Original subtitles

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

PEDRO SARACENO: THESE BIG RANCHERS AND

THEIR MEN DON'T RESPECT US.

ELFEGO BACA: BUT YOU CAN'T JUST DO NOTHING!

OUR PEOPLE DESERVE TO BE PROTECTED BY THE LAW.

PEDRO: IF YOU WANT THE JOB, BE MY GUEST.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKIN' AT, BOY?

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST!

[GUNSHOTS]

BAT MASTERSON, V/O: BRINGING THE LAW TO A LAWLESS

PLACE WAS DANGEROUS WORK.

JOHN SLAUGHTER: THIS ENDS RIGHT HERE AND NOW.

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

THE UNLIKELIEST LAWMAN. [GUNSHOTS]

[TRAIN WHISTLE]

I WAS JUST A YOUNG MAN WHEN I FIRST HEADED WEST.

IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, I BECAME

A COWBOY... A GUNSLINGER...

AND I 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.

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.

♪ ♪

[BELL TOLLS]

AFTER THE U.S. WON THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR,

THE MEXICAN PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SOUTHWEST AWOKE TO FIND

THEMSELVES LIVING IN A NEW ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRY.

IT WAS NOT AN EASY TRANSITION FOR EITHER SIDE.

BUT THE CONFLICT WOULD CREATE A LEGEND.

CAN I HELP YOU?

OH UH, MR. MASTERSON!

IT IS AN HONOR TO MEET YOU.

I HAVE READ YOUR "TRUE STORIES OF THE WEST."

UH, MY NAME IS PEDRO SARACENO AND I HAVE COME ALL THE WAY

FROM NEW MEXICO TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY FRIEND.

I'M VERY SORRY.

I HAVE TO GO, I'M RUNNING LATE.

BUT HIS NAME IS ELFEGO BACA.

WELL, WHO HASN'T HEARD OF ELFEGO BACA.

THE FRISCO SHOOTOUT.

IT HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN EXAGGERATED OVER THE YEARS.

ONE LONE LAWMAN FACING DOZENS OF COWBOYS.

THOUSANDS OF ROUNDS-

MR. MASTERSON...

I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THE REAL STORY.

AND I ONLY BELIEVE IT BECAUSE I SAW IT WITH MY OWN EYES.

♪ ♪

TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED, YOUR READERS SHOULD KNOW WHAT

LIFE WAS LIKE BACK THEN IN THE NEW MEXICO TERRITORY.

THERE WAS GREAT CONFLICT BETWEEN MY PEOPLE AND THE BIG RANCHES.

I ASSUME YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SLAUGHTER RANCH?

AMONG OTHERS.

BAT: POWERFUL MEN RAN THOSE RANCHES.

AND THEY AND THEIR HIRED GUNS...

THOUGHT THEY WERE ABOVE THE LAW.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

[LOUD SHOUTING OUTSIDE]

GUADALUPE: PEDRO!

[LOUD SHOUTING CONTINUES]

GET OUTTA HERE!

[GUADALUPE SPEAKING SPANISH]

GET OUTTA HERE!

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

[PUNCHING]

[GUADALUPE SPEAKING SPANISH]

[PUNCHING CONTINUES]

[THUD]

IT WAS MY DUTY TO PROTECT OUR TOWNSPEOPLE...

BUT I COULDN'T DO IT ALONE SO I TRIED TO GET HELP.

[HORSE TROTTING]

I WENT TO SOCORRO, OUR COUNTY SEAT,

HOPING I'D FIND SOME DEPUTIES TO RIDE BACK WITH ME

AND HELP RESTORE ORDER.

DID THE SHERIFF HELP YOU?

HE COULDN'T SPARE ANY MEN,

SO I STOPPED BY A FRIEND'S SHOP TO CONFIDE IN HIM.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

STOREKEEPER: THANK YOU, MRS. JOHNSON.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

ELFEGO: BUT YOU CAN'T JUST DO NOTHING!

EXCUSE ME FOR LISTENING TO YOUR CONVERSATION BUT...

OUR PEOPLE DESERVE TO BE PROTECTED BY THE LAW.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, SON.

THESE BIG RANCHERS AND THEIR MEN DON'T RESPECT US OR THE LAW.

THEN LET ME COME BACK WITH YOU.

♪ [HOPEFUL MUSIC] ♪

HOW OLD ARE YOU?

NINETEEN.

CAN YOU HANDLE A GUN?

YES, SIR.

IF YOU WANT THE JOB, BE MY GUEST.

BAT: WHY WAS ELFEGO SO ANXIOUS TO GET INVOLVED?

HIS FATHER WAS A GREAT MARSHAL.

BUT ONE DAY SOME MEN TRIED TO BREAK OUT A PRISONER.

THERE WAS A SHOOTOUT, AND HE KILLED THEM.

THEY PUT HIM IN JAIL FOR MURDER.

IT WAS HUMILIATING AND ELFEGO WANTED TO SHOW EVERYONE

THAT HE STOOD FOR JUSTICE AND HIS FAMILY DID TOO,

EVEN IF HIS FATHER NEVER GOT ANY.

READY?

YES, SIR.

AND I GOT THIS.

PEDRO, V/O: ELFEGO EVEN MADE HIS OWN BADGE OUT OF TIN.

[FOOTSTEPS]

[HORSES TROTTING]

♪ ♪

WHEN WE GOT TO TOWN...

I STOPPED HOME FIRST TO SEE MY WIFE.

BUT ELFEGO WANTED TO SHOW EVERYONE

THERE WAS A NEW DEPUTY IN TOWN. [CHUCKLES]

[FOUNTAIN STREAMING]

[BELL TOLLS]

[FOOTSTEPS]

[GUNSHOTS INSIDE SALOON, MAN RUNS AWAY]

[DOOR OPENS]

MILLIGAN: ABOUT TIME THE LAW SHOWED UP.

I HEARD SHOOTING.

IT'S MCCARTY.

YOU GOTTA GET HIM OUTTA HERE.

HE'S RIGHT OVER THERE SHOOTIN' HOLES IN ME ROOF.

MCCARTY: SHUT YOUR BAZOO, MILLIGAN!

YOUR DANG ROOF'S ALREADY FULL OF HOLES!

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKIN' AT, BOY?

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.

[EVERYONE LAUGHS]

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

[COCKS PISTOL]

WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'?

YOU'RE A DEAD MAN!

[THUD]

[MCCARTY GROANS]

THERE AIN'T NO JAIL IN TOWN, BOY.

WHERE ARE YOU EVEN TAKING ME?

[DOOR OPENS SUDDENLY]

[SCREAMS]

[GUADALUPE SPEAKING SPANISH]

[PEDRO SPEAKING SPANISH]

MCCARTY: DO YOU LUNKS HAVE ANY IDEA WHO I WORK FOR?

ELFEGO: SURE WE DO, BUT YOU BROKE THE LAW.

[FOUNTAIN STREAMING]

[THUD]

WADSWORTH: WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?

COME AGAIN?

ARE YOU GONNA LET THAT LITTLE RUNT COME INTO YOUR CANTEEN

AND HAUL OFF ONE OF YOUR BEST CUSTOMERS?

MCCARTY?

HE'S ONE OF ME WORST CUSTOMERS.

MAYBE ME AND THE BOYS WILL FIND SOME OTHER

PLACE TO GET ROOSTERED.

COME ON NOW.

THEN GO GET HIM OUT.

ME? BY ME'SELF? HOW?

WADSWORTH: WE'LL COME WITH YOU.

[HORSES APPROACH OUTSIDE]

MAN: COME ON RIDERS, LET'S GO!

[MEN SHOUTING]

[SHOOTING OUTSIDE]

LET'S GET HIM!

[HORSE NEIGHS OUTSIDE]

MCCARTY: HERE COMES THE CAVALRY.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

[DONKEY BRAYS]

[LAUGHS]

FRENCHIE: HERE'S TROUBLE NOW BOYS

♪ ♪

PEDRO: HEY, LET'S NOT DO ANYTHING LOCO.

WADSWORTH: AHEM, ON BEHALF OF SLAUGHTER RANCH,

WE HEREBY DEMAND THE RELEASE OF OUR ASSOCIATE,

MR. CHARLIE MCCARTY FORTHWITH.

THE ANSWER IS NO.

GO BACK TO YOUR COWS...

FORTHWITH.

WADSWORTH: OH HO HO! THE KID THINKS HE'S FUNNY.

[EVERYONE LAUGHS]

[FIRES GUNSHOT]

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

MILLIGAN: KID, I'M THE ONE THAT TOLD YOU TO

ARREST MCCARTY AND NOW I'M NOT PRESSIN' NO CHARGES.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

LISTEN...

I WON'T COUNT TOO HIGH SO THAT YOU TEJANOS CAN KEEP UP.

I'LL JUST COUNT TO THREE.

BUT IF Y'ALL DON'T CLEAR OUT BY THREE,

ME AND PEDRO HERE WILL START SHOOTING.

PEDRO: ELFEGO WHAT ARE YOU DOIN? ELFEGO: ONE...

TWO...

[DONKEY BRAYS]

THREE!

[GUNSHOTS]

[HORSE NEIGHS]

[THUD, MAN GROANS]

[GUNSHOTS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

BAT: SO THIS IS HOW IT ALL STARTED?

PEDRO: IT WAS CHAOS.

AS SOON AS THE SHOOTING STARTED,

A HORSE REARED UP AND THREW ITS RIDER...

[HORSE NEIGHS] A MAN NAMED PARHAM.

[THUD]

HE WAS HURT BAD TOO.

AND THAT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING?

IT WAS A...

POWDER KEG READY TO BLOW.

AND ELFEGO BACA WAS THE MATCH.

[CRICKETS CHIRP, DOGS BARK]

[DOGS CONTINUE BARKING]

NO ONE'S COMING TONIGHT, ELFEGO.

THEY'RE SLEEPING OFF THE BOOZE.

HOW'S GUADALUPE?

SHE'S ASLEEP NOW, SHE'LL BE FINE.

[POURING]

IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO RECONSIDER.

[CONTINUES POURING]

MAYBE...

WE LET HIM GO IN THE MORNING?

WE DO THAT...

AND THEY WILL KEEP WALKING ALL OVER YOU, PEDRO.

BY SUNUP, THERE'LL BE EVEN MORE OF THEM HERE.

DO YOU WANT TO WIND UP DEAD OR IN JAIL?

ELFEGO, YOU HAVE YOUR WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF YOU.

THINK OF YOUR PAPA.

♪ ♪

I AM AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I HAVE TO DO THIS.

♪ ♪

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

WE'VE GOT COMPANY.

WADSWORTH: WE'VE COME TO GIVE YOU ONE LASTCHANCE TO GIVE UP MCCARTY.

FRENCHIE: WE'VE FETCHED THE JUDGE TO BRING

MCCARTY OVER TO MILLIGAN'S FOR TRIAL.

ALRIGHT.

TELL 'EM WE'RE COMING.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

PEDRO, GET THESE PEOPLE OFF THE STREET.

[DOOR SUDDENLY OPENS]

THIS ENDS RIGHT HERE AND NOW.

MR. MCCARTY'S GONNA GET A FAIR TRIAL.

MR. WILSON, OUR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,

WILL PRESIDE... AGREED?

FINE WITH ME.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

♪ ♪

WELL MR. MCCARTY, HOW DO YOU PLEAD?

GUILTY, SIR. I DONE DID IT.

AND?

AND...

I APOLOGIZE SINCERELY, MR. MILLIGAN. [LAUGHS]

WELL CHARLES MCCARTY...

YOU'RE HEREBY FOUND GUILTY OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.

AND I HEREBY FINE YOU... FIVE DOLLARS.

[EVERYONE LAUGHS]

GET THESE THINGS OFF OF ME, BOYS!

[EVERYONE CHEERS]

[DOOR OPENS SUDDENLY] MAN: HOLD ON!

Y'ALL HEARD ABOUT PARHAM?

HE GOT THROWN BY HIS HORSE YESTERDAY.

WELL HE JUST DIED,

AND THAT MEXICAN SHOULD BE THE ONE ON TRIAL... FOR MURDER!

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

MURDERER! [GUNS COCKING]

GET HIM! GET HIM, BOYS!

GET THAT GUY! GET HIM!

DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY! TAKE HIM ALIVE!

♪ ♪

PEDRO: AT FIRST, THEY DID NOT TRY TO KILL ELFEGO.

THEY WANTED TO TRY HIM FOR MURDER AND THEN THE GALLOWS.

[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS]

LET'S GO, BOYS! THERE HE GOES!

[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS]

[SHOUTING]

[DOOR OPENS, THUD]

HEARNE: I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT LIL' MEXICAN!

[DOOR SLAMS CLOSED]

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

[GUNSHOTS]

GET HEARNE! PULL HIM OUTTA THERE!

[GUNSHOTS]

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

BAT MASTERSON, V/O: HOW COULD ELFEGO SURVIVE?

THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!

PEDRO: AS SIMPLE AS THAT LITTLE SHACK WAS,

IT HAD A BUILT-IN ADVANTAGE:

THE DIRT FLOOR WAS DUG DOWN AROUND 18 INCHES.

BAT: SO THAT'S HOW HE MANAGED TO NOT GET HIT WITH

ALL THAT LEAD FLYIN' HIS WAY.

PEDRO: AND ELFEGO LUCKILY STUMBLED INTO THE ONE HOUSE

THAT WOULD GIVE HIM THE COVER HE WOULD NEED.

[GUNSHOTS]

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

I HOPED THAT IF WE GOT A MESSAGE TO THE SHERIFF

ABOUT THE BATTLE THAT HE WOULD SEND HELP.

PEDRO, I GOTTA ASK YOU THIS... YOU WERE RIGHT THERE

WHY DIDN'T YOU HELP OUT ELFEGO YOURSELF?

I STILL THINK ABOUT THAT TO THIS DAY.

I'M NOT PROUD THAT I LET THAT BOY FIGHT ALL

THOSE MEN BY HIMSELF.

IT PAINS TO SAY THIS, MR. MASTERSON,

BUT I THOUGHT...

WHAT'S THE POINT?

WHY SHOULD I GO OUT THERE AND GET MYSELF KILLED?

ELFEGO IS PROBABLY ALREADY DEAD.

[GUNSHOTS] AHHH!!!!

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUED]

[GUN CLICKING, RELOADING]

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

JOHN: HOLD FIRE! HOLD FIRE!

FRENCH, TAKE A COUPLE MEN AND SEE IF HE'S STILL BREATHING.

DO WHAT?!

POKE YOUR HEAD IN THERE AND SEE IF HE'S DEAD OR ALIVE.

WHY DON'T YOU GO SEE FOR YOURSELF?

WALKIN' UP TO THAT SHACK LIKE HEARNE DID SOUNDS LIKE

A SUREFIRE WAY TO GET MY HEAD BLOWN OFF!

WADSWORTH, YOU DO IT.

WADSWORTH: FRENCHIE'S RIGHT... THAT KID CAN SHOOT.

FRENCHIE: LET'S WAIT IT OUT.

HE AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE.

♪ ♪

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

GUADALUPE: PEDRO! PEDRO!

[PEDRO SPEAKING SPANISH]

[PEDRO SPEAKING SPANISH]

[ROOSTER CROWS]

FRENCHIE: HEY LOOK... SMOKE!

AND THAT SMELL.

WADSWORTH: COFFEE?

FRENCHIE: AND BACON?

♪ [TRIUMPHANT MUSIC] ♪

[POURING]

WADSWORTH: THE LITTLE FOOL'S COOKIN' BREAKFAST.

HE'S RUBBING OUR FACES IN IT!

JOHN: WELL, MAYBE WE CAN TALK SOME SENSE INTO HIM.

WADSWORTH: I'LL GO.

I'M TIRED OF THIS.

THAT COFFEE SURE SMELLS REAL GOOD.

I HOPE YOU MADE ENOUGH FOR US TOO.

ELFEGO: SURE!

COME GET YOURSELF A CUP! [FIRES GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

JOHN: HOLD FIRE!HOLD FIRE!

HE'S MAKING FOOLS OF US!

IT'S TIME TO GET ROUGH.

WADSWORTH: WELL, IF YOU WANT TO GET REAL ROUGH...

I KNOW A COUPLE BOYS WITH SOME TNT.

JOHN: DO IT.

♪ ♪

[SIZZLING SOUND, DOOR CREAKS OPEN]

[SIZZLING]

[EXPLOSION]

[CHEERING]

[CHEERING]

JOHN: WELL, I BELIEVE IT'S OVER BOYS.

CAN'T NOBODY SURVIVE THAT BLAST!

[GUNSHOTS]

PEDRO: I THINK AT THAT POINT EVERYONE AGREED IT HAD

GONE ON LONG ENOUGH.

33 HOURS IS A LONG TIME FOR A SHOOTOUT.

THE SHOOTOUT AT THE O.K. CORRAL DIDN'T LAST 33 SECONDS.

WHEN THE SHERIFF FINALLY HEARD WHAT WAS GOING ON,

HE SENT ONE OF HIS BEST MEN, DEPUTY FRANK ROSS.

WHEN ROSS ARRIVED, HE ORDERED A CEASE-FIRE.

ELFEGO KNEW ROSS AND TRUSTED HIM TOO.

ELFEGO, IT'S FRANK ROSS. DON'T SHOOT.

IT'S ALL OVER, KID. COME ON OUT.

♪ ♪

HEY, KID.

♪ ♪

LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE SEEN BETTER DAYS.

WHAT HAPPENS NOW, FRANK?

THERE HAS TO BE A RECKONING FOR THE MEN WHO DIED OUT HERE,

BUT YOU'LL GET A FAIR TRIAL.

I'LL SEE TO THAT.

OKAY, I'LL GO WITH YOU.

BUT I'M NOT GIVING UP MY GUNS.

OKAY, KID.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

PEDRO: YOUR PAPA WOULD BE PROUD, ELFEGO.

BAT, V/O: ELFEGO BACA WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF

MURDER FOR THE DEATHS OF PARHAM AND HEARNE.

HE WAS TRIED TWICE, BUT ACQUITTED BOTH TIMES.

BACA WENT ON TO SERVE

AS SHERIFF, U.S. MARSHAL

AND MAYOR.

HE ALSO BUILT A SUCCESSFUL

LAW PRACTICE TO

HELP MEXICAN AMERICANS.

IT'S A REMARKABLE STORY, PEDRO...

MORE SENSATIONAL THAN ANY DIME NOVEL I'VE EVER READ.

BUT TELL ME... ALL THAT VIOLENCE...

DID IT ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING OTHER THAN MAKING

ELFEGO BACA FAMOUS?

PEDRO: ELFEGO PUT THOSE RANCH HANDS IN THEIR PLACE.

THEY KNEW THEY COULDN'T PUSH US AROUND AFTER THAT.

I...

I WASN'T AFRAID ANYMORE.

THAT BOY'S COURAGE...

IT CHANGED ME.

I FINALLY BECAME THE LAWMAN

I ALWAYS SHOULD HAVE BEEN.