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Bat [vo]: there's a reason they Called it the wild west.

How did two small time lawyers Get involved with a murderer?

Dick: ain't it time you Stopped reading it

And started living it?

Pat: come on, now. Empty your pocket.

Al: robbing banks is One thing.

Hurting innocent People is another.

No, no! Don't shoot him!

I've heard enough out of you.

[cocks gun] You leave that man alone.

[train whistle]

Bat vo: 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.

The lure of gold... Land... Destiny

Flooded the frontier with men Both good and bad.

These are the incredible True tales of the wild west.

Don't make me ask twice.

Go Along, nice and easy...

And you Might just walk away breathin'.

Now hand over every cent of that Cash,

Or I'll drop you like a...

This look natural to you?

I don't know. Maybe it's the look.

I can change this vest.

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You got quite the biography, Mr. Jennings.

Two years of private Practice in oklahoma,

Prosecuting every kind of Criminal. And then?

Then I went and became one Myself.

[chuckles]

Well, my friends call me al.

I hear you were a Pretty bad outlaw.

Not just in the moral Sense. I mean, you were...

Plain bad at it.

Yeah, well, in the eyes of the Superior court,

Talent doesn't much matter.

Despite the fact that your Mentor was a bona fide killer.

What made you follow a man like That?

You wanna hear about dick west?

Small in stature. Large in notoriety.

Last man Standing in the doolin gang.

Al jennings: that's how most Knew him.

I knew him as the man Who pulled off the two for one In a bank heist.

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[gunshot]

[cheering]

Yeah!

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West was as bad as they came,

Which only made him more of a Legend.

Sound like you admired him.

I admire the stories.

My brother frank and I, we...

Well...

We couldn't get enough of those Dime store novels. And...

Dick west?

To us, he was right Out of those pages.

What do you think?

That's your choice.

So, how'd it happen al?

How did two small-time lawyers Get involved with a...

Murderer?

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I never should Have been a lawyer.

Frank: chin up, big brother.

You can't win every Case.

That's what you say To a man on a losing streak?

Frank: streaks end.

So do careers.

We're running headlong at a Wall.

We've got to find Something better to do.

I've got a Simpler solution.

Two beers, please.

Pat: hey, jennings boys.

Make that four.

Morris: guess what we got?

Frank: is that the new Buntline book?

Al: morris, how'd you Get a copy of this so fast?

Morris o'malley: I had to go all The way to ponca city.

Al jennings: ah, man. Look at That.

I'd kill to add that in my Collection.

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Morris: read that one 3 Times on the way back,

While pat was driving.

Al.

What?

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Can't be.

He's even shorter In real life.

Morris: someone go talk To him.

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Excuse me, mr. West.

You got the wrong man.

But uh...

Aren't you dick west?

What do you want with him?

Al: an autograph...

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Whatever's writ in that rag Don't come close

To being in a real stickup.

I'd like to buy you A drink, sir.

My brother and I, We're big admirers.

How about I Buy the drinks?

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Dick: me and "Dynamite" clifton

Had just crossed into The creek nation...

Then...

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Bam!

Who's shootin on our backs,

But my old friend bill tilghman.

Frank: the marshal tilghman?

You know another one?

Now, dynamite's hollerin'

And he's shakin',

But not dick west.

No sir.

Dick west runs from no one.

I pulled both my pistols

And I Let loose a blaze of thunder.

Tilghman's horse spooked and ran Like the devil.

I hear it's still running

With the marshal Hanging on for dear life.

[laughter]

Pat: you see much of your old Gang these days, mr. West?

Dick: well,

Most are either Jailbirds or worm meat.

Which is A real shame, considering...

I know this little shop

That's just begging

For someone to take The cash off its hands,

But I can't pull it off alone.

Al: you want us to rob it with You? Dick: shh!

Listen.

I don't Ride with just anyone.

When I Look at you boys,

I see nothing But potential.

Ain't it time you Stopped readin' it

And started livin' it?

Just this once, boys.

You'll never forget it.

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Weren't there three muffins on This plate an hour ago?

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Dick: get over there.

Get The stuff from the back.

Get the Stuff on the shelves.

Get the Stuff from the register.

Get the stuff From them. Go!

Pat: go on now, empty Your pockets.

Come on, now! Empty your pockets.

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Dick: son of a gun.

Come on, boys!

Al?

Al jennings?

♪ [wild west chronicles theme] ♪

Dick: come on, boys!

Al?

Al jennings?

Dick: grab the cash! Let's git!

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[chuckles]

Was that my lawyer?

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Dick: that had to be the Dumbest holdup I've ever seen.

Pat: what were you Expecting, mr. West?

That was our first robbery.

Dick: wrong!

That was practice.

You want to ride in my Gang?

You want to rob banks?

You will face men with guns.

It'll be their job to kill you.

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Whoa, whoa.

Where are you going?

Mr. West, I'm...

I'm sorry,

But this just isn't what

We had in mind.

Frank: hang on now, al.

Speak for yourself.

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Dick: just a minute, al.

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You came to me, remember?

Al: I know. I know mr. West, but...

I just. I can't risk My kid brother.

Dick: oh, there's risk involved.

No doubt about that.

But ask yourself,

Can you risk going back?

Al: what does that mean? Dick: the shopkeep saw your Face.

Hard to explain that to The folks back home.

Even if you Could,

If you got back to that Little law office

Pushing paper Every day,

Year after year, 'till your bones grind to dust.

Can you risk that al?

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All that... Nothing?

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And that sales pitch actually Worked?

I'm not proud to Admit it, mr. Masterson, but-

Dick west was right about me.

Foolish as that First robbery was,

I felt more alive that day Than I had in years.

Taken in by a tall tale.

Hook, line and sinker.

Any different from What you do?

Think your columns don't fill Young men's heads with fancy?

Well I aim for the truth, al.

I don't pretend To be something I'm not.

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So... Gang stuck together.

What kind of jobs did You pull?

Post offices,

Trains,

Banks,

You name it

All across oklahoma.

You'd think after a while we'd Start to get good at it.

I think you'd have to.

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Dick: come on now, hurry up.

How's the safe coming?

I didn't hear no dynamite.

We...

We couldn't Figure out how to work it.

Okay, folks,

Hand over anything Y'all got on ya.

Do it now! Al: whoa, whoa.

That wasn't the plan.

Plan's changed.

Al jennings: listen, robbing Banks is one thing.

Hurting innocent People's another.

If they hand it over,

You won't have To hurt them.

Go on, get in there.

Al: I'm sorry, ma'am. Dick: don't apologize.

Get back to the door.

Pockets out.

Customer: you'll have to take It.

Whoa! No! Don't Shoot him!

I heard enough out of You.

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Dick...

You leave that man alone.

West chronicles theme] ♪

Al: dick.

You leave that man alone.

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Dick: lucky, you're getting Robbed

By the bleedin' hearts Gang.

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[punch]

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All right, come on. Let's go.

Go on.

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I'm sorry.

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[crickets chirping]

Morris: hey! Who needs Dynamite to steal

300 bucks and Some fine whisky?

[crickets chirping]

[crickets chirping]

Al: hey listen, dick,

About today...

Dick west: don't apologize.

First time you showed guts.

Heck,

I was proud to see it.

[crickets chirping]

[laughter]

But if you ever

Point a gun at me again,

I will kill You and your brother.

[gunfire]

This is u.S. Marshal tilghman!

Hands up! Or I'll blow you off

The face of the earth.

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West!

This is your last warning.

Dick: let's go. Al: shh!

I can't leave Without my brother.

Dick: would you rather join Him in a jail cell?

Al: you said dick west Runs from no one.

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When it came time To stand by my brother, I-

I chose To save my own skin.

You were starting To think like a criminal.

Those stories... They don't tell You about that part.

Bat masterson: yet you still Stuck by dick west.

Al: where else could I go?

You know, it wasn't even the Thought of

Prison that scared me.

It was the courtroom.

Sitting at the wrong table.

Watching some lawyer tear my Life to pieces.

The way I would've done.

Bat: so, you and west Had to lay low.

Where'd you end up?

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Al: we got hired as farm hands At harmon arnett's property.

[hammering]

Harmon arnett: got some more Bales

Boys are done with that.

Dick: yes, sir.

Al: harmon, he took a shine to Dick right away.

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Dick: harmon,

Opportunity's knocking.

Harmon: I don't know.

I mean...

I always dreamed about

Something Bigger than farming. But...

Robbery?

It's just one job.

I look at you, harmon,

I see nothing but potential.

Just this once.

You'll never regret it.

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[barn door squeaks]

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I'm leaving, dick.

Sounds familiar.

My eyes are open.

You're nothing like the man I Read about.

Let me tell you about Stories.

The ones who write that Stuff

Are too scared to ever Leave their desks.

They ain't Ever met a man like me.

Al: well...

I guess that's the difference

Between a man and a legend.

A legend you Can believe in.

Marshal tilghman: west!

Come out!

Or we're coming in.

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Dick west.

We got you surrounded.

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♪ [wild west chronicles theme] ♪

Bill tilghman: dick west.

We got You surrounded.

It's over west.

Keep your hands up.

Come towards me.

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One last ride.

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[gunshot]

[bullet ricochets]

[fighting, grunting]

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[fighting, grunting]

[gunshot]

♪

[cocks rifle]

[grunting]

This here...

This here's a fittin' end

For a story. [coughing]

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They buried him With his old gang members

Just a few yards from bill Doolin himself.

Bat: where'd they Put you al?

Al jennings: leavenworth prison.

They threw the book at me, too.

It was a life sentence.

I see it didn't stick.

Good behavior?

Turns out I'm actually a Decent lawyer.

I wrote letters Defending myself,

Seeking a Pardon.

Finally wound up on the Desk of a friend of yours,

President roosevelt.

That sounds like t.R.

You really Feel you were duped?

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If I'm aiming for the truth...

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I can't blame dick west.

He was what he was.

We've all got a part to play.

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Cameras loaded. We're ready to shoot.

Bat, you've distracted my Star long enough.

I got everything I need, bill.

Bill: jennings. Al: hmm?

You ready?

Al: be right there, boss.

What's this moving Picture called again?

The bank robbery.

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Bat, v/o: al jennings forged a New career as an actor,

Starring in over 100 motion Picture westerns.

Dick west was working as a Cowboy in the oklahoma territory

When he met outlaw bill doolin In 1892 and joined his gang.

They are both buried at summit View cemetery

In guthrie, oklahoma.

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Yahoo! [gunshot]

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

[gunfire]

Cut!

Let's reload For another take.

Let's try a little faster Next time.

More intensity.

Alright, yes sir.

Those dime novels could Never imagine this.

Imagine is the right word For it.

Dick west,

There was a real outlaw.

As for myself,

I'm happy playing pretend.

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