The life and legend
Of wyatt earp
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♪ Brave, courageous and bold
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Are the boys coming, cy?
Three more.
You wanted him to ride in
Unnoticed, didn't you?
Just the six of us.
Well, here comes
Willy black.
We better get inside,
Maxwell.
Is the back room clear?
I fixed that.
Lindon, mckeown,
In here.
Lock the door.
Mckeown, you'll keep
A lookout at the windows.
You'll be able to hear
What's being said.
All right, maxwell,
You explain the setup.
You know the railroad.
The money shipment
Arrives in dodge
This afternoon
On number nine.
Red, you and willy
Will snitch it off
The truck.
Chances are that dolan,
The station agent,
Will be so busy
Checking the express bound
For end of track that
That he won't even
Notice you.
Red and willy will bring
The money package
To my room at
The dodge hotel.
Then it's up to maxwell
And me to fix the frame
On wyatt earp.
But tim's a special agent
For the railroad.
How do we know he
Won't be framing us?
He's got a prison record
Back east.
It ain't likely he'd be
Doing any talking.
That's why I cut lindon
And mckeown on this.
The three of them
Are doing it for money.
The rest of us want
To get wyatt earp.
I've been working on
This plan ever since
Earp threatened to stop
My outfit from driving
Cattle into dodge.
Nobody talks.
Understand?
- Men: right.
- Yeah.
Good.
This time we'll nail
Earp's hide...
To the jail door.
Howdy, hal.
Everything quiet?
No, dooly dolan's
In trouble.
He's in there.
- Mr. Dolan?
- Yeah.
What kind of trouble
Is he in?
There's a $ , express
Shipment that the state
National's missing.
Special agent
For the railroad
Brought him in.
Uh-huh.
Marshal earp?
I'm tim maxwell,
Special agent
For the railroad.
Afraid you'll have
To hold mr. Dolan here
On suspicion of robbery.
But I never
Took nothing, mr. Earp.
Where's the money?
He's got to prove
That I took it or hid it
Or something, don't he?
He sure does,
Mr. Dolan.
Now you just rest
Yourself there
And we'll get this
All straightened out.
Hal, you wanna bring
Some water?
Now somebody must have
Sneaked that money package
While my back was turned.
And that's the good lord's
Truth, mr. Earp.
Did you know there was
A money package on the truck?
He had to know,
Marshal.
Here's the telegram
Of manifest for the
Currency shipment.
Well, I get telegrams,
Bills of lading
And freight manifests--
A stack of them every day.
Did you see this one?
I guess I did.
But it must have
Slipped my mind.
All right, mr. Dolan.
There are a lot of men
In town that would
Stand bail for mr. Dolan.
Any objection?
He's entitled to bail.
Hal, you take mr. Dolan
Out to the shady bench
In the backyard.
I'll get word
To mr. Jenson
Over at the bank
And judge tobin.
Thank you,
Mr. Earp.
You'll see that
I get justice,
I know that.
Thank you,
Mr. Maxwell,
For being so quiet
And decent about
The arrest.
You only done
Your duty.
That's right,
Mr. Dolan.
- Yes.
- Now you just take it easy.
A perfect job, men.
Wells fargo has
The serial numbers.
When do we get paid?
You'll get paid.
But not out of this.
Apiece now...
...and when earp's
Been convicted.
Don't hang
Around dodge.
Just when do we plant
The money on earp?
We'll have to wait
A couple of days.
Let the papers
Report the robbery,
Get people talking
About dolan.
Build it up big.
Cy, I still don't
Trust maxwell.
An ex-con and all--
He knows how
To dummy up.
It's you and willy who might
Go blabbermouth on us.
My advice...
Don't.
Hold it, red.
Hi, doc.
I thought your missus
Was sick in k.c.
- Yeah, how is she?
- She's better.
Those two texas g*ns
That just rode out,
I should remember
Their names.
I never saw 'em.
You, willy?
No.
Glad to hear about
Miss kate.
Doc, we've got
To hurry.
Yeah.
Well.
Howdy, doc.
You know they'll never
Catch this fella in
A thousand years.
What are you up to?
I think I gotta get
A bail bond form
Over to mr. Jenson
Before the bank closes.
Save your strength.
What?
I'll put up the bond
For dolan.
How much?
$ .
You a friend
Of mr. Dolan's?
Anyone who steals money
From the railroad
Is a friend of mine, wyatt.
I always thought of
Dooly dolan
As a shiftless, careless
Failure.
Now but if he got away
With $ , ,
I now regard him
With fond admiration.
Well, i, uh-- I don't
Think mr. Dolan took it.
Well, if he's not guilty,
I've lost interest.
Ah, I'll let it ride.
Wyatt, did you ever hear of
Red smith or willy black?
Why?
Well, red and willy
Just left town.
Before they left rather
Hastily and guiltily,
A couple of texas gunslingers,
Whom I should remember,
Rode their horses
Down front street.
Oh?
Now any one of the four
Is a cinch bet to be a thief.
And I also recall that
Red and willy
Don't particularly
Like you.
Now I've got it.
Didn't you banish
The lazy--
( Coughing )
Didn't you banish
The lazy "w" outfit
From dodge?
No, I just threatened to.
But I don't recall
Any smith or black
Connected with
The lazy "w."
( Coughing )
I guess I haven't had
Enough whiskey to clear my head.
( Coughing )
I'm groping for something--
A gloomy, dismal chaos
Of a sober mind.
Doc.
Oh, excuse me.
( Exhales )
There.
( Inhales )
Seconds
To reach the brain.
Meanwhile,
What is it?
Well, those two fellas
You were asking about,
Smith and black--
They've been hanging around
The forks road house.
Chuck beason says
They work for the lazy "w."
Well, thank you, deputy.
There's your lead, deacon.
You put red and willy
In jail,
Give them p*stol whippings
At six-hour intervals,
And I'll guarantee
They talk.
The whiskey's reached
Your brain.
Wyatt, I'm trying
To help you.
Thanks. But I can't arrest men
Just because they don't like me.
And I can't beat confessions
Out of prisoners.
You allow moral scruples
To interfere
With your duties
As a peace officer!
Good day, sir.
Why hasn't the boss
Showed up?
That's what fidgets me.
Maybe he's taking
My advice, huh?
I told him to put
The plant on earp.
You heard me.
I said, "you wait
And something will go wrong."
Let's ride back
To dodge.
Back to dodge.
Back it up.
Pick him up.
Doc, you crazy or something?
No.
I just made
A citizen's arrest.
Two material witnesses.
Witnesses for what?
Framing a peace officer.
Who'd they frame?
You.
Give me a hand.
You men now deny that
You told doc holliday
That an attempt would be
Made to frame me, huh?
I never said nothing.
Neither did i.
You wish you hadn't
Said that, willy.
What about our rights,
Marshal?
It's his word
Against ours.
I believe the doctor.
Then lock 'em up!
I don't
Admit nothing.
He shot me when
I was unarmed.
Wyatt, I have other matters
To attend to.
Either lock them up
Or give 'em back their g*ns
And turn them loose.
Next time I won't
Just wing you.
Don't say nothing,
Red.
We'll stay in jail.
He'll k*ll both of us.
Yeah, I think he would.
I'll lock them up
For hours.
Now what's your
Next move?
You won't
Approve of it
Look, I'm involved
In this now.
What other information
Did they give you?
The names of two men.
I'm gonna make
Those men talk or
I'm gonna k*ll them.
You wanna join
The party?
I can't operate
That way, doc.
I thought not.
I'll see you later.
( Knocks on door )
( Knocking continues )
Who is it?
Maxwell.
Doc holliday took
Willy and red.
Earp has them
In jail.
What's holliday
Doing in this?
They tell me
He and earp are pals.
I figured doc to be
In kansas city.
Think the boys
Will talk?
We better not
Risk it.
Spring the plan tomorrow?
Yeah, tomorrow.
I'll get you
The money.
Pour yourself
A drink.
Thanks.
Keep your hands
On the table.
Flat!
All right,
On your feet.
Into the next room.
How did doc holliday
Get into this?
We thought
You were in k.c.
I'm not interested in
Your childish speculation.
Move!
Who's behind the frame up?
All right.
It's a principle of mine
Never to sh**t
An unarmed man.
Talk... Or fight.
I'm waiting.
Holster your g*n.
I need an even break.
Now you tell me
Who's framing wyatt
Or you make your fight.
Don't sh**t me again.
( Exhales deeply )
( Groaning )
Cy johnson.
( Coughing )
( Speaking indistinctly )
( Croaking )
I got two witnesses that admit
The frame is on, mr. Maxwell.
But they won't name
Anyone else.
They keep
Repeating that...
They don't know how
Or where
The money's gonna be
Planted on me.
( Chuckles )
Nobody'd believe you had
Anything to do
With the robbery.
Oh, no?
A lot of people in this town
That'd believe anything
Against me.
And I can't count on
Smith or black.
Now they'd change their stories
If the plant is made on me.
You're getting me
Suspicious.
I haven't heard
From doc holliday.
He turned in
Those two hoodlums.
That's unusual, isn't it?
He played a hunch.
But I can't trust doc
To keep his temper.
If I knew where he was
Or what he was up to...
Forget it, marshal.
I still say that dolan
Is our man.
Wyatt, red smith says
He's ready to talk some more.
Good.
I, uh-- I'd appreciate it
If you wouldn't bother
The dolans anymore.
If you ask it.
Oh, uh, get anything,
I'll be at the depot.
Thanks.
( Door closes )
Now you drive on.
Is this one of your
Practical jokes, doc?
My grizzly
Sense of humor.
I don't relish having
A g*n in my ribs.
You better drive while
You're still able.
Yah!
Well, we got two
More names, boss--
Lindon and mckeown.
Yeah, it may help.
You, um, get louie
And ring out the town, huh?
- All right.
- ( Door opens and closes )
Marshal?
Your friend
Doc holliday
- Has really stepped
Overboard, I'm afraid.
- Oh?
He just kidnapped some
Fellow at the point
Of a g*n.
- Where?
- The dodge house.
They headed south
Out of town on
The spring wagon.
Smith named two other men.
We better search the town
For them.
Give him a hand,
Will you, mr. Maxwell?
Why, sure.
Well, they worked it.
( Sighs )
Planted it
On my horse.
Why, that dirty scum.
You know
The serial numbers?
I've memorized them.
This is the stuff.
Now you hang on to it.
I'm going after doc.
Maxwell:
Marshal?
I wouldn't leave now.
What?
You don't think that wyatt
Would know anything--
Oh, of course not!
But I am a special agent
For the railroad.
I have to go
Through the motions
Of making
An investigation.
Oh, that's stupid.
You go after doc,
Wyatt.
I'll take care of
Mr. Maxwell.
No, he's right.
You, uh, tell mayor kelly
And judge tobin.
We'll have this out
In an open meeting.
Then I'll go after
Dr. Holliday.
That satisfy you?
I'm satisfied already,
Marshal.
But I can't falsify
A report to the railroad.
( Chuckles )
And I sure don't
Wanna tell them that
Part of the stolen money
Was found in your saddlebag.
No. That's fine of you.
Come on, hal.
Whoa.
You wanna pick
Your own tree?
Tree?
Doesn't have to be
A large tree.
I want you tied up.
You might as well
Be comfortable.
You must be crazy.
I told you I didn't know
Any of the hoodlums
You named.
I certainly wouldn't
Want to frame
Marshal earp.
But I never even
Met the man.
- Liar!
- Oh!
Whoa!
Get down.
Why don't you just
sh**t me in the back
And get it over with?
It would be too easy.
Besides, I wanna hear
The truth come gasping
Out of you.
Johnson?
This is a hypodermic
Syringe.
In my dental practice,
I used it for surgery.
But now--
Now it contains
My own special formula.
Mckeown tells me that
You're the boss behind
The frame up of wyatt earp.
What about that?
You know, the apaches
Have a trick noose.
Lets 'em hang a man
All day.
( Whimpers )
Now hold still.
This has to go slow.
- ( Grunts )
- ( Groans )
Slow and easy.
A little bit
At a time.
Little more.
( Inhales sharply )
Are you the boss man?
No.
All right, we'll try
Some more of this.
Right now you should be
Feeling a slight chill.
There.
And that's the borderline.
If I give you any more,
- You'll lose consciousness.
- No, doc, please please.
No, don't worry, johnson.
I can revive you if you
Have a strong heart.
Any history
Of heart trouble?
Of course if I did
Revive you,
It'd hardly be worth
The effort.
You'd be a babbling idiot
For the rest of your life.
Well?
Here it goes.
No! No.
I can't take it.
I'll talk, I'll talk.
I'll talk.
And I don't believe
For a moment
That marshal earp
Had any knowledge
Of the robbery
Or of the money found
In his saddlebag.
Certainly not.
It's a dirty frame up.
Then you do understand
My position?
I can't report
To the railroad that
Some anonymous thief
Has returned $
Of the express shipment.
What have you got to say
About all this, wyatt?
Hal's talking
To smith and black.
I suggest they be given
A chance to repeat
Their verbal confessions.
All right,
Bring them in.
This is some
Fool nonsense!
Any one of people
Could have planted
The loot on wyatt.
Why, you could have
Done it yourself.
Now now, jim.
Well.
We'll see what these
Hoodlums have to say.
Well, maybe they know
Maxwell.
Whoa now, mayor kelly.
It's your own marshal
Who's under suspicion here.
Earp:
Hal, you take them
On out there.
I'll be out in
A few minutes.
Hal:
All right.
Smith, black?
Yeah?
Didn't you tell marshal earp
In the presence
Of his chief deputy
That an attempt would
Be made to frame him?
No, I didn't.
Me neither.
They're lying.
You're lying!
Do you know this man?
Never laid eyes on him.
The same for me.
All right.
I've tried to be
Fair and decent.
And all I got for it
Is to be accused of
Crooked work
By mayor kelly!
I'm gonna write
An honest report
To the railroad.
And what you do
About marshal earp
Is none of my business.
Lift 'em, maxwell.
Get out of my way.
Now you lift your hands
Or you go for your g*n.
Cy johnson's boss
Of the outfit, wyatt.
He's outside on a wagon.
I, uh--
I'll let him rest.
I'm grateful, doc.
But it just wasn't
Necessary.
Mayor kelly and
Judge tobin would have
Stayed loyal, no matter
What that phony special
Agent did.
Perhaps.
You have your methods;
I have mine.
I'll ask you to do me
One little favor.
Oh?
Name it first.
Red smith
And willy black--
Turn 'em loose.
So you can sh**t 'em down
In cold blood?
Uh-uh.
Well, it'll keep.
You know, wyatt,
I would have made
A very crooked,
But efficient
Peace officer.
And what a noble,
Honest gambler
You would have been.
Well, maybe the good lord
Has other plans, huh?
Amen, deacon.
Amen.
♪ 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. ♪