The life and legend
Of wyatt earp
There was a time
When you was right
To come for me,
Seã‘or marshal.
But this time, no.
Do not arrest me.
You make one move
And I k*ll you.
( 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,
Starring hugh o'brian.
For the most part,
Law enforcement in the west
Was pretty open
And uncomplicated.
With a g*n at his hip,
Every man was
A potential criminal.
But a good peace officer
Like wyatt earp
Could usually tell
Who were the troublemakers.
But sometimes
Appearances deceived
Even wyatt.
Howdy, ed.
Howdy, wyatt.
You come to
Meet the stage?
No, I'm just
Making the rounds.
Talking to
Some of the boys.
Thought maybe you heard
About the shipment coming in.
Oh, valuable?
, .
New silver dollars,
Direct from the san
Francisco mint.
Maybe I'll stick around.
Here it comes now.
Hey, it's running loose.
( Men shouting )
Nice work, marshal.
Billy still alive?
Yeah, but he's
Hurt pretty bad.
Couple of you men
Get him over to
Doc mccarty's quick.
Come on.
Run and tell
Miss nancy.
Miss nancy?
The schoolteacher?
She and billy hanley
Are engaged to be married.
There's supposed
To be a passenger.
He's dead.
They got it all.
I can't figure why
They'd do a thing
Like that.
Just sh**t down
An innocent passenger.
And he wasn't even
Wearing a g*n.
Yeah, and why did billy
Have the boxes inside
Instead of
In the boot?
They're heavy.
Maybe too heavy
To lift up there.
Yeah. What do you
Think, wyatt?
It's no use
Wondering about it.
We'll wait until
We can talk to billy.
What if we can't?
If doc can't
Save him?
We'll have to find out
Some other way.
Marshal, how is he?
He isn't--
No, ma'am.
The doc says he's
Got a good chance.
Oh, can I see him?
Well, I think
We'd better wait
Until the doc
Comes out.
He's in there
With billy now.
Yes, of course.
Does anyone know
How--
Why it happened?
The "why" is easy.
There was $ ,
On that stage.
Oh, I knew something
Like this would happen.
Doctor...
Calm down, miss nancy.
He's gonna be
As good as new.
Can I see him?
Only for a minute.
We mustn't
Tire him.
I'd better
Go in first.
You?
I've got some questions
I want to ask him
That are important.
That is if you want me
To catch
Whoever shot him.
Oh yes,
Of course, marshal.
Couldn't I go
In with you?
I wouldn't interfere
With your questions,
I assure you.
And I could
Look at him.
All right.
Oh, billy, darling.
- Don't.
- Careful, miss nancy.
That wound's painful.
Oh, I'm sorry, darling.
Marshal.
I'll make it brief, billy.
Did you see
Who did it?
Yes.
It was...
Three men.
Did you recognize them?
That's why
They shot me.
They were wearing masks,
But one of them was...
Esteban morengo.
How do you know for sure?
He had an accent.
He looked mexican.
Besides, I saw esteban
Back at the relay station
At rock springs.
Him and two other men.
They were the same men.
There, marshal.
What more do you need?
Billy, if they were
Wearing masks,
How did they know
You recognized them?
And why did they sh**t
You and the passenger?
Well...
So as to take
No chances, I guess.
And where did
They stop you?
Sandy crossing.
Your horses ran loose
All that way?
I drove them
Part of the way.
I passed out, I guess.
Marshal, do you have to
Ask all these questions?
I'll talk to you later.
Marshal?
Can I have my g*n?
Why?
Well, they tried
To k*ll me once.
Here? Oh,
I don't think so, billy.
Billy, they'd
Never try it here.
Besides, there's
No need now.
No need?
The marshal knows
All you can tell him.
They'd never try
To k*ll you now.
Oh, you have nothing
To worry about.
Dr. Mccarty and I
Will stay here with you
And take care
Of you while--
While the marshal goes out
After the man who shot you.
Who is he, marshal?
Esteban morengo?
He's a mexican that's
Been around here for a while
Working on freighters
In and out of trouble.
Well, he's in
Real trouble now.
I have to catch him
First.
Oh, buenos dias,
Seã‘orita.
Como esta?
Bien. We're
Closed here.
Closed?
Looks like I'm just
In time for dinner.
I did not
Expect customers.
There is
Not enough.
Where's the stage man?
Quien sabe?
The stage is not
Due until tomorrow.
Then you're all alone?
Who's the other
Dinner for?
It is none of
Your business,
Seã‘or marshal.
Might be.
Do you know a man
By the name of
Esteban morengo?
Do you?
No.
Has he ever
Been here?
How do I know
If I don't know him?
This afternoon when
The stage came in,
Was there
A mexican man here?
No.
There's none here now?
Do you always eat
Two plates of enchiladas?
Si, when I am hungry.
( Footsteps approach )
Andale, andale.
Es la policia.
Vente.
No, I do not go.
- Por favor.
- Be quiet.
I do not run away
From the policia.
Tell me, seã‘or marshal,
What do you
Want with me?
I want to take you
Into dodge city
For some questioning.
( Chuckles )
I know about
Questioning.
I don't know why
You take me to dodge.
You've been identified
As one of three men
Who robbed a stage
And k*lled a man.
Who say this?
Stage driver,
Billy hanley.
- He lies.
- He lies.
Would I be here
Sitting down to eat
If I robbed a stage?
No, I'd be on
My way to mexico.
There was a time,
Seã‘or marshal
When you was right
To come for me,
But this time, no,
You do not arrest me.
You make one move
And I k*ll you.
Were you here when
The stage came through?
Si. Why not?
Were two other men here?
Seã‘or cassidy
And his brother.
Sam cassidy?
He has a ranch
Near here.
Yeah, I know.
South.
Seã‘or marshal,
I tell the truth.
I do not rob
This stage.
Billy lies.
Well, maybe billy
Made a mistake.
What did you do
After the stage left?
Nothing.
Si, you fixed wagon
For seã‘or cassidy.
Oh, si.
His axel was broken.
Well, that must
Have taken a while.
Maybe two, three hour.
Esteban,
You have an alibi.
Now, are you willing
To ride down to
Cassidy's ranch with me
And verify it?
Si.
But not to dodge.
No.
Not if it checks out.
Come on.
Wyatt, wyatt.
Somebody shot billy.
He's dead.
We should have
Listened to him.
He was scared.
There was something
He wanted to do.
I went out a few minutes
And left him with miss nancy.
( Sniffles )
They must have been
Watching outside that window.
If only I'd
Turned around.
I thought
I heard something.
Now, miss nancy,
You mustn't
Blame yourself.
Billy got shot
As it was.
b*llet nicked
The sleeve of her dress.
She was sitting
Right close there
Beside him.
I'm sorry, miss nancy.
He tried to tell us.
But I suppose you had
No more reason to believe him
Than we did.
I looked outside,
Wyatt.
No footprints,
The ground's too hard.
But I did find this
Little cartridge shell.
Derringer.
It was a derringer that
k*lled the passenger too
And got billy
The first time.
Same g*n, probably.
Oh, marshal,
You've got to
Get that man.
He must be dangerous
To do a thing so terrible.
I never did like
That esteban morengo.
It wasn't esteban.
He was with me
When it happened.
Then his
Confederates.
He had no confederates.
He had nothing to do
With the robbery
Or this.
Either billy was
Mistaken, or--
What?
Or billy sent me out there
On a wild goose chase.
Why?
You can't think billy
Had anything to do
With the robbery.
He might have.
If he lied,
He must have.
You mean he sent you out there
On a wild goose chase
So he could be
Shot and k*lled?
That's true, wyatt.
Well, that part's a puzzle.
But suppose he had been
Double-crossed by his pals.
He might still have hoped
To get part of that loot
Somehow.
You know he wasn't
That kind of a man.
Now why would billy
Want to hold up
A stagecoach?
He wasn't rich.
He was about
To get married.
$ , Would have
Set him up for life.
How can you cast
Such a stigma
On the memory of
A dear dead boy
Who can't defend himself?
Miss nancy,
A crime has been committed.
I've got to get
At the facts.
Whatever they are,
Whoever they hurt.
Now they might
Implicate billy,
But on the other hand
They may clear him too.
I hope before you cast
Public suspicion on him,
You get positive proof!
That's my job,
Miss nancy.
Howdy, miss nancy.
Marshal.
What are you
Doing out here?
It's my usual
Way home from school.
Then you've decided to stay
Here in dodge after all, huh?
No, I couldn't.
There are too many memories.
I understand.
Have you found anything
Out yet, marshal?
No.
Didn't find anything
At sandy crossing.
Didn't even
Find a sign
That the stage had
Stopped there.
Maybe you were
Too hasty
In eliminating the mexican.
No, I don't think so.
You...
Come by here about
The same time every
Afternoon?
Yes.
Sometimes you
See the stage?
Yes, sometimes.
You didn't see it
The other afternoon?
No no.
It was either
A little earlier
Or a little late.
I don't know which.
Billy would
Always wave.
I'm sorry.
I have to ask questions
Because I don't have any clues.
I'm up a blind alley.
Yes, I'm sorry too, marshal.
U.s. Mint.
San francisco.
I tell you, billy's
Record was perfect.
I would have trusted
Him with my life.
Especially when
He got engaged
To miss nancy.
She's perfect.
( Chuckles )
You sound like you were
In love with her yourself.
Well...
Every man in town
Is a little.
She's such a sweet
Pretty little thing.
Like today,
A pathetic thing.
What?
That package
Came for her
On the stage from
San francisco.
Got damaged a little
And you can see what
It is.
New dress.
Part of her wedding
Things, I suppose.
Oh.
Looks expensive,
But since when do
They start wearing
Black wedding dresses
With spangles?
Probably for parties
When they went back east.
Who knows.
Anyways, i...
Just can't bring myself
To deliver it to her.
Well...
I'll take it to her.
I want to ask her
Some questions anyway.
Oh?
About billy?
Yeah.
Well,
I'd be obliged to you
If you would take it.
There's two dollars
Extra express charges
Due on it.
You want to
Collect it?
Well, i--
Well, never mind.
I'll waive it.
It's the least
I can do for her.
I'll see you later.
Marshal.
Come in.
Thank you.
It's one billy
Left here.
He was very proud
Of his whips.
He made them
Himself.
What brings you here,
Marshal?
Well, i--
This package came
For you today
From san francisco.
I happened to be over
At the express company.
I was coming
Out here anyway.
It's quite
A fancy dress.
It was intended
For my trousseau.
I won't need it now.
Aren't you
Gonna open it?
Not right now.
If it's damaged,
The express company
Would like to
Know about it.
I'll let them
Know if it is.
I thought women were
Supposed to be curious.
I'm not.
Why are you?
That dress doesn't
Look much like
Little miss nancy,
Schoolteacher.
It wasn't intended to.
It was for my honeymoon.
For my husband.
That's why I don't
Want to open it now.
I'd like to know marshal
What it is you're thinking.
What you're
Insinuating.
Nothing, miss nancy.
I'm sorry.
I didn't mean
To upset you.
But you have.
And I don't
Understand why.
First you suspect billy,
And now it seems me.
Of what,
I don't know.
It's only that I'm...
Trying to find
Any kind of a clue.
Anything that would
Seem strange.
Well, I don't see how
My buying a new dress,
Especially since it
Was bought weeks ago
For my trousseau,
Could seem strange.
No, I guess not.
Now please, go.
Oh wait.
There's money
Due on this.
I'll--
I'll get it for you.
That's not necessary.
I always
Pay my debts.
Here.
I'm sorry.
Wyatt.
You deliver it?
Yeah.
She took it
Pretty hard, huh?
I was afraid
She would.
I guess i...
Wasn't as diplomatic
As I could have been.
I wouldn't
Have been either.
You asked for it.
But thanks.
Now wait a minute,
She...
( Clears throat )
Paid me the express due.
Here.
Hey, wait a minute.
Let me see that.
These are shiny new.
Yeah.
They're dated this year.
Must have been put
In circulation
Just in the last
Couple of weeks.
Wyatt...
This is part
Of the loot?
Must be.
But how did miss nancy
Come to have them?
That's what I'd
Like to know.
She must have gotten them
From the robbers somehow.
Either that or
She and billy--
Now wyatt,
I can't believe that.
It's possible.
But that would mean
That she k*lled billy.
Well, she could have.
Could have gone outside,
Shot him through
The window,
Back inside before
The doc got there.
But the b*llet tear
On her sleeve.
Well, she could have
Done that herself.
We didn't look at it
Too closely, you know.
No, wyatt.
It's also possible
That she came by
These coins honestly.
It's been three days
Since the holdup.
Yeah.
It's possible.
I'm gonna have to
Find out.
Well, I didn't know
You were in the habit
Of breaking in on
A lady's privacy.
I see you changed your mind
About wearing the dress.
Yes.
How do I look?
Well, different anyway.
More like I belong
South of the deadline
In one of those
Dance halls?
Go on, marshal,
You can say yes.
I won't be insulted.
I'll be complimented.
Because I'm a woman
Just like them.
And I like everything
About being a woman.
And I'm sick to death
Of playing the prim
Little paragon of virtue.
Do you know what it's like
To be a schoolteacher?
Why don't you say something?
Aren't you shocked?
No.
I'm just surprised that
You forgot billy so soon.
This has nothing
To do with billy.
You said yourself no woman
Can resist a new dress.
Well, that's not
The kind of a dress
That a husband
Usually approves of,
Even on a honeymoon.
Of course,
Maybe you never even...
Planned to go
On a honeymoon.
What do you mean?
You gave me this
A little while ago.
It's brand new.
Shiny.
Where'd you get it?
I don't know. Why?
'Cause it's part of
The money that was
Stolen off the stage.
How do you know that?
I know.
That's enough.
Now where'd you get it?
Well, of course i--
I got from
The collection.
The collection
They took up
To help with billy's
Funeral expenses.
Now I'll tell you a story.
You and billy planned
That holdup together.
You met him out
There on the road
With your buckboard.
When billy pulled
The stage up,
One of you
k*lled the passenger
Before he knew
What was happening
So he couldn't
Identify you.
Billy helped transfer the money
Over to the buckboard.
Then you had
No more use for billy.
If you had shot straight,
You might never have
Been found out.
You're mad.
Don't you think billy
Would have told you
In the doctor's office
If I'd shot him?
He was almost
Scared enough.
But he must have
Had a reason not to.
Maybe he thought
He still might get
Part of the loot.
Or maybe he was
Really in love with you.
Wouldn't have
Turned you in
If it meant
His death.
At any rate,
It did mean his death.
I suppose
I did that?
Yes.
You acted loving
And remorseful
Until he was
Lulled to sleep,
Then you went outside
And shot him through
The window
And came back
Before the doctor.
That's preposterous.
Well, I can say
It's just a story.
Now which one
Do you want to believe?
You could never prove yours
In a million years.
I could if I could find
, More of these
Around your house
Here someplace.
I think I can.
'Cause I don't think
You ever thought
That you'd ever
Be under suspicion.
Wyatt, look at me.
Am I pretty?
Well, am i?
Yes.
Listen to me, wyatt.
I never loved billy.
He was just a kid.
But you're a man
And I've always
Admired you.
If your story
Was true,
If I did
Have that money,
You and I could go
A long way together.
Go back east,
Europe maybe.
We could have
A lot of fun.
It could be
Heaven, wyatt.
Miss nancy,
You already have a date
With a jury.
I think we'd
Better go.
In this dress?
Does it matter?
Yes.
Do you think I'd
Stand a chance
With your good folks
If they saw me in this?
Let me change.
All right.
But don't try
To get away.
You wouldn't make it.
I won't.
Don't worry.
( Sighs )
Don't turn around yet.
I have a g*n.
A derringer?
Yes. The same one.
Now put your
Hands up, please.
It was kind of
Stupid of me
To forget about it,
Wasn't it?
It was careless.
You gave me my life
And I appreciate it.
I'm sorry I can't
Return the favor.
I know you're very
Good with a g*n,
But mine's out
And you know I can use it.
Yes, I know.
So don't try to draw.
Just turn around slowly.
Aren't you gonna
sh**t me in the back?
It wouldn't fit in
With my story.
And what will
Your story be?
That I was
About to retire,
Heard an intruder,
Shot before I saw
It was you.
No one will suspect
Dear miss nancy.
Everyone will sympathize.
You're quite an actress,
Aren't you?
I'll have to be
A little while longer,
But then I'll be gone
With the money.
And I won't have to
Pretend ever again.
Now turn around slowly
And keep your
Hands up.
( g*nsh*t )
- You--!
- I'm sorry.
I hate to hurt a lady.
Now come on.
- Wyatt, please.
- Look, if you wanted
Excitement and fun,
You should have stuck
To schoolteaching.
It's a lot more exciting
Than where you're gonna
Have to go.
Prison.
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. ♪