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Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

Oh.

Mr. Dillon?

Hey, I thought you were gonna fix this chair.

Oh, well, I was... I mean I will.

Yeah, well, I just about busted my back here a while ago.

Oh, well, gracious... I'm awful sorry to hear that.

But I tell you, Mr. Dillon, I got a piece of news for you.

Uh, there's a feller over at the Longbranch.

Well, he's drunk enough to rust his boiler,

but he-he can sure do some interesting talking.

You know what he said?

He said he'd seen Charlie Hacker.

That's right, Mr. Dillon... Charlie Hacker.

Where?

Well, I couldn't rightly make that out.

He said that he'd seen him about three months ago.

Tell you, it's kind of hard to keep him on the same subject.

What's this fella's name?

Calls hisself Willie Kearns.

He's a real old timer.

Look, you stay and fix that chair, will you?

Well, don't you want me to go with you?

No, I want to talk to him alone.

Well...

I'll... fix the chair, I guess, um...

Afternoon, Marshal.

- Hello, Sam. - Beer?

Yeah, sounds good.

Oh, how are you?

Can I buy you a drink, mister?

Oh, no thanks... I got a beer here.

Oh.

Ooh, you're wearing a badge.

Man of the law.

Oh, I got to buy you a drink.

Here, here.

Buy the... buy the badge a drink.

You're, uh, you're new in town here.

Passing through, Marshal, just passing through.

Stopped for a little scamper juice.

Ain't-ain't nothing like it... No, sir.

Cured me a case of boils once.

Grandma's remedy.

Yes, sir.

I just spent two years in Mexico looking for gold.

On my way home to die now.

I tell you... if it hadn't been for Charlie...

Charlie Hacker?

Yep.

I tell you, I liked to be fried Willie Kearns

in that sun in the desert.

Almost a hundred miles I must've walked or crawled

before I come up on Charlie's place.

He found me.

Took care of me like...

like I was his own kin.

You ever hear of a friend like that?

I don't believe I ever have.

Me, either.

Never will again.

I'd sure like to see old Charlie.

Was he, uh, alone?

Now, you tell him hello.

Tell him Willie Kearns says hello.

Well, where was it he lives again?

Oh, you can't miss it.

He's got a garden.

Only green spot in a hundred miles.

Must be two days out of Cedar Tank.

- Cedar Tank? - Yeah.

It-it's a relay station

on a... on a road to El Paso.

- Texas? - Mm-hmm.

That's right.

Uh-huh, and he lives near there?

About two days ride

due south of Cedar Tank.

You still fixed all right

for money to get home?

Where's home?

Once there was the smell

of wild strawberries.

Home?

I'll never get home.

I've never seen him before, Matt... who is he?

Ah, his name's Willie Kearns.

I wondered.

Chester went out of here on a dead run

and told me to keep an eye on him.

Marshal?

I heard you mention Charlie Hacker.

I've heard that name before, haven't I?

Yeah, you've heard it, Sam.

Remember that big mail robbery about five years back?

Oh, yeah.

That's when Johnny Willis was killed.

That was Charlie Hacker and his boys.

Johnny was a real good friend, wasn't he?

He's one of the best, Kitty.

You know I, um, I saw his wife the other day.

Yeah.

Don't you want to finish your beer?

Aw, no thanks, Kitty.

I got to get going.

Is there anything I can do?

No, thanks.

I'll see you later.

Well, Mr. Dillon.

You're up kind of early, ain't you?

Well, stage leaves at 8:00, Chester.

Stage?

Yeah, there's a note back there on the desk.

It'll explain everything to you.

Well, Mr. Dillon, you can't do this.

I know how you feel about Hacker,

but heavens, uh, Texas ain't your territory.

Well, Chester, you're gonna be in charge here till I get back.

Well, well, Mr. Dillon, all you got to do is

to wire the sheriff down in El Paso.

He'll arrest Hacker for you.

Chester, I'm going.

Well, doggone it, Mr. Dillon.

Texas just ain't your territory.

Yeah, I know... you've said that.

Well, I'll say it again.

Let me put it to you this way, Chester.

A lot of years ago, Johnny Willis helped me out.

Let's just say I wouldn't be alive today

if it wasn't for him.

Now, there's a $2,000 reward out for Hacker.

That's not a whole lot of money, but it'll help Johnny's wife.

That means a lot to me.

Mr. Dillon, I...

I sure wish you all the luck in the world, I sure do.

Chester, I'll see you when I get back.

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I'll attend to that...!

Welcome to Cedar Tank.

- How do. - Can I help you?

No, thanks.

Ah, I see you got some horses for sale here, huh?

Sure have... real nice ones, right over the corral there.

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- Afternoon. - Afternoon.

Your name Hacker?

That's right.

My name's Matt Dillon.

I'm the United States Marshal from Dodge City.

Oh?

Got a warrant here for your arrest, Hacker.

Mail robbery and the murder of John Willis.

He died, then.

I'm sorry about that.

You ever see the like?

You give a weed a drop of water,

and right away it starts thinking like a corn stalk.

You had a long ride, Marshal.

It appears like, uh, you and your horse are a little weary.

You live here alone, do you?

Yeah, that's the way I'm best at peace with myself.

Well, I'll tell you, my horse could use some of your graze.

I wouldn't mind a little rest myself.

Well, then, we'll just feed your horse

and then you can get yourself cooled off some.

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Hacker, I won't ask you to give me your word

that you won't try anything.

I'll just say that if you're of a mind to escape,

I'll shoot you.

Well, I can see you're a man of trust.

Well, I won't strain my hospitality.

Come on in.

You got a good eye, Marshal.

Yes, sir, a good eye.

You sure don't miss much, do you?

Oh, there ain't any guns in here, Marshal.

I hung them up when I moved in.

These-these old eyes are getting too puny

to trade lead with the young fellas.

Hey, how about a shot of this?

The stuff you get around these parts

would draw a blood blister on a rawhide boot.

I put this up myself.

It's called tequila.

No, no, thanks.

I'll take some water, if you got any.

Well, sure.

You know, uh, I know I'm on my way to a hanging,

but, uh, would you mind telling me

how it took you these last five years

to catch up with me?

Well, some old-timer came through Dodge,

started talking about you.

Oh...

Oh, yeah.

Oh, Willie Kearns, that alkalide old devil.

Well, I-I should've known better

than to keep my real name, I guess.

But that-that's what a man's born with,

and it's little enough to remind a man

of who or what he might have been.

Name doesn't prove much about a man, anyway, does it?

What's in a name, huh, Marshal?

Do you read?

Some.

Uh-huh.

Well, when you reach my age,

you-you're either like Willie Kearns...

Who ain't got any place to die and no want to live

except in the booze-blind dreams

that he finds in a whiskey bottle...

Or you find something for yourself

like this, like a book.

All the words in the world in there, mister,

and then some.

Of course, of course, I don't understand half of them,

but I-I sure admire the way they say them.

That's Shakespeare.

"All the world's a stage,

"and all the men and women merely players.

"They have their exits

"and their entrances.

"And one man, in his time,

plays many parts."

You believe that, Dillon?

Makes sense.

You ain't much of a talking man, are you?

Depends.

Mm-hmm.

What do you figure I ought to do with this place, huh?

Oh, I don't know.

You got any kin?

None worth remembering.

You know, there's a lot of toil in that earth out there.

Right man could grow most anything here,

if he had the yearning.

Hacker, I want to get started for Cedar Tank before dark.

Now, we can either turn your stock loose on the prairie,

we can bring them with us, or you can sell them.

Well...

I'd just as soon let them go.

Money don't mean that much to me.

Yeah, I've heard different.

You mean what I did in the past?

Well, sure.

I spent most of my life, as I recall,

grabbing things that wasn't rightfully mine,

and I suppose you could stretch my neck a dozen times

for the men I've killed,

but that's all over and done with now.

There was $20,000 taken in that mail robbery.

Now, is there any of it left?

When we split up, we all took our share,

and mine's almost all gone.

Oh, there might be $200, $300 left.

If you've got a worthy cause, I'd be glad to provide.

Well, thanks, but it's not yours to provide.

Where is it?

Well, they do say

that a bank is the safest refuge for a man's money,

and, uh,

and a Bible for his soul.

Well, sir, there's the last of my soul.

Put it in your pocket.

May it rest in peace.

Seems to me a man in your position

ought to treat that Bible a little better.

It's a Bible to you.

It's just a bank gone bust to me.

Hyah!

Hyah! Hyah!

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My back's a hundred years old.

You know...

for a lawman's horse,

I have to say you're all right.

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Good morning.

Morning.

You want to cross the border?

That's right.

Let me see your papers, please.

U.S. Marshal.

Marshal Dillon.

Hmm.

What's this?

A warrant?

Yeah, this man is wanted for murder and robbery.

American?

Yeah.

Living in Mexico?

Well, no, as a matter of fact,

he passed through here two, three hours ago.

About a hundred yards down.

Two, three hours ago?

Through my post?

No... I don't think so.

Well, now I've been trailing him from Cedar Tank.

That's about 40 miles north.

You can go take a look at the tracks, if you want to.

My sentry,

he has eyes like a hawk,

ears like a fox.

Nobody went through here, mister.

I see.

Well, uh, if it's all the same to you,

I'd still like to pass on through.

It's all the same to me, but, uh,

your warrant is useless.

You need extradition papers.

Well, I know that, but I'd have to go

all the way back to El Paso for them.

By that time, this man would be long gone.

Now, he's a dangerous man, a murderer.

A murderer, huh?

Well, uh...

an eye can be winked under extreme circumstances.

I see no reason why the regulations would forbid me

to grant you a temporary pass into Mexico.

Well, I'd be mighty obliged to you.

There will be a charge of, uh, $20.

$20, huh?

Mm-hmm.

And, uh, under military regulations, uh...

Military regulations?

Uh, the regulations require that you be accompanied

by a uniformed escort.

Well, now, look,

couldn't we maybe wink an eye on that regulation?

We have already winked.

I cannot keep my eyes closed completely, can I?

Uh, there will be a charge of, uh, two dollars a day.

Uh, two days, payable in advance.

You got some mighty expensive regulations, here Mister...

Uh, Lieutenant.

Lieutenant Julio Chavez of the Border Command.

I command this whole border here... I'm the boss.

Uh, he's going to get the necessary things.

Uh, he won't be long.

Will you have a little drink with me?

Come on.

I'm explaining the seriousness of the responsibility.

Well, I thought he was the one who's coming along.

No, this is a mission for an officer,

not a common soldier.

Let's go.

How are you?

You, uh, you live hereabouts?

Someplace I can get some food, some water?

No comprendo, señor.

Uh, water, you know?

How about some food?

Eats, you know?

It's money.

American dollar.

It's good. Here.

Hey, Dillon...

you wait here.

I'm gonna see a friend for a moment.

You go on ahead.

I'm gonna keep following these tracks.

I don't want Hacker to get any more start on me than he has.

I'll catch up with you.

Well...

so long, boy.

And I thank you.

Adios, señor.

If I didn't know better,

I'd think you was make-believing with that leg of yours

just to help your lawman friend.

Ah...

well, you're no good to me now, and that's a...

and that's a fact.

Whoa. Whoa.

Whoa, whoa.

Hyah! Go on! Get out of here! Hyah!

Hyah!

So long, crow bait.

Leave a nice trail for me.

¡Oye, hombre!

Señor, may I present Señorita

Marguerita Ana Delia de Asunción.

Mr. Dillon.

I am pleased to greet you.

Are we still on the right track?

You're not planning to take her along?

Oh, yes.

I may be gone for days.

Well, that's your problem.

I'm riding on alone.

You forget the regulations.

Chavez, these regulations of yours got

a little too much stretch for me.

If you want to go on a hayride, go ahead,

but do it on your own time.

This is Mexico.

You are here at my invitation.

Yeah, and I've paid enough for the privilege, too.

Up to you, Marshal.

We all go and catch this terrible killer of yours

or, uh, we go back to the border.

This way!

He's gone this way!

He crossed the stream and rode south.

- I don't think so. - Look at the prints.

Uh-huh.

Well, I tell ya...

when this horse came out of the water,

I don't think Hacker was on it.

You're absolutely right.

You don't sound very surprised.

I knew it.

I just wanted to see if you did.

And what if I hadn't?

Then we would be following a horse without a rider.

Chavez, let me tell you something:

You start playing games with me, and regulations or not,

I'll hang up your hide.

Is that a threat?

You heard me.

Ah, you take life too seriously.

You don't know how to enjoy a joke.

Yeah, stay around with you very long,

I'm liable to die laughing.

I want to see where Hacker came out of the water

before it gets too dark.

We'll camp here for the night.

Hey, Dillon.

This man Hacker you say is so wicked,

I like him.

I never met him, but, uh, I like him.

He's an old fox.

He can't be as bad as you say he is.

It all depends on how you look at it.

I look at it and I wonder.

I wonder why a man of the law travels hundreds of miles

without the necessary extradition papers.

I told you why.

Maybe there's a reward for this man.

How much?

Lieutenant, I wouldn't want to put temptation in your way.

Why don't you get some sleep?

Ay, chihuahua, chihuahua.

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Oh...

now that's a nice way to spook a man.

Now, boys, I'm, uh...

I'm an old man

and I travelled this way peaceable-like.

And I'd sure like to leave the same way.

Uh...

You, uh...

you boys interested in that rifle?

Maybe we can make some kind of a trade.

You don't happen to have a horse between you, do you?

Nice and friendly, huh?

Well, I come along on a lot of years,

and I'm not just about ready to let you boys

blow these old lamps out now.

Hyah!

Hyah! Hyah!

¡Hey, señor!

I don't know what you're saying,

but you try walking for a while.

Francisco!

Francisco!

Francisco!

Francisco...

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¿Señor?

Yes, uh... some water.

You savvy?

A lot of water.

And, uh, and the same amount of food.

And some tequila.

Ah, tequila...

Foo...?

Food.

Food, tortillas.

Ah, sí.

And, uh...

and tell that fella to, uh...

to, uh, play happy.

You know... dee-dum-dum-dum, dee-dum-dum-dum...

- Ah. - Dee-dum-dum-dum...

Oh, yes, that's good.

Yes...

Yes, uh... that's very good.

And you're very pretty.

That always makes a man feel mighty fine.

Now, don't you forget my tequila.

Ah.

And water...

Sí.

I got a thirst in me like an old dry mud hole.

Maybe he stopped here.

Been a long ride for the old man.

Might be.

This reward you spoke of...

You spoke of.

Is it for, uh, dead?

Or alive?

I'd like to bring him back alive, if I could.

Good.

I'm glad to hear that.

I will help you in every way I can.

I am very tired.

I need to rest.

Pretty soon you'll rest, chaparrita.

Pretty soon you will rest.

This is my cousin, Captain Diaz.

He's in command of the Chupadero garrison.

How do?

My cousin wants to help us capture Hacker.

Well, uh...

tell him thanks anyway, but we want to get going.

No.

What do you think?

Could be.

There's one way to find out.

You stay here.

I don't want you to get hurt.

Come on, come on!

You want to try for it?

Well, now, when you say that,

I-I think maybe I won't.

We surprise you, huh?

You old fox.

Now you are finish...

Now he and I, we split the reward.

I'm disappointed in you, Dillon.

I thought you were telling the truth

about that widow and kids back in Dodge.

I was telling the truth, mister.

Uh, let's put him in jail,

and you and I enjoy ourselves for a while, eh?

Lieutenant, I'm starting back for the border

- with him right now. - Now?

You can't go without me.

Sorry, Chavez, the fun's over.

Julio...

He wants to start for the border right away.

Julio, I am too tired.

I have to go with him.

The reward.

You go. I'll stay.

You ready, Chavez?

Just a moment.

Chaparrita, you come with me.

We ride slow and easy. Come on.

Julie, I am very tired.

You go.

Two days more.

What difference does it make?

Then she will be rested.

Chavez, I'm leaving right now.

Nice to have met you, miss.

Ah, just a moment.

I, uh... I want to talk to her.

Well, you sure travel in style.

Oh, why, thank you.

I thank you.

Yeah. Yeah, I, uh...

I know, I know.

You, uh... speak any of that lingo?

Let's go.

Ah, well...

see you later.

I'm sorry, Dillon.

I cannot let you leave right now.

The captain says it would be dangerous.

Bandits...

bandits all over.

Much trouble.

Just like that, huh?

The captain says in two or three days it will be safe.

My cousin offers you the hospitality of his jail,

for your own good,

and, uh, and the protection of the prisoner.

Well, that's very nice of him.

But I think we'll just have to chance it.

Go on, Hacker.

Hey...

that fella handles himself pretty good.

Hey...

That was a good fight.

You looked like a bronc they was tryin' to shoe.

¡Ándale, ándale!

"Warm friendship, like the setting sun,

sheds its kindly light on everyone."

Ever read that motto, Marshal?

Hacker, why don't you shut up for once?

When I was a young 'un back home,

we had it framed on the wall.

My old man used to beat me under it every chance he got.

Too bad some of those beatings didn't do you some good.

Well, that's the living truth.

How's it feel, huh?

Everything crowding in on you?

Walls getting kind of close?

Well, you'll get over it.

After a while, you'll get over to it.

You better hope I don't,

'cause if I don't, maybe I'll start thinking like you do.

And if that happens, you're not gonna live long enough

to go to a hanging in Dodge.