The life and legend
Of wyatt earp
Take good care of him,
Mr. Phillips.
It was a long ride
Coming in from tucson.
Sure thing, marshal.
You get a conviction
On them outlaws?
They were in
Yuma prison long before
We headed for home.
They was bad,
Them two.
Old roscoe sure looks
Tuckered, mr. Gibbs.
He is tuckered.
Cool him out before
You feed him, will you?
I sure will.
Hyah.
You know something?
He babies that mule more
Than you do yourself.
Now, you can trust
Roscoe with him.
Wyatt, I depend
A whole lots on roscoe.
If he is to get sick,
Then what?
Oh, I'd hate to even
Think about it.
Yeah.
Well, mr. Dameron.
Those, uh, cowboy friends
Of yours were convicted.
I'll be happy give a report
For your newspaper.
I'm not interested,
Earp.
Those cowboys
Were innocent.
And you've persecuted
Half this town at
One time or another.
Jailing outlaws
Ain't exactly persecutin'.
It's too bad we can't fix
Editors for telling lies
In their newspapers.
I've had about all I want
From you, gibbs.
Your turn is coming.
You try anything
With me, dameron,
And I'll squash you
Like a sow bug.
I ain't polite
Like wyatt is.
( 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...
Narrator:
There were two newspapers
In tombstone.
Mayor john p. Clum's paper
Supported wyatt earp.
But the "nugget"
In the frontier days of
Was controlled by
Wyatt's enemies,
The % ring, sheriff behan,
And the clanton outlaws,
Who used the paper
To discredit wyatt earp.
Come on out of there
Before i-- jake!
Hold onto him.
Look out.
( Braying )
Oh, no!
Not that mule again!
He's been acting up
Again down on number
Three drift.
Kickin' and bitin'.
The men don't want to
Bother with him no more.
It's just too risky.
( Mule braying )
Whoa!
We better put a twist
On his nose.
There's no use
Wasting any more
Time with him!
Take the harness of him
And turn him loose!
Don't do that!
Please, mr. Morgan!
Please what, ollie?
I'll give you
$ . For him.
What do you want him
For, boy?
Well...
Me and pa can use him
For prospecting.
Oh, no no.
That mule's no good.
Me and pa can handle him.
Here's the $ .
I got saved up.
He'll hurt you, boy.
No, he won't. Honest.
And pa needs him,
Mr. Morgan.
All right.
But if you're lying,
You'll know what
Your pa will do to you.
It's happened before.
Why, sure.
Then can I have jake?
You can have him.
But you take that mule
Straight home.
And don't you go near him
Till your pa gets back.
Why, sure.
I know jake.
He's awful mean.
Here's the $ . .
Now remember
Your promise, ollie.
You let your pa
Handle jake.
Yes, sir,
Mr. Morgan,
And thanks.
Come on, jake.
Ollie can tell more lies
Than any two kids in town.
Why, I wouldn't trust him
Any further than I would
That mule.
I know, I know,
But somehow a bad
Boy never gets hurt.
His old man isn't
A bad sort.
If he can
Handle jake,
We've done him
A favor.
Yeah, I guess
You're right.
Come on, jake.
Come on.
Come on. Come on,
You stupid mule.
Come on.
Come on. Over here.
Come on!
Don't be stubborn.
Come on.
Come on.
Get in here.
Whoa, jake, whoa.
Whoa, jake.
Whoa, jake.
I gotta get some of this
Mine dirt off of you.
Then I can sell you
For a big profit.
Maybe $ , even.
Now that don't hurt,
Does it?
Look at roscoe--
( Braying )
Whoa, jake! Whoa!
That ain't hurtin' you, fool.
The trouble with you is
Nobody's take a blacksnake
To you real good.
You get sassy with me,
And I'll learn ya.
Jake! Jake!
Come back! Jake!
Jake! Come back, jake!
Oh! My leg!
Pop will whip me for this!
He'll k*ll me!
My leg.
It's bleedin' awful.
Mr. Phillips! Mr. Phillips!
Help! Mr. Phillips!
Ollie, what's wrong?
Roscoe. He kicked me.
He what?
He sure enough did.
I think my leg's busted.
You stay right here.
I'll get dr. Goodfellow.
Ow!
Is it gonna be all right, doc?
Is it gonna be all right?
It's gonna be
All right, ollie.
It's gonna be all right.
It hurts.
Mr. Phillips said it was
Roscoe that kicked him.
Well, some animal
Kicked him.
He's got a cracked
Shinbone.
It was roscoe,
Your mule.
Did you twist his tail?
No, I didn't.
I just went to the stall
To borrow a piece of rope,
Then he kicked me.
Well, that don't sound
Like roscoe.
No, it doesn't.
Are you sure, son?
Well, I ought to know
Who kicked me, don't i?
Now hold on, ollie.
Hold on.
You can argue about this
After I get a cast
On his leg.
Well, it was roscoe.
You got no right to accuse
My mule, boy.
Later, mr. Gibbs.
You go back on patrol.
Well, all right.
But roscoe don't ever kick
Without a good reason.
Doc, I'll give you hand
With that cast.
The plaster of paris
Is in the cabinet.
He's got a bad cut here.
We're gonna have
To work around it.
Am I gonna die
Of blood poisoning?
No, ollie, you're not
Gonna die of anything.
Now lie down.
- Mr. Earp?
- Yeah?
If I'm unconscious
When my pop comes home,
Will you explain to him
Just how it happened?
I'll explain it to him
The way you say it happened.
Hand me that can of
Ether, will you, wyatt?
Ether?! What's that for?
Never mind, ollie.
It won't hurt a bit.
You won't feel a thing.
Mr. Woods, hold the paper
And come in here.
What's up, mr. Dameron?
Shotgun gibbs' mule
Just kicked ollie burton
And broke his leg.
Take this down.
Yes, sir.
"The mule, ridden by
Chief deputy gibbs,
Is a vicious
And dangerous animal.
Today, ollie burton,
A child,
Was almost k*lled.
But instead,
Is crippled for life."
Mm.
"We demand that
Marshal wyatt earp
Take immediate action."
Now, put that in
A two-column box
On the front page
And use this headline:
"Earp's deputy
Responsible for
Crippling child."
Well, ollie ain't
Crippled,
And we only got
His word for it
That roscoe done it.
Calm down, will you?
Well, I'm gonna
Go over there
And fix that "nugget"
Editor right now.
Mr. Gibbs.
Look, this is just
The kind of reporting
That mr. Clum likes
The "nugget" printing.
Mr. Clum is gonna
Fix him in his paper.
Mr. Clum?
Well, how do you think
Roscoe feels about it?
Mr. Gibbs, roscoe is a mule,
And he doesn't read newspapers.
But he'll know it
If folks has turned
Against him.
Well, b*ating up on dameron
Isn't gonna change anything.
( Door opens )
Oh, that drunken fool
Has done it again.
He's stuck his chin
Way out this time.
Uh, mr. Gibbs
Is a mite upset.
I done sure am.
Well, you got every
Reason to be, mr. Gibbs.
I got a complete
Statement from
Dr. Goodfellow
On the extent
Of the injuries that
Ollie burton suffered.
Crippled child indeed.
That boy's no more than
A tough little hoodlum.
I wouldn't believe him
On an oath.
And why do you say that?
Wyatt, you know
That boy's a hoodlum.
No, I don't.
He acts more scared
Than he does tough.
Hasn't got a mother.
His father's hardly
Ever home,
And when he is,
He treats him too rough.
Not rough enough
You mean.
Mr. Gibbs, what I want
From you is a statement
Denying that
Roscoe's vicious.
Vicious?
Why, that mule's so gentle,
He's sickening.
Ollie works as a water boy
Out at the tough nut mine.
I'll take a ride out there
In the morning,
Talk to the foreman.
Fine, but my paper goes
To press at midnight, wyatt.
As soon as I can get
On the street,
I'm gonna be calling
Dameron a liar and a fool.
You want my statement
About roscoe's character?
You go right ahead,
Mr. Gibbs.
Well, sir, ever since
I've known that mule,
He's had a heart
Of pure gold.
Mr. Woods!
Mr. Woods!
Yes, sir.
Listen to this.
I read you.
"We have caught
The 'nugget' lying again.
This happens so often,
That the readers
Of this paper
May question
Its value as news.
But dameron has att*cked
An innocent mule.
This is a new low,
Even for the 'nugget.'
There is deliberate
Lying slander
In every sentence
Of the nugget's story."
All right.
All right!
"The "nugget" is going
To demand that gibbs' mule
Be destroyed, forthwith.
Take this down.
Then the mule
Came back here, huh?
Yeah, I figured he was
Too much for that boy
To handle.
Well, did you warn ollie
About him?
Sure I warned him.
I wouldn't have
Sold him the animal
In the first place.
Only he told me his dad
Was coming home
And that he could
Use him.
We sold jake
To a saddle tramp
This morning.
Well, if your miners
Couldn't handle him,
You did the right thing.
Well, I wasn't there
Of course.
So I can't swear to it,
But I feel certain
That jake is the mule
That kicked him.
I think you're right.
By the way,
What did jake look like?
Just a mean-eyed,
Lopped-eared black mule.
Thanks, mr. Morgan.
I appreciate it.
So long, marshal.
Howdy, mayor clum.
Oh, hello, shotgun.
You seen the "nugget" today?
Nope.
What's it say?
Better take a look.
Mr. Dameron wants
Your mule k*lled.
Oh, he does, does he?
If that don't b*at
All I ever seen.
Any of you men here
Figuring on
k*lling roscoe?
Men:
No. Not roscoe.
Well, I thank you
Kindly.
Come on, roscoe.
You-- you get out of here,
Both of you!
Oh, hello there,
Mr. Dameron.
Me and roscoe just
Come to have a little
Chat with you.
I don't want
To chat with you.
Not with either one
Of you!
Well, we want
To talk to you, though.
I just want to introduce
You to my mule
Over here.
Roscoe, this here
Is mr. Dameron.
You let go of me!
The fellow that wrote
All of them lies
About you in this
Newspaper.
You get me away
From this mule!
He ain't gonna
Kick you. See?
Help! Help!
You don't need no help.
Mr. Dameron!
Well, don't stand there,
Do something!
I'll put you in jail
For this!
I'll sue you!
Well, you sue your head off.
But don't you put no more
Dirty lies
In that newspaper of yours
About roscoe.
Things ought to be a mite
Different now, roscoe.
( Crowd murmuring )
Mr. Gibbs, what were
You doing in there
With roscoe?
Well, sir, I'll tell you
Just how it happened.
Marshal earp.
I want this man
Arrested!
He b*at up my printers
And wrecked my property!
Is that true?
Well...
Yeah.
Let's take a little trip
Over to the jail.
All right, sir.
( Indistinct chatter )
Well?
Well, he's demanding
In his newspaper
That folks around here
k*ll roscoe.
Got me a mite riled.
So you have to go
And do exactly what
I asked you not to.
Well, they ain't
Gonna--
They ain't gonna
Hang roscoe.
No? Well, I'll tell you
What you've done.
I was out talking to mr. Morgan
At the tough nut mine.
He sold ollie
A bad-acting mule yesterday,
And he thinks it was that mule
That broke the boy's leg.
I knew it wasn't
Roscoe.
I told you he was
Innocent all the time.
Yes, you did.
Sure you did.
And everything would
Have been all right,
But you had to go
And lose your temper
And give dameron something
To really sink his teeth into.
You go and att*ck him,
You and your mule.
( Door opens )
Ha ha! Mr. Gibbs.
Great work, sir.
Great work.
I want
A full account.
You're a big help, too.
What's the matter
With you, wyatt?
Dameron had it
Coming to him,
And from all I hear,
Why--
( Chuckles )
Mr. Gibbs, you did
A pretty good job.
I'm proud of you, boy.
I'm proud of you.
Well, wyatt ain't.
He thinks
I done wrong.
Because now we have to try
And find the other mule.
Maybe you'd like to put up
Bond for mr. Gibbs. $ .
I'll be glad to, wyatt.
$ .
What, uh--
What other mule?
The guilty one.
Thanks to your editorials
And shotgun's temper,
Dameron can magnify this
In to a major att*ck.
Now we have to stop
Our really important work
To try and prove that a mule
By the name of roscoe
Didn't kick ollie,
And a mule by the name
Of jake did.
You, uh...
You think you can
Prove it?
Maybe.
If we get ollie
To tell the truth,
It might save us
A trip after jake.
You, uh, didn't buy that
Mule from mr. Morgan?
No, I didn't.
He says you did.
Well...
Him and those miners
Are always playing jokes.
And you don't know
Anything about jake?
No, I don't.
All I know is roscoe
Kicked me, and my leg hurts.
Can't you leave me alone?
Land sakes, marshal.
Quit pestering the boy.
Ollie: my pop will be
Home tonight maybe.
He'd glare at me good
If I did anything without
Him saying so.
I couldn't buy no mule
On my own.
We're wasting
Our time, wyatt.
Good day, ma'am.
I'm sure the boy's
Telling a lie.
We'll have to try
And find that mule.
You doing this just to clear
Roscoe's name, wyatt?
No, it's important
To expose the "nugget"
To the town.
When a boy tells a lie,
It can cause trouble.
But when a newspaper
Tells a lie,
It can cause
More than trouble.
People are liable
To find a paper
A hundred years from now
And believe it.
Howdy, mr. Morgan.
Howdy, marshal.
We're going
After that mule
You sold to that
Saddle tramp
This morning.
Well, he's got about
A three to four hour
Start on you.
Which way was he heading?
He was heading south
On the border trail.
Thank you.
The trail's still fresh.
Passed by here about
An hour ago.
Sure would like to find him
Before sundown.
Ow! That stings.
Well, it's better than
Having an infection
In that cut.
Oh, look, ollie,
Here's your pa.
What's the matter
With ollie?
Got kicked
By a mule.
Uh, it was mr. Shotgun
Gibbs' mule, pop.
He broke my leg.
Oh, he did, did he?
We're not sure
Of that, burton.
Oh, he's just trying to make
Excuses for roscoe, pop.
He att*cked me.
Yes, everybody's
Read about it.
It's all in the "nugget."
Mr. Dameron is an
Alcoholic liar,
And his newspaper
Is worse.
Now the boy's
Gonna be all right.
Why are you sticking up
For gibbs and his mule?
Roscoe att*cked me
On purpose, pop.
That'll do.
If you want my advice,
You'll let the matter drop.
Well now, his leg's broke,
Ain't it?
And he's my boy, ain't he?
Yes, and next to dameron,
He tells the biggest
Whoppers in tombstone.
I'll look in on ollie
Tomorrow.
Good day, sir.
I'll get the paper,
And you can read it
For yourself.
Are you telling me
The truth, boy?
Why, pop, cross my heart
And hope to die.
I don't have nothing
Against mr. Gibbs,
Only his mean old
Mule roscoe.
Here's the "nugget," zack.
If it's in the paper,
I reckon it must be so,
Just like
Ollie tells it.
Well, let me see
What dameron says.
Oh. Much obliged
Taking care of
The boy, martha.
Mite neighborly.
Does it hurt much, son?
Oh, a lot.
Well, wyatt,
Is this the mule?
Yeah.
He broke loose and headed
Back to mine
Before we picked him up.
Watch yourself, boys.
That mule's a kicker
And a biter.
Well, I really got
Dameron
Nailed to the barn door
This time.
Wyatt, you should have been
A newspaperman.
I state that roscoe's
Innocent,
And you go out and bring in
The real culprit.
Now that's good reporting.
Wait a minute.
We haven't got a confession
From ollie yet,
And you're sure not gonna
Get one from that mule.
What'd you say this
Animal's name was?
Jake.
Jake, huh?
Mr. Morgan at the mine
Said that he sold him
To ollie
With a warning
That he was vicious.
Well, I'm gonna have
A woodcut made of jake
And print it on
The front page.
( Laughs )
Oh, I'd love to see
Dameron's skin out of this.
You know the whole town's
Gonna be laughing at him.
Well, I wish you'd turn
To something else,
At least until the boy's
Father gets back
And we get the truth
Out of him.
That's a lot of
Nonsense, wyatt.
We don't need
Anything from ollie.
The facts speak
For themselves.
Now, if you gentlemen
Will excuse me,
I'm gonna write
An editorial.
Come on, let's get jake
Over to the o.k. Corral.
What's feastin' you?
We done cleared roscoe's
Name, ain't we?
Mr. Clum never knows
When to quit.
Well, roscoe ought
To have the whole truth
Printed about him.
Mr. Gibbs, I have told you
That roscoe doesn't give a hang
About what the "nugget"
Says about him.
A mule is libel-proof.
You can't slander a mule.
Roscoe has feelings.
All right. All right.
Then roscoe has helped
Save american journalism.
The "nugget" hangs
Its head in shame.
That make you happy?
Come on, jake.
Well, you hear that,
Roscoe?
You done whooped
The "nugget."
Now now now.
Just don't go getting
Uppity and bigheaded
About it.
Just mind your manners.
( Laughing )
Hi, doc.
Hello, wyatt.
We found that mule
That really kicked ollie.
Well, you better tell
Zack burton that.
Is he back?
He is, and I didn't
Like his attitude.
Why? What did he have to say?
Well, nothing yet,
But...
He's righteous about things
At the wrong times,
And he's just gullible
Enough to believe
Everything he reads
In print.
You better have a talk
With him, wyatt.
Yes, sir, I'll do that.
Thanks.
All right.
( Door opens and closes )
Hey, pop!
Pop! Wait a minute, pop!
You gonna sh**t
Roscoe, pop?
The "nugget" says
He vicious and should
Be destroyed.
I reckon that's
My job.
I'm your pa.
Wait, pop, wait!
What are you doing here, boy?
You'll bust that leg
All over again!
It wasn't roscoe
That done it, pop.
I told a whopper.
A mule named jake done it.
Oh, sure sure.
Please, pop!
You gotta believe me!
It ain't fair to k*ll roscoe
For something that jake done!
I was scared to tell you
About jake, pop!
But don't k*ll roscoe!
He didn't do it!
Get back, boy. Back.
Don't sh**t, pop!
Please don't sh**t!
Zack, put down that r*fle!
That mule's gotta
Be k*lled, marshal.
I said put down
That r*fle.
I just heard
Ollie tell you
That roscoe didn't kick
And break his leg.
Well, don't pay him
No mind.
The paper said that
Roscoe done it.
Don't you think
I can read?
You see what happens, ollie?
You tell a lie and get
The whole town believing it.
Now you want to tell the truth,
And nobody will believe you.
I don't care if
You wallop me, pop.
Roscoe didn't do it.
What about
The newspaper?
They made up all that
Stuff themselves.
Isn't that right, ollie?
Yes, sir.
Mr. Burton, your boy
Told a lie,
And the whole town's
Up in arms about it.
It's only a mule,
But if you would have
k*lled roscoe,
You would have started
Something bigger
That nobody could have
Stopped.
I didn't mean to cause
That much trouble.
You get home.
Do I get a lickin'?
When you get well,
You'll get what
You got comin'.
Now get!
( Braying )
Go on and eat
Your supper, roscoe.
♪ 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.