Original subtitles

Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

♪♪

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

This is the marshal's office, isn't it?

Oh. Yeah.

And you're the marshal?

Oh, my goodness, no, no.

Uh, Mr. Dillon's inside there working.

Oh. Well, if he's busy, I'll come back later.

No. Heaven's no, no.

Just, uh, step right in.

Thank you.

Uh... Uh, Mr. Dillon?

You got a...

I'd always heard Dodge City was a lively town.

Well, sometimes it is, ma'am.

And in between times, you rest up.

Yeah, well, I guess that's... about it.

Uh, Chester, uh...

Oh, uh, Mr. Dillon, this here is...

I'm Sarah Drew, Marshal Dillon.

How do you do, Miss Drew?

Golly, I didn't quite get your name out there.

That's Chester Goode, here.

How do you do, ma'am?

What can we do for you?

Get me to Fort Wallace.

Fort Wallace?

People do go there, don't they?

Well, I guess they do sometimes.

What I want to know is how... The stage doesn't run there,

the army at Fort Dodge can't help me.

Well... let me show you on a map here.

Maybe that'll give you a little better idea

of where you want to go.

Well, now, let's see.

Dodge City is, uh...

- Yeah. - We don't have too many calls for...

All right. This is Dodge City right in here, ma'am.

And Fort Wallace is... right here.

Now, between Dodge City and Fort Wallace

is 150 miles of open prairie.

Oh, it's real wild and barren.

Marshal Dillon, I've come from Boston...

That's almost 2,000 miles.

That 2,000 miles is a whole lot easier than this 150, ma'am.

I just supposed the ranking civilian in the area

might help me.

Well, I'd like to.

That's an awfully rough trip, even for a man.

Oh, it'll take an awful rugged man to make that trip, ma'am.

And the happenstance that I'm a woman

will keep me from going, is that what you mean?

I'm afraid that's about it, ma'am.

Unless you're willing to wait around.

Every once in a while there's a wagon train

comes through headed that way.

Is that the best you can offer me?

That's about all there is.

I'll be at the Dodge House, if you hear of a wagon party.

Or even a rugged man.

Well... hmm.

Wonder what she wants to go

traipsing clear out to Fort Wallace for.

Yeah, she seemed in an awful hurry, didn't she?

Y-You know, uh,

she was sure kind of a purty little thing, wasn't she?

Yeah, she sure was.

You know, if she didn't have quite so much smart about her,

why, I could see the advantage of taking a small wagon party

and just going out to Fort Wallace.

Doc?

Doc, well, you could at least look at it.

Well, all right, let me... Ooh!

Well, hold still.

Well, it's just a splinter.

Well, I know that it's a splinter.

Well, it's not a very big one, either.

Well, it sure is big enough to hurt.

Well, go wash your hands

and soak 'em in hot water, and take your pocketknife

- and cut it out. - Well, I-I, uh...

kind of thought that maybe a doctor ought to do it.

All right, come on up to my office,

- and we'll use my pocketknife. - Well, you ain't, uh,

you ain't gonna charge me, are you?

I mean, you know, since we just kind of met casually

- on the street. - Oh, for heaven's sake.

Well, I-I don't think it'd be very becoming of you.

Do you... do you have any idea at all how...

incredible you are?

Well... well, thanks.

Chester, maybe you can help me.

Oh. Well, that kind of depends on what you had in mind.

You're about the only friend I've met here.

Uh... oh, uh, this here is, uh, Doc Adams.

- Miss Sarah Drew. - Nice to meet you, Doctor.

- Miss Drew. - Uh, Doc was just saying

how that he was... gonna leave.

No, I wasn't.

Well, uh, all I really want to know

is where I can buy some cartridges.

Oh, oh, why, heck, that there's no trick at all.

Uh, you just go down there to the general store,

and you go in and ask Mr. Jonas...

Or tell him, rather... That you're a friend of mine

and that you want to buy some cartridges.

I see it, Chester. Thank you. Uh, Doctor.

Cartridges?

Doc, did you hear what she said?

Yep, she said thank you.

No, I mean she said "cartridges."

- Sure did. - Well, don't you think

that I ought to tell Mr. Dillon

before she gets herself in trouble?

Yeah, I do.

Uh, Chester?

What about your finger?

Oh, well, that's just a little old splinter.

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What in the world is she shooting at, Mr. Dillon?

I don't know. Let's go find out.

Well, good morning.

You shooting at anything in particular?

Those bottles... in particular.

And I haven't hit one yet.

I'm afraid I'm not very good at it.

Well, listen, all-all you need is for somebody

to show you a few pointers.

You know, somebody that can teach you.

I'd be very grateful.

Oh-ho-ho, well, uh, first of all, of course,

uh, you-you ought get away from town

out there somewheres where we'd be alone

so, you know, nobody'd get hit. Heh.

Chester, you'd make two people very happy if you'd help me.

Uh, uh, uh, two people?

Jamie and me. He sent me this revolver

and told me I better learn how to use it

before I got to Fort Wallace.

Uh, oh-ho, J-Jamie told you that.

He said army wives better know how to shoot.

Is that true, Marshal?

Well, it's, uh, it's not a bad idea.

Well, uh... are you married?

I'm not yet. I'm going to be.

That's why I want to get to Fort Wallace.

Jamie and I'll be married there.

Oh, uh, Jamie. S-Spoke for.

Yeah, well...

well, by golly, Mr. Dillon, if you don't need me

for nothing around here, think I'll get on back to the office.

Uh... uh... if-if I run into anybody

that can, uh, give you some pointers,

you know, have got the time to teach you and all,

well, I'll... uh, I'll put 'em in touch with you.

Did I say something wrong?

Well, you said "Jamie."

I'm afraid I haven't said very many right things.

Well, I guess I'll let you get back to your practicing.

Marshal, I'm sorry about the way I behaved yesterday afternoon.

- I wasn't very nice. - Forget it.

My problems aren't your responsibility.

Well, I just wish I could do something to help you.

I'm lonely. Will you take me to dinner tonight?

Sure, I'll be glad to.

Thank you.

I'm afraid it won't be too much like Boston, though.

I don't expect it to be.

Let me see that gun of yours.

Yep, it's a nice little pistol.

You know, these light ones are kind of tricky to aim.

Especially if your target's a long way off.

And you really could make that

when you were only ten years old?

Sure, and the coffee and the biscuits, too.

What was it called again?

Son-of-a-gun stew.

I wouldn't want to ask what's in it.

I'll tell you, you get pretty hungry out there herding cows.

You'd eat almost anything.

Ten years old...

I was going to dancing school,

and giving tea-time readings to Mother's patient friends.

That sounds like fun.

Oh, I hated it.

Father gave me a pony about that time,

and every moment away from Gerald was sheer torture.

Gerald?

The pony.

I thought Gerald was the most beautiful name I'd ever heard.

Well, that shows the difference between

Boston and the brush country.

My first pony was a paint named Tortilla.

He used to like beans.

Oh, Jamie and I were always finding stray animals or birds,

but I don't remember any of them ever liking beans...

not like your Tortilla.

Jamie... that's your Army Lieutenant

out there at Fort Wallace, isn't it?

That's right... my fiancé.

Sounds like you've known him a long time.

Oh, my goodness yes, ever since we were both in prams.

Prams?

Baby carriages.

You see, my family was Army, too, for a while,

so Jamie and I practically grew up together.

I think the first time I asked him to marry me,

I was eight and he was 12.

He wasn't very impressed.

Well, I guess things change, don't they?

Yes. Yes, they do.

Isn't it funny, Matt?

Boston seems like such a long way off.

Like another world.

It is.

Yes. Yes, it is.

Hello, Matt.

Well. Hello, Sarah.

- How are you this morning? - Just fine.

Hear you're going on a little trip.

You must've been talking to Chester.

Matt, Hays City is a lot nearer Fort Wallace than Dodge City is.

Not for you, it isn't.

But surely I could ride with you.

Sarah, believe me, there's nothing I'd rather do

than to be able to get you to Fort Wallace.

But it's just out of the question.

But... you can't be serious.

Sarah, you don't know anything about this country out there.

You can't tell by looking at it on a map.

It's hard and it's dangerous.

The prairie is nobody's friend.

But you're my friend, Matt.

We'd be together.

I just couldn't take that responsibility.

But I'm not your responsibility.

I wouldn't be.

Sarah, I'm not gonna take you.

And that's all there is to it.

I hope you choke on that son-of-a-gun stew.

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Well, I don't suppose there's any point in my asking

what you're doing out here.

Matt, this is no caprice.

I'm not a giddy, flighty woman!

I've got to get to Fort Wallace!

And if trailing after you is

the only way to do it, I'll do it!

Hey.

All right, we go to Fort Wallace.

♪♪

Someone live here?

Well, somebody used to.

Gody?!

Hello! Anybody home in there?

Matt! Matt Dillon!

Yee-hoo!

Sonny, you ol' water moccasin!

Come on. Give you ol' ma a hug!

Hey!

Gody, you look just fine.

I am fine!

You don't get no littler, and I don't get no prettier!

Say, Gody, I got...

Ho! If you got any flab on you, son,

we'll take it off.

You'll go on routine for a spell and let the sun buy you some.

- I tell you what, fix you up a pie.

Gody, wait a minute! Just a second now.

Well, I got somebody over here I want you to meet.

Oh?

Hello.

Gody, this is...

Glory be, sonny, you brought me a bride.

No, nothing like that I'm afraid.

This is Sarah Drew. I'm taking her to Fort Wallace.

I don't care where you're taking her, she's pretty.

Sarah, this is Gody Baines.

How do you do, Mrs. Baines?

Come on down here. Let me take a look at ya.

Well, not flab enough on ya, but, my, you are pretty.

Thank you.

Well, I better, I better be getting some supper.

My boys never had give me any warning, you know.

They just, they just show up.

Oh, you, you are a pretty thing.

She is amazing.

Yeah, Gody's quite a woman.

Why do you call her "Gody"?

It's the only name I know for her.

But she calls you "sonny"?

Well, everybody who comes by here belongs to Gody.

You'll probably be her daughter now.

Oh!

I hope you don't mind staying here for the night.

I wouldn't miss it.

What was that?

That was your supper.

Wake up, sonny.

Did you bring me any licorice root?

Oh, yeah, yeah, I sure did.

I was gonna give it to you.

There you are.

You full of prunes, you know?

- Both of ya. - What do you mean?

You're carrying her to another man so's they can marry.

That your story, sonny?

It's the truth.

Ah!

Well, got no reason to lie to you.

Ain't me you're lying to, it's yourself.

Now, Gody, I told you, she's going to Fort Wallace

to marry an army lieutenant.

Now that's all there is to it.

Sonny, I've been living

by my wits and my instincts this long time.

There's a pull between you two. A body can feel it.

You know what I think?

I think you've been living alone on this prairie too long.

You're just beginning to see and hear

a lot of things that aren't there, that's all.

You think I got the cabin fever, do ya?

Prairie fever's more like it.

You can't fool me, sonny, me and Mr. Baines had it same way.

First time I seen him,

it like to drew me clean across the room.

Married him the same night.

Gody, I...

You young 'uns today, you stand on too much ceremony.

You don't know the first thing about living.

You act like it's something

that starts in the future somewheres.

All right, Gody, okay I thank you for the advice,

but it's getting awful late,

and I got to get up early in the morning.

Now if you don't mind, I'd kind of like to get some sleep.

All right, but you mark what I said,

and you mark me good.

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Here, let me have that a second.

I'll tell you what you do.

You can wrap this around your neck.

It'll help keep you cool while we're riding, see?

Is that a law of the prairie...

take care of you own neck?

That's one of 'em.

Gody told me she had quite a talk with you last night.

Yeah, as a matter of fact, she did.

She certainly is a woman of strong convictions, isn't she?

Well, if you ask me, I think she's been living alone too long

out there in that prairie.

Do you really think so?

- What is it? - Prairie fire.

Wait here.

Sarah, there's some cover up under those rocks.

Get up there fast.

Hoo! Hyah! Hah!

Come on.

What do we do, Matt?!

Nothing much we can do.

Stay as low as possible.

Here.

Try to breath as easy and slow as you can.

Matt!

Oh, Matt!

♪♪

Matt... Easy now.

How do you feel?

It was terrifying.

I thought the fire would consume us.

It's all over now. The fire's gone.

Here. Now, just take a little bit.

What causes a prairie fire, Matt?

Sometimes the prairie just explodes.

And other times?

Well, don't worry about the other times.

You just try to get some rest.

You saved my life.

We were just lucky.

The wagon.

Yeah, it's burned.

That was our food, supplies, everything.

It wasn't us.

I don't understand you.

Doesn't anything ever bother you?

Don't you feel?

Let me tell you something, Sarah.

Right now I feel alive.

I'm sorry, Matt.

What do we do now?

Well, there's a settlement up ahead.

Soon as you're rested enough to walk, we'll start out.

Do you think the horses got away?

I don't know.

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Matt.

Come on.

Stay here.

Did the prairie fire do all this?

No, it was Indians... Cheyenne.

Indians?

You mean Indians burned this place?

I'm afraid so.

But the people... Where are the people?

I don't know.

Matt.

Stay here.

What are we going to do?

There's nothing to do.

But I've got to do something.

Get a hold of yourself.

If you want to do something, you go over there,

get the canteens and fill them at the well.

Now, go on.

Hey, Sarah.

Come on.

Now, look, this is not going to do any good.

Good?

What good is there to do?

We can bury the dead.

Come on.

Matt.

I'm sorry I behaved like such a... woman.

A woman's supposed to behave like a woman.

Where do we go from here?

Fort Wallace.

Hup. Hup.

Come on.

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Okay.

We'll rest here and spend the night.

If you ordered me to ride any more today, I'd mutiny.

Well, so would the horses.

Come on.

I don't suppose there are any fish

in a small stream like this.

Oh, few sun perch, maybe.

Takes about 50 of them to make a meal,

and they're sure not very tasty.

Where you going?

I'm going to go out and find us something to eat.

Rabbit or something like that.

Shouldn't take long.

Now, look, you just stay

in the cover of the trees, will you?

♪♪

Matt, I thought you were dead.

So did the Indians.

Tell me what to do.

Tell me exactly what to do.

This arrow's got to come out.

We got to build a fire, burn out the wound.

I'll tell you how.

We got to get back to cover.

Help me.

The fire's ready.

All right.

Let's get started.

Sarah...

I don't know if I can stay conscious through this.

I may pass out.

And if I do,

you got to remember, after the arrow comes out,

you have to burn the wound.

You have to burn it... Do you understand?

Now, Sarah, this is up to you.

You're the only one.

All right, now, take hold of it.

Go on.

I got it out.

I got it out.

Matt, you've got to help me.

You've got to tell me what to do for you.

You're too hot... too much fever.

Let me try to get help.

No.

No, you stay here.

But, Matt, you've got to have help.

No, it's too dangerous out there alone.

Stay. Stay here.

♪♪

I have to go, Matt.

I pray you sleep till I get back.

♪♪

Sarah?

Sarah?

Water.

Bring me some water.

Can you help me?

That depends.

What she want, Lou?

Some kind of help.

Well, take her down and bring her in.

Thank you.

You've come a ways?

A long ways.

But we've got to get back to him.

He's hurt, and he's sick.

Her man's sick, she says.

We tend to her first.

You go see to her horse.

Played out, too.

Lou, you gone deaf?!

I thought I was the last person on earth.

I've been riding since dawn.

You take a swallow or two.

Got soup on, some side meat.

I can't stay long. We've got to get back to him!

What ails him?

He got hit with an arrow.

I got it out,

but the fever... he's just burning to death with it.

He'll die on you, you don't break it.

But I don't know how.

Lou knows.

Now, you get some strength first.

If you could spare a little for Matt.

He's hasn't had anything to eat for almost two days.

You eat now.

Ain't no sense in both of you dying.

Oh, he can't die.

He can't.

Hand-wringing ain't gonna do no good.

And tears, neither.

You want to help him,

then get the strength to do it.

You go with her, Lou.

She cut an arrow out of him.

He's fevered, dying, likely.

Far away, is he?

I left him at dawn.

Sure it's all right if I go, Fan?

You mind yourself, Lou Hacker.

And you mind yourself all the way.

♪♪

Hurry, please!

He's still breathing.

Big devil, isn't he?

Please help him!

You'd stand to be...

mighty grateful if I was to help him.

Just... help him!

I'll fix a fire.

Matt?

Matt, I'm back.

I brought help.

Good.

Feel better?

Yeah, I think so.

Your fever broke.

I'll get some soup.

Where'd you get that?

Never mind. Just drink.

I give it to her.

This man saved your life, Matt.

I'm much obliged to you.

She come begging.

You went for help?

I had to.

But I told you not to do that.

That was taking too much of a chance.

It worked out, Matt.

You was a goner when we come back.

Like I said... I'm much obliged.

Ain't you.

It's her that's obliged.

Sarah?

I'm... so sorry, Matt.

Sorry for what?

You saved my life.

There's so much...

So much I want to tell you.

Don't talk now.

I have to.

You have to know.

It's all I have left.

I knew it... before Gody.

I love you, Matt.

Every day...

Every wretched day on the trail, I loved you more.

If I had time, you'd love me, Matt.

I know you would.

But there isn't any... more time.

♪♪

I thank you for all that you did for her,

for coming on to the fort to get me,

bringing me back here.

We grew up together.

Same street, same block.

Can't remember not knowing her.

You didn't know her long?

No, only a few days.

But I know what you mean.

So long, Lieutenant.

Bye, Marshal.