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.
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, but it makes a man watchful, and a little lonely.
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I don't think I like Dodge too much, Andy. It kind of scares me.
Well, it ain't a bad town, Millie. The sides will only be here long enough to get the old wagon sold.
Well, that's the livery stable, isn't it?
Yeah. Oh, there. Oh. This shouldn't take very long.
Hello.
Hello, stranger.
You run this stable?
I own it. Moss Grimmick.
I'm Andy Cole. I had mine sell my wagon.
Oh.
I told you you might buy it. It's a good wagon. A little old, maybe.
You must be kind of broke.
We just moved into a shack down by the Arkansas, and we're looking to get a start somehow, but we need a little eating money until I find a job.
I'll sell the wagon cheap, Mr. Grimmick.
Well, maybe I can help you out. Let's have a look.
What's that? Well, something spooked that team.
They're running wild.
Pull out. Pull out.
Millie. Millie. Are you hurt?
I'm all right.
Are you sure? Let me help you down.
I'm too scared. I can't. I'm shaking up so much. I should have jumped.
Who was that man driving the team?
Ed Velen. He runs a freight line here.
Now, Andy, don't start trouble.
The woman's all right, isn't she?
Can't you handle them mules, mister?
Now, Andy.
You do that on purpose?
Of course I didn't do it on purpose.
Some drunk come out of the saloon and spoke to me. I feel terrible about this man.
Well, you ought to feel terrible. You nearly killed her, you darn fool.
Andy!
You've got a bad temper, ain't you?
You just bet I have.
Well, so have I when I get robbed. I'll fix you good for this.
I'm waiting.
Andy, stop it.
Next time you better be wearing a gun, mister.
Oh, now you're threatening me with a gun.
No, he isn't. And you're not going to start wearing one either, Andy.
Well, we'll see about that.
I've got trouble here.
Hello, Marshal. Chester, it's a good thing you've come.
Well, this man's threatening to come after me with a gun, Marshal.
He smashed into my wife with his wagon.
He didn't do it on purpose.
I wonder he didn't kill you.
He didn't kill me, though. I'm not even hurt. There's no cause for all this trouble.
He shouldn't be driving mules if he can't handle them.
What happened, Fallon?
Ah, Cowboys spooked my team and they run off. I couldn't help it.
Well, you sure ain't done their wagon much good.
Oh, we were going to sell it to...
Oh? Well, I'll tell you what. I'll pay for it. What's it worth?
Never mind about that.
With $20 coming up...
I ain't asking for money.
I'll take it. We need that money.
Why, sure. Sure. Here you are, man.
Thank you.
You're pretty broke, are you?
We're broke, all right.
Well, maybe I can help you out.
I'll give your husband a job starting tomorrow.
Abdi. You here?
Yeah. Yeah, I hear and I don't like it.
Why should he offer me a job? It don't make sense.
My gracious, Mr. Fallon's just trying to be nice to you.
Looks to me like you could use a job, son.
He's right, Andy.
All right. All right, I'll try your job, Mr. Fallon, but probably not for long.
You sure don't make it easy.
Anyway, my office is right over there. I'll see you in the morning.
And, uh, good day, ma'am.
Good day, Mr. Fallon.
Ah, you see? It worked out fine, Andy.
I sold the wagon and you got a job.
Yeah, but I don't like that man, Millie.
You've got quite a temper, son.
Why don't you just relax and take your wife on home?
Yeah, sure. Come on, Millie.
Goodness me, sure is a hot head, ain't it?
Yeah, and a temper like that can cause a lot of trouble.
Especially with a wife that pretty.
Oh, Mr. Fallon.
Mrs. Cole.
I had to ride out of the country today and just stop by your place to see how things were going.
Well, that's very kind of you.
You look like you thought maybe it was some bandit riding up there.
I didn't know.
I just wanted to be sure Andy wasn't home playing hooky while I was gone.
Andy wouldn't do a thing like that.
No, I was just joking.
He's there on the job all right, I'm sure of that.
He's got three freight wagons to get loaded by noon.
Andy's a hard worker.
You're going to be real pleased you hired him, Mr. Fallon.
You're in it. You just call me Ed.
We're friends, ain't we?
Yes, of course.
How about inviting me in for a cup of coffee?
Well, I'm not sure that would be proper.
Oh, there ain't nobody around.
Ain't nobody to even know.
Well, I...
Millie, that job I give Andy, I'm paying him a dollar a day more than it's worth.
I know.
Well, I ain't sure I could use a cup of coffee.
All right, Mr. Fallon, I'll make you a cup of coffee.
Now, that's right, neighbor of you, Millie.
I like that just fine.
Hello, Millie.
Oh, Andy.
I didn't hear you ride up.
No.
What are you looking for?
There's been somebody here.
What?
Well, maybe he was still around.
I don't know what you're talking about.
I've seen tracks outside, boot marks.
Well, they're yours.
No, they ain't mine. I don't wear Spanish heels.
Now, who was here, Millie?
Nobody was here.
What's got into you anyway?
Now, don't you lie to me. You never lied to me.
And I'm not lying now.
Andy, you've been drinking.
I'm never drinking. You know it.
Who was here today, Millie?
Nobody.
Nobody was here.
I won't stand for this, Andy.
Well, I won't stand for it either.
Where are you going?
Andy. Andy, put that gun back. Put it back, you hear?
You're covering up something, Millie.
I'll find out who it is, and then I'll put the gun back.
Not before.
There you are, Matt.
Thanks, Kitty.
You know, that's better beer than we've been getting lately.
Yeah, I think it is.
Maybe I ought to start charging more for it.
On second thought, kind of flat, isn't it?
You're a hard man, Matthew.
Say, how's Andy Cole getting along in his job with Felman?
I don't know, Kitty.
I saw Andy today. He was wearing a gun.
Well, it doesn't exactly make him stand out around here, does it?
Hell, it's the first time I've seen him wear one since he arrived in town.
Oh?
Yeah, I asked him about it.
He told me some man was visiting his wife yesterday.
She wouldn't tell him who it was.
I tried to talk to him, but it didn't do any good.
Never does in a case like that.
Evening, Matt. Kitty?
Hello, Doc.
Sit down, Doc.
Oh, how about a beer?
Oh, now I'd like that.
Sam, bring Doc a beer, will you?
Yes, Miss Kitty.
You two look mighty close.
Something wrong?
I was just talking about Andy Cole.
Andy Cole? I met his wife today, a nice girl.
Where'd you meet her? Here in town?
No, I was driving by their shack by the river there, so I stopped and settled low.
So you're the one.
What?
Nothing.
Well, what were you saying about Andy?
Well, Matt's worried about him.
Andy's wearing a gun today, for the first time.
What for?
He suspects somebody's been visiting his wife.
Maybe he's after me then.
Isn't a joke, Doc.
Well, no, I guess it is.
Andy's a good boy, but he's awful hot-headed.
You know, this morning I made Millie Cole a promise.
But I think maybe I should break it.
What are you talking about?
She gave me a note to deliver.
Asked me not to tell anyone about it.
It was for Ed Fallon.
Fallon?
Did you give it to him?
Yeah, just now when it came in.
He's standing right down there at the end of the bar.
Oh, yeah.
You know what was in the note?
No, she didn't say.
Just that it had something to do with business.
That's what she told you, huh?
Yeah.
Well, you think it was something more?
I don't know, Doc, but if Millie wrote a note to Fallon,
it could be he's the one.
I'll be back.
Fallon?
Yeah?
Ah.
Hello, Marshal.
What's on your mind?
I want to talk to you about Millie Cole.
What?
Have you been seeing her?
What business of yours would I do, Marshal?
I'm trying to stop a killing, Fallon.
I thought you might want to help.
I believe in law and order.
You know that.
Then keep away from Millie Cole.
Now, look, Marshal...
Andy's wearing a gun, Fallon.
You saw him.
If you have been seeing his wife and he finds out, he'll kill you.
You seem to know a lot about this, Marshal.
Enough to know that you got a note from her today.
That note had to do with business.
Whatever it was, I'm just warning you.
Stay away from her.
Well, what did you find out, man?
I can't pin him down.
You tell him about the note?
Well, you'd never own up to it anyway.
Well, I got to make sure before Andy finds out.
Why are you going to do that?
Go out tomorrow and talk to Millie Cole.
Face her with it.
Hope she tells the truth.
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More coffee?
No, thanks, Milly.
Marshal, I don't know what makes you think Mr. Fallon has been visiting me.
Andy's wearing a gun, Milly, and he means to use it.
I know.
Was it Fallon?
Nobody's been out here except you and Doc Adams.
Andy doesn't believe that.
Do you?
No.
Marshal, it's true.
What's the matter with you men?
Would you take a woman's word for anything?
Andy.
Oh, Marshal Dillon.
You're about the last man I would have suspected, Marshal.
Andy, wait.
Stay out of this, Milly.
You just keep your hands where they are, Marshal.
You're making a mistake, Andy.
You've already made yours, and it was a bad one, a real bad one.
Now you listen to me.
I'll kill you, Marshal. I swear I will.
Andy, it wasn't the Marshal.
No. Andy, I think it was Fallon.
Fallon?
I came out here to prove it if I could.
How were you going to do that?
I placed some Milly with it. She's a poor liar, Andy.
Was it Fallon, Milly?
There wasn't anybody out here.
You're lying. It was Fallon. Who else would it be?
Sure, the whole thing figures out easy.
Now, wait a minute, Andy.
I know you're trying to stop us shooting, Marshal,
but it won't do no good. I'll kill Fallon on sight.
Not while I'm around you.
Once you're going to go back to Dodge with me, Andy,
and we'll have this off there and without gunplay.
Now, let's go.
Don't worry, Milly. It's going to be all right.
Andy.
Oh, Andy.
Andy.
You.
It's me, all right.
You surprised?
They were both here. Andy and the Marshal.
Yeah, I seen them. I've been waiting for them to leave.
How long you been here?
Long enough to see Andy right up.
He knows it was you. He knows you've been visiting me.
The Marshal told him.
The...
The Marshal told him.
What kind of a lie is that?
It's true.
You told him, Milly. Nobody else could have.
You got me in a fine mess now, didn't you?
I wish I had told him. I wish I had.
You're no better than the rest of them.
Prettier, that's all.
You get out of here.
Not quite yet.
First, I'm going to teach you a lesson.
I'm going to teach you to keep your mouth shut.
Get out of here.
Like I said, not quite yet.
I ain't saw a foul around town all day. What you doing?
He may be here at his office.
He better be.
Well, Andy, where you been?
I looked everywhere for you.
Where's Fallon Jenkins?
I don't know.
Take a look out back, Chester.
Maybe you wouldn't mind telling me what's going on here, Marshal.
Like Andy said, we're looking for Fallon.
Well, Fallon's going to be looking for him.
He finds out Andy's been loafing on the job.
Fallon's paying Andy too much money as it is.
Not for long, he ain't.
You're getting a dollar a day more than you're worth, Andy.
Whose idea was that, Jenkins, to pay him that money?
It wasn't mine. I'm only the clerk here.
Besides, I don't have no reason for it, do I?
But Fallon does, huh?
Ain't nobody back there, Mr. Jones.
All right, where is he, Jenkins?
You sure you want me to tell you, Marshal?
Did he go out to Andy's place?
He was looking kind of worried after talking to you last night.
And he is out there.
He sure is, and you're looking mighty stupid, son.
Running all over the country while Fallon's out there courting your wife,
having yourself a fine time.
Why, you don't...
Andy, don't waste your time. Let's go.
I don't see no horse. He's here. He must have come a foot.
I just got a feeling that there's something wrong.
Andy.
Millie.
Millie, what happened to you?
Oh, Andy.
What happened? Are you hurt?
I'm all right.
Fallon. Where's Fallon? He's here. I know it.
Now, where is he, Millie?
In the... in the house.
One... he got shot.
Who did it, Fallon? Who shot you?
Millie.
Millie?
I tried to beat her. She shot me.
I ain't doing so good.
You better go on out to Millie.
Millie.
Millie, I was wrong not trusting you.
Why didn't you tell me that first day?
I didn't want any trouble, Andy.
But I was wrong, too.
I'm not telling you.
The trouble's all over now.
I was going to the river to wash.
And I heard you ride out.
Come on. I'll go with you.
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Gunsmoke. Produced and directed in Hollywood by Norman McDonald, stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal.
The story was specially written for Gunsmoke by John Meston and adapted for radio by Mr. McDonald.
Featured in the cast were Gene Bates, Vic Perrin, John Danaer, and Harry Bartel.
Harley Bear as Chester, Howard McNear as Doc, and Georgia Ellis as Kitty.
This is George Walsh inviting you to join us again next week when CBS Radio presents another story on Gunsmoke.
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