The life and legend
Of wyatt earp
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( Men vocalizing )
♪ 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: the life and
Legend of wyatt earp.
Narrator: yuma prison
In the s
Was a notorious
Hole of misery.
Convicts inside
And prisoners
Being transported there
Desperately risked
Their lives to escape.
And when they did,
Territorial authorities
Hired apache renegades
To track them down.
The apaches however
Did not capture.
They k*lled to collect
The reward money.
This state of affairs
Was brought forcibly
To the attention of
Marshal wyatt earp.
Take one more step--
Now you mustn't sh**t
Our sheriff, ma'am
This is tom grover's wife, earp.
I guess I should
Arrest her,
But for old times' sake,
I think I'll
Just forget it.
Oh, that's good
Of you, john behan.
You frame my husband,
And now you have the nerve
To talk of old times.
Oh, if you'll excuse me,
I guess I'd better
Get back to court.
I think the jury's
Gonna come in.
Can I get you
Some water
Or something?
No thank you.
I've got to get
Back over there
And be with tom.
Mrs. Grover?
Mind if I come along?
You can't help us now,
Marshal earp.
I begged tom
To tell you about
This whole
Rotten frame up.
He said you were
A federal officer
And you couldn't do
Anything about a county matter.
Well, that's true.
But I don't
Like frame ups.
Come on.
Mr. Grover,
If you will
Approach the bench.
The jury has
Found you guilty.
( Crowd clamoring )
( Gavel pounding )
Mr. Grover,
During the course
Of this trial,
You have made
Various references
To a frame up.
Now the court would like
To hear this evidence
Before sentence
Is passed.
Well, sir.
In the first place,
The prosecution's
Main witness.
That old drifter,
Pat few.
That whiskey sot
Was paid to come here
And testify
Against me.
( Crowd murmurs )
The court must have
Actual evidence, mr. Grover.
The jury believed
Mr. Few.
Unless you can
Prove your claim,
His testimony
Must be accepted.
Tom, don't say
Anything more.
They'll k*ll you.
Young woman,
You will take a seat.
Out there.
Mrs. Grover.
Boys.
Mr. Grover,
There are certain
Aspects of this trial
With which the court
Is not completely satisfied.
But in the absence
Of legal testimony
Supporting your charges,
The court is helpless
To intervene.
The jury's verdict stands.
You are sentenced to
Three years in yuma prison.
( Crowd chattering )
Mr. Behan,
Remove the prisoner.
This court is adjourned.
Let's go, grover.
Tom.
I'm sorry,
Mrs. Grover.
Mrs. Grover.
I've heard enough
To think that
You folks
May be right.
I'm gonna have
A talk with the judge
And then I'm gonna
See your husband.
Pat few was driving
Tom grover's
Freight wagon
From contention city.
Now he testified
That grover ordered him
To leave the freight wagon
Off the trail.
That means that
Tom was responsible
When the wagon
And its load of silver ore
Disappeared.
Pat few hasn't got
The best of reputations,
Your honor.
I know.
But the defense couldn't
Shake his story.
Did you know
That johnny behan
Was personally
Involved in this?
Personally involved?
What do you mean?
Well, mrs. Grover
Was a dancehall girl
And belonged
To behan.
He and tom grover fell out
When she chose tom.
Also seem to recall
That grover and he
Had some sort of a
Lawsuit in prescott.
Grover didn't mention
Behan during the trial.
Would you say anything
Against the sheriff
If he had a good chance
Of going to yuma prison?
I try not to
Believe the stories
Those convicts tell
About that prison.
Well, they happen
To be true.
Matter of fact,
A lot of prisoners
Never reach yuma.
I've wondered
What happened to them
For a long time.
Maybe this is
My chance to find out.
( Door opens, closes )
Hold on, earp.
I hope you don't
Take too much stock
In what beth grover
Says.
No. Not necessarily.
Well, I warned her
Not to marry that
Hotheaded fool.
Ran his freight business
Right into the ground.
Finally got down
To one wagon,
So he had to steal.
Just as simple
As that.
Well, I have no jurisdiction
In ore theft, johnny.
It's your case.
I tried to have behan
Investigated in prescott
To expose his connection
With the percent ring.
I even appealed
To the governor.
Well, I'm sure it got back
To the ring in tucson
And they ordered
Behan to frame me.
Well, that ties
It up, mr. Grover.
Look, I don't want
Behan to catch me
Talking to you.
I'll send a very
Important message
To you
By your wife.
Now, marshal...
Thanks for anything
You can do.
( Knocking on door )
Who is it?
Wyatt earp.
Thank you.
You saw the judge
And tom?
Yes.
There's nothing
The judge can do
Unless there's
Legal evidence.
But there's a lot
Your husband can do.
Leg irons with
An armed guard.
I've heard how they
Let prisoners escape
And then pay
Renegade indians
To track them down
And k*ll them.
Well, everybody has
Heard those stories,
Mrs. Grover.
We have to try
And prove it.
How?
The prison wagon
Will be here tonight
To take mr. Grover
And two other prisoners
Through the desert
To benson.
He'll be put on
A train there
For the trip
To yuma prison.
I'll be following
That wagon.
Following the wagon
Is one thing.
How will that help tom?
Sheriff behan will
Let you talk to your husband
Before he leaves.
You warn him not
To try to escape.
Do you understand?
It's very important
That he stay
With the wagon.
I think I see.
But shouldn't you
Take a posse
Or at least
A couple of deputies?
No. No, they
Won't bother him
On the desert as long
As he doesn't try to escape.
They'll have to wait
Until they get him
To yuma prison.
Now remember,
It's very important
That he doesn't try
To escape.
Ready for you, sheriff.
How many this time?
Three.
Three hobbles,
Dugan.
All right.
Come on.
Come along.
Better watch this one.
He doesn't think he
Should go to yuma.
Oh, yuma ain't so bad.
Hey, bucko.
I heard preachers tell
About a worse place.
( Laughs )
It's an old joke,
Dugan,
But it still
Tickles me.
You know grover,
It's too bad
Beth couldn't be here
To say good-bye to you,
But don't you worry.
I'll take real good
Care of her.
( Grunts )
All right.
Hold it. Hold it.
Easy, sheriff.
You can't sh**t
A prisoner.
Well, at least not
In front of your own jail.
( Chuckles )
Dugan,
You're a card.
Get those two
In the wagon.
Get the leg irons
On him.
( Shouts )
And keep your
Eye on this one.
He'll escape
The first chance he gets.
Don't worry
About him, sheriff.
Take him away.
All right,
Move.
Your first
Trip to yuma?
Did you say
Something?
I said "is this
Your first trip
To yuma?"
Yeah.
Me and baxter already
Been there once.
Yeah.
And we ain't going back.
Not so loud,
Baxter.
I want them
To hear it.
Hey, guard.
Guard!
Shut up in there.
You make me.
We ain't going
Back to yuma!
Shut up,
You fool.
We ain't going back,
You hear me?
We ain't going
Back to that hole!
We ain't gonna go back!
No we ain't!
That baxter.
We ought to take him back...
( Mutters )
Yep.
Though we got orders.
They still think they
Can b*at the desert
And the apaches?
Well, it's better
Than dying in solitary
With your ribs
Kicked in.
That's the way
I feel about it,
Bucko.
We let them escape.
We're doing
A good deed.
Yeah, a good deed.
( Whimpers )
Easy, easy.
Oh, thanks, friend.
You shook me
Out of a bad dream.
I was in a rock quarry
In yuma
And five guards
Was--
What was they
Hitting me with?
Keep your voice down.
What's bothering you?
I don't want
You and baxter
To try to escape.
You've been hearing some
Of those ghost stories?
No, it's the truth,
Moody.
( Scoffs )
That's just talk
Spread around yuma
To scare the convicts.
- No.
- Whoa.
( Murmurs )
Why are we stopping?
I don't know.
All right,
Cut out the talking
And wiggle out
Of that wagon.
What for?
Because dugan and me
Want to eat and take
A nap.
Get over there.
Don't get any ideas
About running off now.
Just take a good look
At that desert.
It's miles to water
In any direction.
Sunup's at : .
Heat comes to
Degrees in an hour.
And...
The sun will fry
Your brains out.
And the apaches
Tracking you
Will tear the top
Of your head off
Along with
Your scalp.
So that's about
All there is to it.
Now drink all you want
Out of the waterhole,
But there ain't nothing
For you to eat.
All right, come on, bucko,
I'm hungry.
Quick fretting about
Them escaping.
They've got sense.
Don't get any ideas
About grabbing the canteens
Or the horses either.
All right, go ahead.
Get your water.
He's asleep.
I'll get
The horses, huh?
Forget the horses.
Drink all the water you can.
Don't you understand
They want us to escape?
Come with us or stay.
We don't care.
I'd hate to see you
Turn yourselves into
Buzzard bait.
You ain't coming?
No, he thinks he's
Gonna like it in yuma.
Come on, let's go.
Get out of the way.
( Chuckles )
- Moody.
- What?
I've get something
Else to tell you.
A john law
Friend of mine
Is on his way
Here to help us.
Yeah.
Yeah, sure.
( Grunts )
Take off.
Hey, bucko.
Bucko, look at this.
The others went away,
But he stayed.
What's the idea,
Grover?
I don't want to be
m*rder*d by your apaches.
He's got to be
Took care of.
He's the one the boss
Wants took care of in
Particular.
Why don't you
Give me a g*n?
Then you can say
I tried to escape.
( Chuckles )
Too risky.
Start running.
No.
Guess I'll have to
Plug him in the side.
That'll be good enough.
Yeah.
( Shouts )
Lift 'em.
Take their g*ns.
( Groans )
Any sign of apaches?
Guess they're tracking
Baxter and moody.
They ran off.
You ain't got no right
sh**ting a prison guard.
Yeah, that's right.
I mean, we're
Officers of the law
Same as you.
Just one small
Difference,
I don't go around
sh**ting prisoners.
Mr. Earp, if we hurried,
We might be able to
Save baxter and moody.
We'll let them roam around
Out there for a while.
The apaches don't
Start tracking
Until after they
Talk to the guards.
You mean they're
Coming here?
That's right.
You any good with a r*fle?
Fair.
When they do get here,
You aim at their legs.
I want those
Indians alive.
Patch up that prison guard
And put him in irons.
( Murmuring )
Throw 'em down!
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Mr. Earp.
I guess I'll reach
Yuma prison alive.
No.
I sort of
Promised your wife
You wouldn't go there.
You what?
I don't understand.
You don't have any
Jurisdiction in my case.
I do now.
Those indians are wards
Of the federal government.
As a united states
Deputy marshal
I can now investigate
The plan to m*rder you.
Will they talk?
Maybe.
Maybe not.
But pat few may decide
To tell judge spicer
Why he purged himself.
Now why would
He do that?
Mr. Grover, I want you
To drive that wagon
To bubble and squeak.
You know what it is?
Yeah, the big spring
At the base of mustang
Mountain trail.
That's right.
You wait there in
The shade for me.
Here. Pin this on.
I'm deputizing you.
You have any idea
Where I can find
That real good
Friend of yours,
Pat few?
Oh, he drives a freight wagon
For arizona transport.
That's behan's company,
You know.
No, I didn't know.
Behan's got his hand
In everything, hasn't he?
Well, I'll bring pat.
See you there by dark.
Marshal?
Whatever happens
With pat few is
Fine with me.
But I still don't think
We should leave baxter
And moody out there.
Perhaps they
Deserve to die,
But not that way.
Well, pat and I
Will track them.
I'll see you at
Bubble and squeak.
- Howdy.
- Howdy.
This is the arizona
Transport company,
Isn't it?
Yeah.
I'm looking for
One of your drivers.
Fella by the name
Of pat few.
Well, what do you
Want with pat?
Well, tom grover,
The man that he
Testified against
Last week in tombstone,
Has escaped.
Sheriff behan sent me
To warn mr. Few
And to guard him.
Oh, grover escaped,
Did he?
- That's right.
- That's bad.
That's awful bad.
You think he'll be
After old pat?
Well, might be.
You know where
I can find him?
Well, you're lucky.
He's about minutes
Down the trail
Towards contention city.
Well, fine.
Thank you very much.
Much obliged.
You're coming with me,
Mr. Few.
Well, what have I done?
You can't arrest me, earp.
You're gonna be my witness
In a federal case.
Now get down and unhitch
One of those horses
And climb aboard.
Well, all right.
No water.
You make the rest
Of the trek on foot.
You think I'm going
Out there in that desert
With grover and two
Escaped convicts out there?
Now let the horses drink.
Not you.
Bring your animal
Up here.
Come on, candy.
Earp!
Earp.
Hold on.
I gotta rest a minute.
You can't do that.
Here.
Take a look over there.
You see that?
Huh?
Nothing but sand.
It's a sandstorm.
Come on, we gotta try to
Make those rocks over there.
Come on.
Earp. Earp!
Where are you?
Earp.
Earp!
Don't leave me.
I'll make it right.
I'll tell the judge.
Come back!
I didn't mean to lie,
So help me I didn't.
They said they'd k*ll me.
I'll tell the judge!
( Whimpers )
Pat few has confessed
To perjury
And has been sentenced
To nine months in jail.
Mr. Grover,
You are a free man.
( Cheering )
Order.
Order in the court.
Well, the court
Must advise you
To use every precaution
To avoid repetition of
This kind of thing.
Well, they'll try to
Frame me again, sir.
So we've decided
To leave arizona.
We're going back to
Nebraska, your honor.
I see.
This court is adjourned.
( Crowd chattering )
Once again, marshal,
Our sincerest thanks.
Too bad mr. Few
Wouldn't admit
To being paid
For perjuring himself.
He'd have been k*lled
If he did.
I suppose he would.
Sad state of affairs.
How are you
Going to make out
With the indians
And those two guards?
Well, I'm taking them
To the federal court
In benson.
They're gonna try
And lie out of it,
Of course.
But I think I can
Persuade the governor
To investigate
That warden in yuma.
Put a stop to the use
Of indian trackers.
I'm convinced that they
Let the prisoners escape
So the indian trackers
Could k*ll them
And the guards would
Split the reward money.
( Chuckles )
It's rather discouraging,
Isn't it?
The law moves
Slowly, judge.
You know that.
An inch one day.
Two the next.
Just as long as
We keep it moving.
♪ 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.
( Beeping )