Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 2, Episode 2 - In an Evil Time - full transcript

YOUR GUN WON'T HELP NOW, PAPPY.

FOR AS BIRDS ARE
CAUGHT IN A SNARE,

SO ARE THE SONS OF MEN SNARED...

IN AN EVIL TIME.

[GUNSHOT]

YOU! STEP OVER HERE A MINUTE!

GIMME A HAND UP.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. I JUST USED
THAT TO ATTRACT YOUR ATTENTION.

I'M HERE NOW.

[GROANS]

YOU'D BETTER KEEP YOUR
WEIGHT OFF THAT BROKEN LEG.



ARE YOU A DOCTOR? NO.

HOW'D YOU KNOW IT WAS BROKE?

GIMME A HAND UP.

ALL RIGHT.

[GROANS]

LET'S TRY IT AGAIN.

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO?

SEE HOW MUCH PAIN YOU CAN TAKE?

NO, I AIN'T AFRAID
OF A LITTLE PAIN.

NO? WELL...

YOU JUST HOLD ON NOW.

EASY, NOW.

[GROANS]

THERE WE GO.



OF ALL THE FOOL THINGS
THAT CAN HAPPEN TO A MAN.

I RECKON FALLIN' OFF HIS
OWN HORSE IS THE DUMBEST.

LET ME HAVE A LOOK.

NEVER MIND. LEAVE IT BE.

JUST GET A GOOD, STRAIGHT STICK

AND I'LL TIE IT UP AS
GOOD AS IT NEEDS.

ALL RIGHT.

NEVER MIND, JUST LET ME HAVE IT.

I'LL TIE IT UP MYSELF.

I'VE FIXED SO MANY OF 'EM.

AH, CONFOUND IT.

YOU KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT SETTING BONES?

I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT
TO GET YOU TO A DOCTOR.

I DON'T WANT NO DOCTOR.

YOU FIX IT. GO ON.

AIN'T MUCH DIFFERENT
THAN FIXING IT FOR A HORSE.

EXCEPT A HORSE WOULD BE
SMARTER THAN TO MAKE IT WORSE.

YOU BE GENTLE THERE.

TAKE IT GENTLE NOW.

YOU CLUMSY OX!

THIS IS GONNA HURT A LITTLE.

THINK YOU CAN STAND IT?

THERE AIN'T NO MAN BIG ENOUGH

TO DO A THING THAT
OLD PAPPY CAN'T STAND.

THEN YOU ARE PAPPY FRENCH.

WHAT'S IT TO YOU?

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.

LET'S JUST GET
YOU FIXED UP HERE.

EASY NOW.

WELL, NOW. THAT'S
A PRETTY GOOD JOB

YOU DONE ON THAT LEG.

I RECKON THAT'LL GET
ME WHERE I WANT TO GO.

WHERE'S THAT?

I DIDN'T ASK YOUR
BUSINESS, DID I?

I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA
GET VERY FAR ON FOOT.

I DON'T INTEND TO BE ON FOOT.

I AIM TO BORROW YOUR HORSE.

YOU HAVE NO OBJECTION, HAVE YOU?

NO! HOW COULD I?

IF YOU DID...

WAS THIS WHAT YOU
WERE LOOKING FOR?

[LAUGHS]

ARE YOU A CARD!

I LIKE YOU. YOU GOT
A SENSE OF HUMOR.

HEY, IF YOU DON'T
MIND ME ASKIN',

WHAT IS YOUR PARTICULAR
LINE OF ENDEAVOR?

IF YOU HIRE OUT, HOW WOULD
YOU LIKE TO HIRE OUT TO ME?

FOR WHAT PURPOSE?

GET ME WHERE I WANNA
GO, AND I'LL CUT YOU IN.

YOU'LL CUT ME IN ON WHAT?

YOU DON'T WANNA GO ASKIN'
A LOT OF FOOL QUESTIONS

FROM A MAN THAT'S
ABOUT TO HIRE YOU.

YOU'LL HAVE NO COMPLAINT
ABOUT THE WAGES.

THAT DEPENDS ON
WHERE THEY COME FROM.

OUT OF A SATCHEL.

A SATCHEL WITH $50,000 IN IT.

IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU?

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF I'D
CUT YOU IN FOR 10% OF THAT?

IT WOULD STILL DEPEND
ON WHOSE MONEY IT WAS.

IT WOULD BE YOUR MONEY
AFTER I'D GIVE IT TO YOU!

WHY DO YOU WANT TO ASK
SO MANY FOOL QUESTIONS FOR?

I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT MY PROSPECTS
ARE BEFORE I DROP MY PRESENT JOB.

WHAT JOB IS THAT?

RECOVERING SOME MONEY THAT WAS
ROBBED FROM A BANK IN MERCED LAST WEEK.

OH, IS THAT SO?

MM-HMM. $50,000 TO BE EXACT.

AIN'T THAT A COINCIDENCE?

[BOTH LAUGH]

SHAKE, PARTNER.

ARE YOU GONNA LEAD ME TO IT?

THAT'S A NICE RESTING SPOT.

THERE'S NOT MUCH COVER HERE.

IN CASE ANYONE'S
LOOKING FOR YOU.

WHO'D BE LOOKING FOR ME,

'CEPT YOU?

I GUESS YOU'D KNOW BETTER
ABOUT THAT THAN I WOULD.

MAYBE WE'D BETTER MOVE ON A
LITTLE FARTHER BEFORE WE STOP.

EASY, NOW.

AH!

I'LL BE THE FIRST
TO OWN UP TO IT.

I'M NOT THE MAN I USED TO BE.

NO. I'M SLOWIN' DOWN.

PAPPY, A BROKEN LEG LIKE
THAT WOULD SLOW ANYONE DOWN.

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I COULD RIDE
UNTIL THE HORSE DROPPED UNDER ME.

THERE WASN'T A LAWMAN
OR WOMAN EITHER

THAT COULD KEEP PAPPY
FRENCH NAILED DOWN TO ONE SPOT.

AND HERE I AM,
BROUGHT TO MY KNEES

BY THE DUMBEST
CREATURE IN ALL CREATION.

A HORSE.

PAPPY, WHATEVER MADE YOU GO
SOUR ON COMMON, EVERYDAY JUSTICE?

WAS IT THE LACK OF
MEETING UP WITH IT?

A COUPLE OF FELLAS
WITH TIN BADGES

TRYING TO MAKE A
REPUTATION FOR THEMSELVES

WITH AN ELECTION COMING UP.

FOLKS HAD BEEN MISSING HORSES.

THE LAW WAS KIND OF ANXIOUS
TO BALANCE IT OUT WITH A HANGING.

THAT'S ALWAYS AN AWKWARD
TIME FOR STRANGERS.

I WASN'T A COMPLETE STRANGER.

NOT TO THE MISSING
HORSES, ANYHOW.

BY MORNING, PASSION FOR
JUSTICE HAD COOLED OFF A BIT.

AND THEY LET ME OFF WITH
NOTHING WORSE THAN A COAT OF TAR.

BUT ME AND THE LAW.

WE'VE NEVER BEEN QUITE THE
SAME TO EACH OTHER SINCE.

I GUESS I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF IT.

A MAN'S A FOOL TO
STAY BEYOND HIS TIME.

SURELY YOU'VE NEVER THOUGHT OF
YOURSELF AS PASSING THAT STAGE.

I'VE HAD 40 YEARS OF IT.

NOT A SLICE NOR
SCAR NOR BULLET HOLE.

NEVER SPENT A DAY
BEHIND THE BARS.

PAPPY FRENCH SINCE THAT
TIME WAS NEVER THE MAN

TO LET ANOTHER MAN
GET THE BEST OF HIM.

THAT'S A VERY IMPRESSIVE
STATEMENT, PAPPY.

WHAT HAVE YOU
GOT TO SHOW FOR IT?

FORTY-TWO DOLLARS.

AND SOME SMALL SILVER.

THAT COMES TO ABOUT A DOLLAR
A YEAR, DON'T IT? A LITTLE OVER.

YOU KNOW OF ANY CHINESE
COOLEY THAT'D WORK FOR THAT?

AND HERE I HAD $50,000 JUST
WAITING FOR ME TO PICK IT UP.

THE CHANCE TO LIVE OUT MY
YEARS IN COMFORT AND RESPECT.

AND I HAVE TO GO AND
BREAK MY FOOL LEG.

THAT'S IT. YOU GET OLD, AND
YOUR OWN BODY BETRAYS YOU.

AND YOUR FRIENDS
JUST ABANDONED YOU.

AW, I NEVER HAD NO FRIENDS.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR
PARTNERS IN THE ROBBERY?

THAT AIN'T THE SAME AS FRIENDS.

YOU RAN OFF AND LEFT
THEM. DIDN'T YOU, PAPPY?

YOU TOOK THE MONEY,
RAN OFF AND LEFT THEM

TO SHOOT IT OUT
WITH THE DEPUTIES.

THAT'S THEIR LOOK ON IT.

THEY'RE YOUNG. THEY CAN MAKE
THEMSELVES ANOTHER STAKE.

FOR ME, IT'S MY LAST CHANCE.

BESIDES, THEY
PROBABLY ALL GOT KILLED.

DON'T BET TOO HEAVILY ON THAT.

WHY? WHERE ARE THEY?

TWO OF THEM WERE
SHOT DOWN, ONE GAVE UP.

AND THE OTHER TWO?

I IMAGINE THEY'D
BE VERY INTERESTED

IN KNOWING WHAT THEIR
LEADER DID WITH ALL THAT MONEY.

WHICH TWO WAS IT?

WAS THAT YOUNG PUNK MORLEY WITH
THE TWO-HAIR MOUSTACHE ONE OF 'EM?

HE ALWAYS DID WANT
TO CARVE HIMSELF

A REPUTATION OUT OF MY HIDE.

HE GOT AWAY.

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
THIS PLACE IS TOO EXPOSED.

TOO OPEN.

THAT YOUNG PUNK
MORLEY WOULD SHOOT US

IN THE BACK AS
QUICK AS LOOK AT US.

I DON'T THINK HE'D
DO THAT, PAPPY.

AT LEAST NOT UNTIL HE FINDS OUT
WHAT YOU DID WITH THAT MONEY.

WHY DIDN'T YOU HANG ON TO IT?

THE DEPUTIES WERE
CHASING ME 'TIL DARK

AND I FIGURED IF THEY CAUGHT ME,

THEY WOULDN'T CATCH
ME WITH THE GOODS.

BESIDES, I MIGHT HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO BUY THEM OFF.

A MAN'S HONEST AS
LONG AS IT PAYS HIM TO BE.

THERE NEVER WAS A MAN
WHO DIDN'T HAVE HIS PRICE.

LET'S GO. THERE'S NO TELLING
HOW CLOSE YOUR FRIENDS MAY BE.

I TOLD YOU HE'D BE
HEADING THIS WAY.

PAPPY'S TOO OLD A DOG
TO CHANGE HIS TRICKS.

I WAS AIMING AT THE OTHER FELLA.

PAPPY NEEDS HELP TO
LEAD US TO THAT MONEY.

AFTERWARDS.

YOU JUST REMEMBER ONE THING.

THAT OLD MAN'S MINE.

I WANT THAT OLD
SNAKE TO SEE IT COMING.

SLOW.

[WOLF HOWLS]

PALADIN, YOU'RE A HARD
MAN TO DO BUSINESS WITH.

I THINK I'LL HAVE TO OFFER
YOU HALF THAT MONEY.

THE MONEY IS GOING
BACK TO THE BANK, PAPPY.

EVERY CENT OF IT.

I'VE SEEN BANDITS IN MY TIME,

BUT YOU TOP 'EM ALL.

YOU WOULDN'T
RECOGNIZE AN HONEST MAN

IF YOU FELL OVER HIM IN
BROAD DAYLIGHT, PAPPY.

SUPPOSE I CHANGE MY MIND?

GO ON. TAKE ME BACK IN.

LET 'EM PUT ME IN JAIL.

AT LEAST I'LL GET SOME REST.

THE MAN THAT HIRED YOU AIN'T
NEVER GONNA SEE THAT MONEY AGAIN.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I'M NOT MAKING ANY MONEY
SITTING THERE LOOKING AT YOU.

SO I FIGURED I MIGHT
AS WELL GO INTO TOWN

AND GET MYSELF A GOOD
NIGHT'S SLEEP IN A HOTEL BED.

WHAT ABOUT ME?

I'LL SEND SOME PEOPLE OUT TO
FIND YOU FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

I'LL TELL THEM TO BRING BOTH
A SHOVEL AND A STRETCHER.

THEY CAN USE EITHER ONE
DEPENDING ON WHO FINDS YOU FIRST.

THEM, OR YOUR FRIENDS.

PALADIN...

PALADIN!

ALL RIGHT, YOU WIN.

I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
IN THE MORNING.

I STILL THINK YOU WANT IT
ALL FOR YOURSELF, THOUGH.

THERE'S ALWAYS THAT POSSIBILITY.

AIN'T YOU GOT NO
PITY ON AN OLD MAN?

WHICH OLD MAN, PAPPY?

THE OLD MAN THAT OWNS THE BANK?

I HAVEN'T ANY PITY
FOR HIM AT ALL.

I WON'T GIVE HIM ONE
CENT MORE THAN HE LOST.

YES, I'VE HEARD A
LOT OF THEM TALK BIG

BEFORE THEY HAD TEMPTATION
LAID IN FRONT OF THEM.

THE SUNG A DIFFERENT
TUNE THEN, YOU BET.

GOOD NIGHT, PAPPY.

AIN'T WE GONNA SHARE
A STANDING WATCH?

ARE YOU EXPECTING COMPANY?

THAT KID MORLEY CAN
TRACK LIKE AN INDIAN.

I AIN'T SO CLEAN THAT HE COULDN'T
SMELL ME A GOOD WAYS OFF.

WAKE ME WHEN YOU GET TIRED.

I DON'T THINK YOUR
FRIENDS WILL BOTHER US ANY

UNTIL WE HAVE THE MONEY.

DO YOU EXPECT ME TO
STAND WATCH WITHOUT A GUN?

OH, NO.

NOW DON'T GO
SHOOTING UP ANY GHOSTS.

THAT'S THE QUICKEST
WAY TO INVITE VISITORS.

OH, I'VE CAMPED OUT
A FEW TIMES IN MY LIFE.

I RECKON I KNOW A
GHOST FROM A COYOTE.

WHAT'S TO KEEP ME FROM
SHOOTING YOU IN THE BACK?

HE THINKS I NEED HIM TOO BAD.

I DON'T NEED ANY MAN'S CHARITY.

[COYOTE HOWLS]

LEAVING ME TO STAND
WATCH WITH AN EMPTY GUN.

WELL, I THINK I KNOW WHERE
CARTRIDGES CAN BE HAD.

[COYOTE SQUEALS]

AIN'T NOBODY GONNA
FIND ME IF I SIT STILL.

[BREAKS BRANCH]

MORLEY? YOU OUT THERE?

[BREAKS BRANCH LOUDER]

MORLEY?

AIN'T YOU GONNA COME
AND HELP OLD PAPPY?

DON'T COME NEAR ME!

DON'T COME NEAR ME.
I'LL SHOOT! I'LL SHOOT!

I GUESS WE CAN GET
SOME SLEEP NOW.

TEN TO ONE THEY'LL BE
UP SHIVERING ALL NIGHT.

MORLEY!

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO KEEP MOVING.

IT WOULDN'T BE THAT QUIET OUT THERE
IF THERE WEREN'T OTHER MEN AROUND.

WE GOT 'EM RATTLED NOW.

HE'S FIRING AT SHADOWS.

COME ON.

BY MORNING, THEY'LL BOTH BE
TOO TIRED TO GIVE US MUCH FUSS.

WAKE ME UP IN THREE HOURS.

[GROANS] WHY DON'T YOU...

SHH!

[GROANS]

WOULD YOU LET ME
KEEP TEN THOUSAND

AND A DAY'S HEAD
START TO THE BORDER?

YOU'D NEVER MAKE IT.

I STILL THINK YOU WANT
IT ALL FOR YOURSELF.

UNDER THIS ONE?

HOW DID YOU EVER LIFT IT UP?

MY LEG WASN'T BUSTED THEN.

CAN'T YOU HURRY IT UP A LITTLE?

THEY'RE LIABLE TO
BE HERE ANY MINUTE.

JUST KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S START DIVIDIN'.

I MEAN TO STICK BY
MY ORIGINAL BARGAIN.

YOU'LL GET YOUR TEN PERCENT.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
THINKING, BUT YOU'RE WRONG.

IT'S LOADED.

AREN'T YOU TAKING AN AWFUL CHANCE
CALLING YOUR FRIENDS THAT WAY?

IF THEY'D KILL FOR MONEY,

DON'T YOU THINK THEY'D BE DARN
FOOLS NOT TO LET ME LIVE FOR MONEY?

I GUESS YOU KNOW
THEM BETTER THAN I DO.

DON'T YOU THINK
IT'D BE A BAD BARGAIN

FOR ME TO GO ALONG WITH
YOU AND MAYBE GET THE ROPE?

WHEN ALL I GOT TO DO IS TO
SPLIT THIS MONEY WITH MY FRIENDS?

NOW LOAD UP THEM SADDLEBAGS.

AND DON'T LOOK SO INJURED.

I INTEND TO PAY YOU
FOR YOUR HORSE.

THINK $500 IS ABOUT RIGHT?

IT WOULD BE IF I
INTENDED TO SELL HIM.

YOU'LL SELL HIM ALL RIGHT.

NOW START FILLING UP THEM BAGS.

HEY, MORLEY! COME
ON UP! IT'S PAYDAY!

SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE!

[GUNSHOT]

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO?

SPOIL A FORTY-YEAR RECORD?

LET ME SEE THIS.

IT'S A GOOD THING
THAT WAS ON AN ANGLE.

STAY DOWN BEFORE
YOU REALLY GET HURT.

THEY AIM TO KILL ME.

I OFFERED TO SPLIT
THE MONEY WITH THEM

AND THEY SHOOT AT ME
JUST LIKE I WAS A DOG.

SOME PEOPLE DON'T
HAVE ANY FINER FEELINGS.

THAT'S THE TRUTH.

[GUNSHOT]

PAPPY, THIS IS NOT A VERY
CONVENIENT PLACE TO HIDE.

HOW IS YOUR LEG?

WHAT'S MY LEG GOT TO DO WITH IT?

WE'VE GOT TO MOVE.
NOT ENOUGH COVER HERE.

[GUNSHOT]

YOU'RE STILL GONNA
TRY TO KEEP ME ALIVE

AFTER WHAT I WAS
FIXIN' TO DO TO YOU?

THEY'D HAVE FOUND US EVEN
WITHOUT YOUR HELP. COME ON.

DON'T YOU KNOW WHEN
TO CUT YOUR LOSSES?

WITHOUT ME YOU GOT A CHANCE.

PAPPY, WE GET OUT OF
THIS THING TOGETHER

OR WE WON'T GET OUT AT ALL.

YOU'RE INCLUDING ME?

I'M INCLUDING YOU.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO COVER ME,

I MIGHT BE ABLE TO
CRAWL AROUND BEHIND.

I'LL COVER YOU.

[GUNSHOTS]

[GUNSHOT]

[MORLEY:] THROW OUT
THAT MONEY, PAPPY!

IT AIN'T GONNA DO YOU NO
GOOD WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

IT'LL TAKE MORE OF A
MAN THAN YOU'LL EVER BE

TO TAKE A THING
AWAY FROM OLD PAPPY!

OUT OF AMMUNITION, PAPPY?

[MORLEY:] I GOT MORE BULLETS
THAN I KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH.

THAT IS, ALL EXCEPT ONE!

[LAUGHS]

I KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT ONE.

GO AHEAD AND SHOOT!
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

I WANT TO SEE YOU SWEAT, PAPPY!

I'VE WAITED A
LONG TIME FOR THIS.

MAKES ME FEEL GOOD
TO SEE YOU SWEAT.

[LAUGHS]

YOU NEVER THOUGHT OLD MORLEY
COULD MAKE YOU SWEAT, DID YOU?

[MORLEY LAUGHS]

[GUNSHOT]

[MORLEY LAUGHS]

I GUESS I'M GETTING
TOO OLD FOR THIS GAME.

TIME TO REST.

A MAN OUGHT TO KNOW
WHEN IT'S TIME TO QUIT.

PALADIN, WOULD YOU LAUGH

IF I ASKED YOU TO SAY
SOME WORDS OVER ME?

NOT THAT I'M ASKING HIM...

FOR ANY FAVORS.

YOU UNDERSTAND?

I'D JUST LIKE TO HEAR

HOW YOU MIGHT SAY IT.

"I RETURNED AND
SAW UNDER THE SUN

"THAT THE RACE IS
NOT TO THE SWIFT,

"OR THE BATTLE TO THE STRONG.

"NEITHER YET BRED TO THE WISE

"NOR YET RICHES TO
MEN OF UNDERSTANDING..."

"NOR YET FAVOR TO MEN OF SKILL."

"BUT TIME AND CHANCE
HAPPENETH TO THEM ALL.

"FOR MAN ALSO
KNOWETH NOT HIS TIME...

"AS FISHES THAT ARE
TAKEN IN AN EVIL NET,

"AS BIRDS THAT ARE
CAUGHT IN A SNARE.

"SO ARE THE SONS OF MEN...

"SNARED IN AN EVIL TIME WHEN IT
FALLETH SUDDENLY UPON THEM."

♪ 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 ♪