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Gunsmoke, starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

You got yourself racked up in your son. Come on.

Here's a coming, Mr. Thornton.

Do you want to see me, Mr. Thornton? That's right, Frazer.

No, sir, yeah.

My name is Turner, Mr. Thornton.

The name is Frazer, Mr.

Frazer.

All right, I'll be out by Sunday.

Fraser, nobody said you're fired.

I just want you to take a little ride with me.

Ride where?

Something I have might interest you.

Look down there.

Was anything pretty your whole life? Well, it's pretty. What's the point?

I meant tell me you've always wanted a place of your own.

Well, you've been busy, haven't you, Mr. Thornton?

Well? Yeah, that's right.

Getting close to it?

No, not hardly.

There's faster ways than herding cows.

Yeah, well, that's past, Mr. Thornton.

I would have thought you'd known about that, too.

One more time, you can have everything you ever wanted.

1,000 acres, this valley, and everything that's in it.

To help you get started, I matched the reward in this poster.

Never knew a bounty hunter to get as nice a price as that.

Where is he?

His name's Otto Fry.

Yeah, I can read that.

Murdered my son.

Now I know who he is.

Well?

Oh, I never thought to own as much as a thousand acres.

One more thing.

I want him to know who sent you before he dies.

Billy Pierce ate a toad.

A what?

Billy Pierce ate a toad.

A live one? I don't know.

Well, what would he do that for?

Because he wanted to get warts.

Oh, well, you can't get warts from eating a toad. I know.

You have to rub them on your pillow.

Seems to me that's the way I remember it all right.

Did it work for you?

No. Thank golly, it never did.

Me neither.

How do you get them?

Well, I don't know, Amy.

If you find out, will you let me know?

If I find out, Amy, you'll be the first one I'll tell.

You're nice.

So are you, Amy.

You know, we better get you back. Your mother and father might be looking for

you. Okay.

Come on.

You should have done it.

Done what?

The material.

It'll make you a real pretty dress.

There's other things we need more.

We'll get them the next time.

Flower was the last of it.

Where's Amy?

She went to see the Marshal.

It's time he was going. I told her not to, but... Here she comes now.

Hello, Marshal. Well, Miss Jensen.

Hope she didn't pester you none.

No, we had a good talk, didn't we, Amy? We sure did.

Climb aboard, Amy.

There you go.

Bye, Marshal. Bye, Amy. I'll see you on your next trip to town now.

Bye, folks. Good day, Marshal.

Oh, Doug.

What are you doing? Holding up the building here?

I'm just relaxing. Is there a law against that, relaxing?

No, no, I guess not everybody to his own taste.

Wouldn't hurt you to do a little of it.

Relaxing and studying people. It might help you.

Uh-huh.

You know something?

People are very interesting.

They are, huh? Yeah, sure. There's so many different kinds of them. Now, you

take... You take Lon Jensen there.

What about Lon?

Well, now, he's a quiet sort of a fella. He introverted, you know. Now, you're

never gonna get to know a fella like that too good, but she's different, his

wife there. Now, she's outgoing and friendly, makes a lot of friends.

Mm-hmm.

Well, it's true, and it wouldn't hurt you if you were a little more observant.

I'm just trying to educate you, really, that's all. Oh, listen, I appreciate

that, Doc. Well, I'm very glad you do.

Mm-hmm. You wouldn't, uh, want to continue my education over a little

breakfast, would you? No, I can't afford that.

Can't afford it. No, I can't afford to pay for both of us. That's what usually

happens. Well,

I guess I better be going along then. I can see you're going to be busy anyway,

holding up that building.

Evening. Evening.

Whiskey, please.

Yes, sir.

You, uh, must be with that cattle herd outside town.

No, I'm not.

Oh, I figured maybe you was.

There's always new faces when the cattle herd comes through.

I don't know.

Well,

it's, uh, it's really kind of quiet, isn't it?

It's your first time in Dodge, I can tell.

We got a marshal keeps things quiet.

Of course, there's occasions when a wild hare gets kind of festered up a bit.

Yeah, well, that's what I heard. I used to have a friend who lived here, at

least as he did last time I heard from him. Is that so?

Yeah, old Otto, he might have been one of those wild hares you was talking

about. Unless marriage settled him down, son.

Yeah, Otto.

Yeah, Otto Fry.

Otto Fry, no?

Afraid I don't know him.

Well, it could be he's just moved on. It's been some time since I heard from

him. I ain't about to send a customer away, but it could be they know him over

at the Long Branch.

Well, there's no hurry. If he's around, I'm gonna find him.

You have a carriage on me?

Oh.

Well, thank you, mister.

Then the old buffalo hunter said, well, when did this happen? When the mountain

lion jumped on you?

And the engine said, no, just now, when I went... Ain't that

funny?

Vestas tried to tell you when you started. I heard it about a month ago.

Well, old Charlie Cruder just told me. Yeah, he told me, too, about a month ago

over at Moss Grimmie.

Vestas, huh?

Yeah, man.

Matthew, I got a story for you. What about the Indian and the buffalo hunter?

Will you quit?

Let me tell it.

There was this old buffalo hunter. I think I heard that, Festus.

Oh, yeah?

I believe it was about a month ago. He just heard it yesterday.

Well, I can't help it if I just heard it.

It's got a beard on it, about as old and as long and as ugly as yours.

Oh, Jesus.

Thanks, Doc.

Looks like it's going to be a long night, so I guess I might as well take

it easy while I can.

Well, you came to the right table, that is, if you can stand. Miss Kitty, did

you hear the one about this old buffalo hunter and this engine and the mountain

lion?

Yeah, that's the one.

Now, are you going to believe me when I tell you it's an old story? Oh, will you

quit? You make me about half sick.

He slammed down and tromped on.

Luke Fraser?

Yeah. Festus. Festus Hagen.

Oh, Festus, you old...

I just rode into town.

Well, I haven't saw you in I don't know when. No, well, it hasn't been since

Missouri. You're right as rain. That's just where it's at.

Say, I'd know you anyplace. Well, it's been a few years. It's sure been a

spell. Why don't you come over here and sit down? I want you to meet some

friends. Thank you. I'd like to.

This here's Luke Frazier. This here's Miss Kitty Russell. How do you do?

Matthew Dillon. Marshall, how are you? Doc Adams. How are you, Doc? Why don't

you pull up a chair, Mr. Frazier? Thank you very much.

If this ain't a special event, I'll throw in one. I'm fixing to buy beers

around. You're gonna what?

Dab some sugar on his tongue, he'd make a good fly trap.

Boy, he hasn't changed.

I take it you two go back a few years.

Yes, ma'am, we do.

By golly, I didn't believe it. He is buying. Look at there.

I take it back. He has changed.

Luke Fraser. Seems to me I've heard that name.

Yeah, well, I guess... I guess it is, Marshall.

Been quite a while, though.

Well, I guess I haven't been very busy for a while.

Well, wait a minute here. What is your business?

Well, some people call it bounty hunting, Doc.

Well, I never heard anybody call it anything else.

Here we are.

Listen, Festus, I've been riding all day. Well, sit down, Luke. I'm a-fixin'

to spear you off the coast.

Here's to Luke, a man I'm proud to call friend. You know what he done?

He picked me up out on the prairie one time when my mule broke his leg and told

me to put him there 18 miles to the doctor.

You figuring on taking up ranching around Dodge, Fraser?

No, Marshal. I'm here on business.

Well, Bill, it sure would be good if you could get your place close to here,

Luke.

Tell you the truth, there's a little valley down near Buckland I kind of had

my eye on.

I hope you get her soon.

I have every intention I will.

I'll drink to that.

Thank you.

Hello,

Marshal. Fraser.

Oh, I hope you don't mind. I saw your fixings over there.

yourself. I just can't have breakfast until I've had a couple of cups of

strong coffee in the morning.

Just get up, did you? Yeah, I...

He turned in late last night.

Fraser, I got a feeling you got something on your mind coming here to

Dodge.

His name's Otto Frye, Marshal.

Frye? I don't think I know him.

That's pretty quick.

Yeah, well, probably his name doesn't mean anything anyway. More than likely,

he's changed it a couple of times here.

Take your time.

What makes you think he's in Dodge?

Oh, it sifts down to around here. I've been looking for him close to two

months.

I'm afraid I can't help you.

You want to know what he did, Marshal?

He beat an 18-year-old boy to death.

Wasn't clean, mind you, like with a gun.

It took that boy almost a week to die.

You're looking for justice, then?

I think his father's got a right to say it.

Justice and a father's revenge, is that it?

Well, not for me. I want the $600, Marshal.

How much land do you figure that'll buy you?

You recognize him?

Marshal, this reward is offered by legal authority. Now, I'm just trying to do

what the law wants done.

Glad to see you're so concerned with the law, Francis.

Tell me something, Marshal. Is there some special glory in the way you serve

the law?

I mean, are you going to get shot any deader than I can just because you get

less money for it?

If you don't know the difference there, Fraser, I'm afraid I can't help you.

Oh, I've heard the difference, Marshal. I've heard it in a hundred different

towns.

You know, it's funny.

When there's nobody else, they're kind of glad to see you.

And when the gun smoke clears, if you're still standing, they're sort of anxious

for you to collect your money and get out because they don't like you much

anymore.

Fraser, I'll tell you something.

This town doesn't need you either.

You or your gun.

It doesn't make any difference what you think of me, Marshal.

But you're not gonna protect a man who did what he did.

I know that.

Thanks for the call.

I don't care what you've seen or heard, Marshall.

It's not Lon they're looking for.

How many times have we moved looking for a place to hide?

Lon, don't. I'm tired, honey.

I don't want to have to hide no more.

I don't want you to have to run no more.

Marshall, what are you going to do?

Right now, I want to hear what Lon's got to say.

My wife, Marshall.

Can you picture the likes of me wanting someone like her?

There was lots of men that wanted her.

Wanted to try to take her.

Only did.

I killed him.

I beat him until his blood and mine was all mixed together so you couldn't tell

one from the other.

And I left him where he died.

Then me and Mal and Amy went away.

Lon, you see, the boy didn't die just then.

Didn't?

No, he lived for about a week after that.

The law and his daddy have been looking to hang me ever since.

Lon, you should have left this up to the law in the first place. You shouldn't

have run.

The man that I... Wasn't a man.

It was a boy.

There's no denying that.

There's a Thornton.

Chris Thornton's only son.

The name Thornton don't mean much here, but it does in Buckland.

Well, I'm gonna have to take you in.

Yeah. I guess you are.

Marshal, please.

Mrs. Jensen, there's a bounty hunter in Dodge right now looking for your

husband. Now, if I lock Lon up in jail, at least this fella can't get at him.

Everything's gonna be all right.

Everything's gonna be all right, Mal.

Festus, I don't know about you, but if I stay in here any longer, I'm gonna get

waterlogged.

Well, ain't too often I do a silly thing like this.

Yeah, well...

Seems to me that something else hasn't changed since Missouri.

Smart, Ellick.

Now, I've been sitting here studying.

About what?

Wouldn't be too hard for me to ride down to Buckland every once in a while and

give you a hand on your ranch.

That's mighty nice of you, Fester, but it might be a spell before I get that

ranch.

Last night, you figured it might be pretty quick.

Yeah, well, that business I was talking about is...

The man I'm looking for, he isn't here.

Was he fixing to lend you some money, was he? No, nothing like that.

You're gonna take on a partner, huh?

No, this man's a murderer, Fessus.

Murderer? Yeah.

What'd you be doing looking for him?

If you got a grudge to settle, you can count on me. I never laid eyes on him.

Are you trying to tell me this fella's got a bounty on his head?

Yeah, that's what he has.

That what you been a-doin' since I seen you in Missouri?

Some of the time I have, yeah.

You?

A bounty hunter?

You're gonna be just like the rest of them, aren't you? What do you mean, like

the rest of them? Nothing. It was a job needed doin'. Aw, foot.

The law needed some help. They were willing to pay for it, so I helped them.

Oh, wait a minute, Luke.

This here's Festus you're talking to.

You don't have to put on none for me. I'm not putting on. I'm not apologizing

either. You just said you was a bounty in part of the time, and you must have

been doing something else the rest of the time.

You quit first bail. Why'd you quit?

I'll tell you why you quit.

No matter what you've been telling yourself.

Your innards have been telling you it ain't right.

Boy, you people get so high-toning with me, you never give any thought to the

scum I'm looking for, do you?

All right, you take a look at this, Festus.

This man beat a boy to death.

Now, you tell me, is it better that I bring him in and I get my ranch or that

he goes free?

You've seen it.

Well, I don't suppose you'd tell me if you have, would you?

No. Don't reckon I would.

Festus, this man is a wanted murderer. If I bring him in, I get my ranch. Chris

Thornton has promised me 1,000 acres.

I can't help you, Luke.

All right.

All right, I guess you already have.

$300, friend.

That's half the reward.

I don't know.

If you don't want to help me, I can find somebody else who will.

You probably can. Go on, tell me it's against your principles.

Well, it ain't that. It's just that I... $300 for helping me take a killer to

justice. Now, you want it or you don't.

Mister, it's all so fast.

You don't give a man time.

Well, I ain't got time to give.

Oh, wait.

His name's Lon Jensen.

Where can I find him?

You'll see to Mal and Amy?

I'll see to them.

I ain't never been away from them very long before.

Just at once.

I'm gonna send a telegram off to the sheriff of Buckland right now and find

out everything I can about this case.

They're gonna hang me.

Don't you worry about that, Lon. You're a long ways from hanging.

Maybe closer than you think.

I gotta talk to you. Oh, not right now, Festus. I'm heading out. Wait a minute.

This is important.

I got me a sour lump right here, and it won't go up, and it won't go down.

What's the matter?

You know Luke Fraser?

Yeah. You know he's a bounty hunter?

I knew that, Festus.

He's got himself a wanted poster. I saw it. Well, I know that, too.

Well, then you know why he's here in Dodge. He's here to get Lon Jensen, but

he's not gonna get him. What makes you think he won't?

Because I got Lon locked up in a cell right now.

Where are you fixing to go now?

I'm going to the telegraph office. I'll be right back.

When's Daddy coming home?

Soon, dear.

How long is soon?

I don't know.

Oh, a few days.

A week. I don't know.

Did he do something wrong?

Is that why Mr. Dillon took him away?

It's just a misunderstanding, dear. He'll be home soon.

Well, I want you to know something. The Marshal isn't my friend anymore.

How would you like some dinner?

All right.

Hello. Hello.

My name's Amy.

It is.

Is that Amy Fry?

No, Amy Jensen.

Amy.

Come inside.

Mom. Do as I tell. Come in.

Mrs. Fry?

Our name's Jensen.

Doesn't do any good to change your name, Mrs. Fry. Somebody's bound to find out.

I don't know what you're talking about. Our name is Jensen.

Where's your husband, Mrs. Fry?

He's not here.

Yes, ma'am. Where is he? I told you, he's not here.

Leave us alone.

Don't you touch me.

I don't mean you any harm, lady.

You want to sell my husband's life for a few dollars. You don't mean me any harm.

Your husband murdered the boy. It's not true.

He killed him in cold blood. No. He beat him to death with his bare hands, lady.

All right, he killed him.

You know why?

No, I don't care why.

It's because he raped me.

All right, where is he?

Where you'll never get him. What does that mean?

The marshal was here this morning.

My husband's in jail.

You lost your bounty. You're going to have to go hunt for it somewhere else.

You lost it.

You lost your vile, stinking blood money.

Come on, Marshal.

Mind if I sit a minute?

No, I hope so.

Is that my telegram you got there?

Man, my age hadn't ought to have to run about on a hot day.

Barney, the exercise is good for you. You know that.

It's from the sheriff in Brooklyn.

It says a murder charge against Otto Fry was dropped.

Who's Otto Fry?

Well, whoever he is.

Before somebody by the name of Thornton died from a beating, this here fellow

Fry gave him.

He told how he, uh, what he'd done to Fry's wife.

Defense of self and property.

Justifiable homicide.

Well, it certainly sounds justifiable after what that Thornton fella done.

I wonder how come it is Fraser didn't know the reward was called off.

I ain't got no time to sit here and answer your questions. I got work to do.

Where's Otto Fry, Mark?

You can forget about Fry. He's in my custody. He was my prisoner.

How do you figure that? I didn't even know he was a wanted man until I showed

you that poster.

That's right. And when I saw it, I locked him up. That's part of my job.

That $600 reward didn't have anything to do with it.

I hate to tell you this, Fraser, but there isn't any reward money.

I don't believe you, Martin.

That's from the sheriff in Buckland.

You mean he really was defending his wife?

That's right.

Chris Thornton gave me that poster himself.

Makes sense to me, after reading that telegram.

Sheriff of Buckland had those posters printed up, and when Fry was exonerated,

he just never sent them out.

And Thornton knew Fry wasn't a wanted man.

He had to.

It was his son's confession that cleared Fry.

Well, he looks like a mule kicked him twixt eyes. What happened?

He just found out he made the trip from Buckland for nothing.

For nothing?

Lon Jansen's innocent. There isn't even any reward out for him.

Well, you know, that ain't the part of it, Matthew.

He wasn't just after that $600 reward.

What do you mean?

Well, I heard him say that Chris Thornton offered him a thousand acres if

he'd kill all the fry.

Matthew, he's been after them acres all of his life.

We thought you were gonna forget.

Where's Thornton?

He's inside.

You come for your money?

Thornton, just put your hands on top of that desk right now.

What's this about?

You'll match the reward on this poster, only there isn't any reward. And you

knew about it from the start, didn't you?

Still a thousand acres.

Oh, yeah, a thousand acres. How am I supposed to collect that thousand acres,

Thornton? At the end of a rope?

You set me up for murder.

I don't know what you're talking about.

You're a liar.

Fry isn't wanted for anything.

If I'd have killed him, they would have hung me.

You find out where he is?

Yeah, I know where he is.

He's on a little farm with his wife and his kid minding his own business.

What'd you come back here for if you didn't kill him?

Well, I came back here to beat you with an inch of your life, Thorne.

You're a fool, Turner.

Now, Fraser is the name, Mr. Thornton, remember?

My men will kill you. Maybe.

But when I'm finished with you, they're not liable to forgive me.

I believe he's dead.

He tried to kill me.

We better get you to a doctor.

I don't need a doctor.

Saddle the horses.

Where are we going?

To Dodge City.

To find the man who killed my son.

Oh, I can't believe it.

After all this time running and hiding and being afraid.

It'll take a bit of getting used to.

What about that man that was after you?

He's gone.

You sure?

The test has followed him for a day and a half. He's gone back to where we come

from. Oh, I feel like, just like I've been born all over again. I

feel ten years younger.

You look ten years younger.

It's just one thing. Am I Mrs.

Jensen or Mrs. Fry?

Well, which one do you like the best?

Well, I kind of got used to Jensen, and Amy never knew anything else.

Then Mrs. Jensen is gonna be.

By the way, where is Amy?

She's taking a nap.

Well, you go in and wake her up and tell her her daddy's home to stay.

Where's Thornton?

Look at that.

You know that man?

Never seen him before.

You wouldn't be fooling me, would you, mister?

Sure wouldn't be very smart of me, would it?

Oh boy.

What are you doing out here all to yourself?

I never seen him before.

I'm gonna give you just one more chance.

Who is he and where can I find him?

I don't know.

All right.

All right, I'll tell you.

Where'd you find him? Well, about a mile off the Hathaway Road there. I saw his

horse first. Took me about an hour to find him. I want to see him as quick as

I can up here.

Isaac?

Luke.

Hey, Fess. Marshall.

Marshall?

Marshall, you gotta stop him.

Stop who?

Thornton.

Him and his men, they went after Fry.

Hey, you gotta hurry. There isn't much time.

All right, send me boys. Get them upstairs, will you? Come on, Festus.

Let's get him up. Easy.

Easy.

If there's as many as you say, why don't they just rush us?

If they do, somebody's gonna be killed and they know it.

They also know we can't last forever.

All they have to do is keep us pinned here and wait.

How could we ever have believed it was all over?

One of those things I need some help Where

is

he

And we'll get far.

Hold your fire.

How's the United States Marshal talking? I said hold your fire.

We can't, Marshal.

We got a killer pinned up in that cabin.

That man's under the protection of the law. He's not guilty of any crimes.

Not only that, he's got a woman and child in there. Don't you know that?

Now throw down your guns and come out.

What do we do, Mr. Thornton?

We didn't figure on nothing like this.

Shut up.

I'm telling you for the last time, throw down your guns, come out with your hands

up.

Which one of you men is Thornton?

Well, he ain't here, Marshal.

You all right, Lon?

Yeah, I'm all right, Marshal.

This man's not wanted by the law for anything.

Anybody harms him is going to jail. Is that clear?

We will follow Mr.

Thornton's orders, Marshal.

We won't give you any more trouble.

All right.

Come on.

Frazer?

Frazer, listen to me.

I'll give you all the land you want.

a thousand acres you don't even have to kill fry

just let me

buy i'll give

you a thousand acres a thousand

This is Holly.

Just be easy now, Luke.

We're gonna get it done for you.

Marshal.

Did they get Fry?

No, they didn't get him.

Very good.

Matthew, ain't nothing in the world said he had to kill himself for riding back

here to warn us.

No, that's right, Festus.

Old Luke, all he ever wanted in this world was a little bit of land of his

own.