Once Upon a Time in Tombstone

Afternoon Wyatt, Morgan.

What can I do for you fellas?

- We just wanted to stop by and congratulate you on winning

the election, Sheriff.

Okay.

- We just wanted to make sure things are square between us.

- There was a lot of hurtful things

said during the election.

On both sides.

I don't like you, Wyatt.

Or Morgan either.

What'd I ever do to you?

And your brother Virgil?

I don't care much for him either.

'Cept he's a good lawman, and I guess that I can respect.

- All I'm sayin' is let's put this bad blood behind us.

Everything okay here?

Just talking to the sheriff.

Trying to let bygones be bygones.

- How's that going? - Not great.

- Not trying to run you or Morgan off, but we gotta

do some lawman talk with the sheriff here.

We'll talk later, Behan.

I expect so.

Have a seat, gentlemen.

You given any thought to who

the undersheriff's going to be?

- Haven't paid it that much thought yet.

- Does that undersheriff receive part

of that commission money that you receive from the town?

- That's a lot of damn money, Johnny.

- Now you know that was going on a long time

before I got here.

Is that what you came to talk about?

- Ike Clanton and his boys may be on the verge

of starting an international incident

with that raid south of here.

You mean over the pass?

- Three Mexican army regulars got killed.

- What was the Mexican army doing there?

Mexican ranchers got smart.

- They hired the best security they could find.

- Well, how do you know Ike was involved?

- Johnny, you know Ike and them boys been

rustling cattle down there for years in that pass.

- But how do you specifically know

that Ike Clanton was involved in it.

- Sheriff, Ike Clanton would sometimes listen

to you when he'll listen to no one else.

- Johnny, this thing blows up on us,

nobody's gonna come out of this good.

The next time I see Ike,

I'll be happy to bring it up with him

if you think it'll help.

I would surely appreciate it.

- So Williams, have you given any thought

to what we talked about?

I did.

I can't do this.

I'm out, it ain't my game.

- What now? - I got a wife

and two boys at home,

and they're countin' on me.

Bullshit!

You pick up that sash and put it on right now.

I can't.

And you're drawin' an audience.

- Now you listen to me, and you listen good.

You know too much about our operation,

you've been a part of this for too long!

I'm not gonna say nothin'.

You listen to me!

Once a Cowboy, always a Cowboy!

- Johnny. - Now you pick up that sash

and you put it on.

You have a drink with me, and we close this right now.

Johnny, I quit.

I am going home.

The hell you are!

Stand down, Johnny Ringo!

- Look what's slithered into town.

Doc Holliday.

- Now you know you're not supposed

to have those weapons in here.

- Well, hell, you got yours, Doc.

Well, come on now.

This is just a disagreement between two Cowboys.

It's no concern of yours.

You show a man in cold blood.

You crossed the line, Johnny.

- I say we let cooler heads prevail.

Let the sheriff decide

what to do with this son of a bitch.

Are you kidding me, Doc?

Sheriff's useless.

- You can stop pointing that gun at me, Holliday.

I'm disarmed now.

Clara, have you been listening in to our conversations?

- It seems you caught yourself a break here, Johnny.

But I advise you to leave the lady alone

or I'll blow a hole in you the size of Texas.

Are you all right, Clara?

I'm fine.

I noticed you stayed pretty calm, Doc.

- Well, I tend not to get involved

in the petty grievances of others.

After all, I am a model citizen.

Want another beer, Morgan?

Nah, I'm good right now.

I got to head out in just a minute, anyway.

- I heard you got a position with a good company.

- Stage. - What you doing with them?

- Riding shotgun. - Hmmm.

I imagine that can be kind of dangerous, can't it?

- I got some experience with it up in Colorado.

You should be all right then.

- Hey Ben, who's that feller over there against the wall?

Name is Billy Claiborne.

Yeah, I noticed the red sash.

- Been with the Cowboys for a good while.

- Then why ain't he up at my brother's place?

- He's taken a liking to my daughter Elaina.

But she don't want anything to do with his type.

Pa, why didn't you wake me up?

- I'll be needing your help more this evening.

Elaina, this is Morgan Earp.

Ah, the competition?

- No, my brothers run that place.

I ain't in it with them.

I'll see you later, Ben.

- Goodbye, Morgan. - Ma'am.

- Let me know how it goes on the stage.

- What'd I gotta do to get some service around here?

- What can I do for you, Billy?

Whisky if you don't mind.

His regular.

I'll be right here.

Why don't you have a seat?

I'm kind of busy.

I'm the only one here.

- What did you want to talk about, Billy?

- Have you thought about my offer?

No, I didn't.

No reason to.

That's a lot of money.

Billy!

I done told you this ain't a brothel.

I serve drinks here, and that's it.

Well, then, whatcha need?

Nice clothes, maybe?

- Is this some kind of courtin' maneuver?

It ain't working, Billy.

Let me tell you something.

I don't want to be associated with the people

you are associated with.

I'm gonna keep asking.

- Well, I guess you're gonna do what you want.

But my Pa and I are gonna be busy later,

and I need to go help him get ready.

- You been around a while, Mr. Holliday.

How long you think you gonna be in town?

Why, I don't know just yet.

- I also noticed you're here alone a lot.

Well, I prefer to be alone.

- If something changes, will you let me know if you might

require my services.

- Uh, hmph, well, uh, hmph, well, thank you,

Theresa, but I do fancy myself a Southern gentleman,

and, uh, as a Southern gentleman, it

would be out of character to um,

pay for the attention of a lovely lady as yourself.

- He has himself a lady friend, Theresa.

Well, that's okay.

I never see her around.

- Well, she has taken to bedrest.

Uh, I do believe all this travelin'

has made her feel a little under the weather.

And how about yourself?

I've heard about your condition.

- It comes and goes, just like everything else.

- If you don't mind me saying so, Doc,

you need to lay your head

down next to your lady friend more often.

I see you here day and night.

- Here you never know when opportunity is gonna pop in

and say hello.

And as for the other, when I'm too much

in the horizontal position, uh, feels like I'm drowning.

That would be the condition you spoke of.

Pa, I'm tired.

If you don't mind, I'm gonna go to bed.

That's fine, Elaina.

I'll handle things.

A long night, huh?

Yeah, but tips were good.

Can't complain.

- Yeah, I worked a few of these little boom towns.

Money's usually floating around.

You mean up in Colorado?

Mmmm-hmmm.