Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 1, Episode 27 - The Teacher - full transcript

[GUN COCKING]

GO ON, BRECK. START.

YOU'VE GOT TWO HANDS,
ONE OF THEM HOLDING A GUN

AND YOU'RE STANDING
ON YOUR OWN TWO FEET.

WHAT DO YOU WANT? AN EDGE?

THAT'LL BE $16.22.

I WONDER IF I COULD INTEREST YOU
IN A NEW PRODUCT THAT JUST CAME IN.

IT'S CALLED "SOAP".

YOU TRYIN' TO MAKE ME
LOOK THE FOOL, MR. CALDWELL?

WHY NO, MR. WEAVER.

I JUST THOUGHT YOU
MIGHT FIND A USE FOR IT.



[LAUGHING]

THOSE IGNORANT FOOLS.

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

I WANT SOME BREAKFAST.

AND A BOX OF .45'S. YES, SIR.

YOU VISITING AROUND HERE?

JUST PASSING THROUGH
ON MY WAY HOME.

I HAVE SOME BUSINESS UP NORTH.

MUST'VE BEEN PRETTY
NOISY BUSINESS.

[BELLS ON DOOR JINGLE]

[CHILDREN LAUGHING]

WASN'T THAT A SCHOOL BELL, MISS?

BECKY AIN'T GOING
TO THAT SCHOOL.

NOT 'TIL THAT
SCHOOLTEACHER GETS OUT.



OH? WHAT'D SHE DO?

HAVE YOU HEARD OF A MAN
CALLED JACKSON BRECK?

TEXAS? TRYING TO BEAT THE
FEDS DOWN THERE AFTER THE WAR?

THAT'S THE ONE.

HE WAS DRIVING HIS
HERD UP TO WICHITA,

PASSING THROUGH HERE.

HE HEARD WHAT MARLEE STANTON
WAS TEACHING ABOUT THE WAR.

HOW DID SHE PUT IT?

QUANTRILL AND HIS GUERRILLAS,

MISS STANTON SAYS THEY WERE LITTLE
MORE THAN THIEVES AND MURDERERS.

SO?

BRECK RODE WITH QUANTRILL.

HE WANTED HER TO RETRACT THAT.

SAID HE'D BE BACK,
BURN DOWN THE SCHOOL

AND RIDE HER RIGHT OUT
OF TOWN IF SHE DIDN'T.

HE'LL BE PASSING
THROUGH HERE ANY DAY.

I TAKE IT SHE HASN'T RETRACTED.

WHY DOES SHE HAVE TO
STIR UP A FUSS LIKE THAT?

SHE'S OBVIOUSLY JUST
TEACHING HISTORY.

MR. BRECK'S THE ONE
WHO'S STIRRING UP THE FUSS.

BUT SHE HAD TO GO AROUND
TEACHING THINGS THAT CAUSE TROUBLE.

ONE AND ONE MAKE TWO.

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? SURE, SURE.

ONE AND ONE MAKE FIVE.

WANNA ARGUE IT?

NO, NOT THAT WAY. YOU CAN SAY IT IF
YOU WANT. BUT WE BOTH KNOW BETTER.

YES, WE DO. DON'T WE?

WE ALSO BOTH KNOW THAT QUANTRILL
AND HIS MEN DID SOME BLOODY WORK.

IT'S HISTORY. WHY
SHOULDN'T IT BE TAUGHT?

SHE DON'T HAVE TO LIE ABOUT IT.

ALL SHE HAS TO DO IS SAY
NOTHING AT ALL ABOUT IT.

I DON'T LIKE THE NUMBER TWO. I
WANT YOUR TEACHER TO LEAVE IT OUT.

SHE'S GOT 1, 3, 4, 5, 6...
ALL THE OTHER NUMBERS.

BUT I WANT HER TO LEAVE
OUT TWO AND QUANTRILL

AND ANY OTHER FACT THAT
SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT LIKE.

BRECK AND HIS MEN MEAN TROUBLE.

AND MISS STANTON...
SHE'S THE ONE CAUSING IT.

OTHER THAN THAT,
IT'S A LOT OF TALK.

YES, IT IS. ISN'T IT?

IT'S ALL JUST TALK.

NOW WHERE IS THIS SCHOOL?

JUST PAST THE END OF
THE STREET. THE FLAGPOLE...

YOU BAITIN' ME, MISTER?
DID BRECK SEND YOU?

YOU THINK I'D RIDE A THOUSAND
MILES TO BURN DOWN A SCHOOLHOUSE?

RUN A WOMAN OVER THE LINE?

BECKY, THAT'S A VERY GOOD JOB.

I REALLY CAN'T SEE
WHERE YOU'VE MENDED IT.

WASN'T THAT A SCHOOL BELL?

YOU'LL BE LATE.

YEP.

DID YOU HAVE TO
RIDE FAR TO GET HERE?

ABOUT TEN MILES.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO MEET ON
THE TRAIL THAT YOU CARRY A RIFLE?

INDIANS. RABBITS.

[CHUCKLES]

GET OVER.

'MORNING. WHERE'S MISS STANTON?

THANK YOU.

YOU WISH TO SEE ME?

I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU ALONE.

MISS GRUBB, KINDLY COPY THIS
LESSON ON THE BLACKBOARD.

AND THE REST OF YOU,
READ PAGE 18 IN MCDUFFY.

I'LL COME STRAIGHT TO
THE POINT, MISS STANTON.

I DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN
TEACHING ABOUT THE JAYHAWKERS.

THE JAYHAWKERS?

THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI PATRIOTS

WHO ORGANIZED TO FIGHT FOR
THE UNION ALONG THE BORDER.

I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE BEEN
TEACHING THAT THEY COMMITTED

MANY REVENGEFUL,
VICIOUS, UNPRINCIPLED ACTS.

IS THAT TRUE?

THERE'S A MAN WHO DOESN'T WANT ME TO
TEACH ABOUT QUANTRILL AND HIS ATROCITIES.

NOW YOU DON'T WANT ME TO TEACH
ABOUT THE JAYHAWKER'S ATROCITIES

MERELY BECAUSE THEY
WERE ON THE UNION SIDE.

I WILL TEACH THE TRUTH AS IT IS.

NOT AS ANYONE
WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.

HM. GOOD FOR YOU.

WHAT?

I WAS MERELY TRYING TO BE CERTAIN YOU
WERE TELLING BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.

WHO ARE YOU?

HERE'S MY CARD.

WHO HAS HIRED YOU? AND FOR WHAT?

NO ONE'S HIRED ME. I
THOUGHT I'D HELP YOU.

HELP... YOU.

[GASP]

I'M TERRIBLY SORRY.

I'VE BEEN VERY FRIGHTENED.

JACKSON BRECK
AND ALL HIS GUNMEN,

AND NO ONE HERE BRAVE
ENOUGH TO STOP HIM.

HASN'T ANYONE IN THIS
TOWN TRIED TO SUPPORT YOU?

THERE USED TO BE
18 PUPILS IN THERE.

I'LL REST YOUR
MIND TO THIS EXTENT.

IF THIS MATTER IS TO
BE SETTLED BY GUNS,

YOU'LL HAVE AT LEAST
ONE ON YOUR SIDE.

I CAN'T PAY YOU.

WE'LL CALL THIS A CIVIC DUTY.

AS I TAKE THE TIME TO
VOTE OR SIT ON A JURY.

I THINK I'D BEST STAY HERE
UNTIL WE'VE SETTLED THIS.

DO YOU HAVE A COT I COULD
SET UP IN THE SCHOOL ROOM?

OF COURSE.

YOU LOOK VERY TIRED.

MAKE YOURSELF AT
HOME HERE. THANK YOU.

I MUST GET BACK TO MY CLASS.

[CLASS:] THREE MAKE NINE.

THREE TIMES FOUR MAKES
TWELVE. THREE TIMES...

DON'T STOP ALL THIS
EDUCATIN' ON ACCOUNT OF ME.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

MISTER BRECK AND HIS PARTY...

THEY'RE COMING
THROUGH HERE TOMORROW.

I RODE ON AHEAD TO SEE WHERE
THEY'RE GONNA MAKE THAT CAMP FIRE.

GET OUT OF HERE.

THIS HERE TEACHER OF YOURS...

DID SHE TELL YOU HOW
SHE LIED ABOUT QUANTRILL?

LEAVE THE CHILDREN ALONE.

THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS: I
HAVE NOT CHANGED HISTORY FOR YOU.

HAVEN'T YOU?

NOW LOOK WHAT I WENT AND DONE.

I MADE A MESS.

BUT YOU'LL CLEAN IT UP.

WELL, NOW.

AND WHO ARE YOU?

MY NAME IS PALADIN.

WHAT DO THEY CALL YOU
WHEN THEY'RE BEING POLITE?

COOLEY.

THAT'S A NAME YOU REMEMBER.

I DOUBT IT. WILL YOU
PICK UP THAT DESK?

I'M GOING NOW.

IN YOUR PLACE I'D TAKE BACK WHAT
I'VE BEEN SAYING ABOUT QUANTRILL.

PICK UP THE DESK.

YOU WANNA TRY AGAIN
WITH THAT OTHER GUN?

I'M GONNA BRING BACK MR. BRECK
AND A COUPLE OF MEN TO FINISH THIS JOB.

PICK UP THE DESK.

I GOT A BULLET IN MY ARM!

PICK IT UP!

PICK THE PAPERS UP.

[BELL CLANGING]

ALL RIGHT.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO OUR NEXT MEETING.

MISS STANTON...

I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND
THE NECESSITY FOR THIS.

I HOPE YOU CAN
EXPLAIN IT TO THEM.

I BELIEVE WE WERE UP
TO THREE TIMES FIVE.

THREE TIMES FIVE MAKES FIFTEEN.

[CLASS:] THREE TIMES
FIVE MAKES FIFTEEN.

THREE TIMES SIX MAKES EIGHTEEN.

[CLASS:] THREE TIMES
SIX MAKES EIGHTEEN.

THREE TIMES SEVEN
MAKES TWENTY-ONE.

THREE TIMES SEVEN
MAKES TWENTY-ONE.

THREE TIMES EIGHT
MAKES TWENTY-FOUR.

THREE TIMES EIGHT
MAKES TWENTY-FOUR.

THREE TIMES NINE...

AND SO ENDS PERHAPS MY
LAST DAY IN THIS SCHOOL.

TOMORROW MAY BRING SURPRISES.

TOMORROW WILL BRING JACKSON
BRECK AND MORE OF HIS GUNMEN.

MEN LIKE BRECK. THEY
ALWAYS RUN IN PACKS.

YOU BREAK ANY PIECE OFF THAT PACK
AND PURE YELLOW SHOWS THROUGH.

YOU CAN'T FIGHT THEM ALL ALONE.

I EXPECT TO HAVE HELP.

FROM WHOM? I WANT YOU TO GIVE
ME A LIST OF ALL YOUR STUDENTS

AND WHERE THEY LIVE.

OH. YOU THINK THE MEN IN
THE FAMILIES WILL HELP US.

WELL, YOU'RE WRONG.

YOU SEE HOW THEY'VE
BEHAVED SO FAR.

THEY'LL HAVE TO DEFEND YOU.

REALLY? WHY?

I'M JUST A STUBBORN
OLD SCHOOLTEACHER.

IT'S RIGHT THAT
YOU'RE A TEACHER.

AND A TEACHER IS
SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL.

WITHOUT TEACHERS, EVERY
GENERATION WOULD HAVE TO START

BY DISCOVERING FIRE
AND INVENTING THE WHEEL.

IT'S MY DAUGHTER. I'LL TELL
HER WHAT'S RIGHT FOR HER.

WHY DO YOU LET BRECK TELL
HER WHAT'S RIGHT FOR HER?

THAT'S WHAT HE DOES WHEN
HE SAYS WHAT SHE SHALL

OR SHALL NOT BE
PERMITTED TO LEARN.

I'LL DO AS I SEE FIT.

AND I DON'T SEE THAT THIS IS
ANYTHING FOR ANYONE TO FIGHT OVER.

JASON, ADULTS FORGET THAT
CHILDREN ARE LEARNING ALL THE TIME.

BECKY LEARNS NOT ONLY
FROM WHAT YOU TELL HER,

BUT FROM THE WAY
SHE SEES YOU BEHAVE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE'S
LEARNING RIGHT NOW?

I'VE GOT A LOT OF
PEOPLE TO SEE TONIGHT.

BECKY?

GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, SON.
IS YOUR FATHER HOME?

PA, THE MAN WANTS YOU.

HE'S THE ONE WHO
WENT TO SCHOOL TODAY.

HE WON THE FIGHT.

MAY I COME IN, MR. WEAVER?

COME ALONG.

MY NAME IS PALADIN.

I'M DANIEL WEAVER.
MORRIS HERE YOU KNOW.

MY BOY, JOEL.

FRANK OVER THERE.
[PALADIN:] FRANK.

SINCE MORRIS TOLD YOU WHAT
HAPPENED AT SCHOOL TODAY,

I WON'T HAVE TO FILL
IN ON THE DETAILS.

YOU WANT HELP TOMORROW.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I'M ASKING THE PEOPLE
THIS CONCERNS TO HELP.

SO HOW HAVE YOU BEEN DOING?

POORLY.

I'VE BEEN RIDING FOR
SIX HOURS TONIGHT.

TALKING, ARGUING, BEGGING.

IT'S NO USE, THEY'RE ALL AFRAID.

YOU'RE THE FURTHEST SOUTH
AND THE LAST ONE ON MY LIST.

WILL YOU HELP?

SIT DOWN. SURE.

IF I WAS TO SAY NO,
WOULD YOU FIGURE

IT WAS BECAUSE I
WAS SCARED OF BRECK?

WHY ELSE WOULD YOU SAY NO?

IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE
I FIGURE HE'S RIGHT.

HE ISN'T.

THIS FIGHT'S ABOUT QUANTRILL.

WHAT HE WAS AND WHAT HE DONE.

JOE THERE LEFT THAT
ARM IN CHICKAMAUGA.

FRANK GOT SHOT UP IN GETTYSBURG.

[PALADIN:] THERE WAS ONE
ERROR IN YOUR STATEMENT.

THIS FIGHT ISN'T
ABOUT QUANTRILL.

THIS IS ABOUT WHETHER A
MAN NAMED JACKSON BRECK

IS GONNA BURN DOWN A SCHOOLHOUSE

AND DRIVE A WOMAN OUT OF
THE COUNTY FOR TEACHING.

WE HAD A LITTLE FARM DOWN
IN GEORGIA BEFORE THE WAR.

THEN SHERMAN AND HIS
ARMY MARCHED THROUGH.

AND WHEN THEY'D GONE,
THERE WASN'T NOTHING LEFT.

NOTHING.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE I CAN SEE
'TWIXT SHERMAN AND QUANTRILL

IS THAT ONE DID
IT TO THE YANKEES

AND THE OTHER DID IT TO US.

MORRIS.

MORRIS, DID MISS STANTON DISCUSS SHERMAN'S
MARCH THROUGH GEORGIA WITH THE CLASS?

DID SHE TELL ABOUT THE
DEVASTATION THAT ARMY CAUSED?

WHAT DID SHE SAY? DID SHE SAY IT
WAS A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING?

WELL...

SHE DID SAY IT WAS
SOMETHING TERRIBLE.

THEN SHE SAID THE
WHOLE WAR WAS TERRIBLE.

THERE YOU ARE, MR. WEAVER.

SOME YANKEES WOULD THINK
THAT WAS SUFFICIENT GROUNDS

FOR BURNING DOWN
THE SCHOOLHOUSE.

ALL RIGHT, DON'T RATTLE ME.

I STILL DON'T SEE IT'S MY FIGHT.

IF EVERYBODY ELSE
WAS TO TAKE A STAND

I'D FEEL OBLIGED TO GO ALONG,

BUT I DON'T SEE DOING
THEIR FIGHTING FOR THEM.

IT'S FOR YOURSELF.

MR. PALADIN, YOU'VE HAD YOUR
SAY AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR ANSWER.

YOU'VE FOUND A LOT OF REASONS WHY
YOU SHOULDN'T STAND UP TO JACKSON BRECK.

NONE OF THEM ARE THE
REAL REASON, ARE THEY?

WHY, WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

YOU'RE LIKE ALL THE
REST. YOU'RE AFRAID.

ONLY THE REST OF THEM ADMIT IT.

YOU CAN'T CALL ME A
COWARD AND JUST WALK AWAY.

DON'T TELL ME YOU'LL FIGHT ME.

TOMORROW'S MY DAY FOR FIGHTING.

YOU SEE ME AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE
IF YOU WANT TO FINISH THIS.

UNLESS YOU'D RATHER
SHOOT ME IN THE BACK TONIGHT.

[BELL RINGS]

NO STUDENTS. NO PARENTS.

THERE'S OUR SUPPORT.

THEN WE'LL MEET BRECK ALONE.

[CHILD:] MISS STANTON!
MISS STANTON!

I'M SORRY I'M LATE.

YOU CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN
A STRANGER, MISS CALDWELL.

GET TO YOUR DESK. YOU HAVE
TWO WEEKS WORK TO CATCH UP ON.

YES, MA'AM.

I'LL WAIT OUT HERE.

GOOD LUCK.

[HOLLERING]

BECKY!

YOU'RE JACKSON BRECK.

THAT'S HIM ALL RIGHT!

I TOLD YOU WE'D BRING ALONG
ENOUGH MEN TO FINISH THE JOB.

SO YOU'RE GONNA STOP ME?

THAT'S THE IDEA.

[MISS STANTON:] LEAVE HIM ALONE!

LEAVE HIM ALONE!

NOW SEE ALL THE TROUBLE
YOU WENT AND CAUSED.

YOU ANIMAL!

TOO BAD YOU DIDN'T PACK
YOUR CLOTHES WHEN I ASKED YOU.

NOW THEY'LL JUST HAVE TO
GO UP WITH THE SCHOOLHOUSE.

BECKY! BECKY!

GET OUT, YOU.

DON'T DO IT, BRECK!

DON'T DO IT!

YOU LEAVE HER ALONE! GIT.

PUT THAT THING UP.

LOOK, BOYS. WE GOT
US HERE ANOTHER ONE.

[HOLLERING]

TURN THAT MAN LOOSE.

HE'S MINE.

SO YOU CAME TO FIGHT?

THAT'S WHY THE UNIFORMS.

WE LIKE TO DRESS UP FOR A FIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT YOU'LL HAVE
TO WAIT YOUR TURN.

MR. BRECK GOT HERE FIRST.

YOU OTHERS, STAY OUT OF THIS.

FIVE TO ONE I CAN'T STOMACH.

ALL RIGHT, BRECK.

START.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

YOU GOT A GUN IN THAT HOLSTER.

YOU GOT TWO GOOD HANDS, YOU'RE
STANDING ON YOUR OWN TWO FEET.

WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?

WANT AN EDGE?

HERE, IS THAT BETTER?

NO?

WHAT'S IT TAKE TO
MAKE YOU FIGHT, BRECK?

YOU ONLY DRAW ON
WOMEN AND CHILDREN?

OR ARE SCHOOLTEACHERS
YOUR SPECIALTY?

HOW ABOUT THE REST
OF YOU? ANYBODY ELSE?

DO YOU WANT TO TRY IT AGAIN?

I ONLY GOT ONE GOOD ARM.

MAN WANTS TO MAKE IT
EVEN, JOE. ACCOMMODATE HIM.

I'M AT YOUR DISPOSAL, SIR.

YOU GET OUT OF HERE.

LET'S GO, BOYS.

NO SENSE ALL THIS FUSS
OVER A DIRT SPLINTER SHACK

AND AN OLD MAID SCHOOLTEACHER.

BRECK.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO
APOLOGIZE FOR THAT?

ALL RIGHT.

I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

BRECK. LET IT END HERE.

TODAY.

A BIG MAN LIKE YOU SHOULDN'T
BE HARD TO SPOT AT ALL.

SHOULDN'T BE NOTHIN' TO IT.

FINISHED.

NOT QUITE.

YOU CALLED ME A COWARD.

YOU KNOW WHY. YOU WANTED ME

TO GIVE YOU AN EXCUSE
TO COME HERE TODAY.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
TAKE IT BACK JUST THE SAME.

I NEVER MEANT IT.

I KNOW WHAT YOU WERE AFRAID OF.

YOU WERE AFRAID YOU'D FIGHT
FOR CALDWELL AND HIS FRIENDS.

AND THEY JUST LAUGH
AT YOU FOR BEING A FOOL.

I'M AFRAID YOU'RE RIGHT.

MISS STANTON?

RECESS HAS BEEN LONG ENOUGH.

MISS CALDWELL, MR. WEAVER,
BACK TO YOUR DESKS.

GO ON, SON.

IT'S A FEARFUL WASTE OF TIME.

YOU GO LEARN AND BE A
BETTER MAN THAN YOUR PA.

DINNER WILL BE AT SIX O'CLOCK.

I EXPECT YOU ALL.

THANK YOU.

MISS STANTON, WE THANK YOU.

WELL, AIN'T NO SENSE
YOU AND YOUR BOYS RIDING

ALL THE WAY HOME
THEN BACK AGAIN.

WHY DON'T YOU SET OVER
AT MY HOUSE 'TIL DINNER?

COME ON, DANIEL.

WELL, I DON'T WANNA
BE UNNEIGHBORLY.

PALADIN. I'LL JOIN YOU.

[MISS STANTON:] WHO HAD JOINED THE
HOST OF THE CRUSADERS IN PALESTINE,

AND WAS PACING SLOWLY
ALONG THE SANDY DESERTS

WHICH LIE IN THE
VICINITY OF THE DEAD SEA.

[HOOFBEATS]

HIS SIRCOAT BORN
IN SEVERAL PLACES,

THE ARMS OF THE OWNER,
ALTHOUGH MUCH DEFACED,

THESE SEEMED TO BE
A SLEEPING LEOPARD...

[INAUDIBLE]

♪ HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL
READS THE CARD OF A MAN ♪

♪ A KNIGHT WITHOUT
ARMOR IN A SAVAGE LAND ♪

♪ HIS FAST GUN FOR HIRE
HE'S THE CALLING WIND ♪

♪ A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
IS THE MAN CALLED... ♪

♪ PALADIN ♪

♪ PALADIN, PALADIN
WHERE DO YOU ROAM ♪