Fury - S1E22: Fury Runs To Win
30min | Family, Western | TV Series (1955–1960)
The Broken Wheel's mortgage holder wants to own Fury and convinces Joey to enter him into a winner-take-all horse race where Fury himself is the prize. An Irish hobo happens along and helps train Joey and Fury for their big race.
Stars: Peter Graves, William Fawcett, Bobby Diamond
30min | Family, Western | TV Series (1955–1960)
The Broken Wheel's mortgage holder wants to own Fury and convinces Joey to enter him into a winner-take-all horse race where Fury himself is the prize. An Irish hobo happens along and helps train Joey and Fury for their big race.
Stars: Peter Graves, William Fawcett, Bobby Diamond
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00:00This is the range country, where the pounding hooves of untamed horses still thunder over
00:08mountains, meadows and canyons.
00:11Every herd has its own leader, but there is only one fury, fury, king of the wild stallions.
00:18And here in the wild west of today, hard riding men still battle the open range for a living.
00:23Men like Jim Newton, owner of the Broken Wheel Ranch, and Pete, his top hand who says he
00:28cut his teeth on a branding iron.
00:30Fury!
00:31Fury!
00:32Why all this fury is, that's the one human voice he's learned to love and obey.
00:45The voice of the boy who once saved his life, Jim Newton's boy, Joey.
00:56Here's a mutual trust and affection that everyone can understand, especially a woman like Helen
01:12Watkins, Joey's school teacher and unfailing champion.
01:16Now kneel down and let me get on you.
01:25And there they are together, a great wild horse and the only person on earth who can
01:30ride him, Joey and Fury.
01:45So that's the horse that's got you talking in your sleep.
01:47That's the colt.
01:48What do you think of him?
01:49Oh, he's fast, all right.
01:51And he's got the looks and stride of a thoroughbred.
01:53Well, he isn't.
01:54He's just a mixed breed range horse, but he can run like that all day.
01:57Now, wait a minute, Mr. Kingsley.
01:58You're not thinking of racing him.
02:00Billy, that colt can win a million dollars for me before he's a year older.
02:03But he's not even registered.
02:05Ah, yes, he is.
02:07That's black magic.
02:08Black magic?
02:09That colt of yours?
02:10But he died.
02:11That's right.
02:12And I never reported his death, so his papers are as good as gold.
02:16I've got to hand it to you, boys.
02:17You think of everything.
02:18What can I do?
02:19Oh, you've got a lot of work to do with that horse.
02:21He's never run on a track.
02:23And you've got to train him to race like a thoroughbred.
02:25That'll be duck soup.
02:27You just buy the horse.
02:28Oh, it isn't that easy.
02:29He's not for sale at any price.
02:30But I have an ace in the hole.
02:32And it's time to turn it face up.
02:34You go back to the ranch.
02:35I'll see you later.
02:39Hello, Jim.
02:40Glad to see you.
02:41Mr. Kingsley?
02:42Hope I can say the same.
02:43Well, how about it?
02:44Do I get an extension on the note?
02:46Well, I'd like to oblige you, Jim.
02:47But, you see, I'm in large in my holdings.
02:49And, well, I need this place of yours.
02:51Well, look, I'm over a barrel.
02:52I can dig up the interest on the money, but...
02:54I'm sorry, Jim.
02:55But you know the terms of the mortgage.
02:57It's my option to foreclose any time you fall behind.
03:00I'm exercising.
03:01When?
03:02Oh, day after tomorrow.
03:04Unless you can come up with a whole 25,000 with interest.
03:07You know I can't raise that kind of money in 48 hours.
03:10Well, of course, Jim.
03:11That's what I'm counting on.
03:13I'm a businessman.
03:14All right, Mr. Businessman.
03:15You've said your piece.
03:16Now, I wish you'd leave the ranch while it's still mine.
03:19Okay, Jim.
03:20Come on, boy.
03:33Of course, you know the stock goes with the ranch.
03:35So take good care of things for the next two days.
03:38Especially that black stallion your boy Joey just rode in.
03:42Don't let anything happen to him.
03:44Look, if you're still thinking about Fury, forget it.
03:46The horse belongs to Joey.
03:47And when we leave here, he's going with us.
03:49Well, the boy's a miner.
03:50How can he own a horse?
03:51By legal deed.
03:52Recorded and filed in the county courthouse.
03:55Well, that sort of changes things, Jim.
03:59And I can see that it does.
04:01Yeah.
04:02Well, I'll see you later.
04:04Come on, boy.
04:10Hi, Jim.
04:11See what a ride I just had.
04:13Seems Fury runs faster and faster every day.
04:16Looks like you have to move fast around here to keep up with things.
04:20Come on, let's have lunch.
04:23I don't want that ranch.
04:25I only bought up the mortgage because I thought the horse went with it.
04:28Looks like the only way to get it.
04:30Well, at least you won't be out of anything, will you?
04:32I wouldn't care about that either.
04:33I could win 10 times 25 grand on Fury's first big race.
04:36Yeah, it's too bad, boys.
04:41Well, I guess I better pack up and start looking for a riding contract.
04:44Hey, wait a minute.
04:47Wait a minute.
04:49That gives me an idea.
04:51Maybe I could talk Jim Newton into a horse race.
04:54Fury against Daredevil for the mortgage of the horse.
04:57No, but boss, that black horse could beat old Daredevil at any distance.
05:00Could he beat the Gorman stable steak horse, Arcus?
05:03Arcus?
05:04There ain't three horses in the country that could beat him at a mile.
05:08Say, he and Daredevil have the same sire.
05:12They're ringers for each other.
05:14You're telling me.
05:29Hello.
05:30And a pleasant afternoon to you, my lad.
05:32Michael McClory is the name.
05:34My name's Joey. Can I do something for you?
05:37Well, now, it says down by the gate
05:39that no honest man willing to do a bit of work
05:41is ever denied a bite to eat or a nice lodging at the Broken Wheel Ranch.
05:45It says that at the gate?
05:47That's funny. I never saw it.
05:49Who could have written that?
05:51Well, no, it's not exactly written.
05:54It's carved in the fence post
05:56in the mystic symbols of the professional wayfarer,
05:59better known, perhaps, as a hobo.
06:01Is the owner about, lad?
06:03Oh, he's up at the house. I'll go and get him for you.
06:05Well, fine. Fine. Thank you, my boy.
06:15Well, now.
06:17Oh, it's a beauty you are, to be sure.
06:20And what's your name, my friend?
06:22Now, come closer.
06:28Oh, I haven't seen the likes of you in many a year.
06:36Oh, now, surely now,
06:38a great-hearted gentleman like you goes afriend an easy one.
06:42Come along, laddie buck.
06:44You've nothing to fear from me.
06:48No, no.
06:50Never turn your back on a friend.
06:53Friends are rare enough in this water.
06:58Now, that's more like it.
07:02You know, I'll be moving on soon,
07:04and I'd like most highly to make you a better acquaintance.
07:15Ah, thank you, my friend.
07:17This is a great pleasure,
07:19a memory to treasure wherever I go.
07:24But, God, he's dangerous.
07:26Oh, I've no doubt he could be,
07:28but, oh, not to Michael McClory.
07:31You ain't never let anyone make up to him like that.
07:33We understand each other.
07:35Don't we, Fury?
07:38Oh, Mike, you certainly have a way with horses.
07:40Oh, well, I ought to have been...
07:42Oh, you're the owner, huh?
07:44That's right. What can I do for you?
07:45Well, now, if there's a nodjob or two lying around the place,
07:49I'd like to have it.
07:50Well, I'm not hiring anyone just now,
07:52but if you'd like to stay for dinner and spend the night with us,
07:55you're certainly welcome.
07:56Well, I'm a man that likes to pay me on way,
07:58and, oh, if there's a blacksmith place around here,
08:02I see one little job I can do.
08:04Your friend Fury is badly in need of shoe him.
08:07Golly, that'll be swell.
08:09We wanted to shoe him,
08:10but he won't let anyone but Joey touch him.
08:12Oh, no, between us,
08:13I think we can convince him it's for his own good.
08:15Sure, I bet we can.
08:17All right.
08:18Joey, take Mike over to the forge.
08:20And, Mike, if you can shoe Fury,
08:21you've got yourself a job.
08:23A blessing for your kindness, sir.
08:27Holy smoke.
08:29It's better than I thought.
08:31Which one is Daredevil?
08:33That's Daredevil.
08:34That's Arcus.
08:36Their own mothers couldn't tell them apart.
08:38No.
08:39And now we can set up that match race.
08:42We'll have to be careful in their training.
08:44Well, fortunately, Arcus doesn't need much training.
08:46We'll exercise Daredevil up to the last day or two,
08:49then we'll sharpen up Arcus.
08:51Boys, you're terrific.
08:54Jim, I don't want your ranch.
08:57I'm going to make you a sporting proposition.
09:00Chance to win that mortgage back paid in full.
09:03Win it back?
09:04How?
09:05A horse race.
09:06Fury against my old thoroughbred, Daredevil.
09:09Winner take all.
09:11The mortgage or the Fury.
09:14Those are pretty big odds.
09:1625,000 against Fury.
09:19But I can't do it.
09:21The horse is not mine to gamble with.
09:23You're an obstinate man, Jim.
09:25Well, I'll make you a proposition that you can turn down.
09:28We won't race for the mortgage.
09:30I'll turn that over to your old thoroughbred, Daredevil.
09:33Win it back?
09:34How?
09:35A horse race.
09:36Fury against my old thoroughbred, Daredevil.
09:39Win it back?
09:40How?
09:41A horse race.
09:42You won't take the mortgage.
09:44I'll turn that over to your win or lose.
09:47But if I win the race, I get Fury.
09:50And if I refuse, you take over the ranch.
09:52All the same, I can't risk losing Joey's horse.
09:55There's more than just a boyish affection for a pet
09:58and Joey's love for Fury.
10:00It'd break the kid's heart if he lost that horse.
10:02And I can't take a chance on that,
10:03even if it means losing the ranch.
10:05But I can.
10:06Can't I?
10:07Joey, were you listening?
10:09Sure.
10:10It was about me and my horse, wasn't it?
10:12Boy's right, Jim.
10:13By our own standards, it was his business
10:14we were talking about.
10:17Joey, you don't realize what it means.
10:19I know what losing the ranch would mean to you, and me too.
10:22You might lose Fury.
10:25I know.
10:26But if Fury can save the ranch, he's going to do it.
10:28And he'll wonder when I tell him about it.
10:31Well, I can't argue with the two of you.
10:33Don't worry, Jim.
10:34Fury's the fastest horse in the world.
10:36We'll win it for you.
10:37And you accept the challenge, young man?
10:39I'll say I do.
10:40Well, Jim, when shall it be?
10:44Well, how about two weeks from Saturday?
10:46It's a race.
10:47We'll make it twice around that half mile track
10:49over Charlie Stevens' place.
10:51Fair enough.
10:52We'll be ready.
10:52So long.
10:54OK, Joey, run Fury around it.
10:57Here's where you'll learn to be a real racehorse, Fury.
11:24How'd we do, Jim?
11:26Well, you're a little wide on the turns.
11:28Yeah, if you were at the racetrack,
11:30you'd be in the grandstand.
11:31Gosh, was it that bad?
11:33Well, we'll do better next time.
11:34Try him again, Joey.
11:38We've got to kid ourselves, ain't we?
11:40What we don't know about racehorse training
11:42is most all there is.
11:43Well, we'll learn, Pete.
11:44So will Fury.
11:45You hope.
11:54We did better, didn't we, Jim?
11:56Sure, Joey, much better.
11:57But that's enough for now.
11:58We'll begin pouring it on in the morning.
12:07Hello, Mike.
12:08Were you watching us?
12:09I was, indeed.
12:10Is it a racehorse you're trying to make a Fury, Mr. Jim?
12:14Something like that, Mike.
12:15It's a racehorse.
12:16It's a racehorse.
12:17It's a racehorse.
12:18It's a racehorse.
12:19It's a racehorse.
12:20It's a racehorse.
12:21It's a racehorse.
12:22It's a racehorse.
12:23You can't force something like that, Mike.
12:24We have a match race coming up.
12:26Indeed now.
12:27Well, if it's running tight turns at full speed
12:30you're after, you're going about it all wrong.
12:33I'm afraid you're right.
12:34Horse racing just isn't our business.
12:36Oh, he could see that.
12:37And what you don't know, you can't teach.
12:39But Fury's got to learn, Mike.
12:41Or I'll lose to Mr. Kingsley.
12:43Well, now we can't let anything like that happen.
12:46Can you help us?
12:47Well, now my friend, I'll confess.
12:50If it's to be a horse race, you'd
12:52the training of the boy in the horse to me.
12:54For most of me, wasted years have been spent
12:57around the racetracks of the world.
12:58And if there's anyone who can ensure you a victory,
13:02it's Michael McClary.
13:03Gee, that's great, Mike!
13:05We can't lose now!
13:06Oh, and how easy does it, lad?
13:07You and Fury have some hard work to do,
13:09right up to race day.
13:11And there's racing gear to be bought for Fury's back,
13:14and aluminum plates for his feet,
13:16and, oh, those stakes you set out.
13:19You better set out some more, closer together.
13:22All right, I'll go to town for the gear.
13:23And don't forget the monkey suit and cap for Jocky Joy.
13:27Swell idea.
13:27Green with pig polka dots, huh?
13:30We're dotty enough without that.
13:34What did he say?
13:37I feel like a monkey.
13:39That's how you should feel.
13:41A monkey in a stick, they call it.
13:42High in the irons, and your knees
13:44tucked up to his withers.
13:46Fury's going to think I'm crazy.
13:47Oh, no, he won't.
13:49You'll feel light as a feather on him,
13:51and he'll run faster than the wind.
13:53Oh, but not yet, lad.
13:55No, take him easy, and an easy lope around the stakes.
13:58He knows what you want him to do.
14:00Speed will come later.
14:02OK, Fury, now you're going to school.
14:04Now remember, lean to the left, and give him
14:07the right knee hard and strong.
14:21That did it, Joey.
14:46You hugged those stakes as though you were tied to them.
14:48How's the speed?
14:49you were tied to him. How's the speed of the fastest ship? Ride the turns like that
14:53come Saturday and no horse is gonna steal the rail from you. I'm inclined to
14:57agree. Congratulations Jim. Looks like Daredevil's got to run the race of his
15:02life. You wanted a horse race, you're gonna get one. Well I must admit I never
15:06expected to see anything like this in so short a time. How'd you do it Jim? Oh he
15:11didn't do it. The credit belongs to Michael McClory. Michael McClory? That
15:21face is familiar. Oh no doubt sir. It has the map of Ireland on it. Wasn't it
15:27Ireland? We've met somewhere. Maybe he met Mike at the racetracks. He knows all
15:32about training racehorses. Ah that must have been where it was. Come on Joey, we
15:38gotta cool out Fury. What a character Jim. Where'd he come from? Oh he just
15:46wandered in. Funny. I don't remember ever meeting a Mike McClory at the tracks, but
15:54I know that face. I thought I knew all the trainers. Only an expert could have
16:01done what Mike McClory has accomplished with Fury. McClory. Mike McClory. Say that
16:09was Mike Bannon's middle name. Michael McClory Bannon. Bannon? Of course. Our old
16:15friend the blacksmith at the Brookside track. I thought we had him safely in
16:18jail on that horse stealing job. Well he jumped bail and he's been on the lam ever
16:22since. Then the horse stealing charge is still on the books. That's for sure. Well
16:28well. After I have a little talk with Mr. Bannon, I don't think we'll have to worry
16:32how good Fury is. Well I've done all I can for you Fury lad and for the boy too. Just
16:40run the race like I taught you and we'll take a better horse than any Jack Kingsley
16:45ever owned to beat you. I'm inclined to disagree with that Mike Bannon. The name's
16:50McClory. Michael McClory Bannon. The fugitive from the law. I am an innocent
16:57man. I was at the track the day they found you drunk in your blacksmith shop and
17:01a stake horse you were shoeing stolen. I had nothing to do with it. It was a frame
17:05up. I think the sheriff might be glad to hear your story.
17:08What is it you want from me? The certainty of winning tomorrow's race. Here. Give him
17:23one of these tonight and the other an hour before the race. What is it? Oh just
17:28something to slow him down a bit. If you want to stay out of jail don't double cross
17:32me because if Fury wins that race I'm going to turn you over to the sheriff.
17:38No. No Fury lad. You'd like him fine but one of them would have you nodding in your
18:01stall all night and the other would send you out on the track like a worn out grey
18:05horse. No. If I ever did what Kingsley once said, never looking on this man or horse
18:11in the eye again.
18:35Sure I'm giving you a carrot instead and I'm going to see the game through and maybe
18:56you'll give me a thought once in a while when I'm rotting behind bars. And don't
19:03worry about me. Boy you're up against all the tricks of the trade. This table by
19:16Kingsley is no doubt slick as they come. If he's still in the lead when you hit that
19:21home stretch for the second time around you're done for. Okay when he swings out on
19:26the last turn I'm going to get by on the inside. Yeah there's only one way to make
19:32sure of it lad. The whip. Hit Fury. Just once Joey. Just once around that last turn
19:41it'll help Fury around the bend and into the lead for the wire. Okay I'll try but
19:49Fury will never forgive me. Sure he will lad. Why I'd explain it to him myself. Up
20:00you go. Good luck son.
20:20Bannon didn't do anything to that horse. He's wearing a go. He double crossed me.
20:26You'll have to run your own race. Just get out in front and stay there no matter what
20:29happens. Right.
20:46Here's the mortgage Sheriff. Newton gets that no matter who wins the race. All right.
20:50Here's the bill of sale for Fury. Kingsley gets it if his horse wins. Well everything
20:55seems to be in order so I'll get the race started. All right boys I'll give you a
21:02count of three then drop my arm. Get ready. One two three go.
21:25It's hard with Billy Drew aboard.
21:55The whip lad. You'll have to use the whip. Don't forget the whip. Hit him lad. Hit him.
22:07I can't do it Fury. Let's go Fury. Come on Fury. Go Fury go. Come on Fury have a fight.
22:23Fury you did it. Fury. We won. Hurray. Hurray. We won little boy.
22:42Sheriff you remember that horse stealing case the Brookside track about a year ago.
22:46Yeah seems to me I do. Somebody's supposed to ship the famous racehorse Dynamo out of the
22:50country. That's right. Well here's the man who engineered it. Michael McClory Bannon the track
22:56blacksmith. He won it for grand larceny and jumping bail. Well if that's so Bannon I'll
23:00have to hold you. Wait a minute. What's all this about Mike? I can tell you. These two
23:05spalpings arranged the stealing of a famous stake horse and framed me for it and that I can prove.
23:11I believe you Mike and I'll help you prove it. And that's not all gentlemen. This horse that
23:16Joey just beat isn't daredevil at all. He's a ringer. A well-known stake horse named Arcos.
23:23Well Mr Kingsley this is going to take a lot of explaining. There you are Jim. One fair and square.
23:32Sheriff if it wasn't for Mike I'd have lost Fury. You're not going to arrest him are you?
23:36No arrest Joey. All I want from Mike is a sworn statement.
23:42Excuse me I've got to talk to Fury.
23:43He won Fury. You did it all.
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