( 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. ♪
( Men vocalizing )
Narrator: frontier communities,
Like dodge city,
Had a lot of problems.
One of the worst
Was scarcity,
Of goods and of men,
The right kind of men
For the jobs that needed
To be done.
And sometimes
The pressing needs were
A problem for the law...
And for wyatt earp.
Of course I have nothing
Against president grant
Myself,
But this salary grab
Just don't seem to
Sit well with folks.
$ , . You know, that's
A lot of money, marshal.
In fact, they say $ ,
Is a little too much money
For an ordinary congressman.
At that rate, I might
Go into politics myself.
In fact, my friends
Have been suggesting it
For some time.
( Laughs )
You certainly have
The wind for it.
Well, you see now,
Marshal,
The trouble is
I don't settle down
In any one place.
I happen to be in hides,
Buying and selling.
In fact, that's what
Brings me right here
To your city, marshal.
You, uh...you care
For a cigar, sir?
Ha ha.
You, young man?
No, thanks.
Oh. You don't talk much,
Now, do you, huh?
I guess you do enough
For all of us.
Well, I was only trying
To be sociable, marshal.
No offense.
You go ahead
And enjoy your cigar.
This your first trip
Out west?
This far west, yeah.
You going on
To the mountains?
I don't know yet.
Just sightseeing.
I'm not a criminal, marshal.
I didn't suggest
You were.
I'm not being very sociable.
I'm sorry, marshal.
It's just that I hate
Travel so much.
I'll be glad when
We get to dodge.
Yeah, so will i.
Well, it won't be
Too long now.
Get out of the way, lem!
Go around if you want!
I got as much right
On this road as you!
Ain't enough room
To pass! Move over!
Come on, lem!
Move over! Coming by!
Hyah! Hyah!
( Groans )
Darn you,
George haywood!
I'll sue the company,
That's what I'll do!
Are you all right,
Mrs. Evans?
It's my head, marshal.
Clem, you've hurt
Your arm.
Hurts like fury.
It's broke sure.
No, I don't think so.
Move your fingers.
All right, all right.
Just keep still.
Where's my bag?
- Ohh! I'm all blood.
- Here.
No, no! No whiskey.
And not that dirty
Handkerchief, marshal.
Here. Put it
Up here.
Thank you.
Now this may sting
A little bit, mrs. Evans,
But it's necessary.
All right.
Oh!
It's all right.
Just take it easy, honey.
There.
What about lem's arm?
Well, it's just a bad bruise
And a sprain.
I'll just bandage it up,
Give him a pill
To ease the pain.
You, too.
Sure was a good thing
You was here, doc.
Why didn't you tell
Us you were a doctor?
Why should i?
Whoa! Whoa!
You have a good
Trip, george?
Well, a little rough.
Hyah!
And i, uh, thought maybe
You better look 'em over, doc.
Sure thing.
Won't you come
With us, doctor?
No, no, they're your
Patients now, dr. Mccarty.
I hope you don't mind.
No, I just
Administered
First aid.
Be with you
In a minute.
You know, the thing
That interests me
Is what is a doctor doing
Riding a stagecoach out here
And not sure how far
He's going?
You just can't stop asking
Questions, can you, marshal?
Well, I haven't had
Any answers yet.
I haven't done anything
Wrong, marshal.
A man has a right
To his privacy.
I'm sorry.
My interest is personal,
Not professional.
Let's start all over
Again, shall we?
I'd like to.
Glad to know you.
Now, what's so strange
About my traveling west?
Half the nation seems
To be nowadays.
People traveling west,
Settling new towns.
They'll be needing
Doctors, I think.
Need 'em badly.
So, then why should
A young man stay in
The crowded east?
Uh, whereabouts in
The east are you from?
Cincinnati.
That's where I first
Set up practice.
But I decided I wanted
Something different.
Well, there are not
Many places out here
That have doctors.
Those that do have them
Need more.
Here, for example.
I was thinking of
Something further west.
Denver maybe.
( Door opens )
Doctor mcdowell here
Left me with
Nothing to do.
- Wonderful job.
- Thank you.
I offered to pay him,
But he wouldn't take nothin'.
If you was gonna
Stay here,
I'd bring in a split a' hog
And some greens fer ya.
He says he's going on west, lem.
Gonna settle out there.
Well, jehoshaphat!
What better place to settle
Than right here? Hmm!
Uh, of course we got
Doc mccarty.
I'm all for it, lem.
We need another doctor.
Well, it's mighty
Tempting, but...
By the way, what's your
School? Mine's chicago.
Maryland.
I'm from back there.
Baltimore.
Maryland.
Let's see, uh...
Doc fletcher's
The dean there.
Is he still there?
Yes, last I heard.
You want a place
All your own.
I wouldn't give you
Any trouble here.
There are too many
Folks dying
Because I can't be in
Two places at once.
Think it over.
I will.
Doc, thank you.
Thank you.
Good-bye, wyatt.
See you later.
( No audible dialogue )
Hello, doc.
- Hi, doctor.
- Hi, donald.
Good day, doctor.
Marshal.
Man: well, the horse had
A loose shoe on him.
Nobody's fixing it.
- Why don't you?
- I don't know.
Mcdowell?
He's doing a good job.
People like him.
Have you seen
His credentials?
What are you driving at?
Well, I wrote a letter
To cincinnati.
This is the answer I got.
Well?
There never was
A dr. Carl or c.m.
Mcdowell in cincinnati.
So he lied.
Does that mean he doesn't
Know how to take care
Of sick people? No.
Wyatt, the west is full of men
Who call themselves doctors
But have
No credentials to show.
You're a genuine doctor,
And that doesn't
Bother you?
In some ways.
But this is new country.
We need 'em,
And some of 'em are good.
Yeah, and some of 'em
k*ll people that
Needn't have died.
Yes, that happens.
It happens, too, to men
With diplomas sometimes.
Mcdowell's good.
I've watched him.
He knows what he's doing.
Look, wyatt,
Suppose carl mcdowell
Isn't a bona fide doctor.
As long as he's
Doing good...
How long will that be?
How long will it be
Before he makes his
First mistake, huh?
Look, I'm responsible
For him,
And you vouched for him
In front of the mayor
And the council.
I took that responsibility.
Without seeing his
License or diploma.
He doesn't have one.
Not from maryland anyway.
How do you know that?
There's no
Dean fletcher there.
You knew that
All the time
And still you asked
Him to stay, huh?
Diplomas aren't what matter
Out here on the frontier.
There'd be little medicine
Practiced if there were.
Why, even the state board
Doesn't require it
If a man can pass
The examination.
There aren't enough
Medical schools,
And there's too much need.
I understand then.
Look, wyatt,
It takes a man with insides
To come out here and practice.
There are no hospitals.
You're one man alone
Doing everything in
All kinds of weather,
Hours a day.
I know, doc.
It takes quite a man.
A man like carl mcdowell.
I don't know where
He got his knowledge.
I'm just glad he's here.
And you'll be, too,
If the smallpox epidemic
Gets this far west.
It's already to wichita.
You can do what you want.
Look, doc, if he's
Breaking the law,
I gotta know about it.
That's your job, wyatt.
I got my own to do.
Delivering a baby...
And babies don't wait.
Thank you, doc.
You'll be sure
And come back
Tomorrow.
I'll do that.
Well, jimmy.
Looks like you were
In another fight.
No. Just a little
Old argument.
Hi, marshal.
Hi.
Come on in.
Have a cup of coffee.
No coffee for me, thanks.
I see you've been
Patching up jimmy again, huh?
He's one of my
Best customers.
You seem to be
Doing very well here.
People like you.
Well, I owe you
And doc mccarty thanks.
I'm happy here.
Maybe you'll stay
Around for a while,
Hang up your decoration.
You mean my diploma?
And your license.
Why, I thought
You knew, marshal.
They were destroyed
In a fire in cincinnati.
Yeah, I know.
By the way, what, uh...
What was that address
In cincinnati?
Why?
Because a u.s. Marshal
In cincinnati's
Never heard of
A dr. Carl mcdowell.
You had to ask
Questions, didn't you?
It's my job.
You lawmen!
You're all alike!
Above other people!
I could k*ll you!
Don't try it, carl.
Put it down.
I'm not that
Kind of man.
But sometimes any man
Gets fed up.
Even a lawman.
Look, carl, I don't like this
Any better than you do.
We could use you here.
Doc says you're a good man.
I didn't mean
Those things.
You've been decent
To me, marshal.
Marshal...
I'd like to
Tell you a story.
Just supposing...
It's about a man
I once knew.
He lived on a plantation
In the south.
That's where it started.
With animals.
When they were sick
Or hurt,
He learned
How to help them.
His ambition was
To be a doctor.
He was ready to go
To medical school when
The w*r broke out.
The w*r changed
A lot of lives.
So he went into nursing.
Four horrible years.
He worked with
The doctors,
Studied medical books,
Learned everything
He could.
And then, when the w*r
Was over...
You went home?
There was nothing left.
Nothing.
Nobody.
So he drifted west,
Trying to make
A living.
But one thing he knew:
Wherever he went,
There was always somebody
Needed his help,
And he had to give it.
Can you understand that?
Yes.
He was a good doctor!
But he didn't
Have a license.
And what happened?
He drifted farther west.
Sooner or later,
He always had to move on.
Well, he could have gone
To the state board
And passed
The examination.
They're pretty tough on
A man without a diploma.
But he was as good as
Many with licenses.
As good as you?
As good as doc mccarty.
Well, that's a very
Interesting story.
But just supposing still
That this young man,
Who's very much like you,
I'd still have to say
Get a license before
You practice.
Because if you don't,
You're going against
The law.
And, carl,
I wrote to maryland.
I should be getting
An answer in a few days.
You love to hound
People, don't you!
Did you ever stop to think
About how much trouble
You'd be in
If somebody died
Because of your mistake?
They call it m*rder.
( Door closes )
Manuel, is the doc in?
Si.
Doc!
Doc!
Doc, you gotta come.
It's my wife, marcie.
Something terrible's
Wrong with her.
I can't, mr. Evans.
You'll have to get
Doc mccarty.
I already been!
And he ain't there.
Doc, you gotta come.
She might be dying,
And there's nobody but you.
Please, doc.
All right.
Whoa!
In here, doc.
Doc...
Is it serious?
Yes, mr. Evans.
It's smallpox.
Ah, morning, doc.
Something on your mind?
Wyatt, I stopped
And got this package.
It came in on
The "santa fe"
From wichita.
Oh?
What is it?
Inoculation for smallpox.
Well, that's good to
Have around, isn't it?
Yeah, but wrapped up
Were some reports on
The epidemic so far.
One tells how it
Started in wichita.
It seems that this
Young doctor
Diagnosed
A case f measles.
Took him three or four
Days to find his mistake.
By then, several other
Cases had shown up.
You mean if he hadn't
Made the mistake,
These other cases
Wouldn't have happened.
That young doctor's name
Was carl mcdowell.
Mcdowell?
And I was feeling
Sorry for him.
Fine doctor he is.
Can't tell the difference
Between smallpox and measles.
Oh, that's an easy
Mistake to make,
In an adult especially.
Why, any doctor might
Under certain
Circumstances.
But the report admits
He saved the patient's life.
Yeah, but think of him
Treating people around here,
Maybe making mistakes.
That's not what's
Worrying me.
What is?
He was exposed
To smallpox.
He might be
Carrying it.
And he oughtn't be
Treating people
Unless he's taken
Full precaution.
Let's go find him.
Manuel, have you
Seen the doctor?
No, senor,
Not since yesterday.
Any idea where he went?
With lem evans.
His wife is bad sick.
Oh?
Come on, doc.
Will she...
She be all right?
I don't know yet,
Mr. Evans.
I'm doing
Everything I can.
I know. I know, doc.
It's just that...
If I lose her...
I'll get you some coffee.
Lem?
Lem?
Lem?
I'm here, marcie.
Some water.
Just a little.
And keep her covered.
( Groans )
( Carriage approaching )
Wyatt, doc,
Don't come in.
The place is
Contaminated.
No use you being
Exposed to it.
That's what I was
Afraid of. Smallpox?
Yeah.
You know what
This means?
You brought it
From wichita.
You know about that?
I know
All about it.
I'll have to
Take over, carl.
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
Are you, marshal?
I suppose this means
I'm under arrest.
Do you want to wait outside?
I'd like to get
A little air.
Don't worry.
I won't run away.
What's up?
What's doc mccarty
Doing here?
Where's the young
Doc gone?
You're gonna find out
Sooner or later, lem.
He's not really a doctor.
You mean...
He's one of them quacks
That don't know nothing?
He's a good man.
We think he's competent.
You think?
Why, if I had
Known that--
He might have done
Something to k*ll--
She's dying
In there now.
It's maybe his fault
She's lying there,
Near dead!
- Take it easy, lem.
- Can you deny it?
Look, he only
Tried to help her.
Besides, your wife
Is gonna be fine now that
Dr. Mccarty's here.
Now just take it easy, lem.
Calm down.
That'll make you sleep,
Mrs. Evans.
How is she?
Oh, she'll live.
Not many folks
Die of the measles.
- What?
- Measles.
Same mistake,
Other way around.
After wichita, I'd lean
Over backwards, too.
But he took
Good care of her,
And she's gonna be
Just fine.
Lem?
Lem?
Now where'd he go to?
I don't know, but you
Better find him.
He might be coming down
With the measles.
He might be coming down
With worse than that.
Lem! Stop!
Lem, I'm sorry.
Why didn't you stop
When I yelled?
I meant to k*ll him.
Here, let me look at that.
You hear me?
I'm gonna k*ll you.
Yeah, I heard you.
Let me fix this first.
How is it?
Just a flesh wound.
He'll be swinging
At you in a week.
When I was
Aiming at you,
You just stood
And waited,
Like you wanted me
To k*ll you.
Maybe I did.
Why?
Because I must have given
Your wife the smallpox.
I wanted to die.
I'll oblige...
Soon as I'm able.
Why do you want
To k*ll him, lem?
For what he done
To marcie!
For treating her
For the measles?
Measles?
You just can't seem
To tell the two
Apart, can you?
She'll be fine in
A couple of days, lem.
Of course you'll
Probably come down
With the measles.
( Laughs )
Glory be.
Who cares?
I'm sorry, doc.
Everything
All right here?
Yeah, just
A flesh wound.
You want to take over now,
Dr. Mccarty?
Nope. Your patient,
Dr. Mcdowell.
What's worrying him
Is that you might be
Carrying the smallpox.
Well, I was careful.
Burned the clothes,
Scoured everything.
Good.
The only thing that's
Worrying wyatt
Is that license.
The state board
Is having exams over
In hays next week.
I'll be there.
Of course I can't
Promise you how I'll do.
You'll do all right.
♪ 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.
( Men vocalizing )