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Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

Bailey.

Will you stop that?

Thought I had more than that.

Excuse me.

Wait a minute.

Couldn't we just sit and talk?

I'm sorry, George. It's my job.

But...

We ought to be further back.

This is good enough.

Matthew, would you want a...

Oh, yeah, I'll have a cup, Festus.

Thank you.

Bailey.

Don't do that.

What in the Sam Hill?

Go get the horses. I'll get Doc.

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Joe!

Joe?

There's nothing you're going to want to see down there.

Poor old Billy.

Let's get out of here.

Go round up the horses.

Well, this puts us out of business, I suppose.

Doesn't have to.

Where you gonna find anyone as crazy as he was?

There's always somebody.

Haven't you learned that yet?

I'll tell you this, Miss Kitty,

you haven't never saw no sight like this

in all your born days.

It was pretty grizzly all right.

All right, it was grizzly.

So let's just not belabor the point.

Well, Doc...

Boiling nitroglycerin out of dynamite...

Who would even think of such a thing?

Oh, well, Kitty, that's been thought of a long time ago.

That's dangerous, but...

Oh, shoot, Miss Kitty, it's plumb easy.

All you do is go to work and get yourself a pot...

- I'm in favor of that. - What?

You getting yourself a pot and a stick of dynamite

and going way outside of town and doing it.

Well, after what we saw, I don't see how it's possible

for anyone's safe to be blown around here.

Yeah, I hope you're right.

They sure have been having a field day.

Well, I'll tell you this, Matthew.

It says a heap for you.

You notice they ain't been hanging around Dodge City.

No, not so far, but they sure have been

operating in the territory.

Wichita's getting a little edgy.

Well, I guess I better make the rounds.

- I'll see you later, Kitty. - Think I'll join you, Matt.

Put your money down now.

No more bets. No more bets, boys.

That's it.

Come on.

All right, now, here, she's coming out now.

Here, she's... Number one is the winner!

Ay Chihuahua! We did it again!

I knew it, I knew it! Fill this old saddlebag.

Stay with me, honey. You're my luck tonight.

- I thank you. - A round for all the boys.

Coming right up, winner.

All right, get your bets down, boys.

Evening, Anne.

Oh, hello, George.

I came to see you.

That's nice.

Uh, Sam, I'm going to need

a couple more beers on here, please.

Coming right up, Anne.

Hustle it up. Time is money.

Couldn't we just talk?

I'd just love it.

I'd love to sit right down and...

There's a table right here.

I'd love to, George, but I have to work.

For just a minute?

George, I told you this afternoon.

I know what you told me.

Good night, George.

I'm sorry.

Anne, I thought maybe Sunday...

uh, I thought maybe we could... we could get together.

I know you don't have to work.

Sunday? Sunday I get to sleep.

Here you are, fellas.

Thank you, Anne.

Howdy, George.

Who are you?

Ah, come on, George.

Who are you?

The name's Pheeters.

Where you going?

I'm already there.

Where's that?

Where's that?

Hell, boy.

Hell.

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Move over.

George, George, George.

You're a lucky man, George.

You've got something nobody in the world has.

Yeah, yeah.

I got a gut that's eating me alive.

You got a crystal ball.

What are you talking about?

Oh, ain't many men

who can look into the future.

There you see a crystal ball.

You're drunk.

Of course I am.

Look, Georgie.

Georgie?

Georgie, look.

Look.

What do you see?

I see you.

No, you don't.

You see yourself in 30 years.

All right, here we go now.

All right.

All right, put your bets down, boys.

Get off the table, please.

I'm as good as any man here.

You hear?

Put your bets down now. Let's go.

- Anne? - Come on, come on, come on.

Let's play the game. Come on.

- Come on, you... - Get your hands off of her.

Now, wait. Now, wait...

Wait a minute, boy.

Now, wait a... wait a minute here.

Hold it. Easy, easy, easy, son.

Easy. Now, wait. Now, hold it.

I'm as good a man as you, even if I am broke.

Hold it, now.

A chance!

That's all a man needs.

But how does he get it?

George McClaney, stop it. Do you hear me?

- I'll handle him, Miss Kitty. - Stay away from me!

George?

All I wanted was to talk to you.

Put that down.

How come she works so hard she can't talk to me?

Just put the gun down, and we'll talk about it.

That's all I wanted to do was talk to her.

But no, you got to have money to talk to her.

It's your fault.

You won't let her talk to me.

Hold it!

Put the gun down.

No. No, I won't.

You're going to have to kill me.

That's the only way.

Come on, kill me.

That's what you're going to have to do.

Now, put the gun down before you hurt somebody.

Come on!

I dare you.

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All right, let's go.

- No! Leave me alone! - Come on.

Leave me alone! You got no right!

If he's sober in the morning,

get him back over here to clean up this place.

All right. Let's go.

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Morning.

My name's, uh, Stearman.

Ben Stearman.

Congratulations.

I saw you last night.

You got a lot of nerve.

Comes out of a bottle.

I believe a man's true nature comes out

after he's had a few.

Here, this will fix you up.

I'm not a drunk.

I never said you were.

I'm a bum.

There's a difference.

A bum's a drunk without the price.

That's the difference.

I'm George McClaney.

You interested in a job, George?

I seem to have one.

I mean a good job.

I'll pay you $200 to start.

If you're paying me that kind of money,

it's got to either be dirty or dishonest.

Probably both.

Neither one.

It's fast, and it's easy.

What's the catch?

It's dangerous.

Oh.

It'll take me most of the day to finish up here.

Take your time.

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Things are all played out back East.

I must have tried half a dozen things.

Sailing, stuff like that.

Where's "East"?

Baltimore.

Is your family in Baltimore?

Not anymore.

What do you want me to do?

There's no hurry.

You said it'd be fast.

Take about ten minutes when we get to it.

We just want to get acquainted first.

I came into some money a couple of years ago.

My father died.

Took him 40 years to make it.

Took me ten months to spend it.

What were you doing in Dodge, George?

Fellow gave me a ride over from Coldwater.

Oh, a friend of yours?

Nah, just a fellow with a wagon.

You find something funny?

Look, I got no family, no friends.

I'm not writing to anybody.

And nobody's looking to me.

That's what you wanted to know, wasn't it?

You're pretty smart.

Said it was dangerous. How smart do you have to be?

Do I get the job?

Oh, we'll see.

Can you lay off that?

I told him I wasn't fighting the bottle.

You got to be steady for what we got in mind.

All right.

Then get yourself some rest.

We'll get started in the morning.

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Yeah, that's real steady, George.

Never a doubt, huh?

That's very good, George.

Good enough for me.

Now, watch.

Nitro's like an oil.

When it starts to get hot, it comes floating to the top.

And you take this cloth...

very slowly.

You pick it up and let the liquid strain through.

Then you skim it off the top,

and you put it in this bottle.

You move it real slow and real easy.

Real slow and real easy.

Don't jostle it. Don't slosh it.

Don't even breathe on it.

You pour it into the bottle so.

Nothing to worry about, if you're careful.

Then why don't you do it?

Are you game?

What are the chances?

Of making money? Great.

No, of living to spend it.

They're not so great.

Well, there you are. Now you've lost him.

No, I haven't. Have I, George?

It's better than what's ahead of you.

It's as good a way as any.

Better than most, when you think about it.

And you've thought about it, haven't you, George?

You've got a good eye, Mr. Stearman.

This is right up my alley.

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Hold it right there, George.

Now, put it down in front of you and let it cool.

Yahoo!

My friends, I do believe we're back in business.

Real good.

Just as smooth as silk.

There's your hundred.

I want a horse. I want to go into town.

Oh, I can't let you do that.

Then what good's this?

Oh, we'll all go into Dodge in a few days

and have a high old time, but right now you stay here.

There's a jug inside.

You sure can pick 'em, Ben.

Uh-huh.

You got away with it this time, huh?

We had this other fella, Billy Burkas.

Oh, he was crazy.

Sweat would be standing out on his head.

His eyes was like to pop out.

He stuck with it.

Got away with it twice, too.

Third time...

That's what's going to happen to you.

I'm just running off at the mouth 'cause I'm scared.

Sometimes my heart gets to beating so hard

I think that'll set it off.

It'll probably happen out on the road someplace.

Hit a bump or something.

What do you mean?

You don't think you got the only dangerous job?

I got to carry it, you know.

Each time, I swear, never again.

Tell me something, George.

You-you get scared, too, don't you?

Just a little?

Of a lot of things.

Not that.

Why do you do it?

Same reason as you.

For the money.

What money?

Any money that's held in a safe.

We've seen one or two things hereabouts,

but it's the first time Spearville has been

nigh blown off of the map by nitroglycerin.

This is the closest they've ever come to Dodge, too.

How much did they steal, anyhow?

- $8,267 in cash. - Phew.

Then they've started up again.

Second one in two weeks.

Where are they getting that stuff now?

- Good work, George. - Yeah, nice.

I don't know what we was worried about.

Watch your step.

Ain't got a nerve in your body, have you, George?

Yeah, he's got the touch all right.

You know, George, it's just possible

you've found your natural calling.

Here's your hundred.

That's not enough.

What?

He's a little smarter than that Billy Burkas was, huh?

What do you need?

$500.

What are you going to do with it?

Live a little.

All right, George.

Live a little.

Can I buy you a drink?

Part of the service, mister.

George.

How have you been?

Just fine.

Where have you been?

Working.

So I see.

A man can only sink so low, Anne.

Will you have supper with me this evening?

Well...

I forgot... You have to work suppertime.

Oh, no.

I don't have to work suppertime tonight.

And I'd be delighted, George.

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You know, you still haven't told me about it.

George?

What?

Where'd you get the money?

Oh.

Does it matter?

Well, a man brags about how smart he is,

how he beat somebody out in a deal,

and a woman smiles and tells him how wonderful he is.

I don't know which I mind most...

That or listening to their problems.

Why do you do it?

Oh, it's either that or be a slavey someplace.

I have to eat.

You found a gold mine.

In Kansas?

Am I warm?

Ice cold.

You held up the stagecoach.

No, you're still cold.

I know.

You're the one that's been

blowing open the safes around here.

You're red hot.

George.

I came into some money back East.

My father died.

Oh, I'm sorry.

You see, that's hardly anything to brag about.

Well, I can only say that the change is wonderful.

Yes?

It really is.

And I don't just mean the money.

But that is important, isn't it?

The money.

I wasn't very nice to you.

I'm sorry.

I can only blame the job.

I'm there so many hours, and I just...

Get in here.

Excuse me.

Louie.

Where you been?

I've been looking all over for you.

I was in jail.

Still got a little fire going?

Missed you the last few days, Georgie.

Been out of town.

You've come on to something?

- Yeah. - I knew it.

Spied you in Delmonico's there.

Delmonico's.

And I said to myself, "He's done it.

The boy's done it."

Come on inside. I'll buy you some supper.

Oh, no, no, I...

I couldn't do that.

I sure am happy for you, Georgie.

She's the prettiest girl I ever saw.

Come on in. I want you to meet her.

George, George, George.

- Come on. - No, no, no.

Oh, Howie at the Dodge House give me something for you.

Telegrams always scare me.

Never got but one.

It was the saddest news a man...

I never did like 'em after that.

Oh, Louie.

Good news, Georgie?

These are all the tomorrows any man could hope for.

What is it?

- Come on. Come on! - Oh, no, no, no, no.

- Not Delmonico's. - Come on.

Georgie, not Delmonico's.

No, Georgie, no, no, no.

Not Delmonico's.

Anne, this is my friend, Louie Pheeters,

the worst fortune-teller in the world.

How do you do, Louie?

- Ma'am. - Sit down, Louie.

- Waiter. - Yes, Mr. McClaney.

I want the biggest plate of fried chicken you have

- for my friend here. - Yes, sir.

George, what happened?

George...

have you been drinking?

No, but I feel like it.

I have an appointment tomorrow in Bellefont

with Byron Feiffer Farnum.

Who's he?

He is the Kansas Petroleum Development Company.

That's who he is.

Petroleum?

Oil.

I met him a while back.

We're going to discuss a partnership.

I'm going to put some of that money my father left me to work.

Louie, I want you to eat all the fried chicken you can hold.

Uh, and when you're finished,

I want you to go on over to the Long Branch

and, uh, get all the beer you need

to wash it down.

Good night.

Good night, Louie.

Ma'am.

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Evening, Festus.

Louie.

What is that you... you got there?

I'm eating my supper.

Would you care to join me?

Well, I-I was just fixing to go in yonder

and wash me some dishes to get a few vittles.

Oh, no need for that tonight.

Sit down.

Much obliged, Louie.

What'd you do, uh, get yourself a little windfall, did you?

As a matter of fact, it was a friend of mine who did.

Oh? Who's that?

Mr. George McClaney.

All right, here we're coming out now.

Payoff on number five.

It's nice to see you, George.

It's been a few days.

Sam told me you were in earlier.

Yes.

You look lovely, Anne.

Thank you.

Um, excuse me.

You betcha. You betcha again.

Uh, good evening, Mr. McClaney.

Fortunate my running into you, Ben.

Oh?

It gives me a chance to tell you that I'll be leaving town soon.

Be gone long, will you?

Afraid so.

I'm all done with it.

I don't want to see you fellas anymore.

We'll miss you.

Yeah.

Kind of makes a fella feel good to be missed.

But, uh, there will be somebody else along to take my place,

won't there, Ben?

There's always somebody else along.

Gentlemen.

Well, that does it.

We'll see.

After we take care of that business up north, we'll see.

Spin the wheel, will you?

It's here somewhere.

I just saw it this morning.

Just so I'm not too late.

Too late?

To buy in.

Of course not. You're not too late.

I said so in my telegram, didn't I?

Here. While I'm looking, this sample came the other day.

That's oil all right.

"Pie in the sky," says they.

"Fortune," says I.

I read a while back about oil being discovered up north.

Nothing like what's going to be taken from my holdings.

Oh, here it is.

Kansas Petroleum Development Company.

Land lease agreement.

At least these will be my holdings come next Monday.

Mr. Farnum...

I, uh... I put together a little less than $500 here.

Six months from now, George, and you'll be worth thousands.

It's every cent I've got.

I've got a lot riding on this.

I don't think I have time to start over.

Do you realize what this is?

This is the future of our country.

Why?

"Dreamer," says they.

"Destiny," says I.

There's power in this, George.

Power to move mountains.

And someday, power to push trains across the plains.

Power to send great ships cruising the seven seas.

You mean run trains and ships with oil?

You don't believe it, either, huh?

Just... just like all the others.

Well, it does sound a little far-fetched.

Well, George, if you don't believe it,

why you putting your money in it?

Well, I guess the power to light the lamps

of several cities is good enough for me.

How old are you, George?

- Twenty-seven. - Twenty-seven.

You heard what I just said?

You'll live to see it. You'll live to see it,

and you'll remember Byron Feiffer Farnum saying it,

and that's my word.

It's today I'm worried about, Mr. Farnum.

Today.

That's all.

Well, there's my money.

The money goes directly to the bank.

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Well, how's it look, Bailey?

Piece of cake.

Last batch we got from George should do it easy.

Yeah, the last batch.

Everything has to end sometime.

Let's go.

Mr. Sanders in the bank there

will fill you out a stock certificate, George.

Then you'll be a bona fide stockholder

in the Kansas Petroleum Development Company.

And come next Monday, when we draw out our money,

you'll be handed all those leases,

and you and me will be in business.

What, um... what was the man's name?

Uh, Mr. Sanders.

He's a real nice fella.

"Transferable only on the books of the corporation

in person or by..."

I can't understand a single word of this, George.

It simply gives me a piece

of the Kansas Petroleum Development Company.

Oh.

Anne, do you know what this means?

Pennsylvania's just swimming in oil.

People have made fortunes with less shares than this.

But this is Kansas.

There's oil in Kansas, too.

Mr. Farnum's reports show that the...

the leased land sits right on top of a main pool.

He's brought up oil sand already.

This is the chance I've been looking for, for a lifetime.

I'm very happy for you, George.

There's an element of speculation in it, of course.

But this is a sure-fire, gilt-edge proposition,

not one of those fly-by-night deals.

I mean, Farnum wouldn't even touch the money.

He made me take it right straight to the bank.

He's not working on a shoestring.

He's got money.

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Well, here's to you, George.

I'm not saying I'm going to be the richest man in Kansas.

Not for a few years, anyway.

Well, here's to the day that you are.

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Hold it.

Easy, now.

Easy.

Easy, boy.

Watch it, now.

Easy, easy, easy.

Whoa, whoa.

Okay, Bailey.

Now, watch the rut.

Watch it, Bailey.

Easy, now.

Easy.

Come on, now, boy. Come on.

Easy, easy.

Easy, easy, easy!

Watch it!

Hold him!

Hold him!

Bailey!

Jump, Bailey!

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Bailey, you still in one piece?

Yeah.

You all right?

What are we going to do now, Ben?

Ben?

I guess we're going to have to go get George.

We need more nitro.

You'll not get it from me.

Yes, I will, George.

Not on your life, mister. I'm all set up now.

There's no way in the world you can make me do it.

Yeah? Miss Anne... she's sure a pretty little thing.

Be a shame if anything happened to her, George.

What?

You hear me, and you hear me good.

We need more nitro.

Now, you make it,

or else that little lady's going to have an accident.

Joe is very good at accidents.

Wait.

We'll see you first thing

in the morning, George, at the shack.

Mercy, mercy.

No wonder there were some windows broken in Dodge.

I'll guarantee you this, Matthew.

There's one safe hereabouts

that ain't going to get itself blowed open.

Guess they were bound to run out of luck eventually.

Dying's about as final a thing as there is,

but this here way's

about the most finalest that I have ever saw.

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Stay tuned for exciting scenes

from the conclusion of tonight's story.