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Gunsmoke, starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

Excuse me, Marshal.

Good morning,

Matthew. How are you? You got here right in the nick of time, Matthew. I got my

new card trick all figured out.

Go on, just slate one out there. Any one tall.

Don't make no difference.

Might as well. He won't leave you alone.

Well, I did. See, it's a spade.

Oh, fiddle.

How do you expect me to do my collard trick when you tell me beforehand what

the collard is?

Have a drink here, Matt.

There's an awful lot of strangers in town, you know that, son?

Sure is. I was gonna ask you about it, too.

Boy, they just look like a bunch of cowpunchers to me.

Well, where'd they come from? There's no herds in.

Wouldn't be Saturday night unless Buck Spencer got a little drunk.

Something wrong?

I don't know, Kitty.

If it is, it's nothing I can put my finger in.

I'll see you later.

You're up kind of late.

Doc.

Got any coffee left?

Yeah, I hope so.

I was just on my way home. By golly, I'm tired.

You look branding special.

Well, I thought I saw a couple of familiar faces over in the lawn branch

tonight.

Yeah.

Did you find anything?

No, not yet.

Somebody told me you sent Buck Spencer home a while ago.

Well, I did, yeah.

He's back.

Buck, what are you doing back here?

I didn't have no choice. I couldn't get home.

Couldn't get home? What are you talking about?

Just what I said, Marshal. I couldn't get home.

Why not?

You know that cut out by Devil's Draw?

Yeah? Well, there's been a landslide.

A landslide?

Yeah, it's blocking the whole road.

Ain't no way to get a wagon around it. Ain't no way at all.

Marshal, you just gotta let me sleep in the jail tonight.

I can't do that, Buck. I'm liable to need these cells.

Doc?

What? Well, couldn't you... Oh, no. No, you see...

This is a situation that comes under the jurisdiction of the office of the United

States Marshal.

Thanks for the coffee.

Bug, get a good night's sleep.

You too.

Thanks.

All right, tell her I'm back.

Evening, Marshal.

Merlin.

I won't send an answer, Barney. It's just a routine advisement.

I wasn't waiting for an answer, Marshal. I just wanted to tell you that the

telegraph wire is out.

When did that happen?

10, 15 minutes.

Just after that wire come in.

Yeah, probably some buffalo scratching his back on a pole and pushing it over.

Barney, I want you to do something for me.

Go up the long branch and find Festus. Tell him to get down here as soon as he

can. You bet.

Don't touch those guns, Marshal.

If you do, I'm gonna have to open up the other world for you.

Uh-huh.

That's more sensible.

Now, ain't anybody going anywhere tonight.

Your fair city's got some visitors, and we don't want to be disturbed.

Now, sir.

If you just take your thumb and your forefinger and gently reach down and

grab your gun out easy, we can all relax.

All right, move it. We ain't got all day. Come on, now. Let's move it. Let's

move it.

I said, move.

Sir, it's me, but you better let me go up.

All right, move along.

Keep them moving.

What do we got here?

Where did you come from?

Just never mind that. Who's been shooting that gun?

I'll ask the questions. Boys, lighten his load.

Wait just a dang minute here.

You just shut up or I'll blow that ugly face out from under those whiskers.

Get your hands off of him.

Gun on the table.

Well, well, well.

Look what I found.

What is this, a hold-up?

Don't you fret none about it, honey.

Nobody's gonna lose anything they can't replace.

Unless somebody gets herself killed by acting stupid. Somebody like you, ugly.

On the table.

Oh, no.

I ain't a fixin' to get myself shot up to protect my three dollars.

I'd say you fellas bit yourselves off a good big wad.

Fact is, I'd say you're liable to choke on it.

Well, we'll just wait and see, all right?

Outside.

Boys, clean out the cellar.

Wait a minute.

You'd best commence to being a mite more friendly.

We're gonna be lots of better friends before this night is over.

Get those folks along now.

Frank, I want you to tell Boland to take all them weapons over the Long Branch.

Mason Gore, huh?

You heard of me.

Well, then I guess you know why we're here.

Bet they're the ones that cut the wires.

You're going against the government, you know, cutting them wires like that.

I'll try to keep that in mind.

First thing I want you all to understand, there's nobody here in any

danger. There'll be no violence of any kind if you all do exactly what you're

told. We're here for just one reason.

Money.

All your merchants are obliged to open up your doors and keep them open. All

private citizens will gather together all your valuables and put them in a

parcel on your front stoop.

That's anything of value.

Silver, money, jewelry, wedding rings.

My boys will be by to pick them up. If they think the parcel's a little too

small, they might be tempted to come in and take a look at your house. I don't

think you'd like that. Any questions?

How long you gonna be here?

Till dawn tomorrow.

Until then, nobody leaves this town. Anyone who comes in stays.

Any other questions?

All right, you can all go home. Try to remember what I said now.

Wait a minute!

Where are you all going?

Are you gonna let them push you around like a bunch of sheep?

Wait! Hey, mister.

You better be quiet.

Don't tell me what to do, you cheap saddle tramp. You out of my way!

Now there's a

lesson.

I don't have time for foolishness.

If there are any more heroes, let them step out now.

Hey, Marshal, we got a job for you too.

We're gonna let you keep your badge and your authority.

All you gotta do in return is to see that this new government isn't

disturbed.

And that's us until tomorrow morning.

You're not gonna get away with it, Gore.

A lot of people still left in their homes. They're on to you by now. They

know what you're up to. They'll be waiting for you.

Well, I'll send two or three of my fellas with you to ensure their peaceful

surrender.

They're men with families. They'll fight you.

families and friends.

You know, it seems to me that if any trouble were to start here, your people

get the worst of it.

I sure would hate to see this place turn into another Indian Falls.

Indian Falls?

I heard about that.

Just over a year ago, somebody took over a town and killed six or seven men.

A dozen.

Just some poor fools who place more value on their gold than they did on

their lives.

It's up to you, Marshal, to see that Dodge doesn't have any fools like that.

Or like this.

$809 paper from the general store.

$64 from some old liar down at the stable. I think he's got more hit

somewhere. Don't tell me about it, boys. Show it to me.

What do you got here, sir?

From the SA office. Gold and silver.

Uh-huh. What's the weight?

I don't know.

Well, take it back, separate, and weigh it.

Sir, I've been on duty an hour.

When do we get our turn in here?

There's enough liquor for everybody.

He'll be relieved at one o'clock.

You know the rules, Samson.

Very pretty.

And all of it real.

Take him and get out of here.

Seems a shame to take all this away from a girl as pretty as you.

I can see how you're suffering.

What I mean is, apart from the money involved, there's got to be a lot of

memories now.

What do you want, my life story?

Stories don't interest me.

I could tell Mace that there was nothing up here.

All I need is a little persuasion.

And then...

Exactly. You're supposed to be out there doing your work.

I haven't got time for fellas who don't do their work to go back and do your

work.

Don't come any closer.

I got a shotgun here, both bales loaded.

Now, hold it, Mr. Johnson.

It's me, Matt Dillon.

What's going on, Marshal?

Sounds like a big ruckus all over town.

I want you to put your gun down and come out here.

Who's them fellas in back of you there?

We got trouble, Mr. Johnson.

The Mason-Gore gang has taken over Dodge.

They got us surrounded and cut off.

Get them off my property, Marshal.

Nobody's taken what I worked all my life to save.

Wait a minute.

Use your head, Mr. Johnson.

He's got close to a hundred men with him.

You put up a fight, you'll get yourself killed.

I'll kill the first man who tries to come in.

All right, maybe you will. Maybe you'll kill a couple of them.

But you've got a wife and children in there. Now, what's going to happen to

them when we turn this town into a battlefield?

I do, Mr. Chairman.

Well, you don't look any of the worse for wear.

Am I supposed to be grateful for that?

You could be.

I mean, I've known some women that were.

You expect everybody you bankrupt to be grateful just because you left them

alive?

Oh, now, I left you more than that.

That is, unless you like to wrestle with people like barons.

Let's not play games.

You don't care what happens to me. You're just upset because your boy

wasn't attending to his business.

Hey, you're a smart woman, woman.

Smart, pretty, tough.

That's a good combination.

Save the charm.

I never did have a taste for killers.

You know, you said before that I didn't care what happened to you.

Well, you're right, I don't.

So don't press your luck.

And Marshall fellow over there, he kind of keeps a good eye on you.

One o'clock and all's well.

You must have been doing a good job with your neighbors. I haven't heard a shot

yet.

I promised them nobody would get hurt.

Well, now, if you'll excuse me, I have a schedule to meet.

All right, it's one o'clock. Time to change of guard.

Anybody gets too drunk, they forfeit their share. Same as always.

You better come quick. There's trouble, Steve.

What's going on here?

We're just having a little fun, Barons.

The old man's upset about his horses.

Macy's upset.

Real upset with all of you.

You know we got to get our work done by dawn.

Now, all of you, down to the long branch, fast.

Hey, come back here and cut me down.

You can't leave me strung up this way.

Want to bet?

Marshall, get me down out of here.

I'll tie the rope.

All right, now, just take it easy, Hank. We'll get you down.

What happened, Hank?

Well...

They come in here and run off all the horses, including yours.

And when I tried to stop them, they come at me with a rifle butt.

I think they busted one of my ribs.

Pete, go get Doc, will you?

Oh, I can walk.

No, I guess I can't. All right, you just rest easy now there.

I think you're a tough man.

Well, I'm too old to worry about what these fellas can do to me.

But it's a lick tougher for you.

Only a few hours left, Hank.

Yeah, but a lot can happen in a few hours.

Especially if they're taking those and shoot up this place.

They're not gonna do that.

Not if I can help it.

Well, if they do, you keep out of it.

You know, it wouldn't do this town no good for you to get yourself killed.

Get out of the way. I'm gonna kill him. Use your head. Mace will kill us.

Marshal, I'm gonna fix you once and for all. Get out of the way!

Get!

You fellas know better than to play with the law.

Hadn't you got some business to do, Marshal?

Is this the way you clean up your end of the town, Deeks?

Well, we was doing all right until he butted in.

He's a liar.

That was after the Frazier girl.

It seems to me I've told you before, Deeks, if you can't stick the plan, you

better clear out.

If he gets to Fort Dodge, we're done for.

Well, then we better make sure he doesn't get there, hadn't we?

Doc, you gotta do something.

Nothing, Lou.

Doc, he ain't...

Well, what do you know?

He's caused all the trouble he's gonna cause.

All right, everybody off the street.

Just go back to your homes and behave yourselves. Won't be any more trouble.

We'll be gone, son of a...

Think it ain't gonna be like it

was around here, mister.

For you neither.

After what you did.

I can promise you that.

Come on now, I want you to drink this, and I'm gonna come back later with

something to make you sleep a little bit.

So that's how it was, huh?

Her and the Marshal.

She ain't gonna have no trouble finding a better man.

I already volunteered.

Someday, somewhere...

The string's gonna run out for you when you're...

Oh, how I want to be there.

Nobody sent for you, Ugly.

You better get on back down there.

You got your gun?

Go on, shoot me down like you done Matthew.

If you're a mind to.

I gotta make sure that first shot kills me, though.

I'm gonna get him, Miss Kitty.

I'm gonna get every last one of them.

It takes me a plum to a doomsday.

I don't mean I'm fixin' to start now.

Ain't no chance for that.

But I'm gonna track him down.

I'm gonna get me Matthews badge and I'll run him down if it takes as long as I

live.

We're gonna leave you alone now for a while, Kitty.

And, uh...

I'll be back later.

That's pitiful.

That's all we could find.

That banker wasn't much help.

Why don't you go back and talk to him? He might think it over twice without the

chief detective walking the street.

It all seemed pretty quiet since it happened.

Ain't nobody said a word.

Basic package, that's for sure.

I'm just standing.

Look.

Uh-huh.

Well, let them look.

He was a big man around here. They don't know what to make out of him being gone.

Swankies will do your job. We'll be out of here before they know it.

Hey, doctor.

You got any influence over these people, you better tell them to stay in line.

If Dylan had you, they'd have Marshall in town now.

All we want is the money and we're gone.

Looks like you're getting it all right. Now, if it's all right with you, I'll

just go on about my business. Come on, Preston.

Everybody's going to stay in line, mister.

Why don't you just get your money and get on out of town?

But remember this.

Dodge has still got a marshal. One of these days... Hey, you're not trying to

tell me you're the new lawman, are you, friend?

I reckon I just might be.

You better grow another two and a half feet on them legs of yours if you figure

to fill his boots.

Come here, come on.

Just forget it.

It's the last thing I ever... That's what it'll be, the last thing you ever

do. Now come on.

Kitty, we hadn't ought to be leaving her by herself, Doc, at a time like this.

I'm going back over here.

No.

No, now, there's nothing you can do for Kitty, and I want her to get some rest.

Just to be around.

Matthew'd want me to.

The way that Barron's looks at her.

Well, now, she can handle Barron just fine.

And besides, there's something else Matt would like to have you do.

What?

I'm trying to show you.

Hey. They been here?

No, not yet.

They won't be.

What are you doing, Doc?

You mean he ain't dead?

Anybody else sure would have been.

Well, Chandra, you just left him laying there on the street.

Well, what do you think would have happened if they'd have known he was

still alive?

Well, I listened. I couldn't hear no heart beating or nothing.

I could hardly feel a pulse myself. He's taken three or four slugs.

This one here.

What about his head?

That's just a crease.

Why, guys, this is bad.

If I can get that out of there without doing him any more damage, he's got a

chance.

Well, I'll tell Miss Kitty.

You're gonna do nothing of the kind.

Why not, Doc?

Well, it'd be just plain cruel to tell her he's alive when...

when I go home.

Don't you think you can pull him through, Doc?

Well, we're sure gonna try, but we can't do it here.

Got to get him out someplace where he's safe, where they won't come busting in

now.

Well, I know just the place.

They ain't likely to look there no more tonight, neither.

Where is it?

The cellar of the Long Branch.

We can stay in the dark all the way.

Are you crazy? The Long Branch is their headquarters.

I know that, Doc, but they've been through that cellar twice. They done

took all the whiskey, and there ain't nothing else down there to arrest them.

Besides, we can get into it from the alley.

You may be right. Right under their noses.

Might be the last place they'd look.

I reckon

we're as safe as we can be and still be in Dodge.

I sure hope so.

I'm going to need some water, quite a bit of it.

I don't want anybody to see you.

I'll get her, Doc.

Here you are. Thanks. Now, Vane, you better just go on back over to your

place, and I want you to nail up a coffin like it's... Well, you know, make

it look good.

And then one for Buck Spencer in case they come poking around and just keep

your mouth shut.

Okay, Doc.

That's it right there.

Now hold that lamp still. Hold it.

Hold him.

Be still, Matthew.

Don't let him move.

Be easy.

I gotta get him.

I gotta get Gar.

Just be easy, Matthew. We'll get him.

Doc?

Stay in the buggy, Matthew.

Just stay in the buggy.

Could bring some hot soup, but I wouldn't know how to tote it, no.

I think you've got enough. We're not going to be here for a whole week, you

know. Once they started grabbing, well, I just cabbaged on to everything that

wasn't nailed down.

Hey, lookie here what I found.

Well, where in thunder did you find that thing?

Saggins can find things where they ain't to be found.

Does that thing work?

You lay back down there and watch what happens.

It works good, Matthew, but I just got three bullets. It's all I... You give me

that thing.

Now, you've done all the shooting you were gonna do for a while.

Done a fine piece of surgery here, and I don't propose to have you mess it up by

thrashing around.

How's it coming, Doc?

He's doing just fine for a man that's been hit four times, and he might just

make it if he'll pay some attention to me.

Now, Doc, listen to me. We've got to get Gore.

Yeah, you tried that.

We need men and guns.

Well, you know they've got every gun in Dodge except this thing.

Well, I know where we can get men and guns, both plenty of them.

Where at, Matthew?

7 o'clock train in the morning.

Golly, Bill, that's right.

What? What's loaded with troops headed for Fort Dodge?

140 men or more.

Well, all right.

They're coming in on the 7 o'clock train. They're leaving by dawn.

By the time the train comes in, they'll be scattered all over the countryside.

You know that.

Unless we make it worth their while to stay.

Is that everything from the south end, Clark?

That's it. Picked clean.

Sure they ain't holding out?

My boys went through hard.

I'd say we got the most of it.

All right, load it up.

Take some of your men over and help Suggs finish out the west side.

Don't you think you've had enough?

We gotta leave here in two hours, be ready to move fast.

You've never been left behind yet, have I?

Oh, it was the first time.

I am.

Give me a bottle of whiskey.

over here, will you?

Well, now, if it isn't the self-appointed Marshal.

I thought you were supposed to be out helping my boys keep this town

respectable.

Pep, you're boys.

I wouldn't lift a finger to... And if you don't like it, you

can... You know what you could do.

I just didn't think you'd disappear like that and let all your good citizens fend

for themselves.

Where you been?

Where'd you get all that good whiskey?

My last time. Form fixing to take on the Duke.

When that train pulls in, I'm gonna be the Marshal.

First job.

That's a good time to start wearing your badge after we're gone.

You're smarter than you look.

You gotta be smart to guard the gold, huh?

And I'm gonna guard the gold like nobody never guard.

Oh, God.

I'll take my first job.

You know, I'm sure you'd do a fine job.

I'm sure you'd make a fine marshal.

Don't you forget that.

It ain't my fault, cause you men come... Oh, of course not. You couldn't have

been expected to do anything about that.

Gold on a train, huh?

That must be a pretty big shipment, to take a man like you to handle a job like

that. It'll... There's a whole carload.

Every speck of it gonna get to Wichita.

You can count on that.

I won't...

Protect the trade.

I'm a marshal.

Matthew, he swallowed the whole thing, just like a big old mud cat.

Good.

Of course, I needed a few drinks anyhow, thanks being what they are.

You must have done fine. You smell like it. Move back a little, will you?

Doc, don't you think you better get on outside before they miss you?

Been thinking the same thing, Matt.

Besides, I want to... I want to go get Kitty and take her over to Ma smallies.

How is she, Doc?

She's just fine.

I'm not going to leave her for a minute.

You get rest like I told you, and as quick as they clear out, back for you.

Matthew,

old Mace wants me to go with him and the boys when the train comes in. I heard

him telling them about it, how they're fixing to climb on and the whole thing.

Now, Festus, you better get ready to clear out as soon as they find out what

we've done to them.

Just don't you fret none, I will.

Oh, well, Festus.

Where's that pistol?

It's right here. Why?

I just wanted to hand it in case they find me down here.

Offenses.

Good luck.

If this here works, ain't gonna be no luck to it. It's just gonna be pure

oldie stubbornness.

All right, boys, you all know what to do.

Now do it.

Wait! The train!

We're all ready for the train.

Who told you to leave your post?

But there ain't any gold in that train. It's full of troopers.

What? I seen her. Must be...

You led us into a trap.

That half-wit lied to me.

I didn't think he had a brain in his head.

We could have had the truth if you let us be.

That Miss Kitty, she knowed about it.

I think it's time we had us a new leader.

No, no, I'm just a little weak, I guess.

No longer. Here, let me help you. Sit down.

She left you thinking he was dead.

He had to, Miss Kitty, don't you see? If he hadn't, they'd have finished Matthew

off for sure.

Why don't you go out and see if everybody gets their stuff back?

You bet, Matthew.

I think he will be. That is, of course, if he gets an awful lot of attention for

the next couple or three weeks.

Well, I'll just see what I can do about that.

Stay tuned for scenes from next week's Gunsmoke.