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Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

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Hello, Ellie.

Just saw the marshal ride off with Joe.

What happened?

You know what happened.

I do?

Joe got arrested stealing horses.

Well, that wasn't very smart of him, was it?

They were Enoch Miller's horses.

They were found in our barn.

Really?

Pike, Joe never stole those horses.

He's never stolen anything.

You put them there.

What if I did?

Ain't you been complaining we don't have enough time together?

Don't.

Want me to call the marshal back and tell him it was just a joke?

Pike, it's wrong. Joe's...

He's never hurt anyone.

It's true he can't work a farm, but...

That's the whole point. Sooner or later,

they'll realize he couldn't have stole those horses,

and they'll let him go.

In the meantime... it's just you and me.

Tell me something.

You knew I took those horses.

Why didn't you tell the marshal?

I couldn't.

Why?

Well...

that was a... fool thing to do, wasn't it?

Yeah.

Well, it's all right if it helps clear your head.

Ellie and me'd eat a plate of food like that

the best part of a week.

Marshal, how'd this thing happen?

Well, that's what we got to find out, Joe.

Now, I believe that you didn't steal the horses,

but we got to be able to prove it.

You mean I got to prove that for Mr. Miller?

That's right.

Marshal, he's a rich man. He's got a big ranch, he's...

Joe, you better forget about what Enoch Miller's got

and start thinking about who did this to you.

Well, it seems to me like he did.

Joe, you've got an enemy somewhere that wants you in here

for some reason, and believe me, it isn't Enoch Miller.

Well, if I got an enemy, I don't know him.

Well, you've got one.

Now, do you suppose, uh, Ellie might have any idea

who's holding a grudge against you?

Ellie? No.

All right.

Well, I'll go out and see Enoch in the morning.

Oh, Marshal, if you should see Ellie, you know...

Oh, don't worry. I'll tell her you're doing just fine, Joe.

- Eating like a horse. - Yeah.

I've got no reason to believe it was anybody but him,

and I don't see why you should.

Because I know Joe Merchant.

Nobody knows a man when he's pushed too hard.

He had a lot of hard luck, Enoch.

Matt, I've been that far.

He hasn't got anything that he needs.

Here I sit, a half a mile from him, with everything he wants.

- He was bound to... - I know. So he comes in

- and steals your horses. - Sure.

He's not stupid, Enoch.

Sometimes desperate's the same thing.

Look, if he had stolen your horses,

he would've taken off and sold 'em somewhere,

not brought 'em over to his barn for the first person to find.

- You don't think he's guilty? - No, I don't.

Have you got somebody else in mind?

Well, no, but there's got to be somebody.

I got my mares back, so I'm to forgive and forget, is that it?

Well, I'm not trying to tell you what to do, Enoch,

but I'll say this: I'm gonna keep looking

till I find the man that did it.

Well... I want to think this over, Matt.

I'll be in town in a couple of days, but...

I want to think it over.

All right, Enoch.

Morning, Ellie.

Marshal.

Say, I, uh,

might have some good news for you in a day or two.

- Good news? - Yes.

I just had a long talk with Enoch Miller.

I think he feels he's wrong about Joe.

Oh... Joe's coming home.

Well, I can't say that for sure, but...

I think I've got him convinced

that Joe didn't steal his horses.

That's good news, Marshal.

Well, I-I know it's been hard for you, Ellie.

Look, uh...

can you think of anybody that might have wanted

to get Joe in trouble?

- What? - Well, it's not, uh...

You know, Joe didn't steal any horses,

and I know that Enoch Miller didn't put 'em in your barn.

Joe don't have any enemies.

Everybody knows that.

Well, it just doesn't make sense.

Well, if Joe will be home in a day or two,

things will look better to you then.

Yeah.

Things will look better.

Anything wrong, Ellie?

Marshal just come bringing news, that's all.

You know Pike Beechum, Marshal?

Well, you look kind of familiar, Beechum.

Well, we never met, Marshal.

Marshal thinks they'll set Joe free.

Must've come about sudden-like.

Pike's an old friend.

He's been helping out since Joe's gone.

Where you from?

Most anywhere.

Except here.

I'll be in the barn, Ellie.

Wait a minute.

I know where I've seen your face, on a wanted poster.

You drink in the mornings, Marshal?

Robbery and murder, wasn't it?

- Pike? - I can't help what he says.

None of it's so.

You prove that, you got nothing to worry about.

I'm no hand to worry, and I don't have to prove a thing.

I'm gonna take you in.

He always like this?

Marshal gets his way no matter what anybody says.

If I've made a mistake, Ellie, I'll turn him loose.

Seems like I'm the wrong person to say that to, Marshal.

You decide how you want it, mister, hard or easy.

I give you my gun... That's the easy way?

That helps.

You're wrong, Marshal.

You are dead wrong.

Wouldn't be the first time.

I'll send Joe back to you as soon as I can, Ellie.

You saying it, this saying it

don't make it so.

The marshal in Wichita wants you held, mister.

That's good enough for me.

I'll make you a bad enemy, Marshal.

I've had few good ones.

Let's go.

You turn that key on me, you'll make the mistake of your life.

You know, I could get tired of you awful easy.

This place won't hold me.

You'll see.

I hope you're right.

Joe, I, uh... I've had a talk with Enoch.

I think things are looking better.

Are you saying I'm getting out of here?

Well, it's not for sure yet, but he's coming around.

I sure hope you're right.

So do I.

Say, Marshal,

uh, can you get word to Ellie?

Already have, Joe.

She's-she's all right, isn't she?

Yeah.

You can't break nothing in there,

except maybe your fist or your foot.

I know. I tried.

You keep to yourself.

Can't do much else in here.

All I meant was that I know how you feel.

No man that kisses the marshal's feet knows how I feel.

I tried kicking the walls down

and yelling 'em down,

but they don't budge an inch.

And that marshal,

I found out you can't have a better friend than him.

Preach your sermon somewhere else.

Hello, Festus.

Sit down. Be with you in a few minutes.

No hurry, Matthew.

I... just came in

'cause there ain't no place else to go.

Oh, this sure is a ugly-looking place.

Mm-hmm.

I ain't got nothing to jaw with you about anyhow.

I'm just... having one of my quiet days.

I don't want to talk to nobody,

and I don't want to hear nobody talk.

Well, good.

Just wanted to set

kind of loose-like and...

maybe think and... mostly not think.

Well, what are you gawking at?

Well, I'm not too sure.

Thinking feet.

Thinking feet?

I'm a-resting my brain, which I'm doing right now.

I'm trying to rest, and my body take over.

Now, who is this, Matthew?

His name's Pike Beechum.

Well, I've saw him before.

You have? Where?

Well... a few days back,

uh, me and old Wool Ferrici went by Ellie Merchant's house

to get a drink of water at their well.

Well, this good-looking cuss come out of there with a shotgun

to run us off.

He was a-wearing that same face then.

Festus, you know, that's kind of funny,

'cause I've got Pike Beechum and Joe Merchant

locked up in jail right now, both of 'em.

They don't seem to know each other.

Well, golly Bill, that is peculiar, ain't it?

Yeah. Ellie said he was an old friend,

but Joe doesn't seem to know him.

Well, what does it say her old friends did?

Robbery and murder.

Well, there you are, Matthew.

It's men like him that give jails a bad name.

Oh, maybe somebody'd ought to tell Joe, Matthew.

Only one person can do that.

That's Ellie.

Here you are, Miss Kitty.

Thanks, Sam.

Enoch's gonna sign those papers, I don't see what the problem is.

Well, the problem is, Kitty,

I got to take him out home tomorrow,

and I don't know what's gonna be there waiting for him.

Well, Ellie is, isn't she?

I guess so.

Sam?

What's worrying you, Matt?

Kitty, you're a woman.

That's not worrying you.

No. It's just that...

Well, I always figured

Ellie and Joe had a good marriage, I guess.

I always thought so, too.

Why?

Well, like you say, I'm a woman.

Maybe Ellie's telling the truth.

Maybe Pike Beechum is an old friend.

Yeah, except that Joe doesn't know him.

It could happen.

It could.

Maybe he is just a friend.

- Hello, Miss Kitty. - Hello, Festus.

- Matthew. - Festus.

Say, I want to jaw with you for a spell.

When we're alone.

Oh, Matthew, there's a deputy fella

from Wichita waiting over at the hoosegow.

Ah. Probably came to pick up Pike Beechum.

See you later, Kitty.

Oh, I hope it goes better than you think it will.

Well... we're alone.

Yes'm, we are.

And I want you to know

that I ain't gonna say a thing to nobody.

Not even to me?

It don't show a particle.

Good.

What don't show a particle?

Well, that you're crazy wild about me.

Most folks couldn't tell.

Just so you know.

Reckon you're mighty grateful

that I ain't gonna be a-shouting it around.

I don't know how to thank you.

Well, there is ways.

Oh?

I reckon you'd just be plumb tickled

to buy me a drink of whiskey.

I insist on it.

Well, if you insist.

I can't resist you, Miss Kitty.

Sam, couple of whiskeys.

Yeah.

- Marshal Dillon? - Yes.

My name is Leach.

I'm a deputy marshal from Wichita.

I just got in.

Oh, I guess you've come about Beechum, huh?

Well, in a way. I just dropped in.

I-I'm on my way to Garden City to pick up a prisoner.

Oh. Well, you're gonna be kind of busy

with two of 'em, aren't you?

Well, Marshal, I, uh... I'm not taking Beechum.

I got a release for him.

- Release? - Yep.

Trail hand confessed last week that he robbed and killed a man

all by himself.

Is this gonna hold?

Well, there doesn't seem to be much question about it.

I know how you feel, Marshal.

That Beechum... he's a... he's a real mean one.

No matter where he is, there's always trouble.

You can never prove a thing on him.

Well, lots of luck, Marshal.

Yes. Thank you.

You'll be out before long, Joe.

Yeah, Festus told me it wouldn't be long.

I can wait, Marshal.

All right, Pike, you're a free man.

Are you saying you were wrong?

I'm saying you're a free man.

That's all I'm saying.

Told you the marshal is a fair man.

All right, get out of Dodge.

You're reading my mind, Marshal.

You take my advice,

you'll stay away from Ellie Merchant.

You got just one thing to think on.

You pushed the wrong man.

Pike!

How did you get out of jail?

They let me out.

And the poster?

- Like I said, it was a mistake. - Oh.

A mistake I'm not letting that marshal forget.

He was out here yesterday.

He said Joe might be free in a day or two.

Yeah, I know.

I was in the cell right next to him.

You didn't tell him about us?

What if I did?

Oh, Pike!

Well, he's got to know sometime, don't he?

You're my woman now.

Don't you forget it.

It's just that I don't want to hurt him

any more than I have to.

He's never done anything to hurt me.

It's not his fault that I don't love him.

Ah, you can stop worrying.

I didn't tell him.

Oh. Oh.

What are we gonna do when he comes back?

I was figuring maybe we wouldn't be here.

- You mean run off? - Why not?

There's nothing to hold you here now, is there?

There hasn't been in a long time.

I guess there's never been anything.

When Joe talked to me about a ranch,

I saw green fields and trees and flowers.

When I saw this place, I couldn't believe it.

I tried to like it, Pike.

I tried.

Sure, you did.

Well, when I take you away from here,

I'll show you green places that'll make your eyes ache.

Oh.

Streams with pools in 'em

where you can go swimming on a hot day.

Cattle so fat, they can hardly walk.

Oh, Pike, let's go now. Today.

I can be packed in an hour.

- No, not today. - Why not?

I got some unfinished business.

What kind of business?

Personal... with that rum dumb marshal.

Oh, Pike, don't talk crazy.

He was only doing what he thought was right.

He locked me up, didn't he?

Treated me like I was some kind of cheap saddle bum.

Nobody pushes Pike Beechum around and gets away with it.

Nobody.

Pike... I'm afraid.

Of what?

Well, of something happening to you.

Don't you worry about me.

I can take care of myself.

Oh.

I'm not alone, Ellie.

I got friends.

Pike... you got more than just friends.

I ain't forgetting.

There you are.

Enoch, you've done a good thing.

I hope so.

You want to say hello to him?

No. I don't think so. Tell him...

Well, you know what to say.

Joe...

looks like you're gonna be home for supper tonight.

You trying to rile me, Marshal?

- Phew. - Looks like it's heading this way, Joe.

Yeah, you can't make a farmer mad if it rains.

Well, you can sure make him wet, though.

I don't mind if it soaks me.

- Let's go. - All right.

Hello, Ellie.

Oh. The marshal told me you'd be coming,

but I couldn't believe it.

Yeah.

Well, Joe, I'm mighty glad to see you back here.

I'll be running along now.

Running along? Well, we just barely made it here.

You can't ride back in this.

You'd best wait till the storm's over.

No, you two got a lot to catch up on.

Yeah, well, we got lots of time for that now, haven't we, Ellie?

The storm won't last forever.

I have coffee and beans enough.

Sure. Look, I'll, uh...

I'll put the horse out in the barn

before they drown out there.

If you let me have that coat now.

I've been taking orders from you.

You're in my house now.

My house, I'm the boss.

You ought to warm yourself by the fire there.

All right, Joe.

I suppose you told him about Pike.

No. I thought I'd let you tell him.

Wouldn't mind believing that.

I don't know whether it'll make any difference

to you, Ellie, but, uh, Pike Beechum's free, too.

Oh?

Joe.

Joe.

He must've thought it was me.

But who?

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Yeah, help yourself.

Morning.

Afternoon.

I guess the storm kind of passed you by here, didn't it?

Yeah, nary a spit load.

I come out and I watched it.

Shook my fist at it and dared it to come on,

but it just went by.

Well, I'm looking for a man.

You know, that makes all the difference.

You know, I-I been looking for a woman for myself

for the past 30 years.

Well, old-timer, this is a little different.

The man I'm after is a killer.

I'm a United States Marshal.

Well, I never met me a marshal before.

Call me Delphos.

Delphos, my name is Matt Dillon.

Well, I'm pleased to meet you.

Uh, would you like a potato?

No, thank you.

It's every bit I got to offer.

And in case your belly empty, you better load up

'cause you got a mighty long ride ahead of you.

Well, this man I'm looking for is, uh,

oh, kind of a medium build,

wiry, sort of a dark-complected fella.

Kind of prideful, right?

Well, he rode past here just after sunup

and went by yonder.

Thanks.

Well, he didn't visit, neither.

Nary a word.

Well, to tell you the truth,

he looks almost as mean as you do right now.

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- Well, morning, Doc. - Morning.

Matt here?

No. Haven't you seen him?

Not for a couple days.

I'm worried about him.

Worried? Why? What's the matter?

He rode Joe Merchant home a couple of days ago,

and he hasn't been seen since.

Mmm.

Would you like to go out there?

Well, I know he can take care of himself, but...

I don't like the feel of all this.

Why don't we just go. Come on.

All right.

Whoa, whoa.

- Doc? - Yeah, I see it, Kitty.

I told you things didn't feel right.

Now, now, we still don't know anything about this.

Ellie, what happened here?

Joe's dead.

Did you think it was your marshal, Kitty?

I wish it was.

I really do. I wish it was.

Where is Matt?

I don't know. I don't care.

Well, did he ride after the killer?

I-I'm so sorry.

Ellie, I'd like to have you get some sleep.

Come on inside.

Doc will give you something.

Come on. Let's... Kitty?

Ellie, what you need is sleep.

Kitty, would you get me a glass of water?

All right.

Now, Ellie, here, I want you...

I want you to take two of those.

I think you'll feel some better.

Here, Ellie.

Kitty, I'll, uh... be out in the buggy.

Would it, um...

would it help to talk about it?

No, it wouldn't do any help.

Joe's dead.

I'm to blame.

Why?

Oh, you wouldn't understand.

Why don't you try me.

I thought I loved Joe.

I really did.

I think you did.

You, um...

you think you're in love with Pike Beechum.

How do you know about Pike?

Well, Festus told me Pike ran him off of here with a shotgun.

I don't understand what's happening to me.

Joe's dead, I'm sick.

I'm not grieving.

I can't even cry.

Tears aren't any measure of grief.

All I think about is...

is whether Pike's alive or not.

Whether or not the marshal's arrested him.

Whether or not he's coming back.

Would you like to come into town and stay with me?

Well, Doc and I will...

drop by tomorrow and make sure you're all right.

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Don't move a muscle.

You die kind of hard, don't you?

You shoot a man in the back, you don't see much of his face.

You killed Joe Merchant.

Is that a fact?

Get up.

I want to ask you a couple of questions.

You got all the answers you need.

I tried for you, and I killed that nice Joe Merchant.

Yeah, and you didn't mind making a widow

out of his wife, did you?

I didn't have to make her a widow to get her interested.

Put your hands up.

Anything to oblige.

Don't move, Marshal.

Put your hands up.

Real slow.

Come on.

Surprised?

Where'd you get that release order?

Oh, I have friends in Wichita.

I told you I made a bad enemy.

Now you're gonna find out just how bad.

You make one move,

and Leach here's gonna put a bullet in your mouth.

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Got anything to eat?

Well, I still got some potatoes.

- Where? - Right there.

Your horse is nigh on being dead.

You can't ride him till he's rested.

Come on, Josie, old girl,

we got some looking to do.

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Come on, Marshal.

Come on. Oh, easy now. Easy now.

Hey, you sure lost yourself a lot of blood.

Here you are now, Marshal.

Here you are. Here you are.

There you go.

That fella you was looking for yesterday morning,

he come by my place a couple hours ago.

Now, take it easy, take it easy.

Take it easy.

You ain't going no place for a while.

You just got to be the stubbornest cuss I ever met.

You just got to be plumb crazy. You ain't worth a spit.

I could take you myself,

and I ain't had me a wrestle in 15 years.

Delphos, I-I sure want to thank you.

Well, I warn you... You ain't gonna make it.

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Pike, why can't we go now?

Why do we have to wait here?

'Cause that marshal's still alive.

As long as he's alive, we won't have a second's peace.

But if he's wounded...

He's wounded, all right, but I don't know how bad.

If he's alive, he'll be here.

How can you be sure?

'Cause it won't be over between us till one of us is dead.

Pike... you still love me, don't you?

And you love me, too, don't you?

You know I do.

Then I want you to do something for me,

something that will fix it so we don't have to spend

the rest of our lives on the run.

What?

It's near dawn out there,

but I can't get a good target.

And this is one time I can't afford to miss.

I don't understand.

Unless I miss my guess, that marshal will be here.

May take him a while,

but when he does, I want a clean shot.

Well, what do you want me to do?

The way I figure it, he'll come in cautious, careful.

He'll check the windows first to see if you're alone.

And you will be.

Alone?

I'll be in the loft of the barn.

When he comes through that door, I want you to make sure

there's plenty of light here.

Better take a lamp with you.

When you open that door, I want him to be a good target.

You got to do it, Ellie.

You got to do it... it's the only way we can be free.

Ellie.

Good girl.

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Where is he, Ellie?

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Hey, Matt.

Kitty?!

He's over here.

Oh, my God.

Now, don't worry. He looks bad, but he's gonna be all right.

Matt, can you sit up here?

Who could've done this?

I think you'll find him right over there.

Here, take this.

Take a shot of that, old boy.

Pike Beechum.

Yeah, the late Pike Beechum.

- Kitty. - How do you feel?

Ah, Kitty, I've felt better.

You want to try to get up?

How'd it happen, Matt?

Well, she was trying to save my life, Doc.

Did she really love Pike Beechum?

I don't know, Kitty.

I guess she did.

That's the pity of it.

That's the real pity.