Around 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 US Marshal and the smell of Gunsmoke.
Gunsmoke 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 chance a job and it makes a man watchful and a little lonely.
You don't look like this storm is going to let up, none for spilling, Mr. Dillon.
No, it sure doesn't, Truster.
I ain't never seen country that beats this.
Uh-huh.
There just ain't no half way about it, it's either hot and dry or cold and wet, ain't
that so, Matt Dillon?
No.
You like a bottle, you should have it a little better than that.
I swear you can either fry yourself to death or get soaked to death, and that's about the
way it is.
Well, there's one other way, Truster.
How's that?
You can talk yourself to death.
Well, I'm still alive, you're saying how things did.
Truster.
Yes, sir.
Well, we better start looking for a place to take cover or you may be right.
We just might get soaked to death.
Ah, over there at Chester, that shack.
Yes, sir, I see it.
Hard we'll head for it for the night, huh?
Hard, sir.
But there ain't even no shed there for the horses.
They're right around to that side out of the wind, I believe I'm there.
It sure ain't much shelter.
Doesn't look like the shack is either.
Come on.
Well, I sure didn't expect to see no stove in here, Mr. Doane.
I don't expect you'll find any dry wood either.
I'm right about that.
They ain't a stick.
Well, we can shake some of this water off anyway.
That's some butter.
Ain't much warmer in here than two winters out.
You can always stay outside with the horses, Chester.
Well, now I...
If you don't mind, I'm going to try to get some sleep.
Huh?
Hold it, both of you.
You don't need a friend, none.
You sit real easy now.
Mr. Dillon, they've dropped their guns.
Me and Mosley's particular when we walk into a place.
Particular?
And not very friendly.
We figured they'll live longer this way.
Who are you?
Matt Dillon.
I might ask the same of you.
Who's the other one?
Well, I'm Chester Proudfoot.
If that means anything to you.
No, it don't mean nothing to me.
And as long as you behave yourself, maybe it won't.
I don't know who you are, mister, but...
You sit right there where you are.
Mosley, get a light going.
Sure, Ed.
That's better.
Maybe we can see what we got here.
There ain't neither one of them look like much to me.
Now, you just sit here...
Shut up.
What are you doing here?
You put that gun away.
Maybe we can talk.
You ain't calling the play.
Hey, Hud, he's wearing a badge.
A law?
Now, who told you, mister? Who sent you here?
I don't know what you're talking about.
Millie, Millie done it.
Oh, now, Hud, I don't write letters.
She done it. She called the law on me.
Well, she ain't never done it before, Hud.
She was bound to turn me in one day and she done it.
Well, I'll fix her.
Now, Hud, wait. You ought to give her a chance.
She sure didn't give me much.
She'll be here with the grub for a long wait till then, Hud,
and give her a chance to talk.
Now, there ain't no use waiting.
Why, sure there is.
Besides, Hud, you wouldn't want to go off
and leave these two like this. They might break out.
Well, maybe you're right.
Sure I'm right.
Just sit down, Hud, and wait till Millie gets here
and end letter, speaker, please.
I can tell you right now nobody sent me after you,
even though it would have been a good idea.
Shut up. You better look out who you're talking to.
You keep shut, too.
I'll beat your head clean off.
Now, we just sit here like Mosley says.
We just sit here and wait for Millie to come.
There's somebody coming now, Mosley. A buggy.
Is Millie all right?
Now, you just keep quiet. I'll do the talking.
Just give her a chance.
I'll give her a chance.
Hud, I brought the food like you told me.
You done it, didn't you? You've finally done it.
You sit right there, lawman.
Keep him covered real good, Mosley.
All right, Hud, but take it easy.
There's no use bullying her for something she didn't do.
I told you to shut up.
That'll keep your big mouth quiet.
Tie him up, Mosley, both of them.
I want to talk to Millie.
Are you sure?
Do what I tell you.
All right.
Millie.
I ain't done that, sir.
He's here, ain't he? The law's here.
What's none of my doing?
I ain't believing that, Millie.
You've been just trying to get the law on me.
I ain't done it, Hull.
You've always been too nicey-nice, Millie.
You ain't never took to my writing out.
I don't hold with thief, and I've got to say that, but I didn't.
So you finally told the law.
You finally tried to fix me.
Honest, Hud, I didn't do it.
I just brought the food here like you told me.
Please.
You're lying.
No, Hud, no.
Leave her be, Hud.
Stay back, Mosley.
Now listen to me.
You waste any more time.
We won't be there when the stage comes through.
Yeah, I guess you're right.
You bet I'm right.
Come on, now, leave her be.
That's right.
All right, Mosley, all right, but I ain't leaving her here like this free with the law.
You tie her up.
She won't do nothing.
I said tie her up, and we'll get out of here.
What's he doing?
Yeah, Chester.
You all right?
Yeah, I'm all right.
If I can just get this rope loose.
He hit you awful hard with that gun.
I thought you were never going to move again.
Well, I deserved it.
Oh, now, let them catch me like that.
Oh, there.
That's good for you, Mr. Dillon.
I can't get my hands even to wiggle in there tied so tight.
Oh, wait a minute.
There.
Now you're going, Chester.
Sure, dude, thank you.
Help me get the woman on side.
Yes, sir.
There.
Thank you, Marshal.
You all right, ma'am?
I'm all right.
That man, Hod.
Hod Muller.
He your husband?
No, Marshal, he ain't.
Husband couldn't be so heavy-handed means.
You want to get free of him?
I'm feared to.
I'm feared to death, too.
You tell me where he's gone.
He'd kill me, Marshal.
He just plain beat me to death.
If he was arrested, you'd be free of him.
But maybe only for a little while.
When he got out, he'd get me.
Somehow he'd get me.
All right, then, Muller.
Chester.
Yes, sir.
I want you to take her into Dodge.
Take her to Dodge right now?
Right now.
Tell Kitty to take care of her till I get back.
You going after them men?
I'm going after them.
Well, the tracks are still clear.
Well, I'd ought to go with you, Mr. Young.
Take the woman into town, Chester, right now.
Well, if you say so.
I say so.
Now get going.
I sure could have picked a better day for it.
The gold don't wait for good weather.
I'm hearing these rocks is like lining a barrel of water.
Shut up, Mosley.
Next time, I'll pick me a man to do the job with me.
Any man can get cold and wet.
Just shut up and watch for that stage.
What's that?
Some rocks washing down, I reckon.
Sure would be nicer if it was dry.
Will you quit your music?
All right, just stand easy there.
The marshal will get him.
Hudd! Hudd!
Hudd, I'm hit.
Hudd!
No, I'm not Hudd.
Marshal.
You're the marshal?
Yeah, I'm the marshal.
You get Hudd?
Not yet.
Where is he?
He's running, Mosley.
He run off?
Yeah.
I shouldn't have done that, marshal.
He run off and left me.
Man, he should have run off.
No, a man shouldn't.
I gotta tell you one thing.
He's not running fast enough.
Hello, marshal.
Hello, Sam.
Get her around there.
I know she isn't right now, marshal.
Said she'd be here about now, though.
I guess I'll wait a little while.
Have a drink, marshal?
Might as well have a beer, yeah.
Sure thing.
Thanks, Sam.
Hello, Doc.
Glad to see you finally get back.
You been looking for me?
Oh, no.
Want a beer?
No, thank you.
Say, Matt, you know that woman you sent in with Chester?
She sure needs a lot of help.
In bad shape, is she?
Awful bad shape.
She's been beaten hard and off for a long time.
It's a brutal thing.
Well, I'm not surprised.
How's that?
She was living with a brutal man.
Oh, yes, right.
She must have been.
Where is she, Doc?
Well, she's up in Kitty's room, but miles small as Matt.
I'm having her stay in bed for a few days.
She's got a lot of strength to catch up on.
All right if I talk to her, Doc?
Well, I don't think it'll hurt her, man.
There's just one thing.
Yeah, what's that?
Try not to scare her yet.
She's scared enough already.
Well, I'll try, but seeing me isn't what she's scared of.
No, I guess you're right.
Try to take it easy, though.
Sure, Doc, I will.
I'll see you later.
All right, if I come in?
Oh, Matt, sure.
Come on in.
How are you, Kitty?
Oh, I'm fine, Matt.
But that's more than I can say for that poor thing upstairs.
Yeah, I know.
How's she feeling?
Oh, she doesn't feel very well.
I don't suppose she'll be feeling very well for a long, long time.
She's been through a lot.
Yeah.
Doc says I could come over and see her.
Yeah, sure, Matt, but be easy on her, huh?
I'm not going to beat her, Kitty.
Of course not, Matt, but those questions are...
Listen, Kitty, it's time you and Doc realize something.
What?
I'm not asking questions to hurt anybody.
The questions I ask may just save her life.
Sure, Matt.
All right, let's go upstairs.
Millie.
Millie, Marshall Dillon's here.
He'd like to see you for a minute.
Can I bring him in?
Bring him in.
Ah, hello, Millie.
Marshall.
I'd like to ask you a few questions.
You didn't get him?
No. No, I didn't get him.
I killed Mosley, but Hard got away.
He'll be back.
He'll be back for me, Marshall.
Millie, I want to keep him from hurting you.
You believe that?
I believe it, but nobody can stop him.
He'll be back.
He'll hurt me again.
Not if I find him first.
You won't find him.
Well, I might.
If you tell me where he might be, or he goes to hide out.
I can't tell you anything.
You know where he came from, Millie?
Millie.
Millie, if you tell me, it might save your life.
Marshall, I'd like to tell you, but I can't. I can't.
All right, Kitty.
Scared to death.
Yeah, I know.
Kitty will know where I am, Millie.
If he decides you want to talk to me.
He'll be coming. I know he will.
I know it.
Millie, Matt will take care of him.
He won't let him get you.
Will you, Matt?
I sure hope not, Kitty.
I sure hope not.
Another whiskey.
Sure.
I sure don't think much of your whiskey.
I don't think much of your town, either.
Ain't nothing keeping you here.
Is there, stranger?
I got business here.
What's too bad? You're not liking it, no?
It ain't going to be too bad for me.
Who you aiming for?
I'm aiming for that big Marshall.
Well, now I tell you, mister, better men than you have aimed for Matt Dillon.
They're keeping company on Boot Hill.
He's got my woman.
He what?
Now, what's funny?
Well, it just don't sound right, Matt Dillon taking your woman, that's all.
He's a man, ain't he?
He's man enough so that he don't have to go around asking for other folks' women.
She must have been willing.
I aim to find her.
Besides, there's Miss Kitty.
I don't think she'd like it.
Who's Kitty?
She's been a friend of the Marshalls a long time.
She'd know about any other woman?
Kitty? She knows about everything that goes on in town.
Where is she?
Oh, she ain't hard to find.
I said where is she?
She owns part of the Long Branch down the street.
She's there most of the time.
I believe I'll pay her a call.
Music
What do you have, mister?
Whiskey.
Yeah.
You got a girl here named Kitty?
Miss Kitty ain't here right now.
They told me I'd find her here.
You got some business with her?
Yeah, I got some business with her.
And I come a long way.
Well, it's a fact. She's here most of the time.
She's been staying up to her room the last few days though, attending a sick lady.
A sick lady?
Yeah. She don't like to leave her much.
Well, where does she live?
Well, Miss Kitty keeps her room at Mall Smalley's down the street.
But she ought to be in for a long.
I ain't got time.
Hey, you didn't pay for your whiskey.
Miss Kitty's paying for it.
Music
That you, Matt?
Matt? Who are you?
I want to see the sick lady.
Now, just a minute, then.
Get out of my way.
You can't go in there.
There ain't nobody keeping me out.
Now, you just stay right down there and you won't get hurt no more.
Hot. No. No. Hot, please.
Now, don't worry, Millie.
I ain't gonna hit you.
Hot.
I ain't gonna hit you no more at all.
You deserve it though, don't you, Millie?
Running off with a marshal that way?
Turning me in?
I didn't do it. I didn't do it. Don't hurt me.
Why, Millie, I ain't gonna hurt you hardly at all.
Beast-wise, you won't hurt long.
Not a knife.
Leave her alone.
I'll get to you next.
Oh, you won't?
Put that lamp down.
Fire.
I'm on fire.
Come on, Millie. Get on over here.
I'm on fire.
Somebody put it out.
Oh, man, it's just a fire.
All right, stand aside, kiddie.
Chester, throw a blanket over her.
Yeah, Mr. Allen.
Come on.
Very well, Mr. Allen.
I think it's out all right.
Yeah.
All right. Get up, you.
Come on.
She had no call to burn me.
He didn't burn you bad enough.
I'm sorry, Maddox. I didn't know what to do.
He had that knife.
It's all right, kiddie.
But it's a terrible thing to burn a man.
Don't worry about it.
Is he gonna live through it all right?
Yeah, he'll live through it.
Long enough to go to trial anyway.
All right, come on, Chester.
Let's get him out of here.
Guns, folks.
Produced and directed in Hollywood
by John McDonnell, stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal.
The story was specially written for Gunsmoke by Marion Clark
with editorial supervision by John Meskin.
Featured in the cast were Vic Perrin, Gene Bates, Harry Bartel, Barney Phillips, and Sam Edwards.
Harley Dare is Chester, Howard McNear is Doc, and Georgia Ellis is Kitty.
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