Original subtitles

BAT MASTERSON, V/O: THERE'S A REASON THEY CALLED IT

THE WILD WEST...

I HAVE HEARD SO MANY INCREDIBLE

STORIES ABOUT WILD BILL HICKOK.

BAT MASTERSON, V/O: WILD BILL HAD A REPUTATION

THAT MATCHED THE NAME.

YOU ARE NOT THE MAN I THOUGHT YOU WERE.

NOBODY TAKES WHAT'S MINE!

BAT MASTERSON, V/O: THIS IS THE TRUE STORY OF THE

FIRST QUICK-DRAW DUEL IN WESTERN HISTORY.

THIS ISN'T WHAT I WANTED.

I'D HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE YOU THREATENED ME.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC]

[DRAWS, COCKS GUN]

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS]

BAT MASTERSON, V/O: I WAS JUST A YOUNG MAN

WHEN I FIRST HEADED WEST.

IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, I BECAME A COWBOY, A GUNSLINGER

AND EVEN SERVED AS SHERIFF OF DODGE CITY,

ONE OF THE MOST LAWLESS TOWNS IN THE COUNTRY.

MY NAME IS BAT MASTERSON.

NOW I'M A REPORTER AND I'VE COME WEST AGAIN TO CHRONICLE

THE WORLD THAT I KNOW BEST...

THE AMERICAN WEST. [GUNSHOT]

THE LURE OF GOLD, LAND, AND DESTINY FLOODED THE

FRONTIER WITH MEN BOTH GOOD AND BAD.

THESE ARE THE INCREDIBLE TRUE TALES OF THE WILD WEST.

♪

[WATCH TICKING]

I'VE COME TO INTERVIEW FELLOW

REPORTER COLONEL GEORGE WARD NICHOLS,

THE JOURNALIST WHO MADE BILL HICKOK FAMOUS.

BARTHOLOMEW WILLIAM BARKLEY MASTERSON.

I GO BY "BAT" THESE DAYS.

I'M IMPRESSED WITH YOUR RESEARCH, COLONEL NICHOLS.

ONCE A REPORTER.

INDEED.

I WAS HOPING TO ASK YOU ABOUT WILD BILL HICKOK.

OF COURSE YOU WERE.

YOUR ACCOUNT OF HIS DUEL WITH DAVIS TUTT IN YOUR

FAMOUS ARTICLE IN HARPER'S CAPTURED THE PUBLIC'S

IMAGINATION AND IT MADE BILL A LEGEND.

YES AND I WAS ALSO ACCUSED OF CREATING A FICTION,

FABRICATING A MYTH.

BILL HICKOK WAS A GOOD MAN.

AND GOOD MEN DON'T KILL OUT OF HATE.

THEY KILL FOR THE THINGS THEY LOVE.

HER NAME WAS SUSANNA MOORE.

BILL WAS A CIVILIAN SCOUT FOR THE UNION ARMY

DURING THE WAR.

HE HEARD SOME BUSHWHACKERS WERE

HOLDING A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER CAPTIVE.

HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO THEY WERE.

BILL HICKOK WAS A HERO LONG

BEFORE I WROTE ABOUT HIM, AND HE WAS FEARLESS.

[DISH CRASHES TO FLOOR INSIDE HOUSE]

♪ [TENSE MUSIC]

I HOPE WE'RE NOT WEARING OUT OUR WELCOME MISS SUSANNA.

NOT AT ALL... MOTHER AND I ARE NOT USED TO HAVING

STRANGERS IN OUR HOME.

SORRY MA'AM, BUT THESE WOODS ARE CRAWLING WITH YANKEES.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC]

[KNOCK ON DOOR] WILD BILL: SUSANNA, IT'S BILL.

OPEN UP, I'M HALF STARVED.

- YOU FORGOT TO MENTION YOU HAD A GENTLEMAN CALLER.

- WILD BILL: LET ME IN NOW SWEETHEART,

IT'S YOUR BETROTHED.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC]

[DOOR OPENS]

WHO'S THERE?

IT'S MY FIANCEÉ.

HE'D LIKE TO MEET YOU GENTLEMEN.

ALL THREE OF YOU.

WELL, TELL HIM TO COME IN SLOW WITH HIS HANDS IN THE AIR.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC]

[DOOR CLOSES] EVENING GENTS.

I SEE YOU'VE MADE YOURSELVES AT HOME.

TAKE HIS GUNS.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC]

OH MY, I FEEL A BIT NAKED WITHOUT THOSE.

YOU'RE A LUCKY MAN.

THE BOYS AND ME WERE UH... QUITE TAKEN WITH MISS SUSANNA.

SHE DOES LIVE TO ENTERTAIN.

SHAME THERE'S NO RING ON THAT FINGER;

FOLKS MIGHT CONFUSE YOUR INTENTIONS.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC]

I WANT YOUR NAME AND THE NAME OF YOUR OUTFIT, YANKEE.

I GOT NO PROBLEM WITH YOU BOYS, OR YOUR CAUSE.

AND I'M NO YANKEE,

SO YOU JUST BE ON YOUR WAY AND...

THERE WON'T BE ANY PROBLEMS.

[LAUGHS]

WELL NOW... AIN'T YOU SOMETHIN!

I SAY YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER LYING YANK.

EITHER WAY... [COCKS GUN]

THE WEDDING'S OFF.

[SPLASH, SCREAMS IN PAIN]

[FIRES GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

BILL MASTERSON: TAKING ON 3 ENEMY COMBATANTS

ALL BY HIMSELF SEEMS CRAZY.

COLONEL NICHOLS: CRAZY OR NOT, HE MADE QUITE

AN IMPRESSION ON SUSANNA.

BUT THE WAR LEFT PRECIOUS LITTLE TIME FOR ROMANCE.

AFTER THE WAR ENDED,

BILL WAS READY FOR MORE ADVENTURE AND HEADED WEST.

AND SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI WAS CONSIDERED THE

GATEWAY TO THE FRONTIER.

PROSPECTORS... HOMESTEADERS...

AND GAMBLERS.

♪ [SALOON MUSIC PLAYS]

[EVERYONE GROANS]

YOU DONE ME IN AGAIN, BILL.

I THOUGHT FOR SURE YOU WERE BLUFFING.

I NEVER BLUFF, DAVIS.

BAT MASTERSON: TELL ME ABOUT DAVIS TUTT.

HIS FAMILY WAS WELL KNOWN IN ARKANSAS.

HE FOUGHT FOR THE SOUTH.

AND WHEN THE WAR ENDED, HE HEADED WEST.

NOT A FRIEND IN THE WORLD UNTIL HE MET BILL.

A FORMER CONFEDERATE AND A UNION SPY.

NOT THE LIKELIEST OF GAMBLING BUDDIES.

WILD BILL: CAN'T BELIEVE WE BEEN PLAYING ALL NIGHT.

♪ [SALOON MUSIC PLAYS]

RUTHIE: THIS JUST CAME IN, IT'S STERLING SILVER.

I'LL GIVE YOU A NICE PRICE FOR IT.

[DOOR OPENS] WILD BILL: HEY, RUTHIE!

YOU GOT ANYTHING FOR A HEAVY HEAD?

RUTHIE: SURE THING, BILL. LET ME SEE WHAT I GOT.

♪ [ROMANTIC MUSIC]

BILL!

♪

BILL!

SUSANNA MOORE.

YOU SAVED MY MOTHER AND I AT OUR FARMHOUSE DURING THE WAR.

♪ [ROMANTIC MUSIC]

WE WERE QUITE THE TEAM THAT NIGHT.

YOU KNOW I'VE TOLD THAT STORY SO MANY TIMES,

BUT NO ONE EVER BELIEVES ME.

WELL NOW I AM LIVING PROOF OF YOUR VALIANT ESCAPADE...

AREN'T I?

YOU CERTAINLY ARE INDEED.

♪ [ROMANTIC MUSIC]

PERHAPS YOU'D COME BY THE LYON HOUSE HOTEL THIS EVENING?

I'D LOVE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE BOYS AND...

MAYBE YOU BACK UP MY STORY.

YES.

YES, OF COURSE I WILL.

VERY WELL.

♪ [SALOON MUSIC]

THERE IT IS THERE.

LIL' YELLOW TONIGHT THERE BILL! [CHIPS CLINK DOWN]

WELL BRING IT ON OUT THERE DAVIS.

YOU CAN DO THAT FOR YOU, CAN'T YOU?

♪ [SOFT MUSIC STARTS PLAYING]

HELLO, MR. HICKOK.

MISS MOORE.

I HOPE I'M NOT INTERRUPTING YOUR GAME.

WIL BILL: NOT AT ALL, I WAS HOPING YOU'D COME.

THIS HERE IS MISS SUSANNA MOORE,

THE LOVELY DAMSEL IN DISTRESS I WAS TELLING YOU ALL ABOUT.

THE STORY IS ALL TRUE.

I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF IT WEREN'T FOR MR. HICKOK.

BOYS, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, I THINK I'LL...

SIT OUT THE NEXT FEW ROUNDS.

[CARDS LAND ON TABLE]

AFTER MOTHER PASSED, I HAD NO REASON TO STAY

SO I DECIDED TO SELL THE FARM AND START ANEW.

THAT'S MIGHTY COURAGEOUSOF YOU.

IMPRESSIVE, GOING OFF ON YOUR OWN LIKE THAT.

WHAT MADE YOU CHOOSE SPRINGFIELD?

YOU.

I NEVER PROPERLY THANKED YOU.

IS THAT SO?

COLONEL NICHOLS: UNFORTUNATELY, THIS LOVE STORY

WOULD NOT HAVE A HAPPY ENDING.

LET ME GUESS...

SHE WANTED TO SETTLE DOWN, AND HE WANTED TO PLAY CARDS,

SEE WHAT WAS OVER THE NEXT HILL.

SUSANNA: REALLY BILL? YOU WON'T EVEN LOOK AT ME?

YOU WON'T EVEN TALK TO ME LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN BEING!

YOU CAN'T EVEN TURN AROUND AND FACE ME LIKE A MAN!

WILD BILL: YOU WANT ME TO TELL YOU, SUSANNA?

I CARE ABOUT YOU.

YOU KNOW I DO.

BUT I CAN'T PUT DOWN ROOTS RIGHT NOW.

FOLKS ARE TALKIN' ABOUT GOING WEST FOR SOMETHING BETTER

AND THAT'S WHERE MY PATH LEADS.

♪

YOU NEED TO FIND SOMEONE WHO WANTS ALL THE THINGS

IN LIFE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

I'M SORRY.

I AM BUT...

IT'S NOT ME.

[CHIPS CLINKING] ♪ [MEN DRUNKENLY SINGING]

♪ [DRUNKEN SINGING CONTINUES]

CERTAINLY IN GOOD SPIRITS TONIGHT.

♪ [SALOON MUSIC PLAYS]

DAVIS: BILL, THE BOYS ARE PLAYING,

YOU WANT ME TO DEAL YOU IN?

WILD BILL: NAH, I'M DONE. GONNA GET A LIL' SHUT-EYE.

MAY I?

TELL ME MR. TUTT-

DAVE, PLEASE.

DAVE...

HOW DID YOU AND MR. HICKOK BECOME SUCH FAST FRIENDS?

WELL, BILL'S LIKE ME.

HE'S A RIP-ROARER.

A REAL CHARACTER.

YOU PROBABLY KNOW HIS QUALITIES BETTER THAN ME.

WISH I DID.

ALL I KNOW IS THAT WE ALL SEEM TO WALK IN HIS...

VERY LARGE SHADOW.

DON'T WE?

♪♪

BEG PARDON...

DAVIS TUTT WALKS IN NO MAN'S SHADOW.

♪

BILL MUST BE CRAZY TO NOT REALIZE HOW TRULY

EXQUISITE YOU ARE.

♪♪

[LAUGHS]

FORGIVE ME MISS, I AM WELL-OILED.

I BEST NOT INTRUDE ANY LONGER.

NO, PLEASE.

STAY.

♪

I COULD USE THE COMPANY.

♪♪

♪

♪

♪

TUTT: EVENIN' BOYS.

EVENIN'.

BILL.

JUST ABOUT GAVE UP WAITIN'.

[LAUGHS]

YOU LOOK AWFUL HAPPY TONIGHT.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

THERE'S NOTHING SWEETER IN THIS WORLD THAN

THE AFFECTIONS OF A BEAUTIFUL LADY.

YEAH, NOTHING MORE NAUSEATING THAN A MAN

YAKKIN' ABOUT IT.

[LAUGHTER]

DON'T BEGRUDGE ME, BILL.

A FLOWER THAT FINE WON'T STAY UNPLUCKED FOR LONG.

SHOULD I DEAL?

OR DO YOU WANT TO WRITE A POEM?

[LAUGHTER]

SAY BILL...

I FIGURE IT'S TIME YOU PAID BACK THE 40 DOLLARS I LENT YA.

♪ [OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ [OMINOUS MUSIC]

AND UH, WHILE YOU'RE AT IT...

HOW ABOUT THE $35 YOU LOST TO ME THE OTHER NIGHT?

I THINK YOU MEAN $25.

♪ [OMINOUS MUSIC]

DON'T PLAY ME FOR A FOOL, BILL.

I'VE GOT THE MEMORANDUM WITH YOUR INITIALS ON IT.

OR WERE YOU PLANNIN' ON WELCHING?

♪

[CHUCKLES]

WELL...

♪

THIS WILL SETTLE THE DEBT JUST FINE.

♪

♪

♪

♪

THAT WATCH TUTT...

THAT WATCH IS COMING BACK TO ME ONE WAY OR THE OTHER BOY.

♪

♪

COLONEL NICHOLS: TAKING BILL'S TIMEPIECE WAS JUST THE BEGINNING.

NEXT, TUTT PARADED AROUND TOWN WITH IT TO

FURTHER EMBARRASS BILL.

I THINK HE WANTED TO SHOW SUSANNA THAT HE WAS TOUGHER

AND SMARTER THAN BILL.

AND WORTHY OF ALL HER AFFECTIONS.

SUSANNA FINALLY REALIZED THAT SHE HAD SET TUTT AND BILL

ON A DEADLY COLLISION COURSE.

AND THAT SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD STOP THEM.

I'VE BEEN LOOKING EVERYWHERE FOR YOU.

DAVE HAVE YOU BRING ME MY WATCH?

NO BILL, BUT...

LET DAVE HAVE THE WATCH.

LET HIM HAVE THE WHOLE DARN TOWN.

YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING WEST.

LET'S GO TOGETHER.

[SWALLOWS]

AND YOUR SOLUTION IS THAT I RIDE OUT OF TOWN WITH

MY TAIL BETWEEN MY LEGS.

NO...

LET'S FIND SOMETHING...

BETTER.

♪

NO...

I CAN'T WALK AWAY FROM THIS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I AM.

IS IT REALLY WORTH KILLING OR DYING FOR-

I DIDN'T START THIS!

YOU'RE REALLY GONNA KILL ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS

FOR A LOUSY WATCH?

IT'S MORE THAN THAT...

AND YOU KNOW IT.

IT'S ABOUT RESPECT AND TAKING SOMETHING THAT'S MINE.

NOBODY TAKES WHAT'S MINE.

YOU ARE NOT THE MAN I THOUGHT YOU WERE.

YOU TELL YOUR BEAU, DAVE, IF HE DOESN'T RETURN MY WATCH

COME MORNING I'M TAKING BACK WHAT'S MINE.

HE WON'T LISTEN TO ME EITHER!

AND I CAN'T STOP HIM FROM MAKING YOU LOOK LIKE A FOOL.

DAVE TUTT BETTER NOT SET FOOT ON THAT STREET WITH MY WATCH!

HE WON'T GET ACROSS THE ROAD UNLESS DEAD MEN CAN WALK!

[KNOCKING]

[KNOCKING]

[DOOR UNLOCKS]

DAVE I'M BEGGING YOU, PLEASE RETURN THE WATCH.

DON'T WALK AWAY FROM ME.

MY DEAR...

IT'S NOT ABOUT A TIMEPIECE.

IT'S A QUESTION OF RESPECT.

DAVE...

IT'S NOT WORTH DYING OVER.

I THINK YOU UNDERESTIMATE ME.

NO, I JUST DON'T WANT ANYONE TO GET HURT.

NOT YOU, NOT BILL.

♪

♪ [SUSPENSE]

BILL: DAVE!

HERE I AM.

YOU STILL HAVE SOMETHING OF MINE.

WELL...

BILL...

PLEASANT DAY FOR A STROLL.

♪ [SUSPENSE]

♪

♪

[BELLS]

THIS ISN'T WHAT I WANTED.

MIGHT'VE THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE

YOU THREATENED ME.

DAVE...

I ONLY ASK YOU ONE MORE TIME.

HAND OVER THE WATCH.

IT WAS NEVER THE WATCH BILL.

I WON'T BE WALKED ON.

BY YOU, OR ANYONE!

[CHURCH BELL]

RUNNIN' A MIGHT FAST.

♪

♪

♪

I WALK IN NO MAN'S SHADOW.

♪

[GUNSHOTS]

♪

♪

BOYS...

I'M SHOT.

DAVE, NO!

[CRYING]

DAVE!

DAVE...

OH GOD. [CRYING]

♪

DAVE... [CRYING]

♪

COLONEL NICHOLS: BILL WAS ARRESTED FOR MANSLAUGHTER.

IT TOOK THE JURY ONLY 90 MINUTES TO ACQUIT HIM.

WHAT ABOUT SUSANNA?

I WAS NEVER ABLE TO TRACK HER DOWN.

GOD KNOWS I TRIED.

I OFTEN WONDERED IF HE WAS REALLY MORE UPSET THAT TUTT

PARADED HER AROUND TOWN THAN HIS PRECIOUS WATCH.

BAT MASTERSON, V/O: AFTER WILD BILL HICKOCK WAS ACQUITTED

IN THE DEATH OF DAVIS TUTT,

HE WENT ON TO BECOME A MARSHAL, A SHERIFF AND A SHOWMAN.

DAVIS TUTT WAS ONLY 29 YEARS OLD WHEN HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED

BY WILD BILL IN THE WEST'S FIRST QUICK-DRAW DUEL.

YOU THINK BILL HAD ANY IDEA HOW MUCH YOUR ARTICLE

WOULD CHANGE HIS LIFE?

[SCOFFS] NEITHER OF US DID.

WELL, YOUR STORY MADE HICKOCK FAMOUS.

SOME PEOPLE SAY IT PUT A TARGET ON HIS BACK.

MY CREATION OF THE LEGEND OF WILD BILL...

♪

MAY HAVE HAD UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES FOR BILL.

♪

BUT I DO KNOW THIS.

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE ONE DAY.

♪

BUT I MADE BILL HICKOCK IMMORTAL.