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Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

Charley.

Ride on, Marshal,

before somebody puts a bullet in your back.

Charley, what happened?

The Apache brothers, that's what happened.

Them and their riders, like you didn't know.

Why did you come back for?

Why shouldn't I come back?

This is my town.

Yeah, your town for 11 years.

So why did you leave us when we needed you the most?

I didn't leave you.

I was called.

I know, you were called to Bisbee.

Weren't you lucky?

Set one foot on my property, and I'll smash your skull.

Get out of here, Marshal.

Gus.

Didn't expect to see you back here.

Now, you hold it right there.

You'll get no fight out of me, Burl.

I never was one for fightin'. You know that.

All I do is play piano.

When did they come?

About two hours after you left.

Willa ain't inside.

Where is she?

She never did like running the Silver Lady.

- Where is she? - Wasn't exciting enough for her,

- and it didn't make enough money to... - Gus!

She went with the Apache brothers.

She sure saved your neck

getting you to ride out to Bisbee.

She didn't get me to ride out to Bisbee.

That's the way the town figured it.

None of my affair at all.

Like I said, all I do is play piano.

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Well, now, what in the tarnation's that?

Well, it's catfish. That's what you ordered.

Ain't nothin' says that's catfish.

Well, of course it's a catfish. Go on and eat it.

- Just eat it. - Oh, no, I ain't no fool.

You're a fool, and that's a catfish.

Well, then where is his head at?

Well, good heavens, his head isn't there,

but he's back in the kitchen...

Well, then how do you know he's a catfish?

I'll tell you something,

us Haggens don't never eat no fish

unless he's got his head on it,

or how do you know it ain't a mermaid?

Could be a what?

A mermaid.

Us Haggens don't never eat no fish

that ain't got a head on it,

or how can you tell it ain't a mermaid?

By thunder, I think you really believe that.

Well, of course I mean it.

Anybody that don't believe in mermaids

is crazy in the head.

Mermaids that size?

You don't think they're born full-growed, do you?

Oh, I see.

That's a baby mermaid.

I didn't say it was.

I said it could be.

But you... you can't really tell without the head... is that it?

Nobody can tell.

Us Haggens ain't a-fixin' to eat no fish

that ain't got his head on it.

Don't let that bother you none, though.

Probably wouldn't bother a old scutter like you

to know that you're practical a cannibal.

Well, go on.

She can't bite you with her head lopped off.

Oh, get out of here, will you, before I do something I'm sorry.

All right, I'm going.

Some folks will eat anything, but not us Haggens.

We're particular about what we eat.

Go ahead, just chomp your fool head off.

Waiter?

Oh.

Bring me...

Just bring me a couple of soft-boiled eggs, will you?

Howdy.

Just get into town, did you?

That's right.

I can see by all the trail dust on you

that you must've came a far piece.

Far enough.

Looking for a place to bed down, are you?

Maybe later.

Well, what I was figuring was...

If you're fixin' to stay in town,

I know where you can get you a room.

It's a very T-I-inctum-dinctum,

and it'll cost you next to nothing.

Hot bath to boot.

I suppose there's a small charge for all these services?

Well, I wouldn't say that.

Just that when a stranger comes into town,

why, natural, I try to be neighborly

and help out all I can.

The name's Haggen, Festus Haggen.

Tell you what, Mr. Haggen,

take my horse over to the livery stable.

See to it he gets fed and curried.

That's mighty thoughty of you, Mister...

Masters.

I'll do her, Mr. Masters.

You betcha.

Willie.

Psst.

Take this horse over to Hank's place.

Get him fed, curried,

took care of good, now, you understand?

Here's a dollar for Hank.

And here's a a nickel for you to keep for yourself.

Well, thank you, Mr. Haggen.

I thought you was looking after my horse.

Oh, I done did that, Mr. Masters.

Right about now, your horse is being put into the best hands

in this whole town of Dodge City.

When that horse of your'n gets back here,

you won't even hardly know him.

He'll be slicker than a seal and fatter than a town dog.

Now, I'll guarantee you that.

Mr. Haggen, how do I know I can trust you?

- Trust me? - Mm-hmm.

Why, shoot, everybody in town knows...

Well, there's Miss Kitty.

She'll tell you.

Miss Kitty, I want you to howdy a friend of mine.

This here's Mr. Masters.

Mr. Masters, this here's Miss Kitty Russell.

She owns this whole place.

Mr. Masters.

Howdy, Miss Russell.

Well, uh, have you and Festus known each other long?

No, I was just going to ask you that.

Yeah, he, um...

he says you can vouch for him.

Oh?

Well, see, Miss Kitty, all I done was...

I had his horse took down to the livery stable.

That's all I done.

Well, if that's all it is,

then I'd say that you were in, um...

reasonably good hands.

Where you from, Mr. Masters?

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Dead.

I'll take the gun, mister.

What?

I said I'll take the gun.

It was self-defense, Marshal.

Reckon you'd have to say that, Matthew.

They both drawed at the same time.

I'm afraid you'll still have to come down to the office with me.

Well, you might be able to get me down there, Marshal,

if you was to take your spurs off.

Well, what's it going to be, lawman?

Burl Masters.

By golly, I thought it was you.

Hello, Matt.

Been a long time.

What brings you to Dodge... him?

Yeah. He was riding with the Apache brothers.

The Apache brothers?

They around here?

Yeah, I heard they drifted up this way.

I've been trailing them off and on for about six months.

Festus, maybe you can get a couple men

to help you out with him.

Oh, Doc, I want you to meet Burl Masters.

- Doc Adams, Burl. - Hi.

One of the best lawmen in the state of Arizona.

That so? What about the... what about those spurs?

Well, now, that's a... that's a little bit of a story.

By golly, we better have a drink and talk that over.

Riley, come on and help me here.

Pick him up, now.

Give me... give me his gun there.

Here. Go on and pick him up now.

Take him on over across there.

So Matt... Matt says,

"You can have the wagon, and you can have the girl,

see, provided you're man enough to fight for her."

The girl just wanted

to get back to the wagon train.

It was his idea to bring her to Tucson.

Oh, no, no, no, no.

She wanted to go on to Tucson with us.

She was sure a pretty little thing.

She didn't want to end up marrying some old dirt farmer.

Kitty, I hope you're not believing any of this.

So Matt... so Matt,

he wanted everything to be done proper, see,

so I fought him for the wagon and the girl.

Well, now, I can tell from the look on his face

you must have beat him.

No, no, no.

No, it was a draw, as it turned out.

See, we were wrestling around on the alkali.

You asked about his spurs.

I landed right on one of them.

Oh, I let out a howl

you could've heard across the border.

That's the first part of the story I recognize.

Let me tell you.

When he saw the blood, that was the end of it, see.

But when we looked up,

the girl, the wagon and all the supplies was gone.

Tell me you don't remember that one.

Sam will bring us another bottle, Mr. Masters.

Have you, uh... you lost any supplies lately?

By golly, Matt, he seems like quite a fella.

Oh, he is, Doc.

We had a lot of good times together back in those days.

Sure beats anything I ever saw with a gun.

Well, all took care of, Matthew.

Good.

This don't look like much of a celebration.

Well, things have been rather pleasant here up until now.

Why? Don't we look happy?

Well, I wouldn't say that.

It's just that your ears are still lily white.

That's all.

What's my ear got to do with it?

Well, usually, after you have a swallow or two,

why, your ears gets pink around the edges.

Don't they, Miss Kitty?

As a matter of fact, they do.

Oh, hush up, now.

Mr. Haggen, I'm very glad you could join us.

Oh, much obliged, Mr. Masters.

I'd like to propose a toast.

To Dodge City...

and Matt Dillon and all his friends.

May they always be friends.

Well, I'll drink to that.

Well, you'll drink to anything.

Especially if it's free.

Oh, smell that.

What's that?

Prairie wheat.

Ripening early this year.

Reminds me of a long time ago.

You've been remembering a lot of things tonight.

Ain't that a fact.

You've got quite a town, Matt.

Good friends.

Well, I've had a lot of good luck.

I had a town like this once.

Good friends, too.

Burl, you know, I heard what happened down in Colton to you.

I'd like to tell you that,

if there's anything I can ever do to help you...

They tore my town apart, killed my woman.

Six months I've been trailing them.

The only thing left for me now

is the satisfaction of getting them.

That and an old friend

who used to wear spurs the size of supper plates.

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That was quite a reunion last night.

One thing I can say for Burl Masters... he's some host.

Spent a fair country amount of money, too.

Let's go, barkeep.

Another bottle!

It's a long way back to Texas.

We got to soak down real good to make the desert.

Come on, Charlie.

We need a new bottle.

You boys were scraping the bottom

to pay for that last one.

If you figure on getting all the way back to Texas...

Oh, don't give it another thought.

I... I got my... There. There you are.

You're still a dollar short.

Oh, what do you mean?

After all the money we spent in this place?

A... lousy dollar.

All right, cowboy.

- You can have the bottle. - Uh-huh.

But I suggest you and your friends go camp someplace

and save it until tomorrow.

Thank you, lady.

Hey, you come on over and have a drink with us.

- You're all right. - No, thank you.

- You're all right. - No...

You sit down there.

Next time, maybe, when you're up the trail.

Oh, there ain't nobody in Kansas that had a decent word for us.

I don't think we're ever gonna come back.

Oh, now, I'm sure you will.

Move on, cowboy.

Hmm?

Go throwing a man around thataway.

It's all right, Burl.

They didn't mean anything.

I thought that big man we see in the street last night

is the law around this town.

You boys been asked to move.

Ain't nobody gonna tie no can to our tail, mister.

We ain't done nothing.

If you're looking for trouble, friend,

why, you can have it just any way you want to,

'cause we ain't running from nothing.

Now, listen, boys.

Mr. Masters was just coming to my defense.

Now, you'd do the same thing yourselves, wouldn't you?

Oh, you didn't need no defensing.

Masters?

Vern, this here's Burl Masters.

You did call him Burl, didn't you, lady?

I'm Burl Masters.

Well, now, for... for butting in

where it ain't none of your affair

and for the people of Colton...

Burl!

What's going on here?

He... he was...

gonna gun him down.

Vern was just taking his gun belt off.

Didn't look that way to me.

All right, you two, go on and get out of here.

Don't you worry, Marshal.

We... we don't want no part of Dodge City

if it backs up the like of him.

Burl, you seem a little edgy.

Is there anything I can do for you?

No, thanks, Matt.

Um, you had breakfast?

Yeah, yeah, I just ate something.

I came in for a starter.

Figure I've had one.

See you later.

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Matt, I, uh...

I know he's a friend of yours, but...

Yeah.

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Well, that ain't him.

I heard this one was an outlaw.

You don't say?

Rides with a bunch led by the three Apache brothers.

Well, it ain't much of a loss, then.

That's a fact.

He's the only one brought in last night.

Well, my brother went looking for a bottle last night

and he never come back to camp, and I got a little worried.

Understandable.

Yeah, he's a real alligator when he gets to drinking.

We were having at it last night.

Maybe he opened the bottle...

lost his way.

Yeah, I guess so.

You say a friend of the marshal shot this fella?

Yeah, man named Masters.

Burl Masters.

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Willa?

I'm coming.

Well, hurry up.

I am.

Honey, I got me a hunger something fierce.

Never saw a man with an appetite like yours.

Well, that's, uh, no complaint, is it, missy?

The only complaint I have, you heard before.

It won't be much longer.

That's a promise.

That I've heard before.

Dodge, maybe Bucklin...

one or two others.

And then we'll have us a stake.

Then me and you and San Francisco.

Can't be soon enough for me.

Well, it will be quicker

than if you'd spent your time with that marshal friend.

I don't deny that.

Just like you can't deny

these last few months haven't been too bad for you.

Uh-uh.

Not too bad.

Burl Masters is in Dodge.

He killed Deak.

Always said it'd call for a man like Masters to take him.

Oh, that's funny.

Well, Masters has killed three of our boys

in the last six months.

Yeah, I can count, big brother.

He'd have give up a long time ago except for her.

Now, you back off.

Oh, blazes, I will.

You gotta fool with everything in a skirt

just to prove you're a man.

I'll kill you, you...

Oh, turn him loose, Trail.

I'm tired of listening to his whining.

Masters is doing well enough cutting us down.

Now, cut it out, both of you!

We ain't got no chance at Dodge now.

The marshal's his friend... Fret said so.

They'll be waiting for us, both of them.

Willa, looks like your friends

ain't had enough of the Apache brothers.

Guess I always knew he'd be after us.

Can't say I blame him.

Oh, it's not only me, Cheeno.

It's what you did to Colton... To his whole town.

I left him still standing.

Looks like that was a mistake.

And how do we fix that mistake before he gets us all?

Cheeno...

You could help us, Willa.

Have a little talk with him.

He'd kill me on sight.

Oh, I don't think so.

You don't think so?

Well, you said yourself he wants us

for what happened to his town.

And if it came off, well,

we could get Masters and the Dodge marshal, too.

No, Cheeno.

It worked in Colton.

Why not in Dodge?

No.

How bad you want to go to San Francisco, Willa?

I don't want to die.

Won't be many more chances for you to get there.

Well?

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Hey, you run quite a town here, Matt.

Well, I don't really run it, Burl.

It takes care of itself.

All I try to do is file off the rough edges once in a while.

Tell me something.

Folks here ever turn on you?

Turn on you? What do you mean?

I don't know.

People have short memories sometimes

when things go wrong.

Ah, just rambling.

Excuse me.

Fella works for Dick Norell on a ranch west of town.

You know him?

No, I guess not.

I thought I did for a minute.

Burl, six months is an awful long time

to be dogging somebody.

Not the Apache brothers.

They got me out of my town, Matt.

Then they hit it.

They hit it something fierce.

Wasn't anybody left there to stop 'em.

Do they know you're after 'em?

Yeah, the one I got last night was the third one.

They know.

Well, the Apache brothers are a pretty tough bunch.

Biggest mistake they made

was heading up this way.

Hey, hey, you remember those five rannies

we took on back in Sedona when...

You start remembering again if you want to.

I got work to do.

Hey, I'll buy you the biggest steak in town for supper.

All right.

That's a deal.

You've changed, Burl.

Have I, Willa?

Yeah.

You've changed.

So, what brings you into Dodge?

I left Cheeno.

Or would you like it better if I told you he threw me out?

Well, you don't need to worry.

You can make out all right.

I got nothing but empty promises from him.

I promised you something else.

Not really, Burl.

Not really.

You just promised it differently.

That's fine.

You got an answer for that.

Fine. So you walked out on me.

What about the people of Colton?

In all the time I was there,

did they ever give me reason to care?

Ever?

Did they ever give you reason to do what you did?

That's past, Burl.

Oh, no, it's not past; it's now.

It's-it's been now ever since that day I rode back into town.

You didn't see what they did to that place.

You would've been proud of your friend Cheeno.

Tom Mars' place burned to the ground.

Jim Tully, the banker... Burned, killed...

- I don't want to hear! - Why not? Hmm?

They never gave you any reason to care.

Stop it!

Did getting away from there mean all that to you?

Yes.

And where are you now?

Cheeno knows you're in Dodge.

He also knows you killed Deak Wilson.

Good.

I want him to know.

I want him to sweat a little.

He told me to come here

and let you follow me to the farm

where they're waiting.

All this time they've been running,

and now they're waiting.

To ambush you.

And you're warning me.

Yeah.

Strange, isn't it?

Thought you said she was killed in that raid on Colton.

As far as I'm concerned, that's the way it was.

Well, what'd you bring her here for?

She says the Apache brothers are at a farm

few miles outside of town.

Is that true?

They're there.

How many of them are there?

Four of 'em.

Thad, get about half a dozen men.

See if you can find Charlie Briggs.

- We'll get him to stay with her. - Right.

Where is this farm?

15 miles east.

Near a dry wash.

Could be old Merk Danny's place, Matthew.

What happened to the old folks over there?

I don't know.

Lock her up, will you, Festus?

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It's just like Cheeno had it figured, Boley.

What about Willa?

Marshal locked her up.

We'll give 'em another half hour.

Let's make sure they're on their way out of town.

Cheeno, leave her be.

Let's hit the bank and pull out. She's dead weight.

Big brother, you never did go for the better things in life.

Not her kind, no denying.

Now, don't you worry none, Boley,

'cause when the time is right, I'll leave her be.

He means when he finds the next one, Boley.

What's the matter, Matt?

Either of you seen Burl?

We thought he was up here with you.

Sam, you take the rest of the boys on to Merk Danny's.

- Yes, sir. - Festus, you and Thad come with me.

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Burl...

You rotten, lying, little tramp.

No! You'll hurt me.

- They're coming here tonight, aren't they? - No.

- Just the way they did in Colton. - No!

You set me up once before,

and you thought you were going to do it again.

- You're wrong. - Am I, Willa?

If you think that, why didn't you bring the marshal?

Because they're mine, that's why.

They're mine to kill.

I don't need Matt Dillon or anybody else to help me.

I got three of them already, and I'll get the rest.

Then it'll be your turn.

No. No, Burl, stop.

Six months... six months of hating so hard,

it like to ate out my guts.

Well, I saved your life in Colton.

And you let my town die.

Well, I couldn't stop them.

You could have told me what was going to happen.

Well, there were seven of them. What would you have done?

My job... that's what I would have done.

Well, you'll just get your chance soon enough.

Then I was right.

They are coming back here.

Yeah, yeah, they're coming.

Only this time, there are four of them.

But there's Cheeno, and he's worth a dozen men

and worth a dozen of you.

You won't even have a prayer.

Burl, he was a friend of the marshal's.

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Well...

let's go burn us a town.

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All right. Easy.

- Are you hurt? - I'm fine.

What happened here?

Burl... he came in like a madman.

He... And he killed that man.

I thought he was going to kill me.

Where is he now?

Oh, I don't know.

He hit me... That's all I remember.

What about the Apache brothers?

- They're coming. - When?

I don't know. They said they were going to give you

and the posse time enough to get far enough away.

They should be here any time now.

Thanks.

Thad, you better stay with her.

They may try to double back here.

Come on, Festus.

Where in the tarnation

do we start looking for him, Matthew?

Well, they'll probably hit the bank.

At least that's what I'm counting on Burl thinking.

He's got to be around here somewhere.

Yeah.

Festus, you go take cover over there.

Matthew, you better watch it, now,

'cause he's liable to take a potshot at you.

Yeah, well, that's a chance I'll have to take.

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Burl, it's Matt Dillon.

Matt?

Burl, put that gun down.

I can't do it, Matt.

The Apache brothers are coming.

You killed Charlie Briggs.

It was an accident.

Put the gun away and come down out of there.

Get off the street.

I'll come down after I get Cheeno and the others.

You come down now.

Don't do it.

Don't make me hurt you.

Now, get off the street.

I'm going to tell you once more.

Put the gun away and come down, or I'm coming up after you.

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Well, like the man says, easy as custard pudding.

Which do we take first... Willa or the bank?

Oh, money will get me another Willa.

If there's no trouble, we'll pick her up

on the way out of town.

When I checked it out,

the safe looked to be real easy to blow.

Yes, sir.

Easy as custard pudding.

He's up there, Matthew.

Reckon that could be them?

We'll know before long.

We will be glad to have Masters' gun helping us out.

Don't shoot.

Burl.

Put that gun down.

He's the last one, Matthew.

You can't shoot an unarmed man down like that.

That's Cheeno. He's the leader.

He's the one that burned my town.

I'm going to kill him.

You'll have to shoot me first.

Did I get him?

Yeah, you got him.

Well, let some folks hear about it.

They'll hear.

It had to be, Matt.

I-I had to do it.

Yeah.

Matt, Matt...

I'm sorry about that man I killed in the jail.

Matt...

whatever happened to those spurs of yours?

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The last few weeks, my mouth's just been a-waterin'

for a mess of fresh-caught pan-fryers.

Ain't no earthly reason in the world

why you can't go with me, Matthew.

It would do you good.

Festus, there's one good reason.

If we both go fishing at the same time,

who's going to look after the office here?

Oh, well, nothing's going to happen

in the next three hours or so.

If you're so anxious to go fishing,

why don't you take Doc with you?

Now, wait a minute.

Well, I would except for one reason.

What's that?

Well, I always catch more fish than he does,

and he gets mad and...

That's a bold-faced lie right there.

It ain't neither.

Then you're always hoo-rahing me about my willer pole.

Saying, "Oh, my fishing outfit's good. It's..."

Mine is better than yours.

Well, it ain't neither.

How come I always catch more fish than you do?

- Howdy, Festus. - Thad.

- Hi, Thad. - Matt.

Well, did you get Willa Prayther up to Hays all right?

Yeah. Sheriff signed the release forms.

Oh, thanks.

You look kind of tired, Thad.

Well, I am. I've been in the saddle since sunup.

Thad, how about you and me going fishing?

I'd like to, Festus.

Right now, I'm just too tired.

Besides, I've had enough fish to last me for quite a few days.

When?

Oh, I stopped off on the way back from Hays City.

You mean you went fishing?

Well, I told you I might.

You didn't neither.

You said, if I was to go with you to Hays City,

that you might go fishing.

Well?

Well, I didn't go with you.

Festus, I'm too tired to try and figure that one out.

Here, have some coffee.

I'm going to bed.

I don't want it. I done had all the coff...

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