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Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

- Who done it? - I don't know.

These shots came from the alley.

Well, let's take a look.

Somebody better get the marshal here.

Dillon: Let me through here, boys.

Got away, Marshal.

We looked everywhere down that alley, Marshal.

We didn't see nobody.

Well, you mean to say that this man was just walking by

and somebody shot at him from the alley?

- That's right, Marshal. - That's what happened.

Well, anybody see it?

No, Marshal.

Man: I seen it.

I was standin' right here in the street.

I seen the whole thing.

Well, what happened?

That man there was walking along.

And when he come to this alley, he got shot twice.

Yeah, well we all know that.

We all heard two shots.

I seen the man that done it.

You did?

Who was he?

Here he is, Marshal. That's him.

What? Me? I didn't do nothin', Marshal.

I seen him.

What's your name, son?

Tom. Tom Morry.

But I didn't shoot nobody, Marshal.

He was standin' right there.

He run up that alley and run around the front of the building.

I'd know him anywhere.

Let's take a look at that gun.

It's been fired twice.

Well, I fired two times on the way to town today, Marshal.

I was just practicin' on an old coyote that jumped up.

I wasn't even here.

Where were you?

I was just walkin' around.

Were you with anybody?

No, I... I was alone.

That's the truth, Marshal! I wouldn't shoot nobody!

What's your name, mister?

Crep, Marshal. Romey Crep.

Also seen them two arguing up the street about an hour ago.

I couldn't hear what they was sayin',

but they were shakin' their fists at each other

and carrying on something terrible.

Marshal, that's a lie.

I never seen this man before in my life.

I'm sorry, son. But I'm gonna have to take you in.

Jail?

You... You jailin' me for murder?

I don't have much choice.

You stick around. I may want to talk to you.

I'll be right here.

All right, let's go.

Chester, you get Doc and have him taken care of.

Yes, sir.

Well, that's about all there is to it, Your Honor.

Romey Crep saw the two of them arguing earlier in the evening,

and then later he saw Tom Morry shoot the man from an alleyway.

At least, that's what he says.

It ain't up to you to question the veracity

of the witness, Marshal.

No, sir.

Reckon we'd better have him up here next.

Sit down, Marshal.

Romey Crep!

Just a minute, Judge.

What is it, Marshal?

Now, this boy here is very sick.

Doc says he ought to be in bed.

And I'm just wonderin'...

Marshal, this man's on trial for murder.

Don't matter whether he's sick or well.

Now you sit down.

Step down here, Romey.

Raise your right hand.

You gonna tell nothin' but the truth so help ya?

I will.

All right, now stand right over there.

I'm right here, Your Honor.

All right. 'Til I ask you something just stand there

and keep your mouth shut.

Yes, sir.

Now, says here you were eyewitness to the murder. Is that right?

That's right, Judge. I seen the whole thing.

That man there stepped out of an alley

and put two bullets into Harry Land as plain as day.

Stepped right out of the alley, huh?

Well, not right out of the alley, Your Honor.

He stood back in the shadows a little.

But I seen his face.

I won't never forget it.

How come he didn't see you and kill you, too?

Well, he could've seen me.

I reckon he was too busy killin' Harry Land.

Guess that could be.

Now, then.

Says here you heard an argument

between the defendant and Harry Land

early in the evening. Is that right?

Well, seen more than heard, Judge.

But they was ready to go at it right then,

- I can tell you that. - That's a lie!

That ain't true!

He's lyin', Judge!

Who's lyin'?

Judge, I never seen Harry Land

before in my life!

Quiet! Quiet. You're interruptin' this court!

I ain't lyin', Your Honor.

You're lyin'!

Shut up, the both of ya!

How come you sayin' these things?

How come you're doin' this?

All right, quiet! Order in this court! Order!

I told you he was sick, Judge.

Now order! Order in this court now!

All right, this court's adjourned 'til 2:00.

And that don't mean the jury can go out

and get soured on the cob, neither.

All right, everybody get up.

Oh!

What are we gonna do with him, Mr. Dillon?

Let's get him over to Doc's office and worry about the trial later.

Chester: Get out of the way there!

You know, I'm just wonderin' how he feels.

Who?

That judge.

He seemed to feel all right when he left here last week.

That ain't what I mean.

I mean traveling around from town to town tryin' people,

then runnin' off and leavin' the dirty work

for somebody else.

It's not all dirty work, Chester.

Not everybody's convicted.

Well, I'll tell ya somethin'.

That judge there, he'd find anybody guilty.

Guilty of what?

I don't know. Just whatever it happened to be at the time.

Like last week when he said goodbye,

I could tell just by the way that he looked at me

that he'd just like to get anybody up there

in front of him and just convict 'em.

Well, you'd better start watching your step, then.

He ain't...

Well... Well, I ain't done nothin'.

How is he, Doc?

Well, he'll be all right now. Fever broke.

How soon you think he'll be able to travel, Doc?

Oh, I'd say a day or two. He's young, and he's strong.

I'll tell ya somethin',

he was a pretty sick young fella.

That trial didn't do him any good, either.

It doesn't matter.

He doesn't have much of a future, whichever way you look at it.

When do you have to get him up there to Hays?

He's supposed to be up there now.

Gives you a funny feelin', doesn't it...

Fixin' a kid up so he can ride to his own hanging.

Well, I'll check in on him in the morning.

Okay, Doc.

Why, hello, Doc! Chester. Marshal.

Romey.

What's Doc Adams doing here?

Now, don't tell me that prisoner's still sick.

You interested in the prisoner's health, are ya?

No. I heard the judge say the marshal

was to deliver the prisoner to Hays City

for hanging right away.

Is that so?

That's what he said. Everybody heard him.

Well, then you must be in a hurry to see that he gets hung, huh?

Well, he was sentenced, wasn't he?

That's right.

Now, you listen to me.

Your part in this ended last week when you testified in court.

Tom Morry is my responsibility now.

It's my duty, Marshal.

Not anymore it isn't.

Now, he's gonna to get to Hays City,

and he'll get to his hanging.

But how and when he gets there

is none of your business, you got that?

- Now, you look here... - Go on, get out of here.

Mornin', Tom.

Hello, Chester.

Got a little breakfast here for ya.

Thank you.

You feelin' any better today, are you?

Yeah, I'm better.

Well, that's good.

What day is this anyway?

Uh, Thursday.

It's no wonder that you lost track of time, though,

what with the fever and all.

Yeah.

Sure is a funny time to get sick,

right when you're on trial for your life.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, if there's anything that I can do to help you now, just call.

I'll be right here.

Yeah, one thing. I'd like to see the marshal when he gets here.

Well...

Well, I think that's him there now.

I'll call him, Tom.

Morning, Tom.

Hello, Marshal.

How are ya?

I'm fine. Fine, Marshal.

I'd kinda like to talk to ya.

Sure.

Marshal, we'll be ridin' out up to Hays City pretty soon, won't we?

Tomorrow, Tom,

if the doc says you can make it.

I don't have to be in very good shape to make that trip.

Tom, I'm not gonna to take you up there 'til you can stand up straight.

Thank you, Marshal.

Listen, there's somethin' I got to ask you.

Do you think I did it?

Do you think that I killed that man?

The court thinks you did, Tom.

Yeah, but do you?

No, I don't.

To me, there's somethin' real wrong about the whole thing, Tom.

There's somethin' particularly wrong about Crep's testimony.

Unfortunately, it doesn't matter what I think.

Crep stood up there, and he said that you did it.

And the judge and jury believed him.

That man with a lie in his belly.

He couldn't have seen me!

I wasn't even there.

Anyway, I want to thank you, Marshal, for...

treatin' me decent, acting like I was at least human.

Tom, I'm afraid you don't have much to thank anybody for.

One more thing, Marshal.

I got a letter here.

Wrote to my pa.

He's back in Missouri.

You want me to mail it for ya?

I'd be obliged if you would, but not 'til it's over.

All right.

I'm hopin' he don't find out 'til then.

Sure.

Well, I reckon that's about all.

Marshal...

I'll try to stand up straight like you said.

Well, there it is.

It's all right there.

I was just takin' a citizen's responsibility.

I told the marshal.

I says, "Marshal, it's my duty to see that justice is carried out."

Why, after all, the judge needed me most for that trial.

If it hadn't been for me, there wouldn't have been no trial.

Next to the prisoner, I was the most important man there.

Now, I remember you men.

You was at the trial, too.

That was a proud moment for me.

Thank you, Annie.

Hello, Kitty.

Sit down, Matt.

Well, he's still at it, I see.

I ought to throw him out of here.

You all heard how the judge listened to every word I said,

and the jury, too.

Why, it was just a lucky thing I happened to witness that murder.

He sure is enjoyin' himself.

Little weasel.

He never felt so important in his whole life.

He's enjoyin' that a little too much, if you ask me.

Can't stop him from talkin', I guess.

How 'bout a drink?

No. No, thanks, Kitty.

Ah, here comes a man who'll probably have one.

- Hi. - Hello, Doc.

Evening, Doc.

Miss Kitty.

Well, did you come in here tonight to spend some money?

No. Not tonight, I'm afraid, Kitty.

I wanted to see Matt.

What's on your mind?

Well, this isn't exactly good news.

But I... I was over at the jail

and saw Tom Morry again, and he's all right.

Oh.

You mean he can ride, huh?

Yep.

Well, no point in puttin' it off any longer. We'll leave in the morning.

Matt, can't you do somethin'?

Kitty, he was tried and convicted.

There's not a thing I can do.

It's a sorry business, isn't it?

You'd better go get some rest.

It's a long ride.

And a rough one.

Not as rough as it's gonna to be for him.

It's his last one.

Doc: Chester.

Yeah.

What are you sneakin' around like that for?

Oh, I wasn't sneakin' around.

I just... ahem... didn't feel like doin' battle with you, to tell you the truth.

Matt's not back yet, huh?

No. No, he's not.

Oh golly, it's hot today.

Huh?

Said it's hot!

Oh, I noticed it.

Where were you last night?

Uh, well I went to bed.

Well, there was a big party over at the Long Branch.

What's the matter with you? You sick or somethin'?

No. When my body feels like going to bed,

I just go to bed.

Let me have a look at you.

Huh?

By golly, you don't look very good.

What's the matter?

Well, you went to bed last night, and you're hot today.

Let me see somethin' here.

Well, what is it?

Well, I declare.

What?

Well, it could be xerophthalmia.

What is that?

Well, it's a conjunctivitis usually characterized

by a dull and lusterless condition of the eyeballs.

You know, Doc,

it seemed like it hurt lately every time I've been lookin' at somethin'.

It's just... it...

There's no lust... there at all, huh?

Matt, hi.

Hello, Doc.

Chester.

Welcome back, Mr. Dillon.

Have a hard trip, Mr. Dillon?

Hard enough.

Did they hang him?

No, not yet.

I got them to put off the execution for a week.

You think it'll do any good?

I don't know.

I need a drink. Come on.

What'll you have, gentlemen?

- Whiskey, Clem. - I'll have the same.

Give me a beer.

Oh, no, Clem, I think I'll have a little shot of whiskey myself.

All right.

Where's Miss Kitty?

She took the day off.

Hear you went up to Hays City.

Yep.

Took young Tom Morry along, too, huh?

That's right, Clem.

I don't envy you your job.

Well...

By golly,

you know, if whiskey wasn't so doggone expensive,

I think I'd have me a little bit of it every day.

Marshal Dillon.

I heard you's back.

You did, huh?

Did, uh, everything...

Was everything carried out all right?

Why don't you ride up to Hays City and find out?

You was gone for such a long time, Marshal.

Five days. I was just wonderin'.

It takes time to hang a man, Crep.

Even if he's only 19.

That 19-year-old man is a murderer.

I got a little piece of advice for you, Crep.

Keep out of my way.

Chester!

Oh.

Hold on a minute.

Were you gonna go to the post office?

Uh, yeah. I was gonna mail it.

Well, good. Bring my mail back to me, will ya?

What is it, some of those big old heavy magazines?

No, just medical journals.

Well, givin' 'em a fancy name like that, Doc,

don't change the weight of 'em none.

Well, now what am I gonna have to do...

Pay you for bringin' my mail?

No, no. You're not gonna have to pay me.

I'll get your mail for ya.

You'd probably break down under the weight of it anyway.

Helping hand and a willing heart...

Huh.

Uh, is there anything else that I could bring you?

A... A cup of coffee?

A piece of pie?

Where's the marshal?

Why, what happened?

Somebody just killed Ned Miller! Where's the marshal?

Well, he's down at the stable.

He ought to be on his way back, though, by now.

I'll go get him.

Uh...

Doc! Doc, somebody's killed Ned Miller!

Chester: What happened here, Sawyer?

Well, I don't rightly know.

Me and Jake here was helping load his wagon.

Ned carried out the last sack of grain hisself.

Said he'd be right back to settle up.

Then we heard the shots.

Well, did you see anybody?

Well, when we first heard the shots, we didn't know where they was from.

Then... Then we ran out here. He was there,

just like you found him.

You didn't... You didn't see nobody at all, then?

No, we didn't see nobody.

Well, somebody must've seen somethin'.

I just happened to be walking along the side street, Marshal,

and I saw Ned Miller on his wagon.

This man steps out and fires three shots right into his back.

Oh, it was terrible! It was terrible!

That's why I run over here to get ya.

You saw who it was, huh?

I don't know his name. But I'd recognize him.

How is he, Doc?

Well, he's alive, and that's all.

Get him up to my office as soon as you can, will ya?

Yeah. A couple of you boys give us a hand here with him, will ya?

Get him up to Doc's and go easy with him.

Real careful now.

You see anybody around here that looks like the man?

No. He ain't here.

Well, he wouldn't hang around here anyways.

Come with me.

Can't wait here all day, Marshal.

That man ought to be in jail.

Why don't you sit down, keep still?

This ain't catchin' a murderer.

Ned Miller's not dead yet, Crep.

Poor Ned.

Doesn't seem possible.

I couldn't have been more than 10 feet from him.

Imagine, me witnessin' two murders.

I bet that judge is gonna be mighty surprised

when I stand up there to testify again.

Yeah, I bet he will.

You know, it's too bad they don't pay witnesses, Crep.

You could be gettin' rich.

Just doin' my citizen's duty, Marshal.

Well, Doc?

He's dead.

He told me somethin' before he died.

Well, what'd he tell ya?

He said you shot him.

Wait a minute.

There's been a mistake.

There's been a big mistake.

Ned Miller was lyin'.

He was lyin', Marshal.

A man doesn't lie at a time like that, Crep.

Well, something's wrong.

It was a mistake.

Why, I... I wouldn't kill him.

I didn't kill him!

You didn't, huh?

- No. - Well, I think you did.

Not only that, but I think you made up that whole story about Tom Morry.

Why would I do a thing like that?

Now you tell me the truth.

Tom Morry, didn't kill anybody, did he?

Did he?

No, he didn't!

No. But you had to stand up there and testify, didn't you?

Marshal...

You didn't care whether it was the truth or not!

You just had to stand up there

in front of everybody and speak your piece,

your lyin', murderin' piece!

And then you had to feel important again, didn't ya?

So you killed Ned Miller.

Chokin' me...

You had to take a man's life just so people would notice ya!

Well, let me tell you somethin', mister.

People are really gonna notice you now.

You know what we're gonna do?

We're gonna clear Tom Morry's name.

We'll clear his name.

Yeah. And you know how we're gonna do it?

No.

We're gonna do it at your trial!

At your trial!

Please, Marshal...

I don't think you're gonna mind bein' there at all.

In fact, I think you're gonna kinda like it, Crep.

You're going to be the most important man there!

- Chester. - Yeah.

Take him over and lock him up, will ya?

Yes, sir.

I'll be back in a few minutes.

Right now I got to get down and send a telegram to Hays City.

There's a boy up there they got to turn loose.

All right, come on. Get up on your feet.

Let's go.