"TNE "TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE" Screenplay by: ROBERT ROSSEN From the Novel by: B. TRAVEN TRST TEMPORARY WHITE january I, 1997 FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY ~wn Gy CAST DOBBS ---- HOWARD CURTIN ---- copy Loca es MEXICO -~ 19203. FADE IN, CLOSEUP LOTTERY LIST SHOWING the winning numbers drown in the NEXIGAN HAT CAMDKA PULLS Bath to fener A lottery ticker + {nto bits. CALZRA DOLLIES AMEAD of him co he turns avay from the list. The tribes of bootblecks thet peodle the streets do not pester Dobbs. He is too ob~ - viously on his uppers. Eis clothes aro ragged ond dirty ani his snoes broken. He kesn't hada haircut in montis and there is severnl devs growth of beard on his face. He stops a passing American. DOBBS: Gan you spare a dine, brother? Tre Arericen growls, moves on. Dobbs turns, locks after the denerting figure. Tae Anordean flips 2 cigar~ ette eway. Dodns! eyes follow its flight. CLOSSUP «THE BURNING CIMARDTTS in the gutter. He meves half a step tovcrd the gutter, looks rie left to make sure no one 1s wate Tris brie. oats hin ste. Ono of swarm of beot! ons down on it. Debdbs pulls belt notches end continues on up QLUIES AMHAD. Sonething Dobos shim to inercase catches up with an Anericen sho fe dressed in’ white suite . DOBBS: Brother, ean you spare a dine? Vinite and gives fishes in his pocket, tekes out @ toston to Dobhs who is so surprised by this act t he deesn't even sey thanks. For @ stanés reoted looking et the coin m he cleses his hand around it, eeling DISSOLVE TO:” EXT. SIDEWALN RESTAURANT je has just finished eating wg him With coffoa. i Dobos at & tcblo. proprictor is servi Fow much? PROPRIETOR Trionte contavos. Dobbs phys with a toston. Then he tckes a black papor— od cigarette out of tho newly purchased peck, Lights up che atta buck to smoke ond on joy his coffees, A Ti voy, barefoot, in ragged ootton pants and c torn shirt, enters through the open door of th ne restcurant br ishing lottery tickets. - BOY: z Michoacen State Lottery, senor, DOBBS: Beat it. I'm not buying ny lottery tickets. Go cn, beat it. DOBBS Got avey fron me, you BOY: Tho vholo ticket is only four posos, sonor. And it's e sure winner. DOBBS: I havon't got four’ pesos. BOY; 2 of a ticket for one Tae boy pulls at his pant lege : DOBBS: (picks up water glass) f£ you don'ts ve srs Tren one tenth o for forty contavoseaa d & (Cont.) 5. ‘Dopes throws the water into the boy's faces. The boy Jengas, wipes the water off with his sleeve. Tae pro Fister cenos back wits the chenge. Dobbs tips hin vinco contavos. Tho proprietor goes back benind hie counter. 7 Box: (oyos on tho change) Sonor ought to buy one twentieth. Ono twentieth costs you only twonty gontavos. Loo’, senor, add the (figures up. You get thirteon. Yinas better nunber could you’ buy? It'a a suro winners Dovbe weighs the coin in his hands DOSES; How soon is° the érawin g? BOY: Only threo wooks off. DO3BS: t. Give me the tiontieth Mae Litvle siercihant te sheet, hands it to Do’ It's un numero ¢ 0, Senos (bites om coin to seo if it's gocd) Muchas gracias, sanor. Cons again next tino, I always heve the winners, ell the lucky numbers. Buena suerte, good luck! ‘Off ho hops, lke a young reboit, after’ another pros~ pective evssoncr. Dodds finishes his coffee, pushos back his cheir end risos. -He lots his belt out threo notches. : AT, RESTAURAIT CAERA PAYS plaza yhera Ae sits dew on cre of an~ Ho takes ont bis new oP shts it Tyo: boot Dleck Bicks up teo ond Ae throws avvaye (coxrzuumD)5 (Cont) ee DORBS: (to his compar on the benca) Cigarette? (ne extends the pack) The man takes one. Dobbs gives hin a light with nis one Thanks. Curtin tekes a long dreg, inheles deepiz, thon blows smoke out cf his mouth en@ noso. He looks to te in his ato twenties -- cdout ten years younger than Dobos. Ho has a strong, hard~uitton faco vith a slightly crooked nose. Liko Dodss, ke could uso a haircut, DOBBS: f Hot. : : : omni Yeah’ Sene tox: CURTIN: You seie it, orether. DORBS: way up El igo lnst veel. There cinth a cup to bo had. I t: nore cny work's ive years are coning back elds to town. Why? = The world needs of1.... don't se Aman ine vbite s follow him specuts ses the bench. Dobbs eyes6s od 5 (Cont.2) S.. . DOBBS: Ip Iwas ¢ Mex I'd buy a con of shoo polish cné go into business. They?d - _' never jet « Gringo, You can sit on - a boneh throo-quertors starved. You " can beg from another Gringo. You cen oven commit burgiery. But try shin~ ing shoes in the strcet or solling Yomonado out of a bucket cnd your hash ts sottled. You'd nevor got another job from cwhito man. : * cen: : Yoah, and the natives would hound nd pester you to death DOBBS: ' . (getting to his feet) - : It's a hell of @ country to ba broke ins geen : CURTIN: Toli me the country that isn! + Dobbs turns avay fron the bench. CLOSE THE STARD SHOES? The ran in gets a shinee ho white suit is read! Doons ENTERS SC: he DOBSS: Brother, cen you spara a dine? White Suit takes 2 toston. out of his pocket, gives it to Dovos. For the second tino this day, Dobos is surW prisod into specchlessness. -Ho looks up from the oo in his palm to the white suited men on the ire boos Dlecl: stend. - The latter's face is hidden by the no’ pagor. Dobbs thrusts the coin into his pants pocket, turns on‘his heel end marchos off . ~ EX. OPEN-AIR BARBER SHOP | GLOSH SHOT DOBBS Laying aside his razor, the varbe> ‘obhs! position changes from ho ‘A mirror is pub into Dobbs! horde studying tho eZfocts c. head. in barber cheir. pushes 2 hendle and zontel to sitting. Ho holds 4% at various engles tho scissors on the. back of ‘ Enoo Dobbs frox (Cont. ) . BARBER: Algo en el polo, sonor? Pura axe quede bonito. (ne shows Dobes : 2 bottle) : DOBBS: : 7 Cuanto vale? : : BARBER: Quince centavos. s slightly, icbating with Rimsolf whether to indulge in this oxtraveganco. Muy bonite aroma. DOBBS The bar ad 1ibers: ety Dobha! snipsing the sof nostrils, Dobbs! ne berser bis cre himsolf walle that he recotv: nore than Liber: appoeren ce glances dolder. sol whose sie: Powder on how Anceresé, over and soes 't to wetcn hor rocreat: tworstory house, on Spanish? fall ese cannot be hidden” br Z Dodds ng piece of change out itis far too little he signs, ené centinnes He tosses the tosten in his turning it(Cont.1) DOBBS: to the waite suit) sn you spare a dime, nister? Waite Suit reacres in his pockct, tukes out a tostone Dobbs reeches for it. But White Suit kaeps the pleco botwoon his Fingers. : WHITE SUIT: ‘Listen, you. Such inpudence never + + cane my way as long es I cen - renombor. Dobhs' stants uttorly perplexod walle the stranger continues. : WRITE SUIT: Early this afternoon I gave you & tostons Won I was having my shoes polished I gave you another tostone Now, once again. Do mo e favor, will you? Go oceasionelly to soma= - body else. his is boginning to : Get tirasone. DOBSS: Excuse me, mister. | I never ealize thet it was you cil the tines J never looked et sour faces only your hands and ct the money you gave ms. Beg pardon, nister. Io promise you I won't put the bite on you cgcine This is understend? (gives Dohos the toston) DOB: Sure, mister -- never egain will I -- WHITE SUI! Just to make sure you won't forget. your promise, Love's another toston 80 you'll oat toi-crrow. But undorsterd - aro to try your way in lite~ 7 (Cont.2) Be. ‘had the gentleman goce his wer. Dovbs clinks the two Sostons tcgether thoughtfully, then turas on his. hcol and starts rapidly up the street no just came towns EXT. WATERFRONT OPPOSITE FERRY LANDING = DUSR. CANERA DOLLIES with Dobhs as he walks slowly slong, hia eyes on the pavenont. He stops outiice a cantina, . listening +9 the tinny nucic of a piaysr-piane. The) winging door cpons ond tvo sailors cone out. a mos push pret hin und cre gone. Ho is cbout to start on then the decr opens @ seccnd tino ond a man, very tall and dulicy, enpears. Hs _ DOBBS? Cen you spare a Aino, brother? No CORNICE: (interrupting) Iven't give you c rod cent, bub if you went to eo sexe money T Bive yo HC CORMICK: ts job for you if Herd work Dub good 3 8 camp? DOBE z He CORNIC The ferry's making cff and ono of my mon hssnit shown tp. 2 don't kni * what's happened to him. He's probably “.. f4ithy drunk in some dive. DOBSS: What's the pay? {(conTrNUED)8B (Cont. 96 10% BC CORUTCK: Eight aucks, Arertcen, a dey. Grub + Goes off on your expenses Weil, don't just stand there. Haze up né. You ave to ceno the wey o time to get your clothes ing. Tae ferry doesn't weit. : DOBSS: | 7 I'm your men. Mo hugo fe2low takes Dodve by the orn, CAMERA PAIS a: ho hurries him acvoas the street toward the ferry lan ing. ABOU? A DOZEN ISI mess. HeCormtcle an@ Dobhs starts count standing in ENTIR SCENE. Heo: rocegnizes one of the & conversation on the Dench durin the som2~dc They move to obeys EXT. 4 CLEAR CIN TID JUNGLE . About fifty mon ere at work rigging a camp, emongs then Dobos end Curtin. They are ongagod in the tion of a dorrick. Dohos, one log snake-fa a cable, grabs the heavy doards thet are swung bolts thom. Custin nelps te tring tho boards position. Swost is pouring off then. Fron tine to time thoy groan over thoir exertions. OVER- SCENE s veitee: "Como and 4." Dons ond Curtin pull” selvns up, straddio a wooden girdor cnd wine the sect out cf their eyos. Thon, hant shand, they siide down tho esblo. Thoy start over to vhere a Lino of is for HeCornick felis into step with, the:10 (Cont. ) ll. 10, DOBES: Must be a hunire@ ond thirty in the shade and there ain't any shade up on the dorrici. HG_CoR¥ICK: What the devil. Just figure routre ¥ a couple of millionaires in your ow “ private steamsath. Tac sooner we're thrcugh the sooner wotll bo back in town drinking cold beer. (ne lowers his voice confidentially) J) (If we finish within two weeks Itm = * going to give you fellows a bonus. DOBBS: It's ceming te us, working sixtesn, eighteen hours a day lik XG CORHIGK: How don't start crying for your mothers. het do you want? I'm pajing top salerios ... and a bonus. a DOBNS: : tour pay anywor? Ané née so got it? Thavontt seon oo muck cut of you yet, Pat. you en: 2 s You'll get paid ete DISSOLVE TO: GIF B.G. EXT. WATE: FERRY LAUDI’ Little groups of men, momoers of HeCormick's work gang, ‘are standing around. lcCornick comes up te one of such group, whieh includes Curtin ana Dobns.a ll. il (Cent.) NC COR:iI¢; The egont wes supposed tc be hero with it. Z don! know what coulda havo happoned. Nothing to worry Gbout, thougn. I'll go over to the offlee end pick it up mysol?. (pulls Dobhs aside - lowers his veice) Supposing I moet you two in about on our at thet centina right off the Plazas Ha DOBAS: Any objection to us going along with you? , XG CORXICK: 7 (suddenly angry) Wnet's the mattor, doa't you tru: Do you think I'd run cut on you? st mo? : DOBBS; : No, Pat, I don't think you'd do e thing like taat, but i havo: & cent, ever te buy mo a ne: or one giess of beer, oney out of his pockes) Here's ten poses. That ougnt to hol yon for en nour, (he te Sea out it's a quartes to tuo. Z'1l be at thet cantino ne later than three etelock, Ho turns and goes abruptly, off before there can ve any further objections. peaeeeaaece DISMLVZ 70: 22. CLOCK «OVER CANTINA BAR t says 5:50, BARTENDER'S WGICE? (OVER SCE Pat HeCormick, si, Eo comes in here tino to tine. Ne sae hin lately 84 PULLS BACH PO INCLUDE Dobbs, Gustin, the ber- nder and cno othor custemery\ Y “28, 22 (Cont. ) ousTozrR: (ruggediy suilt ~ middle aged man - slightly drun) at McCormick? Wast ebout Pat DOBBS: He was supposed to moot us here, cusToxm: _ | Doo ho owe sou eny nonay? : Dobbs nods. eaeie . custo:ER: How long you guys deen around © © fanpioo anyway? Curtin and Do their noada et the othor mane Scowls appear on their faces. . OBS: Wret's thet got to do poked eCormiex's ZT mecn he to work fe: comes for 2 pode Like you en the tine » he takes (ae throve back nis oad and Laughs) Curtin and Dodes scowl at each other. fhen they lock at their door. Curtain murmurs something under brecth that is probably un curt: Fow much we got left out of tho ten he gave us, Robnsic? Dovrs takes mosey out of his 9 2 & & (CONPTNUDD.12 (Conts1) CURTIN: : (mutters again) : Not oven enoy, I know a joint were we can get cots for fifty contevos a night. It's full of fats end scorpions end cock— roaches, but beggars can't bo choosors’, pbc SLESPING QUARTERS INT. OSO KEGRO CAMERA DOLLIZS AXEAD of DISSOLVE “ro oo Dobbs end Curtin as they move down the nerrow eisle between two rows of cots on which men aro sitting or lyinge versationss We OVARKEAR scraps of con~ FIRST MAY: I been in on half 2 dozen oil booms. Ths a! she price hts. And tro next dey And so of weeks, jods "te be hed, dozen al ys the eanc story. ‘One dey yn two Tb just dcos. n another two & couple ssretanatte streets on until, efter that were a @ and@ the ure fall of gays pushing cach cther ~ fore . Dedbs and Curtin neve found their cots by this tine and heve begun te undress. place in the for cornor Americans. ning to shew whito, is sit, half undressed, on One, an cldert, Another conversation ts taling of the room betweon three : follow whese hair 1s begin- ging on cot. Tne other two their cots. HEE HOWARDS, (the ola man) Gold in Vexico? Sure there is. Rot ten days from here by rail and pack trein) a mountain's waitin, for the right guy to cone along, Iscovor her treasure and then biotle her until she himheve it. The question is ~ the rignt guy. Reel bor wand far betwee! alot of finding. Ani whlL you? Wayts golé ty bucks por cunce? (coxrmsvED)15 (Cont.) Dobbs end, Bocause to tha old mony Curtin, wi HOWARD: A thousand mon, say, go scorching for geld. Aftor six months ons af ten is lucky - one Gut of the then~ send. His Pint vepresonss not aly his own isbor but thet of tao nine hundred ninety-nine others to beote Six thousand months cr fifty yedrs of screbdbling ovor mountains, going hungry an@ thirsty, 4n ounce of gold, mister, is worth what i ts boccuso of the humcn labor tat wont into tha “finding ond the getting of it, They aro sil The old man resunost NAN: Never thought of it just like thetey, Whon you go cut you "INL be satis? thousend handsom months of sweating yoursclf dizzy end short on provisions and find~ ing nothing, you cone dowa to tw thousand and thon to fifteen, until finally you say "Lord, let me finé Jy five thoveara dollars worth and EL never ask anything more of you the y Lhlo%s Five thousané's e helluva lot, (CORTEHUED}13 (Conte1)° - HOWARD: Hore in the Oso Negro it scens like a lot. Sut I toll you, if you were to nake a real find, you ecalda’t be dragged eweys Dobbs and Curtin havo stogped undressing to itsten to want the old man is sayings HOWARD: aes rent of miscrablo . death would stop jou from trying to “add ten thousend mores And then _. 3° you'd reach tventy-five, you'd wont : : te make it fifty, and at fifty, a hundred - and 89 on. 2 st roulette wee just one more turn ... ciways ozo “mores You lose your senso of values +" and your ‘charactor changes entirely.’ : Your soul stops veing the same as it * was vefere. ot even the ti poses: (unable te restrain » Te wuldn't be iike that wit swear it. Td take only as much as Iiseé out oven if there was still helf a tea bucks werth 1y- > be picked ups evard looks xt is face, Tac sorutt shifts his oyco ave! net beon interrupted. HOWARD: Jo. [ve dug in Alaska, end in Canade ond Colorado. z a in the crowd in Britich Honduras, where I made ny boat fere back hore chd almost ency; to cure mo of a fever i'd caus: dug in California and Australia eee all over this world practically, and I mow want gold aces to mons souls. SECOND FAN? You talk like you struck i$ zich ce some timo cr other. How avout it, Pop, did you? (CONTINUED)13 (Cont.2) Tho far-avay look cones heck in neé se eyes, end b HOWARD: Gola, my young men. That's what it makes cr us, Nover knew o prospoctc>: that died rich. if he makes ao fortune, ce's sure to blow it in ying to find cnothor. I ein't no excoption to that rule. o stakes nimsel? as thong: to throw off past momorios) : Sure, Iim ar old gnawed bone now, @on'S you kids think the spirits 1: gone. to shoulder 2 pickaxe agein ony time someoody's willing to Tig rether go all oy myself. Th the dost wey s+. going it olene. course, you've gow te nave the ston: Lots of guys go 5 Oa the other head, going no is den mgercy 1 lest, tet wrea the piles the trouslo cuRTIN: a, new, I wouldn't ming a little oF at Eind of trouble, FIRST Mo neither, brothers DODES? go to sleep ond areca of gold betting bigger DISSOLVE 90ave SD DOBBS APT: 7 DOBBS: : Do you beliove what that who was doing all ths éa: the Oso Negro the other about gold changing sots ho ain't the saxe person he was before finding 1+? CURTIN: (after a monent, thougatfully) Guess that depends on the nan, DOSBS: Exactly vhat I say. Gold don't carry any curse with it, all depends on whether or not the guy who finds it is a right guy. Gurtin's eyes are caught and hold by soxsth SCENE, He is no longer listening to Dovbs. (cont The way I see as mica of a D Hey, Dobbsiel CURTIN: Look at whots coming out of the Eotel Bristol. ove: that Pet MeCormick or ant. sooing things? DOBBS: It's hint CU? 70 INCLUDE xedo: tion of the Pl flashing a lo able phony jez cas ha strolis in the direc~ ziean dane by his side is 5, & silk parasol and consider- cuReri: Let?s got Lot's got nim hard. + MeCormick stops in his traczs as the two rush toward hin. (core48. affadi has the effect of keopt: two men from si gat into him, He adéve, dane, : HOCORMICK: 4 Snlucksy desr, mi vide, - Itve got som business to attend $o witn these So gentlemen, You go back into the hotel and wait, Ewontt bo long. Perdo: He steers ner back toward the note. NGCORHTCK: Unos minutes nonds, Chiquita, She disappears into tas lobsy, He faces Dobbs ard Gurtin. - RCCORHECK: Let!s nave a drink, It!s on mos DOBBS: nree shots of Tye. uRPIE: ne brandy, 3 Stars DOBBS: The drinks «14 (Cont.1) NCCORMICK: (Cons.) and we can set out Friday. Gisd to hava you boys with me again. Woll, hero's mud in your eyes. They all drink, CORGIN: : We want vhat!s coming to us, and we want it right here and now, MCCORMICK: < Didnts Z just got through telling © | ~ + youre= oe _ CURTIN: 7. Better cos deross, Pat. CCORMICK Pell you whet INL give you 11 do, boys--- entyPive percent a Manon, rockon > can mae i a balance, let!s say, the midélo next week. : c Hothing doing. Hera cent you ove us om 2 walic out of nore. XX ° Two mors Hon DOBBS: Iz you've gos any ideas sbout get- ting us QUOP6E UDRK— : : MOCORITCE Im only inviting you to havo a friendly crink with met He reachss for tho bottle, Curtin on ths head ¥ mick swings at NeCormic grads bis nimsolt Instead of pour Curbs » he hits wwsurely be eCommic's 1) Dobos and Curtin ne use born’ of hw losors, Sus finally t collapses ard goos Go: are both syollon HOCORMICE: (begging) I'm lickeds..I'm Licked. UREIN: Give us our money. tt : DOBBS: Yeah, givo us our mony. nim vhilo ho feols blindly for his They rein kicks on s vallot. » cece : pack pocket, produces hi MCCORUTCH: I can't saeeees Dobbs takes monoy from tho wallet, counts out what!s coming to hinsey and Curtin, Then as throws a 5231 to the bartende>, DOBBS: : (to tne dartorter) Por the use of your cantina. (so Outta) : Cox on. Letts boat it before tho law arrives, Shoy stumble ous through the rear coor. LAP DISSOLVE 3 VADER FOUNTAIN " nat hove you. loess15 (Cont. GAMERA . jus to CLOSE S202 of Dodds CURTIN: That's right. Got any. ideas? DOSES: Yooh, That olé man in tho Oso Negro started me thiniding. cuRTIN: eae What about? Ee ee DOBBS: Way not try golé digging cnango. it's no riskier Shan waiting round here for another break, And this is tho country whero the nuggots of gold aro 5 crying to you to take them out of tho ground and make thon shine in coins end on the. fingers and necks of sve2l dames, burres. ‘onder how °° 44 would 21) cost? CURTIN Tho old man would know DOa3S: © sooner ve lecve the better, en we're on our way it'll de investing our moncy. That a 2 pointers Go bake | d have towhat golé looks like in the gz Itve cniy seen it in shop and in poeplsis mouths. Do you kzow anything about prospecting? DOBBS: Not much, come right downto it, CURTIN: + We might have real use for an’ ex- perienced guy like that old timer. DOBBS: Meybe you're right. Let's go hunt 1s, IND, 0SO NEGRO DOBSS, CURTIN AND TEE OLD © DEA RUDDLE sorioblix on the sack of a magezine) Ztve got ti néred American duel poady ca the bank. To red of 1 set to invest, Ists the 1 Thave in t world. one Itm finishod up, But, jontt take a risk you canté : much dough heve you guys got to put in? 3 62 DOBB: I got a hundred and 2: Curtin here hes the sane, A little. boy, varofoot and ragged, aisle by the’ rows of cots, brandish:(> 17, BSe aintt hardly Host essential provisions DOBBS: Weapons? What do we need weapons Lor? Meat!s ono thing, Wolll 1212 our oun. And bandits is another.. .We 6 to have enyyey six nunérod bucks between us. DOBBS: fant much, eh? Gantt you 4ig Not 2 red cent. INT, 080 NEGR! few foot Tottery ticzocs at Debos, + for the rest of your life, (he takes hold of Dobb's coat)17 (Conte) Be says yoy ticket froz A memory flashes yard, peers into the boy!s Pace, dig and claw in ch pockes.- He produces a lottery ticket, ur it ond holds it tovare doy. He isans for- DOBBS: > Here -- is this what you mean? BOY: ‘ (in Spanish) d ‘Si, Senor, Shewes DOBBS: You sey it's a winter? ’ BOY, (in Spenish) Si, Sonor -- & two hundred peso prize. DOBBS: ‘ Just look ab that fet, rich, Swo hundred no suger Papa ‘Le , somy Dey, out of his- Hove's your with ny olessing.18. CLOSER Do2us D ou: Te DOBBS: (extends Ris hand to Cur You want to n) ie the hand thet bought this ticket? Curtin takes Dobys by the hand. i CURTIN: Congratulations. “DOBBS: (punping Curtin's Congratulations yourself. You stand to profit by this sexe as Ido. : How do you maze that out? @oliar bills. And if we con @ifterence between vnat Tim pubting up and you!: up ainit my Pants. (once moze he«> ie 20. FALE IN EXE. Loxe MOVING SHOP tho erid mountains of Durango. CAMERA FULLS BACK To: IND, DAY COACE crowded with Indians and Meatizos. CALERA MOVES UP the aislo Doobs is asleop, Howard and Curtia are map the 6ld man is holding on _ Qrewing on the map-=-1: rd and Curtin. ering ab ec is knees. Howard is nog and Gots over small soctions, to a CLOSE SHOT of Dobbs, Now: , HOWARD: cae Vio'2 buy ovr burres at Perla and - head Northeest avay from the rail- road. It's no use looking anywnoro noarby 6 reilrond or any kind of a road ut all, docauso censtmetion ongincers make it thoir business to examine every Dit of cround arourd tho Ponds while thoy're budiding thom. We have to go where therals no traiiee-wnors you can bo positive no surveyor or anybocy who icowrs anything about prospecting nas over boon befor poss placos ero those where anybody who's o: oulen't go bseanss ho would: forth nis ALL of a sudden thé braves of ths train aro eppited, my Searcely have g ous of thoir seats. hoy picid kmocked dom azein, Tae car wheois scoem on rails, Jno train stops end a babble of voices begins, 2 1 VOICES: : ‘ Que pasard? jee Parece due chocd ol brone OVER SCEXE comes the SOUND of scattorcd firing, A numbor of tho vonon and sox Foward i vorczs: aban No gs choquo. Son bandidos. : Zstdn asalterdo cl tro : os 2 grab for his gu follow suit. (shouts) Zononss al piso, pronto. +. Do'bazrigs, drdonio. *20 (Cont.) 21. fh in the car do as ho bids. Mimost pullots begin to hit the sido of the conch and througa its windows. cur To: LONG SHO? EXT. TRAN! © SNOOPING THROUGE WINDOT Tho eroa is strowm with boulders, and from bohind reerby tho tracks little puffs oF smols aro risin partnors firo their revolvors whonover thoy see a broro. All at once tho bandits aro up, Pacing toward tho trai Tao three partnors fire. steadily through the train windows and soveral of tho bandits go down, A Pow roa tho coach and aro ¥illod om wourdod vailo trying to What the attack will_vo a feilure is eppareri soon as it segins, Sofore thoy have covere, tance most of tho bardits are hugging the ground or ing covor. ~ And now tho train jolts into motion again. Sox = All but ono aro dismount: over their saddles. dom, The gilt thas firing nis Pifie £ Por: tho tra gotting So thotr 2 soriously aurt, et 1 aro dnspeetse And comsnted upon with gusto. anger Shr: Shoy have passed serves to uw the passengozs and cxko them ell one family. Tao slap cach ovnor!s backs. 4 bottle of moscal starts making the rounds. Everybody is talking ot onco. st in this coach. DOPBS > Z got turce of tom, You can crodit mo with throo. (to Curtin) How many did you got? 4 couple I guoss. DOBUS: aid, Pov. , shooting, 0Cc 21 (Cont.) £ passenger cones in f 28. DOBSS: (Cons.) (no points to ¢ groove on tho f tho winder from s firing) Hoy, look! nt by ny. car not two inchos away. Close. CURTIN. Tho bullots were suro coming thick and fast. For a :nimto it vas like a swarm of becs in this coach. Doses: That bandit in the gold hat cho : rodo his horse along side tho train =~. I haé my sights on hin nico as you ploaso, but tho train gavo 2 jolt and I misso@; demmit. Suro wish Ita got hin, ‘rom tho next cozch and resets, so evoryono ccn Aoer, information relayed cack from tho head’ of Howerd has pic! n it, poneil again, with the treat toron une So pegeroa chasco los barat: porque vionen trozas sdole: acnds, 33 @ Derdey 2 for Bows? ts vonef2: Thore was big bovldor 6 cn tho train, front waiting for ey were G many passengers sprog: othing of epponod) a for --~ here properly on swan, desert or % makers of the know for surc. havo to do is pound us. Yo: Believe it or + once could jac: 0 oun eyos 3 ang Dlo¥ our nosee) 7) C 22., YARD, CURTIN, Staple groce>ics lining tho wells. hang from tro c tho open door the equipment 0. partnors, Howard, his mp out, is leaning on tho counte conversing in Spahisa with tho ‘storekeopor, a tell, elds ly man with graying hair and bronzod faco. Curtin stand a little way off, trying to fellow what is boing said, Dobbs roams around tho store trying on articles of appar. STOREEEEPER, ci A cinco dias hay un rio. Iuy caudaloso on cl vordno, poro sco on ol invierno. - - Howard draws the river on the mp. STOREXESPER: fooatinuizg) e11d hay = quo las : que abrirse paso & macho Dodds opings ive: Z boots, ‘50 tho counter, puts wiée ori duo on His PEnn ho stozakse Kens Enois v2 Five days from hoze vhore!s a river. ary in the winter, Beyond river © zy's very wild and vise above the our way through ion aro full of dona}: insocts and nuge snakes, and fovocil bigers so big ant strong thoy ean clinb vith burros in thoir mouthseoe thé valloys s about eauso Lt xeans nigzsy Sow oussidors havo sot Loos thers». - (80s“—~ é ie - DISSOLVE TO + 28. 22 (Coat.’) HOWARD: nae . (to Dodds end Curtin) : gnerct’s sox burros outside for us to sod, _ PAN WITH THOM to tho door, beyond which a number of purros aro standing. : Hs 23, EXT, MOUNTAINS “LGNG SHOT of tho throo son an& their burross----tiny moving specks in the distancoy . pee : +4, DISSOWE 90: 4, STEEP SLOPE PD CLUE, 24, MED, SHOT. HO! non procoods as yavossying geit of ono custersé to measuring out endloss milos with 05 tne cantcon, + oud, then drinks e: e DeBss: ‘ gold moun! ong will have be 2 i ‘ ourril : 1s) Bun? DOBSS: millions of years, eee c's our hurry. much Gitfor~(Cons.) to carry tuo mon on cur oack DOBBS: fpat's when i tool hin for an ordinary huxsn being and not % son of a goas, Look at hin clixh, will you? BEE : 26, . LONG SHO? ° HOWARD moving unvearyingly up tho stoop slope. * (geimning) I Wass gots mo is how no can go alt day long under this sun witaout water. : matter? Dodds is waters more closoly. tho Exo} on ono knoo to examine i3 Look} cox no Curtin kneels coun doside hime Hols afraié27. 28, ~ 26 (Cont.) Dodds roachos for tho can’ (no poura”sexo vater onto 2 rock: Look, Curtin, hero's a voin of it in this rock, a They aro fairly prancing with oxeitomont now, ey our’ (cups his hands, culls) = Howard com beck hore} Volvo found somsthing. a CLOSE SHOP HOWAUD high above the others on < mountain, He turns ct the sound of their voioos. QURZINIS VOICE: (orss) Cora back, Without hesitation, ho sterts when ko can, CURTIN AND DOS3S DOBBS: - it bo, On2 y gold ters lixo that. > owtin, or Tm . 1 tho looks of things at rich. ; Vinat elso cout sninos and ¢° We've stm orazy, wo tye" st: URE: Looks lixo ite - or out of his cantoon Dobbs is splasning mero wo, and oxclaiming: DOBBS: a wolve fou : call it -- @ no!28 (Cont.) Dodds, soizos nim by &! a DOBBS Look, Howard, the ground -- it's full and it's in veins 4n tho rocks. Howard doosn'!t cven vend over, they wait for him to speak, fuli of oxpactaney, HOwARD: - * (f4ne1y) q is hero stuff wouldn't pay you a dinner for a truck load, unless you could duxp it right in front of : a building unter construction, it : ain't good for anytaing but mixing with conent. Thoro's a loxg silonces DOBBS; It ain't gole? . goLd Hare abot over it fou or ia be : ves a pleco yester zion ao nb fo: onong: Wages er for ro bePore you go splas! Haterts procious, "05 ib osm be even more precious than gold. (he cuts a durvo across : Got Tho pack train DISSOLVE 70:29. TRE. NIGHT SMALL CAH?! Howaré nes cooked narétack in the skillet ané is OVER SCENE the vip-yipving of coyotes halts waite Gives out his long-drown, mournful nowl HOWARD: Hey, you fellers: How about eating‘ their backs Bué neither of the inert bodies snakes Curtin to the fire snow any sign of life, py the shoulder. HOWARD: How about eating t COURTING Don't want to ect.s:jvant to sleeps Bey 4 Dovds* Dodds! only an again: O14 | DESSCLYE 0: He squints 4% then Lodly fo take the packs off the purros;. Doses and Curtin coms up. DOBSS + Whasts up?son : 8f2/' 7 : HOWARD: Big winds from the North this time of year. hea they blow hard enougn this desert country stands right up on its hind legs. He pulls his bandana up so it covers his nose and nouta. Dobos end Curtin do likewise: The figures of men and beasts become vague shapes behind the ewtain.of flying send, then they ere obscured entirely. LONG SHOT WILD, DESOLATE COUNTRY First ve see no sign of life whatever; but vresentiy there's a moverent end a stir in the thick underorush: ED. SHOT 0 open a trail loves, Ray pest. and tear: Eis face ingle to s'nose and But he ne tx0 a cigarette, But other tyo s for breath. Tasir eyes have th then, (CONTINUED)32 (Cont.) 32. , yeu this heavy ste + Protty soon wo ought to be getting wp to where it's Focks ani nothing else. Two or three drags finish the cigarotte. | Howard grinds it ous, then raises his machete. Hearing the ring of the stocl as the blade strilos, Curtin tries clindiy to initeto tha old man. Ho strites twice, fceoly Thore is a SOUXD frox Dodds. Me icoks around. set is crying, accing tears to the mixture of sroat end | plood that gets into his eyos and rolls off his GiLaser. re ‘ A EIGH ROOKY LACE far below whi You rit -- every to civilize’ whole 9) Bening and 4 wast groat pros- poctors --- tio shoe clerks roading in a negazine avout prospooting for golé in the lend of the midnight sur or south of tho Border or west of the Rockics or «++ Shut your trep. He picks up a rock, + threateningly.* pegins to danco a goasish kind of jise32 (Cont» Tarov gavow it, Go shesd, juat do it. You'd never, Leave this wilderness if y é. Without me . hyow twa would Gie hore. ++ +more Hisorebic than sick rats. Dovbs takes a step forward, but Curtin restzains him. CURTIN: - Leave the o1é zen alone -r caatt cyou soe hots suis. HOW Ruts, ch? (ne loughs in a satenies) way, kic roots in bis eance) Nuts en I. it thing, my © You're so eux re you wi mm tho Gusbest jookes: cee Other. +yoR EHO. seo anyehing peing eu Se Bié ya over shez loo! HOTARD + 9 are so durb you don't ehes you're. trecéing on with your owa Scot. Syavats meening right eavay, Ho kicks Sib ud, throws it up, catches it, nis Gerce. Dodsa end Curtin 10> 0383 Suééenly they eres %9 rate! ab tre rocky oartie ect to find mu: 1é. it's rich Dut not 1 Up there's © 19 32 thereess4 32 (Cont. 2 35e CAMERA PANS UP to e high + its majesty a crown of clouds. mpuntein peas, wearing +: DISSOLVE TC: EMD the water 1 in it. CAMERA PULLS BACK to show E,ward pa: c. They are near the crest of tt mountain nov, et the placa Howard pointed to in t provious sceno. Boobs end Curtin look on at what Howard is. doing, their faces soscr and intent. DOSES: So that's the way the stuff looks, is ites. not elzforent from sand... pisin sande ce 3S é0: You got to Ang the finds long it. te know how to ab Leughing. % levgning. so it Teill pay god. : OSES On, this dirt ou, twensy ounces to th OUR? At some twenty Collars an ‘Tho old ner nods.) Bow meny or two oy33 (Cont.) 38. HOWARD : In case anybody happens by we can tell ‘em we're hunters and get away with it maybe...We'll cut bushes and pile 'em around the mine itself so it can't be spotted from below DOBBS: I'd sure hate to play poker with you, old-timer. HOWARD: Every so often one of us will have to go to the nearest village after provisions. Whoever goes first ought to go all the time. That way they'll figure only one man's up here. If they find out there's more than one they're liable to get suspicious. Hunters: usually work alone. CURTIN: Wouldn't it be a lot easier to file a claim? HOWARD : Easier, maybe, but not very profitable. It wouldn't be no time till an emissary from one of the big mining companies turned up with a paper in hand showing we haven't any right to be here (Squatting there, he picks up some of the dirt, sifts it through his fingers Then he grins at Dobbs and Curtin.) How does it feel, you fellers, to be men of property...? FADE OUTFADE IX 35a. FULL SUOP WATER ater froma tan A construction dosigned to craw by means of cans end cases, reise it to an upper" sa: from whorco upon opening @ lock, the water is to ru: : ack down a woodon sluice to the original ta powor that turns tho whosl is a burro. The fi has just boon Griven and the nomont nes errived vhon tne handiwork of the three partners is to be tested. Howard harnesses the burro to the whool and kek: tho reér, sotting the wacel and system of tin cans end boxes inso motion. Curtin clizbs to the upyor tent, pacing ninself according to tho speed of the crude ac~ chine. i : i hod (pumps Eovard!s hand) y hat's off to you. From now on it's your show, old timor. What~ - + ever you say goes fer as Itm con- nee a | + | eornede . Tao tilt : the seems. We might burs the rocxs and 51 + wouldn't lose q ézop of + DOBBS: (leugning) - I I'd hate to think what would!ve happened to Curtin end if veld gone it alone. Even pane Re reeet the Stuff we voulén't heve imoun now to got it out sty soon T you any alle40. 33a (Cont.) If there is any ireny in Howard's voice it oscapes Dobbs. : ee ARD? (to Curtin) Tenk full yet? CURTIN: Right to the : HOWARD: Then opon up tho sluice gato. CURTIN: : Right. He oboys and the water starts running dov Following Howerd's lead, Dobos cogins to trying his bast to initate the actions of tho old man. HOARD: s---do ite Like I get ite Curtin joins th DOBBS: (to Curtin) This is how is's done----see.. CURTIN: . Yeon=--2 got it. INDIVIDUAL CLOSEUPS OF - es they soparate the sand from the gold. TINY FLAKES CF GOLD ~ as the sand is washed away. CAEP CLOSEUP OF BORSS the sluice. -cLOSszU? ~ es CAMERA PULLS 58 Howard neasuros dust chess co the scala» How much do you 2% is now. EOWARD: : Close on to fivo thousand dollars vorthe : i OBES: Ynentra we going to start, éivia- ing 18? ‘ Howard looks et nin keenly. EOQWARD: Any tine you sey. CURL: Why divide it st all. I don't see any point. wetzo oil going cack togethor, tho tine comes. not weit untit we get paid for the stuff, then just éivide tho money? You Sellers I'm for dividing it up cs ve go it up to each nis I reckon I'd rather have it that way, too reven't Liked the sposponsivility of guarding your treasure any too z 0333: Nobody asked yous the most trust- You? How cone? (cesciTm)37 (Cont-) OWRD: I seid the most tri for being tho can sey+ é : ~. IT dantt got yous : “Well, let's leo: tho thing straight fhe jn tho face. Suazeso you were charged vats teing caro of tho goods. AlL ca : bight, I'm samowhore dcop in the =... eh $rush one day getting tinvor ené “ Gurtin nore is on his way to the village for provisions. That!d do your big charco to pack up and oe Leave us in tho colds : 7 : WD BBS: _ only a guy thet's a thict st heart 3 would think mo likely to do @ thi Like thet! tea - HOWARD: iv woulen's ¥. ‘oy the mouga to bo sole : ing thes's way 1 trustworthy in ue Curtin srins+ Loox you're > would bo37 (Sont.2) t HOWARD: ea) Swoll by me. iter wotve gotten moro than 2 couple hundrod ounces 4t'll bo a nuisanco t> cerry it around in littlo bags henging from our nocks, 8) each of us will have », to bigo bis snare of tao troasure 7 “0 from other two. And having dona © ho'll have to bo forever on the watch in caso nis hidin; placo is discovored, DOBBS = : 7g Waot a dirty filthy mina you haves: : + HOWARD: ‘ Not dirty, baby, Ho, not dirty. Only I know what sort of idoas .. even supposedly decent poople : con got in tholr heads whon gold's at stole. DISSOLVS 20: Cae 36.0 FULL SHOP = OF TEE MINE fect in, 39, A CRACK IN THE CBSILIXG we of the tunnol over Dobos’ need. 40. IOBBS' PICE OVER SCENE we hear Dobbs! voice. DOBBS? VOICE: ne grunts). od: Goczee shot, | 41, CRACK IN CZrEzH It lengthens: by half an inea 42. 43. 4c. CRACK IN CEL 45. 45. EXT. TUNNEL g burro up tho tra: Ee is ncul- ¢ unloads tho burro, pours n starts beck down tho ~ es Curtin érivos ing wator for the tani. the water into the tenk, straile 7 INT. TONNEL : ia ‘Dobbs'_ swing: ng his pick. Fe It is twice as long now es before, and with cach blo} from the pick it gots wdere CURTIN 7 ~ starting his burro 4 * stridos, hesitates, At tho mouth of tuo first tunnel he eclis man. CURRIN: yant mo to spoll you? ‘ot, pecy. Im soeond wine. ns around; with mont of Bis arm pon tae swoat end gut af his eyes) Ba -Qurtin moves on to the next tunnel. There kes doe & eave-in. Tac ceiling is har, et tice opening that there is not non for 2 vady to pass Gurtin doesn't tas to yell for Howard dui elowing rei 6 nas made a big cnouge oponing he wriggles into tho tunnel. Ine. out. lest he succecds.46 (Cont.) CURTIN: (shouting) Howardi Howard. Howerd's VOICE enswers ndllowly from inside the tunncl. FO, |ARD'S VOICE: - Yes? Tho ring of Howard's pick ageinst the stones stops- ‘ CURTIN: Come quick. Howard! Tae old man cones on the wun. One look at Dobbs? tunnel tells what hes happoned. Hoe inmediately Ges to work on Dodds. cARD: (prosently) ing around. . Eets ¢ is eyelids S24 Dobbs groans; er,. thon opens . e till you tell you I heard the . harps playing sure enough. (ho sits up nox, tests his arms brokers DOBBS: Guess I'm almost good es news Curtin aids (contE45. 46 (Cont ) “thoro is tho SOUND of falling ruvblo ené the three on furan in timo to suc the tunnel seaiod off fer good. poke shivers, thon he strotencs out his kent to Curtin. DOBE 47. | HIGHT : z 7.” Howerd is measuring 2ub the yelloz sand inte throo- Gquel parts. Curtin and Dobbs folloy his every moves Prosontly it is divided. : : and leaves the circio of = * $o go off inte tho dark. The nica, begins ta pley softly. yet tho canpfire m tekes out bis CURTIN: - Waat or bo do with.” ons your ha: 4 money, 026 a $imor, Waon you get back end -- ecsh in? zim getting slong in yoars- Oa, E can still hoid up my ond when it comes.to a herd : day's work, but I ein't the men once, end next year, next month, next weol, dy’ i thunder, I won't be the men : Ten todey, Rooton I'M. fin me some quict place to settle . dwn. Buy @ dusiness meyberes : a grocery oF A herdwore store, and spend the bettor part of, ny timo rending tho opnic strips end adventure sterios. Cne = °. thing's for sure..-Z ain't : net going bo g9 prospecting again i : sto wy tino end meney to find ano oad utI figura on © growing rruit- paachas maysas. HOWARD: Howtd you happen to settle on Peaches? toe One sumer when I wes a ie worked as a picker ina peach harvest in tho Sen Joaquin Valley. It sure vas something. Zundrads of psople-- old and young -- whole familios worling together. After the Gay's wort ve used to buila big bonfires and sit aroun ‘em and sing to guitar music, tii]. norning soretines. You'd go to sleep, wake up and sing end go to slecp again. Zveryvody hed a wondorsul timees. 7 Dobbs conss back into the light of the caspfive watve bsen telling oach other we ain to do whan we get back. : DOBBS: Me now; I got it all figured out © whet I'n going to do. : CURTIN: Toll us, Dovdsie. ee DOBBS: First off Tim going to the furttch bath and shop ond S and'vo going to very aftor I baon sha: havo 'o:47 (Contel) . What's next on the program? Doss: (¢. elf. The rdacher's 2: ‘ozoa of evory= m going to 2 anything ain't just right, nayba ir 15 is, iim going to reise hell, dawl the waiter out, ond have hin take it ¢ (ne smiles, thoroughly enjoying this inaginery scene et table) : CURTIN: DOBSS: Waat would ba...a dames CURTIN: Only one? rglass) 7 of wiggls in tere If I were you talk or even ein't too good for your he DOEBS: Guoss you're right, seeing the prospects isso fer offe HOWARD: You mov whats. We ought & ozo kind of limit on gen curselves © Agree bet47 (Cont.2)° wo got-oxactly. up stakes and » CURTIN: What do you think the limit -ougat to be? * RD: . ‘ive thousand ‘Oh, say twonty-: apace. ‘ weds DOBSS: “\Quenty-five thousend? That's. small potetaes. ae cuRTIN: How muck do you say? _ DOSS: Fifty thousand enyv ‘five's more 1 WARD: Tronty-fivo's plenty fax as I'm concerned. in onough to-last y life tine. -. : DOBBS: Sure, youtre old. But I'm sti22 young. I noed cough and plonty of ive aa CURTIN : “ guenty-five thousand in one. piece © 3s more'n T ever oxpectod to got ny hands one : 7 DOBBS: - (snorts) * Small -potetoss! CURTIN: EVES « (CONTINGED)ae _ 50y. 47 (conts3) -DOB3S: : Hog ami! Woy, I'd to withia ny : rights if I comenéed half egain : “what you get. : : : : CURTIN: sae ote Bow coo? F . DOBBS: on Thero's no denying, is thore, T put up tho lion's suare of the cash? nae CURTIN: : -". So, you aid, Dodosie -- and Z : : + always moans ¢o pay you backe DOBBS: oe (pointedly: In civilized places the biggest : investor always gots tho viggest return. : : EOWARD: That's one thing in favor of the wilds» exstané, ous Ta be sifTdid. Kext ing ne a hog, eouidta doas if T'dte antedees Ov : I think you're wiso nob to put.thisge -on a strictly money basis, partnors Curtin might tazo it into his heed ho was 2 capita instead of a ve jest eit backs and let you end ma do all the works Wnilo the. o2d ma: 5, Curtin'uses the sceles to weigh ous @ portion of : his dust. EOWARD: 7 eat (continuing) iz Ho'a stand to roaiizo a tidy sum on his investment without so much as turning his hand over. If any- bodyis 50 go% mora, Z reckon it ought to be th 0 coas work, (cor mvED)47 (Cont.4) Tho throe mon s' up, sbi q ast to Dobbs) There yo are; Dovdssio. What I ovo you with interest. OBS: (ne takes the dust, woighs it in.his band, then, with 2 sudden gos~ ture, flings it away 00 = that it falls, a Uttle shower, into the fire) I just don't like being told I'm a hog, thet's all. fi * Ee APD: (addressing Dobbs) Other things aside, thero's a lot of truth in whet you 3 about boing younger nooding more douga willing to make it forty thousand apiece : (to Curtin What do you sey, partner? @obvete) Kako it forty thousané or six months» OWARD: Suits me, Okay, Dobos? DOBBS: é (sourly) : Okay. HOWARD! Let's shake on it tho + Thon Curtin gots 0 hide nis goods. res 2) y fren $1 DISSOLVZ TO:49. 52. cx DOBBS cLOsS of moonlight across his faco,- OVER Au of a tiger. He stirs, turns ovor. Tae SOREN ig ropeateé. Doves opens Sia eyos. Th he sits up, leaning on an elbove a HOWARD'S BLANIETS PULLS BACK TO FULL So? INT~ in hic blankets sound asleop. foment Dobos sits eli the way UD, Taoy're ERIOR TE: Dobbs frowns throws back Bis dt puts then on. aitently out of > phe no tent and heads across tho figig gone porbaps a dozen steps when no HEARS HOWARD coming. He drazs back into shadows» a [ete coi saree fect axay, Dodds steps out, suddenly confronting hime : DOSS: Tent you, Howard? BOWARD? You ought seo if tho DOBBS: (grunts skeptic- ally, trent HOWARD: Yhet's the mettor, Dobbsie? DOBES: yro the burros Help yourselfe yy in tho direction of the tont.50. Sl. 526 53e ter: Waat's 5. Curtin stirse (to Howal up? CURTIN: ray sisopily) HOWARD: Nothing's wpe Curtin, sees thet Wnsro! Poking srouna in tz thoros DOBBS taking secks oF Dobbs! blankets aro empty. s Dovbs? CURTIN: -. EOWARD: the prec: back in his blankéts> dark out ious dust ost of his hidt: Ho is countin; (continu: CURITN: 6)Bho Boe INT. TEN as Dobos onters. Ho starts to take his choos off thon notices Curtin's absence. : : poss: (sherply) Where's Curtin? . HARD? . Cut there somo piece. Ho said somptning about having a Look-soe. Again Dodds! brow becones furrowed with suspicton. Te _ peta his shoe back on, gots up and is about to loeve : the tens when Ourtin enters. He ‘and Dodds survey each other wordiessly- ROWARD: ‘ It's come eround to mo again, but Ivwon't teke my turn if you guys'l quit worrying avout your goods and go to bed» io Got work to do tomorroirs into the tent. Curtin drops " DESSOLVE 70: 50338: You can't catch mo sleeping y Dontt you ever belicve thats Ftm not so duno. Tne day you try to put anything over on mo will te a costly ©, one for both of you. the OVER SCENE S0v; noofs on rock, Dodds stops talking. * 8 20 to shoy Curtin driving two of tho ourros. Dobds keops his fece averted and Cur- {in passes without any words being exchanged. As tho SOUND of the hoofs fedés, Dodbs resunca his monologue. eg DOBBS: - Ang moro lip out of you and INLL sia off and lot you havo it. If you kno tts good or you, you fontt monioy around with Frod Cy Dodds» =58, CURTIN at 2 turn of the trail. He comes upon the old man vopairing a tool, : You ought to got a load of Dobbsic~ ts tall a minuto. ng away to himsolf a milo | et curtiN: i | WARD: | (shak his hoad) > ° Sonething!'s cating hin. I doatt Eo! Jmow what. Ho's spoiling for trouble. te. Curtin grunts, procasds on dowm tho trail, 87. DOBBS. DOBSS: iolding Zovard!s* 0) sions, Dobddsio, ( ~ : Zow about you going to tho villego.. a (thon as Dodbs again) u a think no is onder! Nothing. Téts a bad sign Botser loo ou! when-a guy starts talking to hinsel?.. DOBBS: {angrily} 0 alss havo T got to tal not you or Curtin, Dobbs dos TXUZD)57 (0) Thon you imo Dobos tumns on his hoel, stalks o. EK Blow it out. It'll (Cons) O you Gordes DO338: + (shouts suddenly) : Don't got ides you ti putting anything over on ros HOWARD: Taxo it easy, Dobddsto. _ poses; 2 (still louder) I \mow. what your game ise - ~ HOWARD: ro than I dow - DOBIS: (railing) way an I olected to go to the village for provisto ny me instead of you or Curt seo throu, together against be gone W discover Ir you h lines) vy @ a you alo: 2 DOBaS: And pun tho risk of keving it taken, fron me by bandits. HOWARD: If you wore to run into oandits, youtd be out of luck anyway. Thoy!d kilL you for tho shoas on your foot. ‘And your ldntt bothor you58. 59. Sv. “PAI SHOT OF Cw: Something ho sces out of scono causes hin to stops -A GILA MONST: Curtin picks up a rack, but before he can hoave 1 th big yollow and bleck lizard has disappeared undor a boulder. Curtin drops the rock, picks up a picce of timber, runs one ond undorneath tho rock making a lever. Ho leans his weight on the ond of tho tinbar. DOBBS? VOICE: (OVER scero) 5 Just liko I thought. i Curtin turns. CAMGRA PULLS BACK to shar Dobos cover- - ing Curtin with Als gun. CoRTIN: » Wnat's tho idea? Do3B3s It won't got you any where playin! - unio, Woll, I#1l bo your aust is59 (Conte) (se oe lentelly} you try- to pry Up c for? Ball me thats aT : I saw a gila monster crawl under it. DOBBS: Brothor, I got to hand 1¢ to yous é > You cen sure think up a good story whon you nood ond. i CURTIN Oxey. I!ma liar. Shore isn't any . : gila monster under thero. Letts see | you stick your hand in and got your goods out. Go-ahcad. DOBBS: Suro Twill, But donts you make « move or OURDIN: Don't worry. til s i : Ten. Dobbs goes €o% starts to put ward to 200! your gocdss Reach right in and i youtra plein you don't welll th yellow, woa's wo, Bovard? forward toward the opent noath the rook. OURTIN: They nover let 59, do thoy Howard, wed onto you ~ gila monsters> nm naz? at tho noc and i11 hang oa till sun— by that timo the vie~ cara anymore because that vignt,. Koward? ny dont Ln and get : (ees(cD) 53 (Cont.1) 60. 61. 62, + Sve your tre Berrod bo, ¢ you ron! shot of yollow, Dobosic. to think my Partner hod a yollow strosk up his backs DOBBS: (sweat showing on his face = the swaat of foar. Ho springs to his foot, aims ae wildly at Curtin, snouting:) ~ I'11 KL1L you, you dirty, thieving Bat before he can pull the trigger Howard has Imockod up his arm. Thon both on close in on bimy Curtin gets the gin avey fron him. : : Okey, Eovard, I got him covered. Dobos, anovhar tad move out of you, and Z'i1 blow you to kingdon- i 4, turn that rock over, will yous g Aig woignt on ona end of th rolls over. Tre CM MOVES. ser, its é er izerats hoa, CLOSZU? DOBSS his faco is white, his oyes aro staring. _ _. CUP BAC CLOSEUP THE GILA MONSTER lying belly up on Dobbs! treasure, his aras cla: at tho air. SLOW DISSOLVE: A TYPICAL DURANGO VILi A scattoring general stor burros, Curt: squaro. Tho of adobe Enten:62 (Cont.) dozon Federales ay Hoctizos, tou nee . kots such as tho Fron the odgo of open a .billfold, of cardboard, ilo 1 2 cardboard for 0 $0 soo. All talk is in Sganish so Curtin (oponta z + No hay ninguna duda, ustodes aon, Gespues dol asalto 21 tron les sgguimos ia piste. Miron, quo’: S pruobas, la cartera con ol : : polote. La misma focha. .Ya vordn : : Jo que los va a pasar por’ bandidos. es Curtin ties his buvres to thu hitching post outside tho gonorel store, thon addvosses tho stozekcepor wno . stands in his doorway watening the procoodings in : Bouaro. : ce F : GuRTINe 2p eS Buotos dias, anigos 7 : gy : STORTASEPSR: : Son de los bandidos quo han ostado aselvendo tronos. lire, el Toniente . {S oscontss a csc une odrtore nobads : con un bdoloto do Zerrocarrile Curtin shakes his head, unedlo to understands STOREKEEPER: {continuing} a Eso par ya tiena dias aqui toxendo toguila como agua, escandalizengo y : soxbrando el miedo por todas partes. ner VOICE speaks. Curtin turns in sur~ aglish with an Anerican OVER SCENE snoth prise for tho vorés aro accent. ‘The Liowtonant w ticket in aw61. 63, NED, 8 copy in.f.g- Helis evout thirty-five, tall, but not husky. His menner, well-bred, out decisive. copy: (continuing) Between then trey haé a diamoné _ring, two pearl earrings, and quite a lot of money. It seems they've oen here in this village several gays drinking and shooting off their cannons so that the villagers are afraid to stick their noses out of their huts. The Lieutenant now adgresses a small boy upon whom the honor of holding Iieutenant's horse has been de- Stored. The doy points. Tae Lieutenant motions with his head for the two bandits to move along in the . direction the boy pointed. Taen ho mounts and follows. Tae Federates and townspeople bring up the roar. ouRTIN 4 What'll they do with then now? . - Where are they .tacing them? To the censte: On, 64, «INT, STORE Tao Storekeeper goes around behing his’ counter. oD’ (who has £ Curtin in) Tne Federales aro very efficient in thoir wa: It may nob be our can way, They aren't fingerprint experts, thas is, but they can follow any trail,- ané against them no hideout's ‘any uses They know all the tricks of the bendits You can bot your svoct soul thet they'll run down every lest one of thoso groups that ab @ the treiny Ibtil take tine -- @-- but tz do it, aA ey LL (coxTixvED)6¢ (Cont.) ; x- Curtin docsn't want to prolong tho conversation v8 may lead to cuestions ne doesn't wish to ans’ tho seme time he dovsn't want to awaken, dy iosity. noms" eper end’ vegins to point elves -- salt, coffoa, reticence, the otner men's politely, turns to the Sto: out various articles on the si corn meal, soap, otc. copy: Not many’ Americans. get around this way. You're the first I've bumped into for a long tine. CURTIN: That so. : copy: . Wighty rough country hereabouts. - CURTIN: Yep. copys ee 2 ‘i By name's Cody, I'm from Texas ( (ne puts out his hand) CURTIN: (shakes hand) Curtin. Waat's your g CURTIN: I'm a hunter. copy: Professional? Yop. copy: What’ 211 do you hunt? On, tiger cat a hide of comm eee (CONTINUED)64 (Cont.1). . Itm doing Kow long'a you say you'é been in these mountains? ‘ CURTIN: _... Few months. copy: Soon anything that looks like pay-dt: Curtin, shexos ais head "So's : : _ CODY: pop hs (continuing) I've got en idea there's truck «+ Yoads of the real gooés up in © = those mountains: Well, I know tho x around, ané if there ¥: grain of seer ite here for goici Deen Look at eusy ené tell you 3 an ounco oF 8 ions in this cations , and I, found taav" i You don't say soy copy: : a Yes, I say soe 3 the SOUND of a volley. copy: Cace ona They, pub zt?”64 (Cont.2) tell ten to dig and @ug deep enouga th put their shovels cow 2 clgaretto and say their prayers. 4nd in another five minutos thoy'ro deing covered ovor with the earth they dug out. Through tho open doorway the Federales, led. by their Lieutenant,.can be scen departing on horseback. CURTIN: ie Yer, you got to hand it to tem all right. The Storekeeper counts on his fingers, then tolls Curtin the amount owed, Cur pays 7 carries the sacks and tins out of the storo. 65. Te STORE : ere eee eats as Curtin goos avout loading ub the burros., Cody f + comes out of the store. if you'li let you back to your CURTIN: going it by myself. hho’ tightons the hitches on the vurros, unties ; oe tho lead rope eng starts off,- Without Look: ack ho calls? Good luck. 66. PAN SHOT © CURTIN e as he passos the c ‘ dirt into the graves, DISSOLVE. TO:65." 67. LONG SHOT = DESERT PLAIN that leads up to tho mountains. Far in the distance six moving spocks, three widely soparated from threo. DISSOLVE TO: 68. CLOSE SHOT CURTIN AND EIS BURROS Curtin turns around, frowns. Eelow him and somo Gistance behind another man with pack animals is following in his tracks, Curtin proceeds cnother dozen yards then stops, Tho frown bocomes a scovl. 69. LONG SEOT Tho first threo dots ere not moving. The socond three renain in motion for atime. Thon they elso stop. Aftor e brief period the first three start again, then sure snouga, the second threo also stert. . DISSOLVE TO: 70, RED. : as he 0S soz0) dozen urros into a draw, tes them to. 2 sapl entrance of the defile. takes a position benind a rock. Presently tho SOUXD of hooves can be heard, thon * Cody's figuro, beating his tro mules, comes INT SCEKE. Curtin takes out his revolver, tyirls the chenber to soo taat it's working snoothly, then he waits for Cody to cono abreast. When that occurs he steps out Fron behing the rock. . CURTIN: ‘ What's the ides you following me. Don't make me sore, you mug, or you may get hurt, I don't go : putting into your business, and you better not into mine. Ecliove : 1g take care of you wee Af you were «56+ 70 (Cont.) 7m. copy: I dida't mean to. bothor you. I mit to 00 in the company rican for a chango and ts by a fire ond smoke and talk. CURTIN: Well, I don't want to talk, sec. And i've heard all the talking out of you I went to, so turn :. around ond start the other way. Seeing he heans busin vack to his ourros, ess, Cody obeys. Curtin goss its until tho footfalls of “Cody's mules can no longer be hoard, then untics his own burros end starts on. DISSOLVE To: THE CAXPSITE AD, DOBBS AND CURT NIGH? ground the car - supper is cooling. CURTIN: i * nb way ort ‘ perros of brus' trail. niga point could see ne along. I guoss of time until was coming ri, ists 8! sup heres poBas: I move ve tell him straight off to beet it. And if ho don't then wo fill Ais belly up with: plum: too hard for him to digests HOWARD: That'd do foolish, Ho'd sit around for an nour playing the innocent . and then’ go end roport us to tao Once they were here we y longer. And we our goods with us (CONTINUED)geen 71 (Cont.) : ae DOBES: ALL right. Thon thore's nothing elso to do out pull the trigger the minute ho appears. FH Howard stirs a pot that is on the fire, ABD: a It's no crime to visit these mountains. He may bo a guy that just.likes to ©. roam around, Wo can't shoot nim for : “that, and besides if we were to shoot >. hin it might come out. : see DOBBS: : : We don't have to shoot him necessarily. * We coulé push him off a rock and clain it was an accidont. EOWARD: : . -An@ just who's going to do the pushing? _ You, “Doobie? oe : : poa3s: : We coulé play odd moneee = Broth HARD? * : Pr, count ne out! i DOBBS: Youtro sure ne was ‘trailing you, aro you? 5 CURTIN: Absolutely. How coma? Curtin mekes a gesture with one hend and glances foward an opening in the busnes where the path Loads, . CURTIN: Because there he ise Howard and Dobbs aro so vowildered that for a fow soconds they cannot bring themselves to look around. DOBBS: Where? i: Curtin nods toward the path. Howard o: turn around and thera ta the deep shacovs of uncertainly ligated by tho flickering a5 the stranger botwoon his two mules. . : “ss (oowerivsD)+ oS 71 (Cont.2) cont: dea) (finally after < a long silence) Hello. Presontly Dobbs rises. long slow strides ho crosses to the stranger. Aanés in his pants pockots, he looks him up and cown. DoBssz; Como over to the Zire. . copy: Taank you, friond. Ho comes close to the fire, starts taking the pecks off his mules. None of ners offer to noip | Dobys drops down dy ti ‘ of potatoes from the fire, s: : potatoos with « mife to soe wheth hoy are coc! enouga, Curtin gets up end dings more wood, tt puts on the coffee can. Dobbs sinply lies sprewied out watchs: y move Cody mao Tne silence ww the desire to sit eround an American. - DOBBS: tt you go waero there aro Amartcens thet mignt went te talx to you. Durango isn't so far off, All tho Sxerican clubs you : : could hope for are thors, * Taen way don I'm not efter th: Itvo got other - things on my miné >- more ixportant. DOSBS: Solve we, And don't you nistave, Car biggest sor now is your prescnee hore. no use for youe * you for a coo or a dist Metro full vo. stand! if i:De 71 (Cont. 2) ~ : DOSES: (Gont.) clear, let mo tell you I think youtil be doing yourself a bis Favor if you sgdele up first thing in the morsing and go where you came from and take our bless— ing with you. : “Ghe nowconer remains silent. Ho watches the three partnore decling the moat and potetoes out on the plates and fall to eating. ; CURTIN: © * ce aoe (over his bait : ‘ enptiod piste). - : Help yourselZ, partner, to a‘plate and spoon end Imife and foric. : OBES: Sure, Wetre no sisors. We dontt let guys starve to death, Holp ~ yourself, onight you're welcome, But beginning tonorrow loots outs | «No trespassing around here, You Imou,-~ dogs! Cet me. Dodbs gives Gurtin.a long wi DOZES: (Cont.) ands ifon watlo the village. | coDY: hasis) : rg in, but game ‘2ze worth going Moulentt take one weet for a real runter to cleen up all around for five miles in each Girection, : : ly, his right hané the rovoliver that is (CommENCED! RINT! ): 70. 71 (Cont. 5) Grout inside 2 wook and look for sexething vettor. Ye stranger, you'ro dead rigt This here's avful poor ground. It took us somo tine to find Lt out. Poor ground, yo on what youlra Por game, yose But it's very “good groing for sonething so. +. HOWARD: And what might thet. bo? . copy: Gold. Dobos! hend closes around his vovolver butt. Howard - shoots 2 ficrée looks : ‘ : IRD. ¢ E Gold, did you say. He-ha --- ' . + thetis e good ono. cure: I told you at the village, Pets no gold ni He: (Claugas) “My boy, Lf there wore one singlo ounce, I'd have seen it. Believe’ ne ‘I would. ; : copy:, Xf you haven't found any gold + then good nicht, sir, You as smart as you appar to bo. Tais lest serves to confound tho partnor: clears his throat, then he nodse BOARD: | yoo oe maybo you're rights o knows. "Yo novor hada thought. . + about gold. Gives me an 4d ( I'll sleep over tt, potch (a Guoss ELLeae 71 (Cont. 4) CURTIN: . tie too. : (ho gots uP) Until tomorrow, misters Coay doesn't answere Contin: Ginight. cody watstlos. Ina fov moments his bre pack mulos coms hobbling wp. He gives each & handful of corn sortn he faxes from hia peck, thon efter patting vniee necks, ho kicks them lightly end thoy return, thee snadews. Going a Little way off from tae Soap spreads iis biankets ana lkcs dows to sleops Only thon does Dobbs locve the campfire and enter tent. : the other two are already strotched out. DOBBS + Z cantt figure that bird out, Is he wise to us OF eintt he? poss Looks can bo mighty deceivinge -“ oy about ma starting a quarrol with hin. end then as soon es ha drevrs, all of us blest avay at hime cuRtin: eee mit sound too protty,72 (Conte) TS. 756 ‘HOY MARD? Anythingts possiblo+ DOBBS: (oxoitedly) Wo2l then? f HOWARD Toll you what. ¥ sloepe I'll be wi & couple of hour: Gurtin can havo y DO: ‘ou guys go to etea-dog For + Then you and our SUurnse BBS: Pearce oxay. Is your gua handy? HOWARD: Yeve tt (nis hand: 3 aro tranguiliy folded across hi: 3 chest) Dobdos cravis into his blankets. OVER SCENE the VOICE of tho coyotes yin~yhopings . CLOSZUP as he goes 50 si0e3, de: CLOSZUP DOBBS @hie is all hots boen waits snore he closes Curtin and plunges ovt of tke tont. fas are, scos th ng coffoos Good morning, f ng for; hearing Dobos nig eyes end falls asleeDe DISSOLVE TO: ns Dobbs. He looks at sleep, thon gor is by tho (CONTINUED)io) 75 (Conte) DOBBS: (ignoring the greeting. Where ta you Got the water to make coffee? copy: I just took Lt from the buckot. DOBBS: . is om you aid, did you, Woll, that _ water wasn't carried up here sots you could make coffee, 900+ . iz conr: # F _, I'm sorry. T didn't know vator “gags so hard to gote 7 fi DOB3S= Woll you know 1 noire copy si I'll .go Fill tho pucket up for Jos cy Howard, cones oub of the tends nelligorens attitudes Curtin, fol: odsorvos Dodd: CURTIN DOBBS: as boon stealing our to Cody) Let me cateh you at it once again and I?ll let it out of you in Little round holes. copy I thought thet porheps I was among civilized mon who woulén't begrudge ime a little fresh waters DOBBS: Wao eintt civilizod? Without en answer he plants his fist in tho strange: such force that Cody érops oe ae Af foiled vy a heavy club. Thon Dodds” elt 26 bho fino as do Cursin and Howards, Sto como tos When ko does, ho 1 to Aiscover wh yo cor2s Closo to Dobos« rises an (CoNTInUED)73 (Cont. 1) an copy: a Z could casily do tao same to ~ fe you, and it isntt settled yot : Who'd como out on top. This fimo I took it. ‘Thenks for your king attention. Zho stranger's words and his manner of speaking en= Baraca Dobbs and makc him foo) ashamede se shifts ewlwardls . HOWARDS If Iwas you, mister, Ita saddle up and go hile tho Golngts good, * Copy: - But I mean to stay right hore, a DOBBS AND CURTIN (togother) : -Hov's that? % hi 's, DUS nob for gold mi Uniess, of ‘ course, theytvo registered their clain, ¢ you guys haventt + Pegistored yours, . CURTIN: : Who said we hed a clain to register? copy: ‘ Whatever you say or dontt sey, tox t start to dig ror gold hero Unseon and ut silont ge 0 joins the now | thom. ‘Solid ana All-thoir thoughts ir midst.73 (Cont. 2) Oh, I know qui bump mo off an: but that's a risk worth running, considering tho:stckes. Let's ley all our cards on tho tablo.- As I see it, you follows:hevo got to do one of three things: Kili me; run me off; or take mo fees in with you es a partner. Ict's * : + consider the first. Another guy might show up tomorrow, or maybo a dozen gu If you start ar bumping people off, ‘how far are you prevared to go with it? Ask yourselves thet. Also, don't a forgot thet the one actually to : do tho bumping off vould forever bo in'the power of the other two se. to only safo way vould bo for all three of you to pull your cenons and bang away at sac the sano instar oa firing aquede : (no indicates: Dobbs) Held de Dut you of born HOWARD: Ye wouldn't stop at anything ~ protecting our interests. . copy: - I claim killing mo isatt it, But of course, that's for you to decide. AS for choice number bro if you chase mo off I might y well inform on you. ROWARD : : Weta got you tf you did that. Wo'd go ell tho way to Ching : “to got youe Tnerota be no quarter. copy: Novortheless, you'd still cone off Losers. Howard nods, then: é (conemmen)75 (Cont .3) HOWAR: Wouldn't the knowledge th follow you till Deom's Day make 7 you' think twice before informing ‘ on us? copy: fee Ifa think twice ell right. But thet doesn's say I weuldn't turn you in. Twenty-five percent of the veiue of : v) tyour fing is the reward I'a get paid and : thas would he mighty tempting--mignty .° bompting. .. CURTIN: eee : Taat's a pretty strong argument in favor. of our doing number ene, niste: copy: . I don't deny it, bub let's seo what numer three hos to offer. If you take mo in as e partner you don't stang to lese anytaing. will not, ae as to shsre in what you'vo mede so C = ‘for.-eonly in the profits to come. oll, what do you say? anger, letting : us three s out alone smong ourselves. copy: Not at ell, Ge ehoad. I havo to : look after my mules anyway. : TEE CAMERA PANS Cody evaye ; sed 76. CLOSE SHOT OF THE THR25 watching him gee DOBSS+ (when the stranger is + ( oat of earshot) re di ces he get off : re after al Sers ptUT. 76 (Cont.) ) DOBBS: (Cont.) : ‘pints it. Wheover olse happens : . Ee elong--aro they to bo invited in teo. Is it @ come ono coc alk proposition? : cata OWARD: . Sending ain cway is out of the “ty Question, nil right. Either wo: cae pump him’ off or neke Aim a partner Sate * DOBSS: : "Do the mug in I'd say. He himsolf . 4°: to1d us tuo way, Si] throe of us “let him have it so there won't eae be any question cf its boing held. over enysody's head in tine to cone. : U1. ..MED, SHO? CODY a rock. Something OUZ OF SCENE big Ss pace and finally stop. moving across a makes him slow gain by so far do Y ( 5 : z TBs, 19... CLOSE-UP. CODY : : : 80, . “"pOBES, ROWARD, © - | 7 Inet's your feelings in the s i Piet matter, Curtin? | cuRrrr ae | . or STi all for, protesting our G to shez for it'd oo aws 80 (Cont.) Ble Frod C. Devos likes being ¢ HOWARD: I don't nind being taken some sdvantage of so long as it ain't monoy out of my pocket. Wat tho dovil...wo can throw! ell the dirty joos at hin. ODY'S VOICE: (ovVzR SCENE) 5 Come up hore Come quick! Ei The partners’ look around in surpriso. cOnY's VOICE: Cons on, Hurry! 7 2 tho direction of the re. gene eoout a dozon yards, Dobos The threo st, But before ti stops su i DOBBS: be he's up to some © trick we'll ali ite Dobbs takes his rovolver out, starts up toward the rock, moving slowly, ROCK copy on He calls again. cop: Hurry up. Howard is first to cppoar on tep of tho rock. copys : (pointing) Look! Howard squints his ey19. B1 (Cont.) Gartin ig next, followed after en intorvel by Dodds. HOWARD: (Cont) Hust bo soldicrs+ Dobbs turns on Cedy, aravs his gun and cocks ‘the hemmor with his thumb. : : DOBBS: ‘ “go that's your stinking Game, Lo (as is. all rignt---tako whet's coming, to yous {no" points the gun to Cedy's chest) Toknew you vere an informer. 2 knew it ell tho time. If you Imow a prayer, you rot, gay it now and make it ‘sneppy> coy: = (in a guict voice) You're wrong, partner. This moans ell ovr funerals, ny own included. ae CURTIN Wantts that? rtm a @ Lora be Trey'ro not soldicrs. s wach they eres t after gold but . The told thom a. CURTIN: t look like soldiors to, x to what ho says--> a bunen of dirty, reggea bandits, H : c We're in a hole, LL you. With | soldtors weld as least have a chance to oxplain before an official. But an, informersee (CONTINUED): 80e 81 (Cont-2). -CURTIN: ~ Shut up, Dobbs. Leave hin alonc... Vielve got to think ond work fast NOW y+ i 7 DOBBS: i {on his single track) wesnot an inforner for tho govern fent--en inforner for the bandits. . : comy: . Yireng agein, brother. And if you don't lay off me you nay find your. Self short one full grow nen. Insid én hour or so you'ro going to need not only every man here but every hand. and every guns ED fees We votter stert thinking edout a : may vo defend ourselves. Ve might ~ try hiding in tho rocks but then weld lose the burres and our whole 5 outfis so I guess the best thing is to make a fight of ite » (me points at G ravine, = narrow anf not very deep, tans Lies between the rock on vhica they stand and the canp) thet ravine is 2 good natural troncz.- rake our stant there they con't . from the rear and thoy can't flank us. Thoy?ll have to pass over the onmp site and we'd got sone good te shots ct then. Cody, you soe: to have good cyas---you stay up hore on this look-out for the tine boing and waseh their movertonts. - You, | Curtin, rouné up the bvrros and herd then into.thet thicket over thera. .~ Dobbs, lot's you end.no wrap up all + our belongings and dump tem into the trenche ., mey haston to tho task of proparing for the asseult nat is to come , 2 2 82, .. DOBSS filling buckets vith water on@ carrying thea to tho tronche ;7) 83. “Bae + BS. 86. 87. 88. 89. CUR’ gotting the burres. . CODY on tho rock,. watching the approach of tho bandits. ~ HOWARD “(OWN Taoytre turning onto the. trail up hore. HOARD: ne * (eatas) wits How many of thon are, there? : LONG SHOT = BANDITS riding the tra{l that leeds to CLOSEUP CODY - os as he calis: : CODE: Sixtoen of Tone . wad CLOSR SHOT | HOWARD * Ho culls to Cody. * Hower Cono en down, friend. F guess we're aout us ready for ten (CONTENTED)89 (Cont.) HOWARD: (Cont.) es vo over will be, se vo night 1 hevo sonething to cat. 1 bo the best port of an gotting hore. Ho starts laying a fire. The partners, Cody included, gather around, 7 copy: Ono of tents woering a kat paintod - °, gold, It reflects the sunlight... ‘ CURTIN: A het painted gold. . Hoar that, Dobbs,’ Howard! Romonber the oandit in the gold nat? DOBBS: Sure, on the trai: HOWARD? Rignt. copy: No objection. ae DOBBS: sure. if HOMARD: I'll take the left center. Yeu, Ccay, take the right. Donbs, your station is the left corner, and Custin, you sake the right oe left corner is the & guy could in the90. | | I Presez Tey go to the: : SOUND of hooves, bandits a: ‘the other, cor: ail. Ther different types c unwashed and u open end with rancheros. forwaré into the canp tent has been pitche: y of tho fire, They call to tad others who come forwaré and begin walking eround the place, pooring oehing bushes and rocks. A discussion commences in tho midds of the cemp. There scons to be vory little disciplizc, Each men kas his own opinion and talks louder than t: Sono wear leather pant: foo of the bandits ve: They obsarve where AD LIBS: : FIRST MAN; Hace poco acamparon aqui. Uiren muchschos, vengen acut. No vazcnos, equi nos onvotelian. Los gue estadan aeui ye so fueron este cs un masnifice escondito, . HO; ($0 Curtin valsper) fhey think whoever ves hore is gone. Sono of then. went to go back down the mountain aad some want to stey up more and uso this site as o headquarters and bux as wany a8 Wo can right auey fast. . : HOWARD, Hold your horses. Bwo of the xen begin to build a fire. -One oxplozing for wood leaves tho others and coves straignt across the caup toward Dobbs! station, He 1s looking upward ata Growth of saplings so that he is hardly five Foes away from Doots defore he sues h: For a moxent his jaw hangs in surprise, then ne turns arouné and sacuts: BAND: Miron muchackos, vengan todos. Pronto ...Urla pajarite echada nido, Que cosa coi & the eax} DOBBS: 7 Stop or I shoot, Tho others all rise aad thoy are halfway neros: They obey, aeBa. go (Cont.2) PIRST BANDIT: Ya, Ya, cote, ouend- Espore+ no tire, homore- He walks backwards, making no attempt to reach for the heavy revolver at his sido. Tho bandits hold a repic- fire consultation, spook sored tones s> ‘thet the mon in the trench cannot © out ev . Thon Gold Hat stops forward, thurbs close togethor in front of his belt to indicate that ho dpos not moan to go for his weapon : : GOL: UAT: Oige,. senor. Listen, we are 0 pandits, You are misteken. We aro foderales; you kaow, the mounted police, Wo are iesiing for tho : bandits to va them. Tho ones who robbed tho tre you knots : DOBBS: All right. If you'ro tho police, wkax aro your dadses? GOLD EAT: z 1 vedges. Te Zidon't have ng badges. Four or five 2f the others Dobbs yells. DOBSS? You votter not come any closer if you want to keep your hee GOLD BAT: : No sca malo, hombro. Wo don't want to do you any harm. No harm at oi can't you oe a little more polite. 21. Givo us your gun and ‘Lgave you in peaco. Sure wo will, DOsBS T need ny gun myself GOLD HAT: Throw that sid iron over horo end we'll pick 4¢ up and go on our way. DOBBS: You wit ny SI before I lose90 (Cont. 2) gl. + @engling by @ chain in his 35. gan over the ris of the trench, | Tho Dobbs ovrew steps end then hold council again. bandit: HO: Taez'll be playing some tind of a trick now Gold Eat, the lceder, and enother stand u, md bandit has a gold watch wtstretencd hand. Ho is Sligatiy in cévenco of Gold Bet. eee Suro enough nove twerd Dvsbs. The sec: GOLD EAT: 3, you got the yrong idee. 1 don't vant to hevo your gun for nothing. I want to buy 1. Hore I havo a genuine g ole ch with gomuine gold cnain made sur oun cvuntey. That watch and Ghain ic worth as least tym hundred pesos. I'll exchenge it for your gun. Good business it is for you. You = ~ vetter take ite ae Look here, ant Tho ‘othor bandit bis heeds ¢ the watch,on its chain around DOBE yo your watch, I'L koop -- oh pe will. Yo We won't got it. I'll show FOUs Thore ise SE Tae bandit with the watch throws up both hands sv thet the wetch and tho revolver fly through tho sire ae (in Spanish Estoy horit i Grabbing to the 9b pis po le over the sights of fired th sb fe is lo veing thry nis rifle. it vas }92. 93. ° cussion. Suddonly Sota BANDITS * Ali of the bandits, including Gold Het, ox in tho Girection from which the shot camo, it wasz't Doobs who had fired. Av the opo»site carnor of the trench a feint cloud of bluc sm 21 hangs in the aire Tho bandits s21 move daclward toward the bushes. ED. LONG SHOP - BANDITS . ir hools, having esothor dis- ict gots up, laughiag. - Thoy eFe squatting 2n GOLD HAT: eee *(he calls t> Dovds) rs You there.’ You cennst tricxs on us, We know hed your rifle over py rans 2f 6 long stri you pulled tho trigger froa where you Ero. Ho a> the sano whon hunting ducks at tho exes. Don't try this on ts. With a rapid nove’all tho ucn have their guns U- 22 (Cone.) f your éirty hele. ilonger. Oe oid drag you out like a jo get yr aut ve auth ty your ers. revoit. will tecr 93: Tho men érop ts the gyoune and, guns in hené, stort crawling foward tho tronch. Herdly nave they evan Six foot waon there are four Su0TS from the trench, from a difforeat gui pandits ture arcund without getting up ond cra Pa pack into the bushes. bre shouts in Spanish back and forth detween them. podies of two of the bandits romain where they folt in the arca Dotwoan, tho tronca and the campsite. HOWARD: me (to Curtin) Thet'li Koop tom Tor a while. “ Wetve won a breathing space I figure. (ne loaves his : positisa and goes to Cady) a Good Coaye : copy: Do you think welvo beat thom off for g298? 2 (CONTINU=D). 8% 93 (Cont HOWARD: Eerély. Now that thoy know thet | : there's at leest four guns hero, they'll be more deternined than beforoe copy: : What é2 you supposo they']1 1 noxt? ae HOWARD: *Thoy'1l probably attack just before morning. Ee lonves Gody end moves beck past his n station to ‘Dobbs. : OBS = We got 'cm on the run now. about us attacking? HOWARD: Nope. it's better not to give nuxdor. For all thoy 's a dozen of use We're pretty safe horo in this trenen. If w yod to the Lord eo better. The It'll bo full. oo f1duded with Groups. Cody right section and c loft so's one can hep ene the other wetch. Aa sutn es tings stert to happen, you just kick the sleoping guy. in the rips end ho!ll be up. I'm p»sitive thero won't de eny moye on the atho r side for the noxt six Hours. I'll be aifforent around four in ¢ don't you take 72 TSsoLvz Tor) 9%. NIGHT as Cody shekes (CONTINUED)94 (Cont.) 953 bo. copy: (in. 0 hushed, v2ico) I think thoy'ro cording. Howard moves quick Thoy aro both yt) Dobbs! end Gurtin's post. HOWARD? * cele Hold your fire till four mon : : roach the middle of tho cama. . Taoa saont to kills i: Ho goes back to his post. MED. LONG SOT ON CAH? as the bandits rove over ground. put. Taere are croens.and cries of pandits keep nm coming. Ono of the t uprignt and charges the tr Ho has a revolver 4 eno hené, & machote tn th reaches Sno whoro Cody is bez at the 9% got so close t> the Tao night atte pack on tuoir bol ies toward the bushes RD: wo won that roun Looks 2 Cody, at his post, doesn't anowors . HOWARD: Hoy, Cody. 4 Ho turns to him. Cody is dead, a pullot through his ace DISH LVS TO: WORNING = AL! including Cody, toward whose b somberly nov 4né egain. DOBBS: : or what dirty businoss they're ng right nows RD: I got a protty gid ides,96 (Cont-) DOBSS: S nat? . a HOWARD: eae They're melsing barricades that move. i : Be It's an vid Indian trick. T,oy crawl along pushing the barricades boforo thom. You can't sce where tv shoot. -°. Brothor, itd ba willing to trede sur > gald mino right now for threo or four hong gronedes. If that's what they're . | wp to, and I'm doad sure it is, wo ‘ haven't a Chinsman's chance. te toe : % DOBBS: tie : 7 ae LoS." ALL wo can do As sell our lives at. - fi _. the highest price possible. I moan : ne to take as many of ‘om as I can to . i hell with mo. ae ae Don't forget to seve ono last bullet for yourself. God furbid eny of us . fell alive into the Lands of those go wounded. If you.can's shoot yor seit, try to iZ to death. govds and yoo if wo offer th y will le t us off. OBES = Hot a chance, veby boy- tare us just tho samo to find aut if there ish't me than we offered thone, Then thoy'd Icill us just the samo. They don'ts iow what mercy is. Sas EOWARD: ‘ : Know why? Socause they've never bom snown any. If our people in the Stctes had lived in poverty under all sorts of tyrennies for hundreds xf yoars they'@ — , have brea @ rece of bandits tos, cvory bit es orvel and blondthirstyz. Como pight down to it wo aro bendits of a Kind. What right have we got to looting their mountain anyway? eo much rignt cs the fpreign companics - thet take thoir oil without paying Tor ite. and their silvor and their copser- boyond the cempsite en o: VvorcE: saeeos Conpadro, eonpaére. Huy) 90. 86 (Conts1) 97% DOB cr What's up I w: OVER SCEXE_the voicos of the bandits mingle in rising excitement. Tho SOUND of the chopping leaves off. CURTIN: : Sonet>ing's happening ell“right. OVER SOZNS THE SCUND of the bandits seddling their horses ané Bounting,, Curtin starts to cliny ous of the trench. : : DosBs Waity,pol, this may only be 2 trick to luke us out and got us. : ‘ nowazp: I don't think soe Tacy aron't good enough actors for this to bo a tricx. Curtin, not heeding Dovbs' warning, loavos tho tre: and elixos wtp to tho high plece whore Cody first s tho bandits. LONG SHCT In the far éi: ron of cavalzy. e (calls) tnors, up here. Here's a there ov Was 9 Hoy, >: signs @ Hower clinb rapidly up to Curtin. — I coula DoBas Soldiers, look at for kiss ovory one of t! RT: . TRoy must have got it from the villegors. that bandits hed gone up this mountein to rob tho Gringo nunter of his guns and provist nSs the ssidiersOle 97 (Cont.) HOARD Becauso they're olé fightors wh all the tricks, that's vay, at their backs end the soldiers fecing thom they woulea't heve a chanco. Thoir only nspo is to got out of this cenyon : pefore tho soldiors ontor. DOBBS: _ Anyway they're doing us a big favor.by - oaving in such a dovilich hurry. It wouldn't havo been too healthy for us to have svidiers up here. Thoy could do a ronl nuisance to us follas if thoy startcd-esicing qucations and nosing around. 98. © LONG SHOT THE DANDITS riding hard. Taoy reach tho mouth of tho canyon, turn fo-tho right. They cre caught sight of oy tho column of cavalry which gous into a gallop. elm I happy, am I. Fel:ers, you the truth i was slroacy airs. CURTIN: Too bad +} didn't arrive before * what's-his-neme got his. HOWARD: ntt havo hel@ out ithout his assistance. providence had sent him to us except HOWARD = co put 2 smollor non ono of ours? coRTIN: ‘ ho is and if hets got98 (Cant.) : 99. = 100. 2101. i 102. ‘DOBSS: Supposin! he ba: Ye ought HOWARD: Lot's teke a look at his belongings. his thougnts. The threo places Howard shakos } start sack down from the CLOSE SHOP OF SHE DEAD CODY vo position ho held and tura Bout & lying face whon alivoe his over. Taoy fod wallet and sone icttors. CLOSE SEOT OF THE TEAES as Howard opens the wallote tne contents) ots Lot mo seo. SNAPSHOT IN DO33S' HAND Young nwith a oi SCENS Thoro is sv the picturo teat Cur93. 102 (Con +) DOBSS: Not bad, not bac. Curtin reaches ows end takes tho snapshot from Dobbst bande Howard nas removed tha lottor from the envolopo and is scenning it. : HOWARD: (reading) 7 Doar Jin: Your letter just arrived. “It was such a rolief to got word after so many months of silence. J realizo, Sof course, that tuore erent any mail poxes shat you can @rop a lettor in ‘out there in the wilds, but that doosn't : keer mo fram worrying about yu. Little Jimny is fino, bub he missos his Dadey elmost ns mich cs I ao. He koops asiing, "ihon's Daddy coning homo?" You say if you do not make a real find this t iso you'll never go escine I cennot best . | be tel2 you now ny eart rejoices at those words 4f you really moan Now T feel froe to tell yous I'vo nevor thought any materiel treasure, no mottor how great, is worth the pain of theso long soparations+ E . Tho country is yoar. It's be reins, herdly an are cil in blox aflame ond the lowor like storm. Everybody looks forward to big crops. I do hove you ere back for tho harvest. : . lly lovely this foct_spring-—-ware feoste The fruit trocs _' Of course, I’m haping that you wilh ~ at last stri rich. It is high’ time for luck to stert smiling upon you, dub just in case she docsn't heriomber volve elrcedy found 1ifo's: rea, tressurc. Forever yours; Hiclen : ae ‘He nolés out the lottor Zor tho others to read: 7(208s SCENE: Q4e-: POSTSCRIPT - : ae serex2, dig lobters end 11ttle letters ea eee dake Letters but eren't. . Tan o to "Sinny." cae : curtin gives bin vack the sn Howard puts tt Into the vallot aad he puts tho lettor into fnto nis pocket. ‘Thon ho picks 6p A spade from Rho pile of equipuent at tho poston ‘of tho tronch. Ho the PE out of the tronch, atencs 192Kins ‘around for 2: client, selecting a propor site, then ho starts digging a greves Speers : iB UPADE OUT.95. 105 CAMPFIRE The old man is measuring out the gold into three parts as we have seen him do before. HOWARD: only seven penny-weight thirteen grains. DOBBS: Less than we did yesterday. HOWARD: If you want my opinion it's going to keep getting less from now on. We've taken about all the gold this here mountain has DOBBS: How much do you figure we've made to date? HOWARD (wets the end of his lead pencil, figures on a piece of paper} Not as much as we were aiming to collect--not forty thousand--not that much. CURTIN: I'm willing to lower my hindsights. HOWARD We got upwards of thirty-five thousand apiece--and we ought to be plenty thankful. DOBBS; Sure--let's call it quits and pack up and leave. HOWARD It's going to be a lot harder trip going back than it was coming. loads are heavier and accidents will be more likely to happen on the trail There's always the danger of bandits, of course, but added to that there's another hazard that wasn't there before--the Federal If we were to meet up with them they might get kind of curious about what we're carrying in our packs. Oh, we got the goods (CONTING10S. {Cont,) é - HOWARD: (cont. ) all right, out I don't figura it’s really ours until wa pass it over the counter at tho bank, 8 CURTIN: We beon mighty lucky so far, Horots _.. hoping our luck holds. ae DOBBS; Yeah, nore's hoping. Sooner. we leave the better, as far as I'm concorned. - I don't wsnt to keep that deme wait+ ing, wnocvar sho is. “ eis > HOWARD: Bes % : “Ibe1L take us enother week to breale down tho mins and put tho ‘mov: back in shape. ae tein untain? Do wnat to the . HOWARD: Blake ‘or appear 1ike she did before : wo cane. DOLBS; 0°” : (mystified) I don't get it. HOSARD Wie'vo wounded this mountain and it's our duty to close her wounds. It's sthe loast we can ao out of gratitude for all the wealth sho's givon us. If you guys won't holp me I!1] do-it alone. seeded i ‘ corti: 2 (Laughs) 7 You talk about the mountein Like it was a real person ween. , DISSCLVE TO: 106, FULL SRO? WINE or rather what was ones tho mino, Howard's wishes have been carried out end the place looks almost the same aS before the tin on case to take tho x gold, The water system -~ wheel, vats is afiro, ‘fre burros stand patiently mon loeg then uz97. 106. (Cont.) i : HOWARD: Well, I reckon that's about every~ 107. thing. Go got your goods, boys, and : I'll get mine end wo'll be off. Each man gocs to the hiding place of his gold, gets it out and, staggering undor its woight, orings it back to where the burros aro. ‘They go ebout loading on the secks and covering thom with hides. iz R RD = I reckon each 3 burro with his goods better be his own responsibility. Tho others nod, ns : 7 : . DOBBS: Let's got going. They start, Curtin in the lead, across tho cempsite arco Comins to tho spot where. Cody is buried, Curtain slows down but dcesn't stop. thon thoy reach the opening in the brush where the trail begins Howerd turns end looks tacks HOWARD: (waves) : Goodbye, mountain, and thanks. 7 DOBBS: (imitetes Howard's | gesture) Yoeh, thanks, mountain. cuRTIN:, (waving at the mountain) Thanks. DISSOLVE TO: DESERT not the flat nm arid roc! an occasions waves PiSing lendscepe swims constantly They nove at @ those of the hsavily— 2 lead burro who leward looks OUT slow pace, loaded burros. saies suddenly en OF SCENE.108, 109, "96.. A RaTTLESN: coiled a few yards enscd. Ei to the right, giving the snake e wide enough berth. Ho makes no move to destroy the snaze nor do the others who simply follow in Howard's stops. : ward Leads his burro off DOBBS: (calls to the snake ove? his shoulder) This is your domain, No arguxont, : _ brothor, tio're trespassing. Wo don't like boing here any move than you like having us. You just tell us a shorter way out ané wa'll take it, “DISSOLVE 70:" MAT, TIE WILDS . . “TWILIGHT Tho three pertaces aro around a caxpfire proparin, thoir evening meal. ‘Tho nobbled burros are grazing near by, the bags of gold are in three sopcrate stac! Tho food is oa the fire and Dobos end Curtin aro" stretened out doing nothing beyond listening to Roward's harnonica, There is sonothing lonely ané hounting about its music. CURTIN: I boon thinking about hor ~ Cody's idow, I mean = and tho kid, You know what ...? feted oughtta give tom 6 fourth just as if hoté been partners with us from the stert. DOEBS: : (his jew drops, thoi You nean'a fourth of all our gooés? : OURTIN:* fe Yoah, that's right. a + DOBBS: a Aro you crazy? CURTIN: # If it hadn't boen for Cody wo wouldn't ‘vo wa.ted away from that mountain, Ask Howard. | . Yep, tho buzzards woula've got Fat’ on us all pight. (CONTINUED109. (Cont.) ” : : 7 DORzS: 2 It might just as well'vo boon one of ts. Taet it wasn't is our good luck ané his ded. ‘ CURTIN: .. : . ‘Jwhetever you guys do I'm going to : give a fourth. 7 * race : HOWARD : Le Wnat the devil - I got more than I - “mood anyhow. iclt what I got is a . enough to last mo out. & fourth -- f : “\. sure. ite : DOSBS; You guys must've both been born at rovival meetings. : Fowerd has ea his horuonica. Wow, head cocked in fn attitude of listoniat, ne sits stering into the surrounding Dusk. volver, tvirls the chembor, then 0 into the shadows. He motions 60 likewise. Then ell et once y are unarmed and of innocent =; Rédressos tho partners in moves away from to thy othe> four Indians a joarence. © Spanish, FIRST DDL Buones noches, Sonores. Podemos sonternos cerca lus Goscansor poquito. Pavor? HOWARD: * See Jo the Indfans) aac .) Con mucko gusts, como no, amigos.” toner enfe con nosotros? (CourINUED)109. (Cont.1) HOWARD: (to Dobbs and Curtin) i Waatever they want they mean no harm, He gestures and Curtin offers tao a cup. Tao help thensslves, all drinlcin: out of. tho same cup. Dobbs produces his tosacco pouch, This they also - | 1 accopt, cach taking a pinch of tobacco and rolling it in corn leaves which thoy carry on thon. In roturn : thay offor the partners tobacco of their own. DOBBS: : om tobacco and they give yr don't got it. Why ody smola his own? : HOWARD: eae Gake some and thank thom, Dobbs ‘ané Curtin obey, saying "ituchas gracias." iE : i HOWARD: : * gheytra after something. It'll teks ' thom aykile to cone to the point, 4 . To say w + off the \ bat isn't considersé polite among ! Indians. & long silence their coffeo en they raiso- Finally, tho speak INDIAU: 2s yora usted Senor. Ni Aijito se eayo al agua y lo sasanos tan pronto ce | °,. eoxe pudities.” Ho sc mueva, mi nada yo ~ “no guicre revivir, pero yo croo gue no essa nverto, Necasitemos ayuda, por favor. Cuando, sucedio DDL: * < Esta tarde, Sonor, KOWARD: \to the partners) ittie boy fell into the water. ished him out but he won't come Ho isntt.dvad, Ke just won't to. + (cowprmueD)109. 110. (Cont.2) aa i Howard gets to his feet. OUARD : : I'l1 go and have a look et the doy and got b: s soon as I can,~ +/ bofore morning probably. Watch : after my goods while Im. gonc, : : (ho. turns again to : ea » tho Indians : Buono, amizon, yo voy con ustedes. - No so si podre ayuda>, Poro hare todo posibls. Venonos. Tho. Indians all cot up, politely take leave of Dobbs. ané Curtin, They lead Howard to the horse which he mounts, then leading tho way they run oif on foot. IN?. 4DOsE EUT ee : 4 palm uat is sprecé over a*teblo upon which boy lizs motionless. ‘he rooa is crowded 1: doth nen Howard enters behind t! father, ns stené aside weking a pavrway to the tabl bo the boy, stands silently for a mont should be. uyelids, tt oat. Ee ment makes @ doop improssion on the Indians v at aac ruruur approving: ing to deeido what th s thimd he raisos Quiero Unaa toalles. Taxdion un espe jo y un poco tequile (to four Indians) Ustedes frotando mucho-Ranos 7 p: Sy 2 bsing produced, Howare inst: @ boy's hanes towerd the heart, Whon 0 boyts outh and 1 of tequila, Presently he His eyes Lignt up. o o ibas 0: Test so" that the blood tho hot towels are roa velly, a pours into it a Listens again fo. Thero is Life in Fo hold i 2 Sure enough it shows A the room. Howard gous on with a little while the ¥il1,° 110. (Cont.) Bee Te is naréiy a murmur - it is rather thet slight sound Which acconpanios e ousex invaking of breath, Tho on- Lookers believe tiny aru scoing a miracle performed. Shouting or any otuer sign of jubilation woulé bo un- Seorly. Thoy act as if thoy were under a spell. 4n¢ now trie boy opens his oyes. No single word is uttered by anyono present, They simply look at the swalencé poy and et Howard in awe. - Howard helps t around him, wonders finally resting white fom, ‘ry soune in the room, not even the shuffling of foot. - Howard pute his hand briefly om the little boy's heoe then turns to go. : i HOWARD: eee ne Buenas nochos. = ; in the way ts eloared for him. th him es ho passes, ~ No answor is medo. 4 Tho eyos of tho Indiens turn and they ero full of evo, +. 7 DISSOLVE Dat S iD TEER BURROS artificial resp it and ‘sono Boy Scout tricks, “I think it ~ . was more snock than drowning. Fo haen't swetloved much water, Mayda he was stunned when diving. OVER SCE=D fron’a distance, tho SCUND of e voice r= a ents vores ine long dram out call. How whats CURTIN: Wo've got sonuthing on our Looking ia the direc of horsemen cone 2 their weapons and 1 but whon their purs: of thu night before “gain they 3: to defend ther thoy are thCG . 103. 111 (Cont.) aside ana groct then. As bofore, it is the father of the little boy who does tho talicinge aa THDIAN: * eae Porque se van ten pronto, sonores? ~~ HOWARD = : a on Tonemos ‘negocios importantes en eee S). Durangoe + INDIANr. : aces Poro Senores, no se vayan tan pronto. Cuoromos cue esten, Gon nosotros aunque sea unas semanas : HOWARD? ‘ Muchas gracias por le invitacion. Poro necositamos estar on Durango on una somanae Poro Senor, usted selvo 1a vida : ami nijise. Si lo dojo que sc Stranie gratitud no Hols insist! : with him to hha guests. off his debt to mo for caving “V. his sonts life, by feasting * ‘ and honoring Use Otherwise *:. he bolicves notll ourn in : Hedos. ‘fell hin to forget it. He don't nevi 1 owe you a thing. : (to tae Mi mayor reco: gusto que sonth los ojos. (contIxveD)111 (Cont. 1) dee + INDIAN: Poro Senor, tongo cue pagarie mi deuda, Si no so ms cnoj todos los Santos del Cielo. Vonga por favor, TKD: (to his partners who aro laugaing at him) Ghis is no laughing matter. I'm afraid he's doterminod to show his gratitude even if it means taking us back to the villago as prisonors. i DOBaS: - (extting Sabo, homoro. iio poder quedar. NO. No. Inposiblo, sabe? He Dobbs pushes"through the Indians, roughly. let him pass, but form a detorminee circle ar Howard. (to Dobbs) inporte. CURTIN: Waet did he say? plainly on It wakes no great difference ¥ you two do, but I havo to o: - DOBBS: So it's like thet, They only want yous : HOWARD: Looles 1iko ite DOBBS: okay, Cowith tom, Stay a Zor days, then foll Ow wet : (co:td, 1ll (Cont.2) + + CURTIN: Teke then along with you. DOBBS: It against that, If they vere to Giscover what's in them they might forgot you vere their honored guest and nop you or even kill you. In any case, word.would get out end then - no trail would be safe for you to travel alone. Bree ., HOW (at a loss) te All right, Waat'll I do ~- spill my . goods out right here on the ground? MRD: CURTIN: We'll take ten with us if you want us to and wait for you in Durango. If you're held up longer than a week . or 80 ve might go on to the port and deposit your goods at a bank theres HOWARD: (after a pause) ; pout the only Durango your e@. in the Bank ing Company, iwe'il tell the. manager you hold this receips. We'll leave our signaturés wish hin to identity you. fere's a receipt. Okay? If we Gon't goods !12 be “HOWARD: Oxey. Meyve after Ive stayed. with, tox a isthe waile these fellows will : lot mo have a Horse to ride to Durango, I may get there only a day or .two be~ hiné you. Curtin gives him the recofpt. Ty CURTIN: . Thattll-be fine,’ Good luck, old mane . i si . First Curtin, then Dobbs sh hands with Howard, (CONTINUED)221 (Cont.S) 112. DOB! Yeah, all the luck vorld. Ve'll sure Teel lono~ sone without you, bat liko ny Sunday school teacher selé, Nye have to swallow 2isappoint= ments in this sad life,” 7 CURTIN: Hurry up and join use ci DOBBS: ““pontt go getting mixed up with any of those Indian dames. Pretty srart some of 'om'are. Look out @ squew don't marry yous He slaps Howard's back. HOWARD (trying to joke) Maybe I'll do just that. Pick me out a good-looking squaw che rarry nore They're easy to feed ané dress end entertain. And they con't nag at you oither, So long, partners, ist in his Howard is to indian gots DOBRS AND CURT: (together) See you in Durango.’ nto the dures and start tho train . : Dobbs and Curtin % once more on its wm DISSOLVE TO: EXT, THE VILLACE ter with Howerd, It's an 2 2 old neoplo h hea re- mn ienis for the mare's @fsnounting + (CONTINUED)107. 112 (Conty) : is is the cue for the fiesta to begins Ho is in the center . ES Ukesthing, Te 4s to him tee musicians play end tno Singers sing} for hin tho dancers Genco. + DISSOLVE TO: 113, . EXT, HOUNTAINS A HIGH STEEP PASS Dobbs and Curtin, their breath coming in agonizing gasps, Struggle up the ¢reil, boating the burros, pushing them on, shoulder to querters, very fow yards they nave to Uheit to give their pounding hoarta a rest, DOBBS: (raises the water pottle to drinic) Isn't i$ alvays wonte-nersh-in-hine-and stray off f|né smash their packs ageinst-the- treessonsepveltes I wish they!d break off the trail and drop down “a fow thousand feot of gorge and: opechetheirtbones, Wrst was in your head when you offered to cerry his goods? As if he couldn't olf. He knew hon ne turneé the: sy oute of hin, What's she uso of railing against the ol@ man, It won't eo any goods Save your breath for thet next picco « of trail. DOBBS: Itm stopping hore for the night.’ If Jou wants to Go on it's okay by Moy only tae the old men's burros with yous ‘5 my rosponsibility.’ CURTIN: (looking at the sun) “I¢ts still early.- Wo might make four or five miles siore before Garic.” You can go twen I core.-113 (Cont.) (losing Ordered m0? You? to do anything. You talk like you were Doss of tais outfit. DOBBS: mcs Maybe you are, Let's hoar you say it. he looks as taough he wore. yeady to spring upon Curtin) CURTIN: pute > .Okay, if this is as far as you can GOs DOBBS: Who says it is? aie (ho advances a stop on ; Curtin; his faco is derk and wiekod Looking in his anger) Dontt make me laugh. I can go four times as far as a mug liko you, T don't went to go eny further that's all, I could but I don't went to, See, mugi : : CURTIY. What's tho good of ho: started on camp hore, Phat s my idee in the first place. sending next to him, a hand ec tha job. He bogins to unload the burro Curtin comes close and gives DISSOLVE 70s Lig. NIGHT ~ DOBES AND CURPIN GY THE CAMPFIRE cuRTIN: I wondéor whet the old nants doing now? DOBBS: f of roast tu: yoy and @ olve nad to handle is holp, Oaca we got Lbo ioty castor. overything the. bang of it, 4 (coxriv=5)Cc 114 (Cons DOBSS: far fron the railroad do you ero? CURTIN: Not so far as tas crow flies,’ DOBES = But we ain't crows. CURTIN: = - I figure we can make the hich pass _ in two days moro, Thon it'll be three or four days before we Got fo the railrced, That's figuring no hard luck on the trail. Curtin puts zore wood on the fire. ‘Dobbs sits staring into space, ‘All at once he lat Bee CURTIN: a (looks around ot Dobbs) ymatis the joe? Dobbs laughs again, Louder this tines : CURTIN: : rontt you lov no in on ib, Dobosio? + DOBES+ In on it? Suvo ZT will. . Sure. {ne keeps on Laughing) ; cuRTIN: Welz, go ancad. Spill it,’ Whats so funny? aeeeucre DO: ‘ It just came to me Wi hoad play that old jackass mace. when he pus nis packs in our keeping, CURTIN: How éo you mean? DOBES: ee Figured to lot ys Go his sweating for him, éid he? Wotli show hin} ‘the ‘Laughs again) : ouRTIN: Yat are you getting at? DOSS + : , con't you soe, tts sll ours Wo don't go back to tho port, ye Kot ab alle © (cowziNTZs)114 (Cont.1) cur {unable to veliove his oars) I don't follow you, Dodbsic, DOSSS: ¢ Don't be such a sap, Where'é you grow : up? All right, to make it plein ia what dunb-hesd Like’ you-=-we tako aii te : goods end go straight up north leaving the old jackass f2at. 7 cur: You arcn!t serious aro you? You éma't really mean wiet you're saying? DOBBS + ‘I nover say anything I don't mean, Curtin puts another stick of wood on the fire then ho gazes up ab the clear night sky, | - : ouRTz (ginally) long as I can stand-on my two lags. t take o single grain from tho Store? I see vory You want to take nh the Ia da on tho © rants non No, Dodds. old x DOBBS: : (taxes up his pouch and starts filling his pipe) Maydo I doa't nood you at all, Z ean teke it alono. I don't need no out sido halp, budd: (he laughs) CURTIN: (looks him over aie . from head to Foot) ° : I signod that recoipt. DOBBS So did many rece!124 (Cont.2) (Cont.} Giffercnt, The old man lize a slave for what he got. It herder on hin old as ho is thon it | yas onus, I don't rospoct many things in lifo, but ono thing I do respoct -= a uonts rigat to what ho's worked and slaved for honestly, : DOB3S Get off your soapvox, will you. You only succeod in sounding funny out nero ‘= dn tho wildernoss...Anyway, I know you for what you aro, I'vo clueys had my suspicions about you. Now I lmow I!vo oon rights Bees : ‘ CURTIN: © Waat suspicions are you talking avout? DOBBS: - : : You can't hido anything from me, brother, : / Tsoe right through you, For sono tino: you've had it in your mind to buup me off Bt tho first good opportunity and oury mo somowhoro out nore in tho oush like a dog sols you eculg me“o off not only with the old ments goods but with mine in tho bar~ gain, : : Curtin sas is nend ine dazod way, His pipa crops from his ringers, (continuing| : 9 yort safely you'll Laugh Lit devil, won's you, to - thin how duno tho olé man and t woro nob to guess waae was browing, I'm wise to you, Dabo, Curtin looks into Dodis's oyes, at once fascinated end terrifice by tho malignancy ho sees: Ho trios to his oyos away fron Dobes ~ cannot, fo covor his gion he bonds down to pick up his pipo. Dobos, mis= taking this for hostile, craws Bis gun. 7 DOBBS: ve, brother, end I pull the Gat your hands up. cine tshoutsag) ° Up, upt i Curtin raises his hands, DOBBS: Higher. :114 (Cont.5) Vos “12. DOBBS: Lright or was 1? You and your Sunday senool talk protecting other pooplo's goods. You. Stand up Curtin risos S| + Dobbs roaches his own gun 59: ho is sur his oppor jaw, knocking self upon Doob Springs up and steps a fow paces backy . . ised, Curtin, tuniby, lands Dovbs a {yolls suddenly) and take it like o man. dowly, his hands still in the aire tor Cartin's gun. As ho does so eo off. For 2 fraction of a socond ° instinctively sonsing sara blow on the Pin to the ground, He throws hime S euickly and disarms him, Thon ho CURTIN: (tuo guns pointod at Doi ‘i i Ths cards aro dealt tho other way now, Dobbsios DOBBS: Sq I S006 CURTIN: (calmly) : Tisten to ne. Youtro oll wronge: for 2 5 asd I evor intond %o rob you oF ony harm. , Lito Z said, I you and yours gust os 2 rv the old man, DOBZS: rp you really mosn what you say then hand over my cannon,' Curtin waves ¢ open and erpti: up in the air, 4b out toward Ky 3 He spits, fire, A long Thee no gun in pis hend,’ thon breaks 16. oo the cartridges out, Ho throws it gatonos it cowboy fashion, then holds Dobbs, Dodds looks at it snoeringl. ‘DOBBS: ale retires to his former place by the ‘silonse follows, broken only by Curtin, th 4b be better, tho way stand,.to separate tor s-or this very night? Dosis: would suit you fino, wonldntt it. (continued)124 (Cont.4) : : CURTIN: (perplexed) Why me more than you? DOBBS: feet So you could fell on no from be~ . hind, sneak up and shoot me in the bask. : CURTIN: I'll go ahoad. DOBRS: - And wait for no on the trail and ambush ne? My pal. fae CURTIN: Why shoulén't I do it horo end now 4f I meant to kill you. 7 DOB3S= # ee You're yellows if you nat, I ean't seo any $20 you Up ovory night. DOBBS: - (sneering) . Coma on and try to tie mo up. Curtin and Dobbs sit lool mon are oxhsusted after Curtin knows he is in for a night of horror cannot afford to go to slecp oven Af Dobbs coos for how is he to tmow if Dobbs is roally asiocp. Or, on tho othor hend, if Dovos is not foigning, what 1s to koop hin from veking up. ‘Curtin yous. DOBBS: Throo tines wired and Five. I vot } sond dollars you go to sloop box Ido. Fo laughs again, ra DISSOLVE TO:115 116 aia. EXT. THE TRAIL DAY ‘The pack train on the move, Dobbs in the lead. Curtin walks like 2 man in a trance, stumbling every so often out of exhaustion brought on by the sleepless night. Now his eyes are actually closed. He is holding on to one of the burros' packs, letting the animal guide his steps. Observing this, Dobbs halts and stands aside on the trail, letting the train pass. Some instinct causes Curtin to open his eyes just before coming abreast of Dobbs. CURTIN: (reaching for his gun) Get up there ahead of the train. Grinning, Dobbs obeys. DISSOLVE TO: CAMPFIRE OFF THE TRAIL As on the night before, the two men sit a few feet apart, facing each other. Curtin's eyes finally begin to blink. He gets up, walks back and forth. Dobbs never stops looking at him. Presently Curtin sits down again. Tt is not long before his head drops forward. Dobbs starts to crawl over to him. Curtin jerks awake and draws his gun, Dobbs laughs. DOBBS: A born night watchman. I have to hand it to you. You should try for a job at a bank. Dobbs stretches out full length, lies on his side, looking at Curtin. Curtin's eyes start blinking again. Each time he opens then it is a greater effort. Tt is aS thought heavy weights are attached to each lid. Finally they remain closed. Not that Curtin is asleep--it is simply that his eyes need a few seconds’ rest. He is determined not to go to sleep--determined. Both fists are clenched with the effort. Even after his head has dropped forward on his chest the knuckles show white, When Curtin's breathing is deep and regular, Dobbs gets up, goes over to him, and relieves him of his gun. Then he kicks Curtin in the ribs. DOBBS: The cards are dealt once more-~another way, and this is the last time, No more shuffling. (CONTINUED)ws 116 (Cont, ) . Lise CURTIN: (tries to rise; mundles ) Wnat cards do you moan? DORBS: Stay whoro’you aro, I'm going to finish things up right now, No more orders from you such as I had to swallow tod2y. Got mo? CURTIN: (he is too sloopy to * compronend 211 that is going on about hin; voico thick) You moon you're going to murder mo? Dovbs ‘kicks him again to arouso him, He laughs as if : DOBBS: Noy, orotzer, not misteke, I'm doin you'd bo tel stant I stopped at yous CURTIN: the old mon, Hotll = * th you. Just wait and see. - Don's rorg Yeah? 2 answer for that wh You vant to low what I!1] tell hin? Ill teil him you ticd mo to a tree ade your Getavey with all the = yours, nine and his, Then Rell ve looking for you, not for me. ~ s wore the bost joke hetd over heard, Curtin, fighting to keop awake, tries to sheko tho sleopiness out of his system, but fails. Dobbs DOBBS: Up now, and march whoro I toll you. Today I had to march to your music-~ now youtzo to march to’ mino, Whore to... st (CONTINUED )116, 116 (Cont.1) poaag To your funere Curtin moves in a droan, Dobbs grabs him brutally - by the collar, pushos ahead into tho brush. DOBES? ~ Koop going. : CURTIN: > Ploase, let mo havo just another hour's sloop, I'm all in. TZ can't “march any longer. And let the. burros : ave another Rour too. Tho poor boasts -- they're cll ovor-vorked and their backs aro sero. (ne falls) DOBBS: c (Kkieks Curtin) Got up. Keep going. You'll have * tine enough to sloep in a minuto, 2, Dobbs close behind, pus! iS an Von they aro far enough in’ the bush to suit Dodds, he draws his pistol ard shoots, Cursin goes dom like e felled tree. Dobbs stands 4 Then ho 7 over him for a fow soconts, pistol in hands ponds down end lister fly. Hearing no sigh and no moan, ho rises end, puting nis pistol back in tne ov carpfire where he sits and Presantly he turns his faco around toward tho bush where Curtin is, It's as though he oxpacted Curtin to appuar ous of the carte + ness. holster, rot to + DOBBS: (to hinseif) . Meyoo I didn't burp him off. Maybe ho only staggored and dropped $0 , the ground without being hit. Eis eyes tum back to the fire whore they remain staring, Suddenly he junys up, takes 4 thie pioce of burning wood ovt of tho fire to uso as a sorch and rushes back into the bush. : motionless in the same spot where + Dodds leans cver, goes to put bho breast of his victim, thon jerks ne burning stick no: forth, but Curtin's nero is not even (Cow TmUED)136 (Cont.2) ny. tons up and turns away again, but before Dobos straig) oct Ae Mulls out his gen, squares around he goos ten and lets Curtir auro, Having £ have another shot to make absolutely c@ the gua, ho looks at it. a DOBBS: i (to himself) It'll look better this way. (he throws the gun 7": towaré whore Curtin .' [ies; mutters} t's his anyhow, (thon he goos back to the fire and re~ sumos his former position; he shivers, = thon:) ii tee This fire don't give any roal heat. I1d ought to'vo brought more sticks In before derz. i won't go back nto the bush now anc get then, (he gots bis blanket and rolls up in it) They won't find hin, I'll cig a hole first thing in the morning. Ko closes y they aze opor and ha is esitting u: B he lougns oe vo got you to ciieve you! tenes, it'll post But ig you don't bel: youtye got one, what can it do, to Jou? Makes mo’ sick so much talking and fussing about nonsensa. _ Time to go to sloop. He closes his eyos, but not for soconds they're open again and the fire, z MORNING Dobbs is 3 is not oasy117 (Cont, ) “shirt is drenched with sweat and his to rage. Ho iets ons of the boasts savagoly whon a pack slips, es though it were tho burro's fault. By tho tine the sack train is rcady to start, tne sun is high in tho néavons. Gut thoro is one moze tacic aweit- “ing Dobbs, lic has loft a spade oa tho ground in anti- eipation of it. Jic picks up the spade ané starts into tho bush, tut ho only soos a stop or two before stoops aticnee anount: cae yd BOBES 2 ee Might be votter to cave hix where : Set jp nods. Ain't very likely anybocy . 1" U. '* would happon on hin in there. If 0°. ot, 4 ‘i thoy did they'd just as like to fine no eee 2a grave as a body. Bandits wouldn't ~~. “Oh se" "ave buried hin. Ina wookls time 7 tho tigors ang wild pigs and the ‘ : buzzards and the ants will have. ve done away with him cntiroly, . +, While ho 1s standing thus, irresolutol hinsel?, there is a ORY from not far d as woran's scream, It cuts into Dovds His hands start trembling and ho tottors in his tracks, : : DOBBS: 7 é Unat's gotting into mo? That. s only a tise, He pulis himself together and, tn an attemst to shzke off his fear, takes anothor stcp forward into che Dust, Again ko faifora, : LOB3s: : : No, Wut if his oyes wore open, I. don't dure Lo: oyes. Best thing is to hurry ené try and ; reach tho railroad soon as possible, Ho loavos the tush, soss back to the turros, shouts at thon, The tra ore on its way. Sut immed ately trouble bogins. A burro goos out of his scrap against a rock, re pack shifts on his bast so that’ its weight is all on one side of the aninsl, who - staggors, thea felis, Dovds must unhitch the burro, + get Aim vaek on Bis foct and do the wholo job of paéic- ing him up ovor axcin, ‘ihilo ho is about this, tho other aninsis scatter, At last ha succeeds in’rounéing thon up and getting thon all onto the trail again. Bus his difficultios havo. only startod, When he maronos at tho hoad of tho train, the animals in the reer stray off and when “he is at itg rear, the le or coos off tho trail, Mo zas’to wun up and Co: train like a coz keaping a flock of shoop togot! But prosontly, through Doods? strenuous efforts ons2. 1d (Cont .2) : 7 animals aro all in single file and going in the right direction. i woud (rosu ergu- : a ment olf) : : v's Better not to bury hin, I éid rigns. Yoon, The chance of ~ eae anyoody happening on him inside | a woek ds a mighty slin ony. °°. and there won't be much of anything “ie "deft of him by thon. Only his : + -elothos..» What I should'vo cone maybe..,undressod him and buricé ° Ss "Rts elotses ané left him Zor the ‘wile pigs and the ants ané the ~~ | busmardsewe. . a ‘He stops suddenly, An appalled expression cones over his face. ea J lki ws DOBBS: ..---buzzards! They!il be soon circling overhoad. | Sveryhod: ‘i : around'i) imow something's aoad... sonothing bigger'n @ coyote. (no looks up at the sky, with rete?) They ain't spotted him yet. Luexy LOP nisy, 7 He is sox sninels turned on trail and st night's 02: Upon resct:in; tos & around the nock 0: burro, fas the 1 akecd, Thon ho tics roc. He takes the spado out of the load burro to at! one of the packe and moves quiewly to the task before hin. Reaching tho busi he hesitates acain triefiy, thea plunges enoad, CAMERA DOELISS akoad of Dobbs as hho pushos his vay through, disrogarding the bramoles which tear his faco ené hands. ‘ihon he goats to the place, Curtin's body isn't thoro. Dobbs cannot bo- liove his oycs. Ho wubs them, then looks again. : Dor This was the pleco right hore. . I lmow it was. - 2 hogins t to look around, erawiing tt lage, ee Novortnolesa, tho under o> oft and righ hysteria. ee117 (Cont.2) : (20. 118. * sterts out of DOBBS: {calis) : Curtin. Whore are you? Curtin, His voice comes touncing back at him from a eanyon wall woo "Curtin, tt are? Curtin." ‘The ocho causes him a moment of roal torror. HE DOB3S: (t himself) ae I gotta got hold of myself. Tustn't Tose my head. One- thing, cortain, he ain't here. Doobs! mind delves cropingly inte the problem. Finally he comes up with a solution, . ‘ DOBES % T got it, Tho tigor. It dragged - . him off, that's whet, to its lair, - Very soon not even a hone! will be left to tell the tale. Done as if by order. : : with him, leughing delightedly, as ho e bush on back toward the gampsiter Tne CAMERA PAl PACK ANIMALS as Dobbs comes up. Hiraculously no accident has occured in his absence. Thoy.are cil in line waiting for tho Kicks that will set thom into motion, ‘These Dodds delivers, DOBBS; te Curtin didn't ery whon I shot him . Not a sound ous of him. «He just dropped like & tros falls. ae (efter 2 moment) eee are eee Funny tho way his legs and arms : were tuisted around. I could have laugnod right out. (hs chuckles) : Just to think, one alug end, finished. <""Awhole 1ifa. : ‘ (ne chuckles egain; after e moment Boe Tiger got him ell right, Toole him up in Ais ‘and carried hin off, Must have > vig tiger -- 2 tiger. They can jump over a vin their mouths. : n't there olthony * (coxrmme)I 118 (Cont.) 19." i. pogss: (Cont.) Mo tiger would've taken that gun svays | Haydo nots crawling around in the bush. Tr ho reaches & villsco nearest Vi1iage is twonty miles.’ Take hin That's all tho stert Po ood es Vamos! Vamosi » Prontot “| DISSOLVE. TOs EXT. NIGHTFALL © DEEP IN THE BUSI An Indian charcoal burner is tending his fire. A SOUND that is different from the other nolses df the wilder- ness, causes hin to pauso in his work and Liston. : Teeating tne sound, he picks a burning brand from the fire, roaches for Ais machotte and with cautious movo~ monts, g06s to invostignte. @he Indinn pushes aside pontayy pouge, roverling, in the flicker:ng, tranciont Tugnt of his Soren, the Figure of Curtin, all in rags Light Oh a plooey Aond. Curtin looks at the Indica but and wet soon to sce. io Keops on cravling forward. After savora} , she Indian recovers fron his jetaiel vevildornons and calle for help. mpi Taslgo, ven pronto aqui. Von a ayuce: : Ton ho go0s to the sid of Curtin, THDIAN: - Pero qug Le pasd, Soroy? Zo ataco un Sigro, 0 que? fe raises Curtints body, gets an arm over his skouldes, supports hin ov yet, A second Indian ie appears fron tho tho opposite side of the char~ Tiros Ho a1s0 15 dunofounded at the ploody te man makes - FIRS? INDIAN: Mire a oste pooro hombre, parece oxtranjoro y quo to ataco un tigre. Ryucena @ Liovarlo s la renchcria, Anéalo. F , lower him to tho ground, @ saplings $o ako @ DISSOLVE TO:Oo 120. qeli EXT. TRAIL HED. SHOP, TRAIN = DAY 7 Dobbs is driving tho an! a desperate pace, Kick- ing thom elong and doa a with eho flat. side oF hie machotto. Tho inovitabie finally happens ne of Rhe poor beasts coos down and cannot 2ise dospite tho the Post ous rains upon it, Bven after his pack +6 70~ Poved, he will not got up. , Tae other purvos Bie too wovetty loaded to teie on tho extra woight, of whet was peep gallon burro's pack, so everything Sn excess or in the Je of gold, a fou hides, and 2 Little wator, must be discarded. eee ae : DOBBS: sect ~ I ean't bo moro than three days from the railroad track, Ono fs jator sicin ought to soe mo through. He goos to work rearranging the packss: : . +. 7 DISS LVE. TO: 2, ADOBE RUT HOWARD ensconced on a homock, The old wen has obviously poor Qoading tho life of Riley, fn Inéiat gir2 of fiztes2 or sixteca waves 4 le wench at nim, keeping off the Fitess Tere is a costie of tequilia besido 1 % box, Without over oponing his oyes, Howard Doo it, fines it, eta his iipa, thereby down tho last whole Toast OVER SC: SOUED oF eo sesont: with the In: overa : 7 points at HOWARD seying: Si Sonor es un gren Docto>. HOWARD: (still not opgning his oyes) Que dics, amigo? : HO: Oiga, Sehor Doctor. Este hombre gs da un poblado lejano y tiqnoe algo de interés quo convarlo., ho Indian squats down in tho sand veside Howard's Ranaoer while the host continuss tho ate . HOSP: 2 zazo, aqui, 03 carzororo troonjanio chanéo oyd £100 Croyo que seria un tigro Pp. fijarse vid qua ere uA honors ¢uo - ne arrastracs, cusiorto de sangre y casi morte.121 (Cont. ) 222, 123. HOWARD: (sitting up with a bound ss. Como os eso hombre? Compt; PLono ol pelo casteno y ojos -azules, Es muy alto y parece | oxtranjoro. “ HOST: : Creo es uno do sus companerose INDIAN: VEsta muy malo. Perdid' muchg Sd usted mo acompane ~ gang: :* pronto puede que le salve 1a vida. HOWARD: Me prestan un caballo? : HOST: ee Seguro, y haste vemos con usted, CAMERA PANS with Howard and his host on thoir way to the corral, Tho host calls: Tost: Vamgs todos a Zepupa, @ donde estd herido ol amigo del gran Docto: 7 They're on the .horses in no time at all, and riding off agallop. : . -DISSOLVE TO: EXD, WILD AND ROCKY WASTELAND faa : Dobbs gets down on his hands and Imees studying the men, His face is heggard; the cheekbones are moro prominent than défore and thero is 2 frightonod, haunted look in his oyes. : 5 7 DOBBS: eer eeeate I don't got it. a (Re looks around hin) Where's the Rio do 1a Seucolla? According to this map I'm sitting on its banks with ny foot in tho ters (CONTINUED)122 (Cont.) in the stomach. : es ‘He takes tho canteon off ono of the vurros, weighs it in his hands and dri he hes screwod tho cap on again ard hung tho c: in pleco he ico around, A litter of brush oad aro piled wp on eithor side of a narr ding gully. Dovss frowns. His mind is aul and ho is slow to comprokond tae meahe of what ho soos. Whon ho does he grunts, thon whines slightly 1ike someone whos boon hit & hard blo: DOSS: This is tho Saucolle! ...-All @ried up. Tho rivor that don't have any wator in it in the wintor. Ho picks up the map with.troxbling bares, stares at ite. 123. z : DOBBS Forty miles to Por: 2 (no turns back to tho - canteen, woighs it again in his hands giving it a circling notion) Tho next instant he is ic: the Dursos savagely and shouting at the top of his lungs. DOBSS: you, Venast - Got on, da: HOWARD examining Owtin, in him, ~. Curtin's 3, pouring tequille ly improved. Z cor, dle of tho Hy gin.vas bosiée mo on the gr To must've loft 1% there to make it oxpty_sholls , ballot. . I fi to crawl eoge (cote Gu) 123 (Cont.) HOWARD: fake it oasy, son. Youtro talking too much. CURTIN: Don't: you worry avout me. Itl2 pull ont of this if only to got-that guy. HOWARD: So it anpoars our fine Mr. Dobbs bas ade off with the whole train and ts > on his way north. o : Curtin growls. _ HOWARD: (continuing) Well, I rockon we can't blame him $oo much. CURTIN: What do you mean by that? + HOWARD: : T moan hots not a real Killer es idllers go. 2 think hols es honest as the noxt follow---or almoste Tho mistake was in leaving you tuo 29 of the wilder~ soln a Bundrod thousand That's a mighty 025 eiiove mo, partnors CURTIN: ae He shot mo down in cold blood an aftor Iwas down, shot me a second tine to make absolutoly sure. tomptation, TOWARD: Q tf I wore still.young and = had beon lone with you or him out thora; I'd havo been tenpted too, Haybe z . woulentt have fallen, but Z rockon Trdtye deen sure onongh tempted.” + (hats put on tho z ast bandage) Z tere. Youtro almost as Good as now, Now to go and find thet thief and get our goods back.” =. (ho turns to tho ~ Indiens) -.* Si no 1logo e Durango nocha pordero tods rt Prostomo un caballo. AGvOLVards . =~ 123 (Cont.1) INDIAN: Un caballo? Seguro que stv ¥ vamos ir con ustod para quo no le paso algo com> & ou companoro. cl HOWARD? . (to Curtin) ~Yot only are thoy giving mo a horso _ but thoy are coming along to koep me from eny harm. curtin, sitsing up, roaches for his elothosy : + ROWARD: You ain't comings CURTIN: Who says so? HOWARD Wet 11 havo some haré riding to @o' and you wouldn't be up to’ ite - You'ra too woalt. CURTIN: - You azen't leaving mo bobinc, 3006 (no gots feet, sv swaying woasmness) HOWARD: ~~ Took at yOtsss. woak as a nev~’ born kittens Don't worry.” til do all in my powores. ie : CURTIN: ( interrupting) : Zin going. * HOWARD: (looks hin up *~ and dom, thon:) I reckon you're going. - He starts out of the room; Curtin follows.” - DISSOLVE TO: