Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963): Season 3, Episode 38 - The Trial - full transcript

THAT IS CHATEAU LA TOUR '68.

THIS WINE COMES FROM THE
HALF ACRE ON THE STEEPEST SLOPE

JUST NORTH OF THE
CHATEAU WATER TOWER.

AND THE PERFUME COMES
FROM SOMEPLACE I REMEMBER.

OH, WELL.

HEY BOY.

HEY BOY, WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW?

I THINK WHAT FOR ALL
THOSE YEARS I DRINK WATER.

WELL...

OH.

TERRIBLY SORRY. WILL YOU WAIT?



I DO NOT THINK YOU WOULD
LIKE TO HEAR YES OR NO.

SO WE SHALL SEE.

WELL...

"$500.00 REWARD WILL BE
PAID BY SANTA YNEZ COUNTY

FOR THE CAPTURE, DEAD
OR ALIVE, OF DAVID GIBBS."

"I WILL PAY YOU $5,000

"IF YOU GUARANTEE TO
BRING MY SON IN ALIVE.

MORGAN GIBBS. SANTA YNEZ."

YOU TAKE THE RIGHT FORK OUT OF
TOWN THROUGH YELLOW CREEK PASS.

IT'S AN INDIAN HUT. YOU'LL
BE ABLE TO SEE IT FROM THERE.

MR. GIBBS, YOU'RE SURE YOUR
SON'S UP THERE? HE'S THERE.

WHY DON'T YOU GET HIM YOURSELF?

IF I DID, I'D KILL HIM.

OR HIM ME.



I BRING HIM BACK HERE,

IT'LL BE TO THE LAW.

DON'T TROUBLE NONE ABOUT
THE LAW. THE BOY KILLED A WOMAN.

THE WOMAN I WAS SET TO
MARRY. AND HE'LL HANG FOR IT.

BUT NO GIBBS IS GONNA BE DRUG
THROUGH THE ROCKS LIKE A SAVAGE.

NOT EVEN HIM.

YOU MAKE SURE THAT
YOU AIN'T FOLLOWED.

NOBODY IN THIS TOWN'S
GOT THE NERVE TO BUCK ME,

BUT THERE'S LIABLE TO BE BOUNTY
HUNTERS IN FROM OUT OF STATE.

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

[PALADIN] WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!

WHOA, EASY.

YOU WOULDN'T SHOOT A DEFENSELESS
OLD MAN, WOULD YOU, MISTER?

I MIGHT, YOU MAKE ONE MORE
MOVE FOR THAT BLUNDERBUSS.

[CHUCKLES] JUST HABIT.

MAN LIVIN' TO HISSELF.

BUT THAT AIN'T NO BLUNDERBUSS.

THAT'S A CAP-AND-BALL SHARPIE.

IT'S A WHAT?

THAT'S A CAP-AND-BALL SHARPIE.
BEST KILLIN' PIECE EVER MADE.

I COULDN'T GET PAPER CARTRIDGES
UP THERE AT SANTA YNEZ,

SO I HAD TO TAKE "TOBACKY"
PAPER AND STICK-'EM GUM

FROM THE GENERAL STORE.

OH.

WOULD YOU HAVE A
LITTLE BIT OF SALT BEEF?

IT'S ALL I GOT.

WELL, I GUESS YOU FIGURED OUT
BY NOW THAT I'M A BOUNTY HUNTER.

YOU BELIEVE ME?

WELL, I...

WELL, I'VE DONE
OTHER THINGS, TOO.

THE DEAF WELSHMAN'S STRIKE.

WELL, I FOUND IT AGAIN.

AND I WOULDA HAD ENOUGH GOLD

TO HAVE BOUGHT OUT THAT
WHOLE TOWN OF CHICAGO.

YOU SEE THAT?

DARN NEAR GOT MYSELF SCALPED.

LEADING TRAIL FOR FREMONT.

AND WENT RIGHT ON
MY HEAD JUST LIKE THAT.

YOU LOOKIN' FOR
THE GIBBS BOY, TOO?

THAT'S RIGHT.

WELL, I GOT HIM STAKED.

I'VE DONE MOST OF THE FLUSHIN'.

YOU GOT TO ADMIT
THAT, AIN'T YOU? MM-HMM.

WELL, NOW, TELL YOU WHAT.

I AIN'T ONE TO BE A HOG,

AND IF YOU'LL SPELL ME, WELL,
THEN WE'LL SPLIT THE SHARES.

500. HALF OF 500.

NOW, THAT'D BE...

IT'D BE $250.

[PALADIN] THERE A BACK DOOR
TO THAT SHACK DOWN THERE?

NOTHIN' BUT THE FRONT.

AND I FIGURED THAT HE'S
GOT SOME FOOD IN THERE,

BUT NO WATER.

OH, IT MIGHT LAST, SAY
TWO, MAYBE THREE DAYS.

THEN WHEN HE COMES
OUT, WE GET HIM...

AND HE'S OURS.

WELL, I WAS FIGURIN'
ON BRINGIN' HIM IN ALIVE.

ALIVE?

YOU AIN'T FIGURIN' ON GOIN'
IN THERE AFTER HIM, ARE YOU?

WHY, HIS MA WAS A
FULL-BLOODED PIMA.

HE AIN'T CIVILIZED LIKE US.

OH.

WELL, YOU TAKE THIS...

AND START FIRING.

AT WHAT?

FIRE AT THE FRONT OF THE SHACK.

[CHUCKLES] HE'S BIRD.

JUST PLAIN BIRD.

[GUNSHOTS]

[GUNSHOTS]

[GUNSHOTS]

YOU HOLD YOUR FIRE, OLD MAN!

MY FATHER SENT YOU.

TO BRING YOU IN ALIVE.

HE COULDN'T EVEN
LET ME DIE DECENTLY.

AT LEAST MY MOTHER
WRESTLED THAT MUCH FROM HIM.

THAT'S THE PIMA DEATH RITE. WHY
ARE YOU DOING THAT TO YOURSELF?

ASK MY FATHER THAT.

I WILL.

[FOOTSTEPS]

KNIFE.

BONE KNIFE.

I CAN'T.

I CAN'T EVEN DO THAT.

FIFTEEN TWO, FIFTEEN FOUR.

[DOOR OPENS]

DID YOU BRING HIM IN?

GEORGE WILL GIVE YOU
YOUR CHECK. IT'S IN THE SAFE.

NOT NECESSARY.

WHERE IS HE?

YOU PLANNING ON
DINNER, MR. PALADIN?

[DOOR SLAMS] [GIBBS] PALADIN!

MR. GIBBS.

YOU'VE GOT $500 COMING FOR
THAT DEAD BODY YOU BROUGHT IN.

WASN'T FIGURIN' ON LEAVIN'
WITHOUT COLLECTIN', WAS YOU?

I'LL BE HERE UNTIL MORNING.

GOOD.

GOOD MORNING.

YOU'RE STILL SERVING BREAKFAST?

BREAKFAST?

YES. YOU DO EAT A MORNING
MEAL IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY?

OH, Y-YEAH. BREAKFAST.

THERE'S TWO MORE OUT BACK.

TAKE HIS GUN BELTS, GEORGE.

BUT, MR... GO AHEAD.
HE'S COVERED.

ALL RIGHT, GIBBS.

NOW, WHAT ARE
YOU TRYIN' TO PROVE?

YOU THINK I WAS GONNA LET
YOU PICK UP YOUR BLOOD MONEY

AND JUST RIDE OFF?

YOU MURDERED MY SON AND
YOU'RE GONNA STAND TRIAL FOR IT.

RIGHT HERE.

"LYNCH"? THAT THE WORD
YOU WERE LOOKING FOR?

I SAID A TRIAL. JUST AS FAIR A
TRIAL AS YOU GOT ANY RIGHT TO.

"I AM THE LAW," SAID LOUIS.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

THEM HIGH-TOPPED BOOTS
COME IN THAT YOU ORDERED.

I'LL COME BY FOR 'EM
LITTLE AFTER NOONTIME.

IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT, MR. GIBBS?

SURE. TAKE HIM IN THERE, FRANK.

FRANK, I DON'T THINK
YOU BETTER FIRE THAT.

MIGHT SPOIL
MR. GIBBS'S LITTLE FARCE.

HELLO, DOC. I'M GONNA NEED YOU.

CHARLIE, YOU BE THE
JUDGE. OH, NOT ME.

YOU'RE ALWAYS BRAGGIN'
ABOUT HOW YOU READ THE LAW.

THAT WAS 30 YEARS AGO.
JUST DO LIKE I TELL YOU.

GIVE HIM ANOTHER
BOTTLE. PUT IT ON MY BILL.

JOE AND YOU TWO AND
YOU. YOU BE THE JURY.

YOU. YOU'RE ON THE JURY.

LOOK HERE, I'M NOT
FROM THIS TOWN.

I'M A DRUMMER.

G.L. STEVENS. LADIES
WEAR AND CLOTH AND...

AND LOTIONS.

GET IN THERE.

CHARLIE, CALL THE
COURT TO ORDER.

ALL RIGHT, RIGHT DOWN THIS
WAY. COURT'S GONNA GO IN SESSION.

GONNA START THE...

EXCUSE ME, FRANK.

NICE MORNING, AIN'T IT?

IT'S THE KIND OF DAY
MAKES A FELLA WISH

HE WAS LAZIN' ON
A BANK CAT FISHIN'.

UH, YOU THE FELLA THAT
MR. GIBBS IS GONNA HANG?

THEY DON'T GIVE YOU
TIME TO DO A JOB RIGHT.

RUSH. ALWAYS RUSH.

WORK BEFORE PLEASURE.

[GIBBS] YOU'RE ALL
SWORN IN AND READY.

PAY ATTENTION TO ME

'CAUSE THIS IS A VERY
IMPORTANT PIECE OF EVIDENCE.

THIS PIECE OF PAPER
HERE IS A BANK DRAFT.

THIS BANK DRAFT
IS MADE OUT TO...

WHAT IS IT YOU
CALL PALADIN LEGAL?

DEFENDANT.

YEAH. IT'S MADE OUT TO
THE DEFENDANT FOR $5,000.

DID YOU EVER SEE IT BEFORE?

YES, SIR. YOU GAVE IT TO
ME TO PUT IN THE HOTEL SAFE.

AND WHAT DID I
TELL YOU ABOUT IT?

IT WAS TO GIVE TO PALADIN WHEN
HE BROUGHT YOUR SON IN ALIVE.

ANY QUESTIONS?

THAT'S ALL.

DOC RICHARDSON.

WAIT A MINUTE. SWEAR HIM
IN. I WANT THIS DONE LEGAL.

YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE
TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH,

AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE A REGULAR
DOCTOR, AIN'T YOU?

I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT A
LICENSE TO PRACTICE.

YOU KNOW THAT. BUT YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO TELL THE JURY.

I'VE BEEN WORKING UNDER
A LICENSE FOR 22 YEARS.

YOU GOT A GOOD
LOOK AT MY BOY'S BODY

AFTER PALADIN MURDERED
HIM AND BROUGHT HIM IN?

YES, I DID. WHERE WAS HE SHOT?

IN THE UPPER LUMBAR REGION...

OH, SAY IT OUT PLAIN, DOC.

IN THE BACK.

YEAH. I GUESS THAT SETTLES
IT PRETTY CLEAR, DON'T IT?

IT SURE DOES.

WAIT A MINUTE!

OUT OF ORDER! THE
DEFENDANT'S OUT OF ORDER.

THAT LAW YOU READ 30 YEARS AGO,

DEFENDANT HAS NO RIGHT
TO CROSS-EXAMINE A WITNESS?

WELL, LET HIM ASK
ANYTHING HE WANTS, CHARLIE.

I'VE GOT NO OBJECTIONS.

SURE, MR. GIBBS.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

YOU TAKE THE BULLET
OUT OF DAVID GIBBS'S BODY?

NO. MR. GIBBS DIDN'T ASK ME TO.

IF YOU HAD, YOU'D HAVE
FOUND THAT THE BULLET

THAT KILLED DAVID GIBBS
DID NOT COME FROM MY GUN.

WHAT'D HE DO, SHOOT
HIMSELF IN THE BACK?

HE WAS KILLED BY
A BOUNTY HUNTER.

WHAT BOUNTY HUNTER?

MAN COME INTO YOUR STORE
ASKING FOR PAPER CARTRIDGES

FOR A BREECH-LOADING
SHARPE'S GUN?

WELL, UH...

I'M ASKING THE
QUESTIONS, NOT MR. GIBBS.

WHAT SORT OF A LOOKING FELLOW?

HOW MANY MEN CLUTTER
UP YOUR STORE EACH DAY

ASKING FOR PAPER CARTRIDGES

FOR A GUN THAT HASN'T
BEEN IN USE FOR 30 YEARS?

OLD FELLA? WEARS A
DIRTY OLD BUFFALO JACKET?

IS THAT THE MAN YOU SAY
IS THE BOUNTY HUNTER?

WHY, THAT'S OLD PERCE WEBBER.

HE'S BEEN OUT OF
HIS MIND FOR 20 YEARS.

BOUNTY HUNTER?

WHY, HE COULDN'T HIT A COW
FROM THE INSIDE SHOOTIN' OUT.

WHERE'D YOU SAY OLD PERCE WAS?

YOU'LL FIND HIS BODY AT THE
BOTTOM OF YELLOW CREEK GORGE.

DID YOU KILL OLD PERCE, TOO?

OLD PERCE.

SWEET, LOVABLE, OLD PERCE.

HE PUT A MINI-BALL RIGHT
INTO DAVID GIBBS'S BACK.

AND YOU CAN PROVE THAT,
TOO, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.

BUT YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED
IN THE TRUTH, ARE YOU?

WHAT ARE YOU FRIGHTENED OF?

YOU JUST WANT A SCAPEGOAT

TO PAY FOR YOUR DRIVING
YOUR SON TO HIS DEATH?

THAT'S THE RAW NERVE, ISN'T IT?

YOUR HONOR, I CALL
MORGAN GIBBS TO THE STAND.

MOTION DENIED.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT, CHARLIE.
HAVE YOURSELF ANOTHER DRINK.

[KNOCKING]

EXCUSE ME, MR. GIBBS.

YEAH? WHAT IS IT?

MR. ANTRIM GIVE ME THESE
LITTLE, BITTY OLD NAILS

AND I ASK HIM FOR SPIKES.

TRY TO MAKE 'EM DO AND
WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT.

YES, SIR. IT MIGHT TAKE
ANOTHER TEN MINUTES.

ALL RIGHT, CHARLIE. SWEAR ME IN.

YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE
TRUTH... YES, I DO. SURE.

NOW, MR. GIBBS, YOU OWN
THE LARGEST TRADING STATION

IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY.

PLENTY OF LAND. LOT OF CATTLE.

YOU'RE A WEALTHY MAN.

I GUESS.

HOW'D YOU GET
IT ALL? I BUILT IT.

THAT'S NOT TRUE, MR. GIBBS.
YOU WERE A HIDE SCROUNGER.

YOU WERE SAVED FROM AN APACHE
SCALPING BY THE PIMA INDIANS.

AND YOU'D STILL BE
A HIDE SCROUNGER,

BUT YOU MARRIED THE
DAUGHTER OF A PIMA CHIEF

AND YOU HAD ALL THEIR
TRADE THROWN YOUR WAY.

THAT'S A LIE.

MR. GIBBS, THE JURY
KNOWS IT'S TRUE. LOOK AT 'EM.

AND YOUR SON KNEW IT.

THAT WHY YOU HATED HIM?

HATED HIM? I SENT HIM TO
THE BEST SCHOOLS BACK EAST.

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

I GAVE HIM THE
BEST OF EVERYTHING.

HE TURNED AGAINST ME ANYWAY.

WHY? WHY, MR. GIBBS?

BECAUSE I COULDN'T BREED THE
SAVAGE OUT OF HIM, THAT'S WHY.

BECAUSE I COULDN'T SCHOOL IT
OUT AND I COULDN'T BEAT IT OUT.

NO.

NO, SIR, MR. GIBBS,
THAT IS NOT WHY.

YOUR SON CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL

TO FIND HIS MOTHER GONE

AND YOU ALL DRESSED UP
TO MARRY ANOTHER WOMAN.

HE CAME HOME TO FIND
YOU REPAID HIS MOTHER

FOR EVERYTHING YOU
OWED HER BY KILLING HER.

I NEVER KILLED HER.

YOU DROVE HER OUT.

NO. I TOLD HER STRAIGHT OUT
THAT ANOTHER WOMAN WAS COMING.

SHE JUST STARED
AT ME LIKE A TOTEM.

HOW WAS I TO KNOW THAT SHE'D
RUN OFF AND CUT HERSELF TO DEATH

IN SOME SAVAGE INDIAN RITE?

WHAT'D SHE WANNA DO THAT FOR?

SHAME. OR IS THAT TOO CIVILIZED
FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND?

ALL RIGHT. SO SHE RUN
OFF AND KILLED HERSELF.

THAT DON'T BRING BACK MY BOY
OR THE WOMAN I WAS SET TO MARRY.

DAVID KILLED HER.

DID HE? DID DAVID KILL HER?

SURE HE DID. RIGHT HERE.

HE BUSTED INTO THIS ROOM I
FIXED UP LIKE A BRIDAL SUITE

AND STARTED SHOOTIN'.

DID DAVID KILL HER?

YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN
STAND. YOU CAN'T HIDE HERE.

DID HE KILL HER?

EVERYBODY HERE
KNOWS THAT HE DID.

I DON'T KNOW IT.

YOU WERE HERE. YOU SEE
DAVID KILL THAT WOMAN?

WELL, UH... YOU'RE
STILL UNDER OATH.

I DIDN'T SEE IT EXACTLY,
BUT I HEARD THE SHOTS.

SHOTS?

MORE THAN ONE SHOT.

THAT'S RIGHT. LIKE THEY
WERE FIRING BACK AND FORTH.

THE NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT SAYS
THE WOMAN WAS FELLED BY ONE SHOT.

ONE.

THERE WAS MORE SHOTS.

SEE, MR. GIBBS WAS
NICKED IN THE ARM.

I GUESS DAVID WAS HIT, TOO,

BECAUSE THERE WAS BLOOD ON
THE WINDOW WHERE HE WENT OUT.

THAT BOY CAME BACK INTO THE
ROOM TO KILL YOU, NOT THE WOMAN.

THAT'S THE TRUTH, ISN'T IT?

HE COME IN THAT
ROOM LIKE HE'S CRAZY.

MARRYING HER DIDN'T
MEAN I WAS CUTTIN' HIM OUT,

BUT HE WOULDN'T LISTEN.

HE STARTED SHOOTIN' AND...

AND YOU SHOT BACK AND
THE WOMAN WAS KILLED.

WELL, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER.

DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER THE
BULLET THAT KILLED THE WOMAN

WAS FIRED BY YOU OR BY DAVID

ANY MORE THAN IT MATTERS
WHETHER THE MINI-BALL

THAT LANDED IN DAVID'S BACK

CAME FROM MY GUN OR
FROM PERCE WEBBER'S,

BECAUSE YOU REALLY
PULLED BOTH THOSE TRIGGERS.

WHAT YOU'VE BRED INTO YOUR
SON, YOU'VE BRED INTO THIS TOWN.

FEAR AND HATE.

AND SOONER OR LATER,

THEY'LL HAVE ENOUGH OF YOU.

SOONER OR LATER.

YOU FIGURE SO?

CHARLIE, TELL THEM
TO GIVE THE VERDICT.

ONE OF YOU'S GOT TO
SAY OFF THE VERDICT.

WE FIND THE DEFENDANT...

JUST A MINUTE.

THE DEFENDANT WILL PLEASE
RISE AND FACE THE JURY.

NOW?

WE FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY.

GUILTY?

IT IS THE SENTENCE OF THIS COURT

THAT THE DEFENDANT
BE HUNG BY THE NECK...

BEFORE OR AFTER
LUNCH, MR. GIBBS?

NOW.

COURT'S ADJOURNED.

MARCH HIM OUT, FRANK.

WELL, HE WON'T BE
NEEDING THESE ANYMORE.

IT'S A GOOD THING, TOO.

[GIBBS GROANS]

[GROANS]

PALADIN,

IT WAS DAVID'S SHOT
KILLED HER, NOT MINE.

IT WASN'T...

I DIDN'T...

IF IT WAS DAVID,
WHY TRY TO HANG ME?

MY SON IS DEAD.

SOMEONE'S GOT TO DIE FOR IT.

THE GUILTY MUST DIE.

[GASPS]

THAT'S RIGHT, MR. GIBBS.

YOU CAN'T JUST WALK AWAY.

YOU ALREADY BEEN
SENTENCED TO HANG.

THAT PRESENTS SOMETHING
OF A PROBLEM, DOESN'T IT?

PERHAPS OUT OF ALL YOUR YEARS
OF SELFLESS DEVOTION TO THE LAW,

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO THINK OF
SOME TECHNICALITY THAT COVERS IT.

I REMEMBER SOMETHING
ABOUT A DYING DECLARATION

THAT TAKES PRECEDENT
OVER SOMETHING.

THAT'LL DO NICELY.

THE ONLY THING IS, I CAN'T
REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT.

♪ "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 ♪