3:10 to Yuma Page #17
out on you, Dan. Now what do you
figure you and your son are gonna
die for. Because Butterfield’s
railroad lost some money.
...and Dan has no reply. He looks at William.
147 EXT. HOTEL FRONT, CONTENTION - DAY
Charlie watches the marshal and deputies walk out guns down.
GUNSHOTS RING OUT as he murders them. Inside, Butterfield
shudders. Prince turns to the BRIDAL SUITE WINDOW...
CHARLIE PRINCE:
(calling)
That all of them?
...after a moment, Wade appears in the window.
WADE:
Almost.
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Up in the suite, Wade returns to the bed...
...glancing at Dan who grips his HAMMER SHOTGUN tightly.
WADE:
Your turn, general.
WILLIAM:
What do you expect him to say.
WADE:
I expect him to say something that
makes sense. Something that might
save the two of you.
(pause)
Take a look, Dan... What’s the
matter, don’t you want to see them.
DAN:
I’ll see them soon enough.
WADE:
How about you, kid. You wanna look.
DAN:
Stay away from the window, William.
WADE:
Go on. Look down there.
William looks at his father and then at Wade...
...venturing to the window and staring at the gang.
WADE (CONT'D)
They’re animals. All of them.
They’ll kill you and your father,
William, and they’ll laugh while
they do it. I think you know that.
William looks at Wade.
WILLIAM:
Call them off.
WADE:
Why should I.
(CONTINUED)
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WILLIAM:
Because you’re not all bad.
WADE:
Yes I am.
WILLIAM:
You saved us from those Indians.
WADE:
I saved myself.
WILLIAM:
You helped us through the tunnels,
you helped us get away.
WADE:
If I had a gun in those tunnels, I
would’ve used it on you.
WILLIAM:
...I don’t believe you.
Wade smiles.
WADE (CONT'D)
Kid. I wouldn’t last five minutes
leading an outfit like that if I
wasn’t as rotten as Hell.
149 EXT. HOTEL FRONT, CONTENTION - DAY
Outside, Charlie Prince gives a nod to the gang and they all
split up. Disappearing into the streets and back alleys with
the dozens of CONTENTION GUNMEN.
Butterfield peeks nervously out the front of the hotel. He
sees all the gunmen waiting outside. And makes a decision.
Charlie setlles into a chair across the street, watching.
He checks the watch he stole from the dead Pinkerton.
150 INT. BRIDAL SUITE, CONTENTION HOTEL - DAY
The DOOR OPENS suddenly and Butterfield comes inside the
Bridal Suite. He looks stricken. Wade instantly reads the
look on his face. Butterfield crosses to the window.
WADE:
Here it comes...
(CONTINUED)
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BUTTERFIELD:
Dan.
(beat)
I can’t do it.
WADE:
They say discretion is the better
part of Valor.
BUTTERFIELD:
If you think you have an obligation
to me or the railroad, you don’t.
I’m releasing you.
WADE:
So it’s just you now, Dan.
And your boy.
BUTTERFIELD:
You have no obligation.
WADE:
Listen to what he’s saying.
WILLIAM:
Maybe he’s right, Pa. Maybe we
should go home.
DAN:
What did Doc Potter give his life
for, William. And McElroy.
WADE:
They’re specks, Dan. Little red
ants on a hill.
BUTTERFIELD:
I’ll pay you the two hundred, Dan.
Right now. And you can walk away.
Dan has to laugh. He looks out the window, knowing this is
the decision of his life.
DAN:
...You know... this whole ride,
it’s been nagging on me. That’s
what the government gave me. For my
dollars, thirty six cents.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
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(2)DAN (cont'd)
Funny thing is, when you think
about it, which I have been lately,
they weren’t paying me so I could
walk away. They were paying me so
they could walk away. So they could
forget the people that got maimed
and killed for their own interests.
Butterfield is stung.
WADE:
Don’t muddy past and present, Dan.
DAN:
I’m seeing the world as it is,
Wade. What’s two hundred gonna do.
By the time I get back, Hollander
will want more.
WILLIAM:
If you take him to the train, Pa,
I’m going with you.
DAN:
No. Mr. Butterfield is taking you
home.
WILLIAM:
I’m not going anywhere with him.
DAN:
Yes you are.
BUTTERFIELD:
...I’ll get him to Bisbee, Mr.
Evans. I promise you.
DAN:
You’re gonna promise more than
that, if I put the scourge of the
Southern Line on that train. I want
a guarantee that Hollander and his
boys never set foot on my land
again. And that my water’s gonna
flow. And I expect you to hand my
wife one thousand cash dollars when
you see her.
Wade smiles, amused.
(CONTINUED)
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(3)DAN (CONT’D)
‘You got it to spare, Butterfield.
You were gonna divvy up a thousand
to five for a job I’m doing alone.
BUTTERFIELD:
My company will be glad to do all
of those things ...if Wade gets on
the train.
DAN:
(to Wade)
Youu heard him.
Wade nods. Satisfied, Dan turns to William. He pulls out
Alice’s ANTIQUE BROOCH... ...and hands it to him.
DAN:
Bring this back, William. Tell your
mother... Tell her I had it with me
to the end. That it helped me find
what was right.
WILLIAM:
Pa. I can’t... just leave you...
DAN:
I’ll be a day behind you, William.
...Unless something happens,.. And
if it does, I need a man at the
ranch. To keep it running and
protect our family. I know you can
do that because you’ve become a
fine man. You got all the best
parts of me, William, what few
there are.
Dan embraces his son. Wade watches them, reluctantly moved...
DAN (CONT'D)
Just remember how your old man
walked Ben Wade to the station...
(pause)
...when nobody else would.
Dan gives Butterfield a look.
DAN:
You take him and find a room down
the hall.
(CONTINUED)
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(4)WILLIAM:
Pa.
DAN:
When we make the move, we’ll pull
his gang away. And that’s when your
ride out of town.
Butterfield crosses to the door. After a look from his
father, William goes with him. Holding his father’s eyes as
he leaves the room.
151 OMITTED
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Dan checks the time: Five minutes to three.
DAN:
Goddammit...
WADE:
You know, squeezing that watch
ain’t gonna stop time.
Dan angrily hurls the POCKET WATCH at Wade...
...it misses by an inch, SMASHING against the wall.
WADE (CONT'D)
(smiles)
Now you shouldn’t get so scared,
Dan. Might back a bad move.
And Dan just turns away, staring out the window.
153 EXT. STREETS, CONTENTION - VARIOUS - DAY
Every now and then we glimpse one of WADE’S GANG. Hidden in
alley ways. Or climbing on roof tops. Loading their rifles.
Elsewhere, we see CONTENTION GUNMEN readying to earn a buck.
154 OMITTED
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Dan sits in the ROCKER, staring at the rumbling STORM CLOUDS.
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