Gantry turns into an evangelizing, Bible Belt revivalist preacher, recognized by cynical reporter Jim Lefferts (Arthur Kennedy), an H.I""m trying!Helen: I know you""re trying, Don.We""re both trying.You""re trying not to drink and I""m trying not to love you.(She hugs and kisses him before leaving)Caring for his brother and knowing the lengths to which he must go, Wick has taken the extreme, vigilant precaution of stripping he apartment of all liquor bottles.[Note: It is fairly clear at this point that the malevolent, manipulative Gregory is responsible for its absence, not Paula, although he is persuasive in convincing her of her culpability....Yeah, yeah, he was a pretty good old boy.I mean, he was tough, too.My old man brought in stock from Europe and bred ""em to the best we had...This right here is the result, honey! Look at ""em!In a montage, calfs were rounded up and branded with he R (Reata) symbol, while two bulls locked horns and Bick blasted a threatening rattlesnake with a shotgun.