Original subtitles

Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

What are we stopping for?

Just having a look around.

I don't like stopping out here

where there's no good cover or nothing.

What are you doing?

Just want to make sure it's loose.

You know, Chet,

you got a lot to learn.

I don't know if I'll live long enough to teach you.

What are you grinning at?

Nothing.

Let's get riding.

See anything?

Not on that side.

Want me to take a look over there?

You'll have to get up off your back to do it.

I don't mind getting off my back.

While you're trying to get your strength up,

a whole troop of cavalry could ride in here.

Yeah, well, we could use some fresh horses.

Soon as we run across some, we'll grab us a couple.

Better take a rifle.

Wait a minute.

Take your own.

Just thought I'd save some time.

Yeah, I've always noticed you got a big interest

in saving time.

Now what are you doing?

Nothing, just getting my rifle.

Wait a minute.

You know something,

I got a funny feeling about you.

What do you mean?

I got a feeling you've been trying to get the drop on me.

That's crazy.

What are you talking about?

It's a real strong feeling.

Now wait, Gance.

Y-You don't know what you're doing.

Why would I want to shoot you?

I don't expect it'd be hard for you to find a reason.

I don't like the idea of being shot in the back

by my own partner.

No, no, Gance, you got it wrong.

Maybe, but I can't afford to take no chances.

Gance...

Getting so a man can't hardly trust nobody these days.

Drop your rifle.

There's two of us.

You ain't got a chance.

Pick up them rifles, Turloe.

All right.

I never seen you before.

What's your name?

Gance.

Ed Gance.

What do you want with me anyway?

My name's James Hark.

You ever hear of me?

Can't say as I did.

Well, it don't matter.

That's your partner?

Things didn't work out.

Take a look, Turloe.

All right.

Well, Gance,

you just in all kinds of trouble, ain't you?

Don't bother me.

It will.

Wow-wee.

Lookey here, Hark.

There must be thousands of dollars in here.

No wonder you shot your partner.

Put it back, Turloe, and untie them saddlebags.

Well, Gance,

what do we do now?

You seem to have it all figured out already.

Maybe I do.

There's a reward out for you.

How would you know that?

Back in Blue Springs, a stage company said

there was a $5,000 reward out

for whoever held up that stage and shot the driver.

It's a lot of money.

Not near as much as you stole.

What do we do now, Hark?

I'll tie them on my saddle.

Don't you want me to shoot him?

No, we keep him with us.

What for?

Well, in case anybody finds us

we're bringing him in for the reward money.

If we happen to ride clear,

we got all this.

Yeah, and then we shoot him.

We win either way, Turloe.

You know something, Hark?

What?

You're a worse man than I am.

Well, I'm smarter.

You got to admit that.

So far.

The whole way, mister.

Now, pick up your saddle.

Stay with him, Turloe.

I'll get the horses.

♪♪

Well, I sure don't recognize none of them, do you?

No.

Well, if they was us up here and we was down there,

they'd probably stand here and shoot every one of us.

It's a temptation all right, isn't it?

What are you gonna do?

You keep them covered from here, will you?

You going down there alone?

Yeah.

I don't know what I built this fire for.

Ain't no coffee; nothing to eat but jerky.

Well, it's kind of nice to have a fire anyway, Turloe.

Just don't let it get to smoking.

Why don't you go hunting?

A little fresh meat wouldn't hurt nobody.

That's just what you'd do, ain't it?

Go to shooting, make a lot of noise.

Maybe I ain't so scared of people as you are, Hark.

Well, look where it's got you.

Look what you're in now.

You know, I sure do like advice

from a man who's sitting there with his hands tied,

gonna get a bullet in his head any day now.

Now, that makes real sense.

Well, he's hungry, Turloe.

It's on his mind.

Yeah, well, we ain't a feeding him.

He ain't no hog going to market.

All right, hold it.

All right, throw the gun out.

Keep your hands in the air.

Now, get your hands up.

Say, wait a minute, you're a law man.

That's right.

I'm a United States Marshal out of Dodge City.

Well, what do you know? Now, ain't that something, Turloe?

Yeah.

Sure beats all.

Well, I'm mighty glad to see you, Marshal.

My name's James Hark.

I'm the sheriff over at Blue Springs.

Sheriff?

This is my deputy, Bill Turloe.

Oh, yeah?

I've heard of you.

Who left that man lying back there in the grove?

Oh, him.

You run across him, did you?

Well, I might not have

if somebody had had the decency to bury him.

Buzzards. Buzzards.

This here is Ed Gance, Marshal.

He shot his partner back there.

We found the money, though.

I-It's right there in them saddlebags.

Show him Turloe.

Look at here, Marshal.

It's all right there.

The stage company will be mighty glad

to see that now, won't they?

They was stealing that, Marshal.

They was trying to run off with it.

We trailed Gance and his partner right from the holdup.

Caught up with him, too.

How come you heard about it?

I didn't.

Not till just now.

Ain't that something.

What do you think of that, Hark, huh?

What do you think of that, huh?

He's crazy, Marshal.

Wildest talker I ever saw.

We never know what he'll dream up next.

This is the sheriff of Blue Springs.

This is his deputy.

Well, we'll, uh, we'll take Gance here back to Blue Springs

then we'll ride on down to Dodge and collect the reward money.

Reward?

$5,000.

He killed the driver, too.

I see.

Well, come on, Turloe, let's go.

Hey now, wait a minute.

I got an idea; maybe we better all ride back to Dodge.

That's right, Marshal.

They'll kill me if they get me alone.

Now, the, uh, stage company office is in Dodge City.

They can pay you the reward money there.

I'll just take charge of this.

Well, if you think it's best.

Well, it's a two-day ride into Dodge.

We better get started.

I'll get the horses.

All right.

Kill the fire, Turloe.

Come on, Gance, on your feet.

Turloe.

Come here.

Come closer.

I'm all tied up.

I can't do nothing.

What do you want?

Sit down. I want to talk to you.

All right, talk.

I been wondering about you, Turloe.

Wondering what?

How long you known Hark?

Oh, I don't know. Six months, maybe.

He's a smart man, ain't he?

He's played this deal pretty smart.

Sure he has.

He's got $5,000 reward money coming.

All his.

All his, Turloe.

What are you driving at?

You think he's gonna cut you in on all that money?

Why shouldn't he?

You know him.

Think about it.

Well, he sure better, doggone it.

Or you'll do what?

You ain't no match for Hark.

Once he gets that money, he ain't gonna need you.

He ain't going back to Blue Springs, and you know it.

How do you know he ain't?

Poor pan job like that? Don't be a fool.

Turloe...

that $5,000 reward money ain't nothing

compared to what's in them saddlebags.

And I'll split even with you.

Oh. So that's it, huh?

Well, now, cut me loose, and we'll get it.

It's easy; they're all asleep.

You'll be rich, Turloe, real rich.

Wait a minute. How do I know you won't shoot me

just like you done your last partner?

He brought it on himself.

He was trying to put a bullet in my back... I had to shoot him.

Come on, now, cut me loose, and we'll get this over with.

It's the easiest thing you can do.

Come on, it's the chance of a lifetime.

Cut me loose; you'll be rich.

All right. All right, I'll do it.

You're being smart.

Now, look, you've got the six-gun.

Let me take the rifle.

We'll get the marshal first.

Quiet, now.

Hold it.

How'd he get loose?

Turloe done it.

- Why that miserable... - What happened, Mr. Dillon?

- Are you all right? - Yeah, I'm all right, Chester.

They tried to shoot us.

You woke up just in time, huh?

I stayed awake.

Well, it's good riddance to both of them.

But I still get the reward money, don't I?

After all, I'm the one that caught him.

Well, let's not worry about the reward money now.

We got to get these two buried.

That'll take till sunup.

- Chester, will you get a fire going? - Yes, sir.

Will I get my money right away, Marshal?

I don't know. That's not up to me.

Chester, you might as well take the horses downtown.

- Yeah. - Not mine.

They pay me, I'm leaving now.

Well, well, what about Turloe's horse here, Mr. Dillon?

I don't want him.

Might as well take him down, too.

Yeah. Mr. Dillon, after you finish in there,

could we go over to Delmonico's and get something to eat?

I'll tell you, four days on that jerky's about all I can stand.

All right, I'll meet you over there

- in about half an hour or so. - Yeah.

I'm gonna get me the biggest, thickest steak you ever seen

with about a half dozen eggs on top of to start out with.

You better take it easy there.

You're not the one collecting this reward, you know.

Come on, Marshal, time's a wasting.

Well, Marshal Dillon, I thought you were up north some place.

I was, Sam.

What's that?

This is the money that was taken off your stage

up near Blue Springs.

Where'd you get this?

I got it.

I caught the man that stole it.

This is James Hark, Sam.

He's the sheriff up in Blue Springs.

Oh, well say, I'm glad to meet you.

- I'm Sam Vestle. - How do you do?

Well, this is good news, but where's the bandit?

Uh, there were two of them.

- They're both dead, Sam. - Oh?

But that don't make no difference about the reward?

Was dead or alive the way I heard it.

Well, that's right; that's what the company said.

$5,000, and I'd like to collect right now,

if it's all right with you.

But you're a... you're a sheriff.

What's that got to do with it?

I caught him, didn't I?

You tell him, Marshal.

Yeah, he caught him, Sam.

If it's being sheriff that bothers you, forget it.

I'm quitting that job right now.

Now, you gonna pay me or ain't you?

Oh, you'll get paid, but I'll have to send a telegram

to the head office in St. Louis first.

Well, you do it right away.

Sure.

And with the marshal's word for it,

there won't be any question.

Oh, he caught him, all right, Sam.

- You can tell them that. - All right.

Well, I guess I won't mind staying around a couple of days.

It's been a long time since I seen Dodge anyway.

Buy you a drink, Marshal?

No thanks.

Suit yourself.

I'll, uh,

be by in the morning, just in case.

Sam, maybe you better count that money out, huh?

Yes, I better do that while you're here.

Let me have a beer, Clem.

Sure.

Here, let me buy you a drink.

Oh, you just save your money, mister.

Well, I don't have to.

I'm practically a rich man.

Liquor sure does funny things to people.

What if I was to tell you

I'll be worth $5,000 in a day or two?

Oh.

James Hark, huh?

Well, didn't know my name had got around already.

People always talk about money.

You got something against money?

No.

It seems to have something against me.

Here you are, Miss Kitty.

Thanks, Clem.

Kitty, huh?

That's right.

Well, Kitty, uh,

I was thinking I might, uh, stay around here for a little while,

if you was willing to help me spend a little of that money.

That's what we're in business for.

You can, uh...

Well, you just leave the whole $5,000

right here if you want to.

Well, that, uh,

that ain't exactly what I had in mind.

Easy come, easy go.

You can always run down another bandit.

You make it sound easy.

Wasn't it?

Who you been talking to, anyhow?

How come you know so much?

Hey, wait a minute,

I heard the marshal was kind of cozy with a gal here.

That must be you.

You're doing all the talking.

Well, let me tell you something about that marshal.

He ain't so smart as he thinks he is,

not by a long shot he ain't.

Trouble with you is you don't know a smart man

when you see one.

Maybe I don't get much practice.

You sure don't.

Well, I'm wasting my time with you.

That's right.

Guess I'll do my drinking someplace else.

Go right ahead.

You're not gonna put us out of business.

You know, if you was my gal, I'd knock you sideways.

If I were your gal,

that's just about what I'd expect.

Yeah, what's the use.

♪ My daddy come West to Kansas ♪

♪ To make his home in Kansas ♪

♪ But all he made was his own grave ♪

♪ When he crossed the path of Killer Dave ♪

♪ And his last home was there, boys ♪

- ♪ And his last home... ♪ - You going somewhere, eh?

Huh? What? What?

Well, I thought maybe you was leaving town.

Oh.

Now, what in the world would I be leaving town for, Doc?

Well, I can think of several reasons.

Most of them personal, of course.

Well, you can keep your personal reasons to yourself.

Nobody's interested in them particularly.

Must be waiting for a girl then.

I'm waiting for that-that Sheriff Hark,

if you got to know everything.

Well, what... oh.

Reward money must've come in.

No, the reward money must've not have come in.

Well, what do you want with Hark?

Well, uh, a telegram come telling Sam Vestle

to give the reward money to Hark.

Oh.

You read it?

Well, of course I read it.

Was it sent to you?

Well, no, it wasn't sent to me.

It was sent to Sam Vestle.

I told you that.

You opened a telegram sent to Sam Vestle and read it?

That's a federal offense.

- Well, now, now, just... - Well, you...

- Oh, there-there's... - Huh?

There-There's your man right there.

- Oh. - Hey, that boy found me at the hotel.

- Where's the marshal? - Well, he-he's inside.

He's waiting for you.

Uh, I-I-I read it, yes, but I didn't open it.

Is that it, Marshal?

Is that the money?

Yep, that's it.

Is it all there, all $5,000?

It's all there; the marshal just counted it himself.

Well, you, uh,

you want me to sign for it or anything like that?

No, you don't have to sign for it.

Well, uh, well, give it to me.

Well, Hark, you see, I'm afraid there's been a little problem

about this money.

You remember the stage driver that was killed?

What about him?

Well, he left a wife and kids.

What do I care about his wife and kids?

Give me the money, Marshal.

No, I'm afraid I'm gonna

give this money to them, Hark.

You're gonna do what?

I'm gonna give this money to the stage driver's wife.

He can't do that.

That's my money.

No, I'm afraid it's his.

His?

What kind of a game is this, Marshal?

You know I caught them men.

You told them so yourself.

Didn't you tell them that in your telegram, Vestle?

Yeah, he told them that.

I had him add a little something, too.

Yeah?

What?

That you were headed away

from Blue Springs when I found you.

What about it?

You never had any idea of taking Gance and this money

back to Blue Springs, did you?

I was lost.

You were, huh?

You can't prove nothing.

You can't prove nothing at all.

I don't have to prove anything, Hark.

I got the money.

Mr. Dillon!

All right, get up.

I should have killed you out on the prairie.

Chester, take him over and lock him up, will you?

Yes, sir. Come on, let's go.

You all right, Matt?

Yeah, I'm all right, Doc.

He'll probably be hurting, though.

- Sam. - Thank you, Marshal.