The life and legend
Of wyatt earp
( 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:
Dr. John h. Holliday,
Gambler, gunfighter,
And by the oddity
Of circumstance,
A friend of wyatt earp
Was living on
Borrowed time.
Long ill, doc's idea
Of taking care of himself
Was to drink a quart
Of whiskey a day.
That a small boy
Named benny burkett
Could exercise
A good influence
On doc holliday
Was one of those
Improbable happenings
On which no one
In dodge city
Would have
Bet a nickel.
( Indistinct chatter )
Pay the .
Pay the .
Okay, here goes.
Pay the four.
Pay the four.
( Chatter continues )
- Go in.
- All right.
All right,
Place your bets, boys.
Benny!
I just wanted
To look, dr. Holliday.
See?
My lucky agate.
I spit on it--
A marble
And you spit on it?
Now get out of here.
But it'll bring you
Good luck, dr. Holliday.
( Coughing )
You've been losing
For two days straight.
Benny, a saloon
Is no place for
A kid.
I'm giving strict orders
For you to be kept
Out of here.
You've got a bad cold,
Benny.
I want you to go over
To the hotel,
See mrs. Holliday,
And have her give you
One tablespoon full
Of that pink cough...
Medicine.
But mrs. Holliday
Will make me
Take a bath,
And well, i--
You can use a bath.
Aw, come on.
I don't know.
Wait a minute.
Benny.
Why aren't
You in school?
I'm just about
Dying of pneumonia,
That's why.
( Coughs )
Benny, if you're
Gonna tell a lie,
Tell a good one,
Not a whopper.
All he's got is
A simple case
Of the snuffles.
He should be
In school.
Well, maybe I oughta
Arrest him for truancy, huh?
Dr. Holliday says
I gotta have some
Cough medicine.
Isn't that
The gospel truth?
- Didn't you say--
- Yes yes. I said it.
Wyatt, I don't want him
Around the long branch.
Yes, sir.
I'll go see mrs. Holliday
For the medical treatment.
( Coughing )
Right away.
I'll go have a little
Talk with his father.
You warn old man burkett
Not to spank that boy too hard.
It'll only make him
A lot meaner.
And he's bad enough
Right now.
How's your
Luck running?
You tell benny to stop
Hanging on my neck.
That kid's a jinx.
Oh, that's too hot
For me.
Come on.
Open up now.
If I take it,
Do I have to
Take the bath too?
Yes, you smell like
Your father's livery
Stable.
Come on now.
Open up wide.
Oh.
None of that now.
Start taking
Your clothes off.
Take my clothes off?
No, not in front
Of you and her.
We'll shut our eyes.
Go on.
Start peeling.
Morning, mr. Burkett.
Oh.
What's benny
Done now?
Well, he's been
Skipping school
Again.
Oh, he's got
A new hero.
Doc holliday.
All he thinks about
Is doc holliday
And gunfighting.
Well sir, out west
It's only natural
For a kid to
Take to g*ns.
I never could manage
Benny, mr. Earp.
He always blamed me
'Cause his mama died.
I'll give him
Another larruping.
Doc doesn't think
You oughta know that.
Oh, what's he know
About raising kids?
See, you're benny's father,
But the law says he's
Got to go to school.
We haven't been as strict
About that as we should.
Thanks for telling me,
Mr. Earp.
No thank you.
He'll go to school.
Look, mr. Burkett,
Will you do me a favor?
Maybe if you'd talk
To the kid first,
Maybe you won't
Have to spank him.
Oh sure sure,
Mr. Earp.
I always try reasoning
With benny first.
Yeah.
Hi, pop.
We got anything to eat?
Ahh.
Uh-oh.
You sore at me?
Sit down, son.
Yes, sir.
Mrs. Holliday gave me
A new shirt. See?
Marshal earp was here.
Says you've been
Ditching school.
Yes, sir.
Not only that,
But that you've been
Sneaking into
The long branch.
I went to see
Dr. Holliday.
The cards have been
Running bad for him,
So I aimed to turn
My magic aggie eye
On the other man.
It'll put a hex
On their cards.
So you want to be
Like doc holliday.
He's a heap sight
More of a man
Than marshal earp.
Oh, he is, is he?
Marshal earp is fast,
But he gets
Chicken hearted
And aims to cr*pple
A gunfighter.
Dr. Holliday sh**t them
Right between the eyes.
It's no use arguing
With you, son.
Any boy who wants to grow up
To be like doc holliday
Has got to learn better.
Bend over that desk.
You're gonna spank me
Or larrup me?
I'm gonna larrup you.
I'll take a spanking,
But you ain't
Gonna larrup me.
Not when you're
Half drunk.
( Grunts )
Ease off now, pop.
I'm warning you.
( g*nsh*t )
( Whimpers )
Help.
Help.
Get doc mccarty!
Help,
My pop's hurt!
I shot him!
All you see
Is true, wyatt.
But a boy that'd
Try to sh**t his
Own father.
Pop ain't dead?
No, he isn't,
But it's--
- Well, it was--
- Now that's enough, young man.
Only one answer.
House of correction
In topeka.
Reform school?
Now just a minute,
Benny.
Judge, you know
Mr. Burkett could have
Seriously
Hurt this kid.
He-- well, he'd been
Drinking quite heavily.
Besides, he promised me
He'd talk to him first,
And then maybe he
Wouldn't have to
Spank him.
I'm not going
To reform school.
Benny,
Wait a minute.
Wyatt,
For pity's sake.
They ain't gonna send me
To reform school.
Reform school?
For this peaked
Little kid?
Go tell dr. Holliday.
- He'll help.
- Hush, benny.
I've just come from
Seeing mr. Burkett.
He tells me he's willing
To let me have this boy.
You?
Miss kate,
You can't adopt him.
He's a ward of the court.
But wouldn't it be better
To parole benny
To miss kate?
Anything would be better
Than that reform school.
Oh, look at him,
Judge.
He rarely gets
Enough to eat,
And he's been on
The verge of pneumonia.
How long could he
Last in that place?
Well, you want to
Recommend parole?
Yes, sir.
Well, what about
Doc holliday?
He'd have to agree,
You know.
He'll agree.
You just ask him.
Well, judge,
I'll explain it to doc.
In the meantime I think
That benny ought to go over
And see doc mccarty.
Looks a little
Feverish to me.
Fever?
Oh, I got a .
At least.
That sounds like
Common sense.
You stay here
With benny, madam.
I'll go and arrange
With the doctor.
Wyatt?
You will be careful
In talking to john,
Won't you?
He's on a losing streak,
And I've never seen
Him in worse temper.
Don't you worry,
Miss kate.
He likes benny.
Was that a joke?
Or does dr. Holliday
Really like me?
I hope so, benny.
I hope so.
No, wyatt.
You talked
Katie and me
Into taking care
Of that girl brat
Little p*stol.
And what happens?
Her parents show up
Out of nowhere
And poor katie
Cried for a week.
The answer's
Still no.
Look, the judge is gonna
Send him to a reform school.
Good.
Any boy who tries
To imitate me
Belongs in
A reform school.
Now you get
Out of here.
I've got work to do
At the faro game.
This is all your fault,
You know.
Nonsense.
It's not nonsense.
Now look.
The old man
Belongs to himself.
All of a sudden
You influence
A kid like benny.
He makes you his hero,
Now what do you expect?
( Door opens )
Miss kate, what's wrong?
That kid.
Dr. Mccarty says
He has lung trouble.
Are you sure?
Yes, I'm sure.
Where's benny now?
I gave him his supper
And put him to bed
At the hotel.
Does he know
About it?
Doc mccarty
Said to tell him.
We'll take up
A collection.
Don't worry
About benny.
( Door opens, closes )
I'd like--
I'd like to send him
To colorado
Or someplace.
Yes, naturally.
John, are--
Are we broke?
Just about.
But with a decent
Run of cards...
You pray, katie,
And curse the devil.
.
Well, not too much.
How'd you do?
There it is.
I'll put some more to it.
Any idea how much
A hospital would cost?
No.
But consumption's
A long haul.
Two or three
Years at least.
Say, is--
Is luke short
Still in town?
He was last night.
Well, I'd sure like
To talk to him.
Ask him to come on
Over, will you?
- Yeah.
- Thank you.
- Dr. Holliday.
- Yes?
- Dr. Holliday!
- Yes!
Did mrs. Holliday
Tell you?
I'm gonna be sick.
Just like you.
Congratulations.
Dr. Mccarty
Tried to spare me,
But I ain't scared.
You're young.
You'll grow
Out of it.
- Oh no, I won't.
- ( Coughs )
I'll be a gambler
And a gunfighter too.
Ambitious lad.
All you have to
Worry about now
Is getting
A big breakfast.
Drink a whole
Quart of milk,
And get back to bed,
You understand?
But dr. Holliday--
No back talk.
You're under parole
To mrs. Holliday
And myself.
Yes, sir.
You do exactly
As I tell you,
Or I'll report you
To marshal earp.
Oh no,
Dr. Holliday.
You just give me orders
And I'll do them.
Good.
The cards break better
For us last night?
Some better.
You see? I'm gonna
Bring us good luck.
( Clicks teeth )
Morning, wyatt.
Hello, mr. Short.
Hal said
You wanted to see me?
Yes sir,
I sure do.
- Won't you sit down?
- Thank you.
Now I understand you--
You want to buy
The long branch, huh?
Yep, that's right.
Chuck beason will sell,
But doc won't.
I'll put , cash.
That makes doc's share
About half, huh?
Yep, about .
But doc's like
The rest of us
Gamblers.
He won't
Quit a loser.
Is that his only
Reason for not selling?
Katie says it is.
Some cattlemen
With big money
Are due in today.
I think doc figures
His luck will change.
But I can't wait
Any longer, wyatt.
I can buy the alamo.
Mr. Short,
I wish you could hold off
A couple of days.
Well...
You see, doc has got--
Well, he's got
Personal reasons
Why he ought to sell.
I think I could--
Well, I think I could
Persuade him to take
Your offer.
All right.
Three days.
Well, thank you, sir.
Charge it up to what
I owe bat masterson.
He saved my scalp
At the adobe wells
Fight.
Well, bat didn't
Tell me that.
I'll tell you what,
We'll all get together
And celebrate
The new ownership
Of the long branch,
Huh?
I hope so, wyatt.
But doc holliday
Is a mighty tough man
To persuade.
Yeah, he is.
Thank you for
Coming over, sir.
Not at all.
- Good day.
- Bye.
Benny: hey, mrs. Holliday?
Yes, benny?
Can't dr. Holliday
Have some liquor?
He don't like milk,
And well, I thought--
- Silence.
- Yes, sir.
Excuse me.
I love milk.
That took pure nerve.
Dr. Holliday's
Just about the bravest man
Who was ever born.
Yes, isn't he though?
Shut up.
Eat your breakfast.
Yes, sir.
Sick or healthy,
Good food is necessary
For all children.
Katie?
Those beef millionaires
Will be here soon.
I don't want you
To hold dinner
Or lunch for me.
And you, young man,
You go to bed.
John, you were
Up all night.
Now katie, let's not
Argue about it please?
Let's not argue about it.
The boy will get upset.
( Knocking on door )
Doc, I want to
Talk to you.
All right, wyatt.
But downstairs.
Hey, mr. Earp.
Did you hear the news?
I'm sick too!
Benny.
Benny: yes, sir.
Mrs. Holliday?
They want
To make man talk.
Oh...
Sure.
Chuck beason wants to
Sell the long branch
To luke short.
But dr. Holliday's
Against it.
Oh, why?
We don't close down
Our big faro game
With rich chumps in town.
See this?
It's got the evil eye.
I put the ethos
On those monkeys.
Ah.
Now there's
A good breakfast.
You haven't answered
My question.
Deacon earp,
You and katie have wished
A sick child on me.
For him and to
Stay in business,
I need $ , .
It's always
Aggravating for me
To talk to you.
I must be about
My petty affairs.
Good morning,
Deacon.
All right, gentlemen,
The chips are blue.
$ Each.
- Get your bets down.
- There we are, sir.
Thank you very much.
Next?
Thank you, sir.
The most beautiful blue
In the world, gentlemen.
The most beautiful blue.
As blue as the ocean.
As blue as the sky.
But be careful
Of the blue in
A woman's eye.
Get your bets down.
Thank you very much, sir.
These are the things
That help, gentlemen.
All right.
Let it go.
Wyatt! Wyatt!
Please!
It's john.
He's trying--
He's going to
k*ll a man.
What for?
I said benny was
Hiding in the saloon,
And john said
He wasn't.
This poor man said
John was a liar.
And-- oh, hurry!
I'll give you
The first shot.
Try again, sir.
Doc, no!
I gave him
The first shot.
He missed.
I offered him a second.
Where's my halo?
Now you know
Jack high simpson's
No match for you.
He called me
A liar, sir.
I don't care
What he called you.
Benny's
Hiding in there.
Not to my knowledge,
Madam.
( Coughs )
John doesn't know it,
But benny is
Someplace in there.
All right, but I don't
Want to rile doc over it.
Wyatt,
Listen to me.
John's winning,
But he's been
Without sleep
For hours.
You've got to
Make him quit.
Break up the game.
- How?
- Get benny.
He's got to
Eat sometime.
It's against the law
For a child
To be in the saloon.
All right.
But you stay here.
We can't afford any
"I told you so"s.
( Men chattering )
Anybody behind there?
Oh no, mr. Earp.
Nobody but me.
( Muttering )
Well, I'll just put
A little b*llet
In there
To make sure.
- But mr. Earp--
- Don't worry about the bar.
I'll just hit
The knothole.
- But but--
- ( Coughing )
Benny?
Benny,
Come out of there.
Come on out of there.
You owe jack high
An apology.
Leave us alone.
You'll jinx us.
Troy, your pay.
You're through.
We're winning,
Ain't we?
I changed your luck,
Didn't i?
I'm afraid not,
Benny.
All right, gentlemen,
That's it for today.
Place is closed.
A minor on the premises.
Mr. Earp is
Technically correct.
I happen to be one of
Young master burkett's
Legal guardians.
I should have known
He was behind the bar.
You're not quitting winner,
Are you, doc?
Gentlemen,
When I'm losing,
I never stop until I'm broke.
And when I'm winning,
I never stop until you're broke.
We shall
Continue this game
In my suite
At the dodge house
In half an hour.
Wrap it up.
( Men chattering )
Come on, benny.
You can't lick us,
Mr. Marshal.
Nothing will ever whip
Dr. Holliday and me.
How's doc
Doing upstairs?
Not good.
He's lost almost
Everything he'd won.
He's been up
Dreadfully long.
His color's bad.
I could have arrested him
This afternoon,
But that would have
Gotten you folks in bad
With judge tobin.
Maybe those cattlemen
Will get tired
And quit
Before morning.
John won't
Last that long.
Please wyatt, go up
And make him quit.
I'll give it a try.
Now miss kate,
Doc's trying to
Play this right
For the kid.
Yes, I know.
But what about
John's life?
Well, the bank loses again,
Gentlemen.
- Yeah, tough luck.
- That's the way it goes.
It's getting monotonous.
How about raising
The limit to $ ?
( Men agreeing )
All right.
Get your bets down.
Mine's down.
Let's see some money
From the bank, doctor.
That's right.
Haven't you had enough?
Deacon earp,
What brings you to
This den of iniquity?
Doc, I think
You ought to quit.
He's got to quit, marshal.
He's busted.
I beg your parson,
Sir.
My interest in
The long branch.
It's worth , .
Doc look,
What's the sense of this?
You're risking
Benny's last chance
And your own.
Deacon earp,
I'd rather
Be a beggar
And spend my last
Dollar like a prince
Than be a prince
And spend my last money
Like a beggar.
( Coughing )
( Coughing continues )
I'll get doc mccarty.
Take him
In the room.
Take him easy.
Take this
To the drugstore
And be back
As soon as you can.
Here's my interest
In the long branch.
Here you are,
Wyatt.
This is for
John and benny.
It's for benny.
All of it.
Take it easy, doc.
Send in benny,
Will you?
Benny?
Dr. Holliday?
Please, sir.
Dr. Holliday?
Oh, it's you.
You get yourself ready.
You and mrs. Holliday
Are going to colorado.
Not unless
You come too.
He means it, john.
There's money enough
For everything, doc.
It's a put up job.
I'll teach you not
To listen to these
Sentimental idiots.
( Coughs )
We'll be back soon,
Mr. Earp.
I'll write you,
Wyatt.
Thank you. Come on,
Hop up in there.
That's it.
Watch your step.
There we go.
Watch your dress, ma'am.
That's it.
So long, doc.
I'll never
Forgive you for this.
Driver: hyah. Hyah.
Well, good riddance
To bad rubbish.
( Chuckling )
( Grunts )
♪ 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.