Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 2, Episode 36 - The Fifth Man - full transcript

GENTLEMEN, I'M VERY SORRY
TO HAVE KEPT YOU WAITING.

SIT DOWN, GEORGE, PLEASE.

NOW, THEN...

THAT IS KENTUCKY-
LOUISVILLE LIMESTONE,

THE OLD DISTILLERY AT
26TH AND BRECKENRIDGE.

GEORGE, THAT'S YOUR BAR WHISKEY,

AND YOU OUGHT TO BE
ASHAMED OF YOURSELF.

THAT'S MY REGULAR.

HMM, THAT'S INTERESTING.

IT'S NOT KENTUCKY.

SOUR MASH.



TENNESSEE?

LYNCHBURG, PERHAPS.

[LAUGHING:] THAT IS AMAZING,
MR. PALADIN, ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

WELL, CAN I TAKE
YOUR ORDER, NOW?

WHAT DO YOU THINK, MR. PALADIN?

BY ALL MEANS, GEORGE,
ESPECIALLY THE TENNESSEE.

MR. PALADIN, SUCH A FINE
JUDGE OF WHISKEY AS YOURSELF

DESERVES THE VERY BEST.
AND I WOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL

IF YOU WOULD ACCEPT A CASE OF
MY GOODS, WITH MY COMPLIMENTS.

NO MORE GRATEFUL THAN I,
SIR. SEND IT TO MY ROOM, PLEASE.

INDEED I WILL, MR. PALADIN,
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

PALADIN.

YOUR MAIL HERE.

THANK YOU, HEY BOY.



YOU'RE THIRSTY?

NOT PARTICULARLY.

THAT IS, UH...

HATE TO TROUBLE YOU
WHEN YOU'RE THIRSTY.

HEY BOY, I WAS JUST DOING
A FAVOR FOR A FRIEND.

"GUNMAN TERRORIZES YUCCA BEND.

"FOURTH MURDER IN A
WEEK, TALMAN STILL AT LARGE.

"WANTED MURDERER BERT
TALMAN KILLED HIS FOURTH VICTIM

"WITHIN A WEEK LAST NIGHT

"WHEN HE SHOT DOWN
YUCCA BEND BARTENDER

"ROBERT READER
BEFORE TWO WITNESSES.

"TALMAN ESCAPED FROM
YUCCA BEND JAIL LAST WEEK

"ACCORDING TO MERLE CORVIN,
PROMINENT TOWN RESIDENT.

"FURTHER KILLINGS ARE FEARED."

LET ME GO, BLAND.

WHERE WERE YOU
FIXING TO GO, TEACHER?

I WANT TO SEE
MR. CORVIN, THAT'S ALL.

THEN YOU WERE FIXING
TO SHOOT YOUR MOUTH OFF.

NO.

I HEARD SOMEONE
MENTION THE NAME "CORVIN."

I BELIEVE YOU CAN TAKE ME
TO HIM. MY NAME'S PALADIN.

HE'S IN THERE.

MISTER.

THANKS.

[PALADIN:] THANK YOU.

MR. CORVIN, THIS IS EXACTLY
THE AMOUNT AGREED ON.

NOW, IF YOU'LL TELL ME WHY YOU'RE SO
SURE BERT TALMAN WANTS TO KILL YOU?

JUST WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT BERT TALMAN, MR. PALADIN?

WELL, I KNOW HE'S KILLED 12
MEN, 5 OF THEM IN THIS TOWN,

I KNOW HE'S A SADIST, A
MAN WHO LIKES TO KILL.

HE'S BEEN KNOWN TO STRANGLE A MAN
WITH HIS BARE HANDS TO MAKE IT LAST LONGER.

AND I THINK HE'S LONG
OVERDUE FOR A HANGING.

THAT'S ABOUT IT.

I USED TO BE A LAWMAN.

I NEVER MADE MUCH MONEY, BUT I LEARNED
ONE THING WORTH MORE THAN MONEY.

THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF
EVIL IS TO KILL IT AT ITS ROOTS.

I HATE MEN LIKE TALMAN.

REALLY HATE THEM.

WELL, YOU STILL HAVEN'T
SAID WHY TALMAN'S AFTER YOU.

THREE WEEKS AGO, HE BROKE
INTO THE LOCAL FREIGHT OFFICE.

KILLED THE CLERK, ROY
TANNER, FOR 14 DOLLARS.

OUR SHERIFF, ED SLATER,
CAUGHT HIM AND PUT HIM IN JAIL.

LATER, FIVE OF US, ME,
TOM HERE, BOB READER

AMOS TEECH AND NUTE
GRANLEY, WELL, WE UH...

WE GOT A ROPE,

AND TOOK TALMAN
AWAY FROM SLATER.

BEFORE WE COULD HANG HIM, I
GUESS WE CAME TO OUR SENSES.

WE PUT HIM BACK IN JAIL.

WELL, LYNCH MOBS DON'T GENERALLY
EXERCISE SUCH CONSCIENCE.

WE'D HUNG HIM LIKE WE SHOULD,
WE'D HAVE NO USE FOR YOU,

OR YOUR GUN.

TALMAN BROKE OUT OF
JAIL LATER THAT SAME NIGHT.

HE KILLED SHERIFF
SLATER DOING IT.

COUPLE OF DAYS LATER,
HE SHOT DOWN AMOS.

THEN WE FOUND NEWT GRANLEY
HANGING FROM A TREE BEHIND HIS BARN.

THEN HE SHOT BOB READER.

THAT LEAVES TWO OF THE
WOULD-BE HANGING PARTY ALIVE.

ME, AND TOM.

AN ESCAPED KILLER STAYING
AROUND TO TAKE REVENGE

WHEN HE SHOULD BE RUNNING.

NO, SIR, THAT JUST
DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

BUT HE HAS BEEN STAYING AROUND.

I DON'T CARE HOW YOU FIGURE IT,

JUST SO LONG AS YOU DO
WHAT YOU'RE PAID TO DO.

KILL BERT TALMAN.

MR. CORVIN, YOU HIRED
ME TO BRING TALMAN IN.

HOW I DO IT WILL DEPEND
ON TALMAN'S CHARACTER.

NOT YOURS.

EXCUSE ME, MY NAME'S ABBOTT.

THERE'S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BERT TALMAN.

WELL, TO ACQUIRE
KNOWLEDGE IS TO BE INFORMED,

AND I'M ALWAYS
INTERESTED IN THAT.

NOT HERE, COME WITH ME.

[HORSE APPROACHES]

THE MEN TALMAN HAS KILLED.

THAT IS WHAT I
WANTED TO SHOW YOU.

A FIFTH GRAVE.

I WAS HERE YESTERDAY.

THERE WERE ONLY TWO
NOTCHES IN THAT CROSS.

THAT COULD MEAN
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING,

OR YOU MIGHT HAVE CUT THEM
THERE FOR YOUR OWN PURPOSES.

JOE DANE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE.

I'M THE SCHOOL TEACHER HERE.

I'VE ALWAYS LIKED TO THINK OF MYSELF
AS THE CONSCIENCE OF YUCCA BEND.

I APPRECIATE YOUR
FEELINGS, MR. ABBOTT.

THEY SAY JOE DANE WAS KICKED
TO DEATH BY A WILD HORSE.

THAT HE ENTERED THE CORRAL DURING
THE NIGHT AND TRIED TO SADDLE THE ANIMAL.

WHEN WAS THAT? THE
NIGHT OF THE JAIL BREAK.

AND YOU DON'T THINK
IT HAPPENED THAT WAY?

JOE DANE WAS
TERRIFIED OF HORSES.

NOTHING COULD'VE GOT JOE TO
GO IN THERE IN THE NIGHT THAT WAY.

EVERYBODY IN YUCCA
BEND KNEW THAT.

INCLUDING MERLE CORVIN.

YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY INTIMATING SOMETHING
THAT SHOULD BE SAID DIRECTLY TO MR. CORVIN.

I WAS TRYING TO GET UP THE
NERVE TO GO INTO THE SALOON

AND DO JUST THAT WHEN
YOU FIRST SAW ME TODAY.

CORVIN'S THERE. YOU
CAN TELL HIM NOW.

NO. NO, YOU DON'T
KNOW HIM, WHAT HE'D DO.

MR. ABBOTT.

THOREAU ONCE REMARKED, AND
IT'S A QUOTATION YOU SHOULD KNOW,

"THERE IS NOTHING
SO MUCH TO BE FEARED,

"AS FEAR ITSELF."

BESIDES, SIR,

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE.

WE'RE ALL OUT OF MILK, TEACHER.

MR. ABBOTT WAS TELLING
ME ABOUT JOE DANE.

NOW, MR. DANE AND ABBOTT
HERE WERE GOOD FRIENDS.

HE'S UNDERSTANDABLY
UPSET BY THE ACCIDENT.

I WAS GREATLY
DISTRESSED BY HIS DEATH.

HE WAS ALSO TELLING ME SOME VERY
INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT HORSES.

MR. ABBOTT'S GOT A
BIG, FLAPPING MOUTH.

BERT TALMAN DIDN'T STEAL A
HORSE TO MAKE HIS ESCAPE.

BUT A HORSE WAS TAKEN FROM THE LIVERY
STABLE THE NIGHT FOLLOWING THE JAIL BREAK.

WHERE DO YOU THINK TALMAN
COULD'VE SPENT THOSE 24 HOURS?

WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?

THE ONLY THING THAT CONCERNS
US IS WHERE TALMAN IS NOW.

WELL, NOT QUITE THE ONLY THING.

CORVIN, YOU TOLD ME THE NIGHT YOU AND
YOUR FRIENDS WERE GONNA HANG TALMAN,

THAT YOU SUDDENLY
CAME TO YOUR SENSES.

NOW, WHAT CAUSE THIS
SUDDEN RETURN TO SANITY?

ABBOTT, I'M SICK OF YOUR COMPANY.
GET OUT OF HERE WHILE YOU CAN.

IF YOU KNOW THE
ANSWER, SIR, GO AHEAD.

JOE DANE.

HE STOPPED THEM FROM
LYNCHING TALMAN THAT NIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. ABBOTT. YOU
UNDERESTIMATED YOUR OWN COURAGE.

NOW, WHY DON'T
YOU GO ON HOME, SIR?

YOU'RE A FOOL, BLAND.

WHAT ARE YOU
TRYING TO DO, PALADIN?

WHENEVER ANYBODY PUSHES
ME THIS HARD TO KILL A MAN,

I LIKE TO KNOW THE TRUTH.

ALL OF IT.

HOWEVER, WHATEVER MY DOUBTS
ABOUT YOU TWO GENTLEMEN,

I HAVE NONE WHATSOEVER
ABOUT BERT TALMAN.

WELL, THAT'S FINE.

POUR US A DRINK ON THAT.

[DRINKS POUR]

YOU HIT HIM,
PALADIN! YOU HIT HIM!

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

NOW WE'RE CLOSING UP.

HE'S LOSING A LOT OF BLOOD.

WELL, COME ON,
THEN, LET'S GO GET HIM.

WE'LL GET HIM. THERE'S NO HURRY.

MAYBE NOT FOR YOU,
BUT HE'S WOUNDED.

IF WE GET MOVING, WE CAN FINISH THIS
RIGHT NOW. HE CAN'T BE FAR, LET'S GO.

CORVIN, HAVE YOU
EVER BEEN SHOT AT?

WHAT'S THAT GOT TO DO WITH IT?

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS COUNTRY.

HE'S NOT GONNA RUN FOREVER.

HE'S HURT, AND A HURT
ANIMAL SEEKS SHELTER.

HE COULD BE BEHIND
ANY OF THOSE BUSHES,

ANY OF THOSE ROCKS.

HE COULD HAVE US IN
HIS SIGHTS RIGHT NOW.

YOU GET CARELESS
WHEN YOU GET EAGER.

AND IN THIS BUSINESS, WHEN YOU
GET CARELESS, YOU GET KILLED.

WELL, IF YOU'RE AFRAID,
PALADIN, I'LL GO FIRST.

[GUNSHOT]

AH, PERHAPS YOU'LL
TRY IT MY WAY?

I CAN'T BELIEVE
HE WENT UP THERE.

I KNOW THAT CANYON. IT'S A BOX.

HE WENT UP THERE.

BUT HE CAN'T GET OUT.

HE HAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
SECURITY FOR A HUNTED MAN,

HAVING WALLS AROUND HIM,
EVEN IF THE WALLS ARE STONE.

I'D CHOOSE SUCH A PLACE MYSELF.

[HORSE NEIGHS]

[NEIGHS AGAIN]

TALMAN'S?

YOU MUST'VE GOT HIM GOOD.

YEAH, I GOT HIM GOOD.

WHAT'RE YOU WORRIED
ABOUT? IF HE FELL OFF HIS HORSE,

WE CAN JUST WALK IN AND
PICK UP THE BODY, CAN'T WE?

IF HE FELL OFF HIS HORSE.

BUT MAYBE HE DIDN'T.

YOU THINK HE'S UP
THERE? HE'S UP THERE.

ARE YOU SURE?

YOU WANNA GO UP AND BRING
THE BODY OUT YOURSELF?

NO, OF COURSE NOT.

ONLY I WISH WE WERE SURE.

TALMAN?

[GUNSHOT]

YOU SATISFIED?

BUT I'LL DO IT MY WAY, AND RIGHT NOW MY
WAY IS A POT OF COFFEE AND SOME BEANS.

WELL, WE MIGHT AS WELL
MAKE OURSELVES COMFORTABLE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, "COMFORTABLE"?

GO GET HIM.

I WILL, WHEN IT'S DARK.

QUIT STALLING, PALADIN.
WE'VE GOT HIM HOLED UP.

NOW, GO ON UP
THERE AND KILL HIM.

CORVIN, YOU TOLD ME
YOU WERE ONCE A LAW MAN.

WHAT KIND? AN EXECUTIONER?

TALMAN'S A CONDEMNED MURDERER.

WHAT KIND OF A LAW MAN?

I WAS A GUARD AT YUMA
TERRITORIAL PRISON,

NOT THAT IT MAKES
ANY DIFFERENCE.

AND I NEVER MET TALMAN THERE,
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT.

A GUARD AT YUMA?
WELL, I'M NOT SURPRISED.

AT LEAST I'M NOT A HIRED GUN.

MM, THERE'S THAT
TO BE GRATEFUL FOR.

NOW, YOU HIRED ME TO DO
A JOB, AND I'M GONNA DO IT.

UNLESS YOU'D LIKE TO GO UP
THERE ALONE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT

AND BRING THAT BODY OUT.

IN WHICH CASE, YOU'RE
MOST WELCOME TO GO,

AND I'LL VERY HAPPILY
REFUND YOUR MONEY.

ALL RIGHT, CORVIN, YOU
CAN PUT THE FIRE OUT.

I'LL GO UP AND GET HIM NOW.

WELL, IT'S ABOUT TIME.

TIME IS A TOOL,
MR. CORVIN, JUST LIKE A GUN.

HE'S GOT TO DIE, YOU UNDERSTAND.

I TOLD YOU ONCE BEFORE,
THAT'LL BE UP TO HIM.

I WON'T MURDER HIM.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS,
BUT EVEN BERT TALMAN RATES A TRIAL.

HE'S HAD HIS TRIAL.

TALMAN!

TALMAN, YOU HURT BAD?

NOT SO BAD I CAN'T USE THIS GUN!

NOT FOR LONG, THOUGH.
YOU'VE LOST A LOT OF BLOOD.

WHO ARE YOU?

MY NAME IS PALADIN.

HOW DO YOU FIGURE IN THIS?!

MERLE CORVIN
WANTS ME TO KILL YOU.

CORVIN WANTS YOU DEAD,
TALMAN. I WANT YOU ALIVE!

I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT JOE DANE AND
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN TELL ME.

WHAT ABOUT JOE DANE?

I KNOW HE WAS AFRAID OF HORSES.

[COYOTE HOWLS]

[TIN CUP RATTLES]

WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
TALMAN CAN'T HURT YOU NOW.

GET OUT OF THE WAY.

NOW, I'M GONNA TELL
YOU THIS ONE TIME.

PUT THE GUN UP.

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?

YOU AFRAID TALMAN WILL TELL
ME HOW YOU KILLED JOE DANE?

WHAT'RE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

TALMAN AND I ALREADY
HAD OUR LITTLE TALK.

HE TOLD ME HOW JOE DANE
BROKE UP YOUR NECKTIE PARTY,

HOW YOU PROMISED JOE DANE
IF TALMAN DIDN'T DIE, HE WOULD.

TALMAN WAS HIDING
IN THE STABLES.

HE SAW YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS
TAKE JOE DANE INTO THAT CORRAL

AND BEAT HIM TO DEATH.

POOR JOE, HAD TO STICK
HIS NOSE IN, SAVE MY LIFE.

ONLY TIME ANYBODY
EVER DID ANYTHING FOR ME.

DIED FOR IT. I WANTED TO RUN.

I WANTED TO RUN, BUT I COULDN'T

NOT AFTER WHAT YOU
DID TO THAT OLD MAN.

SO, TALMAN SET OUT TO AVENGE THE
ONE MAN WHO EVER DID HIM A KINDNESS.

AND INSTEAD OF NOTCHING HIS GUN,

HE NOTCHED A WOODEN CROSS.

WELL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA
BELIEVE A MAN LIKE THAT.

[STRUGGLING]

CORVIN, IT WON'T
DO YOU ANY GOOD!

CORVIN, YOU MIGHT
AS WELL COME BACK.

COME ON, CORVIN!
YOU KNOW I'LL GET YOU.

KEEP AWAY FROM ME!

I'M NOT GONNA HANG.

YOU CAN'T PROVE ANYTHING!

CORVIN!

[GROANS]

THEY WOULD'VE HANGED HIM.

ON WHOSE SAY-SO?

MINE? NO.

HAD TO BE SURE. PALADIN.

♪ 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? ♪♪