The life and legend of wyatt
Earp
[Shouting]
Who jumped you,
Mr. Rennick?
Skunky grogan and his men.
They had doc holliday
With 'em.
Are you sure?
I'd know grogan
And holliday anywhere.
Even behind masks.
Doc doesn't need to rob stages.
How much did they get?
Not a dime.
We outrun 'em.
Doc holliday was in on it.
I'll swear to that.
All right, we'll get you
Patched up and then we'll
Go after them.
Some of you men take
Him over to doc's.
[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 ♪
[Announcer]
The life and legend
Of wyatt earp...
[Narrator]
The friendship between
Marshal wyatt earp
And dr. John h. Holliday,
Gambler, gunfighter
And k*ller, was one
Of the enigmas
Of the western frontier.
Dr. Holliday was not popular
With wyatt's other friends,
Who predicted that eventually
He would involve wyatt
In serious trouble.
The attack on a wells fargo
Stage in the summer of '
Provided these cassandras
With what seemed to be
Ironclad evidence
That doc holliday
Had betrayed wyatt.
What is this now?
Sam rennick claims
He can positively identify
Doc holliday
In the wells fargo holdup.
That's right, your honor.
Now, wyatt, everybody
Who's your friend tried
To warn you--
That's enough, jim,
That's enough.
Wyatt, we know that doc
Saved your life in
The morrison fight.
If you want to send
Sheriff masterson after
Him, we'll understand.
Sure, just so doc don't work
On your feelings of gratitude.
It's got nothing to do
With it, mr. Kelley.
If doc and grogan did it,
They'll be coming in
For trial,
But let's leave bat masterson
Out of this.
But you are gonna
Take some deputies.
No, sir.
If doc is innocent,
He'd resent my coming
After him with a posse.
Resent? Indeed now!
Temper, temper, mr. Kelley.
Now as soon as I have a chance
To talk with mrs. Holliday,
I'll be hitting the trail.
You think that's wise?
Mrs. Holliday
Won't tell you anything
Even if she knows.
You don't know miss kate,
Judge, she's--
She's quite a talker.
Doc holliday,
A sick man associating
With skunky grogan.
Maybe they did try
To rob a stage.
But why?
John won over $ ,
Gambling in denver.
Now why would he want
To turn to stage robbery?
Well, maybe he didn't,
Miss kate.
Probably did.
Yes, life has been dull
Since we got to dodge.
John would rob a stage
Just for amusement.
Did he tell you where
He was going to meet
Mr. Grogan?
Yes, I have it all
Written down.
John never leaves
Without telling me
Where he'll be.
Longhorn creek,
On the old cheyenne trail.
Just listen to this.
"Katie dear, grogan's poker
Game, address below.
Just a few days.
John."
He deserves every bit
Of trouble he gets
Himself into.
Now maybe not, miss kate.
Yes, you would stick up
For him.
He's always right
And I'm just the nagging wife.
Wyatt, are you
Going to arrest him?
I guess I'll have to.
Well, all right.
Don't you go sh**ting
At john.
He told me he'd never
Pull a g*n on you under
Any circumstance.
He said that?
Yes.
John really likes you.
He thinks you're the only
Decent friend he has
In the world.
Sitting on that damp
Ground playing poker
With skunky grogan.
I know doc must
Be a considerable problem.
You could never know
What I've been through
With that man.
Why couldn't I have fallen
In love with somebody like you?
Thanks, but you didn't.
And that's my misfortune.
Now don't you worry,
I'll bring doc in
Safe and sound.
Wyatt.
Bless you.
Well, doc,
Another $ worth.
I'll call you.
[Horse galloping]
Hold it!
Somebody's coming.
Who are you?
Hold it. Don't sh**t.
Doc, I want a pow wow.
Blast it all.
Holster that g*n, skunky.
You know him?
I do. It's wyatt earp.
Uh-uh.
I said no sh**ting.
Ain't he that john law
From dodge city?
He's an acquaintance
Of mine. He said no
sh**ting, but I didn't.
Anybody else feeling hostile?
Mr. Grogan,
This is mr. Earp.
I suppose katie
Talked you into
Riding out here.
No, the wells fargo stage
Was att*cked by robbers.
The drivers accused you
And mr. Grogan of
Doing it.
Awww.
Who was the driver?
Sam rennick.
How much was he carrying?
$ , .
Too bad, skunky.
Yeah, you and your
Poker game.
Skunky wanted to have
A go at that stage,
But he owed me some
Poker money so I insisted
He and the boys stay here.
You didn't pull the job?
No, wyatt,
You know better than that.
If I'd had,
I'd have the $ , .
Yeah, I think you would.
The trouble is, doc,
That mr. Rennick
Signed a formal charge
Against you and mr. Grover.
So your duty calls on you
To interrupt
A quiet poker game.
You mean he'd try
To arrest us?
[Doc]
He will arrest us, skunky.
Hold it. All of you.
There's something I've got
To prove to wyatt earp.
While I'm proving it,
You my friends would be
Better off in jail.
Get on your horses,
All of you.
Start back for dodge.
Mr. Rennick has testified that
He recognized dr. Holliday
And mr. Grover
Among the men who
att*cked the stage.
That's right.
Ordinarily, this court
Would not hold the suspect
On the evidence
Of one witness.
Please step down.
Thank you.
However, the general
Reputation of dr. Holliday
Inspires no confidence
In court.
Or in me, either.
That's enough.
Each of the suspects
Is charged
With attempted
Stage robbery
And will be held in jail
And unless bond is furnished.
How much is the bond?
$ , Each.
It's an outrage.
I won't pay it.
[Judge]
Order! [Bangs gavel]
Your honor.
Yes, marshal earp.
Your honor, dr. Holliday's
Wife gave me money
For the bail.
I ask the court
To accept it.
Well--
See, your honor,
Dr. Holliday is in--
He's not in good health.
So I ask you--
No, wyatt, I'll go
To jail. Come on.
Order!
Bail is accepted.
Thank you.
Wells fargo is a very
Important company, wyatt,
But it's only human
Like the rest of us.
So?
Northwest route
Hasn't been changed
Since you rode shotgun.
I never made that run.
Never drove into dodge.
Good thing you didn't.
They would have spoiled
Your perfect record.
That route is a stage
Robber's dream.
It's straight through
Natural ambush.
All the bridges are
Either rotted or wasted away.
The stage could have been
Jumped at any one of
A hundred blind spots
Between here and nevada.
I could never understand
Why they didn't change
That route.
Could be a dozen reasons.
Management in san francisco
May not have checked
The records recently
And found out
How much money they
Were losing on the route.
That's what happens when
A company grows too fast
And gets too big.
You stop that!
Shame on you.
Worrying me half to death
And then-- wyatt, stop him.
He should be in bed.
Wyatt, if you wanna solve
That bungled stage robbery,
See me later.
How beautiful are you
Today, my dear.
There's nothing like two
Days with skunky grogan
To make a husband's
Heart grow fonder.
Katie.
Maybe you can talk
Some sense into him,
Mr. Padgett.
I don't understand this.
The marshal and wells fargo
Are old friends.
You say he doesn't believe
The grogan outfit
att*cked number ?
Not only that, doc holliday
Has him twisted around
His little finger,
To the scandal of our town.
Doc holliday, oh, yeah.
The man's a gambler
And a gunfighter,
But I never heard
Of him robbing a stage.
He'd do it if the idea
Appealed to him.
In fact--
Howdy.
Mr. Earp, mr. Padgett
Of wells fargo.
Howdy.
I'll leave him to talk
Some sense into your head.
Thank you, mr. Kelley.
The mayor doesn't like
My associating with
Doc holliday.
Sit down.
Thanks.
Can I get you some coffee?
No, thanks.
Well, you got any
New information?
No, no, I haven't.
I just got in
By train from k.c.
All I have is
The driver's identification.
Well, that's enough,
Ain't it?
I mean, we can go
To trial right away.
No, sir.
Why not?
Grogan's got a record
In missouri.
The jury would send him
And his boys up just
On general principle.
General principles
Aren't enough for me,
Mr. Padgett.
What about doc?
A stretch in jail
Wouldn't hurt him.
It'd k*ll him.
Got a case of t.b.
Thought you were
Still on good terms
With wells fargo.
Not that good.
Sorry, marshal,
But it's always
Company rule to press
For a quick trial.
Yeah, you can do that.
Good day, mr. Padgett.
Al.
Yes, sir.
When's the next stage
Leave for nevada?
: Noon.
Duty roster's on the
Desk. You take over.
Yes, sir.
Meet me at the stage
Depot with a shotgun
And a winchester.
I'm gonna go talk
With doc holliday.
John, what on earth
Are you doing?
Here.
Shut up!
Come on, wyatt.
We won't be gone long.
You go first.
John. John!
John, you never leave
Without telling me where--
Locking me in.
Hold it.
Sorry, boys,
We're gonna have to
Ask you to step down.
We're making this run
For you
In the nature
Of a little mission.
Come on, get down.
Move.
They're taking
A wells fargo stage.
[Whistles] hyah!
They stole it!
If they moved the route
Five miles east of here,
They'd have a coach trail
On the open prairie
Instead of letting it run
Through these foothills.
Better drainage
When it rains, doc.
The ground gets just as muddy
For hoodlum horses
As coach horses.
That's true, but--
Loyalty.
Ridiculous loyalty.
Just because you worked
For them eight years ago.
You hate to admit
That wells fargo
Can commit one blunder.
Don't you believe
In being loyal, doc?
Not when it blinds a man
To the truth.
That's smiley's leap.
Named for smiley hummer.
He owns a robbery concession
On this part of the route.
I think you're joking.
But just in case you're not,
You better get that
Shotgun handy.
I never use shoulder g*ns.
The kick of them
Starts me to coughing.
Come on, wyatt, put them
Into a gallop.
[Shouting]
There's too many of 'em, wyatt.
Let's get out of here!
Right!
[Shouting]
Pull 'em up!
I'm trying!
What's the matter?
We better load up, wyatt.
I wanted to see
If you were hurt.
No, I'm all right.
We better turn back
And see if we can
Take smiley hummer.
Smiley didn't do
The wells fargo job.
It happened in foreman clark's
Section of the trail.
Clark.
He operates out of utah.
No more.
The mormons made
It too hard for him.
Let's move ahead.
Let smiley go scot-free?
Smiley's dead.
He's the first one I shot.
We'll be crossing over
Into foreman clark's section
Of the line down yonder.
Could be some real fighting.
[Shouting, whistling]
What's holding up?
They won't go.
What do you mean
They won't go?
They're all earp
And masterson deputies.
They say if wyatt took
That stage, he took it
For a good reason.
Oh, sure, sure.
I'll ask judge tobin
To swear in a citizens posse.
No, you won't, mr. Padgett.
What?
You can't send greenhorns
After wyatt and doc.
You'll get too many men
Hurt and k*lled.
Wyatt and the doc
Are the two fastest g*ns
I ever heard about.
And if you want 'em arrested,
You arrest them.
All right, I will.
Whoa. Ho!
The sand looks pretty deep
Up there. Supposed to
Be a bridge someplace.
Used to be.
Up the stream a piece.
Indians burned it.
I better get down
And take a closer look.
You're just
Wasting your time.
Suit yourself, wyatt.
[Shouting]
[Shouting]
Hey! Hey!
We're stuck, wyatt.
Ho! Ho!
Here. Rest easy.
I'll get us out of this.
My last pint!
Let's rush 'em!
You hit?
No. Let's rush 'em.
No. Hold your temper.
We'll stay here.
You side winding
Whiskey thieves!
Come out of that brush!
Hold it.
Hold your fire.
Doc holliday.
Doc,
We might have shot you.
Blast you, foreman.
One of your thieves
Busted my last pint
Of whiskey.
It was my fault.
I was aiming at your head.
Didn't mean
To harm the pint.
[Laughs]
Well, that's different.
Who's the john law?
Wyatt earp.
Oh, yeah, that friend
Of yours from dodge.
He ain't no friend of mine.
I'm helping him
On a wells fargo case
To save my own hide.
I'm accused of a holdup
I didn't even commit.
Wyatt, this is foreman clark.
You wanna talk to him?
Yeah, I sure do.
All right, seeing
As you're with doc.
Let's go back to camp.
Wyatt, foreman don't like
Peace officers any more
Than I do.
But he's got sense enough
Not to try any gunplay
With the two of them.
That's what happened
So far.
Judge tobin is holding doc
And mr. Grogan for the job.
I don't think they did it.
That's smart thinking,
Mr. Earp.
No stage has ever
Gotten away from doc.
That's right.
That's what I told him.
Who do you think did it?
Well, not me
Or any of my boys.
That hoodlum sam rennick,
The one who testified
He saw doc,
We used to ride with him,
And nobody who knows him
Would ever believe him.
How'd he get a job
With wells fargo?
Well, heck,
Everybody makes
Mistakes, mr. Earp.
I do it, too,
Once in a while. Right, doc?
I told him.
You never said
You knew rennick.
Doc let rennick identify him.
Didn't say a word.
Sure, I wanted grogan
To stay in jail.
Skunky was into me for $ , .
Who do you think
It was, doc?
I think it was webb dilliard.
Yeah, dilliard,
Could be.
He sneaks in and out
Of this territory.
Makes a lot of sense,
Wyatt.
Why would rennick accuse you
And mr. Grogan?
I think that webb dilliard
Paid him to accuse grogan
And me.
What's dilliard got
Against you, doc?
Last time I was in a game
With webb, I threatened
To cut his throat.
Otherwise, why would
Sam rennick accuse
Skunky and me
If webb dilliard
Wasn't paying?
Yeah, and you say
That dilliard even
Shot up rennick?
One of his own spies
On a wells fargo
Driver list.
That's right.
All right, where can
I find mr. Dilliard?
You save yourself
The trouble, mr. Earp.
Doc and me,
We'll find him.
Bring him into dodge?
Why, sure.
How about it, doc?
You can count me in
On that.
It might take a little
Time, though, marshal.
How much time?
Two, three days.
Say, clark,
Have your boys
Help wyatt take that
Stage out of the sand.
Right.
You and dave and alfredo
Go along with the marshal.
Thanks.
Doc, I'd like to
Have mr. Dilliard
And some of his men alive.
I would, too.
k*lling's too good for them.
Whoa!
Whoa there, marshal.
You're under arrest
For stealing that coach.
You go for that g*n
And I'll crease
Your thick skull.
You forget I'm a special
Agent for wells fargo.
And I could only conclude
That you've lost your mind.
Turning doc loose.
Trusting him and foreman clark
To bring dilliard in.
And finally,
What do you do?
Fire on a duly accredited
Agent of wells fargo.
The man's a fool.
Indeed now.
He was only trying to do
His duty as he saw it.
Now wait a minute, judge.
Wait a minute.
I'm an old wells fargo
Hand myself.
When this case is over,
I'm gonna turn in
A report to the company
That won't make nice reading.
Your report?
That's right.
Straight to the home office
In san francisco.
They let the whole nevada
Route go to rack and ruin
And then they send
An idiot like this out here
To make things even worse.
I'm tired. I need sleep.
Now, wyatt,
This is hard for me to say.
Judge tobin and I have to
Save you from the influence
Of doc holliday.
Well, that's odd,
Mr. Kelley.
Doc is hoping that
Somebody will save him
From my influence.
Wake me up when doc gets
In with the prisoners.
That's enough for now,
Jim.
But we agreed
To suspend him.
There's plenty of time
For that.
Let him wait a bit longer
For doc holliday.
That'll be the real lesson.
You cowtown people
Make me sick.
Holliday's flown
The coop and you know it.
Next thing you'll let grogan
And his men out of jail.
I gotta telegraph
My company for instruction.
Where's wyatt?
He went to take a nap.
He did, did he?
I could do
With a nap myself.
Webb dilliard
And associates.
Come on, kelley.
Start earning
The pay you get.
You'll find the g*ns
In the saddlebag.
[Knocking on door]
Who is it?
It's kate holliday, wyatt.
John's here with me.
Just a minute.
[Sighs] oh, come on in.
Won't you sit down?
No, thanks.
Look at him.
Wyatt, just look at him.
The doc looks the same
As usual, miss kate.
Did you bring
The prisoners in?
Yes, wyatt.
Thank you, doc.
They turned skunky grogan
And his boys loose.
Now john wants to ride up
To skunky grogan's camp
And start that poker
Game again.
Oh, wyatt, stop him.
Save him from another
Sick spell.
Katie, it's my life
And it's my money.
I gotta go and win it back
From skunky grogan.
Now wait a minute.
If you win from grogan,
He'll pay you back
In stolen money,
Won't he?
You'll have to
Prove that, wyatt.
Katie, don't hang
Around this room.
They'll throw wyatt out
Of the church.
What am I going to do?
Well, miss katie,
He's your husband.
And he's my friend.
[Doc holliday]
Katie, come on!
♪ 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 ♪