♪ 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: wells fargo
Had two undercover agents
In cochise county.
One was j.b. Ayers
Who operated a roadhouse
And outlaw hangout
In charleston.
Marshal earp had the conviction
That the law must protect
Secret agents
From exposure at all costs,
And sometimes found
Himself tangling
With trouble that might
Cost several lives,
Including his own.
( g*nshots )
Throw 'em down.
- He's getting away.
- No, hold it.
Done enough damage.
You shouldn't have
Let him get away.
Two men wounded, mr. Thacker.
Isn't that enough for you?
Wyatt don't like
Ambushes no-how.
That hoodlum will go
Straight to old man clanton.
You got a horse.
You go after him.
We should all
Go after him.
And get bushwhacked
By clanton?
Didn't the wells fargo people
Ever give you
An intelligence test
Before they hired you?
Aw, button up, doc.
Give me a bandana.
We saved a mail
And silver shipment.
Old man clanton will know there
Was a tip-off even if that man
Doesn't make it back.
Well, the main thing is
That old clanton
Won't know whereabouts
The tip come from.
I'm not so sure
About that.
Man:
Dango!
Look out,
That's my shoulder.
It must have been
A tip-off, mr. Clanton.
Earp and his men
Was laying for us
Right where we
Stopped that stage.
Two good boys gone.
Give dango a drink.
Who you reckon
Tipped 'em?
I don't know.
But some of the boys
Was sure having a lot
Of fun last night
Over at that
Ayers roadhouse.
Ayers?
You reckon
It was him?
Eh, couldn't have
Been him, papa.
He gets half his trade
From us.
He probably wouldn't
Have had the nerve.
Maybe not.
I ain't saying it is
Or it ain't him,
All I know is we gotta
Find out for sure.
There's a silver shipment
For benson tomorrow.
I want you and phinn to get
Ayers all to hisself.
Kinda hint to him we're gonna
Knock off that shipment
- And you, phinn!
- Yes sir?
Let ike do the talking!
He's the blabbermouth
Of this outfit.
Ayers might get
Suspicious if it was
You to say anything.
We'll nail him, papa!
You just prove
He sold us out!
I'll do the nailing
Personally.
Well, I sure was sorry
To hear about the boys'
Bad luck.
Wells fargo must have
Had a tip-off, huh?
That's exactly
What papa thinks.
- Any idea who?
- No, I haven't.
But to tell the truth,
Some of the boys
Were talking a little
Too much the other night
And I'm afraid that anybody
Could have heard them.
- Well, we'll even up.
- Sure.
- But not too soon, I hope.
- Why not?
I don't want to tell
Your old man how to run
His business,
But I think he ought
To stay off the benson trail
Until he finds
That undercover man.
- Mr. Ayers, drink?
- Thanks, phinn.
Papa seems to think
It'd be smart maybe
To hit 'em again quick.
Like that silver
Shipment tomorrow.
- Too risky.
- Eh, they couldn't set up
Another bushwhack deal
That fast.
I ain't gonna argue
With your papa, boys.
Wouldn't do no good no-how.
Maybe we'll hit
That silver wagon
And maybe not.
Papa's got it in his head
You know something
About the tip-off.
Look, ike,
Like I told you,
Them boys talked too loud
And too long the other night.
Now I serve all kind
Of people in here.
Even some saddle tramp could
Have blabbered his mouth off
To wells fargo
- For the reward.
- Could have happened that way.
Sure, so for what it's worth,
You advise the old man
To stay off the benson trail
Until it cools off, eh?
Why are you
So interested?
Yeah, why?
Well, after all, I lost
Good customers today.
Besides what would happen
To my business here
If word got out
That there was a wells fargo spy
Operating out of the place?
No, the biggest favor
Your old man can do me
Is to find out who
Tipped off wells fargo.
We'll find 'em, ayers.
But mind you, talk about
That silver wagon?
- It's just amongst us three.
- Sure.
- Papa might change his mind.
- Well, I sure hope he does.
After all, you clantons
Are my best friends.
Ayers sent a note.
- Clanton suspects him.
- I told you he would.
Oh. Well, you can't
Help ayers now.
Mr. Thacker,
Let clanton take
That silver wagon tomorrow.
I can't do that.
That's $ , .
A man's life is worth
More than $ , .
Of course it is, but there
Isn't time to explain it
To san francisco
And they didn't want
To hire undercover men
In the first place.
Look how much money
They've saved your company.
How many times have they
Risked their lives?
Look, we're moving that bullion
By the lizard's tooth cutoff.
Now ayers doesn't know that
We've changed our route,
And I'm sure that
Clanton doesn't.
Now this won't get ayers
In any trouble.
But they already
Suspect him.
Well, I'll-- I'll pay
A personal visit
To clanton.
I'll tell him that ayers
Is a tavern owner,
Nothing more.
Oh sure.
Look, he's a brave
And valuable man to both of us.
I'm gonna try
And save him, if I can.
I hope you do.
( Knocks )
It's marshal earp.
Open up.
Step back.
I'm gonna have to arrest you
To make this look good.
Here, put these on.
Let's go.
Lift 'em, all of you.
I've know for a long time
That you work hand-in-glove
With the clantons.
I ain't
With nobody.
- You've got the wrong man.
- You do too much business
With these hoodlums.
I do business
To make a living.
I ain't their keeper.
That's too bad.
Move out.
Move out!
Open the door.
( Murmuring )
Get away
From that window.
Sit down.
Old man clanton ain't
Sure yet, wyatt.
But he's getting
Close to me.
Can't thacker help you?
Well,
It's like I was just
Writing to my wife,
It's too late.
Besides
Where would I go?
No place
That old man clanton
Wouldn't follow me.
As long as he's sure
I'm the tip-off man.
It's a hard thing to say,
But you're probably right.
Look, there's a silver wagon
Leaving the charleston mill
Tomorrow morning.
It's taking the lizard's tooth
Canyon trail.
Clanton wouldn't
Expect that route.
- Not unless you ride
Down there and tell him.
- What?
You must be joking.
I need you, mr. Ayers.
A good undercover man is worth
Times what clanton will
Get in that shipment.
But I couldn't
Double-cross wells fargo.
You might have to, in order
To save your own life.
Besides, this might put you
On the inside with clanton.
We still don't know where
He peddles that silver.
- Well, he cuts it up
And fences it.
- Where?
I don't know.
You've got to prove
To clanton
That you're not a spy
For wells fargo.
So you ride down there and tell
Clanton about the wagon.
You say that you overheard
Thacker and me arguing
About it when you were
In your cell.
It may work,
But wells fargo's liable
To be awful sore about it.
You let 'em--
This time.
Come on.
Wyatt?
I just hope I'm doing
The right thing.
Mr. Ayers, I've worked
For wells fargo now,
Off and on,
For many years.
I'll take
The responsibility.
One thing I don't want
Is you getting k*lled.
You just keep your mouth shut
And let wells fargo jump on me.
When they finally understand,
Well, they won't jump
Too hard.
I'm gonna put you
In a cell for a few hours
Then let you go.
Come on, I'll take
The handcuffs off.
( g*nsh*t )
- What are you doing here?
- I've gotta talk to
Your father.
Well, talk.
He's on the porch.
You're up early.
Wyatt earp arrested me
Last night.
He and thacker
Of wells fargo
Figure I'm a mite
Too friendly with your boys.
What makes them think so?
Just barfly talk,
Mr. Clanton.
But earp heard about
Phinn and ike and me
Being in the back room
After supper.
There's too much talk
Outta your place, ayers.
Well, it ain't coming from me
And I can prove it to you.
He's gonna prove
He ain't a tip-off, boys.
How are you gonna
Do that, ayers?
Well, last night when
I was laying in my cell,
I overheard thacker and earp
Talking about a silver wagon.
Thacker's sending
That wagon right by the cutoff
At lizard's tooth.
Earp called him a fool.
Earp wanted to have it sent
By the regular trail
That goes to benson
With a posse.
Just as soon as earp
Let me loose,
Why, I grabbed my horse
And run down here just
To tell you about it.
All right,
Take him.
What's the idea?
We'll find out whether you're
Telling the truth or not.
It won't take long.
Meantime you stay in the
Bunkhouse under guard.
- But I'm your friend,
Mr. Clanton.
- Maybe.
Maybe not.
Lock him up.
Tell soto to watch him.
- ( g*nsh*t )
- All right!
Ha!
( Chattering )
( Straining )
All right,
Hurry it up.
Yeah, they're
Pretty heavy.
One more--
Oh, we've got two more
We've gotta get.
Wait a minute.
Right here.
- That'll do it.
- Get out of the wagon.
All right, now head back
To charleston.
- Don't turn around!
- Giddyup.
Guess we were wrong
About ayers, papa.
Mm-hmm.
Always thought he'd make
A good man for us.
You know, wyatt,
This business of being a spy
Takes considerable
Courage.
It sure does.
Here,
I'll say it does.
You know, it'd fidget me
Plumb sick
Not ever knowing
From day to day
Whether I was gonna
Get found out.
I should think
It would--
Risking your life
Guarding somebody else's
Gold and silver,
Not even daring to show
A g*n in your hand.
Say, wyatt,
When an undercover
Man is k*lled,
Does the company pay
For the funeral?
Well, secretly yes.
Well, that's some
Consolation.
Would they bury
Roscoe?
Ask mr. Thacker
About that.
Howdy, thacker.
We were just talking
About you.
Wyatt, old man clanton
Robbed
That ore shipment through
Lizard's tooth canyon.
- Anybody hurt?
- No, but that's not the point!
You and I were
The only ones supposed
To know about it.
Yes, and I didn't tell
The clantons.
I know that.
I did.
You tipped 'em.
You did!
That's right.
Not directly.
I told your undercover man
To pass the word.
Old man clanton was
Getting too close to him.
- Excellent strategy.
- Probably saved that
Poor fella's life.
How on earth am I
Going to explain this
To san francisco?
Now you tell me, wyatt,
How am I going to report
That a united states marshal
Leaked the information?
Write 'em a letter.
Wells fargo made
A good investment.
- Investment!
- That's right.
Your man just might
Find out where clanton
Fences that silver.
Oh, he might?
Where?
Now, thacker, where's
Your sporting blood?
- Bah!
- Don't go getting
Tough with wyatt.
You keep out of this!
Would wells fargo
Bury my mule roscoe
If he was to get k*lled
On one of these here
Secret deals?
I'm putting it to you plain:
Would they?
No, they wouldn't!
I'd better cool off before
I talk any more about this.
But you're in serious
Trouble, wyatt.
Serious trouble.
Where's ayers now?
I hope he joined up
With the clantons.
What if he didn't fool
Them people?
Then we'll find out
And find out fast.
We'll head
For charleston first.
How about thacker?
I think he'll stall
For a day or two.
This isn't the kind of a deal
You can put in a coded telegram.
What's the matter?
You got the silver,
Didn't you?
- Papa ain't satisfied.
- And we ain't either.
All that you told us
Is true enough,
But earp could be
Using you for a spy,
- Just the same.
- He arrested me last night
And I can
Prove it to you.
We already checked
On that, ayers.
But you ain't done nothing
To hang your britches
In the sling.
How do you mean?
What do you
Want me to do?
I'm a-studying that
Right now.
( Chuckles )
- It's silver, ain't it?
- Mm-hmm.
We just love them
Big ingots from the mill.
Smelt down the chunks
To make it look like
Small miners purified them
Out in camp kettles.
Know anybody would be
A good steady market?
I could pass some for you.
I'm always buying liquor
And supplies, mr. Clanton.
How much
Could you take?
- A month?
- Chicken feed.
I got , in silver
Hid out right now.
Well, maybe I could find
A bigger buyer for you.
But no taking it
Across the border.
People are always getting
Caught at that border.
All right, I'll take
A chance on you for .
I don't think I've got
That much on me right now.
- You'll get it.
- Yes sir.
Earp, holliday and gibbs.
Why didn't
They stop ayers?
Maybe because he's
In cahoots with them
And not us.
He shook us off.
He must be being
Followed.
We'd better tell papa.
( Clicks tongue )
Ha!
Look up there.
Ike and phinn clanton.
I made a fool mistake!
How's that?
In order to make it look good,
I should have stopped ayers
And searched him.
Old man clanton will be
Wondering why I didn't.
Can we do something
To fix it?
We can ride into charleston
And arrest ayers again.
That's not enough to fool
Clanton now, wyatt.
No, you're right.
It'll take more than that.
Tell you what,
I got something
That might work.
Look, when I go
Into the roadhouse...
Get in there.
Move over there.
We blundered on the trail.
Ike and phinn were watching.
It was my fault, wyatt.
I didn't think I could
Stand a search.
Here's part
Of the old man's haul.
He's got a cache
Of it somewhere.
I had to promise
To fence it for him.
There's only one way
To get you in the clear
With clanton.
In order to prove
That we're not in cahoots,
You're gonna have
To sh**t me.
- sh**t you?
- That's right.
When I take you outside,
As we come off the steps,
You hit me in the stomach.
Take my g*n, sh**t me.
I've got it loaded with blanks.
I've got it fixed with holliday
And gibbs to make it look real.
- But, wyatt--
- Look, it's the only thing
We can do.
Now let's go.
Get back.
( Murmuring )
Go on.
Get outta my way!
He got earp.
Stand back there,
You murdering scum!
Get back!
How is he, doc?
Is he hit bad?
Pretty bad, gibbs.
We'll have to take that wagon
And get him to the hospital.
Any of you
Know who done this?
Well, we'll find out.
You're wasting time, gibbs.
The idea is to get that wagon
And we'll take him
To the hospital.
We'll get the one
Who did it later.
Get back inside there.
All of you!
Take this.
- Can you handle him?
- Yeah.
Easy, boy.
Ho.
Mr. Clanton,
Mr. Clanton!
- Ayers sh*t earp, mr. Clanton.
- k*ll him?
Earp wasn't dead when
Holliday and gibbs started
For the hospital.
- But he was hit real bad.
- I told you ayers was
All right.
Go find me
Ed and charlie monroe.
I want to see 'em quick.
- What for?
- If he didn't k*ll earp,
We gotta finish the job.
Can't let him get well
And arrest ayers for this.
No sir, ayers is a good man.
We gotta help him, boys.
Look, papa, let ike
And I go into town.
We'll do it.
Hush up!
I don't want no clantons
In this.
Ed and charlie monroe ain't
Known in tombstone.
Ain't even known
They work for me.
- But, papa--
- Go find 'em.
Hey, doc.
Relax, will you?
Nobody's gonna
Come for me tonight.
Why don't you go to bed
And get some rest?
I know clanton.
He'll want to make sure
You're dead.
And tonight.
I've got this, haven't i?
Yeah, but you don't
sh**t to k*ll.
A brain sh*t is the treatment
Of choice in a corner like this.
You ask dr. Goodfellow.
He'll tell you the same.
( Chuckles )
Dr. Goodfellow won't
Like anything I do.
Hmm.
I guess he wouldn't.
He don't like the idea
Of you taking up a bed
With a make-believe wound.
Nothing's gonna happen.
You take a nap.
- There's the hospital tent.
- Well, let's go.
Naw, we're not gonna
Go in the front door
And have some nurse
Yelling her head off.
We'll mosey around first.
You think that's earp?
He's a big man
With dark hair.
Clanton said we might have
To make a guess at it.
I think it's earp.
Hey!
Two men dead.
That sums it up admirably
And succinctly.
How long do you have
To stay in here, deacon?
( Sighs )
Doctor says one week in order
To make this look real.
All this to save
An undercover man
For wells fargo.
And what would
You have done?
Save him, naturally.
Good night, sir.
♪ 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. ♪