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02x07 - A Quiet Day in Dodge City

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp". Aired: September 6, 1955 – June 27, 1961.*
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Series is loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp.

02x07 - A Quiet Day in Dodge City

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♪♪

♪ Wyatt earp, wyatt earp ♪

♪ Brave, courageous and bold ♪

♪ Long live his fame,

And long live his glory ♪

♪ And long may his story

Be told ♪

The law-abiding element

In dodge city

Was a shame to

Their town's reputation

As the gomorrah

Of the western frontier.

That's why they hired

Wyatt earp to be their marshal

In , but it takes time

And money to civilize

A tough town.

The city fathers of dodge

Were understandably alarmed

When they heard that a reporter

For the great and influential

New york herald

Would be stopping off to write

A story about conditions.

As for marshal earp,

It would be a cruel test

Of his efficiency

As a peace officer.

Dozens of penny shockers

Have spread the bad name

Of dodge city

Throughout the land,

But if a correspondent

Of the new york herald

Could be impressed

By one quiet day...

So, this is the rip-roaring

Dodge city, eh?

Where's the dead man

They serve up for breakfast?

Mr. Jensen,

Welcome to dodge.

I'm george hoover,

The mayor.

Oh. How do you do?

And these gentlemen

Are council members kelly...

Sir.

Moffat...

How do you do?

Gail...

Hello.

And our marshal

Mr. Earp.

Howdy?

Well, the famous

Mr. Earp.

When's the sh**ting

Start, marshal?

Well, I kind of asked all

The boys to hold off on that

Until after you got here.

[Laughing]

I think the first

Thing on the program

Is breakfast.

Why, yes, yes,

At my house.

The rig's just

Across the street.

Thank you

Very much, sir.

Oh, isn't mr. Earp

Coming with us?

Well, of course.

Oh, thanks, but I've got

To feed my prisoners.

I'll see you later.

By all means. I'll

Expect an interview.

Marshal earp!

Marshal earp!

Fight, fight!

Mom says you'd better

Come in a hurry!

Shh, toby, toby,

Just not so loud.

But mom says you've

Got to step them from

Fighting, or she will.

All right,

All right now.

Who's fighting?

The dogs: bosco that

Belongs to mr. Willard

And avery that belongs

To mr. Sam donovan.

Mom says it's

Against the law,

And if you don't

Stop them, she'll do it

With a shotgun.

Where's the fight?

Behind the

Long branch saloon,

Right next

To our backyard.

I'll be with you

In a second.

Hurry, sir. You don't

Need to put on your coat.

Mom will get to sh**ting.

[Growling]

Get out! Shut up!

Didn't you men

Hear what I said?

Oh, no. It's her again.

I sent toby

For the marshal,

But if he don't come and

Stop it, I'll stop it.

Keep your temper,

Sarah.

Dog fighting is a sport,

Like boxing or any--

No, it ain't!

When men fight,

That's their business,

But sicking two

Poor dogs on each other,

That's dirty,

Mean and cruel.

Pay no attention, sam.

Are all the bets in?

[Barking]

All the bets down?

Come on, let's...

Form a circle, men!

Form a circle.

Spread out!

Spread out!

I want jack to get

The first barrel

And sam the other one.

Don't sh**t, mom!

I brought marshal earp!

Sorry, gentlemen.

No dogfights.

Yeah, why not?

'Cause you're

Disturbing mrs. Cullen,

And I don't like

Dogfights.

Oh? You just like to

Fight with g*ns, huh?

Well, I tell you,

Mr. Willard.

I don't mind

A good fistfight.

Why don't you and

Mr. Donovan fight?

I'll referee.

It's a good idea.

If you want your dogs to

Do the fighting for you,

Then you'd better go

Outside the city limits,

Where I can't stop you.

We'll have it

Some other time,

When nosy sarah

Ain't around.

And how about her

Threatening us

With that g*n,

Deacon earp?

Well, I'll tell you,

Mr. Donovan.

You can file a complaint,

But then I'd have to

Charge you with cruelty

To your dog.

Me, cruel to him?

You've been

Starving avery

To keep him in bad temper.

You just move along,

Mr. Donovan. I haven't

Finished my breakfast yet,

And I'm kind of

Bad-tempered myself.

You'd better put away

That g*n, mrs. Cullen.

Sure, mr. Earp, and

I thank you kindly.

It's just about time

For toby to get ready

For sunday school,

Isn't it?

Aw, mom, do I gotta?

Yes. Come on.

But mr. Earp needs me.

Something else might happen,

And I'm a special deputy

On saturdays and sundays,

Ain't i, mr. Earp?

Oh, you've been a mighty

Big help, mr. Toby.

No, he hasn't he goes

Galloping after you

Yelling bloody m*rder.

But mom!

There's a newspaperman

From new york in town.

Now, what will he

Think of us?

No chasing after

Mr. Earp today,

And not a yell

Out of you.

Yes'm. So long,

Mr. Earp.

I'll put you back on the force

Next weekend, toby.

Yes, sir.

Oh, thanks, tom.

Sure.

Nice quiet sunday,

Wyatt.

You can use one.

The whole town can use

One, especially today.

Oh, you're talking about

That newspaper fellow

Over at mayor hoover's

Huh?

Mm-hmm. The eyes

Of the new york herald

Are upon us.

Who cares

What they think?

Well, I'll let you in

On a little secret.

See, the city's trying

To borrow some money

And an awful lot

Depends on how much--

Marshal earp,

Marshal earp!

Uh-oh.

Gosh, mr. Earp. Didn't

You hear the fire bell?

It's old man

Caley's shed.

I saw the smoke,

Just as I started--

Toby.

For sunday school,

And the flames...

Yes, sir?

The fire department will

Take care of mr. Caley's shed.

Toby, why don't you

Stop dogging mr. Earp?

He started

One breakfast, then--

All right, all right.

The shed will burn

Clean down

Before they get those

Firemen collected.

Poor old man.

What?

Mr. Caley's in the shed,

Dead drunk.

Oh, excuse me

For mentioning it.

I know the shortest

Cut, sir!

You try and eat

The breakfast.

You stay here.

Don't try it,

Mr. Earp! You'll

Get burnt up!

[Men shouting]

Old man caley's

In the shed.

Marshal earp

Went in after him.

A darn fool stunt. Start

Dipping your buckets.

This is cool water,

Boys!

It's mighty hot

In there.

Guess I'll make a try

Getting earp out.

He's drunk, dead

To the world.

Let her burn, boys.

Save the water

In case the house

Starts to hot up.

All right, then.

We won't use it.

Mighty spunky work,

Marshal,

But you ought

To arrest him.

The third fire

He started this year.

It's "grand arsony," mr. Earp.

Ah, it's just

Too much to drink.

Now you keep him there.

Make him watch it burn.

Let his house burn, too,

Have a stronger effect.

Now don't you worry,

Mr. Caley.

They won't let

Your house burn.

You've still got

Plenty of time

To make sunday school.

What are you

Sore at me for?

I didn't yell fire

On the street.

I'm not sore.

You did a good deed.

Then I don't

Have to go.

I can coast maybe

Until next sunday.

Master toby, you are

In no state of grace

To allow any coasting.

But I helped you save

Mr. Caley and the shed!

Do you want me to

Cancel your appointment

As special deputy?

No, sir.

I'll go, I'll go.

Excuse me, mr. Jensen.

I'm sorry to keep you waiting.

Not at all, marshal.

Trouble in town?

Nothing like that.

Just a quiet normal day.

Excuse me. I'm going

To get myself

A little slicked up

For church.

Now, marshal. Aren't

You pulling my leg?

In what way,

Mr. Jensen?

All this talk about how quiet

And peaceful dodge city is.

I've had quite a bit of it

From your mayor and councilman.

Is this town

Really civilized?

Uh, no, sir, not yet.

How long have you been

Marshal here, mr. Earp?

Oh, about three months now.

How many men have you had

To k*ll in the line of duty?

Well, none, so far.

Really?

But there have

Been killings here,

Pitched g*n battles,

That sort of thing?

Oh, yeah, and a few

Killings and gunfights.

But this is just

A normal quiet day,

Not a shot fired since--

[g*nf*re]

Excuse me, mr. Jensen.

I'll be back in a minute.

Go on!

Hal, lock 'em up.

Come on, back here.

Drunk and discharging

Weapons in the street.

Those men were just

Showing off, mr. Jensen.

Well, nobody got hurt.

No. I wish you'd

Put that in your paper.

You know, % of all

The wildness in dodge

Is just bragging

And bluster like that.

You see it's--

Indians, indians!

Indians, mr. Earp!

A big bunch

Of dull knife's men

On the warpath.

It will be a "massacree!"

Reverend halcott

Sent everybody home

From sunday school, and--

Hold it.

Now, uh--

There's no truth

In this, is there, toby?

Yes, sir. There sure is.

They're right outside

The town, and they sent

A message to mayor hoover.

Are you sure?

There he is now,

And mr. Kelly. That

Will prove it.

Now, now, son.

It's all right.

I can't understand

This, wyatt.

A buffalo hunter

Brought it in.

He says there's

A w*r party of cheyennes

This side of the river.

Folks are getting

A little excited, wyatt.

Excited?

They're scared!

Mom's loading

The shotgun with slugs.

Yeah, they want to send

A powwow man into town.

Guess I'd better

Ride out there.

Alone? Oh, heaven

Save us all.

Mr. Jensen, I kind of

Like to have you

Go along with me

Out there.

Well, i...

Why, that's

Foolhardy, wyatt.

Why don't we let

The powwow man

Come in and say

What he has to say?

Because he wouldn't get

Yards down front street.

I don't think

There's too much risk

In it, mr. Jensen.

Anyway, I'd kind of

Like to have you see

How wild rumors

Run in our town.

Very well. Glad to

Accompany you, marshal.

Wyatt, you want

To get him k*lled

By indians?

If he's even scratched,

The new york herald--

Mr. Mayor, I take it

For granted that mr. Jensen

Is here to write

The truth about us,

Isn't that right,

Mr. Jensen?

That's right,

Mr. Earp.

Can we borrow

Your buggy?

Oh, and keep

Young toby here.

Dull knife

And his people

Are on the warpath,

You know.

Oh, we're friendly.

I helped mr. Cousin

And mr. Brother.

They're blood kin.

Dull knife promised

Safe conduct to me

And anybody with me.

The cheyennes

Out there know that?

I sure hope so.

You see.

Are your friends here?

No.

What's the trouble?

No trouble much.

My brother got arrow in leg.

He want white man's doctor.

Put him on a horse.

You sh**t him, huh?

No.

What is your name?

Earp. Wyatt earp.

Mr. Cousin of yellow hand

Say you are good man.

Is there also

Good white doctor?

Doc mccarthy.

Very good doctor.

I will put my brother

On horse.

I'm most grateful,

Mr. Earp.

This is the best

Story I've collected

On my travels,

Quiet and

No violence.

Way to miss church.

If you like that,

You'll be my guest

For dinner.

Thank you, but I doubt

If I'll have much

Of an appetite.

Indians scare me.

We've given them so many

Good reasons to sh**t.

Marshal earp! Marshal earp!

You'd better come quick.

It's frogface perkins

And mr. Kelly.

Frogface says he's going

To sh**t mr. Kelly,

And mr. Kelly,

He's got a g*n!

All right, all right.

Why don't you break it up?

Perkins ain't armed.

I figure it's a lot

Of talk.

No, it ain't.

There'll be a bloody

Gunfight, mr. Earp.

Toby, I think

Your mother wants you.

I'll take the indian

On over to doc mccarthy's.

Mr. Jensen, I'll see you

Over at the dodge house

In about ten.

And I say you're

A cheating squanderer,

Kelly!

You just hang on

To that g*n.

I'm going to get

My own g*n!

Whoa, mr. Perkins.

Now what's all this row

Between you and mr. Kelly?

He knows. Maybe

He'll tell you.

Let him go for his g*n,

Wyatt. I ain't running.

Now wait a minute.

Put that g*n up,

Mr. Kelly.

Now there's not going to be

Any gunfighting today.

If I catch either one

Of you with a g*n,

There's going to be

Trouble. You understand?

All right.

You're the law.

Councilman kelly.

I'm in the right

Of the quarrel!

Well, then fight it out

Some other day.

Just when I got this

Newspaperman thinking

We're half-civilized,

You go and bust loose.

Ah, I told george hoover

We can never hide what we are.

Let them new york papers

Print what they like.

Mr. Kelly, $ , is

A big loan in these days.

We won't get it.

But we might!

If jensen doesn't

Go and print us up

As a rowdy bunch.

Now I'm going to ask you

As a personal favor

Not to get

In any trouble today.

How about it?

Well, for what

Perkins called me,

I should blow

His gizzard out;

But I owe you the favor.

Thank you, mr. Kelly.

Erin go bragh.

Porterhouse steak,

Cents.

Roast of buffalo

Hump, cents.

Prairie chicken

Fricassee, cents.

I'll have to show

This menu to delmonico's

When I get back

To new york.

Oh, I recommend

The quail on toast.

It's very good.

But that's cents!

I don't want

To put on airs.

You get two whole quail,

One you can eat

With vegetables

And all.

Hmm. Well--

[g*nf*re and screaming]

Yes, it's just

A horse race.

I kind of wish

The boys wouldn't use

Front street though.

Well, sally, I'll start

With some oysters

And some quail on toast--

Marshal earp, marshal earp!

I thought I told you

That you were supposed--

It's a crooked race,

Mr. Earp.

The bardy rider fowled

The lazy acres pony.

Will you please

Go home?

Yes, sir,

But don't blame me

If the lazy acres

Go for their g*ns,

And if they don't k*ll

A few, the gamblers will.

But don't blame me.

You go ahead and order.

I'll be right back.

Shut up! Shut up!

Let him talk!

Our horse got fouled.

You hit him across

The face with your quart,

Just as he was

Going up past you.

[Shouting]

We won fair and square.

You lazy acres

Are just cry-babying to

Get out of paying the bets.

We ain't paying

No bets!

You know it well

That you're nuts.

We'll get our g*ns,

And then we'll collect.

We've got g*ns, too.

Let's get this settled!

Quit it! Quit it!

Now I don't know who is fouled,

And I don't care,

But I'm calling all bets off.

All right. Can we

Run the race over?

Next sunday.

What big-headed notion

Is this, earp?

You can't tell us

When--

Yes, I'm telling you.

Now, all bets are off,

And the race is postponed

One week. You understand?

Now break it up.

Go on!

Where's jensen?

Oh, he went

With mr. Kelly.

Went up to boothill

Just before dark.

Yeah, I reckon

They went back

To kelly's place

To have a drink.

Yeah.

Well, do you think

They put it over?

Hope so. You want

Some milk?

No, no. Well, it

Has been a quite day.

No killings, no gunfights

And only two arrests.

Yeah, well, we all tried

To sit on the lid.

Jensen couldn't write

Anything wild

And woolly about us.

Well, not yet, no, but

I'll sure be a lot happier

When he's on that night

Stage for kansas city.

Maybe you should've

Stayed with him, wyatt.

Well, he took quite

A shine to jim kelly.

Wish I had more

Confidence in jim.

Come on,

You like mr. Kelly.

Anyway, he's

What the newspapermen

Call a gullible

Personality.

Yes, that's right,

But--

Toby, are you still

Dogging mr. Earp around?

No, sir.

Well, there must

Be good news.

Whenever it's bad news,

He comes in on the gallop.

I guess it's good.

What do you mean,

Toby?

Well, I don't think frogface

Perkins could actually

k*ll mr. Jensen.

He might k*ll mr. Kelly,

But what's he got

Against mr. Jensen?

Well, come on out

With it. Did frogface

Have his g*ns?

Uh, g*n, yes, sir.

Well, then

What happened?

I mean,

Where are they?

Boothill cemetery.

Good heavens!

Tell us, boy.

Nothing much

To tell, I guess.

Frogface perkins

Sneaked up and

Climbed up boothill.

Well, then

What did they do?

Well, he said

He was going to

sh**t mr. Kelly

And then sh**t mr. Jensen

'Cause he'd be a witness,

But I don't think he'd

Actually sh**t mr. Jensen.

Well, how long ago

Was this?

Just before dark.

Good heavens above!

What happened after

Perkins put a g*n on him?

I don't know.

I got scared and ran.

It would soon be

Dark in boothill,

And that's

A scary place, and--

I wouldn't be scared

With mr. Earp along.

Is it all right,

If I go, too?

No, you go home,

And if I ever catch you

Running after

Mr. Earp again, I'll--

I'll send you

To reform school.

Reform school?

The reform school!

Oh, no.

Reform school...

Your time is

About up, kelly.

You're going

To buy a footstone

For my pal's grave.

Never! I spent all

The money you gave me

For the headstone,

And $ more.

Why, that headstone

Ain't worth no $ .

You're a no-good cheat, kelly.

You're the lowest

Skunking cheat there is,

Robbing the dead.

Mr. Perkins.

Yeah?

I see no need

For this morbid talk.

I don't defend

Mr. Kelly.

He's a stubborn

Irishman.

Ha-ha! You hear that, kelly?

But that's no

Reason for committing

Cold-blooded m*rder.

I'm reaching for money,

Not a g*n.

I don't want your money.

I want him to pay.

Not one red cent.

All right.

I'll give you seconds

To say a prayer.

Now start praying.

You start.

sh**t him, wyatt!

I ought to break

His arm.

Go ahead!

No. Stop it.

That wouldn't make

Nice reading in

The herald, mr. Earp.

No, I guess it

Wouldn't, mr. Jensen.

Come on, mr. Kelly.

Give me a hand over

To doc mccarthy's.

Get the scalp

Stitched up.

You're hooligans,

All of you.

Ruthless, brutal

Hooligans!

Listen to that now.

You keep frogface

From murdering

The both of us,

And he calls you names.

He'll change his mind

When he's had a chance

To think about it.

Hold on! Hold it!

I'll take a look

In your trunk rack,

If you don't mind.

Oh, it's you,

Mr. Earp.

You hold up stages

In your spare time?

I thought so.

Oh, mr. Earp.

Now come on.

Get out of there.

All right, willy.

Go on.

Giddy-up! Hee-yah!

Bye, mr. Jensen.

Now what did you think

You were doing?

Mayor hoover

Threatened to send me

To reform school.

Well, that's just

A joke, toby.

But what mr. Jensen...

Get to be an old man

And read about dodge city

In the history books, well,

There just won't be

Any quiet days at all.

Why?

Well, because

The quiet days,

The ones where people

Didn't do any fighting

Or k*lling or steal

Each other blind, well,

They just won't be counted

In the history books.

But doesn't

The good lord

Count them,

Mr. Earp?

Yes, toby.

He counts them.

♪ 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 ♪