3:10 to Yuma Page #14

BUTTERFIELD:

You can’t do this. It’s immoral.

WADE:

Morals got nothing to do with it.

DAN:

(pause)

I was expecting to collect two

hundred dollars reward for that

man.

BOLES:

That’s too bad, rancher.

DAN:

No. Its not. I have to deliver him

to Contention. I need that money.

BOLES:

You need it bad enough to die.

Dan feels the RAILROAD ENFORCER’s guns on him... ...he stares

at Wade, then finally relents.

DAN:

At least, let us have our horses.

(CONTINUED)

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BOLES:

I’ve got no problem with that. So

long as you ride away.

(pause)

Ride away, rancher.

WADE:

Nice knowing you, Dan.

Dan locks eyes with Wade as the others retrieve their horses

and ride back up to Dan. Boles doesn’t move, watching Dan...

...a last look at Wade and Dan turns to his horse.

Nobody notices Doc Potter pulling a SHOVEL out of a pile of

rocks. He hefts the tool and swings it with all his might...

...WHACK! Straight into a RAILROAD ENFORCER’s face.

The man tumbles backwards, cradling his BLOODY NOSE.

Dan seizes the moment, spinning around. Catching Boles in the

stomach with a powerful right-hand punch. Boles doubles over,

gaping for air...

...it’s all happening so quick, William doesn’t know what’s

going on. He glimpses Wade using his HAND-CUFFS to lift his

legs and kick Zeke in the chest.

The TELEGRAPH OPERATOR drops his pistol and runs...

...while the other RAILROAD ENFORCER fires a shot at Dan. The

shot misses. Dan quickly lays a right hook across Boles’ jaw.

William spurs his horse forward at the RAILROAD ENFORCER...

...who ducks aside just in time. Butterfield rides up to Wade

with his black horse and the outlaw clambers aboard.

101 EXT. BLASTING CAMP, MOUNTAINS - DAY

Dan takes the lead as the group races through the busy camp,

heading for the tunnel. CHINESE WORKERS jump aside, clearing

a path for them...

102 EXT. TRAIN CAR, BLASTING CAMP - DAY

...meanwhile, Boles and Zeke and the two RAILROAD ENFORCERS

regroup fast. Leaping onto their horses and giving chase.

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103

EXT. BLASTING CAMP, MOUNTAINS - DAY

Like mice navigating a maze, the two groups weave through the

endless rows of tents. BOLES’ GROUP shooting at DAN’S GROUP.

104

EXT. TUNNEL, BLASTING CAMP - DAY

CHINESE WORKERS stream in and out of the tunnel, moving rocks

in WHEELBARROWS. Some leading PACK MULES with sacks strapped

across their backs...

...they scramble out of the way as Dan and his group barrel

past into the tunnel. Boles and the RAILROAD ENFORCERS are

close behind, GUNS BLAZING.

105

INT. TUNNEL, BLASTING CAMP - DAY

CHINESE WORKERS jump to the sides of the tunnel for safety...

...the GUNSHOTS echoing like cannon blasts within the narrow

walls. Oddly, Doc Potter’s got a Cheshire grin on his face.

DOC POTTER:

You see me get that one with the

shovel.

But before Dan can reply, Doc Potter gasps with pain...

...a BULLET striking him between the shoulders.

WILLIAM:

Doc.

He begins to fall off his horse...

...but William grabs him, keeping him on.

They emerge from one tunnel and enter another as-BOLES

closes in from one hundred feet behind, lining up for

another shot as he rides. Zeke and the other two are only a

length behind Boles.

ANGLE ON:
WADE spotting A CRATE OF TNT lying before the next

tunnel. Hanging low off his horse, WADE SCOOPS A BUNDLE OF

DYNAMITE --AND TURNS TO DAN.

WADE:

If I throw this, can you shoot it?

(CONTINUED)

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Dan’s answer is cock his rifle. He pulls up his horse to let

William, Butterfield and Doc rip past. Wade also pulls up,

heaving the TNT bundle toward-

A SUPPORT SCAFFOLD ABOVE-

BANG! Dan fires! And they ride like hell as-

KABOOM! IT BLOWS.

Dan and Wade spur their horses and just escape the fiery

breath of the explosion and the BOULDERS that fall from

above. The tunnel caves in behind them...

...cutting off Boles and his group who’s horses buck from the

explosion. Boles is singed from the fire and livid, glaring

at the impasse.

BOLES:

Goddammit!

106 EXT. TUNNEL, CONTENTION - DAY

Dan and his group ride out the other end of the tunnel. Wade

collapses on his horse, the effects of his torture catching

up with him now...

...before he knows it, Dan snatches the HAMMER SHOTGUN back

and loads a pair of shells. He gives it to Butterfield. And

helps William ease Doc Potter out of his saddle. They lay him

under the shade of a nearby tree.

DOC POTTER:

(fading)

Did we do it. Did we get away.

DAN:

Yeah, Doc... Thanks to you.

Doc Potter smiles, then his body goes limp...

...and Dan just stares at him. Wade watches this.

William’s eyes follow -- The half-built tracks that thread

into the valley and finally to THE SPRAWLING LOW CITY OF

CONTENTION TEN MILES OFF.

Dan’s eyes are heavy. The last forty-eight hours are starting

to take their toll. Wade studies him.

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107 EXT. TUNNEL, BLASTING CAMP - DAY

Meanwhile, Boles and the others exit their end of the tunnel.

Limping back into the camp. Boles barks orders about getting

their horse to the other side. As they emerge from the

tunnel, Boles suddenly stops talking.

WHAT THEY SEE:
Charlie Prince and the other outlaws. Perched

upon their exhausted, sweat-stained horses, they circle

through the camp and come to a stop at the entrance to the

tunnel...

...they look exhausted, been riding all night.

BOLES:

...Who are you.

CHARLIE PRINCE:

We’re looking for a group escorting

an outlaw by the name of Ben Wade.

BOLES:

...Sh*t, they just passed through

here.

CHARLIE PRINCE:

That so.

ZEKE:

We were chasing them through the

tunnel.

BOLES:

We’re going after them, ‘you want

to join us.

JACKSON:

What’s it to you.

BOLES:

Ben Wade shot my brother. In

Abilene. Six years ago.

SUTHERLAND:

Then your brother must be famous.

This draws some smiles on the outlaws...

CHARLIE PRINCE:

You boys some kind of posse, huh.

(CONTINUED)

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107 CONTINUED:

BOLES:

You could say that.

...and Charlie Prince draws his two SCHOFIELDS.

They roar as one, catapulting Boles off his horse...

...the rest of the gang immediately opens up on Zeke and the

two RAILROAD ENFORCERS. Riddling them with DOZENS OF BULLETS

which knock them all to the ground.

THE CHINESE WORKERS cease what they’re doing, staring at the

scene. The entire camp frozen as if time has stopped.

Charlie Prince holsters his guns.

CHARLIE PRINCE:

I hate posses.

He glances at Jackson and Jackson nods...

...and the gang rides up towards the mountain.

108 OMITTED

109 EXT. MAIN STREET, CONTENTION - DAY

As the group rides through town, they see nothing but WHORE

HOUSES and SALOONS and shops. Stores have IRON BARS on their

windows, and there’s not a church to be found.

DRUNKS lay about in the shade. A HORSEMAN pukes while holding

his horse. Another one takes an endless piss in a back alley.

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