Original subtitles

EVERYONE STOP RIGHT THERE!

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

IT THE WILD WEST.

- YOU'RE THE TEACHER. - IT'S SHERIFF NOW.

CONSTABLE THOMASON: COME ON.

HE'S TRYING TO PLAY SHERIFF.

HE WON'T EVEN WEAR ONE OF THESE.

LET'S ALL KEEP OUR HEADS ON NOW, OKAY?

THAT'S BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE WILD BUNCH.

AND THAT GUY ON THE BACK LEFT,

HE'S WANTED FOR COLD BLOODED MURDER.

[GUNSHOT]

I'M FAMOUS.

I AIN'T GOING BACK TO JAIL.

[GUNSHOT, GROAN]

[TRAIN WHISTLE]

BAT, 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.

THESE ARE THE INCREDIBLE TRUE TALES OF THE WILD WEST.

STATION MASTER: FIVE THIRTY, ABILENE, IN TWENTY MINUTES.

HAVE YOUR TICKETS HANDY.

[TRAIN WHISTLE]

BAT MASTERSON?

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PARDON ME, MR. MASTERSON.

I'M HENRY SHARP, DEPUTY SHERIFF FROM SONORA.

YOU'RE A WAYS FROM HOME.

I HEARD YOU WAS IN TEXAS.

I FELT COMPELLED TO COME SEE YOU.

WELL, RIGHT NOW, I FEEL COMPELLED TO BE LEFT ALONE.

HENRY: MR. MASTERSON, A GRAVE

INJUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE TO A GOOD MAN.

THE WILD BUNCH?

HENRY: CONSTABLE THOMASON IS ATTEMPTING

TO TAKE CREDIT FOR ENDING THE WILD BUNCH,

BUT I KNOW FOR A FACT, IT WAS SHERIFF ELIJAH BRIANT.

HARPER'S IS A RESPECTED PUBLICATION.

HENRY: WELL, THAT'S WHY I NEED

YOU TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.

FOLKS, THEY AIN'T GOING TO BELIEVE ME.

THEY BELIEVE YOU.

HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE?

I WAS THERE.

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ELIJAH BRIANT?

NEVER HEARD OF HIM.

WELL, HE WASN'T A FULL-TIME, FAMOUS LAWMAN LIKE YOURSELF.

HE WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER, THEN POSTMASTER,

AND STILL THE TOWN PHARMACIST WHEN HE GOT ELECTED.

ANOTHER PART-TIME SHERIFF IN A SMALL TOWN.

HENRY: YEAH.

YEAH, SONORA COULDN'T AFFORD FULL-TIME LAWMEN.

WE WAS JUST REGULAR FOLKS TRYING TO PROTECT OUR TOWN,

PROTECT OUR FAMILIES.

NOW ELIJAH WASN'T NO KIND OF GUNFIGHTER,

BUT HE STEPPED UP WHEN THE TOWN NEEDED A SHERIFF.

ALL RIGHT, SHARP, YOU GOT 17 MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

NOW, ELIJAH WAS A BIT GREEN TO BEGIN WITH.

HE HAD TO EARN RESPECT FROM SOME FOLKS.

CONSTABLE THOMASON: NOW HE THINKS HE'S GOING TO TELL ME

HOW TO ENFORCE THE LAW?

HENRY: WATCH YOUR TONE, CONSTABLE THOMASON.

COME ON, HE'S JUST A DRUG MAN TRYING TO PLAY SHERIFF.

HE GOT NO IDEA HOW MEN LIKE US ACTUALLY KEEP THE PEACE.

WELL, PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN SAW FIT TO ELECT HIM ANYWAY.

THOMASON: COME ON.

HE WON'T EVEN WEAR ONE OF THESE.

HENRY: SHERIFF BELIEVES THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY

TO POLICE THIS TOWN.

THOMASON: WELL, HE'S NEVER GOING TO SURVIVE.

I MEAN, JUST LOOK AT HIM.

HARDLY SHERIFF MATERIAL.

YEAH, WELL WHY DIDN'T YOU RUN THEN?

AFRAID YOU'D LOSE TO A DRUGGIST?

AFTERNOON, DEPUTY, CONSTABLE.

SHERIFF.

BAT: I'VE KNOWN SOME CAPABLE...

PART-TIME SHERIFFS.

AS LONG AS THE TOWN IS FAIRLY PEACEFUL.

SONORA'S PRETTY REMOTE,

ONLY A FEW DAYS' RIDE FROM THE RIO GRANDE.

AND PRETTY SOON,

WE WERE AN EASY MARK FOR ALL MANNER OF DESPERADOS.

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YOU'VE BEEN A STRANGER LATELY, ELIJAH.

YOU DON'T NEED AN INVITATION TO DROP BY THE RANCH.

I'M SORRY, ANNAH.

SEEMS I MISJUDGED THE TIME INVOLVING RUNNING THE STORE

AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU DECIDED I WAS TOO PLAIN.

PLAIN?

NEVER.

NOW YOU ARE THE SWEETEST AND PRETTIEST GIRL IN ALL OF SONORA,

THIS SIDE OF THE RIO GRANDE FOR THAT MATTER.

NO, I JUST WORRY I MIGHT'VE BITTEN OFF MORE THAN I CAN CHEW.

♪ [SUSPENSE] ♪

ANNAH: IF ANYONE CAN MANAGE IT, ELIJAH, YOU CAN.

ANNAH, GO TO THE BAKERY.

YOU STAY INSIDE. - WHAT IS IT, WHAT'S WRONG?

I'LL COME BACK FOR YOU, I PROMISE, JUST GO.

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BANK ROBBER 1: GIMME THE MONEY!

HURRY UP!

AND GET THE GOLD TOO!

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WHAT THE HECK, YOU NINNY!

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WATCHING OUTSIDE.

I'M SORRY, FELLAS.

LET'S ALL KEEP OUR HEADS ON NOW, OKAY?

NOW YOU TWO, LOWER YOUR GUN NICE AND EASY.

NO ONE GETS HURT.

BANK ROBBER 2: STAY CALM.

STAY CALM.

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I AIN'T GOING BACK TO JAIL.

[GUNSHOT, GROAN]

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

ELIJAH!

ELIJAH.

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HERE!

COME ON, ELIJAH.

COME ON, KEEP BREATHING.

COME ON, GET IN THERE.

DOCTOR: PUT HIM IN THE CHAIR.

YOU'LL BE OKAY.

YOU UNDERSTAND ME?

YOU'LL BE OKAY.

YOU SEE, YOU SEE?

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T WEAR A GUN.

WE'LL ARGUE IT LATER.

DOC, HOW DOES IT LOOK?

BULLET PASSED THROUGH.

MISSED AN ARTERY, I RECKON.

WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR INFECTION.

I'VE GOT TO STERILIZE THIS WOUND.

HOLD HIM.

HOLD HIM.

[GRUNTING, WINCING]

ANNAH, ANNAH.

I HEARD GUNSHOTS.

I'M ALRIGHT.

I'M ALRIGHT.

DOCTOR SAYS IT PASSED THROUGH.

YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS.

OKAY?

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BAT: VERY BRAVE,

FACING A COUPLE ROBBERS WITHOUT A GUN.

NOT EXACTLY WISE BUT BRAVE.

HENRY: YEAH, HE COULD HARDLY

MOVE HIS ARM FOR ABOUT A WEEK.

AND THEN, THINGS GOT EVEN WORSE.

ONE OF THESE FELLAS SHOWED UP.

BAT: THE WILD BUNCH.

I THINK THEY CALLED THIS PICTURE THE FORT WORTH FIVE.

THEY WERE STRUTTING AROUND FORT WORTH, ACTING LIKE

BIG SHOTS, SPENDING ALL THEIR STOLEN MONEY.

WANTED A PORTRAIT IN ALL THEIR FINERY.

THIS HERE AT THE TOP LEFT, THAT'S WILL CARVER,

AND THIS PHOTOGRAPH,

WELL, IT WOULD COST HIM HIS LIFE.

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HENRY V/O: WE DIDN'T KNOW IT AT THE TIME,

BUT CARVER WAS LAYING LOW AT THE KILPATRICK RANCH.

I TELL YOU GEORGIE, FORT WORTH WAS AMAZING,

GAMBLING HOUSES, SALOONS, PRETTIEST GIRLS YOU EVER SEEN.

YEAH, IT WAS FUN WHILE THE MONEY LASTED.

WE EVEN GOT ALL DRESSED UP ONE NIGHT, HAD OUR PORTRAIT MADE.

LOOK HERE.

THAT'S ME AND LOGAN IN THE BACK ROW,

AND BUTCH AND SUNDANCE ON EITHER SIDE OF YOUR BROTHER.

DON'T YOU THINK IT'S A LITTLE RISKY

FOR A BUNCH OF WANTED MEN TO GET THEIR PICTURE TAKEN?

OLIVER THORNTON: GEORGE!

GEORGE KILPATRICK!

THAT'S JUST OLD MAN THORNTON FROM THE RANCH OVER YONDER.

OLIVER: DARN IT ALL GEORGE.

I TOLD YOU ABOUT THEM GOATS,

KEEPING THEM ON YOUR PROPERTY!

THEY'RE IN MY FIELDS AGAIN AND THEY'RE...

WILL CARVER, AS I LIVE AND BREATHE.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WAS BACK, WILL.

WILL: NOW THAT YOU ARE IN POSSESSION OF THAT PIECE OF

INFORMATION, WHAT DO YOU PLAN ON DOING WITH IT?

WELL, NOTHING.

I DON'T WANT NO TROUBLE.

YOU HEAR THAT GEORGE?!

MAN COMES HERE WITH A SHOTGUN, SAYS HE DON'T WANT NO TROUBLE.

I JUST CAME ABOUT THE GOATS.

I'LL BE ON MY WAY.

HMM.

IT'S A SHAME.

WHAT IS?

TO DIE OVER SOME STUPID GOATS.

♪ [SUSPENSE] ♪

[NERVOUS CHUCKLE]

♪ [TENSE] ♪

[GUNSHOT]

CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL, GEORGE.

DANG.

I LIKED IT HERE.

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GEORGE: WHY DO YOU CARRY AROUND THOSE NEWSPAPERS?

WILL: BECAUSE MY NAME IS IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 'EM.

I'M FAMOUS.

I GUESS THORNTON HAD IT COMING.

WILL: RELAX, GEORGE.

WE GOT OUT OF THERE FAST.

WE'RE IN THE CLEAR NOW.

YOU THINK THEY FOUND HIS BODY?

IF THEY DID, WE LOST THEM

MILES AGO IN EL DORADO.

I KNOWS IT.

I JUST WISH WE COULD RIDE ALL NIGHT,

GET TO THE BORDER. - WILL: FIRST,

WE NEED FEED FOR THE HORSES AND GRUB FOR US,

AND WE'RE OUT OF MONEY.

WHAT'S BETWEEN US AND THE BORDER?

SONORA.

I DON'T THINK I SPENT MUCH TIME IN SONORA WHEN

I WORKED AROUND THESE PARTS.

FOLKS WON'T KNOW MY FACE.

THEY STILL GOT THAT LITTLE BANK IN TOWN?

RECKON THEY DO.

WHO'S THE SHERIFF NOW?

GEORGE: HEARD IT WAS A MAN NAME OF ELIJAH BRIANT.

BRIANT?

WHEN I WAS A COWBOY AT HALF-ACRE, I

SEEM TO RECALL A TEACHER NAMED BRIANT.

ONE AND THE SAME.

THIS WILL BE EASY.

GOODNIGHT, GEORGE.

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WHAT'S IT NOW, SHERIFF?

ELIJAH: WHEN I SUMMON YOU CONSTABLE,

SAFE TO ASSUME IT'S IMPORTANT.

JUST GOT THESE FROM THE PINKERTONS.

IT WAS TAKEN A FEW MONTHS AGO IN FORT WORTH.

HMM, NICE SUITS.

TAKE A BETTER LOOK, CONSTABLE.

THAT'S BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE WILD BUNCH.

THAT MAN ON THE LEFT, THAT'S WILL CARVER.

HENRY, WHAT WAS THAT REPORT WE GOT?

HENRY: SHERIFF OVER IN CONCHO SAID CARVER

KILLED A MAN AT THE KILPATRICK RANCH.

THE POSSE FOLLOWED AFTER HIM AND GEORGE KILPATRICK

BUT LOST THEM SOMEWHERE AROUND EL DORADO.

HMM, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

IT MEANS THEY'RE HEADING FOR THE BORDER,

AND BETWEEN EL DORADO AND THE BORDER IS SONORA.

THOMASON: WHY WOULD CARVER STOP HERE?

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I COULD THINK OF A REASON.

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DEPUTY, CONSTABLE,

I WANT YOU TO SHOW THOSE PICTURES AROUND TOWN.

TOWNSFOLK GOT TO KNOW WHO'S COMING AND BE ON THE LOOK OUT.

WE'RE ON IT, SHERIFF.

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CAN I HELP WITH THAT?

ELIJAH: THAT'S THE WILD BUNCH,

AND THAT GUY ON THE BACK LEFT,

HE'S WANTED FOR COLD-BLOODED MURDER,

AND HE'S HEADED OUR WAY.

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HENRY: HEY, GENTLEMEN!

THOMASON: GENTLEMEN, COME HERE.

MAN AT THE TOP LEFT.

TAKE A GOOD LOOK. HE'S DANGEROUS.

NOW, DON'T GO TAKING MATTERS INTO YOUR OWN HANDS.

THAT'S OUR JOB.

YOU SEE HIM IN TOWN, YOU COME FIND US.

OKAY?

BAT: HE MUST'VE BEEN THE MOST DEADLIEST OUTLAW

YOU EVER DEALT WITH.

HENRY: I ADMIT IT.

I WAS SCARED.

THOMASON TOO.

WE WERE CONVINCED CARVER WAS HEADED STRAIGHT FOR US.

AND THE SHERIFF?

WELL, IF ELIJAH WAS AFRAID,

HE DIDN'T MUCH SHOW IT.

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[NO DIALOGUE]

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NEED SUPPLIES AND FEED FOR THE RUN ACROSS THE BORDER.

THEN, WE HIT THAT BANK.

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JACK OWENS: THERE SHE IS.

THAT'LL BE FIVE CENTS, MISS GURLEY.

[DOOR CHIMES OPEN]

THANK YOU, MR. OWENS.

AFTERNOON, MA'AM.

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AFTERNOON, MA'AM.

AFTERNOON, GENTLEMEN.

WE HEARD THIS WAS A GOOD PLACE TO GET FEED FOR OUR HORSES.

MR. OWENS RUNS A FINE BAKERY.

HAS THE BEST OATS AROUND.

Y-YOU MUST BE NEW IN TOWN.

YOU ARE?

WILL LOGAN FROM IOWA.

WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. OWENS.

NICE TO MEET YOU, MR. LOGAN FROM IOWA.

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GEORGIE, GET THE DOOR FOR THE PRETTY LADY.

YOU HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON.

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ANNAH: I JUST SAW WILL CARVER WITH MY OWN TWO EYES!

- WHEN? - JUST NOW AT JACK OWENS BAKERY.

AND THE OTHER GUY LOOKED A LITTLE BIT LIKE HIM.

THAT'S BEN KILPATRICK.

YOU MUST'VE SEEN HIS BROTHER, GEORGE.

WE NEED TO MOVE FAST.

IF THEY'RE BUYING SUPPLIES,

THEY'LL ROB THE BANK SOON AFTER.

THEY AINT GONNA COME QUIETLY.

WE NEED TO STORM THE BAKERY,

GO IN WITH HOT GUNS BLAZING.

WE AIN'T STORMING ANYTHING.

JACK OWENS AND HIS FAMILY

LIVE RIGHT ABOVE THE STORE.

WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST WE DO?

WE WALK IN AND DEMAND THEY GIVE THEMSELVES UP.

THAT'S WHAT GOT YOU SHOT LAST TIME!

ELIJAH: WE'LL BE READY.

CARVER WON'T.

WHEN HE SEES WE'RE READY TO TAKE HIM ON,

HE'LL COME QUIET.

DEPUTY SHARP, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I CAN'T AGREE WITH GOING IN BLIND,

BUT IF WE COME IN READY,

AND I MEAN GUNS DRAWN,

I'M WITH YOU, SHERIFF.

FINE, BUT YOU BETTER BE READY THIS TIME.

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ANNAH: WAIT,

LET ME HELP YOU WITH THAT.

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THOMASON: YOU SURE YOU CAN HANDLE THIS?

HENRY: SHUT YOUR TRAP, THOMASON.

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ELIJAH: EVERYONE, STOP RIGHT THERE!

♪ [TENSE] ♪

I KNOW YOU.

YOU'RE THE TEACHER.

IT'S SHERIFF, NOW.

WILL CARVER, GEORGE KILPATRICK,

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.

RAISE YOUR HANDS AND COME PEACEABLY.

NO ONE NEEDS TO GET HURT.

I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET A FAIR TRIAL.

AIN'T NO HANGMAN GONNA TAKE ME.

DON'T TEST ME, CARVER.

♪ [TENSE] ♪

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

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[GUNSHOTS]

♪ ♪

WILL!

[STRUGGLING TO BREATH]

♪ [SOMBER] ♪

[SLOWLY EXHALES]

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THOMASON: WE GOT 'EM.

WE DID IT.

WE GOT CARVER!

WE BEAT THE WILD BUNCH!

CONSTABLE THAT'S ENOUGH!

KILLING A MAN IS NO THING TO CELEBRATE.

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BAT MASTERSON, V/O: BY 1912, EVERY MEMBER OF THE FORT WORTH

FIVE WAS REPORTED KILLED IN A SHOOTOUT OR ROBBERY.

AFTER HIS TIME AS A SHERIFF, ELIJAH BRIANT SERVED AS

A SUTTON COUNTY JUDGE AND SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.

[TRAIN WHISTLE]

IT'S QUITE A STORY.

I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION.

IF BRIANT REALLY IS THE MAN THAT SHOT WILL CARVER,

WHY ISN'T HE HERE?

WHY ISN'T HE TRYING TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT?

NEVER QUITE GOT OVER KILLING A MAN.

EVEN TO THIS DAY, HE DON'T LIKE TALKING ABOUT IT.

I GUESS THAT'S WHY HE DIDN'T CARE THAT MUCH WHEN THOMAS

STARTED TAKING ALL THE CREDIT.

I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

STATION MASTER: ALL ABOARD, ABILENE!

THE THING IS, MR. MASTERSON,

IT WASN'T JUST MEN LIKE YOU AND WILD BILL HICKOCK

WHO TAMED THE WEST.

IT WAS THOUSANDS OF REGULAR FOLKS, JUST LIKE ELIJAH BRIANT.

NOW THAT MY FRIEND, IS A STORY WORTH PRINTING.

THANK YOU.

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