Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 2, Episode 37 - Heritage of Anger - full transcript

A young Mexican boy (Joe/Jose) is given up shortly after being born to an American family. Once the boy reached teen age the mother with the help of legendary Mexican bandit/gun hand is trying to get him back. Paladin gets the mother to agree to allow the boy to decide where he will live. Since the boy wants a better education to allow for his plans to be an engineer to come true, he chooses to stay with his parents. This leaves Paladin to deal to with the women's backer.

PAPERS WERE HEAVY
TODAY. MUCH NEWS?

AH, THE WORLD IS
FULL OF SAD NEWS.

[SPEAKS CHINESE] [RESPONDS]

"DEATH WARNING TO
SAN DIEGO BUSINESS MAN.

"PROMINENT CITRUS FRUIT
WHOLESALER CHARLES AVERY

"NOTIFIED POLICE
AUTHORITIES LAST NIGHT

"THAT HE AND HIS FAMILY
HAVE BEEN THREATENED

WITH DEATH BY THE
BANDIT MANUEL GARCIA.

"GARCIA DEMANDS THAT THEIR ADOPTED
SON, JOSEPH, BE HANDED OVER TO HIM.

"THERE HAVE BEEN NO
REQUESTS FOR MONEY."

MOM, WE'RE READY.



[HORSE APPROACHES]

[SCREAMS]

STOP!

[PALADIN:] HYAH! HO!

WHOAH.

YOU ALL RIGHT? YES, YES.

THE BOY. JUNIOR.

MOM.

WHAT ABOUT HIM?

HE'S DEAD.

TOO BAD IT WASN'T
GARCIA HIMSELF.

YOU'VE HEARD OF HIM?

THE ROBIN HOOD OF SAN YSIDRO.

HE'S JUST A DIRTY BANDIT
LINING HIS OWN POCKETS.



NO, MR. AVERY, HE'S A LEGEND.

A SIMPLY FARMER UNTIL TWO DRUNKEN
PROSPECTORS MURDERED HIS WIFE AND SON.

HE HAS GOOD REASON
TO HATE CALIFORNIANS.

WHAT DOES HE WANT WITH YOUR SON?

YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW
ANY MORE IN ORDER TO KILL HIM.

NO, I AM NOT CONTRACTING
TO KILL ANYONE.

JUST TO SEE THAT
YOUR BOY ISN'T HARMED.

BUT IF YOU'RE NOT PREPARED
TO TELL ME THE WHOLE STORY,

I HAVE MANY THINGS OF INTEREST
WAITING FOR ME IN SAN FRANCISCO.

WAIT A SECOND.

THIS BANDIT, MANUEL GARCIA,

HE'S THE BOY'S GODFATHER.

HE WAS A FRIEND OF JOE'S FATHER.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S
HAVE THE REST OF IT.

THERE WAS A WOMAN ONCE
WORKED FOR US, NAMED NITA.

SHE HAD TWO KIDS, A BABY GIRL
AND A FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY, JOSEPH.

HER HUSBAND?

HE DIED EIGHT YEARS AGO. NITA WENT BACK
TO THE HILL COUNTRY BELOW THE BORDER.

SHE LET US ADOPT JOE.

SHE MUST'VE BEEN DESPERATE
TO DO A THING LIKE THAT.

AH, SHE WAS VERY YOUNG.
A WIDOW, NO MONEY.

BESIDES, MY WIFE WAS
CRAZY ABOUT THE BOY.

AND YOU?

WELL...

HE WAS MEXICAN. I'D...

SURE, I DIDN'T LIKE IT.

MEXICAN. THAT'S THE
WAY I SIZE PEOPLE UP.

OR THE WAY I USED
TO, BEFORE JOE.

GO AHEAD, SAY IT.

NO, YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY SAID IT TO
YOURSELF MANY TIMES SINCE THEN.

YEAH, I HAVE.

I'VE LEARNED.

I DON'T JUDGE A MAN BY WHERE
HE CAME FROM. NOT ANYMORE.

AS FOR JOE, I DON'T CARE IF HE
CAME FROM MEXICO OR THE MOON.

HE'S MY SON NOW.

MINE. MAKE NO MISTAKE.

I'D DIE FOR THAT BOY.

WELL, THERE STILL IS
HIS NATURAL MOTHER.

BUT SHE'S DEAD, MR. PALADIN.

SHE DIED A YEAR
AFTER SHE LEFT US.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT
YOU DID THIS MORNING, MR. PALADIN.

I TRUST YOU WON'T BE GOING OUT
ANYMORE UNTIL THIS THING'S SETTLED.

BUT, THIS IS THE
DAY OF NITA'S DEATH.

JOE AND I GO EVERY YEAR
TO CHURCH TO PRAY FOR HER.

FROM NOW ON, YOU'LL
JUST HAVE TO STAY HOME.

WHAT ABOUT SCHOOL?
CAN'T I GO TO SCHOOL?

I'M SURE YOUR MOTHER CAN ARRANGE
FOR YOU TO STUDY HERE AT HOME.

BY THE WAY, JOE, DO YOU
KNOW YOUR GODFATHER?

NO.

ALL WE WANT, MR. PALADIN,
IS TO BE LEFT ALONE.

WELL, THAT SEEMS LIKE
A REASONABLE REQUEST.

TEQUILA?

YO ESTOY BUSCANDO MANUEL GARCIA.

MANY HAVE LOOKED FOR GARCIA.

ALL THE FIND IS SANDY GRAVES.

WELL... MAYBE
THERE IS NO GARCIA.

MAYBE HE'S A LEGEND LIKE THE
HORNED SERPENT OF SONORA.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE
HORNED SERPENT OF SONORA?

AS MUCH AS I KNOW
OF GARCIA'S GODSON.

NO ONE FINDS GARCIA.

GARCIA MIGHT FIND YOU.

WHERE?

THE ROAD TO SAN YSIDRO, MAYBE?

YOU SERVE A GOOD
DRINK. THANK YOU.

A MAN'S LAST DRINK
SHOULD BE A GOOD ONE.

[GUNFIRE]

SALUDOS.

SE LLAMA UD. GARCIA? I'M GARCIA.

MY "GRINGO" IS BETTER
THAN YOUR SPANISH.

PERHAPS. MY NAME IS PALADIN.

YOU ARE NOT WHAT I EXPECTED.

OTHER MEN HAVE COME
HERE, TRIED TO KILL ME.

THEY STANK OF WHISKEY
AND HAD LICE IN THEIR BEARDS.

SOMETIMES IT WAS HOURS BEFORE
THE RED ANTS OVERCAME THEIR DISGUST.

YOU KILL ME AND YOU'LL
NEVER SEE THAT BOY AGAIN.

¡BASTA!

I WILL GET HIM.

I HAD THE BOY AND MRS. AVERY BOOK
PASSAGE ON A SHIP AROUND THE HORN.

IF I'M NOT BACK IN SAN DIEGO IN
TWO DAYS, THEY'LL GO ABOARD.

YOU HIDE BEHIND THE BOY?

A MEXICAN PROVERB: "IN SNAKE
COUNTRY, WEAR HIGH BOOTS."

YOU KNOW SOME OTHER PROVERBS?

NO, BUT I HAVE A
FEW FACTS TO GO ON.

IN SOME QUARTERS,
YOU'RE KNOWN AS A HERO.

A MAN WITH THAT KIND OF REPUTATION MUST
HAVE SOME ELEMENT OF DECENCY. SHOW IT.

TO WHOM? TO THE AVERYS?

I KNOW YOUR FAMILY WAS MURDERED.

DON'T YOU TALK OF THAT.

I HAVE NO CHOICE WHEN
YOU START TO TAKE REVENGE

ON PEOPLE WHO HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH IT, LIKE THE AVERYS.

I AM ONLY INTERESTED IN THE BOY.

HE MUST BE WITH HIS PEOPLE.

THE AVERYS ARE HIS PEOPLE.

THEY'VE GIVEN HIM A HOME
AND A GREAT DEAL OF LOVE.

IF IT IS LOVE YOU WANT,

IT IS LOVE YOU'LL SEE.

COME.

¡TÍO MANUEL!

LUISA! MAMA NITA?

NITA?

SÍ, THE BOY'S MOTHER.

SHE'S DEAD.

YES?

MANUEL.

NITA.

JUAN DICE QUE ESE HOMBRE
VIENE DE LOS AVERYS.

SÍ, NITA.

YOU DID NOT COME TO SPEAK TO ME?

NO, HE THOUGHT
THAT YOU WERE DEAD.

EVEN TO A HIRED GUNMAN, THE
AVERYS ARE ASHAMED TO TELL THE TRUTH.

THE TRUTH? YOU GAVE THE BOY TO
THE AVERYS WILLINGLY, DIDN'T YOU?

I THOUGHT IT WAS BETTER FOR HIM.

BUT NOW I KNOW YOU CANNOT
GIVE AWAY YOUR FLESH AND BLOOD.

HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THE AVERYS?

NO.

LAST YEAR, I SENT THEM A LETTER.

MANUEL HAD GIVEN ME THIS
FARM, I WANTED MY BOY BACK.

WHAT DID THE AVERYS SAY?

NOTHING,

FOR MANY MONTHS.

AND THEN MRS. AVERY SENT A NOTE

TO THE MISSION SANTA
MARIA, WHERE I PRAY.

"JOSEPH," SHE SAID,
NOT "JOSE," BUT "JOSEPH...

"THOUGHT I WAS DEAD."

SHE LOVED HIM AND SO COULD
I PLEASE TRY TO FORGET HIM?

YOU HAVE SEEN HIM?

HOW DOES HE LOOK?

TALL, GOOD FEATURES.

IS HE HAPPY?

YES.

WOULD HE BE SO HAPPY IF HE KNEW
HIS MOTHER CRIED OUT FOR HIM?

HE WILL KNOW. HOW?

BECAUSE I WILL BRING
HIM. NOT YOU, ME.

I WILL SEE THAT YOUR SON
LEARNS THE TRUTH ABOUT YOU.

BUT YOU WORK FOR THEM.

MY JOB IS TO SEE THAT THE
BOY IS NO LONGER ENDANGERED.

IF HE CAME TO LIVE WITH YOU,
THAT MIGHT BE ACCOMPLISHED.

THEY WILL NEVER
LET YOU BRING HIM.

THEY MIGHT. IF I HAVE YOUR
PROMISE THAT SHOULD JOSEPH DECIDE

TO RETURN TO THE AVERYS,
YOU WON'T TRY TO STOP HIM.

OH, HE WOULD NOT WANT
TO GO BACK. YOUR PROMISE?

YES, YOU HAVE IT.

BRING THE BOY, PALADIN.

IF HE WISHES TO
RETURN, I WILL LET HIM.

NOW, HOW DO I FIND
THIS PLACE AGAIN?

LEAVE A WORD AT THE CANTINA.

THEN RIDE UP THE SAN YSIDRO
ROAD. WE WILL BE THERE.

CAN I HAVE MY GUN, PLEASE?

WHEN YOU RETURN.

MY GUN.

SO.

YOU COULD'VE
KILLED ME, ANY TIME.

ANY TIME AT ALL.

GRACIAS.

POR NADA.

ADIOS, SEÑORA.

YOU BRING MY BOY BACK AND
THE SAINTS WILL BLESS YOU.

JOE, COME ON IN.

WHAT HAPPENED ON YOUR TRIP?

YOUR MOTHER WILL TELL YOU.

AH, JOE, DEAR,

JOE, THERE'S SOMETHING I
WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND.

YOUR FATHER AND I...

OH, JOE, YOUR FATHER AND I
LOVE YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

AND...

I CAN'T DO IT, I
JUST CAN'T DO IT!

[SOBBING] MAY I?

PLEASE, DO.

JOE...

YOUR REAL MOTHER,

WHAT WOULD YOU THINK IF I
TOLD YOU SHE WASN'T DEAD?

BUT SHE IS DEAD. I GO TO
CHURCH AND PRAY FOR HER SOUL.

OH, I'M SURE YOUR PRAYERS HAVE
HELPED HER IN THIS WORLD, TOO. SHE'S ALIVE.

ALIVE? BUT, WHERE?

SHE LIVES ON A FARM
IN THE HILLS OF BAJA.

DID YOU KNOW?

OH, JOE, PLEASE,
PLEASE FORGIVE US.

IT WAS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.

YOU ALSO TAUGHT ME THAT
LIES AREN'T GOOD FOR ANYONE.

JOE, YOU AREN'T GOING TO
FIND THIS EASY TO UNDERSTAND.

SOME YEARS AGO, YOUR REAL
MOTHER GAVE YOU TO THESE PARENTS

BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT YOU
WOULD BE HAPPIER THIS WAY.

AND NOW SHE WANTS YOU BACK.

BUT WHY DOES SHE WANT ME NOW?

I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT SHE'S LIKE.

MR. PALADIN WILL
BRING HER HERE, JOE.

NO. IF JOE IS TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS,

HE OUGHT TO AT LEAST
SEE THE SECOND ONE.

WITH YOUR PARENTS' PERMISSION,
I'LL TAKE YOU INTO THE HILLS.

JUST A MINUTE. YOU CAN'T
TAKE JOE BACK THERE.

PLEASE, DAD, I WANT TO GO.

I HAVE TO.

ALL RIGHT, SON. BUT
I'M COMING WITH YOU.

GARCIA WOULD SHOOT YOU ON SIGHT.

YOU'LL HAVE TO LEAVE THIS TO ME.

WE'LL GO THAT WAY, JOE.

BUT SAN YSIDRO IS
THAT WAY, SEÑOR.

GARCIA'S WAITING
FOR US UP THERE.

I CAN FIND THE FARM THIS
WAY. IT'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE

TO HAVE A FEW MOMENTS WITH
YOUR MOTHER BEFORE HE GETS THERE.

SEÑORA.

JOSE.

CÓMO ESTÁ GRANDE.

MIJO.

MI HIJO.

DON'T CRY, PLEASE. NO, NO.

LET ME SEE YOU IN THE SUNLIGHT.

YOU FEEL STRANGE, JOSE?

YES.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND.

IT IS SO DIFFERENT
HERE FROM THE AVERYS.

BUT YOU WILL BE HAPPY
HERE, I PROMISE YOU.

I CAME TO SEE YOU.

I-I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN STAY.

A MOTHER AND SON,
WE MUST BE TOGETHER.

I CALL MRS. AVERY "MOM."

YES, I SUPPOSE YOU DO.

COME, LET ME SHOW YOU THE REST
OF THE FARM. IT IS A GOOD FARM.

LUISA, COME.

WHERE IS MANUEL?

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU
AND JOE HAD A FEW MOMENTS TOGETHER

WITHOUT HIS INTERFERENCE.

YOU MEAN YOU, YOU WANT
TO BE ABLE TO TAKE JOSE BACK?

ONLY IF HE WANTS TO GO.

HE WILL NOT. COME, JOSE.

YOU WOULD BE HAPPY
ON THIS FARM, JOSE.

YOU SEE HOW MUCH WE HAVE.

[COW LOWS]

YOU WANT TO MILK HER?

I, I DON'T KNOW HOW.

YOU WANT TO LEARN?

NOT NOW.

ORDEÑÉLA.

IF I STAYED HERE, WHERE
WOULD I GO TO SCHOOL?

THE MISSION.

BUT THEY ONLY TEACH IN SPANISH.

YOU WOULD REMEMBER IT QUICKLY.

THEY HAVE SUCH GOOD TEACHERS.

ALL OF THE CHILDREN HAVE
LEARNED TO READ AND WRITE.

I ALREADY KNOW THAT.

I'M GOING TO BE AN ENGINEER.

A MAN WHO BUILDS BRIDGES.

THERE ARE NO BRIDGES
TO BE BUILT HERE.

ONLY YOUR MOTHER AND
THIS LAND TO CARE FOR.

WHO IS MY MOTHER?

THEY TAUGHT ME SO MUCH.

THEY CARED FOR
ME WHEN I WAS SICK.

THE YEARS I WAS AWAY
FROM YOU, I DIDN'T MISS YOU.

BUT I MISS THEM ALREADY.

JOSE, I WILL NOT KEEP YOU
HERE AGAINST YOUR WILL.

YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT.

I HAVE TO GO BACK.

AT LEAST NOW.

JOSE WILL GO BACK
WITH YOU, MR. PALADIN.

WELL, I'M SURE JOE WILL
WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

OFTEN.

I WILL.

I WOULD LIKE TO RIDE WITH YOU.

WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE TIME. I'M SURE
GARCIA'S HEADED THIS WAY ALREADY.

HE WON'T HURT
YOU IF I'M WITH YOU.

YOU CAN'T BE SURE.

OH, YES. YOU DO NOT
UNDERSTAND MANUEL.

TO YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE,
HE WILL LIE, CHEAT, AND KILL,

AND NEVER THINK TWICE.

HE HAS A VENDETTA WITH YOU
SINCE HIS FAMILY WAS MURDERED.

BUT HE WOULD CUT OFF HIS HANDS
BEFORE HURTING HIS OWN PEOPLE.

THERE'S NO REASONING WITH HIM?

NOT ABOUT THIS MATTER.

ALL RIGHT, COME ALONG.

FIRST I MUST TELL LUISA
TO FINISH HER CHORES

AND THEN WAIT FOR
ME AT THE MISSION.

HOLD IT, JOE! HOLD IT.

GET BEHIND THAT ROCK.

NITA!

GET BEHIND THE ROCK!

I'LL HAVE TO SETTLE
THIS HERE WITH GARCIA.

HE WILL NOT LET JOSE
GO BACK TO THE AVERYS.

IT'S BETTER TO KNOW THAT
NOW RATHER THAN LATER.

I REMIND YOU OF YOUR PROMISE. NO MATTER
WHAT HAPPENS, CARRY OUT JOE'S DECISION,

RETURN HIM TO THE AVERYS.

I HAVE PROMISED.

KEEP YOUR MOTHER HERE, JOE.

[GUNSHOTS]

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOTS]

GARCIA, I'M NOT
HERE TO KILL YOU!

LEAVE THE BOY ALONE.

I'LL KILL YOU...

AND BRING JOSE BACK!

THE BOY AND HIS
MOTHER HAVE DECIDED!

IT'S OVER!

NOT FOR ME!

GARCIA, WHAT GOOD CAN THIS DO?

ONE OF MY PEOPLE WILL NOT BE
RAISED BY ONE OF THOSE WHO SPIT ON ME!

GARCIA!

YOU'LL NOT TAKE THE
BOY WHILE I'M ALIVE!

JOSEPH! JOSEPH!

OH!

I'M ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE.

YES, SON.

GARCIA? HE'S DEAD.

THEN JOE'S OURS. NO
ONE CAN TAKE HIM AWAY.

NITA RODE BACK WITH US.

WILL YOU COME IN, PLEASE?

I'M SORRY, NITA.

DO NOT BE.

JOSE WANTS TO LIVE HERE.

MANUEL GARCIA TRIED TO
CHANGE THAT WITH GUNS.

HE FAILED.

I TRIED TO CHANGE IT
WITH WORDS. I FAILED.

NITA, WOULDN'T YOU LIKE
TO COME AND LIVE WITH US?

NO, THANK YOU.

I HAVE MY FARM AND MY DAUGHTER.

I WOULD NOT LIKE MY SON
TO THINK OF ME AS A SERVANT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT SHE MEANT.

I KNOW.

BUT I RODE HERE FOR
JUST ONE PURPOSE.

AND THAT IS TO TELL
YOU, THIS IS NOT THE END.

I WILL VISIT JOSE HERE.

I WOULD HAVE HIM
VISIT ME IN BAJA.

I WANT HIM TO KNOW ME.

HE MAY COME TO HAVE
SOME AFFECTION FOR ME.

¿QUIÉN SABE?

THAT IS YOUR RIGHT. THANK YOU.

HASTA LUEGO, MIJO.

ADIOS, MAMA.

SHE'S, SHE'S GOING
TO KEEP TRYING.

THE WOMAN'S NOT EASILY DEFEATED.

BUT I WANTED THIS FINISHED.

DID YOU? THERE IS NO END TO
THIS. NO CUT AND DRIED SOLUTION.

THAT BOY WILL GROW UP
WITH A DOUBLE HERITAGE.

ONE HE'LL GET FROM YOU,

AND THE OTHER FROM NITA.

BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU,
YOU COULD DESTROY HIM.

OR YOU COULD TURN HIM INTO
AN EXCEPTIONAL HUMAN BEING.

I WONDER WHAT YOU'LL DO.

EXCUSE ME NOW.

I WANT TO SEE SHE GETS
BACK TO THE FARM ALRIGHT.

JOSE.

♪ 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? ♪♪