Fury - S1E21: The Test
30min | Family, Western | TV Series (1955–1960)
Joey befriends a new boy in school, but the friendship is discouraged by the boy's demanding father who requires his son to spend all of his free time studying in order to excel in school.
Stars: Peter Graves, William Fawcett, Bobby Diamond
30min | Family, Western | TV Series (1955–1960)
Joey befriends a new boy in school, but the friendship is discouraged by the boy's demanding father who requires his son to spend all of his free time studying in order to excel in school.
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, the voice
00:45of the boy who once saved his life, Jim Newton's boy, Joey.
00:52Fury!
00:54Fury!
00:56Fury!
00:58Fury!
01:00Fury!
01:02Fury!
01:04Fury!
01:06Here's a mutual trust and affection that everyone can understand, especially a woman like Helen
01:12Watkins, Joey's school teacher and unfailing champion.
01:17Now 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.
01:35You're involved in school without, aren't you, Fury?
01:44Ain't you smart to get in my hideout?
01:48Say, Lewis, how about coming up with me today?
01:50I'd sure like to, Joey, but my father made a rule, homework first.
01:54We'll be back in time to do your homework.
01:56I don't think we should.
01:58Don't forget the geography test day after tomorrow.
02:01Who's forgetting it?
02:02We'll be back in time to study.
02:04Come on, you'll like my hideout.
02:06It's a real cave, Lewis.
02:07A cave?
02:08Yeah.
02:09Indians used to have secret powerhouses up there, and there's a rock right nearby where
02:12they used to send up smoke signals.
02:14Gee, is it very far from here?
02:16No.
02:17Fury can take us there and back in a jiffy.
02:19Oh boy, that sounds swell.
02:21Come on, let's go.
02:32Come on, let's go.
03:03Miss Watkins.
03:04Oh, good afternoon, Mr. Baxter.
03:06Where's Lewis?
03:07He was supposed to be home hours ago.
03:08Why, he and Joey Newton rode off on Joey's horse, Fury.
03:11Rode off?
03:12Where?
03:13To play, I presume.
03:14Miss Watkins, Lewis is a frail boy.
03:17I brought him out here for the climate.
03:18He's not fitted for strenuous exercise, and yet you let him go horseback riding.
03:22Oh, just a moment, Mr. Baxter.
03:24I have no jurisdiction over these children after they leave school.
03:26But surely you're expected to cooperate with the parents.
03:29And I want Lewis at home studying so he can keep up on his marks.
03:32Well, for the short time he's been here,
03:34Lewis has proved an excellent student.
03:36He consistently gets high grades in his subjects,
03:38and, oh well, all except geography.
03:40Oh, that's not good enough for me.
03:42I want him to be perfect in all his subjects.
03:44Perfection is too much to ask of a child, Mr. Baxter.
03:48It wouldn't be if he'd just concentrate on his studies
03:50instead of running off to play.
03:52Where did he go with Joey?
03:54I really have no idea, Mr. Baxter.
03:56But it's quite possible that Joey took Lewis to the Broken Wheel Ranch
03:59to show him his pets.
04:01Pets? Oh, my.
04:03Now he'll have one of his asthma attacks.
04:18Gee, this is some hideout.
04:21I knew you'd like it.
04:24See that rock over there?
04:26That's where the Apaches send smoke signals from.
04:29And over there's where the Apaches
04:31and the U.S. Cavalry had a big battle.
04:33Gee.
04:35And Pete says that Sitting Bull and White Cloud
04:37smoked a peace pipe in this very cave.
04:40Pigeons!
04:42What are they doing in that coop?
04:44Those are homing pigeons.
04:47Carlotta and Annie.
04:49Jim gave them to me for my birthday.
04:51I bring them up here and then send them home with messages.
04:53I've heard of them, but I've never seen any.
04:56Do they really carry messages?
04:58Sure.
05:00You write something on a piece of paper,
05:02stick it in this, clip it to the pigeon's leg,
05:04and he flies home with a message.
05:06It's as good as a telephone,
05:08except you don't get any answer.
05:10I wish I had a telephone.
05:12I wish I had a telephone.
05:15I wish I had some pigeons.
05:17What kind of pigeons do you have?
05:19I don't have any.
05:21Gee, that's tough.
05:23It's getting late, Joey.
05:25We better start back.
05:27But we just got here.
05:29But my father might be looking for me.
05:31We could send Carlotta home with a message to Jim.
05:34He'll call your father and tell him where you are.
05:36Oh, don't do that.
05:38You don't know my father.
05:40He'll get mad, because I'm supposed to be homesteading.
05:42I gotta go home, Joey.
05:45Well, okay.
05:49Will you show me how the pigeons work sometime, Joey?
05:52Sure.
05:54I'll show you now.
05:56We'll have a race.
05:58I'll send Carlotta home with a message,
06:00and we'll try to beat her there on Fury.
06:02I never tried that before.
06:06I'll just say, uh, home soon, Joey.
06:13You think she'll get to the ranch before we do?
06:15That's what we're gonna find out.
06:29Okay, Carlotta, get going.
06:33Oh, boy, this is fun.
06:35We better get going.
06:37Carlotta's getting too much of a head start.
06:39Oh, that's nothing.
06:41I can run like the wind.
06:44Give me your boots.
06:49Come on, Fury, back to the ranch.
07:11Let's go.
07:13Let's go.
07:40We're in an up-to-date outfit here, mister.
07:42Well, I'm sorry, but I'm looking for my boy.
07:44Miss Watkins told me you rode off with your boy after school.
07:46Have you seen him?
07:48Nope, not yet.
07:50But if he's with Joey, he's in good hands.
07:52Uh, I don't think I know your name.
07:54Oh, I'm Louis Baxter, Sr. You're Mr. Newton, I suppose.
07:56That's right.
07:58Oh, yes, I remember Joey telling me about your boy
08:00when he first joined the class.
08:02Well, I guess he's just trying to make friends.
08:04Joeys are kind of like that.
08:06Oh, Pete, have you seen Joey?
08:08Nope, but a message just come by Pigeon Express.
08:10He's up to the caves. Says he'll be home soon.
08:12All right.
08:14Well, if they're riding double on Fury, Joey will bring him over here first.
08:16Will you come in and have some coffee?
08:18No, no thanks.
08:20But will you please instruct your boy not to take Louis off on any more jaunts like this?
08:24Well, what's the matter with a couple of boys becoming friends
08:26and having a little fun after school?
08:28Well, Louis hasn't time for fun these days.
08:30He lost half a term last year through illness.
08:32He's got to make that up, and I'm counting on him
08:34to get the head of his class before vacation.
08:36Well, a boy needs some recreation, Mr. Baxter.
08:38It's a part of staying healthy and happy.
08:40Look, Newton.
08:42You bring up your boy, and I'll bring up mine.
08:44Sure.
08:46But I think you're making a mighty tough job
08:48out of what should be a pleasure.
08:52Hi, everybody.
08:54Hi, Joey.
08:56Carlotta get in yet?
08:58Uh-huh. Some time ago.
09:00What do you know about that? She did beat Fury.
09:02Louis, get into the car.
09:04Yes, sir.
09:06Goodbye, Newton.
09:08I hope you'll remember what I told you.
09:14Gosh, he didn't even give me a chance
09:16to say goodbye to Louis.
09:18Mr. Baxter's a man who doesn't believe in wasting time, Joey.
09:36I'm disappointed in you, Louis.
09:38I'm sorry, Dad.
09:40I can't bear to see you throw away opportunities
09:42that I never had at your age.
09:44It was tough enough for me to get ahead
09:46without proper schooling, but today it's even worse.
09:48I know, Dad.
09:50But I'm really trying.
09:52I've caught up with the class on almost everything.
09:54Almost everything isn't enough.
09:56What about that geography exam?
09:58Isn't that the day after tomorrow?
10:00Yes, sir.
10:02But I didn't think there's any harm in playing a little today.
10:04Playing? There's no time for play.
10:06You should have been home studying for that exam.
10:08I know, sir.
10:10But I'll pass it. I promise you.
10:12Passing isn't enough, Louis.
10:14I want to see you get the highest grade in that class.
10:16I won't be happy with anything less.
10:18Yes, sir.
10:34Oh!
10:36Oh!
10:38Oh!
10:40Oh!
10:42Oh!
10:44Oh!
10:46Oh!
10:48Oh!
10:50Oh!
10:52Oh!
10:54Oh!
10:56Oh!
10:58Oh!
11:00Oh!
11:02Oh!
11:04Oh, my God!
11:06Oh!
11:08Oh!
11:10Oh!
11:14Oh!
11:18Oh!
11:22Oh!
11:24Oh!
11:26Boys and girls, continue with the problem you were working on before recess.
12:18Children, just before recess, I placed the questions of tomorrow's geography test in
12:38the middle drawer of my desk.
12:41Someone has taken them.
12:52I only want to point out that anyone who tries to cheat an examination is only cheating himself.
12:59So to the one who took these papers, I can only say it will do you no good, so please
13:02give them to me immediately.
13:10Very well.
13:11You'll be found out, whoever you are.
13:14Therefore I hope the boy or girl who did take them will come to me after school is over
13:17and return them to me.
13:19Now continue with your arithmetic.
13:38Joey Newton, I'm surprised.
14:00I didn't take them, Miss Watkins, honest, I didn't.
14:04It was just here on my desk.
14:07How did it get there?
14:08I don't know.
14:11Well, Joey, they just didn't walk in there by themselves.
14:16No, ma'am.
14:18Do you know who put them there?
14:23No, ma'am.
14:29All right, Joey, well, you think about it until after school and perhaps you'll have
14:32an answer by then.
14:33Class dismissed.
14:34Oh, Joey, just a minute, please.
14:35Miss Watkins?
14:36Yes, ma'am?
14:37Miss Watkins?
14:38Yes, ma'am.
14:39Miss Watkins?
14:40Yes, ma'am.
14:41Miss Watkins?
14:42Yes, ma'am.
14:43Miss Watkins?
14:44Yes, ma'am.
14:45Miss Watkins?
14:46Yes, ma'am.
14:47Miss Watkins?
14:48Yes, ma'am.
14:49Miss Watkins?
14:50Yes, ma'am.
14:51Miss Watkins?
14:52Yes, ma'am.
14:53Miss Watkins?
14:54Yes, ma'am.
14:55Miss Watkins?
14:56Yes, ma'am.
14:57Miss Watkins?
14:58Yes, ma'am.
14:59Miss Watkins?
15:00Yes, ma'am.
15:01Miss Watkins?
15:02Yes, ma'am.
15:03Miss Watkins?
15:04Yes, ma'am.
15:05Miss Watkins?
15:06Yes, ma'am.
15:07Miss Watkins?
15:08Yes, ma'am.
15:09Miss Watkins?
15:10Yes, ma'am.
15:11Miss Watkins?
15:12Yes, ma'am.
15:13Miss Watkins?
15:14Yes, ma'am.
15:15Miss Watkins?
15:16Yes, ma'am.
15:17Miss Watkins?
15:18Yes, ma'am.
15:19Miss Watkins?
15:20Yes, ma'am.
15:21Miss Watkins?
15:22Yes, ma'am.
15:23Miss Watkins?
15:24Yes, ma'am.
15:25Miss Watkins?
15:26Yes, ma'am.
15:27Miss Watkins?
15:28Yes, ma'am.
15:29Miss Watkins?
15:30Yes, ma'am.
15:31Miss Watkins?
15:32Yes, ma'am.
15:33Miss Watkins?
15:34Yes, ma'am.
15:35All right, Joe.
15:36You may go.
15:37I'll see you at the ranch.
15:38Yes, ma'am.
15:39Hi, Fury.
15:40Did you see where Lewis went?
15:41Let's follow him.
15:42I don't know where he went, but I'm sure he went this way.
16:10Why, pal, you turned out to be stealing text questions and trying to get me blamed for
16:25it.
16:26I didn't mean to put them in your desk, Joey.
16:27Honest, I didn't.
16:28Then why did you run off for?
16:29Why didn't you wait for me?
16:31I was afraid Miss Watkins would hear us talking, so I came out here.
16:35I sent the other pigeon home with a message for you.
16:38That's different, Lewis.
16:40But how could you be dumb enough to steal those questions anyway?
16:43I don't know.
16:44It just seemed like I had to.
16:46My dad made me promise to get the highest marks in the class.
16:49I figured copying the test was the only way I could do it.
16:53Look, Lewis, there's only one way to get out of this.
16:56You gotta tell Miss Watkins the whole thing.
16:58She'll understand.
16:59And she'll tell your dad where to get off, too.
17:01Oh, I can't do that, Joey.
17:03I don't dare go back and face my dad now.
17:05But here.
17:06I wrote this note.
17:08It tells everything I did.
17:10You take it to Miss Watkins.
17:12I can't.
17:13But what are you gonna do?
17:15I'm gonna run away.
17:16Goodbye, Joey.
17:17Lewis, come back!
17:18You know, Helen, there's one thing I'm certain of, it's that Joey didn't take the test paper.
17:28I'm as sure of that as you are, Jim, but he acts so strangely about it.
17:33I think he's covering up for someone.
17:34Wouldn't be the first time, you know.
17:35But I can't let that go on, either.
17:38It's not fair to the rest of the class or to himself.
18:04It's from Lewis Baxter.
18:06Says he's up at the cave and he wants to talk to Joey.
18:09Why, that could be the answer.
18:11Lewis' father's been demanding perfect marks in all his studies.
18:14What a poor kid.
18:17Newton, has that boy of yours been taking Lewis away from his studies again?
18:21Look, Mr. Baxter, I don't want you blaming Joey for your own foolish mistakes.
18:26My mistakes?
18:27That's right.
18:28You've hounded that boy of yours until he's reached the point where we believe that he
18:32took the examination questions for tomorrow's geography test.
18:35Miss Watkins, is that true?
18:39Well, it looks very much like it, Mr. Baxter.
18:42My boy trying to cheat on an exam.
18:48I don't believe it.
18:49Well, he's up at the cave now, so let's go find out.
18:53All right, we'll go in my car.
19:03Lewis!
19:04Lewis!
19:27Lewis!
19:28Lewis!
19:32Hey, Lewis!
20:02Lewis!
20:27Lewis!
20:28Lewis!
20:29Lewis!
20:30Lewis!
20:32Lewis!
20:33Lewis!
20:34Lewis!
20:35Lewis!
20:36Lewis!
20:37Lewis!
20:38Lewis!
20:39Lewis!
20:40Lewis!
20:41Lewis!
20:42Lewis!
20:43Lewis!
20:44Lewis!
20:45Lewis!
20:46Lewis!
20:47Lewis!
20:48Lewis!
20:49Lewis!
20:50Lewis!
20:51Lewis!
20:52Lewis!
20:53Lewis!
20:54Lewis!
20:55Lewis!
20:56Lewis!
20:57Lewis!
20:58Lewis!
20:59Lewis!
21:01Help!
21:04Help!
21:10Help!
21:13Help!
21:15Help!
21:18Lewis!
21:20Help!
21:25Help, help!
21:31Help, help!
21:34Help!
21:39Look!
21:39Look, Joey!
21:40Look!
21:46Help!
21:50Help!
21:51Take my horse I beg of you.
21:55Gary!
22:25Jim, a mountain lion tried to attack Lewis!
22:40Are you hurt?
22:42It's my leg, Dad.
22:46Looks like his ankle's broken. We'll have to carry him to the car.
22:49What were you trying to do out here? You might have got killed!
22:52I was running away, Dad.
22:54Then it's true what I heard about the test?
22:57Yes. I stole the questions.
23:03Why did you do a thing like that?
23:06I was afraid I was going to fail the test tomorrow, and you wouldn't want me for a son.
23:17Anything you did, Lewis, it's all my fault.
23:21I've made an awful mess of things.
23:24Oh, that's all right, Dad. I'll make up for my schoolwork,
23:28and I'll have plenty of time to study while my ankle's healing.
23:32The only studying that's going to be done around our house for a long while, son,
23:36will be on my part while I learn to be a real father to you.
23:55All right, let's have those rods.
24:02Well, Jim, guess we're all set.
24:04Good enough. Have a good time, boys, and catch lots of fish.
24:07We will. So long, Jim.
24:09So long, Peary.
24:15That's getting cured the hard way.
24:18But he's a new man, don't you think?
24:20It took you and Joey and a mountain lion and a broken ankle to do it.
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