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02x10 - So Long, Dora, So Long

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp". Aired: September 6, 1955 – June 27, 1961.*
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Series is loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp.

02x10 - So Long, Dora, So Long

Post by bunniefuu »

Rellance k*lled an

Awful good friend

Of yours, wyatt.

You've got your

Buntline special.

Why don't you

Drop him as he

Comes down the trail,

Or hang him right here?

Sheriff bassett,

His chief deputy

Bill tillman,

Marshal wyatt earp,

And we're all thinking

The same thing.

Well?

No.

We take him live and

Let the law hang him.

You sure you'll

Stick to that?

I don't know.

Better make up

Your mind, wyatt.

Here he comes.

♪ 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,

Starring hugh o'brien.

Presented by...

[Announcer] perhaps

The main reason his enemies

Hated marshal wyatt earp

Was wyatt's profound

Loyalty to his friends.

Then, there were

Such characters as jim kelly

And dora hand, the queen

Of dodge city nightlife.

Jim kelly, the saloon keeper

Who backed wyatt in his

Struggle

To civilize roaring,

Snortin' dodge,

And dora hand, a legend

In her own lifetime

On the frontier,

Whose romance with kelly

And friendship with wyatt

Cause some

Lifting of eyebrows

Among the respectable

Citizens of dodge city.

But wyatt earp, having

Once gained a friend,

Was loyal to that friend

To the last ditch.

[Sawing wood]

Oh, howdy, wyatt.

You look like a married man

Already, mr. Kelly.

None of your

Bachelor grins now.

I may back out

On it entirely.

And what would you

Think of that?

Oh, you'll be

At church tomorrow.

And where's miss dora?

Still sewing on

That dress.

I tell you, wyatt,

I'm shaky.

Hey, what are you toting?

It's a present.

And it's hefty.

I'm kind of scared

To show it to miss dora.

What is it, now?

Never mind. It's for

The bride-to-be

To open, not you.

Wyatt, I'm not good enough

For her.

No, you're not.

I knew you'd say that.

And I oughta get sore.

But it's the lord's

Own truth.

You can't take a man out

Of a saloon and put him

In a hardware store

On the right side of town

And expect a miracle.

Now, miss dora

Doesn't expect that.

She knows you.

But is it fair, now,

For me to be

Marrying her?

Mr. Kelly, the women always

Get the worst of it.

They expect that.

Anyway, if women weren't

Braver than men,

There'd be mighty few

Marriages.

No, miss dora knows

Exactly what she's got

To put up with.

[Knocking]

Come in, wyatt.

Put the clock down.

Clock?

It's a beautiful

Seth thomas with chimes,

And you paid far

Too much for it.

But there's no need

To pretend we don't

Need a clock.

You open it, jim.

You're the head

Of the household.

How did you find out

That I was giving you

A clock?

Mr. Levy told me that

You sent all the way

To st. Louis for it.

And he didn't want

You to waste money on

Something we didn't need.

Oh, jim!

Isn't it beautiful?

Sure is!

One of those new

Eight-day clocks.

Must have cost you

Mighty near a month's pay.

Oh, now mind your

Manners, kelly.

You know that we don't

Put a price on anything.

Oh-- you better

Let wyatt put it

On the mantelpiece.

I don't trust jim

In the state he's in!

[Chuckles]

- Want me to wind it?

- Oh, no, it's bad luck.

Wait until

After the wedding.

But we sure do

Thank you.

- Do I get to wind it?

- Of course.

Bend down, wyatt.

[Smooch]

We'll treasure this

All our lives.

Thank you, miss dora.

Mr. Kelly, you don't know

How lucky you are.

We both fools for luck.

Oh, this is a far cry

From the alhambra saloon

And dora's dance hall.

Oh, why, wyatt--

[Horse whinnies]

Oh, dear.

What's wrong?

It's that rellance kid.

You know, hon,

The one whose father

Owns that big ranch

Down in texas.

I'll settle his hash!

No. You let me

Take care of it.

He thinks he's

In love with me.

I'll let him

Down easy.

But dora!

[Video missing] kelly.

Let miss dora

Handle it, hmm?

Howdy, bob.

- Is it true?

- What do you mean?

Soon as I hit town

They told me about you

Marrying that old man.

It can't be true.

If you mean jim kelly,

He's not an old man.

Yes, we are getting

Married, tomorrow.

That irish saloon keeper?

You're smarter than that.

Oh? How smart

Should I be?

Dora, listen.

I told you I'd

Marry you just as soon as

I collected from my mama.

Well, I collected.

I'm over and my old man

Hasn't got a thing to say

About it.

I don't rob cradles, bob.

I told you that, didn't i?

You ain't marrying

Jim kelly.

Oh, yes I am. Tomorrow.

Huh-uh.

You're marrying me.

Bob, look.

Your pop may

Own half of texas,

But it doesn't make any

Difference to me if he

Owns the whole state.

I'm years old.

Go back to texas, bob.

Get a gal your own age.

Get on your horse, kid.

Well, the bridegroom,

You think.

You stupid

Irish no good--

- Bob, stop it!

- Get out of here, dora!

[Dora] wyatt!

Get in the house,

Both of you!

Kelly, temper, now.

Come on, do what

Wyatt says.

- So you're

Wyatt earp, huh?

- That's right.

Is that supposed to

Impress me?

My name is rellance.

Bob rellance.

Yeah, I heard of

Your father.

Nothing very good.

I don't want to hear

Any more about you.

Now you get on that horse

And light out of this town.

[g*n blasts]

Leave it alone.

You're a spoiled brat.

Maybe I should have let

Kelly give you that beating.

You swing another punch at me

And I'm gonna give you that

Lickin', boy.

You're bigger

Than me, earp.

But dora ain't gonna marry

That irish, you understand?

I told you to

Get on that horse.

Your time's run out

In this town.

If I see you here again

Your father isn't gonna

Know you.

I'll get me

Another g*n, earp.

You tell friend kelly

Dora ain't gonna marry

That irisher!

Wyatt, wyatt.

Jim wants to go gunning

For that fool kid.

Won't be necessary.

Mr. Kelly! Would you

Bring my hat?

But bob is so mean when

He's jealous and drunk.

You and jim

Forget about it.

I'll run him

Out of town.

Thank you.

See you both at

The party tonight,

Huh?

Oh, yes, of course,

Wyatt.

There wouldn't be any

Party without you.

Thanks.

, , , .

--

Hello, sam.

Oh, hello, marshal.

You got a guest here

By the name of bob rellance?

Yeah, but he checked out.

Not five minutes ago.

Where is he now,

Do you know?

Threw his saddlebags

On his horse and rode off.

Acted sore at all

Us folks in dodge.

Reckon he headed

Back to texas.

And a good riddance,

If you ask me.

Yeah, it sure is,

If he did go.

Yeah, yeah, sure.

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Howdy, wyatt.

Howdy, wyatt.

- Howdy, sheriff.

- Mr. Tillman.

I'm hunting

For bob rellance.

What's he done?

Shot somebody

In the back?

He threatened jim kelly.

- I ordered him

To leave town.

- He didn't leave?

I'm not sure. I've

Had my deputies

Out hunting for him

Since before noon.

I was wondering if

You and mr. Tillman

Could give me a hand.

Of course, wyatt.

If that rellance kid

Was still in town, where

Do you figure he'd be hiding?

Well, steve corning is old man

Rellance's lawyer up here.

- Yeah, you talk to steve.

- Right.

I'll get some

Of my deputies.

We'll help you

Check the trails.

Thanks, charlie. That'd

Be the quickest way.

I don't want mr. Kelly's

Wedding interfered with.

Nobody does. Him and dora

Have invited the whole town.

Everybody'll turn out

To wish 'em well too.

And don't worry about

Rellance, wyatt.

- We'll find him.

- Thanks.

- Howdy, bob.

- Howdy.

You heading

The wrong way,

Ain't you?

I'm heading for texas.

Is that the wrong way?

You'll be missing

All the fun, bob.

- Oh?

- Jim kelly's marrying

Dora hand tomorrow.

Free drinks and a picnic

All day long.

That's too bad. I gotta

Shove along home now.

- Bye.

- Bye.

Howdy, marshal,

Sheriff.

We're looking for

A boy by the name

Of bob rellance.

Do you happen

To know him?

Sure. I just passed him

Down the road a ways.

Headin' south?

Yep. I joshed him

A little about missing

The big day tomorrow.

Kelly getting married,

You know.

But he said he had to

Move along home to texas.

Did he act drunk or

Sore or anything?

Why no, sheriff.

It's a fair question.

What are you after him for?

Marshal earp ordered

Him to leave town.

We're just

Making sure he left.

I guess the boy come

To his senses, wyatt.

Yeah, I guess so.

- Thank you.

- Yes, sir.

If you're still not satisfied,

We can overtake the boy.

I don't know what

We could arrest him for.

Not much sense in that.

Guess I'm just

Kind of jumpy.

It's kelly should be

Nervous, not you.

Come on, get him

Off your mind.

Gentlemen, this is

The finest bachelor dinner

I've ever attended.

- And the soberest.

- [All laugh]

Jim kelly, to your

Very good health.

- That's right.

- Let's have a speech,

Mr. Kelly.

Yeah, come on. How

About a few words?

Well, dora talked me into

Having the dinner here.

She wanted to

Keep me sober.

We've had our fun

And our jokes now,

But in the general

Excitement

I plumb forgot to ask

The reverend to say grace.

I hope it's not too late for

His blessing on this house.

My good friends,

I'm not going to say grace.

Mr. Kelly, you and miss dora

Blessed this house with

Your love.

Only love can bless a house

In a marriage.

But it took considerable

More than that.

It took great courage

To cross marshal earp's

Deadline,

To start a new life

On this side of town.

I'm wondering what you have

To say to that, mr. Earp.

- Amen.

- [All laugh]

I say god bless

All of you.

Without wyatt's help

And the reverend's,

And all of you,

I'd have never made it.

It's a little miracle,

It is,

Turning a hoodlum like me

Into a respectable merchant.

- [Knock on door]

- Good evening,

Gentlemen!

[All] good evening, dora!

Did you have too much

To drink, kelly?

- Huh-uh.

- Shame on you.

In front of

The reverend hawker too.

I thought you were gonna

Watch out for him, wyatt.

He only had a couple

Of glasses of champagne.

It isn't the wine, it's

The irish in him, miss dora.

Lovely things

Were said, dora,

Lovely.

I apologize. Mrs. Hawker's

Waiting outside for you.

And mrs. Hoover is

Waiting outside for you.

She's worried about you.

And I'm worried

About all of you.

Bachelor dinner!

Do you know it's :

In the morning?

But dora--

We're gonna have one

Of the biggest weddings

That dodge city's

Ever had.

Miss dora's right.

It is getting kind

Of late.

[All] good night...

I'm gonna take mr. Kelly

Over to the hotel and see

That he gets tucked into bed.

- Thank you, wyatt.

- Hold on, wyatt.

I haven't showed her

My wedding outfit.

Where is it, kelly?

Wyatt left it

In the bedroom.

Now, the hat and coat

May be too loud.

I'm a little tired,

Kelly.

Anything you wear will

Be all right with me.

She'll look at it

And let you know whether

She likes it in the morning.

I'll wait for you outside.

- Good night, miss dora.

- Good night, wyatt.

Good night, darling.

Good night, kelly.

Dream me an irish dream.

I will. That I will.

[Man] take it easy, kelly!

See you tomorrow!

[Woman] don't forget

The wedding's tomorrow!

Wyatt, I don't like

Leaving her alone.

She's not alone. Mrs. Norton's

Staying with her.

You sure rellance

Didn't sneak back?

If he did come back,

He'd be after you,

Not miss dora.

He's probably miles

Down the trail to texas

By now. Come on.

[g*n blasts]

[Mrs. Norton]

Was that a shot, dora?

[Screams] miss dora!

Oh!

Mr. Kelly! Mr. Earp!

It's miss dora!

It's miss dora!

Dora! Dora!

Is she hurt bad?

I'll go for dr. Mccarty!

- No, you go!

- Come on, give me a hand.

Dora!

Take it easy.

Wyatt, she's hurt bad!

Do something!

Do something!

There's nothing to do,

Mr. Kelly.

Oh, dora!

[Sobbing]

Don't take on so,

Mr. Kelly.

Let him cry.

Who's got a better

Right to cry?

I'm going after rellance.

Now, we know he left

By the jones and plumber trail,

But he'd be a fool

To stay on it with only

An hour head start.

Then he'll circle

To ford the cimarron

And hit the texas trail

And the nations, hmm?

That'd be my guess,

Charlie.

The best ford is here

By wagon bed springs.

That's a big gamble,

Wyatt.

It's miles

Across that prairie

To the springs.

Besides, he may

Get there ahead of us.

Then we run him

All the way to texas.

How much further

To the cimarron

Do you figure, wyatt?

About miles,

Over there.

We've been riding

Six hours now.

Hadn't we better lay up

And rest the horses?

I vote we go on.

Wyatt's right.

A man on the run

Usually figures he's got

A posse of soft townfolks

After him.

This may be our one chance

To head rellance off.

Let's go.

[Man] who is it?

United states marshal.

Open up.

This wagon bed springs?

Yes, sir.

How far is it

To cimarron ford?

Oh, gosh, just right

Across that field.

You seen any horsemen

Today or heard any tonight?

Nobody traveling

Either way, mister.

Well, that's good.

Charlie, you and bill

Get yourself warm

And rest your horses.

- I'm gonna go on down

To the ford and make sure.

- All right.

Can I borrow your

Lantern, mister?

- Help yourself, marshal.

- Thanks.

You other gentlemen go

And water your horses

- And come on in the house.

- Thank you.

Easy, wyatt.

I thought you'd

Like some coffee.

Thanks.

That's good.

I figure rellance

Will be by come sunup.

Make the fight right here,

Keep the shots away from

The house.

Well, have you

Thought it over?

What?

Do we just

k*ll him outright

Or do we hang him?

Can't do either one,

Charlie, you know that.

We're supposed to bring

Him in alive.

Rellance has an awful

Powerful papa, wyatt.

The old man will spend

Any amount to get him off.

Money isn't gonna

Get him off.

They'll hang him in dodge

After a fair trial.

I hope so.

But you doubt it, huh?

You, bill, and I are

Officers of the law.

All we can do is

Arrest the skunk.

We're not supposed

To judge him

Or execute him.

Fine. Come on, let's

Get out of this and

Get some rest.

k*lled that girl

In cold blood.

Even if he meant it

For kelly, he had

m*rder in his heart.

Wyatt, I'll drop him.

Or better yet, how about

Charlie and me cutting

Loose on him together?

I feel the same

Way you do.

I know better

And so do you.

Just knock him

Off his horse.

You do it, wyatt.

I don't trust myself.

All right.

Here he comes.

Halt!

Ow! Oh!

Did I get kelly?

No.

You k*lled miss dora.

You're lying.

Don't you never call

Wyatt a liar.

He's a fool to let you live,

But he's telling the truth!

You k*lled the girl!

Dora.

Go ahead. Finish me off!

Oh, I'd like to.

But k*lling's

Too good for you.

Where are you hit?

In the back.

I can't feel my legs.

Your horse reared

And spoiled my aim.

Ow!

He's hit bad.

We'll have to

Make a stretcher.

[Gavel pounding]

Order! Order!

The accused

Will come forward.

Mr. Rellance, in the

Opinion of this court,

You are guilty of m*rder.

Doctors have testified

That you will never

Walk again,

And might die at any time.

This court, however,

Is not swayed by

Irrelevant facts.

[All clamoring]

Order! Order!

Any more disturbance and

I'll have marshal earp

Clear the courtroom.

Your counsel, mr. Rellance,

Have asked a change of venue

On the ground that public

Opinion is so inflamed

In dodge city

That you could not

Receive a fair trial here.

The court is obliged to agree

To their contention.

- [All clamoring]

- [Man] give him the rope!

Quiet! Quiet!

Sit down!

Sit down and stay there!

For the benefit of the public,

The court must observe

That any man accused

Of any crime

Is guaranteed a fair trial

By the law of the country.

Change of venue

Is hereby granted,

And you will be

Tried in abilene.

Sheriff bassett,

Remove the prisoner.

Court adjourned.

[Clamoring]

No, mr. Kelly.

k*lling rellance isn't

Gonna bring her back.

I'd have to punish you

As a common hoodlum.

Do you think miss dora

Would want that?

They'll hang him

In abilene.

If they don't, he'll pay

In remorse and pain

The rest of his life.

Even if he gets off

Scot free, mr. Kelly,

He'll still have to face

The final judge.

Come on.

♪ 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 watt ♪

♪ 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. ♪