Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 2, Episode 21 - Hunt the Man Down - full transcript
Neither side has a clean path to victory in the case of two brothers at each other's throats over a woman, a whip, and a wire fence.
WILSON, I TOLD YOU I'D TRAVEL A
LONG WAY TO CATCH UP TO YOU.
YOUR LITTLE TREASURE HUNT
HAS COST THREE MEN THEIR LIVES.
DON'T FORCE ME TO MAKE IT FOUR.
TEN MINUTES AFTER 7:00.
WELL, POKER DOES MAKE THE EVENING
GO QUICKLY, DOESN'T IT, MR. WILSON?
WOULD YOU CARE FOR A NIGHT CAP?
OR, PERHAPS MORE ACCURATELY,
I SHOULD SAY AN EYE OPENER?
NO THANKS.
600 DOLLARS. YOU
WANT TO COUNT THEM?
THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY.
TOO BAD THE CARDS WERE
RUNNING AGAINST YOU.
IF YOU'LL GET ME A PEN, I'LL...
NO, MR. WILSON. NO CHECKS, CASH.
I DON'T CARRY THAT MUCH ON ME.
THE BANKS WILL BE OPEN
IN ABOUT THREE HOURS.
I'LL BE VERY HAPPY
TO ACCOMPANY YOU.
"A WISE GAMESTER TAKES
THE DICE AS THEY FALL
"AND PAYS DOWN QUIETLY
RATHER THAN GRUMBLE AT HIS LUCK."
SOPHOCLES.
YOU CAN HARDLY EXPECT A
MAN TO ENJOY LOSING $1,400.
PARTICULARLY WHEN
HE DOESN'T HAVE IT.
I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS.
YOU WOULDN'T HONOR MY CHECK
AND NOW YOU ACCUSE
ME OF CHEATING.
YOU CAN JUST WAIT
FOR YOUR MONEY.
I'M NOT IN THE HABIT
OF WAITING, MR. WILSON.
NO ONE FORCES A MAN TO GAMBLE.
HE COMES TO THE TABLE
WITH HIS EYES OPEN,
AND HE'S EXPECTED TO
HONOR HIS LOSSES IMMEDIATELY.
I... I'M NOT A WELCHER.
I'LL PAY.
I'M SURE YOU WILL.
IT'S JUST THAT I'M A...
A LITTLE SHORT RIGHT NOW.
IT'LL TAKE ME A FEW DAYS.
THIS MORNING, MR. WILSON.
WELL, I JUST TOOK...
I'LL MAKE A DEAL
WITH YOU, PALADIN.
$1,400, CASH ON THE LINE.
I'LL GIVE YOU TWICE
AS MUCH, $2,800...
$3,000?
YOU'RE VERY GENEROUS WITH
MONEY YOU DON'T SEEM TO HAVE.
BUT I'M GOING TO GET IT.
LOOK.
HERE.
AH, DON'T TELL ME, MR. WILSON,
THIS IS THE MAP TO
A HIDDEN TREASURE.
PART OF A MAP.
THERE ARE THREE OTHER PIECES.
WHEN THEY'RE FITTED TOGETHER,
YOU CAN PICK UP $25,000.
I CAN?
THAT'S THE DEAL, PALADIN.
I'M SUPPOSED TO MEET THE
MEN WHO HAVE THE OTHER PIECES
DAY AFTER TOMORROW.
I WANT YOU TO GO
IN MY PLACE. WHY?
FRANKLY, I DON'T TRUST THEM.
AND DO I ALSO LOOK LIKE A
COMPLETE FOOL, MR. WILSON?
YOU PLAY POKER WITH
MONEY YOU DON'T HAVE.
OFFER ME PART OF A
TREASURE YOU DON'T HAVE,
AND THEN ASK ME
TO FIND IT FOR YOU.
DID YOU REALLY THINK
I'D EVEN CONSIDER IT?
YOU DON'T HAVE
ANY CHOICE, PALADIN.
IT'S $3,000 OR NOTHING.
YOUR GUN WON'T
EVEN GET IT FOR YOU.
IT MIGHT GET ME A
LOT OF SATISFACTION.
$3,000 WORTH?
MM.
WHO ARE THE OTHER MEN?
WELL, THEY'RE FORMER
PARTNERS OF MINE.
WHO OBVIOUSLY TRUST YOU
AS MUCH AS YOU TRUST THEM.
WHERE ARE YOU
SUPPOSED TO MEET THEM?
IN THE TUSCARORAS. DECKER'S
SETTING CAMP IN THE VALLEY,
20 MILES WEST OF
BLUE SPRINGS. DECKER?
HE'S ONE OF MY PARTNERS.
THIS WAS ALL HIS IDEA.
AND WHOSE $25,000?
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES THAT MAKE?
I'M SOMEWHAT PARTICULAR
ABOUT ACCEPTING STOLEN MONEY.
OH, IT WAS STOLEN ALLRIGHT.
BUT A LONG TIME AGO.
AND FROM SO MANY
DIFFERENT PLACES,
YOU COULDN'T POSSIBLY RETURN IT.
HM? OH, NO.
NOT BY ME. BY A
COUPLE ROAD AGENTS,
OPERATING IN AND AROUND
NORTHERN COLORADO.
WE GOT THE MAP FROM ONE OF THEM.
AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?
THEY WERE KILLED.
TRYING TO ESCAPE.
WELL, THAT'S VERY NEAT.
VERY CONCISE.
CAN YOU GIVE ME ONE REASON
WHY I SHOULD BELIEVE IT?
WELL, AS I SAID BEFORE, PALADIN,
IT'S $3,000...
OR NOTHING.
MM.
WELL, THOSE ARE CONVINCING ODDS.
NOW, MR. WILSON,
IF YOU SHOULD BE TRYING
TO MAKE A FOOL OF ME,
I'LL TRAVEL A LONG
WAY TO FIND YOU.
PULL THE TRIGGER.
COST YOU $25,000.
NOW ASK YOUR PARTNER
TO COME OUT, TOO.
STONEMAN.
HARDLY WHAT I'D CALL
"WESTERN HOSPITALITY."
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
THE CARBINE, MR. DECKER, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. MY NAME IS PALADIN.
YOUR PARTNER, WILSON,
IS A CLIENT OF MINE.
SOMEBODY STEERED YOU
UP A BLIND TRAIL, MISTER.
WE DON'T KNOW NO WILSON.
WE'RE JUST RIDING THROUGH.
OH?
WELL, THIS IS HARDLY
WORTH ANYTHING, THEN, IS IT?
RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE, DECKER.
IT'S BURNING UP!
IT'S A SCRAP OF PAPER, NOT THE MAP.
NOT WORTH BURNING YOUR FINGERS.
NOW, GENTLEMEN,
WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE
DOING HERE AND WHY.
AND WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR
NOT, WE NEED EACH OTHER.
SO, LET'S TRY TO GET ALONG PEACEFULLY,
AT LEAST UNTIL OUR BUSINESS IS CONCLUDED.
WHY'D WILSON SEND YOU?
JUST TO PLAY THE FOURTH
PIECE TO YOUR PUZZLE.
LET'S SEE IT.
I'LL PRODUCE IT WHEN
THE PROPER TIME COMES.
WHICH I IMAGINE
WILL BE FAIRLY SOON.
DECKER. STONEMAN.
WHO'S THIS?
HIS NAME'S PALADIN.
WILSON SENT HIM.
TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH
TO GET HERE, GALE.
DON'T TALK TO ME LIKE THAT.
YOU'RE NOT IN THE BARRACKS NOW.
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE.
LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH.
WELL, THIS IS A NICE,
FRIENDLY PARTNERSHIP.
SHALL WE GET DOWN TO
BUSINESS, GENTLEMEN?
THAT'S IT. THE WHOLE
TRAIL FROM HERE.
WILL TAKE US ABOUT A
DAY AND A HALF. MAYBE TWO.
WE'LL LEAVE IN THE MORNING.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL KEEP
MY PART OF THE MAP MYSELF.
LISTEN, MAYBE WILSON
DIDN'T TELL YOU,
BUT I'M THE ONE WHO FIGURED
OUT THIS WHOLE DEAL. I'M TOP HAND.
HE TOLD ME.
BUT THERE'S A VERY GOOD
REASON FOR DIVIDING THIS MAP.
NONE OF YOU TRUST THE OTHERS.
AND THAT REASON STILL HOLDS.
HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO FOLLOW
A TRAIL WITH THE MAP SPLIT UP?
SIMPLE. MR. GALE HAS THE FIRST
PART. HE LEADS UNTIL STONEMAN'S PART.
STONEMAN LEADS UNTIL
MY PART, AND SO FORTH.
FOR SOMEBODY WHO DON'T
BELONG, YOU GIVE A LOT OF ORDERS.
NOT ORDERS, JUST SUGGESTIONS.
NOT A BIT LIKE THE
OLD ARMY DAYS, IS IT?
BY THE WAY, DID YOU THREE
GET HONORABLE DISCHARGES?
OR DID YOU CLIMB
OVER A STOCKADE WALL?
CUT IT LOOSE!
YOU ALWAYS DO HIS DIRTY WORK
OR IS THIS YOUR
IDEA OF REVEILLE?
[LAUGHS]
[CONTINUES LAUGHING]
WHAT DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE DOING, GALE?
I'LL TELL YOU WHEN TO STOP.
IT'S THE END OF MY
PART OF THE MAP.
THAT'S RIGHT, HERE'S THE STREAM.
PICK A POINT. MOUNT UP, GALE,
OR WE'LL LEAVE YOU BEHIND.
NO HURRY, GALE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING
FAR WITHOUT ME.
JUST GET OUT OF THE ARMY?
ALMOST A YEAR AGO.
ON A STRAIGHT DISCHARGE.
OH, THAT WAS FOR
DECKER'S BENEFIT.
HE JUST FINISHED HIS HITCH?
COUPLE WEEKS AGO. STONEMAN, TOO.
MUST'VE BEEN A
BAD TIME FOR THEM,
WONDERING IF YOU AND WILSON
WOULD BEAT THEM TO THE MONEY.
WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE HE
DIVIDED THAT MAP INTO FOUR PARTS,
AND KEPT THE LAST
PART FOR HIMSELF?
HE WASN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES.
TOLD US TO WAIT UNTIL
OUR HITCHES WERE UP.
STRANGE HE DIDN'T KEEP
THE WHOLE THING HIMSELF.
WITH THREE WITNESSES?
WE HAD ENOUGH AGAINST HIM
TO PUT HIM IN THE
STOCKADE FOR LIFE.
YOU WERE IN THE SAME COMPANY?
HE WAS A CORPORAL.
TREATED US LIKE A COLONEL.
STILL, HE WAS SMART ENOUGH
TO FIGURE OUT FOUR CAVALRY MEN,
WHO SUDDENLY CAME UP WITH A
LOT OF MONEY WOULD BE SUSPECTED.
THEY'RE GETTING TOO FAR AHEAD.
I DIDN'T WAIT THIS
LONG TO LOSE OUT NOW.
[HORSE NEIGHS]
DECKER.
WHAT HAPPENED?
I DON'T KNOW, I
FOUND HIM HERE. DEAD?
BROKEN NECK.
MUST'VE BEEN THROWN.
A CAVALRYMAN?
HE WAS WITH YOU LAST WE SAW.
MAYBE YOU KNOW DIFFERENT?
HE WAS TRYING TO
CATCH UP WITH YOU.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING BACK HERE?
WE GOT TIRED OF WAITING.
WE CAME TO SHAKE YOU UP.
COULD'VE BEEN AN ACCIDENT.
MOUNT STEPPED IN A CHUCK HOLE,
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
ABOUT $2,000. DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A THIRD AND A FOURTH.
HEY, THAT'S RIGHT.
LIKE THE COLONEL USED
TO PUT ON THE CITATIONS,
"HE DIDN'T DIE IN VAIN."
THIS IS THE LAST TIME
I'M GONNA EAT ANY BEANS.
NO MORE BEANS FOR
THE REST OF MY LIFE.
AFTER THIS, I'M GONNA
EAT REAL FANCY FOOD.
IN FANCY CAFES.
CHICKEN, WILD DUCK.
VEAL MARSALA, AND
TRY CHATEAU BRIAND.
HUH?
YEAH. I'M GONNA TRAVEL, TOO.
I'M GOING TO SEE PLACES
LIKE PHILADELPHIA, BACK EAST.
YOU KNOW, NEW YORK.
HEY, DECKER, HOW
MUCH IS MY SHARE AGAIN?
SHUT UP.
COME ON! WHAT'S
$25,000 DIVIDED BY THREE?
OVER $8,000.
EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS?
AND THERE MIGHT BE
MORE, TOO, YOU KNOW?
HEY, DECKER, HOW MUCH THE
COLONEL SAY WAS IN THAT PAYROLL?
SHUT UP, DECKER!
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
DECKER.
YOU WORRIED?
WHAT HAVE I GOT TO WORRY ABOUT?
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
I WAS WONDERING.
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO
KNOWS WHERE THAT MONEY IS.
YOU'VE GOT THE
LAST PART OF THE MAP.
YOU OUGHT TO BE SAFE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
GALE OUTLIVED HIS USEFULNESS
SHOWING US THE FIRST PART.
STONEMAN FINISHED HIS
PART THIS AFTERNOON.
HUH?
AND BY TOMORROW NOON,
I WILL HAVE FINISHED MY JOB.
YOU WON'T NEED ANYBODY.
YOU'LL BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.
I WON'T NEED YOU,
THAT'S FOR SURE.
HEY, NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.
GALE, HE WAS AN ACCIDENT.
HE WAS A VERY PROFITABLE
ACCIDENT FOR SOMEBODY.
THAT INCLUDES YOU, PALADIN.
YOU WERE ALONE WITH HIM.
ME AND STONEMAN WERE
TOGETHER. THAT'S RIGHT, WE WERE...
EVERY SECOND?
YEAH.
HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.
I RODE AHEAD ONCE
AND YOU LAID BACK.
TO WAIT FOR HIM!
YOU COULD'VE CIRCLED AROUND.
YOU SURE CAME BACK FAST!
I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU!
"FOR HIS MIND HAD GROWN
SUSPICION'S SANCTUARY."
THAT'S JUST A PASSING REMARK.
A FELLOW NAMED BYRON
MENTIONED IT ONE TIME.
[CHUCKLES]
WELL, IF WE'RE GOING TO GET
AN EARLY START IN THE MORNING.
THIS GROUND'S PRETTY HARD.
I'M GONNA MOVE UP A'WAYS.
WELL, DECKER. HALF A SHARE'S
EVEN BETTER THAN A THIRD, ISN'T IT?
I'LL START DIGGING
A HOLE FOR HIM.
YOU BETTER HOBBLE THE
OTHER TWO HORSES HERE.
WE'LL PICK 'EM UP
ON THE WAY BACK.
NOT YET, DECKER.
PUT THAT CARBINE
BACK WHERE IT WAS.
IT'S WHERE I WANT IT. I'LL TAKE
YOUR PIECE OF THE MAP, PALADIN.
THAT CARBINE'S GIVING YOU
A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY.
GIVE ME THE MAP. HAND IT OVER.
NOW TURN AROUND
AND START RIDING.
OH, YOU DON'T WANT
TO GET RID OF ME YET.
I'VE BEEN WANTING TO GET
RID OF YOU SINCE WE STARTED.
AND I AIN'T WAITING NO MORE.
DON'T YOU WANT TO TAKE
A LOOK AT THAT MAP FIRST?
WHERE IS IT?
YOU COMING?
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
IT'S YOUR HONOR,
DECKER. LEAD OFF.
YOU FIRST.
[GUN SHOT FIRES]
[FIRES AGAIN]
LEAVE IT WHERE IT IS.
PALADIN!
I TOLD YOU I'D COME A
LONG WAY TO FIND YOU.
WAIT A MINUTE. GIVE ME A CHANCE.
LET ME EXPLAIN.
ALRIGHT, EXPLAIN GALE
AND STONEMAN AND DECKER.
WHAT DO YOU CARE?
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
TO YOU. DID I?
ONLY BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT
DECKER HAD DONE THE JOB FOR YOU.
LOOK, THERE'S $25,000 HERE!
WE CAN SPLIT IT, RIGHT
DOWN THE MIDDLE.
I TOLD YOU, I'M PARTICULAR
ABOUT ACCEPTING STOLEN MONEY.
ESPECIALLY AN ARMY
PAYROLL, AND YOUR EX-COLONEL
IS GONNA BE INTERESTED IN
YOUR EXPLANATION OF THAT.
WE DIDN'T TAKE IT.
THAT'S THE TRUTH.
WE WERE SENT AFTER
THE MEN WHO DID.
INSTEAD OF BRINGING THEM BACK,
DECKER SHOT THEM
AND TOOK THE MAP.
IT WAS ALL HIS IDEA.
EXCEPT THE END.
AND YOU HANG FOR THAT.
I'LL GIVE YOU MORE
THAN HALF, PALADIN.
I'LL GIVE YOU $20,000.
ALL OF IT!
YOU'LL GIVE IT BACK TO THE ARMY.
ALL RIGHT!
[GUNSHOTS FIRE]
[COCKS GUN]
THE MONEY.
HI, HEY BOY.
HOW YOU LIKE TABLE, MR. PALADIN?
THAT'S FINE, HEY BOY, JUST FINE.
OH, WHAT'S THIS? BIRD'S NEST?
NO, IT'S A RAT'S NEST.
PACK RAT NEST, TO BE EXACT.
OH, GEE, NEW MONEY.
IT USED TO BE. THE RAT'S DESTROYED
ALMOST $15,000 TO FEATHER THAT NEST.
THE ARMY MANAGED
TO SALVAGE THE REST.
PUT IT SOMEPLACE, WILL YOU?
WHERE? GEE, BE HARD TO DUST.
SORRY, IT'S GONNA HAVE
TO BE HERE IN THE ROOM.
IT'S A PERMANENT REMINDER TO BE
CAREFUL IN CHOOSING MY POKER PARTNERS.
ALRIGHT, SET IT DOWN THERE.
OH, IN MY COUNTRY, THIS
MAKES DELICIOUS SOUP.
GREAT DELICACY.
MM, WELL, IN MY
COUNTRY, TOO, HEY BOY.
OH. PUT IT DOWN.
[HUMMING]
♪ "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? ♪
LONG WAY TO CATCH UP TO YOU.
YOUR LITTLE TREASURE HUNT
HAS COST THREE MEN THEIR LIVES.
DON'T FORCE ME TO MAKE IT FOUR.
TEN MINUTES AFTER 7:00.
WELL, POKER DOES MAKE THE EVENING
GO QUICKLY, DOESN'T IT, MR. WILSON?
WOULD YOU CARE FOR A NIGHT CAP?
OR, PERHAPS MORE ACCURATELY,
I SHOULD SAY AN EYE OPENER?
NO THANKS.
600 DOLLARS. YOU
WANT TO COUNT THEM?
THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY.
TOO BAD THE CARDS WERE
RUNNING AGAINST YOU.
IF YOU'LL GET ME A PEN, I'LL...
NO, MR. WILSON. NO CHECKS, CASH.
I DON'T CARRY THAT MUCH ON ME.
THE BANKS WILL BE OPEN
IN ABOUT THREE HOURS.
I'LL BE VERY HAPPY
TO ACCOMPANY YOU.
"A WISE GAMESTER TAKES
THE DICE AS THEY FALL
"AND PAYS DOWN QUIETLY
RATHER THAN GRUMBLE AT HIS LUCK."
SOPHOCLES.
YOU CAN HARDLY EXPECT A
MAN TO ENJOY LOSING $1,400.
PARTICULARLY WHEN
HE DOESN'T HAVE IT.
I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS.
YOU WOULDN'T HONOR MY CHECK
AND NOW YOU ACCUSE
ME OF CHEATING.
YOU CAN JUST WAIT
FOR YOUR MONEY.
I'M NOT IN THE HABIT
OF WAITING, MR. WILSON.
NO ONE FORCES A MAN TO GAMBLE.
HE COMES TO THE TABLE
WITH HIS EYES OPEN,
AND HE'S EXPECTED TO
HONOR HIS LOSSES IMMEDIATELY.
I... I'M NOT A WELCHER.
I'LL PAY.
I'M SURE YOU WILL.
IT'S JUST THAT I'M A...
A LITTLE SHORT RIGHT NOW.
IT'LL TAKE ME A FEW DAYS.
THIS MORNING, MR. WILSON.
WELL, I JUST TOOK...
I'LL MAKE A DEAL
WITH YOU, PALADIN.
$1,400, CASH ON THE LINE.
I'LL GIVE YOU TWICE
AS MUCH, $2,800...
$3,000?
YOU'RE VERY GENEROUS WITH
MONEY YOU DON'T SEEM TO HAVE.
BUT I'M GOING TO GET IT.
LOOK.
HERE.
AH, DON'T TELL ME, MR. WILSON,
THIS IS THE MAP TO
A HIDDEN TREASURE.
PART OF A MAP.
THERE ARE THREE OTHER PIECES.
WHEN THEY'RE FITTED TOGETHER,
YOU CAN PICK UP $25,000.
I CAN?
THAT'S THE DEAL, PALADIN.
I'M SUPPOSED TO MEET THE
MEN WHO HAVE THE OTHER PIECES
DAY AFTER TOMORROW.
I WANT YOU TO GO
IN MY PLACE. WHY?
FRANKLY, I DON'T TRUST THEM.
AND DO I ALSO LOOK LIKE A
COMPLETE FOOL, MR. WILSON?
YOU PLAY POKER WITH
MONEY YOU DON'T HAVE.
OFFER ME PART OF A
TREASURE YOU DON'T HAVE,
AND THEN ASK ME
TO FIND IT FOR YOU.
DID YOU REALLY THINK
I'D EVEN CONSIDER IT?
YOU DON'T HAVE
ANY CHOICE, PALADIN.
IT'S $3,000 OR NOTHING.
YOUR GUN WON'T
EVEN GET IT FOR YOU.
IT MIGHT GET ME A
LOT OF SATISFACTION.
$3,000 WORTH?
MM.
WHO ARE THE OTHER MEN?
WELL, THEY'RE FORMER
PARTNERS OF MINE.
WHO OBVIOUSLY TRUST YOU
AS MUCH AS YOU TRUST THEM.
WHERE ARE YOU
SUPPOSED TO MEET THEM?
IN THE TUSCARORAS. DECKER'S
SETTING CAMP IN THE VALLEY,
20 MILES WEST OF
BLUE SPRINGS. DECKER?
HE'S ONE OF MY PARTNERS.
THIS WAS ALL HIS IDEA.
AND WHOSE $25,000?
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES THAT MAKE?
I'M SOMEWHAT PARTICULAR
ABOUT ACCEPTING STOLEN MONEY.
OH, IT WAS STOLEN ALLRIGHT.
BUT A LONG TIME AGO.
AND FROM SO MANY
DIFFERENT PLACES,
YOU COULDN'T POSSIBLY RETURN IT.
HM? OH, NO.
NOT BY ME. BY A
COUPLE ROAD AGENTS,
OPERATING IN AND AROUND
NORTHERN COLORADO.
WE GOT THE MAP FROM ONE OF THEM.
AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?
THEY WERE KILLED.
TRYING TO ESCAPE.
WELL, THAT'S VERY NEAT.
VERY CONCISE.
CAN YOU GIVE ME ONE REASON
WHY I SHOULD BELIEVE IT?
WELL, AS I SAID BEFORE, PALADIN,
IT'S $3,000...
OR NOTHING.
MM.
WELL, THOSE ARE CONVINCING ODDS.
NOW, MR. WILSON,
IF YOU SHOULD BE TRYING
TO MAKE A FOOL OF ME,
I'LL TRAVEL A LONG
WAY TO FIND YOU.
PULL THE TRIGGER.
COST YOU $25,000.
NOW ASK YOUR PARTNER
TO COME OUT, TOO.
STONEMAN.
HARDLY WHAT I'D CALL
"WESTERN HOSPITALITY."
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
THE CARBINE, MR. DECKER, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. MY NAME IS PALADIN.
YOUR PARTNER, WILSON,
IS A CLIENT OF MINE.
SOMEBODY STEERED YOU
UP A BLIND TRAIL, MISTER.
WE DON'T KNOW NO WILSON.
WE'RE JUST RIDING THROUGH.
OH?
WELL, THIS IS HARDLY
WORTH ANYTHING, THEN, IS IT?
RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE, DECKER.
IT'S BURNING UP!
IT'S A SCRAP OF PAPER, NOT THE MAP.
NOT WORTH BURNING YOUR FINGERS.
NOW, GENTLEMEN,
WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE
DOING HERE AND WHY.
AND WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR
NOT, WE NEED EACH OTHER.
SO, LET'S TRY TO GET ALONG PEACEFULLY,
AT LEAST UNTIL OUR BUSINESS IS CONCLUDED.
WHY'D WILSON SEND YOU?
JUST TO PLAY THE FOURTH
PIECE TO YOUR PUZZLE.
LET'S SEE IT.
I'LL PRODUCE IT WHEN
THE PROPER TIME COMES.
WHICH I IMAGINE
WILL BE FAIRLY SOON.
DECKER. STONEMAN.
WHO'S THIS?
HIS NAME'S PALADIN.
WILSON SENT HIM.
TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH
TO GET HERE, GALE.
DON'T TALK TO ME LIKE THAT.
YOU'RE NOT IN THE BARRACKS NOW.
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE.
LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH.
WELL, THIS IS A NICE,
FRIENDLY PARTNERSHIP.
SHALL WE GET DOWN TO
BUSINESS, GENTLEMEN?
THAT'S IT. THE WHOLE
TRAIL FROM HERE.
WILL TAKE US ABOUT A
DAY AND A HALF. MAYBE TWO.
WE'LL LEAVE IN THE MORNING.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL KEEP
MY PART OF THE MAP MYSELF.
LISTEN, MAYBE WILSON
DIDN'T TELL YOU,
BUT I'M THE ONE WHO FIGURED
OUT THIS WHOLE DEAL. I'M TOP HAND.
HE TOLD ME.
BUT THERE'S A VERY GOOD
REASON FOR DIVIDING THIS MAP.
NONE OF YOU TRUST THE OTHERS.
AND THAT REASON STILL HOLDS.
HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO FOLLOW
A TRAIL WITH THE MAP SPLIT UP?
SIMPLE. MR. GALE HAS THE FIRST
PART. HE LEADS UNTIL STONEMAN'S PART.
STONEMAN LEADS UNTIL
MY PART, AND SO FORTH.
FOR SOMEBODY WHO DON'T
BELONG, YOU GIVE A LOT OF ORDERS.
NOT ORDERS, JUST SUGGESTIONS.
NOT A BIT LIKE THE
OLD ARMY DAYS, IS IT?
BY THE WAY, DID YOU THREE
GET HONORABLE DISCHARGES?
OR DID YOU CLIMB
OVER A STOCKADE WALL?
CUT IT LOOSE!
YOU ALWAYS DO HIS DIRTY WORK
OR IS THIS YOUR
IDEA OF REVEILLE?
[LAUGHS]
[CONTINUES LAUGHING]
WHAT DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE DOING, GALE?
I'LL TELL YOU WHEN TO STOP.
IT'S THE END OF MY
PART OF THE MAP.
THAT'S RIGHT, HERE'S THE STREAM.
PICK A POINT. MOUNT UP, GALE,
OR WE'LL LEAVE YOU BEHIND.
NO HURRY, GALE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING
FAR WITHOUT ME.
JUST GET OUT OF THE ARMY?
ALMOST A YEAR AGO.
ON A STRAIGHT DISCHARGE.
OH, THAT WAS FOR
DECKER'S BENEFIT.
HE JUST FINISHED HIS HITCH?
COUPLE WEEKS AGO. STONEMAN, TOO.
MUST'VE BEEN A
BAD TIME FOR THEM,
WONDERING IF YOU AND WILSON
WOULD BEAT THEM TO THE MONEY.
WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE HE
DIVIDED THAT MAP INTO FOUR PARTS,
AND KEPT THE LAST
PART FOR HIMSELF?
HE WASN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES.
TOLD US TO WAIT UNTIL
OUR HITCHES WERE UP.
STRANGE HE DIDN'T KEEP
THE WHOLE THING HIMSELF.
WITH THREE WITNESSES?
WE HAD ENOUGH AGAINST HIM
TO PUT HIM IN THE
STOCKADE FOR LIFE.
YOU WERE IN THE SAME COMPANY?
HE WAS A CORPORAL.
TREATED US LIKE A COLONEL.
STILL, HE WAS SMART ENOUGH
TO FIGURE OUT FOUR CAVALRY MEN,
WHO SUDDENLY CAME UP WITH A
LOT OF MONEY WOULD BE SUSPECTED.
THEY'RE GETTING TOO FAR AHEAD.
I DIDN'T WAIT THIS
LONG TO LOSE OUT NOW.
[HORSE NEIGHS]
DECKER.
WHAT HAPPENED?
I DON'T KNOW, I
FOUND HIM HERE. DEAD?
BROKEN NECK.
MUST'VE BEEN THROWN.
A CAVALRYMAN?
HE WAS WITH YOU LAST WE SAW.
MAYBE YOU KNOW DIFFERENT?
HE WAS TRYING TO
CATCH UP WITH YOU.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING BACK HERE?
WE GOT TIRED OF WAITING.
WE CAME TO SHAKE YOU UP.
COULD'VE BEEN AN ACCIDENT.
MOUNT STEPPED IN A CHUCK HOLE,
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
ABOUT $2,000. DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A THIRD AND A FOURTH.
HEY, THAT'S RIGHT.
LIKE THE COLONEL USED
TO PUT ON THE CITATIONS,
"HE DIDN'T DIE IN VAIN."
THIS IS THE LAST TIME
I'M GONNA EAT ANY BEANS.
NO MORE BEANS FOR
THE REST OF MY LIFE.
AFTER THIS, I'M GONNA
EAT REAL FANCY FOOD.
IN FANCY CAFES.
CHICKEN, WILD DUCK.
VEAL MARSALA, AND
TRY CHATEAU BRIAND.
HUH?
YEAH. I'M GONNA TRAVEL, TOO.
I'M GOING TO SEE PLACES
LIKE PHILADELPHIA, BACK EAST.
YOU KNOW, NEW YORK.
HEY, DECKER, HOW
MUCH IS MY SHARE AGAIN?
SHUT UP.
COME ON! WHAT'S
$25,000 DIVIDED BY THREE?
OVER $8,000.
EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS?
AND THERE MIGHT BE
MORE, TOO, YOU KNOW?
HEY, DECKER, HOW MUCH THE
COLONEL SAY WAS IN THAT PAYROLL?
SHUT UP, DECKER!
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
DECKER.
YOU WORRIED?
WHAT HAVE I GOT TO WORRY ABOUT?
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
I WAS WONDERING.
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO
KNOWS WHERE THAT MONEY IS.
YOU'VE GOT THE
LAST PART OF THE MAP.
YOU OUGHT TO BE SAFE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
GALE OUTLIVED HIS USEFULNESS
SHOWING US THE FIRST PART.
STONEMAN FINISHED HIS
PART THIS AFTERNOON.
HUH?
AND BY TOMORROW NOON,
I WILL HAVE FINISHED MY JOB.
YOU WON'T NEED ANYBODY.
YOU'LL BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.
I WON'T NEED YOU,
THAT'S FOR SURE.
HEY, NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.
GALE, HE WAS AN ACCIDENT.
HE WAS A VERY PROFITABLE
ACCIDENT FOR SOMEBODY.
THAT INCLUDES YOU, PALADIN.
YOU WERE ALONE WITH HIM.
ME AND STONEMAN WERE
TOGETHER. THAT'S RIGHT, WE WERE...
EVERY SECOND?
YEAH.
HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.
I RODE AHEAD ONCE
AND YOU LAID BACK.
TO WAIT FOR HIM!
YOU COULD'VE CIRCLED AROUND.
YOU SURE CAME BACK FAST!
I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU!
"FOR HIS MIND HAD GROWN
SUSPICION'S SANCTUARY."
THAT'S JUST A PASSING REMARK.
A FELLOW NAMED BYRON
MENTIONED IT ONE TIME.
[CHUCKLES]
WELL, IF WE'RE GOING TO GET
AN EARLY START IN THE MORNING.
THIS GROUND'S PRETTY HARD.
I'M GONNA MOVE UP A'WAYS.
WELL, DECKER. HALF A SHARE'S
EVEN BETTER THAN A THIRD, ISN'T IT?
I'LL START DIGGING
A HOLE FOR HIM.
YOU BETTER HOBBLE THE
OTHER TWO HORSES HERE.
WE'LL PICK 'EM UP
ON THE WAY BACK.
NOT YET, DECKER.
PUT THAT CARBINE
BACK WHERE IT WAS.
IT'S WHERE I WANT IT. I'LL TAKE
YOUR PIECE OF THE MAP, PALADIN.
THAT CARBINE'S GIVING YOU
A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY.
GIVE ME THE MAP. HAND IT OVER.
NOW TURN AROUND
AND START RIDING.
OH, YOU DON'T WANT
TO GET RID OF ME YET.
I'VE BEEN WANTING TO GET
RID OF YOU SINCE WE STARTED.
AND I AIN'T WAITING NO MORE.
DON'T YOU WANT TO TAKE
A LOOK AT THAT MAP FIRST?
WHERE IS IT?
YOU COMING?
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
IT'S YOUR HONOR,
DECKER. LEAD OFF.
YOU FIRST.
[GUN SHOT FIRES]
[FIRES AGAIN]
LEAVE IT WHERE IT IS.
PALADIN!
I TOLD YOU I'D COME A
LONG WAY TO FIND YOU.
WAIT A MINUTE. GIVE ME A CHANCE.
LET ME EXPLAIN.
ALRIGHT, EXPLAIN GALE
AND STONEMAN AND DECKER.
WHAT DO YOU CARE?
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
TO YOU. DID I?
ONLY BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT
DECKER HAD DONE THE JOB FOR YOU.
LOOK, THERE'S $25,000 HERE!
WE CAN SPLIT IT, RIGHT
DOWN THE MIDDLE.
I TOLD YOU, I'M PARTICULAR
ABOUT ACCEPTING STOLEN MONEY.
ESPECIALLY AN ARMY
PAYROLL, AND YOUR EX-COLONEL
IS GONNA BE INTERESTED IN
YOUR EXPLANATION OF THAT.
WE DIDN'T TAKE IT.
THAT'S THE TRUTH.
WE WERE SENT AFTER
THE MEN WHO DID.
INSTEAD OF BRINGING THEM BACK,
DECKER SHOT THEM
AND TOOK THE MAP.
IT WAS ALL HIS IDEA.
EXCEPT THE END.
AND YOU HANG FOR THAT.
I'LL GIVE YOU MORE
THAN HALF, PALADIN.
I'LL GIVE YOU $20,000.
ALL OF IT!
YOU'LL GIVE IT BACK TO THE ARMY.
ALL RIGHT!
[GUNSHOTS FIRE]
[COCKS GUN]
THE MONEY.
HI, HEY BOY.
HOW YOU LIKE TABLE, MR. PALADIN?
THAT'S FINE, HEY BOY, JUST FINE.
OH, WHAT'S THIS? BIRD'S NEST?
NO, IT'S A RAT'S NEST.
PACK RAT NEST, TO BE EXACT.
OH, GEE, NEW MONEY.
IT USED TO BE. THE RAT'S DESTROYED
ALMOST $15,000 TO FEATHER THAT NEST.
THE ARMY MANAGED
TO SALVAGE THE REST.
PUT IT SOMEPLACE, WILL YOU?
WHERE? GEE, BE HARD TO DUST.
SORRY, IT'S GONNA HAVE
TO BE HERE IN THE ROOM.
IT'S A PERMANENT REMINDER TO BE
CAREFUL IN CHOOSING MY POKER PARTNERS.
ALRIGHT, SET IT DOWN THERE.
OH, IN MY COUNTRY, THIS
MAKES DELICIOUS SOUP.
GREAT DELICACY.
MM, WELL, IN MY
COUNTRY, TOO, HEY BOY.
OH. PUT IT DOWN.
[HUMMING]
♪ "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? ♪