- Wyatt Earp: [Opening Narration] Friends as well as critics of Marshal Wyatt Earp were agreed on one point: his abhorrence of shooting to kill gave his enemies an unfair advantage. While it required more speed and courage to buffalo a hoodlum, gunfighters traded on the fact that Marshal Wyatt Earp would only wound them. But the appearance of Gringo Hawkby brought Wyatt closer to the point of killing as the only way to preserve his own life.