( Gasping )
Doc!
Gimme a hand.
Hold this.
Doc.
Doc, wake up.
Howdy, wyatt.
Oh.
How much have
You had to drink?
It should be emptier
Than that.
Wyatt.
Take a look here.
, In government bonds.
Count 'em.
I'll take your word
For it.
These are
From the robbery.
I want holliday arrested.
If you charge him,
I'll have to arrest him.
Did I hear him say
Something about a robbery?
- What is this?
- Not here.
Come on, doc.
We'll go over to my office.
♪ Wyatt earp, wyatt earp
♪ Brave, courageous and bold
♪ Long live his fame
♪ And long live his glory
♪ And long may
His story be told. ♪
Narrator:
Wyatt had been warned so often
About his friendship
With doc holliday that
The warnings merely
Bored him or increased
His loyalty to doc.
But when the wells fargo office
In tombstone was robbed
Of $ ,
And witnesses identified
Holliday as one of the robbers,
Wyatt's already difficult
Position in tombstone
Became more impossible.
Come on, doc.
Let's take a little walk.
That's a boy.
You want to sit down?
- Drink some more of this.
- No no.
- Doc?
- Hmm?
Doc.
Try to understand
What I'm gonna say.
Two men blew
The wells fargo safe.
They got away
With $ , .
$ , ?
Boy, wells fargo
Must be weeping
Big brass tears.
This isn't funny.
You were identified
As one of the robbers.
I was identified?
Witnesses said
They seen you.
How much did I get?
Well, we found five
$ , Government bonds
In your saddlebag.
No.
No, it couldn't
Have been me.
Now if there were two robbers
And I were one of them,
I'd have gotten at least
Half of that $ , .
In fact if I know
Myself at all,
My share would have been more
Than half of that money.
Doc, this ain't
No laughing matter.
- They're gonna send you
Up to prison.
- Yeah.
But right now I need
A drink and--
Some sleep...
Well, he does
Need to sleep.
Come on.
We'll take him over
To his hotel room.
Up.
Let's go out
The back way.
( Chuckles )
Yeah...
Cost me $ to put
Them clothes together.
Well, worth every cent of it.
Putting some mickey finns
In doc's liquor
Was smart too.
Why, he'll never know
What happened.
No, not until he wakes up.
Then he'll get caught
With them government bonds.
Well, what's our
Next move, ratsy?
Hide the money, then we
Go back to tombstone.
Tombstone?!
Not me.
You and me, both of us.
I aim to sit right there
In court till they send
Doc to prison.
Heh, I'm gonna laugh
Right in his face.
You finished playing poker
At about : over
In gayleyville
And headed back
For tombstone, right?
Yeah.
Somebody fixed
My drink.
I took a nap
Along the trail.
It was almost : before
I got into tombstone.
The robbery took place
At minutes to : .
That ruins
Your poker alibi.
That's right.
Looks like I'm a goner.
Who could have framed you?
This safe-blowing was
A good professional job.
They used drills
And nitroglycerin.
Not too many know
How to use it.
Yep.
I've played cards with a lot
Of safecrackers, wyatt.
Boy, they sure bet
Explosively.
Everything on three aces
Or a full house.
Look, will you start thinking
Seriously about this?
You're in trouble.
Now if you want me to help you,
I need a lead-- and a good one.
- True.
- Try to think who it was.
Somebody who hates you.
Somebody who's careful enough
To time things out
Just right.
And smart enough
To copy your clothes.
Wyatt, I've made
So many enemies
Over a period of time
It'd take me
A long long time
- To sort 'em out.
- ( Knocks )
- Who is it?
- It's shotgun.
Doc goodfellow says
That it might have been
Mickey finns.
But he says you're gonna have
To send it to kansas city
To get a chemical
Report.
- That'll take two
Or three weeks.
- Yeah.
Mr. Thacker's all het up.
He says you're gonna have
To keep doc in jail.
When's judge spicer
Get in?
This evening, I think.
I can keep doc
Incommunicado
For hours.
It's none
Of thacker's business
Where I have him.
And old man clanton's
Sitting downstairs in the lobby
A-waiting for you.
- He's mighty het up too.
- Clanton?
- What about?
- He didn't say.
Oh, doc, blinky davis sent
That there package to you.
Said him and the boys
All chipped in.
They want you to get
The best lawyer in town.
Blinky said he'd supply all
The witnesses you'd need.
Blinky davis,
That wonderful conniver.
Why, there must be
$ , Here, wyatt.
Every hoodlum in town
Must have chipped in.
"A love that passeth
All understanding," wyatt.
I need a sharp lawyer
And good witnesses
Who don't care how
They perjure themselves.
You can't pull that
On judge spicer.
Well, they're trying
To frame him!
You can call me as
A character witness.
Thank you, gibbs.
Now wait a minute!
I'm a marshal and
An officer of the court.
You can't rig a defense.
Doc, I told you before.
This is not a funny matter.
- Now you could get years!
- ( Chuckles )
Take it easy, wyatt.
I'm gonna be my own lawyer.
Shotgun, return this cash
With my thanks.
Well, if you say so, doc.
Wyatt, you better find out
Why old man clanton's
A-raring so.
Maybe he knows something.
Maybe he does.
You stay here with doc.
Don't let him drink anything.
I want him to think about
Who framed him.
You're not only
A john law.
You're a thick-headed
Sanctimonious john law.
I'm sorry you feel
That way, mr. Clanton.
You know blame well
Doc holliday ain't no thief.
Why, he cleaned out
The faro game and the poker game
At gayleyville last night.
If he had any money on him,
He won it honest.
- Well, he was framed,
Mr. Clanton.
- Framed?
That's right.
Two men pulled that job.
One of them was
Dressed like doc.
They spiked his liquor
And planted stolen
Government bonds on him.
Why, that's
The lowest-down trick
I ever heard of.
Doc's your friend.
You letting them
Get away with this?
I haven't got
Any leads yet.
Typical john law hogwash.
I'm gonna get a list
Of the names of the men that
Doc has had trouble with.
- That may lead us somewhere.
- Yeah.
You get them names,
But don't bother
With the kilt ones.
Just the ones that
Got back on their feet
And started hating him.
Why... Why are you
So interested in doc?
Well, there's only
Two people in this town
I got any use for:
Miss nellie cashman
And doc holliday.
And I ain't letting no passel
Of safecracking hoodlums
Frame doc.
Doc has got more friends
Than he thought he had.
Huh.
You send me them names.
And then keep outta my way.
Go sit in the shade
And polish that tin star.
I'll do some real police work.
Git up!
( Humming )
Now what do you got
To be humming about?
This affair
Amuses me, mr. Gibbs.
A term in prison
Makes you smile, does it?
Yep. Do you know
The meaning of the word
"Irony," gibbs?
- Nope.
- Well, when a man
Escapes punishment
For what he did
And gets punished
For what he didn't,
That's irony.
- The idea fidgets me.
- Hmm.
My sense of irony
Has not been
Entirely satisfied.
The jury should vote
To hang me.
Hush up talking
That way, will you, doc?
Hanging would be
My artistic end.
Probably what I deserve.
But instead I guess
They'll just let me
Sit out the rest of my days
In a prison cell.
Anticlimax is the word
For that, gibbs.
Ah well, what a day
I'll have in court.
I'm gonna be
My own lawyer.
Wyatt, you talk to him.
He just don't seem
To care no more.
Wyatt, do you think that
Old man clanton framed me?
No, he wants to help you.
Hmm, that's incredible.
First blinky davis
And now old man clanton
Wants to help me.
The reward
Of a misspent life.
Change your tune, doc.
You're a friend of mine,
What happens to you
I'm serious about.
All right.
You name the tune.
Just sit down,
Make out that list
Of all the men that
You've tangled with.
The dead ones too?
No, just the survivors.
Now think hard.
I want the time,
The places, names--
Everything you can
Think of.
Look, we're here
As cattle buyers.
We check our g*ns
And keep out of trouble.
- Two over here, bartender.
- Right away.
Let's see if there
Are any more.
Yes, there was a bank robber
By the name of...
Ratsy melbourne.
But he's kinda doubtful.
- Doubtful?
- Mm-hmm.
I sh*t at him
In van horn, texas,
About four
Or five years ago.
Why are you doubtful?
Well, I think he d*ed.
There wasn't time
To make sure.
Write him down.
I'll take you
On over to the jail.
I don't want
Thacker complaining.
What are you gonna do
With this list?
I'll send a copy of it
To clanton. He'll know
Most of these hoodlums
And where they are now.
Come on.
That's what I said.
You know what I'm
Talking about.
And you owe me $ !
Are you calling me
A liar?
You're a liar
And a horse thief!
sh**t:
We were just standing,
Talking and having a drink
And he got in an argument
Because I just asked him
For some money he owed me.
He drew first, marshal.
Honest he did.
It was self-defense,
That's what it was.
My friend, do you know
Old man clanton?
I ought to,
I work for him.
You tell clanton that
Ratsy melbourne is in town.
Also tell him that
The message comes from
Dr. John h. Holliday.
For $ I'll raise
Plenty of dust.
The other one d*ed.
I thought I told you
To wait in the jail.
You did, but I met
An old acquaintance.
Come on.
Let's go.
- Evening, wyatt.
- Howdy, judge.
Looks like
You had an expl*si*n at
The wells fargo office.
Yes sir, we did.
I'd like to talk to you
About it.
All right,
Supper can wait.
Wyatt, your friendship
With doc holliday
Has been the one mistake
Of your career.
Your friends have been worried
About it for a long time.
I know what you're going
To say, and loyalty is
An admirable trait.
Well, doc has been
Loyal to me.
He saved
My life in dodge.
Look, judge, I'm going
To ask you one simple favor:
A continuance of the case
For a few weeks.
It's going to take time
To trace doc's enemies.
I can't give it to you--
For your own sake.
I don't care
What people say.
Let 'em talk!
Well, I do!
This is a hoodlum town.
And there are only a handful
Of decent people on our side.
If we give them the idea
That the law
Is granting favors
To doc holliday,
We'll lose even
The support of them.
Doc holliday goes
On trial tomorrow.
I took an oath
To serve the law.
Yes sir, so did i.
There's one other thing.
We've got doc under guard
In his hotel room.
You know
He's a very sick man.
Well, the court will
Stretch a point there.
He could get out
On bail anyway.
- Thank you, sir.
- Warn him not to try
Any tricks.
- Tricks?
- Cook up evidence,
Phony alibis,
Hoodlum testimony.
Judge, the hoodlums
Gave doc $ ,
To hire a lawyer
And provided him
With alibi witnesses.
- He gave the money back.
- Huh, that's a surprise,
I must say.
Well, doc is a very
Strange man.
He's lived with death
For a long time.
He's the one absolutely
Fearless character I know.
I think he wants
To be convicted.
Why?
His last grim joke
On the law--
Die in prison
With his boots off,
Chuckling.
I reckon you boys know
The job we got to do.
Ratsy melbourne
Framed doc holliday
And I aim to catch up with ratsy
And make him tell the truth.
Wyatt earp couldn't
Do that in years.
It takes the clantons, by joe,
To see that justice is done.
We're going to tombstone.
Doc?
One moment.
- Now, sir?
- I just talked
To judge spicer.
You go on trial
In the morning.
All right.
Your move.
Wait a minute.
Now spicer isn't
Going to be prejudiced,
But he's gonna be tough.
That jury's going to be
Loaded with prominent citizens.
Naturally.
Then you hire a lawyer and keep
Your own mouth shut.
I appreciate
Your advice, sir,
But the answer
Is no.
Doc, you're gonna
Get them folks
All riled up.
I wouldn't miss this
For anything in the world.
Too bad I can't win.
It's your move.
You know, this is
Really living, hoss.
Yes sir.
In about two hours we'll be
Sitting at doc's trial.
( Chuckles )
You know, I bet doc
Gets years.
Well, years
Will be enough.
- He can't live
That long in prison.
- ( Knocks )
See who that is.
- Who is it?
- N.h. Clanton.
Open up.
It's old man clanton.
Let him in.
Hey, what's the idea?
You lowdown wicked scum.
What'd I do to you?
Framing doc holliday.
You oughta be k*lled right here.
Of all the--
You're a good one
To be lecturing me,
You cattle-rustling
Old buzzard.
- Take him!
- Come on.
I never framed nobody
In my whole life.
It takes a mean criminal type
Like you, ratsy,
To even think
Of such a skunky trick.
- Who says I framed doc?
- I say it.
And before we're finished,
You'll say it,
Right out in court.
Oh, you think so?
( Grunts )
Take 'em out
The back way.
- Come on.
- The livery stable's
More private.
Iffen I was you,
Ratsy, I'd talk.
You ain't me.
All right,
Swing him.
Let's go.
That's high enough.
You can't get away
With this.
- There's some law
In tombstone.
- Oh sure.
A button-head name
Of wyatt earp's over
At the courthouse now
Trying to hang doc holliday
For what you fellas done.
- Ratsy?
- I hear ya.
Time we get
Through with you...
You-- you can't
t*rture us
Into confessing.
- It ain't legal.
- Legal?
I ain't legal.
That's how come I can
Do better police work
Than wyatt earp.
( Blows )
You're--
You're bluffing.
Bluffing?
Hmm.
Well now, I ain't
Dressed a hog since...
Hmm, could be five,
Six years ago.
I might be
A bit rusty,
But anyhow, lower him down
To hog-dressing height.
That's good, that's good.
Now let's see--
Don't!
No no, I give up!
R-ratsy's schemed
The whole thing.
( Whimpering )
All right, boys.
Let's let hoss down.
We'll start
On ratsy.
The prosecution will
Show that the defendant,
Dr. John h. Holliday,
Was seen leaving
The wells fargo
Express office
By reputable witnesses.
Further we will show
That when the defendant
Was arrested
He had five
$ , Government bonds
In his saddlebag.
Now, your honor,
The serial numbers
On these bonds prove
That they were among those
Taken from the wells fargo
Shipment.
And finally, we will show
That the defendant
Could not account
For his whereabouts
Both before
And after the robbery.
- Thank you.
- ( Murmuring )
Dr. Holliday?
- Yes sir?
- You are appearing
As your own counsel?
Do you have
An opening statement?
I most certainly do.
I move the court
Declare a mistrial.
On what grounds, sir?
The law provides that a man
Charged with a crime
Be tried by a jury
Of his peers.
That is correct.
Are these men my peers?
I know each
And every one of them,
And I say this to the court,
That they are swine,
Incapable of weighing
The law or the evidence.
( Onlookers laughing )
In fact, your honor,
I doubt if half this jury
Could weigh pounds
Of hominy grits
- Without tampering
With the scales.
- ( Laughter )
That will do, sir.
Your opinion of the jury
Is irrelevant
And immaterial,
Dr. Holliday.
You have failed to challenge
One venireman.
All donkeys look alike
To me, your honor.
( Laughter )
And speaking of donkeys,
I should like to refresh
The court's memory
Of what peter the great said
About lawyers.
The court
Is not interested.
A judge is supposed
To be a lawyer
And he should
Be interested.
- ( Laughing )
- That's enough!
Any further disturbance
And I will clear the court!
When peter the great was
Visiting london, he said,
"I have but two lawyers
In my kingdom.
I mean to hang one
Of them when I get home."
( Laughter )
- You want them to hang you?
- The court will tolerate
No more remarks
From this defendant.
An opening statement
Is to be confined
To what the defendant
Believes he can prove.
Now is there anything you can
Prove in your own defense, sir?
Yes sir.
I was framed.
And I expect to prove it.
Well, do you have
Any reputable witnesses
To support your claim?
I'll take their word
Against any witnesses
For the prosecution.
Indeed, sir.
Your honor,
My defense depends
Upon the testimony
Of hoodlums.
I wouldn't have it otherwise.
A good honest hoodlum is
The noblest work of the devil.
His lesser creations turn
Into judges and juries.
Marshal earp,
Clear the court.
All right, get out.
Come on.
Dr. Holliday,
The jury has found you
Guilty of grand theft.
There has been no
Recommendation for mercy.
However the court is willing
To hear medical testimony
As to your physical
Condition,
If you choose
To present it.
My physical condition
Is excellent.
And my spiritual condition
Is better than any legal
Blatherskite
In this country,
Including you, sir.
Very well.
I shall pronounce sentence.
( Rattles )
- What's the meaning of this?
- Will you hush up?
I brung you
The two varmints
What robbed wells fargo
And framed doc holliday.
Swear 'em in,
They'll tell the truth.
Mr. Clanton, have these men
Been under any duress?
Duress?
What's that?
- Have they been manhandled
Or threatened?
- Why!
How about it, ratsy?
No sir, we're confessing
Of our own free will.
But you gotta keep him away
From us until we're safe
In prison.
Mr. Earp,
Remove the prisoners.
Yes sir.
Well, doc,
You had horseshoes
In both your pockets?
I couldn't help you
And it was only
By the slimmest chance
That clanton could.
Now one of these fine days
One of your hoodlum
Friends-turned-enemies
Is gonna k*ll you.
Please, deacon, no sermon.
Like I said before,
Not while I'm enjoying myself.
♪ Well, he cleaned up
The country ♪
♪ The old wild west country
♪ He made
Law and order prevail ♪
♪ And none can deny it
♪ The legend of wyatt
♪ Forever will live
On the trail ♪
♪ Wyatt earp, wyatt earp
♪ Brave, courageous and bold
♪ Long live his fame
♪ And long live his glory
♪ And long may
His story be told ♪
♪ Long may his
Story be told. ♪