06x25 - Wyatt Takes the Primrose Path

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.
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06x25 - Wyatt Takes the Primrose Path

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The life and legend

Of wyatt earp

( g*nshots )

( Neighs )

( Shouts )

Pony soldiers will

Blame us for this.

No, I will tell

Marshal earp.

Chief nachez, we are not

On the reservation.

Marshal earp will be

Angry and not listen.

If we send for him,

He no come.

Talk talk!

I know what to do.

We will wait for marshal earp

Or big wyoming on the trail.

They ride much

To charleston.

You, my scouts, go find

Marshal earp or big wyoming.

If you bring marshal earp

To camp, fine.

If you take big wyoming,

Marshal earp come

Looking for him.

They'll be angry, nachez.

Not as angry as

The pony soldiers will be.

If they catch us,

We hang.

No more talk!

Now go.

♪ 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.

Narrator:

Marshal wyatt earp got

Along very well

With most indians.

And he especially liked

Chief nachez,

The son of cochise.

But there was one time

When the apache chief was off

The san carlos reservation

And became the prime suspect

In an act of v*olence

Committed near tombstone.

Hey!

What in thunder is

Going on here?

Now you apaches

Just cut out this foolishness

Right now, you hear?

Where is marshal earp?

In tombstone.

Where do you think he'd be?

Now get this rope

Off of me.

Chief nachez sent me to find

Marshal earp or you.

We find you.

Nachez?

Has that rascal

Done gone and jumped

The reservation?

I take you to him.

We not hurt you, john law.

Nachez oughta knowed

Better than this.

Wyatt ain't gonna like it

One little bit, I can tell you.

Marshal earp and nachez

Are friends.

Huh.

They was friends.

How far do we gotta go?

Not a short ride.

Not a long ride.

You act good,

We act good.

- ( Brays )

- Take it easy, roscoe.

We'll live, I guess.

I don't like it.

Mr. Gibbs

Is nine hours overdue

From charleston.

I think the clantons

Might have got him.

Nine hours is too long

To take for that trip.

Could be that mule of his

Has gone lame though, wyatt.

No, read

The telegram again.

Ayers says that

His roadhouse is full

Of the clanton outlaws

Celebrating.

They might have

Bushwhacked him.

I never should have

Let mr. Gibbs

Go to charleston alone.

Wyatt, let me call out

The vigilantes.

Old man clanton's been

Asking for a showdown

And this might

Just as well be it.

I'm sorry, sir,

But this is personal.

This is my resignation

As city marshal

And u.s. Deputy marshal.

I know you're angry, wyatt,

And I don't blame you.

But I think you should

Take time to think it over.

Sir, shotgun gibbs is

A good friend of mine.

If he's been bushwhacked,

I'm gonna get the men

Who did it.

And after that I want

The right to act as

A private citizen.

All right, I'll get

Doc holliday.

No sir, please.

Doc isn't in any condition

To travel

As fast and as far

As I may have to go.

Then let me

Help you, wyatt.

All right, you just print

In your newspaper

That I've resigned

And left tombstone.

Maybe then I can get

The information I'm after.

Well, I want to ride

Out with you, wyatt.

I know that, sir,

And I appreciate it.

But I want to do this alone.

The best way for you

To help me is to pass the word

That I'm an ex-john law

And bitter.

Then maybe I can get some

Hoodlums to tell me the truth.

Wyatt.

Won't you at least wait

Until you cool off?

I'm sorry, sir, but the feelings

A man has for a good friend

Never change.

If things work out,

I'll be back for that star.

- Who is it?

- Wyatt.

( Lock clicks )

You said in your wire

The clantons were celebrating.

- Yeah.

- They mention mr. Gibbs?

- No. Why?

- I have a hunch

They bushwhacked him.

They didn't

Mention him at all?

It's too early

In the evening

For any loose talk.

Someone might get

To bragging later on

When they really get going.

I guess that's

My best chance,

- Wait for a tip-off.

- Yes, I guess it is.

First you pass the word

That I quit my job.

I had a big row

With the chief u.s. Marshal

And the governor.

I'm mad,

Sick and tired

Of being a john law,

- Too many risks for the money--

Well, you know what to say.

- Right.

And I'll also need

Some watered-down whiskey

And an introduction

To one of the bar girls.

I have to act like a man

Who's trying to forget

His troubles.

Well, maybe someone will

Believe it, but I don't know.

Only one of them

Has to believe it.

While you're trying to set

This up, I'll wait in here.

I'll come in

The front door.

If I act different,

Don't be surprised.

I'll lock the door

On the outside.

Where is marshal earp?

Big wyoming say

He is in tombstone.

Why did you bring him here?

Why did you not wait

Till marshal earp

Came looking for his friend?

- We fear posse.

- Marshal earp would not

Hurt you.

Get my coup stick.

It is a sign of friendship.

Scout for my friend.

Bring him back.

I am sorry, big wyoming,

But I have to see

Marshal earp.

- What about?

- You are my guest.

We have deer meat.

We will talk.

Why don't you indians

Do things straight?

You could have sent

Wyatt a message.

This way wyatt probably reckons

I've been bushwhacked.

First you jump

The reservation,

Then you kidnap

A peace officer.

You're in bad

Trouble, nachez.

And where's my shotgun?!

There.

You say

I'm in bad trouble?

There will be worse trouble

If they do not find

Marshal earp and bring him

Here to talk with me.

Come to the fire.

It is good meat.

I got to water

My mule roscoe.

They will have

Water.

You act like a man

With good sense,

Big wyoming.

Well, how'd you act

If you had r*fles

Pointed at your head?

If we find marshal earp,

We do not need to sh**t you.

Well, perhaps I should have

Told you sooner, doc.

But wyatt said he wanted

To handle it all alone.

You think he took

The charleston trail?

He said he was going out

To look for signs

Of a bushwhack

And then go talk

To j.b. Ayer.

Pure selfishness!

The first time wyatt earp

Ever went out to k*ll

Any outlaws

And he wants to do it

All by himself.

After all, I deserve more

Consideration, you know.

Gibbs was

A friend of mine too!

If wyatt starts k*lling

Without me, I'll never

Speak to him again!

Hyah.

Bring everybody

Another drink.

( Happy chattering )

Here's to the law...

( Snorts )

Pay you $ a month,

Then they don't even bury you

When you're full of lead.

- ( Laughter )

- Yeah, the law!

Now I'm gonna

Drink to myself

And all the years

I've wasted.

Is it true, mr. Earp?

You really took your

Badge off for good?

Yep.

Then why don't

We go to a table

And relax ourselves?

Huh?

Sure.

Bartender, give her

Whatever she wants.

You look sad.

Come on, everybody's

Celebrating tonight.

What is it,

Fourth of july?

Just the same as.

Our boys had a big bushwhack.

- That's good.

- It was real good.

There was curley and johnny

And the mclowerys.

- Shut up, lola.

- What?

This is wyatt earp.

The john law around tombstone.

Not anymore.

He quit.

- Didn't you, hon'?

- That's right.

Maybe he did.

You hard of hearing?

I said I quit.

All right,

All right.

Come on.

Let's go

To my place.

It's peaceful-like

And private at my place.

I gotta wait here

For old man clanton.

He never comes here.

Are you sure he didn't tell you

To meet him at gayleyville?

- Why gayleyville?

- That's where the big party is.

Ike and phin and billy

Stopped by about an hour ago.

They just had

A couple of drinks.

What's that you...

You said they were celebrating?

The big bushwhack, hon'.

Come on, you can talk

To the old man tomorrow.

Besides, they'll all be

Too drunk to talk business now.

What's the matter, doc?

You look worried.

Course he is.

The great marshal earp

Got fired.

( Laughter )

Doc!

We don't want this fight.

Let's have a drink

In the back room.

What about us, hon'?

Later.

( Murmuring )

Have you been drinking?

- It's part of the act.

- The girl too?

She says that the clantons

Pulled a big bushwhack

And they're over

In gayleyville

Celebrating.

I guess you know who

Might be dead.

It looks that way.

How do I get at 'em,

By ones or twos?

You mean how are we

Gonna get at 'em?

You're not leaving me

Out of this.

All right.

Well, clanton parties

Generally break up about

: In the morning.

There's only one good trail

Out of gayleyville

Till you get to the forks.

We could start sh**ting there

And get them as they come.

How many do you want?

Brocius, ringo,

The mclowerys and clanton.

Wyatt, you make

My heart sing.

( Door rattle, knocks )

- Hey, earp, earp!

- Yeah?

The boys want you and doc

To come out of there.

- ( Men agreeing )

- You just tell them

To keep their shirts on.

If it's a fight they want,

They're gonna get it.

- Horse?

- Out front.

Mine too.

Let's go out the back way.

Hop up, I'll cover

For you.

Out here!

( g*nsh*t )

Come on, wyatt.

( g*nsh*t )

I don't reckon

Any of the boys

Feel like

Warning our friends

At gayleyville.

You're still using

Wing sh*ts.

Those cowboys

Are small fry.

Gonna be any different

When we jump the big g*ns?

- Yep.

- You know, wyatt,

This is one of the moments

I've kept myself alive for.

( Hoofbeats )

Rider coming.

- Marshal earp.

- Yes?

Chief nachez send me

To find you.

- Very important.

- Why?

We take big wyoming

With shotgun to chief.

- Gibbs?

- Is he alive?

Chief nachez does not

Hurt him yet.

I take you to him.

He must talk with you.

- Very important.

- You think he's telling

The truth, wyatt?

Apache does not lie.

Here.

From nachez

To you, his friend.

Nachez's coup stick

With his sign.

Why did your chief

Take big wyoming?

I take you to camp.

Nachez make talk.

- He say why.

- Wyatt,

This may be a trick.

Old man clanton could

Have arranged it.

No,

The apaches hate clanton.

How far is your camp?

We be there

When sun comes up.

All right.

I'd better go alone.

Doc, you go on back

To tombstone.

Mr. Clum will need

One of us there.

Gibbs better be alive.

I ought to sh**t nachez

Just for all the trouble

He's caused me.

Get some sleep.

You'll feel better tomorrow.

You love apaches!

Hyah!

Your friend has

Bad temper.

So has nachez.

Especially if he gets

To thinking that I'm not coming.

Move out.

Hey, roscoe,

Cut that out.

I'm done already

Awake, boy.

- ( People chattering )

- ( Brays )

Hey, what's all

The ruckus over there?

We've been here

Too long now.

- Couldn't find wyatt, huh?

- No.

They are fools.

We cannot stay here.

Pony soldiers

Search for us.

If they find an apache chief

With a john law prisoner,

- I know what they do.

- Yeah, so do i.

Say, didn't you send four

Of your braves out to scout?

Yes.

Why do you ask?

Well, if I was you,

I'd wait until

The fourth one came back

Before I started breaking camp.

You want the pony soldiers

To hang me?

All you gotta do is

Turn me loose and go back

To the reservation.

I do not know I can

Trust you, big wyoming.

You could tell about

What I have done.

- We have to sh**t you.

- Well, now now now,

Just hold on.

I wouldn't do nothing like that.

Wyatt wouldn't like that

And you sure enough

Wouldn't be his friend no more.

Bring the white man's g*n

We take from cattle camp.

You are nice, wyoming.

But I do not want

My men to hang.

I do not want to hang.

I, chief nachez, will sh**t you

So you do not suffer.

Well, I thank you kindly,

- But I just ain't ready to--

- sh**t him, sh**t him!

- ( g*nsh*t )

- Let him go, mr. Gibbs.

It is marshal earp,

My friend.

He is a brave man.

I thought

You were too.

Aw, take it easy, wyatt.

Chief here says he's got

Bad troubles.

He sure has--

Jumping the reservation,

Kidnapping a peace officer.

Naw, it's worse than that.

Worse than that.

- Maybe he'll tell you.

- He'd better!

I tell him.

I need your help.

We saw many clanton outlaws

Bushwhack

Mexican wagon train.

- ( g*nshots )

- These were not mexican

Soldiers or fighting men.

Just wagon drivers

With guards.

I know we should stop it,

But I do not have

Enough braves.

There were too many.

We saw the clantons k*ll

And then they t*rture.

It was not nice.

Then we saw them do more.

They scalp

Mexican drivers.

They want pony soldiers

To think apaches

Do this thing.

We are not

On reservation, true.

It is not permitted

Us to be here, true.

But we are hunting

For food.

Now we be blamed

For this m*rder.

- Them clantons.

- Where'd it happen?

San luis canyon.

Only three sleeps ago.

Old man clanton

And his men were celebrating

At gayleyville last night.

I thought it was you

They bushwhacked.

- Ah, you believe me?

- Yes.

We'll all have to go

To san luis canyon.

I'll have to make

An official report on this.

What if the pony soldiers

Catch us there?

I said I believed you.

Does nachez not trust me?

Chief, this is

Bad trouble.

But wyatt can square you

With the army.

Very well.

We go.

Give him his g*n.

You know,

I guess I never will

Understand them apaches.

Now why couldn't

That scamp've just

Wrote you a letter?

Because the apaches don't

Believe in writing messages.

They think that their soul

Will go with the letter

And never return.

How would you like it

If you soul wound up

In the dead-letter office?

Well, tell you the truth,

I ain't got much faith

In the u.s. Mail myself.

Listen, is there any way

That we can pin that m*ssacre

On them clantons?

We'll find out.

Why, thank you kindly.

Marshal earp know

How apache take scalp.

Would apache do this?

No.

Bad apache

Is not nice.

Bad white man

Is worse.

I agree with you.

The colonel at fort huachuca

Will have

To hear about this.

Will you come with me?

Pony soldiers not like us.

It is not good to go there.

You'd better go and tell them

Your story yourself.

You want all the apaches

In the san carlos to be

Blamed for this?

No.

We go to fort huachuca.

The point is, colonel,

That old man clanton

Has become bolder

And bloodier in his raids

On the mexican wagon trains.

If something isn't

Done to stop him,

The mexicans

Are bound to fight back.

Quite true, marshal.

At any rate, chief nachez

Has done the army

And his own people

A great service in

The san luis canyon affair.

Yes.

Chief nachez,

I'll spare you the indignity

Of returning you

To the reservation

Under m*llitary guard.

However,

I must have your word

You'll return at once.

You have my word.

We thank you,

Marshal earp.

Well, sir, you do believe

The apaches this time?

I'm inclined to,

Mr. Earp.

Unfortunately

The word of an indian,

Even a chief,

Is not sufficient

For me to take action

Against clanton.

I understand, sir,

But it is enough for me

To take action against him.

The mexican government

Has been complaining to

Washington about clanton.

The truth is

The mexicans already

Raid across our border.

The only help

I can promise you

Is a tighter patrol

On the canyon trails.

Thank you, sir.

This latest raid has

Hit a new low

When even apaches are

Shocked by it.

Good day, sir.

Good day, marshal.

What are you so happy about?

Well, mr. Gibbs, for one thing

I'm glad you're alive.

I thought I was going to have

To start k*lling somebody

Over your being dead.

We were ready to drop clantons

All along the trail

From gayleyville.

Huh!

You make me almost sorry

I wasn't bushwhacked.

Well, I'm glad

You weren't.

- I still don't

Care for k*lling.

- ( g*nshots )

Mi amigo,

Do you know

Who is senor clanton?

- Si.

- You tell him

The next time he raid

He will die.

With pleasure.

Gracias.

Vamonos.

- You hear that roscoe?

- ( Brays )

Hold on now, boy.

What are you sad for?

Now maybe roscoe feels sad

About all us humans,

Mr. Gibbs.

♪ 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 ♪

♪ 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.
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