High Noon Page #3

Goodbye, Mrs Ramirez.

And good luck to you.

- Will..

- Amy. You've changed your mind.

I thought you'd changed yours.

No, Will, I have my ticket.

I see.

Clean number 19.

Mrs Miller is very particular.

- Is Helen Ramirez in?

- I guess so.

Think you can find it allright?

Come in.

What are you looking at?

You think I have changed?

What do you want?

You want me to help you?

You want me to ask Frank to let you go?

Beg for you?

I would not do it.

I would not lift a finger for you.

I came to tell you he was coming.

I should've figured you know about it.

I know about it.

You ought to get out of town

or I might not be able to...well..

- Anything can happen.

- I'm not afraid of him.

I know you're not

but you...you know how he is.

I know how he is.

Maybe he doesn't know.

- He's probably got letters.

- What about it?

Nothing in life is free.

I'm getting out. I'm packing now.

That's good.

-

- Goodbye, Helen.

- Kane...

If you're smart, you will get out, too.

- I can't.

- I know.

- May I ask you something?

- Sure.

- Who is Miss Ramirez?

- Mrs Ramirez?

She used to be a friend of your husband's

a while back.

Before that she was a friend of Frank Miller's.

I see. Thank you.

- You don't Like my husband, do you?

- No.

- Why?

- Lots of reasons.

This place was always busy

when Frank Miller was around.

I'm not the only one.

A plenty of people think

he's got a comeuppance coming.

You asked me, ma'am, so I'm telling you.

- I'll go and get some liquor.

- You have to have it?

- Yeah.

- If you're going after that...

- I said I was going for liquor.

- Keep away from Kane.

Sure.

-

Hello, Harv. Where's the tin star?

- I turned it in and quit.

- Smart move.

I didn't ask for your opinion.

Hey, Ben! How are you?

Hey, look who's here!

- How are you, Ben?

- Give me a bottle.

- It's been a long time, Ben.

- Yeah.

Yes, sir. How's Frank?

- He's not complaining.

- It'll be a hot time in the old town tonight, eh?

I wouldn't be surprised.

-

Kane's dead by minutes after

Frank gets off the train.

- It's not much time.

- That's all Frank'll need, because...

You carry a badge and a gun, marshal

You ain't no call to do that.

You're right

No.

I guess you all know why I am here.

I need deputies. I take all I can get.

You must be crazy comin' in here

to raise a posse.

Frank's got friends in this room.

You ought to know that.

Some of you wore special deputies when we

broke this bunch. I need you again...now.

Things wore different then.

You had six steady deputies to start off with.

Every one a top gun.

You ain't got but two now.

You ain't got two.

Harv Pell says he just quit. Why?

That's between the two of us.

You're asking an awful lot,

considering the kind of man Frank is.

All right

We all know what Miller's like.

That's why I'm here. How about it?

-

Mildred, he's coming.

Now you do like I told you.

I'm not home.

No matter what he says, I'm not home.

- Sam, he's your friend.

- Don't argue with me. He'll be here soon.

He won't believe me. He'll know I'm lying.

You do like I tell you.

-

- Hello, Mrs Fuller. Is Sam in?

- No, he isn't.

Do you know where he is?

It's important to me, to find him.

I think... He's in church, Will.

He's gone to church.

- Without you?

- I'm gonna go as soon as I dress.

Thank you, Mrs Fuller. Goodbye.

What do you want?

Do you want me to get killed?

- Do you want to be a widow?

- No, Sam. No.

Kane!

- What's the matter, Jimmy?

- Nothin'. I've been lookin' for you.

I wanna a gun. I wanna be with you

when that train comes in.

- Can...can you handle a gun?

- Sure I can. I used to be good.

Honest. It ain't just gettin' even.

It's a chance. This is what I need.

Please, let me get in on this.

All right, Jimmy.

I'll call you if I need you.

Get yourself a drink meanwhile.

-

Come in, Sam.

You're leavin' town?

- Where are you going?

- I don't know yet.

That doesn't make much sense.

- You're afraid, huh? Afraid of Miller.

- No.

Sure you are.

You wouldn't be runnin'.

You don't have to worry

as long as I'm around, you know that.

- I'll take Milleron any time.

- I believe you.

Then why are you goin'?

You're cuttin' out with Kane.

- Oh, Harvey...

- Why are you goin'?

- What difference does it make?

- I know it's Kane!

It isn't Kane. I'm going to tell you something

about you and your friend Kane.

You're a good-looking boy,

you have big broad shoulders.

But he is a man.

It takes more than broad shoulders

to make a man, Harvey,

and you have a long way to go.

You know something?

I don't think you'll ever make it.

Let me tell you something.

You're not goin' anywhere.

You're stayin' with me.

It's gonna be just like it was before.

You want to know why I'm leaving?

Then listen.

Kane will be dead in half an hour.

And nobody's going to do anything about it.

And when he dies, this town dies too.

I can feel it.

I'm all alone in the world,

I have to make a living.

So I'm going someplace else,

that's all.

And as for you, I don't like anybody to put

his hands on me unless I want him to.

And I don't like you to...anymore.

Our text today

is from Malachi, chapter four.

''For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn

as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all..''

Yes?

I'm sorry, parson,

I don't want to disturb the services...

You already have. You don't

come to this church very often, marshal,

and today

you didn't see fit to be married here.

What can be so important

to bring you here now?

I need help.

It's true, I haven't been a churchgoing man,

and maybe that's a bad thing.

I didn't get married here today

because my wife is a Quaker,

but I came here for help

because there are people here.

I'm sorry, marshal

Say what you have to say.

Maybe some of you already know it

but if you don't...

It looks like Frank Miller

is coming back on a noon train.

I need all the specialdeputies I can get.

Well, what are we waiting for?

Let's go.

Hold it a minute, hold it!

Before we rush out into something

that isn't so pleasant,

let's make sure we know

what this is all about.

What I want to know is this: ain't it true

that Kane ain't no longer a marshal?

And that there's personal trouble

with Kane and Miller?

All right, allright!

Quiet, everybody!

If there's a difference of opinion,

let everybody have a say.

But let's do it like grown-up people,

and get the kids out of the building.

- Anything on the train?

- It's on time as far as I know, sir.

It don't really matter if there's anything

personal between Miller and Kane.

We all know who Miller is,

and what Miller is.

- We're wasting time.

- All right Coy!

We all know who Miller is

and we put him away once.

And who saved him from hanging?

The politicians up north.

I say, this is their mess.

Let them take care of it.

- Fryer?

- Well, I say this:

We've been paying good money

for a marshal and deputies.

The first time there's any trouble,

we're supposed to take care of it ourselves.

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