Original subtitles

I don't think you've been paying

any attention to me at all.

I've been trying to explain to you

the magnificence and the beauty of the human anatomy,

and you don't pay any attention.

What's that?

The human anatomy, well, I'll tell you what that is.

That's your body, that's the way it works,

the way it's put together.

Well, I reckon it's all right,

but then there could be a few changes

that would help it a little.

Oh, you could make some improvements?

Well, yeah, I think so.

Now, take your eyeballs.

Yeah. Look where they're at,

right there in the middle of a feller's noggin.

Oh, that's not good?

Well, of course, you can see

where you're goin' and everything,

but then, why couldn't they put one eyeball right there,

and then put another one right back yonder?

That way, you could see where you've been.

Back of your head?

Yeah.

Well, then you could see where you've been.

You want to see where you've been, huh?

Well, it would come in mighty handy

for a law feller like myself, you know.

Then I could see them yahoos is a-slippin' up

a-tryin' to bushwhack me.

You ought to talk to Matt about that.

What about one right there,

a eyeball right on the end of your finger.

You mean, on your finger there?

Well, that'd make it three.

Well, that don't make no nevermind.

Oh, you can have three?

You can have as many as you want.

Well, now, that's nice. Looky here, now.

Supposing you expect that they's a feller

down in the dark alley there,

and he's a-fixin' to shoot at you.

So you just poke your finger around there and take a look.

That way, he ain't gonna get no shot at you,

don't you see?

He don't surprise you, then.

No.

- No. - No.

You know, I'm glad you brought this up

because for a long time now,

I've been thinking about some changes

- that I'd like to make, too. - Yeah?

There's something I'd like to ask you about.

I'd like you to work on the human mouth, you know?

I'm speaking about one mouth in particular.

Doc, you hit the nail right on the head.

I was just fixin' to talk to you about that.

Now, look where your ol' mouth is,

just spread all over your face there.

And hadn't ought to be there at all.

It hadn't? It oughta be right here,

on the top of your head, right there.

Top of your head? Of course.

Now just supposing ol' Matthew

was to come in here right now,

and he'd say, "Festus, go get your mule.

"We're a-formin' up a posse,

"and we're goin' after some outlaws."

I say, "All right, Matthew,

"but I ain't eat my breakfast yet."

You couldn't go without your breakfast,

- I know that. - But wait, wait a minute,

wait a minute, now, the only thing I gotta do

is to put my vittles right in my hat there,

put it on my head like that,

and then, I could go ahead on and rise with the posse

and eat my breakfast, don't you see?

Come to think of it, I ain't eat a bite of breakfast today.

Oh, now I'm wise to you.

I know what you're doing now.

You want me to buy your breakfast for you.

- Oh, no. - Well, I tell you,

I'm gonna fool you, I'm gonna do it.

How would you like to have some nice, soft scrambled eggs

- with red-eye gravy - and hominy grits...

- And biscuits... - Biscuits and honey.

- Little side meat? - Yeah, a little side meat.

- Yeah. - I'll be right back.

Morning, Kitty.

Morning, Matt. How about some coffee?

Oh, sounds good.

That coffee of Festus' is gettin' worse by the hour.

Well, looks like you're making a lot of money here.

Well, the way I figure it, in 50 years,

I might be able to show a profit.

- Well, it must be three minutes to eight. - Why's that?

The new bank clerk is right on time.

He has missed by a minute in two weeks.

Pour yourself some more coffee, Matt.

- I'll be back in a minute. - All right.

Matt, the bank, three or four men.

Drop your guns.

- Julian. - He's dead.

Doc, Doc!

Let's get out of here.

Hurry, Doc.

Will he lose the arm?

No.

Sure not gonna be much use to him, though,

for a long time.

Will he be able to go on being Marshal of Dodge?

I don't know about that, Kitty.

I don't know when we'll know that.

I just know that...

when he starts to mend, he's gonna have to learn

to do everything all over again.

Shave, everything.

Handle a gun?

Well, you take a young man and train him.

How long will it be before he's able

to handle a gun like Matt Dillon?

Ten years, 20, ever?

What's he gonna do?

What does anybody do?

Kitty...

I'd like you to be here when I break it to him.

How is he, Miss Kitty?

Hit him again.

- Newly. - Got a beer, Floyd?

- Sure. - Newly!

- How is he? - He's gonna be all right.

What did I tell you?

Could I have a beer?

You bet, Newly.

Except for his arm.

His gun arm?

Probably never use it again.

Burke, there's enough rumors going around

without you spreading any more.

Marshal was shot in the right arm,

and nobody, including Doc, knows the extent of the damage.

Oh, suppose he can't use it?

Who's gonna be the marshal, you?

He's not dead, Halligan.

What are you in such a hurry about?

The marshal will decide what he can do

and what he can't do.

Well, you know what this is gonna mean, don't you?

Yeah, rough days ahead.

Rough days, huh.

That's putting it mildly.

You know, every outlaw he ever run out of Dodge

is gonna come back now,

buzzin' around like a bunch of flies drawn to honey

to get their crack at Matt Dillon.

Who's gonna be here to protect you?

Newly, Festus, you, me?

No, I think if I was Marshal Dillon right now,

I'd feel just about as safe as a raw egg in a stampede.

Doc?

How do you feel?

I've felt better, I can tell you that.

Well, I can believe that.

I don't like the way this arm feels, Doc.

How bad is it?

Uh, oh, Kitty's here.

She's here, I'll get some coffee for you. Kitty?

Well, you don't look as bad as you might.

Kitty, this arm's pretty bad, isn't it?

It's a safe bet to say

that you can go fishin' for a while.

That's what I figured.

For how long?

Matt, there's no rule that says

that you have to be a lawman.

Is there any reason says I shouldn't be?

Oh, here you are.

- Ah. - It's good,

- I made it myself there. - Aw, I bet it's good,

thank you, Doc.

Doc, I wanna know the truth about this arm.

What am I up against?

Matt, your arm was badly torn up.

Be a long time before you can use it.

A long time.

Well, there's no sign of any posse

or anybody else looking for us.

How much we get?

We saved some of it for your old age.

Woo hoo!

You do get a man goin', Sissy.

When are we gonna get out of here?

I'd feel better with a lot of miles behind us.

Aw, what's your hurry?

If Dillon's dead, they'll be goin' around for days

like chickens with their heads chopped off.

Come here.

What if he ain't dead?

I hit him, he dropped.

But we ain't sure.

Now, he shot my brother, and I ain't satisfied.

I wanna know.

- Sissy? - Yeah?

Get away from him.

I got something for you to do.

Aw.

Come here, I said.

Now, here's what I want you to do.

I want you to ride into Dodge

and find out what kind of shape Dillon is in,

and then come right back here,

and don't talk to anybody.

It's a little out of my line.

I don't know what to tell you.

Matt, hold on here!

You goin' somewhere?

That's right.

Must be awful important.

It is, Doc.

Did I mention to you how much blood you've lost?

I think you mentioned that, yeah.

Well, I guess it didn't impress you much.

There's somethin' I gotta do, Doc.

No, Matt, get upstairs!

I'll be back as soon as I can.

Dang fool.

Hello, Marshal.

Barney.

I want you to send this for me.

Marshal, you're sure you want me to send this?

I'm sure.

Well.

He's resigning as marshal of Dodge City.

- Bert, the marshal's alive. - Gah!

But his gun arm ain't no use to him.

You ought to see him, he can't even hardly stand up right.

- It ain't worth it. - It is to me.

We got us more money than we can spend in a year.

Why don't we go on to Mexico or somewhere?

We'll go... After.

Now, get your gear together,

and remember, the marshal is mine.

Yeah, what about them deputies he's got?

Well, what about 'em?

Now, move.

You know, Marshal, if that holster doesn't suit you,

maybe you ought to try a cross draw.

Well, I don't know.

I guess I'll, I'll leave it like it is.

Newly, you know the new marshal's coming in.

Maybe you and Festus can keep an eye on him

until I get things straightened around.

Sure will, Marshal.

Hello, Kitty.

Your rent's paid up 'til the end of the month.

This doesn't mean I'm leavin' for good, you know.

It doesn't mean you're comin' back, either.

Look, can't you just wait

until Doc says it's all right for you to be walking around?

You're in no condition to go anywhere.

Kitty, I'm not in any condition to stay, either.

You've got two deputies

and a town full of citizens who'd stake their lives

on seeing that you're safe.

Now, you owe 'em that right.

Sure, they'd stake their life,

and they might lose 'em, too.

How long do you think it's gonna be

before word gets around that I'm helpless?

Anyone who's lookin' could track you.

Well, at least if they find me, I'll be alone.

Oh, Matt.

Kitty, I know what you're trying to say.

But it's just that I've always had to do things my way.

Is that a fact?

Where will you go?

I don't know, Kitty.

I'll be in touch.

Where do you think he's going?

I don't know, but I hope he gets back soon.

We need him around here.

I'm gonna stop him, Doc.

No, no, no.

No, that'll make it harder for him.

But I could go with him and just look out for him,

don't you see?

Well, you offered to do that, and he refused.

No, he wants to be alone.

He needs to be alone, Festus.

He's already said his goodbyes.

Now, let's leave it that way.

He'll be back.

Yeah, of course he will.

All we want is Matt Dillon.

Now, where is he?

He's not here anymore.

Don't you lie to me, boy.

I hate a liar like I hate poison.

Now, I want you to tell me where he is

before I blow you apart.

I'm not lyin'.

Go look around for yourself.

What is this?

What do you want?

I'm lookin' for Marshal Dillon.

Help yourself.

Come on.

Don't do anything, Festus,

while Newly's still out there.

No, I won't, Miss Kitty.

Where did he go?

He didn't tell us.

I hear he's got a woman.

Would she know?

Nobody knows.

Maybe I ought to ask her and find out.

Now, where is she?

You got about two more seconds.

I'm here.

He's gone.

I don't know where he is,

and I don't know when he'll be back, if ever.

I'll never misbelieve a woman

who's got the grit to stare me straight in the eye.

Sonny, you just missed the devil's supper by that much.

- Miss Kitty. - Don't say anything, Newly.

Please, just don't say anything.

I'm still shaking.

Newly, you go and get Lathrop and Howie

and whoever else you can find.

I'll get Jonas and Halligan, and Burke,

you go get anybody you can find that can sit a saddle.

Tell 'em to bring their horses, and...

Wait a minute, what are you getting ready to do?

Well, I'm gettin' a posse together

to go after 'em, Miss Kitty.

Well, I don't think that's such a good idea.

What's not a good idea?

Well, Doc, we ain't got time to tell you about it.

Now whilst we're standin' here jawing,

them yahoos is after Matthew.

Well, what do you propose to do about it?

Well, I'll tell you,

I'm fixin' to get up a posse and go...

Just wait, let's just calm down.

I agree with Festus, we're wasting time.

If we're goin' after 'em, we go after 'em right now.

No, Newly, no, wait a minute.

You don't do anything until we think about it.

Doc, you don't even know what we're talking about.

I know exactly what you're talkin' about.

You're talking about gettin' a posse together

and go traipsing off around the country

with blood in your eye.

Now, let's talk about it first, but not here on the street.

Miss Kitty, he don't know what he...

Look, uh, look. A minute one way or another

isn't gonna make that much difference.

Now, let's go on inside. Come on.

Doc, you just don't understand.

I understand, I understand.

And so does Kitty.

Let me explain something.

The reason Matt left town in the first place

was so an awful lot of innocent people

wouldn't get hurt tryin' to protect him.

But this here ain't the same thing, Doc,

don't you see?

Festus, Festus, he's right.

You know how much Matt respects you and Newly.

But for you to go after those men

with a lot of inexperienced deputies, well, that's a job

I don't think Matt would tackle himself.

You mean, we just let 'em ride out of town

without doin' anything about it?

Yes, that's what we're gonna do

because Matt would want it that way.

You know, the minute that word gets out in Kansas

Matt's been hurt,

every no good bum is gonna flock into Dodge,

try to take advantage of us.

Now, what are we gonna do for law and order

with you two gone?

You know, maybe Doc's right, Festus.

Nobody asked you, did they, Burke?

Festus, Doc's making sense.

Well, you know how I feel.

There's nothing I'd like better

than to have you two out there with Matt,

but you don't even know where he is.

Now, if you leave, you not only leave Dodge unprotected,

but you're gonna lead that posse

right smack dab into an ambush.

If we could just warn the marshal.

Of what, that they're after him?

He knows that.

Well, I'll tell you this.

I never felt so blamed hogtied in all my born days.

Whoa!

The new marshal.

Mm, howdy.

You must be the new marshal.

Is this here the marshal's office

or the Chinese laundry?

Well now, you don't have to look so sour-dy in the face.

- We just... - Get that stuff out of here.

You get my telegram?

We got it.

I said I was arriving on the morning stage.

You didn't see fit to meet me.

You know, I was just plumb sure

that you could find your way to the jail

all by your own self.

I favor a clean desk

You read these, and get me back what's important.

Drop the gun belt, boy.

Wanna go for the gun, boy?

Stand to attention, boy.

That's it, don't slump.

That's much better.

I said, stand to attention, boy!

Stand to attention.

You can bash me around all you want to,

but I ain't goin' back.

Well, you're goin' back, one way or the other,

sittin' on a horse or strapped across the saddle.

It's all the same hundred dollars to me.

You'd kill a man for a puny reason like that?

Deserter ain't a man in my book.

Now, you think on that.

You got one minute to decide

how you wanna sit on that horse, upright or face down.

Boy, in just a half a minute,

one of us ain't gonna walk out of here.

I told you I ain't goin' back.

Well, it's nice to see somebody's willing to die for their beliefs.

Hold it!

Who are you?

What's goin' on here?

He's my bounty, I got him.

Mister, around here,

we don't usually hold an execution

until after the trial.

That boy's got a hundred dollar legal bounty on him.

Don't say nothing about alive and happy.

Suppose you go on about your business, mister,

we'll call it even.

Mighty big talk for a one-armed man.

You the one better be makin' tracks.

Me and you gonna tangle.

Right now.

I'm gonna count to three now.

If you ain't gone by then,

it's gonna be root hog or die.

Mister, bunged up like you are,

you ain't hardly got no chance at all

One...

Two.

You better get, now.

Pretty handy with that.

Yeah, well, I didn't have too many toys

when I was growin' up.

Lem Rawlins.

Name's Matt Dillon.

The marshal from Dodge.

Used to be.

That arm have anything to do with it?

You ain't a left-handed gun.

Shows that much, huh?

Well, your arm just don't move

like it's used to shootin' left handed.

Well, I like it better that way. Keeps me from temptation.

It's the same reason I done quit the Army, temptation.

As good as you are with that gun, you wouldn't kill anybody?

There ain't no need to kill, ever.

You keep wearing that,

someday, somebody will provoke you into it.

Looks like something done pulled loose there.

Well, it'll be all right.

Don't look to good to me.

Listen, I got a camp a little ways off here.

Come on, I'll fix you a poultice.

All right.

How's that arm feeling?

Oh, it's feelin' a lot better, thanks.

Yeah, I did do a good job, didn't I?

Ain't much I can't do.

Doctor, farmer, carpenter some.

Track like a fox.

Reckon I'm about the best there is at most everything.

Even if you say so yourself, huh?

Best at bragging, too.

How come you'd put yourself out for me like that?

Well, you're the best at asking questions, too.

Figure I got a right to know,

seeing as how you saved my skin.

See, I read somewhere that someone saves your skin,

why then, they're responsible for you.

Hm.

I got enough problems without that.

Yeah, that's why I figure

it's gonna be the other way around.

You saved me, so I'm gonna be responsible for you.

Yeah well, thanks just the same.

Ain't gonna leave your side

'til your arm's all mended.

Lem, I can take care of myself all right.

Now, there's gonna be a lot of folks

out lookin' for you.

My daddy was a lawman.

They killed him. I never hardly even knowed him.

So what's gonna happen to you

when your enemies find out that you're helpless?

I'm not helpless.

Besides, you'd just be one more target.

Marshal, I ain't got your years of experience.

But I ain't never met a man yet

wasn't mighty respectful about my shooting.

I know, it sounds like boasting and vainglory,

but there ain't a man living

can shoot faster or straighter than me.

You got about the highest opinion of yourself

of anybody I ever ran across.

I'm just tellin' facts.

Well, I've never seen anybody much better,

I'll have to say that for you.

My ma says I'm mule stubborn.

Reckon she ought to know.

So if it's all the same to you,

I'll stay with you for a while.

And like my ma says,

"I don't wanna hear no more about it."

You better stay in the cave 'til I get back.

Same prints.

Couldn't be no one else.

It's gettin' too dark to track.

Well, we'll camp here and start again at first light.

I don't know if we can track him much farther.

We're running into rock.

Nevermind.

He ain't headed for no town or nobody's farm.

He's gonna be roughin' it for a while.

Yeah, but it's a big country.

Well, man livin' off the land's got to have fresh water.

And he needs grub.

But if he's weak and he can't move around

like you've got to if you're gonna hunt,

now what does that leave?

Fishin'.

And this part of Kansas ain't exactly awash

with rivers and cricks.

Now, I'd estimate he's got another two

or three days at the most to live.

Let's get a fire goin'.

You gonna tell me how it happened?

Oh, bank robbery.

You kill them that done it?

One of 'em.

You put a bank's money above a human life?

Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

The man was tryin' to kill me.

I guess you killed a lot of men in your time.

I know my daddy did.

Never could figure, though,

how one man could kill another one.

The Good Book says, "Thou shalt not kill."

Reckon you couldn't hold your job, though,

if you didn't have some taste for killin'.

Son, nobody but a madman has a taste for killing.

I ain't never in my life killed a livin' thing.

And when I have a marker or a headstone

put up above my mortal remains,

I wish they'd write just that about me.

You know, if that's the case,

I'm gonna give you a piece of advice.

You know, you go on showin' off with that gun

without being willing to use it

when somebody challenges you,

you might get that headstone

a little sooner than you're figuring on.

That's the new one, yeah.

- Evening. - Evening.

Beer, please.

Nice night, isn't it?

Seems to be.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

- A little warm, but nice. - Tolerable.

Course, I guess it's usually warm this time of the year,

being as how it's summer and not winter.

Well, goodnight.

It's been nice talkin' to you.

I hate to go, but I've got rounds to make.

Oh, bartender.

Drinks on me.

Well, seeing as it's done paid for,

I'll take another one, Floyd.

You know, I loved being a soldier.

I was proud to wear that uniform,

salute the flag, be somebody,

be of service to my country.

Well, it was a grand life.

Still, you must have known what soldiers were for.

I guess I figured that peacetime

was all flags and parades.

I found out soon enough.

Some starving Indians

raided one of our pack trains,

and we got orders to go out and,

like a colonel said, "Disabuse them."

We come on a small village.

Didn't nobody know if they was the ones

that raided us for sure.

Most of 'em was women and kids.

Well...

,

I reckon we disabused 'em, all right.

I just stood there lookin' on, feelin' sick.

Never raised a hand,

not to kill nor to stop it.

When it was all over,

smoke, blood, screamin'.

They blowed assembly for us to go back to the fort.

I wasn't with 'em no more.

Been runnin' ever since,

and I ain't never goin' back.

They'd have to kill me first.

You know, Lem, I heard about that massacre.

And I'm not tryin' to defend what the Army did.

What they did was wrong.

But there are times when a man has to kill

to defend what's right.

It's wrong.

There ain't nothin' worse

than a man denying the sacredness of life.

Well, that's why they put uniforms and badges

on men like you and me.

That's to defend that sacredness.

By killing, never.

I hope you never have to find out different.

I'm goin' for water.

Over there.

What are you all doin' here?

Well, we heard gunshots over this way.

Well, that was me practicing.

Oh, is that so?

We figured it might be a friend of ours.

Big man, have you seen him?

I know what you're lookin' for.

You're lookin' to kill Marshal Dillon.

Who's Marshal Dillon?

Figure you know that.

So I'm gonna give you just one chance.

Pack up and leave.

And if we don't?

I'm gonna try and persuade you

that Satan ain't playin' square with you.

You gonna preach at us?

Well, now, that'd be the first time I was ever taught

the word of the Lord at gunpoint.

Now, don't twitch a hair.

Y'all just forget about Matt Dillon,

else you're gonna have to answer to this here pistol.

Well now, we ain't lookin' for trouble, boy.

We're peaceable, God-fearing folks.

And suppose you just get off to somewheres and read your Bible?

Well, boys, I guess it takes a man

to admit when he's been licked,

Come on.

Yah, yah.

What happened?

I done went and proved

that you don't convert a man by killin him'.

What are you talkin' about?

I found some fellers was lookin' for you.

What makes you think they were lookin' for me?

They was, I could tell.

I get real good hunches.

I reckon you'd be dead by now

if I hadn't went and disabused 'em.

I don't think they'll give you no more trouble.

And I did it without having to spill a drop of blood.

And I reckon many's the time that's what you could have done

if killin' hadn't come so easy to you.

If they were looking for me, they're gonna be back.

No, I don't reckon they will.

Take cover in the cave.

There's some other fellas.

No chance.

Aw, you always expect the worst, don't you?

Good way to stay alive.

Why ain't they comin'?

Oh, they'll be comin', all right.

They'll wait 'til it's dark, though,

so they won't be such good targets.

They're tryin' to smoke us out.

Next time he moves into the clear,

you get a good shot at him.

You got a better chance of hitting him than I do.

You mean, just gun him down in cold blood?

Well, wound him if you have to, but stop him somehow.

Back at that rock.

Shoot, Lem.

I can't.

Dillon!

We got no quarrel with the boy.

He can come out and go on home.

Now, while there's still time.

I'm gonna give you 30 seconds to convince him.

Wouldn't be good for you to go out there now, anyway.

Why not?

They'd blow your head off

as soon as you stepped out there.

What reason would he have to do that?

Some men don't need a reason.

The wind's blowin' the smoke right at them.

They'll either be comin' out real soon,

or choke themselves to death.

How much longer you figure

before we have to bust out of here?

Minutes.

Maybe I was wrong about some things,

but the fact is I just couldn't fire a bullet

into another man even if I knowed

he was tryin' to kill me.

Dillon!

Send out the kid!

Ain't no use him dying with you.

Go on, kid, go on home while you're still breathin'.

I'm gonna talk to 'em.

- Don't shoot! - Come back here. Lem!

Drop your guns!

Get face down on the ground.

Stay down.

I don't want a move out of you.

- Let me take a look at that. - I'm all right.

You know, Lem,

you keep on wearing that gun, you're wearing temptation.

Now's as good a time as any to make up your mind.

Goin' back to the Army.

Gonna take my medicine, serve out my time.

Without using a gun?

I reckon the Army can find

some other kinds of usefulness for me.

Good, Lem.

You're makin' the right choice.

I got some thinkin' to do myself about responsibility.

Hello, Kitty.

Oh, Matt.

Well, I'm glad you decided

on goin' back to being marshal.

You sure that left-handed draw's gonna be enough?

Well, I guess it'll have to do

'til the other one gets better.

You're leaving in a big hurry, aren't you?

Marshal, I can't hardly wait to leave.

Why's that?

This is the unfriendliest town I've ever seen

in my whole life.

Huh, hey, ya!