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162D CONTINUED:

DAN STRUGGGLES to regain control of the gun. As they thrash *

A SHELF SPILLS. Suddenly, A LANTERN NEAR DAN’S HEAD EXPLODES *

FROM GUNFIRE.

From the store window, Jorgenson and Kinter try to pick off *

Dan. Dan shoves Wade back and spins, taking a shot-- killing *

Jorgenson and sending the rest for cover *

DAN *

We’re going to the train, Wade. *

As Dan grabs at Wade, trying to drag him further, Wade just *

stands there, unmoving. Dan pulls at him, as more shots ring. *

Suddenly, Wade kicks out DAn’s good leg, sending him down the *

steps into A STOCKROOM--*

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WADES STANDS OVER HIM. *

WADE:

Your boy’s gone home. No one’s *

watching. You were a hero once. You *

got one good leg to show for it. *

Use it to get home. *

Wade turns his back on Dan and faces the door outside--*

Shots still ring out. *

WADE *

Charlie-- Hold up. ...Charlie! *

We’re comin’ out. *

Suddenly, Dan grabs Wade around the neck and pulls him to the *

stockroom floor. They roll, punching at each other. Hard. *

Wade ends up with his cuff chain around Dan’s neck, pining *

him. Dan looks up at him-- intense. *

DAN *

...I never been no hero. Only *

battle I ever saw, my company was *

in retreat. We was running through *

the woods under fire from our own *

side. By the time I got to the *

river, everyone else had fallen... *

and my foot was gone... and still *

don’t know how. All I know is I *

lost it running, scared and blind *

and in retreat. You try telling *

that story to your little boy, *

Wade. And you watch his eyes. *

Wade takes this in. The chain loosens around Dan’s neck. *

DAN *

I am not afraid to die. Not no *

more. Only thing scares me now is *

running away. *

A beat. *

WADE:

...Okay, Dan. *

Out the cracked stock room door, DAN SPIES A ROOF WORKER’S *

LADDER.

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168 EXT. ROOFTOPS, CONTENTION - DAY

Dan pulls Wade across the CITY ROOFTOPS dodging WILD GUNFIRE

from below. Dan stops before jumping over a narrow alleyway.

WADE:

You sure you can take it.

Dan jumps pulling Wade with him. The impact sends a spasm of

pain through his bad leg.

They jump a second alleyway. Dan is in agony.

169 EXT. MAIN STREET, CONTENTION - DAY

...as Charlie Prince and the others chase them on the ground,

shooting at silhouettes. Attempting to outrun them to the end

of the chain of buildings.

170 EXT. ROOFTOPS, CONTENTION - DAY

BANG! BANG! BANG! Splinters fly as Dan and Wade rush towards

the last rooftop now. Both of them leaping off the edge...

171 EXT. MARKETS, CONTENTION - DAY

...and CRASHING through a CANVAS AWNING which lands them both

on a FOOD STALL. Dan quickly draws his WINCHESTER on Wade...

...the two men finally catching their breath together now.

DAN:

Worked alright, didn’t it.

WADE:

Yeah... Worked real good.

Wade grabs an APPLE from the food stall...

172-173 OMITTED

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174

EXT. TENT CITY / MOVING TOWARD THE STATION - DAY

Dan and Wade run in tandem through the CANVAS TENTS in which

the railroad workers live. In a spray of gunfire, they move

from blazing light to dark. Bullets make silent holes in the

dark canvas.

BANG! BANG! BANG! The shots come at him from all sides...

...several of shots clip Dan’s arms and legs. One of them

even blows his hat right off his head. Dan shoves Wade

forwards -- both of them hobbling now.

Ten yards to go. Three more tents.

The outlaws charge after them.

Just five yards now. A HAIL OF GUNFIRE chasing them.

175

INT. TICKET BOOTH, TRAIN STATION - DAY

Dan yanks open the door to the ticket booth. All but throws

Wade inside. Bullets CRACK and SPLINTER off the wooden booth

as Dan dives inside...

...the TICKET CLERK crouches in the corner. Staring at the

two men. Dan is weak, bleeding from several wounds.

176

EXT. TICKET BOOTH, TRAIN STATION - DAY

Outside, Charlie Prince and the others gather quietly around

the booth. Twenty feet away. No chance of escaping this one.

177 INT. TICKET BOOTH, TRAIN STATION - DAY

Dan keeps his gun on Wade as he looks at the TICKET CLERK.

DAN:

What...what time is it.

TICKET CLERK:

About ten past three.

DAN:

Where’s the 3:
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TICKET CLERK:

Running late, I suppose.

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177 CONTINUED:

DAN:

How late.

TICKER CLERK:

Beats me... It gets here when it

gets here, don’t it.

Dan stares at the man blankly...

...and Wade just breaks into a smile.

WADE:

Goddamn trains. Never can depend of

them, huh.

178 OMITTED

179 INT. BRIDAL SUITE, CONTENTION HOTEL - DAY

William barges into the Bridal Suite to find it’s empty. Only

a wafer-thin PIECE OF PAPER torn out of the HOTEL BIBLE lying

on the rocker...

...he picks up the paper and we see a SKETCH of Dan sitting

on the rocker with his SHOTGUN.

180 INT. TICKET BOOTH, TRAIN STATION - DAY

Inside the booth, Dan winces with the pain rippling through

his body. He has GUNSHOT WOUNDS in his arms and legs. Blood

also trickles from a head wound...

...Wade takes a KERCHIEF out of his pocket and begins to make

a TOURNIQUET around Dan’s leg.

WADE:

You stupid sonofabitch. I’ve given

you every opportunity to get out of

this and now look at you.

Wade finishes tying the TOURNIQUET...

...and Dan just gazes at him gratefully.

DAN:

I ain’t stubborn...

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180 CONTINUED:

WADE:

(confused)

What.

DAN:

At the camp, you said I was

stubborn for... For keeping my

family on that ranch...

*

WADE:

Yeah well, what else you call it.

DAN:

It’s my son... Mark... The younger

one. Got tuberculosis when we was

two... Doctors said he’d die if

he... He didn’t have a dry climate.

WADE:

What’re you telling me this for.

DAN:

(shrugs)

Guess I wanted you to know I’m not

stubborn is all ...Ben.

Wade stares at Dan’s grin, and starts to smile himself.

181 EXT. TICKET BOOTH, CONTENTION - DAY

Outside, the whole towns seems to be lying in wait. Charlie

Prince is the closest to the TICKET BOOTH, trying to see in.

ANGLE ON:
WILLIAM riding up behind the outlaws, joining a

CROWD OF PEOPLE venturing out to witness the showdown...

Butterfield rides up beside William. It’s clear to all where

Dan and Wade are. Jorgensen rides up, towing WADE’S BLACK

MARE behind him as William quickly peels his horse away.

182 INT. TICKET BOOTH, TRAIN STATION - DAY

Back to Dan and Wade in the ticket booth...

WADE:

Long as we’re making confessions.

Yeah...

DAN:

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182 CONTINUED:

WADE:

I’ve been to Yuma Prison before.

twice before. Escaped twice, too.

183 EXT. CATTLE YARD, TRAIN STATION - DAY

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