The Life and Legend
of Wyatt Earp
♪♪ Hmm ♪
♪ Wyatt Earp,
Wyatt Earp ♪
♪ Brave, courageous and bold ♪
♪ Long live his fame
and long live his glory ♪
♪ And long may
his story be told ♪
♪ Hmm ♪♪
- The famous gunfight at the
O.K. Corral had its inception
in the holdup of a
Sandy Bob line stage.
After the death of Old Man
Clanton, Marshal Earp thought
he saw another chance
to split the Clantons' outfit
by tricking the outlaws into
gunning each other down.
Wyatt knew that
if this failed,
there would have to be
a fight to the finish
between the John Laws
of Tombstone
and the Clanton gunfighters.
- All right, you
know what to do.
[ Horse neighing ]
- Halt!
Hyah! Hyah!
- Hold it!
- All I did was hold the horses.
I--I didn't sh**t!
The others done the sh**t'.
- Who planned for you
to heist that stage?
- Brocius and Ringo.
- The Clanton boys and the
McLowerys were not in on it?
- No, they wasn't.
- Doc, you and Virgil
come with me.
You handcuff him and
put him on his horse.
All right,
then we're agreed.
Doc, you talk to
Brocius and Ringo,
and Virgil and I'll
see the Clanton boys.
- Just tell Ike that
Brocius and Ringo
collected the entire
$ , from the holdup.
He'll never know they
didn't get it all.
That should start
the fire under him!
- That should work.
What're you gonna say
to Ringo and Brocius?
- Just advise them,
but in a friendly way,
that they'll have to divvy up
the whole $ ,
between the McLowerys
and the Clantons.
- Are we gonna let 'em
know we caught Luther King?
- No, we'll sneak him
into town after dark,
keep him in a hotel
room under guard.
- Brilliant, Deacon!
Brilliant! Keep all
the boys guessin'!
- Yeah, that'll
increase the pressure.
Huh, Virg? I'll
go tell Morg.
- Wyatt's toughening
up, at last!
- It's a good idea
to stir up some trouble
in the Clanton outfit.
There's just
one catch!
- Catch?
- We could get caught
in the middle.
- That's the risk
we have to take.
- The Clanton
boys at home?
- They don't
wanna see you!
- Well, we
wanna see them.
- You and Virgil got
a nerve comin' here, Earp!
- Watch it!
- Take it
easy, Billy!
They got more sense
than to come here
and start a fight
on our own property.
Now, what's on
your mind, Wyatt?
- We'd like to talk inside,
Ike, if you don't mind.
- Now, listen to me--
- Billy!
Now, Papa always
invited him in,
so we'll go along
with that.
We'll act real polite.
Come on in, Wyatt.
- I figure you boys
didn't plan it.
They m*rder*d one of the
passengers and the driver
and sh*t at Bob Paul.
A real botched-up job,
typical Brocius-
Ringo operation.
- How much
did they get?
- $ , in bullion.
Wells Fargo's kind
of mad about it.
- $ , !
Well, how do
you like that?
It looks like
Ringo and Brocius
have pulled another
freeze-out on us.
- Accordin' to Earp.
- Maybe they only wanted
to surprise you, Billy.
- Billy, you know the McLowerys
ain't gonna like this a bit.
It seems like that
ever since Papa d*ed,
Ringo and Brocius have
got so bigheaded
they think they
can pull anything!
- We're wastin' our time, Wyatt!
Let's get back on the trail.
- Yeah, I guess
you're right.
I'm gonna bring in those men,
try and make a deal with 'em.
Maybe they'll decide to talk.
- About what?
- We have no proof that
Ringo and Brocius
ordered 'em to
heist that stage.
- We only suspected you and the
McLowery boys didn't order it.
You don't amount to much
in the outfit anymore.
- Oh, just
a minute--
- Kind of sad,
isn't it?
When your old man was alive,
he used to take his % cut.
I guess the family courage
is kind of runnin' out.
- Why, you--
- Billy! Billy, it's all
right! Take it easy!
They might just be
doin' us a favor!
- Liars!
Ringo and Brocius wouldn't
dare hold out on us!
- Now, just hold
your temper, Billy.
- He called
me a coward!
- Never mind!
We just have to have a little
talk with the McLowerys.
- What for?
- Well now, Billy,
you don't want everything
that Papa's built up
taken away from us, do ya?
- Lyin' John Law talk!
- Yeah, well, uh,
what if it ain't?
[ Cocks g*n ]
- Well, then we'll just
fix Ringo and Brocius!
Me and the McLowerys
can take 'em!
- Now you're talkin'
straight, Billy.
Now you're
talkin' straight.
- Well, what are we
gonna say to Doc?
- Nothin'. Let Doc
say it. He sent for us.
- Business must be good!
The first time I ever
saw you boys
dressed up better
than your horses!
- That's
Ringo's idea.
- Well, I figure
a big outfit like us
oughta look important.
You call us here to
talk about clothes, Doc?
- No. I'd kind of
like Bill Leonard.
Wyatt's after him
for that stage heist.
- Oh, he is?
- Him and the others
could've done a neater job.
You know, they k*lled the driver
and one of the passengers.
That's a
m*rder charge.
And they winged Bob Paul
who recognized 'em.
And the worst of it is there
was $ , on that stage,
and they only got
a fourth of it.
I ran into some of your
friends up at Galeyville.
They was all head up.
- Who?
- You know I don't
mention names.
- You tryin' to warn us
about somethin', Doc?
- I am warning you.
Your boys are customers
at my faro table.
- Pigeons,
you mean, Doc.
- I go about my work with
a certain gravity, Brocius.
What Tombstone pays me
as a part-time John Law
wouldn't pay half
my liquor bills!
- Now, Doc's got
a point to make.
Go ahead, Doc.
- To be precise, I've
heard some ugly talk
that you and Brocius
haven't been playin' fair
with the Clanton boys
and the McLowerys.
That could start some serious
trouble in the outfit.
- Who'd start anything
with Ringo and me?
- Let Doc
have his say.
- Thank you, Ringo.
I'll summarize.
The last thing
I want is fighting.
I lose good
customers that way.
So I warn ya,
I don't like your attitude
toward the Clantons.
It's no good!
There's always somebody
ready to squeal about a job,
to get even because you
left the Clantons out of it.
- Squeal on us?
Nobody'd dare!
- That's right. The whole outfit
would turn on a squealer.
You know that, Doc.
- All right, I've given
you a friendly warning.
You boys aren't acting
too smart these days.
- How's that for gall?
We ain't smart
enough to suit Doc!
- There's more to it.
- What, for instance?
- Ike Clanton
and the McLowerys
are sore at us about
that stage heist.
- But they won't squeal
to the law, Ringo.
- Maybe not, but just
the same we'll watch 'em.
- See what this
is all about.
Look, it's workin'.
- Printed writing
and no signature.
"The O.K. Corral--"
They can be setting
you up, Wyatt!
- I'm sure
it's from Ike.
- You better take
Morgan and me with you.
- He'd just clam up if you came
along. I'll talk to him alone.
It's Sheriff Behan.
- Behan? What's
he done now?
- He found out where
we stashed Luther King,
got a habeas corpus
and turned him loose.
- It's our only witness
against Ringo and Brocius.
I better go after King.
- No, he's got too
much of a head start.
He probably wouldn't
testify against 'em anyway.
Our best bet now
is Ike Clanton.
- [Whispering]: Wyatt!
Over here.
Are you sure that
nobody saw ya?
- I patrol here
all the time.
People'll think
it's just routine.
- Well, I talked to
Frank and Tom McLowery.
- Oh?
- Well, they don't
exactly believe
that Ringo and Brocius
are workin' around us.
- All right,
forget it.
- No, I mean, they--they
believe the same as you do
that the only
way to prove that
would be to catch those
men, and they might talk.
- You got any idea
where I can find 'em?
- No, not exactly.
- Well, when you find
out, you let me know.
- Wait! There's
one other little thing.
I hear that, uh,
Wells Fargo was offerin'
$ , a piece
for those men.
- Mmm-hmm.
- Am I right?
Well, would
I get that reward?
- Well, certainly!
They can pay me, and I'll
give it to you in cash.
I'll put that in writing.
- Oh no, I--I take
your word for it!
Well, uh, you'll hear
from me tomorrow.
- Tomorrow!
It's of. Ike's message
said noon sharp.
You go in the front, and
I'll duck around the back.
- Make him come
to the point fast.
Ringo and Brocius have spies
at Charleston, you know?
- If Ike is at the bar, you
talk to him for a while.
Everybody knows that
you're on speakin' terms
with the Clantons.
- I'll cover ya, Wyatt.
Then Ike can drift
to the backroom, right?
- Right.
- [Whispering]:
Over there.
Listen, Wyatt, I got
conditions to this deal.
- Name 'em.
- The first is
I want you to promise
that nobody knows nothin'
about this whole thing.
- I promise.
- And the other thing is:
suppose you don't
get 'em both alive,
do I still
get the reward?
- Well, I'll have to telegraph
Wells Fargo about that.
- Well, how long
will that take?
- A couple of hours.
- Well, you send Doc
Holliday with the answer.
I'll be over
at the Oriental.
You know, I'm takin'
a big chance on this.
If Ringo and Brocius
ever find out,
they'll have the
whole bunch after me.
- I'll send the telegram.
[ Telegraph tapping ]
Howdy, Mr. Smith!
- It's comin'
in now, Marshal.
- Don't reckon
there's any answer?
- No. Thank you,
Mr. Smith.
- You can scrub behind
the counter now.
I'll go fetch
the coffee.
- Yes, sir!
- Busted again!
- Hey, kid,
in here!
- Earp got
a telegram--
- Wait a minute!
Wait a minute!
- Earp got a telegram
from Wells Fargo
that they'd pay the reward,
dead or alive!
Somebody talked!
- Did you
find out who?
- No, but it sure looks
funny, Mr. Brocius.
I saw Ike Clanton talkin' to
Doc Holliday at the Oriental.
- We gotta get out to Lost
Dogie camp before Earp does.
Let's hit leather!
Get out of the way!
- He spilled it, and I think
he's tellin' the truth.
Ike says that
some of our men
are holed up in
Lost Dogie Canyon.
That's on the
Bisbee Trail.
He also says that one of
them has some buckshot in him.
- Paul says
he hit one.
We can get there by tomorrow
at sunup if we hustle.
Looks good.
- Hyah!
- Hold your fire!
It's Ringo and Brocius!
- Whoa! Hey,
Earp's comin'!
Now, you men grab leather
and head for Mexico!
Get out of here!
Don't stop!
Come on, get this
stuff out of here!
- We better get
out of here!
- We can't!
We gotta stall Earp long enough
for them men to get away!
- Well, there's
Lost Dogie Canyon.
- Looks fishy
to me.
- Ike Clanton
always was a liar.
Hold your fire!
They're sh**t' high.
- It's Ringo and Brocius.
Let's k*ll 'em!
- No! Brocius! Ringo!
Throw down your g*ns!
We're comin' in!
- Why don't we run?
- Give Earp an
excuse to g*n us.
Besides, there's something
I wanna worm outta him.
- Who tipped you off
we were comin' here?
- You wanna make
a deal, Marshal?
- Name it.
- Well, you tell us who
squealed about this hideout,
and I'll tell you.
- That ain't a
fair shake, Rin--
- Shut up! I'm talkin'!
Now, is it
a deal, Marshal?
- No deal. If I did
have any informers,
I wouldn't set
'em up for you.
- You're not gonna save
anybody. We know who done it.
- Ringo's just killin' time.
- The men we want
are headin' south
while we stand
here and jabber.
- Try and catch 'em,
why don't ya?
- We'll do just
that, Curly.
Go get the horses.
This time if there's
any squealin',
it'll be done in court.
- You real sure Ike's
the one who turned on us?
- No, but I'm gonna get
the truth out of him.
And I want to
tackle him alone.
- Yeah, he's more
scared of you.
- Ah, I can't
eat anything.
Oh, I sure do wish
Papa were here.
- Ah, sit down, Ike!
Swallow some sand
for your craw.
- A man can't
digest his food
with you moanin'
like a coyote, Ike!
Come and eat!
- I--I ain't hungry.
[ Horses approaching ]
It's Ringo and Brocius!
Ringo's the only one
gettin' off his horse!
You think maybe
they come out here
to give us our
cut of the money?
- Shut up, and keep shut!
I'll do the talkin'!
- Yeah. Yeah,
all right, Frank.
Hello, Johnny!
- Well, well! What
do we got here?
A meetin' of
honest ranchers?
- Hello, Ringo. Tom
and I just dropped in.
- Lots of grub left.
Grab a chair.
- Yeah, I'll go out
and get Brocius,
tell him to lie it down
and come on in.
- No, we ain't
got time, Ike.
The Earps hit Lost
Dogie Canyon at sunup.
- They did?
- Yeah, but they didn't get
what they come after.
Me and Brocius stalled 'em
with a few questions.
- Get any answers?
- One answer.
It was kind
of funny.
- Yeah?
- Seems Earp says that,
uh, Ike is the one
who tipped him about our boys
bein' holed up at Lost Dogie.
Ain't that a laugh!
[ Forced laugh ]
- Why would I tell him that?
- He said you also said
they held up the stage.
- Earp's a dirty liar!
Oh now, Johnny,
you don't believe Earp?
- Now, where's your
sense of humor, Ike?
I said I thought it
was funny, didn't I?
- Ringo's always
talkin' humorous.
- He better be.
- We don't like jokes.
- Tom, Frank, let's
don't get sore now!
Now, Johnny--
Johnny, tell 'em!
Tell 'em you
don't believe Earp!
- You don't think I'd listen to
no John Law, now, do ya?
Frank, Tom, I...
I just thought you'd enjoy a
little joke, that's all!
I guess my joke
must've missed!
Well, I wish I could
visit with you longer,
but I got some
business in Charleston.
Heh! So long!
- So long, Johnny!
- Yeah.
Goodbye, Ike.
- You reckon Brocius
and Ringo believe Earp?
- Yes, they do.
- Well, you know
what that means?
Well, I'll tell ya.
It means that they're gonna turn
the whole bunch against me,
and maybe
against you too,
just because they don't wanna
give us our cut of that money.
And then you know
what they'll do?
They'll k*ll every one of us,
right in the back, one by one!
Now, look, Frank!
Now, how can
I square this?
- That's easy.
k*ll the Earps.
- k*ll... Wyatt?
- That's right.
If you don't, Ringo and
Brocius'll k*ll you.
- Ah, you're just
talkin', Frank!
- No.
He ain't
just talkin'.
- Yeah.
Yeah, that's right.
We g*n the Earps.
And then that'll--
that'll prove
that I didn't have any
dealings with anybody.
And then Ringo and Brocius,
they'll--they'll
have to believe me!
Yeah, that--
that's the answer.
We'll g*n the Earps!
[ Horses approaching ]
Hold it, Earp!
I said hold it!
You dirty,
double-crossing snake!
You told Ringo
and Brocius, didn't ya?
- Go on to bed, Ike.
You're drunk.
- Yeah, I'm drunk,
but I'll be sober tomorrow.
You know where you'll be,
you and all your brothers?
You'll be dead!
You better
start prayin'!
All you Earps'll
be dead tomorrow!
- What's that
all about?
- Too much
liquor, Morgan!
- I don't know.
Somebody did tell
Brocius and Ringo
where we were
goin' and when.
Shouldn't we
explain to Ike?
- No, the harm's
already been done.
As for tomorrow, Ike's the
biggest coward I know.
I don't plan on any
of us bein' dead.
- You hear me, Earp?
Tomorrow's the day!
- The forces of law
and order in Tombstone
were left with no
choice but a showdown.
A stableyard called the O.K.
Corral would be the scene
of the most famous gunfight in
the history of the Old West.
Thirty-four sh*ts would be
fired with deadly intent.
It would take just
seconds to determine
whether Clanton outlaws
were to rule Arizona,
or whether Wyatt Earp's
long struggle
to uphold the law
would continue.
♪♪ 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 ♪
♪ Oh, 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 ♪
♪ Hmm ♪♪