Wagon Train (TV Series)
The Jed Polke Story (1961)
Joyce Meadows: Rheba Polke
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Quotes
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Flint McCullough : You all there is, Ma'am?
Rheba Polke : No, my husband. He left three days ago to fetch help.
Flint McCullough : He take the horses?
Rheba Polke : Just one. I guess the others wandered away.
Flint McCullough : Which way'd he go?
Rheba Polke : [She slowly raises her arm and points into the desolation of the desert] You didn't see him?
Flint McCullough : No, Ma'am. But I ride scout for a wagon train, he might have come upon that.
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Carlton Polke : Were you in the Big War?
Dr. Allison Day : I was an Army Surgeon. Sun's gone down. Be more pleasant for you out by the fire.
Rheba Polke : I'd rather stay here.
Carlton Polke : My Pa was in the war. He didn't like it. He never likes to talk about it.
Dr. Allison Day : Some things are best left forgotten. I understand they're bringing your wagon in soon. It'll help having your own things.
Rheba Polke : Thank you. Doctor?
Dr. Allison Day : Allison Day.
Rheba Polke : I'm Rheba, Mrs Jed Polke. You, you know my husband?
[He rises abruptly and leaves the wagon, ignoring the people at the campfire as well]
Rheba Polke : .
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Rheba Polke : You hate Jed, don't you and Dr Day?
Walt Keene : A mild word for what we feel about Jed Polke. We're gonna kill him.
Ross Amber : [a speechless Rheba leaves] She didn't know, Walt. She didn't know about us and Andersonville.
Walt Keene : Don't you go soft on me now. Not now.