All language subtitles for The Rifleman S04E29 The Day a Town Slept

How does it feel to be home,
son?

Kinda good, longest we've
been away, 3 weeks.

Well, that's one vacation
we were entitled to.

Won't be another stock show
in these parts

Like that for a long time.

Mr. Mccain, I take it?

And that would be the young
mccain I've heard so much about,

Well, quite a big boy.

Well, I know we haven't met,
mister.

Oh, I'm sorry, judson,
ben judson's my name.

Hello, mr. Judson.

I see you're wearing the
north fork marshal's badge,

Micah outta town on business?

No, he's still in town,
I believe.

Took the last of his personal
belongings from the office

Less than an hour ago.

Micah moved?

Well, yes. I defeated him in
the election for town marshal.

Defeated him?

You hadn't heard?

No, I hadn't heard.

But micah's been town marshal
for 5 years.

Evidently the town felt it
was time for a change.

Oh, you'll check that rifle with
me while you're in town, mister.

Check the rifle?

Yes, I've invoked the ordinance
related to the carrying

Of firearms while in town.

Well, mr. Judson, that
ordinance was meant to be used

When trail hands came into town
an' their celebrating

Got out o' hand. I don't...
See any trouble around.

Enforcing that ordinance

Is at the discretion
of the marshal, mr. Mccain.

Your rifle, please.

The rifle stays with me.

You in the habit of
disobeying the law, mr. Mccain?

Are you the law, mr. Judson?

In this instance, I am.

Come on, son.

Heh, that's just about it,
lucas.

Like you an' mark, a lot of
folks were away

For the stock show,
weren't here to vote.

Folks here in town, they didn't
seem to care about the election.

Kinda figured micah
would win hands down.

But whoever heard o' mr. Judson?

I mean, I've never seen him
around before.

Came in town a couple o'
weeks ago.

First I noticed him,
he was in the saloon

Buyin' drinks for all the boys,

Up an' down the street,
talking to all the ladies.

Lettin' everybody know
he was runnin' for marshal.

He's got a smooth way
about him all right.

Well, come on, son, we'd better
go over an' pay a call on micah.

See you, nils.

Lucas: Micah!

Well, lucas boy, you're back
just in time to bury the body.

Micah, if I knew you weren't
gonna be supported

In the election, mark an' I
would have postponed that trip.

Oh, that's all right, it's
about time I retired anyway.

Now I'll be able to do some
shootin' an' some fishin'

An' I'll be able to-
you know what, lucas?

I didn't even bother
to campaign this time,

Didn't even bother to let
folks know

I was happy being their marshal.

I'm sorry, micah, real sorry.

Oh, that's all... Right,
mark.

It's all right, I... I'm sorry
you caught me without a shave,

I... I've been sleeping
most o' the day an'-

Micah, what about this judson

Checkin' everybody's guns
so quickly.

Oh, he posted that notice
this mornin',

Then went around personally
collectin'.

He even took my gun.

You know, lucas, I've been
dealing with men

For a long time, an' I kinda got
a nose for knowing

When a man is sayin' one thing
an'... An' thinking another.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

I wasn't with judson two minutes
before I had the feelin'

That smooth front of his
was rehearsed.

When they pinned that badge
on him,

I could feel my temper
goin' up an' up.

Oh, not because I lost
the election,

But because I saw a man wearin'
a badge who maybe shouldn't be.

You know, with me a badge is a
more or less sacred thing,

When I see it on a man and it
don't belong on 'im,

It's like waving a red flag
in front of me-

Micah, come here. Judson's got
himself a visitor.

Hmm?

Bob barrett!

The badge looks good on you,
marshal, real good.

Just try to hold down that
perverted sense o' humor

Of yours when torrance comes in
here to face you with charges.

Gun.

Judson, north fork has a wanted
poster of this man,

Dead or alive.

Yes, yes. So mr. Barrett was
just tellin' me.

But he's placed himself in my
custody, mr. Mccain.

He's asked for an immediate
hearing in the hope

That the charges against him
might be dismissed as unfounded.

Unfounded?! You-

Micah torrance himself was a
witness that this man,

An' his partner, held up the
noonday stage five months ago

An' killed the driver,
an' the shotgun rider.

Now, what more do you want?

Well, like I was tellin'
the marshal here,

I can understand the mistake,
seeing as my brother an' I

We're like two peas in a pod,
as the sayin' goes.

So when I heard about north fork
wantin' me, bob barrett,

Instead o' harry barrett,

I decided to come in an'
settle the problem.

Bob barrett, harry barrett,

Didn't your brother die in
tucson about a month ago?

Yeah, it was a very sad day,
we were very close.

Yeah, close as thieves probably.

Now, look, barrett, you can't
get away with it.

You can't throw the guilt
on a dead man.

There's no mistakin' you
for your brother.

Mccain, please.

Wild accusations, gentlemen,
aren't going to get us nowhere.

Now, as I understand it, the
procedure here in north fork

Has been to hold a preliminary
hearin' in the marshal's office,

With the marshal officiatin'
before you ask a circuit judge

To come an' hold a trial,
is that correct?

We don't bother judge evans
until we're sure of our ground.

Well, exactly, but why don't
we proceed without any delay,

We have the accused here.

So, mr. Torrance, mr. Mccain,
if you'd care to be seated.

I don't think this'll take
but a few minutes, I'll stand.

Barrett was identified,

There's no question he should be
held for trial an' you know it!

Mr. Mccain, every man deserves
some measure of justice.

Barrett, your defense then,

Is that this is simply a case
o' mistaken identity.

Yeah, yeah, that's right,

I was 100 miles away in santa fe
when that stage was robbed.

That's a bald-faced lie!

Mr. Torrance, please.

Any comments are to be addressed
to the official

Conductin' the hearin'.

Now, you were a
passenger on that stage, right?

I was!

Now, would I be wrong in
assumin'

That both of those
hold-up men wore masks?

They were masked at first,

Yes, but after the shootin'
stopped, an' I was on the ground

Lookin' like I was dead,
barrett here,

He figured he could pull his
mask down, that it'd be safe,

An that's when I got
a good look at 'im.

And you got a good look
at 'im?

Yeah.

I'm curious how you accomplished
that, you were wounded,

Lying sprawled face
down the road, but just how?

When I got a chance, I opened my
eyes, sneaked a look at 'im,

An' it's true I was lyin' face
down, but how did you know that?

If you'd be lyin' face up,
the sun would have been burnin'

Right down at you an'
blindin' you.

Now, look, judson, this
hearin' was to establish

Whether or not there was
reasonable cause

To hold this man for the
circuit judge.

Micah torrance was a witness
to the killing,

An' that should be enough!

Not with that kind of an
identification, mccain.

I just don't see it.

I'm declarin' bob barrett
not a wanted man,

He's free to come an' go
as he pleases. Now, he-

Now, I dunno who you are,
or where you come from,

But we'll see what the circuit
judge has to say about this,

An' if I know judge evans,
barrett's gonna have to prove

He was somewhere else durin'
that hold-up.

An' you can keep that smile
on your face, barrett,

You'll need it for a jury
in a few days.

Judson, I've always had a
respect for the law,

But the sight of that badge
on you sickens me.

If I was 20 years younger,
I'd rip it off you

An' the devil take the
consequences.

Micah, did you hear that slip o'
the tongue he made about you

Lyin' face down?

You know, I'm beginnin'
to wonder

If they don't have a common
cause.

Yeah, all this could be
prearranged.

I'm gonna get a wire off
to judge evans,

When he gets here, he'll have
barrett behind the bars

In three minutes, come on.

Sure.

They're headed for that
telegraph office,

They're gonna wire that judge!

Well, the trial is the last
thing in the world we want.

Torrance testifies against you,

Judge evans will get you twisted
up in your own lies,

He'll have you on a scaffold
within 48 hours.

Well, I thought you told me

Old man torrance was drinkin'
himself into disgrace.

I expected it.

Can't you see mccain's keepin'
him on his feet.

Hey, I got an idea, maybe
you could be my witness,

Say you saw me up in santa fe
durin' the time o' that hold up.

I can't place myself in santa
fe at that time

Anymore than you can.

That's right, cuz you was
busy puttin' a...

Bullet in that driver's head

Same time I was blowin' a hole
in that shotgun rider.

That's right.

You know, the easiest way out of
this

Is for you to get on your horse
an' ride north for a while.

Oh, I'm not goin' any place!

Now, I want some place to go
where I can come in an' go

Like I want to, like you do.

No, what happens to me happens
to you, don't you forget that.

Well, torrance is the only
witness against you.

We just get him out of the way,
judge evans' hands will be tied.

That's right. I'll tell you,

I'll go to ol' man torrance an'
I'll get him riled up, you know?

Then we'll scuffle around an'
he'll get himself shot up.

It's a wonder to me you
haven't been hanged before this.

You're gonna make me a deputy?

Yeah. I think when torrance
sees this badge on you

He'll blow sky high, an' then
you can start rilin' him.

An' you rile 'im any way
you want,

Just you make sure he does
the challenging,

An' you make sure we have
witnesses that you were provoked

Into handling that gun.

Oh, don't you worry about it.

Oh, I'll rile 'im all right,

Cuz when it comes to
antagonizin' somebody,

I guess I take top honors.

Door's open.

Pa's waitin' for a return wire
from judge evans, micah.

Well, that's good, mark,

Judge evans will set things
straight.

You know we... We got
barrett dead to rights, we got-

You know, mark, I suddenly feel
very old an' tired.

I guess it's about time I quit
tryin' to be a lawman.

Oh, I think you're the best
marshal we ever had, micah.

How many north fork marshals
have you known, mark?

Well, none except you, but...

But I just know that
you're the best.

You know, mark, I never
really knew a bad marshal.

Oh, there was times when
weaknesses showed up,

But all my friends,
they were true an' good

An' all my friends.

It's funny how alive
they all seem now, how close.

All dead, but close.

Like I could reach out
an' touch 'em,

All my friends, real close...

Real close.

I... Must have dozed off here.

I think I'll get a breath
of fresh air.

Oh, no, you didn't finish
tellin' me about wyatt earp.

Huh?

You said that you knew 'im,
then you fell asleep.

Funny I... I didn't know I was
tellin' you about wyatt.

Well, let's see, where...
Where was I?

Well, the first time you...
You saw 'em.

Oh, oh, yeah.

What're you doin' with that gun,
barrett?

Did you get the wire off to
the judge all right?

Oh, he... He had his faults,
but...But he was a brave man.

He brought law to some of the
most forsaken parts

In the territory.

Why, I remember when the-

He put a badge on 'im? A north
fork marshal's badge on barrett!

Must be a mistake, micah.

Yeah, a mistake. A mistake,
yeah.

Now, I'm not askin' your
advice on whom I deputize,

Barrett's a good man with a gun.

I'm sure he is, there's enough
notches on the one he's wearin'.

I run the marshal's office
as I see fit.

What're you lookin' for in
this town, judson?

A chance to get your friend
barrett off the hook?

Pa, micah's gettin' himself
into some trouble.

I'll say it again, barrett,

You aren't fit to wipe
a marshal's boots!

You better go back to that
bottle, ol' man,

I think you'll find it safer
than drinkin' yourself to sleep.

Micah, your turn will come
tomorrow.

You got a big mouth, an' you
do a lot o' talkin',

But you're not wearin' a gun,

So I guess you feel kinda safe,
huh?

Oh, I'll face you any day,
with or without a gun.

Micah, he's not worth losin'
your temper over.

You're sure it's not the
liquor talkin'?

Liquor talkin'?!

I'm askin' if he's throwin'
a challenge in my face

Or a bottle o' red eye.

You can take it anyway you
like-

Micah!

I wouldn't be much of a man
if I backed down

From a challenge, would I?

You weren't challenged,
barrett.

Well, torrance here, now,
he can back down if he wants to,

I could understand that,
so could everybody else.

What I said goes! There'll be
no backin' down.

All right, I'll give you
a couple o' hours to sober up,

Then any time you say.

Barrett! We don't allow
gunfights in north fork.

We, mr. Mccain?

Now, much as I dislike seeing
a gun battle in the street,

It's been my experience that it
gives each man a fair chance.

You mean you're gonna allow
this gunfight, judson?

Rather than have these men
meet somewhere out of town,

Where one can take advantage
of the other, yes.

Judson, I'm just beginning-

Now, never mind, never mind,
lucas, this is my fight.

When, uh, first lights
go on in town.

I'll be waitin'.

Agh.

You know, judson, we got
somethin' to talk about.

If torrance doesn't die tonight,

Then I want you to jump
in with both feet.

You figure these townspeople
are gonna just stand by

Idly while I shoot torrance
down, huh?

I mean, I want you to put
enough bullets in 'im

So we can bury 'im.

Because if he's alive
tomorrow, then I'm finished.

That's why you're gonna back me
all the way tonight,

Don't you forget that.

Go ahead an' light it, nils,
it's gettin' about that time.

Yeah, we can do without light
for a while.

All you have to do is walk
out there an' tell barrett

You don't wanna fight, that's
all it'd take to stop it.

An' after I do, in what town
do I hold my head up?

You're not gonna have any head
if barrett draws a gun on you!

An' you're completely ignorin'
that trick arm of yours.

That's why I have to go out
there tonight,

This trick arm of mine.

You know, maybe this arm
isn't as disabled

As I an' some other folks
think.

Go ahead an' look at me,

None of you ever had to wear
a badge

In a desert hoodlum-filled
cow town.

None of you ever had to wake up
everyday,

Wonderin' what saddletramp was
comin' to town,

Spoilin' to match his draw
against yours.

30 years wearin' a badge.

All right, call me a coward
if you like,

But maybe I needed somethin'
to stay alive

And have those trigger-filled
boys

Play their games
with somebody else.

Nobody's callin' you
a coward.

30 years, nobody can walk a
tightrope that long, nobody.

A man needs something,
a barrier, a shield.

So 25 years ago,
when it was hurt, people...

Began to accept my bad arm.

Nobody figured to use me to let
off steam

When they knew I'd be comin'
out of that office

With a shotgun in my hand!

Every marshall has a lawful
right to carry a shotgun,

An' you know it.

That may be true, but tonight
I've got to prove somethin'

To myself, whether this arm
is... As bad as I think it is.

I've gotta prove that I was
usin' that shotgun

To live like a lawman,
an' not to live like a coward.

Micah, everyone knows you're
not a coward.

I don't know it, mark.

It's been botherin' me
for a long time,

An' at my age, I'd kinda like to
know the truth about myself.

Lights are startin' to go on.

Gimme your match, nils.

Takes a lot o' man to walk
away from a challenge.

Have you ever walked away
from one, lucas?

Pa, micah can't beat a
gunfighter.

I know it, son.

Well, aren't you gonna do
something?

There's nothing I can do, if
I stood alongside 'im or...

Interfered, I'd only shame 'im.

Lucas, both those fellows out
there are wearin' guns!

Both?!

Judson an' barrett!

Mr. Mccain, you remember my
instructions regardin' guns.

I see you brought some help,
torrance.

Lucas mccain will not
interfere.

You're wearin' your gun on your
right side.

Always heard you favored
that arm.

I'm ready for you, barrett.

Take 'im out, judson!
Take 'im out!

I warned you, if I'm goin'
downhill,

I'm gonna take you with me!

You wanna know who my partner
was on that stage hold-up?

There he stands!

Saddle yourself with a fool,
you deserve whatever you get.

What makes you think you're
any less of a fool?

Here, micah, this belongs
to you.

I just voted you back into
office.

Hello, lucas.

Well, don't you think you
better hang up that gunbelt

An' go back to your shotgun?

Well, now, you saw me beat
barrett to the draw,

You know this... This bad arm o'
mine was all in the head,

Just a psychological thing
like a doctor would say.

Well, one, you didn't beat
barrett to the draw.

Two, you were slower than a
banker agreeing to a cash loan,

An' three, the only thing you
did beat 'im with, ol' friend,

Was a barrel full o' courage,
somethin' you were born with,

Somethin' you're gonna die with.

Well, I... I got to admit my
arm's been aching ever since

I started yankin' this gun.

You know, I guess maybe I will
go back to my shotgun,

An' I'll still be able to look
people square in the eye.

Good.

Hey, pa, look at this.

I got a real good paragraph for
endin' my... My essay with.

Well, good, let's hear it.

"when people take the right
to vote for granted,

"or when they leave it up to...

"to the other fellow to see
they...

"to see they got good
government,

"they're gonna get what they
deserve, maybe bad government."

Well, it sounds fine, son,
except, how many times

Have I told you to say "going
to" an' not "gonna"?

Ah, but, pa, it means the
same thing.

Well, I guess you're right.
I ain't gonna argue about it.

Ain't?! Pa, that-
that's worse than gonna.