![]() For a while it seems as if a peaceful life might be possible for Wyatt and the town. He befriends the brooding, hard-living Doc Holliday and begins to fall for Clementine Carter, Doc's former love from back East who has been scouring the West to bring him back home. In his calm, quiet way, Earp brings a semblance of justice and order to Tombstone despite several tense run-ins with the vicious Clanton gang. Determined to stay in Tombstone until he finds his brother's killers, Wyatt accepts the job as marshal and deputizes Morgan and Virgil. When they return to camp, they discover James is dead and the cattle have been rustled. Tombstone, Arizona, 1882: Wyatt Earp and his brothers Morgan and Virgil arrive at the lawless boom town for a night of relaxation, leaving their youngest brother James behind to tend their cattle herd. Clementine says goodbye to Wyatt and, explaining that she intends to remain in Tombstone, asks him to stop by if he is ever in the area again. Before he can get far, however, Morgan kills him. Rather than kill Clanton, Wyatt turns him loose to wander and suffer from the deaths of his sons. The gunfight begins at sunup and by the end, all the Clantons, except the father, are dead, as is Doc. That night, Doc reports that Chihuahua has died, despite his surgical efforts, and he joins the Earps in their fight against the Clantons. The Clantons ride into town and, after dropping Virgil's body at Wyatt's feet, announce that they will be waiting for the Earps at the O.K. Meanwhile, Virgil chases Billy to the Clanton ranch and is killed by Clanton after Billy dies of gunshot wounds. While Virgil chases Billy, Doc reluctantly agrees to operate on Chihuahua with the help of Clementine, who is a nurse. Billy, who is waiting outside Chihuahua's room, then shoots her. At first Chihuahua sticks to her story, but when she learns that the necklace was stolen by the man who killed Wyatt's brother, she admits that it was a gift from Billy Clanton. After Doc returns with Wyatt, however, he demands to know who really gave her the necklace. Chihuahua claims that Doc gave it to her, and Wyatt takes off in pursuit of him. There Wyatt notices that she is wearing a necklace that James had bought to give to his girl friend. This angers Chihuahua, who had hoped Doc would take her to Mexico and marry her, and she storms into Clementine's hotel room to help her pack. Furious that she is still in town, Doc leaves the next day on the afternoon stage to Tucson. Afterward, at a dinner at the hotel, Doc comes upon Wyatt and Clementine. Together they attend a dance to raise money to build a church in Tombstone. While waiting to pay her hotel bill, Clementine meets Wyatt, who is somewhat enamored of her. The following day, saloon singer Chihuahua, Doc's girl friend, tells the disappointed Clementine about her relationship with Doc. ![]() Later, when a drunken Doc goes looking for a fight, Wyatt knocks him unconscious and takes him to his room. When she begs him to accompany her, he angrily informs her that if she does not go, he will leave town himself. Her sudden appearance stuns Doc, who advises her to return to Boston. One morning, the stagecoach delivers a well-dressed woman named Clementine Carter, Doc's former fiancée, to town. Wyatt discovers that Doc is well-educated and when his recitation of Hamlet's soliloquy is interrupted by a fierce fit of coughing, also deduces that he has consumption. When he learns that he is surrounded by Wyatt's brothers, however, Doc relents and buys Wyatt a drink. Later, in the saloon, Wyatt encounters gambler Doc Holliday, who tries to provoke a confrontation with the new marshal. Wyatt then pursues the marshal's job, determined to avenge his brother's death. When the brothers return to their camp, however, they discover that the cattle have been rustled, and James has been killed. After Wyatt subdues the drunken Indian Charlie, he is offered the marshal's job, but declines. Wyatt turns down their offer, and later that night, the three older brothers ride into the nearby town of Tombstone, leaving James behind to guard the cattle. ![]() While driving their cattle through Arizona on the way to California, the Earp brothers, Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil and James, encounter Old Man Clanton and his son Ike, who offer to buy the cattle from them.
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