The Life and Legend
of Wyatt Earp
[Ken Darby singing
"The Legend of Wyatt Earp"]
♪ Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp ♪
♪ Brave courageous and bold
♪ Long live his fame
and long live his glory ♪
♪ And long may
his story be told ♪
(male narrator)
The toughest decision
Wyatt Earp ever had to make
as the peace officer
in Dodge, was what to do
about Rocky Griswold and
his g*ng of saddle tramps.
Hank Drew, Deputy U.S. Marshal,
posing as an outlaw
had lured Rocky into
attempting the robbery
of a Santa Fe
gold shipment.
Under the law, this would be
a plain case of entrapment.
An illegal trick to capture
outlaws for reward money.
But on the frontier of ,
many believed that a John Law
should use any method
to halt a robbery.
Shotgun, at o'clock,
I want you
to turn Saunders
and Magain loose.
You give 'em back
their g*ns.
Tell 'em I want them
out of town by sun up.
Uh, yes, sir,
Can I help you?
I'd like to talk to you alone
if you're Marshal Earp.
I'm Marshal Earp.
Mr. Gibbs, you uh,
take patrol, huh?
Good. I like any excuse
to get out of this
office for a spell.
Hank Drew.
Deputy U.S. Marshal,
Topeka, Kansas. Hm?
That's right.
Have a chair, sir.
[dramatic music]
Well, that's the story.
I've been living with
Griswold and his boys
near a month now.
They trust me.
Well, you must be, uh..
...quite an actor,
Mr. Drew.
It was my tip on the gold
shipment that won Rocky over.
He's needing money for grub.
Did Chief Marshal Hendan
assign you to this deal?
Sure,
why not?
Because it's
entrapment, Mr. Drew.
You're urging men
to commit a crime
so you can catch 'em.
I think you're just
a bounty hunter.
Well, your Sunday school ideas
don't interest me, Earp.
You've got to cooperate.
I do?
I'll give you a cut
of the reward money.
[dramatic music]
Now, you get out.
You still gotta go
along with me.
You keep acting stupid and
I'll spell it out for you.
Mr. Drew, you wanna
lose some teeth?
I'll be back, Earp.
With orders.
[dramatic music]
Marshal Earp?
'Yes?'
Mr. Earp, I'm Joan Demming.
My father owns
the Bar W in Wyoming.
He's coming in for more cattle
and asked me to meet him here.
Yes, uh..
Sit down.
Thank you.
That man who was
just here, who is he?
I'm afraid I can't
tell you that, ma'am.
Well, he calls himself
Hank Drew.
He rides with Rocky Griswold.
Griswold.
Cow hand. Isn't he a...Texas uh,
Circle Star outfit?
These are hard times
in the cattle business.
He got fired.
Why would Hank Drew
be talking to the law?
Why would you?
Mr. Earp, Rocky and
his friends don't have jobs.
They've appointed Rocky
their boss and-and I think
Hank has persuaded them
to do something wrong.
I want you to stop them.
Wouldn't you have
more influence?
No.
No, I've tried.
I've been buying food
for the camp.
There's not much
money left.
I don't trust Hank.
I think he's the kind
that would talk Rocky into
robbing a bank or something
and then, tell the law.
Miss Joan, one thing I can
tell you, and that is that..
...Mr. Griswold...is
interested in you.
He'll listen to you.
Now, you try again.
I'll tell Rocky
I saw Hank talking to you.
- Maybe that's--
- No. Don't do that.
Rocky's liable
to sh**t him.
Still plenty of time for them to
call off what they're planning.
Now, if Rocky has it in him
to keep straight
Hank Drew can't talk him
into going crooked.
I'll give it
another try.
Thanks, Mr. Earp.
I uh, I've to send
this telegram.
I'll walk you over
to your hotel.
[dramatic music]
We'll go up to his office,
see if we can find him.
Oh! Here's Wyatt now.
Wyatt!
Got to talk to you about
something very important.
Not only do you have the word
of Deputy Marshal Drew
but you've heard from Mr. Caslin
what he thinks about it.
Mr. Caslin happens to be
the Chief Special Agent
for the railroad.
I know Mr. Caslin.
You're quibbling
over ethics, Wyatt.
I risked my life
to catch those criminals.
And he's still risking it.
One word to the Griswold g*ng
and he's a dead man.
Wyatt isn't betraying
you, Marshal.
Well, I ain't none
too sure of that.
[angrily]
Why don't we
step outside--
I'll have none of that.
Hold your temper, Wyatt.
Well, you hold your's
for a second.
Now, Drew is a scalp hunter
and a liar, Mr. Caslin.
This so called Griswold g*ng
is a bunch of starting cowhands
not criminals.
Drew set up
the whole job himself
and talked them into it.
Even if you
caught him red handed
you couldn't make
your case stick.
Judge Tobin would
rule it entrapment.
That's for the court
to decide.
I'll have
no more argument.
I'm Mayor of this town.
I can fire you.
Then fire me!
Alright. Hold it,
all of you.
I wanna talk
to Wyatt alone.
Mr. Kelly, why don't you
and Drew go over the long branch
and well, kinda settle
your nerves, huh?
I'm still the Mayor.
Caslin will
settle this hash.
That Irishman.
Everytime a real issue
comes up, he backslides it.
Now the Santa Fe isn't gonna
go along with this frame up.
Not if I had time.
The bullion shipment goes
east at noon tomorrow.
There'll be special agents
on the train
and more with the stage
at Hayes City.
Well, then, call it off.
All you gotta do
is send a telegram.
There's Drew.
I can't take the responsibility
of having him k*lled.
No.
This is Chief Marshal
Hendan's fault.
I should get a reply from him
first thing in the morning.
Drew's probably been
lying to his boss.
And all you get is a promise
to investigate.
Now, Wyatt...are you sure
the Griswold outfit
is just a bunch of cow hands
and not men with records?
No sir, I'm
not positive but..
...one point, I am
gonna insist on.
Yes?
If they do ride into
this trap tomorrow
I don't want any sh**ting.
I want 'em alive.
Well, that's fine
with us.
Our job is to protect
Santa Fe shipments.
But if Griswold
does start some g*n play
I'm afraid
I can't guarantee.
Well, sir, my uh,
my deputies and I
we-we might give you
that guarantee.
You'd fight on the side
of train robbers?
Mr. Caslin, if officers
don't respect the law
how are you gonna get
outlaws to?
Now, Mr. Drew is bringing
a rotten deal into my town
and one way or the other,
he's gonna regret it.
I'll try and keep
you out of this mess
but don't you start
the sh**ting.
[dramatic music]
Nothing Mel said
is below the line, Wyatt.
I had to dunk a few drunks
in a water trawl.
Say, they tell me, Caslin
of the Santa Fe is in town.
Yeah, I was just
talking to him.
Here, I got
a job for you.
Want you to catch
the a.m. freight.
East junction.
And send that telegram
from there.
Pinkerton Agency,
Saint John, Missourie.
It'd be easier to send it
from here, wouldn't it?
Sure would, but Mr. Kirby
over at the telegraph office
talks too much.
Yeah.
I got a real long story
to tell you when you get back.
Say, Wyatt. I sure
would like to take
the Boomer
back down here.
Of course, ferry would be
up around cents.
Hmmm.
Well, I think we can
afford that, Mr. Gibbs.
Here you go.
You just take the Boomer.
I want you to get back here
before morning, though.
There may be trouble.
That Boomer will
get me back here on time.
[dramatic music]
Bouncer, we're
out of coffee?
I don't know. Look at
Hank's grub sack.
He gotta have some.
Got no coffee.
Some beans
and some moldy salt pork.
Where is Hank?
Guess he'd be back
anytime now.
You reckon
Earp nabbed him?
No. Hanky's too smart.
'Hey, here comes
Ms. Joannie.'
- Howdy, Ms. Joannie.
- Howdy, Ms. Joannie.
[birds chirping]
- I asked you not to come here.
- You're hungry, aren't you?
'Hi, Joannie.'
Hello, Tex.
Eat hearty.
'Ah, bless your
little soul.'
- Hands off.
- What?
We're not taking anymore
charity from Ms. Demming.
- You don't have to eat it.
- But we are hungry, Boss.
Alright. If you got
no more pride.
We'll pay Joannie back,
in gold.
Food, fellows.
We eat!
Rocky.
What did Tex mean when he said
you'd pay me back in gold.
Nothing.
Hank Drew's talked you into
robbing a bank or something.
I ask you to forget me.
I ask you to stay in town.
I saw him in Dodge
last night. He was talking to..
So what you're up to
doesn't fool me.
Alright.
You'll be caught.
You'll be sent to prison.
Well, I said alright.
If you really
feel that way
then you're not worth
bothering about.
The other boys elected you
to find them jobs.
Not to lead them into
a trap set by Hank Drew.
Trap?
Are you loco?
- He'd do it, Rocky.
- No, he wouldn't.
He likes living.
Now, come on.
Get on your horse.
If you give up this idea,
I'll marry you today.
Oh, sure.
And live on what?
Hand outs
from your dad?
No. My father will
hire you as his foreman.
He'll hire
all those boys.
Your father's
almost broke, Joannie.
Broke? He is not.
Who told you such a thing?
Come on. There's
no use arguing.
Now, you're gonna
get up on this horse.
[dramatic music]
Here's Drew now.
He's sold you out.
I saw him in Marshal
Earp's office last night.
'Ask him if he wasn't in Wyatt
Earp's office last night.'
[music continues]
Get down, Hank.
Watch your hands.
We got nothing to
quarrel about, Rocky.
Come on.
This side.
- Come on.
- What's wrong, Rocky?
Ms. Deming says she saw
Hank talking to Wyatt Earp.
- You double cross--
- Hold it, Joe.
You're wanna call
Ms. Deming a liar?
I sure don't.
- I had to talk to Earp.
- How's that?
I forgot to check my g*n
like a greenhorn fool.
One of Earp's deputies
picked me up.
Earp didn't search me, though.
Here's the map
to the Santa Fe Depot.
'It's all you
need for the job.'
What did you talk
to Earp about?
Oh, nothing much.
Chewed me out for packing a g*n
and let me off without a fine.
- Give me your g*n.
- Sure.
Alright, now we'll talk this
thing over and put it to a vote.
I'm in favor of a fair trial.
Come on.
[dramatic music]
I don't think these
cattlemen have any records.
Pinkertons are sending a man
so Drew can't put over
any false identification on us.
But I'm still hoping
Ms. Joan has talked
Griswold out of it.
What if she hasn't?
We could meet him outside of
town but that'll mean a fight.
Best bet is to
let him hit the station.
We'll try pushing in between
Griswold's bunch
and Caslin's agents.
[whistles]
Protecting train robbers against
Santa Fe's special agents?
You heard the order, didn't you?
Now, we gotta go along
with this entrapment.
I'm part of a dirty deal, but I
don't wanna make it any dirtier
by sh**ting up
the Griswold bunch.
I trust Caslin,
but I don't know whether
he can control his agents.
Oh, I get it, Mr. Earp,
we-we sucker Griswold
into an attempted robbery,
but we don't bushwhack him.
That's right.
It's not a
very nice distinction
but that's the best
we can do at the moment.
Let's start loading
the shotguns, huh.
Alright, you've heard Hank's
story and the whole plan.
Should we trust him
or call it off?
Rocky, I've sponged my last grub
for Ms. Joan or anybody else.
I can't live on air, waiting
for the cattle business
to start up again.
- 'You're right.'
- Certainly, we can't.
Alright, alright.
- We vote for taking the gold.
- Right.
- 'Yeah.'
- 'Right.'
Done. Okay, Hank, you'll ride
with us but no g*n.
Now, if you have sold us out,
when the sh**ting starts
you'll be right in front.
Come on, boys.
- Any luck, Ms. Joan?
- I'm not sure.
Can we talk inside?
Mr. Gibbs, take the boys
to the station.
Come on, Ms. Joan.
I broke my promise, Mr. Earp.
I told Rocky
I saw Hank talking to you.
- Why did you do that?
- I tried everything else.
I offered to marry Rocky,
but it was the same thing.
Did you suggest that Drew
might be selling him out?
Yes. He said Hank wouldn't dare,
that he wanted to stay alive.
Did he admit that Drew
planned the robbery?
Oh, it was common talk
around camp that Hank
was planning something.
- Let me do it.
- Do what?
I'll tell you in a second.
Wyatt sent you here
to help us?
That all depends.
Wyatt don't want nobody shot.
You go back and tell him
I can handle this.
You interfere, and there's
going to be trouble.
Mister, I got my orders.
Boys, the stage will
unload over yonder.
If Griswold comes, he'll have
to round that corner.
We'll just wait over here
behind this wagon.
Now, you boys just rest easy.
Wyatt wants this done his way.
What's wrong?
Wanna take another look
at this map.
You sure your decoy's
up in town?
At o'clock Sy Brissen's gonna
come bustin' into town yellin'
"Big stage robbery
north of Dodge."
We'll have time to be sure
Earp and his men have gone.
- Anything else, Tex?
- Yeah, look yonder.
- It's Earp. Get him.
- Hold it. Hold it.
Marshal Drew,
you're under arrest.
Marshal Drew?
That's right.
US Deputy Marshal.
[g*nsh*t]
I said you're under arrest.
You get down from there.
- You can't arrest me, Earp.
- Now, move over there.
You are charged
with suborning a felony.
You planned a Santa Fe holdup
and encouraged those men to try.
You dirty double crosser.
Get him, Rocky.
- Hold it, Tex.
- Stop being a fool.
Marshal Earp will send
Hank to prison.
What happens to us?
You can do as he tells you
or ride into ambush
at the station or turn around
and run for Texas.
Mr. Griswold, I'm gonna need
your testimony in order
to convict Drew.
Are any of your men
wanted in this state?
Well, I-I don't know.
What's the matter
with you, Rocky?
Letting one John Law
run a bluff on us?
Get him and Drew
and let's get outta here.
- Hold on, Tex.
- No.
[g*nsh*t]
- You'll have to sh**t me first.
- Get back Joanie. Get back.
I bungled this, trusting Drew.
Any men feel like sh**ting,
cut loose on me.
It was a crazy idea, boss.
We're all to blame.
Thanks Joe, and we do
as Earp says.
Mr. Griswold, get one of
your men to patch him up.
Get on your horse.
Take care of him, Joe.
Rocky Griswold and everyone
of his men are wanted
for robbery and cattle stealing.
Earp had no right to arrest me.
I'm a Deputy US Marshal,
trying to do my duty.
'He should be arrested
for interfering'
'with a federal officer.'
I'm charging you with
obstruction of justice.
It's a clear case and don't say
I didn't warn you, Wyatt.
I'm sorry, Mr. Kelly,
but he stays in jail
until Judge Tobin gets here.
No, I'm not. I'm walking
out of here right now.
- Wyatt, he can sue the city.
- If I'm crazy, let him sue.
Wyatt, you're taking
a pretty big gamble.
Supposing Griswold and his boys
run out on you, what then?
I don't know.
Maybe, I'll go to jail.
You can't trust a John Law
to keep his word. Look at Drew.
And I can't trust you.
You started out to be
a criminal this morning.
Mr. Earp stopped you.
He's giving you a chance to be
an honest man or an outlaw.
Maybe he is.
Mr. Earp's in a tight corner.
He's counting on you and
the boys to tell the truth
about Hank Drew.
Either you be in court..
...or forget about me.
Marshal Earp, Mr. Drew,
will you please step forward?
Mr. Earp, this court
does not condone entrapment
or suborning a felony.
But Mr. Drew has denied under
oath that he plotted the robbery
or encouraged the Griswold
outfit to attempt it.
'And Mr. Caslin has stated that
he has no direct knowledge'
'of Deputy Marshal Drew's
work in uncovering'
'this robbery scheme.'
Mr. Caslin..
...the court understands
that you merely had a tip
from the Chief Marshal's
office in Topeka.
That's right, sir, but Wyatt
did protest to me that Drew--
Heresy, irrelevant.
Mr. Drew, according to
the testimony offered here
was acting as an undercover man
a function of police work.
Marshal Earp
in the absence
of supporting testimony
this court must find you guilty
of obstructing justice.
[crowd chattering]
Order. Order.
'Order.'
Your Honor, I'm Rocky Griswold.
I wanna tell the truth
about this man, Hank Drew.
You'll tell the truth?
You're a wanted outlaw
and so are your men.
Quiet.
Your Honor, if
the court please..
Yes.
Before Mr. Griswold testifies,
I'd like to call
Mr. Jacobs of the
Pinkerton Detective Agency.
(Judge Tobin)
'For what purpose?'
Mr. Drew here claims that
Mr. Griswold and all his men
are wanted men.
Mr. Jacobs is here through the
courtesy of Mr. Alan Pinkerton
to give the court
proper identification.
Very well, Mr. Drew,
Mr. Griswold, take your seats.
Let Mr. Jacobs take the stand.
Place your hand
on the Bible.
Swear to tell the whole truth
and nothing else,
so help you God.
- I do.
- 'Sit down.'
Mr. Drew..
...I say that this man sitting
there is Mr. Harry Griswold.
He's worked as ramrod
for various cattlemen.
Now, who do you say he is?
I say he's Harold Griffin
alias Rocky Turner
wanted for cattle stealing
and bank robbery.
Mr. Jacobs, do you have any file
on a Mr. Griffin or Mr. Turner?
Yes, I know Rocky Turner.
Griswold is not Turner.
You can see
for yourself, Judge.
Mr. Drew, out of
this entire group
you have correctly identified
just one man, Tex Oliver.
'He's wanted in Missouri
for violating his parole.'
Well, if Pinkertons say so,
that don't make it the truth.
The court believes
Mr. Jacobs' testimony.
The court also believes
what Mr. Griswold
and Marshal Earp have
said about you.
- Marshal Earp?
- Yes, sir.
You will hold Mr. Drew for trial
on charges of perjury
and suborning a felony.
Court's adjourned.
[indistinct chattering]
- Thank you, Mr. Earp.
- You're welcome.
Sure got a nice day
for traveling.
Well, I better turn off here,
go back to my job.
I wish you both a lot of luck.
I still can't understand why you
went through all that trouble.
- Ms. Joanie...wants a husband.
- That's not the reason.
Goodbye, ma'am.
- Why did he do it?
- Not for us.
He did it for the law,
to keep it honest and fair.
[Ken Darby singing "The Life
And Legend Of Wyatt Earp"]
♪ 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 ♪