mr. walker. do you have an appointment? - no. - well, i'm afraid-- just tell him kinch is out here. - he'll see me. - but-- go on. go on. tell him. kinch. mr. walker will see you. sure he will. didn't i tell you?

? well, i got something i think might interest you. what's that? that's right. that's just who it's from. how many years is it i been checking that whiteside mailbox? five. every morning for five years. now, another fellow would have got discouraged and give up, but not kinch. that thing gets done. now-- you say this came this morning? yes, sir. i've got him. all this time,

i... i want your services for five weeks. i'll pay you $50 a week, plus expenses. - interested? - depends on the job. i thought rydell said you'd tackle anything. providing it appeals to me. i don't work blind, mr. walker. this job is simple. i want you to accompany me on a ride to banner, texas. there's a man in banner that's wanted here. help me bring him back. now, what's his name? although lord knows what name he's using now. mm-hmm. well, what did he do? rob this bank five years ago. course, he was captured, and the money was recovered, but he escaped on the day he was to be shipped to prison. and for five years now, we haven't heard a word about him. then, last week, this letter came for his brother.

we'd forgotten about him, but i never forgot, not for a minute. well, if you have this information, why come to me? why not take it to the law? look, they've been after him for five years now, and they haven't found him. i have, and i want him. for robbing this bank? that's all you need to know. 'fraid i'll have to turn you down, mr. walker. good-bye, sir. wait. he killed my son, my only son, forced him into a gunfight and killed him. i demanded his arrest, but he was never convicted. then, three months later, he robbed this bank. now he's going to pay. he's going to pay for everything. will you ride to banner with me?

we leave at sunup tomorrow. i'll meet you out in front of the bank. i'll be there. suppose he can't be taken alive. so much the better. ( knock on door ) - who is it? - mrs. walker. i must see you. are you the one my husband hired? the one who is going with him to get clay whiteside? yes, ma'am. i've been trying to talk him out of it, but he won't listen to me. once he gets an idea in his mind, you can't budge him, never could. how long a trip is it to banner, texas? about two weeks. through bad country? yes, it is. he'll never make it. mr. randall, my husband is not a well man.

you want me to cancel the trip, tell him i can't go? well, that wouldn't stop him. he'd go on alone. what do you want me to do? i want you to take care of him, protect him as much as you can. i want you to bring mr. walker back to me alive. i'll do my best. thank you. mrs. walker, i'd-- well, i'd kind of like to come back alive myself. why do you say that? well, now i just got the feeling i'm not being told everything there is about this situation. t about it? well... there is something that you should know. it concerns the man you're going after, clay whiteside. yes? he was guilty of the bank robbery. ah, your husband told me that. and he killed our son. he told me that too. well, i'm going to tell you something that i'm sure my husband hasn't told you. clay whiteside was not to blame for that killing. a dozen people saw that fight,

self-defense? yes. the jury set him free. to be honest, mr. randall, my son was really not a very nice boy. he was always looking for trouble. so, you see, it wasn't clay whiteside's fault. the blame was ours, my husband's and mine. now, why do you say that? we spoiled him, but my husband would never admit that, never in a million years. good night, mr. randall. thank you, mrs. walker. thank me? why? because i know how hard it was for you to tell me that.

how far do you figure it is to mackinaw? oh, about 20 miles. well, that's not bad for four days. that rate, we ought to be in banner by next thursday. ( chuckles ) if we're still alive by then. what's that supposed to mean? ah, you're pushing those horses kind of hard, - you know. - i'm in a hurry. look, mr. walker, i want to get there too, but those horses just ain't going to last, not the way you're pushing 'em. all right, we'll get fresh ones the next town we come to. you mean you can't take it? well, i was thinking about you. never mind about me. i'm fine. i can ride like this forever. ...stubborn man i've ever seen. what did you say? i said you're the most stubborn man i've ever known, sir. i'm also the boss of this operation, and the pace won't let up. if anything, it'll get faster.

mr. walker. whoa. why, we could ride another two hours before sundown. and neither could yours. look at him. you're sure it's the horses you're concerned about? well, now, what do you mean by that? trouble with you young fellas today is you're too soft. and you know why? because you baby yourselves. you want everything too easy. why, when i was your age, i could stay in the saddle for a week, day and night, eat in the saddle, sleep there. at the end of the week, i was stronger than when i started. congratulations. i think i might point out one thing. what's that? you're not my age anymore. you're as young as you feel,

quitting, hmm? no, i'll catch up with you tomorrow. catch up with me? if you stop now, you won't see me again till you get to banner. maybe. i got $10 says you don't catch up to me. that's a bet. see you in banner. ( sighs ) how you doing?

well, what's the verdict? am i going to live? that depends. - on what? - you. you're a sick man, mr. walker. a man with a heart like yours got no business being on a horse. never mind the lectures. i've had enough of those. too bad you didn't listen to 'em. what am i going to do now? for the next two weeks, you're not going to do anything. you're not going to move a muscle. you're just going to lie right here in this bed. that's impossible. d to. mr. walker, the most urgent business you have right now is trying to stay alive. am i that bad off? you are that bad off. i'll come back, see you later on this afternoon. how far are we from banner now? oh, about a week's ride.

i'm staying here, but you're going to go on to banner. well, now, what good's that going to do? i need you to identify whiteside. i told you what he looks like. that description, it fits seven men out of 10. well, perhaps he's still using the same name. i doubt that. mr. walker, i think the best thing to do is just let this whole thing go for a while. i'm not concerned with what you think. i'm interested in just one thing, getting whiteside. well, then, you're going to have to give me more to go on, or i stop right here. well, there is one other thing, the way he draws. if you ever saw him do it, you'd spot him right away. why is that? because of the funny knack he has of grabbing his right wrist with his left hand when he fires. he draws with his right hand like this, and then he grabs his wrist with his left hand like this before he pulls the trigger. never saw a man do that before. well, you see, it's a habit

ake him out shooting, and the gun was too heavy for the boy to hold with one hand, and the habit stuck. ( laughs ) i can't make every man in banner draw his gun. i know, but you could ask around. maybe somebody has seen him do it. i mean, that's a possibility. like a needle in a haystack. look, i'll pay you for your time, whether you find him or not. all right, i'll give it a try, but one thing. yeah? what's that? well, now, this business about the drawing and whiteside, whatever he calls himself now, he's not going to draw for his gun without a reason. so? how do you force a man to draw,

rye. josh randall. hmm? well, hello, phil. yeah, a little. i been out five months. they shortened the sentence for good behavior. glad to hear it. yeah, i'll bet you are. what's on your mind? you. it's been on my mind for quite a while now, three years, to be exact. i'm not looking for trouble, phil. you don't have to. it's already found you. all right, that's enough.

it's a private matter. well, then, settle it privately. come on. my name is randall, josh randall. earl tipton. much obliged. care to tell me what the fight was about? he was rustling cattle in oklahoma. they had a wanted poster on him. i caught him. they sent him away for three years. swore he'd get even with me. you a lawman? no, bounty hunter. what are you doing in banner? business, looking for a man by the name of clay whiteside. he's wanted in lauring, new mexico, for bank robbery about five years ago. you think he's here? could be. name sound familiar? no, i can't say that it does. what does he look like? oh, about six feet tall, 170 pounds, sandy hair, about 40. must be 50 men in town that meet those measurements. i don't wonder. that all you got on him?

like this? no. up a blank alley. you mind if i nose around a bit on my own? help yourself. i'll see you later. his name's whiteside. - whiteside? - uh-huh. well, i had a fella named burnside, and he wasn't more than five foot. beat me out of a week's rent. - much obliged, ma'am. - mm-hmm. that's a new one on me. thank you. well? well, what? well, did you ever see or hear of a man that draws a gun like this? how come you're asking all those questions? bother you? i don't like snoopy people. it's all right, burt. go ahead, and tell him. the answer is no.

real friendly town. they're nice folks, easy to get along with. got my horse ready? oh, yes, sir. all ready and saddled for you. sure i can't talk you into staying over? plenty of room out at my place, and you're more than welcome. well, thanks very much. i'd like to, but, well, there's not much more i can do here. how are you today, earl? just fine, jack. and you? oh, no complaints. i wish i could have been of more help to you. well, if he should happen to pass this way again, you might wire mr. walker in lauring. i'll do that.

that's as far as you go. didn't i tell you he'd be sensible? get down off that horse. three years, i've waited for this.

like forever. that's how it seemed sometimes, just like forever. so take a good long look around. it's all over - but the-- - ( gunshot )

you didn't have to do that. well, it's the way i shoot best. didn't have to shoot at all. you could have stayed in banner, let 'em kill me. i intended to. what changed your mind? not quite sure. well, i'm glad you did. what happens now between us? according to the law, you could take me in. according to the law, you got no business here at all. not your county. so how does that leave us? they wouldn't give you more than a suspended sentence if you turned yourself in. could be. sound advice. well, i'm going to go ride off in that direction. you go back to where you came. that'll make us about even. what do you say? i say you're about the strangest bounty hunter i ever run across. that may be. whiteside, good-bye. tipton. good-bye, and good luck. don't make me regret what i'm doing, now. there's no chance of that.

oh, i don't know. ( laughs ) i'll think of something.

come in. so you finally got back, eh? just got in. what happened? i couldn't find him. any leads? a man fitting whiteside's description was seen in banner the day the letter was mailed. what happened to him? he stayed in town a couple of days, and then he left.

i knew it was bad news. i knew it the minute i looked at your face. i did the best i could. i'm sorry, mr. walker. well, what's our next step? i don't think there should be a next step. what do you mean? i mean i think this hunt ought to stop. why? two reasons. number one, it's hopeless. number two, you're in no shape to travel. who says so? the doctor. i saw him on the way in. oh. we'll start on thursday. it's not fair. what's not fair? my boy gets killed. nobody pays for it. someone ought to pay for the death of my son. someone is paying for it. who's that?

ing ) please don't let me disturb you, gentlemen. i'll onlnlbe a moment. mr. randall? josh randall? yes, ma'am. i'm the mother superior of the convent of the sacred heart at the edge of town. perhaps you know our convent. i'm pretty much a stranger here.

oh, the killer the sheriff brought in yesterday. did you know that kidder's outlaw friendnd have taken one of our order's hostage? no, i didi't. sister grace, one of our novitiates, is in their hands. she's only 17. word has been sent thth sister grace will be killed unless lon kidder is released. there's nothing i can do. the man to see is the sheriff. - i've spoken to him. - oh. i'm truly sorry, ma'am. i realize that you insist upon being paid for whatever you do, or so i've been told. we have no money. we have nothing to offer but our prayers. well, i'm out of $8, ma'am. now prayers aren't gonna buy me a new stack of chips. think a moment, mr. randall. there's nothing i can do.

your deal.

hello, sheriff. hello, josh. be with you in a minute. what's the matter? you got nothing bebeer to do for entertainment? i spoke to the mother superior. kind of late to be taking up religion, isn't it? she said she saw you too, but you couldn't see things her way. well, item one: he's a confessed killer. you don't turn him loose-- that nun dies. if i give him up for the nun, then every bandit in the territory has a license to rob and steal. if caught, all they have to do is take a nun from t t convent as ransom for their own hides. you think maybe kidder and his bunch are bluffing? no, they don't bluff. well, if my deputy was here,

to oblige. i'll take him to tucson. the county can't afford an extra deputy. i don't want any pay. no? why not? i'm civic-minded, that's all. you don't have any funny idea about exchanging that nun for him, huh? you want kidder in tucson-- that's where he'll be. now if i borrow him along the way, you got no objectionon do you? no. once he's in tucson, i'm off the hook. swear me in. you've got a wanted poster out on you too. swear me in. well, now, where are we going? tucson. suppose i don't want to get on that horsese look, it don't matter to me whether you get on that horse or across it, you're going to tucson. i've killed men for using kinder tones to me than that.

to ride that horse, mister? remember, any detours better be short and to the point. yes, sir. - i'll see you now, hear? - all right. ( clicks tongue ) yah! hold it. you know a hideout near mission junction?n? why? you know why. well, now, i got a slow brara. suppose you tell me. i want you to take me there.

at's the first bit of sense i've heard since i've been in these parts. yah! that's the trading post. hey, wilson, garth! wilson, garth, it's me! lon? yeah, lon kidder. what are you so skittish ababt? who have you got with you? a deputy. tell him to drop his gun. hehe covered. you got the nun in there?

he won't do it. bring her out. he won't do business unless she's okay. you all right? yes. on the ground. flat on the ground. get on t t horse. hey, what about these?

we're going now! if you get me, i'll get kidder. remember t tt. you know, for a nun, you're pretty good on a horse.

you all right now? i'm fine, thank you. they-- they didn't harm you? no. they said they would if their friend wasn't brought to them. i was surprised when you came. why? well, i was not a thing of emotion. i didn't believe they'd release a criminal. a criminal for you? the law made a sharp bargain. that's very kind of you. - i'm sister grace. - i know. - well, what's your name? - josh randall. joshua-- in the bible, the man who fought and won the battle of jericho. were you named after him? no, ma'am. my uncle josh. he fought all his life against the bottle. he lost. are you feeling all right now, ma'am? i'm fine, thank you. think you can make it back to the convent by yourself?

re i could. why aren't you returning with me? well, i thought as long as i was out in these hills, i'd do a little prospecting. well, does it have anything to do with me? well, you're not interested in gold, are you? - no. - well, then it's got nothing to do with you. i'm hungry. well, i've got a little meat here. it's not much. there you are, ma'am. like this? don't you cook it? no. well, i'd like it cooked. well, there's not much around here to make a fire with. well, that's easy. i'll show you. you don't understand.

ur necks. the indians haven't been hostile around here for the last 10 years. oh. actually, the law didn't release that criminal, did it? you gave him up. i don't know why, but you gave him up. and now you have to go back and get him. that's why you won't build a fire and that's why you won't come back with me. no, ma'am. i'm just gonna spend the night here. tomorrow morning, i'm starting for calififnia. i thought you were gonna prospect around here. - look, lady, i've got a man-- - sister grace. sister grace, i've been appointed a deputy. i've got a job to do. it doeoe't include letting a man go wanted for murder. but it's dangerous for you. besides, somebody might get killed. now that's a sin. well, when i want a sermon, i'll go to chuhuh.

i could have told you they'd be gone. - well, why didn't you? - you were rude. - look, all i did-- - yes, you saved my life. now i'm trying to save yours. you wouldn't know where they've gone? i do. where? they spoke their plans in spanish. they didn't know i was a student of spanish. where did they go? to mexicic

first they have business in the place called mimiion junction tonight. i won't tell you where that is unless you agree to what i say. i'm listening. well, we'll go to the sheriff together and we'll tell him where mr. kidder and the others are going to be. then a great many men can go and persuade mr. kidder to give himself up. i don't think mr. kidder's gonna be so easy to convince, but why don't you go along and tell the sheriff what you told me? thanks for the information. well, what are you gonna do? didn't your mother ever tell you it's not polite to follow a stranger? well, you saved my life. you're not a strangege you want us to stay friends, don't you? please go back to the convent. tell me where you plan to go.

( horse neighs ) ma'am, i thought i told you to go home. i thought you agreed to my plan. what kind of man are you? are you anxious to use that thing? isn't there enough killing out in the west without you adding to it or getting killed yourself? mr. randall, please don't go. i don't want a nice man like you to-- - look, lady-- - sister grace. sister grace, we've got our own private hell out here in the west.

now we have to do it in our own way. now the best way for you to help

whoa. look, if anything happens to you, it'll be because of me. i can't have that on my conscience. maybe you're rightht maybe we should do things your way.

i'd like to pray for my deliverance. would you come with me?

what are you going to do? now listen, kidder and his bunch are out there and about ready to bust into that bank. now i got to stop 'em. and i mean for you to stay here. no.

( glass shatters ) ell ringing ) ( explosion ) ( chattering )

( bell stops ringing ) ( gun clicks ) ain't every day a gun misfires.

- are you all right, child? - yes, mother superior. thank you. i knew you wouldn't fail us. joshua, it's your scarf. you may remember, you used it to teach me to talk less. thank you. - will you come to see us? - when i'm around. - what was that? - to come to church someday. - did i say that? - almost. you said if you wanted to hear a sermon, you'd come to church. well, a sermon is what one hears in church. next sunday, joshua? maybe.

?? ?? ?? - can't you say something?

mrs. larson, i... i certainly don't want to appear unsympathetic, but there's nothing in these papers to i iicate that your husband's anything but guilty. he says the murder was committed by three other men. he refuses to identify them or describe them. - my husband is a fine man. he thought he was protecting friends. - you have made five appeals, all of which have been turned down finally. - and brian's been waiting 16 months to hang, you'll know he's telling the truth. you see... we have three weeks. now, if someone can get those e scriptions from him and find those men, there's still time for a pardon. - mm. - and you're our only hope. - you sure i can see him tonight? - mr. trowbridge said he'd wait for you at the gate. hehe been the guard on brian's cell block ever since he was admitted.

- no, i think i'll talk to your husband first. - your name trowbridge? - and supposing it was? - i'm hehe to talk to larson. (barking) (growling) - the warden's escape dogs. if you ever seen what they can do to a man, you'd be nervous, too. - wait a minute. you taking me directly to the prisoner? isn't it customary to go through the warden's o oice? - well, now, that's all been arranged. - how?

(barking and growling) - well, i'll go down and b bng larson up from solitary. - oh? - well, that's, uh, prison regulation. all condemned prisoners are kept in solitary - well, that does keep the staff from having to think about them, doesn't it? - now, now, it ain't just that. it also stops chances for trouble. once a man's been checked in, nobody sees him again until he's ready to be strung up. course, with his wife fighting it like she has, larson's been locked up longer than most. well...

- light! light! light! - uh, now, talk quiet, larson. no hollering, no yelling, nothing. after this long down in them dark holes, listen to me. your wife has asked me to come here and... - i'd feel safer if he looked a little like me. - after near two years behind that beard, ain't nobody gonna remember what you looked like. hat bucket there.

- chop-chop, larson.

- do you want this slop or not, larson? - do i look to you like a man who's been in solitary confinement for over a year? - you can save your breath. when trowbridge quit this morning, he admitted everything totohe warden. - what?! what did he admit? - look, do you want this slop or not? - no, i don't wantnthis slop! and if you don't know what larson looked like, then find somebody... - guard! guard! eh, they never quit trying, do they?

- larson hangs first, so we'll get rid of him first. - mind your manners in front of the warden. - warden... - shut up and stand there. - all right, prisoner... sit in the chair here.

to try and prove her husband's innocence. (groaning) - quiet, please. hmm. no malfunctions. neck much heavier than average. uh, tell them to figure the scaffold for a... seven-foot drop. now, we'll do all we can to make it easy for you, to cooperate. those who do usually get a good stiff drink to steady their nerves. - warden, last night at 9:00 i came intntlarson's cell. i was knocked unconscious! - sit down! - last week the liberal republicans nominated greeley for president and brown for vice president! - it won't work, larson. - sure do get desperate their last day, don't they, warden? - mrs. larson told me that this execution

now, don't start trying to fool yourself. it'll just make it all the e rder in the morning. harder on your wife, too. - last may 22, the amnesty act for confederate soldiers was signed. now, how would i know that and a hundred other things i could tell you if i'd been solitaryry c? - sit down! aim that at his legs! (gun xxxxing) - now... we can carry you up those steps tomorrow i must say, it was a clever plan, larson... pretending to be an outsider, tricked into coming here. - trowbridge admitted to helping you plan this, ever since warden menlow here came in new five months ago. - since then you've been memorizing the information trowbridge gave you.

he even furnished you with a razor, helped trim your hair. well, he confessed the whole stoto. unusual plan. yes, it was clevev, but it didn't work. now, you're going to hang in the morning, ananyou'll feel much better if you just accept it like a man! - it was a clever plan, warden. (laughing) it was a clever plan, but it wasn't mine. i believe i fully understand for the first time those who try to turn other human beings into senseless brutes end by being brutes themselves. - brian? brian, i...

- what do you want me to do? want me to cry? plead? and i'll try to do it. - i'm so sorry... that our plan didn't work. - that's not important. what is imimrtant is... conscience and memory.

there seems to be so much to say, but, when the time comes, you find the right words just haven't b bn invented. - well, on that particularly apposite note, shall we part? - well... i'm sorry you didn't make it. my dogs have so little pleasure. oh, with all this exercise, i guess we'll just concede

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what's your real name? - paladin. - well, you ain't very smart, paladin. - well, neither am i. i suppose they told you already, they're gonna hang me tomorrow morning, too. well, they ain't got no right to hang me. that fella i killed... he robbed me. he done it on purpose. he knew what'd happen if he robbed me! they know it, too! they said i'm dumb. i heard 'em. well, you ain't even the right man, and they're so dumb, they don't even know it!

it ain't right! it ain't right, i tell you. i tell you, it ain't right! it ain't right! warden! do you hear me?! - they can't hear you, o'connor. if they could, they wouldn't pay any attention. - well, i ain't gonna let 'em do it. i ain't gonna let 'em hang me. i... i ain't gonna let 'em. i...

- what's out there? - now... now you can see what happens... when i get riled. maybe they ain't so dumb... keeping me locked in here... where people and things can't rob me. it ain't that i like it that way. is outside, where the wind is fresh and clean, and everybody just let me be. - what's out there? - outside... where the wind is fresh... clean. oh, it-- it's...

- (grunting) i just wasn't built d besides, with these things on, i couldn't make much speed. and i ain't gonna be a square meal for them hounds. i think you better hurry. you got to get a lot of distance between you and here before they find out you're gone. why, them hounds would tear you to pieces. in. - o'connnn...

- ah... (paladin lands on ground)

(dogs barking in distance) (barking)

(barking) (woman crying)

when i heard them dogsgs i started praying it was you that got out. - you killed trowbridge, and now you do this to your wife... why? - why? all of a sudden, she turned soft. shshwanted to send word to them in time to save you from hanging. it would have spoiled everything. i tried to explain to her that... that you had to die. that way, i'm safe. - if you loved me, if you really loved me, you'd have been happy to see ten men buried in my place, b b no. she was fidgety, like trowbridge, weren't you? weren't you?! weren't you?! yeah. yeah, see, the way it works out now, you couldn't have helped me more than by getting out. they'll figure that you killed trowbridge to shut his mouth,h,nd then, you killed your wife, because, well, because, uh... for whatever r rson they want to come up with!

u, a convict and a... and a murderer. yeah. yeah, yeah. perfect, huh? - larson, you hear those dogs? you hear 'em? if those dogs get in here, you'll die with us. my scent's on those clothes that you're wearing, and that's what they're trailing. (barking) - (speaking spanish)

(dogs barking) - i guess... i loved him too much. how can a thing that... that seems so good turn out to be so bad? - i don't know, mrs. larson. maybe it's that love itself

?? (door closes) - ? "have gun will travel" ? ? reads the card ofof man ? ? his fast gun for hire ? ? heeds the calling wind ? ? paladin, paladin ?

??

- the answer is no. - but, sahib, that was your answer last week. - you still choose to ignore the fact that my rajah, kasimundra of kwarlal, once saved your life? - the rajah once refrained from executing me. - but you accepted his gift... the tooth of the killer whale.e. - it's true. and the acceptance in some areas implies that i must grant the donor any wish he desires... not excluding matricide. - you still choose to ignore the custom?

- then your heart is cold and your ears deaf to the tears of a poor, lonely pilgrim in a far-off land. - my friend, as i have explained to y y, - it would take a good deal more than the tooth of a whale... any kind of a whale... to get me to guide a person 150 miles across desert country. - i have received permission to offer you more. - is it enough? - enough to cool a magnum or two of champagne. will you be making the journey with us? - if you are to be our guide and protector. - protector? i should think koro would be about the right size

r killing. - where is that, uh, settlement you're headed for? - makasi. i will show you the way. - my friend, you have already shown me the way.

- this is native wine. it's always served at room temperature. - 110 degrees? - the rajah kasimundra. the rajah is dead. - as well as most of the royal family. that is why we came to america. - oh? - they were murdered by thuggees, fanatics who have taken over our homeland. to drive them out, the royalists need a person of high rank about whom the people can rally. - and that person must be kept alive. - yes. even if it means secreting her

- in her tent, r rting, the sole survivor of the kasimundras... skiri. - we are here. here is makasi, a settlement established by our loyal countrymen. - well, you pinpointed this camp easily enough. - yes, but the revolutionists may attempt the life ani, even in this country. - and you don't approve of violence, but you don't object to my using it where your necks are concerned. - i do not think there is danger... but i welclce your company. - thank you. there are about 12 miles of daylight left, and i think we'd better get started. - we can't disturb her highness. - oh?

- who is this lolo? - young lady, you get your things together. we're leaving. - hear this, boy. - young lady, if you were capable of making decisions ananjudgments, they would not be paying me. now, you get your things together. we're leaving. - koro? - (grunting) - take this impudent clod outside...

- is it your desire to see me hurt, mr. paladin? - well, i certainly don't want anybody executing me without feeling some small t tnge. - i merely removed you from the tent. you know my faith. - well, it's just that i don't really have any faith in your faith. - what do you know of faith, mr. paladin? - well, i'm impressed. how much water do we have? - koro, you may put away the tents. tell the bearer to choose smooth terrain. i do not like to be jostled. - as i was saying, koro, how much water do we have? - four barrels. - three barrels.

- i want to tell you about t old american custom. two wagons... one, two... comprise a wagon train. a wagon train is run by maritime law. i am the guide, the captain. if you interfere with one of my whimsmsr fancies or orders, that interference constitutes mutiny, and i can have you imprisoned or put on bread and water. there are no yardarms out here and precious few trees. send a wagon tongue on in, run a rope over the top, around your neck, and run you up-- is that clear?

this is good traveling. - it's faiai - however, we are not traveling alone... a person is following.

lolo like? - he moved quickly, but... his skin was dark, like mine. and his face was as fierce as the hawk's. - he have a saddle on n e horse? - i think not. - well, then he's probably not a thuggee. your people have used saddles since the third century. - still, he is following us. - he's probably a renegade apache... they'll follow a wagon for miles, just waiting for something to fall off. - well, i might be sure if you'd let me have the telescope. - mr. paladin... may i speak with you privately? - your highness. - mr. paladin, there is very little chance that i shall complete this journey... alive.

be found. as long as my death cannot be proved, i will live in my subjects' minds and therefore... fulfill my purpose. - well, you could just take these things out and bury them in the sand. - no. if i should live, i will need them to identify myself. - paladin! - well, that's fine.

- - u said you might not survive this trip. well, it might just work out that way. koro, how much does one of these barrels weigh full of water? - 50 viss. - 180 pounds. now, who among us can lift 180 pounds from this wagon down to the ground? - you and i. or the man who is followowg us. - koro, nobody has seen the man following us but you! - thth narrows the choice, indeed. now, if these were open and the water was allowed to drain out... well, then anybody here could've lifted the barrels down to the ground. - if they were empty, why put them on the ground? - to let the last inch of water drain out. - how far are we from water? - three days, in any direction. - there are still 14 bottles of wine. - well, what about the horses?

farther, we walk. - koro... in this heat, over sand and rocks, you could walk about 15 miles, and with a great deal of luck, you might crawl three more miles. koro... - yes, paladin? - may i have the key to the wine chest? - the keys are hidden. you are a violent man, mr. paladin. still, it would be impossible to make me tell where. - 14 bottles could be enough, if we don't have to walk. - animals get sick on alcohol. - this wine contains no alcohol. intoxicants are against our belief. - i remember something else about your belief. in order to achieve nirvana, paradise, you must anoint yourself daily with water from theheanges river. - and also be cremated and have our ashes cast into the ganges. - or you may be reincarnated nine times.

or even as an ant. - koro, where is the water from the ganges river? - that water may be used for holy purposes only. - life is holy, koro. - mr. paladin... would you condemn yourself to purgatory? - three days out here without water is purgatory. if you die here, your ashes'll never see the e nges river, anyway. you're doomed. how much water is there? charge of it. and from now on, we travel from 10:00 at night

- uh, punya... you would be safer if you made more noise. - i shall rerember next time. - shouldn't you be asleep? - (sighing) the night is too lovely. - i sometimes find it so. - you have known loneliness, haven't you, paladin? - it leaves a mark in a man's eyes.s. - and in a woman's. and i thought that you and koro... - mm. koro speaks to me only when he cannot avoid it. - still... - since i have seen you, paladin, i...

- you are a woman of your country. - you're a man of yours. - we have traveled two nights and are not halfway out yet. - i know that. - the horses are jading. we could leave the wagons now, ride the horses. st lononr pulling than carrying. - paladin! paladin! the rani has collapsed! - well, what did she do? did she drink all her water the firsrsday or wash her hair in it?

- i am a rani. i have no country, but these people, they are my subjects. if they suffer from thirst, i do not drink. - well, you haven't earned the right to b ba martyr yet. the privileges of rank mean absolutely nothing if you let the responsibility kill you. now, you drink this! punya.

- "cool hands... "pink-tipped... "like lotus buds that float on the cool water where we used to dwell." - we will make it safely, paladin? - we... will make it. - there is no chance we will perish here in the desert, hmm? - none.

your friend is dead! - friend? he is the one... - these coins! if you hired him to kill the rani,, why did you tell me about him?

oh... oh... - skiri. - i am sorry, paladin. truly. when your hands touched me, they were hot and rough.h. so were koro's when he served me. punya's hands were cool... and damp. whoever emptied those barrels, they would have secreted a supply of water for...

to touch the brow of a lonely man... or drop gold coins in the hands of an apache. - where is koro? - dead. - he died as he would have wished... in your service. - they w wld wish to be sent home. - i'm sorry, we'll bury them here. - but it is our belief that if... - i know your belief, and i'm sorry.

- ? "have gun will travel" ? ? reads the card of a man ? ? his fast gun for hire ? ? heeds the calling wind ? ? paladin, paladin ?

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spspn. >> yes, ma'am. >> hey. ? question you define those. >> coming here today.

>> how bad is it? >> he is dying. ?

? [speaking spanish language] >> papa? papa. >> victoria.

i know you will. >> the bullet is lododd here. and here, it will remain. my ring. they still my ring. stole my ring. the one my father gave me, the one i'll was intended to give to you. the one with the gold lion's head, with the big diamond in his mouth. >> you must rest.

>> no, no. you cannot see anyononelse today. >> [groaning] >> i must go get my husband read away. >> you must not excite yourself. ? >> victoria. i wish to die with gladness in my heart.

tell me that you will be married. >> i will, when i find the proper wife, i will not hesitate for a moment.t. >> you may not concern yourself about the search. i've already found them for you. promise that you will marry -- >> [groaning]

>> a lien recovers quickly. >> come it depends upon the lion. >> mary soon. it is my dying wish. i have one the family of the bride owns all of the land between rancho, montoya.

>> that is fancy. >> now it is possible to make everything one brand -- grgrd branch from tucson to sonora. one grand ranch. from tucson to sonora, under my son. you mean you want me to put -- question victoria, you have not forgotten your promise? >> no. >> victoria, you did not

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>> were you going to do? >> i wish i knew. ? >> no. you trusted us. no. if i will die, i will die my own way.

[crying] >> oh, the bullet. it has moved. >> what do you mean? >> what do you mean? >> you will not you poisoned me with your medicine. >> i can feel the bullet, here. >> torture me more.

no doubt. no doubt at all. easy. easy. >> i will live. >> you will not die. we are sure that. there is no doubt you will live. >> no, i am sicker than ever before. >> that is not true. >> it is true. i am dying, more than ever before. do you understand? i will have your heart for

understand me. remember what i told you. >> he is worse. >> my only son. >> topockcki wanted to talk about that.

papa, i wanted to talk about that. oh no. >> [groaning] >> comfort him anyway you can. >> promise me i die [indiscernible] >> i promimi i will marry >> you

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>> what wonderful friends i have . it is a pity i am dying. it was a joy in knowing you all. particularly you >> we w wl be around for a while.

>> get out of here. stay away from me. i sigh wanted you all to be present because of the bride to be is approaching. this concerns you all. the a good doctor, you have to be a comfort to me. the details are all worked out by me. >> i think i should ll you --

>> and you, victoria, will rule

>> go down andnd meet your brid. ? ? >> how did you select such a

? ? [sighing] >> [indiscernible] >> you have my blessing.

>> i have a reputation for happy endings. >> you have a reputation for being very cruel. ? >> a man is not made of wood. >> a woman is not made of steel.

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>> i have brought you some flowers. i do not understand? >> we are not married yet. turnaround. i wish to grab my rope. >> i will help you put on -- all right. i am sorry. i was thinking about last evening. you are so sweet and loving. >> i have something to tell you. i only married you because my brother told me this would be a possible marriage.

>> i do not like to travel, by the way. what is wrong with it? >> i understand from the very beginning, things will be done my way. >> what things? what are you talking about? >> i know about you. >> you do? >> yes. after the funeral, we will go to mexico city. are you deaf as well as pain?

>> i'm going to talk about this marriage of hours. it will never happen. >> the heart of die man. go ahead. tell your father your decisio. i do not want to see you until i have to. >> heavy finished? i

? ? >> my father's ring. where did you get the ring? wh >> no, no. i bought it from some men. i have always wanted a fine rain that flashes in the sun. >> whehe did you get the money for such a beautiful rain?

take it. >> where did the men go? where did the men go, amigo? how many of them? >> two. three or four hours ago. >> what shall i do with this one? >> >> let him go. a woodcutter does not attack a line. >> gracias. >> let him go for a while.

woodpile. ? >> that enough you cannot kill montoya come but you still his ring? i thought he was dead. >> everyone says he is dying.

>> i knew they would follow me. >> you did not know their following you. >> no one to fear. >> we have no one to fear. >> i told you. you will make certain the line is dead -- the lion is dead. >> i will not take a man's life. >> if you taste too long when he is dying, you have to help them. >> there will be people around. they will should me. i you will have a chance. ififou don't go, --

>> if it is i swear to you. i saw him with my own eyes. he was eating and jerking everythihi. you tell john.

? >> i think the time has come we can show >> by the way, did you happen to see this new ring i found? >> how did you do it? how did you do it? tell me all about it. >> how do i look? do i look ready for the grave?

>> is he awake? >> still alive, old friend. still alive. alive. what generosity you , signing. >> i did not sign them. there are is your find to agree

>> he looks pale. >> how can you say -- - haven't the strength. >> i promise you this, the bride you have chosen for me. >> it is no burden, my son.

>> topock, very upset. says the ice is melting. >> i am sorry. it wants to have you buried in the cathedral. it would be nicer if you are worried here in a not much cerememy. >> what? no ceremony? i want a ceremony in the

demand will be on the head of the house of montoya. that is you, poppa. >> the names not here. >> you are so weak, poppa. >> rest, poppa.

[gunshot] [gunshot] ? question rope. [gunshot] -- >> general. [gunshot] ?

>> i don't know. it was not us. >> where is he going. >> uncle buck? abe should think your amigos here. >> thank you. [speaking spanish language] >> don't forget to keep the fire

>> you have been d dnking. >> you've noticed. ordinarily, your beauty would be intoxicating enough. tonight, my sorrow is very heavy. >> how do i look? i remember he was a friend. i am talking about my father. >> oh yes, i forgot. our little discussion? and the decision? >> i have a choice? >> no. it is settled. you will go to mexico city after the funeral. fans are there.

>> a little custom, the wife walks kind of husband. ?

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him -- i have one chance. [indiscernible] ? truly tragicic >> pop-up. >> i will sign it. >> no. >> you ain't dead yetet here is the man who tried to

>> miracles. recovery. >> at otto's going to die. >> we are leaving at first light. >> it is the truth. it is true.

you meant to sign that -- to -- to keep him from signing that paper. [speakakg spanish language] [laughter] [indiscernible] >> why not ask? >> there is going to be no marriage. >> no marriage? >> sorry.

>> you must forgive my son. >> i can't explain. >> lecture you can, but not to me. to her.

? >> he actions of your father changing the marriage.

>> you really think so? well maybe, supposed -- -- asu -- s spose... [indiscernible] >> he is quite a man. >> hey. married? >> the famous ring. >> that it is. >> how can you say that? >> how come you did not give it back? >> i am keeping it as a

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