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Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

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Matt, we talked to 25 people.

Nobody has seen her. Nobody.

Sam, when's the last time you saw her?

Last night when I closed up.

Her bed hasn't been slept in.

Clothes are all still there.

Festus.

I'll get the horses, Matthew.

Thad, keep an eye on things here in town.

Right.

Well, Matt, where in thunder are you going to look for her?

They're here.

Where's Ma?

By the grave.

Sarah...

I'd best get Ma.

Hey, Mama!

I want you to meet somebody.

Where's Mama?

Ben went to fetch her.

Honey, I want you to meet Miss Kitty Russell.

This is good.

This is very good.

Well, don't you think she's pretty, honey?

Huh?

We should've taken a case or two

over at your place, saloon keeper.

Are you gonna tell me what this is all about?

Oh, now, don't you worry

your pretty little head none about it, ma'am.

Mama's gonna tell you all about it.

Listen, if you think for one minute...

You done fine, Lou.

You all did.

How you been keeping, Ma?

I feel better now.

Just the sight of her puts life in my bones.

Sarah, put the food on the table.

Sit, boys, and eat. You must be hungry.

- Sure am, Ma. - Sure am, Ma.

It's good to see you boys again.

- Yeah. - Looks good, Ma.

Good to see you.

What are you doing?

- Lou. - Get your hands off me!

You just better settle down.

If it's money or jewelry you want...

What is it you know about what I want?

Well, I was hoping that you'd get around to telling me.

Don't talk flippant.

You ain't in no position.

When you're finished eating, son,

ride back to Dodge with this ring.

Send one of the other boys, Mama.

I got a wife here that I ain't seen in six years.

You don't mind, do you, Sarah?

No, Ma Stone, I don't mind.

Well, I mind.

It'll wait.

You go.

Then he'll come the way I want.

What is all this about?

It's about a dream started six years ago,

and you're gonna help me make it come true.

My Judas goat.

It's your man I want.

That... Marshal Dillon.

You look a little tired, Marshal.

Who are you?

Stone. Lou Stone.

Don't you remember?

Yeah, seems to me I do.

What do you want?

Well, it ain't so much a question of what I want

as what do you want.

Seems to me a man just out of prison's got better things to do

than play word games.

Well, I got a message for you, Marshal.

You and I got to be a certain place in ten hours.

Alone.

If we ain't there, I know a woman that you know

that's gonna be dead.

What?

Now, I got the finger that this belongs to.

Where is she?

You kill me, Marshal, and you ain't never

gonna see her alive again.

Is that what you want?

Where's Kitty Russell?

She's here.

Jack, fetch her out.

Oh!

Kitty, you all right?

Yes.

What's going on here?

My, ain't you in one big hurry.

I've waited six years,

and you want to know about everything right away.

Well, here it is, then.

I'll give you the same measure of mercy

the law gave my husband after you took him in, Marshal.

On the morning of the second day, you'll hang.

All right, Kitty.

What about her?

Your woman?

Like I said, the same measure of mercy.

She'll get visiting privileges,

like I did, two times a day for ten minutes.

You'll get a taste of what suffering is really like.

Your man's gonna die.

He's gonna swing from the end of some hard rope

till he breaks his neck,

and there ain't nothing you can do about it

except count the hours until it happens.

He'll hang like a hammock, swinging back and forth...

back and forth.

Lock him up in the tack room.

It's all right, Kitty.

Marshal...

you got a nice view.

You'll see each board

that goes into the making of your gallows.

You're tying that rope around your own neck.

And your boys'.

It's not gonna end right here.

You listen to me, old woman.

Let us go.

Let you go?

Do you think all you got to say is "let us go"?

Six years I lived for nothing but now:

the next two days, the morning of the second day.

Lock her up.

I'll pay you.

$5,000.

Oh, you can get more than that.

How much?

Ten thousand.

I don't have it, but I can raise it.

You're already beginning to tear your heart to pieces.

Think what it'll be like in five hours, ten...

the morning of the second day.

Put her in her cage, Jack.

That's a lot of money, Ma.

Well, after the marshal hangs, maybe she'll talk money again

to save her own life.

Not one penny.

We'll see.

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Fred, the boys are home.

And they brought the marshal and that woman with them.

And in a little while, he's gonna pay,

on the morning of the second day.

It's come, Fred.

Fred...

what am I gonna do when it's over?

There'll be nothing left for me.

Nothing to make me want to keep on.

But it'll be a glorious two days, Fred.

You'll see.

Glorious.

You got ten minutes.

Enjoy them.

You all right?

Mm-hmm. How about you?

Fine.

Now, Kitty, I know what you're thinking.

But I don't want you to give up hope on this thing.

Now, there's time, and when there's time,

we can think of something.

I want you to believe that.

Y-You know, I-I've been thinking.

I-I've got to be back in Dodge by Friday.

I've got supplies coming in.

Now, Kitty, listen to me.

If you get a chance to get out of here by yourself,

I want you to take it, do you understand?

Sure.

I mean it.

I know you do.

Festus, will you take off those spurs

and sit down or something.

Don't...

Golly Bill, Doc, I'm worried.

Well... so am I.

First it's Miss Kitty.

Now Matthew's went someplace... Who knows where.

He's probably out looking for Kitty.

Ah, he wouldn't have did that,

'cause if he was to do that, I was supposed to be with him.

He told me that.

Well, wherever he went, he sure left in a hurry.

Has he ever done that before?

Matt's left in a hurry an awful lot of times.

Not like this.

Well, fudge.

We can stand around here a-guessing all day,

but the fact is Miss Kitty's gone and now Matthew's gone,

and I'm fixin' to do something about it.

What?

We're gonna get us a searching party together

and go out looking.

Get down there at the Long Branch.

Get Sam and whoever else you can find.

- I'll meet you back here in five minutes. - Right.

Doc, I'm going to Delmonico's and do the same thing.

Hold on, now.

That's fine, but why don't you just wait till tomorrow morning?

Wait?

Well, it's gonna be dark in a couple of hours.

Well, so it gets dark.

Hold on a second.

What is it?

How about taking these cuffs off?

I can't do that.

Well, it's like a jail in here. There's nothing I can do.

I'll talk to Ma about it.

Sarah?

Ben, I got to get back.

I know. Just one minute.

I'm scared.

I been scared all my life.

But not like this.

They should have hung Lou with my pa.

Ben?

We got to forget these last years between you and me.

Lou's my husband, and he's back.

I'll talk to him.

- No! - I'm not giving you up, Sarah!

I got to get back.

Oh, we just forget it, is that it?

Maybe you have already.

Is that it, Sarah?

Is it?

Sarah!

Did you get lost or something, Sarah?

No, Ma Stone.

What took you so long?

I'm sorry. I just took a little air.

You got nothing to do but take the air?

Let me see the tray.

I checked it.

Looks like the food wasn't good enough for him.

It ain't the food.

He just ain't very hungry.

You said you checked the tray, did you?!

I swear.

I took everything out of the tack room.

It's all there.

Where?

There's no spoon.

It was on the tray.

We'll go find it, Mama.

Come on.

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Found it right out on the ground, right outside.

I was running.

It must have fallen off the tray.

You gonna be needing her anymore tonight, Mama? Hmm?

Make sure one of you wakes Mike in time

to take over for Ben at the tack room.

Sarah...

Come on.

Come on. Huh?

Dishes. I got to finish.

The dishes can wait.

Dishes can wait.

Go ahead.

Pleasant dreams, baby brother.

What do you want?

Well, I thought you'd like to take a little company.

Hmm?

Would you like a drink?

Yeah.

I could use a drink.

Here's to you.

I'm glad you came in.

How about another?

Marshal. Marshal.

Hello, Ben.

Uh, I wanted to ask you something, Marshal.

What's that?

Uh, what would happen if you were to get out of here?

And the woman.

I mean, what would happen to all of us?

Would we go to jail?

Well, I'll tell you one thing.

If your ma has her way, you're gonna hang,

every last one of you.

If not?

Well, whatever it is would be better than hanging,

wouldn't it?

Well, would it mean jail?

Ben, I couldn't make any guarantees about that,

but I'll tell you something.

You help us get out of here, I'll do everything in my power

to see that you get a fair trial.

Open it up, Ben.

Are you comfortable, Marshal?

No, I'm not.

What a pity.

What is it you're lacking?

Mrs. Stone...

One step nearer could be your ending.

You wouldn't shoot me. You want to hang me too much.

You'd hang crippled just as well.

Marshal, you remember my man?

He was a handsome man.

He should've died a better way.

You gave him an ugly death.

Mrs. Stone, I didn't kill your husband, and you know it.

Yes, you did.

You tracked him with a vengeance.

The state of Kansas hanged your husband

because a judge and jury found him guilty of murder.

But you put him in their hands.

And now you're in mine.

And you're gonna sit here and wait, just like he did,

and think what it's like to swing from a rope.

What about afterwards? Have you thought about that?

I don't care none about afterwards.

Well, maybe not for yourself, no, but what about your boys?

They've already spent six years in prison.

Now, if you go through with this,

they're gonna swing from a gallows

just as sure as your husband did.

Is that what you want?

You know what I want, Marshal.

What about Kitty?

She's just fine.

You don't have to worry none about her.

All right, then let her go.

I'm the one you want. You got me.

That's something else for you to think about.

Just look at it like... her being on your conscience.

Hey, Kitty, could you see me in Chicago?

I'd have some time, wouldn't I?

$5,000 is an awful lot of money.

It sure is, lady.

Sure is.

You could, um, make up for all that time you spent in prison.

Wait a minute.

How do I know that if I get you out of here...

you're gonna give me the money?

You're a lot stronger than I am.

I'd be afraid not to.

Yeah.

I guess you would, at that.

Nah.

My mama, she'd kill me.

She'd kill me dead.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

All Ma wanted was the marshal.

Right?

That's right.

And all you were supposed to do was help us get him.

That's all.

That's right.

Well, we got him.

Don't we?

Not only would you save yourself from the noose,

but you'd be a rich man.

You sure do give a convincing argument, lady.

All right.

I'm gonna do it.

I'm gonna help you out, lady.

I'm gonna help you out.

Now, listen.

We got to make it to the barn.

I want you to follow me.

I want you to be real quiet.

And, lady...

if you're double-dealing me...

You'll kill me.

Yep.

Now, come on.

Come on out.

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You watch him good, Ben.

All right, Ma.

Mike will be out soon to take over.

- Yes, Ma. - Night.

Good night, Ma.

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Let's go.

I'm not going without him.

I told you, lady, it's just you and me.

Without Matt Dillon, the deal is off.

Oh, you're talking crazy.

I don't go without him!

All right.

Get off the horse!

I'm gonna take you back in the house.

No, you're not.

If you make one move toward me,

I'll start yelling this place down.

And what do you think your ma would do

if she came out here and saw me with two saddled horses?

Now, you got no choice.

Get another horse saddled!

It's, uh, not what you think it is, Ma.

Believe me, Ma.

You-you know I wouldn't...

My man wasn't enough.

Now Jack is dead.

You and that marshal, you're killing my whole family.

But if it costs the lives of all of us,

you'll both die on the rope.

Him first, then you.

What happened?

I must look like I fought the War Between the States

single-handed and lost.

Come on, sit down.

Tell me about what happened.

Oh, Matt, that woman's crazy.

You know what she did last night?

She shot her own son without so much as a word.

She just shot him dead.

Why?

Well, I had one of the boys

talked into trying to help us get out of here,

and-and she caught us.

Oh, Kitty, I'm sorry you got mixed up in this.

You should've gotten out of here by yourself

when you had a chance.

And leave you here?

Not on your life.

Or is that a bad joke?

Now, look. What about this youngest son, Ben?

Have you had a chance to talk to him?

- No. Why? - Well, I did.

I talked to him last night.

And he doesn't want any part of this thing.

And he and this girl Sarah seem to be pretty close.

I think our best chance is to get to one of them.

Well, I'll... I'll try and talk with him.

I don't think she'd be much help.

They've got her frightened out of her own shadow.

Matt, we don't have much time.

Kitty, a lot of things can happen before tomorrow morning.

Ben.

What do you want?

Some water.

She'd look pretty in a new dress.

What?

Sarah.

How long has it been since she's had a new dress?

You want something. What is it?

To get Matt Dillon and myself out of here.

Yeah, well, Jack died trying to do that.

So will you, Sarah and your family

if your ma gets her way.

Maybe.

You're not much of a man.

They treat her like a slave.

She's Lou's wife.

But she loves you, and you love her.

Yeah, it's simple as that.

We could help each other.

I don't think so.

I'd like to, but I... I can't.

Look, you could start over, you and Sarah.

I'd see to it that you got a place of your own.

It's her only chance, Ben.

There's no chance.

There is, and you got to take it.

They'll hang you and your whole family

for killing us.

And believe me, they'll get you.

Now, you think about the life

that you might have had with Sarah.

Hi, Marshal.

Nice night out, ain't it?

Gonna be the last one you're ever gonna see.

You got something to say, say it.

Otherwise, get out of here.

Well, now...

ain't you the one for giving orders, huh?

You know, I'll bet tomorrow night at this time,

you're knocking on the pearly gates

and hollering up at Saint Peter, saying,

"Open up the gate, Saint Peter. I'm the marshal."

Sarah.

Wait.

You stay there, honey.

Okay.

Now, why don't you let the marshal

have his supper... His last supper.

Thank you.

Lou, you out there?

Stay in here.

Open the door.

Marshal, if you don't stand up in the moonlight

where I can see you,

I'm gonna unload my rifle in your woman.

Marshal, do you hear me?

Ben, I...

She's a dead woman right now.

Ben.

Watch her.

Mike, go see what happened to Lou.

If you killed him, Marshal...

He's all right, Ma!

Don't, Lou. He's got to hang.

I've waited six years for tomorrow.

You ain't gonna cheat me out of it.

I'll shoot you dead just like I done Jack.

Mike, drag him in the tack room.

Watch over him.

Lou, my true son, come on in the house with me.

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Nobody saw you?

I don't think so.

It's hard to forget, isn't it?

I don't want to.

I might as well forget I'm alive.

When was the last time you had a new dress?

A long, long time ago.

Why?

Uh, she asked. Miss Russell did.

She wanted me to help her and the marshal get out of here.

She said she'd help us find a place to start, you and me.

I couldn't.

I was... scared.

Scared of Ma, Lou...

I was scared I'd die and never see you anymore.

Ben, Ma's gonna kill us all, anyway.

Hey!

What are you doing?

Lou...

You take your hands off her, Lou!

- What did you say? - You heard me.

Let me tell you something, boy.

After that hanging tomorrow, you see that gun you got on you?

Better come here prepared to use it,

or you better hightail out of here

and never let me see your face again!

You got that?

Get out.

Get out!

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Kitty.

It's morning of the second day, Matt.

Please, you've got to help us.

There ain't no help.

You got ten minutes.

Thanks for all the wonderful years, Matt.

Lou!

Lou!

Ben!

Where are ya?

It's time!

Now, Kitty, I want you to go through that door first,

and once you get outside, duck.

All right.

Hey, open up!

What do you want?

I want to let Kitty out. Open the door.

Hold it right there.

Now drop the gun.

Slow.

Lou! Ben!

It was me, Ben.

I snuck a gun to the marshal on the tray.

Kitty, get back.

Ben, open up on him!

You got a clear shot from the house!

Ben, do you hear me?

Ma, stop!

Call it off!

We can all get out of it alive!

You miserable cowards!

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