Original subtitles

Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

Do you need any eggs?

Not today.

Ain't this the deadest doggone town?

Yeah. Not a thing inside worth admirin'.

Towns ain't everything, Rusk.

They was in all them beautiful dreams I had coming up the trail.

Well, I don't remember having enough sleep to dream.

What do you say we ride on in to Hay City

and see what it's like up there?

Sure. Texas can wait for me.

First, let's have ourselves one more drink.

That makes sense. Come on!

- Oh, señor! - Oh. Hey, well, now.

Looky here.

You dern near dropped her, Rusk.

She's a right pretty-looking thing, ain't she?

- Sure is! - Please, señor, my basket.

Well, now just a minute here.

It was me that kept them eggs

from gettin' broken, ain't that right, Ab?

That's right.

Sure, if it wasn't for me, these eggs

would've been broke all over the place.

I'm grateful, señor. Please let me have...

Well now, first I figure you might want to thank me for the favor.

I do thank you, señor. But, please, can I...

Why, sure I understand.

But that ain't exactly what I mean. Is it, Ab?

That's right.

Pretty little gal like her ought to know what I mean, don't you think?

If she don't, she ought to get learned.

That's what I mean. Look here now, show me one little old kiss.

Come on.

She understands what I mean, don't ya?

Hold onto her, Ab.

No, señor! No!

Wait a minute here, one little old kiss

ain't goin' hurt you none.

He ain't gonna hurt you none!

No! No!

You men leave that girl alone!

Get your hands off of her, I said.

Who are you?

Never mind who I am. Just leave her alone!

Aw, we were just havin' a little fun.

You'd better get out of here before I send for the law.

Now, we ain't done nothin'.

Do you want to go to jail, mister?

Oh, now... Get!

Darn fussbudget!

Those men, they were wrong, señorita.

I do not kiss.

Of course you don't.

Just forget 'em.

Come along with me, honey, up to my room.

You can wash your face and calm down a little.

You're very kind, señorita.

Here, drink this.

Thank you, señorita.

Maybe a little shot of whiskey would help, huh?

Oh, I be all right. Thank you.

Chavela, is there something else bothering you besides those men?

My father, if he finds out, he will kill them.

He's not gonna find out. We don't even know their names.

My father is a man of much honor.

He would kill them both.

I wouldn't worry about it now.

Look, why don't you run in the other room,

wash your face, huh?

Come on in.

Kitty.

Where's the girl?

She's in the other room.

Who is she anyway?

Well, her name is Chavela Ramirez.

She and her father have taken over the old Grimes place west of town.

Well, that's an awful rundown spot.

They said they were having a pretty hard time of it.

That's mean ground out there.

Matt, I was wondering if you had anything real important

that you had to do the rest of this afternoon.

No, why?

Chavela's a nice girl, and, well, I'd hate it

if those drunks got their hands on her again.

Now, Kitty, if you got after 'em,

they're probably halfway to Texas by now.

I'm serious. She drove a wagon into town.

And I want you to make sure that she gets home all right.

Well, now, Kitty. Wait a minute.

In this case, I won't mind a bit.

Okay.

I can have her ready anytime you are.

Fine.

We'll be waitin' out in front for you.

Look, in case those men are still around town...

Haven't left... well have somebody sit on 'em 'til I get back, will ya?

I'll have 'em wrapped in barbed wire for you.

Please stop here, Marshal.

Whoa.

I will thank you, señor, if you would leave me here.

And I'll go on alone now.

Well, it's just a little bit farther down the road.

Don't you want us to take you the rest of the way home?

No, señor.

Well, sure. We've taken you this far.

We might as well go the rest of the way.

But you do not understand, señor...

Father! Father!

Father! Father!

These men have protected me!

Put the gun down.

Stand where you are!

You are wrong, Father.

These men have come with me so I will be safe.

I will talk with them.

Tell me who you are.

My name is Dillon. I'm the United States marshal

in Dodge City.

Oh.

Señor Marshal.

My name is Miguel Ramirez.

Now, you want to tell me what this is all about, Ramirez?

I fear for my daughter in this land, señor.

Today, my cow, she was calving.

I could not go to town.

Well, you can't go around taking potshots

at everybody that comes up your road either, you know.

Anybody brings trouble to my house, señor,

I will kill him.

That is the way it must be.

A man can't take the law into his own hands, Ramirez.

That's also the way it must be.

There is the law of a man's honor, señor.

It must be in his own hands.

As long as I'm around here, Ramirez,

the law is going to stay in my hands.

Now, any time you have trouble, you come to me.

I'll give you all the help you need.

You just remember that.

Chavela,

next time you come to town alone, stop by the office first.

We'll see that everything's all right.

Thank you, señor.

I reckon this is the place.

Yeah, sure ain't much.

Yeah. Now just go around front.

You take my horse while I go inside and talk to the gal.

You're really took with her, ain't ya?

Just gonna tell her I was a little drunk

and I'm sorry. That's all. Come on.

Stay on that horse, señor!

Must be her old man.

Ain't no need for a gun there, mister.

We just wanted to come by to pay your daughter a visit.

That's all.

Get off my land.

Now... Now, it ain't no use to get mean about it.

We just sort of come by to say hello.

Yeah, you ought to be invitin' us in for coffee.

I warn you once more.

Turn your horses. Ride back.

You watch it there, you fool!

Go now!

- Let's get out of here! - Go!

What are you doin', Rusk?

We ain't gonna let no dirt farmer drive us off.

I ain't done nobody no harm.

What do you aim to do?

You just stay with me. You'll see what I'm gonna do.

- Rusk, I don't think... - Are you scared?

No, I ain't scared, but I don't want to see anybody gettin' killed.

I ain't gonna kill nobody.

We're just gonna pay him a visit.

Wait 'til it's dark.

Rusk, her pa meant business.

He got my back up acting like that.

Come on.

Well, Doc, I'm afraid you hurt his feelings.

Well, I'm afraid he's trying to poison us.

I got to admit this isn't the best food I ever tasted.

Really. It's too bad Chester isn't here to enjoy some of it.

What you got against him?

Oh, nothin' at all. It's just that...

Well, I got a theory about it.

Hmm. I might have known.

Well, I have. And I have...

I've done considerable research about it.

Right here too.

You see, I figure that if a person

eats food like this long enough,

that your stomach kind of builds up an immunity to it, you see.

And your stomach gets stronger...

And your head gets weaker?

Well, that's why I figured

it couldn't possibly hurt Chester too much, you see.

Uh, are you the Doc?

Yeah.

You'd better come with me, Doc.

We got a gal out there on the prairie who...

Doc: Well, what?

Uh, well,

I guess I'd better wait and see you alone, Doc.

I think you'd better go right on talkin', mister.

Well, it really ain't nothin' bad, Marshal.

No need for you to concern yourself.

Who is this girl?

Well, I don't rightly know her name.

Just a little Mexican gal.

What happened to her?

Well, I don't rightly know, Doc.

We were just trying to explain things to her

and she fell down and hit her head, I guess.

But she ain't moved since,

and we was kinda gettin' a little worried.

Well, how long ago was it?

About two hours.

Oh, good heavens.

Well, I'll take you right there, Doc.

You bet you will.

Hey, wait a minute!

You won't be needin' this. Let's go.

Come on.

Well, I'm sure I left her right here by this dead tree.

Hey, Rusk!

Rusk!

Hey, Rusk, I brung the doc!

Hollerin' for him ain't gonna help none.

Let's spread out and look around.

Doc, you'd better stay here.

- You come with me. - Sure, Marshal.

Chavela: Oh, my head. It hurt me.

Mr. Dillon! Mr. Dillon, over here! Quick!

Over here. I found her, Doc.

Just laying right here on the ground.

Oh...

Chavela, it's Doc Adams. You just be quiet.

You'll be all right.

My head hurts.

I know, dear. Just be quiet.

My head, it hurt me.

Ab: I don't know how she got here.

I left her back there by that tree.

I'm tellin' you, Marshal,

we didn't mean no harm. You can't blame us.

Shut up, will ya?

Matt, you want to talk to her?

Yes. Is it all right?

Go ahead.

Chavela.

Now everything's going to be all right.

You wanna tell us what happened?

They come to the house.

They wanted to talk to me.

Where was your father?

They tricked him.

One of them hit him from behind.

I got scared and ran out here and hit my head.

Then I... I tried to go back to the house.

But it hurt me.

What do you think, Doc?

I'd like to get her to the house.

Can you carry her?

Yeah.

We'd better get back there. Her father may be hurt, too.

No, he ain't hurt none.

I tapped him real light.

He'll tell you when we get there.

Next time he sees you, mister, he'll probably kill ya.

Miss.

Miss, I'm sorry this had to happen.

Honestly, Marshal, we didn't aim to hurt her none.

Kind of late to be sorry, isn't it?

Chester.

Yes, sir.

Take him back to jail and lock him up.

Hey! Doggone, this ain't fair!

All right, come on. Get movin'.

How is she, Ramirez?

Well, the doc, he's not sure yet.

Well, Doc will take good care of her. He's a good doctor.

S í.

How are you feeling now?

They hurt me, Marshal.

But not here.

I know.

I'll find him, Ramirez. Don't you worry.

I do not worry.

I wonder what he's doing out here.

Mr. Dillon.

Anything wrong, Chester?

No, no. I just thought I ought to ride back out here

and maybe lend you a hand.

What about Ab Gaul?

Well, I locked him up and throwed away the key.

In a manner of speaking, that is.

I got it right here.

Well, I hope he doesn't starve to death.

Well, I give him a bucket of water.

Told him he could do anything that he wanted to with it.

How's Chavela?

Oh, we don't know yet. Doc's in there with her now.

Are you gonna...

wait here before you go after that Rusk fella?

Yep.

Don't you worry, señor. We'll catch him.

I do not worry.

She's going to be all right, Ramirez.

She's sleeping fine right now.

Now, I left a little box of white pills in there by the bed,

and I want you to give her one of those three times a day.

- Do you understand that? - I understand.

All right. The most important thing, though,

is for her to keep quiet, get lots of rest.

And she'll be all right.

But you stay close to home here in case she needs you.

I have a friend and his wife.

They will watch her.

Well, just so somebody does.

I'm goin' on into town, Matt.

All right, Chester will ride with ya.

What?

Now, Chester, Rusk knows we're after him.

He might try anything.

One of us better stay in Dodge.

Well, yeah, I never thought of that.

I... you ready, Doc?

Yep. Let's go.

Well, good luck to you, Mr. Dillon.

See you later.

Ramirez.

S í, Marshal?

I want to talk to you for a minute.

S í, Marshal.

Now, you told Doc something about some people

that were going to come here and stay with Chavela?

Mexican people. They know us. They will come.

Let me handle this, will you?

Now, you've got Chavela in there. She's all right.

And I've got this man locked up in jail.

There were two men, Marshal.

I know there were two men.

And I'm going after the other one.

I'm going after him, you understand?

Ramirez, you can't take the law into your own hands.

If you kill somebody, you're going to hang for it.

Now, you'd better remember that.

I'll remember it, Marshal.

All right, then you stay here with Chavela.

I'll get that man, I'll promise you.

Of course, Marshal.

And there's something else.

Chavela needs you. Not just now, but for a long time to come.

You're not going to be much good to her in jail, are ya?

No.

I think you are right, Marshal.

You stay here with Chavela.

I'll let you know as soon as I find Rusk.

Goodbye, Marshal.

♪ He'll make his home... ♪

Hey, Ab.

You want a cup of coffee?

I want my supper.

Well, we ain't runnin' no boarding house around here.

You can't jail a man and not feed him.

Well, you ate this morning.

Now, you want this cup of coffee, or am I gonna throw it away?

Eh, it ain't even good coffee.

Well, you're just lucky it ain't a cup of water.

Oh.

Oh, howdy, Doc.

You're certainly cordial and effervescent today.

Uh, what?

Well, I mean you don't make a fella feel exactly welcome around here.

Well, uh, I'm sorry, Doc.

You see, I've been expecting Mr. Dillon for three or four days now.

I have, too.

Would you like a cup of coffee, Doc?

Well, you... you certainly are changeable.

What's the occasion?

Oh, there's no occasion.

I just thought you might like a good cup of coffee.

I certainly would.

Well, now looky here, Doc. I don't have to take that...

Wait a minute. Just...

Chester, I wanna tell you, without any question at all,

you make the finest cup of coffee in the whole state of Kansas.

Oh.

That's the truth. No doubt about it.

- I do? - Sure.

Uh, could you loan me a dollar?

A dollar?

Well, I kinda went broke last night is what I done.

Gambling.

Well, what difference does it make how it happened?

I mean, are you gonna loan me a dollar or ain't ya?

All right, here you are.

Oh, well, I sure do...

Hold on here a minute.

You told me yourself two weeks ago you stopped gamblin'.

Well, yeah, that's right.

Well, if you swore off,

how come you went broke gamblin' last night?

Oh, no, no, no. Now, Doc.

Listen, I... I said that I went broke. Yeah.

But now you was the one that said it was gamblin'.

I didn't say nothing about gamblin'.

What I said was "yeah."

But the "yeah" had nothing to do with the gamblin'.

What the... the "yeah"...

Chester, just keep it and spend it any way you want to.

Well, I sure do... - Matt. - Mr. Dillon!

Doc, Chester.

My golly, I... I was beginning to worry about you.

Are you all right?

Oh, I guess so.

You didn't find Rusk, huh?

Not yet.

Not yet? You mean you're going out there again after him?

I'm afraid I have to, Doc.

As soon as I get a square meal under my belt.

I've been livin' on branch water and jerky for three days.

Well here, Mr. Dillon,

you just sit right down there and have a cup of coffee.

Oh, thanks.

Well, how's the prisoner?

Oh, he's complainin'.

Miguel.

How's Chavela?

Gracias, señor doctor.

She is well.

What can we do for you, Ramirez?

Nothing, Marshal.

I brought the man to you.

He's outside.

Well, you just had to do it, didn't you?

The law of a man's honor, señor.

It must be in his own hands.

Yeah.

Well, I'm sorry, Miguel.

I'm sorry it has to be this way.

Lock him up, Chester.

Yes, sir.

What's going to happen to Chavela?

I don't know, Doc.

How am I going to explain to her about her father's honor?