Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961): Season 1, Episode 21 - Reunion for a Revenge - full transcript

Several men escape from Yuma Prison with a thirst for revenge against a man named Aben Starr. He works at the Saddle Creek Way Station and Randall shows up there expecting the men to arrive also. Soon two of the escapees do arrive and take Josh and Starr captive while waiting for their partners to show. Before they do a stage rides in carrying a Quaker and his deaf-mute sister. They all wait for the other two men to show up so they can carry out their revenge against Starr.

Ash,

you and Turner go on ahead.

You know where to find him.

Me and Logan, we'll follow in
the wagon, as soon as we can.

You take hold of Aben Starr

and save him for me.

I wanna be there to see him die.

REUNION FOR A REVENGE

Hold it right there, mister.

- Mr Starr?
- You're confused, mister.

I don't think so.
Aben Starr, isn't it?



Running away isn't gonna change
your name or who you're running from.

You can take my word for it.

Easy with that thing.

The least you could do is look.

That ought to give you
some good targets to shoot at.

Who are you? What do you want?

My name's Josh Randall.

Coffee sure smells good.

What about it?

Go ahead.

You picked a lonely
life for yourself.

If not for that station, you'd think
you were the last man on earth.

I like it that way.

Why'd you come out here?
What are you pushing at me for?



As long as I keep you in sight,

I'll meet Cutler and
the rest of them.

You're no better than they are.

Look, I don't want to
give you any trouble

but I do want the
price securing.

I want to stay away from them.

It's kinda late to have
things the way you want.

I'll go to someplace
else, I'll change my name.

Wouldn't help much. Might hold off
digging your grave for a week or so.

I can't just sit here and wait.

You'll have company. The law
wants them and I want them too.

Dead or alive.

Not unless you want
your head blown off!

You walk easy too.

I hadn't planned
it any other way.

You might just stay alive.

It's good seeing you again, boy.

You got no idea the trouble we
went through just to look in on you.

Wasn't easy busting
out the second time.

But that's all behind us, Aben.

All behind us.

They were friendly to us back in
prison after you spilled your guts.

They're really thankful for
telling them about that first break.

Treated us nice, too.
Entertainment every day.

Never a dull minute.

Know what the entertainment was?

Us!

Us, one at the time!

Take Turner there...

They gave him the sun treatment.

He doesn't see too good
out of one eye anymore.

And Cutler, they
had fun with him too.

Outside of his brain
there's not much left of him.

He's with Logan.

But they're both gonna be here.

Logan wants to thank you too.

It might be hard to
understand. Do you know why?

Because his brain is rattled!

When he moves, you can hear him.

I got off lucky.

What they gave
me, you can't see.

They dropped the biggest bunch of
hate they could find right in my head.

And the tag's got your
name on it, Aben! Your name!

Mister, there'll be no trouble
including you in the fun.

I'm not planning to make
an undertaker happy.

At least until I die of old age.

Who are you?

My name's Randall.

What are you doing here?

Just passing through.

Do you have anything to warm
a man's soul beside this coffee?

I appreciate your hospitality.

We've been travelling a
long way and we're hungry.

Suppose you fix up something
to eat for Turner and me.

That's being mighty
gracious, Aben.

You'd have done better curling
up with some rattlesnakes.

That doesn't make
any difference now.

No soap in the world can make
you clean after their kind of dirt.

Maybe it's better this way.

I don't fight good

and I'm tired of running.

What were you doing in jail?

I look like somebody.

My good luck that, that somebody
was supposed to have held up a stage.

The jury was charitable.

Instead of hanging me they dropped
me in with Cutler and the rest of them,

in that sewer.

I'd have turned in my own
mother to get away from them.

Sorry I didn't bring my fiddle.

I could play nice, soft
music while you cry.

Why don't you kill me
now and get it over with it?

I'd like to do just that.

But Logan and Cutler wanna be
here. They already paid to see you die.

Don't want to cheat them.

When do you expect them?

Sometime this afternoon.
But we'll keep you busy till then.

What's that?

A stagecoach.

We'll be here just 10 minutes.

- Good day, gentlemen.
- Just stand easy.

Drop that.

Well, what do we have here!

You haven't said a word.

Cute little thing like you shouldn't
keep her pretty thoughts in her head.

You don't have to
be afraid to speak up.

I'm lazy, I don't like to guess
what's going on in a woman's mind.

I like her to come
right out and say it.

What's the matter with her?

She's a deaf-mute.

What's that?

She can't hear
and she can't speak.

What's the stuff with her hands?

She was asking about you.
That's deaf-and-dumb language.

Really? I've never
seen that before.

What did she say about me?

She was asking what
kind of man you are.

She thinks you're an animal.

She might get a
chance to find out.

You two stay put, understand?

My sister and I are Quakers.

We are on our way to a mission to
join some children, the same as she.

Deaf and dumb.

To try and help those children.

Try to teach them how to be normal,
useful human beings in this life.

Or wouldn't you understand that?

Isn't he the noble one!

Leave her alone, Ash. Not
her fault she walked in on this.

You'd better play things out.

He's in the teacher's seat.

Yeah, that's right,
I'm the teacher here.

I might just dish out a little
homework before school lets out.

How about that?

D'you think I'm alright?

Come on, Ash, lay off. You
know what we came here for.

Wait a minute. She looks
like she understood me.

She did, through your lips.

Where's the water?

I'll get it.

No!

I'll get the water.

I'm sure my sister is quite
thirsty too, after that journey.

Go ahead.

I'm going for some more water.

What did she say?

That she'd be alright.

When I'm not with her,
she's cut off from all contact.

She can't make herself
understood and that concerns her.

- Praying time is over.
- That was her brother.

Come on.

Kill him, get over with it!

We wait for Cutler and Logan.

- What if they can't make it?
- They won't miss this.

I don't wanna wait forever.

The law will figure
we headed this way.

I don't wanna be
here when they ride in.

- Let's do it now.
- Shut up!

We wait for Cutler.

If he doesn't show up in two
hours, we'll finish it up and leave.

Everybody inside!

Are they coming?

No, just a dust pool.

That two hours is almost up.

We've been waiting too
long. Let's do it and get out.

We'll wait for Cutler and Logan.

And the law.

When the stage doesn't show up
they'll figure something happened.

Send some people out looking.

When was that stage
due at the next station?

About an hour ago.

A whole hour now.
They've been wondering.

You know what? I bet they got
a party out having a look-see.

Maybe they picked
up Logan and Cutler.

We promised. We'll wait.

You said two hours.
That time's up.

- Ten more minutes.
- What if he's right?

What if the stage people
did send somebody out?

We'll take care of them
when they get here.

The first shot they let fly,

you two have had it.

What happens to the girl?

I was thinking about her.

Maybe now is the time to
start handing out the homework.

You don't pay any attention
to him. You mind me.

You're wasting your time, Ash.

A decent girl wouldn't
have anything to do with you.

But Turner...

He's different, he knows how
to act in front of proper company.

Right?

Hey, don't.

Stay away from that jug now.

She's just not gonna have anything
to do with you, Ash. Not a killer.

She's gentle. You couldn't
get close enough to touch her.

You set it up for
Turner here to take over.

I'll say one thing for Ash.

He's got good taste.

Keep her hands
off her. She's mine.

- What are you trying to do?
- Maybe she changed her mind.

- Not her.
- How do you know, did she tell you?

I'm the one you came for.

Get it over with.

You're just asking for it.

Now back to the homework.

Well, Turner, it looks like you
can kiss your chances good bye.

Ash!

It's them.

Give me a hand.

Ash, we made it.

They didn't.

We got here a little late.

Get their guns.

Hey, inside there!

What's the idea of
leaving the station...

Get down.

Throw the gun out.
Come on out or I'll kill you.

A present for you, Sheriff.
Christmas came early this year.

Well.

That's the way it goes.

Everything's alright now.

I don't have to run anymore.

Go ahead, take one.

That money belongs to you.

You can call it an
investment on the future.

That school she's
going to, those children,

they'll need all the
help they can get.

Goodbye.

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