Wanted Dead or Alive S01E06
Transcript
00:00 [Music]
00:24 Yes?
00:25 I want to see Mr. Walker.
00:26 Do you have an appointment?
00:28 No.
00:29 Just tell him Kinch is out here.
00:30 He'll see me.
00:31 But, but...
00:32 Go on.
00:33 Go on.
00:34 Tell him.
00:35 Kinch.
00:36 Mr. Walker will see you.
00:45 Sure he will.
00:46 Didn't I tell you?
00:47 Good morning, Mr. Walker.
00:48 Well, Kinch, what is it?
00:49 Well, I got something I think might interest you.
00:50 What's that?
01:08 That's right.
01:09 That's just who it's from.
01:10 How many years is it I've been checking that white side mailbox?
01:18 Five.
01:20 Every morning for five years.
01:23 Now, another fellow would have got discouraged and give up, but not Kinch.
01:26 Now, when you hire Kinch to do a thing, that thing gets done.
01:29 You say this came this morning?
01:31 Yes, sir.
01:35 I've got him.
01:38 All this time.
01:40 And now I've finally got him.
02:08 I, uh...
02:13 I've got him.
02:19 I've got him.
02:25 I've got him.
02:31 I, uh...
02:37 I want your services for five weeks.
02:39 I'll pay you $50 a week plus expenses.
02:42 Interested?
02:43 Depends on the job.
02:44 I thought Rydell said you'd tackle anything.
02:48 Providing it appeals to me.
02:50 I don't work blind, Mr. Walker.
02:52 Now, this job is simple.
02:54 I want you to accompany me on a ride to Banner, Texas.
02:58 There's a man in Banner that's wanted here.
03:00 Help me bring him back.
03:01 Now, what's his name?
03:02 Whiteside.
03:04 Clay Whiteside.
03:05 Although, Lord knows what name he's using now.
03:08 Mm-hmm.
03:09 Now, what did he do?
03:10 Robbed this bank five years ago.
03:13 Of course, he was captured and the money was recovered,
03:15 but he escaped on the day he was to be shipped to prison.
03:19 And for five years now, I haven't heard a word about him.
03:22 And then, last week, this letter came for his brother.
03:27 He's from Whiteside.
03:29 Postmarked Banner.
03:31 I guess he thought that after all this time, we'd forgotten about him.
03:34 But I never forgotten.
03:36 Not for a minute.
03:37 Well, if you have this information, why come to me?
03:40 Why not take it to the law?
03:42 Look, they've been after him for five years now, and they haven't found him.
03:47 I have, and I want him.
03:51 For robbing this bank?
03:53 That's all you need to know.
03:58 I'm afraid I'll have to turn you down, Mr. Walker.
04:00 Like I said, I don't work blind.
04:02 Goodbye, sir.
04:04 Wait.
04:08 He killed my son.
04:10 My only son.
04:12 Forced him into a gunfight and killed him.
04:15 I demanded his arrest, but he was never convicted.
04:19 And three months later, he robbed this bank.
04:22 Now he's going to pay.
04:24 He's going to pay for everything.
04:28 Will you ride to Banner with me?
04:30 Yes.
04:32 We leave at sunup tomorrow.
04:34 I'll meet you out in front of the bank.
04:35 I'll be there.
04:39 Suppose he can't be taken alive.
04:42 So much the better.
04:45 [knocking]
04:57 Who is it?
04:58 Mrs. Walker, I must see you.
05:03 Are you the one my husband hired?
05:05 The one who's going with him to get Clay Whiteside?
05:08 Yes, ma'am.
05:09 I've been trying to talk him out of it, but he won't listen to me.
05:12 Once he gets an idea in his mind, you can't budge him.
05:15 Never could.
05:17 How long a trip is it to Banner, Texas?
05:20 About two weeks.
05:21 Through bad country?
05:23 Yes, it is.
05:24 He'll never make it.
05:27 Mr. Randall, my husband is not a well man.
05:30 The doctors have warned him repeatedly that he insists on acting as if he were 20 years old.
05:35 You want me to cancel the trip?
05:37 Tell him I can't go?
05:38 Well, that wouldn't stop him.
05:39 He'd go on alone.
05:41 What do you want me to do?
05:43 I want you to take care of him.
05:45 Protect him as much as you can.
05:47 I want you to bring Mr. Walker back to me alive.
05:51 I'll do my best.
05:52 Thank you.
05:54 Mrs. Walker, I'd, uh, I'd kind of like to come back alive myself.
06:00 Why do you say that?
06:01 Well, I just got the feeling I'm not being told everything there is about this situation.
06:05 Now, what about it?
06:08 There is something that you should know.
06:11 It concerns the man you're going after, Clay Whiteside.
06:14 Yes.
06:16 He was guilty of the bank robbery.
06:19 Your husband told me that.
06:21 And he killed our son.
06:23 He told me that, too.
06:26 Well, I'm going to tell you something that I'm sure my husband hasn't told you.
06:30 Clay Whiteside was not to blame for that killing.
06:33 A dozen people saw that fight, and every one of them testified under oath
06:37 that our son provoked it.
06:40 Self-defense?
06:41 Yes.
06:43 The jury set him free.
06:45 To be honest, Mr. Randall, my son was really not a very nice boy.
06:51 He was always looking for trouble.
06:54 So, you see, it wasn't Clay Whiteside's fault.
06:57 The blame was ours, my husband's and mine.
07:00 Now, why do you say that?
07:02 We spoiled him.
07:04 But my husband would never admit that, never in a million years.
07:09 Good night, Mr. Randall.
07:10 Thank you, Miss Walker.
07:12 Thank me? Why?
07:14 Because I know how hard it was for you to tell me that.
07:18 Good night.
07:20 [music]
07:43 How far do you figure it is to Mackinac?
07:45 Oh, about 20 miles.
07:47 Well, that's not bad for four days.
07:49 At that rate, we ought to be in Vanna by next Thursday.
07:53 Still alive by then.
07:55 What's that supposed to mean?
07:58 You're pushing those horses kind of hard, you know.
08:00 I'm in a hurry.
08:02 Look, Mr. Walker, I want to get there, too,
08:04 but those horses just ain't gonna last, not the way you're pushing them.
08:06 All right, we'll get fresh ones the next time we come to.
08:09 I wasn't just thinking about the horses.
08:11 You mean you can't take it?
08:14 Well, I was thinking about you.
08:15 Never mind about me. I'm fine.
08:18 I can ride like this forever.
08:20 Stubborn man I've ever seen.
08:22 What did you say?
08:24 I said you're the most stubborn man I've ever known, sir.
08:27 I'm also the boss of this operation, and the pace won't let up.
08:30 If anything, it'll get faster.
08:32 Now, let's move on out.
08:34 [music playing]
08:38 [horse neighing]
08:41 Mr. Walker?
09:06 Oh.
09:09 Why, we could ride another two hours before sundown.
09:12 My horse couldn't make it another mile, and neither could yours.
09:14 Look at him.
09:15 You're sure it's the horses you're concerned about.
09:17 Well, now, what do you mean by that?
09:19 The trouble with you young fellas today is you're too soft.
09:22 And you know why?
09:23 Because you baby yourselves.
09:24 You want everything too easy.
09:26 Why, when I was your age, I could stay in the saddle for a week,
09:29 day and night, eat in the saddle, and sleep there.
09:32 At the end of the week, I was stronger than when I started.
09:35 Congratulations.
09:36 I think I might point out one thing.
09:38 What's that?
09:39 You're not my age anymore.
09:41 You're as young as you feel, and I feel like riding some more today.
09:44 Well, you're going to have to make it on a loan, then.
09:47 Quit it.
09:49 No, I'll catch up with you tomorrow.
09:51 Catch up with me?
09:53 If you stop now, you won't see me again till you get the banner.
09:56 Maybe.
09:58 I've got $10 says you don't catch up to me.
10:02 That's a bet.
10:05 See you at the banner.
10:07 [music playing]
10:33 How you doing?
10:35 I owe you $10.
10:38 [music playing]
10:52 Ah, what's the verdict?
10:55 Am I going to live?
10:56 That depends.
10:58 On what?
10:59 You.
11:00 You're a sick man, Mr. Walker.
11:02 A man with a heart like yours has got no business being on a horse.
11:04 Never mind the lectures.
11:05 I've had enough of those.
11:07 Too bad you didn't listen to them.
11:09 What am I going to do now?
11:11 The next two weeks, you're not going to do anything.
11:13 You're not going to move a muscle.
11:15 You're just going to lie right here in this bed.
11:18 That's impossible.
11:19 I've got urgent business to attend to.
11:21 Mr. Walker, the most urgent business you have right now is trying to stay alive.
11:29 Am I that bad off?
11:30 You're that bad off.
11:33 I'll come back to see you later on this afternoon.
11:43 How far are we from banner now?
11:46 Oh, about a week's ride.
11:47 I hope you don't think I'm trying to make it.
11:49 No.
11:51 I'm staying here.
11:53 But you're going to go on to banner.
11:55 Well, now, what good's that going to do?
11:56 I need you to identify Whiteside.
11:59 I told you what he looks like.
12:01 That description would fit seven men out of ten.
12:03 Well, perhaps he's still using the same name.
12:06 I doubt that.
12:07 Mr. Walker, I think the best thing to do is just let this whole thing go for a while.
12:11 I'm not concerned with what you think.
12:14 I'm interested in just one thing, getting Whiteside.
12:18 Well, you're going to have to give me more to go on, or I stop right here.
12:22 Well, there is one other thing, the way he draws.
12:27 If you ever saw him do it, you'd spot him right away.
12:29 Why is that?
12:31 Because of the funny knack he has of grabbing his right wrist with his left hand when he fires.
12:38 He draws with his right hand like this.
12:41 And then he grabs his wrist with his left hand like this before he pulls the trigger.
12:46 I never saw a man do that before.
12:48 Well, you see, it's a--it's a habit he got into when he was a kid.
12:53 His uncle used to take him out shooting, and the gun was too heavy for the boy to hold with one hand.
12:59 And the habit stuck.
13:03 I can't make every man in Banner draw his gun.
13:06 I don't know, but you could ask around.
13:09 Maybe somebody has seen him do it.
13:12 I mean, that's a possibility.
13:14 Like a needle in a haystack.
13:17 Look, I'll pay you for your time whether you find him or not.
13:22 Well, that appeals to me.
13:26 All right, I'll give it a try.
13:28 But one thing.
13:29 Yeah, what's that?
13:30 Well, now, this business about the draw and the white side, whatever he calls himself now.
13:34 He's not gonna draw for his gun without a reason.
13:36 So?
13:38 How do you force a man to draw?
13:40 Then put away the gun quiet.
13:42 [music]
13:53 [music]
14:13 Morning.
14:14 Morning.
14:16 A quarter and a feet from the horse.
14:18 About today.
14:19 That'll be all right.
14:20 How long you gonna be?
14:22 Don't know yet.
14:23 In town for something special?
14:25 Kind of.
14:26 Looking for a man named Whiteside, you know.
14:29 Not in this town, at least by name like that.
14:32 What's he look like?
14:34 Never seen him.
14:36 Then you got trouble finding him.
14:38 Ever see a man draw a gun like this?
14:42 Sorry.
14:45 Thanks anyway.
14:46 [music]
14:57 Right.
14:58 [music]
15:08 Josh Randall.
15:09 Uh-huh.
15:12 Hello, Phil.
15:13 Surprised to see me?
15:14 Yeah, a little.
15:16 I've been out five months.
15:18 Stayed short in the sentence for good behavior.
15:20 Glad to hear it.
15:21 Yeah, I'll bet you are.
15:23 What's on your mind?
15:25 You.
15:26 You've been on my mind for quite a while now.
15:28 Three years to be exact.
15:30 I'm not looking for trouble, Phil.
15:32 You don't have to.
15:34 It's already found you.
15:35 [music]
15:43 What's going on?
15:44 It's a private matter.
15:45 Well, then settle it privately.
15:48 Come on.
15:59 My name is Randall.
16:00 Josh Randall.
16:02 Earl Tipton.
16:03 Much obliged.
16:04 Care to tell me what the fight was about?
16:07 He was wrestling cattle in Oklahoma.
16:09 They had a warranted poster on him.
16:11 I caught him.
16:12 They sent him away for three years.
16:13 He was worried he'd get even with me.
16:15 Just happened we ran into each other today.
16:17 You a lawman?
16:18 No, a bounty hunter.
16:20 What are you doing in Banner?
16:21 Business.
16:22 Looking for a man by the name of Clay Whiteside.
16:24 He'd wanted to luring New Mexico for bank robbery about five years ago.
16:28 You think he's here?
16:29 Could be.
16:30 Name sound familiar?
16:31 No, I can't say that it does.
16:33 What does he look like?
16:34 Old, about six feet tall, 170 pounds, sandy hair.
16:38 About 40.
16:40 Must be 50 men in town to meet those measurements.
16:42 I don't wonder.
16:44 That all you got on him?
16:45 Not quite.
16:46 You ever see a man hold a gun like this?
16:50 No.
16:52 Up a blank alley.
16:53 You mind if I nose around a bit on my own?
16:55 Help yourself.
16:57 I'll see you later.
17:05 His name's Whiteside.
17:06 Whiteside?
17:07 Uh-huh.
17:08 I had a fella named Burnside, and he wasn't more than five foot.
17:13 Beat me out of a week's rent.
17:15 Much obliged, ma'am.
17:18 You ever see a man draw like this?
17:21 That's a new one on me.
17:24 Thanks.
17:25 Well?
17:27 Well what?
17:28 Well, did you ever see or hear of a man that draws a gun like this?
17:31 How come you're asking all those questions?
17:34 You bother you?
17:35 I don't like snoopy people.
17:37 It's all right, Bert.
17:38 Go ahead and tell him.
17:41 The answer is no.
17:42 I never saw anyone draw like that.
18:00 Real friendly town.
18:02 They're nice folks.
18:03 Easy to get along with.
18:05 Got my horse ready?
18:06 Oh, yes, sir.
18:07 All ready and settled for you.
18:09 Sure I can't talk you into staying over.
18:11 Plenty of room out of my place, and you're more than welcome.
18:14 Well, thanks very much.
18:15 I'd like to, but, well, there's not much more I can do here.
18:17 I'd better ride on back.
18:19 How are you today, Earl?
18:20 Just fine, Jack.
18:21 And you?
18:22 Oh, no complaints.
18:24 I wish I could have been of more help to you.
18:26 Well, if you should happen to pass this way again, you might wire Mr. Walker and Lori.
18:30 I'll do that.
18:31 Hope I see you again, now.
18:56 At this part, he's your ghost.
19:04 Didn't I tell you he'd be sensible?
19:07 Get down off that horse.
19:16 Three years I've waited for this.
19:35 You know how long three years in a prison is, Josh?
19:51 Like forever.
19:53 That's how it seems sometimes.
19:55 Just like forever.
20:04 Take a good long look around.
20:06 It's all over, but the...
20:12 Unbuckle those belts and let 'em drop.
20:34 You didn't have to do that.
20:58 That's the way I shoot best.
20:59 You didn't have to shoot at all.
21:02 You could have stayed in banner to let 'em kill me.
21:05 I intended to.
21:07 Change your mind?
21:09 Not quite sure.
21:12 Well, I'm glad you did.
21:16 What happens now between us?
21:18 According to the law, you can take me in.
21:20 According to the law, you got no business here at all.
21:22 Not your county.
21:24 So how does that leave us?
21:26 Seems to me with a man of your record in the past five years, they wouldn't give you more than a suspended sentence if you turned yourself in.
21:31 Could be.
21:33 Sound advice.
21:35 I'm gonna go right off in that direction.
21:37 You go back the way you came.
21:38 That'll make us about even, what do you say?
21:40 I say you're about the strangest bounty hunter I ever run across.
21:44 That may be.
21:46 White sign?
21:48 Goodbye.
21:49 Tipped it.
21:50 Goodbye and good luck.
21:52 Don't make me regret what I'm doing now.
21:54 There's no chance of that.
21:55 What are you gonna tell old man Walker?
21:57 Oh, I don't know.
22:00 I'll think of something.
22:01 I'll see you now, here.
22:03 Come in.
22:24 So you finally got back, eh?
22:29 Just got in.
22:31 What happened?
22:33 I couldn't find him.
22:35 Any leads?
22:37 A man fitting a white-sized description was seen in Banner the day the letter was mailed.
22:41 What happened to him?
22:43 He stayed in town a couple of days and then he left.
22:45 Nobody's done anything about him or where he went.
22:48 I knew it was bad news.
22:52 I knew it the minute I looked at your face.
22:55 I did the best I could.
22:57 I'm sorry, Mr. Walker.
22:59 Well, what's our next step?
23:02 I don't think there should be a next step.
23:04 What do you mean?
23:06 I mean I think this hunt ought to stop.
23:08 Why?
23:09 Two reasons. Number one, it's hopeless.
23:11 Number two, you're in no shape to travel.
23:13 Who says so?
23:15 The doctor.
23:16 I saw him on the way in.
23:18 Oh.
23:21 We'll start on Thursday.
23:23 It's not fair.
23:26 What's not fair?
23:28 My boy gets killed.
23:30 Nobody pays for it.
23:32 Someone ought to pay for the death of my son.
23:36 Someone is paying for it.
23:38 Who's that?
23:40 You.
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