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Around Dog City and in the territory on West, there's just one way to handle the killers
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Gun Smoke, starring William Beck, the transcribed story of the violence that moved West with
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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.
I've been on a longer ride, Mr. Dillon, but I can't remember any no dryer.
Yeah, there's probably water in those cottonwoods over there, Justin.
They'd better be.
Of course, I haven't been by here in maybe a year.
Oh, mind how dumb to say that, Mr. Dillon.
Yeah, hey look, there's water all right.
Yeah, horses, two of them.
Oh sure, they wouldn't be in there otherwise, would they?
No, not likely.
Hey, those aren't range horses either.
No sir, they sure ain't.
Oh, them's the most beautiful animals I ever saw.
Hey, there's a man with them.
Yeah.
He's going to saddle up.
Say, he's awful well decked out for a cowboy, ain't he?
Well, he sure looks better in wheat though.
Come on, I ain't shaved in a wheat.
Yeah, we'll be in Dodge tomorrow, Justin.
Hello.
You don't act very cordial.
All right, let's get on, Justin.
We're looking for water.
Over there.
Turn them loose, Chester, they'll find it.
Yes, sir.
Come on, get.
That's a mighty fine pair of horses you got there, mister.
They're all right.
All right.
Oh, them horses got blood in them if I ever seen it.
So have I. You know, I'll fight anybody for these horses.
Anybody at all.
Well, now look, mister, we aren't after your horses.
We're only admiring them.
Hey, tell me something.
Yeah?
You ever shoot a man in the back?
What?
I said, did you ever shoot a man in the back?
Well, I don't know who you think I am, mister, but I never shot anybody in the back.
I believe you.
Hey, wait a minute.
I said I believe you, didn't I?
Well, he's chance and we're going to shoot him, mister John.
Look at him go.
Come on, we better hurry.
No, Chester.
But he'll get away.
We can't stop him, not on those tired animals of ours and him with a pair of thoroughbreds.
Well, we can track him.
He's a sure enough horse thief.
He's headed straight for Dodge, Chester.
We'll find him there.
But right now, let's get us a little of that water.
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Well, I found him, Mr. Dillon.
Oh, where, Chester?
The Moss Grimmick stable.
He rode in yesterday.
He ain't even trying to hide him.
You sure it's the same, too?
Oh, I didn't know him anywhere.
Besides that wine glass brand stand out like a pole guy at a picnic.
Okay, Chester.
You keep an eye on the street here.
I'll start with a long branch.
See you later.
Hi, Kitty.
How long you been back?
Just long enough to get cleaned up a little bit.
Have you been?
No, you didn't come here to ask me that, did you?
Well, not entirely, no.
Something going on, man?
Kitty, I'm looking for a man who came to Dodge yesterday with a pair of thoroughbreds.
He's tall and well, he wears about the finest clothes that have been seen around here since
Bill Hickok was last in town.
Uh-huh.
His name's Portis, Matt.
Jack Portis.
Ah, I thought you might know him.
The only man I ever came to Dodge with I didn't meet never quite got here.
What?
I'm sorry, I lost your trail there, Kitty.
I'm thinking of that cowboy who got shot just outside of town last year.
Oh.
You remember?
Yeah, yeah, I remember.
I, uh, I'm more interested in Jack Portis, so.
Oh.
Well, I don't know much about him, except that he's a real free spender and he's already
made himself a lot of friends.
Nobody can pay for a drink when he's around.
He got money too, huh?
Well, besides those horses, you mean.
I hear they're pretty fancy animals, Matt.
Yeah, real fancy, Kitty.
Well, nothing's too good for Portis.
Oh, Matt.
Yeah, I see you.
How are you, Kitty?
Portis?
Hello.
I see nobody's shot you in the back yet, Portis.
Anybody got a reason to?
You know my name, but I don't know yours, mister.
Dillon.
Marshall Dillon.
Hmm.
Well, be darned.
Why didn't you say so out there?
Yeah, you were in too big a hurry for much visiting.
The way you two men looked, I wasn't taking chances.
How'd I know you weren't going to shoot me for them horses?
Uh-huh.
Did, uh, you shoot somebody for them?
So that's what you're thinking.
Where'd you get them, Portis?
I raised them where?
How in the spread on the Ouachita River, Marshall.
Oklahoma territory?
That's right.
That's a long way from here.
Oh, I ride off every once in a while, spend some money, have a little fun.
No harm in that.
Sure.
Now, you're saying that the wine glass is your brand, huh?
Of course it is.
Look here.
It got a burn right on my hat band.
See?
Uh-huh.
You believe me now?
It could be true.
You're about the most suspicious man I ever met.
Well, I'm paid to be.
Sure.
I understand.
Buy a drink now?
Some other time, huh?
It'll be my pleasure.
So long, Marshall.
I'll see you later, Kitty.
Sure.
Don't you believe in that?
Yeah, I guess I do, Kitty.
Oh.
But you're not real sure, huh?
It could be that he's just a whole lot smarter than I am.
Doc?
Hey, Doc.
Oh, hello, Chester.
And Matt.
Come on, sit down, Doc.
We just finished, but you can have our table.
Oh, thank you, thank you.
Well, what'd you eat?
We had the chicken, but stay away from it, Doc.
Oh, is that so, Chester?
It's no good.
Oh, it tasted like it'd been boiled with the feathers on.
Oh, well, I never heard of cooking chicken that way.
See, that might be worth trying.
Why, you don't believe me?
Go right ahead.
No, no, no, no, Chester.
When it comes to food, you can be trusted completely.
Oh, well.
Who's having the party over there?
As Jack Porter's, as usual.
Porter?
Oh, that fella.
Even at noon, huh?
He's been here a whole week, and he hasn't lacked for company one second of it.
Oh, a man who spends money the way he does picks up friends like a dog does fleas.
Well, he's bound to run out of money one of these days, Doc.
Yes, I hear he hasn't gone into a saloon yet without buying drinks for the house.
You know, a man like that could maybe be President someday.
Oh, now, Chester, you don't seem to hold the highest office in the land in much esteem,
Chester.
Well, now, I like parties, Doc.
He's a fine fella.
I was talking about how you think a man becomes President.
Well, getting folks to like him is one way, ain't it?
Well, I won't argue with that.
No, no.
I can't sit here all day and listen to you two.
Yeah, it's not likely you'd learn anything worthwhile if you did.
I'd better go, too, again.
Thanks for your advice about the chicken, Chester.
Oh, that's okay, Doctor.
So long.
So long, Doc.
Uh, Mr. Dillon?
Yeah, Chester?
If you haven't got nothing for me to do, I might go on down to Depot later on.
Ah, well, you can go now, if you like.
Oh, it's too early.
Signed if he ain't due in till mid-afternoon.
Oh, I see.
Well, go then.
I wouldn't want a train to arrive without you being there to greet it, you know.
Well, now, it ain't a pure waste.
You never know who might get off one these days.
Pretty girl, maybe, huh?
Now, now, I'm serious, Mr. Dillon.
Yeah, I know.
Yeah, well, now, but what I mean is the...
Hey, look, there's him thoroughbreds across the street there.
Oh, yeah.
Who's the boy leading them?
Uh, Myron Mywetel.
He's a kid Portis hired to give them a run once in a while.
And you can't say he doesn't take good care of them.
No, sir.
There's Portis coming now.
He's going to show them off to his friends.
Yeah, he's got a right to be proud of them.
My, I wish I was rich like him.
I hear he's got two rooms at the Dodge house, just in case he runs into somebody who needs
a bed.
Ha, ha, ha.
Another's a real friend.
Hey, look at him, Ray.
Yeah, that's all horse.
I seen him, I tell you.
Don't yell about it.
I believe you.
Well, I want you to know it, sir.
Well, you sure take up a lot of room.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Don't start trouble, Burke.
He's starting no trouble.
He was standing in the way.
The man stands in the way.
He's got a right to move him, ain't you?
Is that fellow drunk or just throwing me?
I don't know.
Have you seen him around here before, Chester?
No, no.
They're strangers to me.
From the looks of them, I just soon keep it that way.
Yeah, well, you've got your
choice.
What?
They're getting mounted.
Looks like they're moving on.
Hey, those are pretty fair horses they got, too.
Hey, Chester.
Yes, sir?
Did you see those brands?
Why, them's wine glass horses, too.
Yeah.
Hey!
Man!
Hold it!
They don't hear you.
All right, let's go get our horses.
We'll follow them.
Well, now, what about Portis?
We ought to tell him.
They didn't tell him.
Come on.
That's a camp they got there, Mr. Dillon.
They ain't trying to run.
No.
They're all gone if I can figure it.
Yeah, they've seen us.
Okay, we'll ride right up to them, Chester.
Hey, Burke.
Hmm?
Them fellas we seen in town.
Yeah.
You looking for something, mister?
What's your friend's name, Burke?
My name's Keller.
Not that I take to strangers asking.
Well, there's no need for us to be strangers.
Just a proud foot I'm Matt Dillon.
Dillon?
We're the Marshal.
Yeah, that's right.
What are you doing down here, Marshal?
What'd you follow us for?
I got interested in your horses.
Why?
There's a man in Dodge with two wine glass horses.
Yeah, we know that.
All right, keep talking, Burke.
Go ahead, tell him.
All right.
It's Jack Portis.
And he stole them horses, Marshal.
Stole some money, too.
How?
Where?
An outfit down on the Red River.
Oklahoma territory?
Sure.
Whose outfit?
My uncle's.
He killed him, Marshal.
Yeah.
He killed Burke's uncle and he run off with what money he could find in them two thoroughbreds.
And we followed him here.
Long trail we found him.
I see.
Now what do you aim to do now?
We aim to take him.
What else?
Now what are you waiting for?
We're figuring a way to do it.
Yeah.
The smart one, that Portis.
Why didn't you come to me about this?
Well, ordinarily we would have, Marshal.
What do you mean?
Well, you think we'd ride all this way after nothing but a horse thief that stole a little
money?
Now Keller told you.
He killed my uncle, Marshal.
That makes it different.
Not to me it doesn't.
Well, it ain't your kin he killed.
You stay here, Burke.
Both of you stay here.
You can ride back and see Portis in a half an hour.
You'll be at the jail.
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He ain't at the Dodge house, he ain't at the Lady Gauge, and he ain't at the Texas Trail.
We'll go down to the Long Branch next, Hester.
Sure gonna be a surprise when he finds out his game is up, ain't it?
Hey, what's that crowd doing down there?
I don't know.
Uh-oh, they're spreading out.
Must be a fight, Mr. Jones.
Yeah, come on.
Hey, has that fellow Burke seen him?
I should have left you to watch him.
There's Teller, too.
And Portis.
Oh, looks like they killed him.
Yeah.
All right, stay back, Hester.
You killin' Burke?
It was my job, Marshal.
I told you that.
And you ain't gonna arrest me for it.
No.
Portis drew first, Marshal.
It was self-defense.
I didn't see it.
Asked anybody who did see it.
All right.
No, wait.
They may be friends of his, they're alive.
They weren't friends of his a minute ago.
They didn't back him up, did they?
Well, it's different now.
They'll back him up now.
You're in bad trouble, Burke.
Mr. Dionne?
Yeah, what, Chester?
What are you doing here, Kitty?
Hello, man.
She seen the whole thing.
She was standing right over there, Mr. Dionne, and she said...
All right, all right, Chester.
Let's hear it from her.
Yes, sir.
Oh, wait a minute.
How do we know she ain't a friend of his, too?
She'd tell the truth, even if she was.
All right, go ahead, Kitty.
What happened?
Well, I didn't hear what was said, Matt.
But I saw what happened, plain enough.
And?
It looked like he was calling Portis out, and then Portis went for his gun.
Burke shot him.
Yeah.
And it was self-defense.
I told you that, Marshal.
I wasn't lying.
There wouldn't have been a killing if he had stayed in camp, like I told you.
The murderer died sooner or later.
Burke.
You go on back to Oklahoma, and you stay there.
I'm taking them horses with me.
Take them.
Take them and get out.
Come on, Burke, let's go.
Yeah.
Portis was a bad one after all, huh?
Yeah, I guess so, Kitty.
If he hadn't been guilty, there'd have been no reason for him to draw first.
He didn't seem bad.
Hell, you never know, Kitty.
You just never know.
I had Chester go through Portis' pockets, and he found he hardly had enough money left
to pay for a coffin.
So his big party had been about over anyway.
But at least he'd had a fine time while it lasted.
Yet everybody who'd enjoyed it with him felt even though he was a killer, it was better
he got shot than hung.
And that was the end of it.
Except for one thing.
We didn't find out about that until a week later.
My worship of the goodness of the Lord is just plain miserable out there, Mr. Dillon.
Ah, what is it, Chester?
The sun, the dust, and the heat.
Why don't you stay inside?
I'm going to, now.
Now where you been?
After the mail.
Here.
There's not much here.
Now wait a minute, what's this?
Oh, well, that's for Jack Portis.
There ain't no address on it where they could send it back to, so I said maybe I ought to
bring it to you.
Well, I don't know what to do with it.
Well, it might say inside where you could send it back to.
I don't like opening mail, Chester, especially that of a dead man.
Well, what are we going to do with it, then?
Now, wait a minute, whoever wrote this doesn't know he's dead.
And I guess it's up to me to tell it.
I'll open it.
What's the matter, Mr. Dillon?
Here, you read it.
Well, I...
Dear boss, I hope you've run out of money by now and are on your way back to the wine
glass.
Things is fine here, except the washita's near dry and a couple of horses got stole,
but they was not thoroughbreds.
I'm keeping two pots of coffee on the stove in case you show up unexpected.
Doobie.
Oh, my goodness.
Well, I made a bad mistake, Chester.
Yes, sir.
But Portis made one too.
How?
Drawing first made him look guilty to us.
But what happened was that he counted on his friends to back him up against those two.
That Burke and Keller, they're mighty bold the way the road isn't here and got by with
that.
We'll get a circular out on them right away.
Yes, sir.
And I'll write his man, Dugan.
What are you telling, Mr. Dillon?
And I'll tell him two more wine glass horses got stolen.
Thoroughbreds this time.
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Gunsmoke, produced and directed by Norman McDonald, stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon,
U.S. Marshal.
Our story was specially written for Gunsmoke by John Mesden with music composed and conducted
by Rex Corey.
Sound platterns by Bill James and Ray Kemper.
Featured in the cast were John Danaer, Lawrence Dobkin, and Harry Bartel.
Harley Bear is Chester.
Howard McNair is Doc.
And Georgia Ellis is Kitty.
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