Gene Hackman - Unforgiven Script lyrics

[crawl] She was a comely young woman and not without prospects. Therefore it was heartbreaking to her mother that she would enter into marriage with William Munny, a known thief and murderer, a man of notoriously viscous and intemperate disposition. When she died, it was not at his hands as her mother might have expected but of smallpox. That was 1878. EXT NIGHT Big Whiskey, Wyoming. 1880. We hear the sound of bed-springs squeaking DAVEY Oh! That's Good DAVEY Please, just do it. ALICE If it's good we'll do it together. from the next room we hear the sound of shouts and of gla** breaking DELILAH Please! NO! Please! Please MIKE Davey! Come a ruining lad DELILAH'S ROOM MIKE I'll brand you like a damn steer, b**h. DELILAH No! Please. MIKE Hold that b**h, Davey. Go on, hold her! Hold her, god Damnit, Davey. Hold her or I'll cut her tits off ALICE Go get Skinny, quick. (MIKE begins to slash wildly at DELILAH who screams) ALICE Skinny! DAVEY Jesus, Mike. Don't! Don't, Mike. Get her away! MIKE Do you think it's funny? ALICE Skinny! Skinny! Help! Skinny! (a gun is pointed at MIKE's head. we hear it being co*ked by SKINNY as he says) SKINNY Get off of her, cowboy, (in the background we hear the sound of DELILAH sobbing) EXT NIGHT rain falls as LITTLE BILL walks quickly toward SKINNY'S BILL Wouldn't let you settle it, huh? CLYDE Well, you know how Skinny is. He says he's going to shoot them. I says Skinny, you can't do that! and he says well, let's get Little Bill in here to settle this thing. I says Little Bill's sleeping and he says he don't care. In another five minutes he'll shoot those boys. INT DELILAH'S room the women are tending to DELILAH's injuries LITTLE BILL enters LITTLE BILL She going to die? ALICE She's going to live. She didn't steal nothing. She didn't even touch his poke. Alls she done, when she seen he has a teensy little pecker, is give a giggle. That's all. She didn't know no better. Going to hang them, Little Bill? LITTLE BILL stares at her and then slowly turns and exits. ALICE and SKINNY follow him. INT NIGHT SKINNYS The two cowboys are tied up in the middle of the floor. LITTLE BILL, ALICE, and SKINNY enter from upstairs. LITTLE BILL Clyde, step over to the office and get the bull whip. ALICE A whipping? That's all they get after what they done? LITTLE BILL A whipping ain't no little thing, Alice ALICE For what they done they deserve more. SKINNY Alice, shut up! Little Bill, a whipping ain't going to settle this. This here is a lawful contract between me and Delilah Fitzgerald, the cut who*e. I brought her clear from Boston, I paid her expenses and all, and I've got a contract here that represents an investment of capital. LITTLE BILL Property. SKINNY Damaged property. Like if I was to hamstring one of their cow ponies. LITTLE BILL So you figure nobody will want to f** her now, right? SKINNY Hell no, least ways they won't pay to do it. Maybe she can clean up the place or something, but nobody's going to pay good money for a cut up who*e. LITTLE BILL You boys off the Bar T. You got your own string ponies? DAVEY Yeah, I got four. (MIKE does not answer. LITTLE BILL kicks him) MIKE Six. LITTLE BILL I Guess you'd just as soon not have a trial. No fuss, huh? DAVEY Uh, no sir. LITTLE BILL Alright, you did the cutting so come this fall you bring in five ponies and you give them over to Skinny here. MIKE Five? LITTLE BILL And you... you bring in two, you give them over, you hear? DAVEY Yes, sir. CLYDE Here's your bull whip, Little Bill. LITTLE BILL Maybe we won't need this whip now. Let me tell you come the spring, if Skinny doesn't have those ponies (he cracks the whip) I'm going to come looking for you. ALICE You ain't even going to whip them? LITTLE BILL Well, fined them instead, Alice. ALICE For what they done? Skinny get's some ponies, and that's it? That ain't fair, Little Bill. That ain't fair! (LITTLE BILL grabs her and pulls her towards him.) LITTLE BILL Haven't you seen enough blood for one night, Huh? Hell, Alice, it ain't like they were tramps, or loafers or bad men, you know there were just hard working boys who were foolish. If they was given over to wickedness in a regular way then I could see... ALICE Like who*es? SKINNY Alice! tend to Delilah. LITTLE BILL Go ahead. INT DAYDELILAH'S ROOM (The women are sitting around a bed where DELILAH lies unconscious.) SILKY I got eighty five dollars. KATE I don't know, if Delilah doesn't care one way or the other what are we all getting so riled up about? ALICE Just because we let them smelly fools ride us like horses don't mean we gotta let them brand us like horses. Maybe we ain't nothing but who*es but, by God, we ain't horses. LITTLE SUE I've got one hundred and twelve dollars. That's everything. ALICE How about you, Faith? FAITH Two hundred. (ALICE stares at her with surprise) Two hundred and forty dollars. ALICE Jesus, Faith, what you been doing? You've been giving Skinny something Special? they all laugh LITLE SUE She laughed. ALICE With what Kate got, and Silky got some, and then mine and Little Sue's... KATE It ain't enough. ALICE Not yet, maybe. EXT --- DAY. William Munny's farm. KID You don't look like no rootin-tootin, son-of-a-b**hin, cold-blooded a**a**in. MUNNY Say what? KID My guess is you're calling yourself Mister William Munny MUNNY You have me confused with someone else, mister. KID The same one who shot Charlie Pepper up in Lake County BOY Pa! Hey Pa! MUNNY Yeah, What's up son BOY Two more hogs got the fever KID You shot Charlie Pepper, didn't you. You're the one who k**ed William Harvey and robbed that train over in Missouri. MUNNY Now hold on, Mister. Son, you get those hogs separated there, Penny, why don't you help your brother out. PENNY That one's sick too! MUNNY Yeah. (to Kid) We'll talk inside. Interior - Munny's house MUNNY So you're Pete Sothow's nephew, huh? I thought maybe you was someone come to k** me for something I done in the old days KID I could have. Easy. MUNNY I guess maybe so. KID Like I was saying, you don't look no meaner-than-hell, cold-blooded damn k**er. MUNNY Maybe I ain't KID Well, uncle Pete says you was the meanest god-damned son of a b**h alive, and if I ever wanted a partner for a k**ing you were the worst one.... meaning the best on account of you're as cold as the snow and you don't have no weak nerve, nor fear. MUNNY Pete said that, huh. KID Yeah. Yeah he did. I'm a k**er myself, except I ain't k**ed as many as you because of my youth. The 'Schofield Kid' is what they call me. MUNNY Why? Are you from Schofield KID No, it's on account of my Schofield model Smith and Wesson pistol. How about it, Will? MUNNY How about what? KID How about being my partner. I'm heading up north in through Niobrera to Wyoming. I'm gonna k** a couple of no-good cowboys. MUNNY For what? KID For cuttin' up a lady. They cut her face, cut her eyes out, cut here ears off, hell, they even cut her teats, MUNNY Jesus KID A Thousand Dollars reward, Will. Five hundred apiece. BOY Pa, I can't move those damn pigs! MUNNY Watch your cussin now, will you? Do the best you can with it and go to the pump and get yourself cleaned up. MUNNY I ain't like that anymore, Kid. It was whiskey done it as much as anything else. I ain't had a drop of it in over ten years. My wife, she cured me of that, cured me of drink and wickedness KID Well, you don't look so prosperous. You could buy her a new dress with your half. We could k** them two, you could buy your wife one fancy... MUNNY She's pa**ed on. KID What? MUNNY She's been gone near three years now KID Oh. Exterior - Day - Munny's porch KID Don't tell no one else about the reward and all. I don't need no other gunmen trying to collect. MUNNY We don't see no one out here KID Yeah. Well, if you change your mind might be you can catch me. I'll be riding due west for the western trail heading north into Wyoming. MUNNY (to children) Come on. Let's separate those hogs. PENNY Pa. two of them others, I think they got the fever! `EXT DAY DAVEY and MIKE ride into Big Whiskey with a group of ponies behind them. The women watch them as they ride toward Skinnys SKINNY Took you boys a while. Couple more days and I was going to call on the sheriff, how about that? DAVEY The river was all swolled up, we couldn't cross it. SKINNY I'll bet. Sleepy, get them horses into the livery. Neil, take that one over around back. (the ponies move towards the barn) Yeah, come on. Whoo! Now get on. (he walks toward the pony which DAVEY has held back) Oh, now here's a beauty. DAVEY You got two of mine! this one here ain't yours. SKINNY Oh, we going to see about that. suddenly the women begin pelting MIKE and DAVEY with rocks Chaos ensues as they ponies begin to bolt. WOMEN Get out of town! Get out! Take your girlfriend with ya, you butcher! DAVEY This here pony I bung for the lady. The one my partner cut. She's the best of the lot, better than the ones I gave him. She can sell her or do what she wants. ALICE A pony? She ain't got no face left, you're going to giver her a god damn mangy pony? DAVEY She ain't mangy, ma'am. WOMEN Get out of here! We don't need your charity! Get out of our town. INT DAY - MUNNY'S HOUSE MUNNY is digging through a box. We see a picture of his wife. He looks at it momentarily and then continues his hunt. He finds what he is looking for. EXT DAY - MUNNY'S FARM We see MUNNY firing at a pistol at a can which set up on a stump. He misses with each shot. PENNY Did pa used to k** folks? MUNNY storms into the house and then comes back out with a shotgun. He aims at the can and shoots hitting it on the first shot. INT DAY - MUNNY'S HOUSE MUNNY is shaving in preparation for a journey. As he glances out the window we catches sight of his wife's grave and stares at it for a time. EXT DAY - MUNNY'S FARM MUNNY is on the porch saying goodbye to his children. His son holds the horse which is saddled and ready to ride MUNNY Penny, I could tell your ma liked those flowers I gave her BOY She ain't hardly a saddle horse no more, Pa. She ain't used to the feel. MUNNY Now you take care of your sister now, son. And you k** a few chickens if you have to, and keep those hogs that got the fever separate. If you have any problems go see Sally Two Trees at Ned Logan's. MUNNY (trying to mount horse) Woah! Woah! MUNNY Ain't hardly been in the saddle myself in a while. This horse is getting even with me for the sins of my youth. In my youth, before I met your dear departed ma, I used to be weak and given to mistreating animals. (to horse) Come on, Come on. This horse and those hogs over there are getting even with me for the cruelty that I inflicted. I used to be able to cuss and whip a horse like this but your ma, rest her soul, showed me the error of my ways. Now I'll be back in a couple of weeks. You remember how the spirit of your dear departed Ma watches over you. Int. Skinny's SKINNY is holding ALICE by the arms and shaking her violently. SKINNY Where'd you get that money? ALICE We ain't got any money!. SKINNY You told them cowboys you got it. ALICE we was lying. SKINNY Lying? What are you gonna do when somebody comes to collect? huh? You gonna hump 'em? (yells) You gonna hump em a thousand times? The kind of people who'll come after that thousand won't tolerate you not having it! They won't just cut up your face a little! (he exits muttering) You stupid b**hes. You stupid b**hes.... EXT DAY Little Bill's house. Bill is building a roof on his house with much difficulty. We hear the sounds of hammering and then LITTLE BILL hitting his thumb LITTLE BILL sh**! Damn, damnit, Jesus SKINNY Hit your finger, huh LITTLE BILL Hello, Skinny. Damn, you snuck up on me. What do you think of her? SKINNY Well, I heard you done the roof yourself. LITTLE BILL Roof? Jesus, Skinny, I did practically the whole damn thing myself. Well, the Roberts boy, he carried some wood for me but that's all. SKINNY What is all that wood? LITTLE BILL That's for my porch. I'm building a porch here so I can sit of an evening and smoke my pipe, drink coffee and watch the sunset. Well, came all the way out here just to take a look at her, huh? SKINNY Oh, them who*es... LITTLE BILL Oh, yeah? SKINNY Them who*es been humpin and humpin all them cowboys been coming to town the last two weeks. LITTLE BILL sh**, skinny. We got our railroad barons, we got cattle barons. You're going be the first billiard baron. SKINNY yeah, well they been humpin them and telling every bow-legged one of them that they're paying a thousand dollars to whatever son of a b**h k**s the two boys that cut up Delilah. LITTLE BILL Those cowboys are riding that beef down to Kansas and Cheyenne. SKINNY Yeah LITTLE BILL How long? All week? SKINNY Well, I didn't hear nothing till last night myself. LITTLE BILL Hell, the words probably got all the way down to Texas by now. SKINNY sh**, Bill. I'm sure nobody's going to come clear from Texas. LITTLE BILL You sure those who*es got all that money? SKINNY Well, you know how women can lie. Knock them around a little bit, ask them where the money is and they ain't got none. But they could have squirelled away that much, the five of them. Maybe. LITTLE BILL That much, huh. SKINNY You could run off them two cowboys. LITTLE BILL I could run off them who*es. SKINNY Well, I guess they'll just up and run anyhow, them two. LITTLE BILL No, they'll stay out there at the Bar T, close to their friends. SKINNY nervously Oh, sh**, Bill, could be nobody won't come at all. (quickly) Well, gotta go. I like your house. Ext Day Ned Logan's farm. NED, working catches sight of a man riding towards him. He stares for a moment before his face brightens in recognition. NED Well I'll be........ Will. Hey, Will. come on in the house out of the sun. MUNNY Ned, NED Sally, tend to Will's horse. MUNNY Sally, NED What you doing here, Will? MUNNY Just thought I'd drop in on you. INT DAY NED LOGAN'S KITCHEN NED Hell, Will. We ain't bad men no more, sh**, we're farmers. MUNNY Should be easy k**ing them. Supposing they don't go on down to Texas first. NED How long has it been since you fired a gun at a man, Will? Nine, ten years? MUNNY Eleven. NED Easy, huh? Hell, I don't know that it was all that easy even back then, and we was young and full of beans. I mean, if you was mad at them, Will. If they'd done you some wrong I could see shooting them. MUNNY We done stuff for money before, Ned. NED Yeah. We thought we did. Alright, so what did these fellas do? Cheat at cards? Steal some strays? Spit on a rich fella - what? MUNNY No, they cut up a woman. NED What? MUNNY Yeah, they cut up her face, cut her eyes out, cut her fingers off, cut her tits, everything but her cunny I suppose. NED I'll be dogged. Well, I guess they got it coming. 'Course, you know, Will, if Claudia was alive you wouldn't be doing this. MUNNY (resentfully) Don't suppose you'd mind looking in on my youngsters next week, they got some hogs they're trying to separate. NED Will, how long you reckon you're going to be? MUNNY Two weeks I guess. NED Will, uh..... This kid, what's he like? Three ways? MUNNY I see you still have that spencer rifle NED Yeah and I can still knock the eye out of a bird flying, too. EXT DAY. MUNNY tries to mount his horse who, in turn, has other plans. NED Jesus, Will.... MUNNY Down! Will mounts his horse. Ned and Sally share a long look before the pair ride off leaving the woman behind. EXT DAY MUNNY and NED are riding in pursuit of KID NED He must be moving right along WILL Yeah, we'll come across him tomorrow I reckon. EXT - NIGHT MUNNY and NED are preparing for sleep as a fire blazes MUNNY Kind of got used to my bed. This ain't going to be like no home NED uh-huh. That ain't the only thing I'm going to be missing, I'll tell ya. Boy, I'm going to... (pauses realizing that he is talking to a widower) Hell, Will, I'm sorry MUNNY Don't fret it, it ain't nothing. (pausing) She don't like it much, does she? You riding off with me. NED Sally? MUNNY Gave me the evil eye. NED Well, you know, Sally's Indian and Indians ain't over friendly, Will. MUNNY Hmmm. I ain't going to hold it against her. She knew me back then. She knew what a no-good son of a b**h I was She just ain't allowing that I've changed. She don't realize I ain't like that no more. NED Well you know, Will--- MUNNY I ain't the same, Ned. Claudia, she straightened me up, cleared me of drinking whiskey and all. Just cause we're going on this k**ing, that don't mean I'm going to go back to being the way I was. I just need the money, get a new start for them youngsters. NED Yeah, well-- MUNNY Ned, you remember that drover I shot through the mouth and his teeth came out the back of his head? NED Yeah, MUNNY I think about him now and again. He didn't do anything to deserve getting shot, at least nothing I could remember when I sobered up. NED Well.... You was one crazy son of a b**h, Will. MUNNY Yeah, no one liked me. Mountain boys all thought I was going to shoot em out of pure meanness. NED Well, you ain't like that no more MUNNY Eagle, he hated my guts. Bonaparte didn't think to much of me either. NED Quincy neither, I reckon. MUNNY No. Quincy used to just watch all the time. Scared. NED Well, like I said, you ain't like that no more. MUNNY That's right. I'm just a fella now. I ain't no different than anyone else no more. EXT DAY We see a train roll by INT TRAIN JOE All I want to know is what son of a b**h shot him is all. Was it one of those John-Bulls? BOB Oh no, sir. I believe the would-be a**a**in to be of French ancestry, or so it would seem. I don't wish to give offense when I observe that the French are known to be a race of as-sa**ins, though they can't shoot worth a damn. Any Frenchmen in the present company are excluded, of course. PASSENGER Says here a fella by the name of Guiteau, G-U-I-T- JOE Sure as hell sounds like a John Bull to me BOB Well, Sir, again I don't wish to give offense when I suggest that this country should select a, uh, king or even a queen instead of a president. One isn't that quick to shoot a king or a queen. The majesty of royalty, you see. JOE Well, maybe you don't wish to give offense, Sir, but you are giving it pretty thick. This country don't need no queens whatsoever, I reckon. As a matter of fact what I heard about queens--- THIRSTY Shut up, Joe! JOE What's the hell's wrong with you, Thirsty, This dud son of a b**h-- THIRSTY Might be that this dude here is English Bob. He's the one who works for the railroad shootin' Chinamen. Might be he's just waiting for some crazy cowboy to touch his pistol so he can shoot him down. JOE Is that a fact, mister? Are you English Bob? BOB (to BEAUCHAMP) Pheasants? (Beauchamp nods approval) Let's shoot some pheasants. Ten shots at, let's say, a dollar a shot. I'll shoot for the queen and you for.....well, whomever. EXT DAY TRAIN We see the countryside roll by. All of a sudden a flock of pheasants come into view only to be shot down by BOB. BOB Well, that's eight for me and one for you. That comes to seven of your American dollars. JOE Pretty damn good shooting for a John-Bull. BOB Well, no doubt your aim was affected by your grief over the injury to your president. EXT DAY -- BIG WHISKEY BOB and BEAUCHAMP get off the train and climb aborad a carriage bound for Big Whiskey BOB Come On! BOB Ah, it's the climate that does it. That and the infernal distances. BEAUCHAMP Does what? BOB Induces people to shoot persons in high places. BEAUCHAMP Yeah, right (The pa** a sign reading) NO FIRE ARMS in BIG WHISKEY ordinance h deposit pistols & rifles at COUNTY OFFICE BOB You know, it's a savage country really. That's the second one they've shot in twenty years. It's uncivilized shooting persons of substance. (BOB waves at the women as he pa**es by and then, pa**ing a group of Chinamen, makes a pistol with his hand and mimes shooting at them...) BOB (whispering) pop! pop! pop! EXT DAY -- BIG WHISKEY DEPUTY (Andy) watches coach pull up with BOB and BEAUCHAMP inside it. As they disembark he sees BOB's pistol beneath his jacket. He walks toward them ANDY Pardon me, Gentlemen, the local ordinance requires you to surrender all side arms to the proper authority for the duration of your visit. BOB Proper authority? Well, I can a**ure you, young man, that neither my companion nor I carry firearms on our person. We rely upon the good will of our fellow man and the forbearance of reptiles. INT DAY -- SHERIFF'S OFFICE (FATTY, ANDY, and CHARLIE are loading their weapons) ANDY Unarmed My a**. FATTY Aw, Christ it's hot CHARLIE If I'm gonna get shot I'd rather it's hot than cold. It hurts more when it's cold. You know how if you hit your thumb when it's cold--- ANDY shut up. Fatty--- CHARLIE I'm only saying--- ANDY ---Clydes back. CHARLIE Is Little Bill with him? ANDY No. CHARLIE sh** CLYDE You boys cleaned my remington? FATTY Cleaned and loaded CHARLIE Where's Little Bill for Christ's sake? CLYDE Building his damn porch CHARLIE building his porch? FATTY If you were to get shot, Andy, would you like it better on a hot day or a cold day? ANDY I ain't going to get shot. CHARLIE He's coming ain't he? CLYDE (beginning to reload the pistol FATTY has prepared for him) Of course he's coming FATTY I just loaded that, what're you doing? CLYDE I don't trust nobody loading my guns, not for a shooting. CHARLIE What'd he say? CLYDE Little Bill? He didn't say nothing. He said he was building his porch. Have you seen that thing? FATTY It was all loaded. I mean, Jesus, Clyde, you've got three pistols and only one arm for Christ's sake. CLYDE I just don't want to get k**ed for lack of shootin' back. You know he don't have a straight angle in that whole god damned porch, or the whole house for that matter. He is the worse damn carpenter. CHARLIE He didn't say nothing, huh? CLYDE Asked what they looked like, that's all. Christ, maybe he's tough but he ain't no damn carpenter. ANDY well maybe he ain't so tough CHARLIE did he seem like he was scared? CLYDE Little Bill? Him scared? CHARLIE We've never seen him up against any like these ones. k**ers. CLYDE Little Bill come out of Kansas and Texas, boys. He worked them tough towns. CHARLIE Just wondered. Anybody could be scared. CLYDE Well, he wasn't scared, boys. He just ain't no carpenter INT BARBERSHOP DAY (BOB is getting a shave while BEAUCHAMP watches) BOB Well, there's a dignity in royalty. A majesty which precludes the likelihood of a**a**ination. Now if your were to point a pistol at a king or a queen you hands would shake as though palsied BARBER Well, I wouldn't point no pistol at nobody, sir. BOB Well, that's a wise policy. A wise policy. But if you did, I can a**ure you that if you did the sight of royalty would cause you to dismiss all thoughts of bloodshed and you would stand - how shall I put it? - in awe. Now a president? I mean, why not shoot a president? (they move towards the door. Beauchamp flips a coin at the barber) BEAUCHAMP Keep the change BARBER Thank you. BOB Now, this Strawberry Alice person, tell me again? BARBER Down the street and across. Greenley's beer garden and billiard parlor. Just ask for Alice, say you want a game of billiards. BOB Billiards? BARBER Uh-huh BOB Even though I don't really wish to play? BARBER No matter. They burned the table in seventy-eight for firewood. BOB Quite right. Quite right. (he steps out the door and into) EXT DAY BOB Well, Mr. Beauchamp, I think a cup of tea would be --- (we hear pistols co*king and see the deputies surrounding the doorway) (Bob surveys the scene looking from deputy to deputy and back to LITTLE BILL who stands out IN T the road.) LITTLE BILL Hello, Bob. Boys, this here is English Bob. BOB sh** and fried eggs. LITTLE BILL It's been a long time, Bob. You run out of Chinamen? BOB Little Bill, I thought, well, I thought that you were dead. I see you've shaved your chin whiskers off. LITTLE BILL I was tasting the soup two hours after I ate it.. BOB Actually what I heard was that you fell off your horse, drunk of course, and that you broke your bloody neck. LITTLE BILL I heard that one myself, Bob Hell, I even thought that I was dead till I found out I was just in Nebraska. Who's your friend? BOB W.W. Beauchamp BEAUCHAMP Beauchamp BOB This is Little Bill Daggett and friends, of course. BEAUCHAMP Daggett, from Newton, Hayes? From Abeline? BOB In person. LITTLE BILL You work for the railroads too, Mr. Beauchamp? BEAUCHAMP No, I write. I write. LITTLE BILL Letters?- BOB Books, Bill, Books. Actually he's my biographer. (Beauchamp digs into his bag. The sheriffs, nervous, point their guns at him. We see a stain appear in the front of BEAUCHAMP's pants and a fluid drain from his pant-leg.) BOB I wouldn't do that if I were you Mr. Beauchamp BEAUCHAMP It's only a book LITTLE BILL A book, huh? So I guess that means you boys can read. So I guess that means you saws the signs outside of town saying, "surrender your firearms". But like you told young Andy here, you're not armed are you, Bob. BOB Well, not really, Bill. I've got a peacemaker but that wouldn't worry you, would it. I mean if you don't see it, or more particularly, if you don't hear it. LITTLE BILL I'm afraid so, Bob. We don't like firearms here. (Bob reaches for his gun slowly and LITTLE BILL does likewise. BOB opts instead to lift his jacket open exposing his pistol. BILL motions to ANDY to take the gun which he does.) BOB Be very careful with it, Sonny. LITTLE BILL Charlie, see what kind of books Mr. Beauchamp is packing here. Make sure you don't get wet. (CHARLIE get's the book from his bag) CHARLIE No sh**, Little Bill, all he's got here is writin stuff and this here book (shows the cover to LITTLE BILL) LITTLE BILL (Reading) "The Duck of d**h" BEAUCHAMP Uh, Duke BOB the Duke, Bill. (turning from LITTLE BILL as if to leave) Well, good afternoon, Gentlemen. LITTLE BILL I'll have that .32, Bob. BOB (turning to face LITTLE BILL) Now, Little Bill, you will leave me at the mercy of my enemies. (He opens the other side of his jacket to reveal a smaller pistol) LITTLE BILL (walking forward to take pistol) Enemies, Bob. You been talking about the queen again, on independence day? (He begins to beat BOB savagely. after knocking him into the street he begins to kick BOB). LITTLE BILL I guess you think I'm kicking you, Bob. It ain't so. What I'm doing is talking. You here? I'm talking to all those villains down there in Kansas. I'm talking to those villains in Missouri. And all those villains down there in Cheyenne, and I'm telling them there ain't no who*es gold. And even if there was, well they wouldn't want to come looking for it anyhow. What are you all looking at? Go on! Get out of here! Scoot! Go on, mind your own business. EXT DAY MUNNY and NED are riding in pursuit of KID NED Hey, Will. You ever go into town MUNNY On occasion. Sell a hog, pick up supplies NED No, I mean, to get yourself a woman or something MUNNY No Uh.. no I never go into town for that. A man like me? The only woman a man like me can get is one he has to pay for. That ain't right, peddling flesh. Claudia, God rest her soul, would never want me doing something like that, me being a father and all. NED You just use your hand? MUNNY I don't miss it all that much. (shots are fired throwing MUNNY from his horse. NED dives to the ground. MUNNY crawls towards NED). NED Will! God damnit, somebody's shooting at us. MUNNY Yeah,. NED (noticing blood on MUNNY's face) Oh sh**, did he hit you. MUNNY (noticing the blood) No, I bumped my head falling off my horse. NED He ain't shooting at us no more. He's shooting way over yonder. What the hell's he shooting at over there? MUNNY Beats the hell out of me NED You don't reckon we in somebody's field, do you? MUNNY I didn't see nothing planted NED He's shooting at us again He's shooting up the whole horizon MUNNY Hey!! NED Now wait a minute, you'll mark us MUNNY Hey, Kid NED Kid? You mean that's the kid shooting at us MUNNY Hey, Kid, it's Will Munny NED What the hell's the kid shooting at us for MUNNY Is that you? KID Yeah. Yeah, it's me MUNNY Now don't go shooting at us no more, you hear me. KID Who in the hell you got with you, Will MUNNY It's Ned Logon, my old partner. Now don't go shooting at us, you hear me. We're going to collect our horses and come on over there. You ain't going to shoot now, are you. KID No. No I ain't. EXT DAY UNDER TREE MUNNY chased that horse a damned mile. NED What the hell was you shooting at us for KID I thought you was following me MUNNY We was following you. Like you said, if I changed my mind--- KID Wasn't nothing said about no partner, Will MUNNY Well, This here's Ned Logon. This is the Schofield Kid, nephew to Pete Sothow. KID I seen two fellas following me. My guess is you come to k** me. We never talked about no other fella. MUNNY Well there's two of them cowboys, isn't there, better there's three of us in case they got friends. KID I figure I can take care of those two cowboys myself. It don't take three MUNNY Ned's an awful good shot with a rifle. He can hit a bird in the eye flying. NED Better than you, anyhow, kid. Hell, you wasn't even coming close. (he bends and picks up KID's rifle) KID (going for his pistol) Get your damn hands off my rifle, mister. (MUNNY and NED look at each other) NED Thought maybe I'd check it for you. Make sure nothing's bent KID It ain't bent. NED Well, you was shooting all over creation. KID You going to share you half with him? MUNNY I figured three ways. KID You figured wrong MUNNY Sorry I wasted your time, Ned. KID What, you're going back with him? MUNNY He's my partner. He don't go I don't go. KID What's it come to three ways? We see the three of them ride off together. EXT DAY We watch the trio ride across the plains. Munny is staring into the sky MUNNY sh** KID (to MUNNY) What the hell are you pissing on about? (pause) well, what are you looking at? NED Clouds, Kid. He's looking at them clouds over yonder on account of we got a storm riding up our a**. KID Oh, them. Hell, I seen them. NED You were smart to change your mind, Kid. KID Yeah? NED Yeah. I'm a real good shot with this rifle. Here. See that hawk up there (points to sky) I could hit that hawk with one shot. KID Hell, I could hit it too, Ned, if I didn't mind wasting a shot NED There ain't no hawk, kid You can't see for sh**, can you. KID (Grabs NED's canteen and throws it to the ground) See your canteen? (shoots the canteen twice) NED All right, how far can you see. KID Far enough NED We ain't going to Wyoming to shoot canteens, God damnit, how far? A hundred yards? KID More. NED Can you see that scrub oak yonder? KID f** You, Ned! NED He's blind, Will KID I ain't blind, you a**hole. (points pistol at NED) MUNNY Now hold on. Hold it. How far can you see, Kid? Fifty yards? KID You bet your a** I can see fifty yards, Will. I can see well enough to shoot this son of a b**h right here in front of me. MUNNY Now hold on. You hear that, Ned? The kid can see fifty yards. Fine. NED Jesus. MUNNY Fifty yards will do just fine now let's move out. INT JAIL NIGHT LITTLE BILL is sitting at a table reading "The Duke of d**h". BOB lies, beaten, inside one of the rooms two cells. BEAUCHAMP is sitting in the cell with him. LITTLE BILL Boy, they look like real hard cases, Bob. Did you k** all seven of them dead or did you just wing some of them? Now that is you there, isn't it, Bob, on the cover; The Duck of d**h. BEAUCHAMP Uh, The Duke. Duke of d**h. LITTLE BILL You always were hell and Jesus with a pistol, Bob. And seven of them, and you protecting that woman. How in the hell do you do that. BEAUCHAMP Uh, you see, it's generally considered desirable in the publishing business to take a certain liberty when you are depicting the cover scene. It's for reasons involving the marketplace, et. cetera. LITTLE BILL Well, Mr. Beauchamp, from what I've read in this here book the writing's not that much different than the picture. BEAUCHAMP Well, I can a**ure you, Mr. Daggett, that the events that are described in there are taken from the account of eyewitnesses. LITTLE BILL Eyewitnesses? BEAUCHAMP Yes, sir. LITTLE BILL You mean like The Duck himself, I guess. BEAUCHAMP The Duke LITTLE BILL Duck, I says. (reading) "You have insulted the honor of this beautiful woman, Corchran." Said The Duck. "You must apologize." But Two-Gun Corchran would have none of it, and, cursing, he reached for his pistols and would have k**ed him, but The Duck was faster, and hot lead blazed from his smoking six-guns." BEAUCHAMP See, I consider that to be an accurate description of the events ---Albeit--- All right, there is a certain poetry to the language which I couldn't resist. LITTLE BILL Uh, Mr. Beauchamp I was in the Blue Bottle Saloon in Wichita on the night that English Bob k**ed Corky Corchran, and I didn't see you there, nor no woman. No two-gun shooters. None of this. BEAUCHAMP (in awe)You were there? LITTLE BILL Yeah, I was there. First off, Corky never carried two guns, though he should have. BEAUCHAMP (defensive) Now he was---he was called Two Gun Corchran. LITTLE BILL Yeah, well, a lot of folks did call him Two Gun, but that wasn't because he was sporting two pistols, it was because he had a dick that was so big it was longer than the barrel on that Walker-Colt that he carried. And the only insulting he ever did was stick that thing of his into this French lady that English Bob here was kind of sweet on. You see, the night that Corky walked into the Blue Bottle and before he knows what's happened, Bob here takes a shot at him, and he misses because he's so damned drunk. Now that bullet whizzing by panicked old Corky and he did the wrong thing. He went for his gun in such a hurry he shot his own damn toe off. Meantime Bob here, he's aiming real good and he squeezes off another. But he misses cause he's still so damned drunk, and he hits this thousand dollar mirror up over the bar. Now The Duck of d**h is as good as dead because Corky does it right. He aims real careful, no hurry, and BAM!!!! the Walker-Colt blew up in his hand which was a failing common to that model. You see, if old Corky had've had two guns, instead of just a big dick, he would have been right there to the end to defend himself. BEAUCHAMP (shaken) Wait a minute. You mean that English Bob k**ed him when he didn't even have--- LITTLE BILL Well, old Bob wasn't going to wait for Corky to grow a new hand. He just walked over there real slow, cause he was drunk. Shot him right through the liver (makes popping sound and chuckles). EXT NIGHT (NED, KID, and MUNNY are preparing for sleep around a blazing camp fire.) NED (Moving rocks from his bed with disgust) Damn! I don't like rocks all over my dadgum back. I sure do miss my bed. MUNNY You said that last night. NED Last night I said I missed my wife. Tonight I just miss my dadgum bed. MUNNY You'll miss your dadgum roof here in a while, I suppose. NED Oh, sh**! (KID comes toward the fire and lays down on his bed roll.) KID Say, Will, MUNNY huh KID That business up in Jackson county, that really happen? I mean the way they say it happened? MUNNY What business? KID On how there's two deputies up close pointing their rifles right at you. Had you dead to rights. You pulled out your pistol and blew them both to hell. You only took a scratch yourself. Yeah, Uncle Pete says he ain't never seen nothing like it, shooting your way out of a scrape like that. MUNNY Yeah. Well I don't recollect. KID (annoyed) You don't recollect? MUNNY That's right KID Say, Ned, how many men you k**ed. (NED doesn't answer) Aren't you going to answer the question? NED What the hell's that to you? KID Well, I gotta know what kind of fella I'm riding with in case we get into a scrape and all. (NED looks at him) NED How many men you k**ed, Kid? KID Five. NED (disbelieving) How many? KID (angry) Five. I done k**ed five of them. That's including the Mexican, he done come at me with a knife. MUNNY Would you shut up? Get some rest. KID You boys are as crotchety as a couple of old hens, let me tell ya. (he lays down) INT CELL (BEAUCHAMP is sitting at the table with a writing pad in front of him. LITTLE BILL is sprawled out on a bench across from him while BOB lies in his cell on the bunk) BEAUCHAMP Actually, then, Mr. Corchran was faster on the draw than The Duck--- than E--English Bob LITTLE BILL Faster? Faster was his mistake. If he hadn't been in such a god damned hurry, he wouldn't have shot himself in the toe with that first shot, he would have k**ed ol' Bob. Look, son, being a good shot, being quick with a pistol, that don't do no harm, but it don't mean much next to being cool headed. A man who will keep his head and not get rattled under fire, like as not, he'll k** you. BEAUCHAMP But if the other fella is quicker and fires first--- LITTLE BILL then he'll be hurrying and he'll miss. Look here (stands up and pulls his pistol) That's about as fast as I can draw and aim and hit anything more than ten feet away, unless it's a barn. BEAUCHAMP But if he doesn't miss? LITTLE BILL Then he'll k** you. (laughs) That's why there's so few dangerous men around like old Bob. Like me. It ain't so easy to shoot a man anyhow, especially if the son-of-a-b**h is shooting back at you. I mean, that'll just flat rattle some folks. (both laugh) Let me show you something... BEAUCHAMP (writing) Just---just one moment--. LITTLE BILL (reaching into the desk drawer) Look here. BEAUCHAMP I know, just--- LITTLE BILL (pulling a pistol from the drawer and laying it on the table) Take that! (BOB becomes interested at this point) Now, there's the key (throws key on table) All you've got to do is shoot me, and you and Bob can just ride on out of here free as birds. BEAUCHAMP (flustered) Wait. It isn't..... is it loaded? LITTLE BILL Wouldn't do you much good if it wasn't. First you got to co*k it. (BEAUCHAMP stares at the pistol but does nothing. BOB struggles to a seated position) Go on. co*k it. (BEAUCHAMP does and stands up holding the pistol clumsily.) Now you got to point it (BEAUCHAMP stares at LITTLE BILL) Go on, point it. (BEAUCHAMP does but still clumsily. It is obvious he is no gunslinger) Now all you got to do is pull the trigger, Mister. (BEAUCHAMP's grip on the pistol tightens a little and for a moment we think he might actually do it but the moment pa**es quickly and he lowers the weapon. LITTLE BILL begins to laugh.) Hot, ain't it. You didn't even put your finger on the trigger. BEAUCHAMP What if----- What if I gave it to him? (motions towards BOB) LITTLE BILL Give it to him. BEAUCHAMP (unsure ) You don't..... you don't really want me to--- LITTLE BILL (harshly) Give it to him. (BEAUCHAMP walks towards the cell and holds the pistol out towards BOB who rises to his feet. He wants the pistol and reaches toward it. His hand hovers near the pistol for a second but he thinks better and lays his hand on the bars instead.) LITTLE BILL I guess he don't want it, Mr. Beauchamp. (LITTLE BILL walks forward and takes the gun from BEAUCHAMP who walks across the room and re-takes his seat. Chuckling, LITTLE BILL begins to unload the pistol letting each bullet fall to the floor. We hear five shells hit the ground before he turns the last chamber. When we don't hear a bullet hit the floor we realize the chamber was empty.) LITTLE BILL You were right not to take it, Bob. I would have k**ed you. (He walks across the room and, throwing the pistol on the table, continues to the window which he looks out of.) LITTLE BILL We could use some rain, Mr. Beauchamp. EXT NIGHT It is raining hard. MUNNY is trying to mount his horse . MUNNY Whoa! Whoa, God damn! You no good pig f**ing who*e! Whoa! (he finally gets on the horse) Sorry old horse! EXT NIGHT It is still raining as MUNNY, NED, and KID ride towards Big Whiskey NED (holding up a bottle of whiskey) I brung this along for when we have to k** them fellas. Figure we could use some now. MUNNY Not me. I don't touch that stuff no more. NED Oh, come on, Will. It's raining MUNNY I know it's raining Give some to the kid, why don't you NED Do you think that kid really k**ed five men? MUNNY No. NED You know, when he was talking back there about the time them deputies had the drop on you and Pete? MUNNY Yeah. NED Well, I remember it was three men you shot, Will, not two. MUNNY Well I ain't like that no more, Ned. I ain't no crazy k**ing fool? NED Still think it's going to be easy to k** them cowboys? MUNNY If we don't drown first. EXT DAY (LITTLE BILL is walking across the porch of the sheriffs office towards a waiting wagon.) LITTLE BILL Give these keys to the conductor. (hands keys to wagon driver) Tell him he can loose old Bob's cuffs as soon as he's outside the county. DRIVER Yep. BOB Got my pistols? LITTLE BILL (hands BOB a pistol with the barrel bent over) I guess you know Bob that if I see you again I'm just going to start shooting and figure it's self defense. (BOB stares at LITTLE BILL as the wagon pulls away. As it does so we see BEAUCHAMP standing in front of the sheriffs office.) LITTLE BILL I didn't steal your biographer. He's staying on his own account. BOB Well, he can go stuff himself as well, can't he. (He begins to scream from the back of the wagon) A plague on you! A plague on the whole stinking lot of you, without morals or laws! You got no laws! You got no honor! It's no wonder you all emigrated to America, because they wouldn't have you in England! You're all a lot of savages, that's what you are. A bunch of bloody savages! A plague on you. I'll be back! (we see the women gathered on the porch watching BOB leave town) ALICE Nobody's gonna come. Not after what Little Bill done to that Englishman. SKINNY Delilah, them tables ain't clean. Can't you get them clean? Maybe if you'd cover up that face a little somebody might want to hump with you and you wouldn't have to do all that cleaning. (offhandedly) What do you call them things you cover up your face with? FAITH A veil. SKINNY Yeah, a veil. Get a veil. ALICE Rains coming. SKINNY Thank God. (The women file into the bar leaving ALICE on the porch.) EXT NIGHT We see a train rolling slowly through the rain as NED, MUNNY, and KID ride into view As the train pa**es we see ENGLISH BOB inside asleep against a window. NED (Offering the bottle of whiskey) Will? (MUNNY declines it) You sure? MUNNY looks at him and rides on. NED hands the bottle to KID who drinks from it as NED rides after MUNNY. EXT NIGHT -- OUTSKIRTS OF BIG WHISKEY It is still raining. MUNNY has begun to caugh, the first sign a coming sickness. The three of them ride past the notice and into Big Whiskey. NED You all right there, Will? MUNNY only continues caughing. INT NIGHT -- ALICE'S BEDROOM Hey. There's a fella asking for you, Alice. ALICE Tonight? You ain't joshin? (calling into the hall) This way mister. ALICE Must be randy as hell to come out in this sh**. KID enters the room taking off his hat. INT NIGHT -- LITTLE BILL'S HOME BEAUCHAMP is seated at a table copying furiously while LITTLE BILL paces the floor orating. All about the room there are pans of water catching leaks from the celing. LITTLE BILL (in the middle of a story) "No, no, you're wrong, Little Bill," he said, "that's not a Curly J. That's a Bobbed J." (laughs) He had changed it over and I said to him, "Jim, you're a liar and a horse thief. Oh Now when he saw that the rest of them weren't going to help him none he, of course, started crying and sobbing and just carying on saying "Oh, Bill! Oh God, please don't k** me, Bill! Please don't k** me, Bill!" I said, (picks up a bowl of water) "Jim, it just makes me sick!---open a window, will you--- BEAUCHAMP Uh, Yeah. (gets up and opens window) LITTLE BILL --to see a man carrying two pistols and a henry rifle and crying like a damned baby." (he throws the bowl of water out the window) BEAUCHAMP So you k**ed him? LITTLE BILL No. But I should have. I can't abide them kind You see them In the taverns, you know, tramps and drunk teamsters and crazed miners, BEAUCHAMP (getting up and moving to another part of the table where water isn't dripping) Yeah. LITTLE BILL sporting their pistols and acting like they was bad men but without any sand or character. Not even any bad character. I do not like a**asians-- BEAUCHAMP a**asians LITTLE BILL or men of low character. BEAUCHAMP Yeah. LITTLE BILL Like your friend English Bob. BEAUCHAMP Uh-huh LITTLE BILL Now Bob, he was no coward, you know. Now he wouldn't come up to your face and cry carry on like that. BEAUCHAMP (raising his hands in disgust over the drips which he can't aviod) Sheriff, I just-- LITTLE BILL Yeah. Damn. Well, I don't have any more recepticles. LITTLE BILL Maybe you should just hang the carpenter. (laughs not knowing who the carpenter is) LITTLE BILL (angrily) What? BEAUCHAMP (flummoxed) Oh, uh, I was just saying that --- because of the--- you know, if you hang--- Doesn't matter. (There is a knock on the door) LITTLE BILL What the hell! On a night like this.... (calling) Who the hell is it? CHARLEY It's deputy Charley Hacker, Bill LITTLE BILL walks to the door and BEAUCHAMP follows him. LITTLE BILL opens door to reveal a wet, scared, CHARLEY) LITTLE BILL What? CHARLEY Three fellas just come into town, Bill.They're down to Greenlys. There's two of them got guns. INT NIGHT -- GREENLEY'S The bar is half full. At a table near the stairs sit NED and MUNNY. NED is drinking whiskey while MUNNY is hunched down in his jacket shivering. NED What the hell's keeping that kid? You don't suppose he's up--- (catches a good look at MUNNY) Jesus, Will, you look like sh**! MUNNY You remember Eagle Hendershot? NED Yeah. MUNNY I saw him. NED Will, he's dead. MUNNY No, I saw him, Ned. His head was all broke open. You could see inside of it. NED Jesus, Will, you got a fever. Take a drink will you. (pours a drink and hands it to MUNNY) MUNNY (Ignores the drink but continues) Worms were coming out. NED Look, Will, I'm going to go up and see what's keeping the kid. Must be he's getting an advance from one of those sporting ladies. Will, uh, look if I was to......um.... well, I mean if it worked out that I could take a little time for myself. I don't suppose you would... I mean you wouldn't.... (MUNNY looks at him coldly) No, I guess you wouldn't want to come. (NED goes up the stairs under the gaze of SKINNY, DELILAH, FATTY, and the rest of the bar patrons. After he exits their attention turns to MUNNY who is staring at the whisky NED had poured for him. We feel that he is trying to make a choice.After a time he pushes the gla** away from him and pulls his coat tighter around him.) (LITTLE BILL enters with ANDY, CLYDE and BEAUCHAMP. At the bar FATTY pulls his pistol. The patrons begin to move from the line of fire. As the tension mounts ANDY, FATTY, and CLYDE aim their weapons at MUNNY) LITTLE BILL Give me that pistol, Mister MUNNY Huh? LITTLE BILL I says give me over your pistol MUNNY Well, I ain't drunk. LITTLE BILL Ordinance says you got to turn in your firearms to the county office, day or night. (moves towards MUNNY) I guess you didn't see the sign with the weather and all. MUNNY No. But I ain't..... I ain't armed. LITTLE BILL What about your friends upstairs? They got any pistols? MUNNY I don't know. No, I guess..... No. They ain't armed either. LITTLE BILL Uh-huh. Spilled your whiskey? MUNNY Look, I said---- LITTLE BILL What's your name? MUNNY William (coughs) Hendershot. LITTLE BILL Well, Mister William Hendershot, what if I was to say you was a no good son of a b**h and a liar? (MUNNY stares at him) LITTLE BILL And if I was to say that you sh** in your pants because of a cowardly soul, I bet you'd show me that pistol right quick, wouldn't you? You'd shoot me dead. Isn't that so? MUNNY (pauses looking at the sheriffs) Maybe. Yeah, I guess. But the fact is I ain't carrying no firearm. LITTLE BILL Get up. (MUNNY looks away for a moment. CLYDE, ANDY, and FATTY co*k their weapons. After a moment MUNNY begins to stand.) LITTLE BILL Come on. (He throws open MUNNY's jacket and pulls out the pistol hidden there) LITTLE BILL What's this for, snakes and such? MUNNY Yeah. LITTLE BILL We don't have any snakes in here, mister Hendershot. MUNNY Well, it..(THUNDER) ... It ain't loaded. Powder's wet. LITTLE BILL (turning) You see, Mister Beauchamp. This is the kind of trash (Pistol whips MUNNY) I was speaking of. (MUNNY crawls towards the bar and grabs hold of a bottle) You find this kind in all your saloons and all your prosperous communities. (MUNNY tries to turn with the bottle but LITTLE BILL hits him first knocking him to the floor) Over in, uh, Cheyanne, (Kicks MUNNY) Abeline! (Kicks MUNNY again then turns to BEAUCHAMP) But you won't find them in the town of Big Whiskey. INT NIGHT --- ALICE'S ROOM ALICE is opening the window while NED and KID are hurridly pulling on their clothes in hopes of escape ALICE Hurry Up! (to LITLE SUE) You know what to say to Little Bill. (to NED) You got to look sharp for that lone pine. If you miss the pine you ain't gonna find it. (puts his hat on NED who is seated in the window pulling his boots on.) NED Don't mind the hat mam, just put the f**ing boots on (he falls backwards out the window) EXT NIGHT -- OUTSIDE DELILAH'S WINDOW It is still raining. We see NED fall from the window onto a wooden overhang. Behind him we see KID emerge from the window. NED, who has lost his balance, rolls down the overhang and falls to the ground hard KID crawls out and drops to the ground next to him as ALICE shuts the window. NED Damn! KID What about Will? What are we gonna do about Will? NED Come on, Kid. Let's hope them horses are still there. (NED gathers his things and runs offscreen. KID follows him) INT NIGHT -- SKINNY'S MUNNY is crawling painfully towards the door past the a**embled sheriffs. LITTLE BILL (walking up to the bar) Let the man out, W.W., He's desiring to leave the hospitality of Big Whiskey behind him. (BEAUCHAMP looks at LITTLE BILL who smiles back. BEAUCHAMP turns and opens the door) EXT NIGHT SKINNY'S PORCH MUNNY continues his slow crawl out on to the porch and down the steps where he rolls into the street. INT NIGHT -- DELILAH'S ROOM LITTLE BILL is livid with anger at the escape of KID and NED and is taking it out physically on ALICE while FAITH, LITTLE SUE , SKINNY, CLYDE and BEAUCHAMP look on. (LITTLE BILL slaps ALICE, knocking her to the floor) SKINNY Easy, Little Bill, she's gotta work. She's got to turn a dollar a time! LITTLE BILL (Ignoring SKINNY) If they was just here for the f**ing how come the lit out the back window? ALICE On account of they seen you was beating on their friend. LITTLE SUE They just came here for the billiards, Little Bill, honest. LITTLE BILL (Shouting at her) Billiards? (pauses looking about the room) Well, you mean they were just pa**ing through here? LITTLE SUE They was going to Fort Buford. ALICE You just kicked the sh** out of an innocent man. LITTLE BILL Innocent? Innocent of what? EXT NIGHT -- STREETS OF BIG WHISKEY (It is still raining. Through the gloom we can barely see two men on horseback riding towards us. They are NED and KID. As they ride towars the outskirts of town we see them approach another rider clinging weakly to a horse. This is MUNNY. Weak from the combination of fever and LITTLE BILL's beating he is desperately trying to get away. The two riders converge upon him and NED grabs for the bridle of MUNNY'S horse) KID Aw Jesus! NED Will? (MUNNY does not answer. NED takes the reigns of MUNNY'S horse and leads him as the three leave town.) INT NIGHT -- HIDEOUT (MUNNY is laying unconscious while NED and KID hover over him. KID holds a candle while NED stitches the cuts on MUNNY'S face.) KID Jesus, Ned. You done this before? NED Plenty of times KID His pistol must've jammed. NED (ignoring him) Here, bring that candle in a little closer. I can't see. (NED continues to work the needle and thread through the cuts on MUNNY'S face) KID He wouldn't have took no beating like that if it hadn't have jammed. He wouldn't just give it over and not shoot no-one. EXT DAY -- HIDEOUT (We see three horses outside a low wooden shack. In the background the mountains loom.) INT -- HIDEOUT (Though it is day outside we can hardly tell. The shack is almost as dark as it was last night. KID is inspecting MUNNY) KID He don't look so good. (KID walks toward the doorway where NED is standing looking out. We also see that ALICE and SILKY are here.ALCIE is pulling on her clothes) KID He didn't even pull his pistol, huh? NED Yeah, well he ain't as tough as you, Kid. KID Well, at least I would have pulled my pistol, Ned. NED Well, you did. Right out of the lady and out the god-damned window KID Hey, that was your idea! I wanted to go back and ---- SILKY Hey, we gotta go. KID What? Already? Hey, darlin, I'm ready for another advance (he lies down and pulls her towards him but she resists) SILKY You're going to use it all up before you can get it. ALICE No more advances on what you ain't done yet! KID (Pulling on his pants) Hey, sweetheart, we're just waiting on the weather to clear. Once this weather clears up.... NED We're going to need more food. About three days worth. KID (Jumps to his feet and stands in front of NED) Three days? We could k** them tomorrow. NED I don't k** nobody without him (points to MUNNY) KID We don't need him. The two of us could do it. Besides, he ain't nothing but a broken down pig farmer. (SILKY and ALICE ride by on horses heading towards town) ALICE One of us will bring food in the morning and we'll bring you some whiskey, too. NED (Shouting after them) And some medicine if you got any. (In the background MUNNY is regaining consciousness. We hear him groaning. NED goes to him and kneels by his side) KID Don't it make you sick hearing him like that? (Shouts to the women) And don't you ladies worry none. Me and Ned, we'll k** them two sons of b**hes for you. (He folds open a paper drawings of DAVEY and MIKE) INT HIDEOUT -- NIGHT (KID and NED are sitting by a fire. In the backgroun we hear MUNNY, delerious now, talking to himself) MUNNY Claudia! Oooooh, (NED crawls over to MUNNY and KID soon follows him) NED Will. MUNNY Claudia. NED Claudia's not here. MUNNY It that you, Ned? NED Uh-huh. MUNNY I seen him, Ned. I seen the angel of d**h. I see the river, Ned. He's got snake eyes. NED Who, Will? Who's got snake eyes? MUNNY It's the angel of d**h. Oh, Ned. I'm scared of dying! NED Easy, partner. Easy. MUNNY I seen Claudia, too. NED That's good, Will. It's good you saw Claudia, ain't it? MUNNY Her face was all covered with worms. Oh, Ned, I'm scared. I'm dying. You won't tell nobody... don't tell my kids..... none of the things I done, you hear me NED All-right, Will. (KID and NED stare at MUNNY for a moment then KID turns back to the fire. After a moment NED does too) (KID and NED are back by the fire.) KID He's going to die, ain't he? NED Maybe. KID Well, supposing he does. NED We'll bury him. KID That ain't what I mean, Ned. NED You mean will I help you k** them cowboys. KID Well, I can't spot them myself, but you cold. That big ba*tard, you could spot him a half mile off I bet. NED And if I spot him? KID Well, then I ride up close and shoot him. ((NED stares at KID sizing him up) NED Just like that, huh? KID I told you I'm a k**er. I done it before. (pauses) I'm more of a k**er than he is anyhow. (NED looks at him with obvious dis-belief) NED Yeah? KID Yeah. (Kid stares at NED then looks away knowing that NED can see through him) HIDEOUT -- DAY (DELILAH is wiping MUNNY'S brow.He is regaining consciousness, his fever finally broken) MUNNY (Looking at her in momentary shock then with recognition) I thought you was an angel. DELILAH (Laughing) You ain't dead. MUNNY No. (feels at his face) Some big fella, he really kicked the hell out of me. DELILAH (nods) MUNNY I must look kinda like you now. DELILAH (She turns her head ashamed) You don't look nothing like me, Mister. MUNNY No offense, but you got to be the one those cowboys cut up. (pause) My partners, Ned and that kid, they around? DELILAH They went out scouting when they saw your fever broke. MUNNY Scouting. DELILAH (nods) Out to the Bar-T. Looking for them. MUNNY How long have I been here? DELILAH Three days. Are you hungry, or--- MUNNY Three days, I oughta be. (She hands him a canteen which he takes slowly and drinks from) EXT DAY -- HIDEOUT. (There is snow on the ground We hear MUNNY talking offscreen. Before us are two horses tied up. One is MUNNY'S the other belongs to DELILAH. She is walking from where the horses are towards MUNNY. As he comes into view we see his is sitting on a stump looking at the landscape. A fire burns before him) MUNNY I thought I was gone. I wouldn't normally pay no notice to high country like this Trees. But I sure notice them now. I thought I was dying for sure. DELILAH I brought your hat (holds it out to him) You left it down at Greeleys. MUNNY (Takes the hat and sets it beside him) Thanks. That sheriff....He still looking for me? DELILAH Little Bill? No, he thinks you went south. Are you really going to k** them cowboys? MUNNY I guess. There's still a payment coming, isn't there? DELILAH (She nods) Them other two, your friends, they been taking advances on the payment. MUNNY Advances? DELILAH (She sits next to him) Free ones. MUNNY Free ones? DELILAH Alice and Silky have been giving them free ones. MUNNY I see. (She straightens her jacket like an awkwards schoolgirl. Finally she turns to MUNNY and asks him, in a tone much like that of a girl asking a man to her first Sadie Hawkins dance) DELILAH Would you like a free one? MUNNY (He looks at her) No, I uh, I guess not. DELILAH (She is momentarily crushed but quickly tries to regain her composure.) I, uh, I didn't mean with me. I meant that Alice and Silky would be happy to give you a free one if you wanted one. (She stands up quickly and starts to poke the fire) That's all I meant. MUNNY Oh, I didn't mean I didn't want a free one on account of you being cut up and all. (She pulls on her bonnet and begins to tie it) What I said the other day about you looking like me, that ain't true. You ain't ugly like me. It's just that we've both got scars. But you're a beautiful woman, and if I was to want a free one I'd want it with you, I guess, more than them other two. It's just that I...I can't on account of my wife. (As MUNNY spoke DELILAH'S face had begun to change. First she is hurt, then sad, finally she softens. At the mention of Munny's wife she stands and turns to look at him) DELILAH Your wife? MUNNY Yeah. You see.... DELILAH (She nods) I admire you for that, for being true to your wife and all. I've known a lot of men.... who weren't. MUNNY Yeah, I suppose. DELILAH Is.... is she back in Kansas. MUNNY Yeah. Yeah, she's watching over my young ones. EXT DAY -- (Various cowhands from the Bar-T are branding cattle. Three cowboys are holding down a calf while others circle around watching.) COWBOY 1 Hang on, Slim! Hang on! COWBOY 2 Get the damn iron! (The calf kicks out suddenly shaking the cowboys loose and struggling to it's feet meaning to escape.The cowboys begin to shout at DAVEY, who is on horseback, to catch the calf.) COWBOYS Davey! Go on, get him! Go! Go! (Davey rides off in persuit of the calf along the base of a high plateau. Suddenly there is a shot and DAVEY'S horse falls to the ground on top of him. The cowboys stare at him in shock.) DAVEY Jesus Fellas! (The cowboys look about bewildered, frantically searching the surrounding plateaus. Suddenly, as if a on cue, they all begin to run for cover) DAVEY Jesus, boys. My leg's broke! (The cowboys begin to shoot randomly at the rocks above.) EXT DAY --- same place but on top of a plateau where MUNNY, KID, and NED sit. NED has his spencer rifle out and is aiming furtively at DAVEY) DAVEY (OS) I'm pinned, boys! JOHNNY (OS) They're over on them there rocks! MUNNY Better finish him, Ned. KID He ain't dead? You didn't get him? MUNNY He got the boys horse. Better finish him before he gets clear. EXT DAY --- Focus on DAVEY who is struggling beneath his horse, then on the various cowboys. COWBOYS Get behind them rocks, Davey-boy! Get over there, Davey. _CUT TO_ NED, MUNNY, and KID KID What happened? He ain't k**ed? What's going on? MUNNY He gets in those rock, we ain't going to get him, unless we go down there. KID What rocks? Why don't you shoot? What's going on, Ned? (Below them the cowboys are yelling back and forth. Three shots are fired.) KID Well, ain't ya gonna shoot? (NED points the gun but can't fire. MUNNY stares at him. Finally, NED lowers the rifle and looks at MUNNY) NED Will..... Will, I... (MUNNY takes the rifle from NED and prepares to fire) MUNNY I ain't very good with one of thses. (MUNNY fires once and we see his bullet hit the ground near DAVEY who is dragging himself toward the rocks. Meanwhile the cowboys are shouting for DAVEY to get out of the line of fire) KID Did you get him? Will, where is he? MUNNY (to NED) How many more shots do I have? (no answer) Ned, god damnit, how many more shots do I have? NED (quietly) Two. (He aims the rifle slowly and fires. Again we see the bullet narrowly miss DAVEY. He is almost clear. His friends are shouting for him to hurry.) KID Did you get him? (MUNNY ignores him and co*ks the rifle. He aims carefully knowing that this is his last chance. We see a closeup of DAVEY. He, too, knows that the end is coming one way or another. We see the fear in him. MUNNY takes his time and finally squeezes off the last shot. He hear a hollow thud and then a moan from DAVEY and we know that MUNNY has hit his mark.) (MUNNY lowers the rifle slowly. From his vantage point we can see DAVEY'S legs slowly kicking out in slow agony. They are all we can see of DAVEY, however, as the rest of him is obscured behid a large rock. We now see how close he came to surviving.) MUNNY (Hands rifle to KID) Here. Reload this. KID You missed him! MUNNY I got him. DAVEY They shot me, boys! KID He ain't k**ed. MUNNY Maybe. Maybe not. Got him through the gut, I think. KID You think he's gonna die? You think we k**ed him? MUNNY (after a pause) Yeah. We k**ed him, I guess. DAVEY I'm dying boys! KID (Shouting) Well, then you shouldn't have cut up no woman you a**holes! (Gunshots wiz past as the cowboys mark where the shout came from) DAVEY Jesus, I'm so thirsty! Slim! Slim, get me some water, please. Please, Slim, I'm bleading. MUNNY Give him a drink of water, god damnit! DAVEY Get me a drink of water, Slim MUNNY Will you give him a drink of water for christ's sake, we ain't gonna shoot. SLIM You ain't gonna shoot? MUNNY No. SLIM Hold on, Davey boy. Here I come now. Don't you shoot me, you ba*tard. (SLIM reaches DAVEY and begin to pour water on his mouth. As the camera comes around the rock we see DAVEY clutching his belly in agony.) KID They take him water? MUNNY Yeah. SLIM Jesus, Johnny they shot him. (The cowboys continue to shout amongst one another with the occasional curse at MUNNY, et. al. Meanwhile MUNNY is slowly flicking rocks about. NED stares at him quietly.) EXT DAY (MUNNY, NED, and KID are riding across the valley.) KID When are we going to double back? MUNNY Oh, after a ways. NED Not me, I'm heading back down to Kansas. MUNNY We've got to k** the other one first. Look, Ned, with any luck we'll find the other one by nightfall or in the morning. Then we can shoot him and head on back with the money. (NED stops and pull the rifle from it's holster) NED You want the Spencer, Will? MUNNY This ain't no time to quit, Ned. KID Yeah, you're going to loose your share, Ned. MUNNY Shut up! NED I'll see you, Will. So long., Kid. (NED turns and begins riding away.) MUNNY NED! (Rides after him) Here. (Hands the rifle to NED) I ain't no good with that damn thing anyhow. Me and the kid will head over to that ranch and when we find him, we'll shoot him, and then we'll meet up with you and pick up our money and all head south together. NED Suppose he don't go back to the ranch, Will. MUNNY Well, he ain't going to go into town, I figure he won't stay out in the open country. No, he'll hole up at that ranch. NED Well, I ain't waiting. I'll look in on your young ones when I get back. (He rides off) MUNNY Hey, Ned. (NED stops and looks back) Don't pay no attention to what the kid said about the money and all. I'll bring your share. Kid's full of sh**. (NED rides away). EXT DAY -- LITTLE BILL'S FARM (ANDY rides quickly up and jumps off his horse. He runs towards the house calling to LITTLE BILL) ANDY Little Bill! (We see something fall from the roof behind him and then LITTLE BILL'S head hangs over the ledge) LITTLE BILL I was just doing some repairs up here. ANDY They just k**ed one of them cowboys. LITTLE BILL sh**! EXT NIGHT (A group is gathered around a wagon bearing the body of Davey. In it are a number of the cowboys from the Bar-T as well as LITTLE BILL and BEAUCHAMP) COWBOY And Parson said how he seen three men, right after sun-up, headed out east. One was on a dun and the other was on a flea bitten grey, only he didn't know what the third one was on. Could've been an appoloosa cause he was looking right into the sun... (The wagon pulls away) FATTY Bill, Amos says to ask you if the county's gonna pay for feed for all the horses or not. ANDY Witherspoon says he won't sell us no more 30-30 shells without we pay. BYSTANDER Hell, use my dogs. Then the county's got to take responsibility. LITTLE BILL Don't worry about them horses, Fatty. You just get on out there to the Bar-T and make sure that other cowboy stays put and don't expose himself, you hear. FATTY All right. (With a nod from LITTLE BILL the crowd begins to disperse) INT NIGHT -- ALICE'S ROOM (ALICE, LITTLE SUE, SILKY, FAITH AND DELILAH are watching the gathering through the window) DELILAH I didn't think they'd really do it. ALICE Did you think they come clear up from Kansas just to f** us? (She sits down on the bed and, taking up a deck of cards, begins dealing for herself and FAITH) DELILAH No but that kid, he's just a boy and the other one, Will, the nice one, being so true to his wife and all --- ALICE Wife? He ain't got no wife! DELILAH Oh, yes he does. He said --- ALICE I told you he ain't got no wife. Not above ground anyways. (There is silence for a moment and then something crashes through the window. From outside comes shouts of "Murdering who*es!!!") ALICE (Running to the window and shouting at the crowd) He had it coming! He had it coming for what he done! And the other one, too. Both of them for what they done. EXT NIGHT -- BIG WHISKEY (A cowboy rides madly into town) COWBOY We got one! We got one of them ba*tards! We got one! We got one! (approaches sheriffs office where LITTLE BILL is a**embled with his mob of deputies and cowboys) COWBOY We got one, sheriff. out by cow creek. LITTLE BILL Is he alive? COWBOY Hell yeah! A bunch of us boys from the Bar-T went out looking on account of them k**ing one of our own and we come across this son-of-a-b**h on a roan heading south. LITTLE BILL Did he admit it? COWBOY No, but I guess he will soon enough. He had a spencer rifle on him. LITTLE BILL Those cowboys messed him up? COWBOY A little bit, I guess. LITTLE BILL All right. Clyde, Andy, get on out there. See if you can find out what happened to them other two fellas EXT NIGHT -- BAR-T (In the background we see a house with lights inside. Closer to us we see an outhouse surrounded by low shrubbery. KID walks stealthly along the shrubs.) KID (Making quite noises in signal. As if in answer the door to the outhouse comes open and we see a man stroll out casually bu*toning his pants. Behind KID we see MUNNY step into view.) INT NIGHT -- BAR-T (A number of the cowboys, including MIKE are sitting around a table. Some play cards, others drink, others do nothing. FATTY and ANDY are also here. The door opens and the cowboy from the outhouse enters) COWBOY Can you see anything out there, Buck? BUCK Well, yes I did. Seen about 200 fellas packing rifles. Got the place surrounded. Said they want Quick Mike's a**. I said "How much?" They said "Five." I said "Dollars?" they said "Cents." I said "Sold!" MIKE Well I ain't worrying cause I got me some protection. (Looks at FATTY who is fast asleep) EXT NIGHT -- BIG WHISKEY (CLYDE and ANDY are leadig a posse into town. Between the group, hands tied behind his back, is NED. They ride to the sheriffs office where LITTLE BILL greats them) LITTLE BILL He tell you where them other's is? CLYDE Nope LITTLE BILL Give 'em any names? CLYDE Nope. Didn't give us nothing but his own name. Ned Roundtree. (ANDY throws the spencer rifle to LITTLE BILL) LITTLE BILL Bring him in. Well Ned, you'll want to tell me and Mr. Beauchamp here all about your two villianous friends, I guess. I'll be glad to hear the names and whereabouts of those two murderous son's of b**hes. (They all file into the sheriffs office) EXT DAY -- BAR-T. (Outside again. KID and MUNNY are awaiting the appearance of MIKE) KID Sure is ripe! MUNNY Yeah. Gonna get a lot riper. KID You think he's still in there? MUNNY Yeah, he's in there. KID Yeah, well he's holding onto his sh** like it was money. MUNNY He's in there KID You'll tell me right off if you see him. MUNNY Yeah. KID You ain't gonna shoot him yourself. MUNNY You can shoot him. INT DAY -- SHERIFF'S OFFICE (NED is tied to the bars facing us. Behind him is LITTLE BILL who is whipping NED with a bull-whip. BEAUCHAMP sits on the bench reading. ANDY and CHARLEY are also watching. Each of them is becoming more and more disturbed with every blow LITTLE BILL lands on NED.) _CUT TO_ (Various places in town. Everyone can hear the crack of LITTLE BILL'S whip and all are disturbed by it) _CUT TO_ INT DAY -- SHERIFF'S OFFICE (LITTLE BILL finally stops whipping NED. Now that NED is "softened" it is time for questioning) LITTLE BILL Now, Ned.Where did Mr. Quincy and, uh, what was the young feller's name? NED Elroy. Elroy Tate. BEAUCHAMP Sheriff. (Shakes his head and holds his pad out where LITTLE BILL can read it) LITTLE BILL No. No, that's not what you said. NED Hell if it aint LITTLE BILL No, you said Elroy Quincy out of Medicine Hat and Henry Tate out of Cheyanne. NED Hell if I did. Hell if I did. LITTLE BILL Charley, go over and get them who*es that f**ed these guys the night of the storm. CHARLEY Strawberry Alice and Silky? LITTLE BILL Yeah. Go on. (Comes close behind NED as if to whisper in his ear) Now Ned, them who*es are going to tell different lies than you. And when their lies aint the same as your lies...... well I ain't gonna hurt no woman, but I'm gonna hurt you, and not gentle like before, but bad. EXT DAY -- BAR-T (The same group from last night is now playing cards around the table) MIKE (Throws down cards and get's up) Where are you going. FATTY Let me finish this hand. MIKE What, are you going to protect me while I take a dump? COWBOY Don't get bushwacked. MIKE Well, I'll fart on them. THIRSTY Let me go with you. MIKE Yeah, you can wipe my a**, Thirsty. THIRSTY Too hell with him. The man ain't polite he oughtta get shot. (MIKE exits and walks to the outhouse. He does not see KID and MUNNY hiding in the bushes.) KID Is that him? MUNNY Yeah, that's him. All right, Kid. Go get him, he's all yours. (Kid goes quietly to the outhouse. He flings open the first door but the stall is empty. At this moment FATTY comes out of the house and spots KID) FATTY Assa**ians! (MUNNY shoots at him but missed shooting out the window instead. Inside the cowboys duck for cover) MUNNY Shoot him! (KID opens the next door and takes a long look at MIKE who is sitting there. KID raises his pistol) MIKE No! No! (KID shoots MIKE three times in rapid succession. Meanwhile MUNNY has begun shooting at the house in an attempt to keep the cowboys indoors.) MUNNY Come on, god damnit! (KID and MUNNY run back into the bushes. The cowboys come out of the house with FATTY in the lead. They run to the outhouse and, seeing that MIKE is dead, continue on after KID and MUNNY) EXT DAY -- (KID and MUNNY are running through the woods towards their horses. MUNNY is re-loading his gun as he goes) MUNNY Did you get him? KID Yeah. (KID mounts his horse easily while MUNNY struggles with his. He hands his rifle to KID) MUNNY Cover me. KID I can't see 'em MUNNY Just shoot, damn ya. (KID begins shooting randomly as MUNNY finally gets on his horse. The pair ride off as with the cowboys shooting at them.) EXT DAY -- UNDER A TREE (MUNNY and KID await thier reward. MUNNY is standing surveying the landscape while KID sits against the tree drinking from a bottle of whiskey. In the distance we see a rider approaching.) KID Was that what it was like in the old days, Will? Everybody riding out shooting, smoke all over the place, folks yelling, bullets wizzing by? MUNNY I guess so. KID sh**. I thought they was going to get us. I was even scared a little. Just for a minute. Was you ever scared in them days? MUNNY I can't remember. I was drunk most of the time. KID I shot that f**er three times. He was taking a sh** and he went for his pistol and I blazed away. First shot... I got him right in the chest. Say, Will... MUNNY Yeah, KID That was the first one. MUNNY First one what? KID First one I ever k**ed. MUNNY Yeah? KID You know how I said I shot five men? It weren't true. That mexican that come at me with a knife, I just busted his leg with a shovel. I didn't k** him neither. MUNNY Well, you sure k**ed the hell out of that fella today. KID Hell ya! (Drinks, on the verge of tears) I k**ed the hell out of him, didn't I. Three shots and he was taking a sh**! MUNNY (Looking at him) Take a drink, Kid. KID (Drinks) Jesus Christ. It don't seem real. How he ain't gonna never breathe again, ever. And the other one, too. All on accoiunt of pulling a trigger. MUNNY It's a hell of a thing , k**ing a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have. KID Yeah. Well, I guess they had it coming. MUNNY We all have it coming, kid. (KATE rides up on a horse) MUNNY I was watching you, seeing that you wasn't followed. KATE Silky and Faith, they rode off to the east and two deputies was following them. (She hands a bag to MUNNY who turns and holds it out to KID) MUNNY Here. Want to help me count this stuff? KID I trust you, Will. MUNNY Well don't go trusting me too much. In fact, we'll give Ned his share together that way you'll know I ain't holding out on ya. KATE (Confused) Ned's share? MUNNY Yeah. He went south, we'll catch up to him. KATE Ned..... He's dead. (Both MUNNY and KID stand) MUNNY What do you mean he's dead? He went south yesterday. He ain't dead. KATE They.... they k**ed him. I thought you knew that. MUNNY Nobody k**ed Ned. He didn't k** anyone. He went south yesterday. Why would anybody k** Ned? Who k**ed him? KATE Little Bill. The Bar-T boys caught him and Little Bill, he beat him up. He was making him answer questions and beating him up and then Ned just died. They got a sign on him saying he was a k**er. MUNNY They got a sign on him! KATE In front of Greely's MUNNY A sign on him in front of Greely's. (She nods) These questions Little Bill was asking, what kind were they? KATE Uh... About where you and him was. MUNNY Then what? KATE A cowboy come in saying you k**ed Quick Mike in a sh**house at the Bar-T. MUNNY So Little Bill k**ed him for what we done. KATE Not on purpose, but he started hurting him worse, making him tell stuff. First Ned wouldn't say nothing, and then Little Bill hurt him so bad and he said who you was. He said how you was really William Munny out of Missouri and Little Bill said "The same William Munny that dynamited the Rock Island and Pacific in '69 k**ing women and children and all" and Ned said you done worse than that. Said you was more cold blooded than William Bonney and how, if he hurt Ned again, you was going to come k** him like you k**ed a U.S. Marshall in '70. (As she talked MUNNY has begun to drink slowly from the bottle of whiskey.It is as if his past is coming back to him and with it all his old habits) MUNNY But that didn't scare Little Bill, did it? KATE No sir. (He corks the bottle and throws it to the ground. He turns to KID who has been watching in amazement) MUNNY Give me your Schofield. KID What for, Will? MUNNY Give it to me. KID (Scared) Yeah, sure. (Hands the gun to MUNNY who checks it) You go on, keep it. I'm never going to use it again. I don't k** nobody no more. I ain't like you, Will. MUNNY You'd better ride on back, Miss. (She rides off) KID (Motions towards bag) Go on, keep it. All of it, It's yours. MUNNY What about your spectecles and fancy clothes? KID I guess I'd rather be blind and ragged than dead. MUNNY You don't have to worry, Kid. I ain't going to k** you, you're the only friend I got. EXT NIGHT -- BIG WHISKEY (It is raining. KID and MUNNY ride into town.They are parting company. MUNNY is holding the bottle and the bag. He hands the latter to KID) MUNNY Take this money and give my half and Ned's half to my kids. Tell 'em If I ain't back in a week they're to give half to Sally Two Trees. You keep the rest, you can get them spectecles now. KID You're going to k** Little Bill, ain't ya. MUNNY You stay clear of folks you see. There'll be a lot of them out to hang you. Get going. (KID rides away leaving MUNNY to his destiny. He rides towards Greely's. On the way we see him drop the now empty bottle in the street. As he approaches the bar we see NED in a coffin with a torch on either side and a sign across it saying "This is what happens to a**asians around here". From inside we can hear LITTLE BILL talking to his men.) LITTLE BILL O.S. All right, boys, settle down now. I want you to settle down. I got something to say to you. Settle down. I want to tell you something. All right, I'm going to say this just one more time to make it clear, so don't ask me again. Those of you who posseed with me today have got one drink coming from the county budget. (Cheers) INT NIGHT -- GREELY'S (LITTLE BILL is standing on the stairs orating to his men. Behind him stand ALICE, LITTLE SUE, FAITH, and SILKY.) LITTLE BILL And those of you who rode with me yesterday, you get one drink for that too. (more cheers) Now, hold it! Now that's two but after that it comes out of your own pocket, you hear me, Skinny. SKINNY Yes, sir. LITTLE BILL Allright.We're pulling out early in the morning. We're going to chase these fellas clear down to Texas only don't spend too much of your own money. (There is laughter all around and no-one notices MUNNY enter the bar. He raises his shotgun) LITTLE BILL We'll devide up into four parties and we'll hit all the farms and the trails and we'll make a big circle.... (At this point BEAUCHAMP has seen MUNNY and begun backing away. A moment later ALICE see's him as well) LITTLE BILL .... We're bound to run into somebody that's seen these (pistol co*ks) skunks. (LITTLE BILL turns to see MUNNY, gun raised, looking at him. Everyone else looks as well. There is a tense moment where the only sound is the thunder outside then MUNNY levels the rifle.) MUNNY Who's the fella that owns this sh**hole? You. (Motions towards FATTY) Fat man, speak up. SKINNY Uh, I own this establisment. Bought it from Greely for a thousand dollars. MUNNY (Motions to crowd around SKINNY) MUNNY You'd better clear out of there (Aims rifle at SKINNY) GROUP Yes sir (They all move away) LITTLE BILL Just hold it right there. Hold it. (MUNNY shoots SKINNY, k**ing him instantly) LITTLE BILL Well, sir, you are a cowardly son of a b**h. You just shot an un-armed man. MUNNY Well, he should have armed himself if he was going to decorate his saloon with my friend. LITTLE BILL You'd be William Munny out of Missouri. k**er of women and children. MUNNY That's right. I've k**ed just about anything that walked or crawled at one time or another, and I'm here to k** you, Little Bill, for what you did to Ned. (to crowd) You boys better move away. (They do) LITTLE BILL All right, gentlemen, he's got one barrel left. When he fires that take out your pistols and shoot him down like the mangy scoundrel he is. (The crowd watches as fear has them transfixed watching the test of wills between MUNNY and LITTLE BILL plays out. After a long silence MUNNY pulls the trigger but all we hear is a dry click) LITTLE BILL Mis-fire! k** the son of a b**h! (reaches for his pistol) (MUNNY throws the rifle at LITTLE BILL and pulls the Schofield from his belt. He shoots LITTLE BILL in the gut knocking him to the floor. He quickly turns and begins to cut down the deputies. CLYDE is first, shot trying to draw his pistol. ANDY and FATTY have begun firing but MUNNY shoots them next. ANDY is thrown backwards while FATTY runs for the door. CHARLIE thinks likewise and heads out the rear of the saloon. FATTY isn't so lucky. He runs towards the front door which means he must cross the path of MUNNY where he is shot in the chest. After he falls to the floor there is a lull in the shooting. MUNNY rises from where he has been crouched and begins walking across the bar toward the group of men cowering by the bar.) MUNNY (Pointing pistol at them) Any man don't want to get k**ed better clear on out the back. (MUNNY watches the remaining ocupants of the bar walk quickly out the back door and then he walks to the bar. There he picks up a bottle of whiskey and, uncorking it, pours himself a gla**. He hasn't taken more than a sip when he hears the sound of someone struggling behind him. He turns raising his pistol and we see BEAUCHAMP pushing the body of FATTY off of him.) BEAUCHAMP (Seeing blood on his shirt) I'm shot! I've been shot! MUNNY You ain't shot. BEAUCHAMP Please. (MUNNY co*ks his pistol) I don't have a gun. I am not armed. MUNNY Pick up that rifle. (BEAUCHAMP looks at the weapon but makes no motion) Pick it up! (BEAUCHAMP picks up the rifle awkwardly) MUNNY Shells, too, (BEAUCHAMP does this. MUNNY walks forward and takes the rifle and shells from BEAUCHAMP) BEAUCHAMP (Wiping his brow) Oh God! (He sees LITTLE BILL lying on the floor) You k**ed Little Bill. MUNNY (Points the gun at him) Sure you ain't armed. BEAUCHAMP (raising his hands in surrender) No. Look, I'm not. I don't have a gun. I've never had a gun. I write. I'm a writer. MUNNY (Begins re-loading the rifle) A writer? BEAUCHAMP Yes. MUNNY Letters and such? BEAUCHAMP No, Books. MUNNY Books. BEAUCHAMP You..... you k**ed five men single-handed. MUNNY Yeah. BEAUCHAMP Uh.... That's a spencer rifle, right. MUNNY That's right. BEAUCHAMP (picking up his bag and slinging it over his shoulder) Who, uh... Who'd you k** first? MUNNY Huh? BEAUCHAMP When confronted by superior numbers an experienced gunfighter will always fire on the best shot first. MUNNY Is that so. BEAUCHAMP Yeah, Little Bill told me that. You probably k**ed him first, didn't you? MUNNY I was lucky in the order, but I've always been lucky when it comes to k**ing folks. BEAUCHAMP And so... who was next? It was Clyde, right? It must have been Clyde. Well, it could have been deputy Andy. (We see LITTLE BILL move his arm) MUNNY All I can tell you is who's going to be last. (He levels the rifle at BEAUCHAMP who quickly heads for the front door. MUNNY watches him go and then turns to the bar and finished his drink. Behind him LITTLE BILL has picked up his pistol and is raising it. MUNNY hears the pistol co*k and turns quickly. Seeing LITTLE BILL he steps on his gun arm forcing it to the ground. This causes the pistol to fire. At the same time he brings his rifle down and levels it point blank on LITTLE BILL's head. LITTLE BILL exhales slowly.) LITTLE BILL I don't deserve this. To die like this. I was building a house. MUNNY Deserve's got nothing to do with it. LITTLE BILL I'll see you in hell, William Munny. MUNNY (co*ks rifle) Yeah. (MUNNY aims the rifle slowly and shoots LITTLE BILL. He quickly turns and heads towards the door. Onn the way he pa**es CLYDE who is still alive and has begun to moan. Without breaking stride MUNNY shoots him. He opens one side of the door and kneels behind the closed side. He co*ks his gun and begins to yell.) MUNNY All right, I'm coming out. Any man I see out there I'm gonna k** him. Any son of a b**h takes a shot at me, I'm not only going to k** him, I'm going to k** his wife and all his friends and burn his damn house down. (He stands and walks cautiously out of the bar) Nobody better shoot. (He pauses and looks at NED one last time then walks on. Hiding behind a fence we see CHARLEY and another man.) CITIZEN Go ahead, Charley, shoot him. (Charley raises his rifle at MUNNY who is is walking to his horse but he is ultimately afraid to shoot. He hands the rifle to his companion who refuses the offer) CHARLEY Here! CITIZEN Hell no! I ain't no deputy. (BEAUCHAMP pushes his way between the two of them to get a better look at the departing MUNNY) (MUNNY gets on his horse right away, for the first time, and turns to leave. BEAUCHAMP has come into the street and he is putting on his gla**es. MUNNY rides to the front of the bar and then begins to yell.) MUNNY You better bury Ned right. You better not cut up nor otherwise harm no who*es. (The women begin to come out to see him leave) Or I'll come back and k** every one of you son's of b**hes. (MUNNY rides fout of town past the growing crowd of people. We see DELILAH especially watching him leave with a look of combined love, respect, and fear on her face). EXT NIGHT -- WILLIAM MUNNY'S FARM (We see the sillouett of MUNNY walking towards the grave of Claudia. The sun is setting. Over the scene crawls:) Some years later, Mrs. Ansonia Feathers made the arduous journey to Hodgeman County to visit the last resting place of her only daughter. Willaim Munny has long since disappeared with the children.... some said to San Fransisco where it was rumored he prospered in dry goods. And there was nothing on the marker to explain to Mrs. Feathers why her only daughter had married a known thief and murderer, a man of notoriously viscious and intemperate disposition. (Close on the MUNNY'S FARM. Same scene now minus any sign of inhabitance.) THE END. WRITTEN BY DAVID WEBB PEOPLES