Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 2, Episode 19 - Treasure Trail - full transcript

YOU SENT YOUR MEN OUT TO
HUNT ME DOWN AND HANG ME, WALT.

THEY DIDN'T SUCCEED.

IT'S YOUR TURN TO TRY
NOW. I'M THROUGH RUNNING.

FIVE MINUTES. JUST
GIVE ME TIME TO CHANGE.

YOU HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN MY ROOM?

MADEMOISELLE, I SHALL
COUNT THE SECONDS.

DID WE REALLY MEET IN PARIS?

I'M SURE I WOULD'VE
REMEMBERED YOU.

WELL, IF WE DIDN'T,

IT'S AN OVERSIGHT WHICH HAS
BEEN MUCH TOO LONG UNCORRECTED.

OH, MR. PALADIN,



UH, THE LATEST.

THANK YOU, HEY BOY.
[READING SILENTLY TO SELF]

"BROTHERS THREATEN RANGE WAR,

"AMANDA, TEXAS, JUNE 12TH.

"A FIVE YEAR OLD ESTRANGEMENT BETWEEN
BROTHERS WALTER AND ANTHONY DeVRIES

"NOW THREATENS TO TURN
INTO A FULL-SCALE RANGE WAR.

"ANTHONY DeVRIES, A HOMESTEADER,

"HAS STATED THAT HE WILL PLACE
BARBED WIRE AROUND HIS LAND.

"OTHER HOMESTEADERS
WILL FOLLOW SUIT.

"THE OLDER DeVRIES HAS AVOWED THAT
HE WILL BURN OUT AND KILL IF NECESSARY,

"THE FIRST MAN WHO RAISES
WIRE ON THE CONTESTED LAND."

YOU LOOK DISTURBED, MR. PALADIN.

SOMETHING WRONG?

HEY BOY, THE YOUNG
LADY I WAS JUST WITH...



WILL YOU TELL HER
THAT REGRETFULLY,

I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP
OUR APPOINTMENT THIS EVENING?

YOU WERE A FOOL, BOY.

YOU COULDN'T HAVE
NEEDED WORK THAT BAD.

I CAN WORK FOR ANYBODY I
WANT TO. ANYBODY THAT'LL PAY ME.

NOT PUTTING UP WIRE.

NOR WORKING FOR A
TURNCOAT AND A CHEAP WOMAN.

DON'T YOU TALK THAT
WAY ABOUT MRS. DeVRIES.

A CHEAP WOMAN, BOY!

DON'T KILL HIM. I DON'T
WANT THE OTHERS TO KNOW.

LET THIS BE A WARNING.

[SIGHS]

WHATEVER YOU SAY, MR. SEMPER.

ALL RIGHT, LEAVE HIM BE.

MISTER, BEATING OF THIS
BOY GIVES ME NO PLEASURE.

BUT IT'S A THING THAT'S
GOING TO BE DONE.

NOW, YOU GO ON DOING
WHATEVER YOU WERE DOING,

AND DON'T GET YOURSELF HURT FOR
SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T CONCERN YOU.

I WANT IT FINISHED.

LIKE I SAID, MR. SEMPER,
WHATEVER YOU SAY.

LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A
GUNFIGHTER AMONG US, JESSE.

DON'T GIVE HIM AN
EXCUSE TO KILL YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SON. WANNA GO HOME?

TEN YEARS.

ELEVEN.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.

TONY, YOU'VE GROWN.
YOU'RE FILLED OUT.

AND YOU LOOK TWICE AS
TOUGH TO CHEW, I'D SAY.

PALADIN, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

I'M SORRY YOU'RE GETTING INVOLVED
IN THIS, BUT I NEED YOUR HELP.

I NEED IT BADLY.

THIS IS MY WIFE, PALADIN.

MRS. DeVRIES.

TONY HAS TALKED OF
YOU OFTEN, MR. PALADIN.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DO LIKE
SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN AND HOT BISCUITS.

[LAUGHS]

MRS. DeVRIES, YOU
ARE A FINE COOK.

AN EXCELLENT CUISINIERE.
I AM MOST APPRECIATIVE.

AND I, MR. PALADIN.

YOU'RE A GENTLEMAN OF
DISCERNMENT, AND GREAT CAPACITY.

I'M MOST PLEASED.

GOTTA SEE TO THE GUARDS.

YEAH, WE DO HAVE
GUARDS, PALADIN.

JUST LIKE THE WAR.

SENTINELS.

TO KEEP ALIVE.

MAY I?

PLEASE.

MRS. DeVRIES, DO YOU WANT TO
TELL ME WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE?

THOUGHT YOU ALREADY
KNEW, MR. PALADIN?

NO, I ONLY KNOW
THAT TWO BROTHERS,

BOTH OF WHOM I REMEMBER
WITH RESPECT AND AFFECTION,

ARE ABOUT TO START A RANGE
WAR THAT COULD KILL 100 PEOPLE.

WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT ME?

ONLY A SINGLE SENTENCE,
SPOKEN IN ANGER, NOTHING MORE.

I HAVE A DEFINITE IMPRESSION
THAT YOU COULD HELP ME STOP THIS.

HOW?

BY TELLING YOU
THE FACTS OF LIFE?

I WAS EIGHTEEN.

AND I WAS IN LOVE WITH WALT.

WE WERE GOING TO BE MARRIED.

AND THEN TONY CAME
BACK FROM THE WAR?

YES.

AND TONY WAS
YOUNG, AND WALT WAS...

ALMOST TWICE YOUR AGE.

HE FOUND US TOGETHER,

ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE WEDDING.

HE ALMOST KILLED TONY.

FIRST WITH HIS FISTS,
AND THEN WITH A WHIP.

IT'S TAKEN TONY FIVE YEARS TO
GET THE STRENGTH TO COME BACK.

AND I DON'T THINK HE'LL STOP UNTIL HE'S
EITHER BEATEN HIS BROTHER INTO THE GROUND,

OR KILLED HIM.

[HOOF BEATS APPROACH]

EXCUSE ME.

MOSTLY, SHE TRIES TO FORGET.

AND YOU DON'T?

YOU TRY TO KEEP REMEMBERING?

HATING?

NO, I DID HIM A WRONG.

HE SHOULD'VE KILLED ME
THEN. HE HAD A RIGHT TO.

BUT NOT BEAT ME THAT WAY.

NOT HAVE HIM TIE ME TO A FENCE
POST AND BEAT ME 'TIL I CRIED.

BEGGED HIM TO STOP.

NOT DO THIS TO ME, PALADIN.

NOT DO THIS,

OR THIS.

NOW I'M GONNA PUT
WIRE ACROSS MY LAND.

AND WHEN MY BROTHER TRIES TO
STOP ME, I'M NOT GONNA BACK AWAY.

HE IS YOUR BROTHER.

TONY, IT COULD MEAN A KILLING.

HE'S GOT TWENTY MEN
AND I'VE GOT THREE.

CAN I DEPEND ON YOU?

TO FIGHT WALT DeVRIES?

HE'S AS GOOD A FRIEND
AS I EVER HAD IN MY LIFE.

AND THAT'S NOT
EXACTLY WHY I CAME HERE.

I HOPED I COULD ARBITRATE
THIS THING BETWEEN YOU TWO.

THAT WON'T DO. IT'S
YOUR GUN I WANT.

YOU ASK A LOT.

I THOUGHT I HAD A RIGHT TO.

DOESN'T SAVING YOU LIFE
COUNT FOR THAT MUCH?

YOU SAVED MY LIFE.

I OWE YOU A DEBT.

THEN PAY IT.

I'VE HAD A LONG, HARD RIDE.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT
THIS IN THE MORNING.

PALADIN!

WHEN YOU GO TO
SEE WALT TOMORROW,

LOOK AROUND YOU ON THE WAY.

YOU'LL SEE WHAT MY
BROTHER'S "NO WIRE" EDICT

AND HIS CATTLE HAVE DONE TO
THE HOMESTEADERS IN THIS VALLEY.

MAYBE IT'LL GIVE YOU A STOMACH
FOR WHAT HAS TO BE DONE.

I WONDER IF I MIGHT
HAVE SOME WATER?

DO YOU WORK FOR WALT DeVRIES?

I'M A FRIEND OF HIS.

I HAVE NO WATER.

[BABY CRIES INSIDE]

I WAS TOLD I COULD FIND
WALT DeVRIES OUT HERE.

MY NAME IS PALADIN.

CALL OFF THE DOGS, WALT.

DON'T MAKE ME HURT
THEM TO SHOW MY STATUS.

I'D HEARD THAT HE'D
ASK YOU TO COME.

I HOPED YOU WOULDN'T.

NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE,
WHAT DO YOU WANT?

WALT, I'M NOT HERE TO FIGHT YOU.

NOT UNLESS I LEAVE YOU NO
CHOICE. ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU MEAN?

RIDE OUT, PALADIN, NOW.

IT ISN'T YOUR FIGHT.

YOU DON'T OWE MY
BROTHER THAT MUCH.

I PASSED SOME OF YOUR
NEIGHBOR'S PLACES ON THE WAY HERE.

THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO RAISE A
CROP WITH WIRE AROUND THEIR LAND

SO YOUR CATTLE COULDN'T
TRAMPLE THEIR CROPS DOWN.

THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO
LIVE. THIS IS A BIG COUNTRY.

LET THEM IN, AND
YOUR BROTHER TONY.

COST YOU NOTHING
BUT A LITTLE PRIDE.

PRIDE IS ALL A MAN HAS.

YOU WANT TO DESTROY SOMEONE,

HUMILIATE 'EM, BEAT 'EM
AS YOU WOULD A CHILD.

TEAR AWAY HIS PRIDE AND
HE'LL NEVER BE A MAN AGAIN.

FORGET THE WOMAN.

SHE'S MARRIED TO YOUR BROTHER.

YOU LISTEN TO ME,
AND YOU BELIEVE ME.

IF YOU GIVE YOUR
GUN TO MY BROTHER,

I'LL TIE YOU TO A POST AND
BEAT YOU 'TIL YOU WHIMPER.

IF YOU USE YOUR GUN
ON ONE OF MY MEN,

I'LL HANG YOU FOR IT.

GO ON HOME.

WALT'LL KNOW NOW FOR SURE.

THIS ALL THE WIRE ON
THE PLACE? THAT'S IT.

LET'S GO HOME.

[GUN FIRES]

IT'S THE HOUSE!

BETH! BETH!

[CRYING]

I'LL KILL HIM FOR THIS!

TONY!

HE'S STILL HERE.

SEMPER, BURN HIM OUT.

I'M THE MAN YOU WANT,
TONY, HE JUST WORKS FOR ME.

NOW, BURN HIM OUT.

NO!

SAVE YOUR LIFE, FRIEND.

I MADE YOU A PROMISE, PALADIN.

DID YOU THINK I
WOULDN'T KEEP IT?

[WHIP LASHES]

NOW, YOU BACK 'EM UP.

I'LL TAKE MY GUN NOW, FRIEND.

[COCKS GUN]

SEMPER.

HUNT THAT MAN DOWN AND HANG HIM.

WALT DeVRIES IS LOOKING FOR YOU.

THAT MAKES YOU A FRIEND.

I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO
COVER YOUR TRACKS.

SO THEY'LL BE BACK.

WELL, THIS IS AS GOOD A PLACE
AS ANY FOR THEM TO FIND ME.

I LEFT MY SHOTGUN IN THE
HOUSE. I BETTER GO GET IT.

WHERE'S YOUR FAMILY?
THEY'RE UP THERE, TOO.

NOW, YOU TAKE YOUR FAMILY
AND YOU KEEP OUT OF THIS.

I'D LIKE TO STAY.

HOLD IT.

THANK YOU.

[DOOR CLOSES]

I BROUGHT YOU SOME FOOD...

I TOLD YOU TO STAY OUT OF THIS!

BUT YOU'LL...

THEY BEEN OUT THERE FOR FOUR
HOURS. GET BACK TO THE HOUSE.

GO ON BACK TO THE HOUSE!

GO IN AND GET HIM, MORALES.

JUST ONE TIME, SEMPER.

ONE TIME I'D LIKE YOU
TO TRY AND TAKE A MAN.

MORALES!

ALL RIGHT.

PALADIN!

PALADIN!

COME ON IN, GENTLEMEN.

[DOOR CREAKING]

TO SAVE YOUR LIFE, FRIEND.

NOW, YOU TELL WALT
DeVRIES I'M THROUGH RUNNING.

I'LL BE IN TOWN.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

MR. DeVRIES CAN
DO HIS OWN FIGHTING.

COME ON.

[HORSE TROTS]

WHERE IS HE?

OVER HERE, WALT.

GET DOWN.

I THOUGHT YOU
WANTED A GUN FIGHT?

OR DID YOU LOSE
YOUR STOMACH FOR IT?

YOUR BROTHER ASKED
ME FOR YOUR LIFE.

I GIVE IT TO HIM.

DROP THE GUN BELT.

WALT, I GIVE IT TO HIM
UNLESS YOU DON'T LET ME.

DROP THE BELT.

NOW, THE PEOPLE IN THIS
VALLEY ARE GOOD PEOPLE.

THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE.

YOU LIVE BY YOUR WORD.

AND I WANT YOUR WORD
THAT YOU'LL LET THEM.

I'LL GIVE YOU MY WORD,

TO KILL ANY MAN WHO
PUTS WIRE ACROSS MY LAND.

LAST CHANCE, WALT.

YOUR WORD. I GIVE YOU NOTHING.

WALT, PLEASE.

JUST LET THEM LIVE!

WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO TO ME?

I GIVE YOU MY WORD.

PALADIN.

IT WAS THE THING
THAT HAD TO BE DONE.

SOMEONE HAD TO DO IT.

I OWED YOU A DEBT.

I PAID IT.

♪ "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? ♪♪