Original subtitles

[PUNCH, THUD]

[FIGHTING CONTINUES]

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

WILD WEST: CIVILIZATION HAD FINALLY

COME TO DODGE CITY... [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

[DORA HAND SINGS] ♪ BEAUTIFUL DREAMER

BAT MASTERSON, V/O: ...IN THE FORM OF DORA HAND.

DORA: A GIRL COULDN'T ASK FOR MORE HANDSOME ADMIRERS.

BAT MASTERSON, V/O: BUT ALL THAT'S GOOD IN THE WORLD

WOULD SOON MEET EVIL.

[GUN COCKS] DROP IT.

GET OUTTA DODGE, SPIKE!

BAT MASTERSON, V/O: THIS STORY CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER.

[TWO GUNSHOTS HEARD OUTSIDE]

♪ [TENSE MUSIC]

IT'S THE MAYOR'S HOUSE!

[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.

♪

♪

[SIGHS]

EDGAR.

EDGAR!

[CLATTERING SOUND] YES?

YES MR. MASTERSON, DO YOU NEED SOMETHING?

WELL, A CONSCIOUS COPYBOY FOR A START.

SORRY, SIR. HAVE YOU FINISHED?

NO.

HECK, I HAVEN'TSTARTED.

DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE WRITER'S BLOCK?

DON'T SAY IT.

NO, SIR.

BAT: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS WRITER'S BLOCK.

IT'S AN EXCUSE FOR LAZINESS.

EDGAR: YES, SIR.

I CAN STAY ALL NIGHT IF YOU THINK IT'LL HELP, MR. MASTERSON.

NO, YOU MAY AS WELL GO HOME

WHILE I'M FIGURING OUT WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT.

I KNOW I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE-

DON'T LET THAT STOP YOU.

I BET A LOT OF FOLKS WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THE INSIDE STORY

OF HOW YOU AND WYATT EARP TAMED DODGE CITY.

WE DIDN'T TAMEANYTHING.

WELL THAT'S NOT TRUE. THERE WAS A TIME THE NAME

"DODGE" MEANT CRIME, CORRUPTION, AND CHAOS...

UNTIL A FEW MEN STOOD UP AND SAID "NO MORE."

THAT'S THE STORY I'VE BEEN TOLD MY WHOLE LIFE.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT'S A LIE?

WHATEVER YOU THINK THIS PLACE USED TO BE...

IT WAS WORSE.

AND YOU AIMED TO CLEAN IT UP.

[PUNCH, THUD]

DRUNK BOBBY: STAY DOWN, BAT! I GOT 'EM ON THE ROPES!

YEAH ALRIGHT, BOBBY.

DEGER: YOU HAD ENOUGH, MASTERSON?

BAT: WILL YOU LET MY FRIEND GO, DEGER?

NO, I'M BRINGING HIM IN.

YOU OUGHT TO PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN SIZE,

BUT I CAN SEE HOW YOU'D HAVE TROUBLE...

WE'RE RUNNIN' LOW ON BUFFALO.

[FIGHTING, PUNCHING]

[GROANS]

[STRIKING, THUDDING DOWN]

DRUNK BOBBY: WE SHOWED 'EM GOOD, BAT!

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[KEYS JINGLING]

[CELL DOOR CREAKS OPENS]

WYATT EARP...

YOU'RE A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

I WAS GONNA ASK YOU THE SAME THING, BAT.

I HAD A DISAGREEMENT WITH LARRY DEGER.

WYATT: LARRY SAYS HE WAS ARRESTING BOBBY GILL

FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS WHEN YOU-

BAT: ARRESTING? BEATING THE MAN TO A PULP, WYATT...

WEARING A STAR DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT.

I KNOW THAT BUT WE'RE OUTNUMBERED IN THIS TOWN.

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE PEACE WHEN EVEN

GOOD MEN PICK FIGHTS WITH THE LAW?

WHY DON'T YOU GO ASK A GOOD MAN?

I AM.

AREN'T YOU THE ONE WHO BEAT BACK COMANCHE RAIDERS AT ADOBE WALLS?

OR THE ONE WHO RODE THROUGH A BLIZZARD TO RESCUE THOSE FOUR

GIRLS WHO WERE CAPTURED BY THE CHEYENNE?

I DID MY PART.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WAY WE'RE RUNNING THINGS AROUND HERE...

FINE. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER.

I'M NOT INTERESTED.

THEN IT'S GONNA COST YOU, MY FRIEND.

YOU'RE FACING A PRETTY HEFTY FINE FOR

ASSAULTING A CITY MARSHAL.

THE MAYOR HAS AGREED TO WAIVE IT

IF YOU AGREE TO BECOME UNDERSHERIFF.

DOG KELLEY SAID THAT?

HE KNOWS YOU'RE QUALITY AND YOU'RE SKILLED WITH A COLT.

HE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME.

BUT I DO.

AND EVERY TIME YOU GET KNOCKED DOWN,

YOU ALWAYS GET RIGHT BACK UP IS WHAT I TOLD HIM.

BAT, IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS CITY RESPECTABLE,

ONE GOOD MAN MAY BE ALL IT TAKES TO TURN THE TIDE.

♪

[CELL DOOR CLANGS SHUT]

EDGAR: WHAT'D YOU DO?

DID YOU JOIN UP?

[DRAWER SLIDES OPEN]

WYATT EARP GAVE YOU THIS?

I SERVED 4 MONTHS AS UNDERSHERIFF,

THEN I RAN AGAINST LARRY DEGER FOR SHERIFF OF FORD COUNTY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I ENJOYED MORE...

PUTTING THAT OLD WALRUS OUT OF A JOB,

OR BEATING HIM BY ONLY 3 VOTES.

SOUNDS LIKE YOU AND MR. EARP HAD YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU.

[SHERIFF'S BADGE CLANKS ONTO TABLE]

EVERY CATTLE DRIVE THAT CAME TO TOWN

BROUGHT IN COWPOKES.... POCKETS LINED WITH CASH

WHO WERE READY TO RAISE HELL.

IT WAS TIME FOR SOMEONE TO DRAW THE LINE.

A "DEAD LINE" WAS A STRETCH OF

RAILROAD THAT SPLIT THE CITY IN TWO.

NOW ON THE SOUTH SIDE, A MAN COULD INDULGE

IN ANY VICE HE DESIRED.

BUT WHEN YOU CROSSED NORTH... DIFFERENT STORY.

[MEN CHUCKLING]

HOLD IT, FELLAS.

I CAN'T LET YOU CROSS THE LINE WITH THOSE PISTOLS.

YOU WANT 'EM?

HELP YOURSELF.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC]

[PUNCH, THUD]

[COCKS GUN]

[PISTOL THUDS DOWN]

OH!

[THUDS DOWN]

♪ [SALOON PIANO MUSIC]

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

I'LL DRINK TO THAT!

MAYOR: THERE YOU ARE.

AND REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER WHO TAKES GREAT CARE OF YOU.

ALL OF YOU, WELCOME TO THE ALHAMBRA!

DRINK UP, BOYS!

[FOOTSTEPS]

THERE HE IS!

WE'VE GOT OUR HOOKS IN YOU NOW, DON'T WE, MASTERSON?

IT LOOKS THAT WAY, MR. MAYOR.

THE MARSHAL HERE SWEARS BY YOU.

AND IF EARP'S HAPPY, I'M HAPPY.

I SEE YOUR PLACE IS DOING WELL.

MAYOR: THE WORD IS OUT, BOYS.

CHANGE HAS COME TO DODGE CITY.

WYATT EARP: RESULTS COME SLOWER THAN PROMISES, YOUR HONOR.

MAYOR: IF WE CAN SHOW THISTOWN CAN BE CIVILIZED,

THE WEST WILL FOLLOW.

NO STOPPING PROGRESS.

EVEN AT THE BAD END OF A GUN?

WHATEVER IT TAKES.

[AUDIENCE STARTS APPLAUDING]

♪

♪ BEAUTIFUL DREAMER

♪ WAKE UNTO ME

♪ STARLIGHT AND DEW DROPS

♪ ARE WAITING FOR THEE

♪ SOUNDS OF THE RUDE WORLD

THERE YOU HAVE IT, SHERIFF.

CIVILIZATION HERSELF.

TELL ME THAT'SNOT WORTH FIGHTING FOR.

♪ LULLED BY THE MOONLIGHT HAVE ALL PASSED AWAY ♪

♪

♪ BEAUTIFUL DREAMER

♪ AWAKE UNTO ME

♪

♪ BEAUTIFUL DREAMER

♪ AWAKE UNTO...

♪ ME

[APPLAUSE, CHEERS]

LOOK AT YOU THREE.

A GIRL COULDN'T ASK FOR MORE HANDSOME ADMIRERS.

DORA, YOU WERE SUPERB MY DEAR.

AS ALWAYS, THE ALHAMBRA IS LUCKY TO HAVE YOU.

MARSHAL EARP, IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

MISS HAND, I'VE NEVER SEEN DODGE

CITY MEN SIT STILL FOR SO LONG; YOU DO CAST A SPELL.

YOU'RE TOO KIND.

AND THE MAN OF THE HOUR... HELLO, SHERIFF.

THE LADY IS ADDRESSING YOU, BAT.

I KNOW SHE'S ADDRESSING-

♪ [ROMANTIC MUSIC]

DORA...

THAT WAS UM...

YOU SING BEAUTIFULLY.

THANK YOU.

MAYOR: WELL, I GOTTA GO MAKE THE ROUNDS.

POLITICS NEVER RESTS.

UH, MR. MAYOR...

YOU DID PROMISE THAT WE WOULD... DISCUSS...

RENEWING MY CONTRACT.

AND WE WILL.

♪

I'M OFF TO CHANGE.

GOOD NIGHT GENTLEMEN.

[EXHALES]

WHAT?

YOU TWO GO BACK A WAYS?

YOU KNOW I OWN PART OF THE DANCE HALL DOWN THE STREET.

I GOT CLOSE TO HIRING HER.

KELLEY MADE THE BETTER OFFER.

THAT THE ONLY WAY YOU GOT CLOSE?

YOU WANT TO GET OFF MY BACK?

JUST WATCH OUT BAT, SHE'S AN EMPLOYEE OF

THE MAYOR, SAME AS US.

HE'S THE BETTER OFFER.

♪♪

♪

ARE YOU WAITING FOR AN AUTOGRAPH?

SO MAYOR DOESN'T WALK YOU TO WORK EVERY DAY?

TOO BUSY BUYING VOTES?

JIM KELLEY IS A DECENT MAN.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THEM IN THIS TOWN.

NO OFFENSE TAKEN.

IF YOU'RE HERE TO BADGER ME ABOUT MY CONTRACT...

AS MUCH AS I LIVE TO BADGER YOU I'M A LITTLE BUSY BEING SHERIFF.

BAT...

I'D RATHER NOT TALK ABOUT... [FEET SCUFFLING]

WATCH IT, BOBBY!

YOU WEAR A STAR NOW, BAT?

YOU FIGURE TO LOCK ME UP TOO?

YOU NEED TO SLEEP THIS OFF, I WILL.

STOP IT, BOTH OF YOU.

BOBBY, BOBBY...

HEY, I WANT YOU TO GET YOURSELF A BATH AND A GOOD MEAL.

UNDERSTAND?

YES, MISS DORA.

♪

GOOD DAY.

♪

BAT...

WHAT MADE YOU RUN FOR SHERIFF?

I THOUGHT I COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

♪

DESPITE WHAT YOU'D HAVE US THINK...

YOU'RE A DECENT MAN YOURSELF, BAT MASTERSON.

♪

DORA WAIT...

I JUST WANT TO SAY...

♪♪

YOU REALLY DID SING BEAUTIFULLY.

♪

EDGAR: DORA HAND, SHE SOUNDS LOVELY.

SHE WAS.

AND BEST LEFT IN THE PAST.

MR. MASTERSON, WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?

SPIKE KENEDY.

HIS FATHER OWNED ONE OF THE LARGEST CATTLE

RANCHES IN TEXAS.

HIS CATTLE DRIVES CREATED BOOM TOWNS LIKE DODGE.

AND PUT MONEY IN EVERYONE'S POCKETS.

SPIKE BELIEVED DADDY'S MONEY AND POWER MADE HIM

UNTOUCHABLE BY THE LAW.

BUT WE'RE IN AMERICA.

NO ONE'S ABOVE THE LAW HERE.

ONE DAY, SOME WILD COWBOY BUSTED UP A SALOON.

WE KNEW IT HAD TO BE SPIKE.

♪ [SUSPENSE]

LOOK WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN.

YOU BOYS WANT A DRINK?

I'M BUYIN'.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE YOU WERE IN TOWN, SPIKE.

CARE TO SHARE YOUR PLANS?

PLANS ARE FOR BORIN' PEOPLE.

FIGURE I'LL PLAY A LITTLE POKER.

TAKE IN A SHOW IF DORA HAND'S STILL GRACIN' THE STAGE.

YEAH, WELL THIS TOWN HAS RULES KENEDY.

YOU DRINK NORTH OF THE LINE YOU DON'T WEAR A GUN.

♪

NOBODY SPEAKS TO ME THAT WAY TONTO.

ESPECIALLY NOT SOME COW TOWN TIN STAR.

♪[SUSPENSE] ♪

♪

[CHUCKLING] ALRIGHT...

♪ [THEME]

♪

[KEYS JANGLE]

FREE TO GO, SPIKE.

HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR STAY.

I'M A CHANGED MAN, MARSHAL.

SHERIFF, GIVE MR. KENEDY HIS ARMS.

HE'S CLEAR ON THE RULES NOW.

BAT, GIVE HIMTHE GUN.

AND THE REST.

[LIQUID SLOSHES]

USED TO BE A MAN CAME TO DODGE TO EXPRESS HIS NATURE.

NO FEAR OF JUDGMENT...

OR A BOOT IN HIS BACK.

MAKES YOU DESPAIR FOR THE COUNTRY.

♪

THAT'S IT, ONE NIGHT AND YOU TURNED SPIKE LOOSE.

WELL, WE COULDN'T HOLD HIM WITHOUT CAUSE.

THE BEST WE COULD DO IS KEEP AN EYE ON HIM.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE HE WAS WRONG.

THE WEST MEANT FREEDOM.

YOU ALWAYS SAY SO.

SPIKE WASN'T GRIEVIN' HIS FREEDOM EDGAR.

YOU APPLY THE SAME LAW TO A MAN OF MEANS

AND SUDDENLY HE THINKS YOU'RE HIS OPPRESSOR.

[DORA SINGING]

♪ ...IF YOU LOVE ME

♪ DO NOT HASTEN OR BID ME ADIEU ♪

♪ JUST REMEMBER THE RED RIVER VALLEY ♪

♪ AND THE ONE THAT LOVED YOU... ♪

♪ ...SO TRUE

[CLAPPING]

BRAVO, BRAVO THAT WAS WONDERFUL!

WHAT A REHEARSAL.

THE PATRONS OF THE ALHAMBRA ARE GOING TO LOVE THAT.

[PIANO KEYS MASHING]

HOW DID YOU SNEAK IN HERE SPIKE?

OH, DON'T LOOK SO HAPPY TO SEE ME FELLAS.

♪

DOG KELLEY, AS I LIVE AND BREATHE.

THEY STILL LET YOU HANG AROUND?

SPIKE, NOBODY CALLS ME "DOG" ANYMORE.

THEY CALL ME...

"YOUR HONOR."

OH, I DO APOLOGIZE YOUR LORDSHIP.

I'D SAY IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK BUT YOU MANAGED TO RUN THIS

RAT HOLE EVEN DEEPER INTO THE GROUND.

I'D ASK YOU TO NOT USE SUCH LANGUAGE IN FRONT

OF A LADY MR. KENEDY.

MISS DORA.

[CLAPPING]

TE QUIERO BELLA.

I SEE BEING TOP DOG STILL HAS ITS PERKS.

WHY DON'T YOU CRAWL BACK INTO THE HOLE YOUR DADDY KEEPS YOU?

YOU SILVER-SPOONED SON-

♪ [THEME]

♪ [SUSPENSE]

[GUN COCKS] DROP IT!

EASY SHERIFF.

JUST A LITTLE QUARREL AMONGST OLD FRIENDS.

♪

[THUD]

GET OUT OF DODGE, SPIKE.

AND NEVER COME BACK.

♪♪

BAT... THAT WAS...

THANK YOU.

LISTEN I'LL HANG AROUND A LITTLE WHILE; WALK YOU HOME.

THAT'S AWFUL KIND OF YOU.

BUT THE MAYOR AND I HAVE BUSINESS TO DISCUSS.

WELL...

AMBITION CONQUERS ALL.

DON'T BE CRUEL.

GOOD NIGHT MISS HAND.

♪

SOMETHIN' ON YOUR MIND?

LIKE WHAT?

I WARNED YOU, TAKE CARE.

I CAN DO WITHOUT YOUR PITY.

NOT FOR YOUR SAKE.

IT'S FOR MINE.

I NEED YOU SHARP.

BESIDES...

PINING AFTER SOMETHING YOU CAN'T HAVE...

[EXHALES] THAT WAY LIES MADNESS.

♪

SALUD, YOUR HONOR.

WHAT DO YOU SAY?

I'VE GOT A FULL HOUSE.

[GUNSHOTS]

♪

IT'S THE MAYOR'S HOUSE.

[BOTTLE CLINKS]

♪

MAYOR, ARE YOU HIT?

MAYOR: WE WERE DISCUSSING HER CONTRACT...

IF I HADN'T GOT UP TO MAKE MORE TEA...

SIR, GO TO THE JAIL, WAIT FOR ME THERE.

♪

♪

SPIKE DID THIS.

I'LL RIDE OUT AT SUN UP.

YOU HOLD DOWN THE FORT.

YOU THINK I'M GONNA STAND BACK AND DO NOTHING

WHILE HE SLIPS AWAY?BUT I NEED YOU IN DODGE.

YOU GAVE ME THE BADGE WYATT.

YOU PUT IT IN MY HAND AND I INTEND TO USE IT.

TO DO WHAT, KILL HIM?

THAT'S NOT WHAT THE BADGE IS FOR!

DON'T GET IN MY WAY.

BAT!

BAT!!

WHAT DID YOU DO?

YOU DIDN'T REALLY LET HIM GET AWAY, DID YOU?

YOU'RE A MARRIED MAN, AREN'T YOU SON?

MY ELLIE, I SUSPECT SHE'S SLEEPIN' NOW.

WELL SHE WON'T BE HAPPY IF SHE WAKES TO AN EMPTY BED.

BUT THAT CAN'T BE THE END OF THE STORY.

SAID GO HOME, EDGAR.

GOOD NIGHT, SIR.

♪♪

♪