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 a 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.
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For those who think young.
Ah, good morning Kitty. Well, you're out early today. I'm a working man, I have to keep regular hours, you know.
Then what were you doing in the long branch at two o'clock this morning?
Well, sometimes it's a regular 24 hours, like you. Well, at least I make good money at it. Kitty, would you really like to see me settle down and run a saloon?
You might get to like it. All right, I'll do it. When?
When I'm about fifty.
Good morning, Mr. Kitty.
Ah, Shasta.
Yes, sir.
How are you doing? Here's a letter for you.
Yeah, thanks.
The envelope says it's from Judge Rambo over in Wichita.
Uh-huh.
Anything important?
Yeah, court order for eviction. Seems Brandon Teek didn't file legally on his land over by wagon mound.
Did you say Brandon Teek?
Where did you know him, Kitty?
Everybody knew him, round Abilene.
Yeah, he had a pretty bad reputation then.
Doesn't he still?
Well, I haven't seen him for some time, Kitty, but he's married and he's trying to prove up some land.
Well, I don't envy you trying to put him off it. Brandon Teek never shoved very easy, that I recall.
Well, Miss, don't you have to evict him off? Maybe the judge made a mistake or something.
No, I'm no admirer of Judge Rambo, but he knows his law.
Ah, we'll be right out there this afternoon, Chester.
Be sure your gun's loaded, Matt.
Maybe I won't need it, Kitty.
You want to bet?
No, no, I guess not.
I think it's time you asked me, Teek went and built himself a mighty nice place out here.
Yeah, he's done fun.
Hello, Teek.
Hello, Marshall, Chester.
Hi, Teek.
What brings you out this way?
Well, here, you might as well rid it yourself.
What's this?
Court order?
Immediate eviction.
Well, what's this all about, Marshall?
That's just what it says.
Well, I got my deed to this place.
Yeah, but you failed to register it at the land office.
Well, now nobody told me about that.
I'm sorry, Teek.
You're going to be a whole lot sorrier if you try to put me off this land, Marshall.
Brandon, who you talking to?
You stay inside, sir. It ain't nothing.
And it won't hurt if I come out.
This is my wife, Marshall Dillon and Chester Progpoo.
Hi, Dillon.
How do you do, ma'am?
Marshall? Is there trouble, Brandon?
They say we got no legal right to this place, Sarah.
I didn't register the deed or some fool thing.
No.
Now don't you worry. Ain't nobody going to move us off, law or no law.
That's a court order.
I ain't wore a gun since I got married, Marshall, but I can sure go put one on.
Brandon.
Now, Sarah, you...
You can't forget your permit. Especially now you can't.
That's all the more reason for fighting, sir.
We're going to have a child, Marshall. Most any day now.
Oh. And we ain't moving. We ain't starting over.
If we have to, we can do it.
I'd rather die than see you go to fighting again, Brandon.
Now you think on it.
She sure don't make it easy on me, Marshall.
What are you going to do, Tate?
Well, it's a hard thing for a man like me to swallow, but I can't go against her, Ed.
I ain't putting on my gun.
Why don't you go in and tell her that?
And when will I tell her we got to get off the place?
There's no hurry.
Now, what about that immediate eviction?
I'll be responsible for that.
I guess I ought to be grateful to you.
No, no. No, Tate, not to me.
Goodbye.
Goodbye, Marshall. Chester.
Bye, Tate.
Minding Vermin there, I thought he was going to make trouble, sure.
Yeah.
When are you going to put him up? What's he doing?
I'm going over to Wichita, Chester. I'll find out there.
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Hello, Judge.
Marshal Dillon, what are you doing in Wichita?
I came to see you.
Ah, so. How did you know I was in here?
Well, uh, this is where I found you last time, Judge.
Oh. I would drink.
Oh, thanks. It's about that court order you sent me.
Which court order, Marshal?
To evict Brandon Teacuff his land near Wagon Mountain.
Oh, that, yeah. I remember.
What's the trouble? Is he putting up a fight now?
No, he isn't.
Well, he sure must have changed.
I remember Teac around here. He was a wild one.
He's married now, Judge. They're expecting a child any day.
A child?
I told them that they could take their time about moving.
Take their time? That order was to evict him at once, Marshal.
I know that.
Marshal Dillon, there is no room for sentiment in the law.
What's right is right. What's legal is legal.
Teac's been on that land over a year, Judge.
How come this business about failing to register his deed just came up?
It was only recently brought to my attention.
And who brought it to your attention?
Lee Sprague. Not that it makes any difference.
Lee Sprague owns a lot of land around Wagon Mountain.
And he's filed on this piece, too.
There's nothing irregular about it, Marshal, if that's what you're thinking.
Legally, I'm sure everything's correct, Judge.
But?
But I just guess it isn't my kind of law, that's all.
There's only one kind of law.
The way you see it, maybe.
You can't argue with facts, Marshal. Now stop being a sentimental fool.
Go do your duty.
Look, Judge, Brandon takes a changed man.
He's done more than prove up that land. He's proved himself up, too.
Homestead Act, 1862, paragraph 12.
After one year of the deed, such land is not duly recorded at the nearest...
Never mind, Judge. I know how it reads.
And start acting like it.
I can hold even the U.S. Marshal in contempt of court, you know.
Yeah, sure, I know. You've got a lot of power, Judge.
There's just one thing wrong.
What's that?
You never learned how to use it.
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Drums
Marshal Dillon.
I want to talk to you, Sprague.
Come in, come in.
How'd you know I was in Dodge today?
I found out.
It's about Brandon Teake.
Something wrong?
No, not legally.
Judge Rambo made that pretty clear.
You want to tell me what's bothering you, Marshal?
Yeah, sure.
I think Brandon Teake deserves that land more than you do.
Marshal, I'm in the land and cattle business.
I'm making out mighty well.
No man can accuse me of ever doing anything illegal or dishonest.
But everybody knows I practice sharp.
Now go on practicing sharp, too.
Even against a man like Teake who's hung up his gun and steeled down
and tried to make a life for him and his family?
What do you mean his family?
Well, there's a child coming any day now.
And he's better off in town, Marshal.
What?
My wife stayed in the country.
That's why I lost her.
Well, looks to me like I'm doing Teake a favor.
You've got an awful easy conscience, Sprague.
Well, there's no use arguing, Marshal.
You got your order, now you go put them off.
No, Sprague, I'm not going to do it.
What?
I couldn't hold my head up if I had any part of the kind of law
you and Judge Rambo want.
You mean that?
Yeah, I mean that.
Well, I ain't going to let you stand in my way, Marshal.
You're in for trouble.
Oh, I'll be damned if I do.
It's Brandon Teake and his Mrs. Booth
talking to that fellow, Mr. Don.
I don't believe it.
I'm saying, you just ain't got no right.
Looks like we're all head up over something, don't it?
Yeah.
Miss Teake aren't going to be standing out in the heat of the day that way.
Let me let Marshal Dillon settle this Haley.
It's got nothing to do with it no more.
That's the trouble here, Teake.
I'll do mine.
Marshal.
You told me there was no hurry about our leaving, Marshal.
Wait a minute.
Where'd you get that badge, mister?
Who are you?
I'm Jim Haley, Marshal, deputy sheriff from Wichita.
Wichita?
How'd you get here?
Well, I took the train to Dodge and then it rented me a horse.
Answer me, Haley.
Judge Rambo sent me.
I guess he felt the law needed a little enforcing down this way.
He's got a court order, Marshal, just like the one you had.
Plun legal.
I want you people to pack up, be out of here by tomorrow.
Just a minute, Haley.
I can take care of them, Marshal.
No, Brandon, there'll be no fighting.
Now, Sarah, I can...
You ain't gonna do nothing except move, Teake.
And right now.
No.
Let go, Marshal.
No!
Here, Haley.
Pick up his gun, Chester.
Yes, sir.
She hurt, Teake.
I'll be all right.
What?
Huh?
She only grabbed his arm.
He's gone and hurt her, Marshal, flinging her off like that.
Chester.
Jump on your horse and ride for Dodge.
Tell Doc to get out here, fast.
Oh, my, ain't Doc never come out of that house, Mr. Jones?
It's been a long time, hasn't it?
She shouldn't have grabbed me, but I didn't mean to hurt her.
You just keep quiet, Haley.
Nobody wants to hear from you.
Mr. Jones, Doc.
Yeah?
He's been over two hours.
You don't look none too happy, does he?
Well, Doc, the baby's dead, man.
Oh, no.
It's too bad.
I didn't do it.
I only pushed her.
I told you to shut up, Haley.
There wasn't a chance of saving the baby.
It's her I've been working on.
She's going to be all right now, man.
Well, good for that anyway, Doc.
Doc, tell you, Marshal?
Yeah, I'm sorry to hear it, Teague.
I'm sorry, too.
But you can't blame me for it.
Haley, I just now promised my wife I wouldn't kill you.
Now don't make me break it.
Come on, Haley.
I'm going to take you in the Dodge with me.
Now, look here, ain't you forgetting I'm a lawman, too, Mark?
I'd like to forget it.
It doesn't make me very proud of being one.
I come here to do a job, and I'm going to do it.
As soon as his wife can be moved, of course.
Now, this is all over.
There's no reason for waiting long.
I promised her I wouldn't kill you now, Haley, but you come back here, I promise you I will.
A man can take only so much.
I'll be back.
No, you won't.
I'm going to throw you in jail for a while.
What?
Take as long as your wife's better.
You come and see me.
I can do, but things aren't going on this way.
The End
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Hello, Chester.
Hello, Doc.
Where's Matt?
In the office, talking to Lee Sprague.
Well, it's a little late to be talking to him, isn't it?
I'd say so.
Hey, Doc, you sure Brandon T's coming to die today?
That's what he told me.
There's a neighbor woman staying with his wife.
Not that she really needs anybody now.
Well, I'm proud to hear that.
Well, it's only been a week, but she's a strong woman.
Oh, here we are.
Oh, he did come.
Hello, Doc.
Chester.
Hello, Keith.
How's the patient?
Oh, pretty good, Doc.
She's being awful brave about it, but I know how she feels.
Only time will cure that.
Yeah, I guess so.
Teek, Miss Jones is in the office.
He wanted you to go right on in when you got here.
Okay.
Hello, Teek.
Come on in.
You know Lee Sprague, don't you?
Yeah.
Yeah, I know him.
Hello, Teek.
Sprague and I were over at the land office this morning.
I think we got everything straightened out.
What do you mean?
Here, take a look at this.
What is it?
It's a deed to the land you're on, Teek.
And this time it's legally registered.
Sure, I can see that.
And it's registered in your name.
That's right.
Did you help him with this, Marshal?
I wanted to be sure that there weren't any loopholes.
And there aren't any, huh?
No.
You know, if it wasn't for my wife,
you people would have to shoot me off that place.
But I warned her I can only stand so much.
You send Jim Haley out there, I'll kill him on sight.
I sent Haley back to Wichita this morning.
Teek, I want to tell you something.
Ain't you said enough, Sprague?
No.
Now listen, I'm a greedy man, Teek,
and I'll take anything I can get, legally.
But Marshal Dillon here has been talking pretty hard to me lately.
Sure. Sure, I've been listening to him, too.
Well, it ain't Haley you ought to blame, Teek, it's me.
Why?
I guess I'd have gone right on, and I could have.
Until I heard about your baby.
Why should that matter to you?
I lost my son, Teek.
I lost my wife, too.
Taking my land, gonna help you?
You tell him, Marshal.
Teek, he's not taking your land.
Now that deed's in his name, ain't it?
Didn't you go along to be sure he didn't make any mistake?
There are no mistakes this time.
Sprague can deed that land to anybody he wants to now, all clear.
Well, what about it?
It's yours, Teek.
You...
You mean...
You're giving it to me?
I'm not giving it to you, it's yours anyway.
I'll...
I'll tell Sarah.
I'll tell her she was right all along.
That's right she was.
But...
Well, what about you, Marshal?
Ain't there gonna be trouble in your jail and a deputy sheriff?
Well, as soon as he gets back to Wichita, there'll be trouble.
Don't you worry about that.
I always wanted to see California anyway.
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Gunsmoke, produced and directed in Hollywood by Norman MacDonald, stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal.
The story was specially written for Gunsmoke by John Messon.
Featured in the cast were Vic Perrin, Gene Bates, John Danaer, Barney Phillips, and Harry Bartell.
Harley Baer as Chester, Howard McNear as Doc, and Georgia Ellis as Kitty.
This broadcast concludes the current Gunsmoke series.
Next week at this time, the CBS Radio Network and its affiliated stations will welcome back the distinguished dramatic favorite suspense.
The premiere of this new suspense cycle will be Alan Sloan's gripping original play, Call Me at Half Past.
Be with us next Sunday at this same time for the return to these stations of suspense.
This is George Walsh speaking.
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