- good morning. - good morning. you look like you've been cutting a hard trail. it to fort considine? oh, about eight miles due eaea. - thanks. - hey, wait a minute. you sure you want fort considine? is that wrong? well, soldiers pulled out of there years ago. nothing there but the wind and the echoes. even the coyotes are lonesome up there. eight miles? thanks.

( wood squeaks ) that's far enough, mister. drop it.

i'll use it. i swear i will. guess you would. now kick it away. what do you want here? i was invited. - what's your name? - josh randall. who sent for you?

what you want to hear? - it's not enough. - well, it's enough for me, lady. i ate a lot of dust to get here, and i'm not about to play games. let me see it. - what? - the telegraph message. i didn't say it was a telegraph message. please. please, i just gotta be sure. just toss it over to me. i'm sorry, mr. randall. i just can't trust anybody, not now. who are you, miss? jody sykes. i sent this message for my father. where is the colonel?

been a long time, colonel. you u n drop that "colonel" talk. i haven't worn a uniform since the day after appomattox. well, you look as spiny as ever, sir. you think so? take another look. i wewe through four bloody years of war with hardly a scratch, had to retire to get this. how did it happen, sir? show him, jody. "wanted for murder. $1,000 reward for the capture dead or alive of colonel john j. sykes." - do you believe that, randall? - i sure don't want to, colonel. there's a federal seal on it from the us marshal's office. it's a fake, a vicious trick to kill an innocent man. theyeyot no law in town. jody wired the marshal last night. well, they'll round up the posters, put an end to it. bubuhe's coming from tucson and that's three or four days away. and my father could be dead by that time. this country's crawling with bounty hunters, randall. you know w wt they can be like.

the kind who did that? no, this came from a ranch hand after a job. he saw that poster in town and came back with gold dust in his eyes. pretty soon that postete will be pinned to every tree in this territory, and my father won't have a chance. - he can't even riri with that knee. - all right, jody. you've got to help us, mr. randall. there's just no one else. somebody wanted you dead, colonel, and didn't have the guts to do it himself. during the war, every man in the regiment felt he had ththright to hate me. not like this. this is a simmering kind of hate. rotetehese up, took them to arinter, paid good money to put a target on your back. no self-respecting printer would take a job like that. can't be more than two or three printers in this part of the country. there's a newspaper in town. they must do job printntg. that's victor flam's paper. he's a good friend. - he's got a handpress, doesn't he? - he's got no reason. - he wants to earn a living. - now wait, randall. victor flam's-- i know. he's a friend. but t 's the only lead we've got.

well, what did you find at the fort? this. well, come in, son. my eyes are not as good as they used to be. john sykes? why, ridiculous. heheoesn't think so. that poster almost got him killed. you have any more around? what do you mean by that? now listen, mister. john sykes is a friend of mine. if the order came from the president himself. whoever ordered this poster is one foot from murder. the printer is guilty of forging a federal seal. what's your interest in this? john j. sykes. oh, this isn't my work-- cheap stock, cheaper ink, - and look at these margins. - i'm not interested in margins. well, i am. that's my business.

press? you have any help? well, once in a while, tramps mostly. they come and they go. they work long enonoh to buy a bottle of smiles and they ride out of town spouting bad poetry and big lies. where would a tramp printer gogorom here? well, the closest place is about 30 miles-- hangtree flats.

afternoon, ma'am. - oh, sorry. - looking for somebody? - are you the boss?? - that's right. my name's randall-- josh randall. can i ask yours? willie jo weems. what's on your mind? words, mr. weems. words to engrave on the face of eternity. words to free the soul. words to stain the fingertips. - a printer's devil, huh? - at your service. and very reasonable too. now just a minute. you ain't been hired yet. i learned my trade at the elbows of horace greeley. ain't a tramp printer alive can tell t t truth. would you like to see a recent example of my work? your work, huh? well, true, the margin's a little untidy,

i got all the help i need. nobody likes that poster. not even the united states marshal. what are you after? looks like i found it. - i think you'd better get moving. - suppose you tell me why. make tracks, randall. i want to hear about those posters. you printed it. who paid for it? tell me about that poster. wait. it wasn't my idea, i swear it wasn't. - whose was it? - i can't tell. i'll get a bullet in the head. they'll kill me if-- you will talk, willie, or i'll tear it out of you. all right. ben hood. it was ben hood. ben hood? he's been in jail for years. no, no more.

i swear i don't. ( clicks tongue ) get up. ha! who is he?

( men laughing ) well, thanks for your company, gentlemen. get about it now, do you hear? - foremost in my thoughts. - we'll be seeing you. - we'll do it again. - yeah. all right. hey, and thanks for the drink. you got back in a hurry from hangtree, josh. friends of yours? - they paid for the drinks. - they could be after sykes. yeah, i know. they were pumping me for information about him, even promised me part of the reward. there is no reward. it's a fake. - they don't know that. - you do.

but your word's not enouou to convince those men. they want proof-- strong, hard proof. - i'll get proof. - where? in the back issues of your newspaper. do you mind? well, of coursrsnot. well, there you are. these go back about a year and a half. now what are we looking for?r? the man behind the poster-- ben hood. i don't know him. a corporal in my outfit during the war, got married, went awol to be with his bride. hmm, impractical but romantic. well, they foundndim four months later, tried him for desertion. he got 20 years. i thought they shot deserters. colonel sykes was presiding officer at the court-martial. he recommended the prison sentence. well, ben hood should have been grateful. here's his gratitude. i can't understand.

the answer might be here. , make yourself at home. are you leaving? yeah. i'm a lot older than you and i need my rest. there's coffee on the stove. good luck. ( carriage approaching ) ( men laughing ) - we'll be seeing you. - we'll do it again.

morning. looks like you had a busy night. - you sell the colonel to those men? - what's bothering you? i find out you told them anything about colonel sykes, i'll take you apart. - now slow down, josh. - that's a promise. all ririt, you've registered your warning. now what got you so riled up? a death h tice. what? 10 months ago, typhoid fever. - but i thought-- - yeah, i thought too. i thought that printer over in hangtree was too scared to lie. well, that killed your vengeance motive. doesn't leave you much to go on, does it? only my word. that doesn't stand for much in this town.

jody. jody. ( horse neighs ) mr. randall, i've been looking everywhere for you. jody, where's your father? i don't know. he's just gone.

and i couldn't have been gone more than an hour. i even left the rifle here just in case. - did you hear y shooting? - no. no, i came back and he was just gone. i've been looking everywhere for him. i didn't know what else to do. well, the first thing we're gonna do is interview a newspaper editor. come on. ( horse neighs ) jody, is that rifle still around? no. coco on, get the horses inside.

( gunshots ) throw the gun away, mr. randall. go on, throw it. no tricks, mister. you got all kinds of company. if you're e oking for colonel sykes, he's not here. we'll let the bounty men hunt for sykes. we want you, randall.

you could mess thingngup for us real good. move over this way, away from the gun. do what she says.. mrs. hood is a strong-minded woman. mrs. hood? ben hood's wife. ben's widow might be more right. colonel sykes killed my husband. josh: typhoid fever killed your husband. he died in prison. cololol sykes put him in there. that was his job. he took my ben away from me. ben would be alive right now if it wasn't for that colonel he put him in jail. he deserted in time of war. to be with me-- with me. and then that colonel-- he hunted him down. he hunted him like he was a dog. and he made us run and run and run and run. all right, clara, that's enough. well, now it's different. now it's the colonel that'll be doing the running. and those bounty hunters will make him run till he drops.

clara, we ain't got all day. you might interfere, mr. randall. that's why my brother's gonna kill you now. i was wondering when you'd get around to that. turn around, mister. what's the matter, weems? afraid to look a dead man in the eyes? just do me a favor, huh? turn around. - ( lamp clatters ) - ( neighing ) i'll look. you watch him. who's in there, randall? might bebehe ghost of ben hood.

you hear? you hear me? you'd better come out of there. ( neighing )

that's enough, jody. make her tell where my father is. make her tell. i don't know. maybe he's dead. mamae a bounty man gunned him down and he's dead like my ben. that's enough, jody. that's enough. let's find your father. whoa.

- where's colonel sykes? - i wish we knew. that reward would make us a cloud for a hat. tell them the truth, mrs. hood. you'd better do what she says.

the posters were fakes. a chance to make an honest dollar, and she says it's a fake. where's the colonel? - at my house. - at your house? yes. these two said they were gonna search the fort last night. i had to do something. well, what are you waiting for? well, i don't know how to thank you. hey, ain't there a bounty for bad bounty posters? i'll tell you what: i think the colonel will pay $1 for every one you can find. hey! come on. listen, do you want to take care of mrs. hood until the marshal gets here? - you tell him what happened. - yes. - where are you going? - ( men yelling ) start collecting those posters.

this place got a name? no. just take your water and go. you know, being unfriendly is the best way to arouse a man's curiosity. you ever think of that? not many men come here. we have no reason to be friendly. you'd do better the next time a man rides in just to let him go through. thanks for the water and your help. i owe you a favor. you owe me nothing.

what brings you into town, josh? oh, nothing special. just passing through. you said the same thing the last time i saw you. that was five, six years ago. when are you putting down some roots, josh? i wish i knew. you know, john, i cut across the flat from pike town. about two days out, i ran out of water. about that same time, i met an indian with some awful funny ways. two days out? sounds like charley two hawks-- old man hernandez' segundo. he give you any trouble?

looked like a breed. she cooled him off. juanita hernandez. old juan hernandez has been living out there with these indians about 15 years now. this charley two hawks-- has he caused any trouble before? nothing serious. ran off two, three travelers. that's about all. you see old man hernandez himself? you know, i saw somebody watching me, but i didn't get a good look at him. he isn't friendly. got his reasons, i suppose. makes a man wonder, though. not so much as you'd ask any questions, though, huh? look, josh, you know as well as i do, e one big mistake in their lives. maybe that's true of juan hernandez. i don't know. but from what i know of him, if it is true, he deserves a chance. well, that's good enough for me. afraid i don't feel the same way about it, sheriff. nobody asked your opinion, daimler. hello, josh. been a long time. not long enough.

how do i do it, daimler? just stay out of my way. that's enough. did you come in here to make trouble? i heard what you said about hernandez and it strikes me you didn't look very hard for something on him. get out of here, daimler. i want to show you something first. his real name is vasquez and he's wanted for murder. there's $500 on him, dead or alive. this thing's over 15 years old. there's no statute of limitations on murder, sheriff. you ought to know that. there isn't a shred of proof that hernandez and vasquez are the same man. that's where you're wrong. vasquez disappeared 15 years ago with his daughter. a month later juan hernandez shows up here with his kid. vasquez's wife was an apache girl. hernandez's kid's a half-breed. you figure it out, sheriff. or maybe you don't want to. - that still isn't proof. - well, there's more. hernandez hiding out there in the desert,

chasing off anybody that happens to ride through-- how much more do you want? enough to justify trying a man for murder. well, you do it your way. i'll stick to mine. thanks for telling me where to find him, josh. not a thing i can do to stop him. he'll bring hernandez in, dead. the old man has a chance to stand trial. it's four days out there and back, josh. that's a long time to leave this town alone just on the chance that hernandez is really vasquez and that daimler intends to kill him for the bounty. well, now you know that's what he's gonna do. of course i do. but i can't prove it. a bounty hunter can gamble on being right, but a lawman can't. all i can do is hope that daimler brings in hernandez alive.

be careful, josh. daimler's dangerous and just as fast with a gun as you are. i'll see you now, hear? ( insects chirping ) ( cocks gun ) ( horse neighs ) take it easy, daimler. i just want to talk. ( uncocks gun ) you picked a poor way of going about it. when a man's as fast with a gun as you are, it's the only way.

you just made a mistake. wouldn't be my first. might be your last. i'll give odds i can drop you before you can fire once. a bet you'll only lose once, daimler. there's nothing for me in killing you. then put away your gun. i want to talk. we got nothing to talk about. i think we have. if it's about vasquez, i'm telling you this: i'm not splitting that bounty with nobody. you're not sure there is a bounty. how do you know hernandez is the man you want? they follow a pattern that they can't break. if hernandez is the wrong man, it'll show by his actions and i'll leave him alone. if it's vasquez? he'll make a break for it and i'll have to stop him. ( gunshot ) throw your guns out in front of you. get back against the rocks. you were told not to come here. sheriff tatum knows we're here and the name of the man we came to see. what man?

you kill us-- you'll ruin the only chance hernandez has. say what you mean. i told you, the sheriff knows we're here. if we don't come back, he's gonna come looking and hernandez is gonna have to answer for what he's done in the past along with what you do now. whew. you'll never come closer to dying, daimler. why did he waste that first shot? he could have dropped us both from up there. nted to make sure we're after hernandez. in his own way, he's trying to protect him. that's all he wants. and all i want's that $500 bounty. we didn't settle that point, josh. it's all yours, under one condition. what is it? you bring hernandez in to stand trial, alive. i don't get you, randall. you're supposed to be a bounty hunter. i am. i just believe in giving a man a break, whether he's got a price on his head or not. i gave every man i killed an even break.

ractice thumbing the hammer of a single-action colt? now what chance they got against you? as much as they got coming. i don't put the price on their heads. it's their own doing. what about hernandez? well, i'll tell you, josh. it's like this: you see... don't move. i'd just as soon blow you apart as look at you. i told you before, i'm splitting that bounty with nobody, and i meant it. i'm not making any promises either. that indian out there makes it sure hernandez is the man i want. i'm sorry you talked him out of shooting, 'cause he had you in his sights first.

i am alone. where is randall? i left him behind. i have come to take you to my father. i'll just bet you have. it's more likely you're gonna lead me right into the hands of your apache brothers. i speak the truth. i was sent to bring you to my father, to keep my apache brothers from killing you. i'll chance it. but get one thing straight: the idea of killing a woman doesn't bother me. i did not think it would. all right, lead the way.

let's get it over with. forgive me, se?or, if i do not stand up to welcome you. you know why i'm here, vasquez. i expected you, or some man like you, for a long time. i didn't come here to talk.

make me the privilege of being hospitable before we start. bring us some wine, my dear. it has been so long. what started you on my trail, se?or? a man your apaches forced away from here two years ago started checking back on you. he didn't think it could be proved you were vasquez. and you were willing to take that chance? you were right. i am don diego vasquez, it was a long time ago. juanita's mother was a beautiful woman, se?or. and there was another man. he took her away with him, leaving me and leaving juanita behind. she was dead before i found him, not the man. so i killed him.

was too late. so i brought her here to hide away for a while. i thought sometime i would go back and face the charges against me. but each month, each year it became harder to think of it. well, we've wasted enough time. let's go.

yah! ( horse neighs ) get on that horse. you! i'll kill-- ( screams ) you! don't do it, daimler. i'll see you hang if you do. padre mio! it is better this way, my dear. well, this is what you wanted, isn't it-- a body to take back for the reward? the game is over. you think you have won,

you see, i thought of this. i too have posted a bounty. ( coughing ) no, father. oh, no.

haven't you done enough, daimler? let her have him.

i'm sorry. i didn't want it to be this way. you must not go with him. there is nothing you can do. your father's men will kill him. do you care what happens to him? it's not daimler i'm worried about. do you want charley two hawks and the others to be hunted down like your father was?

they will not kill him. ( gunshot ) ( gunshot )

( gunshot ) ( man howls ) come out. come out. - ( man howling ) - you dirty, stinkin'-- ( gunshots ) - give a man a chance! - ( gunshots ) ( man howling )

come out. ( men howling ) ( gun clicks )

what did you do to him? now the hunter knows what it is like to be hunted. i have collected the bounty. what bounty? i would have killed him, but my white brother hernandez forbid this. this man has made many enemies. they are afraid of the swiftness of his gun. they no longer will be afraid. what was the bounty?

? ?? (thunder crashing) (classical music playing)

- mister... may i ask you something? are you married? i mean, are you wedded to a lovely creature who treasures you above all earthly things? no? then i pity you. from the bottom of my heart, i pity you. no offense, of course. (groaning) - hey, colonel? - (groaning) - hey, uh, colonel lacey, sir? - hmm? - why don't you get up and, uh, hightail it for home, hmm? the rain'll sober you up, hmm? - oh? - um, two days you've been here now... drinking and talking about... your devoted wife

are you, colonel, sir, hmm? (laughing) you ain't hanging around here because you're afraid you might embarrass that devoted wife by busting in without a word of caution? are you, colonel, hmm? (laughing) - ah, shut your mouth! you shut your mouth... or i'll shut it for you! do you hear me? - well... i was just ribbing him.

- who is he? - colonel oliver lacey. used to be a regular here 'fore he... 'fore he married and bought himself a ranch near redwood city. - well, the colonel is a very unmovable man. - he's unmovable in forgiving a man besting him, too. - somebody hit me? who? who hit me? who? you hit me? - well, colonel, you were in the midst of telling me how unlucky i am not to have a faithful woman of my own, and i didn't want you to get sidetracked. - oh. oh, that's right. i'm a lucky man. i'm a very lucky man.

- "a woman of valor who can find? for her price is far above rubies." proverbs. - well, you can say that again. oh, oh. bar... barkeep? barkeep? do you know my penelope? it's been over a year since the last time i saw my penelope. there is no other woman born of man you can leave alone that length of time and her husband not even give it a day's worry. nt. - appreciates. and i went to mexico to find a fortune. provide her with all the comforts a handsome woman like that is entitled. - well, it seems to me, a woman is entitled to her husband's company also. - (snickering) and what would you know about how to treat a woman?

just thinking about my penelope waiting for me. true and straight as a church tower. she's above all form of earthly temptations. - does she know you're coming home? - what? - does penelope know you're coming home? - a good woman doesn't have to know where her man is every minute. (laughing) - you mean she doesn't even know whether you're alive or not? - makes no odds to penelope. - to penelope. - wait a minute. penelope. she's not like these other women you see around. the painted, sinful hussies, lollygagging around the minute their man's back is turned.

(banging glass on bar) - on the house, colonel. one for the road. - well... i'll leave when i'm ready to leave, not one minute before. and she will be right there waiting for me. - colonel, you are taking a lot for granted. - are you meaning to imply anything about my wife? - well, you haven't got anything in there. - not, in, in, uh, uh... - penelope. she... (snoring) - oh. oh, excuse me, mr. paladin.

- (snoring continues) - this yours, sir? - yes, it is. - i ask a favor. not-not for myself, sir. for the colonel. he wrote me he was coming. i've been many years in his service, and he's a good man. - what's the favor? - well, sir, it's bad if he rides out to his ranch without the lady being warned. there'll be bloodshed, sure as you're born. you understand, sir? - well, couldn't you warn him? - well, i'm an old man, and what life i have left is precious. directions how to get there are on the back.

d man, where did you get this card? - from the chinese gentleman, sir. he's most understanding. - (chuckling)

- ah, penelope. mmm. - ah, mr. paladin. come help, come help, come help. - ah, penelope. what's the matter? (groaning) (hiccupping) (snoring) - hey boy? - (speaking chinese) - as an understanding chinese gentleman, what did the old man tell you about the colonel? - oh, very sad story. when colonel go on filibuster, lady hire straw boss. - what else? - old man say lady very good woman, but the straw boss is... - oh. the straw boss and the straw widow, eh? - very easy combination to make fire. uh, romantic nature of conflagration appeal to mr. paladin? - well, hey boy, i suspect that when the colonel wakes up,

skull that will require your skills.

(knocking) - uh, good evening. i wonder if you folks could afford me a night's shelter. my horse has gone lame. - sorry, mister, but having a stranger around at night would be upsetting to the lady of the house. - oh, i understand that, but you do have a barn and some straw, don't you? - get your foot out of that door. - well, now, sir, i told you that my horse has gone lame. i have no intention of ruining a good animal. - look, mister, you get going now. your horse is no business of ours. - well, perhaps if you ask your wife, she might have a little more human understanding about it. - i don't have to ask my wife. i give the orders around here. - andrews, put that shotgun down.

- yes, ma'am. - do it now. - i ain't hardly begun my dinner yet. - you eat enough for three men, you don't hardly do the work of one. now get going. - oh, and, uh, be careful with that horse. - andrews may lack manners but he does his work. usband. - andrews? oh, now and forever, no. - amen. - hmm. - well... i find it very hard to believe. i find it very hard indeed to believe that you had a husband

- i had a letter from him six... eight months ago, all full of brag and bluster about the city of gold he was about to stumble on. - grown man still playing at soldiering like a green pup in a paper helmet. as if i wouldn't rather have a man around the house than all the gold under the sun. - well, he must have had a very good reason. - he thought so. heard somewhere about an aztec temple full of gold, what i had always wanted... gold. you've seen oliver. - yes. - when's he coming home? - tomorrow, i believe. - well, that's good. there's plenty of work waiting. - is that all you've got to say?

- well, you do want him back? - oh, after all these months? every day, some man skulking around. i finally hired andrews to chase them off. then he started getting notions. - well, you have certainly handled andrews successfully. - i've managed, while my husband traipses through the jungles of veracruz. well, he can stay away or come home. it's all one to me. (dishes breaking) - penelope... sometimes these silly things a man has to do once.

- (snoring) - (muttering in chinese) - where am i? - you're in mr. paladin's room. - paladin?

- go to sleep. don't worry. go to sleep. sleep. - (snoring) hey. this paladin... where is he? - he go see your wife. don't worry. - my wife. (groaning) (snoring) (bedsprings creaking) my gun. have you seen my gun? - no.

?? - paladin. - hmm? - stay here with me. i'm thinking i don't want oliver back.

- you're colonel lacey, ain't you? - yes. who are you? - just a hired hand, colonel. i'm sure glad you're here. - oh, why? - well, sir, uh... well, it's them two in there, carrying on like they was... - carrying on? - you haven't given me your answer yet. (gunshot)

- no, no, no, let him keep that gun. i don't want her running around afterwards, saying i didn't kill him in a fair fight. - oliver. - i'm gonna count to three, romeo. - colonel lacey. - you must have taken me for the world's prize fool. - you are bucking for that title. - you mean you didn't intend to add her to your collection? - oliver! - colonel lacey, i can only promise you, if you reach for that gun, you will be dead within the second. - one. - no, oliver. - can't you see your wife wants you to stay alive long enough to hear the truth? - i know the truth. - you boneheaded old fool. paladin's here for your sake. - well, perhaps it would be a shame to waste a woman like that on a thing like you. - why don't you squeal for mercy? go on. 'cause i want her to see just for what she'd break the heart of her wedded husband, and him traveling to the ends of the earth for her sake and never looking to another woman. - what about me, a woman alone trying to run your ranch?

ou for opening my eyes, paladin. - well, colonel, if you believe that, the count is two. - two. - oliver. - oh, never mind, penelope. it's all right. at least now you can run off with andrews the way he wanted you to. - yes. just what we wanted, isn't it? and now we can. - now-- now wait a minute. - go on. - now, ma'am, tha-that ain't so. colonel, she's a-lying to you. - no, it don't matter now. you can tell him the truth. - hired hand, you said. - yes, sir, and that's all. i didn't plan nothing like that. i don't care nothing for you. - colonel lacey, the man doesn't breathe who wouldn't want penelope. - that's true. - yes. i mean, no. colonel, i swear, she's lying to you.

- now you have gone too far. (grunting) - now, you'd better take your chance and get. now, you listen to me! did you see your wife just saved your life at the risk of her own? if you need any greater proof of her devotion, you're a bigger fool than i think you are, and that would be an achievement. - world's prize fool. never a... a woman born of man as, as true as my penelope.

- "a woman of valor who shall find? "for her price is far above rubies. "the heart of her husband trusteth her, "and he has no lack of gain. "she doeth him good and not evil all the days of her life."

you didn't even come close. ?? - ? "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 ? paladin, paladin

?? ?? ?? (coin clattering) - i was told i could find a mr. adams here.

over here. well, you didn't waste any time getting acquainted with him. that man you bumped into. you could have earned your $1,000 right there. - i pay top money for top men. - mr. adams, your letter identified you as a district prosecutor who is unable to obtain certain evidence. - that's right. i'll spell it out for you. that man, virge beech, killed my brother. do you know what good being district prosecutor did me? none. when beech wants to kill a man, he simply pushes him into drawing first,

and it's perfectly possible to bring a gunfighter into court on charges of deliberately provoking a fight. - you don't understand, mr. paladin. i want beech to know he's being cheated, the same way he cheated my brother. i want him beat before he starts... trapped and squirming and knowing he's going to die. - mr. adams, you have made a serious mistake. i'm not an executioner. - you know, i'm not the only one who feels this way. the whole town feels as i do. you were our first choice. well, maybe second choice will work just as well. one way or another.

turn and get it! - now, what are you saying? everybody here saw haskins with his gun already out. - no. no, all we saw was...

be a legally constituted court, won't it? - tablerock district territorial circuit court. informal but legal. - are you aware, sir, that the murder charges against the defendant are completely fraudulent? - a believer in reason and law. (chuckling) i felt the same way once, until the good citizens of my home state impeached me for actually dispensing justice, logically and lawfully. - and what does his honor believe in now? - what every honest man ultimately admits: my belly full, my skin intact.

u tell him the truth. you tell him what happened. - get it into your skull-- you ain't giving the orders anymore. - ain't you got brave, though? only this morning it was, "yes, mr. beech, sir." only this morning it was, "yes, mr. beech, sir." owed? only this morning it was, "yes, mr. beech, sir." - if he gets too noisy. - sit down. - that'll do, gentlemen. opera house accommodations are not required for a penny puppet show. sheriff, call the court to session. - all right, folks, everybody shut up and grab a seat. - are you staying for the proceedings, sir? - yes, sir, i'm staying. - now, this is a legal court under the laws of arizona territory. there'll be no drinking or dancing allowed until we're finished. - it seems our able district prosecutor has snared a sinner. let's hear the charges.

he drew down on elmo haskins and killed him in cold blood. - you're a liar! - is that your defense, beech? - my defense is, haskins had a gun out, pointing at my back. - oh, that's always been your claim, hasn't it, beech? what about pete jarret, tom miller, the lacey kid, mr. adams' brother? - those were fair fights. - killing my brother was no fair fight, beech! ridiculing him, insulting him, driving him into it! - you can call any witnesses who may feel impelled to testify on your behalf, mr. beech. - you know blasted well there isn't anyone here who's gonna take my side. - then call your first witness, prosecutor. - if it please the court, may i call your attention to the fact that defense has no counsel. - uh, $25 fine for interrupting the proceedings. - well, now, may i also call attention... to the laws of this territory, which provide that any citizen being tried for a capital offense is entitled

counsel of his own choosing, or he's entitled to have the court appoint the best available defense counsel. - sheriff, take this man into custody. - your honor, i think you should tell all of these people present... that under the rules of gisky v. territory, the absence of defense counsel not only jeopardizes the legality of these entire proceedings, but it makes every person in this room liable to prosecution. (people murmuring) - uh... that is correct, your honor. i don't mind doing it legally. - you're a fool, adams. - well, i think, sir, that mr. adams means hehe doesn't care how we do it, as long as mr. beech hangs. - hey, throw him out of here! (men shouting) - order! order in the court! (gavel banging) order! (gavel banging) - um... charge, countercharge,

kill, bury. i wonder how many of us appreciate the... sheer brilliance of our philosophical and legal systems that enable a man to be anything from angel to devil. - and with the slightest bit of cleverness, be able to avoid the responsibilities, the pitfalls, the negative aspects of both. - (laughing) i admire your perceptiveness and wit, mr. paladin. r one moment that this public servant is going to give those fine, upstanding, vengeful voters out there exactly what they want. - now, perhaps since mr. paladin is such an expert on law, he'd be willing to act for the defense, your honor. - mm. has it occurred to you that he may even have been waiting for you to suggest that?

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eech is entitled to the best available, and seeing how you are the only available, we've complied with the law. call your first witness, prosecutor. - uh, sir, your honor... the defense moves for a change of venue. - then, sir, the defense requests a delay in the proceedings. - denied. - your honor, the defense requests a short recess. - denied. (chuckling) i did warn you, sir.

s sheriff matthew tyler. - your honor... i believe the sheriff might, uh, find that chair slightly less comfortable if we complied with the territory statutes requiring witness oaths. - mm. raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, so help you god? - i do. - proceed. - just what's in this for you, gunfighter? - well, mr. beech, some people might call it justice. - you and your words don't make any sense. - well, you better hope i do. 'cause that's the only thing that'll keep you alive. - tell us what you saw, sheriff. - well, beech and haskins had been arguing all afternoon.

- mr. paladin, now, you're the one who insisted we do this by the rules. - yes, sir, your honor. i apologize for the conduct of my client. sit down, mr. beech. - you make me. - go ahead, sheriff. - well, beech there suddenly drew down on elmo. and you all know how fast beech is. elmo didn't even get his gun out. - defendant drew on victim, killed him. sworn to by your own sheriff. - any cross-examination, mr. paladin? - yes, sir. sheriff, will you repeat your oath of office? - what is this? the defense is limited to subjects introduced on direct examination. - well, i'm very grateful to the prosecutor for instructing me. however, the, uh, prosecutor has brought out the fact

nce that fact holds. - i... can't deny the logic in that, adams. you had to stress the fact that tyler is our sheriff. tell him what you can. - well, as... as far as i can remember, i said i'd support and defend the constitution of the land and the laws of the territory. - nothing about quelling riots, insurrections, arresting criminals, protecting women and children? - well, now, ain't that all included ay you'll uphold the law? - yeah, but it's complicated, isn't it, sheriff? it's a vast system. (laughing) it's not a system. it's a labyrinth of laws and legal procedures. why, a man could spend the better part of his life learning just one small part of it. - (laughing) it's too doggone mixed up and tangled up for my taste. - hmm. well, sheriff, would you say that it might be a better idea to, say, uh, select the sheriff and the judge and the prosecutor,

as each one came up? - well, now, i... i'd reckon i'd trust my judgment all right, but, uh... - your honor, he's leading this into completely immaterial areas! - well, be a little quicker on your feet! he's already made his point. - well, well, tell the jury not to pay any attention to all of this! - disregard what you've heard.

?? - i'm beginning to doubt you even saw the shooting. - i was standing less than ten feet away! - less than ten feet away? why didn't you interfere when haskins drew his gun? - he had it out before i could move. - the sheriff has just testified that he didn't even draw his gun! - well, i... - weren't you listening when the sheriff testified?

- that's all. no further questions. now, it is a remarkable facet of our system of jurisprudence. we take a perfectly ordinary chair, just like that one there, we put a supposed thoroughbred in it, and he immediately betrays himself by braying like a jackass! (laughter) - now, wait a minute, paladin. you've got no right to make... make a speech every time you stand up. that our system of jurisprudence is remarkably efficient. now, you do agree with that, don't you? - i never said i didn't. i-i'm just complaining that every time you... - sir, i was simply trying to say that our system of jurisprudence, whatever its faults, and its lengthy, time-consuming formalities, is still productive, generally speaking, of justice. or does our learned county prosecutor disagree with that?

that this is not a... an exercise in citizenship. uh, uh, what i'm saying is that, uh, it is not necessary for the court or its officers to constantly reaffirm a belief in this country's laws or principles. uh... mr. paladin, this is not an elocution platform. the purpose of a trial is simply to determine - yes, sir, your honor. and any other reason for holding a trial... would be... hypocrisy. i apologize for wasting the court's time on a matter so obvious.

- the prosecution calls thomas beeker. - i saw him sneak out about a minute ago. - josh cassidy. - sit down. - get up here, josh. look, all we need is one person to corroborate the sheriff's testimony. - you mean, tell the same story. - i don't need your help! well, come on! there were dozens of you willing an hour ago! (people murmuring)

- a trial is a search for truth, prosecutor. - virge beech is a murderer! that's your precious truth! i've seen him take life. every man in this room has seen the same! - if you must string him up, take him out and do it for sothing he's actually done. but don't ask me to-to run a proper court, and then whine that the law casts too bright a light for a... for a lynching! - look, i say we have had a fair trial, and it's time for a verdict! es the prosecution rest? - yes! - mr. paladin? - your honor, i believe i've said enough. - like the judge was saying, mr. adams, talking about a lynching's one thing, but sitting in a courtroom and... twisting around with the law, that's something else again.

well, something like church. - can't you shut him up?! - i'm forced to find you in contempt of court, prosecutor, and assign... - you're a dead man, adams. (gun cocking) (overlapping chatter) - there. you see? he was already pulling the trigger. now, it didn't matter how many of you behind me the blast got to! now, when there's a rattler loose in the room, do you debate or do you stomp on it?! - if it please the court...

o protect ourselves? - i see, mr. adams. i always have. what you're saying is that if most of the members of any community decide that one other member is dangerous and should be done away with, then it should be done quickly, without the delays and risks inherent in a court trial. - well, that's about it. - well, sir, i'm prepared to withdraw from this case. i'm prepared to leave this town, and simple request. see... in order to guarantee equal treatment, as is right and necessary in a democracy, you will agree to distribute, periodically, secret ballots containing the names of each member of this community. those ballots will be marked by every other member of this community:

(slapping table and laughing) - i'm surprised no one has used this before. marvelously simple, efficient, bound to curb theft, uh, adultery, gossip. uh, it may even stamp out bragging, jealousy, uh, short-weighing by merchants, overdue bills from customers. - a golden era. friendship, mercy, kindness, love. (overlapping chatter) (banging) your honor, i seem to detect some resistance to innovation. - yeah. well, now, since obviously you all wish to return to the rather, uh, inefficient and archaic system we've been using, the court, uh, reluctantly in this instance,

islike, fear or desire. noting that the testimony offered by the prosecution has been conflicting and without corroboration, the court rules that no prima facie case has been proven and directs the sheriff to release the defendant. there is a condition. defendant is herewith enjoined from using firearms in this township, and mr. paladin appointed agent of the court in enforcing that order. court is adjourned. - fairly?

- i'd, uh, hate for you to think i'm not the appreciative sort, but the, uh, old man did kind of put you in my way. (gunshot) - i'm, uh, sorry i put you in that position, but, uh, a court must be practical, as well as legal. - i suppose i understand, your honor. now, on the contempt charge against the prosecutor,

- no, sir. for defending him. ?? - ? "have gun will travel" ? reads the card of a man ? in a savage land ? his fast gun for hire ? heeds the calling wind ? paladin, paladin

[men yelling and cheering] [horse whinnies] >> whew. >> whew. all right. [horse whinnies] ok, wiseguys. think i can't ride, huh? bring him on again.

>> the one in the saddle. >> a dollar more says you are wrong. >> i will take a dollar, too, blue. >> your covered. -- you are covered. >> you will be out of dollars soon, blue. [men yelling and blue, boy, you just lost -- >> whoa, whoa. >> that is the right way to rub it, sam, that you know, you are rubbing the wrong end. >> that old jughead, he is the

he seems like somebody's pet dog until you put the saddle on. >> a up, blue boy. >> weight. wait --. i will pay. provided you take that rattlesnake horse off my hands. >> i am young, not >> you just inherited yourself a horse. >> howdy my name is blue cannon. hot day for a walk, ain't it? >> my horse went lame. >> are you in need of a transportation horse?

going to be sort of a bargain site animal though. >> oh? several of at nine silver dollars, -- >> i have nine silver dollars, mister. i figure six for the horse and three for my belly. >> mr. -- kilroy. >> i got a horse i can let go cheap. >> how to -- how cheap? >> let's say -- 6? which horse? >> that one there.

some of no. >> orville kilroy. bad news. what have i done to deserve him?

[theme music playing] >> kilroy, huh? let me think. i used to know a fellow named orville kilroy. a pretty fair land with horses. most time other people's.

i am too nervous to steal. >> that is something new, or whole. >> you better try him, kilroy. he has kind of a rough old gait on him. >> i don't wish you any bad luck, kilroy, but i hope you bust your neck. >> hey, b >> huh? >> it looks like you will still have your horse and our friend will have a door -- a sore como se dice? >> old jughead and kilroy. sam, you are going to look like a hoot owl out there.

>> all right? [laughter] >> mind if i try him again? >> i got nothing but time. listen, hold his head up a little higher. >> yeah, i bet he was not setting right. him to a standstill. >> i will take some of that. >> a double. >> a triple. >> one dollar. several one dollar for pedro -- >> one dollar for pedro.

>> come on! you can do it! come on, kilroy! >> you see, amigos? i told you! >> he is good. sam? >> yeah, i would say. >> hey, hombre! >> i softened him up for you. >> i am obliged for you topping him off for me. >> thanks, sam. >> i will get my saddle off this

>> that was mighty kind of you not to say nothing. >> cut that mighty kind of stuff, orville. >> one year, one year in prison ought to be enough. i had a long time to think. >> we don't old nothing down here, orville, so if anything comes up missing, i will know where to look. >> [whispering] turn over a new leaf. >> you are a good count hands -- cowhand. i would like -- i will. >> thank you. >> but if anything terms of missing -- >> you will not have any cause to regret this, buck. >> i am sure i will.

not want to say anything about the environs and the actress your we are in wants -- the environments and the atmosphere we are ensconced in -- >> john? >> mr. cannon, i wish you would not play me -- >> don't be discouraged. you are doing just fine. >> john, can i talk now? >> fine. >> . taking an easy whooping, hey, joe? >> yes. >> this is orville kilroy. he just rhoden as a cow hand. >> doggone it. >> you are not in as bad shape

>> a little fellow in new orleans taught me. if you move your black bishop -- >> [whistles] you and me are going to get along fine. >> john i plan to use him for ranching. >> all right, ranch by day, just by night. >> you got yourself a job. >> it looks like you are in a bad spot. >> your move, buck. >> yeah. oh.

>> now, now, boys. just a little surprise. [laughter] >> what? >> pedro -- maybe orville will jump out of his skin when he sees this. >> sam.

[speaking spanish] >> in here? >> that is a rattlesnake. >> orville? bull snake -- >> it is just a little arizona bull snake. [knock on door] >> you folks look a little

>> i want a little information. >> you folks law men? >> no. we have been pushing pretty hard. any feed to spare? >> grain in the shed. will cost you a dollar ahead. >> kind of steep, isn'it as you seem to be. [laughter] >> you ever hear of a fellow named orville kilroy around here? >> nope. can't say as i have.

>> [indiscernible] ain't he, pa? >> mind your manners, both of you. the trouble with this generation, no respect for their elders. one thing about kilroy --

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[gunshot] [gunshot] [gunshot] [gunshot]

>> huh. missed a few. >> you know i used to make a tin can move like that. >> what to give it a try? >> i would like to shoot out of at it if it is ok. i used to be a pretty good shot, but time. >> here is your chance. >> well. [gunshot] [gunshot] [gunshot] [gunshot] [gunshot] [gunshot] >> [whistles]

itt, clean -- i did not hit it clean every time. i think what made it move was i picked it. just got lucky. >> mr. kilroy, if you got any time, could you give me a few pointers? >> i am glad to. but the first thing you have to remember -- the gun does not use you. you use the gun. >> the way that you shoot -- >> the man who showed me how to shoot a gun was pretty good at it. i think he wishes he never did. >> was he your pa?

>> mr. kilroy, i still have not heard where you are from. >> that is a long story. well, i was born in missouri. then my folks thought they would like to move up to --

like to see you stand up to him, mr. sam butler. the fact is, you made you look rudy's the when -- he made you look pretty sick when you were riding old jughead. >> you are running a fever. [laughter] >> not one of you has come close to standing up to him. >> you think he has got it all, don't you? >> could be. >> you better get to know a man before you put him on a pedestal. >> you are just like the rest of these road runners, aren't you? >> i'm inviting you to join me in town and you can bring your new friends. >> just one minute. he is playing chess with john.

>> ? buffalo gal, want you come out tonight ? >> what are you laughing about? >> i sure am sorry, i have to take your clean, mr. cannon. >> wait a minute, the game is not over yet. >> y a this game is not over yet, but i got my chores to do. mr. cannon, why don't you make the move there or do what you want to do and i will do my work ? >> all right, you go on and do it.

>> ha ha! [laughter] >> we're here! arriba! fiesta! [men laughing] friends, eh? >> [speaking spanish] >> there is only one thing you can do. shoot him. >> mano! >> one moment, this joke is

far! chiquita! >> buck, i think that girl is fond of you. >> that girl? >> it was just a feeling i got. >> oh! >> shall we have some tequila or red eye? ha! that girl, she of -- >> listen, buck does not buy drinks for everybody all the time, so drink up. >> i sure do not want to drink too much. i get kind of rapid billy -- rabbit silly. got to relax every once in a while. >> absolutely.

i hate to be a troublemaker -- >> oh, you? >> there is a man over there. curly hair. with that girl -- >> that is [indiscernible] orville, i wish you would not do that. >> now you let her go. >> what? >> i said, you let her go. >> [speaking spanish] >> i would say you have a real problem to make me do that.

yelling] >> go on. >> uncle buck, did you see that? >> i did, blue boy! >> [indiscernible]

figure, pa? >> oh, 10, 11 miles? >> the way i figure it, it has been two months? >> 57 days? >> you reckon he will have any money left when we catch him? >> high living. you got to admire a man for that. you are fine boys both of you, but kilroy -- he has got something else.

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>> john? john. oh. >> never mind. i thought you might like to have something before tomorrow morning --some dinner before tomorrow morning? you would rather starve then quit? >> victoria, i think a game worth playing is worth winning.

>> victoria, what do you make of this fellow kilroy? >> if i did not know you better, i think there would be a little jealousy. >> jealous? no, i am concerned about blue being so close to a saddle tramp. >> what kind of game does he play? >> a fair game to rid he has mean a little trouble right now, but -- >> [laughter] [john sighs] [men singing drunkenly]

>> howdy. >> boss, got a bit of work -- amigos looks like i missed a good time,. >> pearlita -- >> well, i see you are shy one saddle and one horse. >> oh, really, john?

>> that's funny. john, i can explain. you see -- maybe you better tell him? >> hmm? >> tell him. >> uh. >> >> yes? >> you got a wild hair somewhere, you know that? >> that is not the whole story. >> no. >> mr. cannon -- mr. cannon -- mr. cannon, i got to get off of my horse.

was really all my fault. >> manolito, what happened to your saddle? >> well, john, the saloon has fewer tables and chairs now. >> so? >> we made a collection for money and we were a few dollars short, and something had to be sold. >> [indiscernible] and motto lost --and mano lost. >> what happened to your horse? >> i bet buck and kilroy that they could not run jughead for a double -- >> jughead bucks just as good

>> i believe won 10 degrees is what is going to be in the morning -- i believe 110 degrees is what it is going to be in the morning. if you want to halaby moana park at the start, that is just fine, but you better be prepared for a full day's work, starting at dawn. >> have a drink. >> you sho' i will never, ever again do

>> oh, that is onehard ride. blue, if you don't mind, go get those saddles -- manolito montoya, you want to go, don't you? >> s?, hombre. that would be very nice. >> you will not leave mr. kilroy and i to unload this whole wagon alone? >> of course not. we will be back in a few minutes and i will bring you something nice.

scorcher. i have a hunch we will be unloading this whole wagon. >> it will be done by itself. come on, blue, let's have at it. >> all right. >> whew. knowing my uncle buck, we will

pretty well figured. >> i have known him a long time. >> he could do a lot worse. >> mr. kilroy, i have not heard you badmouth anybody. >> waste of time, boy. >> look for him in town. >> i will ask around at the cantina. >> i around, pa. i didn't ask you what you would like. if you do see this, fetch me first. >> gentlemen. >> mano.

not right to be in such lovely company while the boy is working in the hot sun out there . >> you are really all over. >> not much. >> pancho, [speaking spanish] >> i am not a pawnbroker, amigo. >> [speaking spanish] >> your wife? i do not even know your wife, hombre.

advice? >> sit down. my name is cannon. >> you seem to know most of the people around here. i wonder if you know a fellow named kilroy? >> i used to know i fellow named kilroy. it were straighter -- horse trader. >> that seems likely. >> about three years ago. >> >> are you a law man? >> no. no, we just been after him a long time because of a debt. >> a debt? did he oh you money --he owe

don't mean to be disrespectful, but that is my business. >>. it surely is don't forget that you are the one who started doing the asking. [laughter] thanks for the beer, friend. >> the wagon on the street.

>> hey, buck, i was just a my way to get you and mano -- >> who is that? >> the first day you came to the chaparral, you told me that you traded your horse in tucson?

how could you traded horse that don't both you and your saddle? >> the one i traded went lame. >> come on, orval. tell me why they are chasing you. >> were you talking about, buck? >> three men asking about you. they looked like they had ways. looked like kin, may be a daddy and twoyoung'uns. >> the burrises. got t involved in a schemehem --

horse and ride out of here before blue boy finds out what you are? >> it's a little late. >> [indiscernible] >> all alone here, orville. >> all right, uncle buck.

out, but mr. kilroy has been involved in the banking business. >> what are you talking about? >> he forgot to transfer certain moneys in these gentlemen are looking for him. >> are you joking, uncle buck? >> i think it is a scream. going to get funnier. >> you can't just let him get shot without even a chance. >> orville, are you going to put my boy in a box? >> he puts a little more value on friendship than you do, buck. >> is that it? >> he stays s?.

boy -- >> hold it, kilroy! i did want to talk to you about something. >> where is the money? >> that is what i wanted to explain to you about. the money, uh >> the money. the money. >> i admit, i done wrong when i took that money, but i will make it up. >> i'm sure you will. >> i will. now, uh, you burrises have a right, you surely have a right.

>> money. >> telford, i -- telford, i got me in some card games and had me a streak of bad luck. i will make it up to you. i promise. i will make it up. i got some friends. i got lots of friends i can borrow from. >> kilroy, you don't have a friend. you never have and you never will. all you do is use people.

burrises. >> look. just give me a chance. give me a chance! i will make it up to you. >> i'm sure you will. >> mr. burris, i am aiming, pointing between the fifth and next grip on the left eye. >> you're making a big mistake, mister. >> probably. >> it would be wise for you to do is my friend suggests. >> ooh!

? la di di ? >> good move, buck. >> you two, i plum forgot. >> well, orville -- [gunshot] >> i had a hunch i never should have given you pointers in snap shooting. shoot, buck -- going to shoot buck? >> he was just making sure. i hope that they put you all in the same cell. >> i was thinking -- >> now what, orville? >> what if you and me make a

gentlem en. sheriff, i am starting to wake you up like this. this is orville kilroy. he has got a great for you. this is mr. burris. just jump right in, kilroy. he will listen to your story. this way please.

>> i just can't figure out how he took me in so bad. >> everybody got taken by mr. kilroy. >> yes, yes.

i will fix dinner. >> maybe i should have told you about orville, but he was down on his luck and i thought maybe he had changed. he was a good chessplayer. >> he took us all in. >> he was to have different people -- he was two different people. >> we didn't need either of them. >> i know what you mean. him. you know what i mean? >> i know what you mean, blue boy. i am the only one who has a right to hate him though. that rascal has got me checkmated. [laughter] buck, how long do you figure that kilroy is going to be gone? >> i figure two years in yuma --

of course, there is always visiting days.

( flint reads inscription aloud ) inscription aloud ) rough old bird, will jamison. had himself buried up on top of this hill so he could sort of watch over his land. did he own all of this? yep. controlled 100 miles of trail-- water holes, grazing strip, the works. one of those early land grants. well, he made sure people wouldn't forget him, anyway, huh? and they won't. oh? bossed every rancher who settled here.