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Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

♪♪

Whoa, up there!

- Hiya, Jed! - Hi, Clint.

I tell you, they got to make more leg room up here

or get shorter drivers... I don't know which.

Well, you made pretty good time.

Well, not good enough, though.

Well, you want to come out, Simon?

Here.

I could use a stretch, Doc.

Here you are.

Whoa.

Not much farther into Dodge now.

Get the coffee.

Don't bother with no coffee, ma'am.

Ain't got time. I want to get moving.

It's made and ready, go on.

The wheels are okay.

You worried about one falling off?

I don't want no trouble.

- Expecting any? - Tell you, Jed.

When you're carrying as much gold and paper money as I am,

you don't want to go out of your way looking for any.

Get the other team.

Sure you don't want some of this?

No.

How about a little coffee here?

Oh, thanks, I don't think so.

How about you, Simon?

Think I will, Doc.

Okay, fine.

Here, careful now, that's hot.

Ma'am!

Just grabbed at her stomach and keeled over, Doc!

Ain't nothing wrong with her except being clumsy.

Get up, Lori.

Now, wait a minute,

Let's just see if there's something wrong with her.

- I'm fine, thank you. - I'm a doctor.

Now, just let me be the judge of that.

I don't care who you are... Doctor or no doctor.

I know what's best for my wife.

Get up, Lori!

I don't understand you at all.

Maybe you can explain these bruises on her arm?

It's all right, Doctor. I'm fine now.

All ready to roll, Doc!

I don't understand you at all.

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Let's go.

Get down here, Simon.

You all right, Simon?

Yeah.

Just sit right here.

Take a look at my arm, will you, Doc?

It went clean through.

I'll take care of it later.

This one sure ain't gonna hold up any more stages.

He's dead.

Here.

Help me get this fellow on the stage.

Can you handle that one?

You bet.

What you standing there with your mouth gapped open for?

Well, it's not every day I get to see

somebody drink like you just did.

Oh, foot.

I could do that three or four times a run.

If I had the beer.

Sam?

Bring Festus another beer.

Yes, ma'am.

Sit down, Thad.

Anybody heard anything about the stagecoach yet?

I ain't seen it yet.

Well, it would've been by now.

Probably won't be in till morning.

Well, I was just by the Dodge House a little while ago.

Those cattlemen are getting kind of nervous

with all the money coming in.

Yeah, I'll feel a little better when it gets in myself.

We all will.

Particularly if Doc's on it.

Was he supposed to be on it?

Well, Matthew had a letter

from him day before yesterday.

Said if he got done treating Simon Dobbs before it left,

well, he was fixing to get on it.

But then, shoot, you can't believe

a thing that old scutter says.

He said he's gonna be gone a few days,

and here it's been close to onto a month.

Oh, Festus, that isn't true.

It'll be two weeks tomorrow.

Well, he's probably having hisself a high old time

is a-what he's doing, while we're sitting here

a-worryin' and a-frettin' about him.

Oh, that what we're doing?

Well, of course it is.

Festus?

What?

Drink your beer.

Well...

You eat like some kind of bird,

afraid to drop a crumb.

I'm talking to you!

That's better.

What's going on behind those eyes of yours?

What do you keep thinking about all the time you're quiet?

I said what are you thinking about?

I was thinking that they must be cold.

Cold... who?

The men on the stage.

I was thinking of them laying in the road...

Cold and dead.

Quiet!

It's the stage.

Whoa, whoa!

What happened?

Five of them jumped us.

Here, help me get this man inside here.

He's one of them that held us up or tried to.

He looks half-dead.

He is.

Let's get him inside.

Are you hurt?

No.

Sorry.

I didn't know.

Step.

Get my bag out of the coach, will you?

Bad, Doc?

Yeah, it's bad.

Where can I wash my hands?

There's a pump by the sink.

Pete.

Pete.

Pete.

How's that arm?

Well, the bleeding's stopped, but it sure does hurt.

Well, I'll have a look at it in just a minute.

That's what I call an idea.

Here, Simon.

This will warm you up.

Two men got killed saving that money.

You going to leave it on that stage all night?

Give me a hand, will you?

Can't do it alone.

There's still a dead man on that stage.

Bury him.

Coffee's hot.

You want some?

No.

It'll warm you.

That's what he said about the whiskey.

I'm sorry.

About the bottle.

That's all right.

There's your chair.

Do I smell coffee?

Thank you.

Are you feeling better?

Yes, I am.

Well, driver, come here,

and I'll have a look at that right now.

Get...

Straddle that bench right there.

Doesn't look too bad.

Hey, Doc?

Doc, did he come around yet?

No, not yet.

He might not come around till tomorrow morning.

You mean he's gonna be all right?

Well, I can't tell you that, either.

I...

I think so.

I'm sorry.

I can't see where it makes much difference.

You patching him up for the hanging.

Well, it's my business to patch him up.

It's the law's business to hang him.

He'll probably have a lot of wild stories to tell

just to get out of this alive.

I got a story to tell to keep him dead a long time.

Doc, you, uh, you need anything,

she'll get it for you.

Well, that's gonna be a little stiff for a while.

Pain you quite a bit.

But the main thing is

don't want that to get started bleeding again,

because...

it be considerable more painful then.

Why don't you just go over and lie down there

and get some rest?

Oh...

Here.

I'm all right.

Well, we'll see about that.

I'm all right, please!

Well, a pain like that is a pretty good sign

that something's wrong.

You been feeling, uh, faint like this?

Sometimes.

Kind of sick at your stomach?

A little... why?

In the mornings mainly?

Uh-huh.

How long has this been?

Just a week or two.

Well, unless it's proved to the contrary,

I'd say you're pregnant.

Are you sure?

About as sure as I can be.

I'm dead certain about one thing.

If you don't stop working so hard...

I mean, changing horses and things like that...

You'll be in trouble.

You mean I'd lose the baby?

Maybe worse.

I may die?

Could.

I'm not saying that to scare you.

It's just that I think you ought to know.

And so should your husband.

Ain't scaring me.

Dying ain't the worse thing that can happen.

No, it's not.

Maybe bringing a life into this world

would be worse than leaving it.

Lori?

You got nothing better to do

than sit around here socializing?

Said she's not feeling very well.

I told you before, Doc, leave her be.

Guess I didn't hear that.

Get in the bedroom, Lori.

I said get in the bedroom!

Doc, you got no right to come between a man and his wife.

Your wife's sick.

"Sick"?

What's wrong with her?

Well, aside from the beatings you've been giving her,

she's pregnant.

Unless you think about being a little more gentle with her,

she might lose the baby, maybe her life.

Are you finished?

No, not quite.

Don't you let me see you lay a hand on her again.

What would you do, Doc?

Well, I'd have to stop him, I guess.

Doc...

what does she look like?

Like a very frightened little girl.

It won't live.

What do you mean "it won't live"?

- The baby. - Baby?

Can't you understand?

If they get Pete to Dodge City, they'll make him talk.

Did the doc say how he is?

Did he tell you if Pete would pull through?!

No.

You're enjoying the thought of me being locked up.

- Maybe even hanged! - Please, Jed...

That's what you think about behind those eyes, isn't it?

- You got a picture of me dead. - No, Jed.

You're looking to have me hung, just like your pa.

Do you remember how they hung your pa?

You told me when they cut him down,

you couldn't even recognize him.

- Don't! - Why not?

That's what you want for me, isn't it?

Isn't it?

He didn't do nothing.

And I did, so I deserve it.

You had nobody. Nothing!

Then I came along and took care of you.

I married you.

The daughter of a,

of a man no one would even spit on.

I married you.

For what?

Someone to do your chores for you?

Someone to beat up on when you feel like it?

Someone to...

Someone to what?

It's like I said, you're wishing me dead.

No.

I'm wishing myself dead.

God help me.

I'm wishing my child dead.

By golly, that night air smells clean.

Simon, you haven't opened up with me at all.

Do you want to talk?

About what?

You.

No.

Guess we both better get some sleep.

Doc?

Doc?

Yeah?

Does Matt know?

Well, Matt knows that you went up

against Paul and Frank Huddle, and you got hurt.

That's all he knows.

That's all you wrote.

Well, I didn't want to use the word "blind."

I guess I was scared of it.

I suppose I shouldn't have asked you to come look me over.

A waste of time, huh?

It wasn't any waste of time.

What are my chances?

Well, they're about like Dr. Weber told you.

A lot of damage to the optic nerve.

The chances of you being able to see again are not very good.

Yeah.

Where do you start,

to build yourself a new life,

blind?

Well, I don't know that I can answer that for you.

But it would seem to me like...

maybe you ought to start from the beginning

and first try to figure out what kind of a man you are.

I was a lawman.

That's all I know.

You were a very good one.

And I think you'll do all right no matter what you do.

- Did you bury 'em? - No.

- Why not? - It was too much work to bury 'em.

We took 'em off the road.

They won't be found.

That's the important thing, right?

- Two good men for nothing. - Maybe Pete ain't dead.

He's as good as dead if they ever get him to Dodge.

You run pretty good, huh, Lingo,

when things ain't going your way.

I can't spend money if I'm dead.

It was a good plan that went bad.

Wasn't nobody's fault.

We didn't know they had an extra shotgun.

Jed Coombs should have told us.

He thinks all he's got to do is wave a piece of mirror

in the sun, he's a rich man.

The money's still there.

What are you talking about?

It's at the station. Why not take it?

Coombs would have to do something to earn his money

if Lingo's right.

I am right.

Just got to be sure that Jed gets their guns.

Yeah, this is better.

It's easier than before.

And more profitable.

Well, one of us has gotta go back to the way station

and talk to Jed.

You, Lingo.

I said you.

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Pete.

Pete.

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You say a word about this, and I swear I'll kill you.

- I swear I'll kill you. - Jed, please...

Shut up. Shut up!

I said shut up.

Doc, he's killing her!

Let her go!

You let her go or I'll kill you.

I saw him. He was killing...

Shut up!

You killed him, Doc.

I meant to.

Looks like you might have saved her life, at that.

Lori, what was the reason for this?

Why was he beating you?

I saw Jed killing Pete.

He's dead.

Why would Jed kill Pete?

Jed was in on the holdup.

That was one of the bunch that held us up.

They're gonna make another try for the money.

Then we better make a try for Dodge.

No. No, we'd be an easier target on the road.

We stand our best chance right here.

What kind of a chance is that... Me wounded, you blind?

Mister, the only chance we got is to make a run for it.

On that stage, you'd still be wounded, I'd still be blind.

Well, that's out of the question. She couldn't stand

to ride into Dodge on a stage.

Well, then I'm for all giving the money to 'em

in order to save our lives.

No, it's more than the money. She wouldn't have a chance here.

She knows 'em all. They'd kill her.

We got to get word to Matt, tell him where we're holed up.

What do we do, send him a telegram?

No, we're gonna send you.

Mister, you're loco.

The two of you couldn't hold them off.

On horseback, riding hard, it's two hours to Dodge and back.

You're wasting time.

I'd be a dead man out there.

Maybe he's right, Simon.

He's a dead man here, Doc. With company.

It's our only chance.

- Did you see Coombs? - Yep.

What did he say?

Nothin'.

He's dead.

Well, that's that!

No, that's not that.

This bad plan is much better now.

Are you gonna tell me what's on your mind

or are you gonna keep feeding your face?

Uh, there are three men

and Mrs. Coombs with the money.

One of the men is old,

the other wounded,

and the third one... is blind.

You sure?

Very sure.

Well, good luck to you.

Thanks. I'll need more than that.

Adios, Doc.

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Now there's only an old man and a blind one.

You know he's going for help.

There's plenty of time.

It's a ways to Dodge.

All right, let's go.

Anything yet, Doc?

No, not a sign of 'em yet.

Two or three more old men like that,

and we could take on anybody.

We better get ready.

Leave it open.

We won't have much time.

We'll be lucky to get it closed.

- And how are you gonna... - I know, I'm blind.

It doesn't make that much difference.

If I can keep firing, they'll stay a respectable distance.

As for hitting anyone, that's up to you and Doc.

Anyway, who knows? I may become the first blind sharpshooter

and get 'em all.

You probably could.

You don't have to say that.

It feels good to be useful.

We better get to the window.

Lori?

Huh?

Don't be frightened.

I'm not.

Good.

Whoa.

What are you stopping for?

I don't like it.

Yeah, they got to figure us to come for the money.

There are only two of 'em.

We came for the money. Let's go!

- All right. Hyah! - Up! Hyah.

I got one. There's two left.

I think we're gonna make it, Doc.

Wade! Wade!

He's dead.

Just an old man and a blind one, huh?

They're old and blind, not dead.

They're gonna be.

Doc! Doc, she's been hit!

What?

Lori.

No, Simon. Simon, she wasn't hit.

But we're through.

Tell 'em to hold their fire.

No, Doc, I can't go like that.

We're through, Simon! I'm showing the white flag!

Throw out your guns!

- Doc, you can't do that. - Simon, it's the only chance we've got.

We've got to buy Lori some time. Do as I tell you.

Throw out your gun!

All right, where is it?

We hid it.

You'll never find out where it is.

We'll tell you where it is, but first I want 20 minutes.

What for?

This young lady is very sick.

I'm a doctor, and she needs medical attention.

I want the money. Now.

Well, you won't find out where it is from us

unless I get that time.

And you're not gonna find it, mister.

It's not here.

Make up your mind. Do I get 20 minutes?

20 minutes.

I know what I'm talkin' about, Marshal. It was this very spot.

Yes, sir. Right here.

Charlie, you still a-stewin' up that corn brew, are you?

Now, listen here, Festus. Corn brew or no,

I know what I'm talkin' about. I didn't pull you out of Dodge

on a corn brew hallucination, Marshal.

Well, now, just simmer down, Charlie. Nobody's doubting you.

Two bodies right here, right where we're standing right now,

in the middle of the road.

Smack in front of my face they were.

What happened?

The stage was held up. They killed both my guards.

Didn't get the money, at least not yet.

- Where are they? - The way station.

Charlie, see that he gets back to town all right, will you?

- Come on, Festus. - Wait a minute,

was old Doc on that stage?

- Oh, he sure was. - Let's go.

Corn brew.

It's 20 minutes.

Give him a little more time.

There ain't no more time.

Doc?

She's dead, Simon.

Dead?

Now the money.

The money.

The money!

All right, the money.

Come along.

You stay here.

No.

It is a lot of money.

Could tempt a man to be unfriendly.

He can't do anything.

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Lori?

Lori?

Lori?

Simon?

Is that you?

Lori.

Lori.

Lori.

Doc said you were dead.

I don't understand.

An old man.

An old...

wily fox.

I'll be back.

Better be there, old man.

I told you it was. It's there.

It better be.

I could have liked you. I sure could have.

Too bad.

Doc!

Simon, get back!

It's the blind one. I guess he can do something.

Shh!

Shut up. He ain't deaf.

- He's not gonna fall for it a second time. - Eh.

Simon, he's moving to your right!

You're empty, blind man.

You made it easy for me.

Hold it!

You want to go first, old man?

Well, why him?

He's blind. He can't hurt you.

Like I said,

too bad.

Doc!

I'm all right, Simon.

Doc?

He's blind, Matt.

Been blind three months.

There you are, Doc.

Thanks, Sam.

- Much obliged, Sam. - Mm-hmm.

Simon, a little envelope came for you there.

No need to open it.

What is it?

It's, uh, the reward money. There's not much there.

May help a little later though.

By rights, Doc, this should go to you.

I don't know about that.

According to Doc here, he'd have been dead

if it hadn't have been for you.

Well, that's according to Doc.

Simon,

what do you plan to do now?

Well, I don't know yet.

Well, we all want you to know...

Lori.

- Miss Lori. - Hello, Doc. Hi.

- How do you feel? - Fine, thank you.

You look it. Festus, let's go.

Where are we goin'?

We're going for a walk.

Oh. It is a good day for a walk, ain't it?

Would you like to sit down, Lori?

Do you have any plans?

No. How 'bout you?

No.

Doc says you're gonna be just fine.

Uh-huh. The baby, too.

You know, you...

you're gonna have to make some plans, Lori.

Well, the people at the stage line

said I could stay on at the way station.

You gonna do it?

Well, I couldn't handle it alone.

I...

I guess a blind man wouldn't...

be very much help.

I mean...

He'd do fine.

If he wanted to.

Probably stumble all over everything,

trying to get things done.

After a while he'd get used to it.

He'd be all over the place.

I guess...

maybe he could.

With a little help.

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