Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 2, Episode 13 - The Solid Gold Patrol - full transcript

LETTING YOUR MEN GET
KILLED OFF ONE BY ONE

MAY FATTEN YOUR SHARE OF
THAT LOTTERY TICKET, SERGEANT.

BUT ONE THING YOU CAN BE SURE
OF, YOU WON'T LIVE TO SPEND IT.

[SPEAKING CHINESE]

GOOD EVENING, HEY BOY.
GETTING RID OF SOME BILLS?

UH, PALADIN. GETTING
RID OF LOTTERY TICKET.

IT'S NO GOOD.

COST ME FORTY DOLLARS.
SOMEBODY ELSE WIN.

LOTTERY? THE LOUISIANA LOTTERY?
THEY'VE HAD THE DRAWING ALREADY?

LAST NIGHT, IN NEW ORLEANS.
TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN PRIZES.

NOTHING FOR HEY BOY.
OH, THAT'S TOO BAD.



HERE, PERHAPS THIS WILL REPAIR
SOME OF THE DAMAGE TO YOUR PURSE.

THANK YOU.

I SAVE THIS FOR NEXT LOTTERY.
MAYBE SAN FRANCISCO WIN AGAIN.

YOU MEAN SOMEBODY
FROM THIS TOWN WON?

YEAH, POOR MAN NOW RICH.

YOU LOOK SEE.

SAN FRANCISCAN WINS
LOUISIANA LOTTERY.

$600,000 TICKET HELD
BY LOCAL CAVALRYMAN.

THE NAME ON THE WINNING RECEIPT
WAS THAT OF CORPORAL MIKE CALLAHAN,

WHO'S LISTED ADDRESS
IS SAN FRANCISCO.

THE SPONSORS OF THE LOTTERY ANNOUNCED THAT
CORPORAL CALLAHAN MUST PERSONALLY NOTIFY

NEW ORLEANS, AND CONFIRMED THAT HE HOLDS
THE CORRECT NUMBER TO COLLECT HIS MAMMOTH

$600,000 GRAND PRIZE.

THIS NEWSPAPER, AS
WELL AS CIVIC AUTHORITIES,



HAVE TRACED CORPORAL CALLAHAN
TO HIS LAST STATION AT FORT STEELE,

BUT HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE
HIM, AND INFORM HIM OF HIS BONANZA.

UNLESS CORPORAL CALLAHAN COMES
FORWARD OR CAN BE FOUND WITHIN A WEEK,

HE RISKS FORFEITING
THE GRAND PRIZE.

WELL, IF HE'S AT FORT STEELE,
WHY DOESN'T HE COME FORWARD?

DON'T KNOW.

UNLESS HE'S NOT AT FORT STEELE
AND DOESN'T KNOW HE'S WON.

$600,00 DOLLARS. NO, THAT'S TOO
MUCH MONEY TO BE IGNORANT OF.

MR. PALADIN! WHAT'S THE
MATTER, YOU NO LIKE PAPER?

NO, HEY BOY, I'M MORE INTERESTED
IN ANOTHER KIND OF PAPER RIGHT NOW.

I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT A WINNING
LOTTERY TICKET LOOKS LIKE.

[SPEAKS CHINESE]

YOU WERE SAYING THAT
CORPORAL CALLAHAN IS OVERDUE.

THAT'S RIGHT, HE AND HIS
WHOLE PATROL, TWO DAYS.

HE WAS IN COMPANY B. THEY WERE
SENT OUT IN FIELD DUTY A FEW WEEKS AGO.

SERGEANT MAJOR SIEBERT
WITH CALLAHAN UNDER HIM,

AND THREE PRIVATES WERE SENT
ON AN ADVANCED SCOUTING MISSION.

THEY DIDN'T COME BACK. COMPANY B
WAS TOO HARD-PRESSED TO HUNT FOR THEM.

WE'RE HAVING A
MASSIVE INDIAN PROBLEM.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
HAPPENED TO THEM, COLONEL?

FOR ALL I KNOW, THEY'RE
DEAD AND SCALPED BY NOW.

XANO'S GOT EVERY
APACHE ON THE WAR PATH.

CAPTAIN, ALERT THE HOSPITAL
AND COMPANY E. YES, SIR.

COLONEL, I UNDERSTOOD
THAT PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

WERE BEING HELD
WITH THE APACHES.

THAT'S JUST IT, XANO MADE HIS
DEMANDS, REASONABLE ENOUGH.

STRIP OF LAND CALLED
"ORLEANS CANYON",

CERTAIN WATER RIGHTS.

BUT THE LAND TREATY
COMMISSIONER IN WASHINGTON

HAS BEEN SITTING ON HIS
HANDS, QUIBBLING ABOUT DETAILS.

XANO GOT TIRED OF WAITING,
DECIDED TO HAVE HIS WAY BY FORCE.

I TELL YOU...

FROM WASHINGTON, SIR. URGENT!

THANK HEAVENS, THIS IS
WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.

THE LAND COMMISSION HAS AGREED
TO CONCEDE ALL XANO'S DEMANDS.

THE FINAL TREATY WILL
BE HERE... BY COURIER.

WHEN WILL YOU HAVE IT?

NINE, TEN DAYS.

'TILL THEN, I GUESS WE'LL
JUST HAVE TO KEEP FIGHTING.

I'M AFRAID YOU
HAVE TO EXCUSE ME,

I'M SORRY I CAN'T HELP YOU
FIND YOUR FRIEND, CALLAHAN.

WELL, HE'S NOT EXACTLY A FRIEND, COLONEL.
I WANTED TO SEE HIM ABOUT BUSINESS.

WE CAN'T SPARE A
MAN TO HELP YOU.

WE'RE BARELY HOLDING OUR OWN, AND
CALLAHAN WILL HAVE TO HOLD HIS OWN.

IF HE'S ALIVE.

WELL, I'D LIKE TO FIND THAT OUT.

IF HE'S ALIVE, I MEAN.

I'M NOT SURE I KNOW WHAT YOU
DO MEAN. I'D LIKE TO RUN HIM DOWN.

IN THAT COUNTRY?

IT'S SWARMING WITH SAVAGES.

I'LL TAKE MY CHANCES.

I'VE SAID WE CAN'T HELP YOU.

WELL COLONEL, I'M USED
TO TRAVELING ALONE,

THE ONLY HELP I'LL NEED, IS SOME
GENERAL IDEA WHERE THE PLATOON MIGHT BE.

THE MISSING PLATOON HAD TO
TOUCH THREE DIFFERENT WATER HOLES.

APACHE WELLS, INDIAN
SPRING, MESQUITE WELLS.

IF I WERE YOU...

AND I WOULDN'T BE FOR
ALL OF THAT $600,000,

I'D START HERE, APACHE WELLS.

[MUFFLED ECHOING VOICE]

[GUNSHOTS]

COME ON.

[WAR CRIES]

RIGHT DOWN HERE!

[GUNSHOTS]

ESPINOZA, GET HIS HORSE
BACK WITH THE OTHERS. QUICK!

THANKS FOR THE HELPING HAND.

WHO ARE YOU?

I'M HERE ON A
MATTER OF BUSINESS.

YOU'RE SERGEANT MAJOR
SIEBERT, AREN'T YOU?

WHAT BUSINESS? I WANT
TO SEE ONE OF YOUR MEN,

CORPORAL MIKE
CALLAHAN. IS HE WITH YOU?

CALLAHAN, COME HERE.

BE RIGHT WITH YOU!

MR. PALADIN, HE CAME ALL THE WAY
FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO SEE YOU.

ARE YOU JOKING?

NOT TODAY, CORPORAL.

YOU EVER BUY A TICKET
ON A LOUISIANA LOTTERY?

YEAH, I SURE SHOOTIN' DID.

EVER SINCE HANNAH AND
ME DECIDED TO GET MARRIED,

WE'VE BEEN BUYING UP EVERY
CHANCE THAT COMES AROUND.

YOU HAVE THE TICKET
WITH YOU? YEAH!

MAY I SEE IT? SURE.

[GUNSHOT]

YEP, THAT'S THE RIGHT NUMBER.

CONGRATULATIONS,
CORPORAL, YOU'RE RICH.

[GUNSHOT]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M RICH?

I MEAN, YOU WON THE
LOUISIANA LOTTERY,

FIRST PRIZE, $600,000.

WHO ME? I'M A WINNER?

THAT'S WHAT I CAME
OUT HERE TO TELL YOU.

YIPPEE, I'M RICH! I'M RICH!

[GUNSHOTS]

THERE'S ONLY ONE
PROBLEM, CORPORAL.

YOU HAVE THREE DAYS IN WHICH TO NOTIFY
NEW ORLEANS YOU HAVE THE WINNING NUMBER.

HEY, YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO
HELP ME, BUT YOU NEVER SAID HOW.

BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW.

I'VE HAD A FEW HOURS TO LOOK
AROUND, AND I STILL DON'T KNOW.

MUST BE 50 OR 60
APACHES OUT THERE.

I SAY WE'RE AS GOOD AS DEAD.

THEY'LL GET A NOTION TO
RUSH US. I DON'T THINK SO.

WHY SHOULD THEY WASTE
LIVES? ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS WAIT

UNTIL WE'RE OUT OF
FOOD AND AMMUNITION.

I STILL DON'T KNOW WHY YOU
GOT YOURSELF INTO THIS MESS.

I'VE ALREADY TOLD CORPORAL
CALLAHAN I EXPECT A FEE.

BESIDES, HE WAS
MISSING. I WAS CURIOUS.

YEAH, ABOUT THIS FEE, IF YOU DO GET
ME OUT OF HERE, WHAT'S IT GONNA BE?

UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I'LL
LEAVE THAT TO YOUR DISCRETION.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
YOUR LIFE'S WORTH NOW?

WELL...

HOW ABOUT ONE SIXTH OF THE
TOTAL VALUE OF THE TICKET? $100,000.

WELL NOW, THAT'S GENEROUS...

SAY, WHY COULDN'T WE GET OUT
OF HERE JUST THE WAY YOU CAME IN?

THAT WAS FOOL'S LUCK.

I WAS ALONE, I CAUGHT
THEM BY SURPRISE.

IF WE ALL TRIED TO GO OUT OF
HERE, THEY'D CUT US TO RIBBONS.

WELL, MAYBE WE DON'T ALL
HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE,

WHY NOT JUST YOU AND ME?

I'D CALL THAT
DESERTION, CORPORAL.

RITTER...

GET OUT THERE WITH
ESPINOZA, KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN.

AIN'T NOBODY LEAVING THIS PICNIC
GROUND WHILE I'M IN COMMAND.

I'M GIVING ORDERS.

I GOT AN ORDER
FOR YOU, CALLAHAN.

YOU GOT THE WATER DETAIL.

IN THE MORNING, YOU TAKE THEM EMPTY
CANTEENS DOWN, AND FILL THEM AT THE HOLE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN WATER DETAIL? I HAD
THAT YESTERDAY AND I ALMOST GOT KILLED.

YOU GOT IT AGAIN, RICH BOY.

NOW JUST A MINUTE HERE!

IF YOU THINK I'M GOING
OUT THERE TO GET KILLED

SO YOU CAN HAVE THE
TICKET, YOU'RE WRONG.

THAT LOTTERY TICKET IS MAKING
YOU KIND OF JUMPY, CALLAHAN.

MAYBE YOU'D LIKE A
DIFFERENT KIND OF DETAIL?

LIKE WHAT, FOR INSTANCE?

LIKE BEING OFFICIALLY ASSIGNED
TO RIDE TO FORT STEELE, ALONE.

FOR REINFORCEMENTS.

YOU'D DO THAT LITTLE THING
FOR ME, WOULDN'T YOU?

YOU'D LET ME GET OUT OF HERE SO I
COULD CASH IN MY TICKET ON TIME, HUH?

I MIGHT. THAT'S VERY
GENEROUS OF YOU, SERGEANT.

WHEN ANYONE IS THAT GENEROUS, I
OFTEN ASK MYSELF, 'WHAT'S IN IT FOR HIM?'

SAME THING THAT'S IN IT FOR YOU.

I HEARD OUT THERE,
ONE SIXTH CUT.

ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

ALL RIGHT, SERGEANT.
YOU GOT YOURSELF A DEAL.

I'D LIKE THAT IN WRITING.

"IF I WIN THE LOUISIANA LOTTERY, I
PROMISE TO PAY SERGEANT SIEBERT...

ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SIGN YOUR NAME.

I DON'T THINK THAT PIECE OF PAPER WOULD
LOOK VERY GOOD AT A COURT MARTIAL, SARGE.

MEANING WHAT?

YOU'RE FORCING A BRIBE,
PLAYING FAVORITISM.

IF HE START THAT, WE BE SHOOT
AT EACH OTHER, NOT THE INDIANS.

WELL NOW, HE'S GOT A POINT.

CORPORAL, YOU MIND
IF I MAKE A SUGGESTION?

NO, GO AHEAD, WE'RE
IN BUSINESS TOGETHER.

YOU START GIVING OUT ONE OR TWO PIECES,
IT'LL SPLIT UP THE GROUP, CAUSE TROUBLE.

NOW, IF EVERYBODY
WAS A PARTNER...

WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'EVERYBODY?'

THERE ARE SIX OF US. IF EACH
MAN HAD A SIXTH OF THAT TICKET...

THAT'LL... THAT'LL ONLY
LEAVE ME WITH $100,000.

CALLAHAN, BEFORE I GOT
HERE, YOU WERE DEAD BROKE.

AT THAT POINT, YOU WOULD HAVE
SAID $100,000 WOULD BE ENOUGH

FOR YOU AND HANNAH,
WOULDN'T YOU? YEAH, SURE BUT...

IF EVERYBODY IS
AN EQUAL PARTNER,

THEN EVERYBODY'S GOING TO
FIGHT TO PROTECT THAT TICKET,

AS HARD AS HE WOULD
TO PROTECT HIS OWN NECK.

NO PREJUDICE, NO
FAVORITISM, JUST SIX MEN

TRYING TO SURVIVE AND CASH IN.

NOW YOU THINK IT OVER, BE
THE BEST DEAL YOU EVER MADE.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ALL
PARTNERS TOGETHER.

[GUNSHOTS, SHOUTING]

ALL RIGHT, I HAVE YOUR CANTEENS.

HOW AM I EVER GOING TO GET
TO NEW YORK AND BE AN ARTIST?

ALL THE DRAWING I'VE BEEN DOING
OUT HERE IS THE WATER DETAIL.

IT WAS FAIR, WE ALL DREW
FOR THE SAME CHANCE.

YEAH, I KNOW.

I'LL COVER YOU.

[GUNSHOTS]

SIEBERT, LETTING YOUR MEN GET KILLED
ONE AT A TIME MAY FATTEN YOUR TICKET,

IT WON'T SAVE YOUR SKIN.

THANKS, SARGE.

FORGET IT.

WHERE'S SIEBERT? I DON'T KNOW.

YOU'LL WAKE THOSE INDIANS.

[GUNSHOTS]

WELL CORPORAL, LOOKS
LIKE YOU'RE IN CHARGE.

THAT WAITS FOR US.

I STILL THINK HE'S GOT THE TICKET IN
HIS CAP, HE KEPT EVERYTHING THERE.

WELL, THERE'S ONE
WAY TO FIND OUT.

[CALLAHAN:] THERE IT
GOES, THERE'S THE TICKET.

LOOK, THE WIND IS
BLOWING IT AWAY FROM US.

HOLD YOUR FIRE.

[GUNSHOTS]

WELL YOU EARNED
YOUR FEE, MR. PALADIN.

NOT QUITE YET.

IT'S AMAZING HOW CURIOUS THOSE
INDIANS ARE, THEY'LL COME AFTER ANYTHING.

I'D LIKE TO GET ONE
OF THEM ALIVE. WHY?

WE'VE GOT TO TRY. WE'RE
ALMOST OUT OF AMMUNITION.

WE'LL BE DEAD BY MORNING
IF WE DON'T TRY SOMETHING.

THEN, LIKE WHAT?

LIKE... LEADING A COUPLE OF OUR
HORSES DOWN TO THE FOOT OF THIS HILL.

BUT THE INDIANS WILL TAKE THEM.

MAYBE NOT.

SO YOU GET YOURSELF AN INDIAN,
WHAT GOOD IS THAT GONNA DO?

WON'T GET US OUT OF HERE.

IT CERTAINLY WON'T MAKE THIS
WORTH HALF A MILLION EITHER.

MIGHT MAKE THAT WORTH
MORE THAN A HALF A MILLION.

MIGHT MAKE IT WORTH YOUR LIFE.

ALL RIGHT, CALLAHAN, GET
HIM OUT OF HERE. GO ON!

[HORSE WHINNIES]

GET UP THAT HILL. GET UP THERE!

GO ON!

COME ON.

GET UP THERE, GO ON!

YOU HAVE SOME
ENGLISH, WHITE BULL.

DO YOU ALSO READ THE
WHITE MAN'S WORDS? NO.

THEN YOU DO NOT KNOW
THE WHITE FATHERS' DESIRE

TO MAKE A TREATY OF
PEACE WITH YOUR PEOPLE?

XANO NO BELIEVE.

NOW WHAT DO YOU, A MERE BRAVE,
KNOW OF WHAT XANO BELIEVES?

HE LEADS US.

XANO LEADS YOU?

YOU MEAN HE'S OUT
THERE NOW? YES.

WHY DOES HE WISH TO
KILL US? WE DO NO HARM.

XANO'S ANGER IS GREAT.

THE PALE FACE SPEAKS OF TREATY,

BUT NO TREATY. XANO FIGHTS.

THAT IS WHY I DIDN'T KILL YOU, I
WANTED YOU TO KNOW OF THE TREATY.

YES, WHERE TREATY?

BEING FINISHED AT THE FORT,
SO IT WILL BE READY TO SIGN.

BUT THEY SENT ME AHEAD
WITH THE FIRST PAGE.

SO I CAN SHOW IT TO XANO.

AND XANO WILL KEEP HIS
PATIENCE, AND WAIT IN PEACE.

NO BELIEVE! TRICK.

OUR WORDS ARE NOT EMPTY.

I'M PERFECTLY WILLING TO
SHOW THE TREATY TO YOUR CHIEF.

YOU'RE FREE TO GO TO HIM.

TELL HIM OF THE TREATY,
TELL HIM IT WAITS FOR HIM.

GO!

PALADIN IS CRAZY,
WAIT 'TILL THAT INDIAN

FINDS OUT THAT WE
HAVEN'T GOT A TREATY.

I'VE GOT THE TREATY?

THAT'S RIGHT, IN YOUR BOOT.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT?

ALL I'VE GOT IN MY BOOT...

THE TICKET, HUH?

THE $600,000 FIRST PRIZE
IN THE LOUISIANA LOTTERY.

THAT COULD BE THE
PRICE OF OUR FREEDOM.

NO!

THAT'S THE ONLY PIECE
OF PAPER WE HAVE

THAT COULD POSSIBLY LOOK
LIKE AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT.

I DON'T KNOW IF XANO WILL
EVEN SEE US, AND IF HE DOES,

I CERTAINLY DON'T KNOW
WHETHER HE'LL BELIEVE THAT THING

IS PART OF A TREATY,
BUT HE MIGHT.

AND THAT COULD SAVE OUR SCALPS.

HE WON'T LIKE BEING FOOLED.

HE'S NOT BEING FOOLED. I WAS
WITH COL. BARLOW IN THE FORT,

WHEN THE NEWS CAME FROM WASHINGTON
THAT THE TREATY HAS GONE THROUGH.

IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF DAYS.

NOW WHAT DO YOU SAY?

LOOK, YOU WERE THE ONE WHO
MADE ME DIVIDE THE TICKET UP.

NOW, WHY DON'T YOU
ASK THEM TO DECIDE?

ALL RIGHT.

YOU'VE ALL HEARD IT,
THIS IS A LONG SHOT.

AND I THINK IT'S THE
ONLY SHOT WE'VE GOT.

MY VOTE IS YES. KROSOWSKI?

WELL...

I GUESS MY FOLKS WOULD
RATHER HAVE ME THAN MONEY.

I SAY, GIVE IT UP.

RITTER?

I'LL VOTE YES.

ESPINOZA?

YES, SEÑOR.

ALL RIGHT, CALLAHAN,
NOW IT'S UP TO YOU.

WELL, THIS IS A DEMOCRACY. WHAT
HAVE I GOT TO SAY BUT YES, TOO.

HEY! LOOK!

THE TICKET, CORPORAL.

OH...

XANO, THIS IS THE FIRST
PAGE OF THE TREATY.

THIS IS THE HOUSE
OF THE WHITE FATHER,

THIS IS THE FLAG THAT
STANDS BEHIND THE TREATY.

THIS NUMBER SAYS HOW
MANY ACRES YOU WILL OWN.

THESE ARE THE SEALS
THAT MAKE IT OFFICIAL.

THIS WORD IS "ORLEANS".

SHOWING YOU WILL HAVE PERMANENT
POSSESSION OF ORLEANS CANYON.

YOU WILL HAVE THE ENTIRE
TREATY IN YOUR HANDS,

BEFORE THE MOON IS FULL
AGAIN, IF YOU LET US GO FREE.

XANO TAKE TREATY.

GO IN PEACE.

WHEN I THINK OF WHAT HANNAH AND I
COULD HAVE DONE WITH ALL THAT MONEY.

♪ ...IN THE RANKS OF
DEATH YOU WILL FIND HIM ♪

♪ HIS FATHER'S SWORD
HE HAS GIRDED ON ♪

♪ AND HIS WILD HARP
SLUNG BEHIND HIM ♪

♪ 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 THE MAN CALLED ♪

♪ PALADIN ♪

♪ PALADIN, PALADIN
WHERE DO YOU ROAM? ♪