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Gun Smoke, starring William Conrad, the story of the violists 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.
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Hey, Mr. Dillon. Well, Mr. Dillon, how are you? I sure am glad to see you back.
It's good to be back, Chester.
My land, you've been gone over a month.
Six weeks, to be exact.
My dear Claire, you sure must have covered a lot of territory.
I'll tell you all about it later, Chester, but what's been going on here?
Nothing much, guess. You know how dog is. Things are just about the same.
They are, huh? Now what about that new sign over the long branch there?
Oh, my goodness, Mr. Dillon, I bum forgot that. That happened the week after you left.
Kitty Russell, proprietor.
Ain't that the doggondest thing you ever heard of? Miss Kitty bought the place.
Where'd she get the money?
Well, you know Miss Kitty, she don't never spend much, and she's been saving it for years and years.
Well, I guess it mounts up you save it that way.
You ought to go and say hello, Mr. Dillon. Miss Kitty's been waiting real proud for you to get back.
Yeah, I'd like to if you'd put my horse up for me.
Oh, sure.
I'll see you in the office later, Chester.
Okay.
Hello, Sam.
Well, Marshal Dillon, when did you get back?
Just now. I saw the new sign outside and I came in to see if the price of whiskey had gone up.
Marshal, the price of whiskey's gone down at the long branch. It's the first thing Kitty did.
Yeah, a place to make more money than ever, though. Sure got to hand it to her.
Where is she, Sam?
She went to her room, Marshal. I wish you'd go see her. She got me worried.
Oh, why?
Well, we was sitting here talking business and a boy come in with a telegram for her.
She read it, turned kind of pale, and she got up and left.
Oh. Well, all right, Sam. I'll go up and see her.
Matt.
Hello, Kitty.
Come in.
I just got back. I thought I'd come around to congratulate you.
Oh, thanks.
Kitty, Sam told me about the telegram. If there's anything I can do to help.
Oh, Matt, you got it all wrong. Sam, too. It's not bad news.
Oh. Well, I'm glad to hear that.
It's my father, Matt.
What?
My father, Wayne Russell. He's coming here to dodge tomorrow.
Well, I thought your father was, well, lost.
Well, he has been. I've never even seen him.
He left my mother in New Orleans a few months after I was born.
Yeah, I know.
He was a gambler, Matt. Worked the river boats.
Mother always said he was a very charming man.
Funny thing is, she never held it against him, his desert, and she just accepted it as the way he was.
Oh, how do you feel about him, Kitty?
Same as my mother, I guess.
He's coming tomorrow, you say, huh?
Matt, will you go to the depot with me to meet him?
Like I say, I'm real happy about it, but I feel kind of scared.
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Matt, Matt, do you really think you'll be honest?
You just keep calm, Kitty.
People are starting to get off, see?
I see.
Oh, I just thought of something.
What?
Oh, I recognize him. I don't even know what he looks like.
Matt, what'll I do?
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Here comes Justin with somebody now.
Oh, you think that's him?
He's about the right age.
Gray hair, dress, mighty fancy.
Well, what'll I say to him? Maybe it isn't him at all.
Take it easy, now, Kitty.
I found him, Miss Kitty.
He'd come right up to me and ask if I knew you. Imagine that!
So you're Kitty.
Hello.
You're beautiful.
I knew you'd be beautiful.
Thank you.
Well, I know how you feel, child.
But we'll get acquainted. We're going to be great friends.
Oh, sure. I mean, of course.
Oh, this is Marshal Dillon.
Welcome to Dodge, Mr. Russell.
Thank you, Marshal. It's a pleasure to know you.
Kitty, I want to meet all your friends.
And I have an idea.
Yeah?
I'd like to give a dinner tonight.
I trust there's a restaurant here that could accommodate us.
Oh, sure, the army's for us.
Well, that's a fine idea.
There's Delmonico's. It's the best.
We could go there right now and tell them to get started cooking.
Chester.
Well, I'm only trying to help.
Well, that'd be pretty expensive, wouldn't it?
Kitty, my child, the expense doesn't matter.
I own a very prosperous freight business in New Orleans now.
I've had it for some time.
Well, that's wonderful.
Will you invite your friends for me, Kitty?
Yeah, if you want.
And about how many shall I tell them to expect?
Well, Chester and Matt and Doc Adams and...
Oh, I don't know.
Miss Kitty, ain't you going to ask Sam?
After all, he's your very best bartender.
A bartender? What does that mean, Kitty?
Oh, it's nothing.
Nothing? Why, Mr. Russell, she's the owner of the Goin' a Saloon in Dodd.
No. Is this true, Kitty?
You associated with the saloon business?
An unmarried woman has to make a living. I'm making a good one.
Yes, of course, of course.
We'll talk about all this later, Kitty.
But tonight, we'll celebrate.
Shall we say, uh, Aide-de-Pogge at Delmonico?
I'll see you there, too, Montreux.
Sure.
I'll take you to the hotel, Mr. Russell.
Thank you, Chester.
A great time for you to put yourself out of your way for a couple years of spain.
Well, Kitty.
So that's my father, huh?
He's quite a gentleman, isn't he?
Matt.
Yeah?
I need a drink.
Elton, that was a pretty good meal, wasn't it, Mr. Russell?
I want to thank you for recommending the place, Chester.
Of course. I guess it ain't nothing like what you used to do down in New Orleans.
Miss Kitty told me about how good they eat down there, ain't you, Miss Kitty?
Uh, yeah. I guess so, Chester.
What's the matter with you, Kitty?
I don't know, Doc. What do you mean?
Well, you sure don't have much to say.
Maybe she's kind of shy, Doc.
Kitty? Oh, nonsense.
Hey, let me fill your glass, Doc.
What?
Sam Noonan's getting orey-eyed. I think he's about to propose a toast.
Oh, that's all we need.
Watch him.
Ladies and gentlemen.
What'd I say?
Let's drink. Let's drink a toast to my new employer, Kitty Russell.
Thank you.
To her old man.
To her father and to their happy reunion.
Very happy reunion.
And to more of them forever and ever and forever.
Oh, we're getting thirsty, Sam.
Yeah.
Oh, thank you. Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you.
With this, it is the happiest day of my life.
Now, here's to you, Kitty.
Hooray! Hooray for gift everybody!
Oh, look at Chester.
You better lock Chester and Sam in the same cell tonight, Matt.
That's a good idea, Doc.
I'm afraid I gotta go now.
Okay, come, Kitty. The evening just started.
Well, it started, the long branch, too.
I'm in business, remember?
Yes, yes, I know.
I don't think Sam's gonna be much help tonight.
I'd better get down there and take over.
You know, I ain't gonna be no help at all, Kitty.
Don't you worry, Sam.
You stay. Have a good time.
No, Kitty, you can't go out on that street this time of night.
It's all right, Mr. Russell. I'll go with her.
Well, if she must be you.
I'll stop in later and say good night.
Hey, now, Sam, you shouldn't be drinking all night.
Well, now, look, I didn't get bored.
Well, it's a very nice party.
Yeah, fine.
Well, what is it, Kitty?
Because he disapproves of your being in the saloon business?
He'll get used to it, Matt.
Maybe I gotta get used to having a father, that's all.
You haven't made him feel very welcome.
I haven't decided yet whether he is welcome or not.
Well, I... I don't know.
I don't know.
Well, I... I didn't mean to interfere, Kitty.
It's no business of mine.
I understand, Matt.
But we'll see soon enough.
Oh, Mr. John, how are you, Doc?
Good, Doc. Chester?
Yeah, there he is.
It's a good-looking horse Chester's riding, Matt.
He's thinking of buying it, Doc.
Buy it? Chester?
Yeah.
With what?
With a horse.
With a horse?
Yeah, with a horse.
With a horse.
Yeah, I'm buying it, Doc.
With what?
That horse will be old as a man before he closes the deal.
Well, that could be.
Isn't that Kitty and her father coming out of the bank?
Yeah, it is.
Is she treating him as cold as ever, Matt?
It's been two weeks and she hasn't changed a bit toward him,
as far as I've noticed.
She's waving to you, see?
She wants you to come over there.
All right.
The cell will keep your seat warm.
Yeah.
Good morning, Marshal.
Mr. Russell.
Good morning, Kitty.
We got some news for you, Matt.
It's good news, Marshal.
We've been talking to Mr. Botkin and he'll buy the Long Branch anytime, for cash.
You mean you're thinking of selling out?
Tomorrow morning, just before we leave.
Before you leave?
I'm going back to New Orleans, Matt.
I'm going to take my money and put it into my father's freight business there.
It makes sense, Marshal. Kitty and I should be together.
And besides, the saloon business is no place for a lady.
I can see that now.
I've had to learn a lot in the last couple of weeks, Matt.
Yeah, I guess you have.
Well, if you're going to get packed, you'd better start, Kitty.
Oh, I am, right now.
I'll see you at supper.
I'll go over to the depot and see the train agent about our tickets.
Oh, I'm a proud man today, Marshal.
A proud and happy man.
Now, if you'll excuse me.
Kitty.
Yeah, Matt.
Whose idea was this, you're selling out and all?
Well, he likes to think it was both of ours.
But?
I'll have to give him the credit, Matt.
He's been talking about it one way or another for two whole weeks now.
He's awful smart.
He can convince anybody of anything.
Yeah, I guess he can.
What is it, Matt?
Don't you like him?
It doesn't matter whether I like him or not, Kitty.
No.
No, I guess it doesn't.
But I sure don't trust him.
Now we're getting somewhere.
What?
I'm going to need your help, Matt.
I don't trust him either.
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Good morning, Mr. Russell.
Good morning, Marshal.
I see the train's ready. Where's Kitty?
She insisted on meeting me here.
She wanted to do her business at the bank alone for some reason.
Well, maybe it's because this is the last time she'll be doing any business on her own.
Yes, I hope so. No woman should be in business anyway.
Yeah, especially Kitty. She trusts people too much. They take advantage of it.
Not anymore, I can assure you. I only hope she gets here with that money.
Well, nobody's likely to hold up a woman who brought daylight, Mr. Russell.
Yes, yes, but they would at night.
Oh, there are some men who'll do anything for a dollar, day or night.
Yes. Oh, there she comes.
I told you she'd be all right. Nobody would bother Kitty anyway.
She's awfully well liked around here, Mr. Russell, by an awful lot of people.
Yes, yes, of course.
And they'd take it mighty personal if anything happened to her.
Oh, yes.
No matter who did it, Mr. Russell.
Morning, Kitty.
Morning, Matt. Father.
You're late, Kitty.
Oh, Jane hasn't left.
No, but we'd better be getting aboard.
Why?
Don't you have a bag of some kind?
Oh, my luggage is all taken care of.
No, no, I mean a handbag. You're not carrying anything.
I know.
But where's the money, Kitty? Didn't you get it?
No, Father, I didn't.
What?
I changed my mind the last minute.
What do you mean?
Well, I decided to leave it here in the long branch at Sam Noonan.
It's a good investment. I can always come back for it.
Now, look here, Kitty. I'm deciding things for you from now on.
Oh, we'll talk about it on the train. Come on.
No, no, we're not leaving until you get that money.
Which is it you want, Father? Me or the money?
Now, it isn't a question of that. Now, you do as I say.
You haven't changed a bit.
What?
Mother always said you'd never change and she was right.
Don't tell me you're running a freight business in New Orleans. You liar!
That's enough.
Take it easy, Mr. Russell.
You stay out of this, Martin.
You're just another man to me, Father. And a crook to boot.
Kitty, you're going to be sorry for this.
I'd be a whole lot more sorry if I let you steal my money.
All right, Kitty, all right. I think he understands.
No, you're in this together. I'll fix you. I'll fix you both.
What?
Now, Mr. Russell, you've played it pretty smart so far.
Don't disappoint us now.
What?
Why don't you see it through? Don't come apart at the last minute.
Don't make me throw you in jail. Why don't you play it all the way, Mr. Russell?
You can do it.
Please, Father, do it. Get on the train and go.
Leave me at least that pride. Father, please.
Goodbye, Kitty.
Goodbye.
Marshall.
I...
Whoa!
Well, he did it, Kitty. You were right.
Sure he did. You bet he did.
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