"Wagon Train" The Odyssey of Flint McCullough (TV Episode 1961) Poster

Robert Horton: Flint McCullough

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  • Sweeney : You no talk English?

    Flint McCullough : A little bit. What are you doing out here by yourself? You lost?

    Sweeney : Little bit.

    Flint McCullough : You know where your village is? Where's your Mom and Poppa?

    Sweeney : Me got many Poppas.

    Flint McCullough : Many Poppas? What tribe are you from? Are you a Mescalero?

    Sweeney , Sweeney : No, no, me Shoshone. Me go fight the Mescaleros.

    Flint McCullough : That'll scare the paint off them.

  • Flint McCullough : If I get elected to this high honour, I promise to protect you against all foreign aggression.

    Cassie Banning : He means the Mescaleros.

    Flint McCullough : I will serve you diligently and faithfully until I get you to the fort.

  • Flint McCullough : Look, I'm not going to get lost, I'm not going to get drowned or hit by lightning, or eaten by a cougar. I'm coming back, I promise you. Cross my heart and hope to die, in a barrel turned upside down full of hot lead and rotten apples.

  • Flint McCullough : It's all right, he's dead. His horse must have been wandering around ever since the raid last night. We can sure use him.

    Homer Banning : Look what I found.

    Flint McCullough : Good boy, what about the poles?

    Homer Banning : Found two good ones. Injuns must have missed where we put them away..

    Flint McCullough : We're going to build a travois quicker than you can say Mississippi River.

  • Sweeney : We no fight Mescaleros?

    Cassie Banning : What's the matter, Mr McCullough?

    Flint McCullough : I guess I got a headache from answering too many questions.

  • Gideon Banning : Just fifteen, as pretty as a day in Spring. You see she used to mother all the others. She used to kind of mother me too, because, you know, when a man gets old, he gets kinda sloppy and careless, forgetful, yes, she used to mother me too. Well, God rest her soul. You, you will help us, won't you, Mister McCullough, you will, won't you?

    Flint McCullough : Sure, I'll help you.

  • Flint McCullough : Who's 'we'?

    Gideon Banning : It's all right. You can come out now, children. He's a friend.

    Flint McCullough : These yours?

  • Flint McCullough : I wouldn't do that if I were you.

    Gideon Banning : What?

    Flint McCullough : I said you can't do that.

    Gideon Banning : You mean, you mean, I can't put no crosses on their last resting place.

    Flint McCullough : No.

    Gideon Banning : How's the Good Lord gonna find them come Judgement Day?

    Flint McCullough : Don't worry. He'll find them. What you don't want is for the Indians to find them first. You said the Mescaleros went north.

    Gideon Banning : That's right. Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

    Flint McCullough : That means they'll come back. They range south of here. They find these graves, well, they'll dececrate them.

  • Flint McCullough : What is it, Gideon?

    Gideon Banning : There ain't no nourishment in water.

    Flint McCullough : Yeah, I know. Milk.

    Gideon Banning : Poor little fellow. Starve to death if we don't do something about it. Darn shame, I call it.

    Flint McCullough : You talking to yourself, Gideon?

    Gideon Banning : No, to Him.

    Flint McCullough : Isn't he a little young?

    Gideon Banning : I mean, the Lord. Poor little fellow. Darn shame, I calls it. He ain't doing right by us. He's gotta do better.

    Flint McCullough : Where're you going to get milk out here?

    Gideon Banning : Talking to yourself, Mr McCullough?

    Flint McCullough : Huh?

    Gideon Banning : I said, ARE YOU TALKING TO YOURSELF?

    Flint McCullough : Yeah.

  • Flint McCullough : Have you voted on me yet?

    Cassie Banning : We haven't had time to. Anyway you can take care of yourself and Timmy can't. So your case is not really important. We'll get around to it pretty soon.

    Flint McCullough : Thanks.

  • Flint McCullough : What's the matter?

    Homer Banning : He's an Injun.

    Flint McCullough : Well, yeah, he's not a Mescalero, he's a Shoshone. That's a friendly tribe. In fact when I met Sweeney, he was on the warpath against the Mescaleros. Maybe that's why I didn't see any. He chased them all away. Now look, I found him the same way I found you. Alone and in trouble. I don't know what happened to his folks but I wouldn't be surprised if the Mescaleros got them too. That makes him one of you. Except worse, he hasn't got anybody.

    Homer Banning : He's an Injun.

    Flint McCullough : He's a frightened little boy.

  • Homer Banning : Did you see any Indians?

    Flint McCullough : I sure did. In fact I brought one with me. Kids, meet a fellow traveller. His name is Sweeney.

  • Flint McCullough : It's cold and it's wet out there and he's got nothing to put over him. You'll probably get your revenge. Congratulations, Homer, you helped kill an Indian. I'm disappointed in you kids, I'll be glad to be rid of you.

  • Flint McCullough : Cassie, do you know where the boys are?

    Cassie Banning : No, Sir. But they had a lot of secrets last night.

    Flint McCullough : You mean, I gotta go out and look for those kids. Now I don't know how I got into this mess, Gideon. I'm sent on a simple errand and I end up with a bunch of kids halfway across the territory. I'm telling you one thing, when I catch those kids, I'm gonna tan their hides.

    [They hear a rifle shot, Flint flings himself onto his horse, Buck, Indian style, his boots not even in the stirrups before he rides off] 

  • Flint McCullough : You mean to tell me you've been here ALL NIGHT?

    Homer Banning : Well, ah. He was hard to find.

    Flint McCullough : What did you bring your grandfather's rifle for?

    Homer Banning : Well, in case we met up with any Mescaleros.

    Flint McCullough : Where'd you find him?

    Homer Banning : Ah, well, ah, he kinda found us. See, we sort of got lost and when we met up with him, we told him we were sorry we acted the way we did and now he ain't mad at us any more. He's even going to show us how to make hats out of rabbit skin.

    Flint McCullough : [Flint is dumbfounded by the story of the boys' antics, and especially Sweeney's cheeky grin]  All right. Come on, let's go. Come Sweeney.

    [Another rabbit is snared] 

    Flint McCullough : Come on, let's have breakfast.

  • Cassie Banning : You mustn't excite yourself. Measles can be awful serious in old folks, Poppa.

    Flint McCullough : What did you call me?

    Cassie Banning : While you were asleep, we voted you in. Unanimous. Oh darn it.

    Gideon Banning : Sure, you were elected without one dissenting vote. In the whole history of fatherhood...

    Flint McCullough : Gideon, would you please be quiet. Where's Homer and Sweeney?

  • Flint McCullough : You know, when I resign the post that you kids elected me to, I'm naming you my successor, 'cos you sure got all the qualifications for the job. You're quite a boy for a kid.

  • Lt. Kenny : Have you seen a greenhorn around here leading a bunch of children?

    Flint McCullough : It's all right, kids,

    Lt. Kenny : Have you lost your mind? This is Mescalero country. All these kids yours?

    Flint McCullough : Yeah, they're all mine.

    Lt. Kenny : Him too?

    [Sweeney in his buckskins] 

    Flint McCullough : Yeah, him too.

    Lt. Kenny : Well, you ought to have your head examined. What kind of man are you risking the lives of these kids?

  • Lt. Kenny : You know, only an expert scout should attempt a trip like this.

    Flint McCullough : We had one. But he got the measles. By the way, Lieutenant, have you ever had the measles?

  • Kathy Banning : We've been an awful bother to you, haven't we?

    Flint McCullough : Aw, some, some. A lot of worry, work and exasperation. But I wouldn't have missed it for anything.

    Kathy Banning : Thank you, Mr McCullough.

    Flint McCullough : Thank you.

  • Flint McCullough : I was on my way to the town of Monument to do some chores for the train, get some ironwork, order some supplies, and mail a sheaf of letters. Then I had a whole week off to do as I pleased. That was sure welcome. We'd had rough going for a while, sickness, breakdowns, storms. But now the trail was clear, the weather was dry and I was on my own.

  • Flint McCullough : I'll get them to chase me. If I can shake them, I'll be back.

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