The life and legend
Of wyatt earp
( Men clamoring )
What are you
Going to do?
Do you hear
That mob out there?
You are going
To save hurley?
I don't know.
He and doc
Started this riot.
Mr. Earp,
They had to.
Hurley needs
The experience.
Look, his whole career
Depends on his learning
The real west.
Can't you
Understand that?
He didn't have
To start a riot.
Hal, you go fetch
The prisoner.
We'll turn him
Over to her folks.
No! No, I'll go
Out there myself,
And they can sh**t me.
They're just
Drunk enough to do that.
You cover me.
( Men vocalizing )
♪ 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'brian.
Announcer: marshal earp thought
He had dr. John h. Holliday
Safely established
As a patient
In a colorado sanitarium.
Doc needed a rest
To cure his lung trouble,
And wyatt needed
A rest from doc
And his cantankerous warfare
Against the respectable
Citizens of dodge city.
But a greenhorn by the name
Of hurley abbott
Caused a new battle in the w*r
Between holliday and dodge--
With wyatt
In the middle.
Hurley, stop it!
Hurley, get off, please!
He's going to throw you
And stomp you.
Hurley, get off!
( Whimpers )
Oh, hurley, are you hurt?
Oh, darling, I'm--
I'm all right.
Oh, you wicked beast!
No, etta, no.
He just didn't
Want me to ride him.
Come on, honey.
Let's get out
Of the corral.
Artist, huh?
Well, I've seen enough.
Hugh,
Hurley and I
Are engaged.
- No.
- You're leaving, mr. Abbott.
Don't you dare
Hit him!
Easy now, etta.
Mister, there's a train
Out of dodge city
In about two hours.
You got just about
Time to catch it.
I'll leave your property,
Mr. Jackson.
But I'll stay
In dodge.
That's right, hurley.
And I'll see you
In dodge.
Right.
Uncle george,
Hurley's an artist.
And he's going to be
Famous someday.
But you just
Can't understand that.
All you know are
Horses and cattle.
And you're
Just as stupid!
You ain't marrying him.
That's final.
Well, we'll see.
Let's not make it
Any worse, etta.
I'm afraid I couldn't put up
Much of a fight.
Didn't think
It would come to this.
Still got
A lot to learn.
I'll learn it.
Marshal earp--
Yes, sir?
I'm in trouble.
Could you spare me
A few minutes?
What's the matter,
Outlaws chasing you?
I'm green,
But not that green.
My name's abbott.
Hurley abbott.
Well, howdy, mr. Abbott.
Happy to know you.
Well... You, uh--
Selling pictures?
I hope to someday.
But right now I need
Some advice about fighting.
- Oh?
- Ned buntline gave me
This note to you.
Ned buntline, huh?
Well, why don't we get out
Of this sun and wind?
We'll go inside my office.
It's kind of hot
In there too,
But at least
It's shady.
Tie up my horse.
And so her uncle
And her brothers
Ordered me to leave,
Which they had
A legal right to do.
But etta isn't
Going to stand for it.
And neither am i.
Well, why don't you
Just elope?
- Eh--
- Go back east.
It's not that simple,
Mr. Earp.
You see, I like
This western country.
And I'm trying to paint it.
Well, there's a lot of country
Between here and california.
Now, why don't you
And miss etta head west?
Is that what you would do?
- Well, i--
- Don't be polite, marshal.
I'm not.
I can't fight very well
With my fists,
And, well,
I'm clumsy with a g*n.
Can't even ride
A spirited horse.
And I can't draw
A good map.
You know, uncle george
And the boys--
They, well,
They're decent cattlemen,
But they're mighty stubborn.
Would you be allowed
To teach me how to fight?
No, sir.
Oh. Well...
Could you
Recommend anyone?
I am not exactly
A starving artist.
Well, let's think
About that for a while.
Family quarrels
Are no good, mr. Abbott.
( Cup thuds )
I mean, even if you
Learned how to fight,
Who would you
Be fighting?
You'd be fighting
Miss etta's uncle
And her brothers.
And my advice is
You forget it.
( Shouts )
Oh, no.
Not you.
Why'd you leave
The hospital?
They asked me to leave.
Good to get back
To my old friends.
Yeah.
Do you know him?
Well, I must have
Met him somewhere.
( Murmurs )
This one's skunky bigger.
He and I had a run-in
At the long branch
During a card game--
Before I went
To the hospital.
All right, book 'em.
Attempted m*rder.
Come on.
Some of you men
Give him a hand.
Take him over to
The coroner's office.
Mr. Earp.
Is this the great
Dr. John h. Holliday?
Yeah, that's right.
This is
Mr. Hurley abbott.
Claims to be an artist.
Well, now,
He is an artist--
If you did
That top canvas.
Yes, thank you.
Just a rough sketch.
Mr. Abbott,
If you'd excuse us,
The doctor and I have got
A little visiting to do.
Hold on, wyatt.
Abbott, you meet me
Down at the long branch
In about minutes.
Delighted.
Well, i--
I see dodge city
Hasn't changed one iota.
Still sh**ting at invalid
Doctors of dentistry.
Where's miss kate?
Kansas city.
( Chuckles )
Buying clothes.
Say, how's that little boy,
Benny-- how's he doing?
He's getting well.
He has a dozen doctors
Up there.
Interesting type fella,
That artist.
He intrigues me.
No, doc. Please.
Not bad.
Not bad at all.
Of course
You're no karl bodmer
Or alfred jacob miller--
Not yet.
Well, that's not really
The point.
Eh?
Miss etta's people have
Warned me not to see her again.
George jackson
And the boys?
( Chuckles )
Quick tempers and slow draws,
All of 'em.
Now, you let me take care of
Your family problems, abbott.
You just paint pictures.
I'm afraid
You don't understand.
They insist upon a fight.
I can't let anyone else
Take over for me.
You, uh...
You want to k*ll 'em?
No, oh, god forbid.
If they come after me
With g*ns,
I want to be able to
sh**t well enough
To-- pfft,
I don't know.
Disable them, perhaps.
Abbott, I could probably
Teach you how to k*ll a man
In six months
Of hard practice.
But sh**ting to disable--
That'd take several years.
Oh...
Well...
I think I could learn
To be a good fistfighter.
And break your hand so you
Couldn't hold a paintbrush?
No. Now,
Marshal earp and I
Will have a talk
With the jacksons.
I like this one.
Paint it in oil.
Oh... Mr. Earp.
Have you seen hurley--
Mr. Abbott?
Yes'm.
He didn't
Take the train.
No, ma'am, i, uh--
I think you'll find him
With dr. Holliday.
Doc holliday?
You mean the notorious...
Outlaw?
Dr. Holliday
Is an expert on art.
No, not really.
No, not really, but...
The dr. Has taken
A fancy to mr. Abbott.
Oh, dear.
Well, I'm afraid that
Uncle george and my brothers--
I'm sorry to have
Interrupted your work.
- Miss etta.
- Yes?
Look, i...
I think the only
Sensible thing
For you and mr. Abbott
To do is to head west.
It'll give your family
Time to be reconciled.
Reconciled?
They should be proud
Of hurley.
Well, artists are--
Well, they're kind of
A strange breed of cat
In this neck
Of the woods.
Uncle george
And your brothers
Have been taught
To believe that an artist--
Well, they make kind of
Poor husband material.
Hurley will be as famous
As george catlin, mr. Earp.
Well, I'm only trying
To say that I think--
Wyatt.
Wyatt, that jackson tribe's
Been threatening my artist.
I'm going down
To give them what for.
You'd better come along.
There might be sh**ting.
I'll-- I'll borrow
One of your scatterguns.
- Doc--
- No time for jabber.
You ready to go?
Miss jackson, I'd like
To have you meet dr. Holliday.
Miss jackson?
Eh, you must be
Miss etta jackson.
Young woman abbott
Plans to marry.
Yes, I am.
And I certainly don't want
My family att*cked by you.
And why do you call
Hurley your artist?
Well, I bought
A picture from him.
Are you coming or do I
Have to go alone?
Will you cool off?
Now, miss etta,
I'll try and keep the peace.
You go find mr. Abbott
And I'll handle things here.
Now remember--
That fella may have jumped
Aboard the santa fe.
We don't want to do anything
That'll make us look ridiculous.
Just mosey into dodge
Casual-like.
- What about etta?
- Oh, she's sorry by now
She ever laid eyes
On that paint slinger.
Come on.
( Coughing )
You should have stayed
In the hospital.
Brilliant observation.
Look, I ask you
Just one favor--
You let me do all the talking
To uncle george.
All right.
As long as you
Make my point clear.
By the way,
Just what is your point?
They leave my artist
And his fiancee alone.
No threats, no badgering.
I'm still trying to catch up
On the short drinks
Those doctors allowed me.
( Hoofbeats approaching )
Here they come.
Now, you stay back here.
I don't trust
Your mean temper.
Frankly, mr. Jackson,
This abbott fellow
Doesn't seem like
A bad sort to me.
Mr. Buntline
Recommended him.
Ned recommended him to us.
Pretty soon that slicker
Had to have his head turned.
All artists are immoral,
Mr. Earp.
Eh, champagne and women.
Well, the point is that
Dr. Holliday has taken
Kind of a shine to mr. Abbott.
I don't want you men
To tangle with doc.
We aren't scared.
Well, you ought to be.
Doc could k*ll all three of you
In a draw and sh**t.
How come you're
On their side, earp.
Because I think
It's a foolish quarrel,
Mr. Jackson.
And I'm hired to keep
The peace in dodge.
Happens that we love etta.
I'm sure of that, sir.
And she loves mr. Abbott.
All right, mr. Earp.
We respect holliday
As a k*ller.
Ah, we can take him!
No.
We'll be coming into dodge
To get that painter fella,
And we'll come
With enough of our men
To get him
And doc holliday too.
That's fair warning.
( g*nf*re )
- Hurley?
- Oh.
What are you doing
With a g*n?
Well, I can't let doc holliday
Fight my battles for me.
Why not?
He enjoys sh**ting people.
I'm supposed
To be a man.
Here, watch this.
Right in the heart, see?
Of course,
In a real fight,
I'd only use
Shoulder sh*ts.
Yes, I see.
It's a very simple problem,
Learning to sh**t
A p*stol.
All you do is
Keep your sight
On the spot to be hit,
Pull the w*apon, and push it
Toward the center of focus.
That's enough.
We're leaving.
- Leaving?
- Marshal earp is right.
We're getting married,
Hurley,
And going farther west.
Now, darling, listen--
You can paint just as well
In arizona or new mexico.
I can't run, my dear.
Etta...
Look, I don't approve of
Fighting any more than you do.
But it's a part
Of the frontier.
Now, how am I going
To paint western life
If I haven't lived it?
One doesn't need to live
The life of scoundrels
To paint scoundrels.
Look at doc holliday!
And paint him!
You're not even trying
To understand--
No, I'm not.
I'm going to report you
To marshal earp.
( Quiet chatter )
Dr. Holliday return?
Yeah, him and the marshal
Just come in.
The doc should be here
Any minute.
Ah, you shouldn't
Be wearing that.
Self-defense.
Hey, greener.
Take off that g*n
Before you hurt yourself.
I've practiced
Handling it.
I said take it off.
He don't know
No better, preskins.
All right, then,
I'll learn him.
You're the dude
That's been making trouble
For the jackson family.
Lift up your hands.
Nope.
All right, then.
Draw.
Drop it!
Get his g*n.
Quick!
Whenever you wing a man,
You always get
His g*n away from him.
He might k*ll you
From the floor.
Good point
To bear in mind.
Isn't anybody
Going for a doctor?
I'll plug up the hole.
A couple of your men
Can walk him over
To mccarty's office.
You have
A clean handkerchief?
Hmm? Oh, yes.
( Door closes )
Who shot him?
Leonardo da vinci here.
He drew a beautifully
Straight line
To the brachial plexus.
I claim self-defense,
Mr. Earp.
You didn't
Check your g*n.
Let's go.
Doc, I want to see you
Over in my office.
Anything important?
Yeah. A wedding.
( Inaudible )
Hurley!
Hurley, what's wrong?
I had to hurt a man.
You shot him?
Didn't hurt him much.
Court case is self-defense.
Oh, darling.
I don't blame you.
- I blame that horrible--
- ( Clears throat )
You folks ready
For the ceremony?
Uncle george
Has hired some gunfighters
To make trouble
For us.
- Gunfighters?
- Yes.
So we have to have
The wedding right now
And leave town.
It's the only sensible thing
To do, mr. Abbott.
You can't be fighting
Miss etta's own uncle
And brothers.
No, I realize that now.
Good.
Mr. Mayor, take over.
Now, miss etta,
You stand a little--
Here.
Mr. Abbott-- and you
Stand up with mr. Abbott.
And I'll stand here.
It's from katie, wyatt.
She's sick again.
I'll just have time
To catch the stage.
Of course.
Anything I can do?
You can ship me some
Clothes to kansas city.
I won't have a chance
To pack.
I'm sorry, doc.
Etta and I
Are just going to--
I know, boy.
Marry the girl.
And then let 'em run you
Out of dodge with a mob.
The only artist
The town ever had-- mobbed.
And you be sure it's done
With lots of sh**ting,
Eh, kelly?
Now, just give d*ck and me
Time enough to find etta
And start her
Back to the ranch.
Then shove that painter
On the : train
Alive or dead.
Come on, d*ck.
Come on.
We'll follow along
In a little while.
And I now pronounce you
Man and wife
As provided
By the law of kansas.
Amen.
( Clears throat )
Good luck.
Oh, thank you.
May I kiss the bride?
- Congratulations.
- Thanks.
Now, what's all this
About mobs chasing
This young fella
Out of dodge?
Well, that's just--
Just some of doc's
Joking, you know.
Well, I thought as much.
I wish you both happiness.
Oh, thank you.
Mr. Mayor--
Thank you.
Now, get married again
In a church--
That's my advice.
See you later, wyatt.
( Door opens )
Is hurley
Free to go now?
( Door closes )
Yes'm, but I think you'd
Both better wait here
Until train time.
You mean we should hide
Behind your g*ns?
( Hoofbeats approaching )
Hal--
Mr. And mrs. Abbott,
I think you'd better
Wait inside there
For a few minutes.
Your uncle george
And one of the boys
Are arriving.
We'll stay right here
And face them.
No. I'll do
The talking first.
You looking for me?
Etta and that
Painter fella.
They run off?
No, sir.
Where's my sister?
I'm not hired
To look after your sister.
You've probably got both
Of them hid somewhere
With doc holliday.
Didn't I warn you, earp?
That'll do.
- What?
- Stop sh**ting
With your mouth.
Now back off.
No, he means it.
We'll soon have
Plenty of help.
Where's doc holliday?
He left town. His missus
Took sick in kansas city.
Well, that's a break.
Well, here comes d*ck
And uncle george.
We asked earp,
But he's covering for 'em.
Are you sure they didn't
Leave town with doc holliday?
Man says doc left
For kansas city.
Maybe that's a trick.
We start
Asking questions.
Somebody'll talk.
The doc had no right
To push this thing off on me.
He wants the whole town
To ride,
Just so his unfunny humor
Will be like a--
Like a joke
In a graveyard.
Yeah, dodge don't care
If abbott paints pictures
Or livery stables.
( Grumbles )
The jackson family's
Well connected here.
I'm moving
The bride and groom.
- Where?
- First station down
The santa fe line.
You go on inside there
And tell 'em to get ready.
All right,
Now what is this, george?
We're looking for etta
And that fella hurley abbott.
Well, you're too late.
I married 'em
Half an hour ago.
- That's a lie!
- Artists don't marry no girl.
And if they do, they got
A couple of wives already.
Now you tell us
Where they are.
At the jail,
That's where.
You go gettin' tough
With wyatt earp,
And etta'll be a bride
With no family.
Come on, boys, let's go.
Let him go!
And at first I thought
You were right, mr. Earp.
But now I've changed
My mind.
Why should we be rushed
Out of town like criminals?
Mr. Abbott,
I've stood off mobs
When I didn't much care
If I had to sh**t
The whole kit and caboodle
Of 'em.
But I don't want to have
To hurt your wife's kinfolk.
They're wrong, but...
They've done nothing
To deserve
Being mowed down
By buckshot.
( Door opens )
They're coming, wyatt.
How close?
That close.
( Men shouting )
Take mr. Abbott
To his cell.
Now, just a minute,
Marshal.
Look, they're not
Gonna hurt her.
Please!
Now, you get out of here.
No. No, I'm staying.
( All chattering )
All right, earp.
You got one minute.
Get him out here!
Watch the window.
You are going
To protect hurley.
It's my job now,
But I don't like it.
Don't your brothers
And your uncle mean
Anything to you?
Not when they come
After hurley with g*ns.
Look, you got a license
And you got a wedding ring.
Hal--
Bring mr. Abbott
Out here.
Things get too hot,
We'll turn 'em over
To her folks.
No, you won't.
I'll talk to them.
Cover me.
Etta! Honey!
Watch those triggers.
Uncle george, we've been
Secretly married for weeks.
- Married?
- Ah, what if he's
Got other wives?
Well, he hasn't.
But if you don't
Call them off,
I'll say that
I married a bigamist--
- Shh!
- I will. I'll yell it
Right out loud.
- Ah--
- I'll tell the biggest
Lie you ever--
All right,
I'll call them off.
But you've got to go with us
To make it look good.
You promise not
To sh**t hurley?
Of course not.
No family scandal.
All right, boys.
We got our little girl back.
And that painter man
Left town.
( All chatter )
Get mr. Abbott.
You fellas go on
Back on patrol.
Make sure everything
Stays quiet.
Abbott--
( Door closes )
Where is she?
She went with her folks.
You let them take her?
No, mr. Abbott,
She's taking them.
Oh, don't you worry
About it, though.
She's going
To meet you later.
She told them that she'd
Been married for weeks.
- What?
- Yeah.
And she said if they
Didn't call off the men
That she was gonna spread
The word around that you
Were a bigamist.
- A bigamist?
- Mm-hmm.
I kind of thought
The marriage license
Had had good effect,
But, uh--
Well, I never thought
Of calling you a bigamist.
So your wife saved a lot
Of people from getting
k*lled today.
Bigamy?
Why, etta's the first girl
I ever even kissed.
Oh, don't you
Ever admit that.
No, sir.
Not even to mrs. Abbott.
No, sir.
You're an artist.
And, well, you can't
Disillusion people.
♪ 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. ♪