Original subtitles

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WORKER: Mr. Bridger.

BRIDGER: Evening.

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[HAMMERING]

WORKER: Jim.

[HAMMERING]

BRIDGER: Major.

SURVEYOR: Bridger!

It's been a while, sir.

BRIDGER: It's good to see you.

So this is your route?

Yeah, I just came down this pass.

Plenty of grass and water, but...

those Sioux, they're out in force,

and they're gonna attack any small party they come across.

I can't say I blame 'em.

Now this railroad's going right through their lands.

EARP: To the left.

My left!

[HAMMERING]

[METAL CLANGING]

Hey boys!

Who wants to spend a buck?

Watch me knock Buck out.

[MEN CHEERING]

See if you can get this right, boy.

Huh?

What's all this about?

SURVEYOR: Ah, this kid

thinks he's a prizefighter.

He's always tryin' to make money.

Is he any good?

He's not so good as he thinks he is.

Well, I gotta see this.

EARP: How many we got, one buck?

WORKER: I'm in for five.

[CROWD YELLING]

EARP: Come on, boys!

[FIGHTING]

Hey, who's makin' two bucks?

[CROWD CLAMORING]

[FIGHTING]

CROWD: Oh! Oh!

BUCK: Money.

Money.

SURVEYOR: All right, that's enough.

Let's get back to work.

[HAMMERING]

BRIDGER: You got some real talent, son.

That was a tough break.

EARP: Tough break?

He knocked me out with a railroad spike.

[HAMMERING IN BACKGROUND]

BRIDGER: Hey, hold on, there's no call for that.

You stay outta this or I'll put you down too.

Nobody cheats Wyatt Earp.

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♪ [THEME MUSIC] ♪

♪ [THEME MUSIC] ♪

BRIDGER: Okay, hey. Now what are- what- what are you-

what are you fixin' to do?

That snake just cheated me outta a week's wages.

I'll take it off his dead body if I have to.

Just hold on now, okay?

I said, this don't concern you, old timer.

Step aside!

So what, let me see, you think that

if he hadn't a cheated,

you woulda won? - EARP: Yeah, of course

I woulda. [PUNCH]

Your footwork's pretty good son,

but you know what you need to do?

You need to work on keepin' your hands up.

That's what you need to do.

You best be long gone by the time

I'm done with Martel, mister.

You wanna ruin your life? Go ahead.

I ain't gonna stop you.

I been fleeced plenty of times,

but sometimes you just gotta let it go.

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EARP: Yeah, easy for you to say.

That was all the money I had. - BRIDGER: Ah,

you're gonna have all the chances in the world to make money, son.

But if you kill a man,

right or wrong,

well that's something you can never undo.

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I knew a man,

and he let anger get the best of him.

And he never came back from it.

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IT WAS A ROUGH TIME.

THE STREAMS,

WELL THEY'D BEEN PICKED CLEAN OF BEAVER.

WE WERE RUNNING LOW ON SUPPLIES,

AND WE WERE GETTING CLOSE TO HAVING TO EAT OUR BELTS.

I'D SENT MY SECOND IN COMMAND,

BOB BULLOCK,

OUT HUNTING FOR A FEW DAYS.

BRIDGER: Bullock.

Any luck?

BULLOCK: I've never seen anything like it, boss.

There is no game in this whole dang valley.

That is not what I was hoping to hear.

We're down to just a few days of food.

Well, it gets worse.

Look at this.

Blackfeet.

How many?

I dunno. Never saw 'em.

But they're out there watchin' us,

maybe even now.

Yep.

I had that same feelin'.

COLBY: That'd explain the lack of game.

Well, boss,

what do you wanna do?

Well, we'll try our luck over the mountain,

the Snake River.

Otherwise, this whole season,

it'll be a bust.

Well, I agree.

But it is gonna be a hard march,

with slim pickings at the end of it.

We're low on food already.

I say we cut loose some of this dead weight now

so the rest of us don't starve.

Maybe make some money this year.

Yeah, well,

best do it now.

Still early.

Maybe they'll have a chance to

pick up some work with another outfit.

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Jed,

why don't you get the men together

and I'll give 'em the news.

COLBY: All right.

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WELL AFTER DOUBLE CHECKING OUR SUPPLIES,

WELL I FIGURED WE'D NEED TO CUT AT LEAST TWO MEN

BEFORE MOVING ON.

BRIDGER: That's how it lies, men.

Now, I wish it weren't so,

but...

we got no choice.

With your arm broke like that, I mean you can't do much trappin'.

As for you other men,

we'll draw straws. BULLOCK: Now there's no need.

Everyone knows the weakest man here is Jacques DuMont.

DUMONT: What? What is this?

BRIDGER: Yeah, hold on now. BULLOCK: This greenhorn

brings in one pelt for every three the other men do.

He's always askin' for extra food at meals,

slippin' away at nights when he should be standing watch,

gettin' extra sleep or doing who knows what.

I've already thrashed him once, boss.

He just won't learn!

You beat this man?

You got no right to do such a thing!

You make the rules, boss, but you hired me

to make sure that they get followed.

That's the only right I need.

Now you all know that we're only as strong

as our weakest link!

DuMont hasn't pulled his weight since he joined up.

And now he's goin' home broke.

Let that be a lesson for all of you.

[FOOTSTEPS]

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DUMONT: Mr. Bridger, sir, um,

please, will you reconsider?

I am- I am begging!

Is what he says about you true?

I do not have the experience as the other men,

perhaps that's why I do not bring home as many pelts,

but I am not, um, shirking work! I-

I implore you,

I cannot be sent away.

BRIDGER: FOR A MOMENT, MY CONSCIENCE WAVERED.

I WANTED TO GIVE JACQUES A BREAK

BUT I KNEW BULLOCK,

WELL HE WAS A HARD HEARTED MAN WHO'D MAKE

JACQUES' LIFE A TORMENT IF HE STAYED.

I'm sorry, Jacques.

I really am,

but you gotta go

with Smith in the morning.

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WELL AT THE TIME,

IT SEEMED LIKE THE ONLY

CHOICE I COULD MAKE.

BUT I HAD NO IDEA

HOW MUCH ANGUISH

MY DECISION WOULD BRING.

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that got to do with me. see whaf

That fella brought trouble on himself, clear as day.

Runnin' off from camp and all that?

He got what he deserved.

Maybe.

But you ain't heard the whole story yet.

You're wasting your breath.

Any fella does me wrong?

I got the right to settle the score.

I know you think

you got no reason to listen to an old timer-

EARP: Oh, I know you are,

Jim Bridger.

Yeah, old wise man of the mountains, here.

I'll tell you what,

I don't think you know how the modern world

works down here.

Not anymore.

Right and wrong don't change with the times, son.

And I'm saying

that just 'cause you got the right to do something,

doesn't mean it's not the wrong thing to do.

All right.

Go on old timer,

convince me.

All right.

As I was saying,

I knew I had to

send Jacques DuMont home after Bullock called him out.

But I had no idea that that decision

was gonna make things a whole lot worse.

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BECAUSE THAT VERY NEXT MORNING,

BULLOCK CAUGHT DUMONT RED-HANDED

TRYING TO STEAL FOOD FROM THE CAMP.

TRAPPER: We're gonna miss ya like a toothache you know that?

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BULLOCK: Ah gotcha!

Get over here.

You still skulking around, you scoundrel?

You shoulda left when you could!

[PUNCH] [GROANING]

Look at this rat I caught

pilfering from the rest of you!

I'm sorry. I'm very sorry.

Oh you ain't sorry enough yet.

[KICK]

[MEN CLAMORING]

I believe you still haven't learned your lesson.

[PUNCH]

DUMONT: [GRUNTS]

BULLOCK: Yeah I think

I should string you up boy!

DUMONT: Wait, wait, wait!

BULLOCK: So everyone here sees what happens

to a man who steals from his brigade!

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[GUNSHOT]

Bullock!

Come on you leech!

What are you doin'?

Beatin' a man half to death, and for what huh?

Stealin' some hardtack?

Yes! Stealing!

From you! From all of us!

He put everyone at risk.

I'm the leader of this brigade!

I decide the rules,

and I say you went too far this time!

Sure, you're the boss.

But you're no judge, Jim.

We got no law out here but what we make.

And thanks to me,

I reckon there won't be anymore thievin' around here.

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[DUMONT SPITS]

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We'll have no more punishment as such in this brigade.

You understand me?

Now pack up,

we're marchin' at first light.

And Bullock, you get a grip on yourself,

or you'll be the next man goin' home.

THE BRUTAL TREATMENT OF DUMONT LEFT ME RATTLED.

I HAD NEVER SEEN JUST HOW DANGEROUS BULLOCK COULD BE.

BUT AFTER BREAKING CAMP THE NEXT MORNING,

I HAD REASON TO HOPE THAT THE WHOLE THING HAD BLOWN OVER.

BRIDGER: Cold breakfast this mornin',

just coffee and hardtack.

We gotta make Piker's Fork by dark.

Where's Bullock?

Ain't seen him boss.

Hey Jim, you better come quick.

What is it, Jed? - COLBY: Well,

Bullock's found his horse was missing at dawn.

Larson here said he saw DuMont

skulking around in the dark.

And Bullock, well he- he figures that DuMont stole his horse.

We all do, Jim.

He had plenty of reason after

Bullock beat him up.

How long's he been gone?

Not long.

He grabbed his rifle and

went up that trail on foot.

All right, keep the men here in camp.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

What you plannin' on doin', Jim?

I'm gonna keep these fools

from killin' each other -

if I can.

[CLICKING] Get up.

BRIDGER: I HAD TO FIND BULLOCK BEFORE HE CAUGHT DUMONT,

AND BEFORE ONE OF THEM DIED

IN WHAT HAD BECOME A BITTER VENDETTA.

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BUT BULLOCK WAS RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING,

BACK THEN, OUR ONLY JUSTICE

WAS THE LAW OF THE MOUNTAINS.

AND THAT LAW SAID 'A MAN WHO'D BE WRONGED,

HAD THE RIGHT TO RETRIBUTION.'

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BULLOCK: Shhh.

BRIDGER: BUT I ALSO KNEW THAT RETRIBUTION

USUALLY CAUSED MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVED.

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BRIDGER: There's no need for blood.

Let's just get your horse

and we'll go on back.

BULLOCK: No wait, look!

He's been outta that tent three times since I found him.

BRIDGER: All right.

Let me go on over there and I'll see what's going on.

BULLOCK: No, no, no, no no!

You're right, boss.

I'll just go get my horse.

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Hey there you thievin' villain!

What you got in that tent, huh?

[FOOTSTEPS]

Only what is mine.

Like that horse is yours?

I deserve this!

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Now you,

you will go! - Not till I find out what you stole from us.

Now you step aside!

I will not.

I warn you!

BRIDGER: Bob-

Bob, no one needs to die today.

Maybe not,

but somebody should.

[GUNSHOT]

WOMAN: [SCREAMING]

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[SIGNING]

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What have you done?

Jim, I didn't know.

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EARP: So DuMont had this Blackfoot wife all along?

Yep, yeah. See, we-

we didn't allow women to travel with us

so he kept her hidden close by,

and he would- he would take her what food he could scrounge.

That's why he didn't leave.

Oh um,

these are yours by the way.

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That the end of the story?

No son...

not quite.

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With us, you go.

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Jim, you saw my horse,

you know I had a right.

I mean, how was I supposed to know?

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It's not my fault.

Jim, it's not my fault! - Don't much matter

whose fault it is

now does it?

We can provide for her, right?

I'll give her whatever she needs.

She won't take one step with you.

You made her a widow.

You left a child without a father.

I'm sorry Jim.

Tell me how I can fix this.

You ain't gonna get the chance.

She told me the warriors of her tribe,

they're gonna attack us

so they can kill you.

♪ [OMINOUS MUSIC] ♪

♪ [OMINOUS MUSIC] ♪

♪ [OMINOUS MUSIC] ♪

I gave her all the food that we had with us.

Hopefully she'll find her own people before long.

We gotta go back and warn the brigade the Blackfeet are coming after us.

No.

Take the woman, she can have my horse.

I'm gonna go alone,

on my own.

Bob,

those Blackfeet are gonna hunt you down.

You're gonna be safer with us.

But you'll be safer without me.

They're comin' after me.

♪ [MELANCHOLY MUSIC] ♪

♪ [MELANCHOLY MUSIC] ♪

You better get goin'.

Yeah.

Guess I'd better.

♪ [MELANCHOLY MUSIC] ♪

♪ [MELANCHOLY MUSIC] ♪

BULLOCK: If your people come looking for me,

that's where I'll be.

Goodbye, boss.

♪ [MELANCHOLY MUSIC] ♪

♪ [MELANCHOLY MUSIC] ♪

♪ [MELANCHOLY MUSIC] ♪

[DIGGING WITH AN AX]

So what happened to Bullock?

Don't know.

We never saw or heard from him again.

EARP: Well I guess now's the time to convince me not to kill that cheater, eh?

BRIDGER: It's not that easy.

I can't decide for you.

I'm not gonna be there next time.

You- you need to decide how you wanna live.

How people remember the name Wyatt Earp

when you're gone.

You remember Bullock as a cold-blooded killer.

I ain't like that.

No...

I remember him

as a man who

did the wrong thing

thinkin' it was right

and he could never take that back.

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Railroad work ain't for me anyway.

I got a brother in Arizona

tryin' his luck in silver.

Think I'll head that way.

You're makin' the right choice, son.

Meh, maybe.

Ain't so easy to say.

Reckon it always looks different from a distance of years, huh?

Some things.

Some things never change.

You just try to remember to keep that pistol holstered

until you have a cooler head.

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