Bonanza follows Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while also helping the community. The forty-first episode of the show, Breed of Violence, was written by David Lang and first aired on November 5, 1960.

The strong-willed Dolly (Myrna Fahey) associates with disreputable men to rebel and avoid her strict and oppressive father, Sheriff Kincaid (Val Avery). She skips town with the dashing Vince Dagen (John Ericson), blissful yet unaware that Vince is an outlaw. Joe Cartwright pursues the fleeing couple in an attempt to catch up with them and save Dolly from experiencing the negative results of her defiance.

Hal Baylor plays Clegg, and Norm Alden plays Poke. 

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Main Cast

Breed of Violence, the ninth episode of Bonanza’s second season, featured some of the program’s recurring and supporting actors. See the list below for the cast members for this episode.

• Michael Landon as Joseph ‘Little Joe’ Cartwright
• Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright
• Pernell Roberts as Adam Cartwright
• Dan Blocker as Eric ‘Hoss’ Cartwright
• John Ericson as Vince Dagen
• Myrna Fahey as Dolly Kincaid
• Val Avery as Sheriff Trev Kincaid
• Hal Baylor as Clegg
• Norman Alden as Poke (as Norm Alden)
• Paul Lukather as Robie
• Stuart Randall as Deputy Sheriff
• Charles Wagenheim as Trager
• Bill Clark as Posse Rider (uncredited)
• Ken Drake as John (uncredited)
• Bob Miles as John (uncredited)

Full Story Line for Breed of Violence

Dolly Kincaid and Vince Dagen’s time together ends when Dolly hurries to go home before dark. However, Vince insists she stays, kissing her while guaranteeing her safety from her father. Dolly finds kissing out in the open uncomfortable, so she tries to break away from Vince’s embrace. When Joe sees this, he tries to talk things out, but Vince punches him to the ground and then resumes kissing Dolly. Joe gets up, hits Vince back, and the two engage in a scuffle. Their fight only stops when a couple of men arrive.

Meanwhile, Joe warns Dolly to stop associating with the wrong kind of people like Vince. He insists that Vince is a drunk and a thief, but Dolly argues that Vince’s good to her. Sheriff Trev Kincaid, Dolly’s father, asks Joe’s reason for coming to their house. Joe tells him that he saw Dolly at the store, but Trev tells him that Dolly had no business there. Moreover, Joe thinks it’s only proper for Dolly to decide whether he’ll stay or leave. However, Trev furiously insists that Dolly has no right to make decisions, threatening to whip the hide off her back if she does otherwise. Terrified of his father, Dolly tells Joe to comply.

Inside, Dolly tells Trev she did all the work his father ordered. She also insists that he should keep her locked up in the house like a prisoner, saying all she did was walk to the store with Vince. Trev argues that she returned with Joe, making him similar to her mother, with who he claims to have never been satisfied with one man. Dolly thinks her mother didn’t run out, believing Trev’s oppressive behavior drove her off. However, Trev explains that it’s only his way to protect her.

At the Ponderosa, Joe tells his father and brothers about his intended yet unintentional visit to the Kincaids. He tells Ben that he saw Dolly with Vince Dagen, the person they fired last year. Joe also recounts his experience with Dolly’s strict father, especially his aggressive behavior. Ben suggests Joe stay out of the family’s affair, believing it’ll take time for Kincaid’s emotional wounds to heal. Joe agrees but thinks it’s unfitting to keep Dolly locked up regardless of the situation.

Vince pays Dolly a surprise visit to apologize for his behavior. He can’t stand seeing Dolly locked up, so he suggests they leave by tomorrow morning. Dolly agrees, happy to have her dreams coming true.

Dolly flees with Vince the next day, clearly defying her strict sheriff father, who was busy running after some outlaws that robbed a bank.

Later, it appears that Vince and his peers were behind the robbery. The couple almost encountered the posse who were after the robbers, but the group eventually headed on another way. Dolly and Vince meet up with Vince’s friends—Clegg, Robie, and Poke—much to Dolly’s surprise. They move along to keep the sheriff and the posse from catching up.

Dolly, Vince, and the other outlaws arrive at Mr. Trager’s place. Joe, who plans to stay in the cabin with Hoss, asks Vince about their arrival. Vince and his friends later engage in a brief fight with Joe, Hoss, and Mr. Trager, leading to Hoss’ unconsciousness and Trager’s death. Dolly sees and approaches Trager’s dead body, but Vince pushes her, stating Trager would have brought her father if he didn’t kill him.

Inside the cabin, Joe implies that Vince wouldn’t want the sheriff and the posse to catch them because they robbed the bank. Confused, Dolly asks Vince if they did steal from the bank. Vince admits it, saying it’s for her sake. However, Dolly wasn’t just upset because of the robbery. She also thinks Vince shouldn’t have killed the bank clerk. Joe later asks him why he brought Dolly with him. Poke tells him that Vince will use her to shun her father or the girl will get hurt. Angry that he revealed too much, Vince tells Poke to stop. Vince visits Dolly in her room, assuring her that things will be alright. He also orders Joe and Hoss to introduce them to the posse as their hired Wolfers and to join them until they escape. Vince also assigns Dolly to help Clegg guard Joe as the rest of them, including Hoss, dig a grave for Trager.

On his timing, Joe beats Clegg to escape. However, Dolly aims a gun at him. Joe tells her that Vince robbed the money for himself and will kick her out as soon as he’s tired of her. Dolly refuses to accept this, believing that leaving with Vince would be her chance to live free from her father. Vince and the rest of the group return to the cabin, and Dolly reports Joe’s escape attempt.

The following day, the posse arrives at the cabin area. Vince wakes everyone up, telling Hoss to deal with the riders outside or he’ll kill Joe. Hoss does as Vince orders, ending with the posse leaving. Joe tells Clegg, Poke, and Robie they can ride out freely, considering Hoss introduced them to the posse as Wolfers working for the Cartwrights. Convinced they can leave, they start going against Vince. Dolly starts to worry, so Joe sarcastically tells her there’s nothing to be scared about, considering they have a lot of money and Vince will take care of her.

Sheriff Trev arrives at Mr. Trager’s place, then hears the heated conversation inside the cabin. Vince orders Poke to kill Joe and Hoss, but the two tell him it’ll only get the sheriff and the posse’s attention. Still ignorant of the fact that Vince is a criminal and is associated with a risky group, Dolly insists on staying with Vince. Trev enters, and shooting ensues. Trev ends up getting shot, while Vince and Joe fight fist-to-fist again.

Vince prepares to leave with his group, but Trev’s condition bothers Dolly. Joe tells Vince that Dolly will eventually join him since she’s just no good, as her father said. Although it seems like Dolly is angry at Joe, she slaps him, then discretely hands him a gun before walking out.

Thinking he won, Vince moves towards the door, but another shooting ensues, leading to his death.

When Trev wakes up, the Cartwrights assure him that they got the money back and that Dagen’s boys are in the jailhouse. Ben tells him that Dolly has stayed by his side since they arrived. Trev reveals that seeing her daughter run with a man like Dagen was disappointing. However, discovering Dolly was gone was more troubling for him than the robbery that occurred. Ben suggests Trev show Dolly a little affection and understanding.

Ben tells Dolly to be patient with his father, then suggests Joe ask for Trev’s permission before visiting Dolly.

Full Script and Dialogue of Breed of Violence

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so
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you had a good time didn't you doc huh
did i tell you all vince digging
a good time i told you i've got to get
back home
now it is going to be dark for worrying
oh come on
i know you like it
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vince i gotta go now i've stayed longer
than i should already such a
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i'll take care of you
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oh
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come on but you're drunk forget it
go on let him go if that's what he wants
forget it dagon please vince i don't
want any trouble we can't leave it alone
didn't we
anytime you want to finish this venture
you just let me know
hey wait don't why are you what's
something better with you you're trying
to start trouble around here and have
the sheriff nosing into our affairs i
don't like this venture you've taken too
big a chance playing around with sheriff
ken kate's daughter
all right so i'm taking a chance i
happen to like it that way
makes sense vince that ken cage meter
and a wolf track and a calf
so i heard well
his kind don't bother me none
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um
all right so it's none of my business
i'm just trying to be a friend that's
awesome
you're always running around with the
wrong kind of people and who should i
run around with
the ones the high and mighty cartwrights
picked for me look i didn't mean that
you know it
you are going to get in trouble with a
man like vince dagon if i get in trouble
i'll handle it
and what's wrong with vince dagon oh
what's wrong with vince stegen
he's a drunk and a thief better throw
him off the ponderosa for stealing well
this is not the ponderosa and i don't
plan on holding one little mistake
against him for the rest of his life all
right dolly forget it
look i don't want to fight for you i
don't want to fight with you either joe
maybe vince isn't everything i'd like
him to be
but he's good to me i get lonesome
that never lets me out of this house
i don't forget your father being sheriff
he's seen a lot of the bad side of life
maybe he just wants to protect you from
the wrong kind of people
i guess he wouldn't consider you the
wrong kind of people woody joe
but you don't consider me the right kind
of people do you i didn't say that
you didn't have to say that even when we
were kids in school
all you cartwrights consider yourself
too good for anybody else
dolly that's not true in you what are
you doing here
you get in the house i was just walking
dolly home i happened to see her at the
store
she had no business at the store i told
her to stay home well wait a minute
there's nothing you're so excited about
don't you tell me how to run my family
now you get out of here stay away from
my daughter
look mr kincaid i've known dolly for a
long time i think it's up to her to tell
me whether or not she'd like to see me
she don't make the decisions around here
i do look i told you to get in the house
i'll give you a just listen now look you
you try to understand this i ordered her
to stay home
if she tries to see you or anybody else
i'll whip the height off her back
now you get out of here and stay away
from my daughter do as he says joe
see you real soon dolly
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paw i did all my work i even sewed your
shirts the way you asked me to
well now that's nice must have took you
most all day didn't it
just about sure well i'm glad to see you
got more to you than your mother i've
had
her now she'd have gone out dancing or
something soon as i turned my back
please bud we have to talk about that
what else do you wanted me to talk about
man does the best he knows how and this
woman goes running off with another man
i'm tired i'm going don't you walk away
from me i told you not to leave the
house didn't i
you can't keep me locked up i'm not one
of your prisoners all i did was walk
down to the store with vin stegen
yes and you come back with your own
cartwright you're just like your ma
one man ain't enough for you
ma didn't run out you drove her off just
like you're gonna drive me
i'm off trying to drive you out honey
i'm trying to protect you dally you more
believed anything any man said to her
you're just like she was you're as
pretty as she is dolly
and i'm not going to have you running
off with the first worthless saddle
[ __ ] that whispers in your ear
i wasn't running off i just went down to
the store to meet a man
yesterday i need a dozen man because i'm
no good because i'm just like my mods
not what you want me to say
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hey paul me and adam have to ride up
there and check that drift fence out
today
you sound as if you don't want it a
horse wants to follow up on a wolf
signing solver in the canyon
you still feel sure it was wolves do you
oh sure paul
ain't no coyotes ever go from that
country that i'm saying them tracks is
way too big
well it's possible old-timers insist
there's still a lot of timberwolves up
there
boy i sure would like to get a look at
one of them well if lack of game in the
mountains has driven a pack down this
low
we better do more than just take a look
at one i understand they can pull down a
grown steer when they're hungry that's
right paul
yeah the miserable brutes are trying to
trap
i just don't like putting out poison
bait oh that ain't no good ball
look here how come me and adam will ride
up there and take a look around we can
check the old man traeger he's always
bragging about how you used to hunt them
wolves for a living anyhow
let's check the fence first and then
we'll decide
is breakfast ready well
we were just thinking about supper you
sure you had enough sleep
no not quite but what's gonna have to do
oh well do you think maybe you could
talk yourself into a riding fence with
us huh
older brother how can you be so
practical this early in the morning
maybe because he's been up for a little
while
you were uh out a little late weren't
you hey well i had to ride all the way
from placerville
i stopped off at mormon flight to get
something to eat ran in the kincaids
oh was that uh on purpose or
accident well it was a little bit of
both
you know i really feel sorry for dolly
kinky sorry she never had any trouble uh
finding somebody to chase after her oh i
think it's the other way around i think
she never had any trouble finding
somebody to chase
what are you worried about little
brother you ain't never had no trouble
out running here
why you so worried about dolly ah she's
running around with that vince digging
digging wait when that uh i thought we
fired last year
yeah i ran into him coming out of
callahan store
huh yeah david and i had a few words
when i took dolly home her father ran me
off with a shotgun
ah you don't mean literally well he
didn't pull the trigger but he wasn't
kidding
what's he got against you you and i have
known each other for years
yeah we can go whistle up a tree all for
me i wasn't gonna take dolly out but i
think i will now
well don't get involved in the family
affair
kinkade's wounds are kind of raw right
now so get a little time to settle down
huh this doesn't seem right to me that
she'd keep his daughter locked up like a
prisoner just because he's mad at the
whole world
don't say it's right but you're not
gonna help dolly anybody waving a red
flag in front of kincaid's nose
i never thought about it that way
tell you what why don't you ride out
tomorrow morning with adam and horse
they're going out to check that wolf
sign that horse thinks he's off in the
canyon
what are you trying to do paul get my
mind off dolly kincaid
that's what you wanted me to do
thanks was he expecting little joe
cartwright
you were drinking last night then you
started fighting
i was afraid my father would see me
there wasn't anything else i could do
of course there was nothing else you
could do it was my fault
i come by to apologize apologize
yeah i'm trying to
i couldn't sleep last night thinking
i don't know how to say this but
when you walked out on me yesterday i
just knew i ain't ever gonna let you do
that to me again
i've been standing out there waiting for
your partner leave
i know how it is between you and him the
way he treats you you don't know how it
is
it's like being locked up in a cage i
can't stand it anymore
i know and i ain't gonna stand by and
let it happen to you
i'm gonna take you out of here
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i i don't think i'm taking too much for
granted because i think you feel about
me the same as i do about you
once you know how i feel about you
it's just that i was never really sure
of you
we are now ancient you could sneak away
in the morning
early meet me up on the trail i'll tell
you where
that's what you're wanting oh you know
it's what i want more than anything else
in the world
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people don't just do this they don't
just pack up and leave
they do if they're in love what about my
dad well i heard him talking to some men
he's gonna be pretty busy in the morning
no need to worry about him
you work out fine honey
gonna be taking care of you from now on
do it vince you don't know how i've
dreamed about this
to get away to be with you
hey look at this these same tracks i
found down below
and no coyote may track that pig quite a
pack up when you say
yep what do you make of it well over
there it looks like something big's been
drunk along
yeah it's a plane trail let's follow
hey look at that tendon on that hind leg
has been cut half into
i just don't see how the wolves dragging
that far they didn't drag him
a couple of them probably worried until
one of them got his teeth in his leg
wolf got dragged
yeah i reckon we must scare them all huh
i didn't even touch the meat
yeah we didn't do ourselves any favors
either they'll just drag down the next
stray steer they come across
and what do you think we got to do well
i've gone back to what we run into
launch you two gone up to traeger's
cabin see if you can hire him to help us
out it's a good idea
now horse and i will bunk in with
traeger we'll work out of his place all
right
save a couple of those wolves for me
we'll see you around the end of the week
right
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[Applause]
oh i've waited so long for you to come
along
anybody see you get away no i was so
lucky
some outlaws robbed the bank last night
pie headed out with a posse after them
you sure were lucky you uh
notice which way they were headed toward
phil's crossing why
well you wouldn't want to run into your
pawn now would you
come on get out of here
the further we get from mormon flats the
better i like it
i wonder what's keeping digging you know
what's keeping them that girl
ellie should have kept the girl out of
this everything came off real smooth
see more money in the vault we figured
on man you know that ain't good enough
for vance digging he wants the money and
the girl
i'm plenty sick of what he wants all the
time that girl gets my whale now calm
down ruby i think it's right funny we
robbed the bank and
he he runs off with a sheriff's daughter
i think that's really funny yeah well i
don't think it's so funny
if he doesn't show up in another 10
minutes i'm moving on
you gonna go without the money clay
vince knows what he's doing
and he's got that money in his
saddlebags
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well now you boys have a good sleep for
yourselves
you ain't been down out of these saddles
for one single minute
you're setting a pretty hard pace
kincaid we're doing the best we can
well your best ain't good enough not for
me it ain't
you spend less time worrying about
keeping up with me and more time looking
for signs you may find something
now go on back then take a good look
this time
i'm heading up into the high country
you're going on alone it's faster
you'd only hold me up if you see
anything fire a signal
that is if you know how to use a gun
come on boys we better get back see what
he tells us
get back be quiet
i thought you said they was headed for
fel's crossing they were when i saw them
it was my father with them they must
have split up
where else is that backpacking
how many was it when you saw him i don't
know it's my father forget about your
father will you
vince please don't let him take me back
then say you'll take care of me
vince what are you gonna do you said you
wanted me to take care of you
that's just what i'm gonna do
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wow
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we're down below us didn't even see me
let's get out of here
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i told you we'd get in trouble every
time degan gets mixed up with a woman
we're in trouble
it ain't the ordinary woman that's the
sheriff's daughter
like it's one thing to hold up the bank
at mormon flats but it ain't part of the
job to wait around and get hung for it
you should have cut the money into
shares each man will be on his way by
now
i'd think on that if i was you ruby what
chance would one man have a loan out
there one man against all-impossiment
we stick together we got a chance we
split up later when we're out of danger
just like digging figured it
that's digging in the girl i told you
not to worry
are you late dagon vince what are they
doing here
oh the boys why you met craig robin
poker in town the other day remember
well they're all friends and i thought
they might like to ride along with us
for a while that's
all right ain't it sure just surprised
me for a minute that's all
what took you so long why hadn't you
heard big bank robbery and
mormon flats last night in fact we run
into a posse
back the trailer piece they didn't see
it did they nah
we dodged them dolly here's right good
at dodging posses
she ain't a bit anxious to have her paw
catch up to her yeah i'll bet them bank
robbers ain't a bit anxious to have her
paul catch up to him neither
isn't funny a bank cashier was killed no
it ain't funny folk
i'm sorry man that ain't no concern of
ours honey
main thing is we keep your paw from
catching up to us come on boys
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there ain't no way out of here every
canyon's cut off
we're gonna stay out of the cage take to
the high country
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hey trigger anybody hold
close cut right you don't need build
your logs out
i hear you back
all right trigger hey seeing you two
fellas in the coons age
what brings you up around these parts
well we ran into what we think's a wolf
sign in cedar canyon
wolf sign uh-huh yeah we found where
they drug down one of our stairs
adam sent us up here i thought you might
want to help i remember you telling me
one time mr trigger about
being a professional wolfer yeah i was
for money of course you're ten dollars
and i keep the pelts
all right you got a deal is it all right
if we bunk with you for a couple of days
suit yourself but you gotta pay for your
own grub say yeah
they're speaking of wolves you didn't
run into sheriff kincaid back there
can't cate no why should we you mean you
haven't heard
there was a big bank robbery in mormon
flats last night
a bank robbery sure was sheriff himself
told me
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thank robbery and woman's flat
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i don't reckon there's anything we can
do about it while we're sitting here
talking about it the world's probably
packing off some more of our steers
yeah i guess you're right come on let's
go uh don't rush me just don't rush me
i ain't walking all the way down there i
got to get my horse and saddle them
hey someone's coming it must be the rest
of that kimcade posse
i want you to trigger satellites
tegan what are you doing
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dolly
what's the trouble keep her out of this
clank and poke keep him covered
i'll get his gun
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it's mattered again can't you take care
of this yourself
all right youtube drop your guns
i said drop them
well looky here oh just one big happy
family
joe you know anything about this you
still want trouble dagging
don't you put your gun away i'll give it
to you
vince i want to know why hope get her in
the house and keep her there
come on come on i can put your gun away
keep pushing then i'll bust this gun
right over your
i'll head care of you later
you what do you do here i'm just a
trapper that's
all cartwright boys asked me to help to
catch some wolves and pestering that
beef
they got a lot of grub in that cabin
some tagging you ain't figuring on
holding up here are you
got a better idea what's the matter
taking
possibly getting too close anybody else
around here
just the cartwright boys folks don't
come up here often that's just fine
all right come on in the house
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you killed him
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he got away he'd peter brought your pot
don't you understand that
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get those cut rights in the house
and get him out of sight
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hi
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how long we gonna stay here till i say
we move till you say
i don't think you know what you're doing
that posse we saw
how do we know that's all of them
suppose they split up and come in behind
us well i'll figure that out when it
happens
poker i play what i got in front of me i
never bet on what the next car's gonna
be
until it falls get out there and put
those horses in the barn and get some
firewood in here
let's warm this place
i'm up to duck a posse hummus supposing
i am
you know old man king k would you want
him catching up with dolly when she's
running off with me
i don't know no i wouldn't want him
catching up with me either
not if i just robbed a bank
what's he mean vince nothing no paying
no heat what you got in the saddle bags
vince you don't seem to want to get very
far away from them
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you did rob the bank didn't you vince
all right so we robbed the bank
but why for money that's why what did
you think you was going to live on
oh look donny i did that for you
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i was going to buy all the nice things
you never had in your life
but vince do you have to kill for it
well that bank clutch should not have
went for his gun not with a little bit
staging around
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[Applause]
looks like you pushed a little bit too
far this time vince or did i
i got the money and the girl didn't i
what do you got you're dead any time i
tell poke to pull that trigger that's
what you got that's the honest truth mr
cartwright
i would have killed you digging i oughta
killed you the time i caught you
stealing from us
should have done it now don't you worry
about it huss
he's gonna get it that possibly back and
sheriff ken kate will be with him
hey don't you think let's figure that
out what else you think you bring that
girl along shut up about the girl
you know that's a real good question
vince why did you bring the girl
well that's plain enough to see that
sheriff papa hurst comes around here
looking for her
man's gonna tell him to go away else
that girl's gonna get bad hurt ain't
that right fancy golden knife
i think you should know you should not
have done that
no you shouldn't done that at all
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so i want a nice clothes for you honey
and everything you ever wanted
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don't worry about anything
everything will be all right
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you believe that don't you
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so you two boys up here for a wolf
hunter that's right
that pasta's gonna get them some walls
too
well it's gonna be the two-legged kind
now you two listen to me if that posse
shows
you're gonna tell me you hired us as
wolfers i understand
well they're not gonna believe that they
know you degan
they're gonna believe it all right when
they leave you're gonna ride along with
us until we clear this part of the
country
and there ain't gonna be any mishaps or
else there's gonna be two less
cartwrights i understand
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what them horses away yeah hey where's
the girl
what do you care you better be careful
taken he's going to steal your girl away
from me
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take it easy joe oh don't worry horse
they need us they need us real bad don't
push your luck leave him alone how do we
know the posse's even out there they
might have turned back
why ain't taking that chance
yeah well maybe you better bury trigger
while you're at it
sometimes them posses get pretty nosy
yeah like right we're gonna dig a grave
up on your feet
you're like a wolf ain't you you don't
know what you're doing
you change your mind without rhyme or
reason
dolly we got things to do
we're going to bury triggers
well honey it's the least we can do
ain't it
we'll find shovels in the barn flag
you're watching
and hol's here you're gonna help us hop
on your feet
robin polk
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lolly you help
clay keep an eye on
stop looking at me like that
you can't like it don't you fella
[Applause]
so
[Laughter]
now you try anything and you won't see
your little brother
we're gonna get you digging one way or
another we're gonna get you
come on dig let's get started
what's the matter with you somebody
gotta watch him don't they
besides you want to thank me who the
thought of the barn
you better get your mind off of her
jingle i'm no part of you
how far you think you're gonna get after
you leave this territory clan
i don't even know who we are but we do
well that ain't gonna make much of a
problem
all this money i'm gonna get me shape
every day every day of the week i'm
gonna
eat and drink until i bust
[Music]
that sounds real great clay
yeah how many men you think you killed
well i see i don't rightly remember now
i see there's one
two
all right
they'll kill you for this
what are you doing with them dolly
you're not that kind
come on give me the gun darling you just
want to save your necks
yours and haas yeah that's right i want
to save our next i don't want to save
your neck too
i don't believe you nobody ever did
anything decent for me
nobody except vince oh nobody would
vince
you think vince robbed that bank for you
he robbed it for himself he'll kick you
out the day he's tired of you
don't say that it's true dolly
you turn me in right along with vince
well this is my chance to live
and i'm taking it nobody gives you
anything but what you take for yourself
come on darwi that isn't so and you know
it
you don't think i'd use this do you
one more step
yeah darling i think you'd use it to
keep from going back to that father of
mine i do anything
joe tried to get away i stopped him
that's for try i know i'm gonna fix you
real good
megan i never did figure you for much
guts
why don't you try taking it without that
pistol in your hand
when i'm good and ready i will sit down
[Music]
you did fine darling real fine
back and forth through these canyons all
night what good does it do
don't forget sheriff ken cade hasn't had
any more sleep than we have
that ken cade he's like a wolf on the
scent he ain't gonna give up till he
gets what i come after
no neither we john and i are right over
by old man traeger's place
kim kade might not have been there yet
the rest of you take a look through that
box canyon down there
[Applause]
there's riders out there
get on your feet the posse's out there
all right vince you're so smart now what
do we do
i told you i figured when i come to
didn't i well i gotta figure well then
vince why don't you just tell us what
we're gonna do
well i'm gonna stay in here what about
the rest of us sheriff don't know the
rest of you
ain't liking the posse would you're
going out there
i ain't talking to no lawman you don't
got no need to
horse cartwright's gonna do that for you
he hired you boys to hunt wolves
like i said remember i'll try to
remember
you better i'm going to be right in here
with this gun on your little brother's
head
any shooting that starts he gets a first
now get
don't get nervous with that guy hurry up
boss what are you doing way out here
been some wolves pestering some of our
cattle little joe and me decided to ride
up and talk to mr trigger about it
you couldn't find a better man for the
job mr traeger around
nope he rode out early this morning to
set some traps
i haven't seen you boys around before
ever
there there's men we hired to help us
hunt the wolves
oh sheriff ken cade been by here yeah
i ain't seen him but mr trager said he
saw him yesterday
sheriff told him about the about the
bank robbery
we've been out all night you know ken
cade
yeah i know him well enough to know that
whoever those bank robbers are they
ain't going to get away
i promise you that well if you do see
anything around hoss you let us know
will you we'll be around
right good hunting same to you
well how'd it go you'd have been right
proud of court right vince you did real
fine you mean he did real fine last
thing that deputy said was that possibly
staying around
close what i want to know is how do we
get out of here well i don't know about
the rest of you but
clegg poke robey you can ride out
anytime you want to
what do you mean by that oh you went out
to the posse
i was told you were wolfers working for
us they believed it
you can ride out anytime you want to
they won't stop you hey listen kid
you make sense you know that i know bank
robber i'm a wolfer i can ride right out
of here ain't nobody walking i'm running
the shebang
and it looks to me like you're running
right into the ground of course you boys
want to wait around here for a while
sheriff ken kate's bound to show up he's
going to be a little tougher to convince
than that deputy
vince i'm scared i want to get out of
here dolly what do you have to be scared
about
we get all that money got a man like
vince stegan to take care of you
shut up joe
[Music]
um
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
hmm
of here if i can pass for a woofer i'll
leave without a dollar that gold
well i'm not going without my chair
vince i want my cut are you listening to
me ollie
you're gonna get your cut yeah you boys
know when you're gonna get it
when the posse's got you hanging from a
tree
joe you remember that old big oak tree
down the road a piece
that thing ought to be big enough to
hang at least three of them in a row
don't you reckon oh heck yes
three of them and room for dagging stop
it stop talking that way
you didn't think it was gonna end any
other way did you ellie trying to be
decent you cut rights
poke get rid of him
yeah go ahead pog that posse will be
here the minute you pull that trigger
that's right you know joe that sheriff
ken cave's got
got ears like a loaf that's what i hear
what about it dolly you know i'm a lot
better than we do stop it
then make them stop it make them stop it
[Music]
never mind i'll do it myself
no you're not going to kill anybody
vince you've got a long way to go
you can't make it without us you never
was an ego digging never a day in your
life
what roby says about us riding out of
here that makes pretty good sense and
i'm going to you just try and stop me
out of nowhere i just realized to meet
your friends on a social level valley
you caught right you know everything
don't you i don't care what you or
anyone else thinks
i'm staying with vince are you listening
to me all of you got that gun dagger
[Applause]
for a long time
[Applause]
[Music]
[Music]
[Applause]
all right all right that's enough we
gotta get out here right now all this
shooting might bring the posse back
come on dolly we gotta go what about
paul
what are you worried about your paw foy
well we can't just leave him here would
you want to eat it
better get out of here
plague steve poke and ride
rover you see that them caught right
don't follow us
come on dolly
are you coming or not yeah sure she's
going with you
you're just what she's always wanted
again come on dolly
you know your father was right
you're just no good dolly
[Music]
[Applause]
that's right joe i'm no good at least
not by your standards
and that's the way i like it
so like you tragedy
[Applause]
[ __ ]
i didn't do nothing
dad
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
you can be all right trev you had a
close call
the money did you get it back they
didn't have a chance to spend a single
penny of it
you needn't worry about digging boys
either they're all locked up pattern to
jug down your jailhouse
that is what's left of them trev
wouldn't you like to know about dolly
she's been right here by your side since
the boys brought you in
running off with a man like dagon
why'd she have to do that ben well maybe
it's because she thought you
he didn't care you think it was only the
money and the bank robbers i was worried
about
when i found out dolly was gone
then you don't know what it's like
trying to raise a girl
no i i guess i don't but i do know what
it's like trying to raise three sons
and sometimes you you have to show them
a little affection and
understanding you ever try that with
dolly
[Music]
now
your father's asking for him dummy
be patient with him he needs you very
[Music]
much
ah as for you young man
next time you visit donal kincaid ask
your father's permission first
have an idea he'll give it here but
don't wait too long uh because
at the rate that young lady's growing up
i might just ask remission myself hey
wait a minute older brother don't you
think we got trouble snuffing this
outfit with one lady's man
how did you ever get mixed up in this
family i'll never know
[Music]
man
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
you

Behind the Scenes of Breed of Violence

The episode revealed that Joe and Dolly attended the same school.

“Die Wolfsjagd” is the episode’s title in German, which means “Wolf Hunting.”

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