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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 Marshall.
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.
It was a long ride from Dodge up to Parker Creek in the Dakota territory.
The old man.
The old man.
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a creek in the Dakota Territory, and I killed a good horse getting there, but I caught Lee
Trumbo. He was asleep in a clump of willow, and I took him with a lot of fight. We rode
his horse double into Sioux Falls, but we came the rest of the way back to Dodge and Style
by Stagecoach. At least I thought we were traveling in style. Lee didn't seem to care
much for it. In fact, he wouldn't even talk until the stage pulled in the dodge and drove
up front street for the plaza. You're making a bad mistake, Marshall.
Is that so? I didn't kill anybody. There are two witnesses say it did, please. They're
lying. And why did you run? The brother Dolph, he said he was after me. That's why I run.
You'll get a trial. You can talk about it then. I am going to stand trial, Marshall.
Dolph will get me out of jail before that. Is that so? I never figured Dolph is a man to do
much of anything. You've been against us Trumbo's ever since we come to Dodge, ain't you,
Marshall? Yeah, I have. Me, the one of you is going to make good. See what I mean?
There's your brother Dolph now. We can go welcome you back.
How'd he know I was coming? I wired Chester from Sioux Falls a week ago.
Chester's not my deputy. He sure acts like it. Yeah, he does, doesn't he?
Now, here we are.
You've got my brother and mayor Marshall. Come on, Obli. You're going to be sorry for this.
Yeah, that's what Lee's been telling me. Come on, Lee. Get on out of there.
I'm coming, Marshall. I'm coming.
Shoot him, Dolph.
Don't look at me, Marshall. I didn't even draw. No. No, you didn't,
that, you didn't have to kick him like that. You heard him. You'll get his wind back.
I got him covered, Mr. Dolph. Hello, Chester. Don't you try nothing like that again, Lee?
It's all right, Chester. The fight's out of him. You want me to take Dolph, Gun?
That's funny. I keep forgetting. You do where I gun. Don't you, Dolph. There's nothing wrong
with wearing a gun, Marshall. There is the way you wear one. Well, you might run into somebody
who doesn't know you're afraid to use it. They might shoot you before he found that out.
You calling me a coward, Marshall?
Now, Chester, I'm going over to the office when Lee here stops grown and hurting over and
locking him up with him. Okay. And if Dolph gives you any trouble, shoot him. Now, Marshall,
get going, Dolph. Go on, move.
You'll be sorry for this. I'll make you sorry for him.
Oh, say, there's a fellow waiting for you over at the office, Mr. Dylan. He's a stranger to me
that you want to see. All right, Chester. Oh, by the way, welcome back.
Thanks. It's been most of the month you've been gone. We sure did miss you here.
Now, there were times when I miss being here, Chester. Don't let Lee get away from me now.
I'd hate to make that ride all over again. No, sir. I won't. Oh, I sure won't.
Oh, stop breathing like that. Lee, get on your feet.
Whoa.
Hey, hey, Brian. How are you? Good to see you.
You're surprised to see me alive, aren't you?
Well, heck, it's been at least 10 years. I mean, man ain't born. It could kill me.
At least as I had run into him yet. Oh, maybe you're just lucky.
Lucky, you're new anyway. Lucky, you're sometimes the way I recall it.
Now, you're thinking about Santa Fe. Yeah. You wasn't very lucky that day, man.
There remember how it was? You back into a corner with nothing but a beer bottle in your hand.
And three, John Chisholm's drunk cowboys about the empty air guns in here.
Yeah. Yeah. And you walked in and killed every one of them. Yeah.
It was real surprise, wasn't it, Matt?
John Chisholm's been after you ever since, hasn't he, huh?
Oh, then with just the first of Chisholm's men I've killed, Matt.
Been riding with Billy the Kid till about half a year ago.
Huh? Why'd you quit?
Never could make out of Billy was working for or against Chisholm,
besides didn't pay enough. Oh, but you're the one, Matt.
Well, I got the dodge last night. I heard you was US Marshall here. I just didn't believe it.
Well, being a Marshall isn't that hard at, John.
Or you can handle it or I don't know that. What I mean is it kind of sudden
find a man you used to know would be in a US Marshall.
Well, I got to earn my keep somehow.
Well, what do you do on a dodge anyway? I don't know, Matt. I don't know yet.
They've been over the wagon bed spring stretching my legs. You're
sleeping in a bed doing a little gambling and they're like that.
Some fellow here sent for me. I haven't seen him yet, but if it's a job he's got,
I sure need the money. Well, good luck with it, Hank. We'll get together later and have a drink, okay?
Are you straight ahead, Lee? I'll do that though. I have the sandwiches out there.
What's this? Just a present. What do you do?
I don't do nothing. Cut up and keep walking, Lee.
What's your luck in the mouth for, Matt? Murder?
That's bad. That's real bad. Murder's always bad. I don't mean that. I mean locking a man up.
I couldn't stand, Matt, Matt. I've never been in jail. I never ain't going to be.
Well, then you better stay sober around here, Hank.
And you're taking it back about that drink.
No, no. You'll be safe as long as you're with me.
Oh, I don't know, Matt. I've been around you when it wasn't so safe.
I'll see you later. Yeah, sure, Hank.
Come on in, Mr. I'm leaving. How long, Matt?
How long, Hank? Marshall Dylan.
Hello, Lee, how are you? Marshall, I got something I got to tell you.
It's my duty the way I see it. Oh, what's the trouble?
Hello, Lee. What are you doing here?
Well, I come to tell the Marshall something, Chester,
but I sure don't like informing on people. You understand me, Marshall?
What's the matter, Lee?
Dolph Trumbo, that's what? You got his brother, Lee, and Jail here.
We sure have. I just locked him up myself.
Well, Dolph's coming to get him out.
He's over at the Alpha Gansor right now, talking it up.
Talking what up?
Well, there's some men at the bar there, Marshall,
and Dolph's buying him drinks and telling them his brother's plum medicine,
and they got to raid the Jail here and get him out.
You mean he's forming a mug?
That's what he's doing, and I don't like it.
There's going to be trouble, sure.
Oh, Lee, thanks very much for telling me this,
but don't worry about the trouble. I'll put a stop to that right now.
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Wouldn't you know, Doll Cumble do something stupid like this, Mr. Dillon?
Trying to form a mob to take his brother out in jail, how?
How it works sometimes, Chester Field.
Not in dog, you don't?
Not so far, anyway.
Here's the olive ring answer.
I don't get in the way.
No.
You're right, Sir.
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There's nothing to be afraid of, you men who will be led by one of the best gunsmen in the whole country.
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And we'll have justice in charge once we're off.
Just that, that's the one.
What do you want, Marshal?
What are you doing here?
Holy told you, I've seen him sneak out.
I've just been talking, Marshal.
No harm in talking, is there?
Lee's innocent anyway.
He shouldn't be here.
And I'm going to get him out, too.
He's men here.
It's all with me.
And we're going.
Quiet.
Quiet.
Martender, this place is closed for the rest of the day.
No more liquor.
No more liquor.
No more liquor.
And you men get out of here and don't let me find any of you together again, not for a long time.
I get moving.
Oh, here, Chester, I'll pay for the beer.
You leaving, Mr. Dylan?
Kitty just came downstairs.
I haven't seen her yet.
I think I'll go over and say hello.
Yes, sir.
I'd like for me to go across the street and see if they're keeping now up again for clothes.
No, that's all right.
I told them they'd come.
I'm going.
I'm going.
I'm going.
Oh, I heard Chester.
I'll pay for the beer.
You leaving, Mr. Dylan?
Kitty just came downstairs.
I haven't seen her yet.
I think I'll go over and say hello.
Yes, sir.
I told them they could open up again.
Oh, thank you for the beer, Mr. Dylan.
Sure, Chester.
Welcome to Chester, stranger.
How are you, Kitty?
Fine.
I'd even better if you brought two beers over instead of one.
But you can sit down anyway.
Well, you can take this one, Kitty.
It's kind of warm, I don't want it.
Matthew, suppose the day you'll ever come when having good manners will be a requirement for the marshals of us?
Well, if it ever does, Kitty, I don't guess they'll need marshals anymore.
Yeah.
Maybe you're right at that.
Well, how have you been, huh?
Everything okay?
Well, I was making a pretty good map till I broke my toe.
Roky toe?
Yep.
How'd you do that?
In a line of duties right here in the saloon.
I got trumped on, dancing with a Texas cowboy.
He should have been spending his trail money on red-sealed kanka cheeks and soda water instead of me.
He could have been over 16, darn fool.
There's not much he can do for a broken toe, is it?
No.
At least it doesn't hurt when I'm sitting down.
I, uh, here you broke up Dolph Trumbo's party at the Alephagandras afternoon.
Uh-huh.
Huh?
You hear just about everything, don't you, Kitty?
Man, they talk more than women.
This place is full of men, they're in nice.
You think if I close my eyes and pray real hard, they don't go away?
All that they did, what would you do for a living?
That'll keep me awake.
Say, there's your friend Dolph now, just came in.
Huh?
It's a stranger, wouldn't that?
Hello, D.
What's the matter? Who is he?
He's a gunman, Kitty.
That's her?
Yeah.
I guess he's about the handiest man with a gun that ever hit Dutch.
The dog's gone and hired him a gunman.
Who is he, anyway, what's his name?
He's a friend of mine, Kitty.
A friend of yours?
Yeah, good friend.
He saved my life once.
But now I guess he's going to try to get it back.
His name's Prime...
...Hack Prime.
The government never did pay me much for enforcing the law and dodge,
but even if they doubled it, there were times when I'd like to acquit...
...I sat there with Kitty and watched the two men at the bar.
They had a drink, and they shook hands, and then Hack walked out.
I got up, and I followed it.
Follow her and me, Matt?
Yeah, Hack.
Look for her.
Where are you staying?
Dodge house.
I don't have a room.
I, uh...
I'd like to talk to you.
Street will do.
Okay.
Dolph was trying to form a mob this afternoon, Hack, you.
Want to raid his brother out of jail.
I heard about it.
When I went to break it up, I heard him saying they'd be led by one of the best gunmen in the country.
Now, that wouldn't be Dolph, and so...
No.
He's pretty good.
He, uh...
He meant to.
Didn't he, Hack?
I hadn't talked to him yet.
He was just guessing I'd come in.
And you have not with no mob.
I told him that.
I don't work with mob.
You shouldn't know it better than to say that.
How do you work, Hack?
Alone by myself.
I'm a pretty good gunman, Matt.
Yeah, yeah, I know.
It saved my life, once you're being a good gunman.
Yeah.
Matt.
Turn his brother loose.
I get paid if you do.
Look, Hack.
Lee Trumbo murdered a man.
He's gonna stand trial for it.
I don't get paid if he stands trial.
But you get paid for shooting me?
That's what Dolph said.
That was his deal.
Well...
Oh, they tell me you're better with a gun you used to be, Matt.
Hack, I don't want to fight you.
Afraid, Matt?
How'd you get to be martial, anyway?
It's a job.
I took it...
Well, I've been offered a job, too, and I took it.
Yeah, but you had better jobs, Hack.
Oh, it's been bothering me some.
That took an awful chance saving your life.
Once now, I've got to take another to kill you.
I don't make much sense, doesn't it?
Look, Hack, why don't you forget it?
I'll go on back to Wagon Bed Springs.
I'll lend you some money to see you through.
No, it ain't that easy, Matt.
I back out on this.
The world will get around nobody will hire me for nothing anymore.
My reputation won't be worth croby.
Did Billy the kid pay you to kill men?
Of course not.
Of course not.
That was her pleasure.
You know how I hate John Chisholm.
And you come down a long way, Hack.
Sell on your gun.
I killed a man for pay over to the hunter, didn't bother me now.
It wasn't.
I don't know some gambler, pretty good gunman though.
Tell me something, Hack.
Did Dolph say how his brother murdered that man here?
Dolph claims he didn't do it at all.
Well, there were two witnesses who saw him do it.
The man was a buffalo skinner, unarmed.
He didn't even have a knife on him.
But he refused to buy Lee Trumbo a drink, so Lee shot him.
Oh no, that's right.
Shut up, unarmed man.
You think it over, Hack?
I'll see you tomorrow.
Good night.
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A man like Hack Prime had his own peculiar sense of honor.
The idea of shooting me seemed the buttering less than the fact that Lee Trumbo would kill them on armed men.
Later that might've heard he'd been seen having an argument with Dalton.
Oh, I figured I'd won.
But another killin' in Dodge.
Either me or Hack had been avoided.
Until early next morning work came and a man had been shot at the Dodge House.
I sent Chester on over while I went up and got Doc Adams.
How do you know the man he's no already dead, Matt?
I don't know, Doc.
Well, it doesn't matter.
I'd probably make more money off of him dead than alive.
Well, I get paid for autopsies, don't I?
Sure.
Yeah, but just try to collect for the ones that keep alive.
Just you try.
And I'm glad I don't have to, Doc, but I still notice you buy a new buggy every spring.
Oh, yes.
Wear it out before, racing across the prairie.
Delivering babies, setting bones, digging out bullets.
Delivering babies.
I'll exercise, keep them on young, Doc.
It's a good thing I don't think I'm on sympathy to keep me young.
Here we are.
What's going on?
What's going on?
What's going on?
Oh, Doc.
Where is he, Chester?
In that room right there, number 12.
And you know who it is?
It's Oli.
Oli?
Yes, sir.
And half-prime, Chai.
What?
It's Hacks Room.
What's going on?
He did it all right.
Let's take a look.
Where's Hacks now, Chester?
I don't know, sir.
Nobody's seen him for the past hour.
I kept everybody out of the room, Mr. Delivering.
All right.
Now, stand aside here, boys.
Let the Marshall and Doc through.
Let me through.
Let me through here.
It's Oli, all right?
He's dead, Matt.
Real dead.
Three, four hours, probably.
Nobody heard a shot or nothing, Mr. Delivering.
But when the clerk come on duty about an hour ago,
he saw Hacks prime walk out of here.
Why anybody want to kill poor little Oli?
I do not understand.
I bet I know, Mr. Delivering.
What, Chester?
You didn't talk Hacks out of trying to kill you, after all.
He went back to Doc last night and told him he'd take the job.
Then he figured the only way to get you into a fight
was to shoot somebody so you'd have to come after him.
Yeah, maybe.
Now, come on.
Let's start looking for him.
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He's got to be there unless maybe he's going to try to boost quite yet.
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Hello, Hackel.
Just killed a man, that saloon there.
Dove Trumbo.
I killed him.
I give him a chance, but he wouldn't draw.
I killed him anyways.
That's too bad, Hackel.
No man's going to frame me.
I never thought you killed Oli.
But I wanted to hear you say so.
How'd you know I didn't do it?
I wouldn't be your style to kill a defenseless little fellow like that.
Well, of course not.
So while you were out gambling last night, Dove killed him and dumped him in your room.
I found him there, and then I went after Dove.
And no man can do that to me.
Hackel, according to the law, you murdered Dove.
I'm going to have to arrest you.
What?
You're going to have to stand trial for it.
Oh, no, man.
No, sir.
I ain't going to jail.
Not me, man.
Never.
I'm a law man, Hackel.
I got to arrest you.
Matt, I told Dove last night I wasn't going to take his job.
I told him I was going to leave town.
You're under arrest, Hackel.
All right.
I guess you've got to do it.
Let's go for it, man, oh, Hackel.
Let's see what happens.
Hackel.
Hackel.
Hackel.
Oh, you're sure good, Matt.
You're off good.
Yeah.
Better this way, Matt.
I'm getting paid to fight you.
Sure.
I know.
I know.
I know.
You're sure good, Matt.
You're off good.
Sure it is.
There's no reason to fight you.
Not that way.
I can't see you no more, Matt.
It's like being underwater.
I can't see nothing.
Mr. Dillon, that was awful good shooting.
I never seen nothing as fast as that in my whole life.
My Albert, he didn't know what, Hackel.
Way he spun around there when you got.
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Gunsmoke, transcribed under the direction of Norman MacDonald,
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The night story was specially written for Gunsmoke by John Muston,
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Featured in the cast were Lawrence Dobkin, Vick Perrin, John Daener,
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