Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 2, Episode 17 - The Taffeta Mayor - full transcript

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,

THIS TOWN DESERVES
WHAT IT'S GETTING.

BUT KELLAWAY
PAID ME TO DO A JOB,

AND THAT'S WHAT I INTEND TO DO.

WITH YOUR HELP,
IF YOU'LL GIVE IT,

ALONE IF I MUST.

GOOD MORNING, MR. PALADIN.

GOOD MORNING, HEY
BOY. MUCH MAIL TODAY.

THE JEWELER... THE CATERER...

THE GUNSMITH... THE HOTEL...

THE BOOT MAKER.



HEY BOY, I'D HOPED
IN TODAY'S MAIL,

THERE WOULD BE
SOMETHING OF PROFIT FOR ME.

THOSE THE LATEST EDITIONS? YEAH.

I'M SORRY.

SEND THIS WIRE OUT
RIGHT AWAY. YES, SIR.

AND HAVE THE CLERK MAKE
UP MY BILL, I'M CHECKING OUT.

YOUR NAME, PLEASE?

OAKLIN, ARNOLD OAKLIN.

I'LL BE LEAVING IN TEN MINUTES.

"OAKLIN-TRASK CONNECTION
CHARGED. COLTON, WYOMING.

"UP FOR RE-ELECTION
AS MAYOR OF COLTON,

"BEN TRASK HAS BEEN
ACCUSED OF MERELY BEING

"A FIGUREHEAD CONTROLLED
BY ARNOLD OAKLIN.

"THE ONLY OPPOSING
CANDIDATE, JOHN KELLAWAY,



"HAS PROMISED TO
PROVE THIS CHARGE

"IN HIS FINAL CAMPAIGN MEETING

"AT TOWN HALL, LATER THIS WEEK."

EXCUSE ME, MR. PALADIN...

CANNOT READ THIS
GENTLEMAN HANDWRITING.

WHAT'S THIS LAST WORD?

HEY BOY, THAT WIRE IS PERSONAL.

NOW TAKE IT TO THE
TELEGRAPH OFFICE.

BUT LET ME READ ANYWAY.

RETURN IMMEDIATELY. STOP KILL.

IT DON'T MAKE
SENSE, 'STOP KILL'.

SEE?

HEY BOY, THAT'S
AN 'E', NOT AN 'I'.

STOP KELL.

STILL, THAT MAKE NO SENSE.

WELL, TAKE IT TO THE
TELEGRAPH OFFICE.

AND HEY BOY, LET ME
HAVE AN ENVELOPE.

YOU FIND CLIENT?

WELL, I'M NOT SURE, BUT
IT DOES LOOK PROMISING.

THANK YOU, CLAY.

HARRIET.

YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT
ME TO STAY WITH YOU, LUCY?

I'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A LOT OF PERSONAL
THINGS TO ATTEND TO.

YOU KNOW I'D BE
MORE THAN HAPPY TO...

YOU HEARD HER, HARRIET.

KEEPING BUSY, THAT'S THE SECRET.

CAN I SEE YOU IN, LUCY?

LUCY, IF YOU NEED ANY HELP...

NO... THANK YOU, CLAY.

I'M QUITE CAPABLE OF
MANAGING THINGS MYSELF.

THIS STORE IS NOT
OPEN FOR BUSINESS.

I'M LOOKING FOR MR. KELLAWAY.

I BURIED MY HUSBAND
THIS MORNING.

OH...

PLEASE ACCEPT MY
DEEPEST SYMPATHY.

CAN YOU TELL ME SIR,
WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

WELL... SOME CITIZEN...

ACCIDENTALLY THREW
DYNAMITE IN THE WINDOW.

JOHN KELLAWAY WAS KILLED.

NOW MAY I ASK,

WHAT BUSINESS YOU
HAD WITH MY HUSBAND?

WELL, MR. KELLAWAY
HIRED ME TO HELP HIM.

I'M TERRIBLY SORRY I
DIDN'T GET HERE IN TIME

TO PREVENT WHAT HAPPENED.

YOU'RE A LIAR.

JOHN WOULDN'T HAVE HAD
ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU.

YOU REPRESENT EVERYTHING
HE WANTED TO FIGHT,

EVERYTHING HE HATED MOST.

A CHEAP GUNMAN, AND A KILLER.

THIS TOWN IS FULL
OF MEN LIKE YOU.

MRS. KELLAWAY, YOUR HUSBAND
DID SEND ME A TELEGRAM.

I HAVE HEARD ALL I CARE
TO, NOW GET OUT OF HERE.

MRS. KELLAWAY, YOUR HUSBAND...

I SAID GET OUT, MR. PALADIN!

OR MR. MORROW WILL SHOW YOU OUT.

MRS. KELLAWAY,

IF I LIVED IN A TOWN LIKE THIS,

I'D BE A LITTLE LESS
PROUD, I'D ASK FOR HELP.

LIKE YOUR HUSBAND DID.

IF I WERE GOING TO
LIVE IN THIS TOWN,

I WOULD ALSO.

BUT I'M NOT.

I'M GOING EAST TOMORROW.

ON THE STAGE.

GOOD DAY, SIR.

AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON.

MR. MORROW, I'D LIKE
ANSWERS TO SOME QUESTIONS,

IF YOU DON'T MIND.

WELL, YES. CERTAINLY.

CLAY, ARE YOU GONNA
DRIVE ME HOME OR NOT?

IN A MOMENT, DEAR. I'M BUSY.

ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN WALK.

MR. MORROW, I'M VERY
SORRY ABOUT THAT.

NOW, JUST WHAT DID JOHN KELLAWAY

KNOW ABOUT OAKLIN AND TRASK,

THAT HE WAS GONNA TELL
AT THIS MEETING TONIGHT?

OH, I KNOW WHAT JOHN WAS
GOING TO TELL EVERYBODY.

IT WASN'T AS SERIOUS
AS HE TRIED TO MAKE OUT.

TRASK WAS...

TRASK WAS PRACTICALLY
IN OAKLIN'S POCKET,

YOU KNOW, ON HIS PAYROLL.

WHY?

WELL, OAKLIN OWNS
THE HARNESS STORE

AND A COUPLE OF
OTHER BUSINESSES.

HE'S GOT HIS HAND IN
EVERY SHADY DEAL IN TOWN.

HE NEEDS HELP.

YOU KNOW, THE
OFFICIAL KIND OF HELP.

CAN'T DO BETTER THAN THE MAYOR.

YOU DON'T THINK THAT'S
A SERIOUS CHARGE?

OH, OF COURSE. BUT
WHAT CAN WE DO?

OAKLIN OWNS THE
MAYOR AND THE SHERIFF...

WELL, THE REST OF US
JUST STAY OUT OF TROUBLE,

THAT WAY, NOBODY GETS HURT.

THAT'S RIGHT, THEY JUST
GET KILLED OUT RIGHT,

LIKE JOHN KELLAWAY.

I THINK I'D LIKE TO
MEET MR. OAKLIN.

OH, WELL... WILL
YOU DO THE HONORS?

YOU SEE, MR. PALADIN... NOW!

ALL RIGHT.

GENTLEMEN, WHAT
CAN I DO FOR YOU?

MR. OAKLIN, MY NAME IS PALADIN.

JOHN KELLAWAY HIRED ME TO
HELP HIM WITH HIS CAMPAIGN.

TERRIBLE THING,
THE WAY JOHN DIED.

THIS IS MR. TRASK.

THE HONORABLE BEN
TRASK, MAYOR OF COLTON.

I'VE SEEN YOU SOMEWHERE
BEFORE, HAVEN'T I?

WE BUMPED INTO EACH
OTHER IN THE CARLTON,

IN SAN FRANCISCO.

CARLTON? SAN FRANCISCO...

YOU'RE A LONG WAY FROM HOME.

YOUR CAMPAIGNS ARE
RATHER NOISY UP HERE,

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
CAMPAIGN WITH DYNAMITE.

WHEN I...?

YOU'RE CONFUSED, MR. PALADIN.

I'M NOT A CANDIDATE. AREN'T YOU?

I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN.

BUT KELLAWAY'S
DEATH WAS AN ACCIDENT,

EVERYBODY KNOWS
THAT. RIGHT, BEN?

OH YEAH, SURE.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.

WELL, I'M SURE NOT
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.

MRS. KELLAWAY HAS
A DIFFERENT OPINION.

AND I HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION.

WHAT'S YOUR OPINION?

I THINK HE WAS MURDERED.

WE HAVE A PEACEFUL
LITTLE TOWN HERE.

NO TROUBLE, NO TROUBLEMAKERS.

I MUST WARN YOU, MR. PALADIN...

THE SHERIFF HERE DOESN'T
LIKE TROUBLEMAKERS.

ESPECIALLY STRANGERS.
I'M SURE HE DOESN'T.

KELLAWAY'S DEAD. LEAVE TOWN
AND FORGET THE WHOLE BUSINESS.

NO, MR. OAKLIN, I'M NOT LEAVING.

I WAS PAID IN ADVANCE
TO DO A CERTAIN JOB,

AND WHEN THAT JOB IS
DONE TO MY SATISFACTION,

THEN I'LL RIDE OUT OF TOWN.

WE'RE GENTLE PEOPLE
HERE IN COLTON, MR. PALADIN.

WE JUST DON'T LIKE HIRED GUNMEN.

NOW TAKE MY ADVICE
AND GET OUT OF TOWN,

BEFORE YOU GET
IN SERIOUS TROUBLE.

I'LL PUT IT ON THE LINE A
LOT CLEANER THAN THAT.

YOU TRY USING THAT
GUN AROUND HERE,

AND YOU'LL END UP IN JAIL,
OR DANGLIN' FROM A ROPE.

ALL THE SHERIFF
NEEDS IS AN EXCUSE,

OR US TO SAY THE WORD.

YOU BROUGHT HIM
HERE, NOW TAKE HIM OUT.

IT WASN'T MY FAULT, OAKLIN.

HE MADE ME.

I SUPPOSE YOU KNOW
THAT OAKLIN WILL PROBABLY

HOLD IT AGAINST ME FOR
TAKING YOU OVER THERE.

MR. MORROW...

YOU AND THE OTHERS IN THIS TOWN,

DESERVE WHATEVER YOU'RE GETTING.

WHEN AN HONEST, COURAGEOUS
MAN LIKE JOHN KELLAWAY

GIVES HIS LIFE FOR YOU, YOU
HAVEN'T THE COURAGE TO...

ALL RIGHT, MR. PALADIN.
I ADMIT I'M AFRAID.

BUT LOOK WHAT HE DID TO YOU...

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO?

WELL, YOU COULD RUN FOR MAYOR.

YOU COULD PUT TRASK
OUT OF BUSINESS.

I'M NO POLITICIAN...
LOOK, MR. PALADIN,

I DON'T WANT TO GET
MIXED UP IN THINGS.

I JUST WANT TO STAY
OUT OF TROUBLE.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
TROUBLE AS LONG AS YOU LIVE.

EVERYTHING YOU DO BEGS FOR IT.

I TOLD YOU ONCE... I KNOW WHAT
YOU TOLD ME, MRS. KELLAWAY.

NOW I'M GONNA TELL
YOU A FEW THINGS.

THIS IS THE TELEGRAM

YOUR HUSBAND SENT
ME IN SAN FRANCISCO.

HE ALSO DEPOSITED
A DRAFT IN A BANK

IN MY NAME, IN SAN FRANCISCO.

NOW I DON'T KNOW WHETHER
YOU'RE LIKE THE REST

OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS
TOWN, I HOPE YOU'RE NOT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I THINK THIS TOWN IS GETTING
EXACTLY WHAT IT DESERVES.

BUT YOUR HUSBAND HOPED
FOR SOMETHING BETTER.

HE HIRED ME FOR A SPECIFIC JOB,

TO STOP TRASK AND OAKLIN.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.

ALONE IF I MUST,

WITH YOUR HELP
IF YOU'LL GIVE IT.

AND WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO?

GET A GUN AND HELP YOU
SHOOT IT OUT WITH THEM?

IF IT WERE THAT SIMPLE, I
WOULDN'T NEED ANY HELP.

THE ONLY WAY TO BEAT THOSE MEN,

IS TO GET THAT OFFICE.

NOW THE WYOMING
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE

GRANTED WOMAN SUFFRAGE
SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

THERE IS NO REASON
WHY YOU SHOULDN'T

REPLACE YOUR
HUSBAND ON THAT BALLOT.

I CAN'T RUN FOR MAYOR,
I'M NOT A RESIDENT HERE.

SOMEONE WHO IS A RESIDENT,
AND WHO HAS THE COURAGE

MUST OPPOSE TRASK
ON THAT BALLOT.

BUT... IT'S ABSURD.

A WOMAN MAYOR.

IT'S NOT AS ABSURD OR AS TRAGIC

AS A MAN GIVING
HIS LIFE FOR A CAUSE

NO ONE ELSE IS
WILLING TO FIGHT FOR.

BUT I DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT POLITICS.

THAT'S A MAN'S GAME.

A GAME, MRS. KELLAWAY?
THAT WHAT YOU CALL IT?

YOU THINK OAKLIN
WAS PLAYING A GAME

WHEN HE HAD ME BEATEN
UP TO RUN ME OUT OF TOWN?

WELL, I'LL TELL YOU

HE WASN'T PLAYING ANY GAME
WHEN HE KILLED YOUR HUSBAND.

ALL RIGHT, MR. PALADIN...

TELL ME WHAT TO DO.

HEY FELLAS! COME ON OUT HERE!

COME ON!

THERE!

A LADY MAYOR!

COME ON OVER HERE! ALL OF YOU!

ARE YOU PEOPLE REALLY INTERESTED

IN HAVING AN HONEST
MAYOR IN THIS TOWN?

IF YOU ARE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
A CHANCE TO GET ONE TOMORROW.

JUST MARK YOUR BALLOTS
FOR LUCY KELLAWAY.

NOW HER HUSBAND, JOHN KELLAWAY,

HAS ALREADY GIVEN
HIS LIFE FOR YOU.

TOMORROW YOU'LL HAVE A
CHANCE TO DO YOUR PART.

MR. PALADIN, WHAT'S
THE MEANING OF THIS?

IT'S NOT FIT AND PROPER
FOR A WOMAN... A WIDOW...

I'M SURE LUCY KELLAWAY
WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO TAKE

HER NAME OFF THIS BALLOT
IN EXCHANGE FOR YOURS.

MR. MORROW, YOU STEP RIGHT
UP HERE AND TELL THESE PEOPLE

WHAT YOU'D DO IF YOU WERE MAYOR.

RIGHT UP HERE, SIR.

THERE'S GONNA BE A MEETING
IN THAT TOWN HALL TONIGHT.

JUST LIKE JOHN
KELLAWAY SAID THERE'D BE.

ONLY HIS WIFE LUCY IS GOING
TO BE DOING THE TALKING.

YOU WANNA FIND OUT
WHAT'S WRONG WITH OAKLIN?

WHAT'S WRONG WITH TRASK,
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR TOWN?

YOU BE IN THAT
MEETING HALL TONIGHT.

HE SURE DID ANYTHING
BUT TAKE YOUR ADVICE

ABOUT GETTING OUT OF TOWN.

I DIDN'T THINK HE
WOULD. WHAT'S SO FUNNY?

HE GETS EVERYBODY
RILED UP ENOUGH,

NOT TELLING WHAT MAY HAPPEN.

IF NEED BE, WE'LL TAKE CARE

OF MR. PALADIN AND
HIS MRS. KELLAWAY.

THE GALS ARE LOUDER AND
FUNNIER OVER AT THE SALOON.

[ALL LAUGHING]

PALADIN, COME OVER
TO THE WAGON WHEEL,

WE'LL LISTEN TO HER OVER THERE.

WE'LL PUT IT TO MUSIC.

YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, LUCY.
THEY WON'T LISTEN TO A WOMAN.

NOT ONE, NOT EVEN ONE.

WELL, PERHAPS IT'S JUST AS WELL.

COME, I'LL SEE YOU HOME.

PRETTY ROUGH ON A WOMAN.

WANTING TO TALK, AND
NOBODY LISTENING TO HER.

[LAUGHING]

THAT CERTAINLY DIDN'T
WORK OUT VERY WELL, DID IT?

WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT TO DO NOW.

IT'S NO USE, PALADIN.

I CAN'T FIGHT THEM,
IT'S JUST NO USE.

YOU WANNA QUIT?

ALL RIGHT, YOU QUIT.

YOU GO OUT TO THE CEMETERY,
TAKE FRESH FLOWERS.

GO OUT THERE EVERYDAY.

PUT THOSE FRESH FLOWERS
ON YOUR HUSBAND'S GRAVE,

BUT DON'T YOU DO ANYTHING
ABOUT THE MEN THAT KILLED HIM.

NOW WHAT ELSE DO
YOU EXPECT ME TO DO?

WE TRIED YOUR LITTLE
SCHEME AND IT DIDN'T WORK.

YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED.
THERE'S NOT A MAN

IN THIS TOWN WHO'D VOTE FOR ME.

NOW I JUST DON'T CARE,
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?

I JUST DON'T CARE.

I DON'T WANT TO BE A MAYOR,

I DON'T WANT TO BE
ELECTED TO ANYTHING.

I... I JUST...

WHAT TIME ARE THE POLLS OPEN?

THEY OPEN AT NOON,
AND THEY CLOSE AT THREE.

GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.

I'LL PICK YOU UP AT SIX
O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING,

AND BE READY TO
DO SOME TRAVELING.

HEY BILLY!

COME HERE AND HAVE A
DRINK ON THE HOUSE, COME ON.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MORROW.

I TRUST YOU VOTED, CLAY.

I MIGHT HAVE SAVED
MYSELF THE TROUBLE.

THERE AREN'T MANY VOTING, BUT
YOU CAN BET THEY'RE ALL TRASK VOTES.

HE'S BEEN FEEDING
THEM FREE WHISKEY.

BY THE WAY, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

THAT'S MY WIFE AND...
MRS. FORD, MRS...

WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE?

EXERCISING THEIR RIGHTS
AS AMERICAN CITIZENS.

YOU MEAN THEY'RE
GONNA VOTE? CERTAINLY.

THEY'VE HAD THAT PRIVILEGE
FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

WE'VE BEEN OUT ALL MORNING
REMINDING THEM OF THAT FACT.

ALL RIGHT, BUT WHOEVER
HEARD OF THEM DOING IT?

MR. OAKLIN!

OBVIOUSLY NOT MAYOR TRASK.

NOW IF YOU'LL
EXCUSE ME GENTLEMEN,

I THINK I'LL JOIN THE
LADIES AND VOTE.

EVENING, MR. OAKLIN.

I WAS WONDERING WHERE
I MIGHT FIND MAYOR TRASK.

I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM ALL NIGHT.

THEY DID IT!

WE GOT US A LADY MAYOR!

[CROWD CHEERING]

WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO
AND CONGRATULATE HER?

CONGRATULATE HER?

IT'S THE POLITE THING TO DO.

SO OAKLIN...

THIS WAY.

PALADIN... INSIDE!

WHAT'S HE DOING HERE?

HE WANTED TO CONGRATULATE
MRS. KELLAWAY FIRST, DIDN'T YOU?

CONGRATULATE?

I KNOW WE'VE HAD
OUR DIFFERENCES, BUT...

I'M SURE THEY CAN BE RESOLVED.

I'M SURE YOU'LL... DO
AN EXCELLENT JOB,

AND CONGRATULATIONS.

PALADIN, I CAN'T... NOW...

YESTERDAY, I SPENT SOME TIME

IN YOUR HARNESS
SHOP, AGAINST MY WILL.

LET'S JUST SAY I'M GONNA
REPAY YOU FOR THAT, HUH?

I'M SORRY ABOUT
THAT, TRULY SORRY.

IF YOU JUST LET ME GO...
WHEN TRASK GETS HERE.

TRASK?

THAT'S RIGHT, HE'LL
BE HERE, WON'T HE?

NO, HE LEFT TOWN.
HOW DO YOU KNOW?

YOU SAID YOU HADN'T
SEEN HIM ALL NIGHT.

HE TOLD ME...

YOU KNOW WHAT,
YOU DON'T LOOK WELL.

WELL...

MORROW, PUT THAT CHAIR
OVER THERE BY THE DOOR,

UNDER THAT OPEN TRANSOM,
AND LOCK THE DOOR.

WE'LL PUT YOU OVER
THERE FOR SOME FRESH AIR,

AND YOU'LL FEEL BETTER.

I FEEL PERFECTLY
FINE, JUST LET ME GO...

BY THE DOOR!

NO, I WON'T!

GET OUT OF THERE,
MORROW! COME ON!

NO, TRASK! WAIT!

I'M IN HERE!

TOO BAD TRASK DIDN'T LEAVE TOWN.

LUCY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

CLAY, I WANT YOU
TO SELL THIS STORE.

I'LL WIRE YOU MY ADDRESS IN
PHILADELPHIA, WHEN I GET SETTLED.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

WHY LUCY, YOU CAN'T LEAVE NOW.

YOU'RE GONNA BE SWORN IN AS
MAYOR DAY AFTER TOMORROW.

NO, I'M NOT. I'M LEAVING.

I'M LEAVING FOR GOOD.

BUT LUCY, YOU WERE ELECTED...

DON'T YOU OWE A DEBT TO THE
PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR YOU?

I OWED A SACRED
DEBT TO MY HUSBAND,

AND EVERY WOMAN WHO
VOTED FOR ME KNOWS THAT.

THIS TOWN LET OAKLIN
KILL MY HUSBAND,

AND THEN THEY DID
NOTHING ABOUT IT.

THE ONLY HELP I RECEIVED,

WAS FROM A TOTAL STRANGER.

I RAN FOR OFFICE FOR ONE REASON,

AND THAT WAS TO
TEAR DOWN THE MEN

WHO MURDERED JOHN KELLAWAY.

AND THAT'S DONE NOW.

I CAN'T DO ANYMORE.

BUT COLTON NEEDS A MAYOR.

WELL, CLAY...

HOW ABOUT YOU?

GOOD LUCK, MORROW.

♪ 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? ♪