Around Dodge City and in the territory on West, there is just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's with the U.S. Marshal and the smell of gun smoke.
Gun Smoke, starring William Conrad, the 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.
Sunday is the one day of the week a man can get up at noon and sit around with his boots off without anybody hollering at him about it.
So, of course, this Sunday Chester and I were in the saddle at dawn and on a wild goose chase upriver.
It was on the way back that we chanced into a cottonwood grove about five miles from town.
There, two raggedy young men with rifles stood behind a lean, long-bearded old patriarch with pale, jumpy eyes.
He held a heavy leather strap in his hand and was rhythmically laying it onto the bloody naked back of a young cowboy that had strung up by the wrists.
Well, that rotten old devil.
All right, hold it there.
Stand where you are, mister. These boys of mine will shoot your eyes out.
I'm a U.S. Marshal. Now, you cut that man down.
Cut him down, Mr. Dillon.
You keep your hands off him, you.
Go ahead, Chester. Don't anybody try to stop him.
Chester, is it? Well, Chester, you touch that sinner hanging there, and I'll bring you to judgment just as I have him.
Never mind it, Chester. Go ahead.
Yes, sir.
And if you men want to shoot it out, let's get started right now.
Oh, hold your fire, boys.
It ain't the Marshal's hand that's interfering. It's Chester's, and it's Chester I'll bring to judgment for it.
I gave the order, mister.
But he's carrying it out, and he's the one who'll pay.
There you are, fella.
Thank you. I couldn't have took much more.
Here, here's your shirt.
All right, you. I take it these are your sons. What's your name?
My name is Iris Skilock, and my boys are Dallin Hart. We got nothing to hide.
Come on over by the mark, man.
Give me a gun, Marshal.
All I ask is a gun. I'll kill everyone.
Just take it easy now. Chester, get your canteen. He needs some water.
Yes, sir.
Now, what happened here, anyway? Who are you?
Jim Bright. I was just riding into Dodge, and they stopped me.
Oh, what for?
Because they're crazy, that's what it's for. All of them crazy as loons.
Watch your tongue, you.
Shut up, now. I'll tell you why we stopped him, Marshal.
Today's Sunday, Sabbath.
So?
On the Lord's Day, going to dodge to sin, to waste his substance with rioters living.
Listen to him. I told you he was crazy.
Here you are.
Here, drink some of this water.
Thank you.
Now, what happened?
They come at me with them rifles, and they drive me off my horse.
And then they held trial. Now, I ain't lying, they held trial.
That old devil Skilock was the judge, and them boys of his was like jurors.
They even took a vote. It was crazy.
Out of thine own mouth, I judge thee.
You see what I mean, Marshal?
All right, bride, get your horse. We'll see you in Dodge.
Okay, Marshal. I can make it.
Skilock, what are you, a preacher of some kind?
I'm a man who's been through fire and through water.
A man who has renounced the devil and all his works.
Paul ain't a preacher. He don't like sin, and that's all. He's powerful, strong, and he ain't.
Well, so am I. And I say it's a sin to take an innocent man and whip him.
I tried to save you, Marshal. You did a hard work.
Skilock, I'd throw you in jail if I thought it would do any good, but I do promise you this.
If I hear any more of your saving sinners, you're gonna rot in jail anyway.
That goes for the three of you.
You got no right to talk like that. No right at all.
No right. He's a U.S. Marshal, ain't he? It's his job to keep the peace, ain't it?
A scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers keepin' nothin'.
Why, you crazy old fool. Take it easy, Chester.
You, Chester, you've interfered with the work of the Lord.
It was your hand, and you shall be judged. I promise you.
He means it, too. Paul's gonna fetch you up for fire, Chester.
And by all of these, foolin', Mr. Dillon.
Skilock, I told you before I gave the order to cut that man down.
And any time you want satisfaction for it, you call on me.
Chester was warned. He shall be judged.
Ah, well, waste of our time. Come on, Chester.
But he means it, Mr. Dillon. Look at them eyes.
They're as wild as a bearing spring.
Forget it. Bride's waitin' for us over there. Come on, let's go.
I lie not. You shall be judged, Chester.
The very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Boy, if he'd plumb out of his mind.
He's fit to cast a spell. Never mind him, Chester.
Well, that's all right for you to say, Mr. Dillon, but it's me he's mad at.
You think you can make it, Brighton?
Yes, sir. Now, let's mount up.
Okay? Yeah.
Then let's go.
That's the darndest story I ever heard, Matt.
It was last Sunday, you say?
Yeah, that's right, Kitty. Chester's still shakin' on his boots.
I can't say I blame him. That old man sounds like a lunatic.
I think maybe he is.
How's the cowboy? They beat up?
Oh, he's all right. Doc fixed him up fine.
Well, he's a good boy.
He's a good boy.
Oh, he's all right. Doc fixed him up fine.
I still think you should have arrested the old man.
Yeah, he's too drunk on his own juice for any cure I know, Kitty.
Maybe you're right.
What are you lookin' at?
At the bar there.
Standin' alone.
That raggedy old billy with a rifle?
I dunno.
You know who that is? That's Dow, Kitty, one of Bo Skirlak's sons.
Oh, takin' a drink.
Well, wait till the old man hears about this.
He has. That's him comin' in the door there.
Oh, this'll be fun.
I'm not so sure, Kitty. I think I'll kinda wander over there.
Yeah, maybe you'd better.
Oh! Paul! What are you doin' in here?
Son of mine, like a common sinner, drinkin' hard liquor in a palace of sin.
Now, Paul, it ain't like that. I just thought I'd try a little old taste of it.
A taste of it?
Oh, Paul!
My age is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction.
Paul, it ain't that bad. I'm a grown man now.
A man? You're a pig.
I have a pig for a son.
I'll treat him like a pig. You come with me.
Where are we goin', Paul?
The way of transgress is hard.
And I'm gonna teach you just how hard. Now walk!
No, Paul, I'm tryin' to tell you that...
Marshall! Marshall, he'll kill me. I know he will. You gotta stop him.
Walk, boy. Walk ahead of me.
Okay, Paul.
Now, you set that rifle down there, boy.
Sure?
Now, step out here now. Step out here into the street.
Now, you're goin' to get it, boy!
Paul, I didn't mean nothin'.
You're goin' to get it, boy.
I never took a drink before in my life. You got no right to kill me for that.
He need a spare of the rod he did his son.
Step over here now.
Paul!
What's goin' on there?
Old Stirlok's weaning his son, just...
Weaning him? You're a bummer when that boy don't stop that.
Look, he's jobbin' him in the valley with his boot. Mr. Diller!
Yeah, I guess it's time I stopped him.
Oh, please!
That's enough, Stirlok.
You kill your boy, you keep on
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what the world are you talking about
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women or money
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where now we're going to go wrong about that
as one thing i always understand
when it's good
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never does a man a bit of a good to worry
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or a permit
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or are you doing here
and you know what do you want to meet
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right down there chester
we brought an extra horse for you
why don't i know i got a high
how
push off holding you were just right for a year
you don't have to run in
now are you doing this
did your party about beat the daylights out of use at the end he'll kill him next
time and they'll know that too
now you get moving chester
going to be a long enough night
it's going to be
it's about now
well and i will
you didn't have to kill him
i'd just tapped
but you will not tell pa about you down
you do not put a bullet in your mouth that's where i will
we'll see about that later
right now
that's dragging down this alley for somebody comes back
listen you better help too
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all right
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but my head in the arrival
bring the way out here in the middle of the night time they look like a hog on
market day
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credit card up and get on your feet
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bring a man out here and try them
for anything
basically anything at all
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paul
you know what i mean to create a hand on
you're going to get parial down on you down
now take a vote
what's this about cutting my hand off
actual punishment
you mean serious
he's serious all right
hard-on-run trial dog there at that chest
will vote after he's already fix what the punishment is
but it don't matter none in the long run
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now paul
where are you
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i'm sure like to get that business over with so that gets them sleep
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all it don't matter
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that's paul
your pa is crazy that they've been using trying to talk to him
but you go through with this below get you and you'll go to prison
and you got to know that i'll show up a piece of blanket in your mouth you know
quit talking just
i don't want to be i think that you
what's that for a pop
if i write and defend
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dot up wondered off from
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what's over two hours
we don't need him paul
i got just a set up one man can hold me
three years right now
laid on that log
to try nothing out just
men like you are to be took out and grounded
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it's pure luck i still got this time
for sure i think you did i would you have no head i didn't shoot him just
doubt that they took
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how do you get out here anyhow
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trust me stay here alone
you've got nothing against hard at it
no it ain't that what
make you fear that i might run off
why should you
i killed all of them
so my goodness you see my life doing it down
or
i guess he wouldn't really right
he meant to do right
that sort of lost somewhere
and i'll tell you a part was always caught in the bible
but there's something i never understood
what the full order require of the
but to do justly
to love mercy
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produced and directed by norbert mcdonnell
part william conrad at that
bill and u.s. market
or he was specially written for gun smoke by john meston
probably better
just a little bit
near the stock and georgia elisa skiddy
this is george walker body to do it again next week for another story on
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