LVIZ-186B

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

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