Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 2, Episode 32 - Return of Roy Carter - full transcript
Paladin is summoned by a man who he and a prison chaplain saved from hanging. The man (Roy Carter) has heard that the Chaplain has taken to the hills trying to help catch a prison escapee he feels responsible for.
[CHOPPING WOOD]
MR. CARTER, MY NAME'S PALADIN.
PALADIN, SURE.
ROY'S BEEN EXPECTING YOU.
I WANTED TO MEET
YOU FOR A LONG TIME.
HEARD ROY TALK ABOUT YOU LOTS.
HOW YOU SAVED HIM FROM
THAT HANGING LAST YEAR.
THE MAN WHO STOPPED IT
WAS THE PRISON CHAPLAIN.
ROBERT APRIL. WHERE IS ROY?
THROUGH THE KITCHEN,
IN THE FRONT ROOM.
THANK YOU.
ENTERTAINING.
[WOMAN GIGGLING]
PALADIN!
COME ON IN, COME ON IN!
YOU'VE HEARD ME
MENTION HIM, HONEY.
HE'S THE MAN THAT STOPPED
THE WARDEN LAST YEAR...
ROY...
THE MAN THAT STOPPED
THAT EXECUTION
WAS THE PRISON
CHAPLAIN, ROBERT APRIL.
STOPPED IT BECAUSE HE THOUGHT
YOU WERE INNOCENT
OF THE CHARGES.
'CAUSE HE BELIEVED IN YOU.
YOU LOOK TIRED.
LIKE YOU BEEN DRAGGED
THROUGH A KNOTHOLE.
YOUR MESSAGE REACHED ME
JUST AS I WAS FINISHING
A JOB IN NEVADA.
YEAH, I FIGURED PUTTING THAT ON
WOULD BE ENOUGH
TO BRING YOU RUNNING.
ROY, HONEY... OH, SURE!
PALADIN, THIS HERE LADY IS...
LET'S TALK ABOUT
ROBERT APRIL, SHALL WE?
YEAH...
BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE.
THERE WAS A PRISON BREAK
ABOUT EIGHT DAYS AGO.
ONE OF APRIL'S LIBRARIANS,
A CONVICT, GOT A
GUN SMUGGLED IN.
THROUGH A BOOK OR
SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW.
HE GOT AWAY AND WENT
UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS,
JUST NORTH OF HERE.
AND THE CHAPLAIN WENT AFTER HIM.
YOU KNOW HOW CHAPLAIN APRIL IS.
I THINK WE BOTH KNOW
HOW CHAPLAIN APRIL IS.
THERE'S BEEN A BLIZZARD
SINCE THEN UP THERE.
THE WARDEN HAD TO PULL
HIS SEARCH PARTY BACK,
APRIL WOULDN'T COME
BACK. HE'S STILL UP THERE.
SOMEWHERE AFTER THE CONVICT.
APRIL HATES TO LET A
SOUL GET AWAY FROM HIM.
YOU'VE BEEN UP THERE LOOKING?
WELL, SEE BALL RIDGE...
IT'S TOP OF THE WORLD COUNTRY.
SNOW PACKED, SUB ZERO WINDS.
BUT I FIGURED YOU
MIGHT STAND A CHANCE
TO BREAK THROUGH UP THERE.
GET A SADDLEBAG
PACKED. WITH TWO OF US...
NO, I GUESS YOU STILL
DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I OWE THE CHAPLAIN A FAVOR,
AND I'M WILLING TO PAY TO
HAVE HIM BROUGHT BACK.
LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.
ROBERT APRIL HAS BEEN UP THERE
FOR EIGHT DAYS AND EIGHT NIGHTS.
AND YOU'VE BEEN SITTING
HERE, WAITING TO HIRE ME.
WILL YOU PLEASE PAY HIM
AND SEND HIM ON HIS WAY?
I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT APRIL.
I RESPECT HIM TOO.
I GOT A RANCH TO RUN.
HERE'S $1,000 DOLLARS.
THAT'S YOUR
REGULAR FEE, ISN'T IT?
DO YOU WANT THE JOB OR...
LET'S GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT.
I AIN'T SCARED OF YOU.
AND I AIN'T AFRAID
TO GO AFTER APRIL.
NOBODY EVER SUGGESTED
THAT YOUR PROBLEM WAS FEAR.
I'LL GET MY GEAR...
AND WE CAN GO.
YOU DON'T MIND IF ONE
OF MY MEN TAKE YOU HOME?
I MOST CERTAINLY DO MIND!
LOOK, I'M NOT ONE
OF THOSE GIRLS...
WHY DON'T YOU LET THE YOUNG
LADY TAKE CARE OF THE MONEY?
IT'S A VICE VERSA.
WE'LL LET THE HORSES FIND
THEIR WAY DOWN FROM HERE.
WHAT, FROM HERE?
WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE
APRIL TOOK THIS PASS.
BOUNDARY PEAK, 13,000 FEET.
SNOW MOUNTAIN OVER 14,000.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY THROUGH.
PALADIN!
WHAT!
THERE'S MORE WEATHER
BLOWING IN HERE, YOU SEE?
THE TEMPERATURE UP HERE
CAN DROP 60 DEGREES IN AN HOUR.
IT CAN FREEZE THE TONGUE
RIGHT IN YOUR MOUTH.
THE TONGUE IN YOUR MOUTH,
OR THE BLOOD IN
ROBERT APRIL'S VEINS.
HE DIDN'T SAVE YOUR LIFE!
YOU TALK LIKE HE WAS A MESSIAH.
THAT'S RIGHT, HE'S
NOT A MESSIAH.
HE'S AN ORDINARY CHAPLAIN
FROM A SECOND RATE PENITENTIARY,
WHO DOESN'T HAVE SENSE TO STAY OUT
OF THE MOUNTAINS IN BLIZZARD SEASON.
THAT MAN IS UP HERE
TRYING TO SAVE SOMEONE
WHO'D GLADLY KILL HIM RATHER
THAN GO BACK TO PRISON.
ROBERT APRIL IS A MAN THAT
NEVER DID ONE THING FOR ME,
AND PROBABLY NEVER CAN.
RIGHT NOW HE'S DEPRIVING ME
OF BED, BOARD, AND COMFORT.
THERE'S NO REASON
FOR ANY OF THIS.
NO REASON FOR
APRIL TO BE UP HERE,
AND NONE FOR YOU AND
ME TO BE UP HERE AFTER HIM.
EXCEPT THAT I RESPECT HIM
MORE THAN ANY MAN I EVER MET.
PAGE FROM A BIBLE.
IT'D BE MR. APRIL'S.
ROY, TRY AND STAY IN MY STEPS.
WATCH YOURSELF.
THE SNOW IS REALLY ICING UP.
PALADIN!
COME ON, ROY. COME ON!
COME ON, ROY. WORK!
YOU ALL RIGHT?
ROY, WILL YOU TRY
AND STAY IN MY TRACKS?
ROY!
ROY!
LET ME BE, LET ME BE!
ROY, GET ON YOUR FEET!
GET UP!
MY SKIN BURNS... STAY ON YOUR
FEET, OR I'LL LEAVE YOU TO DIE!
IT'S COLD NOW AND IT'LL
BE COLDER IN THE MORNING.
WE GOT TO FIND THE CHAPLAIN
BEFORE THAT STORM HITS.
YOU STAY ON YOUR
FEET AND YOU GO FIRST.
GO AHEAD!
GO ON!
HE'S NOT EVEN WEARING A JACKET.
HE MUST HAVE HAD ONE.
HE COULDN'T HAVE LIVED
THIS LONG WITHOUT IT.
THOSE ASHES ARE STILL HOT.
GET ME OUT OF THIS THING.
PALADIN, HIS BLANKETS
AND FOOD ARE GONE.
WE FIND THAT CONVICT,
I'M GOING TO KILL HIM.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT
THAT. COME ON AND RUB.
MR. APRIL, PLEASE.
LISTEN.
MAYBE HE MIGHT HEAR THIS.
ROBERT APRIL.
CHAPLAIN.
NOW LISTEN TO ME.
YOU'VE BEEN LYING!
ALL THAT PREACHING.
ALL THOSE SERMONS,
YOU WERE LYING TO US!
WEREN'T YOU, ROBERT
APRIL? ADMIT IT NOW!
[MOANING]
NO... NO. CAN I HELP YOU?
ANY OTHER MAN WOULD
HAVE SAID "HELP ME".
PALADIN!
I WAS EXPECTING ROY!
HE'S RIGHT HERE, CHAPLAIN.
ROY, GET SOME FIREWOOD.
WE'RE GONNA NEED IT.
WE'LL REST, BUILD A SLED...
AND GET YOU OUT OF HERE.
DON'T LET HIM GO.
MY CONVICT... HE'S OUT THERE!
HE'S GOT A RIFLE!
ROY!
CLINTON'S OUT THERE,
HE'S GOT A RIFLE!
COME ON BACK!
[GUNSHOT]
CHAPLAIN, KEEP THAT
WOUND PACKED WITH SNOW.
WE'RE ALL IN TROUBLE.
WE'RE GONNA DIE WITHOUT SHELTER.
YOU BETTER REST.
A MAN CAN STAY ON
HIS FEET ONLY SO LONG.
PUT THAT BLANKET OVER HIM.
I GOT SOME BIRCH BARK.
MAYBE IT'LL BREAK HIS FEVER,
BEFORE HE ENDS UP DYING.
SEE ANYTHING OF MY
CONVICT OUT THERE?
IF HE KEEPS MOVING, HE'LL
HAVE SOME KIND OF CHANCE.
I THINK WE SHOULD INVITE HIM.
A TRUCE.
YOU OFFERED HIM A
TRUCE ONCE, CHAPLAIN.
HE THANKED YOU BY STEALING
YOUR COAT, BLANKET, AND FOOD.
PRAY FOR HIM IF YOU WANT,
THAT'S THE ONLY
HELP WE CAN GIVE HIM.
ONE THING I ALWAYS REMEMBER
ABOUT YOU WAS GOOD HUMOR.
SOMETIMES SHARP, BUT
ALWAYS REFRESHING.
EVEN AT THE MOST CRITICAL
TIME, YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD THAT.
THAT'S THE PRODUCT OF A
WARM BATH, GOOD BRANDY...
AND PLEASANT COMPANY
BETWEEN ASSIGNMENTS.
WHEN I WAS A BOY IN IOWA,
WE HAD A LARGE THOROUGHBRED.
MAGNIFICENT, BLACK.
FULL HAND HIGHER THAN ANY
OTHER ANIMAL ON THE PLACE.
HE NEVER WALKED
WHEN HE COULD RUN.
BY THE MILE AND THE
TEN MILES, PALADIN.
AND WHEN HE WOULD
GIVE OUT HIS STRENGTH,
HE WOULD CONTINUE ON IN NERVE.
AND IN HIS EXHAUSTION,
HE WOULD SEE BEAUTY
OR GOOD IN NOTHING.
CHAPLAIN, YOU SEE
BEAUTY OR GOOD IN THIS?
ONE MAN SICK,
ANOTHER ONE WOUNDED.
A THIRD MAN OUT THERE
LIKELY TO FREEZE TO DEATH,
AND CERTAIN TO BE
THROWN BACK INTO A CAGE
FOR THE REST OF HIS
LIFE IF HE DOES SURVIVE.
PAIN, DISCOMFORT,
EXHAUSTION... MAYBE DEATH.
WHY?
THERE'S PURPOSE IN EVERYTHING.
WELL, CHAPLAIN APRIL...
YOU TELL ME WHAT'S
THE PURPOSE IN THIS.
YOU TELL ME WHAT'S THE
SENSE, WHAT'S THE GOOD OF IT.
WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW
IS WHAT ANY ANIMAL WOULD DO,
WE'RE TRYING TO SURVIVE.
IT'S JUST POSSIBLE THAT
MACBETH WAS RIGHT,
AND THIS IS THE SUM
TOTAL OF OUR LIVES.
"A TALE TOLD BY AN IDIOT,
"FULL OF SOUND AND FURY,
"SIGNIFYING NOTHING."
IN ALL OF US,
OUR FAITH WEAKENS
FROM TIME TO TIME.
A SEVERE TRIAL
SOMETIMES RESTORES IT.
PERHAPS THAT'S THE
REASON IN ALL THIS.
I'VE CUT ENOUGH BIRCH LIMBS
TO LASH A SLED TOGETHER.
IF A HARD CRUST
FORMS BY MORNING,
I'LL TRY TO GET YOU
AND ROY OUT OF HERE.
IN THE MEANTIME, TRY TO
GET SOME OF THIS DOWN.
LET HIM DO IT IF HE CAN.
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO
PULL US FAR BY YOURSELF.
I'M REALLY FEELING
MUCH BETTER NOW.
CHAPLAIN APRIL!
HELP!
PALADIN!
HELP ME!
WE'LL LEAVE HIM THE
SHELTER AND THE FOOD.
I'M BEGGING! TO DIE?
THERE'S ONLY ROOM
ON THE SLED FOR TWO.
I'LL HELP PULL, HE
CAN HAVE MY PLACE.
YOU WOULDN'T LAST A MILE.
I'M BEGGING. I'LL
GO BACK TO PRISON.
HELP ME.
EITHER THE FOUR OF
US GO BACK TOGETHER,
OR YOU TWO GO ON ALONE.
I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE.
I'LL GO BACK! HELP ME.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TAKE
ANOTHER BREATHER HERE.
HAVE I EVER LIED TO
YOU? WELL, HEAR ME THEN.
I FEEL STRONGER WITH EVERY MILE.
READY, MR. PALADIN?
PALADIN...
WHAT'S HE DOING HERE?
WHENEVER YOU'RE
READY, MR. PALADIN.
[HORSES WHINNYING]
THANK GOD, PALADIN. YOUR HORSES.
I THINK I'LL REST NOW.
PALADIN!
PALADIN!
PALADIN!
CLINTON!
GET UP OUT OF THERE! I CAN'T.
GET ON YOUR
FEET! I'M A SICK MAN.
GET OUT OF THAT SLED.
ALL RIGHT!
HE SAID HE WANTED
TO HELP ME, SO I LET HIM.
YOU HEAR ME, MISTER? I'M
THANKING YOU BOTH FOR THE RIDE.
YOU LET ME KILL HIM, PALADIN.
IN A MOMENT.
NOW YOU HACK OUT A GRAVE.
YOU MAKE THAT BIG
ENOUGH FOR TWO PEOPLE.
CHAPLAIN APRIL. HELP ME, PLEASE!
CHAPLAIN APRIL! PLEASE HELP ME.
PLEASE!
WHY APRIL?
"A TALE TOLD BY AN IDIOT,
"FULL OF SOUND AND
FURY, SIGNIFYING NOTHING."
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.
GIVE ME A COUPLE MORE MINUTES.
YOU OUGHT TO SAY
A VERSE FOR HIM.
"BUT I SAY UNTO YOU WITH CHEER,
"LOVE YOUR ENEMIES,
DO GOOD TO THEM.
"DO GOOD TO THEM WHICH HATE YOU.
"BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU.
"AND PRAY FOR THEM WHICH
DESPITEFULLY USE YOU.
"AND UNTO HIM THAT SMITED
THEE ON THE ONE CHEEK,
"OFFER ALSO THE OTHER.
"GIVE TO EVERY MAN
THAT ASKETH OF THEE.
"AND AS YE WOULD THAT
MEN SHOULD DO TO YOU,
"DO YE ALSO TO THEM LIKEWISE.
"LOVE YE YOUR
ENEMIES AND DO GOOD.
"BE THEREFORE MERCIFUL.
"JUDGE NOT AND YOU
SHALL NOT BE JUDGED,
"CONDEMN NOT AND YOU
SHALL NOT BE CONDEMNED.
"FORGIVE...
"AND YE SHALL BE FORGIVEN."
I COULDN'T PULL THAT
TRIGGER, PALADIN.
IT'S ALL RIGHT, ROY.
HE WON'T GET AWAY.
WHO FROM?
FROM HIMSELF.
AND THAT POSSE.
FROM WHOEVER.
I'D LIKE TO BRING SOME
OF MY MEN UP HERE,
MAYBE CARVE A PROPER HEADSTONE.
ROY, ON THAT HEADSTONE...
THERE'S A VERSE I'D FORGOTTEN.
"THE STEPS OF A GOOD MAN,
"ARE ORDERED BY THE LORD.
"AND HE DELIGHTETH IN HIS WAY."
♪ 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? ♪
MR. CARTER, MY NAME'S PALADIN.
PALADIN, SURE.
ROY'S BEEN EXPECTING YOU.
I WANTED TO MEET
YOU FOR A LONG TIME.
HEARD ROY TALK ABOUT YOU LOTS.
HOW YOU SAVED HIM FROM
THAT HANGING LAST YEAR.
THE MAN WHO STOPPED IT
WAS THE PRISON CHAPLAIN.
ROBERT APRIL. WHERE IS ROY?
THROUGH THE KITCHEN,
IN THE FRONT ROOM.
THANK YOU.
ENTERTAINING.
[WOMAN GIGGLING]
PALADIN!
COME ON IN, COME ON IN!
YOU'VE HEARD ME
MENTION HIM, HONEY.
HE'S THE MAN THAT STOPPED
THE WARDEN LAST YEAR...
ROY...
THE MAN THAT STOPPED
THAT EXECUTION
WAS THE PRISON
CHAPLAIN, ROBERT APRIL.
STOPPED IT BECAUSE HE THOUGHT
YOU WERE INNOCENT
OF THE CHARGES.
'CAUSE HE BELIEVED IN YOU.
YOU LOOK TIRED.
LIKE YOU BEEN DRAGGED
THROUGH A KNOTHOLE.
YOUR MESSAGE REACHED ME
JUST AS I WAS FINISHING
A JOB IN NEVADA.
YEAH, I FIGURED PUTTING THAT ON
WOULD BE ENOUGH
TO BRING YOU RUNNING.
ROY, HONEY... OH, SURE!
PALADIN, THIS HERE LADY IS...
LET'S TALK ABOUT
ROBERT APRIL, SHALL WE?
YEAH...
BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE.
THERE WAS A PRISON BREAK
ABOUT EIGHT DAYS AGO.
ONE OF APRIL'S LIBRARIANS,
A CONVICT, GOT A
GUN SMUGGLED IN.
THROUGH A BOOK OR
SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW.
HE GOT AWAY AND WENT
UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS,
JUST NORTH OF HERE.
AND THE CHAPLAIN WENT AFTER HIM.
YOU KNOW HOW CHAPLAIN APRIL IS.
I THINK WE BOTH KNOW
HOW CHAPLAIN APRIL IS.
THERE'S BEEN A BLIZZARD
SINCE THEN UP THERE.
THE WARDEN HAD TO PULL
HIS SEARCH PARTY BACK,
APRIL WOULDN'T COME
BACK. HE'S STILL UP THERE.
SOMEWHERE AFTER THE CONVICT.
APRIL HATES TO LET A
SOUL GET AWAY FROM HIM.
YOU'VE BEEN UP THERE LOOKING?
WELL, SEE BALL RIDGE...
IT'S TOP OF THE WORLD COUNTRY.
SNOW PACKED, SUB ZERO WINDS.
BUT I FIGURED YOU
MIGHT STAND A CHANCE
TO BREAK THROUGH UP THERE.
GET A SADDLEBAG
PACKED. WITH TWO OF US...
NO, I GUESS YOU STILL
DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I OWE THE CHAPLAIN A FAVOR,
AND I'M WILLING TO PAY TO
HAVE HIM BROUGHT BACK.
LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.
ROBERT APRIL HAS BEEN UP THERE
FOR EIGHT DAYS AND EIGHT NIGHTS.
AND YOU'VE BEEN SITTING
HERE, WAITING TO HIRE ME.
WILL YOU PLEASE PAY HIM
AND SEND HIM ON HIS WAY?
I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT APRIL.
I RESPECT HIM TOO.
I GOT A RANCH TO RUN.
HERE'S $1,000 DOLLARS.
THAT'S YOUR
REGULAR FEE, ISN'T IT?
DO YOU WANT THE JOB OR...
LET'S GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT.
I AIN'T SCARED OF YOU.
AND I AIN'T AFRAID
TO GO AFTER APRIL.
NOBODY EVER SUGGESTED
THAT YOUR PROBLEM WAS FEAR.
I'LL GET MY GEAR...
AND WE CAN GO.
YOU DON'T MIND IF ONE
OF MY MEN TAKE YOU HOME?
I MOST CERTAINLY DO MIND!
LOOK, I'M NOT ONE
OF THOSE GIRLS...
WHY DON'T YOU LET THE YOUNG
LADY TAKE CARE OF THE MONEY?
IT'S A VICE VERSA.
WE'LL LET THE HORSES FIND
THEIR WAY DOWN FROM HERE.
WHAT, FROM HERE?
WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE
APRIL TOOK THIS PASS.
BOUNDARY PEAK, 13,000 FEET.
SNOW MOUNTAIN OVER 14,000.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY THROUGH.
PALADIN!
WHAT!
THERE'S MORE WEATHER
BLOWING IN HERE, YOU SEE?
THE TEMPERATURE UP HERE
CAN DROP 60 DEGREES IN AN HOUR.
IT CAN FREEZE THE TONGUE
RIGHT IN YOUR MOUTH.
THE TONGUE IN YOUR MOUTH,
OR THE BLOOD IN
ROBERT APRIL'S VEINS.
HE DIDN'T SAVE YOUR LIFE!
YOU TALK LIKE HE WAS A MESSIAH.
THAT'S RIGHT, HE'S
NOT A MESSIAH.
HE'S AN ORDINARY CHAPLAIN
FROM A SECOND RATE PENITENTIARY,
WHO DOESN'T HAVE SENSE TO STAY OUT
OF THE MOUNTAINS IN BLIZZARD SEASON.
THAT MAN IS UP HERE
TRYING TO SAVE SOMEONE
WHO'D GLADLY KILL HIM RATHER
THAN GO BACK TO PRISON.
ROBERT APRIL IS A MAN THAT
NEVER DID ONE THING FOR ME,
AND PROBABLY NEVER CAN.
RIGHT NOW HE'S DEPRIVING ME
OF BED, BOARD, AND COMFORT.
THERE'S NO REASON
FOR ANY OF THIS.
NO REASON FOR
APRIL TO BE UP HERE,
AND NONE FOR YOU AND
ME TO BE UP HERE AFTER HIM.
EXCEPT THAT I RESPECT HIM
MORE THAN ANY MAN I EVER MET.
PAGE FROM A BIBLE.
IT'D BE MR. APRIL'S.
ROY, TRY AND STAY IN MY STEPS.
WATCH YOURSELF.
THE SNOW IS REALLY ICING UP.
PALADIN!
COME ON, ROY. COME ON!
COME ON, ROY. WORK!
YOU ALL RIGHT?
ROY, WILL YOU TRY
AND STAY IN MY TRACKS?
ROY!
ROY!
LET ME BE, LET ME BE!
ROY, GET ON YOUR FEET!
GET UP!
MY SKIN BURNS... STAY ON YOUR
FEET, OR I'LL LEAVE YOU TO DIE!
IT'S COLD NOW AND IT'LL
BE COLDER IN THE MORNING.
WE GOT TO FIND THE CHAPLAIN
BEFORE THAT STORM HITS.
YOU STAY ON YOUR
FEET AND YOU GO FIRST.
GO AHEAD!
GO ON!
HE'S NOT EVEN WEARING A JACKET.
HE MUST HAVE HAD ONE.
HE COULDN'T HAVE LIVED
THIS LONG WITHOUT IT.
THOSE ASHES ARE STILL HOT.
GET ME OUT OF THIS THING.
PALADIN, HIS BLANKETS
AND FOOD ARE GONE.
WE FIND THAT CONVICT,
I'M GOING TO KILL HIM.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT
THAT. COME ON AND RUB.
MR. APRIL, PLEASE.
LISTEN.
MAYBE HE MIGHT HEAR THIS.
ROBERT APRIL.
CHAPLAIN.
NOW LISTEN TO ME.
YOU'VE BEEN LYING!
ALL THAT PREACHING.
ALL THOSE SERMONS,
YOU WERE LYING TO US!
WEREN'T YOU, ROBERT
APRIL? ADMIT IT NOW!
[MOANING]
NO... NO. CAN I HELP YOU?
ANY OTHER MAN WOULD
HAVE SAID "HELP ME".
PALADIN!
I WAS EXPECTING ROY!
HE'S RIGHT HERE, CHAPLAIN.
ROY, GET SOME FIREWOOD.
WE'RE GONNA NEED IT.
WE'LL REST, BUILD A SLED...
AND GET YOU OUT OF HERE.
DON'T LET HIM GO.
MY CONVICT... HE'S OUT THERE!
HE'S GOT A RIFLE!
ROY!
CLINTON'S OUT THERE,
HE'S GOT A RIFLE!
COME ON BACK!
[GUNSHOT]
CHAPLAIN, KEEP THAT
WOUND PACKED WITH SNOW.
WE'RE ALL IN TROUBLE.
WE'RE GONNA DIE WITHOUT SHELTER.
YOU BETTER REST.
A MAN CAN STAY ON
HIS FEET ONLY SO LONG.
PUT THAT BLANKET OVER HIM.
I GOT SOME BIRCH BARK.
MAYBE IT'LL BREAK HIS FEVER,
BEFORE HE ENDS UP DYING.
SEE ANYTHING OF MY
CONVICT OUT THERE?
IF HE KEEPS MOVING, HE'LL
HAVE SOME KIND OF CHANCE.
I THINK WE SHOULD INVITE HIM.
A TRUCE.
YOU OFFERED HIM A
TRUCE ONCE, CHAPLAIN.
HE THANKED YOU BY STEALING
YOUR COAT, BLANKET, AND FOOD.
PRAY FOR HIM IF YOU WANT,
THAT'S THE ONLY
HELP WE CAN GIVE HIM.
ONE THING I ALWAYS REMEMBER
ABOUT YOU WAS GOOD HUMOR.
SOMETIMES SHARP, BUT
ALWAYS REFRESHING.
EVEN AT THE MOST CRITICAL
TIME, YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD THAT.
THAT'S THE PRODUCT OF A
WARM BATH, GOOD BRANDY...
AND PLEASANT COMPANY
BETWEEN ASSIGNMENTS.
WHEN I WAS A BOY IN IOWA,
WE HAD A LARGE THOROUGHBRED.
MAGNIFICENT, BLACK.
FULL HAND HIGHER THAN ANY
OTHER ANIMAL ON THE PLACE.
HE NEVER WALKED
WHEN HE COULD RUN.
BY THE MILE AND THE
TEN MILES, PALADIN.
AND WHEN HE WOULD
GIVE OUT HIS STRENGTH,
HE WOULD CONTINUE ON IN NERVE.
AND IN HIS EXHAUSTION,
HE WOULD SEE BEAUTY
OR GOOD IN NOTHING.
CHAPLAIN, YOU SEE
BEAUTY OR GOOD IN THIS?
ONE MAN SICK,
ANOTHER ONE WOUNDED.
A THIRD MAN OUT THERE
LIKELY TO FREEZE TO DEATH,
AND CERTAIN TO BE
THROWN BACK INTO A CAGE
FOR THE REST OF HIS
LIFE IF HE DOES SURVIVE.
PAIN, DISCOMFORT,
EXHAUSTION... MAYBE DEATH.
WHY?
THERE'S PURPOSE IN EVERYTHING.
WELL, CHAPLAIN APRIL...
YOU TELL ME WHAT'S
THE PURPOSE IN THIS.
YOU TELL ME WHAT'S THE
SENSE, WHAT'S THE GOOD OF IT.
WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW
IS WHAT ANY ANIMAL WOULD DO,
WE'RE TRYING TO SURVIVE.
IT'S JUST POSSIBLE THAT
MACBETH WAS RIGHT,
AND THIS IS THE SUM
TOTAL OF OUR LIVES.
"A TALE TOLD BY AN IDIOT,
"FULL OF SOUND AND FURY,
"SIGNIFYING NOTHING."
IN ALL OF US,
OUR FAITH WEAKENS
FROM TIME TO TIME.
A SEVERE TRIAL
SOMETIMES RESTORES IT.
PERHAPS THAT'S THE
REASON IN ALL THIS.
I'VE CUT ENOUGH BIRCH LIMBS
TO LASH A SLED TOGETHER.
IF A HARD CRUST
FORMS BY MORNING,
I'LL TRY TO GET YOU
AND ROY OUT OF HERE.
IN THE MEANTIME, TRY TO
GET SOME OF THIS DOWN.
LET HIM DO IT IF HE CAN.
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO
PULL US FAR BY YOURSELF.
I'M REALLY FEELING
MUCH BETTER NOW.
CHAPLAIN APRIL!
HELP!
PALADIN!
HELP ME!
WE'LL LEAVE HIM THE
SHELTER AND THE FOOD.
I'M BEGGING! TO DIE?
THERE'S ONLY ROOM
ON THE SLED FOR TWO.
I'LL HELP PULL, HE
CAN HAVE MY PLACE.
YOU WOULDN'T LAST A MILE.
I'M BEGGING. I'LL
GO BACK TO PRISON.
HELP ME.
EITHER THE FOUR OF
US GO BACK TOGETHER,
OR YOU TWO GO ON ALONE.
I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE.
I'LL GO BACK! HELP ME.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TAKE
ANOTHER BREATHER HERE.
HAVE I EVER LIED TO
YOU? WELL, HEAR ME THEN.
I FEEL STRONGER WITH EVERY MILE.
READY, MR. PALADIN?
PALADIN...
WHAT'S HE DOING HERE?
WHENEVER YOU'RE
READY, MR. PALADIN.
[HORSES WHINNYING]
THANK GOD, PALADIN. YOUR HORSES.
I THINK I'LL REST NOW.
PALADIN!
PALADIN!
PALADIN!
CLINTON!
GET UP OUT OF THERE! I CAN'T.
GET ON YOUR
FEET! I'M A SICK MAN.
GET OUT OF THAT SLED.
ALL RIGHT!
HE SAID HE WANTED
TO HELP ME, SO I LET HIM.
YOU HEAR ME, MISTER? I'M
THANKING YOU BOTH FOR THE RIDE.
YOU LET ME KILL HIM, PALADIN.
IN A MOMENT.
NOW YOU HACK OUT A GRAVE.
YOU MAKE THAT BIG
ENOUGH FOR TWO PEOPLE.
CHAPLAIN APRIL. HELP ME, PLEASE!
CHAPLAIN APRIL! PLEASE HELP ME.
PLEASE!
WHY APRIL?
"A TALE TOLD BY AN IDIOT,
"FULL OF SOUND AND
FURY, SIGNIFYING NOTHING."
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.
GIVE ME A COUPLE MORE MINUTES.
YOU OUGHT TO SAY
A VERSE FOR HIM.
"BUT I SAY UNTO YOU WITH CHEER,
"LOVE YOUR ENEMIES,
DO GOOD TO THEM.
"DO GOOD TO THEM WHICH HATE YOU.
"BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU.
"AND PRAY FOR THEM WHICH
DESPITEFULLY USE YOU.
"AND UNTO HIM THAT SMITED
THEE ON THE ONE CHEEK,
"OFFER ALSO THE OTHER.
"GIVE TO EVERY MAN
THAT ASKETH OF THEE.
"AND AS YE WOULD THAT
MEN SHOULD DO TO YOU,
"DO YE ALSO TO THEM LIKEWISE.
"LOVE YE YOUR
ENEMIES AND DO GOOD.
"BE THEREFORE MERCIFUL.
"JUDGE NOT AND YOU
SHALL NOT BE JUDGED,
"CONDEMN NOT AND YOU
SHALL NOT BE CONDEMNED.
"FORGIVE...
"AND YE SHALL BE FORGIVEN."
I COULDN'T PULL THAT
TRIGGER, PALADIN.
IT'S ALL RIGHT, ROY.
HE WON'T GET AWAY.
WHO FROM?
FROM HIMSELF.
AND THAT POSSE.
FROM WHOEVER.
I'D LIKE TO BRING SOME
OF MY MEN UP HERE,
MAYBE CARVE A PROPER HEADSTONE.
ROY, ON THAT HEADSTONE...
THERE'S A VERSE I'D FORGOTTEN.
"THE STEPS OF A GOOD MAN,
"ARE ORDERED BY THE LORD.
"AND HE DELIGHTETH IN HIS WAY."
♪ 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? ♪