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Around Dodge City and in the territory on west, there's just one way to handle the killers
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Gun smoke, starring William Conrad, 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 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.
Barkeep. What'll it be, young fellow? Draw me a beer, will you? Got it right here. That
looks mighty good. Right of harm? Far enough. I ain't seen you around Dodge before. No.
There you are. Thanks. Take it out of that, will you? Take two out of that, Barkeep. I'm
having a beer, too. Any objections? Give him a beer, Barkeep. Now, that's right smart of
you, fella. I ain't looking for trouble. Of course you ain't. Not with Jake Crowley,
eh? Not with anybody, mister. I said my name was Crowley. Didn't I? I heard it. Maybe you
ain't so smart as I thought. Barkeep, I'll have a shot of whiskey with that beer. What
about it, young fellow? You buying him whiskey, too? Anybody drinks with me drinks what I
drink? Bring me the beer, Barkeep. Okay. There you are. Now, young fellow, I'm going to show
you what happens to people that don't do as I tell them. Watch how I drink your beer.
Whiskey wet, ain't it, young fellow? Yeah. Yeah, it is. Hit me, eh? Now, I'm going to
have to kill you. Killed him. Oh, Marshall Dillon. Huh? Did you see that, Marshall? Jake
drew first, not the boy. Jake made him fight. He was bullying him right from the start,
and then he drew first. I'll be witness to that. I saw it. I came through the door just
as it happened. Good thing you saw it, Marshall. Give me your gun. What? That ain't right,
Marshall. It was self-defense, pure and simple. I said give me your gun. Marshall, you ain't
listening. It's okay, Barkeep. It's okay. Here's my gun, Marshall. My office is across
the street. Let's go. Dave Perry, can you?
Well, who's this you got, Mr. Dillon? I don't know, Chester. I heard the shot. Did he fire
it? Yeah. Sit on there, fellow. Anybody get hurt? Jake Crowell. He killed him. He did?
It was self-defense, Chester. Well, then why'd you arrest him? I'd kind of like to know
myself. What's your name? Andy. Andy Travis. Where you from? On the west of here. I'm just
drifting. How old are you, Andy? Twenty. Where'd you learn to use a gun? What do you mean?
Jake had his halfway out of the holster before you even started. He did? Well, say now, you
must be pretty fast, Andy. He's real fast, Chester. That's why I brought him over here.
What? I'm not arresting you, Andy. I wanted to see what you're like. What I'm like? Why?
It happened to me once, Andy. It's happened to you. Anybody that can use a gun the way
you can has to make a choice. You can go on using it, or you can quit before you've got
blood all over you. I don't like killing people, Marshal. I've done it before. I had to, same
as today. But I don't like it. How'd you get so good? Practice. All my life I've practiced.
I don't know why it was fun at first, but it ain't fun now. It just leads to trouble.
That's all I ever got out of it. Trouble. Then why are you still wearing it? I don't
know. I wouldn't feel right without it, I guess. How long you been a dodge, Henry? Just
got here today. And you've already killed a man, huh? And the barkeeper's gonna tell
everybody in town just how fast you are. And the first thing you know, you're gonna have
a reputation. And it won't be very long before somebody tries to cut you down for it. You're
gonna have to go on killing the rest of your life, however long that is. It's too late
already, Marshal. No, it isn't. You're not a killer, Andy. I know a killer when I see
one. No. No, I'm sure not. But you're gonna have to kill one man after another. I know.
Well, I'm not gonna watch it. You take your gun off and you leave it off or you get out
of dodge. You go do your killing someplace else. Marshal, you think I could find a job
here? Chester. Yes, sir? Moss Grameck's looking for a man over at the stable. Yes, sir. On
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got up and followed Chester out of the office, leaving his gun with me. I unloaded it, threw
it in a drawer. And I hoped it would stay there forever. After a few weeks had passed
and it was still there, I began to think that maybe it would. Andy worked out fine at the
stable. Everybody liked him. And Moss Grameck soon trusted him enough to let him run things
by himself while Moss started to get in more fish than he had in years. Sometimes Chester
went with Moss and now having Chester out of the office gave me a chance to catch up
on some paperwork.
This is the Marshal's office.
Yeah, come in, come in. You the Marshal? What can I do for you? Remember me. What? Remember
me next time you see me. I mean it. Take a good look, Marshal. Who are you, Mr. Joe
Kite? Alright, Kite, say your piece. I did, Marshal. I want you to know me. I want you
to know my name. Why? Because I don't want you to shoot me or buffalo me or treat me
in any kind of hurry at all next time you see me. Why? Because I might have to shoot
a man. What are you talking about? I can't tell you now. I'll tell you after I've done
it. Are you drunk? Plum, serious, Marshal. There's no need for you to get all fretted
up. I'm not going to do anything wrong. Shooting people around here is wrong, Mr. Kite, Joe
Kite, Marshal. What are you trying to tell me? That I may have to shoot somebody, but
if I do, there won't be nothing wrong about it. I want you to know in case you come running
up with your finger on the trigger of a shotgun or something. You look like a barb bomb to
me, Kite. I doubt if you even own a gun. Oh, I'm going to get one, Marshal. I see you
wearing a gun and I'll take it off you and throw it away. Now, Marshal, that's no way
to go. Get out of here. All right. But you're going to talk different, Marshal. Keep moving.
Don't see. You just wait.
Chester. What do you want? Hello, Mr. Dillon.
What are you looking so guilty about? I'm not. Nothing.
Man spends all day out fishing. He deserves a little beer afterwards, doesn't he?
Yes, sir. Where's Moss Grimmick?
Well, he went back to the stable so Andy could get away for a while. Andy's sitting over
there with Miss Kitty. Oh. Did you catch any fish?
Yes, sir. Yes, we did. We got a whole sack full, Mr. Dillon. All catfish.
Good. Well, you finish your beer, Chester. I'll be back in a few minutes.
Okay, sir. Hello, man.
Hello, Kitty. Andy. Hello, Marshal.
Take a chair. Thank you. I hear your boss is loaded with catfish,
Andy. He's over at the stable now trying to give
them away to anybody who will have them. If he and Chester are going to keep on, we
ought to fix up a fish model one of these days. A fish model? I never heard of that,
Miss Kitty. Oh, then you've never been in Kentucky, Andy.
I've seen them making them 20 gallon batches down there. It's kind of a fish stew, I guess.
But it's awful good. Say, I'd like to try that. Let's do it, huh?
Next week sometime. First day, Moss and Chester can guarantee
the fish. I'll tell them about it. I better get back
to the stable now. See you later, Miss Kitty.
Okay, Andy. So long, Marshal.
So long, Andy. He's an awful nice boy, isn't he?
Yeah, I think he's going to make out fine, Kitty.
He already has. It sure bothered him at first, though, not
wearing a gun. You know, he told me he'd been working with
a gun since he was about 12 years old. Yeah. You know, he's a natural, Kitty. Some
men can practice all their lives and never be any good.
Well, it's sure nice to know one man that wants to live peaceful.
Yeah. He's mighty lucky he ran into you, isn't
he? What's that?
You better stay in there, Kitty. Don't worry.
Everybody but Chester stay right where you are. You want me to guard the door, Mr. Dillon?
No, follow me. Quite handy.
That fellow shot him. I never saw that man before, Mr. Dillon.
His name's Joe Kite. Joe Kite?
Yeah. Hello, Marshal.
You're going to use that gun again, Kite? No, of course I ain't.
That's too bad. I kind of wish you wouldn't.
Well, I told you, Marshal, I didn't do nothing wrong.
Now, Marshal, no. Marshal, no.
Mr. Dillon, Andy's still breathing.
Well, carry him over to Doc's, Chester. Yes, sir.
When Joe Kite comes to, you kick him out of jail, huh?
It'll be a pleasure. How's Andy feeling, Mr. Dillon?
Doc doesn't think he has much chance, Chester. Won't even let me talk to him.
Clean murder. That's what it was. Did Kite say anything?
He started to, but I told him to shut his head or I'd buffalo him.
Now I'll talk to him.
It's about time you came, Marshal. You had no reason to lock me up.
You had no reason to hit me either. I told you what might happen.
Well, unlock it and let me out of here. You'll get out of there when you've got a trial.
That's where you're wrong, Marshal. You're going to let me out of here now.
Why did you murder him, Kite? I didn't murder him.
I told him I was going to take him in and he resisted.
Take him in? I was going to march him right in here and
turn him over to you, Marshal. What are you talking about?
His name isn't Andy Travis, Marshal. It's Andy Haycox.
So of course you didn't know it or you'd have arrested him yourself.
I couldn't tell you before this or I'd have lost the reward.
A thousand dollars, Marshal. That's what he's worth.
And I get it. You don't believe me?
You ever hear of the Fisher Gang up around Laramie?
Well, Andy Haycox is one of them. They're all worth a thousand dollars a piece,
dead or alive. I just come down from Wyoming.
They've got their pictures up all over.
You're lucky I recognize him, ain't I? You're lucky, Kite.
You're real lucky. If Andy had been carrying a gun, you'd be
dead. If he'd been carrying a gun?
He took it off his first day in Dodge and he hasn't worn one since.
I don't believe you. Don't you?
No, it ain't true. No, he had it under his coat.
I stopped him and I told him to come with me and why.
And then he started to grab his gun and I had to shoot him.
And outlaw like, like, of course he had a gun.
I'll ask Andy what he did. If he lives long enough to tell me.
He'll lie. You're going to take the word of an outlaw
against my... Chester.
Yes, sir. I'm going out for a while.
I'll be back shortly. You mean you ain't going to try me loose?
You're going to leave me in here? You've got no right to do that.
It gets too noisy, Chester. Club him.
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Who is it? It's Matt Dark.
Come in, Matt. Come in.
How is he this morning, Doc? Oh, about the same, Matt.
Well, talking hurting. Yeah, if you don't get him excited, talk too
long, I guess it won't matter. It won't matter.
Well, he thinks he's in fair shape, Matt, but one hemorrhage and he's gone.
It can happen anytime. Now.
You go see him. He's in the back room, Matt.
Hello, Andy. Marshall.
Well, I hear you feel pretty good. I still got a bullet in me.
Well, Doc will take it out as soon as he can. It wouldn't be there if I hadn't forgot I
wasn't carrying a gun. I just naturally went for it and it wasn't there, so he shot me.
Yeah. I guess he's told you about me, Marshall.
He said that you're wanted other than Laramie. Dead or alive. That's what them posters said.
You were part of a gang, Andy. Long enough for him to put up a reward for me,
but I quit, Marshall. I quit.
What do you mean? A fisher and them fellas. I told them I was
through. They tried to stop me, but I said I'd shoot my way out if I had to, so they
let me go. You quit the gang?
That's what I'm telling you. Well, why did you quit?
They killed a fellow one night after they robbed him. I don't like killing people like that,
Marshall. I had to quit.
You should have told me, Andy. Maybe I could have done something.
It's going to make you look bad now, ain't it, Marshall? Being friends and helping me
and all. No, no it won't, Andy. I wouldn't care if
it did. First time in my life anybody ever done anything
for me. I'm sorry it didn't work out, Marshall.
Everything's going to be just fine, Andy. Don't you worry about it.
No, no it ain't, Marshall. Marshall.
Doc, Doc, come in here, will you? We'll do something for him, right?
Well, I'm sorry, Matt. He's dead, Matt.
Matt? Matt?
Chester. Yes, sir?
I'm Joe Kydan here. Okay, Mr. Gillen.
All right, out of your cage, Kydan. It's not time I got out of here.
Shut up and go on and off. Change your mind, eh, Marshall?
Singing a different tune now, huh? Andy told me what happened, Kydan.
Make sure it's clear. I always knew I was. You should have believed me from the start, Marshall.
That's all right. I don't hold no grudges. Hey, when do I get my reward money?
I telegraphed Laramie a few minutes ago. You did? Good. How long do you think it'll take, Marshall?
I wouldn't wait around for it, Kydan. What do you mean?
Andy's dead. Well, what difference does that make?
I put it in the telegram I told him Andy was dead and that I killed him.
You what? Of course I won't collect the reward as a U.S. Marshal. I don't get cut in on reward money.
You're fooling me, Marshall. You didn't tell them that?
I think they'll take my word against yours, Kydan, and besides, Chester witnessed it, didn't you, Chester?
Yes, sir. I've seen the whole thing. You can't do this to me.
You're stealing my money. That's what you're doing. You're being a thief. You're...
Get out of Dodge, Kydan. Get out of Dodge while you can.
No, no, no. He ain't done nothing. Open the door.
This ain't fair, Marshall. You can't do it. Get out.
Before I kill you.
Mr. Dillon, I'm sure I'm sorry to hear about Andy.
Yeah.
Did you really telegraph all that stuff to Laramie?
I did. That's true enough. I feel like I had killed him.
No, sir.
And what's worse, Chester, because of me, he couldn't even die fighting.
I hope I have better luck when my time comes.
And now our star, William Conrad.
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Gun Smoke, produced and directed by Norman McDonald,
stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal.
Our story was specially written for Gun Smoke by John Meston,
with music composed and conducted by Rex Corey.
Sound patterns by Tom Handley and Ray Kemper.
Featured in the cast were Sam Edwards, Joe Duvall, John Danaer, and Vic Perrin.
Harley Bear is Chester, Howard McNear is Doc, and Georgia Ellis is Kitty.
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