A powerful rancher demands justice for the death of his son, requiring Caine to reveal the man's greatest fear.A powerful rancher demands justice for the death of his son, requiring Caine to reveal the man's greatest fear.A powerful rancher demands justice for the death of his son, requiring Caine to reveal the man's greatest fear.
Shelly Novack
- Breck Rankin
- (as Shelley Novack)
John Cliff
- First Townsman
- (uncredited)
Lars Hensen
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
- Burt Proctor
- (uncredited)
E.A. Sirianni
- Wide Ed, The Cook
- (uncredited)
George Tracy
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Max Trumpower
- Second Townsman
- (uncredited)
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John Doucette and Pat Hingle
"The Soul is the Warrior" finds Caine arriving at the Edward Rankin ranch in search of his brother Danny, who left behind great bitterness by stealing son Breck's girl away before leaving weeks earlier. Breck Rankin (Shelly Novack) shows Caine some trinkets left behind by Danny, intending to teach him a few lessons on manners before his father (John Doucette) intervenes (we are told that the absent Danny was 'a lying coward'). Pat Hingle's General Thoms is the town sheriff, inviting Caine to a plate of beans before continuing his search, but Breck's rude interruption forces his hand and the hotheaded youth is shot dead. Rankin, with his Indian blood, is the most powerful man in the entire territory, not one to be trifled with, and when his attempt to shame Caine comes for naught, the priest suggests an exchange: the life of General Thoms for Rankin's fear. All denials meet upon deaf ears, for his pit of deadly rattlesnakes prove that fear not only exists, it has its temple, and Caine, a man who knows no fear and is one with nature, will save the sheriff's life by walking through it. We learn early on Rankin's philosophy about holding on to a pit filled with instant death: "every man learns something about watchin' what he's a-feared of." The philosophy is made clear: "seek always peace, wear no path for the footsteps of others unless the soul is endangered...we are all linked by our souls, to endanger one endangers all...(thus endangered) in such times, the soul must be the warrior." Viewers continue to be appreciative of the show's adept writing, even with the lesser characters ("if he don't stink of death, I never saw a carcass").
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- kevinolzak
- Jun 3, 2024
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