Original subtitles

Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

What's this?

Somebody busted one of his windows.

Now he's boarding up the rest of them.

I got a right to.

It's my store, ain't it?

Mr. Parks, you haven't got a right to breathe

without my saying so.

This town's had just about enough of you, Clegg Rawlins.

No, it hasn't, Mr. Parks.

And it ain't gonna be boarded up, either.

Men don't like that.

Men?

Mean the wild drunks you sell liquor to in your saloons?

You're some sheriff.

Take him outside and teach him some manners.

You bet.

You wouldn't dare do a thing like that.

Come along, Mr. Parks.

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Are you all right?

You saw 'em.

They beat me up.

I'd have tried to stop it, they'd have killed me.

I-I ain't blaming you.

Something's got to be done here, Styles.

But what?

We're no match for him and his men.

We got to have a new sheriff around here.

I... I'm gonna do something about it, too.

I'm gonna form a citizens committee

and send up to Dodge City for the U.S. marshal.

Oh, that won't do no good.

Tascosa ain't in his territory.

And besides, he's too busy around Dodge.

I hear he's a good man.

At least he'll help us find a decent, honest sheriff here.

Why, he's got to.

I'm gonna send for him today.

You better come inside.

You look like you're hurt bad.

Oh, I'm hurt, all right, but...

I'm still alive.

What'll it be?

Make it a beer.

That'll be 25 cents.

What?

Pay it or go thirsty, mister.

Well, 25 cents is a lot of money

to pay for a glass of beer, isn't it?

Hear that, boys?

He don't like the price.

He gives you any trouble, we'll shoot him in the foot.

Yeah.

We'll shoot him twice just to make sure.

Couple friends of yours, are they?

Oh, we all work together here, mister.

You mean you all work for Clegg Rawlins, don't you?

He's called Sheriff Rawlins around here.

Well, I guess that's as good a title as any to hide behind.

You never been to Tascosa before, have you?

Not since Clegg Rawlins took over.

I told you once it was Sheriff Rawlins, mister.

Yeah, I heard you.

Well, you're-you're sort of a troublemaker, aren't you?

I just can't seem to teach our friend here to behave, boys.

That's too bad.

I got a feeling he don't like the way this town's run.

Where you from, stranger?

Come on, what are you doing here?

Let's drag him out of town, Ponce.

That's a good idea, Lighter.

You know, you're a pretty grown-up boy.

Maybe we ought to teach you some manners.

Anything else you'd like to teach me?

Maybe you better go take care of your friend there, huh?

Hey, that's only a nickel.

That's what we pay for a beer in Dodge City, mister.

Mr. Parks.

Oh, yes, sir?

Matt Dillon.

I tell you, I've never seen

a more welcome face in my life, Marshal.

All the decent citizens of Tascosa are gonna

breathe a lot easier, what, with your being here now.

Well, I'm afraid I'm only gonna be here a short time, Mr. Parks.

Yeah, I understand that, but you will look around

and then help us find a good man, won't you?

Well, I'm certainly gonna try.

What happened to you there?

Oh.

Uh, Clegg Rawlins' men beat me up...

Ponce and that Harry Lighter.

Oh, yeah.

I've met those two already.

Already?

Tell me something, Mr. Parks.

Does Clegg Rawlins own every saloon in Tascosa?

Yeah, he certainly does.

Boy, the money he makes on them is really something, Marshal.

Why, this town is a gold mine to Clegg Rawlins.

Well, it should be with those prices he charges.

And if anybody complains, well, they just

ride them out of town at the end of a rope.

Mr. Parks, I'd kind of like to meet some of the other members

of your citizens committee there, if I can.

Yeah, of course.

Uh, there's Mr. Berry at the hotel

and Jack Sight at the Star restaurant.

And there's Mr. Styles at the feed and grain.

All right.

Thank you very much.

- Bye. - Bye, Marshal.

Have a seat.

No, thanks.

Well, I'm the man the citizen's committee wants to get rid of.

Yeah, I know.

They've gone to a lot of trouble, those men.

I'll be darned if I know why.

Yeah, they seem to think they got their reason.

Well, I wanted you to know how wrong they are.

You see, the boys got a little out of line with Mr. Parks.

He got real excited about it.

I told them never let that happen again though.

Did you?

People here paint a real black picture of me, I know that.

But I wanted you to know that I'm a reasonable man.

How's that?

Well, let's just say that I'm easy to do business with.

Go on.

You see, Marshal, the people that you've been talking to

are the same ones that brought me here in the first place.

They wanted me to clean up the town.

Well, I did that for them.

Now, all of a sudden, they want me out.

I'd call that downright ungrateful.

Rawlins, you have something you want to say?

What I'd like to say is this.

I'm a very rich man.

A U.S. marshal don't make much money, does he?

I was wondering how long it'd take you to get around to that.

Now, wait a minute.

You don't want to walk out on a good thing, do you?

Rawlins, you might as well make up your mind on one thing:

you're finished in Tascosa.

Man don't give up that easy, Marshal.

You got just about as much time left as it's gonna take

the man I hire to get down here from Dodge.

As short as that, huh?

And I don't know who he's gonna be yet,

but he's gonna be a real good man, Rawlins.

A real good man.

Oh, Marshal?

There's a lot of prairie between here and Dodge.

I'd sure hate to see something happen to you on your way back.

You better bring your two gunmen with you.

I don't think you're man enough to do it yourself.

Like I say, it's a long ride.

You know, it always seems too bad when a man dies

for something he ain't concerned with.

Now, Rawlins, if I was worried about dying,

I'd have quit this job a long time ago.

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- Hello, Marshal. - Hello.

It's not a trap; I came alone.

But I might have been followed.

You're pretty far out on the prairie

for a woman alone, aren't you?

Well, I followed you all the way from Tascosa.

You what?

Well, if you'd seen me sooner, you would've sent me back.

I can't go back, Marshal.

Why not?

I'm Clegg Rawlins' girl.

You're what?

I mean I was.

Clegg would kill me if he found out I tried to run away.

Well, now, following me out here on the prairie is not

a very good way to keep him from finding out, is it?

Look, I've got a chance with you.

I never could've made it alone.

I'm a good shot.

What's your name?

Stella.

Stella Carney.

Come on down out of the saddle.

Thanks.

I, uh, I forgot to bring water.

I got some right here.

So you'd be willing to kill Clegg Rawlins

if you had to, huh?

He brought me down here from Hays City.

Gonna marry me, he said.

That was two weeks ago.

Well, it took me a whole two weeks to find out

he already has a wife in Willow Springs.

So, you left him, huh?

I told him what I thought of him first.

I got beat for it.

Let me ride with you, Marshal, please.

I was told that Clegg Rawlins and his men are after me.

They're either a little behind or they're up ahead

there somewhere right now waiting for me.

Are you gonna make me face them alone?

Let's get started.

Getting tired?

Oh, no, I'll make it.

Now look, there's a nester's shack

over there behind those trees.

Maybe he'll put us up for the night.

I wouldn't mind that.

Near as I can make out, there's two of them.

Yeah, it's probably Ponce and Lighter.

Clegg wouldn't bother to ride clear out here himself.

Well, I want to see if I can't make them

come to us a little bit.

Think I'm gonna work my way forward.

The next shot they fire after I get into position,

you scream like you're hit.

Might throw them off guard a little bit.

And keep down.

Look out!

Let me take a look at it.

Oh, my leg.

Went clear through.

The bone doesn't seem to be broken.

Lucky, huh?

Yeah.

Look, I'll wrap it up for you.

Are they both dead, Marshal?

Yeah.

Now, I'm gonna have to wrap this pretty tight

to stop the bleeding.

It's all right, I can stand it.

I'm not afraid.

No, you're not.

You did really well out there.

I'm gonna get you over to that shack,

and we'll-we'll dress this wound.

You think you can stand?

- I can't. - All right.

Just take it easy now.

Here we go.

Well, I'm going out to feed my pigs.

Having company like this has throwed me clean off schedule.

I'll be along in just a minute to put up our horses.

Okay, Marshal.

Mr. Crowe, I sure want to thank you.

It's mighty good of you to take care of us here.

You're more than welcome.

You can borrow that spring wagon of mine

to take her into Dodge tomorrow if you want.

Well, I'd sure appreciate that.

We'll get it back to you as soon as we can.

No hurry.

I don't use it but seldom.

Having me along is gonna slow you down.

Well,

don't worry about that, Stella.

When Clegg finds out what happened here,

he'll ride into Dodge.

He'll be waiting there for you, Marshal.

Maybe not; after all, there are a lot of other towns

he can try to take over, you know?

Oh, it's more than that, Marshal.

A lot more once he finds out that I'm with you.

Clegg's a jealous man.

He's-he's crazy jealous,

and now he'll think there's something between us.

Between, um...

you and me, Marshal.

Of course, that's... foolish of him.

Isn't it?

You better get some sleep, Stella.

Got a long ride tomorrow.

Marshal?

When we get into Dodge,

I hope it's Clegg who dies.

Whoa.

Well, Stella, I guess it's been a pretty rough trip on you,

hasn't it?

I could do with a bed, all right.

Look, I'll get you a room at the Dodge House,

and then I've got a friend

who will come over and look after you.

Come here; let's go easy on it.

You sure you'll be all right, ma'am?

Yes, fine, thank you.

Well, I'll come back later this evening.

You've been very kind, Kitty.

You get some rest.

I'll tell Matt when I see him.

Bye.

Thank you again, Kitty.

Hello, Matt.

Hi, Kitty.

Well, uh, how is she?

Oh, she's gonna be all right.

She wants to see you.

Oh? Well, Kitty, listen to me,

I sure thank you for coming over and all.

Oh, don't even mention it, Matt.

I'm always glad to help you out.

Hello, Stella.

Marshal.

How are you feeling?

Fine.

Much better, thank you.

Good.

Doc tells me you're gonna be up and around before long.

Yes.

You know, I was thinking that, uh, after you get on your feet,

why, maybe we ought to go down to the Long Branch

and have a talk with Kitty.

She can probably get you a job down there.

As a matter of fact, Kitty and I were talking about that

- just before she left. - Oh?

Yes, she-she was telling me about Dodge

and the Long Branch and Chester and Doc.

About herself.

She told me quite a bit about you.

Oh.

Well look, Stella, it was like I was saying.

I-I think you'd like it in Dodge.

I'm leaving Dodge.

Leaving?

Yes.

Where will you go?

Oh, I don't know.

Abilene, maybe, or St. Louis.

Well, Stella, there's no reason for you to leave

if you don't want to.

Yes, there is.

If it's Clegg Rawlins you're worried about, why...

No.

It's not Clegg Rawlins.

Look, I, uh...

Matt...

Maybe you better go now.

Bye, Stella.

Good luck.

Good-bye, Matt.

♪ Make his home in Kansas. ♪

Well, how is she, Mr. Dillon?

Well, she's gonna be all right, Chester.

Oh, good, good.

Something bothering you?

No.

Yeah.

Well, I guess I better get down to Delmonico's.

A man I want to talk to about that job in Tascosa.

Oh, you mean Slim Trent.

Well, he's a good man, Mr. Dillon.

- There ain't none better. - Marshal.

That's for sure.

Who's he?

That's Clegg Rawlins, Chester.

Better give me a little room here.

Rawlins.

I've been looking for you, Marshal.

Last time you sent Ponce and Lighter to do your looking.

That was a mistake.

I never could trust them.

I hope you buried them.

I didn't have time to.

They're not important anymore.

But, um, you and I can still work out a deal.

You're still trying to buy me off, huh?

Any man can use money, Marshal.

Rawlins, you're through in Tascosa.

Don't you know that?

How's Stella, Marshal?

You take my advice.

You ride out of Dodge and keep on riding.

All right.

You can have her.

She never meant anything to me anyway.

So long, Marshal.

I knowed he was gonna do that, Mr. Dillon.

I just knowed that he was.

Well, he sure had it coming to him, that's for sure.

Tascosa's gonna be a lot better off because of it, too,

I can tell you that.

As a matter of fact,

they might not even need Slim Trent down there.

Well, everyone's gonna need the law down there, Chester.

Some of you men take him out of here.