( 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. ♪
Narrator: the friendship
Between wyatt earp
And ben thompson--
Outlaw, k*ller,
And one of the fastest hands
With a .
In the western country--
Was a great trial to
Marshal earp
He had won ben's gratitude
By saving his drunkard
Brother bill from the gallows.
In return,
Ben had saved wyatt
From being bushwhacked
In wichita.
Now as marshal
Of dodge city,
Wyatt would have been
More than satisfied
To call matters even.
All right, get your
Bets down, men.
Here comes
The next card.
Jimmy.
Harry.
Charlie.
Hold it, ben.
What's wrong?
We want to see
That deal box.
You calling me a cheat?
Yeah.
You're a cheat.
( g*nf*re )
Let's finish him off.
( g*nf*re continues )
He got sandage.
Looks like
Thompson's finished.
Come on,
We gotta help buck.
He looks pretty bad.
Get him into dodge.
Ben?
Ben!
You sure
Thompson's dead?
You k*lled him,
You dirty tr*mp.
( Grunts )
That's a fine thing.
Get myself all
Busted up
So I can't use a g*n.
Shh.
They might come back.
You're gonna have to
Hole up in your room.
No, we'll make
A run for it.
You can't.
You can hide upstairs.
All right,
If it's got to be.
Dooley.
Dooley, give me
A hand here.
Wyatt.
You still friends
With ben thompson?
What'd he do now?
He just plugged
Buck sandage.
Foreman at
The circle bar.
Sandage was dead
Before they could
Get him to town.
Well, when you start
Gunning with ben,
That's what you're
Gonna expect.
According to talk
Around the saloon,
Sandage got it
In the back.
Ben wouldn't do that.
- Where's ben now?
- I don't know.
Some say he's dead,
Some say he's only
Wounded.
Where'd all this happen?
Out at the old
Three forks tavern
Out in county.
Ben had set up
A faro game there.
Come on,
Tell me inside.
Now the circle bar boys
Sent for their boss.
Riggs miller.
They say if ben thompson's
Not dead already,
They're gonna hang him.
Well, if he's
Still alive,
I should let them
Hang him.
He never does anything
According to the law.
Well...
Did sandage
sh**t him up?
Not by himself,
No sir.
They say there was
About a half a dozen
Circle bar boys
In on it.
That sounds like ben.
He never did think
About the odds on
A gunfight.
Blasting away against
A half a dozen g*ns.
You know he's fast,
But he's not that fast.
There's nothing I can
Do to help him.
- You can't expect me to--
- Wyatt.
How about me taking
A couple deputies
And riding out there?
Why?
Look, wyatt,
I don't know
Ben thompson,
But I do know riggs miller
And the circle bar boys.
They're nothing but
A bunch of murdering hoodlums.
Say they've never
Ridden into dodge,
sh**ting marshals.
But ask anybody
About them.
Now if I'd ever
Been friends with
Ben thompson,
- The first thing
That I would--
- All right.
All right.
I'm still
Friends with ben.
Lord's punishing me
For my sins I reckon.
Well, we all of us
Got a cross to bear.
Some kind or another.
I'll go.
If ben's still alive,
He'll be expecting
His dear old pal.
Don't you mention this
To anybody, you understand?
Don't you want me
To come along?
No.
I can't mess
In this officially.
I gotta think up
Some kind of a trick.
Get out there
So the circle bar
Won't know who I am.
Whoa.
Well, howdy.
I'm dr. Murdock.
You got a
Mr. Ben thompson here?
You'll find him
Upstairs, doc.
My name's miller.
Riggs miller,
Owner of
The circle bar.
Well, mr. Miller,
I'm glad to know you.
- Here. Give me a hand?
- Sure. I'll help you.
Thank you.
Well, doc mccarty said
There'd been quite a gunfight.
Thompson k*lled
My foreman.
Oh, well there must
Have been a lot of
Lead flying around, huh?
He shot buck sandage
In the back.
We want to know if thompson's
Well enough to hang.
Ah.
I'll tell you later.
Howdy.
Hold it.
Who are you?
Well, I'm dr. Murdock.
Come to see
Mr. Thompson.
You from
Dodge city?
Yep.
The only doctor
I know from there
Is doc mccarty.
Well, I'm his--
His new helper.
Now you want me to see
Mr. Thompson or not?
I suppose you'll do.
Go ahead.
Thank you, ma'am.
Oh no.
Not you.
( Chuckles )
Howdy, ben.
Wyatt, this is the most
Darn beautiful thing.
I told marcia
You wouldn't risk it,
- But you did.
- Nothing like
That at all.
What do you mean?
I'm here to put you
Under arrest.
What kind of
A pal are you?
What are you
Arresting me for?
Well, riggs miller
Told me that you shot
One of his foremen
In the back.
Now you know me
Better than that, wyatt.
He was shot by
One of his own
Stupid friends.
That buntline
Is really something.
Will you just lay back?
Take it easy.
Doc mccarty gave me
Some medicine
To douse you with here.
Try and get you
To his office
As soon as possible.
( Groans )
How many circle bar men
Are waiting downstairs?
Oh, about
A half a dozen.
Well, I don't want you
To make no fight for me.
You just get me
To a horse
And let me make
A run for it, all right?
Nope.
You're my prisoner.
Can't you quit thinking
Like a john law
For two minutes?
I could end up
In jail.
Then what?
I'd have to stand trial.
Maybe get the rope
Oh something.
Will you hold
Your hand still?
I had to know.
How is he, doctor?
Doctor?
( Laughs )
He isn't a doctor?
No, angel.
This is my pal,
Wyatt earp.
Wyatt, this is
Marcia duvall.
Howdy.
Are you really
Ben's best friend?
Oh, his best enemy.
What a mind for fun.
He don't waste words
Like I do, angel.
He puts them all
In a nutshell.
Best enemy,
What's that?
Let me explain it
To her, wyatt.
My dear friend here
Is gonna take me down there
Through those
Circle bar men.
Then to dodge city
To stand trial for m*rder.
You call him
A dear friend?
He's not a friend.
If you were
A true friend,
You'd k*ll those
Men outside
And turn ben loose.
Now honey,
You just keep--
Please, both of you.
Look, ben's got
No other choice.
If he doesn't come with me,
One of the circle bar's
Gonna lynch him.
If he does go with me,
I promise him
A fair trial in dodge.
You can get in that
Buggy of mine
And follow us
To dodge.
I'm with you, pal.
But ben, you can't--
Now honey,
You just keep still
And listen to wyatt.
Go ahead, wyatt.
Here. Sit down.
I think I can
Stall riggs miller
For a few minutes
By telling him that
You're about to die.
Where are your horses?
Out back.
They were.
I'll see.
They're still there,
But a circle bar cowhand
Is watching them.
Well, there's men who got
Their horses in the stable,
Huh?
Mm-hmm.
While I'm talking
To miller,
I want you to go out
And set fire to the stable.
Can you do that?
Of course.
I told you
He had brains.
I'll sneak down
The back stairs.
When all the excitement starts,
I'll make a break
For the horses, right?
No.
You hide in the doorway
Until I get a chance
To go around there
And cover you.
He thinks of everything.
Look, ben,
There may be a hitch.
Miller may
Get suspicious
And not talk
Too long.
So when you--
When you come out
And head for the stable,
You kind of
Cry a little bit
And just sort of
Wander that way.
If you hear
Any sh**ting,
You know something
Went wrong.
Get yourself on your horse
The best way you can
And point him
Towards texas.
Wait a minute.
How do you know
I ain't gonna
Do that anyway?
You agreed to
Go back to dodge.
Never have
Lied to me yet.
He always was
A mind reader.
But if you've got to go
On trial in dodge city--
Shut up.
Go start the fire.
Well, doc,
How is he?
Not good.
Not good at all,
Mr. Miller.
He's in a coma.
He's got blood poison.
Maybe last an hour.
Maybe less.
Are you sure?
Mr. Miller,
I'm just giving you
My professional
Opinion.
We don't have any
Drugs out here
To treat
Blood poisoning
- In mr. Thompson's case--
- ( Sobbing )
Well, I guess
It happened.
Kind of sudden,
Wasn't it?
Mr. Miller, you can't
Hold a stopwatch on death.
Guess I'd better
Go up there
And sign
That certificate.
Mind if I go along?
No.
Just a second,
Mr. Miller.
I've decided that this
Is none of your business.
What?
Yeah, you're not
A relative of mr. Thompson.
As a matter of fact,
You're not even
A close friend.
You can't go up there.
I said you couldn't
Go up there.
Why, you--
Boss went up
To have a look
At ben thompson.
Let's go up and have
A look ourselves, huh?
Okay.
Marcia: help! Help!
The stable's on fire!
Help!
The stable's on fire!
- ( Shouting )
- ( Horses whinny )
Come on,
Get the horses out, boys.
Hey, you men
In the bunkhouse!
There's a fire
Out there!
Come on,
Get the horses out.
( Horses whinny )
- Ben?
- Put some water
On that fire.
Let's go.
Hurry up.
Get those horses
Out of there.
Come on--!
Look, there's ben
And the doc.
It's a trick.
( g*nf*re )
Hit the saddles, men!
After them.
Hyah!
What are we
Stopping here for?
We don't have
Too much of a lead.
You need a rest.
Come on.
Just give me a drink,
I'll be all right.
- It's right here in my pocket.
- I'll give it to you
On the ground.
Come on.
Bend your leg over.
Now watch it.
( Grunts )
Watch it.
Here.
Come on.
Come on.
( Sighs )
How do you feel?
Pretty sore.
Wyatt, they're
Gonna be along here
Any minute now.
Those people
Down in dodge
Will probably turn in
A hanging verdict anyway,
So why don't you
Just go ahead on
And save them
The trouble?
Because I don't like
Riggs miller.
Anyway, those cowhands
Don't know how far
This old buntline
Can sh**t.
Try and pick
A couple of them
Off their horses.
They'll think
It's a buffalo g*n
sh**ting at them.
Well, here they come.
( Grunts )
( g*nf*re )
They got a r*fle!
Take for cover.
Go ahead. cr*pple
The rest of them.
There's no point
In it, ben.
They've had enough.
Have you gone loco?
We've got three men hit.
They're getting back
On their horses.
Yeah, but I'll
Make you bet
They turn around.
How much you
Want to bet?
Quart of
Ice cold milk?
Done, you reckless
Plunging gambler, you.
One quart of
Ice cold milk
I owe you.
You know,
You're pretty good
With that
Overgrown colt.
It's no colt.
It's a stallion.
I'll never stop thanking
Mr. Buntline
For having it
Made for me.
Can you make it
To dodge?
I'll be there
When they hang me.
( Grunts )
Come on.
( Horse approaching )
Well, I'll be
Doggone.
Angel, you've got wings.
Get your hands up,
Mr. Earp.
This is as far as
Ben goes with you.
Now honey,
We don't point g*ns
At our friends.
So give mr. Earp
The g*n.
It's not what he says.
It's what the jury will say.
Are you gonna
Give him that g*n?
It's foolish
To trust a jury.
Ben, I'm begging you.
You know better--
Marcia, give me that g*n.
Give the man
The g*n!
What will you do
If they convict him?
Miss marcia,
I promised ben
He'd get justice.
Here. Ride in
The buggy with her.
You know, if I could
Use my hands, angel,
I'd give you
A good spanking.
He's already saved me
From the circle bar rope,
And if I gotta
Hang in dodge,
We'll be square.
I owe him a hanging.
Come on.
I'm afraid
You've put mr. Hunt
In a difficult position
As circuit attorney, wyatt.
He thinks thompson's
Sure to be convicted.
Why?
Circle bar outfit
Has witnesses
Ready to swear thompson
Shot their foreman
In the back.
Now who's gonna
Testify for thompson?
Well, I can't betray
A confidence.
Anyway, I don't think
Mr. Hunt would want to
Take unfair advantage.
No no no,
But I still think thompson
Ought to plead guilty.
I'll be as moderate
As the evidence allows.
Thank you, judge.
But ben says
He's innocent.
Very well.
One last point--
I hope you don't
Get involved, wyatt.
I know you feel
Indebted to thompson,
But there's a limit.
Goodnight, wyatt.
Goodnight, sir.
That'll be all,
Mr. Thompson.
Your honor,
The defendant
Has told his story
Of what happened.
Since he is not
Represented by counsel,
The court should
Be reminded
That the defendant
Is entitled to offer
Witnesses in support
Of his character
And reputation
For the truth.
( Laughing )
( Gavel banging )
Mr. Thompson,
You wish
To offer witnesses
To your character?
Well, my pal--
I mean,
Marshal earp said he'd
Put in a word for me.
Marshal earp.
Marshal?
The defendant
Wishes you to testify
As a character
Witness.
All right,
Mr. Hunt.
( Men chattering )
Do you swear to tell
The truth, the whole truth,
And nothing but the truth
So help you god?
I do.
Take the stand.
( Clears throat )
Marshal earp,
How long have you
Known the defendant?
About four years, sir.
And what would you say
Is his general reputation
On telling the truth?
I'd say it was
Good, sir.
Judge: on what do you
Base your opinion?
Wyatt: well, mr. Thompson's
Never lied to me
Or anybody else
As far as I know.
You say he
Tells the truth.
What is your opinion of
His character in general?
It's bad, sir.
Judge: the court asks
That you explain more
Specifically
To the jurors.
Well, sir, mr. Thompson
Is a gambler,
And sometimes he cheats.
Isn't he
A notorious g*nman?
Yes, sir.
Mr. Thompson has k*lled
Several men in gunfights?
Yes, he has.
And what would you say
Of his reputation
For morals?
You mean with women?
Yes.
Well, his reputation...
Is bad.
( Chuckling )
Judge: a crooked gambler,
A k*ller,
A man with no
Moral scruples
In his treatment of women,
And yet you say
That his story here
Of the k*lling
Of buck sandage
Can be the truth?!
Yes, sir.
Mr. Thompson doesn't have to
sh**t anybody in the back.
He's as fast with
A g*n as I am.
And is he as truthful
As you are, marshal?
I think so.
Yes, sir.
Isn't his truthfulness
Inconsistent with
The rest of his character?
No, sir. You see,
Mr. Thompson's done
A lot of bad things,
But he has a great
Respect for the truth.
And he's always been
Loyal to a friend.
Are you a friend
Of his, marshal?
No, sir.
Mr. Thompson thinks of me
As a friend,
But I can't honestly
Say that I am.
He's usually on
The other side of the law.
Then you're not
Qualified to testify
As to his loyalty?
Yes, sir. I am.
Judge: now how's that?
Well, sir, when I was
Bringing mr. Thompson
Into dodge,
Why miss marcia there,
She got the drop on me
With a g*n
And mr. Thompson
Could have escaped,
But he didn't.
No, sir. Instead,
He had miss marcia
Hand the g*n over to me.
Out of loyalty to you?
Well, we made a deal.
A deal?
Yes, sir.
I told mr. Thompson
That if he and miss marcia
Would cooperate with me
I'd try and save him
From being lynched
By the circle bar outfit.
Just what does the word
"Cooperate" mean
In this so-called deal?
He agreed to come
To dodge with me
And stand trial.
And in refusing
To run away,
He kept his word?
Yes, sir.
He sure did.
Mr. Hunt?
Your witness.
The state has
No questions,
Your honor.
You may step down,
Marshal earp.
In fact,
The state will waive
Closing argument
And ask the court
To instruct the jury.
Very well.
Gentlemen,
The issue in this case
Is quite simple.
Did the defendant
Mr. Thompson
Tell the truth?
Now, if you believe
That he did,
It's your duty...
Here's how I see it.
Marshal earp told
The whole truth.
Good and bad
About thompson.
Telling point to me was
That ben is faster
Than a snake's tongue
With a . .
He don't have to sh**t
No men in the back.
Come to think of it,
I never heard of ben
Lying to anybody,
Did you?
( Men agreeing )
So my vote
Is for acquittal.
All in favor?
All: aye.
We'll go tell
The judge.
Ben ain't guilty.
Jury sets me free
And right away
You gotta run me
Out of town.
I don't want
Any trouble.
I can understand that,
Wyatt.
But is this any way
To treat your pal?
Not even letting him
Have his g*ns?
What are people
Gonna think?
I don't care
What they think.
You're a bad character
And you never caused me
- Anything but trouble.
- Shh.
Quit calling me pal.
Stop bragging about
Us being friends.
Now I know you
Don't mean that.
I love you
Like a brother.
Look, ben--
What is it?
Riggs miller and
One of his hoodlums.
That doorway
Yonder.
Give me a g*n.
- You can't sh**t.
- Yeah, I can.
Yeah, I can.
Just put it in
My right hand here.
All right.
If they jump us,
You take miller.
I don't want to
Be tempted.
You'd better quit
This sh**ting to
cr*pple, wyatt.
One of these days
It's gonna be fatal.
To you.
( g*nf*re )
Where are you
Hit, pal?
In my leg.
Here, take my arm.
Never mind.
It's just a nick.
Wyatt, you're hurt.
Yeah, he's hurt.
A couple of you men
Help me get him over
To the doc's office.
Look, leave me alone.
I'm all right.
I can do it myself.
( Groans )
There, you see?
You can't be too careful.
Marcia?
You and me are gonna
Have to stay with wyatt.
Nurse him night and day.
Marcia: yes, ben.
What did I ever do
To deserve this?
Look, will you leave me alone?
I can do it myself.
I can get there all right.
Marcia, you run on ahead.
Get the doc ready.
A couple of you men
Get this street
Cleaned up here.
♪ 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.
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