ENTERS SHERIFF'S OFFICE, LOOKS AROUND, THINGS
ASKEW, CHAIR TURNED OVER, STEAKS LEFT COOKING
SIZZLING IN IRON SKILLET, CALLS "ANYBODY HOME?",
LOOKS AT WANTED POSTER ON SHERIFF'S DESK, "REWARD
WANTED FOR MURDER..." OPENS ANOTHER DOOR IN
OFFICE, DEAD MAN UNDER WHITE SHEET

OLD MAN GOES IN ROOM WHERE BODY LAYS, WINDOW
OPEN, BANGING, LOOKS AT CORPSE & GETS SPOOKED,
SHUDDERS, LEAVES ROOM. CLOSES DOOR

DEPUTY SHERIFF WATCHES HIM GO, SITS DOWN AT DESK,
TAPS FINGERS, LOOKS TOWARD DOOR WHERE CORPSE LAYS,
HEARS NOISE, RUNS OUT OF ROOM SPOOKED

COWBOY RIDING UP TO ABANDONED BUILDING, BARN
SHOT FROM GUN GOES OFF.

COWBOY RIDING UP TO LOG RANCH HOUSE, RINGS BELL
ON GATE. CARETAKER WALKING WITH TWO HUGE DOGS,
GREAT DANES TALKS TO COWBOY THROUGH GATE, SHOWS
HIM PAPERS, CARETAKER LETS HIM INSIDE

POV FROM WOMAN'S WINDOW WATCHING COWBOY LET INTO
PROPERTY. CUTS TO WOMAN PEERING OUT WINDOW

OLDER WOMAN TALKING TO COWBOY, HE SHOWS HER
PAPERS, SHE GOES UPSTAIRS LEAVING COWBOY WITH
GREAT DANES

CU COWBOY TAKING OFF LEATHER GLOVES, MOVES TOWARD
SOUND OF MUSIC FROM ANOTHER PART OF THE HOUSE
EAVESDROPPING

EAVESDROPPER ALMOST GETS CAUGHT BY OLD WOMAN
COMING BACK DOWN STAIRS. HEARS HER IN TOME, SITS
DOWN. OLD WOMAN SENDS HIM UP STAIRS TO SEE NEW
BOSS

MAN BEING INTERVIEWED FOR JOB BY OLD MAN IN BED

MAN WALKS INTO ROOM WITHOUT KNOCKING, THEN SAYS
"EXCUSE ME, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD COMPANY". OLD
MAN TELLS HIM TO COME IN. LIAR. WAS LISTENING
FROM DOOR, INTRODUCTIONS MADE, HAND SHAKE, NEW
HIRE LEAVES

NEW HIRE COWBOY CHECKING OUT GROUNDS OF ABANDONED
SHOP, FOLLOWS WIRE UP WALL, FLIPS SWITCH, RICKETY
OLD MACHINE START UP CREATING LOUD NOISES CAUSING
TRIO IN OLD MAN'S ROOM TO WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON,
YOUNG MAN LOOKS OUT BEDROOM WINDOW

COWBOY LEAVING BARN, LEADS HORSE AWAY

COUPLE WALKS TO HOMESTEAD GATE, NOTE TACKED ON
GATE "REVENGE FOLLOWS THE BALLARD FAMILY".
THREATENING NOTE

PEOPLE RETIRING FOR THE NIGHT, GOING UPSTAIRS TO
BEDROOMS

EXT/NIGHT; COWBOY WALKING AROUND CORNER OF
BUILDING, STOPS & DRAWS HIS GUN SAYS "STICK
EM UP..." TALKS TO MAN HE THINKS IS SLEEPING ON
THE JOB. CU GUN BARREL POKING FROM AROUND CORNER
POKES GUN INTO COWBOY'S BACK, COWBOY DROPS GUN &
RAISES HANDS OVER HEAD. MAN HE THINKS IS SLEEPING
ON THE JOB SHOWS HIMSELF, MAN SLEEPING IS A DUMMY
TRICKED COWBOY. THEY TALK

EXT/NIGHT, COWBOY RIDING INTO WOODS

OLD MAN IN HIS BEDROOM HEARS SOUND, JUMPS UP,
GRABS GUN, PUTS ON HOLSTER, RUNS OUT TOWARD
SOUND

WOMAN RUNNING TO DOOR, LOCKED, PULLING DOOR IN
FRUSTRATION, KNOCKS ON DOOR "LET ME IN". MEN
INSIDE, OPEN DOOR. OLD MAN CONSOLES HER, TELLS
HER OF CORPSE, SHE CRIES

WOMAN LEAVES ROOM, MAN LEANS OUT DOOR, WHISPERING
TO HER

COUPLE GETTING ACQUAINTED IN REMOTE PART OF
RANCH, WOMAN SITTING ON LOG, MAN SITTING AT
HER FEET. MAN PLAYS WITH ROPE NERVOUSLY. DATING
GAME

COWBOY WALKING HORSE BACK TO BARN, OLD MAN LEANING
BACK IN CHAIR AGAINST BUILDING. THEY TALK

CHINESE MAN SERVANT IN TRADITIONAL CLOTHES WALKS
DOWN STAIRS, TELLS NEW HIRE TO THAT OLD MAN
WANTS TO SEE HIM, HE GOES UP STAIRS

OLD MAN IN BED TALKING TO NEW HIRE

CU SHARP RAZORS WITH DAYS OF THE WEEK ON THEM,
HAND PICKS UP RAZOR MARKED "TUESDAY" & SHARPENS
RAZOR'S EDGE. CU CHINESE MAN SHAVING WITH SINGLE
EDGED RAZOR. GROOMING.

INTERIOR ABANDONED BARN, FIGURE SNEAKING CREEPING
UP BEHIND COWBOY AT ENTRANCE OF BARN, WEARING
BLACK CLOAK. SOUND OF THUNDER, MAN HITS COWBOY
FROM BEHIND WHILE THUNDER SOUNDS. DRAGS
UNCONSCIOUS COWBOY INTO BARN POSITIONS HIM UNDER
MACHINERY, TURNS ON MACHINE, AT SAME TIME MAN
REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS & NARROWLY ESCAPES DEATH,
SEES MAN ESCAPING, DRAWS & FIRES GUN. CU MAN
SHOOTING GUN. RUNS OUT OF BARN HOLDING BACK OF
HIS HEAD IN PAIN

MAN'S SHADOW REFLECTED ON BUILDING LARGER THAN
LIFE. CU GLOVED HAND PUTTING KEY IN KEYHOLE,
TURNING KEY, OPENING DOOR

TWO MEN STANDING OVER MAN SERVANT'S BED, TRY TO
SHAKE HIM AWAKE, TO NO AVAIL, CAN'T WAKE HIM UP

MAN FEEDING TWO GREAT DANES FEEDING DOGS

STIFF OLD MAN GETS UP FROM WINDOW LEDGE, HOBBLES
UP STAIRS HOLDING ON TO WALL

OLD MAN TURNS HIS BACK ON OLD WOMAN, TAKES DRINK,
SHUDDERS FROM STRENGTH OF LIQUOR

YOUNG WOMAN PACKING CLOTHES IN SUITCASE ON HER
BED, BLACK CLOAKED FIGURE CREEPS IN HER ROOM,
COVERS HER MOUTH, STRUGGLE.

TRIO OF CONSPIRATORS PLANNING SCHEMING ON PORCH

CAR PULLS UP TO HOUSE, OLD WOMAN GETS OUT OF CAR,
OLD MAN GREETS HER, BRINGS HER TO HIS ROOM, LEAVES
HER TO GET OTHER MAN.

OLD WOMAN WALKING ON PORCH INTO HOUSE, CLOSES
DOOR LOOKS AROUND HOUSE. OLD WOMAN ENTERS WITH
COFFEE CUP, STARTLED TO SEE OLD ACQUAINTANCE, THEY
HAVE WORDS, ONE WOMAN TRYING TO STOP ANOTHER FROM
GOING UP STAIRS, WOMAN PUSHING ANOTHER OUT OF THE
WAY, THEY STRUGGLE, WOMAN CALLS FOR MAN SERVANT
FOR HELP, OTHERS COME IN HEARING LOUD VOICES, OLD
WOMAN ESCORTED UP STAIRS

CONSPIRATORS RUNNING OUT OF HOUSE, RUNNING AWAY

MAN JUMPS INTO GETAWAY CAR, OLD MAN SHOOTS AT CAR,
MISSES, JUMPS ON HORSE, DRIVER STOPS CAR, RUNS
INTO WOODS, OLD MAN ON HORSEBACK FOLLOWS ESCAPING
MAN ON FOOT

KILLER BEING HELD IN ROOM, MAN TRYING TO GET
SIGNED CONFESSION FROM HIM. KILLER ASKS MAN
TO "GIVE ME YOUR GUN WITH ONE BULLET & LET ME BE
ALONE FOR A FEW MINUTES & I'LL SIGN THIS & LEAVE
A NOTE SO YOU CAN FIND RITA" WANTS TO MAKE A
CONFESSION & KILL HIMSELF, COMMIT SUICIDE

CU OLD MAN WRITING NOTE, SLOWLY PICKS UP GUN
MAN WAITING OUTSIDE OF DOOR HEARS GUN SHOT,
THINKING MAN INSIDE HAS COMMITTED SUICIDE, OPENS
DOOR, FINDS NOTE "RITA WILL BE SAFE WITH ME"
REALIZES THAT HE WAS DUPED., MAN DIDN'T KILL
HIMSELF. HEARS WOMAN'S SCREAM FOR HELP OUTSIDE

KILLER STRUGGLING WITH WOMAN IN BARN, GOOD GUY
RUNS IN TO SAVE THE DAY, WRESTLES, STRUGGLES WITH
KILLER, ANOTHER BAD GUY ATTACKS FROM THE BACK, TWO
AGAINST ONE FIGHT IN BARN, CUTS TO BOUND AND
GAGGED WOMAN STRUGGLING TO FREE HERSELF FROM
BONDAGE

CU SHERIFF'S BADGE ZOOM OUT TO OLD MAN SHERIFF
ON TELEPHONE WITH HIS FEET UP ON DESK, HANGS UP
PHONE, DIPS PEN IN INK WELL, WRITES SOMETHING DOWN

TAPE ENDS