Original subtitles

Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

Hi, Doc.

Kitty.

How are you?

Pretty good.

I'll say one thing, the looks of this place

is improving all the time.

What do you mean?

Sure got the best-looking bartender in town.

I'll have a beer.

There you are.

Thank you.

Have you seen the law this evening?

Yeah, he was in earlier.

Why, do you want to see him about something?

No, not particularly.

I declare, I never saw a man so lucky!

Skill, not luck.

With you, it's luck.

Don't be a bad loser.

I'm supposed to be happy

losing all my money first night in Dodge?

Maybe you ought to get the sheriff to protect you.

I don't see you getting rich.

We don't have a sheriff here.

We have a U.S. Marshal.

Well, that's just fine...

long as I don't meet him.

You know, I've just never been able to understand

why a cowboy can't resist coming into town

and getting in a poker game

and spending all his money the very first night.

Well, if I worked as hard as they do,

I'd make it last at least two nights.

You'd think so, wouldn't you?

But it don't work out that way.

See, if it did, they just wouldn't have anything

to brag about when they get back to camp.

All right. I'll see you.

I'm in.

Three little fives, gentlemen.

I can't even win with two pairs.

There. Now I'm broke.

I can forget about it.

It isn't right I should lose so much.

It isn't right.

Nobody forced you to set in this game.

A streak of luck doesn't make you a big man here.

Man's kind of nervous, ain't he?

Well, he's hotheaded, you know.

I suspect he's a man with a conscience

and is feeling guilty about gambling at all.

I don't feel guilty.

I just feel broke.

Here.

I never leave no man broke.

Have a drink.

Uh... I'll accept that.

Well, I think I'm gonna turn in.

All right.

- Good night, Kitty. - Night.

Well, I got to be going.

You get another stake together, you look me up, you hear?

Sure will.

If I ever get to Dodge again.

- Good night. - Night.

And thanks.

Hey.

Hey. Hey, mister, what happened?

Who... who are you?

Billy Poe.

What happened to you?

I hope you swing for this, Billy Poe.

Me? No, I-I didn't do nothing.

I was walking along the street, and-and I found you here.

They'll get you... for this.

You won't get by with it.

But-but it wasn't me who done it.

Hey, mister. Mister!

Hey, look.

He's dead.

I didn't hear no gunshot.

But he's dead.

Hey, mister.

You better run down to the marshal's office.

There's a man's been shot here.

Down there.

Yep.

He's dead, all right.

Why do you keep saying that?

How do you know?

He's breathing.

How can you tell in the dark?

I don't need light to hear by.

You don't hear that good.

I tell you, he's dead.

What, are you drunk or something?

Why do you keep saying that?

Now, cut it out.

It's not my fault that he's dead.

Right over there, Marshal.

Yeah, Marshal.

Here he is, just where we found him.

Yes, sir, laying there deader than a doornail.

Well, that's Bud Hayes.

Bud.

Bud, what happened?

Marshal...

Robbed...

Billy Poe done... hit me.

Now, Bud, don't you worry.

We'll get you up to Doc's right away.

Marsh...

He's dead.

I knowed it.

He was dead all the time.

Any of you know a man named Billy Poe?

Not me.

Is he the one that did it?

Now, keep an eye on him, will you, for a while?

I'll send a wagon back soon as I can.

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Hello, Quint.

Hello, Matt.

You know, you worked a little slower,

you wouldn't have to drink so much of that stuff.

Maybe not, but I'd starve to death.

Bring him on in, cowboy. I'll take care of him.

It ain't the horse.

It's him I want to see.

What can I do for you?

Well, I just rode in from Elkader.

I pulled in the saloon

down the street there to have a drink.

And I heard you was looking for a man.

A man named Billy Poe.

Well, I am, yeah.

He's in Elkader.

How do you know?

Well, a friend of mine

was going to have a drink with him.

And he wanted me along.

And I forgot all about it

until I heard about him again down the street today.

But you don't know him yourself?

No.

It's a lucky break for you, Matt.

First one you've had all week.

Yeah.

Thanks a lot, cowboy.

Thanks? Is that all?

What do you mean?

Ain't this man wanted for murder?

Yeah.

Well, then, there ought to be some kind of reward out for him.

No, no reward.

Now, look, Marshal, you ought to give me something.

Sorry, cowboy.

Hey, Marshal?

I hope he shoots you.

Nice fella.

Yeah.

Sounds like you'll be taking a trip to Elkader.

You want some company?

No, I'll manage all right, Quint.

Well, I better get saddled up. I'll see you later.

Good luck.

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You looking for somebody, mister?

Yeah. Where's the sheriff?

Well, he ain't around.

Where can I find him?

Well, the last he was seen,

why, he was high-tailing it north.

Right back of him was three drunken cowboys

to make sure he didn't linger on.

The folks is still talking about it.

How long ago was that?

Oh... six months.

Ain't nobody wanted the job since.

That a good hotel down here?

Well, it's the only one.

Say, if you're looking for a stable for your horse,

why, you'll find it round back of the hotel.

Thanks.

Yep.

You know, mister,

we don't make no money here in Elkader,

but sometimes we sure have a lot of fun with lawmen...

and strangers.

What'll it be, stranger?

Beer.

That'll cost you... a quarter.

A quarter?

That's what I said.

I'll tell you, you can give me about 25 cents' worth.

You outsmarted me.

Coming up.

Well, glory be.

A lawman.

A lawman in Elkader?

Now, ain't that really something?

Could be he's after the sheriff's job.

You after the sheriff's job, mister?

Nope.

We had a sheriff here six months ago.

Got choused out.

Yeah, I heard about that.

Maybe you're here on account of that sheriff.

No, no, no, no.

He's here to catch some poor starving devil

that never even knew he was doing wrong.

Ain't that right?

Never saw a man yet didn't know when he was doing wrong.

Except a lawman; he always does wrong,

but he don't never seem to know it.

Let's get out of here.

The air's bad.

You're a U.S. Marshal, ain't you?

Yeah.

Well, don't mind them boys, Marshal.

They're always looking for trouble.

Who are they?

Canby, Wells and Dano.

They got a little spread outside of town here,

but you don't see 'em working it much.

Any particular reason they don't like the law?

Some men are just born hating the law, Marshal,

for no reason at all.

Yeah, I've seen that kind.

I expect so.

- Hello. - Hello.

I got nothing against the law.

I'm glad to hear that.

You gonna be in town long?

I don't know. I haven't made up my mind yet.

The last lawman I seen in here bought me a drink.

He must have been rich.

Well, you look like you got money.

Not that much.

All I can afford around here is one drink.

Well, I've been wrong before.

Give me a drink.

Now, Davey, I gave you your last drink an hour ago.

Either you put some money up on the bar or go dry.

I got to have a drink.

You always "got to have a drink."

I need something to settle my nerves.

I-I seen something... bad.

What'd you see "bad"?

In the alley down the street...

I-I stumbled right over him, just...

just laying there bleeding.

What?

A man... at the end of the alley.

He's shot or stabbed or something.

This looks like something in your line, Marshal.

Maybe you'd better show me.

I got to have a drink first.

I'll buy you a drink after. Come on.

It's right down here, Marshal, in the alley

by the telegraph office.

- Where is he, now? - Right up here.

He's out cold.

He ain't about to fight again.

He never did fight back.

He never had a chance. I got him first crack.

Let's go.

I brung him out, didn't I?

I set him up just like you said.

You did fine, Davey, fine.

Can-Can I have my dollar now?

I need a drink something terrible.

Well, you come around sometime, Davey, and I'll buy you a drink.

But you... you-you promised me.

You promised me a dollar right here tonight.

Oh, now, you gave us a lot of fun, Davey,

but a dollar's a lot of money.

You-you promised!

Make him pay me.

Please, make him pay me.

Suppose I don't.

Don't forget, I-I seen...

I seen everything that happened out here.

In that case, you better pay him, Dano.

Why, sure.

Come here, Davey.

Sure, I'll pay you.

His drinking days are over.

Give the marshal something

to worry about in the morning.

If he gets up.

Come on. Let's get out of here.

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Mister.

Hey, mister.

Mister.

Yeah?

Hey, how would you like to make a couple of dollars?

Doing what?

Sit down. I'll tell you about it.

You look like you're sick.

No.

I just had too much to drink, and my head's killing me.

I can't see too good.

You don't look too good, neither.

I feel dizzy all the time.

There ain't much I can do about that.

Look, I just got to get, uh, some sleep.

I got to get to a bed. Then I'll be all right.

I... I just got to get over to that hotel room.

It'll be worth five dollars to me

if you'll help me over there.

Oh, no.

I'll get you over to the hotel, but it won't cost you nothing.

Oh, good.

Come on.

Everything's blurry.

Hey, hey.

You ain't gonna pass out on the street on me, now, are you?

No, I'm gonna be all right.

Hotel's right up here.

How do you like that?

I thought I hit him hard enough to kill him.

Nah, he ain't gonna recognize us.

He didn't see nothing.

What'll we do?

I'll think of something.

Right now I'm gonna finish that beer.

Who is it?

It's me, Billy James. I'm the fella who got you here.

I brought you something to eat.

You're sure suspicious, ain't you?

Got to be careful, Billy. Come on in.

Figure you must be half-starved by now.

You slept six or seven hours.

Yeah.

Yeah, I needed it, too.

Billy...

Billy, I want... I want to thank you.

That was mighty nice of you to bring this over.

Yeah. Can't let a man go hungry.

How you feeling?

Oh, I feel fine.

Just that I still get dizzy and all.

The food ought to fix you up some.

Yeah.

Well, listen, let me...

let me pay you for this at least, Billy.

Ah, you can buy me...

a drink or two tonight if you want.

All right, I'll-I'll do that.

You're a lawman, ain't you?

- That badge says "U.S. Marshal." - Yeah.

Where you from?

Down around Dodge City.

Is that so?

I've been up on the Saline River visiting a friend of mine.

I stopped by for a drink on the way through.

That's what I should've stayed with, one drink.

You ain't looking for nobody, huh?

No.

No, all I'm... all I'm looking for

is to get rid of this headache and this dizziness.

One thing's sure.

It's a gloomy, miserable day out.

Yeah.

Yeah, it is, isn't it?

I-I heard there was a killing down in Dodge about a week ago.

Yeah, that's... that's right.

Who told you?

A cowboy just drifting through, you know?

Yeah, it's a funny thing, Marshal.

He brought it up

when he found out that my name's Billy.

He said they're looking

for a fella named Billy down there.

Billy Poe.

Yeah.

Yeah, the dying man named Billy Poe as his murderer.

You don't know anything about him, do you?

No, I... I ain't never been to Dodge.

Well, no, I mean around here.

You-you figure he's in Elkader?

Well, no.

No particular reason to think that.

Well, I-I tell you what, Marshal.

Let... let me do a little snooping around.

Now, if Billy Poe is in Elkader, I can sure find him.

No, no, that's... that's all right, Billy.

I can... I can make another trip down this way sometime.

Well, I'd like to help you if I can.

Billy, you've given me a lot of help already.

Why?

I don't know.

Maybe you can do something for me someday.

You just name it.

Well, now, you-you just sit tight,

and I'll be back before dark.

All right.

Billy, thanks for everything.

That's all right, Marshal.

- Who is it? - The maid.

You want your room cleaned up?

No.

Why don't you come back later?

Eating your dinner?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm just having a bite.

Well, I've got to clean up your room.

I'll get fired if I don't.

Say, it's a cheerful day out, ain't it?

What's that?

I said it sure is a pretty sunny day out.

I thought he said it was gloomy.

Are you not well, mister?

Yeah.

Just had a little too much to drink yesterday.

Well, maybe I better come back later.

You men.

You think of nothing but trying to drink up

all the whiskey in sight.

I just never...

Miss?

Miss, close the door a minute, will you?

Please.

Well, what do you want?

Did you ever happen to hear of a...

of a Billy James or a Billy Poe?

No.

Well, tell me this, is there... is there a back way

out of this hotel without going through the lobby?

Yeah, the stairs down there.

Could you find me a boy to run an errand?

Sure. Where to?

All right, you tell him to go down to the stable,

get my horse saddled and bring it back here.

Well, do they know you at the stable?

Just tell them it's the U.S. Marshal.

They'll know who it is.

Well...

well, my goodness.

I-I just ain't never seen a U.S. Marshal before.

Miss, here, take this.

For me?

Yes.

And you tell that boy there'll be some of that for him, too,

but only if he hurries.

Yes, sir, I'll see to that.

Oh...

you tell him to bring that horse around to the rear,

and then you come tell me.

Yes, sir, I sure will.

- Hey. - Hey.

You waiting for somebody?

Nope.

Where's your friend?

My friend? Who's that?

The lawman.

The big marshal.

We seen you this morning,

going into the hotel with him.

So what's wrong about that?

And what business is it of yours?

We don't like lawmen.

How come he's such a friend of yours?

We can always give you what we give him.

Oh, so that's it, huh?

So that's what?

He wasn't drunk last night, was he?

He, uh, tell you he was drunk?

Yeah, he said he got sick and dizzy from drinking,

but he didn't, did he?

Look, there's three of us, and, uh,

we could take care of you without any trouble at all.

Yeah, and we better do it, too.

Let's take him out to the edge of town right now.

Go on, get moving.

Now, wait a minute, boys.

That marshal ain't no friend of mine.

It's me he's after.

What are you talking about?

Well, I've been standing here trying to figure out

some way to get rid of him myself.

Yeah, and I'll tell you another thing.

You boys sure gave him a good going-over last night.

He can't see.

What?

Yeah, he can't see; he's blind.

You're lying.

Why should I lie?

He's back in his hotel room right now, blind as a bat.

I just left him there.

Say, uh, what he want you for?

Murder.

But I didn't do it.

You know they'll hang you anyway.

So, uh, you want to see him dead as much as we do, huh?

We better go after him, Canby.

We don't have to.

Could you get him out the back of the hotel?

Sure.

Well, let's have a couple of drinks

and plan this good, huh?

Hey, uh, give me a bottle.

Oh, there he is.

I got him for you, mister.

Oh, good boy.

Say, you really a marshal?

Yeah, yeah, I am, son.

I want to thank you

for everything you've done, too, miss.

Would you give that to the clerk?

It ought to cover the room.

All right.

Here, this is for you, son.

Thanks.

If anybody asks for me at the hotel,

just tell them I went down to Kelly's.

You could've walked over there.

- Son? - What?

Look, uh, wonder if you'd mind

kind of leading me out the back way here

and showing me the edge of town?

See, I'm kind of a stranger around here.

Sure, Marshal.

I've got some money for you.

- What? - Number ten.

He gave it to me to pay for his room, and then he left.

What's that? Number ten left?

That big marshal.

What do you mean, he left?

Where'd he go?

Well, he told me that if anybody asked for him,

he'd be over at Kelly's Saloon.

That's a lie.

Why, we just come from there.

We've been there nigh onto a hour.

Well, he ain't been gone quite that long.

Besides, he left by horseback.

Come on, let's go.

You know, for a blind man, he's moving around pretty good.

Well, I guess he got that maid to help him.

Yeah, and he's got

about an hour's start on us, too.

If we're gonna catch him before dark,

we've got a fast ride ahead of us.

Well, come on, let's get with it.

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What's wrong?

Just want to make sure we're on the trail, that's all.

Yeah, there it is.

It'll be dark directly.

He'll get away sure in the night.

Even a blind man's got to sleep sometime.

Come on.

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Hold it, Marshal.

We've been looking for you everywhere.

What can I do for you?

Well, uh, it's kind of like this, Marshal.

Life gets, uh, tiresome out on the prairie,

and, well, we, uh... we just thought

maybe you could liven it up some for us, huh?

What are you gonna do with that?

Billy? Billy, is that you?

Yeah, it's me.

Hold it!

Now, drop your guns or I'll kill you.

I said drop them!

All right, now, turn him loose.

What's the matter with you, Billy?

- Ain't he out to hang you? - That don't matter.

I ain't gonna let you drag a blind man or shoot him, neither.

Wait a minute. Hold it.

All right.

You boys want to have some fun?

I'll take you on, all three of you.

Right now, no guns.

How's this, Marshal?

I won't let them touch you if you give me your word

that you'll see to it that I ain't never arrested.

No, I can't do that, Billy.

You must be crazy.

Maybe.

All right, come on.

All right, boys, I'll take care of this.

I'm really gonna fix you this time, Marshal.

Hyah!

Matt!

You done it, Marshal.

What happened?

How long you been able to see?

Ever since he jerked me off my feet with that rope there.

I must have hit my head or something.

I tell you it's mighty good to be able to see again.

Yeah, I can believe that.

What about them?

Well, I'll take them back to Dodge with me.

What about me?

Have to take you back, too, Billy.

You ain't serious.

You'll get a trial.

You're forgetting something.

I still got the gun.

I'll do everything I can for you.

I'm leaving right now.

I don't think you will, Billy.

You do that, you'll be a wanted man all your life.

Okay.

I'll help you take them back to Dodge.

- Hello, Quint. - Matt.

Looks like you been busy.

Yeah, I have.

Want some help?

I'd sure like to get these three locked up.

All right. Come on.

Marshal, it just ain't fair.

I don't even know the name of the man that got killed.

Me and another stranger was playing poker with him,

and he won.

And then I saw him laying out there in the street,

and I went up to him, and he asked me my name.

So I told him.

And then he blamed me for hitting him.

Yeah, that's right.

He named you as his murderer just before he died.

Yeah, but it wasn't me who done it.

It could have been that other fella.

Well, I got a description on that man, Billy,

but he's just disappeared.

I helped you, Marshal.

You ought to try and help me.

I'm going to, Billy.

I'll do everything in the world I can for you.

And if it was like you said, well...

we'll get it straightened around.

In the meantime, I'm just gonna have to lock you up, Billy.

I got no choice.

Okay.

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Oh, hello, Kitty.

Hi, Doc. How are you tonight?

Well, I'm just fine, but I... I've been looking for Matt.

You seen him?

No. Why?

Well, I promised him an hour ago that I'd meet him for a drink,

and I... I can't find him anyplace.

You know, he's been so doggone jumpy since he got back,

I thought maybe I could

just kind of take his mind off things.

Why don't we sit down here?

- Sam, bring us a beer over here, will you? - Sure.

You mean, um, Billy Poe and the missing poker player.

Yeah.

You know, I think, if I've described that man

to Matt once, I've done it at least a dozen times.

I have, too.

He's probably in Mexico by now.

He'd better stay there.

Here he comes now.

- Hi, Kitty. - Matt.

- Doc. - How are you? Have a drink?

No. Later, maybe.

Matt, what about Billy Poe?

What's gonna happen with him?

Well, Judge Brooking just got into town.

I've been over talking to him.

When's he gonna hold court?

Tomorrow morning.

He wants to try Billy first thing.

Did you tell the judge the whole story?

Yeah.

Yeah, he said that if the dying man named Billy,

that's all the evidence he needs.

The hanging judge.

Well, he sent a man to jail... once.

Billy's got you pretty convinced that he's innocent, hasn't he?

He just about has, Kitty.

Matt...

Bottle of whisky.

There's your missing poker player.

You sure?

I'm positive.

See you later.

Wait a minute.

What do you want?

You look like you've been doing a lot of drinking lately.

I don't see that's anybody's business but mine.

If you can afford it.

I can afford it.

You work around here?

The name's Walker.

What do you want?

It just so happens that you were in a poker game

a week or so ago with a man named Hays.

He was murdered later that same night.

I heard about it.

Billy Poe did it.

I don't think he did.

What are you trying to say, Marshal?

I'll tell you exactly what I'm trying to say.

Lot of people know you were in that game,

happen to think you're the one that murdered Hays.

The only reason you're walking the street right now

is 'cause I can't prove it.

Let me tell you something, mister.

If Billy Poe hangs for a murder he didn't commit,

I'm going to come after you.

I'm going to track you down.

By the time I'm through with you,

you're going to wish you'd been on that gallows.

Get away.

I can get away any time.

You never will.

What time's Billy Poe's trial set for?

2:30.

Think he's got a chance?

Nope.

What about the other three?

Yeah, the judge is trying them now.

Billy will be next.

It's taken a long time, but I... I am here.

This bottle was full of whiskey, good whiskey.

It gave me courage.

Yes, sir, I got my courage right out of that bottle.

Courage for what?

To come here and say that...

I'm the one you're looking for.

I killed him.

You killed Hays?

Yes, I did.

I just wanted to get my money back.

I didn't want him dead.

Well, will you lock me up, please, Marshal?

I can't think on it anymore.

Hey, Marshal, I-I don't know his name, but...

but that's the other man that was in the poker game.

I know, Billy. The name's Walker.

I don't understand this, Marshal.

I don't understand any of it.

Well, that's all right. He does.

You mean I'm free?

You're free, Billy.

I'm really free?

I can go?

You can go.

Thanks, Marshal.

So long.

So long, Billy.