( 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. ♪
- ( Mooing )
- Narrator: of all
The problems which faced
The frontier marshal
The matter of cattle stealing,
Or rustling,
Was the most dangerous.
It was not a crime
Confined to hoodlums
Or fly-by-night
Cattle spreads.
Many of the biggest cattlemen
Of the day were involved.
To marshal wyatt earp
A rustler was a rustler,
Big or small.
And this belief plunged him
Into the notorious
Rep cantwell case.
Dodge city erupted
In bitter words
And deadly gunfights.
All the drinks
Are on me, boys.
- ( Cheers )
- , Head and a rough trail,
But they're all
Fat and sassy.
( Laughter )
- Good job.
- Yeah, drink it right up.
- Mr. Cantwell.
- Oh howdy, marshal.
Take a chair
And I'll buy you the best
Milk in the house.
Mr. Cantwell,
I'd like to see you alone
In the back room,
If I may.
Oh, some of my boys
In trouble?
Well here,
I'll bail them out.
- No sir.
- It can't wait?
No?
Well, excuse me,
Gentlemen.
- Yes sir.
- He's sure a good spender
Though, I'll tell you.
Come on,
Drink it up.
Well, what have
They done?
Mr. Cantwell, I have
A warrant for your arrest.
- What?
- Five members of
The cattlemen's association
Have accused you
Of rustling.
You calling me
A rustler?!
Well, sir, I caught
Two of your boys
Just outside of town
- With warm irons.
- Why, you!
- Look, I wanted
To do this quietly.
- Who named against me?
- Just name 'em.
- Your lawyer can read
The complaint.
Now I want you to walk over
To judge tobin's office
And post your bond.
Me accused of rustling...
There's gonna be
Some fighting about this.
I'll find out
Who signed against me.
- The boss is in trouble, ma'am.
- Mr. Cantwell in trouble?
There's talk that earp
And shotgun gibbs
Jumped one of his wagons
Outside of dodge.
And there's also talk
He's been accused of rustling.
Smiley, that's absurd.
You reckon mel doniher signed
A complaint or something?
Mr. Doniher?
Oh, he wouldn't do
A thing like that.
Just because he
And mr. Cantwell have been--
- Is mr. Doniher in town?
- Here at the dodge house,
Ma'am.
- I'll look into it.
- Would you do it quick, ma'am?
Some of us bar "q" boys
Are getting a mite edgy.
Here's bail for myself
And my men.
Now can I see
The names on
That complaint?
Please, judge,
Not until he's
Formally arraigned.
Wyatt really means we want
You to cool off, rep.
Cool off?
I'll get the names.
I warned you there'd be
sh**ting about this.
There will be sh**ting.
Why can't you ease up
On this thing?
Five men signed
The complaint, jim!
Ole rep stole a few
Mavericks in his day,
Like a lot of other
Cattlemen I know.
The law says
It's a felony, mr. Mayor.
Sure, but the men accusing him,
They've rustled stock
Same as him.
The cattlemen's association
Had the law passed.
If they don't want their members
Treated the same as hoodlums,
Then they should have
The law repealed.
You want sh**ting
In the streets over this?
I agree with wyatt.
Those ranchers'll lynch
A little rustler.
When the truth hits them,
They thr*aten gunplay.
I think the question
Of who's a cattle thief
Should be settled
In open court!
I can't understand
Why you did it.
You and rep have been
My dearest friends since
Dave was k*lled.
Why, mel?
Because you're gonna
Marry rep.
- He hasn't asked me.
- He will.
Not now, not with
This rustling business
To contend with.
You've put your brand
On stray cattle
And so have those men
Who signed the complaint
With you.
- Well, it's done now.
- You can go to judge tobin
And withdraw
The complaint.
"Big-hearted mel."
You were jealous
And I'm flattered, mel.
But rep and his boys'll
Go to sh**ting.
All right.
Let 'em.
Emily, he's no good.
I stopped those
Sharp tricks years ago
And rep's
Kept right on.
I ain't much better.
Mel... Mel,
You've got rep all wrong.
His foremen and his cowhands
Do the stealing.
He's too easy with them.
He sure is.
He sent me some steers
After the drought wiped
Me out last summer
And half of them had
Doctored brands.
Do you think rep would
Do a thing like that?
He just told his foreman
To lend me so many head
And the boys palmed off
The rustled steers.
All right.
I'll talk
To the judge.
Thanks, mel.
( Mooing )
You and the judge
Are just heading for
Needless trouble there.
How's that, mr. Gibbs?
Well, there's maybe
, Head of cattle
Driving
Towards the railroad.
I ain't never seen
A cow outfit yet
That didn't steal
A lost dogie
Or put its own brand
On a maverick.
Well, you miss the point.
Yeah, I reckon I do.
Judge tobin and I think
The law against rustling
Is too severe.
By enforcing it
Against the big fellas,
Maybe we can show them all up
As hypocrites.
Yeah.
And show me up too.
You're a rustler?
Well, you see,
I found roscoe on the prairie
When he was just a colt.
He'd been brush branded,
But I knowed the hair'd
Grow out and cover it up.
Why, mr. Gibbs.
Well now, I've got
My side of it too.
If I hadn't have
Found roscoe,
He'd have died
In the next blizzard.
But strictly speaking,
I'm a rustler.
Mr. Gibbs, your secret
Is safe with me.
Now it ain't funny, wyatt.
Rustling's
A fighting word.
Mayor kelly's
Plumb right.
You oughta drop that case
Agin cantwell.
Now don't start anything
And don't take
Any name-calling either.
And leave
Mel doniher to me.
I have an idea his name
Is on that complaint.
( Men vocalizing )
- Kevin!
- ( Groans )
Get down there.
Nick, run and get
Mccarty.
How'd this happen?
Tony joshed buck
About being a rustler.
Mel, tony levin
And the bar "q" hand
Just shot it out.
Both hit. Put on
Your g*n belt, mel.
Them bar "q"ers
Are after us.
- I was gonna drop charges.
- Too late now.
sh**ting's commenced.
- ( Chatting )
- ( g*nshots )
Here they come.
All right, take them
On over to the jail.
- I'm gonna see judge tobin.
- Come along!
You, um, say you disarmed
Most of 'em?
Rep cantwell
And mel doniher
Are still out
Gunning for each other.
Doniher? He's one
Of the men that signed
The complaint, isn't he?
Yes sir.
And he got the four others
To sign it too.
They'll be here tonight.
Wyatt, maybe we bit off
More than we can chew.
Well, you can't
Back down now, judge.
I'll try and find
Cantwell and doniher.
If we put 'em in jail
For g*n totin'
Their men may
Quit fighting, I hope.
- You hope.
- ( Door opens )
Well, I told you,
Didn't i?
If you'd have listened to me,
I'd have got to the heart
Of the shindy.
- The heart?
- The widow morrison.
What's she got
To do with it?
Rep and mel have both
Been courting her.
Rep won out
So mel cooked up
This stupid
Rustling complaint.
She's over
At the dodge hotel.
You'd better go over there
And talk to her quick.
She might be able
To stop this quarrel.
But the first thing
We've gotta do
Is dismiss
This case against rep.
- I don't know.
- You do that and you'll
Have your cowhands
Thinking they can
Scare the court.
Oh, come off
Your high horse, wyatt!
This is just plain stubbornness
And you know it.
Mr. Kelly, you want
My star again?
- Now now, gentlemen.
- Fine time to talk about
Turning in your star.
Doniher is waiting
For his friends
And they'll take cantwell
And the whole town apart.
Well, I'm tucking in
My shirttail.
You tuck in yours,
Mr. Mayor.
Wyatt thinks I'm just
A politician,
But I'm trying to use
A little common sense.
I know, jim, I know.
I've gotta give him a chance
To restore law and order.
How long you figure
On giving him, judge?
Not long.
Until tomorrow.
- Too long, believe me.
- I said until tomorrow.
( Men vocalizing )
And mel was going
To call it off
Until some of his men
Got hurt.
He promised me
He would.
Mel doniher
Started the trouble.
Where is he now?
Out on the trail somewhere,
Looking for more friends
To help him make more fight.
- ( Sighs )
- Yeah, they'll come back
With g*ns, emily.
Well, I told you about mel
And his black irish temper.
Rep, listen, please go out
To my place and wait there.
I won't run!
It won't be running.
With my men
And what's left of yours,
We can-- well, we can put up
An even fight if we have to.
Thanks, honey, but I don't
Drag you into a fight.
I can hire some g*ns,
Make it even.
More sh**ting?
No, rep, please, i--
- ( Knocks )
- Yes, who is it?
- Marshal earp, ma'am.
- Just a minute.
He mustn't find you here.
Go through the bedroom
And down the fire ladder.
- Rep, you do as I say.
- Oh, all right.
Sorry, i...
I wasn't quite dressed.
That's quite
All right, ma'am.
What can I do
For you, marshal?
Oh, I don't know.
Mayor kelly seems to think
You can stop the row
Between mr. Cantwell
And mr. Doniher.
I tried to do that.
- It didn't work.
- Oh? What went wrong?
One of mel's men called
One of rep's men a rustler.
Then the g*ns went off.
But the chief trouble is
That you and judge tobin
Insist
On prosecuting rep.
Mrs. Morrison,
I had a veterinarian
Take a look
At the santa fe pens.
He claims that mr. Cantwell's
Herd has been brand-tampered.
Well, what herd hasn't?
Come down and check my cattle.
By your standard
You'd think
I was a rustler too.
Well, I sure wish you'd have
Another talk with mr. Doniher.
He's out
On the trail somewhere,
Waiting for the other hypocrites
Who signed that complaint.
Would you know where?
No, mr. Earp.
Even if I could find mel,
He wouldn't listen.
Well, I guess I'll just
Have to try
And have a hand
At it myself.
- Sorry to have bothered you.
- Sure.
You're sorry.
You men!
Rep out hiring gunfighters
And mel's coming in
With fresh g*ns.
I didn't pass
The rustling law.
It's just my job to try
And enforce it.
Then why don't you arrest
Your own chief deputy?
- Mr. Gibbs?
- Mr. Gibbs.
Rep said his mule was
Hair-branded as a colt.
Why don't you ask
Mr. Gibbs point blank?
Well, I kinda think
It'd be more point blank
To try and find mr. Doniher
And arrest him before
More sh**ting starts.
But if you want to swear out
A complaint against mr. Gibbs,
- I'll serve the warrant.
- And try to get the evidence?
What do you mean?
k*ll the poor animal,
Skin him
And see if the hair-brand
Shows on the inner side?
I don't think that'd
Be necessary.
If mr. Gibbs is guilty,
I'm sure he'd admit it.
I doubt that very much.
But why are we
Wasting time?
All I want now is
For you to find mel
And put him where he can't
Continue this fight.
I'll do my best, ma'am.
( Men vocalizing )
- We're in trouble.
- What went wrong?
Rep and his boys
Got tetchy.
- They started sh**ting.
- Well, so can we.
- Johnny?
- Yeah?
Back to the tavern.
Round up a dozen good hands
- With a g*n.
- Right.
I got a hunch earp is
Out looking for me.
We better hole up right here
Till morning.
Mr. Gibbs,
You and the day patrol
Turn in.
Things won't pop
Until daylight.
I'll just make camp
Here in the office, wyatt.
It's only a couple hours
Till sunup.
How did doniher
Give us the slip?
Well, maybe he doesn't want
To have a sh**t
With cantwell.
We've still got him charged
With rustling, you know.
Rep's lady friend
May charge you
With stealing roscoe.
Why sure!
Better get the gallows ready.
( Men vocalizing )
I don't like it, emily.
I know. You'd rather
Fight it out with g*ns.
But stealing a mule
And threatening to--
All right,
Then stay here.
I've already
Told rance what to do.
If it doesn't work,
You can still have
Your gunfight with mel.
- And if you live, you'll go
To jail for rustling.
- Emily!
Goodbye, rep.
( Snorting )
"Dear marshal earp,
Unless you dismiss charges
Against rep by noon today
I will prove your chief deputy
Is a rustler.
I hate to k*ll
An innocent animal,
But the lives of men
Are more important
Than beasts.
Emily morrison."
Emily morrison!
Roscoe!
Hyah.
Shotgun!
Shotgun!
You tell
Judge tobin to postpone
Cantwell's hearing.
I'm on my way
To the morrison ranch.
( Hoofbeats )
Ain't that
Shotgun gibbs?
Hyah.
That sure is.
I wonder where
He's heading.
It's mighty strange
For earp to send him away
From dodge right now.
- ( Hoofbeats )
- Hold it, boss.
Who's that yonder?
Hyah.
Well, I'll be.
That's earp himself!
Earp might have
Sent shotgun.
He wouldn't leave.
Ain't rep cantwell up
For a hearing at : ?
Uh-huh.
Rep must've
Jumped his bail.
He's gone out on us.
That's the trail
To mrs. Morrison's.
Yeah. Maybe we'll
Catch him there.
Come on.
Oh.
Howdy, mr. Gibbs.
I come for my mule.
He's in the barn.
Go get him.
I ain't aiming to k*ll
Any of your hands now.
You go get him.
Oh no.
It's too bad, lady.
Been a lot of talk in dodge
Lately about branding.
Maybe you
Ought to be branded.
You wouldn't dare.
I want my mule
And I want him
Without having to k*ll
Any humans.
Now you better go
Fetch him.
I don't bluff
That easy, mr. Gibbs.
I told marshal earp
What he'd have to do.
Wyatt ain't gonna
Go along with that.
And I ain't bluffing.
Put that down!
- I'll scream and my men'll--
- Hold it!
Mr. Gibbs,
You're under arrest.
He threatened to burn me
With that thing.
What did you expect?
He happens to be mighty
Fond of that animal.
- Have your men go get him.
- ( Hoofbeats )
It's mel doniher.
Come on.
Where's cantwell, earp?
He's in dodge city
Waiting for you.
- You're a liar!
- And you're jailbait.
Lift 'em.
That's far enough.
All right,
Throw your g*ns
Right out here,
All of you, come on.
You too, come on!
Throw 'em out here!
Am I still under arrest?
Yep.
Trespassing
On private property,
Threatening mrs. Morrison
With bodily harm.
Can't I even look
For roscoe?
- No.
- ( Braying )
The boss is bringing him.
Roscoe!
Here's your dear friend.
I still say
Gibbs is a rustler.
But I couldn't do
What I'd have to
To prove it.
Well, you've won, mel.
The judge will
Send rep to prison.
I hate you.
I hate all of you.
And that goes for you
Double, mr. Wyatt earp.
Well, ma'am,
I'm kinda used to being hated.
Mrs. Morrison has
Refused to press charges
Against mr. Gibbs.
In the case of mr. Cantwell,
Charged with cattle rustling...
All the complaining witnesses
Have refused to testify.
Mr. Cantwell, however,
Has agreed
To surrender head
Of doubtfully branded
Steers.
They will be sold for charity.
Any comments, marshal earp?
Only this, your honor:
I think the present law
Against cattle rustling
Is bad.
Under the present law,
A small cattle thief is hanged,
While the big one
Becomes a respectable member
Of the cattlemen's association.
I agree with you.
Your remarks will be put
Into the official record.
- Court's adjourned.
- ( Men vocalizing )
Here.
If you're quitting,
At least I want roscoe
To have a decent bridle.
I think
He's a friend of mine.
You ain't got
A lick of sense,
Making friends
With that lawman.
Lucky for you they ain't
Got a prison for mules.
That there fella,
He'd arrest you
For kicking
At a fire barrel.
( g*nsh*t )
Hold on there, sonny!
Be sure you check
That g*n pronto.
Okay.
♪ 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. ♪