Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 2, Episode 34 - Comanche - full transcript
Paladin is hired to find a U.S. Army corporal, who is a deserter and the son of a general. Paladin must travel into Indian territory as he seeks the corporal. Along the way, Paladin encounters a soldier he knew from his own time in the Army. It turns out the corporal is part of the 7th Calvary, and is part of the command of George Custer.
[SNORING]
"GENERAL'S SON
LISTED AS DESERTER.
"GENERAL JOSHUA CARVER, U.S. ARMY,
RETIRED, AND HIS WIFE, GERALDINE,
"HAVE JUST LEARNED THAT THEIR
ONLY SON, CPL. HENRY CARVER,
"DISAPPEARED WHILE
ON ROUTINE FIELD DUTY
"WITH THE 7TH CAVALRY IN
MONTANA, TWO DAYS AGO.
"CPL. CARVER'S NAME HAS BEEN
POSTED AT FT. LINCOLN AS A DESERTER.
"GEN. CARVER INSISTED THERE
MUST'VE BEEN FOUL PLAY."
THE-THE CLERK SAID THAT
YOU WERE MR. PALADIN?
I'M MRS. CARVER.
WELL, MRS. CARVER,
HOW DO YOU DO?
HOW DO YOU DO?
WON'T YOU SIT DOWN?
THANK YOU.
I WAS VERY SORRY TO READ ABOUT
YOUR SON MEETING WITH FOUL PLAY.
MY SON, HENRY, IS A DESERTER.
OH?
HE DIDN'T WANT TO
GO INTO THE ARMY.
HE WANTED TO BECOME A
DOCTOR, GO EAST AND STUDY.
BUT THE GENERAL INSISTED.
MY SON IS NOT A COWARD.
HE DESERTED FOR A DIFFERENT
REASON. I KNOW WHERE HE IS.
I HAVE A LETTER HERE FROM HENRY.
BUT THE GENERAL DOES
NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
SOME OF IT IS PERSONAL, BUT I'LL
READ YOU THE ONLY PART THAT MATTERS.
"IT'S ONLY A ROUTINE
PATROL AGAINST THE INDIANS,
"SO I FEEL JUSTIFIED IN
DOING WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
"YOU REMEMBER BECKY GRAY?
"HER FATHER IS FORCING
HER TO MARRY SAM DOLAN.
"HE'S TWICE HER AGE
AND HE'S NO GOOD.
"BECKY BEGGED ME TO
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT,
"AND I'M GOING TO."
A TIME-HONORED DILEMMA.
AS OLD AS ROMEO AND JULIET.
ROMEO WASN'T A CORPORAL
IN THE CAVALRY, MR. PALADIN.
MM, I SEE YOUR POINT.
"BY THE TIME YOU GET THIS, WE'LL BE SAFE
AND HIDING AT THE BISMARCK WATER HOLE.
"DON'T TELL ANYONE.
"SEND SOMEONE WITH SOME
MONEY SO WE CAN GET TO CANADA.
"I'M DEPENDING ON YOU."
WELL, I'VE MARKED IT
HERE, ON THE MAP FOR YOU.
I WANT YOU TO TAKE HIM ALIVE,
AND RETURN HIM TO
THE SEVENTH CAVALRY.
ARE YOU SURE?
MR. PALADIN, THIS IS MY SON.
I WANT HIM ALIVE!
BUT EVEN MORE, I WANT
HIM TO GROW UP TO ME A MAN,
NOT ASHAMED, WITH
THIS ON HIS CONSCIENCE.
IF ONE OF OUR PATROLS CATCHES
HIM, HE'LL BE SHOT AS A DESERTER.
IT IS A TIME OF INDIAN WAR.
BUT IF YOU CAN FIND HIM,
RETURN HIM TO HIS
UNIT IN THE FIELD,
IT'LL BE A VOLUNTARY SURRENDER,
AND THE PUNISHMENT WILL BE LESS.
MRS. CARVER, I CAN TRY.
THANK YOU.
YOU WANT TO BE PAID NOW?
NO, I THINK THAT ANY MAN
GOING INTO INDIAN COUNTRY
SHOULD NEVER BE PAID IN ADVANCE.
OH.
[COCKS GUN]
HOLD IT, MISTER.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
YOU, CPL. CARVER.
WHO ARE YOU?
YOUR MOTHER SENT ME.
WITH THE MONEY?
NO, I DIDN'T BRING ANY MONEY.
YOUR MOTHER WANTS ME TO
RETURN YOU TO YOUR OUTFIT.
TURN AROUND.
GET ON YOUR HORSE, RIDE OUT.
I'LL COVER YOU EVERY SECOND.
ANY MESSAGE FOR
YOUR MOTHER? YEAH.
TELL HER ME AND BECKY'LL GET TO
CANADA ON OUR OWN. NOW, GET MOVING.
NOW, GO ON! AH!
[RIFLE FIRES]
CARVER, MY JOB IS TO GET
YOU BACK TO YOUR OUTFIT
BEFORE YOU'RE CAPTURED
AND SHOT, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
[FIRES]
[FIRES]
[HORSE WHINNIES]
THAT'S AN ARMY PATROL OUT THERE.
YOU CAN FILL UP YOUR CANTEENS
AND WATER YOUR MOUNTS HERE.
DO LIKE THEY'RE DOING.
I KNOW I HEARD SOME SHOOTING.
ME, TOO. WHOEVER DID IT
MUST OWN THAT HORSE THERE.
I WAS, SERGEANT.
JUST HAVING A LITTLE
TARGET PRACTICE.
WHO THE DEVIL ARE YOU?
CAN'T BE! PALADIN!
BARSKY, HOW ARE YOU?
ALL THE SAINTS IN
HEAVEN, WHAT A SIGHT.
[LAUGHING]
HOW LONG'S IT BEEN? TEN
YEARS? TWELVE YEARS?
IT WAS TWO YEARS AFTER THE WAR. YOU
CAME THROUGH SAN FRANCISCO, REMEMBER?
REMEMBER IT? I STILL
GOT THE HANGOVER.
I SEE YOU STILL GOT
THE MOUSTACHE, TOO.
I WAS WITH YOU THE WEEK YOU
STARTED GROWING THAT, REMEMBER?
THAT'S RIGHT, YOU WERE.
OH, SAM DOLAN, MEET
MY OLD PAL, PALADIN.
DOLAN. HOWDY.
DOLAN JUST JOINED UP WITH US A
COUPLE HOURS BACK. HIM AND HIS MEN.
SEEMED LIKE THE
SAFEST THING TO DO.
YOU PICKED THE BEST COMPANY.
AH, SEE YOU'RE STILL
WEARING THAT LUCKY PIECE.
AH! I WOULDN'T BE WITHOUT IT.
I'VE WORN THAT EVER SINCE
YOU DUG IT OUT OF MY LEG,
AND I AIN'T BEEN
HIT SINCE. GOOD.
SAY, WHAT IN THE BLAZES
ARE YOU DOING WAY OUT HERE?
LITTLE BUSINESS. I WAS
JUST HEADING HOME.
SEE ANY INDIANS?
NO, JUST A FEW SMOKE SIGNALS.
OH, WE GOT 'EM
AROUND HERE ALL RIGHT,
BUT I GUESS THE 2ND AND THE 7TH'VE
DRIVEN MOST OF THEM FURTHER NORTH.
NEVERTHELESS, I'M NOT
TAKING ANY CHANCES.
I GOING UP THERE AND
HAVE A LOOK AROUND.
GOOD IDEA.
MIND IF I JOIN YOU? NO, COME ON.
MY GOLLY, PALADIN,
YOU'RE SURE LOOKING FINE.
HAPPY AND HEALTHY, AND RELAXED.
EVIDENTLY, YOU AREN'T
MARRIED, ARE YA?
NO, I MOVE AROUND TOO MUCH.
YOU OUGHT TO SEE MY
PLATOON BACK AT FT. LINCOLN.
GOT A WIFE AND FOUR KIDS
AND A WHOLE MESS OF IN-LAWS.
FOUR?!
WANNA KNOW SOMETHING, PALADIN?
THIS IS MY LAST TOUR OF DUTY.
AFTER THIS FIELD TRIP,
I'M GOING OUT ON PENSION.
GETTING MYSELF A
NICE, COOL SALOON,
AND DRINK UP ALL THE PROFITS.
WHERE ARE YOU AND
YOUR MEN HEADED NOW?
WE GOTTA REJOIN THE
COMPANY UP ON THE RIVER.
FAR?
HALF DAY.
HOW ABOUT YOU, MR. DOLAN?
IT'S PRETTY DANGEROUS
COUNTRY TO BE TRAVELING IT ALONE.
ON A PERSONAL MATTER. YOU
MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP, THOUGH.
I'M LOOKING FOR
A BOY AND A GIRL.
WE TRACED THEM TO HERE, I
FIGURE THEY'RE GOING TO CANADA.
SORRY, I HAVEN'T NOTICED THEM.
I WAS JUST TELLING THE SERGEANT,
THE KID'S FROM HIS OUTFIT.
YEAH, WE WAS TOLD TO
WATCH FOR A DESERTER.
DESERTER? NAME'S CARVER.
CORPORAL. UNDERSTAND HIS
OLD MAN'S SOME KIND OF BIG WIG.
I GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH HIM.
IF I SEE HIM, I'LL GIVE
HIM YOUR REGARDS.
WELL, I GOT TO MAKE TIME.
MIND IF I TAG ALONG WITH
YOU A LITTLE FURTHER?
NO, SUIT YOURSELF.
BEST OF LUCK TO YOU, BOY.
I WISH YOU'D GO ALONG WITH US.
I'D ENJOY YOUR COMPANY.
IT'D BE SAFER THAT WAY.
OH, I'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
BARSKY, GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
[LAUGHING:] WELL, I TRIED.
SMALL WORLD, AIN'T IT?
I'LL SEND YOU AN INVITATION
WHEN I OPEN UP THAT SALOON.
I'LL BE THERE.
BE LOOKING FOR YOU.
MOUNT UP.
ALL RIGHT, CARVER, COME...
[SIGHS]
NOW, YOU SIT THERE.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH US?
I'M GONNA SAVE YOU, IF I CAN.
WHERE ARE THE HORSES?
IN THE OTHER CANYON.
YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAVE TURNED
ME OVER TO DOLAN AND THE PATROL
FOR WHAT YOU'RE
PLANNING. NOT THE SAME.
EITHER WAY, HE'LL BE PUNISHED.
NO, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.
AND THE DIFFERENCE
MIGHT BE LIFE AND DEATH.
SURE, BARSKY'S AN OLD,
PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE.
BUT HE'S STILL ARMY.
IF HE'D GOTTEN HOLD
OF YOUR FRIEND HERE,
THE DEATH PENALTY
WOULD'VE BEEN MANDATORY.
IF YOUR FRIEND SURRENDERS,
GIVES HIMSELF UP IN THE FIELD...
I'M NOT GIVING MYSELF UP!
I HOPE YOU'LL CHANGE YOUR MIND.
MR. PALADIN,
YOU'RE ASKING US
TO GIVE UP OUR LIVES
TO SATISFY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
CONCERNED WITH OUR WELFARE AT ALL.
AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING
SOMEWHAT STUFFY,
YOUR FRIEND HERE
IS IN A SERVICE,
HE DOES HAVE A KIND OF A DUTY.
I DIDN'T ASK FOR THE CAVALRY.
I WAS FORCED INTO
IT BY MY FATHER.
IF WE'D HAVE GOTTEN TO CANADA,
WE COULD'VE LIVED OUR LIVES.
LIVED 'EM BY OURSELVES.
BY YOURSELVES, MAYBE.
IF YOU THINK YOU COULD'VE
LIVED WITH YOURSELVES.
THERE'S SOMETHING
YOU SHOULD KNOW.
WE'RE MARRIED, MR. PALADIN.
AH, THERE'S BEEN A
GATHERING HERE NOT FAR BACK.
INDIANS?
YOUR ALMA MATER, CORPORAL.
ONE OF YOUR PATROLS,
AND LARGER THAN BARSKY'S.
THEY'RE CATCHING UP.
YOU HEAR THAT?
HEAR WHAT?
THAT SOUND.
[FAINT TREMBLING SOUND]
WHAT IS IT?
I DON'T KNOW.
A KIND OF TREMBLING.
RUMBLING.
LIKE THE SOUND OF
DISTANT THUNDER.
LOOKS LIKE A CLAY-BACK HORSE.
CAVALRY SADDLE.
WONDER WHERE THE RIDER IS.
MAYBE HE'S OUT FORAGING?
MAYBE.
WELL, HE'S GOT
SEVEN HOLES IN HIM.
WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
WELL, THAT DOES IT.
THREE SLUGS, ALL HE HAD IN HIM.
OTHER WOUNDS SEEM
TO BE SUPERFICIAL.
IT'S THE BEST I CAN DO
'TIL WE GET A VETERINARIAN.
CAPTAIN M. KEHOE.
PART OF YOUR OUTFIT?
LIEUTENANT COLONEL.
AND THE ANIMAL'S
NAME IS COMANCHE.
THE COLONEL BOUGHT HIM AT FT.
DODGE, KANSAS. TOOK HIM EVERYWHERE.
THERE WAS A BIG FIGHT
WITH THE COMANCHE INDIANS,
AND THE HORSE GOT
HIT SEVERAL TIMES.
HE PULLED THE COLONEL OUT,
SO HE NAMED HIM COMANCHE.
COLONEL MUST'VE HAD
THIS HORSE A LONG TIME.
I THINK I HEARD HIM SAY ONCE
HE WAS ABOUT NINE YEARS OLD.
MAN CAN GET TO BE AWFULLY
FOND OF A HORSE THAT OLD.
[BECKY:] HOW WAS HE
SHOT SO MANY TIMES?
HE WAS AMBUSHED.
WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?
HIT ON BOTH SIDES.
NOW, THESE SLUGS ARE FROM
THOSE OLD SMOOTH BORE RIFLES,
THE TYPE ONLY INDIANS USE NOW.
MAYBE THE HORSE WANDERED OFF
AND GOT CHASED BY A SIOUX WAR PARTY?
THAT MIGHT BE.
COLONEL PROBABLY WENT OUT
SCOUTING AND GOT TRAPPED.
THAT MIGHT BE.
WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
I'LL KNOW BETTER WHAT TO THINK
WHEN AND IF WE FIND COL. KEHOE.
HOLD IT, PALADIN!
TAKE YOUR HAND OFF THAT GUN!
GET HIS GUN, GLEED.
WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE
I GOT MY BRIDE BACK.
AND OUR YOUNG
FRIEND, THE DESERTER.
YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING
NOW, MR. DOLAN.
WE'RE MARRIED.
ARE YOU, NOW?
ALL THE MORE REASON
TO MAKE YOU A WIDOW.
THANK YOU, MR. PALADIN,
FOR DELIVERING THEM UP.
WE'VE BEEN WATCHING
YOU A LONG WAYS BACK.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CAVALRY?
WE LEFT 'EM THIS MORNING.
THERE WAS A BIG
NOISE OVER THOSE HILLS.
THEY WENT ON BUT I DIDN'T
LIKE IT, SO WE CAME BACK.
LUCKY THING, TOO. WE HAD PLENTY
OF TIME TO GET READY FOR YOU.
LOPEZ, GET OUR HORSES,
BRING ME MY ROPE.
GLEED, TAKE HIM
OVER TO THAT BIG TREE.
COME ON, MOVE.
GET 'EM OFF THE HORSES.
EXCEPT HIM.
MR. DOLAN, THIS IS SENSELESS!
PUT IT AROUND HIS NECK.
GO ON, TAKE HIM HOME. MAYBE
THEY'LL WANT TO BURY HIM THERE.
I HATED TO DO IT. HE SAVED US.
FOR WHAT?
WILL HE BE ALRIGHT?
YEAH, YEAH, HE'LL BE ALRIGHT.
COME ON.
A RUMBLING IN THE GROUND.
LIKE THE SOUND OF
DISTANT THUNDER.
OR THE SOUND OF A
THOUSAND HORSES HOOVES
RIDDEN BY A THOUSAND INDIANS.
SEVENTH CAVALRY.
NOT A LIVING SOUL.
MEN, HORSES...
ALL DEAD.
MASSACRED.
EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM.
NEARLY 200 MEN.
I SHOULD BE DOWN
THERE WITH THEM.
THAT'S WHERE I BELONG.
HELLO, I'M LT. BRADLEY, CHIEF
OF SCOUTS FOR COL. GIVEN AND...
THAT'S GEN. CUSTER'S
COMMAND DOWN THERE.
SEVENTH CAVALRY. ALL OF IT.
AMBUSHED.
MASSACRED BY THE SIOUX.
THIS IS THE ONLY SURVIVOR.
HE'S COMANCHE,
COL. KEHOE'S HORSE.
HE HAS SEVEN WOUNDS,
BUT I THINK HE CAN TRAVEL.
THANK YOU.
THERE'S ANOTHER SURVIVOR.
CPL. HENRY CARVER.
I DESERTED EARLIER, SIR,
I WISH TO TURN MYSELF IN.
IT DOESN'T MEAN
ANYTHING ANYMORE.
IT MEANS MORE NOW
THAN IT EVER DID.
WE COULDN'T LIVE WITH OURSELVES BECAUSE
I COULDN'T LIVE WITH MYSELF THAT WAY.
THE TWO OF US, WE TRIED
TO START SOMETHING.
BUT WE COULDN'T,
'TIL THIS IS FINISHED.
MAYBE SOMEDAY WE'LL
BE ABLE TO GO ON AHEAD.
BUT, BUT NOT 'TIL THIS IS DONE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND, BECKY?
I THINK SO.
YOU'LL COME WITH US, CORPORAL.
"AND WHEN THEY FELL
BEFORE THE THUNDER,
"IT WAS AS WHEN THE
LORDLY REDWOOD,
"GREEN WITH BOUGHS,
"GOES DOWN WITH A GREAT
SHOUT UPON THE HILLS,
"AND LEAVES A LONESOME
PLACE AGAINST THE SKY."
COME ON, BECKY.
I'LL TAKE YOU HOME.
♪ 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? ♪♪
"GENERAL'S SON
LISTED AS DESERTER.
"GENERAL JOSHUA CARVER, U.S. ARMY,
RETIRED, AND HIS WIFE, GERALDINE,
"HAVE JUST LEARNED THAT THEIR
ONLY SON, CPL. HENRY CARVER,
"DISAPPEARED WHILE
ON ROUTINE FIELD DUTY
"WITH THE 7TH CAVALRY IN
MONTANA, TWO DAYS AGO.
"CPL. CARVER'S NAME HAS BEEN
POSTED AT FT. LINCOLN AS A DESERTER.
"GEN. CARVER INSISTED THERE
MUST'VE BEEN FOUL PLAY."
THE-THE CLERK SAID THAT
YOU WERE MR. PALADIN?
I'M MRS. CARVER.
WELL, MRS. CARVER,
HOW DO YOU DO?
HOW DO YOU DO?
WON'T YOU SIT DOWN?
THANK YOU.
I WAS VERY SORRY TO READ ABOUT
YOUR SON MEETING WITH FOUL PLAY.
MY SON, HENRY, IS A DESERTER.
OH?
HE DIDN'T WANT TO
GO INTO THE ARMY.
HE WANTED TO BECOME A
DOCTOR, GO EAST AND STUDY.
BUT THE GENERAL INSISTED.
MY SON IS NOT A COWARD.
HE DESERTED FOR A DIFFERENT
REASON. I KNOW WHERE HE IS.
I HAVE A LETTER HERE FROM HENRY.
BUT THE GENERAL DOES
NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
SOME OF IT IS PERSONAL, BUT I'LL
READ YOU THE ONLY PART THAT MATTERS.
"IT'S ONLY A ROUTINE
PATROL AGAINST THE INDIANS,
"SO I FEEL JUSTIFIED IN
DOING WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
"YOU REMEMBER BECKY GRAY?
"HER FATHER IS FORCING
HER TO MARRY SAM DOLAN.
"HE'S TWICE HER AGE
AND HE'S NO GOOD.
"BECKY BEGGED ME TO
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT,
"AND I'M GOING TO."
A TIME-HONORED DILEMMA.
AS OLD AS ROMEO AND JULIET.
ROMEO WASN'T A CORPORAL
IN THE CAVALRY, MR. PALADIN.
MM, I SEE YOUR POINT.
"BY THE TIME YOU GET THIS, WE'LL BE SAFE
AND HIDING AT THE BISMARCK WATER HOLE.
"DON'T TELL ANYONE.
"SEND SOMEONE WITH SOME
MONEY SO WE CAN GET TO CANADA.
"I'M DEPENDING ON YOU."
WELL, I'VE MARKED IT
HERE, ON THE MAP FOR YOU.
I WANT YOU TO TAKE HIM ALIVE,
AND RETURN HIM TO
THE SEVENTH CAVALRY.
ARE YOU SURE?
MR. PALADIN, THIS IS MY SON.
I WANT HIM ALIVE!
BUT EVEN MORE, I WANT
HIM TO GROW UP TO ME A MAN,
NOT ASHAMED, WITH
THIS ON HIS CONSCIENCE.
IF ONE OF OUR PATROLS CATCHES
HIM, HE'LL BE SHOT AS A DESERTER.
IT IS A TIME OF INDIAN WAR.
BUT IF YOU CAN FIND HIM,
RETURN HIM TO HIS
UNIT IN THE FIELD,
IT'LL BE A VOLUNTARY SURRENDER,
AND THE PUNISHMENT WILL BE LESS.
MRS. CARVER, I CAN TRY.
THANK YOU.
YOU WANT TO BE PAID NOW?
NO, I THINK THAT ANY MAN
GOING INTO INDIAN COUNTRY
SHOULD NEVER BE PAID IN ADVANCE.
OH.
[COCKS GUN]
HOLD IT, MISTER.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
YOU, CPL. CARVER.
WHO ARE YOU?
YOUR MOTHER SENT ME.
WITH THE MONEY?
NO, I DIDN'T BRING ANY MONEY.
YOUR MOTHER WANTS ME TO
RETURN YOU TO YOUR OUTFIT.
TURN AROUND.
GET ON YOUR HORSE, RIDE OUT.
I'LL COVER YOU EVERY SECOND.
ANY MESSAGE FOR
YOUR MOTHER? YEAH.
TELL HER ME AND BECKY'LL GET TO
CANADA ON OUR OWN. NOW, GET MOVING.
NOW, GO ON! AH!
[RIFLE FIRES]
CARVER, MY JOB IS TO GET
YOU BACK TO YOUR OUTFIT
BEFORE YOU'RE CAPTURED
AND SHOT, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
[FIRES]
[FIRES]
[HORSE WHINNIES]
THAT'S AN ARMY PATROL OUT THERE.
YOU CAN FILL UP YOUR CANTEENS
AND WATER YOUR MOUNTS HERE.
DO LIKE THEY'RE DOING.
I KNOW I HEARD SOME SHOOTING.
ME, TOO. WHOEVER DID IT
MUST OWN THAT HORSE THERE.
I WAS, SERGEANT.
JUST HAVING A LITTLE
TARGET PRACTICE.
WHO THE DEVIL ARE YOU?
CAN'T BE! PALADIN!
BARSKY, HOW ARE YOU?
ALL THE SAINTS IN
HEAVEN, WHAT A SIGHT.
[LAUGHING]
HOW LONG'S IT BEEN? TEN
YEARS? TWELVE YEARS?
IT WAS TWO YEARS AFTER THE WAR. YOU
CAME THROUGH SAN FRANCISCO, REMEMBER?
REMEMBER IT? I STILL
GOT THE HANGOVER.
I SEE YOU STILL GOT
THE MOUSTACHE, TOO.
I WAS WITH YOU THE WEEK YOU
STARTED GROWING THAT, REMEMBER?
THAT'S RIGHT, YOU WERE.
OH, SAM DOLAN, MEET
MY OLD PAL, PALADIN.
DOLAN. HOWDY.
DOLAN JUST JOINED UP WITH US A
COUPLE HOURS BACK. HIM AND HIS MEN.
SEEMED LIKE THE
SAFEST THING TO DO.
YOU PICKED THE BEST COMPANY.
AH, SEE YOU'RE STILL
WEARING THAT LUCKY PIECE.
AH! I WOULDN'T BE WITHOUT IT.
I'VE WORN THAT EVER SINCE
YOU DUG IT OUT OF MY LEG,
AND I AIN'T BEEN
HIT SINCE. GOOD.
SAY, WHAT IN THE BLAZES
ARE YOU DOING WAY OUT HERE?
LITTLE BUSINESS. I WAS
JUST HEADING HOME.
SEE ANY INDIANS?
NO, JUST A FEW SMOKE SIGNALS.
OH, WE GOT 'EM
AROUND HERE ALL RIGHT,
BUT I GUESS THE 2ND AND THE 7TH'VE
DRIVEN MOST OF THEM FURTHER NORTH.
NEVERTHELESS, I'M NOT
TAKING ANY CHANCES.
I GOING UP THERE AND
HAVE A LOOK AROUND.
GOOD IDEA.
MIND IF I JOIN YOU? NO, COME ON.
MY GOLLY, PALADIN,
YOU'RE SURE LOOKING FINE.
HAPPY AND HEALTHY, AND RELAXED.
EVIDENTLY, YOU AREN'T
MARRIED, ARE YA?
NO, I MOVE AROUND TOO MUCH.
YOU OUGHT TO SEE MY
PLATOON BACK AT FT. LINCOLN.
GOT A WIFE AND FOUR KIDS
AND A WHOLE MESS OF IN-LAWS.
FOUR?!
WANNA KNOW SOMETHING, PALADIN?
THIS IS MY LAST TOUR OF DUTY.
AFTER THIS FIELD TRIP,
I'M GOING OUT ON PENSION.
GETTING MYSELF A
NICE, COOL SALOON,
AND DRINK UP ALL THE PROFITS.
WHERE ARE YOU AND
YOUR MEN HEADED NOW?
WE GOTTA REJOIN THE
COMPANY UP ON THE RIVER.
FAR?
HALF DAY.
HOW ABOUT YOU, MR. DOLAN?
IT'S PRETTY DANGEROUS
COUNTRY TO BE TRAVELING IT ALONE.
ON A PERSONAL MATTER. YOU
MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP, THOUGH.
I'M LOOKING FOR
A BOY AND A GIRL.
WE TRACED THEM TO HERE, I
FIGURE THEY'RE GOING TO CANADA.
SORRY, I HAVEN'T NOTICED THEM.
I WAS JUST TELLING THE SERGEANT,
THE KID'S FROM HIS OUTFIT.
YEAH, WE WAS TOLD TO
WATCH FOR A DESERTER.
DESERTER? NAME'S CARVER.
CORPORAL. UNDERSTAND HIS
OLD MAN'S SOME KIND OF BIG WIG.
I GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH HIM.
IF I SEE HIM, I'LL GIVE
HIM YOUR REGARDS.
WELL, I GOT TO MAKE TIME.
MIND IF I TAG ALONG WITH
YOU A LITTLE FURTHER?
NO, SUIT YOURSELF.
BEST OF LUCK TO YOU, BOY.
I WISH YOU'D GO ALONG WITH US.
I'D ENJOY YOUR COMPANY.
IT'D BE SAFER THAT WAY.
OH, I'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
BARSKY, GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
[LAUGHING:] WELL, I TRIED.
SMALL WORLD, AIN'T IT?
I'LL SEND YOU AN INVITATION
WHEN I OPEN UP THAT SALOON.
I'LL BE THERE.
BE LOOKING FOR YOU.
MOUNT UP.
ALL RIGHT, CARVER, COME...
[SIGHS]
NOW, YOU SIT THERE.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH US?
I'M GONNA SAVE YOU, IF I CAN.
WHERE ARE THE HORSES?
IN THE OTHER CANYON.
YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAVE TURNED
ME OVER TO DOLAN AND THE PATROL
FOR WHAT YOU'RE
PLANNING. NOT THE SAME.
EITHER WAY, HE'LL BE PUNISHED.
NO, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.
AND THE DIFFERENCE
MIGHT BE LIFE AND DEATH.
SURE, BARSKY'S AN OLD,
PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE.
BUT HE'S STILL ARMY.
IF HE'D GOTTEN HOLD
OF YOUR FRIEND HERE,
THE DEATH PENALTY
WOULD'VE BEEN MANDATORY.
IF YOUR FRIEND SURRENDERS,
GIVES HIMSELF UP IN THE FIELD...
I'M NOT GIVING MYSELF UP!
I HOPE YOU'LL CHANGE YOUR MIND.
MR. PALADIN,
YOU'RE ASKING US
TO GIVE UP OUR LIVES
TO SATISFY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
CONCERNED WITH OUR WELFARE AT ALL.
AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING
SOMEWHAT STUFFY,
YOUR FRIEND HERE
IS IN A SERVICE,
HE DOES HAVE A KIND OF A DUTY.
I DIDN'T ASK FOR THE CAVALRY.
I WAS FORCED INTO
IT BY MY FATHER.
IF WE'D HAVE GOTTEN TO CANADA,
WE COULD'VE LIVED OUR LIVES.
LIVED 'EM BY OURSELVES.
BY YOURSELVES, MAYBE.
IF YOU THINK YOU COULD'VE
LIVED WITH YOURSELVES.
THERE'S SOMETHING
YOU SHOULD KNOW.
WE'RE MARRIED, MR. PALADIN.
AH, THERE'S BEEN A
GATHERING HERE NOT FAR BACK.
INDIANS?
YOUR ALMA MATER, CORPORAL.
ONE OF YOUR PATROLS,
AND LARGER THAN BARSKY'S.
THEY'RE CATCHING UP.
YOU HEAR THAT?
HEAR WHAT?
THAT SOUND.
[FAINT TREMBLING SOUND]
WHAT IS IT?
I DON'T KNOW.
A KIND OF TREMBLING.
RUMBLING.
LIKE THE SOUND OF
DISTANT THUNDER.
LOOKS LIKE A CLAY-BACK HORSE.
CAVALRY SADDLE.
WONDER WHERE THE RIDER IS.
MAYBE HE'S OUT FORAGING?
MAYBE.
WELL, HE'S GOT
SEVEN HOLES IN HIM.
WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
WELL, THAT DOES IT.
THREE SLUGS, ALL HE HAD IN HIM.
OTHER WOUNDS SEEM
TO BE SUPERFICIAL.
IT'S THE BEST I CAN DO
'TIL WE GET A VETERINARIAN.
CAPTAIN M. KEHOE.
PART OF YOUR OUTFIT?
LIEUTENANT COLONEL.
AND THE ANIMAL'S
NAME IS COMANCHE.
THE COLONEL BOUGHT HIM AT FT.
DODGE, KANSAS. TOOK HIM EVERYWHERE.
THERE WAS A BIG FIGHT
WITH THE COMANCHE INDIANS,
AND THE HORSE GOT
HIT SEVERAL TIMES.
HE PULLED THE COLONEL OUT,
SO HE NAMED HIM COMANCHE.
COLONEL MUST'VE HAD
THIS HORSE A LONG TIME.
I THINK I HEARD HIM SAY ONCE
HE WAS ABOUT NINE YEARS OLD.
MAN CAN GET TO BE AWFULLY
FOND OF A HORSE THAT OLD.
[BECKY:] HOW WAS HE
SHOT SO MANY TIMES?
HE WAS AMBUSHED.
WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?
HIT ON BOTH SIDES.
NOW, THESE SLUGS ARE FROM
THOSE OLD SMOOTH BORE RIFLES,
THE TYPE ONLY INDIANS USE NOW.
MAYBE THE HORSE WANDERED OFF
AND GOT CHASED BY A SIOUX WAR PARTY?
THAT MIGHT BE.
COLONEL PROBABLY WENT OUT
SCOUTING AND GOT TRAPPED.
THAT MIGHT BE.
WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
I'LL KNOW BETTER WHAT TO THINK
WHEN AND IF WE FIND COL. KEHOE.
HOLD IT, PALADIN!
TAKE YOUR HAND OFF THAT GUN!
GET HIS GUN, GLEED.
WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE
I GOT MY BRIDE BACK.
AND OUR YOUNG
FRIEND, THE DESERTER.
YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING
NOW, MR. DOLAN.
WE'RE MARRIED.
ARE YOU, NOW?
ALL THE MORE REASON
TO MAKE YOU A WIDOW.
THANK YOU, MR. PALADIN,
FOR DELIVERING THEM UP.
WE'VE BEEN WATCHING
YOU A LONG WAYS BACK.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CAVALRY?
WE LEFT 'EM THIS MORNING.
THERE WAS A BIG
NOISE OVER THOSE HILLS.
THEY WENT ON BUT I DIDN'T
LIKE IT, SO WE CAME BACK.
LUCKY THING, TOO. WE HAD PLENTY
OF TIME TO GET READY FOR YOU.
LOPEZ, GET OUR HORSES,
BRING ME MY ROPE.
GLEED, TAKE HIM
OVER TO THAT BIG TREE.
COME ON, MOVE.
GET 'EM OFF THE HORSES.
EXCEPT HIM.
MR. DOLAN, THIS IS SENSELESS!
PUT IT AROUND HIS NECK.
GO ON, TAKE HIM HOME. MAYBE
THEY'LL WANT TO BURY HIM THERE.
I HATED TO DO IT. HE SAVED US.
FOR WHAT?
WILL HE BE ALRIGHT?
YEAH, YEAH, HE'LL BE ALRIGHT.
COME ON.
A RUMBLING IN THE GROUND.
LIKE THE SOUND OF
DISTANT THUNDER.
OR THE SOUND OF A
THOUSAND HORSES HOOVES
RIDDEN BY A THOUSAND INDIANS.
SEVENTH CAVALRY.
NOT A LIVING SOUL.
MEN, HORSES...
ALL DEAD.
MASSACRED.
EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM.
NEARLY 200 MEN.
I SHOULD BE DOWN
THERE WITH THEM.
THAT'S WHERE I BELONG.
HELLO, I'M LT. BRADLEY, CHIEF
OF SCOUTS FOR COL. GIVEN AND...
THAT'S GEN. CUSTER'S
COMMAND DOWN THERE.
SEVENTH CAVALRY. ALL OF IT.
AMBUSHED.
MASSACRED BY THE SIOUX.
THIS IS THE ONLY SURVIVOR.
HE'S COMANCHE,
COL. KEHOE'S HORSE.
HE HAS SEVEN WOUNDS,
BUT I THINK HE CAN TRAVEL.
THANK YOU.
THERE'S ANOTHER SURVIVOR.
CPL. HENRY CARVER.
I DESERTED EARLIER, SIR,
I WISH TO TURN MYSELF IN.
IT DOESN'T MEAN
ANYTHING ANYMORE.
IT MEANS MORE NOW
THAN IT EVER DID.
WE COULDN'T LIVE WITH OURSELVES BECAUSE
I COULDN'T LIVE WITH MYSELF THAT WAY.
THE TWO OF US, WE TRIED
TO START SOMETHING.
BUT WE COULDN'T,
'TIL THIS IS FINISHED.
MAYBE SOMEDAY WE'LL
BE ABLE TO GO ON AHEAD.
BUT, BUT NOT 'TIL THIS IS DONE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND, BECKY?
I THINK SO.
YOU'LL COME WITH US, CORPORAL.
"AND WHEN THEY FELL
BEFORE THE THUNDER,
"IT WAS AS WHEN THE
LORDLY REDWOOD,
"GREEN WITH BOUGHS,
"GOES DOWN WITH A GREAT
SHOUT UPON THE HILLS,
"AND LEAVES A LONESOME
PLACE AGAINST THE SKY."
COME ON, BECKY.
I'LL TAKE YOU HOME.
♪ 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? ♪♪