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02x29 - Young g*n

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.

02x29 - Young g*n

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You're under arrest,

Mr. Craig.

I tried to be on your side,

Mr. Earp.

But you wouldn't let me.

Now I'm against you.

And you ain't gonna take me.

Yes, I am, boy.

All right, then.

We might as well

Find out right now

How good I really am.

[Ominous vocalization]

[g*n fires]

♪ 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,"

Starring hugh o'brian.

[Narrator]

Before wyatt earp had been

Marshal of dodge city

For very long,

His fame had spread

Throughout the west.

But fame,

As wyatt found out,

Is a coin with two sides.

It is both a reward

And a punishment.

It brings trouble

And carries responsibility.

It was wyatt earp's fame

That brought the boy

Jimmy craig to dodge city.

Hey, gabe,

Will you look at that.

Hey, son, where's this g*n

Taking you?

Right to break his leg,

Might'n to.

[Laughter]

Hey, ed,

Here's a gunslinger for you.

Something on your mind,

Mister?

I was just wonderin', son,

What man it is that you're

Planning to use that thing on.

Your old man know

You got a g*n, sonny?

You trying to pick a fight

With me, mister?

Now, son,

I'm a peaceable man.

Do you know

Who this is, son?

That's ed beatty.

Not even grown men

Pick fights with him.

[Laughter]

I don't care who he is.

He can't make fun of me.

Sonny, I think that g*n's

Gone to your head.

You better take it back

Where you found it.

This is my g*n.

And I can use it.

Yeah, I bet.

Even get it out

Of the holster without

sh**ting yourself, probably.

You want to try me?

I'd like to oblige you, son,

But you see

I'm not wearing g*ns.

There's a law in this town.

You gotta check 'em.

I'm a law abiding man.

You can get 'em.

I'll meet you

Any place you say.

Take my advice, boy.

Get rid of that cannon

Before you get yourself hurt.

I'll take that.

Glad you arrived,

Marshal.

He's a real dangerous

Character.

Didn't have to laugh at him,

Beatty.

Why not?

It's kinda funny.

[Laughter]

All right,

Go on about your business.

All of you.

Don't be too hard on him,

Wyatt.

He probably ain't k*lled

More than a few.

He ain't hardly had time.

Yeah.

[Laughter]

Wyatt?

Are you wyatt earp?

That's right.

Gee, I'm pleased to meet you,

Mr. Earp.

I come all the way

From wichita to see you.

Riding on that old mule.

You did, huh?

Yes, sir.

My name's jim craig.

Well, mighty glad to know you,

Mr. Craig.

Now what'd you want

To talk to me about?

Well, uh, it's business.

Can we go to your office?

All right.

Come in.

Now what's on your mind?

Besides arguing

With a g*n fighter.

That fella a gunfighter too?

Too?

Aren't you a little young

To be a gunfighter?

What's age got to do

With it?

It's how good

Can you use a g*n.

You can use this

Pretty good, huh?

Yes, sir. I been practici''

A whole year at home.

Where's home?

Like I said, wichita.

A farm right outside

Of town.

I set up targets

Out behind the barn.

Moved back a few feet

Every week.

You ever tried this

On a man?

No, sir.

Just targets and rabbits.

But I'm not worried,

Mr. Earp.

I'm good.

Plenty fast.

Don't see how anybody

Could be much faster.

Yeah.

Well, I'll tell you,

Mr. Craig,

Being fast is one thing,

But you, uh, you gotta also hit

What you're aiming at.

Now I just got one little

Question I'd like to ask you.

Yes, sir.

Why?

Why?

Well, I want to be a lawman.

Like you.

Just like you.

I heard all about you.

That's why I saved up and got

The g*n and started practicing.

Now I'm good enough,

So I come here.

Well, it's one thing

Being able to defend oneself

If you have to.

But deciding deliberately

To become a gunfighter

Even on the right side

Of the law...

You did it.

Not deliberately.

Not at your age.

Mr. Earp,

My mind's made up.

I come here to wichita

To be one of your deputies.

Mr. Craig, I'm not a hero.

I'm only doing a job

That somebody has to do.

And it's not easy.

Matter of fact,

It's kinda dangerous.

You seem to keep living.

Well, I been lucky.

But it's not a living

For a boy.

Now you go on back home

And grow up.

You'll think better of it

In a year or two.

You can't talk me

Out of this.

Look,

This isn't a play thing.

And the first time

You pull this trigger

Against a real man,

You're starting something

That's never ending.

Not until one of 'em

Ends it for you.

It can end mighty fast

For an inexperienced boy.

You better try staying alive

A little longer.

I'm asking, mr. Earp,

Do I get the job.

No.

I need men, not boys.

You want me to prove

I can use a g*n?

You want to come outside?

Are you threatening me,

Mr. Craig?

No.

But I'm gonna show you.

You fire that g*n

In dodge city, boy,

And you're gonna go to jail.

Then we'll go

Outside of town.

I wouldn't hire you

If you were the fastest g*n

I'd ever seen.

I heard you

Was a fair man.

I come all the way

From wichita to show you.

All right,

Maybe I owe you that much.

But I'm telling you

Right now, mr. Craig,

It's not gonna change my mind.

Pick up your shells.

[Ominous vocalization]

Camped here last night.

Couldn't afford the price

Of a hotel room.

All right,

Just stand over there.

All right, now.

Now.

Pretty good.

I just wanted to point out,

Mr. Craig,

That the single most important

Thing in a gunfight

Is not how well you sh**t,

But how well you face

The other man's b*llet.

I'll show you

I can do that too.

No, you're going on home.

You don't think

I'm good enough?

No, I think

You're too good.

sh**ting like that's only gonna

Get you in trouble.

I ain't afraid of trouble.

No, you're too ready

For it.

Trouble will come easy.

I'll be able to handle it.

Well, you might get away

With it a few times,

Get yourself a reputation.

Then all the fast g*ns

Will gather like flies

Around honey.

Sooner or later, you'll come up

Against one you can't beat.

You take my advice,

Mr. Craig, and go on home.

I had enough of that

Kind of advice from my pa.

And who's your pa?

His name's hanford craig.

He gave you good advice, boy.

You better take it.

No.

I left there for good.

I come here to show you.

And I will.

All right, I don't care

What you do,

As long as you don't do it

In dodge city.

You understand?

You stay out of dodge

With that g*n.

[Ominous vocalization]

Wyatt?

Looks like trouble.

What trouble?

That kid's back in town.

With his g*n?

Big as life.

And he's asking for beatty.

And I told him I didn't

Think that $ was enough

For a job like that.

Said I might take a chance

For about $ .

Well, sonny,

I thought the marshal took

That hardware away from you.

You do a lot of talking,

Mister.

Now you want to prove up?

You see I'm still not

Wearing any g*ns.

Well, like I said before,

Go get 'em.

I'll wait.

Look, boy,

I got nothing against you.

I like you. You got spunk.

I'm sorry if you took

My riding too hard,

But let's forget all about it

And then we'll eat dinner,

Huh?

Are you gonna get them g*ns?

Look, I don't fight kids.

Go home to your papa

Before you get yourself k*lled.

You afraid to try yourself

Against a kid?

Why you--

Beatty!

I told you

To stay out of dodge

With that g*n.

Now you're under arrest.

No!

Marshal, better keep him

Out of my way from now on.

You just see that you don't

Come looking for him.

You're gonna be sorry

For this.

You're not very smart,

Are you, mr. Craig?

You want to be

A gunfighter, huh?

Well, you know

How to use a g*n,

But you don't know

When to use it.

Now this morning you started

To draw against a man

That wasn't even armed.

Tonight you tried

To draw against me

After I had my g*n out

And already in my hand.

You're not gonna live very long

That way, mr. Craig.

I don't need no more

Of your advice, marshal.

Wow.

I guess I just don't know

How to handle kids.

You got to admire him,

Though, wyatt.

He's got spirit.

You know, it's one thing

To buffalo an adult.

You figure he knows what he's

Doing, that he had it coming,

But a kid...

Yeah, it is a problem.

I guess I need some help.

I'm gonna go send

A telegram to wichita.

Maybe his father

Can handle him.

Mr. Craig.

I'm marshal earp.

Where's my boy?

What have you done with him?

He's all right.

Safe inside.

You've got no right

To put my boy in jail.

He threatened to k*ll a man,

Mr. Craig.

Don't matter.

He must have had good reason

For whatever he done.

Let's go inside.

Now where is he?

Let him out of there.

Right now.

In a minute.

First don't you want

To know what happened?

I'll hear it from him.

I don't need

To take your word.

All right, hal.

Mr. Craig,

How old is jimmy?

.

You think he's old enough

To be wearing a g*n?

Why not?

I did.

Maybe you had to

In those days.

It's no different today.

A boy's got to grow up fast

Out here.

Doesn't have to grow up

To be a gunfighter.

The boy can take care

Of himself.

You really believe that?

I know it.

He told me you advised him

Against coming here.

Whatever's between him and me

Is no business of yours.

Well, it's business of mine

If he's g*n fighting

In dodge city.

[Door opens]

Hello, boy.

Hello, pa.

You all right?

Sure.

What happened to your head?

He buffaloed me.

You hit a boy?

If I hadn't, one of us

Might have been dead.

You got all the answers,

Ain't ya?

No.

One of 'em I haven't got.

What do you do with

A boy like that, mr. Craig?

He's a good boy.

He could be,

If he lives long enough.

You needn't trouble yourself

About him, marshal.

All right, I won't.

But you get him out of here.

Out of dodge city.

You take him on back to wichita

And you keep him there.

You got my g*n, marshal.

Mr. Craig, if you got

Any sense at all,

You'll keep this g*n from him

Until he gets old enough

Not to pick a fight

With everybody he meets.

Come on, pa.

And I thought you

Was a great man.

Come on, boy.

Get on.

I ain't going with you, pa.

'Least not yet.

Now look here, boy.

I wasn't gonna let on

To him in there,

But I already told you

How I feel about it.

Yeah,

We been all over that.

And I ain't changed my mind.

Now, jamie, I was willing

To give you a chance.

I figured if you was

Man enough to want to try,

You was man enough

To do like you said.

But it ain't worked out.

It will.

I changed my plan some.

No. That man in there

Might be right.

You might be biting off

A chaw too big for you.

Now you better come along

Home for a time.

I said no.

At least not

Till I tend to something.

What?

Well, you always said

Don't allow nobody

To insult us craigs.

Well, somebody did.

And I gotta tend to it.

Now listen here, jamie.

Maybe you better forget it.

Come along home.

No. Now you go on.

Maybe I'll catch up

With you later.

Jamie, come back.

♪ Oh ♪

♪ He was a young'un ♪

♪ And he was headstrong ♪

♪ And he was out against

The world all alone ♪

♪ And like a young'un ♪

♪ He rushed in headlong ♪

♪ And tried to be a man

Before he was grown ♪

♪ No telling what he'll do ♪

♪ Never was a young'un

So very contrary ♪

♪ Whatever he would do ♪

♪ Trouble always gathered

All around him ♪

♪ And found him ♪

♪ He was a young'un ♪

♪ And he was headstrong ♪

♪ And it was him against

The world all alone ♪

Now you gonna get them g*ns?

Yeah.

Up the street.

Be in front of

The long branch saloon

In five minutes.

Jamie, you can't do--

You stay out of this, pa.

Jamie, you can't do this.

That man'll k*ll you.

I don't think so, pa.

Anyway, I got to now.

[Men shouting]

There's something

Going on out there.

Craig's wagon

Is still out there.

Marshal, you better come.

Where?

Man said in front

Of the long branch saloon.

He's gone for his g*n.

Beatty.

Yeah.

Marshal. Beatty's almost

A professional gunfighter.

What do you think

I been trying to tell

You and your boy?

Come on, hal.

[g*ns fire]

It ain't jamie.

No, it's beatty.

He's dead.

Never seen anything like it,

Wyatt.

Kid's as fast

As greased lightning.

Yes, sir,

He got ed beatty good.

In a fair draw too.

Where is he?

I don't know, marshal.

He just put up his g*n

And walked away

As cool as you please.

Well, mr. Craig.

He said he could,

And he did.

You realize what's happened

Now that he's k*lled a man?

You're meaning

I'm to blame?

Maybe I do.

Hal.

What are you gonna do?

I'm gonna arrest him,

Mr. Craig.

No, this was a fair fight.

They said so.

Even so, he'll have

To stand trial.

Don't you touch my boy.

[Groans]

He'll k*ll ya.

He won't be took.

You'll more than likely

Have to k*ll him, wyatt.

He's pretty good.

Don't take any chances.

If you hurt my boy, earp,

I'll k*ll you.

If I don't, somebody else

Sure will after this.

Who's there?

Just stay right there.

I guess maybe

You'll believe me now.

You're under arrest,

Mr. Craig.

What do you mean?

It was a fair fight.

You have to stand trial

Anyway.

The jury'll decide.

But you can't arrest me.

We ain't in dodge now.

Just come along peacefully.

Drop your g*n.

No.

I tried to be

On your side, mr. Earp.

But you wouldn't let me.

Now I'm against you.

And you ain't gonna take me.

Yes, I am, boy.

All right, then.

We might as well

Find out right now

How good I really am.

Here.

Be all right.

Get you to a doctor.

I'm sorry, boy.

Doc?

Shattered the bone

Above the wrist.

He'll pull through fine,

But that wrist

Is gonna be stiff.

Too stiff for farm work?

For farm work? No.

For gunplay, yes.

Well, you got your way,

Marshal.

Yeah, and you're

Still living, boy.

Marshal.

You said something

About k*lling me, mr. Craig.

No. I was wrong.

I guess maybe

I even ought to...

Thank you.

But I can't.

[Ominous vocalization]

I know.

♪ 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 ♪