04x15 - Little Brother

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp". Aired: September 6, 1955 – June 27, 1961.*
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04x15 - Little Brother

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♪♪ 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 ♪♪

- Wyatt Earp's little

brother Morgan

was a charming, devil-may-care,

young buckaroo.

When he came under the influence

of Dr. John H. Holliday,

Wyatt had a problem.

Although Wyatt and

Doc were friends,

Marshal Earp knew Doc

for what he was,

an embittered adventurer

with a strange code.

If a youngster like Morgan Earp

started hero worshipping

Doc Holliday,

he was mighty apt to pay

for it with his life.

- Get your hands

up! All of you!

You! Get that box

down from the booth!

Don't try it.

I don't like sh**t'

by accident.

- Smiley!

- What did you say?

- Nothing. You

hearing things?

- Shut up!

Climb aboard, all of you!

Come on, get moving!

- Hey, whoa! Let me

out here, will you?

- Whoa...

What's the idea, Morg?

Your brother will be waiting

for you at the depot.

- I'll see Wyatt in

a few minutes.

I got an urgent message

for Doc Holliday

here at the Long Branch.

[ Driver whistles ]

- Join the queen

and pay the jack.

- Hi, Doc.

- Wha--? Just a moment, Morg.

There you are, sir.

Frankie, now you

take over the table.

Well, Morg!

- How's the Deacon?

- He's just fine.

Haven't you seen Wyatt?

- I had to see you first.

- Oh?

- Backroom?

- Yeah.

- ...and his mask fell down.

Who should I see

but Smiley Dunlap.

- Smiley?

Well, that really surprises me.

- Cross my heart.

The poor clown got

himself suckered

into a Wells Fargo hold-up.

- He must have

been forced into it.

- The point is,

big brother Wyatt takes a Wells

Fargo robbery awfully serious.

- He's a Johnny Law

by profession, Morg.

- He's bound to ask me

about the hold-up.

- Well, you just forget

you saw Smiley, hmm?

- Well...

- Look, Morg.

I like Dunlap and so do you.

He's funnier than Josh Billings,

Mark Twain and all the others.

Did you ever hear

him tell the story

about how he cured a

giraffe of a sore throat?

Now this is a very funny man

and he's well worth saving.

- All right, I

won't tell Wyatt.

But what do we do about Smiley?

- Well, that's simple.

We go find him.

- Might be a long ride, Doc.

- True.

- Well, hello Morgan.

- Big brother! Howdy!

- Good to see you.

Of course I'm kind of sorry to

see you in such bad company.

- Huh?

- Morgan, he knows that

I am a scoundrel.

Your little brother

bought the bottle, Wyatt,

but he has not touched

one solitary drop.

- Well, he's of age, Doctor.

I'm working on that

Wells Fargo heist.

- Yeah, I was on my way to

you until I remembered

I owed Doc $ .

- Ha! Morg, I will

see you later, hmm?

- Yeah.

Come on, Wyatt.

I'm going to give you the best

description of a robbery

you ever heard.

I was fixin' to be

a hero, sh**t it out.

But the boss of

the g*ng reminded me

there was ladies present.

- Well, I'm glad

you acted sensibly.

- Thanks.

- You recognize any of the g*ng?

- Like I said before,

they all wore masks.

- Well, it's just

routine, Morgan,

but sometimes you may

recognize a voice, you know?

- Not this time, Wyatt.

- I'm sure glad you

didn't draw a g*n.

Mom and Dad would

have blamed me.

- For what happened miles

down the road? Come on, Wyatt!

- They still think of

you as my little brother.

- Aw, little brother!

- Now don't go blaming me.

I told you last time I wouldn't

treat you big brother-ish.

- Go on in, then. Go on.

Here they are, Doc.

Millen and Griggs.

They should know who

pulled that job.

- Why thank you, Frankie.

You can lock the door.

Behind you!

Well now, who wants to talk?

- It wasn't our crowd.

We've been camped outside

of town the last two weeks.

- Where is Smiley Dunlap?

- Smiley?

- He ain't rode

with us for months.

Last we heard, he fell in love

with some rancher's daughter.

- That is a lie.

Smiley has a better sense of

humor than to fall in love!

Now I want honest information!

I'll give you exactly

two hours to get it.

- We'll try, Doc. We'll

sure do our darnedest.

- You'd better.

Frankie!

- Yes?

- Let 'em out.

- Let's go, boys.

- That cigar smells

like one of Doc's.

- It is.

- I'm getting a little

worried about Doc.

He's fighting again

with Miss Kate.

- Why not? She's always

yapping at him.

- Brother, Miss Kate is

a long suffering wife.

Not one woman in ,

would have stuck with Doc.

- Makes a good living

for her, doesn't he?

- Money isn't

everything to a woman.

Don't you ever

forget it, Morgan.

- All right, big brother.

Get to the point.

- Look, I'm not trying

to lecture you, Morgan.

I'm just trying to warn you.

[ g*nshots ]

You know these men?

- Doug Millens

and Steve Griggs.

You might ask Doc

Holliday about 'em.

- They was just talking

to Doc in the Long Branch.

- Thanks.

- Dirty m*rder*r.

Anybody here see who did this?

- Five or men on horses, Doc.

They rode on out of town.

- Well, Marshal Earp,

why aren't you on horseback

gallopin' after 'em?

- You got any idea

why they were k*lled?

- That is your business.

Morgan, I want to talk to you.

My suite at the Dodge House.

- Wait. What's my brother

got to do with this?

- Not a thing! I just

want to talk to him!

Any objection?

- Yeah! I don't want him

messing in your affairs!

- Any law against

me talking to Doc?

Stop playing big brother.

- Morgan is almost a

good a man as you are.

And right now, I believe

I prefer his company!

Morg?

- Brother, if you got

yourself into something,

you can get

yourself out of it.

[ Footsteps ]

- [Doc]: Just hold

your temper, Morg.

We can't have Wyatt

messing around.

Well, well.

The door is unlocked.

Wait 'til I make

sure Katie isn't here.

You know, she is

Wyatt's stool pigeon.

Katie?

Morgan, somehow we have

to keep him out of this.

- What's it all about?

- Griggs and Millen were going

to get me some information

on the Wells Fargo job.

- Smiley must be

in real trouble.

- Yes, he is.

Do you want to help?

- Of course, Doc.

- All right.

First thing, we gotta

sneak out of town.

We can hire some horses

from Old Man Dietrich.

At least he knows how

to keep his mouth shut.

- Shouldn't we tell Wyatt?

- Son, where we're going,

the very name of Wyatt Earp

would start a gunfight.

Besides, Wyatt doesn't

owe Smiley anything.

So why should

he risk his name?

- You're right. Let's go.

- I don't think I'm being

big brother-ish about Morg.

Two men k*lled just

for talking to Doc.

I can't have Morg associating

with Doc until I know the story.

Do you think I'm

being unreasonable?

- Not to me and you.

You think Doc had anything to

do with this Wells Fargo job?

- No. But Doc's got a lot

of friends who are hoodlums.

Now one of them

may be involved.

- Well, you know Wyatt, a man

has to be mighty careful

when he's dealing with

his younger brother.

Why don't you just sit there

in that chair a spell

and think about it.

- That should be enough.

Now the important thing

is that no one knows.

You understand that?

Morgan...

- And John mentioned

a man named Smiley.

John thinks he had something

to do with the hold-up.

- Smiley...

Smiley Dunlap, pal of Doc's.

- But Dunlap isn't a robber!

- How did Morg get

involved in this?

- Well, Morg said that

Smiley had helped him out

of a jam in the Black Hills.

- That's Smiley

Dunlap all right.

Mr. Gibbs!

When did they say

they were leaving?

- Right away. If you hurry,

you might stop them.

- No, Miss Kate.

They went after Smiley.

Best thing to do

is to trail 'em.

Mr. Gibbs, we got

to hit the saddle

as soon as we can get organized.

- How many are we taking?

- Mr. Christie and

a special agent

are over at the

Wells Fargo office.

Go ask them to

join us, would you?

- Where will be a-headin'?

- I think Doc and Morg have

already left. We'll trail them.

- Right.

- You will be

careful, Wyatt?

And don't let Morg get hurt.

- Miss Kate, I aim

to look after Doc too.

You know, I got a hunch that Doc

is trying to save Smiley Dunlap.

Now, Smiley isn't

worth one single b*llet.

But still, it is a Christian

effort on the part of Doc.

- Christian? John?

- Miss Kate, the good Lord's

been awful patient with Doc.

Now what the good Lord can do,

he can at least

make a try at him.

I'll see you later.

- What's the matter?

Don't you like it?

- It's fine, Buzz.

I just... just testin'.

It's real good liquor.

- Ought to be.

They heisted it from

a Santa Fe private car.

You ain't told me what's

your business here.

- Well, Mr. Morgan and I are

looking for Smiley Dunlap.

- Hmm...

The last I seen of Smiley,

he was riding for the Bar X,

in the panhandle.

- Bar X?

- Yeah.

- Well, what do you

say, Mr. Morgan?

- $ . is worth

the ride, Doctor Holliday.

Thanks for the grub.

Let's push along.

- Now, how could Smiley

do you out of $ , ?

- Well, not me,

Buzz. Him.

He's a rich

greener from Illinois.

- Well, why you in on it?

- The dictums of common sense.

- Huh?

- You see, I get half

of whatever we collect.

This is real good liquor.

- Aw, keep it, Doc. Keep it.

- Well, thank you,

friend. And good hunting.

- Thanks.

- Yeah, they were

here, all right.

They're using Dietrich's horses.

- You sure about that?

- Yeah.

Old Man Dietrich buys

Missouri shoes in Kansas City.

You see these toe cleats?

It's muddy and rough

going in Missouri.

- Well, them mud

cleats all right,

but that don't prove it's

Old Man Dietrich's horses.

- About two hours gone.

Here, Shotgun. Take a sniff of

that and tell me what you smell.

- Faint smell of

bourbon whiskey.

- Yeah.

Doc always tries out the

first mouthful of whiskey.

He's been Mickey Finn'ed

a few times.

- That's Doc, all right.

- But Wyatt, they have at least

a -hour headway on us.

Why don't we make for the

nearest Santa Fe depot

and wire the company

for new information?

- Mr. Christie,

you don't know Doc.

He's better on a trail

than a bloodhound.

- He is a bloodhound!

I vote we cut out all this here

jabberin' and get after him.

- Let's move, men.

- Is this the Bar X camp?

- None of your business!

Why you...!

- Is this the Bar X camp?

- Yes, sir.

- I have one more question.

Where is Smiley Dunlap?

- Dead, I hope!

- You what?

- No Doc, don't sh**t!

I'm saving your life. Now talk!

- Yes sir, but make

him put up his g*n!

- Doc?

- You talk fast.

- Well, Dunlap stole

Greg Norton's girl.

Norton and his g*ng come along,

and caught 'em both

and then rode west.

- Who's Greg Norton?

You know him?

- Yeah, he's a

no-account hoodlum

and I know every hoodlum

west of Mississippi.

Get on your horse.

Old man, you better learn

to keep a civil tongue

in your head.

- Yes, sir!

- Well, there's Norton's camp.

- You think Norton

k*lled Smiley?

- I'd bet against it.

- Why?

- He's too cruel. He'd rather

punish Smiley Apache-fashion.

First phase of that punishment

was to make him go along

on that Wells Fargo job.

That made Smiley a criminal.

- How many g*ns

does Norton have?

- Too many for us.

I'll ride down and

try to buy Smiley free.

- You think Norton will deal?

- He might, with me.

- What if he gets sore?

- I can usually k*ll men

while they're drawing on me.

You lay back here and pick

some off with the r*fle.

Then we'll both run.

- You won't run,

Doc. Neither will I.

- Don't be dramatic, son.

$ is generally a lot

more persuasive than g*ns.

- Hey, Wyatt! Hold up

a minute, will ya?

Let me wash some

of this dirt down.

I don't see how that Doc

Holliday can travel so far

and so fast and be

as sick as he is.

- Whiskey.

And he's k*lling himself

with it, Mr. Gibbs.

Come on, we're catching up

to him. Let's get going.

- A man can't even get a drink!

- Well, if it

ain't Doc Holliday.

- I didn't come here to

sweet talk with you, Norton.

Are you holding Smiley Dunlap?

- I might be.

- What do you got

against Smiley?

- That's personal.

- All right.

How much would it

take to let him go?

- Cash money?

Oh, I'd say about

a million dollars.

- Ha ha!

- I'll pay $ .

- You're wasting

your breath, Doc.

- Not nearly as fast as

you're wasting yours.

How'd you like to run plum out

of breath, real permanent-like?

- Try to act nice,

Doc. We ain't armed.

As soon as we seen you coming,

I told the boys to take

off their g*n belts.

No way to welcome an

old pal, being armed.

- That's real courteous.

But you better get your g*ns.

- Oh no.

We could cut you down, but

I'd be the first to get it.

- That's right.

- Grab him!

- Turn him loose!

[ g*nsh*t ]

- Put him in the shack!

- Let's go!

Come on!

- Ah!

This should not

have happened, Morgan!

I specifically told you to lay

back and pick some of them off,

not come gallopin'

in here on a horse!

- I lost my head, I guess.

- No, no, no. Cheer up. It could

be worse, I always say.

- He always says!

- How could it be worse, Dunlap?

- We could have been the

victims of injustice, Doc.

Marge and me, we did try

to double-cross Norton.

But you come bargin' in here,

sh**t' up the place,

and that young fella k*lled

one man and wounded another.

- That make you feel better?

- No!

- I say sh**t 'em!

- Let's get rid of 'em!

- sh**t 'em!

- The boys took a vote, boss.

They're in favor of

sh**ting all of them.

- Oh no. That's too easy.

We'll take 'em to

the Utah desert

and turn 'em loose

without grub or water.

- Yeah? When?

- When I say so.

- Keep low.

- That shack down yonder.

They got a guard on it.

- I reckon Morgan, Doc are

in that shack with Smiley.

- Well, we can't rush 'em.

They just got too many g*ns.

- I'll ride to Hayes

and bring a posse.

- No. Wait until after

dark, and then we go in.

- You'd try that knowing

your brother's in there?

- Morgan and Doc got

themselves into this.

Mr. Gibbs, a man does what

he's taken an oath to do.

Now listen...

- Jim, Eddie,

Brant, Slowper...

Each one of you

take a lead rope.

The rest of you

ride rear guard.

If we run into any trouble,

sh**t the prisoners first.

- They're getting ready to

move out over there, Wyatt.

- They got our

people on a string?

- No, they got one guard

leading each horse.

- Good.

All right, we'll

drop the guards.

The horses'll stampede,

take our people out of it.

After it's all over, you,

Mr. Christie, and Mr. Sanridge,

you gather up the prisoners.

I don't want Morgan to know I

had anything to do with this.

- Right.

- Let's move! It's getting dark.

- Let's go.

Tie them off.

Let's go!

Two of you stakeout here.

Mr. Sanridge,

get back in there.

All right, here they come.

- Hold! Police officers! Hold!

- Hold it!

- Throw down them g*ns!

Get off them horses!

- Now get down off there, keep

your hand away from that g*n.

There you go, Sam.

- Well Wyatt, I'm

still not admitting

that Doc and I couldn't have

squirmed out of it someway.

But we sure were happy

to see Shotgun Gibbs

and the Wells Fargo boys.

How come you didn't

come with them?

- Well, I figured

that you and Doc

could take care

of yourselves.

You're a big boy now, Morgan.

- Thanks, Wyatt.

I'll write the folks.

- You do that. Tell them

I send my love, will you?

OK, Sam.

[ Whistles ]

- Hyah!

- Now why didn't you

tell him the truth?

- What, and have him hate me?

Morg's my baby brother.

♪♪ 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 ♪♪
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