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02x24 - Command Performance

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.

02x24 - Command Performance

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♪♪ [Humming]

Runaway stagecoach

Right behind me!

Clear the street!

Run for cover!

Runaway stagecoach!

Coming this way!

Runaway stagecoach!

Clear the street!

Runaway stagecoach!

Hey! Wyatt!

♪♪ [Humming]

♪ Wyatt earp, wyatt earp ♪

♪ Brave, courageous,

And bold ♪

♪ Long live his fame

And long live his glory ♪

♪ And long may his

Story be told ♪

The life and legend

Of wyatt earp...

Runaway stagecoach!

Run for cover!

Stagecoach runaway!

h*! h*!

[Man]

Wyatt, don't go!

h*!

Hey! Hey!

[Continues]

h*. Everybody all right?

Yeah, yeah. That was

Completely magnificent.

Well, howdy, wyatt.

You didn't let us down.

[Chuckles]

Bill cody.

Yeah.

Well, I'd be.

Hey,

What's the idea?

Idea?

You suspect me of something,

Wyatt?

Now, you don't expect me

To believe

That this was

A real runaway, do you?

You had these in your hand

All the time.

Wyatt, I was trying

To stop them.

I did my best, but they're

Mighty spirited animals.

Now, you listen to me.

Even though you're

A good friend of mine,

And even though everybody

Loves buffalo bill,

You got no right to endanger

The lives of--

Well, marshal, we meet again.

How are you, wyatt?

Mr. Buntline.

Well, mr. Ned buntline.

So you're in on this,

Too, huh?

Yeah, I'll explain

About it later.

Uh, come on down, prince.

Come down here

And meet the finest marshal

In the entire west.

Your-- your highness.

May I present my very good

Friend marshal wyatt earp

Of dodge city, kansas?

I'm honored, marshal.

How do you do?

Marshal, you have just

Shaken hands

With his highness prince

Carl otto maximilian

Francis wilhelm

Of schleswig-holstein.

That's in germany.

[Clears throat]

Oh.

Thank you, marshal,

For saving my life.

[Speaks german]

I'm happy to know you, prince,

But as far as saving

Your life is concerned, i--

Oh, and the marshal

Is a very shy man,

Shy and modest at all times.

Marshal,

The united states government

Will also be

Most grateful to you.

Yes because the prince

Is traveling all

Through the west

As a guest of the

United states government

With mr. Cody and myself

As personal guides.

Oh. Well, I'm beginning to

Understand now, mr. Buntline.

I knew you would, mr. Earp.

Marshal, I have heard

That your town of dodge city

Is [speaks german].

How should I say?

Uh, uh, wild, I think.

Wild and that you are

Always busy sh**ting bad men.

Well, it's not quite

As bad as that, prince,

Especially since I have

The buntline special--

Oh, that's a g*n

That mr. Buntline gave me.

Now, you see how modest he is?

Now, wyatt, what do you say we

Get his highness fixed up

With a hotel room,

And then you and

Mr. Buntline and myself

Can spend a little time

Talking together

While the prince rests up

For one of dodge city's

Wild and woolly saturday

Nights.

Good, I'd like to talk

To you, too,

About several things.

Well, here we go,

Your highness.

Up we go.

What I should really do

Is charge you both

For disturbing the peace,

Endangering the life and limb

Of the citizens

To say nothing of what--

Oh, now, now, marshal.

You know that neither bill

Nor I would do anything

To injure innocent people.

I had control of them horses

Every foot of the way, wyatt.

Yeah, and didn't we send

A rider well ahead

To warn everybody

Off the street?

[Cody]

Of course we didn't figure

On you being so handy,

Though.

That was a real bonus, wyatt,

You stopping that runaway

Like you did.

Of course it wasn't

A real runaway,

But then you didn't know that.

And that's another charge--

Endangering the life

Of a peace officer

Unnecessarily.

I could've busted my neck.

Oh, I'd-- I'd just hate

To see that, wyatt.

Oh, that would've been

Terrible.

Of course, we would've sent you

Flowers,

Would we, ned?

Of course.

[Chuckling]

All right, you clowns,

I'm not going to throw you

In jail this time,

But so help me,

The next time you try

Anything else like that

While you're here,

I'm not only going to throw

You in jail,

But I'm going to throw

The key away.

Marshal, that's what we want

To talk to you about.

You see, with your help,

We want to stage

A fake g*n fight.

Absolutely not.

Now, now, now, we brought

Blank cartridges.

Nobody can get hurt,

Particularly

If you're there--

No.

Now, look, wyatt.

We promised that prince

A look at some real

Western wickedness.

I don't care

What you promised him.

It's hard enough

To keep peace here

Without inventing

That kind of excitement.

No, sir. The prince needs

Excitement that bad,

You're just going to have

To take him some place else.

I'm sorry, gentlemen.

Ned is about to have an idea.

I can tell.

Marshal, I have the solution,

But we will need your help.

Now, look, my job here is to--

You have no objection

If we stage our little drama

Outside the city limits,

Have you?

It depends.

Yeah-- now,

Just listen to this.

Tomorrow I'll suggest

To the prince

That he and I take a ride

On our stage to deadwood.

Now, about an hour out of town,

Two masked desperados stop us.

They rob us of our money,

They wave their g*ns

Right under our noses,

And then at the right time

You and bill come

To the rescue.

The desperados

Try to get away,

But after a thrilling chase,

You capture them.

You retrieve our money,

You throw the culprits

Into jail.

Now, how does that sound?

That sounds real good.

That sounds real good.

There's nothing wrong with

That as far as I can see.

There's just one problem.

Where are you going to get

The holdup men?

You've got

Four or five deputies.

You pick two of them,

And we'll pay them well

For their acting.

Look, mr. Buntline,

I'm grateful to you

For this fine g*n

You gave me last year,

And for knowing you,

But, well--

Oh, come on now, wyatt.

Now, marshal.

You've got to be

A good sport about this.

Absolutely nobody

Can get hurt.

All we got to do is get

The time and the place...

For you, nothing.

And a b*llet for you.

You get no help.

Cody, a pair of fives.

And for me,

[Speaks german].

Pair of fives is high.

I thought poker was

An american game.

You see, his highness and I

Have spent a good deal of time

Together.

I'll be , prince.

I don't believe that you've

Got that other queen.

It's costing you to find out,

Herr cody,

So I'll see you and I'll bump

You zwanzig.

Hm, well,

Can't quit now.

See you.

Oh, queens.

Beth, beth, drinks for

All my friends, please.

And this is for you,

Fraulein.

You bring me luck.

[Speaks german]

All right, somebody deal!

Deal!

Don't be a bad sport.

Let's play the game

If we're going to play.

That's a mighty valuable piece

Of merchandise

Sitting in that chair

Over there.

I know what you're thinking,

And it's too risky.

Doesn't need to be.

Do you realize how much

Ransom money

The government would pay

If we happen to--

Oh, no.

We'd have every united states

Marshal in the country

After us,

And probably the army, too.

He's never alone anyway.

Cody and the other fella

Never let him

Out of their sight.

Yeah and what about earp?

He hadn't left him all night.

The marshal's generally

On duty till :

In the morning.

Then he sleeps till noon.

That gives us eight hours we

Don't have to worry about him.

Now, the other two--

They're not going to cause

Us much trouble.

I'll go along with you

If we just lift that poke

He's carrying,

But no kidnapping.

Yeah, and that goes

For me, too.

You know,

Between him and the others,

There should be

Quite a bit of cash.

Well, maybe you boys

Are right,

But just the same,

One of us are going to keep

An eye on him from now on.

Three deuces.

I have completely good luck.

Eh, marshal?

You're a good player,

Your highness.

You must've had

A fine teacher.

Oh, yeah, and I bet

Buntline get a cut

Of his winnings, too.

I beg your pardon.

Yeah. Yeah.

He's still winning.

I wish him luck.

He's better

Than sitting bull.

Very funny.

Come on, let's play.

Let's play.

Well, there they go.

[Chuckles]

You give him a half an hour

And then start.

If you take the hill trail,

You'd be at the road fork

About the same time they will.

Wyatt, how do I look?

Very dangerous.

Come on.

Are you sure just the two of

Them got on that stagecoach?

That's right.

Neither one of them had

A g*n that I could see.

There it is.

Of course what you're seeing

Isn't as bad now as it used

To be, you know,

But I tell you there was

A time when hardly a day passed

Without a robbery.

All of them-- oh, yes,

All of them right around here

In this area.

That's the truth.

For instance, now, here.

Whoa.

Yes, your highness,

On this very road,

I venture to say

That more than

A million dollars

Has changed hands.

Fantastic.

The blood of many a good man

And the bad ones

Mingled in this dust.

All right, boys, get ready.

[g*n fires]

Wait a minute.

[Mutters]

I knew I should've brought

My g*n.

What do we do now?

We don't do anything.

These are very desperate men.

Just be calm and act natural

If you can.

One false move, you get it

Between the eyes.

You keep 'em covered,

Jesse.

I'll get the loot.

Called him jesse--

Shh, shh, shh.

Here, put your money

In there.

Come on, do as they say.

Don't hesitate.

Looks like somebody had

The same idea we did.

Well, it's only two of them.

Maybe we just better forget

The whole thing.

No, let's stick around

And see the fun.

Don't try and follow us.

You'll be in trouble.

Look, jesse.

Someone's coming.

Marshal wyatt earp,

Buffalo bill cody.

Let's get out of here.

[Spurs horse]

Marshal earp!

Marshal earp!

Marshal earp!

Marshal earp,

They go that way.

[g*n fires]

That takes care of that.

Now, now, let's wait a minute.

No point

Trying to rob them now.

Their money's gone.

I'm going to do what I wanted

To do in the first place.

Are you two with me?

Now, hold on.

Come on if you're with me.

If not, turn around

And ride back.

[Laughing]

You think we convinced them?

I think so.

Sure we did.

Did you hear what he said?

[German accent]

"They go that way."

Hey, you better give us

Your g*ns.

You're our prisoners now.

Remember.

Yeah.

There you are, wyatt.

He's gone, wyatt.

You think this is another one

Of buntline's tricks?

I don't think so, wyatt.

That prince is pretty

Valuable property.

Still ned might've ridden off

With him just to worry us.

Hold this.

Come here.

Three horses came in

From that direction.

Five horses road off that way.

This another one of

Your schemes, bill?

Did you and buntline hire

Somebody to fake a kidnapping

Or something?

If you did, I'm warning you--

So help me, wyatt,

I didn't know anything

About this.

All right, let's trail them.

Give them back their g*ns.

You may need them.

Come on, let's go.

All right,

Get them off the horses.

It's a very convincing

Performance, young man.

Who thought of this,

The marshal?

Oh, sure.

Get in there.

You can't treat

Mr. Buntline--

Oh, no?

Hey, this is no joke.

Oh, shut up.

Get in there.

If you harm that boy--

Don't you touch him.

I hold you responsible

For that boy.

Get him in there.

I'll put the horses away,

Boys.

It's impossible

To tell whether they came

Through here or not.

You ever been here before?

No, sir.

This isn't the right trail.

I can tell you that.

It dead ends

In about feet.

All right, let's try it

Around the other way.

Let me hear the note now.

What did you say?

Well, here it is.

[Clears throat]

"The prince is alive

And unharmed.

"If you want him to stay

That way,

It'll cost you $ ,

In gold."

How's that?

So far it sounds fine.

Now we've got to figure out

Where they leave the money

And how we get it

Without being caught.

That's fairly simple.

All you've got to do

Is exchange a note

Telling where

To find the prince,

For the gold.

Now, let me see.

How are we going to do that?

What about that other one?

It was a mistake bringing him

Along in the first place.

It wasn't a mistake.

Maybe he can carry the note

For us.

Yeah, maybe.

Somebody's on the trail.

You see them?

No.

Well, let's nail them

Before they get close.

You take the side of the shack.

Come with me, mack.

You all right?

Yeah, looks like we came

The right way.

Hal, sam.

[g*n fires]

It's not bad.

You lay here.

Come on.

Wait. You stay here.

I think I can beat this.

[g*n fires]

I missed mine.

Did you get yours?

I don't think so,

But we got them respectful,

Though.

All right, marshal, you can

Still see the prince is alive,

And if you want to keep him

Like that,

Come in with your hands up,

All of you.

Can't get a good shot at him.

Where are the other two.

Do you know?

I don't know.

I'll try to draw the fire.

Neither of them can sh**t

For sour apples.

You try to keep me

Covered.

Wait a minute, bill.

All right, for the last

Time I'm telling you,

Come in with your hands up.

[g*n firing]

You rascals have k*lled

My friend wyatt earp,

And you're going to pay

For that!

There he is!

Get him! Without earp,

We ain't got no problem.

Marshal--

Stay back!

Untie him.

Now, bill!

Now!

Hold it.

You all right, mr. Buntline?

Sure, wyatt.

Wyatt, we thought you were shot.

We heard cody say

They'd k*lled you.

Buffalo bill's a pretty good

Showman thanks to you.

It was a trick, and it worked,

But I'm finished with tricks,

And you know the kind I mean.

Yeah, I sure do, wyatt.

I sure do.

Thank you, marshal.

[Speaks german]

That's all right, prince.

Now, come on.

Let's get out of here.

There's some

Wounded men outside.

Come on, get up!

Thanks.

Let's go.

Oh, gosh, my foot's asleep.

As a crown prince

Of schleswig-holstein,

I hereby decorate you

With the highest award

For bravery

My country can bestow--

The royal order of

[Speaks german].

Uh, thank you, your highness.

I'm glad we were able to help.

Marshal, i--

Words fail me.

Well, mr. Buntline,

Not for long,

I am sure.

No, the world will hear

Of this in my next novel,

The further adventures

Of wyatt earp.

Wyatt, you're all right.

I'm going to miss you.

Thanks, bill.

You're all right yourself.

You come back, but next time,

No tricks.

Oh, absolutely not.

Well, we're off to wichita,

If your highness pleases.

I do. Good-bye, marshal.

Good-bye, your highness.

Off to wichita.

You remember wichita, huh?

Oh, I never forget that--

You keep your decoration

Polished, wyatt.

I'll do that.

You drive carefully, now.

Well, boys, what do you think

About the west?

You think it's wild enough?

Yeah, I think so, wyatt.

So do i,

And I'll tell you something.

If I ever agree to another

Scheme like we got involved

In yesterday,

You got my permission

To put me in my own jail

And throw the keys away.

Good-bye.

Bye-bye.

So long, wyatt!

Good-bye, wyatt!

Thanks for everything.

You know, wyatt?

I can't wait to read about

Your latest experiences

In ned buntline's magazine.

Neither can i.

You can bet your bottom dollar

It won't be anything like

What really happened.

No, sir, it'll be

A real thriller.

♪♪ [Humming]

♪ 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 ♪