The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is the first Western television series written for adults, premiering four days before Gunsmoke on September 6, 1955. It is loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour, black-and-white pr… more »



Wyatt Earp:
[Opening Narration] There's been much nonsense written about gun fighting on the frontier. Marshal Earp recognized only a few legitimate gun fighters. The rest, he commented, got their fame from shooting drunks and slowpoke amateurs. As the case of young Mitch Hallam proved, once a man reached the small company of top guns, other experts rarely challenged. There was no percentage in a shootout where men of equal speed would probably kill each other.

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