Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 2, Episode 33 - Sons of Aaron Murdock - full transcript

SORRY, MR. PALADIN.
IT'S ALL RIGHT, HEY BOY.

JUST DON'T BURN ME WITH
YOUR GOOD INTENTIONS.

"WYATT'S LANDING,
ARIZONA TERRITORY.

"PEACE OFFICERS WERE TURNED
OFF AARON MURDOCK'S RANCH

"AT GUNPOINT TODAY WHEN
THEY WENT TO INVESTIGATE

"THE WHEREABOUTS OF
HIS RECENTLY ESCAPED

"OUTLAW SON, LEW MURDOCK.

"AARON MURDOCK DENIES
HARBORING THE FUGITIVE

"OR HAVING ANY KNOWLEDGE
OF WHERE HIS SON IS HIDING.

"THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE STATED
THEY HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE

"THAT MURDOCK'S
YOUNGER SON JAMES



"WAS AIDING AND
ABETTING THE FUGITIVE.

"THE ACCUSATION WAS
VIOLENTLY DENIED BY MURDOCK

"AT GUNPOINT AS REPORTED,
AND HE WAS QUOTED SAYING,

"YOU TELL ME WHERE LEW IS,
AND I'LL HELP YOU BRING HIM IN,

"DEAD OR ALIVE."

YOU MAKE THE
BUSINESS FACE, I THINK.

IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN
A FATHER OFFERS

TO HUNT DOWN AND
KILL HIS OWN SON,

NO MATTER WHAT.

GET ME AN ENVELOPE,

AND ENOUGH STAMPS TO REACH
THE ARIZONA TERRITORY, PLEASE.

HOLD UP THERE!

PALADIN?

THAT'S RIGHT.



MURDOCK?

COFFEE?

THANKS, I COULD USE SOME.

YOU KNOW WHY I'M USUALLY
ASKED TO PEOPLE'S HOMES?

I DON'T WANT TO KNOW,
AND I SENT FOR YOU.

WELL, SOMEBODY
KNOWS YOU SENT FOR ME.

LEW.

HE'S TOO FAR NOW FOR
ANYBODY TO CATCH HIM.

BUT IF HE FOLLOWED YOU
HE'LL KNOW YOU MET SOMEONE.

LIKE I WROTE YOU,

LEW IS MY SON.

BUT HE'S A MURDERER.

STOLE A MINING
PAYROLL. GOT CAUGHT.

KILLED A DEPUTY
MAKING HIS ESCAPE.

MR. MURDOCK...

DO YOU WANT TO
COME TO THE POINT?

ALL RIGHT. I GOT ANOTHER SON.

A GOOD BOY.

"BOY," I CALL HIM.
HE'S NEARLY 19.

HIS NAME IS JAMES.

AND JAMES FAVORS HIS
OLDER BROTHER OVER YOU?

YES.

DOESN'T JAMES KNOW
WHAT HIS BROTHER DID?

THE FACTS, MOSTLY,
BUT NOT HOW IT'S TOLD.

LEW DIDN'T HAVE TO KILL
THAT DEPUTY TO GET AWAY.

SHERIFF TOLD ME...

THAT LEW DID IT OUT
OF PURE MEANNESS.

YOU BELIEVE THAT?

I'VE SEEN LEW'S FACE WHEN
HE WAS BRANDING BEEF,

OR RAKING HIS SPURS
INTO SOME UNBROKE HORSE.

LEW TAKES PLEASURE IN
HURTING WHAT'S HELPLESS.

JAMES CAME TO ME A
COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.

WANTED SOME MONEY, FOR LEW.

HE WANTS TO RIDE OUT
WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER.

AND YOU REFUSED?

UH HUH.

AND JAMIE MOVED OUT ON YOU.

HE TOOK HIS PERSONAL
THINGS, MOVED INTO TOWN.

HE'S DOING ODD JOBS
AT THE BLACKSMITH'S.

PALADIN...

I WANT YOU TO FIND LEW.

I WANT YOU TO TELL
HIM I CHANGED MY MIND.

HE CAN HAVE THE MONEY.

I'LL EVEN HELP HIM RIDE OUT.

JUST SO HE RIDES OUT ALONE.

MR. MURDOCK, YOUR
SON IS A MURDERER.

THE BEST I CAN PROMISE
IS TO BRING HIM BACK

AS PEACEFULLY AS
HE'LL ALLOW ME TO.

YOU DO IT ANY WAY
THAT SUITS YOU.

IF LEW INSISTS ON
RIDING OUT WITH JAMIE...

YOU KILL HIM.

I NEVER SAW A RICH
MAN WORK SO HARD.

DID YOU, MARTY?

MUST BE THE CONSCIENCE
OF THE DAMNED,

LIKE OLD PARSON DAVIS SAYS.

COME ON, JAMIE BOY,
TELL US THE TRUTH.

HOW MUCH YOU GETTING

OUT OF THAT PAYROLL
YOUR BROTHER STOLE?

I'M LOOKING FOR THE SMITH.

HE'S HELPING WITH A ROUNDUP.

IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE YOUR HORSE,

IT'LL BE 50 CENTS A NIGHT.
STORE, WATER, AND FEED.

GOOD ENOUGH.

HEY CARL, ASK HIM AGAIN

ABOUT DEPUTY
JOHNSON'S WIDOW AND KID.

JAMIE FEELS MIGHTY POORLY
ABOUT DEPUTY JOHNSON'S MURDER.

HANK JOHNSON WAS HIS FRIEND,

AIN'T THAT RIGHT, JAMIE?

OF COURSE, IT WEREN'T
REALLY MURDER.

JOHNSON HAD HIS WHOLE BACK

TO FIGHT AGAINST
LEW'S LITTLE GUN.

YEAH, IT... IT WAS
A FAIR FIGHT...

MURDOCK-STYLE.

THEY WERE FIGHTING. IT WAS DARK.

YOU'RE A LIAR, JAMIE BOY.

YOUR BROTHER'S A
YELLOW MURDERER,

AND YOU AIN'T GOT THE
BELLY TO TELL US DIFFERENT.

HIT HIM! COME ON, MARTY.

HIT HIM! GET HIM, MARTY!

ATTA BOY, MARTY.

GET 'EM UP!

YOU WEREN'T DOING TOO GOOD
WITH YOUR FIST, WERE YOU?

WHO ARE YOU? WHY YOU BUTTING IN?

YOU HAD ENOUGH?

THAT'S ENOUGH, YOU'VE
MADE YOUR POINT.

NOW YOU TWO TAKE YOUR
FRIEND, AND DUCK HIM IN THE RIVER.

WANT TO THANK YOU, MISTER.

PALADIN. JAMIE MURDOCK.

YOU'RE LEW'S BROTHER.

YOU KNOW LEW? THAT
WHY YOU HELPED ME?

I KNOW LEW THE WAY MOST
EVERYBODY DOES, I GUESS.

BY WHAT HE'S DONE.

YOU BETTER PUT SOMETHING
ON THAT LIP BEFORE IT SWELLS.

YOU REALLY THINK YOUR BROTHER'S
GONE TO TEXAS, AS THEY SAY?

LIKE THE SHERIFF SAYS,
HE OUGHT TO KNOW.

YOU AFTER A REWARD?

WOULDN'T MAKE ANY
DIFFERENCE IF I WERE.

THERE'S NO PRICE ON LEW'S HEAD.

THEN WHY DON'T YOU LEAVE IT BE?

LOOK MISTER, I APPRECIATE
WHAT YOU DID FOR ME,

DON'T THINK I DON'T.

IF IT'S STORIES YOU WANT,
MOST FOLKS AROUND HERE

WILL TELL YOU ABOUT MY
BROTHER WITHOUT BEING ASKED.

IT'S THAT WAY EVERY PLACE. A
MURDERER GETS TALKED ABOUT.

IT WASN'T MURDER.

UM HMM.

HOW DID YOUR BROTHER
COME TO GET HIMSELF BLAMED

FOR THAT PAYROLL ROBBERY?

BLAMED? HOW DO YOU MEAN?

YOU'RE TALKING
LIKE HE WAS BLAMED

FOR SOMETHING HE DIDN'T DO.
AND HE TRIED TO BREAK AWAY,

AND THE KILLING
RESULTED FROM THAT.

GUESS HE HAD HARD
LUCK ALL DOWN THE LINE.

ARE YOU TRYING TO
HAVE FUN WITH ME?

NO, I'M TRYING TO
SEE IT YOUR WAY.

I NEVER SAID LEW
DIDN'T LIFT THAT PAYROLL.

OH, HE DID IT.

HE MUST HAVE NEEDED
THE MONEY VERY BADLY.

YOUR FATHER'S RANCH
HAVING A HARD TIME?

RANCH IS GOING
ALONG GOOD AS MOST.

WHAT'S THAT GOT TO
DO WITH ANYTHING?

SON, I'M NO SHERIFF.
AND I'M NO PREACHER.

I FIGURE THAT A MAN WHO
DESERVES THE LOYALTY

YOU'RE GIVING YOUR BROTHER,

MUST HAVE SOMETHING TO
FAVOR HIS SIDE OF THE STORY.

AIN'T IT ENOUGH HE'S MY BROTHER?

CAIN WAS ABEL'S BROTHER.

YOU WON'T FORGET
ABOUT MY HORSE, WILL YOU?

I NO MORE THAN GOT
BACK TO THE RANCH,

WHEN I SAW LEW
AGAIN. CLOSER THIS TIME.

I RECOGNIZED HIM FOR SURE.

IF A COUPLE OF MY
HANDS HADN'T SHOWED UP,

I HAVE A FEELING HE'D HAVE
COME RIGHT DOWN TO THE PLACE.

SOMETHING'S UP, PALADIN. HIM
SHOWING HIMSELF THIS WAY...

WHATEVER IT IS, I DON'T
WANT JAMIE MIXED UP IN IT.

WELL, JAMIE IS OBVIOUSLY
IN TOUCH WITH LEW.

THEY'LL HAVE TO GET
TOGETHER SOMETIME, SOMEPLACE.

[HOOFBEATS]

WELL, LOOK AT WHAT
WE'VE GOT HERE.

THAT'S JAMIE'S HORSE.

HE CLAIMED HE WAS STRAYED
OR STOLEN A WEEK AGO.

WELL, HE COULDN'T ADMIT
HE HAD GIVEN HIM TO LEW.

LOOKS LIKE HE WAS EXPECTED.

[HORSE WHINNYING]

I'M GOING DOWN THERE.
YOU WAIT AT THE RANCH

SO I KNOW WHERE YOU
ARE, IN CASE I NEED YOU.

JAMIE'S IN NO DANGER, IS HE?

MR. MURDOCK, YOU KNOW
YOUR SONS, BOTH OF THEM.

YOU TELL ME.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BOY.

RUNNING A LITTLE
SKINNY, AIN'T YOU?

WELL, DON'T YOU WORRY.

[PALADIN:] NICE LOOKING GREY.

YOURS?

STABLE'S CLOSED 'TIL
SIX IN THE MORNING.

A MAN NEEDS HIS HORSE,
HE NEEDS HIS HORSE.

HE'S RIGHT WHERE YOU LEFT HIM.

BUT I TOOK HIS RIGHT
FRONT SHOE OFF

BECAUSE HE WAS
STEPPING KIND OF TENDER.

WASN'T GOING TO PUT
IT BACK ON 'TIL MORNING.

THAT WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL OF YOU.

YOU BUY THIS HORSE
FROM THE NAVAJO?

HE'S MY HORSE, I HAD
HIM SINCE HE WAS WEANED.

THAT'S INTERESTING.
MUST BE STOLEN THEN.

THIS IS A NAVAJO
SIGN PAINTED ON HIM.

FRESH, TOO.

YOU COME FOR YOUR
HORSE, THERE HE IS.

YOU GONNA MEET A GIRL
OUT IN THE MOONLIGHT?

DON'T PESTER ME, MISTER.

MY COMINGS AND GOINGS
ARE NO AFFAIR OF YOURS,

UNLESS YOU WANT TROUBLE.

WHAT KIND OF TROUBLE?

THIS IS ALL HARD
COUNTRY AROUND HERE,

AND I WOULDN'T ADVISE YOU
TO TAKE A HORSE ACROSS IT,

UNLESS HE'S GOT GOOD
IRON ON ALL FOUR FEET.

[GROANING]

[HORSE WHINNYING]

[GUNSHOTS]

IS THAT YOU, MR. MURDOCK?

IT'S ALL RIGHT, BOYS.

GO BACK TO THE BUNKHOUSE
AND FORGET THE WHOLE THING.

BUT SOMEONE STOLE A
HORSE! I SAID, IT'S ALL RIGHT.

EASY NOW...

WAS IT LEW?

HE PISTOL-WHIPPED YOU?

HE ROBBED ME. MY OWN SON!

JAMIE... JUST TAKE IT EASY
NOW. HOW MUCH DID LEW GET?

THREE THOUSAND. HERE YOU GO.

ALL IN SILVER. SILVER?

I NEVER TRUSTED PAPER MONEY.

PALADIN...

NOBODY MUST KNOW WHO DONE THIS.

IT'LL ONLY HURT JAMIE.

MAYBE JAMIE COULD USE
SOME OF THIS KIND OF HURT.

MURDOCK, CAN YOU
TELL ME ANY REASON WHY

LEW SHOULD PAINT A NAVAJO
SIGN ON JAMIE'S HORSE?

IT'S SOME KIND OF A
SIGNAL BETWEEN THEM,

AND I CAN'T PLACE IT.

IT LOOKS SOMETHING
VAGUELY LIKE THIS.

YEAH, I'VE SEEN
THAT SIGN BEFORE.

WHERE?

WHEN LEW WAS 16 HE
MURDERED A NAVAJO.

IT TOOK EVERYTHING
I HAD TO GET HIM OFF.

WHAT ABOUT THE SIGN?

IT WAS ON THE BRACELET
HE TOOK OFF THE DEAD FELLA,

AND GIVE HIS GIRL.
WHO? WHAT'S HER NAME?

MAE WOOLRICH.
WHERE CAN I FIND HER?

SHE MARRIED A WRANGLER NAMED BUD
THOMPSON. THEY LIVE SOUTH OF TOWN.

I DON'T THINK THAT
HEAD IS TOO BAD.

IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

JUST REST HERE.

IF YOU SEE JAMIE...

IF I SEE JAMIE,
HE'LL BE WITH LEW.

[PALADIN:] MAE?

I'M MRS. THOMPSON.

IF YOU'RE WANTING MY
HUSBAND, HE'S NOT HOME.

I BEG YOUR PARDON,
MRS. THOMPSON.

BUT IT'S YOU I WANTED TO SEE.

WHAT ABOUT?

LEW MURDOCK.

YOU A FRIEND OF LEW'S? ARE YOU?

GLORY, NO. COME ON IN.

MRS. THOMPSON...

ARE YOU HERE ALL ALONE?

ALL THE TIME.
[CHILDREN LAUGHING]

EXCEPT FOR THEM.
YOU SHUT UP IN THERE,

OR I'LL COME IN AND
WHALE THE LOT OF YOU.

IT'S MY KIDS.

HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE?

THREE NOW.

OLD LEW...

HE'S REALLY DONE
IT GOOD THIS TIME.

MURDER, THEY SAY.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, "THIS TIME?"

HE ALWAYS WAS A WILD ONE.

FINDING TROUBLE, MAKING IT.

I REMEMBER ONE TIME
HE STOLE TWO MULES

AND TOOK ME OFF RIDING WITH HIM.

HE WAS FUN.

DID YOU REALLY COME
HERE EXPECTING TO FIND HIM?

PERHAPS NOT LEW IN PERSON,

BUT HE DID GIVE YOU A
SMALL PRESENT ONE TIME.

IT HAD A MARKING ON
IT, SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

LEW NEVER GAVE...

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT WAS THAT BRACELET HE
TOOK OFF THE INDIAN HE KILLED.

YOU STILL HAVE IT?

OH, NO. SHERIFF TOOK IT BACK.

SAID LEW DIDN'T HAVE
NO RIGHT TO GET IT.

LEW TOOK YOU TO THE PLACE
WHERE HE KILLED THAT NAVAJO.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE IT IS?

THAT'S LONGER AGO
THAN I CAN REMEMBER NOW.

COULD YOU DRAW OUT HOW
TO GET FROM HERE TO THERE?

I NEVER WAS MUCH
HAND AT DRAWING.

TIME IS SHORT.

BUT YOU SEE...

LEW NEVER DID ME NO HARM.

STILL, I GUESS I CAN'T
HOLD WITH KILLING.

NO MATTER WHAT.

THANK YOU, MRS. THOMPSON.

SAY... IF YOU DO SEE OLD LEW,

TELL HIM HELLO FROM ME.

WILL YOU?

LEW?

LEW, YOU HERE?

I WATCHED YOU ALL THE WAY.

LIKE AN INNOCENT LAMB.

SHOULD'VE HAD YOUR GUN
OUT AND READY EVERY MINUTE.

THAT WOULDN'T BE TOO
EASY, I AIN'T GOT A GUN.

YOU KNOW PA NEVER ALLOWED ME.

'CAUSE OF ME?

HERE.

YOU GOT ONE NOW.

THERE. YOU LOOK LIKE A MAN.

AS SOON AS IT'S
DARK WE'LL BE RIDING.

YOU READY TO LEAVE, KID?

SURE, BUT I DIDN'T
BRING GOOD NEWS.

PA WOULDN'T GIVE ME THE MONEY.

ALL I GOT'S A COUPLE OF
DOLLARS I MADE WORKING.

I FIGURED WE COULDN'T
DEPEND ON THE OLD MAN.

YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.
HE'S GETTING ON IN YEARS,

AND NOW WITH BOTH OF US GONE...

SURE, SURE. FORGET IT.

FORGET HIM, TOO.

I GOT ENOUGH MONEY
TO LAST US FOR A WHILE.

WHERE'D YOU GET
MONEY? I THOUGHT...

JUST LEAVE IT UP TO
YOUR BIG BROTHER, KID.

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
NOW WE'LL TAKE TURNS SLEEPING,

SO WE'LL BE WIDE AWAKE TONIGHT.

COME ON.

BETTER GO DOWN TO THE
CANYON AND HIDE YOUR HORSE.

THAT'S ALL. DON'T MOVE
FOR THAT GUN, LEW.

STOP, PALADIN!

I DON'T WANT TO SHOOT, BUT IF
YOU DON'T LEAVE HIM ALONE, I WILL.

YOU'RE GONNA BE ALL RIGHT, KID.

HE MIGHT HAVE BROUGHT
SOME COMPANY WITH HIM.

YOU KEEP YOUR GUN ON
HIM WHILE I GO FIND OUT.

AND DON'T TAKE ANY CHANCES.

IF HE MOVES, KILL HIM.

I AIN'T FORGETTING WHAT
YOU DID FOR ME IN TOWN.

AND I DON'T WANT TO KILL
YOU, BUT DON'T TRY NOTHING.

JAMIE, I'VE JUST COME
FROM YOUR FATHER.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE.
HOW MUCH IS HE PAYING YOU?

JAMIE, YOUR FATHER'S
HURT. HE'S VERY BADLY HURT!

NOW I KNOW WHY YOU HELPED ME.

PA PAID YOU TO.

DID LEW TELL YOU THAT HE
WENT TO SEE YOUR FATHER,

AFTER HE PAINTED THE
NAVAJO MARK ON THE HORSE?

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR NO MORE.

THAT LEW'S GUN YOU'RE HOLDING?

WORKS JUST AS GOOD FOR ME.

SOMEBODY PISTOL-WHIPPED
YOUR FATHER, JAMIE.

PISTOL-WHIPPED HIM.

THAT'S LEW'S GUN.
TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

SEE IF THERE'S ANY
DRIED BLOOD ON IT.

GO AHEAD, LOOK AT IT!

[LEW:] NOT A SIGN!

HE'S BY HIMSELF, ALL RIGHT.
WE CAN PUT HIM OUT OF MISERY

WITHOUT WORRYING
ABOUT ANYBODY HEARING.

[LAUGHING] SOFT-HEARTED?

I'LL DO IT WITH
PLEASURE. WAIT A MINUTE.

WHY DON'T WE TIE HIM?

YOU SAID YOURSELF WE'RE
PULLING OUT WHEN IT'S DARK.

TIE HIM AND LEAVE HIM
TO THIRST AND HUNGER?

THAT AIN'T THE DECENT
THING, JAMIE BOY.

WHY DON'T YOU TELL JAMIE
WHY YOU'RE WILLING TO LEAVE

WITHOUT THE MONEY HE
PROMISED TO BRING YOU.

OR BETTER YET JAMIE, GO
FEEL THOSE SADDLEBAGS.

$3,000 IN SILVER.

THIS IS GONNA BE
RIGHT ENJOYABLE.

LEAVE HIM BE!

YOU GONE CRAZY OR SOMETHING?

$3,000 IN SILVER, JAMIE.

KNOW ANYBODY ELSE WHO KEEPS
MONEY LIKE THAT AROUND HERE,

EXCEPT YOUR FATHER?

NOW YOU SHUT UP! NO, LEW!

KID, IT'S ME. YOUR BROTHER!

DID YOU TAKE PA'S MONEY?

WHAT IF I DID? WHO ARE
YOU TO ASK QUESTIONS?

TELL HIM HOW YOU
PISTOL-WHIPPED YOUR FATHER.

TELL HIM HOW YOU
PISTOL-WHIPPED HIM

WITH THAT GUN HE'S HOLDING!

JAMIE...

THERE'S DRIED BLOOD ON THIS GUN.

IS IT PA'S?

OF COURSE NOT.

YOU AIN'T GONNA
BELIEVE HIM OVER ME.

THAT'S FAR ENOUGH.

WHY?

YOU AND ME WOULD'VE MADE
OUT. WHY'D YOU HAVE TO HURT PA?

BECAUSE HE HAD IT
COMING TO HIM, YOU BABY.

CRYING FOR THAT OLD FAKE.

WHAT'D HE EVER DO FOR ME,
EXCEPT GIVE ME HARD WORK!

I AIN'T GONNA WASTE MY LIFE
CHASING COWS AND EATING BEANS.

THAT MONEY'S AS
MUCH MINE AS HIS!

AND I'M GONNA TAKE IT!

YOU CAN RIDE OUT
ANY TIME YOU WANT,

BUT YOU AIN'T TAKING
THE MONEY OR ME.

I GOTTA HAVE THAT MONEY.

ELSE I'M HEADING
STRAIGHT FOR A ROPE.

YOU ARE RIDING WITHOUT IT.

I'M GONNA TAKE IT,

JUST LIKE I NEVER SAW
YOU OR HIM BEFORE.

NO, YOU'RE GONNA STOP.

YOU'VE BEEN USING ME AND PA,

AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT'S
HAD FEELINGS FOR YOU.

AND YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO DO IT ANYMORE.

YOU COULDN'T SHOOT HIM,

AND IF YOU COULDN'T
SHOOT A STRANGER,

YOU SURE CAN'T
SHOOT YOUR BROTHER.

CAN YOU, JAMIE! [GUNSHOT]

LEW...

I DIDN'T WANT TO.

I DIDN'T WANT TO.

A MAN DOES WHAT
HAS TO BE DONE, JAMIE.

OR HE TRIES.

THAT'S THE ONLY
WAY A MAN CAN LIVE...

OR DIE.

♪ 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? ♪