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In Dodge City and in the territory on West, there's just one way to handle the killers
and the spoilers, and that's with a U.S. Marshal and the smell of Gun Smoke.
Gun Smoke, starring William Conrad, the transcribed story of the violence that moved West with
young America, and the story of a man who moved with it.
I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshal, the first man they look for and the last they
want to meet.
It's a chancey job, and it makes a man watchful and a little lonely.
Hello, Matt.
Chester.
Hello, Kitty.
I'm looking for your partner, Kitty.
Sam, he's in back breaking out a shipment of whiskey we just got.
Sit down.
Be here in a few minutes.
Okay.
Sam, in trouble, Matt?
Oh, no, Kitty.
I just wanted some information from him.
It's nothing important.
That's good.
Who are those two men?
I don't know.
They're strangers to me.
That one wearing a gun, I'd like to keep a stranger.
Where is the owner of this place?
You don't look like you're going to make nobody happy.
Hey.
Excuse me.
Let Sam take care of him, Kitty.
That's my job, too.
Go get the owner, Miss, if you want to talk to him.
I'm one of the owners.
You?
What is it you want?
Well, we can't do business with no woman, Breeze.
And what's wrong with doing business with a woman, mister?
Well, it ain't fitting, that's all.
Well, what's going on, Kitty?
You the real owner here, mister?
Mr. Kitty and I own it together.
What can we do for you?
My name's Tom Breeze.
This here is Red Temple.
I'm Sam Noonan.
They say this saloon's worth about $15,000.
Is that right?
I guess that's about right.
Why?
We want to buy it.
What?
They said we want to buy it.
We'll give you 10,000 cash.
You just said yourself it's worth 15.
I hadn't finished.
We'll give you 10,000 now, 5,000 a year for the next two years.
That makes 20,000 and all.
You'll give us $20,000?
Go check at the bank.
The first 10's on deposit there right now and your banker, Mr. Botkin, will have the
bill of sale drawn up by tomorrow morning.
You're awful sure of yourself, aren't you, Breeze?
Now, Kitty, all they want to do is give us $20,000.
Where are you men from, anyway?
Abilene, we come in on the Santa Fe this morning and our money is good.
This is kind of sudden, but $20,000.
What do we want to sell for, Sam?
This is a good business.
Sam knows a good deal, miss.
Trust him.
Or if it's legitimate, why not?
Well, I don't know.
Look, why don't you two talk it over and we'll come back in the morning and settle everything.
We'll talk it over all right.
Sam can't sell without me.
Oh.
Well, you listen to him now.
He knows what he's doing.
We'll see you in the morning.
Come on, Temple.
He's right, Kitty.
We'd be crazy not to sell at that price.
I'll sleep on it, Sam.
Sure.
I'll do that.
But come on out back for a minute.
I want to show you that new whiskey we ordered.
All right.
I'm going out back for a minute, Matt.
Okay, Kitty.
Well, I'll be doggone.
What do you make of that, Mr. Dillon?
Sounds like a good deal, don't it?
Yeah.
Well, like Sam said, it's legitimate.
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I just ate and I'm still hungry.
But it's a nice morning though, ain't it, Mr. Dillon?
Yeah.
Nice enough to get Kitty out bright and early.
What?
Oh.
Say, she looks mighty pretty, don't she?
Good morning, gentlemen.
Good morning, Miss Kitty.
Well, are you in business or out, Kitty?
In.
I told them this morning I'm not selling.
Oh.
Well, how does Sam feel about it?
Sam's hardly speaking to me.
How bad?
Oh, what decided you?
I honestly don't know, Matt.
Maybe I just don't like those two.
And I don't like their big hurry either.
They insist the deal has to be settled by Wednesday, day after tomorrow, no later.
So I told them I needed more time, that's all.
But they can't wait, so I made a definite no.
Well, it's your right, Kitty.
It sure is.
Well, drop around later.
Okay.
So long, Miss Kitty.
Bye, Miss Kitty.
Bye.
Well, that's that.
Yeah.
Hey, look, Mr. Dillon.
What?
Them two fellas.
You think they're fixing to follow her?
They don't do them any good.
When Kitty makes up her mind, she doesn't often change it.
Marshal Dillon?
Hello, Brace.
Devil.
How'd you know our names?
I've heard.
Oh, through Kitty Russell, no doubt.
Do you want to see me?
They say you're a good friend to Kitty's.
Yeah, that's right.
Did she tell you about turning down our offer?
She mentioned it, yeah.
She's making a mistake, Marshal.
Well, I think it's up to her what she does, don't you?
Oh, sure, sure.
Maybe you could kind of change her mind.
What?
By Wednesday.
There's a thousand dollars in it for you.
Better take it, Marshal.
I had, huh?
Tell me something, Temple, is that more or less than he's paying you?
Huh?
Hey, now, look...
Easy, easy, Temple.
What do you say, Marshal?
I don't know what your game is, Brace, but if I find out and I don't happen to like it,
you're going to be in trouble.
Both of you.
Come on, Temple.
Yeah.
We'll meet again, Marshal.
Anytime.
I know.
My goodness, they're going to bear watching, ain't they?
Yeah.
They sure are.
Well, this is number nine.
Go ahead, Temple, knock.
What do you want?
We want to talk to you, Kitty.
In private.
Now, look here.
Just be quiet.
What do you think you're doing, busting into my room like this?
Shut up, or else you'll get hurt.
Oh, so that's it.
I should have known you were nothing but a hired gun when I first saw you, Temple.
Hey, you keep quiet.
Let go of me.
Hey, you hit me.
I'll show you.
No, Temple, now hold it.
Leave her alone.
She slapped me.
I said leave her alone.
I'll teach you later, Kitty.
Kitty, you listen to me.
I'm going to make it real short.
Then you're through now.
Get out of here.
We're going to buy the long branch, Kitty.
And we're going to buy it before Wednesday.
No, you're not.
OK, Kitty, you were right about Red Temple.
He is a gunman.
So you're going to have him shoot me?
No, no.
Your partner, Sam Noonan.
You would have to be careful.
You're going to have to be careful.
You wouldn't dare.
But if you go to the Marshal or anybody else about it, he'll shoot you, too.
It would be a pleasure.
No, look, you can't do anything to Sam.
We'll kill him.
That's all.
Think it over, Kitty.
Think it over hard.
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Evening, Marshal.
Hello, Sam.
Matt, did you hear the news?
Oh, what news?
Kitty, she's changed her mind.
We're going to sell the Long Branch after all.
You are?
Here, ask her.
You tell him, Kitty.
What about selling?
It's true, Matt.
Why should I turn down all that easy money?
I was just being stubborn, I guess.
Well, you had a fair share of the money.
Well, you had to think it over some, Kitty.
I understand that now.
But at least it's your decision.
Nobody pushed you into doing it.
No.
Come by tomorrow afternoon, Marshal.
Drinks will be on the house.
Tomorrow?
After we get through signing the papers at the bank.
I'm going to have a little celebration.
I'll see you then.
Okay, Sam.
Kitty?
How come you changed your mind?
You really want to know?
Well, if you want to tell me.
I did it for a friend, Matt.
I did it for Sam.
Well, good morning, Matt.
It's past noon.
Then it's time to go eat some dinner.
All right.
As soon as Chester gets back from the depot.
Depot?
You go to meet somebody?
Chester meets everybody who comes in.
But his excuse is that he's picking up the main.
Sit down, Dan.
Thank you, thank you, Matt.
Say, you know, Dodge ought to put Chester on the payroll
as a kind of official greeter.
He'd like that.
He wouldn't need that.
But it's kind of funny.
He welcomes them, makes them feel at home.
And then you come along and look them over and run half of them
back out of town again.
Maybe that's why I'm not as popular around here as I might be.
Well, lawman isn't supposed to be popular, Matt.
Not if he's doing his job right.
No, I guess so.
You know, practically everybody has something on his conscience, Doc.
Yes, that's true.
Even of me.
Oh?
You want to tell me about it or wait till I find out and come after you?
Well, um...
No, I'll wait.
It'll kind of give you something to think about on rainy afternoon.
Okay, Doc.
Mr. Dillon with me.
Oh, hello, Doc.
You here?
No, I'm not, Chester.
Oh, a friend of yours in town, Mr. Dillon, I met him down at the depot.
Oh, Chester.
Glenn Horn. Do you remember him?
Sure I do.
One of the richest gamblers in Abilene.
What's he doing here?
You didn't say?
Oh, where is he?
He went to the Dodge house. He said he'd be by later.
Oh?
I think Glenn Horn doesn't travel for pleasure.
I think I'll go see him right now.
Well, Glenn, the whole thing begins to make sense, doesn't it?
Yes, it sure does, but I don't like being taken for a fool, Matt.
And I won't be in the middle on any kind of a crooked game.
You never have, I know that.
I don't even know this pair, this Brees and Temple.
The game works better for them than you don't.
I'll admit, I was talking some about my plans,
but I never thought anybody'd try a trick like this.
Anything for a dollar, Glenn.
I suppose you've got some fool law here against shooting people.
Well, you take them back to Abilene and shoot them.
I'd rather have Bill Hickok worry about it.
No, I'm serious, Matt.
You leave the fighting to me, Glenn. If there is any.
Do you think his Red Temple's much of a gunman?
You never know till it happens.
But if we handle it the way we plan, maybe there won't be any shooting.
Men like them never give up easy, Matt.
Let's find out. You ready to go?
I'm ready for anything. Come on.
Hey, Marshall. Come over to the bar, have a drink.
We just started celebrating, Marshall.
What'll you have?
You can draw me a beer, Sam.
Coming right up.
The deal's all set, huh, Kitty?
Signed and sealed, Matt.
Hello, Breeze.
Temple. Marshall.
Sam and Kitty have ten thousand cash in the bank, Marshall,
and I've got the bill of sale.
Right here.
Ah, that's fine.
Breeze?
Glenn Horn. He got here just right, didn't he?
Sure did.
Let me handle this now, Temple.
Who is he, Matt?
Wait a minute, Kitty.
Well, Marshall Dillon.
Hello, Mr. Horn. What are you doing here?
Oh, just business. How you been, Marshall?
Oh, fine, thank you. Oh, this is Kitty Russell, uh, Glenn Horn.
How do you do, Kitty?
Hello.
Here's your beer, Marshall.
Oh, thank you, Sam.
Uh, Sam, this is Glenn Horn. Sam Noonan.
Hello, Sam.
Have a drink. We're celebrating.
No thanks. I'm taking the train back to Abilene in a few minutes.
What'd he say?
Shut up, Temple.
I thought you were here on business, Mr. Horn.
Well, I was, Marshall, but I've changed my mind.
Matter of fact, I was gonna make an offer for the Long Branch here.
You were gonna buy it?
Well, I was gonna try to buy it, Miss Kitty.
I guess I told everybody in Abilene about it.
I even told them I was gonna offer 15,000 for it.
Hey, excuse me, Mr. Horn. My name's Breeze.
Uh, pardon me, there's Red Temple.
We just bought the Long Branch.
Well, that's fine, Mr. Breeze. I wish you good luck with it.
Yeah, you haven't really changed your mind, have you?
Yes, I've decided I prefer Abilene to Dodge.
I don't know why I was thinking of moving anyway.
But it's for sale.
We'll sell it to you, maybe even for 14,000.
You'll do what?
We'll stay out of this.
No, it's no use, Mr. Breeze. My mind's made up.
Goodbye, Miss Kitty.
Goodbye.
Goodbye, Mr. Horn.
Good to see you again, Marshall.
Yeah, I'll look you up in Abilene sometime.
Bye.
You can't let him go, Breeze.
He means what he says, Temple.
Hey, Kitty, Sam, I've got something to tell you.
What?
Here's the bill of sale. You can have it back.
What do you mean?
We've changed our minds, too. We want our money.
What's going on here anyway?
Deal, deal's off. We want our money.
We're going back to the bank and get it right now.
But you can't do that.
Yes, we can.
Wait a minute, Temple. I want to explain something.
Marshall, just you keep out of this.
Not likely.
What is it, Matt?
It's real simple, Kitty.
Glen Horn was thinking of offering 15,000 for the Long Branch,
and these two heard about it.
So they bought it for 10,000,
and we're going to make a fast $5,000 profit on it.
But they were going to pay us another 5,000 a year for two years.
Yeah, if you could find them.
Men like them can disappear pretty easy.
Rotten crooks. I should have known.
You're forgetting something, Kitty.
All right, Temple, I haven't said anything.
Oh.
So that's it, huh?
They've been threatening you, Kitty.
No, Matt.
You're looking at me, Temple, and you keep looking at me.
Shoot him, Temple.
I'd do it, Marshall.
Nobody else is armed, Temple. I guess it'll have to be me.
Hmm.
You first, anyway.
Oh!
You killed him.
You should have hired a better gunman, Bruce.
You can't touch me.
I ain't done nothing illegal.
No, but you're leaving town after we go to the bank.
What?
You want your money back, don't you?
Kitty, you and Sam come along, too.
Glenhorn is waiting there with 15,000 if you still want to sell.
No. No, that ain't fair.
Grace, you're lucky to get out of this alive.
Now, you keep quiet.
You, too, you still want to sell?
But I ain't even going to the bank, Marshall.
After this, I'm leaving all such matters with Kitty.
Good.
Then we're still going to be running this place, Sam.
Let's go, Matt.
In a moment, our star, William Conrad.
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And now, William Conrad.
You know, on the frontier, most men, even the gunfighters,
wore only one gun, because they felt if you couldn't get the job done
with five bullets, you shouldn't get in arguments to begin with.
And that was the West.
Gunsmoke, produced and directed by Norman MacDonald,
stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal.
Our story was specially written for Gunsmoke by John Meston,
with music composed and conducted by Rex Corey,
sound patterns by Tom Hanley and Bill James.
Featured in the cast were John Danaer, Lawrence Dobkin,
Vic Perrin, and Harry Bartel.
Harley Bear as Chester, Howard McNear as Doc,
and Georgia Ellis as Kitty.
Join us again next week for another specially transcribed story
as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal,
fights to bring law and order out of the wild violence of the West
in Gunsmoke.
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