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( 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. ♪
Announcer: "the life and legend
Of wyatt earp..."
Dr. George goodfellow
Was a civil w*r surgeon
And a leading citizen
Of tombstone.
Unfortunately for wyatt,
The doctor was a man
Of medicine first
And a law enforcer
Second.
Although his code
And wyatt's seldom clashed,
There was one time
When they did.
Doctor,
Tinkham brown and his men
Are wanted for a mail robbery.
Do you know him?
Yes, I know him.
Has he ever been
A patient of yours?
Oh, probably.
Tinkham and one
Of his men were hit
During the holdup
Of that stage.
Now, if the man
Was hurt bad enough,
He may send for you.
I'm the only surgeon
Within miles.
He probably will.
Hmm.
I don't suppose
That, uh...
If he does send for you
That you'd tell me
About it, would you?
Wyatt,
You know medical ethics.
You know that
I honor them.
I wouldn't be alive
If I didn't.
But that's
Beside the point.
The day may come
When a doctor's
Forced to reveal
Information about
His patients,
But my code
Forbids it now.
I know that.
But my code has rules, too.
Now, if they do send for you,
I'm gonna have to trail you.
You're an officer
Of the law.
That's your duty.
My duty is to help
Sick people.
Tinkham brown's got
A pretty rough bunch of boys.
He may think that
You told me to follow you.
Wyatt, it's late.
I want to finish
These case histories.
Would you mind
Clearing out?
All right.
You, uh...
Realize that you
Could be k*lled?
I lived through
The civil w*r.
Could have been k*lled
In a dozen battles...
And times since.
( Door closes )
Doc's coming, boss.
Anyone on his trail?
Just him and swanee.
I knew I could
Trust the doc.
( Sighs )
Don't hem around.
Talk right out, doc.
The b*llet went
Through your chest
And lodged
Against your spine.
All right.
Take it out.
I'm not that good
A surgeon.
You're the best
There is, doc.
Nah, it's just talk.
What do you know
About surgery?
From the paralysis
In your legs,
I'd say that the
b*llet's pressing
On the spinal cord.
If I go in there,
One slip of the Kn*fe
Could k*ll you.
Then there'd be a slip
Of the trigger, doc.
Put that thing away.
Doc's my friend, swanee.
You know I got
No choice, doc.
Man might as well be dead
As paralyzed.
Well, I told you
Part of the truth.
Now I'm gonna tell you
The rest of it.
Wyatt earp talked to me
About you last night.
I think he's followed
Me here.
That john law!
That's all right, boss.
We'll take care of him.
You'll do nothing
Of the kind!
Now just a minute.
I'm gonna need
Earp for this.
If he's brought holliday,
I can use him, too.
For the operating?
They wouldn't help me, doc.
And they ain't
Going to arrest us.
It's your only hope.
It's my job
To save your life.
Earp doesn't
Want you dead.
You'd be no use
To him that way.
Now, do you want me
To talk to him,
Or do you want to
Finish up like a dog
With a broken back?
You mean this one's
On the house?
No sh**t'
On either side?
That's what I mean.
All right.
See what you can do, doc.
You boys do what
He tells you.
( Horse whinnies )
They're just over the ridge
Up there, wyatt.
We're gonna have
To leave these horses
Down here and walk up
Or else they'll hear us.
Yeah. I don't want to
Go up there yet.
Wait until
Dr. Goodfellow leaves.
I don't want him
Catching a b*llet
For his troubles.
Maybe they done already
k*lled goodfellow.
Serve 'em right
If they had.
It's foolish
That he'd have
Such a regard
For a hoodlum's life.
I always figured him
To be a cold man.
I've heard people say
That you're the one
That's heartless, doc.
I am.
That ain't the way them
Texas folks tell it.
They tell me you rode
A hundred miles once
To operate
On a man's jawbone.
That was to win
A bet.
The man had such
A bad necrosis
And the local m.d.
Backed out,
And the bets
Were so high that--
( Rustling )
Somebody's coming.
It's the doctor.
Hello, wyatt.
Are you steady?
Hold out your hand.
My hand's as steady
As yours.
Did your patient die?
No!
But it's a difficult
Situation.
I have to explain.
Brown's agreed
To a truce.
The b*llet's lodged
Against the spine,
But there may be a chance with
Holliday to hold retractors,
And you, wyatt,
To manage the ether.
Well, we better
Get on up there.
Doctor.
Yeah?
What happens
Afterwards?
Oh, they go on
To a new camp,
And you start
Hunting 'em again.
We ought to take 'em
Right now.
Nonsense. Brown's
In bad shape.
You passing out
The death sentence
For mail robbery
These days, wyatt?
No, sir.
What do you think, doc?
The operation
Sounds interesting.
But you better not
Let wells fargo know
You agreed
To anything like this.
Gentlemen,
Every minute counts.
Walk along with me,
Holliday,
So I can explain what
I'm gonna do.
Come on.
There's the b*llet.
Yes.
How's the pulse?
Pretty good.
( Sighs )
Well...
We'll pull the slug.
Here's a clean sponge,
Holliday.
Be ready with
The clamp.
There it is.
Is he gonna make it, doc?
Can't tell for
A couple of days.
Keep him right
Where he is.
Give him laudanum
To keep him quiet.
If he starts to fever,
Send for me.
What about earp?
The marshal agreed
To a truce.
He'll keep it.
That's right.
For how long?
Until dr. Goodfellow
Says he can travel.
And if you boys don't
Come into tombstone,
I'm gonna come
After you again.
You'll come in
If you got any sense.
Oh, quit the gab!
Mr. Brown is my patient.
After he recovers or dies,
I have no further
Interest in the matter.
It's up to him to decide,
If he lives,
Whether or not he wants
To remain a fugitive.
You did a pretty good
Job, holliday.
I wish they'd let us
Take 'em up to
The hospital
So you can keep
Your eye on him.
Oh, no.
No, you johnny laws
Are gonna push along.
Holster that g*n!
I said I don't want him
Moved at all,
Not even to the hospital.
I don't expect you
To thank marshal earp
For what's he's done.
But if there's any more
Of this behavior,
I'll not see brown again.
Come along, wyatt.
- Here you are, doc.
- Thanks, wyatt.
Will brown make it?
Well, he has a chance.
Wells fargo says that
He got away with $ ,
In that mail robbery.
Probably.
Good surgical problem.
I learned quite a bit.
Yes, sir.
Quite a bit.
See you later, wyatt.
Wyatt, they ain't gonna
Stick with tinkham.
If it was me,
I'd go back and
Get some more boys,
Come up here
And smoke 'em out.
I can't do that.
Not yet.
Gibbs, you got the soul
Of a bloodhound.
While surgical history
Is being made,
All you can think of
Is capturing those
Mail robbers.
Hey, doc.
Is that operation
That unusual?
Mm, goodfellow's
A genius.
That b*llet was impinged
On his spinal column
With bone splinters
All around.
If brown lives,
Johns hopkins should
Publish a paper on it.
Ha! A lot of good
That'll do
With wyatt trying
To explain this here
To wells fargo.
Let's stop
Jawing about it
And get back to town.
( Door opens, closes )
You lost 'em?
Not exactly.
What does that mean?
Tinkham brown
Was wounded.
The g*ng sent for
Dr. Goodfellow.
Didn't you tail him?
Yes, sir, we tailed him.
Doctor had to operate
In order to save his life.
Why didn't you
Pick up the others?
Because dr. Goodfellow
Pledged us to a truce.
We had to help
With the surgery.
A truce with mail robbers?
Oh, now, wyatt...
I'll round up a posse.
Now wait a minute,
Mr. Thacker.
This is a personal
Thing with me.
When dr. Goodfellow told me
How bad brown was hit, i...
Well, I just couldn't
Sentence the man to death.
I'm not the judge
And jury, you know?
All right, wyatt,
But we've got
The job to finish.
Just tell me
Where brown is.
We'll pick him up.
- I can't do that, either.
- Why not?
Because dr. Goodfellow's
A friend of mine.
Brown is his patient.
The way the doctor sees it--
I had to trail him.
That was my job.
But I'd be violating
His medical ethics
If I sent a posse
Out there after brown
Before he was
Well enough to travel.
Medical ethics?
Tinkham brown
Is a hoodlum.
Do you realize what
San francisco would do
If I sent this
Report in?
Look, I don't belong
To wells fargo.
You're a deputy
United states marshal.
It was your duty.
And I'll get
Brown and his men,
I promise you that.
When?
As soon as dr. Goodfellow
Discharges him.
A week or so.
Does dr. Goodfellow
Realize that he's
Risking his life
Fooling around with
A bunch of outlaws?
Yeah, he realizes it.
He takes a chance
On his life every time
He goes out on the trail
To help a sick cowboy.
Are you keeping
A guard on him?
Day and night.
All right, wyatt,
I won't report to
San francisco yet.
Thank you.
I'll, uh...
See if I can get
A bulletin from doc.
See you later.
How you feeling, boss?
Rocky.
But I can move
My legs a little.
Doc goodfellow says
You should lay still.
Earp and his crowd,
Are you sure they left?
Swanee tailed them halfway
Back to tombstone.
I don't trust earp.
We got to move from here,
Deeper into the mountain.
Sure. In three days,
Doc says.
Not three days, tonight.
Doc said three days if
You ain't got no fever.
It ain't doc's business.
You pack me on a horse
Stretcher and we'll go.
Hey, swanee.
Come over here and talk
Some sense to the boss.
He wants to move.
You must be out of
Your mind, tinkham.
That b*llet almost broke
Your backbone. I saw it.
Doc's taken the b*llet out,
Didn't he?
Yes, but--
Quit arguing.
I know how I feel.
And I don't aim to spend
Years in federal prison.
All right,
You take it easy.
I'll ride into town.
If the doc says
It's all right--
No. We're moving
At sundown.
I got a hunch, boys.
I smell wyatt earp
And a posse.
Well, it's your
Backbone.
If you can take it,
I guess we can.
Wyatt.
One of them tinkham
Brown men just come
For doc goodfellow.
Has the doc left yet?
No. He's still got some
Patients to see.
Where's the tinkham man?
Sitting on
The front porch.
All right. I'll try and sneak
Around the back way,
Have a little talk
With dr. Goodfellow.
( Door closes )
Evening, doctor.
Well, you have quite
A spy system.
Mr. Gibbs said that he saw
One of the tinkham brown
Boys out front.
If brown started a fever,
I'll have to go.
What if he dies?
They'll blame you for it.
Oh, I've been
Blamed before.
A real bad bunch, doctor.
I'm not interested
In their morals.
Brown's feverish.
Post-surgical.
If his name was smith,
I'd still go.
Well, I don't like it.
I'm sorry, doctor, but I'll
Have to trail you again.
That could really get me
In trouble, you know?
Doctor, I played it
Your way this morning.
Now brown had his chance.
If something does go wrong,
You'll be much safer
If you have g*ns
Covering you.
I will consider it
Unwarranted interference.
Just the same,
You may need help.
We'll try to be there.
( Door closes )
You moved him!
It was his idea, doc.
The man disobeyed
My orders!
I'm off the case.
No, you ain't.
Throw that g*n away.
You won't need it.
( Drops g*n )
Brown's a fool.
Didn't you tell him
He wasn't to be moved?
Yeah, but he's the boss.
In a matter of medicine,
I'm the boss.
Doctor's orders are to be
Followed absolutely.
Keep your shirt on, doc.
We got quite a ride
Up the mountain.
Move.
No light up there.
There's something wrong.
You reckon they've
Moved tinkham?
If they did,
He's dead or dying.
There's one way
To find out.
Come on.
Dr. Goodfellow's g*n.
It'll be daylight soon.
We'll trail 'em.
Here.
My legs feel
Numb, doc.
Why shouldn't they?
I left strict orders
You weren't to be moved.
I had to.
I was scared of earp, doc.
You don't trust anyone.
Here, swallow some of this.
What is it?
Whiskey.
Now drink it.
You reckon tinkham's
Gonna make it?
I don't know.
Both his legs are paralyzed.
Where's the money?
He's laying on it.
I'm gonna find out
How bad he really is.
Looks like they circled
Around those rocks
And went up there.
Yeah.
Cave country, wyatt.
Sometimes there's
A back way in.
Let's tie off.
Bring that canteen.
I'm done for,
Ain't i, doc?
Oh, I wouldn't say that.
Maybe you'll live
For another years.
( Chuckles )
You docs,
You always
Play it close.
( Coughs )
But that numb feeling,
It's come up higher.
Now don't try to talk.
I'm gonna pinch your belly.
If you feel it, nod.
You tell the boys
He ain't gonna
Pull through.
We're getting out.
Doc. My g*n.
Take it.
I'm laying on
The money, doc.
Pay yourself off.
Thank you, no.
Look, doc, we know
He ain't gonna make it.
Now you stand back.
Leave him alone!
Doc sh*t swanee!
Take him.
You all right, doc?
Yeah, I'm all right, wyatt.
Swanee broke his
Spinal cord trying
To get at the money.
Where'd he keep
This money hidden?
He was
Lying on it.
Well, come on,
Holliday.
More work to do.
What do you mean, work?
Well, you didn't
k*ll 'em all, did you?
Bring the kit,
Will you, holliday?
All right.
There. That should
Do it for now.
Interesting g*nsh*t wounds,
All of them.
I'd don't suppose
You'd be willing
To let nature
Take its course,
Would you, doc?
No, holliday,
I wouldn't.
Wyatt?
Send into tombstone
For a wagon.
I'll do my surgery
At the hospital.
All right, sir.
I'll send mr. Gibbs.
I couldn't save brown.
He wouldn't obey orders.
All that jarring around
When they moved him.
But I think I can save
The one I had to sh**t.
What for? So that he can
Serve years in prison?
No, holliday,
For what I can learn.
Now there's another
Challenging case.
. Slug through
The left lumbar.
I managed to plug
The points of entrance
And exit just in time.
- Dr. Goodfellow?
- Yeah?
Mr. Thacker thinks
We ought to go after
Those two men
That got away.
I can't spare gibbs.
Can't spare?
Wyatt, I've got four patients
In need of surgery.
What are two escaped hoodlums
Compared to getting these men
Hospitalized
As soon as possible?
Their lives ought to be
Your concern,
And thacker's, too!
All right.
I'll send mr. Gibbs in
After the wagon.
And, doc,
You better stay here
In case dr. Goodfellow
Needs you.
You look like you can
Use some rest.
Yes, wyatt.
I'm a mite tired.
A mite tired.
Marshal?
Yes, sir?
I suppose you think I handled
The whole affair badly.
No, sir. You did your job,
And I did mine.
Next time, don't you
Count on help coming
In the nick of time.
I just may be
On the wrong side
Of the mountain.
But you do see
My position, don't you?
Dr. Goodfellow,
Nobody understands
A surgeon except
Another surgeon.
All the hoodlums,
Dead and wounded,
Aren't worth the life
That you risked.
But you'll go on
Risking it,
And I wish you luck.
♪ 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.