
13:56Oh, I know the one.
13:59The one when I landed on patrol one night very late...
14:02and there were rebels all around us.
14:05It was a very, very cold night that night.
14:13Well, I didn't know you three were together.
14:16I met them on the road, Pa. They were having a picnic.
14:19Mark had to come along. We'd probably still be out there.
14:28Nellie, Mark and I are having dinner at the hotel.
14:30Would you like to join us?
14:32You too, Chase.
14:33Oh, thank you, Luke.
14:35The fact is, I had too much lunch.
14:38I couldn't eat a thing. Not right now.
14:44And I did promise Harry that I'd join him for supper later.
14:49Maybe some other time.
14:51Well, I guess that leaves the church social Sunday.
14:54What time shall I pick you up?
14:56I didn't think you asked me to go with you, did you?
14:59I don't know. I forgot.
15:01I thought we talked about it.
15:03Half of that's not quite good enough, Luke.
15:05Huh?
15:06Nellie's accepted my invitation.
15:08Oh.
15:09Well, I'll see you two Sunday.
15:11Yeah.
15:18Here you are, Nellie.
15:19Thank you, Harry.
15:31Hmm.
15:35Pa, let's eat supper at home tonight.
15:37All right, son.
15:40You wait here. I'll be back in a minute.
15:49Nellie, I figure we're pretty good friends.
15:51Well, of course we are. Why do you ask?
15:53Well, it might be none of my business, but Harry Chase isn't for you.
15:55I don't see where that's any concern of yours.
15:57Well, I'll make it my concern. I don't want to see you get hurt.
16:00Harry wouldn't hurt a soul.
16:02He's a kind, sweet, understanding person, and I find him very attractive.
16:06Now, if that's what you wanted to hear me say, Lucas McCain, I've said it. Is it clear?
16:10Yes, it's clear. But I'm going to tell you something.
16:12If Harry Chase were half the man he thinks he is and half the man you think...
16:15Half the man? Compared to whom?
16:27You figure it out.
16:31You figure it out.
16:39It was at Chancellorville where he got his decorations.
16:42He captured 12 men even after he was shot.
16:45Brother.
16:46Where'd you hear that?
16:48He was telling us on the way back from Miller's Pond.
16:50He told Millian and me about how it...
16:55Say, Pa, how come you never got to be captain?
17:00I never gave it much thought.
17:05What's the matter?
17:07Oh, nothing. I just didn't know Mr. Chase was wounded twice during the war.
17:11He wasn't. Just once.
17:14He told you he was wounded at Chancellorville?
17:16Mm-hmm. That was when he got the medal.
17:19Why?
17:21Oh, nothing. Not important.
17:24Sure is a nice thing he did for Miss Millie.
17:27I mean, about her brother and all.
17:29Then meeting her after all this time.
17:32They sure do like each other.
17:35Mark, uh, I don't think I can eat anymore.
17:38Let's wash up, huh?
17:50Pa, I'm awfully tired.
17:52All right if I do the dishes in the morning?
17:54Sure.
17:56Were you in the whole war?
17:58Most of it.
17:59Were you at Sudley Springs?
18:01Mm-hmm.
18:02Well, how about Bull Run?
18:04Why do you ask?
18:06Well, that's where Miss Millie's brother was killed.
18:09Mark, you can go on to bed. I'll be there in a few minutes.
18:12All right.
18:22All right.
18:46Thank you very much, boy. Oh, you're leaving?
18:48All right. Better luck next time.
18:50All right.
18:57Well, hello, Luke. How are you?
18:59Fine. How about yourself?
19:00Never better.
19:02You're not leaving, are you?
19:04As a matter of fact, I've got an engagement with Millie.
19:06Oh, I'm sure she'll wait.
19:07I feel lucky, Harry, and like you say, a man's luck...
19:10can't change.
19:17What about this afternoon?
19:19Harry, now. Come on.
19:23Oh, would you rather just sit here and talk?
19:26Well, Luke, we've got nothing to talk about.
19:29Oh, come on, Harry. That's funny.
19:31Two men who were in the army together not having anything to talk about?
19:34Oh, you're afraid those nightmares will come back.
19:37I'm sorry, Harry. I forgot.
19:39I had a nightmare myself once. Terrible thing.
19:42I dreamed I was a training officer again...
19:44trying to teach my men...
19:46if I'd done a good enough job when they went to the front lines.
19:49I felt kind of responsible for them in a way.
19:51You know what I mean, Harry. You were an officer.
19:54Responsibility does funny things to a man...
19:57even when he has only himself to worry about...
19:59much less all those youngsters in uniform...
20:02like Millie's brother.
20:04I'm glad you've got responsibility, Harry.
20:07You know, I have to admit I was worried about you back in training time.
20:10I never did think you'd take to army life...
20:13like that time you tried to go absent without leave.
20:15You know, you could have got yourself shot.
20:18Don't worry, Harry. I wouldn't tell anybody about it...
20:21not after the way you turned out.
20:23Promoted to captain, winning a combat medal...
20:27bringing your patrol back after you were wounded at Chancellorsville...
20:30risking your life to stop and bury your dead.
20:34You were on patrol, weren't you?
20:37Why do you ask, Luke?
20:39You must have been. McDowell's 3rd Infantry was...
20:4340 miles away at the time.
20:47Now, are you through?
20:49No, Harry, but you are.
20:51You don't intend to pull that trigger, do you?
20:53Because if you do, you won't be able to run away again.
20:57And, Harry, you have to be able to run away, don't you?
21:13I've been a coward all my life, Luke.
21:16Now, I'd like to ask a favor of you.
21:19I'd like to borrow this book for a few minutes.
21:43Harry!
21:59Harry!
22:00Don't say a word. Just listen.
22:02But...
22:03Please.
22:07Millie, everything I said to you about the war was a lie.
22:11People prove it.
22:14Now, my life has been full of lies.
22:17It's been easier for me that way.
22:20I'm leaving now, Millie, and I'm...
22:23I'm going to try to change.
22:25I don't know whether I can, but I'm going to try.
22:31Millie, believe me, there was...
22:35one thing...
22:38I didn't lie about.
22:41I didn't lie.
23:03Never take a woman for granted, Luke.
23:06Especially her.
23:12You're not paying any attention.
23:15You know, women don't get over her. It's easy.
23:19Come on. Your move.
23:42I... I think this belongs to you.
23:53Harry.
23:55Mr. Chase told me everything.
23:59I didn't...
24:01I mean...
24:02It was very hard for me to believe him...
24:05until I read this.
24:07And then he was gone.
24:12I'm sorry. I'm interrupting your game.
24:14No, no. The game is over, Millie.
24:16Listen to me.
24:17Oh, yes, yes.
24:20May I walk you home?
24:23That'd be nice, Lucas.
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