Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 2, Episode 29 - The Chase - full transcript

LADY TO SEE YOU.

OH?

THIS, UM, THIS IS YOURS.

A FRIEND GAVE IT TO ME.

CAN WE SIT DOWN?

FORGIVE ME.

I NEED YOUR HELP.

PAUL, MY HUSBAND,

THERE'S A REWARD, YOU SEE?

$2,000.

THE REWARD IS FOR YOUR HUSBAND?



HE'S BEING HUNTED
LIKE AN ANIMAL.

WHERE? AND WHY?

BLANTON, ARIZONA. WE LIVE THERE.

HE'S A CLERK IN THE BANK.

HE WAS A CLERK IN THE BANK.

SHERRY HAS A HABIT OF MAKING
THE WORDS COME MORE EASILY.

THE BANK WAS ROBBED,
AND A MAN KILLED.

PAUL WAS BLAMED.

THEY'RE HUNTING FOR HIM.

IT-IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

PAUL JUST ISN'T THE
KIND TO DO SUCH A THING.

OH? WELL, WHY WAS HE BLAMED...

IF HE ISN'T THE KIND?

I DON'T KNOW.



NOBODY'LL TELL ME ANYTHING.

ALL I KNOW IS SOME OF THE MOST
VICIOUS MEN IN BLANTON ARE TRACKING HIM.

THEY'LL KILL HIM WITHOUT
GIVING HIM A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN.

YOU WANT ME TO FIND YOUR
HUSBAND BEFORE THE OTHERS DO?

YOU WON'T HAVE TO FIND
HIM. I KNOW WHERE HE IS.

THERE'S A CANYON
WE USED TO GO TO.

I KNOW IT'S SILLY, BUT WE
FELT IT WAS SACRED TO US.

WE NEVER TOLD ANYONE ABOUT IT.

WELL, HOW DO I FIND IT?

YOU FOLLOW THE ROAD
NORTH OUT OF BLANTON.

WHERE IT CURVES
UP INTO THE HILLS,

YOU'LL FIND SEVERAL WATER HOLES
JUST OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

AND BEYOND THAT,
THERE'S A SPLIT-ROCK WALL.

THAT'S THE ENTRANCE
TO THE CANYON.

[HORSE NEIGHS]

[RATTLES]

[RATTLING STOPS]

WHY DIDN'T YOU KILL IT?

I THOUGHT THAT WAS A
GOOD PLACE FOR YOU TO STOP.

YOU GOT A REASON
TO BE IN THESE PARTS?

NOW, THAT'S NOT A
NEIGHBORLY QUESTION.

IT'S A QUESTION. AND A FAIR ONE.

ALL RIGHT, SHERIFF.

THIS BANDIT THAT'S ON THE LOOSE,

I'M LOOKING FOR HIM.

THAT'S RIGHT CIVIC MINDED.

[LAUGHS:] $2,000-MINDED.

A BOUNTY HUNTER.

LET'S DON'T GET IN
EACH OTHERS' WAY.

YOU KNOW, WE COULD USE HIM.

BOUNTY HUNTERS MAKE
AWFUL GOOD TRACKERS.

HEY, MISTER.

YOU, UH, GOT A NAME?

MY NAME'S PALADIN.

WELL, PALADIN, WE
COULD PARTNER UP.

$2,000, SPLIT FIVE WAYS,

THAT DOESN'T LEAVE MUCH
PROFIT FOR A BOUNTY HUNTER.

FIGURE IT THIS WAY, WE GOT
FIVE CHANCES TO FIND HIM.

OR YOU CAN FIGURE IT THIS WAY:

WE DON'T WANT STRANGERS
WANDERING AROUND THIS AREA.

EITHER YOU JOIN
US, OR CLEAR OUT.

OUR CAMP'S CLOSE BY.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO NOON WITH US.

NOW, HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE'D
KNOW WHICH END OF THE GUN TO POINT.

HE WAS EXPERT ENOUGH
TO DRILL MY DEPUTY.

ANYBODY SEE HIM DO THE KILLING?

JUST MY DEPUTY.

DEAD MEN AIN'T IN THE HABIT OF
TELLING WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.

NOT AROUND HERE, ANYWAY.

YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
FOR A BOUNTY HUNTER,

YOU'RE AWFUL PICKY.

HEY, GIVE ME SOME OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, YOU ASK MORE QUESTIONS
THAN ASSOCIATION DETECTIVES.

WELL, I DON'T WANT TO
GUN AN INNOCENT MAN.

HE AIN'T INNOCENT.

GUNFIRE PULLED
ME OUT OF MY OFFICE

AND THE RIDER HIGHTAILING IT
AWAY FROM THE BANK WAS MARTIN.

I SAW HIM. HE DROPPED THIS.

IT'S THE GUN THE BANK GAVE
HIM TO PROTECT HIS CASH BOX.

IT'S THE GUN THAT
KILLED MY DEPUTY.

THAT MAKES IT EASY.

WE'RE HUNTING AN UNARMED MAN.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

HE HIT THE TARGET FIRST TIME.

I'LL TRY AND DO IT AGAIN.

THAT KNOCKS OUT THE
DEAD PART OF THIS POSTER.

WE DON'T HAVE TO
KILL HIM TO BRING HIM IN.

BRECK?

NO, TOO TIRED. GOING TO SLEEP.

YEAH, BRECK SETS A GOOD EXAMPLE.

[RATTLING]

WELL, I'M FLATTERED.

HE PICKED ME.

[LAUGHS]

IMAGINE THAT. OUT OF ALL
THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD,

THAT ONE LIKED YOU.

YEAH, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT EVEN A SNAKE
WAS PARTICULAR WHO IT HOLED UP WITH,

BUT I GUESS I WAS WRONG.

[ALL LAUGH]

PALADIN.

PALADIN, PAY HIM NO MIND.

THEY BEEN IN THE WOODS TOO LONG.

A SNAKE BITE IN THE RIGHT PLACE
CAN KILL A MAN IN TWO HOURS.

ARE YOU HINTING THAT SNAKE DIDN'T
JUST WANDER INTO YOUR BLANKET?

YOU CALL IT A HINT IF YOU LIKE.

I PREFER TO CALL IT
A BLUNT STATEMENT.

I CAN'T GO ALONG WITH THAT.

WELL, GO ALONG WITH THIS, MAYBE.

IF MARTIN IS INNOCENT,
ANYBODY COULD BE GUILTY.

EVEN ONE OF THOSE
MEN OVER THERE.

I SAW HIM RIDE OUT OF
THERE. IT WAS HIS GUN...

YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY SEE
HIM KILL THAT DEPUTY, DID YOU?

GO ALONG WITH ME A
LITTLE FURTHER, THEN.

IF THE GUILTY MAN
IS HERE WITH US.

HE'S GOT TO SEE THAT MARTIN
DOESN'T GET BACK TO TOWN ALIVE

TO TELL WHAT HE KNOWS.

YOU'RE RIGHT, BUT
WHY TRY TO KILL YOU?

BECAUSE I'M THE ONE THAT'S EMPHASIZING
MARTIN SHOULD BE TAKEN ALIVE.

OH, ALL MINDS TRAVEL
DIFFERENT TRAILS,

BUT IF THAT RATTLER DIDN'T
JUST WANDER INTO YOUR BLANKET,

MAYBE WE BOTH BETTER
WATCH OUT FOR SNAKES.

SHERIFF.

SHERIFF, WE FIGURED
OUT HOW TO GET MARTIN.

I'M LISTENING.

WELL, WE BEEN TRAILING THIS
BOY FOR SEVEN DAYS NOW, RIGHT?

THAT'S THE COMBINATION
RIGHT THERE.

EVERYBODY'S TALKING IN RIDDLES.

EVEN A DUDE HAS TO EAT.

NOW, IF HE COMES
OUT DURING THE DAY,

WE'D SPOT HIM, SURE.

HE'S GOT TO BE GETTING
HIS FOOD AT NIGHT.

THAT'S WHEN HE
COMES OUT OF HIDING,

AT NIGHT WHEN WE'RE SAWING WOOD.

MAKES SENSE.

LOOK, COULDN'T WE PUT
THIS OFF 'TIL TOMORROW?

OH, WE'LL SADDLE UP NOW.

OH. GYPPO!

SHERIFF?

YOU GOT SOMETHING TO TELL THEM?

UH, YEAH, REMEMBER HE'S UNARMED.

THERE'S NO USE TO SHOOT HIM.

[GUNFIRE]

HOLD YOUR FIRE.

[GUNSHOTS]

DID YOU DO THAT SHOOTING?

HASN'T LEFT MY HOLSTER.

GET HIM? DID YOU
FIRE THOSE SHOTS?

I DIDN'T EVEN SEE HIM!

HE GOT AWAY.

AW, I ALREADY HAD MY $400 SPENT.

NO USE LOOKING FOR
HIM ANY MORE TONIGHT.

ONE THING FOR SURE,
HIS HIDEOUT IS CLOSE BY.

WELL, WE'LL NAIL
HIM IN THE MORNING.

YOU TRY TO NAIL HIM TONIGHT?

YOU PLAYING DETECTIVE AGAIN?

[LAUGHS]

YOU WANT MY GUN, PALADIN?

SUIT YOURSELF.

BRECK, DID YOU FIRE THOSE SHOTS?

I TOLD YOU ONCE.

MAYBE YOU TOLD US WRONG.

AND MAYBE YOU'LL BE DEAD SOON.

EASY WAY TO MAKE YOUR POINT.

WELL, SOMEBODY'S A LIAR.

AND BEYOND THAT,
THERE'S A SPLIT-ROCK WALL.

THAT'S THE ENTRANCE
TO THE CANYON.

COME ON, GYP, LET'S GO HUNTING.

[GROANS]

YEAH.

HEY.

THAT PALADIN'S GONE.

GONE? YUP.

TELL YOU SOMETHING,

WE MADE A MISTAKE
LETTING HIM GET AWAY.

WHERE YOU BEEN?

I BEEN OUT IN THE HILLS LOOKING FOR
THE GUN THAT TRIED TO KILL MARTIN.

I FIGURED MAYBE
SOMEBODY HAD A SPARE.

WHY SHOULD ONE OF
US WANT TO KILL HIM?

ANY NUMBER OF REASONS.
PERSON REASONS.

BECKETT, YOU SET
YOUR MIND TO IT,

YOU'D BE SURPRISED THE
THINGS YOU COULD THINK OF.

YEAH, LIKE FOR INSTANCE,
BRECK MIGHT WANT TO KILL MARTIN.

HE'S ALWAYS OUT TO KILL SOMEBODY
TO REVENGE HIS BROTHER'S DEATH.

OH, SHUT UP.

HIS BROTHER WAS
HANGED. HE WAS A RUSTLER.

YOU MIGHT SAY HE HAD
TOO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE.

OH, SHUT UP. [LAUGHING]

WELL, HE IS ALWAYS LOOKING TO
REVENGE HIS BROTHER'S DEATH.

YOU KNOW ONE OF THESE DAYS
YOU'LL TALK YOURSELF TO DEATH?

AND THIS MIGHT BE THE DAY.

THAT'S NOT EXACTLY
WHAT I HAD IN MIND.

I THOUGHT MAYBE ONE OF US
MIGHT HAVE ROBBED THAT BANK.

AND THE ONLY WAY
TO KEEP THE LOOT,

WOULD BE TO SILENCE
MARTIN FOR GOOD.

OH, NO, NO, NOTHING LIKE THAT.

NO, LET'S GET BACK TO
GYPPO'S IDEA, REVENGE.

YOU SEE, GYPPO FANCIES HIMSELF
TO BE A PRIME DANDY, ANYWAY.

WHY, HE HAD HELEN MARTIN HOG TIED
AND READY TO GO UNTIL PAUL CAME ALONG.

TOOK HER AWAY FROM
HIM. ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

WHY, HE'S HAD IT IN FOR THE
TWO OF THEM SINCE THE WEDDING.

[YELLING]

SQUABBLING AMONGST
OURSELVES DON'T SOLVE NOTHING!

NO.

THAT'S STILL REVENGE.

NOW, IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WHO
MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN A PROFIT?

SO, IT'S BETWEEN
THE THREE OF US?

'COURSE, YOU RULED YOURSELF OUT,

SO IT'S REALLY BETWEEN
THE SHERIFF AND ME, HUH?

WELL, SHERIFF, YOU'RE ALWAYS
COMPLAINING ABOUT EARNING ONLY $50 A MONTH.

MAYBE YOU ROBBED THAT BANK?

20 THOUSAND DOLLARS
CAN BE MIGHTY TEMPTING.

SHERIFF WAS WITH ME
WHEN THE SHOTS WERE FIRED.

ANYBODY ELSE WITH ANYBODY?

OH, COME ON, BECKETT, TELL
HIM WHY YOU ROBBED THAT BANK.

YOU GET FUNNIER
EVERY MINUTE, GYPPO!

BECKETT HAD THIS FRIEND, SEE?

WELL, HE OWED SOME MONEY. THE
BANK WOULDN'T EXTEND HIM A LOAN,

AND HE LOST HIS SPREAD.

BECKETT, I DON'T BLAME
YOU FOR BUSTING THAT BANK.

NO, NOW WE'RE BACK TO
REVENGE AND WE RULED THAT OUT.

UH, DIDN'T WE?

LOOK AT HIM. LIKE A
HOUND DOG ON A SCENT.

DON'T YOU SEE WHAT HE'S DOING?

HE'S TRYING TO GET US ON EACH
OTHER'S NECKS HOPING WE'LL DRAW BLOOD.

AND SOMETHING
ALMOST BURST LOOSE.

DIDN'T IT?

I STILL FAVOR MARTIN AS THE ONE.

WE FIND HIM, WE'RE
OUT OF THE DARK.

NOW, GET YOUR BREAKFASTS,
AND LET'S GET HIM.

BLOOD. HE'S BEEN WOUNDED.

ALL RIGHT, BOUNTY
HUNTER. YOU'RE THE EXPERT.

FOLLOW THE BLOOD.

HE MUST HAVE IT PRETTY WELL
BANDAGED. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE.

I DO. THERE! THERE'S BLOOD!

THERE, THERE'S A SMEAR.

PALADIN! LOOKS LIKE THAT WOUND WASN'T
SO WELL BANDAGED AS YOU THOUGHT.

MAYBE MARTIN'LL GET LUCKY. BLEED TO
DEATH BEFORE WE CATCH UP WITH HIM.

MUST BE HOLED UP IN A CAVE
SOMEWHERE IN THOSE ROCKS.

YEAH, SPREAD OUT AND
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN.

[GROANS]

DOWN HERE!

HE CAME THIS WAY.

THIS BLOOD'S FRESH!

THIS MEANS WE FLUSHED HIM OUT
OF HIS HOLE AND HE'S IN THE OPEN.

YOU'RE RIGHT! HERE'S MORE!

EASY, PAUL, EASY. I'M A FRIEND.

YOUR WIFE SENT ME TO FIND YOU.

SHE SAID YOU WERE INNOCENT.

HELEN, HOW IS SHE?

WORRIED ABOUT YOU. THAT'S ALL
THE TIME WE HAVE FOR SMALL TALK.

I WANT STRAIGHT ANSWERS.
YOU ROB THAT BANK? NO.

ALL RIGHT, MAKE IT GOOD.

I WAS ALONE, WORKING THAT
NIGHT. AUDITING THE BOOKS.

MASKED MAN CAME IN AND
MADE ME OPEN THE SAFE.

I TOOK A CHANCE AND GOT
A GUN OUT OF THE DRAWER.

HE PULLED IT OUT OF MY HAND.

YOU KNOW WHO HE WAS?

JIM WILSON, HE'S THE DEPUTY
SHERIFF, HE HAPPENED TO COME IN.

MAN SHOT HIM DEAD WITH MY GUN.

THEN HE MADE ME GET
ON MY HORSE AND RIDE.

SHERIFF CAME OUT OF HIS OFFICE
AND STARTED SHOOTING AFTER ME.

I WAS SCARED, I KEPT ON GOING.

WHEN MY HORSE RAN OUT
OF WIND, I HAD TIME TO THINK.

THE DEPUTY WAS
KILLED WITH MY GUN,

AND I HAD THE
COMBINATION TO THE SAFE.

I DIDN'T THINK ANYBODY
WAS GONNA BELIEVE ME.

SO, HERE I AM.

WOULD YOU TAKE A CHANCE
WITH YOUR LIFE TO SAVE YOUR LIFE?

DO I HAVE A CHOICE?

NO.

[ANOTHER GUNSHOT]

WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

WAIT.

YOU GOT HIM.

NOW WE CAN GET AT THE TRUTH.

HE'LL TALK, SHERIFF, BUT
ONLY IN FRONT OF A JUDGE.

JUST GIVE ME FIVE MINUTES...!

WAIT! WHAT'S THE OBJECTION
OF LETTING A JUDGE HEAR IT?

NONE.

SHERIFF WILL WATCH
THE PRISONER WITH ME.

GET ALL OUR HORSES AND
EQUIPMENT BACK AT THE CAMP.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

BREAK CAMP AND
BRING UP THE HORSES.

NOW. GET GOING.

WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND, PALADIN?

SHERIFF, PAUL'LL TALK,
BUT HE CAN'T TELL MUCH.

SHERIFF, YOU'VE KNOWN ME THREE
YEARS, SINCE I CAME FROM THE EAST.

DO YOU THINK I
COULD DO THIS THING?

I JUST DO MY DUTY.

YOUR DUTY IS TO
PROTECT THE INNOCENT.

THAT'S MY OATH.

THE GUILTY MAN'LL NEVER
LET PAUL REACH TOWN.

THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY.

SHERIFF, BRECK, OR
BECKETT, OR GYPPO.

WHICHEVER ONE IT IS WILL SNEAK
BACK HERE AND TRY AND QUIET PAUL.

WE DON'T KNOW IT
WAS ONE OF THEM.

WELL, IT'S WORTH A TRY.

PAUL, IF YOU GO BACK AND SIT
DOWN AT THE BASE OF THAT ROCK.

AND SHERIFF, IF YOU'LL QUENCH
YOUR THIRST AT THE FAR POOL,

I'LL TRY THE BOULDERS
ON THE OTHER SIDE.

ALL RIGHT, THIS IS YOUR PARTY.

BUT IF THERE'S NO
SURPRISES, I TAKE HIM IN.

HERE.

KEEP THAT HIDDEN IN
YOUR HAND, JUST IN CASE.

WELL, IF I DRINK ANY MORE,
I'LL BE WATER-LOGGED.

NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE SO ANXIOUS
FOR SOMEONE TO SHOOT AT ME.

WELL, HAVE WE HAD ENOUGH?

WELL, SHERIFF, WE DON'T
HAVE A PROBLEM ANYMORE.

NO, WE DON'T.

BUT YOU HAVE.

YOU WERE ALL IN ON IT?

WHOSE GUN WERE YOU
LYING ABOUT THIS MORNING?

HA! BECKETT'S.

I NEAR DIED LAUGHING WHEN THE SHERIFF
SMELLED HIS GUN AND SAID NOTHING.

WELL...

I GUESS NOW THERE'S GONNA BE
A SHORTER SPLIT ON THAT $20,000

UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS
OF THE SHERIFF'S JAIL.

LOOK, WE GONNA STAND AROUND
LISTENING TO GYPPO'S BAD JOKES

OR WE GONNA FINISH WHAT
WE STARTED OUT TO DO?

ALL RIGHT, IT'S YOUR KIND
OF PLAY. GET ON WITH IT.

A'RIGHT.

GO, PAUL! GO!

BACK!

[GUNSHOTS]

PALADIN!

PALADIN, IT'S ME. THE SHERIFF.

I'M LISTENING.

I GOT A DEAL FOR YOU.

GO AHEAD.

YOU SEND MARTIN
OUT, YOU GO FREE.

NOW, HOW YOU GONNA ARRANGE THAT?

SEND HIM OUT, WE'LL
TAKE HIM WITH US.

WHEN WE'RE GONE, YOU CAN GO.

ALL WE ASK IS,
YOU KEEP ON GOING.

HOW FAR YOU THINK I'D GET
WITH A BULLET IN MY BACK?

YOU GOT TO HAVE FOOD. WE
CAN WAIT HERE 'TIL KINGDOM COME!

HE SAYS NO!

PALADIN!

YOU'RE IN NO SPOT
TO ACT THE HERO NOW.

THE LAST CHANCE!

WHAT DO YOU SAY?

I SAY THE SIEGE IS OVER!

[FIRES]

[CLICKS]

DROP IT!

SURE GONNA BE A LONG RIDE
TO SAN FRANCISCO AND HELEN.

WELL, PAUL,

I GUESS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE
MAN'S EVER BROUGHT BACK THE POSSE.

ALL RIGHT, SHERIFF, LEAD OUT.

♪ "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? ♪