The Outlaw

[first lines]

Townsman:
Doc Holliday just got off the stagecoach! Do you want me and some of the boys to come along with you?

Pat Garrett:
Why do ask that?

Townsman:
Well, I certainly wouldn't want to fool around with him if I were alone.

Pat Garrett:
I don't blame you, but I ain't gonna make no trouble for Doc Holliday. He's my best friend!

Doc Holliday:
I need a little money and I thought maybe you'd like to come in with me.

[Pat laughs]

Doc Holliday:
What's the matter?

Pat Garrett:
I'll let you have the money, but if the deal's anything like that last one of yours, you better not tell me about it.

Doc Holliday:
Why not?

[Pat pulls back his vest and reveals his Sheriff's badge]

Doc Holliday:
Where'd you get that?

Pat Garrett:
Oh, they stuck it on me about two weeks ago.

Doc Holliday:
You're the last man I thought would be so easily satisfied.

Pat Garrett:
Well, l... l... , a man's gotta settle down sometime.

Billy the Kid:
That was pretty smart putting sand in those canteens.

Rio:
I had to give you something for your money, didn't I?

Billy the Kid:
Oh, I see. So you sent the Sheriff after us for good measure. No wonder he came alone... all he had to do was take his time and wait for the sun to finish us off.

Rio:
Then how did you get back?

Billy the Kid:
It was pretty tough, but the more I thought about seeing you, *darling*, the easier it got.

[Pat and Doc rescue Rio, whom Billy has left bound, gagged and strung up by wrists within sight of a desert waterhole]

Doc Holliday:
You know, I think he's in love with you.

Rio:
What are you talking about?

Doc Holliday:
The crazier a man is for a woman, the crazier he thinks and the crazier he acts.

Rio:
He's only crazy about one thing - himself.

Pat Garrett:
Hey, that gives me a thought. Maybe we'll get Mr. Billy after all.

Rio:
How?

Pat Garrett:
Like you said - if he's crazy enought to do you like this, maybe he's crazy enough to come back to turn you loose.

Billy the Kid:
Well, go ahead.

Pat Garrett:
Go ahead what?

Billy the Kid:
Aren't you going to say something over Doc?

Pat Garrett:
I don't know what to say. I've never said anything over anybody I've killed before.

Billy the Kid:
I think we ought to say something over Doc.

Pat Garrett:
You better do it.

Billy the Kid:
So long, Doc.

Pat Garrett:
I thought you might want to keep Doc's guns as a keepsake.

Billy the Kid:
Say, I sure would. Thanks, Pat, thanks a lot. I've never had an extra pair. And black holsters, too! They'd go nice with Sunday clothes if I ever get any.

Billy the Kid:
Pat, I want you to know I'm sorry. I honestly am. Last night, I was ready to kill you. But in the daylight, I can see things much better.

Prologue:
"The Outlaw" is a story of the untamed West. Frontier days when the reckless fire of guns and passions blazed an era of death, destruction and lawlessness. Days when the fiery desert sun beat down avenginly on the many who dared defy justice and outrage decency.

Doc Holliday:
Sonny, that head of yours is sure screwed on tight.

Billy the Kid:
If it wasn't, somebody would have knocked it off long ago.

Doc Holliday:
Well, Billy, I guess this is it. Men are pretty much like children after all. Have you ever seen two kids wrestling in the yard? They push and they tussle and maybe they look like they're fighting... but they're not. They're really friends and everything is fun. Then pretty soon they play a little too rough. One of them gets mad. And in the end, somebody always gets hurt. So for you and me, this is where somebody gets hurt. But when it's over, and however it turns out, son, no hard feelings.

Billy the Kid:
I think I'll have another drink of water.

Doc Holliday:
What are you talking about? You didn't have one in the first place.

Billy the Kid:
I know, but I had the same idea about an hour ago.

Doc Holliday:
It wouldn't do any good. Take my advice.

Billy the Kid:
What?

Doc Holliday:
Killing a woman.

Billy the Kid:
Why not?

Doc Holliday:
Because they're all alike. There isn't anything they wouldn't do for you... or to you.

Doc Holliday:
Cattle don't graze after sheep.