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...all the men stare at Wade cautiously. He gives them a dark

look. Dan’s very relieved to see them, shaking their hands.

BUTTERFIELD:

Dan, this is Marshal Will Doane.

MARSHAL DOANE:

Mister Evans, three of my finest

men. Harvey Pell. Sam Fuller. And

Herb Baker.

DAN:

Sorry about all that, marshal. I

really am grateful for the help.

MARSHAL DOANE:

Don’t mention it.

WADE:

You fellas really gonna help put me

on this train.

MARSHAL DOANE:

It may not look like it, but this

town’s got law and order just like

any other.

Wade just scoffs, unimpressed...

...he glances at Butterfield.

WADE:

How much is Butterfield paying you.

BUTTERFIELD:

That’s none of your business.

(CONTINUED)

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(2)

WADE:

(smiles)

You gonna come with us, too.

BUTTERFIELD:

Oh, I’ll be walking with you. Every

step of the way... You have my word

on that, Dan.

DAN:

So there’s six of us. Six is good.

123 EXT. RAIL HEAD, CONTENTION - DAY

We find William still at his vigil on the edge of town, his

eyes on the mountains. He begins to see something out there.

WHAT WILLIAM SEES: A tell-tale PLUME OF DUST billowing over a

rise. Swirled about by the wind. And then, a HORDE OF HORSES

explodes over the rise...

124 EXT. ENTRANCE TO CONTENTION - DAY

...it’s Charlie Prince and the rest of Wade’s gang. They’re

riding fast and hard. Down from the mountain. Following the

half complete tracks from the tunnels into Contention.

Their horses are exhausted. Bloody and sweaty. The outlaws

are on the shoot. Their dark, flinty eyes set on Contention.

125 OMITTED

126 INT. BRIDAL SUITE, CONTENTION HOTEL - DAY

An urgent KNOCK on the door in the bridal suite.

WILLIAM (O.S.)

They’re coming, I’ve seen them.

Dan quickly opens the door for his son.

DAN:

Where.

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WILLIAM:

About a mile out. Same way we come.

MARSHAL DOANE:

How many are they.

WILLIAM:

Ten or eleven.

MARSHAL DOANE:

Which is it, boy. Ten or eleven.

127 EXT. MAIN STREET, CONTENTION - DAY

The Ben Wade gang reaches Contention now, GALLOPING into town

like they own it. People move off the streets.

128 INT. LOBBY, CONTENTION HOTEL - DAY

...meanwhile, Marshal Doane positions his deputies in the

lobby. The few people here quickly abandon the place, which

annoys the BARTENDER.

MARSHAL DOANE:

Move along, folks. That’s it. Keep

the doors clear. Thank you.

The three deputies take up firing positions inside the lobby.

129 INT. BRIDAL SUITE, CONTENTION HOTEL - DAY

Marshal Doane returns to the Bridal Suite now, joining Dan

and William by the window. Eyes on the bend in the road up

ahead as the gang finally appears...

130 EXT. HOTEL FRONT, CONTENTION - DAY

...there’s a curious crowd outside the hotel now. And not a

decent soul among them. They’re the sort of filth and vermin

that often collects in these new railroad towns.

Charlie Prince notices them and stops the rest of the outlaws

outside. The BARTENDER sees Charlie Prince through a window.

131 INT. LOBBY, CONTENTION HOTEL - DAY

In the lobby, the three deputies start to get nervous.

(CONTINUED)

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DEPUTY BAKER:

Sure are a lot of them.

DEPUTY FULLER:

I didn’t figure on it being the

whole gang.

132 INT. BRIDAL SUITE, CONTENTION HOTEL - DAY

Marshal Doane stares down at the gang, confidence faltering.

Dan backs up against the far wall, protectively drawing his

son with him.

133 EXT. HOTEL FRONT, CONTENTION - DAY

Charlie Prince notices the BARTENDER who gives him a look,

directing his eyes up to the second floor BRIDAL SUITE...

134 INT. BRIDAL SUITE, CONTENTION HOTEL - DAY

...we see the gang from the Bridal Suite on the street below.

CHARLIE PRINCE:

Hey, boss. You in there. Boss!

WADE:

What should I tell them?

DAN:

Tell them you’ll write them a

letter every day from Yuma.

WADE:

Charlie. Go buy the boys a drink,

I’ll be down soon.

Charlie hurls Ben Wade’s hat up to the overhang.

Ben grabs it. Puts it on.

CHARLIE PRINCE:

You okay.

WADE:

Sure, I’m okay.

And he sits back on the bed...

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135 EXT. HOTEL FRONT, CONTENTION - DAY

Below, Charlie Prince turns to the growing CROWD.

CHARLIE PRINCE:

Listen up. Listen. That’s Ben Wade

they got up in there. The railroad

means to put him on the 3:10 to

Yuma and hang him.

136 INT. LOBBY, CONTENTION HOTEL - DAY

The three deputies in the lobby stare out at Charlie Prince.

DEPUTY FULLER:

What’s he doing.

137 EXT. HOTEL FRONT, CONTENTION - DAY

Charlie Prince rides over to Nez’s SADDLE BAGS and shows the

crowd a HANDFUL OF DOLLARS taken from Butterfield’s coach.

CHARLIE PRINCE:

We’ll give two hundred cash dollars

to any man what shoots any one of

them.

138 INT. BRIDAL SUITE, CONTENTION HOTEL - DAY

Dan, Butterfield, William, Marshal Doane watch with dread.

CHARLIE PRINCE:

Two hundred dollars guaranteed.

139-140 OMITTED

(CONTINUED)

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142 OMITTED

143 INT. LOBBY, CONTENTION HOTEL - DAY

The deputies can see guns out the windows in all directions.

DEPUTY FULLER:

...gotta be thirty, forty more guns

out there now.

144 INT. BRIDAL SUITE, CONTENTION HOTEL - DAY

Marshal Doane watches the army amassing outside. He glances

at Butterfield and Dan, then he turns for the door.

MARSHAL DOANE:

Aw, to hell with this.

Let’s go, boys.

BUTTERFIELD:

Now just a minute, Marshal -

MARSHAL DOANE:

Look, if it’s a fair fight... Well

sure, I’d stay for that... A fair

fight, that’s a man’s duty... But

there’s only six of us. I’m sorry,

mister. But I am not gonna die

today. And neither are my men.

DAN:

Marshal. You forgot this.

Dan tosses the TIN STAR back at the marshal...

...he catches it, glares at Dan, then walks out.

145 INT. LOBBY, CONTENTION HOTEL - DAY

Butterfield pursues Marshal Doane down the stairs. Doane nods

at his deputies and they gratefully follow him out the doors.

BUTTERFIELD:

I’ll double your money.

(no reply)

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

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145 CONTINUED:

BUTTERFIELD (cont'd)

Please. Do you want to see us shot

down in the street.

MARSHAL DOANE:

Look, this thing happened in

Bisbee. Why bring your troubles to

Contention.

DEPUTY PELL:

We’ve got families. Every one of us

is a family man.

BUTTERFIELD:

I’m a family man, too.

MARSHAL DOANE:

Then you best get out like us.

And out they go. Butterfield looks pale. HE turns, looking

about, mind racing.

146 INT. BRIDAL SUITE, CONTENTION HOTEL - DAY

Meanwhile, back up in the bridal suite...

WADE:

You see, Dan. Everyone wants to

live. And that means Butterfield,

too. He’ll walk out on you. He’s

gonna come back up here and walk

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