High Noon Page #3

- All right thank you.

- I'm sorry about all this, Mrs Kane.

Don't you worry.

The marshal'll take care of himself.

Thank you very much.

Hey, that wasn't here five years ago.

- So what?

- Nothing...yet.

Harvey, don't you think

Kane will be looking for you right now?

- You're really sore at him.

- Wouldn't you be if you wore me?

I suppose...if I wore you.

I'll be back in a while.

-

- Goodbye, Will

- Goodbye.

- You think I'm letting you down?

- No.

Look, this is just a dirty little village

in the middle of nowhere.

Nothing that happens here

is really important. Get out.

There isn't time.

What a waste. Good luck.

Johnny!

- Why ain't you in church?

- Why ain't you?

Will you do somethin' for me?

Go find Anderson, Howe and Fuller,

and tell them I want them here.

- Then find Harv Pell!

- Don't have to do that. I'm right here.

- Where have you been?

- Busy.

You know what's doing?

We've got lots to do.

Hold up a second.

This ain't really your job, you know.

- That's what everybody keeps telling me.

- Just listen a second.

- All right, I'm listening.

- This is the way I see it.

If you'd gone with the new marshal

not due till tomorrow, I'd be in charge, right?

If I'm good enough to hold down the job

when there's trouble,

how come the city fathers

didn't trust me with it permanently?

- I don't know.

- Don't you?

- No.

- I figure you carry a lot of weight.

Maybe they didn't ask me.

Maybe they figured you were too young.

- You think I'm too young too?

- You sure act like it sometimes. Come on.

It's very simple, Will You just tell

the old boys that I'm the new marshal.

Tomorrow they can tell the other fellow

that the job's filled.

- You really mean it, don't you?

- Sure.

- But I can't do it.

- Why not?

- If you don't know, it's no use me tellin' you.

- You mean you won't do it?

- Have it your way.

- All right

The truth is, you probably

talked against me from the start.

You've been sore about me

and Helen Ramirez right along, ain't you?

You and Helen Ramirez? I...

I didn't know and it doesn't mean

anything to me, you ought to know that.

Yeah, you've been washed up

for more than a year.

You get married, only, you can't stand

anybody taking your place there...

- ...especially me.

- You're...

- I haven't got time, Harv.

- Okay, let's get down to business.

You want me to stick,

you put a word in for me.

Sure I want you to stick, but I'm not buying it.

It's gotta be up to you.

I thought you'd grown up by now.

I thought your disposition might've

sweetened up a little down in Abeline.

I guess we're both wrong.

What's so funny?

Did you really think

you could put that over on Kane?

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