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Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

Well, good morning, Doc.

Good morning.

Pull up a chair and sit down.

What's the matter?

Well, come out from underneath there.

You look like a turtle.

Well, now you look like an old bear.

Well, I feel like one.

You better have some coffee.

- Make you feel better. - All right.

Freddy, will you bring Doc a cup, please?

Coming right up, Miss Kitty.

Well, you got yourself a new suit.

Whoa, it isn't, either. It's second-hand.

Oh, I've never seen it before.

Well, I got it in St. Louis.

Doc, you haven't been to St. Louis in over a year.

Why haven't you worn it?

Well, the old one's not wore out yet, by golly.

There you are, Doctor.

Oh. Thanks, Freddy.

Why aren't you having breakfast with, uh, Matt and Chester?

Oh, well, they're out of town.

They went fishing. Last night.

Said they'd be back sometime this morning.

Oh, now I know why you're so grumpy.

They didn't invite you.

Oh, sure they did. They did, too.

And why didn't you go?

Well, Old Man Bass needed some powders fixed up for him,

and I had to wait up last night...

Who?

Old Man Bass.

I don't believe it.

Well, what's the matter?

Do you mean to tell me that a man by the name of Bass

kept you from going fishing?

Say, that is funny, isn't it? I never thought of it.

No, that's his name. Honest.

Bass. Hannibal Bass.

They live on the Barton place out here.

Well, they don't come into town much.

I guess you wouldn't know them.

Sure are fine folks.

I don't like them.

They kept you from going fishing.

Oh, no, they didn't do that at all.

I wouldn't have gone anyway.

To tell you the truth,

fishing with Chester can be pretty exasperating.

He sings all the time.

Yep, Hannibal and Della Bass.

Golly, they're nice folks.

They've... Well, they built that place up out there

from practically nothing.

They've been married 30 years.

Just think of that.

Thirty years, man and wife.

Hey golly, that's the way it ought to be, Kitty.

You sound like you're selling marriage.

Well, maybe I am a little bit.

What's wrong with marriage?

I wouldn't know.

I never had a chance to find out.

Oh, 'shaw, I suppose you're gonna tell me

that you ain't ever been asked.

Not lately.

Well, now, that's not true.

You know yourself that I've proposed to you

one way or another every three weeks for the last four years.

Well, Doc, I just haven't had time to make up my mind yet.

Well, you just better be careful.

I'm liable to get away.

I heard you come back from Dodge last night.

I didn't think you'd be up in time this morning

to do the chores.

Whoa.

Ain't missed them in quite a spell, Della.

Well, I'd have been glad to do them for you

if you'd asked me.

That was real late when you got back.

Why, it must have been after 20:00 before you got in bed.

Oh, I went to pick up them powders from Doc Adams.

Figure yesterday was as good a day as any.

Yeah, I suppose.

Well, I gotta get back out to the barn.

I took a look at the mare earlier.

She ought to foal any day now.

She's a good mare, Hannibal.

She ought to throw a fine colt.

Well, I figure she will.

I'll have your dinner on the table by noon.

All right, Della.

Silk got himself caught up, maybe?

I don't think so.

A wolf, maybe.

Hold on there!

You got a gun on you?

I ain't armed.

Stealing pigs, huh?

Anybody with you?

Put 'em back, and do it easy.

Now, get back out here.

Hannibal?

Why, what's going on here?

Caught me a pig thief, Della, and I aim to shoot him.

Why, you'll do no such thing, Hannibal Bass!

Now, you put that gun down.

A thief's a thief, Della, whether it's pigs or horses.

You do as I say.

Why...

Where'd you come from, son?

I ain't seen you around before.

Oh, we Nestor people,

about 20 miles north of here.

What's your name?

Dunc. Dunc Hedgepeth.

I suppose your whole family's out

marauding through the countryside

instead of working and making out honest.

Now, you leave him be, Hannibal.

Why the poor boy's half starved.

He ain't no boy,

and nothing gives him the right to steal my pigs!

I'd have paid you back,

later, when we was making out better.

Thieving ain't no way to make out for nobody.

Hannibal, you take him home

and you tell his people what he done.

They'll punish him.

If his people was any good,

they'd have brung him up right to begin with.

Well, you go on up there and see.

I swear, Della, you're treating him like he was chocolate candy.

Now, you do what I say, Hannibal.

You take that boy on home, hear?

Mighty lucky for you she come out here.

All right.

Come on, get on that horse you probably stole somewhere.

Ma, come out here!

This here is Hannibal Bass.

Howdy.

Ma'am, uh, is your husband around?

My husband?

Pa's been dead five years.

What is it you want, Mr. Bass?

Well, I, uh... I brung your boy home

so your husband could whup him for stealing pigs.

Dunc!

Well, I didn't think he'd miss just one little pig.

I'd rather starve than have my boy a thief.

Things ain't going good with us, Mr. Bass.

You can see for yourself,

but Dunc wasn't raised to be a thief no matter what.

It's so hard being all alone and poor.

It ain't easy for a woman, Mr. Bass.

Well, I, uh... I didn't know you was a widow woman, ma'am.

That's what I am,

a poor widow woman.

Why didn't you tell me about this?

Well, you never asked.

All you wanted to do was shoot me.

Oh, no!

Nah, I wasn't gonna shoot him.

I was just scaring him good.

You can still get the law down on him.

Nah, I ain't gonna do that.

I figure maybe he learned his lesson.

You're a very kind man, Mr. Bass.

I could tell that right off.

Well, I try to be fair-minded.

I ain't one to hold grudges.

I can see that.

He's a real fine gentleman, Dunc.

You ought to see his place.

Ma, you wouldn't believe it!

Nice, huh?

It's nice, all right,

but I worked hard on that place.

Uh, Mr. Bass, won't you come in for a cup of coffee?

Well, I-I guess I gotta be going.

Uh, Mr. Bass, if you're ever in the neighborhood,

we'd be proud to have you come by.

Well, thank you, ma'am.

I'll do that.

Gets awful lonely out here,

especially for a woman.

Yes, ma'am, I-I reckon maybe it does.

Good-bye.

Well, you sure calmed him down, Ma.

He'll be back.

Making beans, huh?

Yep, your favorite kind: bean hole beans.

Mighty pretty.

Like the finest dish a man could eat.

When they be ready?

Oh, we'll have them for dinner tomorrow.

How come you're all slickered up?

Where you going?

Oh, I'm just taking a few things

over to the poor old lady and her boy.

That Widow Hedgepeth?

They ain't been as lucky as we have, Della.

It's only right that we should share a little now and then.

So that's what's been on your mind the last two days.

It's been bothering me.

You ought to see 'em, Della.

They ain't got nothing over there.

Oh. Maybe I ought to come along, too.

Oh, you don't want to make that long trip over there.

Not today.

Besides, you got them beans to cook.

All right, Hannibal, but you just watch your step.

What do you mean, "Watch my step?"

Well, I don't want you to do nothing foolish, Hannibal,

and you be home before dark, hear?

You treat me like I was a boy.

I love you, Hannibal,

and I don't want to be worrying about you.

Well, you ain't got nothing to worry about.

I can take care of myself.

Don't burn them beans, now.

Hannibal?

Ain't you gonna give me a peck good-bye?

Oh, yeah. Sure.

Good-bye.

Bye.

Ma, he...!

Ma, come out here! We got a visitor!

Hello there, Dunc!

Hello. What do you got there?

A little surprise for you, Dunc.

What, for me?

For you and your ma.

What, all of this? The pig and everything?

All for you.

Oh! Oh!

Ma, come and see what he brung us!

Now, Mr. Bass, you shouldn't have done that!

It's nothing, ma'am.

Oh, my goodness gracious!

We can't accept it, Mr. Bass.

It's too much!

Ah, it ain't nothing at all,

just a few little things to keep you going.

A few little things?

A chicken, a-and a pig

and-and corn and I don't know what all?

Folks that's more fortunate

ought to share what they got, I figure.

You're too good.

There just ain't men like you left in this world.

I'm just doing what I see is right.

You're a fine man, Mr. Bass.

I never met none finer.

Aw...

We better get this stuff unloaded.

Oh, no, Dunc will do that.

You come inside while I make a cup of coffee.

Well, uh, there ain't hardly time, ma'am.

Please stay.

Just for a little while?

I... I need to talk to you.

I need a man to talk to, Mr. Bass.

Please?

Well... just for a little while.

You get to work now, Dunc.

We're going inside.

I will, Ma.

You gotta remember, we ain't very fancy here,

but it's what's in the heart that counts.

Ain't that so?

You're Elsie Hedgepeth?

I am.

I'm Mrs. Hannibal Bass.

I kinda figured that.

Just thought I'd like to come and see

what a husband stealer looks like.

I ain't stole your husband.

No, and you ain't going to,

but you're sure trying your best.

He's a grown man.

He can do what he wants.

I been married to Hannibal Bass for 30 years,

and I've loved him all that time, too.

I ain't about to quit now.

Maybe you ain't got much choice.

Miss Hedgepeth, I didn't come here to ask nothing of you.

I come here to tell you something.

Go ahead, talk all you want.

Won't change nothing.

You don't want my husband.

You just want his house and his worldly goods.

You admit that?

I ain't saying a thing.

Well, I want him,

and I don't care whether he's rich or poor,

and there's quite a difference, ain't there?

You're just jealous 'cause you can't hold him no more.

All right, ain't no use talking to you anymore.

You just ain't decent enough.

I'll just have to show you.

You murderer!

And there'll be more!

There'll be a whole lot more!

Miss Bass?

Yes?

Well, I'm Marshal Dillon from Dodge City.

I'd like to speak to you for a minute.

Oh, come on in, Marshal.

Thank you.

This is Chester Goode, ma'am.

How do you do, ma'am?

Chester.

Hannibal ain't in some kind of trouble, is he, Marshal?

No, he's not, Mrs. Bass,

but I'm afraid you are.

Me?

Why, yes.

I have a warrant here for your arrest

signed by Judge Blint.

The complaint reads that you tried to kill Mrs. Hedgepeth.

Oh, that.

Well, I'm too good a shot, Marshal,

to try to kill anybody.

Well, I'm afraid you convinced her, ma'am.

She rode all the way into Dodge just to sign this complaint.

Did she also tell the judge

that she's been trying to run away with my husband?

No, she didn't.

Well, she has.

If you'll excuse me, I gotta carry these out to the pigs.

You can come along if you like.

Well, I'll give you a hand with them, ma'am.

Oh. Thanks.

Chores have got to be done, even if I don't have

a man around the place as much as I should have.

Where is your husband, ma'am?

He's over at that widow woman's, Marshal,

where he's been most every day lately.

Oh.

Them's a good bunch of hogs you got here.

This whole farm's good.

It took us a long time to get the house and the barn up.

Five years, in fact.

Well, what you're saying then, ma'am, is that

that's why Mrs. Hedgepeth is after your husband?

That's real smart of you, Marshal.

Well, that's still no reason in the eyes of the law

to go around and shoot somebody, ma'am.

My husband is gonna marry that woman, Marshal,

and my shooting her up didn't make a bit of difference.

I just don't know what to do now.

If there was only some way

that I could bring Hannibal to his senses.

He won't even listen to me anymore

now that he's gone off.

You know, it's kinda sad, Mr. Dillon.

I mean, having to lock a woman up like that.

Yeah, Chester, except I'm not going to lock her up.

You ain't?

No, and I ought to know better

than to mix in something like this,

but I'm going to give it a try anyway.

You'll just end up in trouble all the way around if you do.

Maybe.

Hello.

Hello.

You Hannibal Bass?

Now, how'd you know my name?

Hannibal!

Who you talking...?

Miss Hedgepeth?

Well, I'm Matt Dillon. I'm the marshal over in Dodge City.

Oh, from Dodge.

I-I'm afraid you've come to the wrong place, Marshal.

You must have rode right past the Bass farm.

What are you talking about?

Well, I went over to Dodge the other day, Hannibal,

and I got the judge to issue a warrant for her arrest.

For whose arrest?

Your wife's.

You didn't expect me to do nothing

about her trying to murder me, did you?

Oh, now, Elsie,

I told you she wasn't trying to shoot you.

I'd like to know what you call it, then?

You... women.

You're always getting all riled up about everything.

You ain't gonna put Della in jail, are you, Marshal?

No, I'm not.

Well, then, what is this all about?

Well, I'll make it real simple:

this thing has gone far enough, Mr. Bass,

and you're going back to your place with me right now.

Oh, no, he ain't, Marshal.

He's staying right here.

No, he's going back, ma'am, and so are you.

What?

Everybody's going to lay their cards right on the table,

and I'm going to be there to see that they do.

All right, Marshal.

But it'll take me a good hour to get ready.

Well, you suit yourself about that,

but just understand one thing: we're going.

I don't care if we don't leave here till dark.

Come on.

Well, ma'am, I... What happened here?

You all right here?

I'm fine, Marshal.

Is that Hannibal coming?

But your house and barn burning both at the same time.

You... you...

Evening, Hannibal.

Aw, Della.

You brung her home just a little too late, didn't ya?

I didn't bring her. The marshal made us come.

Oh.

Well, why don't you go and ask her what she thinks now.

You done this, didn't you?

You set fire to the whole place.

I said, go and ask her what she thinks now.

I think you're crazy.

I think you're both crazy.

You still want to marry him?

Dunc, get over here and drive me home.

Don't worry.

You'll get your wagon back tomorrow.

What are you waiting for?

Let's go!

Well, Hannibal?

You was right, Della.

I'm just a... old fool.

We're gonna have to start almost from scratch again.

We done it before, didn't we?

I fixed your favorite dinner.

Aw, Della...

you're some woman.

We got guests.

If you'd like to join us for supper,

we're gonna have bean hole beans.

Why, ma'am, we'd be proud to.

By golly, I ain't had bean hole beans in I don't know when.

Just make yourselves at home with what we have here.

I saved a few plates and things out of the house.

I'll go and get them.

No, you won't.

I'll do it.

You done enough work today.