Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 2, Episode 39 - Gold and Brimstone - full transcript
A feverish old man and his grown son find an abandoned mine dubbed "Lucifer's Pit." They're trying to fight off a gang, led by Dirks, that wants the mine for themselves, thinking it rich in gold. When things look their worst, the old man says he would sell their souls to the devil. Just then, Paladin appears in a puff of sulfur smoke as the smell of brimstone is in the air.
[DISTANT GUNSHOTS]
GET AWAY!
THERE AIN'T NO GOLD UP HERE!
DO YOU HEAR ME?
I HEAR YOU, OLD MAN.
BUT I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.
I KNOW THERE'S GOLD UP THERE.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO, SON?
YOU GOT TO FIGURE SOMETHING.
YOU WAS WRONG, PA! LIKE USUAL.
YOU SAID LUCIFER'S PIT
WAS GOING TO BE A BONANZA.
PLEASE, PA... [GUNSHOTS]
LET THEM HAVE THE MINE, OR
LUCIFER'S PIT'S GONNA BE OUR GRAVE!
YOU GOT NO RIGHT
TO IT! I FOUND IT.
I FOUND IT! [GUNSHOTS]
WE FOUND YOU, OLD MAN.
WE GOT THE WATER
AND THE SUPPLIES.
AIN'T BUT ONE WAY DOWN.
PA...
MAYBE WE OUGHT TO CALL IT QUITS.
NO, WE'LL COME OUT
ALL RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE.
[GUNSHOTS] SEE?
SEE WHAT THEY CALL THIS PLACE?
LUCIFER'S PIT.
THIS IS HIS SPREAD.
HE'LL BRING US THE LUCK.
I'LL SETTLE FOR
THE DEVIL'S LUCK.
I'D SELL OUR SOULS TO SATAN,
BEFORE I GIVE UP.
WHERE YOU COME FROM?
CAME FROM BELOW, THROUGH THOSE
ROCKS. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
I HEARD SHOOTING AND
NOISE, THOUGHT I COULD HELP.
I CAN HELP PEOPLE SOMETIMES.
WHO ARE YOU?
[GUNSHOTS]
PALADIN. THAT'S RIGHT.
NO, I DON'T WANT ANY PART OF IT!
WE CAN USE ALL THE
HELP WE CAN GET.
I HAVEN'T OFFERED YOU ANY
HELP. MY HELP ISN'T FOR EVERYONE,
AND THERE'S A STIFF PRICE.
WE'LL PAY YOUR PRICE.
WHAT DO THEY WANT?
THEY'RE TRYING
TO JUMP THIS CLAIM.
I FOUND IT, IT'S MINE!
THEY CAN'T GET AWAY WITH IT!
BLAST 'EM. SCATTER 'EM.
HALT 'EM WITH BRIMSTONE!
BRIMSTONE, THAT'S WHAT I SMELL.
YES.
BRIMSTONE AND HELLFIRE.
HE SHALL WALK AMONG
YOU UNDER MANY NAMES.
I TOLD YOU THE
LUCK WOULD CHANGE.
IT WAS THE BRIMSTONE.
YOU CAN SMELL IT!
IT WAS SOME LOOSE POWDER,
FROM A BROKEN SHELL.
WE DON'T WANT ANY HELP FROM YOU!
HOW DO WE EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE?
I KNOW.
I KNOW.
YOU KNOW. WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
THAT WE STARVED ALL OUR LIVES,
CHASING AFTER YOUR CURSED LUCK!
NO FANCY BLACK DEVIL IS GOING
TO JUMP OUT OF LUCIFER'S PIT
TO SAVE OUR NECKS!
I'M THROUGH, DO YOU HEAR ME?
YOU DO LIKE I SAY, SON.
LIKE YOU ALWAYS DONE.
[LAUGHING]
HE HEARD, HE CAME.
YOU CAN'T QUIT ME NOW.
WE GOT THE LUCK. HE'S HERE.
WELL, YOU TELL HIM, MISTER.
TELL HIM THAT
YOU AIN'T THE DEVIL!
NOW WHY SHOULD I TELL HIM THAT?
[GUNSHOTS]
I TELL YOU, THERE'S
THREE MEN UP THERE NOW.
CAN'T BE, RUDY.
I SAW THEM! I'M SURE OF THAT.
I SAY RUSH 'EM. AND
MAYBE GET SHOT?
NO... LOOK, WE CAN WAIT 'EM OUT.
WE GOT ALL THE WATER
AND THE SUPPLIES.
THEY GOT TO BE RUNNING LOW.
WE GOT 'EM COVERED.
THEY CAN'T GET AWAY.
YEAH, BUT HOW
LONG WE GONNA WAIT?
I WANT TO LIVE TO SPEND MY GOLD,
EVEN IF IT TAKES ALL THE
WAY 'TIL TOMORROW NIGHT.
YOUR TROUBLE IS YOU
WANT TO GET RICH QUICK.
LOOK AT HIM.
SLEEPING.
SAFE AND SOUND
IN HIS DEVIL'S ARMS.
DO YOU KNOW HOW
SICK YOUR FATHER IS?
HOW WOULD I KNOW?
I AIN'T NO DOCTOR.
PA'S HAD THIS FEVER FOR
CLOSE TO A WEEK NOW.
IT DON'T MEAN NOTHING.
PA'S BEEN POORLY FOR YEARS.
YOU MUST HAVE FOUND
A VERY RICH STRIKE.
MAKE HIM THAT
STUBBORN, THAT EXCITED.
THAT'S OUR MINE
AND OUR BUSINESS.
LOOK, AIN'T YOU
FIGURED IT OUT YET?
HE'S AN OLD FOOL. A
SUPERSTITIOUS OLD MAN,
THAT'S CHASED EVERY RAINBOW
FROM SICILY TO CALIFORNIA.
LOOKING FOR HIS
LUCKY POT OF GOLD.
AND I'M A BIGGER FOOL.
I'VE TAGGED ALONG.
'CAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD
THE NERVE TO LEAVE HIM.
I HATE HIM!
I HATE HIM FOR EVERYTHING
HE IS AND HE AIN'T.
AND YOU'RE NOT VERY
FOND OF YOURSELF.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
PROSPECTING FOR GOLD?
LITERALLY, I MEAN.
NOT THAT LONG.
COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW.
WE AIN'T DONE
NOTHING FOR VERY LONG.
[HORSE WHINNIES]
NOT EVEN LIVE, THE
WAY THINGS LOOK NOW.
WHERE YOU GOING?
I'M GOING TO TAKE A
LOOK AT YOUR MINE.
[FALLING PLANKS]
YOU TWO DIDN'T DIG THIS MINE.
WE FOUND IT. IT WAS ABANDONED.
BUT IT'S RICH. SEE?
WE MADE A BARGAIN WITH YOU.
BUT ONLY IF WE FILE THE CLAIM.
YOU GOT ANY BLASTING POWDER?
YEAH. GET IT.
WHERE ARE YOUR HORSES?
DOWN THERE.
TETHER THEM AS FAR
FROM THE MINE AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT FOR?
YOU WANT TO FILE
THIS CLAIM OR NOT?
THEN YOU DO EXACTLY
WHAT I TELL YOU.
HERE.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I'M BLOWING IN YOUR
MINE. PA, DON'T LET HIM!
ALL RIGHT, YOU WANT
YOUR MINE LOOTED
WHILE WE'RE IN TOWN TO FILE
THE CLAIM, I WON'T BLOW IT IN.
WE DO WHAT HE SAYS.
EVERYTHING HE SAYS. SURE!
JUST HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED
TO GET OUT OF HERE, VANISH?
[PA:] MAYBE.
THERE'S A NARROW CREVICE
BEHIND THOSE ROCKS.
LEADS TO THE OTHER SIDE.
YOUR HORSES CAN'T MAKE IT.
WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE
THEM. NO HORSES!
PA'S IN NO CONDITION
TO GO ON FOOT.
MY HORSE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
NOW LET'S GET STARTED.
THEY MAY CHANGE THEIR
MIND ABOUT WAITING YOU OUT.
WE OUGHT TO DIG SOME
OF THAT GOLD FIRST.
YOU GOT A LOT OF
MONEY IN THIS SACK.
YOU GOT AT LEAST $2,000.
IF YOU WAIT TO DIG SOME,
THEY MAY FIGURE OUT YOU
NEVER FILED ON THIS CLAIM.
YOU'VE GOT 30 HOT MILES
TO THAT COUNTY SEAT.
IF THEY FIGURE IT OUT,
THEY MIGHT JUST
JUMP ON THEIR HORSES
AND BEAT YOU TO TOWN. MAYBE.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE
FINISHED WAITING.
YOU MAY BE RIGHT.
NOW SPREAD OUT.
WHAT DO YOU GET OUT OF ALL THIS?
IF YOU RECALL, I MENTIONED
THAT I HAVE MY PRICE.
COME ON, OLD MAN.
IN HERE. DOWN, DOWN!
COME ON!
[FUSE BURNING]
[EXPLOSION]
COME ON.
I THINK WE BETTER REST AWHILE.
NO, I'M ALL RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT TO GO
FASTER THAN THIS.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME.
THEY'LL CATCH UP WITH
US FOR SURE AT THIS PACE.
PA'S RIGHT.
MAYBE.
IT'S ALWAYS TOUCHING
TO SEE A SON RESPECT
HIS FATHER'S WISHES.
WE GOT TO GET TO SOME
WATER SOMEWHERE, SOON.
THE NEXT TIME YOU GO
PROSPECTING FOR GOLD,
TRY AN ISLAND IN
THE MIDDLE OF A LAKE.
WE FOUND GOLD.
WE FOUND GOLD!
THAT'S GOOD, OLD MAN.
NOW FIND WATER.
COME ON.
HOLD UP, HOLD UP!
IF WE EVEN PUT UP A STAKE,
THEY COULDN'T FILE A CLAIM.
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IT.
THEY CAN'T BEAT US INTO
TOWN, THAT'S FOR CERTAIN.
WE GOT THEIR HORSES.
RUDY, YOU'RE SURE
THERE WERE THREE?
SO HELP ME, DIRKS!
WELL, THERE'S MAYBE ONE HORSE.
YEAH, BUT PROBABLY
NOT MUCH WATER.
GOOD, GOOD. BLOW
A MAN UP, WILL THEY?
I'LL SET 'EM OUT TO
FRY, IF WE CATCH 'EM!
WE AIN'T INTERESTED
IN ENTERTAINMENT.
I'M WORRIED THEY'LL
DUMP THAT GOLD.
IT OUGHTA BE GETTING
REAL HEAVY ABOUT NOW.
THAT SUN BEATING DOWN ON 'EM.
NOT THAT OLD MAN. HE'LL
HANG ONTO THAT GOLD,
EVEN IF HE HAS TO DIE FOR IT.
AND HE WILL.
[BIRD CAWING]
OH, DON'T BOTHER!
IT'S DRY.
THAT'S A VERY
ASTUTE OBSERVATION.
THAT'S RIGHT. YOU
SLEEP, OLD MAN.
SLEEP.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
IT'S GETTING DAMP.
WATER! DON'T DRINK IT.
[SPITTING] IT'S ALKALINE.
TOLD YOU NOT TO BOTHER.
IT'S GOT TO SEEP THROUGH
TWO FEET OF ALKALINE.
YOU'RE SURPRISED
YOU CAN'T DRINK IT?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
YOUR FATHER CAN'T STAND
ANOTHER DAY WITHOUT WATER.
SO HERE'S WHERE
WE MAKE OUR STAND.
THERE'S NO WATER HERE.
THERE WILL BE, I PROMISE YOU.
WHEN? HOW? FOUR
MEN WILL BRING IT.
DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A FIRE?
THAT SMOKE'LL SHOW
FOR MILES AROUND.
YOU CAN'T AMBUSH
SOMEBODY WHO ISN'T HERE.
THEY MIGHT MISS
US. ARE YOU CRAZY?
NOBODY'S GOING TO BE STUPID
ENOUGH TO COME INTO THOSE TREES.
THEY'LL KNOW IT'S AN
AMBUSH. NOT IN HERE.
WE'LL LEAVE YOUR FATHER
HERE OUT OF HARM'S WAY.
YOU AND I'LL BE OUT THERE.
NOW GET ME ABOUT FOUR
GOOD-SIZED TUMBLEWEEDS.
AND INCIDENTALLY,
THANK YOU FOR FINDING THIS MUD.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED IT.
THERE'S NO COVER OUT THERE.
NOW WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
[SIGHING]
"LET EACH SOLDIER
HEW DOWN A BOUGH,
"AND BEAR IT BEFORE HIM.
"AND THEREBY BURNHAM
WOOD WILL COME TO DUNSINANE."
WHAT'S THAT?
THAT, FRIEND, IS SHAKESPEARE.
[DIRKS:] THERE THEY ARE.
I ONLY SEE TWO.
YOU SEE? THEY GOT ANOTHER HORSE.
I TOLD YOU THERE
WERE THREE OF THEM.
HEY, LOOK. THEY'RE GONE.
YEAH, TRICKY.
KEEP AN EYE ON 'EM.
THIS TIME WE'LL
DO THINGS MY WAY.
WHAT IF THEY TRY
AND RUN OUT AGAIN?
ON FOOT? HA! I'D LIKE THAT.
YOU JUST KEEP AN EYE
ON THAT HORSE, LOY.
WITHOUT IT, NOBODY'S
GOING NOWHERE.
DIRKS! HUH?
THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING
MOVING OUT THERE.
WHERE?
THERE AIN'T NOTHING THERE NOW.
MAYBE I JUST BEEN
JUMPING AT SHADOWS.
PRAIRIE DOGS OR SOMETHING.
MAYBE.
THEY GOT TO TRY SOMETHING.
GIVING UP DON'T SEEM
TO COME NATURAL TO 'EM.
WE'LL USE THE WAGON
FOR COVER IF WE HAVE TO.
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN. LET'S GO.
AHH!
GINO! GINO!
GINO!
GINO!
COME ON, BOY! COME ON!
[GUNSHOTS]
[SHOUTING TO HORSES]
[GUNSHOTS]
GINO!
GINO! [GROANING]
THIS WOUND'S NOT SERIOUS,
BUT HE'S BURNING WITH FEVER.
THE GOLD IS GONE. HE
GOT AWAY WITH THE GOLD.
HELP ME GET YOUR
FATHER INTO THIS WAGON.
[MOANING]
WHAT... WHAT ARE YOU...
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
I'M LIVING UP TO MY
PART OF THE BARGAIN.
NO! I WON'T DO IT.
I WON'T DO IT!
TAKE MINE. YOU
CAN'T HAVE GINO'S.
ONLY MINE!
I HAD NO RIGHT... TAKE IT.
[INCOHERENT SPEECH]
WHAT'S HE BABBLING ABOUT?
HE'S TRYING TO
RENEGE ON THE BARGAIN.
HE WANTS TO TRADE HIS SOUL
AND LEAVE YOURS OUT OF IT.
THAT'S NONSENSE! YOU KNOW IT IS.
ISN'T IT?
CAN'T YOU TAKE IT
A LITTLE SLOWER?
YOU'RE HURTING THE OLD BUZZARD!
WE'LL NEVER CATCH UP THAT WAY.
WE GOT TO GET HIM
TO A DOCTOR FAST,
AND STOP THAT MAN FROM
FILING ON YOUR CLAIM. HA!
AIN'T THERE ANYTHING WE
CAN DO FOR THE OLD MAN?
YOU CAN PRAY IF
YOU BELIEVE IN IT.
[SHOUTING TO HORSES]
THEY'RE THROUGH WITH HIM?
YEAH. WHEN I FIND THE OTHER
ONE, I'LL SEND HIM TO YOU.
ACCORDING TO THE ASSAY OFFICE,
THAT FELLOW DIRKS FILED A
CLAIM ON YOUR MINE AN HOUR AGO.
I WANT TO FIND HIM WHILE
HE'S STILL CELEBRATING.
WILL YOU GO TO THE
DOCTOR'S OFFICE,
AND TAKE CARE OF
YOUR FATHER? YEAH.
[LAUGHTER]
IS THAT MIRROR BAROQUE
OR LOUIS COUTURE?
HUH?
HOW SILLY OF ME.
BAROQUE, OF COURSE.
GENTLEMEN, I MIGHT BUY.
MY ROUND'S NEXT.
YOU HIT IT LUCKY TOO?
I'M NOT SURE YET.
BARTENDER, BOTTLED PLEASE.
BOTTLE'S A DOLLAR A SHOT HERE.
I'LL ACCEPT THAT.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER
ROUND AFTER THIS.
YOU OWE FOR FOUR ALREADY.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT!
YOURS A RICH STRIKE?
I HEAR YOU BEAT THREE
MEN TO TOWN TO FILE ON THIS.
TWO OR THREE. WHAT'S IT TO YOU?
I'M THE THIRD.
HERE.
TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR STRIKE.
TAKE A GOOD LOOK
AT YOUR RICH STRIKE.
FROM MY MINE!
"TIS MORE BLESSED
TO GIVE THAN RECEIVE."
NOW YOU JUST SIGN THIS.
I CAN'T WRITE.
THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN WILL BE
VERY HAPPY TO WITNESS YOUR MARK.
HE STILL OWES FOR EIGHT
DRINKS. DRINKS ARE ON ME,
AND A BOTTLE APIECE
FOR THE WITNESSES.
JUST SIGN IT! YOU'RE NOT
GIVING ANYTHING AWAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. DIRKS, THAT WAS A
VERY KIND THING YOU DID,
SHOOTING THAT OLD MAN.
BARTENDER, YOU'LL FIND THE
SHERIFF IS LOOKING FOR HIM.
LET ME SEE THAT BOTTLE.
[CHUCKLING]
WELL, THERE IT IS.
GENTLEMEN.
YOU RUINED OUR MINE.
IT'S NOT EXACTLY YOUR MINE.
I HAD THE DEED SIGNED
OVER IN MY NAME.
WHY, YOU'RE A CROOK!
YOU SWINDLED US.
YOU WERE RIGHT,
GINO. HE AIN'T NO DEVIL.
OF ALL THE DIRTY,
HUMAN THINGS TO DO.
NOW I HAVEN'T
FORGOTTEN OUR BARGAIN.
I'LL SIGN THE DEED
OVER TO YOU GLADLY.
BUT FOR MY PRICE.
I'LL TAKE THAT
SMALL BAG OF GOLD.
THAT'S ALL YOU WANT?
SULFUR GAS. ANY
SPARK WILL SET IT OFF.
GOLD ORE IS OFTEN FORCED
TO THE SURFACE BY SULFUR GAS.
THAT SMELL OF BRIMSTONE.
THAT COULD MAKE YOU RICH.
NOW THE LAST MAN
I SHOWED THIS TO...
HE TRIED TO DRAW ON ME.
AND MAYBE YOU'LL WANT TO ALSO.
SEE, THERE'S NO
GOLD IN THAT MINE.
WHY, YOU'RE A LIAR! IT'S RICH.
THERE IS GOLD RIGHT
AT THE SURFACE.
YOU FOUND A SALTED MINE.
THE GOLD IN THESE PIECES
HAS BEEN CUT OR MILLED.
THAT MINE ISN'T EVEN
RIGGED FOR REAL DIGGING.
AND IF YOU WEREN'T
SO GOLD HUNGRY,
YOU'D HAVE FELT IT THE
MOST OBVIOUS THING.
WHO EVER ABANDONS
A MINE FULL OF GOLD?
YOU CHEATED US.
YOU SAID WE'D BE RICH.
AND YOU WILL.
THE ASSAY OFFICE AND I
ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU
THAT YOU ARE THE OWNERS
OF A VERY RICH SULFUR MINE.
SULFUR! THERE'S A LOT
OF MONEY IN SULFUR.
AND A LOT OF WORK.
I'D SAY THAT MINE,
IN FIVE YEARS, WILL PAY
OFF VERY HANDSOMELY.
FIVE YEARS!
OF COURSE, YOU COULD GO
BACK TO CHASING YOUR LUCK.
FORGET ALL ABOUT THE
SULFUR. THAT'S YOUR AFFAIR.
AS FOR ME... THIS HAS BEEN
A VERY INTERESTING AND
PROFITABLE FEW DAYS.
AND I THANK YOU
VERY MUCH INDEED.
♪ 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? ♪
GET AWAY!
THERE AIN'T NO GOLD UP HERE!
DO YOU HEAR ME?
I HEAR YOU, OLD MAN.
BUT I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.
I KNOW THERE'S GOLD UP THERE.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO, SON?
YOU GOT TO FIGURE SOMETHING.
YOU WAS WRONG, PA! LIKE USUAL.
YOU SAID LUCIFER'S PIT
WAS GOING TO BE A BONANZA.
PLEASE, PA... [GUNSHOTS]
LET THEM HAVE THE MINE, OR
LUCIFER'S PIT'S GONNA BE OUR GRAVE!
YOU GOT NO RIGHT
TO IT! I FOUND IT.
I FOUND IT! [GUNSHOTS]
WE FOUND YOU, OLD MAN.
WE GOT THE WATER
AND THE SUPPLIES.
AIN'T BUT ONE WAY DOWN.
PA...
MAYBE WE OUGHT TO CALL IT QUITS.
NO, WE'LL COME OUT
ALL RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE.
[GUNSHOTS] SEE?
SEE WHAT THEY CALL THIS PLACE?
LUCIFER'S PIT.
THIS IS HIS SPREAD.
HE'LL BRING US THE LUCK.
I'LL SETTLE FOR
THE DEVIL'S LUCK.
I'D SELL OUR SOULS TO SATAN,
BEFORE I GIVE UP.
WHERE YOU COME FROM?
CAME FROM BELOW, THROUGH THOSE
ROCKS. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
I HEARD SHOOTING AND
NOISE, THOUGHT I COULD HELP.
I CAN HELP PEOPLE SOMETIMES.
WHO ARE YOU?
[GUNSHOTS]
PALADIN. THAT'S RIGHT.
NO, I DON'T WANT ANY PART OF IT!
WE CAN USE ALL THE
HELP WE CAN GET.
I HAVEN'T OFFERED YOU ANY
HELP. MY HELP ISN'T FOR EVERYONE,
AND THERE'S A STIFF PRICE.
WE'LL PAY YOUR PRICE.
WHAT DO THEY WANT?
THEY'RE TRYING
TO JUMP THIS CLAIM.
I FOUND IT, IT'S MINE!
THEY CAN'T GET AWAY WITH IT!
BLAST 'EM. SCATTER 'EM.
HALT 'EM WITH BRIMSTONE!
BRIMSTONE, THAT'S WHAT I SMELL.
YES.
BRIMSTONE AND HELLFIRE.
HE SHALL WALK AMONG
YOU UNDER MANY NAMES.
I TOLD YOU THE
LUCK WOULD CHANGE.
IT WAS THE BRIMSTONE.
YOU CAN SMELL IT!
IT WAS SOME LOOSE POWDER,
FROM A BROKEN SHELL.
WE DON'T WANT ANY HELP FROM YOU!
HOW DO WE EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE?
I KNOW.
I KNOW.
YOU KNOW. WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
THAT WE STARVED ALL OUR LIVES,
CHASING AFTER YOUR CURSED LUCK!
NO FANCY BLACK DEVIL IS GOING
TO JUMP OUT OF LUCIFER'S PIT
TO SAVE OUR NECKS!
I'M THROUGH, DO YOU HEAR ME?
YOU DO LIKE I SAY, SON.
LIKE YOU ALWAYS DONE.
[LAUGHING]
HE HEARD, HE CAME.
YOU CAN'T QUIT ME NOW.
WE GOT THE LUCK. HE'S HERE.
WELL, YOU TELL HIM, MISTER.
TELL HIM THAT
YOU AIN'T THE DEVIL!
NOW WHY SHOULD I TELL HIM THAT?
[GUNSHOTS]
I TELL YOU, THERE'S
THREE MEN UP THERE NOW.
CAN'T BE, RUDY.
I SAW THEM! I'M SURE OF THAT.
I SAY RUSH 'EM. AND
MAYBE GET SHOT?
NO... LOOK, WE CAN WAIT 'EM OUT.
WE GOT ALL THE WATER
AND THE SUPPLIES.
THEY GOT TO BE RUNNING LOW.
WE GOT 'EM COVERED.
THEY CAN'T GET AWAY.
YEAH, BUT HOW
LONG WE GONNA WAIT?
I WANT TO LIVE TO SPEND MY GOLD,
EVEN IF IT TAKES ALL THE
WAY 'TIL TOMORROW NIGHT.
YOUR TROUBLE IS YOU
WANT TO GET RICH QUICK.
LOOK AT HIM.
SLEEPING.
SAFE AND SOUND
IN HIS DEVIL'S ARMS.
DO YOU KNOW HOW
SICK YOUR FATHER IS?
HOW WOULD I KNOW?
I AIN'T NO DOCTOR.
PA'S HAD THIS FEVER FOR
CLOSE TO A WEEK NOW.
IT DON'T MEAN NOTHING.
PA'S BEEN POORLY FOR YEARS.
YOU MUST HAVE FOUND
A VERY RICH STRIKE.
MAKE HIM THAT
STUBBORN, THAT EXCITED.
THAT'S OUR MINE
AND OUR BUSINESS.
LOOK, AIN'T YOU
FIGURED IT OUT YET?
HE'S AN OLD FOOL. A
SUPERSTITIOUS OLD MAN,
THAT'S CHASED EVERY RAINBOW
FROM SICILY TO CALIFORNIA.
LOOKING FOR HIS
LUCKY POT OF GOLD.
AND I'M A BIGGER FOOL.
I'VE TAGGED ALONG.
'CAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD
THE NERVE TO LEAVE HIM.
I HATE HIM!
I HATE HIM FOR EVERYTHING
HE IS AND HE AIN'T.
AND YOU'RE NOT VERY
FOND OF YOURSELF.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
PROSPECTING FOR GOLD?
LITERALLY, I MEAN.
NOT THAT LONG.
COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW.
WE AIN'T DONE
NOTHING FOR VERY LONG.
[HORSE WHINNIES]
NOT EVEN LIVE, THE
WAY THINGS LOOK NOW.
WHERE YOU GOING?
I'M GOING TO TAKE A
LOOK AT YOUR MINE.
[FALLING PLANKS]
YOU TWO DIDN'T DIG THIS MINE.
WE FOUND IT. IT WAS ABANDONED.
BUT IT'S RICH. SEE?
WE MADE A BARGAIN WITH YOU.
BUT ONLY IF WE FILE THE CLAIM.
YOU GOT ANY BLASTING POWDER?
YEAH. GET IT.
WHERE ARE YOUR HORSES?
DOWN THERE.
TETHER THEM AS FAR
FROM THE MINE AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT FOR?
YOU WANT TO FILE
THIS CLAIM OR NOT?
THEN YOU DO EXACTLY
WHAT I TELL YOU.
HERE.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I'M BLOWING IN YOUR
MINE. PA, DON'T LET HIM!
ALL RIGHT, YOU WANT
YOUR MINE LOOTED
WHILE WE'RE IN TOWN TO FILE
THE CLAIM, I WON'T BLOW IT IN.
WE DO WHAT HE SAYS.
EVERYTHING HE SAYS. SURE!
JUST HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED
TO GET OUT OF HERE, VANISH?
[PA:] MAYBE.
THERE'S A NARROW CREVICE
BEHIND THOSE ROCKS.
LEADS TO THE OTHER SIDE.
YOUR HORSES CAN'T MAKE IT.
WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE
THEM. NO HORSES!
PA'S IN NO CONDITION
TO GO ON FOOT.
MY HORSE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
NOW LET'S GET STARTED.
THEY MAY CHANGE THEIR
MIND ABOUT WAITING YOU OUT.
WE OUGHT TO DIG SOME
OF THAT GOLD FIRST.
YOU GOT A LOT OF
MONEY IN THIS SACK.
YOU GOT AT LEAST $2,000.
IF YOU WAIT TO DIG SOME,
THEY MAY FIGURE OUT YOU
NEVER FILED ON THIS CLAIM.
YOU'VE GOT 30 HOT MILES
TO THAT COUNTY SEAT.
IF THEY FIGURE IT OUT,
THEY MIGHT JUST
JUMP ON THEIR HORSES
AND BEAT YOU TO TOWN. MAYBE.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE
FINISHED WAITING.
YOU MAY BE RIGHT.
NOW SPREAD OUT.
WHAT DO YOU GET OUT OF ALL THIS?
IF YOU RECALL, I MENTIONED
THAT I HAVE MY PRICE.
COME ON, OLD MAN.
IN HERE. DOWN, DOWN!
COME ON!
[FUSE BURNING]
[EXPLOSION]
COME ON.
I THINK WE BETTER REST AWHILE.
NO, I'M ALL RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT TO GO
FASTER THAN THIS.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME.
THEY'LL CATCH UP WITH
US FOR SURE AT THIS PACE.
PA'S RIGHT.
MAYBE.
IT'S ALWAYS TOUCHING
TO SEE A SON RESPECT
HIS FATHER'S WISHES.
WE GOT TO GET TO SOME
WATER SOMEWHERE, SOON.
THE NEXT TIME YOU GO
PROSPECTING FOR GOLD,
TRY AN ISLAND IN
THE MIDDLE OF A LAKE.
WE FOUND GOLD.
WE FOUND GOLD!
THAT'S GOOD, OLD MAN.
NOW FIND WATER.
COME ON.
HOLD UP, HOLD UP!
IF WE EVEN PUT UP A STAKE,
THEY COULDN'T FILE A CLAIM.
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IT.
THEY CAN'T BEAT US INTO
TOWN, THAT'S FOR CERTAIN.
WE GOT THEIR HORSES.
RUDY, YOU'RE SURE
THERE WERE THREE?
SO HELP ME, DIRKS!
WELL, THERE'S MAYBE ONE HORSE.
YEAH, BUT PROBABLY
NOT MUCH WATER.
GOOD, GOOD. BLOW
A MAN UP, WILL THEY?
I'LL SET 'EM OUT TO
FRY, IF WE CATCH 'EM!
WE AIN'T INTERESTED
IN ENTERTAINMENT.
I'M WORRIED THEY'LL
DUMP THAT GOLD.
IT OUGHTA BE GETTING
REAL HEAVY ABOUT NOW.
THAT SUN BEATING DOWN ON 'EM.
NOT THAT OLD MAN. HE'LL
HANG ONTO THAT GOLD,
EVEN IF HE HAS TO DIE FOR IT.
AND HE WILL.
[BIRD CAWING]
OH, DON'T BOTHER!
IT'S DRY.
THAT'S A VERY
ASTUTE OBSERVATION.
THAT'S RIGHT. YOU
SLEEP, OLD MAN.
SLEEP.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
IT'S GETTING DAMP.
WATER! DON'T DRINK IT.
[SPITTING] IT'S ALKALINE.
TOLD YOU NOT TO BOTHER.
IT'S GOT TO SEEP THROUGH
TWO FEET OF ALKALINE.
YOU'RE SURPRISED
YOU CAN'T DRINK IT?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
YOUR FATHER CAN'T STAND
ANOTHER DAY WITHOUT WATER.
SO HERE'S WHERE
WE MAKE OUR STAND.
THERE'S NO WATER HERE.
THERE WILL BE, I PROMISE YOU.
WHEN? HOW? FOUR
MEN WILL BRING IT.
DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A FIRE?
THAT SMOKE'LL SHOW
FOR MILES AROUND.
YOU CAN'T AMBUSH
SOMEBODY WHO ISN'T HERE.
THEY MIGHT MISS
US. ARE YOU CRAZY?
NOBODY'S GOING TO BE STUPID
ENOUGH TO COME INTO THOSE TREES.
THEY'LL KNOW IT'S AN
AMBUSH. NOT IN HERE.
WE'LL LEAVE YOUR FATHER
HERE OUT OF HARM'S WAY.
YOU AND I'LL BE OUT THERE.
NOW GET ME ABOUT FOUR
GOOD-SIZED TUMBLEWEEDS.
AND INCIDENTALLY,
THANK YOU FOR FINDING THIS MUD.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED IT.
THERE'S NO COVER OUT THERE.
NOW WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
[SIGHING]
"LET EACH SOLDIER
HEW DOWN A BOUGH,
"AND BEAR IT BEFORE HIM.
"AND THEREBY BURNHAM
WOOD WILL COME TO DUNSINANE."
WHAT'S THAT?
THAT, FRIEND, IS SHAKESPEARE.
[DIRKS:] THERE THEY ARE.
I ONLY SEE TWO.
YOU SEE? THEY GOT ANOTHER HORSE.
I TOLD YOU THERE
WERE THREE OF THEM.
HEY, LOOK. THEY'RE GONE.
YEAH, TRICKY.
KEEP AN EYE ON 'EM.
THIS TIME WE'LL
DO THINGS MY WAY.
WHAT IF THEY TRY
AND RUN OUT AGAIN?
ON FOOT? HA! I'D LIKE THAT.
YOU JUST KEEP AN EYE
ON THAT HORSE, LOY.
WITHOUT IT, NOBODY'S
GOING NOWHERE.
DIRKS! HUH?
THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING
MOVING OUT THERE.
WHERE?
THERE AIN'T NOTHING THERE NOW.
MAYBE I JUST BEEN
JUMPING AT SHADOWS.
PRAIRIE DOGS OR SOMETHING.
MAYBE.
THEY GOT TO TRY SOMETHING.
GIVING UP DON'T SEEM
TO COME NATURAL TO 'EM.
WE'LL USE THE WAGON
FOR COVER IF WE HAVE TO.
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN. LET'S GO.
AHH!
GINO! GINO!
GINO!
GINO!
COME ON, BOY! COME ON!
[GUNSHOTS]
[SHOUTING TO HORSES]
[GUNSHOTS]
GINO!
GINO! [GROANING]
THIS WOUND'S NOT SERIOUS,
BUT HE'S BURNING WITH FEVER.
THE GOLD IS GONE. HE
GOT AWAY WITH THE GOLD.
HELP ME GET YOUR
FATHER INTO THIS WAGON.
[MOANING]
WHAT... WHAT ARE YOU...
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
I'M LIVING UP TO MY
PART OF THE BARGAIN.
NO! I WON'T DO IT.
I WON'T DO IT!
TAKE MINE. YOU
CAN'T HAVE GINO'S.
ONLY MINE!
I HAD NO RIGHT... TAKE IT.
[INCOHERENT SPEECH]
WHAT'S HE BABBLING ABOUT?
HE'S TRYING TO
RENEGE ON THE BARGAIN.
HE WANTS TO TRADE HIS SOUL
AND LEAVE YOURS OUT OF IT.
THAT'S NONSENSE! YOU KNOW IT IS.
ISN'T IT?
CAN'T YOU TAKE IT
A LITTLE SLOWER?
YOU'RE HURTING THE OLD BUZZARD!
WE'LL NEVER CATCH UP THAT WAY.
WE GOT TO GET HIM
TO A DOCTOR FAST,
AND STOP THAT MAN FROM
FILING ON YOUR CLAIM. HA!
AIN'T THERE ANYTHING WE
CAN DO FOR THE OLD MAN?
YOU CAN PRAY IF
YOU BELIEVE IN IT.
[SHOUTING TO HORSES]
THEY'RE THROUGH WITH HIM?
YEAH. WHEN I FIND THE OTHER
ONE, I'LL SEND HIM TO YOU.
ACCORDING TO THE ASSAY OFFICE,
THAT FELLOW DIRKS FILED A
CLAIM ON YOUR MINE AN HOUR AGO.
I WANT TO FIND HIM WHILE
HE'S STILL CELEBRATING.
WILL YOU GO TO THE
DOCTOR'S OFFICE,
AND TAKE CARE OF
YOUR FATHER? YEAH.
[LAUGHTER]
IS THAT MIRROR BAROQUE
OR LOUIS COUTURE?
HUH?
HOW SILLY OF ME.
BAROQUE, OF COURSE.
GENTLEMEN, I MIGHT BUY.
MY ROUND'S NEXT.
YOU HIT IT LUCKY TOO?
I'M NOT SURE YET.
BARTENDER, BOTTLED PLEASE.
BOTTLE'S A DOLLAR A SHOT HERE.
I'LL ACCEPT THAT.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER
ROUND AFTER THIS.
YOU OWE FOR FOUR ALREADY.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT!
YOURS A RICH STRIKE?
I HEAR YOU BEAT THREE
MEN TO TOWN TO FILE ON THIS.
TWO OR THREE. WHAT'S IT TO YOU?
I'M THE THIRD.
HERE.
TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR STRIKE.
TAKE A GOOD LOOK
AT YOUR RICH STRIKE.
FROM MY MINE!
"TIS MORE BLESSED
TO GIVE THAN RECEIVE."
NOW YOU JUST SIGN THIS.
I CAN'T WRITE.
THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN WILL BE
VERY HAPPY TO WITNESS YOUR MARK.
HE STILL OWES FOR EIGHT
DRINKS. DRINKS ARE ON ME,
AND A BOTTLE APIECE
FOR THE WITNESSES.
JUST SIGN IT! YOU'RE NOT
GIVING ANYTHING AWAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. DIRKS, THAT WAS A
VERY KIND THING YOU DID,
SHOOTING THAT OLD MAN.
BARTENDER, YOU'LL FIND THE
SHERIFF IS LOOKING FOR HIM.
LET ME SEE THAT BOTTLE.
[CHUCKLING]
WELL, THERE IT IS.
GENTLEMEN.
YOU RUINED OUR MINE.
IT'S NOT EXACTLY YOUR MINE.
I HAD THE DEED SIGNED
OVER IN MY NAME.
WHY, YOU'RE A CROOK!
YOU SWINDLED US.
YOU WERE RIGHT,
GINO. HE AIN'T NO DEVIL.
OF ALL THE DIRTY,
HUMAN THINGS TO DO.
NOW I HAVEN'T
FORGOTTEN OUR BARGAIN.
I'LL SIGN THE DEED
OVER TO YOU GLADLY.
BUT FOR MY PRICE.
I'LL TAKE THAT
SMALL BAG OF GOLD.
THAT'S ALL YOU WANT?
SULFUR GAS. ANY
SPARK WILL SET IT OFF.
GOLD ORE IS OFTEN FORCED
TO THE SURFACE BY SULFUR GAS.
THAT SMELL OF BRIMSTONE.
THAT COULD MAKE YOU RICH.
NOW THE LAST MAN
I SHOWED THIS TO...
HE TRIED TO DRAW ON ME.
AND MAYBE YOU'LL WANT TO ALSO.
SEE, THERE'S NO
GOLD IN THAT MINE.
WHY, YOU'RE A LIAR! IT'S RICH.
THERE IS GOLD RIGHT
AT THE SURFACE.
YOU FOUND A SALTED MINE.
THE GOLD IN THESE PIECES
HAS BEEN CUT OR MILLED.
THAT MINE ISN'T EVEN
RIGGED FOR REAL DIGGING.
AND IF YOU WEREN'T
SO GOLD HUNGRY,
YOU'D HAVE FELT IT THE
MOST OBVIOUS THING.
WHO EVER ABANDONS
A MINE FULL OF GOLD?
YOU CHEATED US.
YOU SAID WE'D BE RICH.
AND YOU WILL.
THE ASSAY OFFICE AND I
ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU
THAT YOU ARE THE OWNERS
OF A VERY RICH SULFUR MINE.
SULFUR! THERE'S A LOT
OF MONEY IN SULFUR.
AND A LOT OF WORK.
I'D SAY THAT MINE,
IN FIVE YEARS, WILL PAY
OFF VERY HANDSOMELY.
FIVE YEARS!
OF COURSE, YOU COULD GO
BACK TO CHASING YOUR LUCK.
FORGET ALL ABOUT THE
SULFUR. THAT'S YOUR AFFAIR.
AS FOR ME... THIS HAS BEEN
A VERY INTERESTING AND
PROFITABLE FEW DAYS.
AND I THANK YOU
VERY MUCH INDEED.
♪ 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 ♪
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