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Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

Whoa!

- Hi, boys. - Whoa!

Inside, everybody. Coffee's waiting on the table.

We'll be leaving in 20 minutes.

Thank you.

I wish he'd stop looking at me.

Just ignore him.

How long before we get to Dodge?

I don't know.

I'm going to ask the driver when he comes in.

Give me a couple plates of that stew.

Have some stew, ladies.

That's very kind of you, Mister...?

Hare. Sam Hare.

Hare.

Go on.

No, thank you. I'm not hungry.

Well, it'll... just go to waste.

I have to pay for it anyway.

It's good.

Go ahead.

You're very generous, Mr. Hare.

That's better.

I've been watching the two of you since we left Tulsa.

You ain't hardly eaten enough to keep a bird alive.

Neither one of you.

Oh, would you excuse me a moment, please?

- I want to speak to the driver. - Sure. Sure.

Don't be afraid of me, miss.

I'm just a harmless old whiskey drummer.

I'm not afraid.

I know I ain't the... the best-looking fella in the world,

but... I could see that you two were kind of hard up,

and I just wanted to be neighborly.

You've made that very clear, Mr. Hare.

- Now, if you'll excuse me... - Uh, uh... wait a minute.

Wh-What'd I do wrong?

I was just trying to be friendly.

Look... I know you is a lady.

I could tell that the minute I seen you.

Maybe I'm not like the gentlemen you're used to,

but, miss... this isn't New Orleans,

this is the Kansas prairie,

and if I ain't wrong, you're gonna need some help.

- Please. - Oh, sure, sure.

But look, when you get to Dodge, if you need a friend,

you look me up... Sam Hare?

Sam Hare?

Uh, thank you, driver, very much.

What did he do?

It's all right.

I'm sorry, I never should have left you alone with him.

How long is it going to be before we get there?

Just 48 hours, and we will be in Dodge City.

That at least passes for civilization.

What good is that going to do if we don't have any money left?

We'll get the money, child, don't you worry about that.

One way or another, we will get money.

Nothing.

I have been everywhere.

The restaurants don't use women as waitresses,

and the laundries are all Chinese.

Laundries?!

Beggars can't be choosers.

I wish there was something I could do.

The problem is, I have to be careful where I ask for work.

If the hotel finds out that we don't have any money,

they'll throw us out in the street.

Well, how long can we stay here before they ask for payment?

I don't know.

Aunt Hattie, I'm scared.

That makes two of us.

Don't give up hope.

I'll be right back.

- Morning, Miss Silks. - Good morning.

I was, uh, asking about you earlier,

and the clerk said you'd been out

and your niece was still sleeping.

If you don't mind, I'm in a great hurry...

No, I... don't want to hold you up.

I just thought maybe I could buy you and the girl some lunch.

I know you're a little short of money, and, uh...

Mr. Hare, my niece and I would be delighted

if you would not concern yourself with our welfare.

Sure.

Sure, I... I'm just trying to be friendly.

I appreciate that.

Now, as I said before, I am late for a business appointment.

You will excuse me, please.

- Miss Russell? - Yes?

I was told that I might find you here.

My name is Silks. Henrietta Silks.

And what can I do for you, Miss Silks?

Well, on the contrary,

I think there's something I might do for you.

- Really? - I could explain it better

if I could persuade you to step out here for a moment.

Well, uh, all right.

Look down there.

Well, do you see the young men at the bar,

with the girls, laughing and talking

and having a good time... They're spending money, right?

That's the purpose of this place.

In some instances, Miss Russell,

the purpose is not being fulfilled.

I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean.

Well, look at that table down there.

There are older men like that,

Miss Russell, all over the world,

men who are lonely, and they're ill at ease

with younger women.

They need companionship just as much as those young men do.

Do you understand?

I'm beginning to.

If those men were made to feel important,

if they could be understood by someone their own age,

I'll bet that they'd spend more money than the youngsters do.

Miss Silks, are you asking me for a job?

That is precisely what I'm doing.

Why?

Is that important?

In this case, yes.

Eight months ago, my sister died in New Orleans.

I'm taking my niece to California,

and we seem to be short of funds.

Surely there must be somebody in your family...

The family was completely wiped out in the war,

along with the family fortune.

Liz and I are the sole survivors.

Miss Silks, I'm... I'm not in the habit

of lending money to strangers...

Oh, uh, thank you very much, Miss Russell,

but I prefer to do it my way.

Now, you do admit that there's some truth

in what I said... You could use me here.

I'd hate to do this to you, Miss Silks.

My friends call me Hattie.

If I were a weak woman, Miss Russell,

I'd have been dead long ago.

All right, Hattie... you're hired.

You come on back along about... - 00,

and I'll fill you in.

You're very generous, Miss Russell.

It's been a pleasure meeting you.

The pleasure was mine.

Her name is Hattie Silks,

and she was on her way to California with her niece,

and she's broke.

- Well, isn't she a little, uh... - Well, yeah,

maybe just a little, but, uh, she tried everyplace else.

Kitty, you always were a soft touch.

Don't kid yourself... She's earned her keep.

Charlie Hodgkiss has bought more liquor tonight

than he has in the last six months,

and he hasn't picked a fight with anybody.

I think I'll go home.

Ah...

What do you think of that?

Charlie on his way home under his own power,

and no swearing or nothin'.

Kitty, if I hadn't have seen it, I wouldn't have believed it.

I'll be back tomorrow.

I'll be here.

Whoa!

Excuse me, honey, I didn't see... you.

Well... well, well.

If it isn't... Miss Silk, the great lady...

from New Orleans.

How are you, Henrietta?

How do you know my name?

I saw it at the Dodge House

where you're registered with a great flourish.

I do everything with a flourish, Mr. Hare.

Excuse me, please.

Boy, you sure had me fooled.

"Mr. Hare, my niece and I would appreciate it

if you would stop concerning yourself with our welfare."

Why don't you go to the bar and have a drink.

You and your highfalutin airs and your grand talk.

Y-You're nothing but a cheap saloon woman.

Where's your niece, Henrietta? Out in the street?

You're nothin' but a cheap...

Hold on, now, Jud, hold on.

Leave me be, Marshal. He's got it coming to him.

I know, but we don't want to kill him.

That's enough.

- All right, get up. - Marshal! Marshal...

that man... that man hit me.

Yeah, that's only 'cause he got to you first.

Now, get out of here while you can still walk.

You all right, ma'am?

I'm all right, Marshal. Thank you.

Are you sure?

We met Mr. Hare on the way into town.

I'm afraid he doesn't...

take rejection very well; I'm sorry.

It sure wasn't your fault, ma'am.

When you get mad, you get mad all over, don't you?

Yeah, I reckon I do.

May I buy you a drink?

I'd be honored.

If it's all right with Miss Russell.

Please do.

My name's Justin Briar. Most folks just call me Jud.

I'm Henrietta Silks. My friends call me Hattie.

Sure is a pleasure, ma'am.

Well, won't you sit down, Jud?

Bring us another bottle, Sam.

Jud, do you live here in Dodge?

No, ma'am, I...

I got a little cattle ranch a few miles south of here.

Ah. Big family?

Just me.

My wife died 12 years ago.

I'm sorry.

She was a good woman, Hattie.

I'm sure she was.

Thank you, Sam.

Let's talk about you.

What are you doing here?

Well, it's very simple, Jud.

I'm broke.

Oh, that sure is a shame.

You'll be staying in Dodge, then?

Only till I get enough money to continue on to California.

And what's in California?

Well, the most civilized city in the world.

I've heard.

San Francisco.

I have friends in San Francisco.

And I'm hoping that the world will look a little brighter,

if I can get there.

Well, it'll be a little darker in Dodge, ma'am, when you leave.

But here's to your success.

Why, thank you, Jud.

Good morning.

You waiting for somebody?

I'm waiting to go shopping with my aunt.

I been, uh, away for a few days.

Been up to... Elkader.

I'm back now.

I'll be here... till Friday.

How nice.

I'll be working days

but my nights'll be free and I...

I-I thought maybe,

with your aunt working over at the Long Branch,

and you being alone, maybe you'd, uh,

like to go out and have some fun.

What about it?

If you don't mind,

I think I'll wait for my aunt outside.

Now wait a minute.

Now, I know that...

you think I'm some kind of salesman...

on the make, but that ain't true.

Now, I don't care about your-your aunt

working over at the Long Branch or what...

you do, I-I ain't asking any questions, but

I'm willing to make a home for you and I and...

Well, you ought to think about it.

Excuse me.

Ah...

I just can't decide.

Take them both.

Oh, well, I couldn't.

Why, of course you can.

Would you pack them for us, please?

And the gloves, too.

Yes, ma'am.

I'll get a very special box for them.

Oh, Aunt Hattie.

You are so good to me.

Nonsense, you deserve it.

You have had a very bad time.

I don't know what in the world I'd do without you.

Go and pick up the change.

Buy it. It's very becoming.

Kitty.

Do you really think I should?

I certainly do.

You know, if you spent one-tenth on yourself

that you spend on the niece of yours...

I remember what it's... was like when I was her age.

I still say you spoil her.

I suppose I do.

I, um...

I noticed that, uh, Jud Briar wasn't in last night.

It's the first night he's missed

since you've been at work.

He's fixing up his house today.

He's gonna take me over to see it later.

Oh.

Kitty, there is nothing between us.

We are just friends, nothing more.

If you say so.

I say you ought to buy the hat.

All right, I will.

Hello, Miss Russell.

Hello, Liz.

Say, Hattie, is Liz going with you today, out to Jud's?

Well, I don't know. Would you like to come along?

You're going to Jud's?

Well, just to see the house, dear.

Well, I'm sorry, I...

I just thought Liz could go shopping with me

if she was gonna be alone.

You didn't tell me you were going to Jud's.

You're perfectly welcome to come along with us.

Jud is very fond of you, you know that.

N-No, I-I think I'll stay in town.

Liz, is there some reason why you don't want me to go?

No, no, no.

What possible reason could there be?

I don't know, that's...

You go and enjoy yourself.

You've earned it.

Thank you for the invitation, Miss Russell,

but I think I'll go back to the hotel.

Well, what are you going to do at the hotel?

Thank you for the presents, Aunt Hattie.

I'm afraid I hurt her feelings by not inviting her earlier.

You don't really think that, do you, Hattie?

What?

Nothing.

Jud, you mean this is all yours, all the way back to the gate?

As ranches go, Hattie, it's not very big.

Oh, it seems awfully big to me.

Hattie?

I want you to close your eyes for a minute now.

All right.

You can look now.

Well, there she is.

What do you think of her?

Oh, Jud, you know what I think.

It's beautiful; you must be very proud.

I had a feeling you might like it.

But you said you raised cattle.

I don't see any.

Cattle don't stay around the house,

they way out on the prairie.

Well, I don't know very much about cattle.

Jud, I don't see how you get everything done.

Well, to start with, you have to go to bed early

and get up before daylight.

Well, you haven't done very much of that lately.

Not exactly.

Well, you want to get a closer look?

I do.

Some more bread, Hattie?

No, thank you, Jud.

Imagine your getting up early this morning

and baking that bread yourself.

When a man lives alone,

he learns to do for himself, Hattie.

Yes, I can see that.

- I'll get some hot coffee. - Oh, no, Jud.

No, let me.

Jud? Is something wrong?

Marry me, Hattie.

Marry me.

You've seen the place, you know what it's like.

You've got some idea of what I'm like.

Well, what about it?

Take your time. Think it over.

Hattie.

You're a fine woman.

I'll be proud of you...

all my days, if you'll have me.

Oh, Jud, I'm so proud you asked me, but I can't leave Liz.

Oh, I'm not asking you to leave her.

I want you both to stay here. I...

I want to make a home for both of you.

Liz can stay here as long as she wants.

I-I know you got your mind set on California,

but California's just a place... It don't mean nothing

unless you share it with somebody you love.

I know.

This place ain't meant nothing to me for a long time.

Till you came along.

Oh.

Oh, Jud.

You-You can explain to Liz, can't you?

You can make her see.

I'll make Liz see.

Oh, Jud, of course I'll marry you.

You can't!

I can and I will.

He's a good-for-nothing dirt farmer.

You hold your tongue, young lady.

He is the best man I ever met in my life

and I don't intend to let you say anything against him.

Well, he's ruined everything.

You promised we wouldn't stop until we got to San Francisco.

Liz... San Francisco is a dream.

How can you say that?

After everything we planned?

You want me stuck out here in the wilderness.

What am I gonna do?

Who will I talk to?

I'll still be there.

But it won't be any good anymore.

Oh, Aunt Hattie, please.

Please don't do this to me, please.

Liz... Liz, I love you.

I have done my best for you.

I've done a lot of things that I didn't even

have much stomach for.

But that's all over now.

We have a good man and a good home

and I think we ought to thank God for both.

Darling, I'm late for work.

We'll talk about this in the morning.

♪♪

Mr. Hare?

I need your help.

You've got to listen to reason, Liz.

You've got to listen to reason.

It just ain't that easy.

Mr. Hare, ever since we met, you've been telling me

what a good friend you'd be if ever I needed you.

- Yes, I know. - Well, I need you now.

And the first thing I ask of you you tell me is impossible.

Well, you just don't know what you're asking, Liz.

Yes, I do and I know you can deliver it.

You're a salesman. You told everybody on that stagecoach

that you worked every town in Kansas.

Well, if you work that much territory,

then you know where to find the kind of man I want.

- I don't, Liz. I d... - Yes, you do.

I know you do.

Who do you want killed?

Jud Briar.

That... big farmer

that's been hanging around your aunt?

That's right.

Well, I don't understand.

Oh... I see.

If she marries him, you have to go out on the farm and live.

And hoe corn... And slop pigs...

And turning out the wash!

Have you quite finished?

I want to help you, Liz.

Before I take a chance, a thing like this,

I want to know what I'm doing it for.

Well, Jud Briar beat you, didn't he?

Sure.

I'm not gonna have him killed for that.

For what then?

I like, um, pretty things, Liz.

I've got, uh, more money than most people think.

Enough to buy us a big house in St. Louis.

"Us"?

I want to marry you, Liz.

What about it?

I want Jud Briar dead.

I... It'll take a couple of days. I...

have to send a telegram to Wichita.

He's here.

I see.

Name's Pate.

Ray Pate.

Where do I meet him?

Room 52. I made a reservation.

When can I talk to him?

As soon as he's sure it's not a trap.

Well, how do we do that?

Well, you have to write him a note. "Dear Mr. Pate,

I want to meet you on a matter of urgent business."

Then sign your name... Elizabeth Beaumont.

Why should I have to associate myself with him at all?

Oh, listen, Liz, he's in a dangerous business.

Now, you've-you've got to prove you're on the level

by sharing some of the risk.

How will he know my signature?

Oh, he's a professional, Liz.

He'll check, uh, your name on the hotel register.

Now, you'll get the note back as soon as he gets the money.

It's his only protection.

All right.

Sign your name.

Now what?

I'll give him the note, uh, personal.

The rest is up to you. When do you want to meet him?

Tonight.

10:00.

After Hattie goes to work.

Now, we had a deal, remember?

It had to do with a house in St. Louis,

not a hotel room in Dodge.

Okay, Liz.

I can wait.

Come in.

Close it.

What'd he do?

Take up with another woman?

Who?

Your husband.

It's not my husband.

Well, that's a switch, anyway.

What's his name?

Jud Briar.

He's a rancher.

He come into town much?

Every day, to see my aunt.

He's going to marry her.

And you're against it.

They want me to go out there and work my head off.

Well, you don't have to go.

I have no money.

No money?

My aunt works.

I've never had to.

Well, you're lucky.

When I work, Miss Beaumont, my fee is $500.

For shooting one bullet out of that gun?

It's not quite that easy.

What could be easier?

He's never armed.

I'm a gunman, Miss Beaumont, not a murderer.

I'll have to get him to put on a gun,

then I'll have to get him to draw first.

Got to be a fair fight.

I never spent a day in jail in my life, and I don't intend to.

I'll get your money.

Where are you going when this is over?

Out to Colorado.

I was on my way to California.

Maybe we could travel together.

Miss Beaumont, you got yourself a deal.

When will it be?

I don't know.

Like I say,

I got to get him to put on a gun.

Excuse me, ma'am.

You Hattie Silks?

- Yes. - I'm Ray Pate.

I'm a friend of Jud Briar.

He told me I'd probably find you at Delmonico's with your niece.

Well, she's back at the hotel. Is something wrong?

I'm afraid there is, ma'am.

Jud was kicked by a horse this afternoon.

Is he hurt badly?

Well, he's in some pain.

He wanted me to explain he wouldn't be able

to get into town to see you tonight.

Look, um, a-are you from the ranch?

I'm kind of a neighbor, ma'am.

Could you take me out there, please?

If it's not too much trouble.

It'd be my pleasure, ma'am.

My buggy's right down the alley.

Oh, thank you very much.

Who did this to you, Hattie?

Uh... He was a stranger?

He said that... he was, um, a...

a friend of Jud's, and then he beat me.

Did he say why?

Uh, he said I was to tell Jud

what he done to me and then, uh,

that, uh, Jud could...

come into town and he'd... be looking for him.

What'd this man look like?

Marshal, why would he...

why would he want to beat me?

If he has... a grudge

against Jud, why doesn't he just get on his horse

and go out to the ranch and face Jud?

Please...

Well, Hattie, I'm sure there was more to it than just a grudge.

This man was probably a hired gunman.

What do you mean?

He wants Jud to put on a gun and come looking for him.

Then he can kill Jud and claim self-defense.

Why would anybody want to hurt Jud?

I don't know.

Now, Hattie, if this man was a professional,

he must've given you his name.

Otherwise Jud wouldn't know who to go looking for.

He said... I wasn't to mention his name

or else something might... happen to Liz.

He said he wasn't...

working alone and that I shouldn't...

talk to the law.

Oh, excuse me.

She doesn't look as bad as I expected.

She going out to see Jud?

She's going out to see him,

but she's not gonna tell him who beat her.

What's she want to see him for?

She wants to tell him before someone else does.

She wants him to see she's all right.

But if she doesn't tell him, Pate's scheme won't work.

Don't worry.

If I have to, I'll tell Jud

Hattie said Pate's name in her sleep.

But I'm betting Jud will change her mind.

Hattie, you've got no right to keep it from me.

I have every right.

I love you, Jud. I don't want to see you killed.

Nobody's gonna kill me.

The marshal sees it differently.

He thinks whoever did this to me simply wants you

to put on a gun and go and find him.

Hattie, listen to me.

You're my woman now.

It's my job to protect you.

That man who hurt you,

he's daring me to come out and fight.

If I don't, everybody's gonna brand me a coward.

I don't care what everybody says!

I know you're not a coward!

Listen to me.

Maybe it takes more courage not to go out and find him, Jud.

If it was just a question of that, maybe you'd be right.

But unless somebody stops that man now,

he's gonna go on beating up women

and gunning down helpless citizens

until somewhere, somebody stops him!

You may be right, Jud, you may be right all the way,

but nothing... under God's blue sky

is going to make me let you go out there

and get yourself killed, and that is all there is to it.

Where are you going?

I'm going to town... If somebody's looking for me,

I'm gonna give him a chance to find me.

Oh, Jud, you can't. You mustn't.

Hattie, now, listen to me, you had your say,

now I'm gonna have mine:

I'm going into town.

Now, you can come along with me, or you can stay here alone,

whichever you like.

But I'm going. Now, which is it gonna be?

Hank says he rode in a couple of days ago

on a Sorrel gelding.

Oh, sure, I know who he is, Marshal.

Uh, Pate, I think he called himself.

Here, wait a minute. Let's see.

Yeah, here it is: Ray Pate.

Uh, room 52.

- He up there now? - No, he isn't, Marshal.

He was sitting out in front when I come back from lunch.

- Show me which one he is, will you? - Sure thing, Marshal.

Well, howdy, Matthew.

Hey, I brung down that Sorrel gelding you wanted.

- He's tied right out yonder. - Thanks, Festus.

Golly Bill, it sure don't pay

to do nobody favors around here.

You Ray Pate?

That's right, Marshal.

How come I haven't seen you around Dodge before?

I live quietly.

No trouble to anybody.

Get up.

Anything I can do for you, Marshal?

Who hired you to take care of Jud Briar?

I don't know any Jud Briar.

Pate, I want you out of town right now.

There's your horse.

You're in a real hurry, ain't you, Marshal?

You get on that horse and you ride out.

And don't try to look up Jud Briar.

I see you in town after 20 minutes,

I'll kill you on sight.

You don't mind if I pack my saddlebag and pay my bill?

Just make it fast.

Festus.

Keep an eye on him... be sure he gets out of town, will you?

You can depend on me, Matthew.

Where are you going?

I'm leaving.

But you can't! We had a deal.

You better keep your voice down; you may find yourself in jail.

Why?

The marshal just ordered me out of town.

And you're going, just like that?

Honey, I'm not taking on Matt Dillon even for you.

And what about Jud Briar?

Be a sport, honey, let him live.

You better watch that temper of yours.

It's gonna get you in trouble one of these days.

♪♪

That's him, ain't it?

Jud, please.

Stay here.

You looking for somebody, sodbuster?

I'm looking for you.

- Well, you found me. - That's right, I have.

You got a quarrel with me, mister,

you better put on a gun.

I don't fight with guns.

I don't fight any other way, sodbuster.

Mister, you ain't got a choice.

I'll drop you where you stand.

No, you won't.

You won't shoot an unarmed man.

You're right, sodbuster.

Some other time.

What is this?

- Hattie? - Yes?

This here the feller that beat up on you?

Yes.

It appears to me like old Jud's

got some settling up to do with you.

I got 20 years on him.

Mister, you're gonna need every one of 'em.

Anytime you're ready, sodbuster.

You had enough, old man?

- Get up! -Come on, Jud! - Get up!

- Move around! - Come on!

Come on, Jud! Come on!

Louie, go tell Matthew they's a-fixin' to be a fight, there.

- Yes, sir. - Just take your time, Louie.

- Yes, sir. - Now jab him!

I gotcha!

Kick him while he's down!

Going somewhere, Liz?

You and me had a deal, remember?

Get out of my way, you filthy...

I wouldn't marry you if you were the last man on earth.

I wish you hadn't a-said that, Liz.

I wish you'd come with me, like you promised.

Get out of my way!

If you don't get in the buggy, Liz...

I'm gonna have to give this to the marshal.

It's the note you wrote Pate.

You could go to prison for 20 years.

You wouldn't make me go with you.

The fight's almost over.

You ain't got much time.

Whoa! Whoa, boy! Whoa!

Mrs. Sam Hare.

Ain't that a caution.

Hyah!

Break it up.

Let's move along, now; it's all over around here.

We're gonna have to get you to a doctor.

Doctor nothin'!

What I need is a preacher.

That is if you haven't changed your mind, Hattie.

Of course I haven't changed my mind.

What is it, Hattie?

Well, Liz... we can't get married without Liz.

Hattie, in five minutes, there ain't gonna be nobody in town

don't know we gonna get married.

Liz is old enough to find her way to the church,

if she wants to come.

You know, the funny thing, Matthew,

nobody's ever asked who got Pate to try to kill Jud.

Well, nobody bothered to ask

'cause I guess everybody already knew, Festus.

She sure ought to get what's coming to her.