Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 1, Episode 28 - Killer's Widow - full transcript
When Paladin is accused of taking stolen money, he searches for a way to use the situation to better a woman whom he has widowed.
[GUN COCKING]
YOU SENT FOR ME,
OFFERED ME A JOB
IN ORDER TO ACCUSE ME
OF STEALING YOUR MONEY?
MISTER, YOU'RE PLAYING
A DANGEROUS GAME.
[HEY BOY:] MR. PALADIN.
HEY BOY, YOUR TIMING IS ABYSMAL.
THANK YOU, MR. PALADIN,
BUT CREDIT GO TO MAILMAN.
HE JUST BRING SPECIAL
DELIVERY LETTER FOR YOU.
"BANK OF COLTON.
COLTON, WYOMING.
"DEAR MR. PALADIN,
YOUR JOB WASN'T FINISHED.
"THERE'S A LARGE BONUS
FOR YOU UPON COMPLETION.
"I'D APPRECIATE SEEING YOU
AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE.
"YOURS VERY TRULY,
E.J. RANDOLPH."
"REWARD FOR INFORMATION
LEADING TO RECOVERY OF MONEY
"STOLEN FROM COLTON BANK."
GET TWO TICKETS TO
OPERA TONIGHT, YES?
NO, HEY BOY.
ONE TICKET TO COLTON, WYOMING.
I'M LOOKING FOR E.J. RANDOLPH.
OVER THERE.
YEAH?
MY NAME IS PALADIN.
PALADIN? WELL, COME IN.
SIT DOWN.
THANK YOU.
WELL NOW...
[RANDOLPH:] HAVE A CIGAR.
[PALADIN:] NO, THANKS.
I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE
THIS, PALADIN.
I HOPE I DIDN'T
INCONVENIENCE YOU.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S
STILL SNOW UP IN THE PASSES.
HAVE ANY TROUBLE
GETTING THROUGH?
HAVE YOU FOUND A
PLACE TO STAY YET?
I RECOMMEND...
I'M NOT AT ALL
CERTAIN, MR. RANDOLPH,
THAT I'M GOING TO STAY.
CERTAINLY NOT UNTIL YOU'VE
TOLD ME WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE,
YOU WERE OUT OF TOWN.
I'VE NEVER MET YOU, WE'VE
NEVER DONE BUSINESS TOGETHER.
ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO,
YOU DID A JOB FOR JOHN GRIFFIN.
I GOT YOUR CARD FROM HIM.
GRIFFIN, FROM THE
BROKEN SPUR RANCH.
HE HIRED YOU TO BRING
STEVE MORROW BACK.
REMEMBER HIM?
YOU DON'T FORGET
A MAN YOU'VE KILLED.
COME NOW, PALADIN.
CERTAINLY A MAN LIKE YOU
DON'T CARE WHETHER HE...
WELL, I MEAN, YOU ARE
PAID FOR WHAT YOU DO.
IT CAN'T REALLY MEAN ANYTHING.
I'M NOT A BOUNTY HUNTER.
I DO SOME JOBS THAT OTHER
PEOPLE CAN'T OR WON'T DO.
STEVE MORROW'S CASE WAS
UNFORTUNATELY A MATTER
OF SELF-PRESERVATION FOR ME.
I DIDN'T MEAN ANY OFFENSE.
LET'S GET BACK TO THE POINT.
GRIFFIN WANTED MORROW
'CAUSE MORROW KILLED HIS SON.
I DON'T SEE WHAT THAT
HAS TO DO WITH YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S
GOT TO DO WITH ME.
STEVE MORROW ROBBED THIS BANK
BEFORE HE KILLED THE GRIFFIN BOY.
HE TOOK $30,000. STILL
DON'T SEE THE CONNECTION.
IT'S ALL VERY CLEAR TO ME.
A FRIEND OF MINE SAW YOU
RECENTLY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
HE SAID YOU LIVE
EXCEEDINGLY WELL.
LIKE A KING, IN FACT.
I ENJOY THE NICETIES OF LIFE.
ON MY MONEY.
NOW MR. RANDOLPH...
LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.
YOU SENT FOR ME.
YOU OFFERED ME A JOB
IN ORDER TO ACCUSE ME
OF STEALING YOUR MONEY?
WHAT'S THE TROUBLE,
MR. RANDOLPH?
ARREST THIS MAN.
PALADIN? TELL HIM, MARSHAL.
WHAT'S THE CHARGE?
HE'S GOT THE MONEY THAT STEVE
MORROW STOLE FROM MY BANK.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PROOF?
IT'S OBVIOUS, ISN'T IT?
THE MONEY'S STILL
MISSING. NO ONE'S FOUND IT.
PALADIN WAS THE LAST
MAN TO SEE MORROW ALIVE.
THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.
IT'S ENOUGH FOR ME.
YOU PUT HIM IN JAIL
AND SWEAT IT OUT OF HIM.
MAYBE YOU KNOW ABOUT
MONEY, MR. RANDOLPH.
BUT I KNOW ABOUT LAW.
I CAN'T DO IT.
THANK YOU, MARSHAL.
EXCUSE ME, MR. RANDOLPH.
DON'T LET HIM GO, JAFFEY!
I CAN'T HOLD HIM.
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MR. RANDOLPH,
FOR TELLING ME THE
MONEY IS STILL MISSING.
$30,000 WOULD BE
GRATIFYING COMPENSATION
FOR A LONG AND WASTED TRIP.
STOP HIM, JAFFEY!
ON WHAT GROUNDS?
HE... MIGHT FIND THE MONEY.
YOU WERE THE ONE
WHO TOLD HIM ABOUT IT.
I'LL PAY A REWARD.
I'LL PAY A 10% REWARD.
ALL RIGHT. I'LL
POST THAT REWARD.
IN MY OFFICE AND
ON THE TOWN BOARD.
PALADIN.
I'D FORGET ABOUT THAT
MONEY IF I WERE YOU.
JUST KEEP RIDING. RIGHT
BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM.
MARSHAL, I'VE GOT 30,000...
30,000 AND ONE GOOD
REASONS FOR STAYING.
IF I FIND STOLEN MONEY ON
YOU, I'VE GOT TO ARREST YOU.
I'LL REMEMBER THAT.
MARSHAL, DOES ROSE MORROW
STILL LIVE OUT THERE ON THAT FARM?
WHO?
STEVE MORROW'S WIDOW, ROSE.
HER NAME'S LUCY.
YOU'RE WASTING YOUR
TIME GOING OUT THERE.
WE ALREADY TOOK THE HOUSE APART.
THAT PUTS YOU ONE
UP ON ME, DOESN'T IT?
DON'T WAIT UP FOR ME, MARSHAL.
MRS. MORROW, MY NAME IS PALADIN.
DID YOU THINK I COULD
FORGET YOU, MR. PALADIN?
I'D LIKE TO TALK
TO YOU IF I MAY.
COME IN.
[BABY CRIES]
EXCUSE ME.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL.
THEY'RE AN EASTERN VARIETY, MUST
BE DIFFICULT TO GROW OUT HERE.
THEY'RE WORTH THE TROUBLE...
TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE
LOVELY THING OUT HERE.
THEY WERE A PRESENT
FROM MY HUSBAND.
HE BROUGHT ME SOME CUTTINGS
AFTER ONE OF HIS TRIPS BACK EAST.
YOU NEVER KNEW WHAT HE
DID ON THOSE TRIPS, DID YOU?
I HEARD. AFTER.
DO YOU THINK IT WOULD HAVE
MADE ANY DIFFERENCE, MR. PALADIN?
NO, I SUPPOSE NOT.
MRS. MORROW, THIS
HASN'T BEEN EASY, HAS IT?
I'VE MANAGED.
WHY HAVE YOU STAYED?
I HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
EXCEPT OF COURSE THE
MONEY YOU LEFT FOR ME.
YOUR FEE FOR MR. GRIFFIN.
HE WAS JEALOUS OF YOU.
I USED IT TO BUY A HEADSTONE
FOR MY HUSBAND'S GRAVE.
YOU SEEM UNCOMFORTABLE,
MR. PALADIN.
DO I EMBARRASS YOU?
NO, WHY SHOULD YOU?
YOUR HUSBAND WAS
AN OUTLAW AND A KILLER.
AND YOU HAD A JOB TO DO.
I'M NOT AN EXECUTIONER,
MRS. MORROW.
I TRIED TO BRING HIM BACK.
OF COURSE.
AND YOU CAN'T BE BLAMED
FOR PROTECTING YOURSELF.
I'M SORRY. I FIND
THAT HARD TO BELIEVE.
NOT FOR YOUR HUSBAND.
THAT WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED SOONER OR LATER.
I'M SORRY FOR YOU.
YOU SAID YOU
WANTED TO TALK TO ME.
WHEN YOUR HUSBAND
ROBBED THE COLTON BANK,
HE TOOK $30,000.
THAT MONEY HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND.
THAT'S RIGHT.
HE STOPPED HERE AT THE FARM
BEFORE HE HOLED UP
ON THE MESA WHERE...
HE DIDN'T TELL YOU WHAT
HE DID WITH THE MONEY? NO.
MRS. MORROW, A MAN WHO
BRINGS HIS WIFE ROSE CUTTINGS
WOULD NOT LEAVE HER DESTITUTE.
MR. PALADIN, I DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THE MONEY.
AND WHEN MY HUSBAND LEFT HERE,
ALL HE HAD IN HIS
SADDLEBAGS WAS FOOD.
I KNOW. I PACKED THEM MYSELF.
I'M VERY SORRY TO
HAVE BOTHERED YOU.
MAY I?
OF COURSE.
THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT THIRD BUSH
COULD USE SOME MORE WATER.
BYE.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
GOOD EVENING. I'D
LIKE TO SEE MR. GRIFFIN.
PALADIN! COME IN.
WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU
WERE EXPECTING ME.
OH, SURE. THE MARSHAL
TOLD US YOU WERE IN TOWN.
IT WOULDN'T BE VERY
FRIENDLY NOT TO DROP BY.
YOU KNOW CLETE AND THE BOYS.
SIT DOWN. CLETE,
POUR HIM A DRINK.
NO, THANKS. I CAN
ONLY STAY A MINUTE. OH.
I HEAR YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LIVING
HIGH ON OLD MAN RANDOLPH'S MONEY.
MR. RANDOLPH'S A REGULAR
TOWN CRIER, ISN'T HE?
YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.
POOR OLD RANDOLPH,
HE MUST BE JUST ABOUT
AT THE END OF HIS TETHER.
A WHILE BACK HE WAS SWEARING THAT
EVERYBODY IN COLTON HAD THE MONEY.
WHY?
MORROW HID OUT ON THE
MESA WHERE YOU FOUND HIM.
EVERYBODY FIGURED HE
BURIED THE MONEY UP THERE.
FOLKS WENT UP THERE
WITH PICKS AND SHOVELS
AND YOU NEVER SAW SUCH DIGGIN'
AND POKIN' AROUND IN YOUR LIFE.
I SWEAR THAT MESA'S TEN
FEET LOWER THAN IT WAS.
MORROW DIDN'T HAVE THE
MONEY WHEN I FOUND HIM.
HIS WIFE SAYS HE DIDN'T HAVE
IT WHEN HE LEFT THE FARM.
YOU TALKED TO HER?
I JUST LEFT THE FARM.
CLETE, YOU AND MR. GRIFFIN'S SON
FOLLOWED MORROW AFTER
HE ROBBED THE BANK, RIGHT?
WE WERE IN TOWN JUST PASSING
THE BANK WHEN HE CAME BUSTING OUT
WAVING A GUN AND
CARRYING A SACK.
YOU COULD TELL RIGHT AWAY WHAT
HAPPENED SO WE TOOK AFTER HIM.
HE RODE EAST, BACK
TO THAT FARM OF HIS.
BUT HE BUSHWHACKED
US. KILLED HIS SON.
SHOT MY HORSE OUT FROM UNDER ME.
YOU THINK HE WENT
ON BACK TO THE FARM?
MUST HAVE. THAT'S WHERE THE
POSSE PICKED UP HIS TRAIL AGAIN.
THANKS. SORRY TO
INTERRUPT THE GAME.
OH, GRIFFIN...
THE MORROW FARM ADJOINS
YOUR PROPERTY, DOESN'T IT?
YEAH, IN THE SOUTH.
I SEE IT'S UP FOR AUCTION.
IT SHOULD BE WORTH A COUPLE
THOUSAND DOLLARS TO YOU.
COUPLE THOUSAND? I'M GETTIN' IT
FOR A COUPLE HUNDRED IN TAXES.
SOMEBODY'LL OUTBID
YOU AT THAT PRICE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'LL
BE ANY OTHER BIDDERS.
DOWNRIGHT SHAME, AIN'T IT?
GRIFFIN, LUCY MORROW
DIDN'T KILL YOUR SON.
HER HUSBAND DID.
MY ONLY HOPE IS THAT
SOMEHOW HE'LL KNOW.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
COME IN.
MARSHAL, YOU'RE UP RATHER
LATE TONIGHT, AREN'T YOU?
I MAKE IT A HABIT
OF NEVER TURNING IN
UNTIL THE TOWN'S
SETTLED FOR THE NIGHT.
[CHUCKLES]
YOU CAN START BY TUCKING
ME IN ANY TIME YOU WANT TO.
YOU COVERED A LOT
OF GROUND TODAY.
HOW DID YOU MAKE OUT?
POORLY.
GO AHEAD, OPEN THEM.
I'LL BELIEVE YOU.
JUST WONDERIN' IF MAYBE YOU
WEREN'T GETTIN' DISCOURAGED.
NOT A BIT.
THERE'S A LOT OF TERRITORY
BETWEEN HERE AND THE MESA.
MORROW COULD HAVE
HIDDEN THE MONEY ANYWHERE.
HE DIDN'T HIDE IT ON THE
MESA. THIS TOWN PROVED THAT.
I DON'T THINK HE'D HAVE HIDDEN
IT ANYWHERE ALONG THAT ROAD.
NOT WITHOUT TELLING HIS WIFE.
SINCE WHEN DOES A KILLER
STOP TO WORRY ABOUT HIS WIFE?
MORROW LOVED HIS WIFE. HE SPOKE
ABOUT HER WHEN HE WAS DYING.
COME ON, PALADIN. YOU TOLD ME HE WAS
TALKING ABOUT SOME WOMAN NAMED ROSE.
A MAN LIKE HIM PROBABLY HAD
WOMEN ALL OVER THE TERRITORY.
I JUST CAN'T SEE IT THAT WAY.
SUIT YOURSELF.
MARSHAL, WHAT ABOUT
THAT AUCTION TOMORROW?
GRIFFIN SAID HE'S GONNA
TAKE THAT FARM FOR THE TAXES.
IS THAT TRUE?
THAT'S THE WAY I HEAR IT.
THAT PLACE IS WORTH TWO
OR THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
NOBODY'S GONNA BID AGAINST HIM.
THIS TOWN FIGURES HE'S GOT
SOMETHING COMING. HE LOST A SON.
HE LOST A SON TO STEVE MORROW,
NOT TO STEVE MORROW'S WIDOW.
THAT'S THE WAY THE
PEOPLE HERE WANT IT.
IT'S WITHIN THE LAW AND I
CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO
LEGAL ABOUT EVERYTHING?
IF I WASN'T, YOU'D HAVE
BEEN IN JAIL THIS AFTERNOON.
GOOD NIGHT, PALADIN. GOOD NIGHT.
[DOOR CLOSES]
IT'S KINDA LATE TO
GO CALLIN', PALADIN.
ESPECIALLY ON A WIDOW
WOMAN LIVING ALL ALONE.
CLETE, WHAT ARE
YOU DOING OUT HERE?
JUST LOOKING OUT FOR
MR. GRIFFIN'S PROPERTY.
HE DOESN'T WANT ANY TRESPASSERS.
IT ISN'T HIS PROPERTY YET.
IT WILL BE. TOMORROW.
I WOULDN'T TRY TO
ARGUE THE POINT.
[GUN COCKS]
GO ON, PALADIN.
[GUNSHOTS]
[BABY CRIES]
WHAT ABOUT IT, CLETE?
YOU WANT TO CONTINUE
THE ARGUMENT?
[HOOF STEPS FADING]
GO BACK IN THE
HOUSE, MRS. MORROW.
I'M SORRY THIS HAD
TO HAPPEN HERE.
DID IT HAVE TO HAPPEN
AT ALL, MR. PALADIN?
HAVE GUNS AND KILLING
BECOME YOUR WAY OF LIFE?
NO.
I HOPE NOT.
IS THIS THE BEST ONE YOU HAVE?
NOTHING BETTER WEST
OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
I HOPE NOT. I GOT A
LOT OF DIGGING TO DO.
THAT GROUND'S BAKED
MIGHTY HARD OUT THERE.
HASN'T BEEN PLOUGHED
SINCE STEVE MORROW DIED.
HERE YOU ARE. THANK YOU.
DID HE BUY THAT SHOVEL?
SURE DID.
PALADIN!
YOU WANNA BURY
SOMETHING, PALADIN?
OR DIG SOMETHING UP.
WHAT TIME IS THAT AUCTION
OUT AT THE MORROW PLACE?
TWO O'CLOCK.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO MISS
THAT. I'LL SEE YOU OUT THERE.
SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET RICH.
THAT STRANGER THERE JUST
BOUGHT ONE OF THESE SHOVELS.
I WONDER WHAT HE'S UP TO?
ALL RIGHT, LET'S SETTLE DOWN!
GET TO BUSINESS NOW.
ACCORDING TO LAW,
I'M SUPPOSED TO READ
THE WHOLE OFFICIAL
TAX AUCTION NOTICE.
BUT YOU ALL KNOW WHAT IT
IS SO LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.
[HOOFBEATS]
HOLD IT A MINUTE, MARSHAL.
LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT
ANOTHER CUSTOMER.
WAIT A MINUTE!
WHAT'S HE DOING HERE?
WHY HAVEN'T YOU GOT HIM IN JAIL?
HE KILLED ONE OF MY MEN LAST NIGHT.
IT WAS SELF-DEFENSE.
MRS. MORROW HERE WAS A WITNESS.
WHAT ARE ALL THESE
PEOPLE DOING HERE?
IT'S A PUBLIC
AUCTION, MR. GRIFFIN.
ANYBODY'S GOT A
RIGHT TO BE HERE.
DON'T TELL ME HE'S
GOT BUSINESS HERE.
AS MUCH AS ANYBODY ELSE.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE HERE TO AUCTION
OFF THIS FARM FOR TAXES.
THERE'S $276 DUE. WE'LL
START THE BIDDING RIGHT THERE.
ANYTHING OVER THAT
GOES TO MRS. MORROW,
BUT THE COUNTY'S GOT TO
GET IT'S BACK TAXES FIRST.
NOW WHO'LL START THE BIDDING?
$276.
MR. GRIFFIN SAYS $276.
ANYBODY ELSE WANNA BID?
NOBODY ELSE?
WELL, THAT DOES IT, I GUESS.
THE FARM GOES... $500.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
YOU'VE GOT NO RIGHT.
YOU HEARD THE MARSHAL.
IT'S A PUBLIC AUCTION.
YOU'RE JUST TRYING
TO JACK UP THE PRICE.
HOW DO I KNOW YOU'VE
GOT THAT KIND OF MONEY?
I'LL HAVE IT. I'LL HAVE IT
WHEN THE TIME COMES.
MY BID WAS $500.
$600.
MAKE IT $700.
$750. $800.
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO TO ME?
[TOWNSFOLK LAUGH] I
CHANGED MY MIND. $800.
$1,000.
$1,100.
$1,150. [GRIFFIN:] $1,200
MR. PALADIN'S BID IS $4,500.
ANYBODY WANT TO SAY MORE?
$4,600.
$4,700.
$4,700. IS THAT IT?
$4,800.
$4,900.
$5,000.
NO, I CAN'T.
THEN IT'S UP TO
YOU, MR. PALADIN.
MR. GRIFFIN, YOU HAVE JUST
BOUGHT YOURSELF A FARM.
ALL RIGHT. CLEAR OUT
OF HERE, ALL OF YOU.
WAIT A MINUTE.
I BID $4,900 ON THIS PLACE.
AS THE SECOND HIGH BIDDER,
I'M ENTITLED TO SEE YOUR MONEY.
YOU DON'T THINK I'D CARRY THAT
KIND OF MONEY WITH ME, DO YOU?
THEN YOU DON'T OWN THIS
PLACE UNTIL YOU PAY FOR IT.
ASK RANDOLPH. MY
MONEY'S IN HIS BANK.
PERHAPS MR. RANDOLPH WILL
MAKE OUT A PROMISSORY NOTE
PAYABLE ON DEMAND. IS
THAT ALL RIGHT, MARSHAL?
SURE, BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD
DO THE TECHNICALITIES INSIDE.
HURRY UP, LET'S
GET THIS OVER WITH.
[RANDOLPH:] TAKE YOUR TIME,
GRIFFIN. I'M MAKING THIS NOTE OUT.
DON'T FORGET THE DEDUCTED
TAXES, MR. RANDOLPH.
I HAVE. SIGN HERE, GRIFFIN.
MAY I SEE IT, PLEASE?
IT'S LEGITIMATE.
PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
THAT'S FINE. NOW IF YOU'LL
MAKE OUT ANOTHER DRAFT
FOR $3,000, PAYABLE
TO MRS. LUCY MORROW.
WHAT?
THAT'S THE REWARD I
BELIEVE YOU OFFERED.
10% OF THE STOLEN $30,000.
YES, BUT I...
NO YOU DON'T, PALADIN!
ANYTHING ON THIS FARM
BELONGS TO ME NOW.
THAT'S CORRECT. MARSHAL
JAFFEY HAS THE MONEY IN TOWN.
MRS. MORROW TURNED IT
OVER TO HIM THIS MORNING.
WHAT?
THEN SHE HAD THE
MONEY ALL THE TIME.
[PALADIN:] WITHOUT KNOWING IT.
IT WAS ONLY THIS
MORNING WE BOTH REALIZED
WHY ONE BUSH OUT OF A
DOZEN WOULD WITHER AND DIE.
ROSES NEED WATER, NOT
MONEY AT THEIR ROOTS.
IT TOOK HER THREE
MONTHS TO FIND IT OUT?
IT TOOK ME ALL NIGHT TO REALIZE
THAT A DYING MAN DOESN'T
CALL HIS WIFE "ROSE"
WHEN HER NAME IS LUCY.
HE WAS JUST TRYING TO TELL ME
WHERE THE MONEY WAS BURIED.
IF I MAY HAVE THAT
DRAFT, PLEASE.
YOU TRICKED ME. ALL OF US!
I KNOW WHAT YOU
THOUGHT, GRIFFIN.
I'M AFRAID YOUR IMAGINATIONS
WERE WORKING OVERTIME.
PALADIN!
NO, NO, NO!
THANK YOU, MARSHAL.
GRIFFIN, REMEMBER
WHAT YOU SAID LAST NIGHT
ABOUT HOPING THAT SOMEHOW
MORROW WOULD KNOW?
WELL, SO DO I.
MRS. MORROW, I'M AFRAID
THIS IS SMALL COMPENSATION
FOR A MAN YOU LOVED.
PART OF THIS IS YOURS.
NO, I CONSIDER THIS MORE
THAN AN ADEQUATE FEE.
MR. PALADIN, YOU ARE
A REMARKABLE MAN.
NO. JUST A MAN WHO'S USED
A GUN... PERHAPS TOO OFTEN.
YOU SENT FOR ME,
OFFERED ME A JOB
IN ORDER TO ACCUSE ME
OF STEALING YOUR MONEY?
MISTER, YOU'RE PLAYING
A DANGEROUS GAME.
[HEY BOY:] MR. PALADIN.
HEY BOY, YOUR TIMING IS ABYSMAL.
THANK YOU, MR. PALADIN,
BUT CREDIT GO TO MAILMAN.
HE JUST BRING SPECIAL
DELIVERY LETTER FOR YOU.
"BANK OF COLTON.
COLTON, WYOMING.
"DEAR MR. PALADIN,
YOUR JOB WASN'T FINISHED.
"THERE'S A LARGE BONUS
FOR YOU UPON COMPLETION.
"I'D APPRECIATE SEEING YOU
AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE.
"YOURS VERY TRULY,
E.J. RANDOLPH."
"REWARD FOR INFORMATION
LEADING TO RECOVERY OF MONEY
"STOLEN FROM COLTON BANK."
GET TWO TICKETS TO
OPERA TONIGHT, YES?
NO, HEY BOY.
ONE TICKET TO COLTON, WYOMING.
I'M LOOKING FOR E.J. RANDOLPH.
OVER THERE.
YEAH?
MY NAME IS PALADIN.
PALADIN? WELL, COME IN.
SIT DOWN.
THANK YOU.
WELL NOW...
[RANDOLPH:] HAVE A CIGAR.
[PALADIN:] NO, THANKS.
I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE
THIS, PALADIN.
I HOPE I DIDN'T
INCONVENIENCE YOU.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S
STILL SNOW UP IN THE PASSES.
HAVE ANY TROUBLE
GETTING THROUGH?
HAVE YOU FOUND A
PLACE TO STAY YET?
I RECOMMEND...
I'M NOT AT ALL
CERTAIN, MR. RANDOLPH,
THAT I'M GOING TO STAY.
CERTAINLY NOT UNTIL YOU'VE
TOLD ME WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE,
YOU WERE OUT OF TOWN.
I'VE NEVER MET YOU, WE'VE
NEVER DONE BUSINESS TOGETHER.
ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO,
YOU DID A JOB FOR JOHN GRIFFIN.
I GOT YOUR CARD FROM HIM.
GRIFFIN, FROM THE
BROKEN SPUR RANCH.
HE HIRED YOU TO BRING
STEVE MORROW BACK.
REMEMBER HIM?
YOU DON'T FORGET
A MAN YOU'VE KILLED.
COME NOW, PALADIN.
CERTAINLY A MAN LIKE YOU
DON'T CARE WHETHER HE...
WELL, I MEAN, YOU ARE
PAID FOR WHAT YOU DO.
IT CAN'T REALLY MEAN ANYTHING.
I'M NOT A BOUNTY HUNTER.
I DO SOME JOBS THAT OTHER
PEOPLE CAN'T OR WON'T DO.
STEVE MORROW'S CASE WAS
UNFORTUNATELY A MATTER
OF SELF-PRESERVATION FOR ME.
I DIDN'T MEAN ANY OFFENSE.
LET'S GET BACK TO THE POINT.
GRIFFIN WANTED MORROW
'CAUSE MORROW KILLED HIS SON.
I DON'T SEE WHAT THAT
HAS TO DO WITH YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S
GOT TO DO WITH ME.
STEVE MORROW ROBBED THIS BANK
BEFORE HE KILLED THE GRIFFIN BOY.
HE TOOK $30,000. STILL
DON'T SEE THE CONNECTION.
IT'S ALL VERY CLEAR TO ME.
A FRIEND OF MINE SAW YOU
RECENTLY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
HE SAID YOU LIVE
EXCEEDINGLY WELL.
LIKE A KING, IN FACT.
I ENJOY THE NICETIES OF LIFE.
ON MY MONEY.
NOW MR. RANDOLPH...
LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.
YOU SENT FOR ME.
YOU OFFERED ME A JOB
IN ORDER TO ACCUSE ME
OF STEALING YOUR MONEY?
WHAT'S THE TROUBLE,
MR. RANDOLPH?
ARREST THIS MAN.
PALADIN? TELL HIM, MARSHAL.
WHAT'S THE CHARGE?
HE'S GOT THE MONEY THAT STEVE
MORROW STOLE FROM MY BANK.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PROOF?
IT'S OBVIOUS, ISN'T IT?
THE MONEY'S STILL
MISSING. NO ONE'S FOUND IT.
PALADIN WAS THE LAST
MAN TO SEE MORROW ALIVE.
THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.
IT'S ENOUGH FOR ME.
YOU PUT HIM IN JAIL
AND SWEAT IT OUT OF HIM.
MAYBE YOU KNOW ABOUT
MONEY, MR. RANDOLPH.
BUT I KNOW ABOUT LAW.
I CAN'T DO IT.
THANK YOU, MARSHAL.
EXCUSE ME, MR. RANDOLPH.
DON'T LET HIM GO, JAFFEY!
I CAN'T HOLD HIM.
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MR. RANDOLPH,
FOR TELLING ME THE
MONEY IS STILL MISSING.
$30,000 WOULD BE
GRATIFYING COMPENSATION
FOR A LONG AND WASTED TRIP.
STOP HIM, JAFFEY!
ON WHAT GROUNDS?
HE... MIGHT FIND THE MONEY.
YOU WERE THE ONE
WHO TOLD HIM ABOUT IT.
I'LL PAY A REWARD.
I'LL PAY A 10% REWARD.
ALL RIGHT. I'LL
POST THAT REWARD.
IN MY OFFICE AND
ON THE TOWN BOARD.
PALADIN.
I'D FORGET ABOUT THAT
MONEY IF I WERE YOU.
JUST KEEP RIDING. RIGHT
BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM.
MARSHAL, I'VE GOT 30,000...
30,000 AND ONE GOOD
REASONS FOR STAYING.
IF I FIND STOLEN MONEY ON
YOU, I'VE GOT TO ARREST YOU.
I'LL REMEMBER THAT.
MARSHAL, DOES ROSE MORROW
STILL LIVE OUT THERE ON THAT FARM?
WHO?
STEVE MORROW'S WIDOW, ROSE.
HER NAME'S LUCY.
YOU'RE WASTING YOUR
TIME GOING OUT THERE.
WE ALREADY TOOK THE HOUSE APART.
THAT PUTS YOU ONE
UP ON ME, DOESN'T IT?
DON'T WAIT UP FOR ME, MARSHAL.
MRS. MORROW, MY NAME IS PALADIN.
DID YOU THINK I COULD
FORGET YOU, MR. PALADIN?
I'D LIKE TO TALK
TO YOU IF I MAY.
COME IN.
[BABY CRIES]
EXCUSE ME.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL.
THEY'RE AN EASTERN VARIETY, MUST
BE DIFFICULT TO GROW OUT HERE.
THEY'RE WORTH THE TROUBLE...
TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE
LOVELY THING OUT HERE.
THEY WERE A PRESENT
FROM MY HUSBAND.
HE BROUGHT ME SOME CUTTINGS
AFTER ONE OF HIS TRIPS BACK EAST.
YOU NEVER KNEW WHAT HE
DID ON THOSE TRIPS, DID YOU?
I HEARD. AFTER.
DO YOU THINK IT WOULD HAVE
MADE ANY DIFFERENCE, MR. PALADIN?
NO, I SUPPOSE NOT.
MRS. MORROW, THIS
HASN'T BEEN EASY, HAS IT?
I'VE MANAGED.
WHY HAVE YOU STAYED?
I HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
EXCEPT OF COURSE THE
MONEY YOU LEFT FOR ME.
YOUR FEE FOR MR. GRIFFIN.
HE WAS JEALOUS OF YOU.
I USED IT TO BUY A HEADSTONE
FOR MY HUSBAND'S GRAVE.
YOU SEEM UNCOMFORTABLE,
MR. PALADIN.
DO I EMBARRASS YOU?
NO, WHY SHOULD YOU?
YOUR HUSBAND WAS
AN OUTLAW AND A KILLER.
AND YOU HAD A JOB TO DO.
I'M NOT AN EXECUTIONER,
MRS. MORROW.
I TRIED TO BRING HIM BACK.
OF COURSE.
AND YOU CAN'T BE BLAMED
FOR PROTECTING YOURSELF.
I'M SORRY. I FIND
THAT HARD TO BELIEVE.
NOT FOR YOUR HUSBAND.
THAT WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED SOONER OR LATER.
I'M SORRY FOR YOU.
YOU SAID YOU
WANTED TO TALK TO ME.
WHEN YOUR HUSBAND
ROBBED THE COLTON BANK,
HE TOOK $30,000.
THAT MONEY HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND.
THAT'S RIGHT.
HE STOPPED HERE AT THE FARM
BEFORE HE HOLED UP
ON THE MESA WHERE...
HE DIDN'T TELL YOU WHAT
HE DID WITH THE MONEY? NO.
MRS. MORROW, A MAN WHO
BRINGS HIS WIFE ROSE CUTTINGS
WOULD NOT LEAVE HER DESTITUTE.
MR. PALADIN, I DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THE MONEY.
AND WHEN MY HUSBAND LEFT HERE,
ALL HE HAD IN HIS
SADDLEBAGS WAS FOOD.
I KNOW. I PACKED THEM MYSELF.
I'M VERY SORRY TO
HAVE BOTHERED YOU.
MAY I?
OF COURSE.
THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT THIRD BUSH
COULD USE SOME MORE WATER.
BYE.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
GOOD EVENING. I'D
LIKE TO SEE MR. GRIFFIN.
PALADIN! COME IN.
WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU
WERE EXPECTING ME.
OH, SURE. THE MARSHAL
TOLD US YOU WERE IN TOWN.
IT WOULDN'T BE VERY
FRIENDLY NOT TO DROP BY.
YOU KNOW CLETE AND THE BOYS.
SIT DOWN. CLETE,
POUR HIM A DRINK.
NO, THANKS. I CAN
ONLY STAY A MINUTE. OH.
I HEAR YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LIVING
HIGH ON OLD MAN RANDOLPH'S MONEY.
MR. RANDOLPH'S A REGULAR
TOWN CRIER, ISN'T HE?
YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.
POOR OLD RANDOLPH,
HE MUST BE JUST ABOUT
AT THE END OF HIS TETHER.
A WHILE BACK HE WAS SWEARING THAT
EVERYBODY IN COLTON HAD THE MONEY.
WHY?
MORROW HID OUT ON THE
MESA WHERE YOU FOUND HIM.
EVERYBODY FIGURED HE
BURIED THE MONEY UP THERE.
FOLKS WENT UP THERE
WITH PICKS AND SHOVELS
AND YOU NEVER SAW SUCH DIGGIN'
AND POKIN' AROUND IN YOUR LIFE.
I SWEAR THAT MESA'S TEN
FEET LOWER THAN IT WAS.
MORROW DIDN'T HAVE THE
MONEY WHEN I FOUND HIM.
HIS WIFE SAYS HE DIDN'T HAVE
IT WHEN HE LEFT THE FARM.
YOU TALKED TO HER?
I JUST LEFT THE FARM.
CLETE, YOU AND MR. GRIFFIN'S SON
FOLLOWED MORROW AFTER
HE ROBBED THE BANK, RIGHT?
WE WERE IN TOWN JUST PASSING
THE BANK WHEN HE CAME BUSTING OUT
WAVING A GUN AND
CARRYING A SACK.
YOU COULD TELL RIGHT AWAY WHAT
HAPPENED SO WE TOOK AFTER HIM.
HE RODE EAST, BACK
TO THAT FARM OF HIS.
BUT HE BUSHWHACKED
US. KILLED HIS SON.
SHOT MY HORSE OUT FROM UNDER ME.
YOU THINK HE WENT
ON BACK TO THE FARM?
MUST HAVE. THAT'S WHERE THE
POSSE PICKED UP HIS TRAIL AGAIN.
THANKS. SORRY TO
INTERRUPT THE GAME.
OH, GRIFFIN...
THE MORROW FARM ADJOINS
YOUR PROPERTY, DOESN'T IT?
YEAH, IN THE SOUTH.
I SEE IT'S UP FOR AUCTION.
IT SHOULD BE WORTH A COUPLE
THOUSAND DOLLARS TO YOU.
COUPLE THOUSAND? I'M GETTIN' IT
FOR A COUPLE HUNDRED IN TAXES.
SOMEBODY'LL OUTBID
YOU AT THAT PRICE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'LL
BE ANY OTHER BIDDERS.
DOWNRIGHT SHAME, AIN'T IT?
GRIFFIN, LUCY MORROW
DIDN'T KILL YOUR SON.
HER HUSBAND DID.
MY ONLY HOPE IS THAT
SOMEHOW HE'LL KNOW.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
COME IN.
MARSHAL, YOU'RE UP RATHER
LATE TONIGHT, AREN'T YOU?
I MAKE IT A HABIT
OF NEVER TURNING IN
UNTIL THE TOWN'S
SETTLED FOR THE NIGHT.
[CHUCKLES]
YOU CAN START BY TUCKING
ME IN ANY TIME YOU WANT TO.
YOU COVERED A LOT
OF GROUND TODAY.
HOW DID YOU MAKE OUT?
POORLY.
GO AHEAD, OPEN THEM.
I'LL BELIEVE YOU.
JUST WONDERIN' IF MAYBE YOU
WEREN'T GETTIN' DISCOURAGED.
NOT A BIT.
THERE'S A LOT OF TERRITORY
BETWEEN HERE AND THE MESA.
MORROW COULD HAVE
HIDDEN THE MONEY ANYWHERE.
HE DIDN'T HIDE IT ON THE
MESA. THIS TOWN PROVED THAT.
I DON'T THINK HE'D HAVE HIDDEN
IT ANYWHERE ALONG THAT ROAD.
NOT WITHOUT TELLING HIS WIFE.
SINCE WHEN DOES A KILLER
STOP TO WORRY ABOUT HIS WIFE?
MORROW LOVED HIS WIFE. HE SPOKE
ABOUT HER WHEN HE WAS DYING.
COME ON, PALADIN. YOU TOLD ME HE WAS
TALKING ABOUT SOME WOMAN NAMED ROSE.
A MAN LIKE HIM PROBABLY HAD
WOMEN ALL OVER THE TERRITORY.
I JUST CAN'T SEE IT THAT WAY.
SUIT YOURSELF.
MARSHAL, WHAT ABOUT
THAT AUCTION TOMORROW?
GRIFFIN SAID HE'S GONNA
TAKE THAT FARM FOR THE TAXES.
IS THAT TRUE?
THAT'S THE WAY I HEAR IT.
THAT PLACE IS WORTH TWO
OR THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
NOBODY'S GONNA BID AGAINST HIM.
THIS TOWN FIGURES HE'S GOT
SOMETHING COMING. HE LOST A SON.
HE LOST A SON TO STEVE MORROW,
NOT TO STEVE MORROW'S WIDOW.
THAT'S THE WAY THE
PEOPLE HERE WANT IT.
IT'S WITHIN THE LAW AND I
CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO
LEGAL ABOUT EVERYTHING?
IF I WASN'T, YOU'D HAVE
BEEN IN JAIL THIS AFTERNOON.
GOOD NIGHT, PALADIN. GOOD NIGHT.
[DOOR CLOSES]
IT'S KINDA LATE TO
GO CALLIN', PALADIN.
ESPECIALLY ON A WIDOW
WOMAN LIVING ALL ALONE.
CLETE, WHAT ARE
YOU DOING OUT HERE?
JUST LOOKING OUT FOR
MR. GRIFFIN'S PROPERTY.
HE DOESN'T WANT ANY TRESPASSERS.
IT ISN'T HIS PROPERTY YET.
IT WILL BE. TOMORROW.
I WOULDN'T TRY TO
ARGUE THE POINT.
[GUN COCKS]
GO ON, PALADIN.
[GUNSHOTS]
[BABY CRIES]
WHAT ABOUT IT, CLETE?
YOU WANT TO CONTINUE
THE ARGUMENT?
[HOOF STEPS FADING]
GO BACK IN THE
HOUSE, MRS. MORROW.
I'M SORRY THIS HAD
TO HAPPEN HERE.
DID IT HAVE TO HAPPEN
AT ALL, MR. PALADIN?
HAVE GUNS AND KILLING
BECOME YOUR WAY OF LIFE?
NO.
I HOPE NOT.
IS THIS THE BEST ONE YOU HAVE?
NOTHING BETTER WEST
OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
I HOPE NOT. I GOT A
LOT OF DIGGING TO DO.
THAT GROUND'S BAKED
MIGHTY HARD OUT THERE.
HASN'T BEEN PLOUGHED
SINCE STEVE MORROW DIED.
HERE YOU ARE. THANK YOU.
DID HE BUY THAT SHOVEL?
SURE DID.
PALADIN!
YOU WANNA BURY
SOMETHING, PALADIN?
OR DIG SOMETHING UP.
WHAT TIME IS THAT AUCTION
OUT AT THE MORROW PLACE?
TWO O'CLOCK.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO MISS
THAT. I'LL SEE YOU OUT THERE.
SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET RICH.
THAT STRANGER THERE JUST
BOUGHT ONE OF THESE SHOVELS.
I WONDER WHAT HE'S UP TO?
ALL RIGHT, LET'S SETTLE DOWN!
GET TO BUSINESS NOW.
ACCORDING TO LAW,
I'M SUPPOSED TO READ
THE WHOLE OFFICIAL
TAX AUCTION NOTICE.
BUT YOU ALL KNOW WHAT IT
IS SO LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.
[HOOFBEATS]
HOLD IT A MINUTE, MARSHAL.
LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT
ANOTHER CUSTOMER.
WAIT A MINUTE!
WHAT'S HE DOING HERE?
WHY HAVEN'T YOU GOT HIM IN JAIL?
HE KILLED ONE OF MY MEN LAST NIGHT.
IT WAS SELF-DEFENSE.
MRS. MORROW HERE WAS A WITNESS.
WHAT ARE ALL THESE
PEOPLE DOING HERE?
IT'S A PUBLIC
AUCTION, MR. GRIFFIN.
ANYBODY'S GOT A
RIGHT TO BE HERE.
DON'T TELL ME HE'S
GOT BUSINESS HERE.
AS MUCH AS ANYBODY ELSE.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE HERE TO AUCTION
OFF THIS FARM FOR TAXES.
THERE'S $276 DUE. WE'LL
START THE BIDDING RIGHT THERE.
ANYTHING OVER THAT
GOES TO MRS. MORROW,
BUT THE COUNTY'S GOT TO
GET IT'S BACK TAXES FIRST.
NOW WHO'LL START THE BIDDING?
$276.
MR. GRIFFIN SAYS $276.
ANYBODY ELSE WANNA BID?
NOBODY ELSE?
WELL, THAT DOES IT, I GUESS.
THE FARM GOES... $500.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
YOU'VE GOT NO RIGHT.
YOU HEARD THE MARSHAL.
IT'S A PUBLIC AUCTION.
YOU'RE JUST TRYING
TO JACK UP THE PRICE.
HOW DO I KNOW YOU'VE
GOT THAT KIND OF MONEY?
I'LL HAVE IT. I'LL HAVE IT
WHEN THE TIME COMES.
MY BID WAS $500.
$600.
MAKE IT $700.
$750. $800.
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO TO ME?
[TOWNSFOLK LAUGH] I
CHANGED MY MIND. $800.
$1,000.
$1,100.
$1,150. [GRIFFIN:] $1,200
MR. PALADIN'S BID IS $4,500.
ANYBODY WANT TO SAY MORE?
$4,600.
$4,700.
$4,700. IS THAT IT?
$4,800.
$4,900.
$5,000.
NO, I CAN'T.
THEN IT'S UP TO
YOU, MR. PALADIN.
MR. GRIFFIN, YOU HAVE JUST
BOUGHT YOURSELF A FARM.
ALL RIGHT. CLEAR OUT
OF HERE, ALL OF YOU.
WAIT A MINUTE.
I BID $4,900 ON THIS PLACE.
AS THE SECOND HIGH BIDDER,
I'M ENTITLED TO SEE YOUR MONEY.
YOU DON'T THINK I'D CARRY THAT
KIND OF MONEY WITH ME, DO YOU?
THEN YOU DON'T OWN THIS
PLACE UNTIL YOU PAY FOR IT.
ASK RANDOLPH. MY
MONEY'S IN HIS BANK.
PERHAPS MR. RANDOLPH WILL
MAKE OUT A PROMISSORY NOTE
PAYABLE ON DEMAND. IS
THAT ALL RIGHT, MARSHAL?
SURE, BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD
DO THE TECHNICALITIES INSIDE.
HURRY UP, LET'S
GET THIS OVER WITH.
[RANDOLPH:] TAKE YOUR TIME,
GRIFFIN. I'M MAKING THIS NOTE OUT.
DON'T FORGET THE DEDUCTED
TAXES, MR. RANDOLPH.
I HAVE. SIGN HERE, GRIFFIN.
MAY I SEE IT, PLEASE?
IT'S LEGITIMATE.
PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
THAT'S FINE. NOW IF YOU'LL
MAKE OUT ANOTHER DRAFT
FOR $3,000, PAYABLE
TO MRS. LUCY MORROW.
WHAT?
THAT'S THE REWARD I
BELIEVE YOU OFFERED.
10% OF THE STOLEN $30,000.
YES, BUT I...
NO YOU DON'T, PALADIN!
ANYTHING ON THIS FARM
BELONGS TO ME NOW.
THAT'S CORRECT. MARSHAL
JAFFEY HAS THE MONEY IN TOWN.
MRS. MORROW TURNED IT
OVER TO HIM THIS MORNING.
WHAT?
THEN SHE HAD THE
MONEY ALL THE TIME.
[PALADIN:] WITHOUT KNOWING IT.
IT WAS ONLY THIS
MORNING WE BOTH REALIZED
WHY ONE BUSH OUT OF A
DOZEN WOULD WITHER AND DIE.
ROSES NEED WATER, NOT
MONEY AT THEIR ROOTS.
IT TOOK HER THREE
MONTHS TO FIND IT OUT?
IT TOOK ME ALL NIGHT TO REALIZE
THAT A DYING MAN DOESN'T
CALL HIS WIFE "ROSE"
WHEN HER NAME IS LUCY.
HE WAS JUST TRYING TO TELL ME
WHERE THE MONEY WAS BURIED.
IF I MAY HAVE THAT
DRAFT, PLEASE.
YOU TRICKED ME. ALL OF US!
I KNOW WHAT YOU
THOUGHT, GRIFFIN.
I'M AFRAID YOUR IMAGINATIONS
WERE WORKING OVERTIME.
PALADIN!
NO, NO, NO!
THANK YOU, MARSHAL.
GRIFFIN, REMEMBER
WHAT YOU SAID LAST NIGHT
ABOUT HOPING THAT SOMEHOW
MORROW WOULD KNOW?
WELL, SO DO I.
MRS. MORROW, I'M AFRAID
THIS IS SMALL COMPENSATION
FOR A MAN YOU LOVED.
PART OF THIS IS YOURS.
NO, I CONSIDER THIS MORE
THAN AN ADEQUATE FEE.
MR. PALADIN, YOU ARE
A REMARKABLE MAN.
NO. JUST A MAN WHO'S USED
A GUN... PERHAPS TOO OFTEN.