Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 2, Episode 9 - Young Gun - full transcript

EASY, CALVERT. I KNOW YOUR NAME

WAS A DEATH SENTENCE TO 20 MEN.

BUT THIS ISN'T EL PASO.

AND YOU'RE NOT AS
YOUNG AS YOU USED TO BE.

"RANCH WAR IN WYOMING.

"BENEDICT, WYOMING.
ACCORDING TO C.W. WELLMAN,

"THE REFUSAL OF A LOCAL RANCHER

"TO PERMIT ACCESS TO THE SOLE
REMAINING SOURCE OF WATER

"IN THIS DROUGHT-STRICKEN
AREA HAS RESULTED IN THE DEATHS

"OF TWO MEN AND
THREATENS OPEN WARFARE."

EXCUSE ME, MR. PALADIN.



YES, HEY BOY?

THE GENTLEMEN IN 312...

THEY ARE EXPECTING YOU.

TELL THEM I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

THEY SITTING AT TABLE
NOW, VERY ANXIOUS.

THEY READY TO DEAL OUT CARDS.

WELL, TELL THEM I'LL BE
THERE IN A FEW MOMENTS.

SOMETHING LONG, COLD AND WET.

YES, SIR.

IT'S A PRETTY QUIET TOWN.

NO MORE THAN MOST.

DIRECT ME TO THE WELLMAN RANCH?

NORTH ROAD, ABOUT THREE MILES.

THANKS.



YOU A FRIEND OF THE WELLMANS?

NO.

YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WORK?

IN A WAY.

WHAT'S EVERYBODY WAITING FOR?

ME TO GET KILLED.

[DOOR OPENING]

LOOKS LIKE THE
WAITIN'S ABOUT OVER.

THAT SQUARES US, BARNEY.

EXCUSE ME.

DON'T, CASEY! THERE'S
NO SENSE TO THIS.

WHAT DO YOU WANT, AN APOLOGY?

ALL RIGHT, I APOLOGIZE.

CASEY, DON'T.
LISTEN TO ME, PLEASE!

YOU KNEW YOU COULD BEAT HIM.

KNOWING AND DOING ARE
TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

I GUESS YOU'LL JUST
HAVE TO KEEP ON WAITIN'.

THERE'S A JOB OPEN
AT THE WELLMAN'S NOW.

HIS.

IT'S DRY.

BUT I CAN LET YOU HAVE A BUCKET

FROM THE KITCHEN
PUMP, IF YOU'D LIKE.

I'D APPRECIATE THAT.
IT'S BEEN A LONG RIDE.

JUST HELP YOURSELF.

THANK YOU, I'M PALADIN. I'M
HERE TO SEE MR. WELLMAN.

HE'S NOT HERE RIGHT NOW.

BUT HE SHOULD BE BACK SOON.

GOOD MORNING.

DID YOU JUST COME FROM TOWN?

BENEDICT? YES.

WAS THERE...

I MEAN, DID YOU SEE
ANYTHING HAPPEN?

THERE WAS A MAN KILLED,
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN.

WHO?

I BELIEVE HIS NAME WAS CASEY.

MEG.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR FATHER
SAID ABOUT SPEAKING TO STRANGERS.

NO OFFENSE MEANT.

MR. WELLMAN IS VERY
STRICT ABOUT THESE THINGS.

I UNDERSTAND.

YOU SAID CASEY WAS KILLED.

THAT'S RIGHT.

JEFF DO IT?

I DIDN'T CATCH HIS NAME.

JEFF.

POOR BOY.

WELL, HE'S ALIVE.

HOW LONG CAN A MAN
LIVE BY A GUN, MR. PALADIN?

ESPECIALLY WHEN
HE DOESN'T WANT TO.

[HOOFBEATS]

CASEY'S DEAD.

YOUNG CALVERT GUNNED HIM DOWN.

I KNOW. MR. PALADIN TOLD ME.

PALADIN? MR. WELLMAN.

I WAS PASSING THROUGH
BENEDICT, I SAW IT HAPPEN.

YOU THINK YOU CAN
STAND UP TO CALVERT?

IF THERE'S A GOOD ENOUGH REASON.

WELL, THAT'S YOUR
JOB. GET RID OF HIM.

I DON'T THINK WE UNDERSTAND
EACH OTHER, MR. WELLMAN.

I OFFERED MY SERVICES
TO HELP YOU GET WATER.

THIS IS YOUR CARD, ISN'T IT?

THE ONE YOU SENT ME? YES.

"HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL." AS FAR
AS I KNOW, THAT MEANS ONE THING.

THAT'S THE REASON I HIRED YOU.

WELL, WE DO
MISUNDERSTAND EACH OTHER.

I'M NOT AN EXECUTIONER.

I'LL JUST WATER MY
HORSE AND BE ON MY WAY.

ALL RIGHT, I'M SORRY.

I WAS UPSET ABOUT CASEY. I
WASN'T THINKING STRAIGHT.

BUT I NEED YOUR HELP. WE ALL DO.

I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T
OFFER THAT KIND OF HELP.

IT'S PART AND PARCEL
OF THE SAME THING.

LOOK, CAN I TALK TO YOU OR NOT?

SIT DOWN.

WE'RE DESPERATE, PALADIN.

OUR WATER HOLES ARE DRYING UP,

EVEN THE DEEP
WELLS ARE GOING DRY.

ANOTHER WEEK OF THIS AND
OUR HERDS'LL BE BUZZARD BAIT.

CALVERT'S RUINING US.

LET'S TAKE IT ONE
THING AT A TIME.

HOW CAN A BOY
LIKE THAT RUIN YOU?

BOY?!

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JEFF.
IT'S HIS FATHER, ROY CALVERT.

HE OWNS THE SIX IRON
RANCH, OVER IN THE VALLEY.

ROY CALVERT.

THREE YEARS AGO
IN THE SOUTHWEST,

THERE WAS A
GUNFIGHTER BY THAT NAME.

THAT'S THE SAME ONE.
ONLY HE'S HERE NOW.

BOUGHT THIS RANCH
ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.

I KNEW THERE'D BE
TROUBLE, EVEN THEN.

WITH A MAN LIKE THAT.

HOW CAN ROY CALVERT
BLOCK YOUR WATER SUPPLY?

THERE'S A LAKE IN
BACK OF HIS RANCH.

BUT CALVERT'S RANCH RUNS
RIGHT ACROSS THE VALLEY.

IT'S THE ONLY
APPROACH TO THE LAKE.

HE ONLY LET US USE
IT THE FIRST YEAR.

NOW HE'S FENCED IT OFF
AND WON'T LET US THROUGH.

WHY NOT?

SO HELP ME, I DON'T KNOW.

HE JUST CLOSED US OFF.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO,
HARRY CRAIG GOT MAD.

TRIED TO DRIVE HIS
HERDS THROUGH,

AND YOUNG CALVERT
KILLED TWO OF HIS MEN.

JUST THE TWO OF THEM?
ROY CALVERT AND HIS SON?

THEY'VE HAD A FEW
HANDS. BUT JEFF IS THE GUN.

HIS FATHER'S TURNED
HIM INTO A WORSE KILLER

THAN HE EVER WAS.

I TELL YOU, THERE'S ONLY
ONE WAY TO BREAK CALVERT.

GET THAT BOY.

NOW WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT?

YOU WANT WATER?
OR THAT BOY'S DEATH?

I WANT RESULTS.

AND FAST.

I'LL GET HIM FOR YOU.

MY WAY. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?

I'M GOING TO TALK
TO ROY CALVERT.

MAYBE HE'LL TELL
ME THE WHOLE STORY.

[GUNSHOTS]

NO, NO, NO!

BLAST YOUR EYES! YOU'RE
LATE ON THE TRIGGER.

YOUR BARREL CAME UP TOO
FAR, MADE YOUR SHOT TOO HIGH.

ALL RIGHT, BUT I HIT HIM.
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN HURT.

THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

HOW MANY TIMES DO
I HAVE TO TELL YOU,

WHEN YOU DRAW,
YOU SHOOT TO KILL.

FROM HERE TO HERE. UNDERSTAND?

NO PLACE ELSE.

THAT'S GOOD ADVICE.

IF ALL YOU WANT TO DO IS KILL.

TAKE IT EASY, CALVERT.
THIS ISN'T EL PASO,

AND YOU'RE NOT AS
YOUNG AS YOU USED TO BE.

WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU WANT?

FIVE MINUTES OF
YOUR TIME, I WANT.

AND MY NAME IS PALADIN.

TO PARAPHRASE SHAKESPEARE,
OUR NAMES ARE ADVERTISED

BY OUR LOVING FRIENDS.

SON, YOU CAN PUT THAT UP.

I'M NOT HERE TO CAUSE TROUBLE.

YOU GET THAT JOB
AT THE WELLMAN'S?

I GOT A JOB AT THE WELLMAN'S.

WHETHER IT'S THE SAME
ONE REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

ANYBODY WHO WORKS FOR
WELLMAN HAS NO BUSINESS HERE.

ANYBODY WHO DENIES
WATER TO HIS NEIGHBORS,

HAS NO BUSINESS BEING A RANCHER.

OH, SO THAT'S IT.

TALK IT OVER?

LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING.

THEN YOU DECIDE WHAT
WE GOT TO TALK OVER.

KEEP AT IT.

THIS IS ALL I GOT
TO SAY, PALADIN.

MY WIFE'S GRAVE. THIS
TOWN PUT HER THERE.

[JEFF SHOOTING]

STILL WANT TO TALK IT OVER?

YES.

THAT'S NOT ALL THERE IS TO IT.

20 YEARS WE WERE MARRIED.
SHE WAS A KIND WOMAN.

YOU MUST HAVE
LOVED HER VERY MUCH.

ALL I WANTED WAS A
PLACE WHERE SHE COULD

SAY HELLO TO SOMEBODY
WITHOUT THEM LOOKING PAST HER.

THE NAME CALVERT WAS A DEATH
SENTENCE TO MORE THAN 20 MEN.

YOU REALLY THINK
YOU COULD HIDE IT?

NOBODY WOULD HAVE KNOWN.

BUT WELLMAN FOUND IT OUT
AND HE PASSED THE WORD.

GUNSLINGER'S
WIFE. KILLER'S WIFE.

SHE WAS ALONE AGAIN.

WHEN SHE TOOK SICK, NOBODY
CAME TO CALL BUT THE DOCTOR.

THEN SHE DIED.

PNEUMONIA, HE SAID.
BUT SHE JUST GAVE UP.

NOBODY CAME TO HER FUNERAL.

YOU HEAR ME?

NOBODY CAME TO HER FUNERAL.

I'M GONNA KILL
THIS TOWN, PALADIN.

THAT'S ALL I WANT.

THE RANCHERS WILL DRIVE THROUGH.

THEY TRIED IT ONCE.
AND IT COST 'EM!

MAYBE NEXT TIME IT'LL COST YOU.

NOT LIKELY WITH
JEFF PLAYING MY HAND.

I HAVE MORE RESPECT FOR
A MAN WHO PLAYS HIS OWN.

I CAN'T.

I PROMISED THAT I'D NEVER
DRAW THIS ON ANOTHER MAN.

NOW, JEFF. TODAY, PLEASE!

WE'LL GO AWAY TOGETHER.

YOU CAN'T LEAVE YOUR FOLKS,

ANYMORE THAN I
CAN LEAVE MY FATHER.

WELL, WE CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS.

DAD'S ALMOST DESPERATE NOW.

AND AFTER THIS
MORNING WHEN CASEY...

I TRIED TO STOP HIM, MEG.

I KNOW, I KNOW!

OH JEFF, WHAT ARE
WE GOING TO DO?

EXCUSE ME.

I DON'T MEAN TO INTRUDE.

I'D JUST LIKE TO GET MY HORSE.

MISS WELLMAN, I THOUGHT YOU

AND THE FELLA THAT WAS KILLED...

NO, NO.

I ONLY WENT TO A DANCE
WITH HIM LAST NIGHT,

BECAUSE MY FATHER
WOULDN'T LET JEFF TAKE ME.

HE TRIED TO PICK A FIGHT WITH ME

WHEN I ASKED MEG TO DANCE.

HE SAID HE WAS GONNA
LOOK FOR ME IN TOWN TODAY.

I DIDN'T WANT IT TO
HAPPEN, PALADIN.

JEFF ISN'T A KILLER.

I DON'T CARE WHAT
MY FATHER SAYS.

SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE
TO KNOCK SOME SENSE

INTO YOUR FATHER. AND YOURS TOO.

I KNOW HE'S BEEN
HURT, HURT BADLY.

BUT NOW THE RANCHERS
ARE BEING HURT,

THE TOWN'S BEING HURT.
WHERE'S IT GOING TO STOP?

THAT'S UP TO PA. IT'S
UP TO YOU TOO, JEFF.

YOU'RE IN THIS. RIGHT
SQUARE IN THE MIDDLE.

WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

JEFF...

THERE'S NOTHING I
CAN DO. I'M SORRY, MEG.

GET HER OUT OF HERE, PALADIN.

MISS WELLMAN...

HE CAN ONLY FIGHT
ONE FIGHT AT A TIME.

COME ON, I'LL TAKE YOU HOME.

I JUST WENT OUT FOR A RIDE.

WE MET ON THE WAY HOME.

WELL?

IS CALVERT GOING
TO LET US THROUGH?

YOU CAN'T EXPECT ME TO WIPE OUT

THREE YEARS OF HATE
IN ONE AFTERNOON.

HE TOLD ME ABOUT HIS WIFE.

HIS WIFE? SHE'S DEAD.

SHE WAS SICK.

WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

I KNOW, YOU HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH THE CALVERTS AT ALL.

ALL I KNOW IS, IF WE DON'T GET

TO THAT LAKE, WE'RE WIPED OUT.

NOW, DO WE GET THROUGH OR NOT?

AS OF NOW, NO. BUT MAYBE.

THEN WE'LL DRIVE
OUR WAY THROUGH.

AND YOU'LL GET RID
OF YOUNG CALVERT.

I TOLD YOU BEFORE,
I'LL DO THIS JOB MY WAY.

NOT IF YOU'RE WORKING FOR ME.

GET RID OF YOUNG
CALVERT OR CUT OUT.

MR. PALADIN, WAIT.

YOU'RE LEAVING?

I CAN'T DO THIS JOB HIS WAY.

HE'LL GO AHEAD WITHOUT
YOU. HE AND THE OTHERS.

THERE'LL BE FIGHTING, SHOOTING.

SOME OF THEM WILL BE KILLED.

MEN WITH WIVES AND FAMILIES.

ARE YOU ASKING ME TO
DECIDE WHO'S GONNA DIE?

I'M ASKING YOU TO MEASURE
ONE LIFE AGAINST MANY.

ONE FAMILY AGAINST A WHOLE TOWN.

I PRAY THAT GOD FORGIVES ME.

GOOD MORNING.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

HE THINK YOU'RE GOOD ENOUGH YET?

CAN'T BE GOOD
ENOUGH OR YOU'RE DEAD.

NOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE
YOUR FATHER TALKING.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? IF
YOU'RE WORKING FOR WELLMAN,

SOONER OR LATER WE
GOTTA SHOOT IT OUT.

THAT ALL YOU KNOW? SHOOT IT OUT?

YOU KILLED THREE MEN ALREADY.

YOU HAVE A TASTE FOR IT NOW?

DON'T YOU?

A MAN DRAWS A GUN FOR A REASON.

EVERY MAN HAS HIS OWN.

BUT MOST MEN HAVE A POINT
WHERE THEY DRAW THE LINE.

I HAVE MINE. WHAT'S YOURS?

YOU THINK I LIKE IT?

YOU THINK I WANT TO WATCH
SOMEBODY COMING AT ME?

LIKE CASEY THIS MORNING.

I HAD TO KILL HIM. DID YOU?

HE WOULD HAVE KILLED ME.

THAT'S YOUR EXCUSE TODAY.

WHAT'LL IT BE TOMORROW?
WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE?

IT'S ALL I KNOW. JEFF!

I THOUGHT YOU WERE...

WHAT'S THE MATTER?
HAVEN'T WE TALKED ENOUGH?

YOU DID ALL THE
TALKING LAST TIME.

WELLMAN'S ORGANIZING
THE REST OF THE RANCHERS.

THEY'RE GOING TO DRIVE
THOSE CATTLE TO THE LAKE.

YOU MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO TRY.

WE'LL BE READY FOR THEM.

AND IF YOU STOP THEM?
IF YOU KILL SOME OF THEM,

THAT MAKE YOUR WIFE
REST EASIER IN HER GRAVE?

IT'LL MAKE ME REST EASIER.

HOW ABOUT YOU, JEFF?

THOSE CATTLE ARE GOING
THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

I'LL SEE TO IT MYSELF.

YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS,

I'LL BE IN TOWN ALL MORNING.
WE CAN SETTLE IT THEN.

WE'LL BE GLAD TO OBLIGE.

YOU OR JEFF?

ME.

WELL...

GETTING EASIER
ALL THE TIME, ISN'T IT?

YOU OUGHTA BE VERY
PROUD OF YOURSELF.

YOU'VE TURNED THIS
BOY INTO A KILLER.

HE'S GOING TO ENJOY
THE SAME LIFE YOU HAVE.

IF HE LIVES LONG ENOUGH.

HE'S RIDING IN.

ROY CALVERT'S COMING IN TOO.

I HOPE THE SHOW
IS WORTH THE PRICE.

BARNEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU ALL RIGHT? YEAH.

NO, YOU'RE NOT. THERE'S
SOMETHING WRONG.

I CAN FEEL IT.
YOU'RE NOT UP TO IT.

WHAT DIFFERENCE
DOES IT MAKE NOW?

IT WON'T BE
SELF-DEFENSE THIS TIME.

YOU HAVE TO DRAW FIRST.

ALL RIGHT, JEFF.
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

NO, PALADIN! ME!

LET'S GET HIM TO THE DOCTOR.

UNLESS WE'RE NOT FINISHED.

WE'RE FINISHED.

YOU SEE, PALADIN?

I DIDN'T TURN HIM INTO A KILLER.

WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE?

WHY DON'T YOU AT LEAST
LISTEN AND FIND OUT?

MR. CALVERT?

A LONG TIME HAS PASSED,

AND THERE'S BEEN TOO MUCH
BITTERNESS FOR APOLOGIES.

BUT I'D APPRECIATE IT
IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME

TO PAY MY RESPECTS
AT YOUR WIFE'S GRAVE.

IT'S A LITTLE LATE
FOR THAT, ISN'T IT?

[PALADIN:] ROY...

WHEN YOU FIRST
CAME TO THIS TOWN,

YOU EXPECTED THESE
PEOPLE TO FORGET THE PAST.

NOW THEY'RE ASKING EXACTLY
THE SAME THING OF YOU.

LET IT END.

ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU.

WHAT ARE YOU TWO UP TO?

THIS BARN'S NEEDED A COAT
OF PAINT FOR A LONG TIME.

THAT STOCK'S STILL
GOING TO NEED WATER.

DON'T RUSH ME ALL AT ONCE.

I'LL BE TALKING TO
WELLMAN LATER.

♪ 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 ♪