The life and legend
Of wyatt earp
( Brays )
Come on, roscoe.
It ain't as if you was
Working for a banker.
Don't be so contrary.
You're working for the law now
And that means you'll take
Your meals when you can get 'em
And you're gonna
Be staying out until
All hours of the night.
We've got him cornered.
Let's move in.
- What about the mule?
- Never mind him.
We're after shotgun gibbs.
♪ 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:
"The life and legend of wyatt
Earp" starring hugh o'brian.
Shotgun gibbs had been
Wyatt's chief deputy
Since his arrival in tombstone.
Gibbs, his mule roscoe,
And his -gauge greener
Were formidable allies.
But as the w*r with outlaws
Grew more deadly,
Wyatt secretly wondered
If he wasn't asking too much
Of his friend from wyoming.
Any man who worked
For marshal earp inherited
Wyatt's enemies
And the possibility
Of violent death.
Clum:
"And be it further resolved
That chief deputy walter gibbs
Be commended
By the city council
For his bravery
And devotion to duty.
The citations
By governor gasper
And marshal earp
Are well-deserved
By chief deputy gibbs."
Well, sir,
I just want to tell you
That I thank you very kindly
- For all these nice words--
- Mr. Gibbs?
Mr. Gibbs, would you let
Mayor clum continue?
Ahem.
"Be it further resolved that
As a token of its appreciation,
The city council will
Present chief deputy gibbs...
With a gold star,
And as a further token
Of its appreciation,
A raise in salary
Of $ a month."
$ ?!
I sure appreciate it
- And I sure do thank you.
- Gentlemen.
- Thank you.
- There you are, mr. Gibbs.
Congratulations, sir.
- Thank you, mayor.
- Wyatt.
You...
You want me to pin
That star on you?
Shucks no.
Part of it
Belongs to roscoe.
You deserve
Most of it.
I didn't do
Nothing special.
Oh yes, you have.
You saved my life
Many a time.
Just last week you saved
Wells fargo $ ,
By capturing those
Heistermen single-handed.
You could have gotten
Yourself k*lled.
Well, anything I done,
I done in the line of duty.
( Door opens )
You'd better
Come quick.
Ma's gonna sh**t
Old mr. Brown.
Oh, she is, huh?
Well, where?
We're camped
On the edge of town.
Get a move on, will ya?
She's got a terrible temper.
Uh-huh.
Mr. Gibbs, you'd better
Go with this gentleman.
I have a few things
To do here.
- Come along, sonny.
- Hurry up!
Hey, wait for me!
Her name's ginger.
Call me butch.
- We're related.
- Cousins?
Naw, she's my baby sister.
I don't see you
Carrying no . .
Most john laws carry a .
And a sawed-off shotgun.
I carry this here.
Two -gauge slugs.
Now listen, if there's
Any trouble out there
I want you two to keep out
Of the way, you hear me?
- You ain't our boss, mister!
- Listen, you disobey me
- And I'll larrup you.
- He talks like our papa.
Yeah, and he's awful
Big and strong.
Well, let's just don't
Stand here a-jawing.
Let's go.
I'm not gonna tell you again.
You've been drinking
Ever since we left west texas.
Now you and your helper have
Been paid off at full wages,
And you're not
Working for me anymore.
You hired me
For the whole trip
To colorado!
I reckon this team
Will square the account.
Touch those horses
And I'll sh**t.
Hold it, lady!
Put that g*n down.
If there's any sh**ting
Gonna be done around here
I'm gonna do it.
Now what seems to be
The trouble?
Nothing serious yet,
Officer.
I told him if he touched
My horses, I'd sh**t.
- And I will.
- You keep out of this!
This is between
The lady and me.
You want him
Arrested, ma'am?
No, I just want him
To quit bothering me.
( Grunts )
( Groans )
Did you hear
What the lady said?
- Yeah.
- Don't you forget it.
Uh, the children
Was acting like they
Didn't have no papa.
That's right.
My husband was k*lled
Leading a posse in west texas.
Oh, I'm awful sorry
To hear that, ma'am.
I begged him not to go.
The other ranchers said
It was his duty.
Thanks
For your help, officer.
I don't think I'll have
Any more trouble with brown.
Now, lady, it ain't
Exactly my business,
But where are you heading?
Colorado
To a homesteader ranch.
Just you
And them children?
No, I'll hire
A couple of hands
To help me till we
Get to phoenix.
We're joining up
With a big wagon train there.
It's an awful rough trail
To phoenix, ma'am.
I got an idea, ma.
- Why don't you hire him?
- I like him.
I like him too.
Mr. Gibbs is big and strong
- And awful brave, ma.
- Butch.
Well, sonny,
I done already
Got a job.
I-- well, um,
Ma'am, if you'll
Excuse me, i--
I got to go report in
To wyatt earp.
Who's boss
In the outfit?
Well, uh, you are.
- I only just thought--
- Well, stop it.
You embarrassed
The poor man.
Now I've got to watch
The wagons.
You find a newspaper
And tell them to run
This advertisement.
Yes'm.
But does ginger
Have to dog me?
- Everywhere I go
She follows me.
- Ginger.
You stay here
With me.
Can't I ask that john law
To be my papa?
That's dumb!
Ma has to ask him.
- Butch!
- Yes ma'am.
And you get up
In the wagon.
You know yourself,
Wyatt, it ain't safe,
A lone widow lady
With them two children
A-crossing that trail
To phoenix.
Won't she advertise
For a couple of men
To go along with her?
Well, sure she would,
But what kind of hands
Would she wind up with?
- Hoodlums probably.
- There, you see?
Doc knows it ain't safe.
Well, I'll see if I can
Talk her out of it.
Bear down on it,
Will you, wyatt?
I'd sure hate for anything
To happen to butch and ginger.
What about their mama?
Well, to tell the truth,
I don't approve of her.
She's hot-tempered
And stubborn.
- I'll see what I can do.
- Yeah.
Gibbs, are you
In love?
Says which?
The widow byfield--
Have you fallen in love?
Doc, you're stone deaf.
Ordinarily
I oppose marriage.
To most men
It's a living death.
But it might mean
Your salvation, gibbs.
I don't take kindly to joking
On such subjects, doc.
Neither do i!
At most weddings
There should be
A f*ring squad present
So that the groom will
Know what he's in for.
But in your case, gibbs,
I think the good lord
Intends for you
To be a husband.
And of course I haven't
Any authority to stop you,
Mrs. Byfield.
Now why don't you tell me
The truth, marshal?
- The truth?
- That big john law
Deputy of yours
Asked you to come here
And scare me.
Why would mr. Gibbs do that?
Mr. Gibbs has taken a fancy
To butch and ginger.
Like most old bachelors,
He's sentimental
About children.
Do you know where they are now?
They ran off to find mr. Gibbs.
No doubt he's buying them
Rock candy or licorice
And spoiling their appetite
For supper.
Well, he shouldn't do that.
I'll see
If I can find them.
Thank you, marshal.
And I hope you'll ask
Mr. Gibbs to stop feeling
Sorry for those children.
Butch and ginger survived
A childhood in west texas.
What little protection
They need I can give them.
Yes'm.
Please can we sit
On roscoe's back?
- Why, sure.
- Thanks!
Up you go, honey.
You too, butch.
Thattaboy.
Butch, ginger,
Get off that mule.
- Uh-oh.
- Mr. Gibbs, I'll have
To ask you
To lift my children
Off that mule.
He ain't "that mule," ma'am.
His name's roscoe.
I don't care
What his name is.
Now supper's been ready
For half an hour.
- Skedaddle.
- Yes'm, but he's
A real nice mule.
Oh, I'm sure
Of that.
Mr. Gibbs,
I want you to know
I've hired
Two reliable men.
- We're leaving
For phoenix at sunup.
- What two men?
A mr. Davis
And a mr. Hearn.
- I don't know 'em.
- Is that necessary?
Lady, you've got
Two likely kids.
They're a mite spoiled,
But that can be
Straightened out.
Truth of the matter is
You're likely yourself.
- Indeed?
- Yeah, the only
Trouble with you is
You got a big chip
On your shoulder.
You ought to get yourself
A husband to take care
Of you and them kids.
- Someone like you?
- Oh no, I ain't applying
For the job.
I got to stay here
And help wyatt earp.
Now a lady like you
Ought to find herself
A decent, honest man.
Widow lady
Ain't got no business
Traipsing off to colorado
Or anyplace else trying
To go it alone.
You're right pert.
You ought not to have
No trouble finding yourself
A good husband.
Providing you got
The sense to look
For one.
Why, you--
You impertinent lummox!
- Butch!
- Aw gee, mom.
Why can't I
Hold the r*fle?
Papa gibbs says
It's indian country.
It's mr. Gibbs
And he was just trying
To scare you.
Well, it looks like
Indian country-- apaches.
I don't want to hear
Any more about it.
Mr. Gibbs says
I got to start growing
An immortal soul.
Butch, put
That g*n down!
Aw gee, ma.
Whoa!
Hold it, mrs. Byfield.
- Whoa.
- Whoa.
Ho!
- What's wrong, mr. Hearn?
- Sorry, ma'am,
We left our canteens
In your wagon.
Hey!
- This is as far
As we go, lady.
- What?
- Do we take all the horses?
- No, just ours.
- Better start
Unhitching them, willy.
- You can't do that.
- The law'll get you.
- You're nothing but
Dirty robbers!
We're giving you
A fair chance, boy.
Hush now.
They could steal this team too.
That's a sensible way
To look at it, lady.
- I ain't scared of you!
- Butch!
Hey, a right spunky kid.
And smart too.
You'd better be smart too, lady.
Don't feel bad, ma.
Mr. Gibbs will
Catch them.
We'll go
Back to tombstone
And get him.
- No.
- But they robbed us.
We'll go to the next town
And tell the officers there.
- ( g*nsh*t )
- Lookit, mom!
- Mr. Gibbs and marshal earp!
- Whoa!
- ( g*nshots )
- k*ll 'em, mr. Gibbs,
k*ll 'em!
Thattaboy, mr. Gibbs!
What's the matter, mommy?
Why did we stop?
What's happening?
It's all right, dear.
It's all right.
- There's papa gibbs.
- Yes. Yes, I know.
k*ll 'em, mr. Gibbs,
k*ll 'em!
Thattaboy, mr. Gibbs!
- Whoa.
- Papa gibbs sure
b*at up on them.
He was aiming to b*at the tar
Out of 'em, but marshal earp
Made him stop.
- Hello, papa gibbs.
- Ma'am.
Wait for me, papa gibbs.
Excuse me, ma.
Mrs. Byfield,
You and ginger all right?
- Yes.
- Turn your wagon around.
As soon as we get the horses
Hitched we'll be heading
Back for tombstone.
I started out
For phoenix, marshal.
I never turn back.
Well, I'm afraid you're gonna
Have to this time, ma'am.
- You're a material witness.
- Very well.
I... I don't fight
The law, mr. Earp.
Deputy gibbs found out
Who hearn and davis were
And insisted we trail you.
If those two had been
Really vicious,
They would have k*lled
You and the children.
Mr. Gibbs deserves
A word of thanks, ma'am.
I think so too, mama.
Ginger, ginger,
Did you see
What happened?!
Papa gibbs took hold
Of those robbers
And knocked
Their heads off.
Well, practically off.
- Did papa gibbs get hurt?
- Naw, not even a scratch.
He's not your papa.
- Ginger: well, we like him.
- We sure do.
Gentlemen, your lawyer
Put up bond,
Returnable
In judge spicer's court
At noon tomorrow.
- Here are your belongings.
- How about our g*ns?
I think you're safer
Without them.
Mr. Gibbs
Might be tempted.
- We got a couple
Of friends that--
- Shut it, willy.
We'll see you
In court.
( Door slams )
I had to stop shotgun
From breaking their necks.
Well, that's love, wyatt.
Love?
Mrs. Byfield?
He didn't tell me
Anything about that.
He won't.
He's too loyal.
Why don't you
Let him go, wyatt?
He likes that woman,
But he isn't gonna ask you
To let him go.
Fire him if you have to,
But get rid of him.
Dr. Holliday,
Cupid's right-hand man.
No, it's more
Than that, wyatt.
Shotgun never did learn
How to use a . .
He's accurate
With that cannon,
But in a gunfight
It only holds two sh*ts
Then he has to reload.
This isn't
A two-sh*t town
Anymore, wyatt.
Yeah, I've thought
About that myself.
After tombstone
Has been cleaned up,
He can come back here
If he wants to.
Let him go
To colorado.
Well, if I tell him I could
Get along without him,
It'd hurt his feelings.
He's a good friend of mine.
- Besides, I do need him.
- All right.
All right.
I'll give him
The plushiest funeral
Tombstone has ever seen.
Honest she did,
Papa gibbs.
She said, "find mr. Gibbs.
I want to talk to him."
- Didn't she, ginger?
- Cross my heart and hope
To die.
Well now, you children
Just stop a-dogging me.
Here, take this here money
And go buy yourself some candy.
Why don't we
Go with him?
You know mama
Won't want us around
When she asks him.
Come on, dumbbell.
And I thought mr. Earp might
Give you a leave of absence
Long enough for you to go
With us to phoenix.
Well, coming from you,
Ma'am, that's--
That's a mighty nice
Compliment.
- Let me help you with that.
- Thank you.
You'll ask him?
Well, ma'am, I can't
Hardly do that.
You can't?
No, ma'am.
You see, over there
In tombstone, we're running
Mighty shorthanded
And I'm afraid
Wyatt might think
I was a-running out
On him.
I see.
Well then, i...
I guess it's mr. Earp
Or me.
Well, you ain't proposing,
Are you?
I may have something
Like that in mind.
Eventually.
Dang if I know
What to say.
You keep thinking about it
And I'll keep
Thinking about it
And maybe...
You know, it's about time I was
Getting back on patrol there.
Wyatt's probably
Expecting me and--
Excuse me, ma'am.
Wyatt!
Where's gibbs?
Putting roscoe
To bed, I reckon.
Hearn and davis were making
Fight talk in the oriental.
Let's check the corral.
( Brays )
Come on, roscoe.
Don't be so contrary.
We got him cornered.
Let's move.
- What about roscoe?
- If he gets in the way,
sh**t him.
- ( Brays )
- Hush up, roscoe.
You're getting more spoiled
Than butch and ginger.
How about a bucket
Of them good oats, boy?
Hold it, big man.
Now keep away
From that shotgun.
- Come over here
With your hands up.
- All right, boys.
Looks like you got me.
What are you waiting on?
k*lling ain't enough.
We aim to give you a good
p*stol whipping first.
Why, sure.
Just be careful with them g*ns.
Roscoe ain't never done
Nothing to harm you.
( Shell clatters )
You didn't get him.
We'd better clear out.
No. We can see
As good as he can.
Halt, you're under arrest!
Hold your fire,
Mr. Gibbs.
We'll go through the barn.
There's a side door.
- We'll get gibbs
On the way. Come on!
- ( g*nshots )
- Shotgun?
- Over here.
- You all right?
- Yeah.
- Check roscoe, will you?
- Never mind roscoe.
Didn't you hear me tell you
To hold your fire?
Sure I did!
But they come in here
sh**ting at me.
Doc and I could have
Taken them alive.
Well, it just so happens
I wanted to k*ll them.
- Is your leg busted?
- No, I don't think
It's that bad.
Let's get you over to the office
Where there's some more light.
Doc, give me a hand.
Watch it.
Put your weight
On your right leg.
Getting a little tight
There, doc.
If you don't like
My bandage, why don't
You put your own on?
Well, I ain't
Complaining.
- I guess I'm
Pretty lucky at that.
- ( Door opens )
- So it's you they sh*t at.
- Yes ma'am.
- Sit down.
- Yes ma'am.
Uh, two drifters tried
To corner him.
I thought maybe I could
Forget how bad this
John law business it.
But I can't ignore sh**ting
In the middle of the night.
- No ma'am.
- Then I come in here
- And find you're hurt.
- He didn't start it,
Mrs. Byfield.
Law officers
Never do, marshal.
It's more than a woman
Can stand.
Twice anyway.
You just forget what I said
About taking us to phoenix.
I hope you get along
All right.
I thank you kindly.
- See what I mean?
- Doc, go--
Mrs. Byfield,
There's bad lighting
In the streets.
May I help you?
Sit down, mr. Gibbs.
I have something to say to you.
Huh?
Oh.
I reckon it's about them
Fellas I k*lled.
You...
Disobeyed an order.
Well, I ain't sorry
I done it.
I ain't apologizing.
k*lling them was
For a personal grudge.
You did it to get even for what
They did to mrs. Byfield
And the children,
And for sh**ting at roscoe.
Besides, you k*lled them
Needlessly.
I told you
To hold your fire.
I reckon you did.
I'm sorry to have
To say this, mr. Gibbs...
But I'm gonna have
To discharge you.
Well, you mean--
I ain't your
Chief deputy no more?
- You're just up and f*ring me?
- That's right.
Well, you need me, wyatt.
Why, even before
Dodge city,
Why, me and roscoe have always
Been your right-hand men.
After all the things
We've been though, how can
You just up and fire me?
I have no other
Choice, mr. Gibbs.
I'm a peace officer.
I'm not supposed to have
Personal feelings.
When I give orders,
I expect to have them
Carried out.
When my deputies
sh**t to k*ll,
It must be
Without personal hatred,
Do you understand that?
I reckon I do.
I learned how to spell
A long time ago.
You don't have to make it
No plainer than you
Already done.
( Badge clatters )
- Mr. Gibbs?
- Yes sir?
Let me hear from you.
So long, wyatt.
( Door closes )
I sure was fond
Of wyatt earp,
But he turned on me,
Fired me.
He loves you.
Got a mighty poor way
Of showing it.
- You'll forgive him.
- I already done that.
He can't help being
The way he is.
Worse than roscoe
Lots of times.
Someday I think
You'll see better
What he's done for you.
Maybe.
Maybe so.
♪ 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. ♪