Have Gun - Will Travel : Chan
Genre: Western
Director: Frank Darabont
Writer: Dwight Gallo
Based on the television series
Cast: Walton Goggins, Benedict Wong, Adrianne Palicki, Ben Cross, Luke Kirby, David Caruso, Jason Scott Lee, Julia Ling, Richard Brake and Ken Hudson Campbell
Plot: Paladin (Walton Goggins) returns to the Hotel Charlemagne and sits down in the cafe area and waits for Chan to come with his daily coffee and the newspaper. Helena Pervis (Adrianne Palicki) greets him and says it's been a while. Paladin concurs, but is obviously getting impatient without his coffee and newspaper. After waiting a while, Paladin gets up and goes to see Charlemagne (Ben Cross) in his office. Paladin asks him where Chan is, but Charlemagne doesn't know and says that Chan has not come in for work the last couple days. Concerned, Paladin asks Charlemagne for Chan's home address.
When Paladin arrives at Chan's apartment, no one answers the door. He leaves and a young Chinese woman, Kim Li (Julia Ling) emerges. She walks to the Mandarin Galleries Chinese import shop, unaware that Paladin is following her. The owner of the shop, Wei Chung (Jason Scott Lee), escorts Kim in and has her go into the back of the store. Paladin comes in and looks through the shop's wares, then asks Wei Chung for information on Chan. Wei Chung says he hasn't seen Chan recently. Paladin then heads into the back of the store, against the protests of Wei Chung. He invites the girl to come out of hiding, announcing that he knows she is Chan's sister.
Frank Pervis (Luke Kirby) sits at a bar across from Paul Pilate (David Caruso). Pervis asks what it is Pilate is seeking to hire him to do. Pilate asks Pervis to be his eyes and ears inside the Hotel Charlemagne, especially in relation to the comings and goings of Paladin. Pervis says that Pilate is asking a lot of him, and Pilate tells him he will be handsomely rewarded.
Wei Chung tells Paladin that Chan is looking for his brother Sung. The family had to borrow money to come to China, and Kim Li entered into a marriage arrangement with an elderly merchant to pay off her debt. The railroad company paid to bring Sun over in return fora contract of employment. Sung informed Chan that the superintendent of the railroad has been cheating the Chinese workers out of their wages, and not long later Chan received a letter informing him of Sung's death in a railroad accident. Chan was furious and headed out to locate the superintendent, Maury Travis, to find out what really happened.
Frank Pervis visits his wife Helena at the Hotel Charlemagne. She's excited to see him after another long business trip. They have sex in their room. Afterward, Helena tells Frank that she wants to have a baby. He tells her that a hotel is no place to raise a baby. Helena gets frustrated and gets out of bed. She says that he had promised her that the stay at the Hotel Charlemagne was meant to be temporary while he made hay while the sun shined and saved up enough money. Frank gets up too and starts getting dressed. He changes the subject and asks if she has seen Paladin around the hotel lately. She tells him that he's been away, but was back at the hotel earlier that day for a while. Frank asks if she knows if he's around currently. She says she thinks he left town again for business, or at least went out to blow off some steam after Chan never brought him any coffee. She asks why Frank cares so much about Paladin all of a sudden, and Frank tells her he was simply hoping to conduct some business with him.
Paladin travels to the railroad line outside Sacramento where he visits Travis' office. He looks on as Maury Travis (Richard Brake) tells his foreman Brady (Ken Hudson Campbell) to force the workers onto the next shift to make up for lost time. Travis then notices Paladin and invites him into the office to talk. Paladin present his business card and tells the superintendent that someone is going to try and kill him and offers to protect him for the right price. Travis says this already happened earlier that day when a Chinese man came to the office and attacked him with a knife. He was going to kill the man, but the sheriff arrived and arrested him instead. Paladin is preparing to leave when Travis tells him that despite what someone may have claimed, Sung was killed in an accident and there was nothing suspicious about it. As Paladin leaves, he warns Travis that the Chinese have long memories.
When Paladin arrives at Chan's apartment, no one answers the door. He leaves and a young Chinese woman, Kim Li (Julia Ling) emerges. She walks to the Mandarin Galleries Chinese import shop, unaware that Paladin is following her. The owner of the shop, Wei Chung (Jason Scott Lee), escorts Kim in and has her go into the back of the store. Paladin comes in and looks through the shop's wares, then asks Wei Chung for information on Chan. Wei Chung says he hasn't seen Chan recently. Paladin then heads into the back of the store, against the protests of Wei Chung. He invites the girl to come out of hiding, announcing that he knows she is Chan's sister.
Frank Pervis (Luke Kirby) sits at a bar across from Paul Pilate (David Caruso). Pervis asks what it is Pilate is seeking to hire him to do. Pilate asks Pervis to be his eyes and ears inside the Hotel Charlemagne, especially in relation to the comings and goings of Paladin. Pervis says that Pilate is asking a lot of him, and Pilate tells him he will be handsomely rewarded.
Wei Chung tells Paladin that Chan is looking for his brother Sung. The family had to borrow money to come to China, and Kim Li entered into a marriage arrangement with an elderly merchant to pay off her debt. The railroad company paid to bring Sun over in return fora contract of employment. Sung informed Chan that the superintendent of the railroad has been cheating the Chinese workers out of their wages, and not long later Chan received a letter informing him of Sung's death in a railroad accident. Chan was furious and headed out to locate the superintendent, Maury Travis, to find out what really happened.
Frank Pervis visits his wife Helena at the Hotel Charlemagne. She's excited to see him after another long business trip. They have sex in their room. Afterward, Helena tells Frank that she wants to have a baby. He tells her that a hotel is no place to raise a baby. Helena gets frustrated and gets out of bed. She says that he had promised her that the stay at the Hotel Charlemagne was meant to be temporary while he made hay while the sun shined and saved up enough money. Frank gets up too and starts getting dressed. He changes the subject and asks if she has seen Paladin around the hotel lately. She tells him that he's been away, but was back at the hotel earlier that day for a while. Frank asks if she knows if he's around currently. She says she thinks he left town again for business, or at least went out to blow off some steam after Chan never brought him any coffee. She asks why Frank cares so much about Paladin all of a sudden, and Frank tells her he was simply hoping to conduct some business with him.
Paladin travels to the railroad line outside Sacramento where he visits Travis' office. He looks on as Maury Travis (Richard Brake) tells his foreman Brady (Ken Hudson Campbell) to force the workers onto the next shift to make up for lost time. Travis then notices Paladin and invites him into the office to talk. Paladin present his business card and tells the superintendent that someone is going to try and kill him and offers to protect him for the right price. Travis says this already happened earlier that day when a Chinese man came to the office and attacked him with a knife. He was going to kill the man, but the sheriff arrived and arrested him instead. Paladin is preparing to leave when Travis tells him that despite what someone may have claimed, Sung was killed in an accident and there was nothing suspicious about it. As Paladin leaves, he warns Travis that the Chinese have long memories.
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