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 the U.S. Marshal and the smell of gun smoke.
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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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I swear, Matt, you'd think that Chester was getting a love letter every day. The way he races off after the meal.
Yeah. He sure likes to pick it up every morning, doesn't he?
Yeah, I'll say that. He barely takes time to chew his food before he's off after it.
I wouldn't worry about Chester, Doc. He gets his nourishment all right.
Oh, I know he does. But I could write a new medical book on his digestive processes.
Good idea. Why don't you do that, Doc? Chester sure liked to be famous.
Yeah, but I'm not too sure he'd like for me to cut him open.
You're probably right about that.
You coming into the office?
Yes, dear Matt, thank you. I got a call to make.
All right, Doc.
Well, Bud, I might give you another lesson in checkers after supper.
Well, you're sure welcome to try.
All right, Dennis. See you later.
So long.
The U.S. Marshal ought to be where folks can find it.
Ah, hello there, friend. It seems to me even a U.S. Marshal has a right to some breakfast.
Sure took your time at it.
Ah, who's this fellow with you?
That's what I come about.
Listen here, Marshal, can a man run his own cattle drive or can't he?
It seems to me you've always run yours, friend. What's the trouble?
A man don't have to have nobody riding with him less than he wants, does he, Marshal?
Of course he doesn't. You know that.
Well, then lock her up.
Lock who up?
This lying, contrary, mule-headed woman.
Woman?
Come here. Turn around so the Marshal can see you, but you are.
Take your hands off me.
See, Marshal? See?
Now, just a minute.
You have no right to keep me here, either of you.
Your smart talk won't do you no good around here.
You've been breaking the law like I've been saying right along.
There is no law that says...
All right, all right, all right. How lost have you? Quiet down.
All right, now, friend, what's this all about?
She wouldn't get, Marshal. That's all there is to it. She hung on like a stray calf.
You mean she rode up all the way from Texas?
No. She joined up when we come to the Cimarron.
She was pesky as a tick at Deep Old Crossing.
You got a idea what a woman can do to a cattle drive?
I merely want to observe.
Well, I ain't carrying you along to Abilene.
You lock her up, Marshal.
Now, wait a minute, friend. Wait a minute.
I'm not sure there's any reason to lock her up.
She's an unwomanly woman. That's what she is. Unwoman.
What?
All right, hold on there.
Here now, Marshal. Slashing at a man with a quirk. That's disturbing the peace.
You've got to lock her up.
You can't talk to me like that.
I said, hold on.
All right, friend, you go along. I'll take care of this.
You better put the irons on her, too.
Just let me worry about it.
I'm just warning you.
I said, go on.
Fine specimen of a man.
Never mind about that. What's your name?
I don't have to submit to interrogation.
I said, what's your name?
Phoebe Appleby.
All right, Miss Appleby.
Suppose you told me what you were doing hanging on the fence cattle train.
I have already told you. I was observing.
A cattle drive?
Exactly. There was no reason for him to object.
I don't know how it is where you come from, Miss Appleby, but out here a cattle drive isn't figured to be a place for a woman.
Trail Boss is not going to welcome you.
He had no right to speak as he did.
You wouldn't leave when he asked you to, would you?
No, I wouldn't leave.
A journalist has to become accustomed to not being welcomed.
A journalist?
That's right, Marshal.
I'm here to write a true picture of the West.
And I must say I'm not impressed.
A woman dressed in man's clothes isn't given a true picture herself.
I don't need any lectures from you.
You're not going to get any. All right, come on back here.
Where? What for?
I'm going to lock you up until I can figure out what to do with you.
I've committed no crime!
I don't want anybody else to commit one either.
My paper will hear about this.
Yeah, I may write him a letter myself. Now, come on.
You better have another beer, Matt, to calm your nerves.
It is not that funny, Kitty.
You'll have to admit this one woman, as you're more upset than the last few gunmen you've had to contend with.
I know what to do with a gun.
And not with a woman, is that it?
Miss Russell, when you're through enjoying the big joke, maybe I can ask you to help me, huh?
Oh, sure, Matt. You know I'll help. What do you want me to do?
Well, she's, uh, she's got to have a place to stay.
You're going to let her go, then?
I locked her up more for her own protection than anything else.
Tell her what would happen to her if she walked up Front Street.
I thought you said she wasn't very, uh, well, that she wouldn't exactly turn a man's head.
No, she's no looker, Kitty. It's the man's get-up she's wearing. She's a sight.
The rowdies aren't going to make it easy for her, that's all.
Well, you better get her some clothes.
Yeah, yeah, that'll help some.
And I think Ma Smalley will let her stay in the back room until the woman, uh, what's her name?
Oh, Appleby. Phoebe Appleby.
Until Phoebe makes up her mind what she wants to do.
Yeah. Uh, Kitty.
Huh?
You got some clothes she could wear, maybe?
Well, I don't know, Matt. What size is she?
Well, she's about, uh, uh, well, she's, you know, about that high, I guess.
And, uh, yeah, well, she's not very big around.
Oh, well, thanks, but I think I'd better see for myself.
Yeah, I guess maybe you'd better.
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Back here, Kitty.
Miss Appleby, this is Kitty Russell.
She's come to help you.
Hello, Phoebe.
I don't need any help from you.
Well, somebody ought to help you get some clothes.
My clothes are waiting for me in Abilene.
Not going to do you much good in Dodge.
If you would stand up and let me look at you, maybe I could find some licentious.
I suppose even Dodge City has a shop that sells dresses.
There's a general store.
It sells dresses?
It sells dresses.
Well, I suppose it'll have to do.
We managed to get along.
Here.
What's this?
Well, I should think you could see it's a purse, Miss Russell.
You may purchase me a dress.
Something in a pale yellow, I should think.
Of good material, something better than Calico.
Oh, of course.
We couldn't expect you to wear Calico.
Perhaps you can get me some suitable underthings.
I'll try.
All right, if I go now, Matt?
Yeah, sure, Kitty.
You might find out about Moss Smalley's room, too.
What's that?
Well, we're looking up a room for you to stay in, Miss Appleby.
Would that be in a boarding house?
Yeah.
Miss Russell.
Hmm?
On your way back with my dress, would you please engage a room at the hotel?
Matt?
I guess you might as well, Kitty.
It'll save Moss Smalley some trouble.
Sure.
Miss Russell.
Yeah, Phoebe?
Please get a room that's suitable for me, will you?
That won't be easy, but I'll try.
Oh, say, I'm glad to see your appetite has returned, Matt.
For evermore, I didn't know you'd been feeling poorly, Mr. Jones.
I'm all right, Chester.
He was off his feet at noon, Chester.
He was?
I'd say it was woman trouble, wouldn't you, Kitty?
She'd take my appetite away.
Well, now, of course, honey, it's her, but it sounds like you're being mighty hard on a poor misguided female lady.
Oh.
You all right, Miss Kitty?
Pretty. It's merely a case of smuggled imprecation, Chester.
What's that, Doc? Is that something serious?
Never mind, Chester. Just finish your dinner and let's get out of here.
Well, but Doc, say, she's got the... Marshall?
Yeah, Pete?
I got this note for you from her.
From who?
That lady. The table over there.
Oh. Thanks.
Well, go ahead, go ahead and read it.
Oh, yeah.
Huh.
She wants to talk to me.
She does? Who is it? A strange woman in town?
You've been talking about her all through dinner.
That woman? Over there in the yellow dress?
Yeah. That's Phoebe Applesby.
Well, she doesn't look the way Matt described her. She's not bad looking at all.
As a matter of fact, she's a very handsome woman.
Well, Matt, she's waiting.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
You wanted to see me?
Yes, I did. Sit down.
Thank you.
Uh, what did you want to see me about?
I guess I owe you an apology for my appearance earlier today.
No, there's no need for that.
Yes, I think there is.
A woman should always look her best. Don't you agree?
I guess that's up to the woman.
That's very clever of you.
I had a reason, of course. I was so anxious to get the story of the cattle drive.
Uh-huh. Very few women look their best under those circumstances, Miss Applesby.
No, no, of course not.
But I do think a woman should have a chance at a career. Don't you, Marshal?
Well, I guess that depends on the woman, too.
How about me?
Well, Miss Applesby...
Call me Phoebe.
Well, Phoebe, it just doesn't seem like you'd need a career.
What do you mean?
Well, it's just that you're a rather handsome woman.
Your ideas have changed since this morning, haven't they?
Well, so have you.
Not really. I still want to observe.
Send back a true story of the way things are in the West, the wild, wild West.
Well, we aren't that wild. We aren't that interesting, either.
Then I'll have to observe that, too.
Listen, Phoebe, there are a lot better things for a woman to observe.
Are you afraid some big man with a gun will walk me into your office again and ask you to lock me up?
Maybe.
Well, it's not going to happen this time.
This time I'll be right where you can watch me.
I'm glad to hear that.
I'm going to stay here in Dodge, acting like a lady...
until the next time you go out to round up a prisoner.
No? And then what?
Well, then I'll ride out with you.
Hold on.
I should have thought of it before, riding out on a manhunt.
That'll be a story that sends back to Philadelphia.
I'm afraid that's a story that you're going to have to make up, Phoebe.
Give me a chance. I can ride. I can even shoot.
I wouldn't hinder you.
Come to think of it, you might even hinder whoever I was after.
Don't laugh at me, Marshal. I'm serious.
I'm serious, too, Phoebe. I couldn't take you out on government business.
You're afraid. You're afraid to let me go with you.
As a matter of fact, you may be right about that.
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Hello, Doc. Sit down.
Thank you. Thank you, Kitty.
Have a drink?
Thank you, Kitty. I've got too much to do yet.
I actually came in to look for Matt.
He isn't here.
Oh, well, you know where I might find him?
No, Doc, I don't.
I haven't seen much of him lately.
Oh, I see.
What do you mean, oh, I see?
Oh, nothing, nothing, Kitty. No, it's just that you don't seem very happy with Matt just now.
Oh, I'm not happy or unhappy.
Just that I hate to see him make it a fool of himself.
Oh, so you think that's the way the wind blows, huh?
That woman's after something from Matt, Doc.
My guess is she's going to get it.
Well, now, I don't know about that, Kitty.
I must say, though, that she has turned out to be a real looker, hasn't she?
Oh, your new dress never hurt any woman, Doc.
Especially when she's been wearing trousers.
Oh, yes, but you get... she...
Oh, great heavens.
What's the matter?
What in time is that woman going in here?
Looks to me like she's going right up to the bar.
Excuse me, Doc.
That's right, Bart.
Leave the bottle.
Hello, Phoebe.
Oh, hi, Miss Russell.
That's right.
Oh, of course.
This is where you work, isn't it?
I'm an owner of this saloon,
but it isn't a very good place for unescorted women, Phoebe.
If this whiskey isn't any indication,
it isn't a very good place for anybody.
I'd really suggest, Miss Russell, that you improve its quality.
A whiskey should be the least of your worries.
I'm not really worried, Miss Russell.
Well, you should be.
Women just don't come into the Long Branch, Phoebe.
Be smart of your leave.
I have a right to observe, Miss Russell.
The American people have a right to know what goes on in these Western places.
I can tell you that.
In this saloon, they drink.
Are you afraid of what I might say in my article?
No, I'm not afraid.
Go ahead. Observe.
I'll be here in case you need help.
I'm sure I won't call for help, Miss Russell.
Ha ha ha.
That's going it, little lady.
Who are you?
Just call me Penn, ma'am.
I sure do like a woman who knows her own mind.
Well, that's a refreshing attitude, I must say.
That's a what?
Hey, Ross, come up this way.
I got me a fancy talking woman for sure.
You'd better watch out, ma'am.
Them kind is dangerous.
Oh, not when they're so purty.
Let me buy you a drink, lady.
No, thank you. I have one.
Oh, come on. I got me plenty of money.
I got me enough money to buy everybody a drink.
No, ma'am.
I'm sure you have.
Sure I have. Just listen.
Come on, everybody. I'm buying.
Take the money.
Look, I don't know.
That's right. That's right. Step right up. Step right up.
You see, lady, I got the money.
You and me could be good friends.
Take it easy, Penn. Just because we got it in a hurry
don't mean you got to spend it in a hurry.
Oh, did you men strike a wrench?
Uh, yes, ma'am. You could say we done that.
Penn, why don't we just...
Just, uh, how did you make your... your strike?
Uh, made it...
Gambling.
Mine.
I didn't quite understand.
Never mind, ma'am.
Nothing to trouble pretty gals as mine, Wiss.
Don't you think, young little lady?
On the contrary, I'd like to know about it.
I think you can buy me that drink after all.
I think we'll be in a big fight over there.
Miss Dillon, you better come quick.
Huh? Come where, Jesse?
The Long Branch. Miss Kitty sent me.
All right, come on.
Trouble.
Well, there ain't no trouble yet.
It's just what might happen with that Miss Appleby lady.
Phoebe?
Yeah.
She down there?
She walked in just bold as brass, Miss Kitty says,
and stepped right up to the bar.
She don't act like she's got good sense.
She's trying to prove she's got too much sense, Chester.
That's trouble.
Well, Miss Kitty says a couple half-drunk strangers
is up there at the bar, pooping and carrying on something terrible,
and she's afraid there might be a root cause.
Yeah.
Mr. Dillon, tell me,
what makes a lady get such a crazy idea
as to go into a place like the Long Branch?
I don't know, Chester.
I just hope we can give her the information she needs.
I just hope we can give her the idea to get out.
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Believe me, Mr. Penn, I do want to know all about it.
It'll make a first-rate story.
Now, this mine, where did you say it was?
Why, it was up north, away.
You don't seem to agree.
Why, because he ain't never known when to keep his mouth shut.
Now, you listen here, Rudd, I got as much right to talk as you got.
You talk enough and you'll wind us up in jail.
You mean this might be a case of the law?
Now, you see there, Penn?
Why, well, it ain't nothing, lady, nothing at all.
I have an idea that you didn't get the money from a mine at all.
Come on, Penn.
Come on, where?
We're gonna get out of here before you talk any more.
I ain't going nowhere.
I said move.
A gun.
That's right, lady.
What's going on?
You get out of the way.
He ain't gonna get out of the way.
He's gonna stay right here in front of me.
Now, you ain't gonna shoot a lady, Rudd, are you?
Let me go.
Not right now, lady.
Not till he gets gone.
I'll shoot the both of you if I have to.
All right, drop the gun.
Not hardly.
Now, let the lady go.
I didn't hurt her none.
Get his gun, Chester.
Yes, sir.
All right, you.
Get up.
Come on.
My hand.
You nearly shot my hand off.
You're lucky.
Take him along, Chester.
Lock him up.
Yes, sir.
It was her, Marshall.
It was her making Penn talk.
There'd never have been no trouble.
You'd never have known.
I might have.
A wanted poster came in this morning.
All right, go on, Chester.
Get Doc to look at that hand.
All right, you.
Come on, you.
Walk.
All right, Phoebe.
Looks like you got a story after all.
Phoebe.
You're gonna have to wait for your answer, Matt.
The lady a journalist is just saying to.
You act a little anxious, Marshall.
Great on me for training.
I'll be glad to see you safely out of here.
We'll say that.
I hate to ever admit a man is right.
But you were about one thing, Marshall.
Oh, what's that?
There are better places for me to pursue my career than a Dodge City saloon.
Yeah.
What?
Well, the Marshal's office can stop worrying about me.
As soon as this train pulls out.
There'll be other things.
Yes, I'm sure there will be.
And I wouldn't be surprised if once in a while you wished you had me to worry about instead.
Isn't that right, Matt?
Yeah.
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised.
Well, come on.
Have a good one on the train.
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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 Marion Clark with editorial supervision by John Nestor.
Featured in the cast are Gene Bates, Barney Phillips, Terry Bartell, and Vic Perrin.
Harley Bear is Chester, Howard McNear is Doc, and Georgia Ellis is Kitty.
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