02x12 - The Lonesomest Man in the World

[bunniefuu]

Why do we have to wait

Till billy dies?

Why don't we go k*ll

Bat masterson right now?

It won't be long,

One way or the other.

If we lose billy,

Masterson

Will pay for it.

Yeah, but what if marshal earp

Decides to stick up for bat?

Earp's just

Flesh and blood.

A b*llet'll take him

The same as anybody else.

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The code of

The frontier peace officer

Was a simple

And unwritten law.

You gave any man

A chance to surrender.

If he reached for a g*n,

You hit him on the head

With the barrel of a . ,

Or you shot to disable him.

Wyatt earp,

As marshal of ellsworth,

Wichita and dodge city,

Followed this code

To the letter,

Often at the risk

Of his own life.

But young bat masterson,

His new deputy marshal,

Had a lot to learn.

Despite wyatt's instructions,

Bat was apt to get excited

Or trigger-happy.

[g*nshots]

Go get marshal earp.

Billy jordan's on the prod.

He'll hurt somebody.

Yeah.

And another thing,

Mr. Masterson,

Sparking dance hall girls

And being a deputy marshal--

They just don't mix.

Morals have nothing

To do with it.

It's just that I can't run

An office like this

With one of my deputies

Going around telling secrets

To some fairy bell

In a dance hall.

I don't tell them

A thing, wyatt.

No, not so far.

But there's always

The next girl.

Hello, wyatt.

Hal.

Some drunk cowhand's

sh**ting up the long branch.

I'll take care of him.

Oh.

Why don't you take

Mr. Masterson along with you?

The quicker

He learns our methods,

The better off he'll be.

Come on, bat.

Will one shotgun

Be enough?

Oh, that'll be plenty.

Oh, hal will scare him,

And you grab him.

[Chuckling]

Your cards

Are crooked!

I don't need to squawk

To wyatt earp.

Everybody out!

This place is closed!

You hear?

All right, billy.

You emptied your g*n.

I got more b*ll*ts

In my belt.

Drop it!

Oh, no.

No, johnny.

I got him!

[Groaning]

He was only bluffing.

He's hurt pretty bad.

We gotta get him over

To doc mccarty's office.

His g*n was empty,

So you sh**t him in the back.

I didn't know that.

Well, never mind that.

Give me a hand.

Come on, somebody,

Give me a hand.

Bat thought he was

Gonna sh**t me.

You tell earp I wanna

See him about this.

Yeah, yeah, all right,

Mr. Beeson.

Come on, bat.

See what earp has to say,

Hiring a trigger-happy kid

For a deputy.

[Chattering]

[Chattering stops]

Mr. Beeson, I just came

From the doc's office.

He says jordan

Has a chance.

Do you think masterson

Did right?

Well, I haven't had a chance

To talk to him yet.

But as a general rule,

When a man is told

To drop his g*ns,

He better do it,

Or he's asking for trouble.

Are you defending bat?

I'm responsible

For all my deputies.

Well, I just wanted to know.

You see, I'm gonna

Have to explain this

To billy jordan's old man,

His brothers

And his cousins.

You're in trouble, earp.

All right.

If they wanna talk to me,

I'll be around.

It's also a general rule,

Mr. Beeson,

That a customer

Checks his g*ns.

How did jordan

Get so drunk

That he waved a .

In the face of a deputy

With a shotgun?

[Chattering]

So the main point is,

Wyatt,

That I knew jordan

Wasn't gonna sh**t,

But bat didn't.

He was standing

Behind the kid.

Thanks, hal.

Oh, and make another check

Down at doc mccarty's,

Will you?

Yeah.

[Door opens]

All right. Say it.

No, you say it.

I got excited, sure.

I was afraid jordan

Would cut loose at hal.

Well, mr. Masterson,

We all make mistakes.

I don't think

It was a mistake.

I was playing it safe

For hal.

You could've shot jordan

In the arm or the shoulder.

Oh, and taken a chance?

Sure.

Look, we all take chances.

We aim to wing a man

Instead of sh**ting to k*ll.

Thought you knew

What my policy was

When you hired on here.

Yeah, well,

I don't agree with it.

Oh, you don't, huh?

Look,

You're lightning with a g*n,

And dead accurate.

You can't expect us deputies

To take the same risks you run.

Hal didn't sh**t,

And he had more reason to fire

Than you did.

He might've got

His head blown off too.

No, he's had experience

With drunks.

You're under arrest,

Mr. Masterson.

Arrest?

And don't leave the jail.

I'm gonna have to find out

What jordan's relatives

Think about it.

Relatives?

That's right.

They all have relatives

And friends, mr. Masterson.

That's why we try

Not to k*ll people.

How is he, doc?

Well, he's still alive.

Did you get

The b*llet out?

No. It was awfully close

To the heart.

Well, you think

He'll make it?

Not unless

That slug comes out.

I've stopped

The worst bleeding.

But the b*llet

Nicked a rib.

It's probably jagged enough

To cut an artery.

Well, you can operate,

Can't you?

I could, wyatt,

But, you know,

Working that close

To the heart...

[Clicks teeth]

Maybe we'll have time

To get a fine surgeon

From kansas city.

What about an army surgeon

From fort dodge?

It's only about

Miles away.

Not much chance

Of getting one, I'm afraid.

[Hoofbeats approaching]

All right, boys.

Take off

Your g*n belts.

Hang them

On your saddles.

Looks like some of

Billy jordan's folks.

I wish you'd ask them

To stay outside for a while.

I'll try it.

Any of you jordans?

We're all jordans.

My boy in there?

Yes, sir,

But he's asleep.

Dr. Mccarty thinks

You ought to wait a while.

Billy's still alive?

Yes.

They tell me

That one of your deputies

Shot billy.

He was

Resisting arrest.

With an empty g*n

And his back turned?

Look, we know who it was.

If billy don't pull through,

We're gonna--

Hold it, son.

Martha tell me

You've been mighty decent

In handling arrests.

But I can't understand

Why you'd hire a young fellow

Like masterson.

You want

The honest truth?

Yes.

Mr. Masterson got excited

And used poor judgment.

But we've all

Made mistakes, and--

k*lling ain't

Just a mistake.

If my boy loses out,

So does masterson.

That would be a mistake,

Too, mr. Jordan.

I must warn you and your boys

Not to wear g*ns in this town.

We're not gonna

Wear them.

Just gonna

Keep them handy.

You put wyatt

In an impossible situation.

He'll be too loyal

To fire you.

He may even feel

He has to back you up

If it comes to a gunfight.

I'm sorry,

But it seems to me that--

I'll quit.

I'll turn in my badge.

No, you won't.

Billy jordan's

Still alive.

You go on down and make

Your regular patrol.

Yes, sir.

I thought I was under arrest.

I wanted to keep you here

Until I had a chance

To talk to the jordans.

But, wyatt,

It isn't only the jordans.

Public opinion--

I know, sir.

Go on.

Why don't you

Let him resign?

Because he has the makings

Of a top-notch officer.

Legally, he was

Within his rights.

I'm gonna get a telegram

Off to captain benteen

Over at the fort.

Maybe he'll send us

An army surgeon.

Excuse me, sir.

Hal.

Hal!

Yes, sir?

Get this telegram off

Right away, will you?

Yes, sir.

[Door opens]

If doc mccarty

Can't save the boy,

No one else can,

And you know it.

It's a chance, sir.

Hang it all, wyatt.

You're carrying loyalty too far.

The jordans

Could g*n masterson,

And any jury in dodge

Would turn him loose.

Mr. Mayor,

I don't defend what he did.

I told jordan's father

I thought he made a mistake.

Then let him

Take his punishment.

You don't really

Mean that, sir.

Besides, he's taking

His punishment.

He's taking it

Right now.

Right now, mr. Masterson

Is just about the lonesomest

Young man in the world.

Hello, mr. Kent.

Howdy, mr. Prentice.

I gotta check the shotgun,

Mr. Beeson.

I was over

At doc mccarty's.

He said jordan's

Holding his own.

No thanks to you.

Now, wait a minute.

You've finished

Your business here.

Now get outta my place.

Yves! Yves tuttle!

Where you been

Keeping yourself?

Hey, now, yves,

We're supposed to be

Old friends.

We rode trail together.

Hi, joanie, mildred.

Where's sharlene?

Look, sharlene,

I've had enough of this.

What's the idea

Of you hiding and giving me

The cold shoulder?

I know billy jordan

And his folks.

That's what I've

Been trying to tell you.

I couldn't help it.

I thought he was gonna

sh**t hal.

Don't get me mixed up in it.

Mixed up in what?

In the fight that's coming

Between you and the jordans.

Aw, they're not gonna--

Oh, yes, they are.

If you've got any sense,

You'll leave town

Before they come and--

Run from them?

Is everybody crazy?

You're the one

Who's wrong.

I suppose you think marshal earp

And the other deputies

Are gonna stick up for you?

Wyatt will.

That's all I need.

Get out of town, bat.

You'll live longer.

I've got to go

Back inside.

Captain benteen's sending

An army doctor.

Says he's

A fine surgeon.

How long will it

Take him to get here?

A couple hours,

If he's got a good horse.

You better have someone

Meet him on the trail

With a fresh horse.

That much of a hurry?

I'll get a man off

Before sundown.

An army doctor? Why?

We have to cut

The b*llet out,

Mr. Jordan.

Well, you cut it out.

We're wasting time.

I'm not that good

With a knife.

Look, mr. Jordan,

You let the doctor decide

What he can do

And what he can't do.

See you later.

[Door opens, closes]

Hey.

I'll send one of these boys

To meet the army doc

With an extra-fast horse.

Dr. Perkins.

Know him?

It's gonna have to be

Somebody he knows.

How's that?

There's been a lot of outlaws

Riding that trace

From the fort.

You stay here.

I'll send a man

That he'll recognize.

Right away?

My horse

And his own.

Oh, so you're trying

To save young masterson.

Dr. Perkins is gonna try

And help your boy.

If he can't,

I'll help

Mr. Masterson.

You go get old man jordan

And his men,

And bring your g*ns.

Well, don't just stand there

Staring at me!

All right, if you ain't moved

By the time I count three--

Hold it!

What are you gonna do,

Go around sh**ting people

Just 'cause

They stare at you?

We'll talk inside.

Yes, sir.

Kind of lonesome

On patrol, huh?

Yeah, and I'm not

Gonna take any more of it.

Where's dad jordan?

He's over at doc's place.

All right.

I'll have it out with him.

No sense in dragging you

Into my fight.

Well, I'm already in it.

Thanks just the same.

Here. I'm quitting.

Mr. Masterson,

It's about time

You really grew up.

You made an error

In judgment today,

And a lot of people

Hate you for it.

When a grown man blunders,

He doesn't try and cover it up

With worse foolishness.

A gunfight single-handed

Against five jordans, huh?

What else?

They're just waiting

For billy to die.

Then they come after me.

I want it over with.

k*lling a few jordans

And getting yourself k*lled?

I don't see that

I got much choice.

You know dr. Perkins

Over at the fort?

Sure.

He fixed up my leg.

Well, the doctor's riding here

To try and help billy jordan.

I want you to take my horse

And ride your own out there

To meet him.

It'll hurry

The doc's getting here.

Doc mccarty doesn't think

Jordan has much time.

Don't you owe billy

That much?

They'll come after me.

I'll g*n the first one

That tries it.

Then they'll all say

You're fighting my fights now.

They say you're a m*rder*r,

That you shot a man

In the back.

Anything worse

They can say?

No, sir.

You give me five minutes

For me and the boys

To get down

To doc jordan.

Then you hit the trail.

Masterson's trying

To run out of town.

He just galloped off

From the jail.

All right. Come on.

We'll get him.

[Earp] hold it!

Take their horses and g*ns

On over to the jail yard.

Your friend can't run

Far enough or fast enough.

He's not running.

He'll be back.

He went to get

Dr. Perkins.

Us folks still have

Some legal rights,

You know.

I want to send one of these boys

After mayor hoover.

Yeah, you can do that.

In a half hour.

Go get him.

Right now.

I said a half hour.

Howdy, dr. Perkins.

Why, it's bat masterson.

My apologies for the g*n,

But I've been held up

So many times.

Marshal earp

Sent you his horse.

Jordan's pretty bad off,

Doctor.

We better be

Getting along, eh?

Right.

All right, bat.

We'll hustle.

We'll leave your horse

At the way station

Down the road.

All right.

Let's ride!

Come on!

[Clicks tongue]

Hyah!

Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!

And you get tough

With mr. Jordan here,

Whose son

Is desperately ill.

I don't care

What the provocation is.

I'm not going to have

The respectable citizens

Of dodge

Rousted around

By the marshal's office.

You're the mayor,

Mr. Hoover.

Yes, I am.

And I want you to return

The property you seized

From mr. Jordan

And his party.

The horses and the g*ns?

Yes. At once.

I told you, earp,

There's nothing you can do

To save masterson.

And I thank you

Kindly, sir.

Not at all,

Mr. Jordan.

And, wyatt,

I warned you...

Is he worse?

Yes.

Shouldn't dr. Perkins

Be here by now?

I figure another

To minutes.

If masterson

Really went for him.

You're gonna get

Your horses and your g*ns,

But if mr. Masterson

Has to make a fight for it,

He won't be alone.

I never thought

He would be.

Wyatt, have you

Lost your head?

This thing is bad enough

Without a gunfight

Between you and the jordans.

You expect me to let

One of my deputies get shot down

With the odds -to-

Against him?

He was wrong!

Not wrong enough

To die for it, sir.

I've come within an inch

Of k*lling a few men myself.

Now, I'll give the jordans

Their g*ns back,

Only because you order it.

I'll give you my star

And my job,

But I won't give you

A brother officer's life.

Now, look, I've known

Mr. Masterson a long time,

But he's a newcomer

To both of you,

And I still say

You can keep out of it.

We like the kid, wyatt.

He thought he had to

sh**t billy jordan

To save me.

Let's get over there.

Fine.

But remember one thing:

We stay out of it

Until we find out

Billy makes it.

And jordan's not gonna

Do anything to mr. Masterson

If that surgeon

Can pull billy through.

All right.

Let's go.

I'll tie the horses.

So, you're masterson.

I'm billy's father.

Take him around there

And set him down, boys,

Like wyatt earp

Did to us.

We won't have long

To wait.

[g*n c*ck]

Should we scatter

And get them from

Both sides of the house?

No, they'd k*ll bat.

It's our own stupid fault

For getting here late.

You keep me covered.

I'll try

And keep them talking.

Raise them, earp.

They're up, mr. Jordan.

I asked you

To keep out of it.

Well, I am out of it.

Mr. Jordan's got the drop.

You were wrong,

Weren't you?

Wrong?

Sure. He came back,

Brought dr. Perkins,

Didn't he?

That didn't

Change nothing.

Well, what if billy

Pulls through?

Don't let him jabber, dad.

Take his g*ns.

I've got him covered.

You take them.

No. You don't

Take my g*ns.

Mr. Jordan,

Tell him to stand back.

Hold it, son.

Are you aiming

To make a fight of it?

I could pull this trigger

And drop you.

But you wouldn't

Be that stupid.

Why, you--

Mr. Masterson is

A lonesome man right now.

You could k*ll him

And get away with it,

If your son dies.

You drop me,

And you're gonna hang.

Are you gonna

Shut him up?

Shut yourself up.

You're right,

Mr. Marshal.

I don't wanna

Pull this trigger.

All I want

Is for my boy to live.

But if he don't,

You're gonna get it

And so is masterson.

Go ahead and sh**t me.

Wyatt, don't go

For your g*ns.

You can k*ll

Two or three of them,

But they'll cut you down.

I know that.

But hal and jack

Are just across the street.

If they start this fight,

There won't be a jordan

Left alive except billy.

He's bluffing, dad.

Pull the trigger,

Or I will.

No. I'll do it.

What is all this?

Which one of you

Is the boy's father?

I am.

Is he dead?

No. We took

The slug out.

He's got a better chance

To live than you have.

Do you have to k*ll him,

Marshal?

You can get off

The first shot,

But it better be awful good.

Doc, don't lie to me.

Is billy gonna pull through?

He'll live to bury you.

Mr. Earp's patience

Isn't gonna last much longer.

No, it isn't.

Thanks, doc.

That was kind of close.

Let the jordans thank me.

Just for

My own information,

Why didn't you go

For your g*ns?

Well, he was an old man

With a bunch of boys.

Mr. Masterson,

If I were you,

I'd go in there and apologize

To billy jordan.

Yes, sir.

Let me have your g*n.

Needs a nice,

Calm trigger finger.

Hal,

Go tell the mayor

We'll all be living

For a while.

♪♪ [Humming]

♪ 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 ♪