Rawhide (TV Series)

Incident of the Power and the Plow (1959)

Brian Donlevy: Jed Reston

Quotes 

• Jed Reston : Ten lashes never taught no man nothing.

• Jed Reston : If you ain't a man after 20 years in his country, you ain't gonna make it.

• 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?

• Rowdy Yates : What would an Indian do with a milch cow?

  Jed Reston : He fancies himself a farmer. Can you imagine that. A Commanche aiming to farm.

• Jed Reston : When you master that stallion, then you can enter the men's council. In the meantime, keep your mouth shut.