 Fort Laramie, starring Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince, specially transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground of the wild frontier, the saga of fighting men who rode the rim of empire, and the dramatic story of Lee Quince, Captain of Cavalry. I need you, Daggett. It's been a long walk up here. You'd like to sit? I want to stand, thank you. Jesse, whenever you're ready. Whenever you're ready, Chaplain, speak your heart. He was my friend. Major Thaddeus Hale was, first of all, a friend to all of us here, and we'll miss our friend. Beloved as a man, respected as an officer, Fort Laramie will be a different place without Thad, but a better place for his having served here, lived among us vigorously and fully for the past six years. All of us assembled here at his grave can say of him, he was my friend. All saved one. Jesse Hale can say of him, he was my love, my heart. There he lived, and there he will always live. God comfort Jesse. God grant Thad rest and peace and eternal love. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, amen. Amen. Detail. Ready? Aim. Fire. Ready? Aim. Fire. Ready? Aim. Fire. The Major's flag, ma'am. Thank you, Sergeant. Thank you, all of you. Mrs. Hale. Captain, look at the day. It's a beautiful day. I'm so glad it's a beautiful day. Porch, Captain. Kinda chilly out tonight, Miss Hale. Oh, it seems so close inside. Sit down, won't you? Thanks, Miss Hale, Jesse. I'm no hand to put words together well. I can't speak a piece about that. Don't try, Lee. There's no need. I'd liked him, and I'm sorry. I know. I watched out on the walk, stopping, starting. He didn't want to come here tonight, and I don't blame you. Wasn't a question of want. Just what can a man do? Or can he say to a widow, except he's sorry? Sometimes I think it's harder on the friends who are left. Like you say, they want to do so much, say the right things. There's nothing to do, nothing to say. At least you didn't bake a pie. I sure never thought of that. I want you to take some back to old bedlamma. I'll see the rest get to the enlisted men tomorrow. Lee, this minute in my kitchen there are 15 pies and three cakes. I guess women always gotta bake something at a time like this. Oh, it's just that people have to do something, and there's nothing to do. Can I talk about that? If you want to. Oh, I want to. I need to. Every time I start, someone tries to stop me. I think it'll make me sad to talk about him. Good lord, Lee. That and I were happy it doesn't make me sad to talk about happiness. You were happy it showed. 30 years next month. Love and temper in the army. And there wasn't a day of it we didn't live. You were a lot alike, you and that. We were just alike. Too much, maybe. But we suited each other. When I bellowed, he bellowed back. Good loud time of it we'd have, and then we'd laugh. Then we'd love. I think if I had it to do over, I wouldn't change a thing, Lee. Not even the bellowing. Sad wouldn't either. I'd bet on that. Of course he wouldn't. Lee, it was a dirty trick. The way he died, yeah. Lived through every battle from Getty's bird to that skirmish with the Arapaho last month. Cheated smallpox, scarlet fever, scurvy. And the infernal plane's weather thrived on all that. And he had to die off duty when lumber pilings fell on him. One good thing he never knew it. He'd have been as mad as the devil if he had. Bellowed is head off. Nan, you'd have bellowed right back. You bet I would. Any idea what you're gonna do, Jesse? Live? Sure. If you're asking me do I have a place to go, I have. I have a sister back in Camden. It's a little loan we can make a life together. It was my home, Camden, a long time ago. It'll be a different life in Camden. Trade my pistol for needle point. My saddle for a rocking chair will be very different, Lee. No rush about your leaving. Oh no, thank heaven. Mary Daggett and the major were over earlier. Said to stay on as long as I liked. Glad they said that. Lee, there's one great favor you can do me. Anything I can, Jesse. Take the general. Thad's mount? Thad was your kind of army man. And the general's your kind of horse. Oh, you sit him right well yourself. Oh, but not in Camden, Lee. Maybe sometime, some special time, you'll ride him. For Thad and me. I'd be proud too, Jesse. Watch it, Lieutenant. He's mean this morning. Oh, I give back. Manager Sergeant. Best I give you a hand, sir. Don't come near him. Give him his hand. I can't. You better, Lieutenant, or you're gonna get it. Oh, thanks for the warning, Sergeant. You hurt, sir. That'll come later. Here. It's been a long time since I've been unseated, Sergeant. They don't call him the general for nothing. Might be he knows he outranks you, Lieutenant. I wonder how Major Hale managed him. I don't know his secret, but he got his way, all right. Now, look at that. The captain's got him mild as a kitten. That's Bill, Mr. Sabbins? I don't think so, Captain. Happened pretty quick. Oh, he hasn't been ridden for a week. Any new hand would have seemed strange to him. Yes, sir. Are you gonna try him out? Thought I would. The general and I gotta get used to each other. Miss Hale asked me to care for him. Oh, I'm sorry, sir. If I'd known that, I wouldn't have tried to ride him. I just thought that he should be ridden. Well, if you're all right, there's no harm done. Well, I guess it's my turn to try. Like I told the Lieutenant, Captain, that horse is mean this morning. If it was me, I'd set this one out. We'll see, of course. You've got the touch, all right, sir. Yeah, but look at them eyes. He's thinking. He's thinking for sure, Captain. That's how it's done, Sergeant. I just don't trust that horse. The Captain knows what he's doing. He always knows what he's doing. I was him. I'd rather know what that horse was thinking. He's got a plan, Lieutenant. The general's got himself a plan. I'm just not the horseman that Captain Quinn says it. I wouldn't feel too bad about taking that spill. Wish it hadn't happened in front of the Captain, that's all. Look out, Captain. Stick with him, sir. Show him who's boss. I swear, Captain, if you don't take care, you're going to get the... Come on, Sergeant Quinn. Well, I took your advice, course. How's that, sir? I set this one out. Are you all right, sir? Older and wiser, Lieutenant. I beg your pardon? He's a gift horse, and I looked him square in the mouth. Oh, yes, sir. Good morning, gentlemen. Good morning, Mr. Hale. Good morning, Jessie. Oh, I forgot to tell you one little thing about the general. Just one little thing, Jessie? Never try to mount him in the corral. I guess we can remember that. Wouldn't you say, Lieutenant? It's a lesson I'll never forget, ma'am. Go fetch the general, Sergeant. Seize rubbed, fed, and stabled. Yes, sir. Oh, not just yet, Sergeant. Just lead him out of the corral and tether him there. I feel like riding this morning, Captain. Alone, Jessie? Mm-hmm. Alone. I think both the general and I need work. Whatever you say, ma'am. Well, if you'll excuse me, Mrs. Hale, Captain, I've got some staff duty to tend to. Miss Hale? Lieutenant. See you later, Mrs. Abbots. You making out, Jessie? Making out. Day at a timely. Yeah. I keep discovering things, just little things every day that help. The cemetery up there, I found out there's nothing of fad there. I can look, I can go there. Nothing we shared is buried there. Nothing you shared is buried anywhere, Jessie. It's a wonderful thing to learn, to know. Got a good morning to ride. Yeah. Crisp and clean. It's a good morning. Jessie. Jessie, wait. Major Daggett. Morning, Major. Good morning. Jessie, I went over to your quarters. Someone had seen you coming this way. Doing your own career duty, Major. I'm impressed. I wanted to be the one who told you. I'll leave you to your talk. And only, Jessie, you'll need your help. Help? I wouldn't have had this happen for the world. I had no idea we're in line for any transfers, but... Jessie, I... You need my quarters, don't you, Major? I'm afraid we do. Well, my, that isn't the end of the world. I didn't expect to stay on it. I didn't expect to stay on indefinitely. How much time can I have? Well, they're here now, Jessie. I see. You can manage makeshift arrangements for a while, can't you, Major? Mary and I hoped you'd come over with us, Jessie. Stay as long as you like. Thank you, but no, Major. It's best this way, really. It's time I started my new life. I'd rather almost anything than this. You know that. Major, it's the army. I understand. I will need your help, O. Lee. You have it. Now, go on, Jessie, take your ride. Well, I... And go on. That's an order, Jessie. You and the general need the work, like you said. Thanks, Lee. Major? Some days I hate the army. Don't let Jessie hear you say that. She's a 30-year soldier. Collect much. I learned that, moving from post to post. Dad and I could clear out of a place in two hours notice any time. And did, too, I'll bet. Oh, you should have seen us when we arrived here from Fort Carney. Two rucksacks, two saddles, and a pair of silver candlesticks. Only wedding present we had left. What about all this furniture? It's yours, isn't it? It was built right here by Thad Stryker and a couple of other enlisted men. Don't you want any of it, Jessie? It belongs here. Well... I'd feel better if you could give me a little bit of it. Knowing it was here, Lee. Sure. I'll take these bags out. I'll have the others ready, right away. Don't hurry, Jessie, any more than you feel like. And don't you look so grim, Captain. I mean it. There's a time to go, Lee, a right time. And when it comes, it should happen quickly. Yeah, that's best. I was looking for Mrs. Hale or some name like that. Her name's Mrs. Hale. She's right inside. Hello. I was under the impression you'd be out of here by now. Oh, I won't belong. Your, uh, Captain Winton's wife? Jennifer Winton. But all of this quaint furniture, I do hope it's yours because I certainly wouldn't want to... It belongs here. It was made here at Fort Laramie. I can believe that. I mean it looks so, well, homemade and all. If you don't want it, Mrs. Winton, have Captain Winton take it up with the adjutant. Furniture's hard to come by out here. Someone can use it. Oh, now you're thinking I'm rude, and I don't mean to be. You see, we have our own furniture. It's new and quite lovely. I'm sorry, but... What are you sorry about? It was just such a shock seeing all of this furniture. I'm afraid I've not been quite tactful. You've been quite rude, as a matter of fact. You're very young and spoiled, and I suspect a little foolish. I beg your pardon? You needn't. This is your first Army post, Mrs. Winton? Maybe it is. My dear, you have a very great deal to learn. I'm sure I have. But I intend to learn it in my own kind of surroundings. With your own new, quite lovely furniture. I intend to make a home here for my husband. The kind of home we're both used to. Just because he sent out to this desolate corner of nowhere, I don't intend we should live like the rest of the savages. Well, I wish you well, Mrs. Winton. Thank you, Mrs. Hale. By the way, where was your home, Mrs. Winton? Philadelphia. Oh, that's just across the river from Kenden, isn't it? If you want to put it that way, yes. I think I do want to put it just that way. Sergeant Gorse took your bags over to the stage. You've still got a few minutes, Jesse. She can't be over 20. Not a day over 20. Who can't be a day over 20? Well, you saw her. She came just as you were taking my bags out. Oh, that one. Mrs. Winton, she look over 20 to you? I'm a better judge of horses, Jesse. Philadelphia, girl. Wonder if I acted like that when I was her age. Kenden's just crossed the river, you know. Yeah, I remember. Standing so straight like she was balancing a teacup on her head. Ramrod straight. Of course, in Kenden, it was books. Books? What was books? On your head. Jesse. Good heavens, Lee, don't be so dense. We were taught to walk that way and sit that way. And with books on your head. To keep you straight and balanced. Of course, mostly it gave you a stiff neck, and I must say it gave you a formidable bearing. Lee, that girl's scared to death. Why couldn't I see that? All right. Mrs. Winton? And why wouldn't she be? 20 years in one protected group, and then she marries and comes out here. Why, she isn't prepared for this life. How could she be? Nobody much is prepared for this life. That's exactly what I mean. And they're not going to be as long as complacent old fools like me don't have anything better to say to them than, my dear, you have a very great deal to learn. Lee, is that cottage out with the root house still empty? All right. Think so, Jesse. Well, sir, you can move my old furniture in there right away. I'm going to speak to Major Daggett. You're not going back to Camden? And be a civilian. Not when there's so much army work to do, Captain. And if I've learned anything in 30 years, the army's taught me. It's time I started paying back a little. And Mrs. Winton's a good place to begin. That in order, Jesse? That's in order, Captain. Move out. Fort Laramie is produced and directed by Norman MacDonald and stars Raymond Burr as Lee Quintz, Captain of Cavalry, with Vic Perron as Sergeant Gorse. The script was specially written for Fort Laramie by Kathleen Hyte, with sound patterns by Bill James and Ray Kemper, musical supervision by Amorigo Marino. Featured in the cast were Helen Clebe, Sammy Hill and Parley Baer. Jack Moyles as Major Daggett and Harry Bartell is Lieutenant Cybertz. Company tension dismissed. 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