Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 1, Episode 1 - Three Bells to Perdido - full transcript
Paladin seeks the job of seizing a rancher's son-in-law at Perdido, an isolated Mexican city of outlaws run by outlaws for outlaws.
I'd like you to take
a look at this gun.
The balance is excellent.
This trigger responds to
a pressure of one ounce.
This gun was handcrafted
to my specifications,
and I rarely draw it
unless I mean to use it.
( laughing)
Thank you, Mr. Paladin.
Your pen, Mr. Paladin.
Thank you, Hey Boy.
"Rancher invades Mexico.
"Pursues eloper's attempt
to assault on Perdido.
"Jesse Reed, prominent
cattleman of this territory
"took fast action
"when his daughter Nancy
ran off with Dave Enderby
"for whom the US Marshal
holds a murder warrant.
"Mr. Reed led 26 of his
ranch hands against Perdido,
"a notorious outlaw
refuge in the Sierra Grandes
"where the young couple
are believed to have fled.
The toll: 21 dead, three
wounded, including Mr. Reed."
Jesse Reed.
Portalis...
New Mexico.
( knocking)
Gotch!
( knocking)
Gotch!
Oh! Never around
when I want him.
What can I do for you?
My name's Paladin.
I got your wire.
What do you plan, Mister?
Your name Jesse Reed?
Yeah.
And what about it?
You and 26 of your
men tried to take the town
of Perdido in Mexico.
Only six of you came back
and not in very
good shape, either.
I sent a card offering my gun;
you wired acceptance.
Where do you get
all this knowledge?
In the newspapers
in San Francisco.
Well, you better go
back to San Francisco
and read some more papers.
I never sent you no wire.
You didn't send me...
Well, howdy, Mister.
Gotch is the name.
Never mind all of
your sociability, Gotch.
Show the well-dressed
fella to the door.
Now, that ain't being
very hospitable, Jesse.
I don't need to be hospitable.
Man claims I sent him a wire.
He just ain't telling the truth.
Well, I sent the wire, Jesse.
What?!
Well, who asked you?
What's going on here?
Who are you?
Oh. A fast gun, huh?
Fast enough.
And what do you think
you can do for me?
Well, Dave Enderby ran
off with your daughter,
shot you in the leg and
ambushed 21 of your men.
I guess you'd like to see him.
If I couldn't bring him
back here with 26 men,
just how do you think you can
bring him back here alone?
The Greek Phalanx was
developed out of a specific need.
They fought shoulder to
shoulder on small battlefields
and they were
considered invincible.
Then the Mastadonians
hit them with cavalry
and that was the
end of the Phalanx.
There are all sorts
of tactics, Mr. Reed.
Ex-army officer, huh?
Among other things.
West Point, sounds like.
Let's stay with your problem.
I know the breed.
He can't work, can't sleep,
got to have action
and money.
And that brings me to my fee.
I am not paying anything.
I didn't ask you,
and I'm not paying.
You're paying for Dave Enderby
delivered and breathing.
And when I deliver him,
that will come to $1,000.
That big black gun
of yours comes high.
Let's have a look at it.
( chuckling)
( laughing)
What do you think of that?
I asked a man for his gun,
and he hands it to me.
Why, you
overdressed tin soldier,
you have about as much chance
against Enderby
as a ribbon clerk.
( laughing)
I'll have my gun now, Mr. Reed.
I don't think you got a
very good look at this gun
while you had it.
The balance is perfect.
This trigger responds to
a pressure of one ounce.
If you look carefully
in the barrel
you'll see the lines of rifling.
It's a rarity in a hand weapon.
This gun was handcrafted
to my specifications,
and I rarely draw it
unless I mean to use it.
Would you care
for a demonstration?
Are them your working clothes?
They have been.
All right, Mister, you've
got yourself a job.
Which way is Perdido?
I can tell you how
to get in there.
It's the getting out
that's dangerous.
Thank you. Which way's the road?
You go west from Portalis
until you get to Twin Peaks.
Then head dead south...
through the brush country
about a half-day's ride from here.
The Rio Grande...
She's running pretty
low at this time of year.
You won't have
much trouble crossing.
You're not deep enough
into Mexico until you can see
the Sierra Grande Mountains.
A half-day's ride will
bring you to the foothills.
The only way up to Perdido
is through the passes.
That's where I left 21 good men.
Just remember this.
They say a lone rider
can get into Perdido,
but the main trick
is the getting out.
( metallic ringing)
Buenos dias, amigo.
There's a man
called Dave Enderby.
Señor Enderby. My friend.
My heart longs to see him.
When two friends meet,
there is much to talk about.
Is he alone?
Señor, it is not permitted
to quarrel in Perdido,
even among good friends.
One comes to Perdido to rest
and be safe.
I'll ask for it later.
I will pay for water
at the price of tequila.
( groaning)
If that were a man's neck
you would have
missed him a mile.
I don't miss when it's a man.
Oh, yeah? Double the bet?
Why not?
Oh, too bad.
Can't ever beat that.
Now, ain't that a crying shame?
Hey.
This time I'll use your knife.
Now I ask you, stranger.
Ain't that a mean, dirty trick?
Take another man's knife?
I don't know the
rules in this town.
It's a dirty trick in
any town, ain't it?
Hand it over.
You can use my knife.
Hand it over.
Señor!
There is one law in Perdido.
We do not fight with each other.
Well, I want to thank you
for reminding me of that.
We're just having
a little fun here,
and, well, I ain't going
to be the one to spoil it.
Go ahead. Try it.
Señor!
I don't mind giving stuff away,
but nobody takes
anything from me.
You savvy?
I tell you, stranger.
Don't ever get mixed up
with that Dave Enderby.
Dave? I've come looking for you.
He likes his little jokes.
He's Enderby.
Señor!
Get out of here!
I hear another flat out of you
I'll poison you in
your own liquor.
Now, you were looking for me?
That's right.
I'm going to take you
back across the border.
Oh? You forgot something.
Uh, well, if I need
one, I'll find it.
( laughing)
Who sent you anyway?
Jesse Reed. He wants you alive.
How do you figure on
getting me out of Perdido?
A lot of sentries out there.
You don't suppose
this village is sick
enough of you by now
to want you to go?
Uh-uh, it'd be bad
for future business.
What's your name anyway?
Paladin.
Paladin, huh?
You know, you're more fun
than old man Reed
and his whole army.
Come on along with me.
Nancy'd get a big
boot out of you.
Thank you.
I'd like very much
to meet the young
lady that caused all this.
After you, Mr. Paladin.
Ay, Señor O'Brien. Cómo ésta?
Muy bien, amigo.
Is that one a friend of yours?
This is Mr. Paladin.
He's come to take me
back to Jesse Reed...
( laughs)
he says. ( chuckles)
The tools of a craftsman, señor.
Very excellent.
His?
You should not leave weapons
in the serape of a poor
sleeping man, señor.
He might have bad dreams.
I was very careless.
Fortunately, we are not.
Oh, meet Señor O'Brien.
He's the alcalde
here, our mayor.
An interesting
village, Señor Alcalde.
Our soil is poor.
All we have to
offer is hospitality,
for those who need it.
Or so long as their
money holds out.
It's a poor business, señor,
that does not show a profit.
Oh. I must tell
you about our bell.
If it should ring when
one leaves here,
that one is always met
in the pass.
Looks like a church bell.
It was.
But we did not need the church.
( chuckling)
It's a very fine bell.
So stay with us and
be comfortable, señor.
And when you leave...
Leave? He doesn't have to leave.
I like him.
That is your business, señor.
My business is to keep Perdido
prosperous and peaceful.
Hasta luego.
Good-bye, señor.
I hope the bell
does not ring for you.
You must be very happy
here, Mrs. Enderby.
Tell him, honey.
I have the right to
follow my husband.
I'd like to think he'd
follow you just as quick.
What happens is nobody
is going anywhere right now.
Dad wasn't completely
honest with you, I'm afraid.
All he wanted, I guess,
was to set you against Dave.
I don't suppose he told you
that every time Dave fought,
he was forced into it.
That's the gospel.
The Gospel by Saint Enderby.
English bone china.
Beautiful. We had this at
home when I was a boy.
And your silverware
is very handsome too.
It all came with the house.
Dave wanted me to have the best.
Dad wouldn't even understand
what made one thing
better than another.
No, I guess he's just
a good judge of men.
He's raking me with them
spurs again, honey. See?
You think you're going
to get me to go back?
Honey, he came for me.
Your daddy don't even
want to see you again.
He said so.
( sighs)
It's true. He won't ever
want to see me again.
How do you know?
She knows her old man.
He's got a hide
thicker than an alligator.
You managed to put a bullet
into that hide.
Don't you believe it.
I told our boys to leave
your daddy be, and they did.
I saw him ride away
with my own eyes,
without a scratch.
Your dad saw Dave
try to bushwhack him.
Don't that prove he'd
say anything to split us?
I guess you got a
real problem, Nancy.
Who's the liar? Your
husband or your father?
Dave is wild, but he's
no outlaw murderer.
He wouldn't shoot my father
any more than he would me.
If I did half the
things folks said,
then I'd be dancing
at rope's end long ago.
There's still time.
Nancy, will you go in the house
and get me that old bottle
of wine we've been saving?
He's trying to make you
fight, Dave. Don't let him.
Go in the house
and get me that wine.
You have to fight, Dave.
Or come back with me.
You've got both my guns.
I give you my word
I haven't another.
Now let's see you fight.
You're a miserable, slimy,
yellow, scrawny coward,
who bushwhacks men or stabs
or shoots them in the back.
If you had any
stomach for fighting,
you'd have finished
that boy at the cantina.
You'd have finished me.
But you couldn't because
we were face-to-face with you.
You're about as much
man as a wood louse.
( groans)
I'm taking you home.
I wish he had killed you.
We'll talk about
that on the way.
You're crazy to think I'll go.
You'd rather stay here with him?
Yes.
Then I'll have to finish him.
You wouldn't!
Self-defense, that's
what he'd say in my place.
No. Please.
I'll do anything you ask.
Will you go back with me?
Yes.
Give me your word: no trouble.
No trouble.
All right. We've got
a long way to go.
Come on.
Buenos días, señora.
You've completed your business
in Perdido, Señor Paladin?
I had bad luck.
I came after Dave
Enderby, and he's still there.
I see you changed
your gun, señor.
A sign of friendship, perhaps?
Possibly.
Anyway, I've put myself
in Mrs. Enderby's hands.
It's all right.
I'm going to ride to the foot
of the pass with Mr. Paladin.
Then it is good-bye
to you, señor.
Perhaps we'll meet
again someday.
In Perdido?
I would like it
to be in Perdido.
( bell ringing in distance)
Hah!
( bell continues ringing)
Sounds like Dave's on the way.
You'll be sorry you
ever saw us or Perdido.
Well, we'll have to
ride fast to stay ahead.
It's hot.
It's cooler near the Rio,
Nancy. Let's get to it.
( sighs)
We going to ride all night?
The idea is to
lose Dave, isn't it?
Let's go on.
Aren't we ever going to rest?
I guess we can now.
He'll be catching
up to us about now.
Between the two of us,
we left a clear enough
trail for him to follow.
Between the two...?
If the trail was any longer,
you'd have a real
problem in modesty.
And he'll come after you.
Not out of any feelings for you,
but because of his brag
that no one takes
anything from him.
Was it one of your lies about
Dave shooting my father?
He tried to shoot
your father in the back.
( bullet ricochets)
That's the way he works.
If there's a way to crawl
around to a man's back,
he finds it.
No, you're wrong. He loves me.
He doesn't know you
forced me to ride away,
and I'm going to tell him.
( bullet ricochets)
He was aiming at me.
You want to prove
that, just straighten up.
Don't. He'll kill you.
Nancy, what I said
about him is true.
He'll never face up to a fight.
He'll stay under cover.
( bullet ricochets)
You're welcome to try.
( scuffling) Now wait a minute.
I don't want to go in there.
$1,000 delivered and breathing.
Yeah, but not for long.
Now wait a minute.
I've got a right to a hearing.
Shut up, you!
Why you...
I didn't agree to become
an accessory to murder.
There's a warrant out
for this bushwhacker,
and you're going to
let the law take him.
I am paying for
him, and he's mine.
Only as a son-in-law.
And the hangman will
arrange a quick divorce.
Now listen...
Reed, you vindictive old goat,
your daughter's
outside waiting for you.
Nancy?
Look at me, girl.
Don't grab me like I'm
some puny little babe.
I can take of myself.
How are you, Dad?
How do you feel?
How do you think I feel?
With a daughter that
hasn't got any more sense
than to stay out here in the sun
when-when she's
got a house to go into.
Go on up to your room.
Get washed up.
You look like you've
been in a stampede.
( sobbing)
( panting)
How does a man throw
away the most valuable thing
he'll ever own?
I'll never understand that.
Well, Dave, the marshal
is waiting for you.
Let's travel.
Then it's the
Golden Gate for me,
and I wonder what kind for you.
Welcome home, Mr. Paladin.
Thank you, Patrick.
It's nice to be home.
I'll send Hey Boy
out for the luggage.
Thank you, sir.
( classical music plays)
Oh, Mr. Paladin. I'm
so happy to see you.
Hello, Hey Boy.
You have good business trip?
Hey Boy, this business
was a pleasure.
Hey, boy, two fresh decks of
cards, Room 204, right away?
Right away.
Game, Hey Boy?
Big game, lots of money.
Do the other players
happen to know
who that gentleman is?
Oh, him? Him lose all
the time, Mr. Paladin.
He always does.
Until he switches
to his own deck.
I think I'll sit in that game,
Hey Boy, just for relaxation.
My luggage is outside.
( whispering)
( giggling)
♪ "Have gun, will travel,"
reads the card of a man ♪
♪ A knight without
armor in a savage land ♪
♪ His fast gun for hire,
heeds the calling wind ♪
♪ A soldier of fortune, is
a man called Pal-a-din ♪
♪ Paladin, Paladin,
where do you roam? ♪
a look at this gun.
The balance is excellent.
This trigger responds to
a pressure of one ounce.
This gun was handcrafted
to my specifications,
and I rarely draw it
unless I mean to use it.
( laughing)
Thank you, Mr. Paladin.
Your pen, Mr. Paladin.
Thank you, Hey Boy.
"Rancher invades Mexico.
"Pursues eloper's attempt
to assault on Perdido.
"Jesse Reed, prominent
cattleman of this territory
"took fast action
"when his daughter Nancy
ran off with Dave Enderby
"for whom the US Marshal
holds a murder warrant.
"Mr. Reed led 26 of his
ranch hands against Perdido,
"a notorious outlaw
refuge in the Sierra Grandes
"where the young couple
are believed to have fled.
The toll: 21 dead, three
wounded, including Mr. Reed."
Jesse Reed.
Portalis...
New Mexico.
( knocking)
Gotch!
( knocking)
Gotch!
Oh! Never around
when I want him.
What can I do for you?
My name's Paladin.
I got your wire.
What do you plan, Mister?
Your name Jesse Reed?
Yeah.
And what about it?
You and 26 of your
men tried to take the town
of Perdido in Mexico.
Only six of you came back
and not in very
good shape, either.
I sent a card offering my gun;
you wired acceptance.
Where do you get
all this knowledge?
In the newspapers
in San Francisco.
Well, you better go
back to San Francisco
and read some more papers.
I never sent you no wire.
You didn't send me...
Well, howdy, Mister.
Gotch is the name.
Never mind all of
your sociability, Gotch.
Show the well-dressed
fella to the door.
Now, that ain't being
very hospitable, Jesse.
I don't need to be hospitable.
Man claims I sent him a wire.
He just ain't telling the truth.
Well, I sent the wire, Jesse.
What?!
Well, who asked you?
What's going on here?
Who are you?
Oh. A fast gun, huh?
Fast enough.
And what do you think
you can do for me?
Well, Dave Enderby ran
off with your daughter,
shot you in the leg and
ambushed 21 of your men.
I guess you'd like to see him.
If I couldn't bring him
back here with 26 men,
just how do you think you can
bring him back here alone?
The Greek Phalanx was
developed out of a specific need.
They fought shoulder to
shoulder on small battlefields
and they were
considered invincible.
Then the Mastadonians
hit them with cavalry
and that was the
end of the Phalanx.
There are all sorts
of tactics, Mr. Reed.
Ex-army officer, huh?
Among other things.
West Point, sounds like.
Let's stay with your problem.
I know the breed.
He can't work, can't sleep,
got to have action
and money.
And that brings me to my fee.
I am not paying anything.
I didn't ask you,
and I'm not paying.
You're paying for Dave Enderby
delivered and breathing.
And when I deliver him,
that will come to $1,000.
That big black gun
of yours comes high.
Let's have a look at it.
( chuckling)
( laughing)
What do you think of that?
I asked a man for his gun,
and he hands it to me.
Why, you
overdressed tin soldier,
you have about as much chance
against Enderby
as a ribbon clerk.
( laughing)
I'll have my gun now, Mr. Reed.
I don't think you got a
very good look at this gun
while you had it.
The balance is perfect.
This trigger responds to
a pressure of one ounce.
If you look carefully
in the barrel
you'll see the lines of rifling.
It's a rarity in a hand weapon.
This gun was handcrafted
to my specifications,
and I rarely draw it
unless I mean to use it.
Would you care
for a demonstration?
Are them your working clothes?
They have been.
All right, Mister, you've
got yourself a job.
Which way is Perdido?
I can tell you how
to get in there.
It's the getting out
that's dangerous.
Thank you. Which way's the road?
You go west from Portalis
until you get to Twin Peaks.
Then head dead south...
through the brush country
about a half-day's ride from here.
The Rio Grande...
She's running pretty
low at this time of year.
You won't have
much trouble crossing.
You're not deep enough
into Mexico until you can see
the Sierra Grande Mountains.
A half-day's ride will
bring you to the foothills.
The only way up to Perdido
is through the passes.
That's where I left 21 good men.
Just remember this.
They say a lone rider
can get into Perdido,
but the main trick
is the getting out.
( metallic ringing)
Buenos dias, amigo.
There's a man
called Dave Enderby.
Señor Enderby. My friend.
My heart longs to see him.
When two friends meet,
there is much to talk about.
Is he alone?
Señor, it is not permitted
to quarrel in Perdido,
even among good friends.
One comes to Perdido to rest
and be safe.
I'll ask for it later.
I will pay for water
at the price of tequila.
( groaning)
If that were a man's neck
you would have
missed him a mile.
I don't miss when it's a man.
Oh, yeah? Double the bet?
Why not?
Oh, too bad.
Can't ever beat that.
Now, ain't that a crying shame?
Hey.
This time I'll use your knife.
Now I ask you, stranger.
Ain't that a mean, dirty trick?
Take another man's knife?
I don't know the
rules in this town.
It's a dirty trick in
any town, ain't it?
Hand it over.
You can use my knife.
Hand it over.
Señor!
There is one law in Perdido.
We do not fight with each other.
Well, I want to thank you
for reminding me of that.
We're just having
a little fun here,
and, well, I ain't going
to be the one to spoil it.
Go ahead. Try it.
Señor!
I don't mind giving stuff away,
but nobody takes
anything from me.
You savvy?
I tell you, stranger.
Don't ever get mixed up
with that Dave Enderby.
Dave? I've come looking for you.
He likes his little jokes.
He's Enderby.
Señor!
Get out of here!
I hear another flat out of you
I'll poison you in
your own liquor.
Now, you were looking for me?
That's right.
I'm going to take you
back across the border.
Oh? You forgot something.
Uh, well, if I need
one, I'll find it.
( laughing)
Who sent you anyway?
Jesse Reed. He wants you alive.
How do you figure on
getting me out of Perdido?
A lot of sentries out there.
You don't suppose
this village is sick
enough of you by now
to want you to go?
Uh-uh, it'd be bad
for future business.
What's your name anyway?
Paladin.
Paladin, huh?
You know, you're more fun
than old man Reed
and his whole army.
Come on along with me.
Nancy'd get a big
boot out of you.
Thank you.
I'd like very much
to meet the young
lady that caused all this.
After you, Mr. Paladin.
Ay, Señor O'Brien. Cómo ésta?
Muy bien, amigo.
Is that one a friend of yours?
This is Mr. Paladin.
He's come to take me
back to Jesse Reed...
( laughs)
he says. ( chuckles)
The tools of a craftsman, señor.
Very excellent.
His?
You should not leave weapons
in the serape of a poor
sleeping man, señor.
He might have bad dreams.
I was very careless.
Fortunately, we are not.
Oh, meet Señor O'Brien.
He's the alcalde
here, our mayor.
An interesting
village, Señor Alcalde.
Our soil is poor.
All we have to
offer is hospitality,
for those who need it.
Or so long as their
money holds out.
It's a poor business, señor,
that does not show a profit.
Oh. I must tell
you about our bell.
If it should ring when
one leaves here,
that one is always met
in the pass.
Looks like a church bell.
It was.
But we did not need the church.
( chuckling)
It's a very fine bell.
So stay with us and
be comfortable, señor.
And when you leave...
Leave? He doesn't have to leave.
I like him.
That is your business, señor.
My business is to keep Perdido
prosperous and peaceful.
Hasta luego.
Good-bye, señor.
I hope the bell
does not ring for you.
You must be very happy
here, Mrs. Enderby.
Tell him, honey.
I have the right to
follow my husband.
I'd like to think he'd
follow you just as quick.
What happens is nobody
is going anywhere right now.
Dad wasn't completely
honest with you, I'm afraid.
All he wanted, I guess,
was to set you against Dave.
I don't suppose he told you
that every time Dave fought,
he was forced into it.
That's the gospel.
The Gospel by Saint Enderby.
English bone china.
Beautiful. We had this at
home when I was a boy.
And your silverware
is very handsome too.
It all came with the house.
Dave wanted me to have the best.
Dad wouldn't even understand
what made one thing
better than another.
No, I guess he's just
a good judge of men.
He's raking me with them
spurs again, honey. See?
You think you're going
to get me to go back?
Honey, he came for me.
Your daddy don't even
want to see you again.
He said so.
( sighs)
It's true. He won't ever
want to see me again.
How do you know?
She knows her old man.
He's got a hide
thicker than an alligator.
You managed to put a bullet
into that hide.
Don't you believe it.
I told our boys to leave
your daddy be, and they did.
I saw him ride away
with my own eyes,
without a scratch.
Your dad saw Dave
try to bushwhack him.
Don't that prove he'd
say anything to split us?
I guess you got a
real problem, Nancy.
Who's the liar? Your
husband or your father?
Dave is wild, but he's
no outlaw murderer.
He wouldn't shoot my father
any more than he would me.
If I did half the
things folks said,
then I'd be dancing
at rope's end long ago.
There's still time.
Nancy, will you go in the house
and get me that old bottle
of wine we've been saving?
He's trying to make you
fight, Dave. Don't let him.
Go in the house
and get me that wine.
You have to fight, Dave.
Or come back with me.
You've got both my guns.
I give you my word
I haven't another.
Now let's see you fight.
You're a miserable, slimy,
yellow, scrawny coward,
who bushwhacks men or stabs
or shoots them in the back.
If you had any
stomach for fighting,
you'd have finished
that boy at the cantina.
You'd have finished me.
But you couldn't because
we were face-to-face with you.
You're about as much
man as a wood louse.
( groans)
I'm taking you home.
I wish he had killed you.
We'll talk about
that on the way.
You're crazy to think I'll go.
You'd rather stay here with him?
Yes.
Then I'll have to finish him.
You wouldn't!
Self-defense, that's
what he'd say in my place.
No. Please.
I'll do anything you ask.
Will you go back with me?
Yes.
Give me your word: no trouble.
No trouble.
All right. We've got
a long way to go.
Come on.
Buenos días, señora.
You've completed your business
in Perdido, Señor Paladin?
I had bad luck.
I came after Dave
Enderby, and he's still there.
I see you changed
your gun, señor.
A sign of friendship, perhaps?
Possibly.
Anyway, I've put myself
in Mrs. Enderby's hands.
It's all right.
I'm going to ride to the foot
of the pass with Mr. Paladin.
Then it is good-bye
to you, señor.
Perhaps we'll meet
again someday.
In Perdido?
I would like it
to be in Perdido.
( bell ringing in distance)
Hah!
( bell continues ringing)
Sounds like Dave's on the way.
You'll be sorry you
ever saw us or Perdido.
Well, we'll have to
ride fast to stay ahead.
It's hot.
It's cooler near the Rio,
Nancy. Let's get to it.
( sighs)
We going to ride all night?
The idea is to
lose Dave, isn't it?
Let's go on.
Aren't we ever going to rest?
I guess we can now.
He'll be catching
up to us about now.
Between the two of us,
we left a clear enough
trail for him to follow.
Between the two...?
If the trail was any longer,
you'd have a real
problem in modesty.
And he'll come after you.
Not out of any feelings for you,
but because of his brag
that no one takes
anything from him.
Was it one of your lies about
Dave shooting my father?
He tried to shoot
your father in the back.
( bullet ricochets)
That's the way he works.
If there's a way to crawl
around to a man's back,
he finds it.
No, you're wrong. He loves me.
He doesn't know you
forced me to ride away,
and I'm going to tell him.
( bullet ricochets)
He was aiming at me.
You want to prove
that, just straighten up.
Don't. He'll kill you.
Nancy, what I said
about him is true.
He'll never face up to a fight.
He'll stay under cover.
( bullet ricochets)
You're welcome to try.
( scuffling) Now wait a minute.
I don't want to go in there.
$1,000 delivered and breathing.
Yeah, but not for long.
Now wait a minute.
I've got a right to a hearing.
Shut up, you!
Why you...
I didn't agree to become
an accessory to murder.
There's a warrant out
for this bushwhacker,
and you're going to
let the law take him.
I am paying for
him, and he's mine.
Only as a son-in-law.
And the hangman will
arrange a quick divorce.
Now listen...
Reed, you vindictive old goat,
your daughter's
outside waiting for you.
Nancy?
Look at me, girl.
Don't grab me like I'm
some puny little babe.
I can take of myself.
How are you, Dad?
How do you feel?
How do you think I feel?
With a daughter that
hasn't got any more sense
than to stay out here in the sun
when-when she's
got a house to go into.
Go on up to your room.
Get washed up.
You look like you've
been in a stampede.
( sobbing)
( panting)
How does a man throw
away the most valuable thing
he'll ever own?
I'll never understand that.
Well, Dave, the marshal
is waiting for you.
Let's travel.
Then it's the
Golden Gate for me,
and I wonder what kind for you.
Welcome home, Mr. Paladin.
Thank you, Patrick.
It's nice to be home.
I'll send Hey Boy
out for the luggage.
Thank you, sir.
( classical music plays)
Oh, Mr. Paladin. I'm
so happy to see you.
Hello, Hey Boy.
You have good business trip?
Hey Boy, this business
was a pleasure.
Hey, boy, two fresh decks of
cards, Room 204, right away?
Right away.
Game, Hey Boy?
Big game, lots of money.
Do the other players
happen to know
who that gentleman is?
Oh, him? Him lose all
the time, Mr. Paladin.
He always does.
Until he switches
to his own deck.
I think I'll sit in that game,
Hey Boy, just for relaxation.
My luggage is outside.
( whispering)
( giggling)
♪ "Have gun, will travel,"
reads the card of a man ♪
♪ A knight without
armor in a savage land ♪
♪ His fast gun for hire,
heeds the calling wind ♪
♪ A soldier of fortune, is
a man called Pal-a-din ♪
♪ Paladin, Paladin,
where do you roam? ♪