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Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

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Leroy.

Wake up.

Leroy! Wake up!

There's somebody prowling outside!

- What? What'd you say? - Shh!

Listen to Barney.

There's somebody out there.

There's somebody trying to rob us.

The shed door is open.

Go wake up Jep.

Hush up.

Come out of there, now.

Come out of there, or I'll start shooting.

I'll get him, Pa.

Careful.

There ain't nobody in here.

You get the horses, Jep.

I'll grab my jackets.

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There he goes!

We got him cornered now.

There's a barbed-wire fence running through there.

Careful.

Must be close by; there's his horse.

You shake the bushes over yonder.

I'll look this way.

Here he comes, Pa! Get him!

We got you now!

No sense you trying to get away.

That's Ben Scooper's boy, ain't he, Pa?

You Ben Scooper's boy?

Boy, does your pa know you're out here thieving in the night?

I ain't robbed nobody. I ain't been thieving.

- You lying whelp! - I ain't lying.

Now, you stop that, boy... We caught you red-handed!

I didn't steal 'em.

It was gived to me.

Gived to you?

I ought to smash your head!

Don't, Mr. Galloway! Please!

Then you start telling the truth.

You admit you stole them taters from my shed.

But I didn't, honest I didn't.

An old man give 'em to me.

- An old man?! - Yes sir.

He give 'em to me and he said, "Take 'em and run."

And then I heard you coming.

And you ran, didn't you?

But we catched you!

My leg's tore open.

It, uh, sure is bleeding something all right, Pa.

Serves him right, little sneak!

Maybe we ought to see him to home or something.

Nah! He can walk home.

Get his horse, Jep.

Turn him loose out on the prairie.

- Yes, sir. - You hear me good, boy!

You try coming to rob us again, we'll fix you right!

You tell Ben Scooper I said so.

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Why ain't breakfast ready?

I'm attending the boy.

He ain't well, Ben.

He's just putting on.

That's all he's ever done, is put on.

Ben, you just take a look here.

We got to do something about it, Ben.

The whole leg's gone bad.

Been over a week; ought to be well by now.

How long has he been like this?

Been getting worse every day, but you wouldn't listen.

I listened to you about not going over and having it out

with Leroy Galloway, didn't I?

His fault this happened, making the boy walk home that night.

I didn't steal them taters, Pa, honest.

An old man give 'em to me.

Never mind, Peter.

Galloway had no right doing that

even if the boy did steal a sack of taters.

I didn't.

It ain't important

what anybody did or didn't do.

We got to get Peter into town, that's what's important.

Doctors cost a lot of money.

Ben.

Well... Doc Adams is a pretty good sort.

Maybe he'll let me pay him when we come into something.

We're taking him in today, Ben.

Now.

All right. Harley!

- Yeah, I heard, Pa. - Get the wagon hitched.

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Doc.

He's, uh... he's in awful bad shape.

Ain't there nothing you can do?

No.

Maybe if... if you took the leg.

No.

No, it's just gone too far, Mrs. Scooper.

No use... no use putting him through it.

I told Ben we should've brought him to you right away.

- I told him. - Yes, I wish you'd done that.

I'd like to be alone with him, Doc.

I'll be right out here if you want me.

How is he, Doc?

Well, he's not good.

Is he gonna die?

Yes, he's gonna die.

You can't let him die.

Well, there's nothing I can do about it.

But you could've brought him to me sooner.

Well... I didn't know his leg was that bad.

No.

No, I guess you didn't.

I wish I hadn't been so mean to him now.

Took him.

Just like that.

They killed him, Pa, by making him walk home on that bad leg.

Just as sure as if they'd put a bullet in him.

Let's get us some Galloways.

Ben, now, you hold on here a minute.

That was an awful bad thing they did,

making him walk home on that leg,

but they didn't mean to kill him.

He's dead.

- Take a look! - Well, I...

Ben, if you've got any complaint against the Galloways,

you see Marshal Dillon about it.

This is a family matter, Doc.

Us Scoopers don't need the law to help settle it.

Go on, now.

Pa.

Get your rifle, Jep.

What you want here, Ben Scooper?

You killed my boy.

You're gonna pay for it, Leroy.

We didn't kill him.

But we sure will the next time he comes stealing.

He's dead.

What you done to him killed him.

I'm sorry your boy's dead.

But he was a thief all the same.

You take Jep.

I'll take Leroy.

All right, Pa.

Now.

Hold your fire over there, you men!

- Get out of here, Marshal. - Drop your guns.

This ain't your fight, Marshal.

All right, throw your guns out over there!

Now, you men get over by the house.

You got no right busting in here, Marshal!

You're just getting in the way coming out here, Marshal.

- You ain't gonna stop it anyhow. - It's gonna stop.

And I'm holding you two men responsible,

and I'll take all four of you

and throw you in jail if I have to.

Now, is that clear?

He murdered my boy... What am I supposed to do,

sit back and do nothing about it?

We didn't murder anybody.

If he hadn't been a thief, it wouldn't happened anyway!

Well, that didn't give you no right to make him walk home...

All right, now, that's enough!

You listen to me, all of you.

Leroy, you and Jep ought to be ashamed of yourselves

for the way you treated that boy.

You ought to be whipped for it.

That's strong talk, Marshal.

You knew the boy'd cut his leg, didn't you?

He had it coming.

Over a sack of potatoes?

You make me sick.

Now, Ben, I'm sorry for what's happened,

but spilling more blood around here's

not going to help anybody.

- You're wrong there, Marshal. - I'm not wrong.

Now you think about it.

Take Harley and get out of here,

and you stay away from the Galloways.

Come on, Harley.

If I was you Leroy, I wouldn't count on getting older.

Next time we shoot you on sight.

Both of you.

Man's got a right to protect hisself, Marshal.

How about a 22-year-old boy?

Leroy?

Jep?

Yeah, Ma?

You go down the barn and get Pa.

Tell him that supper's ready.

He should've been through that milking a long time ago.

Well, he got started late.

So why didn't you give him a hand?

Well, he don't ever help me none.

You do as your told.

But he'll be along in a...

You get back in the house, Ma.

Leroy?

Oh.

He's dead.

I'll kill 'em both for this.

Jep, no!

Don't do it.

There's been enough blood shed.

You let 'em go.

They're just gonna come back and ambush me later,

and I ain't gonna let 'em do it.

No, please.

Go to the Marshal.

Let him handle it.

Now, how you think Pa would like that?

Let's, let's have another.

Nah, I'm okay, I'm okay.

Come on.

Nah, nah, I'll wait here.

Give me a whiskey.

I'm busy.

Take care of him, Freddy.

Just look at that.

Comes into town and drinks up the money

he ought to be spending on groceries.

Yeah, I can see that his son's dying really tore him up, huh?

Well, it's always been like that.

Every Saturday it's the same thing.

This is the second time he's been in here today.

Stop right there, Ben.

What do you want with me?

You know what I want with you.

Turn around or I'm gonna shoot you right in the back.

All right, Jep.

I've got a gun at your back.

You pull that trigger, you're a dead man.

There's something you don't know, Marshal.

He ambushed my pa right out at our barn.

He shot him dead.

It wasn't me, Marshal. I swear it wasn't.

Then it wasn't you, and it was Harley.

All right, Jep.

Now you just go real slow now.

Just take it easy.

Now, Jep, put the gun away.

Go on, put it away.

What am I supposed to do? He shot my pa.

All right, get on your feet.

Now that just leaves me and Harley.

Yeah.

Well, you're gonna have plenty of chance to talk it over

with him 'cause I'm locking both of you up.

But it was self-defense, Marshal.

You men seen it, didn't you? Some of you did.

It was self-defense. Wasn't it? Wasn't it?

You're doing right, Marshal.

I seen it all.

He started the whole thing.

Some of you men get that body of the street.

All right, let's go.

But it was self-defense, Marshall.

Let's go.

It was self-defense. Pure and simple.

Marshal, come on in.

Mrs. Scooper.

Is Harley home?

No. No, he ain't.

He's out in the prairie somewhere.

What happened, Marshal?

When do you expect him back, ma'am?

Most anytime. It's getting on towards supper.

Something's wrong, ain't it?

Yes ma'am, it is.

Mr. Dillon, Harley's coming.

Okay, thanks.

What is it, Marshal?

Well ma'am, I, I hate to tell you this,

but...

your husband was killed today.

Harley.

What are you doing here, Marshal?

Harley, your pa was killed.

Pa?

Killed?

In Dodge.

Mm-hmm.

Did Jep Galloway do it?

Now what makes you say that?

Well, who else would it be?

Now, look, Marshal, both of them Galloways was after Pa,

you know that.

You ambushed Leroy, didn't you?

No.

Harley, you're going to jail.

You ain't got no proof, Marshal. No proof at all.

I don't need any proof.

I got Jep there now

and you're going next.

Mmm, they ain't gonna hang me.

You'll get a fair trial.

I don't want no trial.

I ain't gonna sit in no jail and get hung,

and don't you try and force me, Marshal.

Now Harley, you'll take my advice.

You'll come along without any trouble.

Well, how do you do it, Marshal?

How do you arrest somebody that don't want to be arrested?

Mrs. Scooper, I...

I'm sorry.

There's nothing else I could do, ma'am.

♪ Bambi come west to Kansas ♪

♪ I'll make his home... ♪

Jep, here's your coffee.

You call that breakfast?

Well, you can take it or leave it.

Where's the marshal?

I told you he went out to see your ma

on his way home last night. I ain't seen him since.

Well, I want to get out of here!

Yeah, yeah...

- Morning, Mr. Dillon. - Chester.

By golly, I didn't hear you come in last night.

Well, I got in kind of late so I went right to bed.

How's the prisoner this morning?

Oh he's barking his head off to get out of there.

What did you tell his ma when you was out there?

Well, I told her she could come and pick him up

any time she wanted to.

You gonna turn Jep Galloway loose?

Might as well. He killed Ben in self-defense.

And what with Harley dead now,

there's nobody else left to kill.

Look's like the war is over.

There she is.

Yeah. Go get him out, will ya?

Morning, ma'am.

Marshal, I want Jep out here.

He'll be out right away, ma'am.

You know where his horse is?

Why, yes, I had Chester lock him up in the stable.

Well, I guess I can get him on the way home.

What are you doing here, Ma?

Jep, you hush. You just listen.

Marshal, this here is Sy Tewksbury.

His shack is a few miles from our place.

Last night after you left, it was late,

and I heard a noise

so I went out and...

I found Sy in our potato shed.

I didn't steal nothing.

Well, that was because I caught you in time.

Now, Sy, you tell

the Marshal what you told me,

what happened the last time you was in there.

Just, just go ahead

and tell him now.

Go on.

You mean how I was chased,

and give them taters

to that little boy I seen in the trees there?

His name was Peter Scooper.

Peter Scooper.

Jep, you get in the back of the wagon.

What?

Get in the wagon I said.

Yes'm.

Marshal, we're going out to Jennie Scooper's.

Can't leave that poor woman alone.

Hyah.

Poor women.

There just wasn't no need for neither one of them

to be left alone.

Nah.

Just imagine all this killing just...

just over a sack of taters.

Just old taters.