Original subtitles

Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

You got yourself wrapped up, didn't you, son? Come on.

Come on.

- Bah! - Turner!

Boss wants you.

Yeah.

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He's a-coming, Mr. Thornton.

Did you want to see me, Mr. Thornton?

That's right, Frazer.

No, sir, uh...

my name is Turner, Mr. Thornton.

The name is Frazer, Mr. Frazer.

All right, I'll be out by sundown.

Frazer, nobody said you're fired.

I just want you to take a little ride with me.

Ride? Where?

Something I have might interest you.

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Look down there.

Ever see anything prettier in your whole life?

Well, it's pretty. What's the point?

My men tell me you've always wanted a place of your own.

Well, you've been busy, haven't you, Mr. Thornton?

- Well? - Yeah, that's right.

Getting close to it?

No, not hardly.

There's faster ways than herding cows.

Yeah, well, that's past, Mr. Thornton.

I... I would have thought you'd known about that, too.

One more time, you can have everything you ever wanted.

1,000 acres, this valley and everything that's in it.

To help you get started, I'll match the reward on this poster.

Never knew a bounty hunter to get as nice a price as that.

Who is he?

His name's Otto Fry.

Yeah, I can read that.

He murdered my son.

Now I know who he is.

Well?

Boy, I never thought to own as much as a thousand acres.

One more thing.

I want him to know who sent you before he dies.

Billy Pierce ate a toad.

- A what? - Billy Pierce ate a toad.

A live one?

I don't know.

Now, what would he do that for?

'Cause he wanted to get warts.

Oh...

Well, you can't get warts from eating a toad.

I know. You have to rub him on your pillow.

Seems to me that's the way

I remember it, all right.

Did it work for you?

No. By golly, it never did.

Me, neither.

How do you get 'em?

Well...

I don't know, Amy.

If you find out, will you let me know?

If I find out, Amy, you'll be the first one I'll tell.

You're nice.

So are you, Amy. You know, we'd better get you back.

Your mother and father might be looking for you.

- Okay. - Come on.

You shouldn't have done it.

- Done what? - The material.

It'll make you a real pretty dress.

There's other things we need more.

We'll get them the next time.

Flour was the last of it.

Where's Amy?

She went to see the marshal.

- It's time we was going. - Well, I told her not to, but...

Here she comes now.

- Hello, Marshal. - Lon, Mrs. Jensen.

Hope she didn't pester you none.

No. We had a good talk. Didn't we, Amy?

We sure did.

- Climb aboard, Amy. - Here you go.

- Bye, Marshal. - Bye, Amy.

I'll see you on your next trip to town, now.

- Bye, folks. - Good day, Marshal.

Well, Doc, what are you doing,

holding up the building here, or...?

No, I'm just relax... Is there a law against that, relaxing?

No, no, I guess not. Everybody to his own taste.

Wouldn't hurt you to do a little of it.

Relaxing and studying people... It might help you.

- Uh-huh. - You know something?

- People are very interesting. - They are, huh?

Yes, sir, there are so many different kinds of them.

Now, you take... you take Lon Jensen there.

What about Lon?

Well, now, he's a quiet sort of a fellow, introverted, you know.

Now, you're never gonna get to know a fella like that too good.

But she's different, his wife there.

Now, she's outgoing and friendly.

- Makes a lot of friends. - Mm-hmm.

Well, it's true, and it wouldn't hurt you

if you were a little more observant.

I'm just trying to educate you a little, that's all.

Oh, well, listen, I appreciate that, Doc.

- Well, I'm very glad you do. - Mm-hmm.

You wouldn't, uh, want to continue my education

over a little breakfast, would you?

- No, I can't afford that. - Can't afford it?

No, I can't afford to pay for both of us...

- That's what usually happens. - Oh.

Well, I guess I'd better be going along, then.

I, uh, I can see you're gonna be busy anyway...

holding up that building.

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- Evening. - Good evening. Whiskey, please.

Yes, sir.

You, uh, must be with that cattle herd outside of town.

No, I'm not.

Oh, I figured maybe you was.

There's always new faces when the cattle herd comes through.

Well, no.

Mmm.

Boy, it's, uh...

it's really kind of quiet, isn't it?

It's your first time in Dodge, I can tell.

We've got a marshal keeps things quiet.

'Course, there's occasions when a wild hare

gets kind of festered up a bit.

Yeah? Well, that's what I heard. I used to have a friend

who lived here, leastwise he did last time

- I heard from him. - Oh, is that so?

Yeah. Old Otto, he might have been one of those wild hares

you was talking about... Unless marriage

settled him down some.

Yeah, Otto.

Yeah, Otto Fry.

Otto Fry, huh? 'Fraid I don't know him.

Well, it could be he's just moved on.

It's been some time since I heard from him.

Uh, I ain't about to send a customer away,

but it could be they know him over at the Long Branch.

Well, there's no hurry.

If, uh... if he's around, I'm gonna find him.

Uh, care to join me?

Oh...

Well, thank you, mister.

And then the old buffalo hunter said,

"Well, when did this happen,

when the mountain lion jumped on you?"

And the Injun said, "No, just now when I went...!"

Ain't that funny?

Festus, I tried to tell you when you started,

I heard it about a month ago.

Well, Ol' Charlie Cruter just told me.

Yeah, he told me, too, about a month ago,

- over at Moss Grimmick's. - Festus. Doc.

- Sit down, Matt. - Matthew, I got a story for you. There...

It's the one about the Indian and the buffalo hunter.

Will... will you quit and let me tell it?

There was this old buffalo hunter, see...

Eh, I think I've heard that, Festus.

- Oh, you have? - Mm-hmm.

I believe it was about a month ago.

He just heard it yesterday.

Well, I can't help it if I just heared it.

It's got a beard on it, about as old and as long

- and as ugly as yours. - Aw...

- Sit down, Kitty. - Thanks, Doc.

Looks like it's gonna be a long night,

so I guess I might as well take it easy while I can.

Well, you came to the right table,

- that is, if you can stand... - Miss Kitty,

did you hear the one about this old buffalo hunter

and this Injun?

And the mountain lion?

Yeah, that's the one.

Now are you gonna believe me when I tell you

- it's an old story? - Oh, will you quit!

You make me about half sick.

Well, I'll be slammed down and tromped on.

Luke Frazer?

Yeah?

Festus.

Festus Haggen.

Well, Festus, you old...

Where in tarnation you been a-keeping yourself?

I just rode into town.

Why, I haven't saw you in I don't know when.

No, well, that's been since Missouri.

You're right as rain, that's just where it was at.

Say, I'd have knowed you anyplace.

- Well, it's been a few years, huh? - It's sure been a spell.

Why don't you come over here and sit down.

I want you to meet some friends of mine.

Thank you, I'd like to.

This here is Luke Frazer.

- This here's Miss Kitty Russell. - How do you do? -Hello.

- Matthew Dillon. - Marshal, how are you?

- Doc Adams. -How are you? - How are you, Doctor?

Why don't you pull up a chair, Mr. Frazer.

- Yeah, come on and sit down. - Uh, thank you very much.

Well, if this ain't a special evening, I'll throw in with you.

I'm fixing to buy beers around.

You're gonna what?

Dab some sugar on his tongue.

He'd make a good flytrap.

Boy, he hasn't changed.

I take it you two go back a few years.

Yes, ma'am, we do.

By golly, I didn't believe it.

He is buying. Lookie there.

I take it back... He has changed.

Luke Frazer. Seems to me I've heard that name.

Yeah, well, I guess... I guess that is, Marshal.

Been quite a while though.

Well, I guess I haven't been very busy for a while.

Well, wait a minute here, what is...

what is your business?

Well, some people call it bounty hunting, Doc.

Well, I never heard anybody call it anything else.

Here we are.

Listen, Festus, I've been riding all day.

- I don't think... - Well, sit down, Luke.

I'm a-fixin' to spiel you off a toast.

Here's to Luke, a man I'm proud to call friend.

Do you know what he done?

He picked me up out on the prairie one time

when my mule broke his leg

and towed me pert near 18 miles to a doctor.

You, uh, figuring on taking up ranching around Dodge, Frazer?

No, Marshal, I'm here on business.

Golly Bill, sure would be good

if you could get you a place close to here, Luke.

Well, to tell you the truth, I...

there's a little valley down near Bucklin

I kind of had my eye on.

I hope you get her soon.

I have every intention I will.

I'll drink to that.

Festus.

- Hello, Marshal. - Frazer.

Oh, I hope you don't mind. I saw your fixings over there.

- Help yourself. - I just can't have breakfast

until I've had a couple of cups of strong coffee in the morning.

Just get up, did you?

Yeah, I... turned in late last night.

Frazer, I got a feeling you got something on your mind,

coming here to Dodge.

His name's Otto Fry, Marshal.

Fry? I don't think I know him.

That's pretty quick.

Well, probably his name doesn't mean anything anyway.

More than likely he's changed it a couple of times. Here.

Take your time.

What makes you think he's in Dodge?

Oh, it sifts down to around here.

I've been looking for him close to two months.

Afraid I can't help you.

Uh, you want to know what he did, Marshal?

He beat a-an 18-year-old boy to death.

Wasn't clean, mind you, like with a gun.

It took that boy almost a week to die.

You're looking for justice then.

I think his father's got a right to see it.

Justice and a father's revenge, is that it?

Well, not for me.

I-I want the $600, Marshal.

How much land do you figure that'll buy you?

Do you recognize him?

Marshal, this reward is offered by legal authority.

Now, I'm just trying to do what the law wants done.

Glad to see you're so concerned with the law, Frazer.

Tell me something, Marshal.

Is there some special glory in the way you serve the law?

I mean, are you gonna get shot any deader than I can

just because you get less money for it?

If you don't know the difference there, Frazer,

I'm afraid I can't help you.

Oh, I've heard the difference, Marshal.

I've heard it in a hundred different towns.

You know, it's funny.

When there's nobody else, they're kind of glad to see you.

Then when the gun smoke clears, if you're still standing,

they're sort of anxious for you to collect your money

and get out 'cause they don't like you much anymore.

Frazer, I'll tell you something.

This town doesn't need you either,

you or your gun.

It doesn't make any difference what you think of me, Marshal.

But you're not gonna protect a man who did what he did.

I know that.

Thanks for the coffee.

I don't care what you've seen or heard, Marshal.

It's not Lon they're looking for.

How many times have we moved, looking for a place to hide?

Lon, don't.

I'm tired, honey.

I don't want to have to hide no more.

I don't want you to have to run no more.

Marshal, what you gonna do?

Right now, I want to hear what Lon's got to say.

I killed him.

Well, you must have had a reason, Lon.

My wife, Marshal.

Can you picture the likes of me winning someone like her?

There was lots of men that wanted her.

Wanted to try to take her.

One did.

I killed him.

I beat him until his blood and mine was all mixed together

so you couldn't tell one from the other.

Then I left him where he died.

Then me and Mal and Amy went away.

I see.

Lon, you see, uh,

the boy didn't die just then.

He didn't?

No, he lived for about a week after that.

And the law and his daddy have been looking to hang me

ever since.

Lon, you should have left this up to the law

in the first place. You shouldn't have run.

Well...

the man that I...

No, no. It wasn't a man.

It was a boy. There's no denying that.

He was a Thornton.

Chris Thornton's only son.

The name Thornton don't mean much here.

But it does in Bucklin.

Lon, I'm gonna have to take you in.

Yeah. I guess you are.

Marshal, please.

Mrs. Jensen, there's a bounty hunter in Dodge right now

looking for your husband.

Now, if I lock Lon up in jail,

at least this fella can't get at him.

Now, now.

Everything's gonna be all right.

Everything's gonna be all right, Mal.

Festus, I don't know about you,

but if I stay in here any longer,

I'm gonna get waterlogged.

Well, it ain't too often I do a silly thing like this.

Yeah, well...

seems to me that's something else

that hasn't changed since Missouri.

Smart aleck.

I've been settin' here studying.

About what?

Wouldn't be too hard for me to ride down to Bucklin

every once in a while, to give you a hand on your ranch.

Well, that's ni... mighty nice of you, Festus,

but it might be a spell before I get that ranch.

Last night you figured it might be pretty quick.

Yeah, well, that business I was talking about is...

Well, the man I'm looking for, he isn't here.

Was he fixin' to lend you some money, was he?

No, nothing like that.

You're gonna take on a partner, huh?

No, this-this man is a murderer, Festus.

- Murderer? - Yeah.

What would you be doing looking for a m...

If you got a grudge to settle, you can count on me...

I... never laid eyes on him.

Are you trying to tell me

this fella's got a bounty on his head?

Yeah, that's what he has.

That's what you've been a-doin' since I seen you in Missouri?

Some of the time I have, yeah.

You? A bounty hunter?

You're gonna be just like the rest of 'em, aren't you?

What do you mean "like the rest of 'em"?

Ah... nothing. It was a job needed doing.

Aw, foot.

The law needed some help.

They were willing to pay for it, so I helped 'em.

Now, wait a minute, Luke.

This here's Festus you're talking to.

You don't have to put on none for me.

I'm not puttin' on, and I'm not apologizing either.

Now, you just said you was a-bountying part of the time,

and you must have been doing something else

the rest of the time.

You quit for a spell. Why'd you quit?

I'll tell you why you quit.

No matter what you been a-tellin' yourself,

your innards have been a-tellin' you it ain't right.

Boy, you people get so high-toney with me.

You never give any thought to the scum I'm lookin' for,

do you? All right.

You take a look at this, Festus.

This man beat a boy to death.

Now, you tell me, is it better that I bring him in

and I get my ranch or that he goes free?

You've seen him.

No, I ain't.

Well, I don't suppose you'd tell me if you had, would you?

Nope, don't reckon I would.

Festus, this man is a wanted murderer.

If I bring him in, I get my ranch.

Chris Thornton has promised me 1,000 acres.

I can't help you, Luke.

All right.

All right, I guess you already have.

$300, friend.

That's half the reward.

I don't know.

If you don't want to help me, I can find somebody else who will.

You probably can.

Go on. Tell me it's against your principles.

It ain't that. It's just that I...

$300 for helping me take a killer to justice.

Now, you want it or you don't?

Mister, it's all so fast.

Uh, you don't give a man time.

Well, I ain't got time to give.

Wait.

His name's... Lon Jensen.

Where can I find him?

You'll see to Mal and Amy?

I'll see to 'em.

I ain't never been away from 'em very long before.

Just that once.

I'm gonna send a telegram off to the sheriff of Bucklin right now

and find out everything I can about this case.

They're gonna hang me.

Now, don't you worry about that, Lon.

You're a long ways from hangin'.

Maybe closer than you think.

Matthew, I got to talk to you.

Well, not right now, Festus. I'm headin' out.

Well, wait a minute. This is important.

I got me a sorry lump right here,

and it won't go up and it won't go down.

What's the matter?

- You know Luke Frazer? - Yeah.

You know he's a bounty hunter?

I knew that, Festus.

He's got hisself a wanted poster. I've saw it.

Well, I know that, too.

Well, then you know why he's here in Dodge.

He's here to get Lon Jensen, but he's not gonna get him.

What makes you think he won't?

'Cause I got Lon locked up in a cell right now.

Where are you fixin' to go now?

I'm going to the telegraph office. I'll be right back.

When's Daddy coming home?

Soon, dear.

How long is soon?

I don't know.

Oh, a few days.

A week.

I don't know.

Did he do something wrong?

Is that why Mr. Dillon took him away?

It's just a misunderstanding, dear.

He'll be home soon.

Well, I want you to know something.

The marshal isn't my friend any more.

How would you like some dinner?

All right.

- Hello. - Hello.

My name's Amy.

It is?

Is that, uh, Amy Fry?

No. Amy Jensen.

Amy.

Come inside.

- But, Mommy... - Do as I tell. Come in.

Mrs. Fry?

Our name's Jensen.

It doesn't do any good to change your name, Mrs. Fry.

Somebody's bound to find out.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Our name is Jensen.

Where's your husband, Mrs. Fry?

He's not here.

Yes, ma'am. Where is he?

I told you, he's not here.

Leave us alone.

Don't you touch me.

I don't mean you any harm, lady.

You want to sell my husband's life for a few dollars.

You don't mean me any harm.

Lady, your husband murdered a boy.

- It's not true. - He killed him in cold blood.

No.

He beat him to death with his bare hands, lady.

All right, he killed him.

You know why?

No, I don't care why.

It's because he raped me.

All right, where is he?

Where you'll never get him.

What does that mean?

The marshal was here this morning.

My husband's in jail.

You lost your bounty.

You're gonna have to go hunt for it someplace else.

You lost it.

You lost your vile,

stinking blood money.

Hello, Barney.

Afternoon, Marshal.

Mind if I sit a minute?

No, help yourself.

That my telegram you got there?

Man my age hadn't ought to have to run about on a hot day.

Barney, exercise is good for you. You know that.

It's from the sheriff in Bucklin.

Says the murder charge against Otto Fry was dropped.

Uh, who's Otto Fry?

Well, whoever he is,

before somebody by the name of Thornton died from a beating

this here fellow Fry give him,

he told how he, uh...

What he done to Fry's wife.

"Defense of self and property.

Justifiable homicide."

Well, it certainly sounds justifiable

after what that Thornton fella done.

I wonder how come this Frazer

didn't know the reward was called off?

I got no time to sit here and answer your questions.

I got work to do.

Where's Otto Fry, Marshal?

You can forget about Fry, he's in my custody.

- No, he was my prisoner. - How do you figure that?

You didn't even know he was a wanted man

till I showed you that poster.

That's right, and when I saw it, I locked him up.

That's part of my job.

That $600 reward didn't have anything to do with it, hmm?

I hate to tell you this, Frazer, but there

isn't any reward money.

I don't believe you, Marshal.

That's from the sheriff in Bucklin.

You mean he really was defending his wife?

That's right.

No, no... Chris Thornton gave me that poster himself.

Makes sense to me after reading that telegram.

The sheriff of Bucklin had those posters printed up,

but when Fry was exonerated, he just never sent 'em out.

Then Thornton knew Fry wasn't a wanted man.

He had to.

It was his son's confession that cleared Fry.

Howdy, Luke.

Golly Bill, he looks like a mule

kicked him twixt the eyes.

- What happened? - Well, he just found out

he made the trip from Bucklin for nothing.

- For nothing? - Lon Jensen's innocent.

There isn't even any reward out for him.

Well, you know, that ain't but part of it, Matthew.

He wasn't just after that $600 reward.

What do you mean?

Well, I heared him say that Chris Thornton offered him

a thousand acres if he'd kill Otto Fry.

Matthew, he's been after them acres all of his life.

Come on.

Turner.

Oh, what are you doing back here?

We thought you were gone for good.

- Where's Thornton? - He's inside.

Vamos.

Thornton.

Well...

You come for your money?

Thornton, just put your hands on top of that desk right now.

What's this about?

You'll match the reward on this poster.

Only there isn't any reward,

and you knew about it from the start, didn't you?

Still a thousand acres.

Oh, yeah, a thousand acres.

How am I supposed to collect

that thousand acres, Thornton?

At the end of a rope?

You set me up for murder.

I don't know what you're talking about.

You're a liar.

Fry isn't wanted for anything.

If I'd have killed him, they would have hung me.

You find out where he is?

Yeah, I know where he is.

He's on a little farm with his wife and his kid,

minding his own business.

What'd you come back here for, if you didn't kill him?

Oh, I came back here

to beat you within an inch of your life, Thornton.

You're a fool, Turner.

No, Frazer is the name, Mr. Thornton, remember?

My men'll kill you.

Maybe.

But when I'm finished with you,

they're not liable to forget me.

I believe he's dead.

He tried to kill me.

We'd better get you to a doctor.

I-I don't need a doctor.

Saddle the horses.

Where are we going?

To Dodge City,

to find the man who killed my son.

Oh, I can't believe it.

After all this time running

and hiding and being afraid.

Take a bit of getting used to.

Oh. What about that man

that was after you?

- He's gone. - You sure?

Festus followed him for a day and a half.

He's gone back to wherever he come from.

Oh. Oh.

I feel like...

Just like I've been born all over again.

I feel ten years younger.

You look ten years younger.

There's just one thing...

Am I Mrs. Jensen or Mrs. Fry?

Well, now, which one do you like the best?

Well, I kind of got used to Jensen

and Amy never knew anything else.

Then Mrs. Jensen it's gonna be.

By the way, where is Amy?

She's taking a nap.

Well, you go in and wake her up.

And tell her her Daddy's home to stay.

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Pick it up.

Now!

Where's Thornton?

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Look at that.

You know that man?

Never seen him before.

You wouldn't be fooling me, would you, mister?

Sure wouldn't be very smart of me, would it?

Let's go.

Whoa.

Hello, boy.

What are you doing out here all by yourself?

Hmm.

No, I... I never seen him before.

I'm going to give you just one more chance.

Who is he and where can I find him?

I don't know.

All right.

All right, I... I'll tell you.

Oh, Matt, will you... will you bring him up

to the office as soon as you can?

Where did you find him?

Well, about a mile off the Hathaway Road there.

I saw his horse first. Took me about an hour to find him.

I want to see him as quick as I can up here.

Frazer.

- Luke, it's me, Festus. - Marshal, you...

Marshal?

Marshal, you got to stop him.

Stop who?

Thornton.

Him and his men... They went after Fry.

You got to hurry. There isn't much time.

All right, some of you boys, get him up the stairs, will you?

Come on, Festus.

- Let's get him up. - Easy, easy now.

Easy now. Here we go.

Come on.

If there's as many as you say, why don't they just rush us?

Because if they do,

somebody's going to be killed, and they know it.

They also know we can't last forever.

All they have to do is keep us pinned here and wait.

How could we ever have believed it was all over?

Hyah.

I hate to bother you, Kitty, but, uh,

it's one of those things that needs some help.

Oh, I don't mind. I'll do anything I can.

It probably won't do any good.

I don't think I can even save him, but I better try.

Where is he?

Well, he won't get far.

Hold your fire!

As the United States Marshal talking, I said, hold your fire.

We can't, Marshal.

We got a killer penned up in that cabin.

That man's under the protection of the law.

He's not guilty of any crimes.

Not only that. He's got a woman and child in there.

Don't you know that?

Now, throw down your guns and come out.

What do we do, Mr. Thornton?

We didn't figure on nothing like this.

Shut up!

I'm telling you for the last time,

throw down your guns, come out with your hands up.

Which one of you men is Thornton?

Well, he ain't here, Marshal.

You all right, Lon?

Yeah, I'm all right, Marshal.

This man's not wanted by the law for anything.

Anybody harms him's going to jail, is that clear?

We were following Mr. Thornton's orders, Marshal.

We won't give you any more trouble.

All right. Come on, Festus.

Frazer.

Frazer... listen to me.

I'll give you all the land you want,

a thousand acres.

You don't even have to kill Fry.

Just let me by.

I'll give you a thousand acres.

A thousand!

Oh.

Oh, Festus, howdy.

Yeah.

Just be easy now, Luke.

We're gonna get the doc for you.

Marshal?

Did they get Fry?

No, they didn't get him.

That's good.

That's very good.

Matthew, there ain't nothing in the world said

he had to kill hisself a-riding back here to warn us.

No, that's right, Festus.

Old Luke.

All he ever wanted in this world

was a little bit of land of his own.