Rawhide (TV Series)

Incident of the Power and the Plow (1959)

Eric Fleming: Gil Favor

Quotes 

• Gil Favor : The Sedalia Trail's as rough as it is long. You might say deuces are wild the way everything comes in twos. In the low country, two inches of rain in half an hour. Coming through the passes, it was two feet of snow. On this side of the mountain, we had two brushes with rustlers. Ended up burying two hands. Now it's been two days since grass and water. But my job's to kick this herd along no matter what. The only way I know to get a thing done is to keep trying. Gil Favor's my name, trail boss.

• Matt Reston : Since when do you need a reason to whip an Indian?

  Gil Favor : Guess we'll be riding, Rowdy.

  Jed Reston : Hey, ain't you guys supposed to chow?

  Gil Favor : My stomach won't hold much food now.

  Matt Reston : I figure your stomach won't take the facts of life.

  Gil Favor : Hold it. All that drumming is just to show he's fully growed.

• Gil Favor : I gave candy to a child.

  Jed Reston : An Indian child. I can't tolerate ingratitude, Mr Favor. That's exactly what you're guilty of.

  Gil Favor : You making war on babies, Mr Reston?

• Gil Favor : Hey, Pete, tell me about Commanches.

  Pete Nolan : They're mean.

  Gil Favor : How mean?

  Pete Nolan : I'd say, man for man, they've killed more whites than any other tribe.

  Gil Favor : Commanche territory close by.

  Pete Nolan : That's over south. The Government's got them on a reservation

  Gil Favor : You figure they could become farmers?

  Pete Nolan : Farmers? What would they raise? Scalps?

• Storekeeper : We can't afford to go against Reston.

  Henny Morton : That's right. Reston's spread gives us all a living.

  Gil Favor : How long are you going to live on your knees?

• Gil Favor : Seems like the men are getting fatter than the cows.

  Pete Nolan : They could use some thinning down. As for the herd, they're as fat as they're gonna get.

  Gil Favor : Well, let's get moving before we forget the taste of dust.

• Taslatch : It is their town but it is my plough. Here is the paper. I asked them: Give me my plough. They fire rifle to drive me away.

  Gil Favor : I'll get your plough for you.

  Taslatch : Commanche get my plough.

• Rowdy Yates : We lose?

  Gil Favor : Everything!

• Gil Favor : Matt, you disappointed your Pa. You came back alive.