Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 1, Episode 21 - The Bostonian - full transcript

[GUN COCKING]

I CAN STOP THIS BRUTALITY,
I CAN STOP IT RIGHT NOW.

BUT IF I DO, HE WON'T
BE WORTH ANYTHING

TO YOU OR HIMSELF
FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

[MEN LAUGHING]

BEANBAG. YOU'RE IT, ANDY.

STOP THAT!

STOP THAT AT ONCE!

NOW YOU'RE IT, HENRY!

[LOUD LAUGHTER]

HEY, MARTIN! FRESH
FRUIT FOR EVERYONE!



[GUNSHOT]

PARTY'S OVER, GENTLEMEN.
TIME FOR EVERYBODY TO LEAVE.

WHAT BUSINESS IS IT OF YOURS?

HENRY'S AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE.

FRIEND OF YOURS?

THAT'S RIGHT, WE ONCE
HAD THE SAME TAILOR.

NOW ARE YOU LEAVING,

OR WOULD YOU LIKE
TO TRY ANOTHER APPLE?

THANK YOU.

WHAT DID YOU MEAN
ABOUT MY TAILOR?

IT IS BROOKS BROTHERS, ISN'T IT?

YES.

IN MY YOUTH, I WAS THE
BEST DRESSED BOUNCER

IN SCULLY SQUARE.



SCULLY? REMARKABLE.

I'M SURPRISED YOU RECOGNIZE IT.

I WOULD HAVE PLACED YOU IN
THE AREA OF BACK BAY STATION.

YOU'D BE RIGHT. THE
ANCESTRAL HOME IS THERE.

I'VE TRAVELED
AROUND A BIT IN SCULLY.

RUDIELLA'S, KELLY'S, MONAHAN'S.

I'M DELIGHTED TO HAVE
RECOGNIZED A FRIEND.

I'M SURPRISED YOU COULD
REGOGNIZE ANYTHING

UNDER THIS DISGUISE.

I MUST LOOK LIKE A SCULPTURE
OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

THIS SORT OF THING HAPPEN OFTEN?

ONLY AS OFTEN AS I COME TO TOWN.

AND YOU KEEP COMING? I HAVE TO.

NOT THAT I'M ESPECIALLY BRAVE.

MY WIFE AND I HAVE TO EAT.

WHY DON'T YOU GO BACK TO BOSTON?

I'VE BEEN EXILED BY MY FAMILY.

I COMMITTED A VERY GREAT CRIME.

THEY'VE NEVER FORGIVEN ME.

WELL HENRY, I'M VERY
HAPPY TO HAVE MET YOU.

GIVE MY REGARDS TO MRS...

I DON'T EVEN KNOW
YOUR LAST NAME.

HERE'S MY CARD.

DO VISIT US IF YOU'RE
GOING TO BE HERE AWHILE.

WE'D BE DELIGHTED
TO HAVE YOU ANYTIME.

HENRY PRINCE, LONG VALLEY RANCH.

THAT'S RIGHT, JUST FOLLOW
THE ROAD WEST OUT OF TOWN.

SINCE WE'RE EXCHANGING CARDS...

YOU ARE...

A BUSINESSMAN, HENRY. I SEE.

DOES IT MEAN WHEN YOU HELPED ME,

YOU WERE PASSING OUT
A SAMPLE OF YOUR WORK?

NO.

I HELPED YOU BECAUSE YOU
WERE BADLY OUTNUMBERED.

AND BECAUSE WE ONCE
HAD THE SAME TAILOR.

GOOD.

DO COME AND VISIT
US. THANK YOU, I WILL.

WHAT WAS THE GRAVE
CRIME YOU COMMITTED?

I MARRIED AN ACTRESS
FROM THE BRATTLE THEATRE.

A LOVELY GIRL, I
THINK YOU'D LIKE HER.

[DOG BARKING]

GOTTA MATCH?

I THINK SO.

HERE, TRY ONE OF MINE.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S A GOOD CIGAR.
ANYTHING GO WITH IT?

JUST A LITTLE ADVICE.

I WATCHED YOU BREAK UP THAT
CELEBRATION AROUND HENRY.

THAT WAS A BIG-HEARTED
THING TO DO. OH?

BUT SOME FOLKS AROUND HERE
AREN'T GOING TO UNDERSTAND.

BUT YOU DO?

SURE I DO. I'D HAVE
DONE THE SAME THING

IF I'D JUST RIDDEN UP.

BUT YOU CAN'T KNOW
THE WHOLE STORY,

FROM THE WAY THINGS LOOK ON TOP.

SUPPOSE THERE WAS A REASON
FOR WHAT YOU SAW GOING ON.

I'LL SUPPOSE THAT.

SUPPOSE YOU'D WORKED
HARD ALL YOUR LIFE RANCHIN'.

AND YOU HAD YOUR
EYE ON A LITTLE PLACE,

THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS
THE ONLY THING YOU WANTED.

AND SUPPOSE THIS
PLACE CAME UP FOR SALE.

AND I'LL SUPPOSE THAT.

SUPPOSE SOME LITTLE FELLA
CAME OUT FROM THE EAST.

KNEW NOTHING ABOUT RANCHIN',
NOTHING BUT A LOT OF MONEY.

AND HE BOUGHT THIS
PLACE OUT FROM UNDER YOU,

BY OFFERING TWICE
WHAT IT WAS WORTH.

WOULDN'T YOU GET MAD?

I SUPPOSE I WOULD.

NOW YOU TAKE BILL WHITNEY.

THE FELLA YOU SHOT THE
APPLE OUT OF HIS HAND.

HE'S A TOUGH CUSTOMER.

HE DON'T FORGET
THINGS LIKE THAT. OH?

IF I KNOW BILL WHITNEY,
HE'S IN THE SALOON BEHIND US,

LOOKING DOWN YOUR NECK.

BILL WHITNEY...

IS HE THE RANCHER THAT
LOST THE PLACE HE WANTED?

NO, I AM.

WHITNEY'S MY FOREMAN.

AND IF I JUST RAISE MY HAND,
HE'LL BLOW YOUR HEAD OFF.

NOW I ADVISE YOU TO
GET ON THAT 2:00 STAGE.

I SEE.

NOW COULD WE DO A
LITTLE MORE SUPPOSING?

GO AHEAD.

SUPPOSE YOU STARTED
TO RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S POSSIBLE.

AND SUPPOSE THIS
DERRINGER WENT OFF.

YOU MIGHT BE INJURED,
QUITE SEVERELY.

LOOKS LIKE I WASTED
A GOOD CIGAR,

AND SOME GOOD ADVICE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CALL IT A STALEMATE?

GO BACK TO THE RANCH,
WHIT. TAKE THE BOYS WITH YOU.

I'M GONNA RUN HENRY
PRINCE OFF THAT RANCH.

I SUPPOSE THAT MEANS
I'LL SEE MORE OF YOU.

I SUPPOSE SO.

JUST BECAUSE WE
LIVE AMONG SAVAGES,

DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE
TO ADOPT THEIR MORALS.

I'M SO TIRED OF BEING BEATEN
UP AND BULLIED BY BRYANT'S MEN.

THAT YOU'D HIRE
SOMEONE TO KILL BRYANT.

OF COURSE NOT. I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY I EVEN
CONSIDERED IT FOR A MINUTE.

I KNOW THIS HASN'T
BEEN EASY FOR YOU.

YOU'RE THE ONE WHO HAS TO
TAKE THE PUNISHMENT, NOT ME.

IT'S ALL RIGHT. BRUISES HEAL.

[FOOTSTEPS AND KNOCK]

HOW DO YOU DO, MRS. PRINCE?

HOW DO YOU DO?

DO I KNOW YOU?

I DON'T BELIEVE
SO, BUT I KNOW YOU.

I ONCE HAD THE
PRIVILEGE OF WITNESSING

YOUR PERFORMANCE AS
OPHELIA IN THE BRATTLE THEATRE.

OPHELIA.

THAT'S LONGER AGO
THAN I CARE TO REMEMBER.

WON'T YOU COME IN, MR...

PALADIN.

PALADIN.

HOW COULD YOU
POSSIBLY KNOW ANYTHING

ABOUT THE BRATTLE THEATRE?

I COME FROM A VERY LARGE FAMILY.

MY RELATIVES AND
FRIENDS SEEM TO CONTROL

THE SOCIAL LIFE IN
EVERY CITY IN THE EAST.

THEY REGARDED ME AS BEING
SLIGHTLY LESS THAN TYPHOID.

ANYWAY, WE DECIDED
TO COME OUT WEST,

AND WE BOUGHT THIS RANCH.

WE HAD NO IDEA THAT
BRYANT EVEN WANTED IT.

WOULD YOU LIKE
SOME COFFEE? PLEASE.

WE CAN'T FIND ANY FRIENDS,
WE CAN'T EVEN HIRE HELP.

I HAVE 500 HEAD OF YOUNG
CATTLE ARRIVING SOON,

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M
GOING TO LOOK AFTER THEM.

YOU HAVE ANY CREW AT ALL?

I HAVE ONE MEXICAN HAND.

GUILLERMO, HE'S OUT
MENDING THE FENCE FOR ME.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE
THE JOB AS MY FOREMAN?

YOU CAN NAME YOUR OWN PRICE.

I'M SORRY, THAT'S NOT
EXACTLY IN MY LINE.

I'M NOT A RANCHER,
I'M A BUSINESSMAN.

STRANGE KIND OF
BUSINESS, MR. PALADIN.

WE MAY HAVE OUR TROUBLES,

BUT WE DON'T SANCTION KILLING.

WELL, I DON'T CARE
MUCH FOR IT EITHER.

I TRY TO AVOID IT
WHENEVER POSSIBLE,

BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THAT RISK.

WE'D HAVE TO BE
PUSHED AWFULLY HARD

TO TAKE THAT RISK.

[HOOFBEATS]

GET OVER BY THE FIREPLACE.

[SHOUTS AND YELLS]

IT'S GUILLERMO. WHAT'S
HAPPENED TO HIM?

HE'S BEEN TARRED AND FEATHERED.

HENRY...

[MOANING]

I THINK WE SUDDENLY NEED
SOMEONE IN YOUR BUSINESS.

YOU'RE HIRED, MR. PALADIN.

YOU SUPPOSE I'LL EVER
BE ABLE TO DO THAT?

HENRY, ANYONE CAN
LEARN TO SHOOT COINS.

A MAN'S HEART IS LARGER
BUT IT'S A DIFFICULT TARGET.

WHY SO?

IT TAKES NERVE TO DRAW
ON ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.

NO OFFENSE, BUT I
DOUBT THAT YOU HAVE IT.

ALL YOUR TRAINING AND
BACKGROUND ARE AGAINST YOU.

GLORIA AND I HAVE
DECIDED I MUST LEARN.

WE'VE NO CHOICE.

ALL RIGHT.

TRY THIS FOR A STARTER.

HANG YOUR COAT UP.

ANYTIME YOU'RE READY.

[COCKING GUN]

[FIRING GUN]

THIS IS A NEW GUN.

MAYBE THE SIGHTS ARE SET WRONG.

OH?

GUESS MY SIGHTS ARE SET WRONG.

WELL, I'VE GOT TO LEARN. I MUST.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL
TRY ANOTHER LESSON.

NOW I WANT YOU TO DRAW ON ME.

DRAW AND FIRE. COME ON, HENRY!

NO TIME TO THINK! DRAW, FIRE!

NOW...

HOW MANY CHANCES
DID I HAVE TO KILL YOU?

THREE. MORE, THAT
GUN'S NOT EVEN LOADED.

PULL THE TRIGGER.

[CLICKING]

YOU MUST ALWAYS
COUNT YOUR SHOTS.

I HAVE A GREAT DEAL TO LEARN.

I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE
TIME TO LEARN IT ALL.

HENRY!

HENRY... MR. PALADIN...

GUILLERMO'S AWAKE.
HE SAID HE OVERHEARD

BRYANT'S MEN SAYING THEY
WERE GOING TO BURN OUR PASTURE.

WHEN? HE THINKS TONIGHT.

THEY'RE HERE.

HENRY...

YOU AND GUILLERMO GO THAT WAY.

COVER THEM.

DROP THAT AND
YOU'RE DEAD, BRYANT.

BLOW IT OUT!

HENRY...

GUILLERMO, MOVE IN!

RUN FOR IT! GET OUT, QUICK!

WAIT FOR ME!

[DISTANT SHOUTS]

ARE THEY...

BOTH DEAD.

MY FAULT.

ALL MY FAULT.

IT'S ALL MY FAULT.

NO IT ISN'T, HENRY.
WHATEVER FAULT THERE IS

MUST BE SHARED BY
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

YOU, BRYANT, BRYANT'S MEN, ME.

IT'S MY FAULT GUILLERMO'S DEAD.

I COULD HAVE KILLED BRYANT'S MAN

BEFORE HE EVEN LIFTED HIS GUN.

I COULDN'T PULL THE TRIGGER.

WELL, I'M NOT SURPRISED.
BEFORE YOU CAME WEST,

THE MOST VIOLENT THING
YOU'D EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN

WAS A PILLOW FIGHT IN
A HARVARD DORMITORY.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT WORLD.

ARE YOU SAYING WE DON'T
BELONG HERE, MR. PALADIN?

NO, MRS. PRINCE. I'M
SAYING YOU BOTH HAVE

A VERY PAINFUL
ADJUSTMENT TO MAKE.

WELL, IT'S TRUE. WE
DON'T BELONG HERE.

I DON'T WANT TO KILL. I
DON'T WANT TO BE KILLED.

I'VE HAD ENOUGH.

NOW HENRY, DON'T GET UPSET.

EVERY TIME I GO TO
TOWN, I GET RUN OUT.

I'M EXPECTING 500
HEAD OF CATTLE,

AND I CAN'T EVEN HIRE A MAN.

I'M FACING ARSONISTS
AND GUNFIGHTERS.

NO, I'VE HAD ENOUGH.

I'LL SELL OUT TO BRYANT
FOR ANYTHING HE OFFERS.

HENRY, I'M NOT GOING
TO RUN ANYMORE.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO?

WE'VE BEEN RUNNING EVER
SINCE WE WERE MARRIED.

NO MORE.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

IN THE EAST, IT WAS
JUST UNPLEASANT.

OUT HERE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!
I CAN'T BE WHAT I'M NOT!

AND I'M NOT A GUNFIGHTER.

IT'S YOUR CHOICE TO MAKE, HENRY.

IF YOU GIVE IN TO BRYANT...

I'LL LEAVE YOU FOREVER.

PERHAPS I'D RATHER
BE A LIVE BACHELOR,

THAN A DEAD HUSBAND.

[VOICES AND CATTLE]

WHAT'S THAT?

LOOKS LIKE 500 HEAD
OF CATTLE ARRIVING.

GLORIA...

LOOKS LIKE TOMORROW'S
GOING TO BE A BUSY DAY.

[PALADIN:] MY ADVICE IS TO PUT
THEM IN THE LOWER PASTURE LAND.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL HAVE
TO RIDE THE FENCE,

TO BE SURE BRYANT'S
MEN HAVEN'T CUT IT.

THE NEXT JOB YOU'LL HAVE

WILL BE FINDING MEN
TO RIDE HERD ON THEM.

[SHOUTS AND GUNFIRE]

THOSE ARE BRYANT'S MEN.

[GUNFIRE]

WE'LL HAVE TO STOP THEM.
IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT.

ALL WE CAN DO IS GET
AHEAD OF THE HERD,

AND TURN THEM WHEN THEY TIRE.

[CATTLE LOWING]

[SHOUTING]

[SHOUTING AT CATTLE]

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
DO ABOUT THIS, MR. PALADIN?

WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST I
DO? WE GOT THE CATTLE BACK.

I SUGGEST THAT YOU RETALIATE.

HOW ELSE ARE WE
GOING TO STOP THEM?

YOU'RE A BEAUTIFUL
WOMAN, MRS. PRINCE.

A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, AND
A VERY TALENTED ACTRESS.

BUT YOU'RE ALSO A
VERY DEMANDING WIFE.

YOU DON'T LIKE VIOLENCE.

BUT YOU DON'T LIKE TO GIVE IN.

YOU WANT TO FIGHT,

BUT YOU DON'T WANT
ANYONE TO BE HURT.

IS THAT ALL?

YOU MARRIED HENRY BECAUSE
HE WAS CULTURED AND CHARMING.

AND NOW YOU'RE
IMPATIENT WITH HIM,

BECAUSE HE CAN'T BE
HARD AND RUTHLESS.

YOU DON'T WANT
HIM TO BE LIKE ME.

YOU WANT TO USE ME,

YET YOU HAVE NO RESPECT
FOR MY PROFESSION.

YOU'RE A VERY DIFFICULT
WOMAN TO PLEASE.

THE ISSUE IS, MR. PALADIN,
THAT A BAND OF RUFFIANS

ARE TORMENTING US
IMMORALLY AND ILLEGALLY.

WE HAVE ENGAGED
YOU TO PROTECT US.

INSTEAD YOU EVADE
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY

BY CRITICIZING US.

BY MAKING US THINK
THAT WE ARE WRONG.

RIGHT AND WRONG ARE
NOT THAT EASY TO DECIDE.

YOU BOUGHT THIS LAND OUT,

FROM PEOPLE WHO BLED
AND SWEAT AND DIED FOR IT.

YOU DID NOT TAKE THOSE
PEOPLE INTO CONSIDERATION.

YOU LAID DOWN YOUR
INHERITED MONEY,

MOVED IN AND
EXPECTED THEM TO LIKE IT.

YOU'LL HAVE TO
LOOK A LITTLE DEEPER

FOR RIGHT AND WRONG HERE.

HENRY, DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS?

WHY DON'T YOU
CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY

THAT MR. PALADIN IS RIGHT?

[DOOR SLAMMING]

DO YOU REALLY
THINK SHE'S LEAVING?

THAT SOUNDED LIKE IT.

I LOVE HER VERY MUCH, YOU KNOW.

I'D DO ANYTHING TO
KEEP FROM LOSING HER.

LET HER GO INTO TOWN TONIGHT,
SHE CAN STAY IN THE HOTEL.

SHOULDN'T I TRY TO STOP HER?

SHE CAN'T GET A STAGE OUT
'TIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

BY THEN, SHE'LL HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO REALIZE

THAT IF SHE LEAVES,
SHE'LL MISS YOU.

NOW WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?

NOW YOU HIRE A CREW TO
TAKE CARE OF YOUR HERD.

TOMORROW PUT A NOTICE UP
IN TOWN, OFFERING TO HIRE MEN

AT A HIGHER WAGE
THAN BRYANT'S PAYING.

BRYANT WON'T LIKE
THAT. NO, HE WON'T.

BUT YOU'RE GOING
TO PUT THE NOTICE UP,

AND YOU'RE GOING TO
KEEP IT UP, JUST THE SAME.

WHAT YOU SAID TO GLORIA
ABOUT MY OPPONENTS...

I NEVER REALIZED THEY HAD
SO MUCH RIGHT ON THEIR SIDE.

THAT'S NOT AN UNUSUAL
CIRCUMSTANCE, HENRY.

THEY THINK YOU HAVE
NO RIGHT ON YOURS.

COULD YOU TELL ME PLEASE,

WHERE DOES THE STAGECOACH
LEAVE FOR THE EAST?

WHY SURE, HONEY. YOU
COME RIGHT ALONG WITH ME.

WE'LL FIND IT SOONER OR LATER.

TAKE YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF ME!

THERE'S GONNA BE TROUBLE
DOWN AT THE POST OFFICE.

BRYANT AND THAT LITTLE
FELLA FROM THE EAST.

[LAUGHTER]

MEN WANTED FOR
LONG VALLEY RANCH.

FOREMAN, $50 A MONTH.
COWHANDS, $35 A MONTH.

AWFUL HIGH WAGES.

YOU FIGURE TO STEAL MY CREW.

WHIT, TEAR IT DOWN.

HE AIN'T GONNA GET
NOBODY ANYHOW.

I SAID, TEAR IT DOWN!

[CROWD SHOUTING]

[MEN:] COME ON, COME ON!

ALL RIGHT, WHIT.
MAKE HIM REMEMBER!

FINISH HIM. HE'S HAD
ENOUGH, LET HIM ALONE!

YOU'RE FIRED!

ALL RIGHT, MR. BRYANT.

NOW YOU PUT IT UP.

PUT IT BACK UP!

I THINK IT'S TIME YOU
TWO GENTLEMEN MET

ON A MORE REASONABLE
BASIS. THIS IS MR. WHITNEY,

WHO I UNDERSTAND
IS LOOKING FOR A JOB.

THIS IS MR. PRINCE,

WHO I HEAR IS LOOKING
FOR A FOREMAN.

WE'RE INDEBTED TO YOU
FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE.

I HOPE THIS CHECK IS ADEQUATE.

I'M SURE IT'S MORE
THAN ADEQUATE.

GENTLEMEN...

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THERE IS ONE MORE
THING I CAN DO.

I'LL SEE THAT YOU'RE NOT BARRED
FROM THE STOCK EXCHANGE CLUB.

DON'T BOTHER, HENRY.
I'M THE PRESIDENT

OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER.