Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 3, Episode 34 - Full Circle - full transcript

Paladin receives word from someone out of his past that he needs help. Only issue -- this is not a friend but someone he trusted who ran out leaving him to face a vengeful brother's bullet.

YEAH.

AH.

OH?

MMM.

WHAT'S HE DOING?

HE IS KNITTING.

[WOMAN] HE IS NOT.

[PALADIN] HE'S KNITTING.

MR. PALADIN. MM-HMM?

HEY BOY, THIS LADY SAYS
YOU ARE NOT KNITTING.

SURE. I'M KNITTING UP THE
RAVELED SLEEVE OF CARE.



MACBETH. PAY ME.

WELL, WHATEVER HIS
NAME IS, HE'S SWEET.

MR. PALADIN. MM-HMM?

I STAY ALERT AND AWAKE TO
GIVE YOU THIS URGENT MESSAGE.

OH? HOLD THIS, HEY BOY.

YOU STAY AWAKE AND
ALERT TO GIVE ME THIS, HMM?

EXCUSE ME.

"WILL YOU HELP ME
IN MY HOUR OF NEED..."

WELL...

HE LEFT ME TO DIE, AND HE WANTS
HELP? WHERE DID THIS COME FROM?

TROUBLE. PLEASE, YOU NOT GO.

HEY BOY, WHERE
DID THIS COME FROM?

YOU GO?

I GO. IS THERE ANY MORE TO THIS?



WAIT. UH, I GOT THE PAPER STORY.

I SAVE FOR YOU.

"SIMON QUILL, CONFIDENCE
MAN, WANTED FOR THE MURDER

OF A WOMAN IN ELKO,
NEVADA, SEPTEMBER 14, 1872."

HOW YOU FIND HIM?

THE LETTER SAYS, "FIND LILY."

"FIND LILY."

[GROANS]

HE'S SWEET, TOO.

MORNING.

PLENTY OF WATER AND GRAIN.

YEAH.

THIS BURLEY, IDAHO?
WELL, IT AIN'T TEXAS.

THANK YOU. IS THERE
A SHERIFF IN BURLEY?

I OWN MOST OF WHAT YOU SEE.

WHAT DID YOU WANT?

I'M LOOKING FOR A LADY.

OH, WELL, AIN'T THE MOST OF US?

THIS ONE IS SMALL,
BLONDE, GREEN-EYED,

EASY WAY OF GOING.

LAST TIME I SAW HER,
HER NAME WAS LILY.

LILY? HM.

LILY, SHE LIVES IN THE
SHACK AROUND THE BACK.

THANK YOU. HOW
MUCH DO I OWE YOU?

WELL, YOU'VE TOOKEN UP
MY TIME. MAYBE A DOLLAR.

I'M SORRY TO HAVE TOOKEN UP
SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME. HERE.

[GROANS] SIMON?

YOU ALL RIGHT, DEAR?

AH, YEAH. OOH.

I'M FINE.

WHAT TIME IS IT?

WILL HE COME?

ARE YOU SURE?

AS NIGHT FOLLOWS DAY,

I GIVE YOU MY WORD, LOVELY ONE.

PALADIN!

BY THE LORD HARRY,
I KNEW YOU'D COME.

YOUR LETTER WASN'T TOO EXPLICIT,

BUT I SEE THEY HAVEN'T
HANGED YOU YET.

THEY HAVEN'T CAUGHT ME EITHER.

WAS IT EVER MAN'S DESTINY
TO DIE BEFORE HIS TIME?

BREAK OUT A BOTTLE, OLD
GIRL. THE PRODIGAL'S RETURNED.

HOW LONG HAS IT
BEEN? COME. SIT DOWN.

IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS.

HOW TIME DOES FLY. YOU
HAVEN'T CHANGED A LICK.

HE TOLD ME YOU'D FIND HIM.

WHO BUT YOU WOULD KNOW THAT I COULD
TRUST MYSELF TO LILY'S LOVING HANDS,

IN A PLACE WELL HIDDEN?

LILY, THIS TIME I'M GONNA MARRY
YOU, WITH PALADIN AS BEST MAN.

LILY, HOW MANY YEARS
HAVE YOU LOVED HIM?

I NEVER COUNTED.

THAT WOULD GIVE HER AGE AWAY.

YOU NEVER ASK A WOMAN
A QUESTION LIKE THAT?

TO THE HALCYON DAYS, OLD FRIEND.

WHAT'S THE TROUBLE?
YOU DON'T NEED THIS.

PALADIN, I FEEL
AS THIN AS A LATH.

IT WILL FATTEN YOU
UP FOR THE HANGING.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
WE SAW EACH OTHER, SIMON?

I'LL TELL YOU.

BUFFALO, NORTH
DAKOTA, SEPTEMBER, 1872.

THAT'S RIGHT. THREE YEARS AGO.

THAT'S WHY I CALLED
YOU HERE. I NEED YOU.

I'M SURE YOU DO. BUT
I NEEDED YOU THEN,

REMEMBER?

REMEMBER WHAT?
I'LL JOG YOUR MEMORY.

I WAS STILL SLEEPING WHEN YOU
SKIPPED TOWN IN A WOMAN'S DRESS.

I WAS BEING HUNTED
BY CUTTHROATS.

YOU KILLED RAFE CABELL
FOR WHAT YOU THOUGHT

WAS A MAP TO A GOLD MINE, AND
HIS BROTHERS WERE AFTER YOU.

NO. I WON THE MAP
FROM THE BOY IN POKER.

LATER HE ATTACKED ME, AND
I SHOT HIM IN SELF-DEFENSE.

YOU CAME TO ME, SOLD
ME THE MAP FOR $1,000.

I NEEDED CASH. YOU WERE THE
ONLY ONE I COULD GET IT FROM.

YOU NEEDED SOMEONE
TO DIE FOR YOU.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.

PALADIN,

A MAN MUST SOMETIMES
TAKE THE FAT WITH THE LEAN.

I GAVE YOU MY ROOM,

AS HEAVEN IS MY JUDGE,
BECAUSE THE TOWN WAS FULL.

YOU NEEDED A PLACE TO SLEEP.

AND YOU WENT NEXT DOOR
TO WHAT WAS HER NAME?

DON'T LISTEN TO
HIM, LILY, PLEASE.

WOMAN HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN MY DOWNFALL.

IT'S ALL RIGHT, SIMON.

I LOVE YOU, NO MATTER
WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

AND YOU DO ME AN INJUSTICE.

DO I?

YOU LEFT ME THERE TO
CATCH YOUR BULLETS.

WELL...

IF YOU WANT THE TRUTH, I...

I SAW THE CABELLS ENTER TOWN.

THERE WAS ONLY
ONE WAY TO ESCAPE.

I DIDN'T KNOW THEY'D FIND MY
ROOM AND MISTAKE YOU FOR ME.

BUT YOU KNEW THEY
WERE AFTER YOU.

I GUESS. I READ ABOUT IT LATER.

LATER. AFTER I KILLED ONE
CABELL AND WOUNDED HIS BROTHER.

PALADIN.

THEN HE'S OUR ENEMY.

YOU FORGET WHO
YOU WERE FIGHTING.

WOULD I CALL YOU UP HERE
IF I'D DONE THAT TO YOU?

COME ON.

TRY CHARMING ME.

NOT YOU. NO, YOU'VE
GOTTA HAVE THE TRUTH.

BUT YOU HAD ME WORRIED.

WHAT ARE YOU BEING
HUNTED FOR NOW?

IT'S FANTASTIC, PALADIN.

SOME MARSHAL
CAUGHT ME UP IN ELKO.

BLAMED ME FOR THE MURDER
OF A GIRL THREE YEARS BACK.

I NEVER TOUCHED HER. I DIDN'T
EVEN KNOW SHE WAS DEAD.

I WENT TO SEE HER AND THEY
NABBED ME, AND I ESCAPED.

YOU'RE THE ONLY PROOF
I'VE GOT THAT IT WASN'T ME.

AM I?

COME NOW.

I WAS WITH YOU THREE
YEARS AGO, NORTH DAKOTA,

1,000 MILES FROM ELKO.

I WAS SIGNING MY NAME
IN THE ASSAYER'S OFFICE,

THE NIGHT I SOLD
YOU THAT GOLD MINE.

FOOL'S GOLD.

OF COURSE, THAT
WASN'T YOUR FAULT.

THIS THE PAPER, SIMON?

THIS THE PAPER WE
WERE SIGNING TOGETHER?

I KNEW YOU'D BRING IT.
LILY, THAT'S MY PROOF.

NO COURT CAN LAY
A HAND ON ME NOW.

YES, THEY CAN, SIMON.

WITHOUT THIS PAPER,
THEY CAN HANG YOU

FOR THE MURDER OF
THAT WOMAN IN ELKO.

WHAT CAN I DO TO SHOW YOU
I NEVER MEANT TO HARM YOU?

YOU SHOWED ME THAT
YOU DID, THREE YEARS AGO,

LEAVING ME THERE TO
CATCH YOUR BULLETS.

THEY'LL HANG ME FOR
A CRIME I DIDN'T COMMIT.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME EVENIN'
UP OF JUSTICE IN THIS WORLD.

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE
YOU ESCAPED, SIMON?

HOW MANY OTHER MEN HAVE
PAID FOR YOUR MISDEEDS?

YOU CAN'T LET THEM DO THAT.

I CAN LET THEM DO
ANYTHING THEY WANT TO.

BECAUSE AS FAR AS YOU'RE
CONCERNED, I'M DEAD,

AND THIS PAPER
IS BURIED WITH ME.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA
DO? I'VE ALREADY DONE IT.

I WIRED ELKO. THEY'RE
SENDING A DEPUTY FOR YOU.

NO!

SIMON, YOU SHOULD
HAVE KEPT ME ALIVE.

WITHOUT ME AND THIS PAPER,

THERE'S NOBODY TO
SAY WHERE YOU WERE.

YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL, LILY.

I'M AS DEAD AS MUTTON.

HE'S COMIN', PA.

THEN GET HIS HORSE.

CLEMMIE, COME ON.

WHAT'S THIS SAY, PA?

IT'S A BUSINESS CARD.

EMMET, GET ON HIM.

WHO SAID HE COULD RIDE MY HORSE?

HE AIN'T YOURS NO
MORE. I JUST BOUGHT HIM.

YOU KNOW HIM?

THESE TWO ARE MY SONS.

LIKE I TOLD YOU BEFORE,
I'M THE LAW IN THIS TOWN.

NOW, YOU PAID ME A
DOLLAR FOR FEEDING.

BUT YOU WERE LATE COMING
BACK, AND THAT'LL COST YOU EXTRA.

SO I SOLD YOUR GOODS
FOR WHAT YOU OWED ME.

YOU'RE BEING JUST
A LITTLE BIT SEVERE.

NOT A GREAT DEAL.
JUST A LITTLE BIT.

BESIDES, I HADN'T LEFT YET.

WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

THE KID BOUGHT YOUR
HORSE FOR FIVE DOLLARS.

MM-HMM.

CLEMMIE PAID A DOLLAR
FOR YOUR SADDLE.

NOW, YOU CAN TAKE IT,

OR YOU CAN LEAVE IT.

GET UP!

GET UP OUT OF THERE! GET UP!

I'M BUYING BACK MY HORSE FOR
EXACTLY WHAT YOU PAID FOR HIM

AND THE SADDLE
AND THE SADDLEBAGS.

MONEY'S HERE ON THE GROUND.
YOU CAN TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.

AND I'M STAYING ON HERE AWHILE.

WHISKEY.

YOU LOOK LIKE YOU
NEED A LONG DRINK.

PALADIN.

THEY SAID YOU'D BE HERE.
SAID YOU'D HAVE QUILL.

WHERE IS HE? YOU'RE
THE DEPUTY FROM ELKO?

MM-MMM.

THEY COULDN'T SEND ONE.

BUT I'VE BEEN LOOKING
FOR QUILL FOR A LONG TIME.

I SUPPOSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE.

MAYBE I HAVE THE BEST REASON.
YOU OUGHT TO REMEMBER, PALADIN.

HE MURDERED MY BROTHER
THREE YEARS AGO IN NORTH DAKOTA.

YOU KILLED THE OTHER ONE.

YOUR BROTHER ATTACKED
ME. IT WAS A FAIR FIGHT.

YEAH, I KNOW.

I HAVE A CREASE ACROSS MY
BELLY TO PROVE YOU ALMOST GOT ME.

CABELL...

FOR A MAN WHO MIGHT
HAVE TO KILL YOU,

MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO
KNOW MY FIRST NAME.

CALL ME ROY. YOU WANT
ME TO CALL YOU NOW?

I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA
HAVE TO TAKE THAT CHANCE.

I CAN GET A COUPLE BOYS IN
THIS TOWN TO EVEN THE ODDS.

[PALADIN] BARTENDER,
KEEP HER OUT OF HERE.

RUN OUT ON QUILL NOW.

WELL, IF THAT'S THE
WAY IT HAS TO BE.

IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES,
YOU OUGHT TO BE DEAD.

AFTER THAT, I WON'T
HAVE MUCH TROUBLE

FINDING A MAN WHO'S
ALREADY WOUNDED.

HOW LONG CAN ANYONE
HIDE OUT IN THIS PESTHOLE?

PALADIN.

HE'S GONNA KILL SIMON.

WELL, SAY PRAYERS
FOR ALL THE POOR PEOPLE

THAT SIMON SWINDLED
OUT OF THEIR MONEY

OR CHARMED OUT OF THEIR LIVES.

IT'S MY LIFE AND MY HEART.

BUT HE CAN'T FIGHT
WITH THAT WOUND.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN SHOT? YES.

DIDN'T MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND MORE.

JUST MADE YOU HARD. IS THAT IT?

NO.

I JUST WANT HIM TO
HAVE THIS CHANCE.

PLEASE, PALADIN, HELP ME.

LISTEN, I'VE GOT A RIGHT!

LOOK, IF THERE'S SOMETHING
YOU WANT, HELP ME.

I CAN PAY YOU OUT
OF WHAT I EARN.

I CAN PAY YOU SO MUCH.

SIMON WILL WALK OUT ON YOU

LIKE HE WALKED OUT
ON EVERYBODY ELSE!

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE,
MY FATHER OR SOMETHING?

WHERE WERE YOU BEFORE?

WATCHING OVER ME?

YOU CARE SO MUCH
WHAT HAPPENS TO ME NOW.

WHY DON'T YOU SEE I GOT A
GOOD, HARD-WORKING MAN?

INSTEAD OF SOMEONE FULL
OF NOTHING BUT LIQUOR...

AND HARD LUCK.

OKAY, COME ON.

THERE MUST BE
SOMETHING YOU WANT.

WHAT IS IT?

IF YOU DON'T WANT MONEY
AND YOU DON'T WANT ME,

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE TO OFFER.

SIMON WANTED ME.

HE DID.

WHY CAN'T I HAVE HIM NOW?

GET HIM READY.

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AFTER
YOU GET HIM PAST CABELL?

TEN MINUTES FROM NOW, WE'LL
NEVER HAVE A CHANCE TO FIND OUT.

GO AND GET HIM. WHAT?

SIMON CAN TAKE HIS CHANCE ON
A FAIR TRIAL IN A COURT OF LAW.

NOW, GO ON! GO!

I'M CLOSING UP. YOU.

YOU FORGET WHAT
YOU HEARD. I FORGOT.

IT'S YOUR FIGHT. JUST
KEEP IT OUT OF MY SALOON.

HEY, MISTER. GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

LUCK'S GONNA HAVE ALMOST
NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

NOW, JUST REMEMBER,

PALADIN'S NOT SO FAST THAT
THE THREE OF US CAN'T TAKE HIM.

HERE.

HOW ELSE COULD YOU
EARN $5.00 SO EASY?

I'D KILL HIM FOR A LOT LESS.

EXCEPT THIS IS BETTER.

YOUR MAN JUST GOT
HIS HORSE, MR. CABELL.

HE'S GETTING QUILL. COME
ON. LET'S GET STARTED.

I DON'T WANT NOTHING
TO HAPPEN TO YOU, BOY.

LEAVE HIM BE, PA.
LET HIM GROW UP.

[FOOTSTEPS]

WHERE IS HE?

WHERE IS HE?

HE DIDN'T THINK YOUR PLAN
WOULD WORK. THERE WASN'T TIME.

SO HE'D JUST LEAVE
ME THERE ALONE,

WAIT TILL THEY COME AND GET ME?

IS THAT IT?

YEAH. HE WALKED
OUT ON YOU AGAIN.

LILY.

DID YOU KNOW THAT
WHEN YOU BEGGED ME

TO RISK MY LIFE FOR HIM AGAIN?

NO.

BUT HE'S ALIVE.

IS HE?

HEY, HONEY.

WHERE YOU GOING WITH THAT HORSE?

KID.

YOU CALL IT, CABELL.

KID, GET AROUND THE SIDE.

YOUR BROTHER'S DEAD
FROM FIGHTING HIS FIGHT.

STAY OUT OF THIS.

ALL RIGHT, CABELL. JUST
THE TWO OF US ALONE.

I'M GONNA DEFEND MYSELF.

JUST LIKE I DID
WITH YOUR BROTHER.

YOU DRAW IF YOU HAVE
TO. YOU MIGHT EVEN KILL ME.

I WOULDN'T BLAME YOU.
BUT I WILL DEFEND MYSELF.

JUST LIKE WITH MY BROTHER PAUL.

THAT'S RIGHT. JUST LIKE
WITH YOUR BROTHER PAUL.

FOR FIVE DOLLARS.

HE GOT HISSELF KILLED...
FOR FIVE DOLLARS.

♪ "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 ♪