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Around Dodge City and in the territory on west, there's 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 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 chancey job and it makes a man watchful and a little lonely.
Mr. Dillon. Mr. Dillon.
Is there something wrong, Chester?
Oh, there's going to be a fight up there by the stage office. You better come, Mr. Dillon.
Why, what's the trouble?
They're around back at the stage. You can't see them from here.
Oh, who is it?
It's a couple of passengers. One's a great big man with red hair, about the biggest man
I ever seen.
Who's the other one?
I don't know, but he's kind of old and real, thin and poor looking, like he'd been rode
half to death. Oh, that red-headed fellow will ruin him, Mr. Dillon.
The size of a man doesn't matter much to a six-gun, Chester.
They ain't armed. Neither one of them's carrying no gun.
Then they won't get into much trouble.
Wait till you see him, that big one. He's got hands like shovels, Mr. Dillon.
Yeah, I can see him now.
Oh, look how he's slapping that poor little fella. If he really hit him, he'd kill him.
Get your hands up. How can I beat a man who won't fight a man?
All right, move back, everybody.
All right, hold it, mister.
That's enough.
What are you saying that's enough? He ain't by far enough.
This man doesn't even fight near you.
I'm trying to make him fight, ain't I?
Why should he fight?
Because we come in on that stagecoach together, and he sat there the whole eight hours and
stared at the floor. He never said a word.
Like it drove me crazy.
I think it did drive you crazy.
He isn't going to hurt you anymore, mister. But you better get out of here.
I don't care what he does.
You fight him, mister. You'll break him up a little. I'll watch.
Nobody's going to touch him.
Are you scared of this old crow?
I said leave him alone.
You saying? You're talking to Sam Keeler, mister. I'm a bear cat. People do what I say.
You're talking to a United States Marshal.
A Marshal? Well, now.
How come you're not wearing a gun, Keeler?
Man's got to wear a gun.
Most men do.
My hands do my fighting.
And you're big enough to whip most any man alive, aren't you?
I sure am.
But you go on arms so nobody can use his gun against you. He'd be held up for murder if
he did, wouldn't he?
Hell, you figured yourself a nice big advantage, Keeler. That you're a coward.
What?
You're a coward.
And I'd still be a fool to go up against you bare-handed.
You don't dare use that gun. You said so yourself.
There are lots of ways to use a gun, Keeler.
Marshal, I'm going to knock your head into a peak. And then I'm going to knock the peak
off right now.
Oh, he dropped like a pole axe, Keeler.
You killed a man because of me.
I haven't killed him. But he's going to be kind of touchy when he comes to. And you better
get out of sight.
Men are always fighting. Hating each other.
Who are you, mister?
My name is Seth Tandy, Marshal.
Oh, Tandy, if you don't like men fighting, Dodge is no town for you.
Cheser.
Yes, sir?
Throw some water on Keeler. And if he wants more fight, tell him I'll be in my office.
Okay, Mr. Dillon.
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A keeler come too all right, Mr. Dillon. You didn't hurt him so very bad.
And I haven't been worrying about it, Chester.
No, sir.
But it's been two hours. It's after dark. He couldn't have been unconscious all this
time.
He wasn't. See, I stopped off to the town of Soyo. I got me my winter haircut.
Oh, you should have seen Keeler when he come too. My goodness, he is mad. It wasn't getting
buffaloed so much as everybody laughing at him. Seemed like he just can't stand that.
He looked like he was about to go wild.
Well, there'll be more trouble from him.
Yes, sir. It's like this friend of his that showed up after the fight, a fellow called
Humbert. He just couldn't believe it when he seen Keeler laying there. This Humbert,
he said somebody would get killed for it, sure.
Uh-huh. Chester, I'm going to go down to the Long Branch and have a drink.
Oh, I'll walk part way with you.
Okay. What happened to that Seth Tandy?
I don't know. He left. But there's something wrong with him, Mr. Dillon. Did you notice
the funny look on him? He's got eyes like a blind horse. What kind of man is he?
All I know is he's the kind that lets himself get knocked around and doesn't seem to care
one way or the other. Yeah. You want a drink?
Oh, sure. Thank you. I got business. But you tell Miss Kitty hello, huh?
Yeah, sure.
Evening, Matt.
Good, Kitty.
How's this glass yours?
One of the girls brought it over, but she's busy now. That beer pitcher's hers, too.
Well, I'll leave some money with you and you can give it to her.
All right. They say the Santa Fe's going to start laying track of west of here soon.
Yeah. More railroad, more people, more trouble.
I'm sorry, Kitty. I'm in a poor mood.
Hang up your gun, Matt.
Yeah? I do what? I'm too lazy to work for a living.
I suppose keeping the peace around here isn't work. And then there's getting shot.
It's been a long time since anybody put a bullet in me, Kitty.
Just because you're learning to duck.
You know, up in Canada, they got a bird called a loon.
And they claim that these loons really can duck a bullet.
Why don't you go up there and study them a while, see how they do it?
Might be a good idea.
Mr. Dillon?
Oh, hello, Miss Kitty.
What's the trouble, Justin?
That fellow Tandy, Seth Tandy.
What about him?
Well, some fellows seen him stumble out of an alley just now. They took him up to dogs.
What?
He was all beat up. Oh, somebody had really worked on him.
Who?
I don't know. Nobody seen it happen.
All right, let's get up to dogs, Chester. We'll see you later, Kitty.
Sure, Matt.
Come in. Come in.
Oh, hello, Matt. Chester.
How's Tandy, Doc?
Well, there's nothing broken that I can find, but he sure colored up.
He's sitting in the back room there, if you want to see him.
Did he say who did it?
He hasn't said a word about anything so far. Maybe you can get him to talk.
All right.
Let's stand back, Chester.
Okay, Doc.
Well, how do you feel, Tandy?
Uh, Tandy, I want to know who did this.
I'm sure it was Sam Keeler, but I want to hear it from you.
No, Marshal.
There's been enough violence.
The next time he might kill you, Tandy.
It doesn't matter.
What?
It's not important.
Not no more.
That's your trouble, Tandy. Maybe I can help you.
Nobody can help me, Marshal.
When a man loses faith in his God, he loses everything.
I've lost my faith.
I no longer believe.
I, uh...
You're a preacher?
I was a preacher.
I was a preacher. 30 years.
Now what'd you come to Dodge for?
Oh, no reason, except get away from people that knew me before.
I didn't want them to see me. Maybe start them doubting, too.
I've got nothing left, Marshal. It doesn't matter what happens to me now.
Uh...
Now, Doc...
I heard him.
Well, tell him something.
I don't know what to tell him.
He's a preacher who doesn't believe in God anymore.
Oh, Matt, I'm an ignorant frontier doctor.
Sure, I can dig bullets out of people. I can sew them up, too.
I can shove their bones back into place, but...
Nobody ever taught me how to patch up a preacher who's lost his religion.
Don't trouble yourselves about me, gentlemen. I'll be moving on.
No. Not tonight, you won't.
Now, you can do what you want tomorrow, but tonight either you or Sam Keeler's gonna sleep in jail.
In jail?
I'm not gonna let Keeler catch you again tonight.
And if you won't say it was him, I can't arrest him.
Oh?
Well, did he do it?
Marshal, I'll sleep in your jail.
Maybe Seth Tandy didn't care what happened to himself.
But he sure went out of his way to keep other people from having any trouble.
Had to put Sam Keeler in jail that night that had been quite a battle.
And Tandy knew it.
So we took him downstairs.
And after we found him something to eat, we gave him a blanket and locked him in a cell where he'd be safe.
Chester slept in the office with a shotgun by his bed.
And after looking the town over for a couple of hours, I went to my room.
It was just after daylight when I was awakened.
Mr. Dillon!
What?
Wake up, Mr. Dillon!
What?
Mr. Dillon!
Oh, Chester, stop the racket and come on!
The door's unlocked!
Oh.
What time is it, Chester?
What are you doing here?
It's Seth Tandy. He's gone, Mr. Dillon.
What?
Yes, sir, I went out to get us some breakfast and he didn't feel like going, so I unlocked his cell and left him sitting there in the office.
And when I got back, he was gone.
Here, I found this note stuck on the door.
Marshal, if you want to see Seth Tandy alive, come to Turkey Bend at noon.
Alone and unarmed.
It ain't signed.
No, it doesn't have to be.
Sam Keeler, huh?
Yeah.
What are you going to do?
Do what it says, I guess.
But you can't go up there alone not wearing no gun, Mr. Dillon. He'll kill you. That Sam Keeler could kill anybody.
And if I don't, what'll happen to Tandy?
He don't care what happens to him. He said so himself.
You'd be risking your life for a man who don't even care about living.
Chester, go to the stable and get my horse while I'm dressing, will you?
What are you going to do?
I'm going to take the rifle boot off my saddle. I won't be needing it this time.
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A Chesterfield is better tasting.
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Maybe Chester was right, maybe it didn't make sense.
But still I had to do it.
It was about twenty miles upriver to Turkey Bend, and I got there about noon.
I waited around for a while, then Keeler's friend Humbert rode up.
He was unarmed too.
He didn't say anything.
He just looked me over carefully before he motioned me to ride upstream ahead of him.
About a half hour later we reached their camp.
Keeler was there and Seth Tandy sitting on a small pile of cottonwood logs staring blankly at the fire.
We got on and went up to him.
Here's that noon Keeler real prompt.
Marshall does things right, don't you Marshall?
Yeah sometimes.
Well you done this right, you come alone and you ain't armed.
You done your part, and I done mine.
There's your friend Tandy, and he's still alive.
What do you want Keeler?
I'll tell you Marshall, you, you had everybody laughing at me back in Dodge.
I don't like that.
I can't stand people laughing at me.
What's that got to do with Seth Tandy?
He started over him and is going to finish over him.
What do you mean?
I'm going to beat him to death Marshall, and you're going to stand there and watch me do it.
Now wait a minute.
And when there's nothing left of him, I'm going to go to work on you.
No.
You shut up Tandy.
I don't care what happens to me, but the Marshall came risking his life.
He did for sure Tandy.
Wait a minute Keeler.
Now what do you want Humbert?
You told me you were going to have a little fun.
You didn't say nothing about killing people.
Why?
I don't like this.
I don't want no part of it.
What's the matter with you Humbert?
I don't hold with killing people.
I don't want to end up on a rope.
You don't like it huh?
Now don't you start nothing with me now.
You leave me alone.
I'll learn you to go against me.
No.
You are alone with friends.
I didn't mean nothing.
Get out of my way Tandy.
I want one of those logs.
No.
Put your head on me.
Keeler.
I'll learn you.
Keeler.
I'll beat you.
Keeler.
I'll get you.
You brain demarshal.
You saved my life with that log.
Yeah.
Your life and Tandy's and probably mine.
I got a gun over here in my blanket marshal.
I'll give it to you before it comes to.
Okay.
Marshal.
Yeah what Tandy?
You came here knowing you might be killed.
Well there's always a chance of that.
But you came willing to sacrifice your life to save mine.
And knowing mine's worthless.
You listen to me.
No man's life is worthless Tandy.
Whether he thinks so or not.
I can see that now.
Well.
Are you riding on from here?
Oh no.
No marshal.
I'm going back.
My foot standeth in an even place.
In the congregations will I praise the Lord.
In a moment our star, William Conrad.
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You know on the frontier a man was hanged if he stole a horse.
But our story next week is about a man who stole thousands.
And he went free.
Until then good night.
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 Hanley and Bill James.
Featured in the cast were Lawrence Dobkin, Joe Cranston, and John Daner.
Harley Bear as Chester, Howard McNair as Doc, and Georgia Ellis as Kitty.
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