Rawhide (TV Series)

Incident of the Dog Days (1959)

Eric Fleming: Gil Favor

Quotes 

• Gil Favor : Every once in a while, you have to get away from the herd, so you can listen to the sound of it. You can tell a lot from the way the cattle bawl. But the same can't be said for the drovers you hire along the way. It's hard to judge a man by his voice. That's why we keep gainin' some, losin' others. It's my job to judge, and sometimes I miss. My name's Gil Favor, trail boss.

• Pete Nolan : Okay, Boss. But you'll be taking the herd through the toughest country we've tried yet with the worst crew we've ever had. You've hired a gunman, a...

  Gil Favor : I know what I hired, what I'm up against. You'd better stick to scouting, Pete. I'll drive hard.

• Gil Favor : I ain't got no ownership papers saying I've always gotta be right.

• Rowdy Yates : How far does a man go about something he's not sure about?

  Gil Favor : You got something on your mind, let's have it.

  Rowdy Yates : Well, it's Carl Myers. He isn't liked around camp.

  Gil Favor : Well, ah, I didn't hire him on just to be liked.

  Rowdy Yates : Well, I caught him going through my bedroll. He said he was picking out some cotton burrs some yahoo put there. Had them in his hand too. Isn't much but it's said.

  Gil Favor : You missing anything?

  Rowdy Yates : No.

  Gil Favor : A man deserves the benefit of that doubt.

  Rowdy Yates : Yeah.