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NARRATOR: "Gunsmoke" with
Milburn Stone as Doc,

Amanda Blake as Kitty,
Ken Curtis as Festus,

Buck Taylor as
Newly, and starring

James Arness as Matt Dillon.

[gunshots and yelling]

Betty, someday they'll be gone,
and this place will last long

after them, and us with it.

[screaming and yelling]

Come on outta here!

Look here what I
almost stepped on.

Aw, 'tis that
sorry I am, friend.

Keep your hands off me,
you pigboat [inaudible].

Now, hold it, bucko, hold it.

You see, you've
got to be grinning

when you call an Irishman that.

I do, huh?

'Course you do.

That way there's no offense.

Now go on, let me hear you
call me that once more.

Go on, please, huh?

Or haul your mangy tail
outta here, right now!

Come on.

[laughter]

Oh, excuse me, friends.

He tried to make
off with my knife.

Oh, someone get
a doctor, please.

Oh, get a doctor!

Please, get a doctor!

Festus, you could
help me by staying here

and looking out after things.

Well, Newly can
do that, Matthew.

Now, you're gonna
need somebody that--

Here we go.

Much obliged, Miss Kitty.

There you are.

Like I was saying, Matthew,
Newly can look after Dodge.

And besides, you know what
things have came to out yonder

in that town of Hilt.
Why, it's worser

than Dodge ever
was its worstest.

You know what he's
working up to, Matt?

He wants to go along with you.

Well, of course I do.

How in the tarnation do
we know who they're fixing

to send out yonder to help him?

Could be some green-horned
old galoot that don't know

his elbow from his what else.

Matt, didn't you say that
whoever would be helping

would be staying on for a while
after you quiet things down?

That's what the
telegram said, Kitty.

Well, then why don't
you take Festus with you?

I think that's a great idea.

Matt, why don't you do that?

Then we can get a little
peace and quiet around here.

All right, you
blamed old scudder.

If I was to ever
leave Dodge, you'd

be miserabler than a
flea-bit old hound dog

with a rheummy-ticky hind leg.

Besides that, you
wouldn't find nobody

that's put up with your blamed
pickety-pickin' hoo-ron.

Oh yes, I'm gonna miss this.

I really am.

You be careful, you
hear me, Matthew?

I will, Festus.

See ya, Matt.

Well, after all this time,
you'd think the goodbyes would

get easier, but they don't.

See you in a couple of weeks.

[yelling and gunshots]

Now, don't go
breaking your fist, ya!

Oh, no, you just
hold still now.

And don't you go flinchin', huh?

[cheering]

[gunshots and screaming]

It's gonna be Junction
City all over again, Matt.

You can remember that
far back, can't you?

The only difference
is, we're not

gonna have old Marshal Kimbrough
to back us up this time.

Hello, Luke.

Matt.

How are ya?

I don't mind saying I'm
relieved to see it's you.

Well, that goes double.

It's gonna take a
bit of savvy to read

the scripture to this place.

That's why I got here a
day early to look things

over and see where to start.

Came two days early
myself for the same reason.

Come on, I'll show you around.

All right.

[sound of glass breaking]

They drag through
here all the time

for the Oklahoma territory.

Of course, they don't have
to worry about the law here

anymore than they do down there.

[more glass breaking]

Bustin' windows and thievin' has
gotten to be quite a pastime.

'Course with profits like
they are, nobody gives a hoot.

They're practically
trading sugar

for gold dust pound for pound.

You know, Matt, I'd thought
I'd seen everything.

But there's something in this
town you just got to see.

-What's that?
-The local banking system.

Come on.

[saloon music]

You're just about to
see a deposit made.

It's almost 100% robbery proof.

What if somebody steps inside
that circle by accident?

They buried the most
recent one this morning.

Figured this would make
a pretty good hoosegow.

Well, it worked
in Junction City.

Sure did.

You know, a handcuff to one
of these posts for a few days

will at least get
their attention.

Blacksmith close
by like he is will

be handy for forging chains.

Well, Marshal,
let's get to work.

[gunshots and yelling]

That's the last race in town.

Do tell.

Just once.

Stand aside.

I don't want to spoil your day.

Well, you won't.

Turn loose of those reins or
you gonna get run over, mister.

I'm a US Marshal.

It's like Jimmy says,
turn loose of them reins

or get run over.

You're under arrest.

[rifle shot]

Next one will be right
in your breadbasket.

If you want to push
it, now's the time.

Would you mind
repeating that once more?

I said I never
knew a Dutchman that

couldn't outclass a
tea-sippin', [inaudible]

in any drinking contest.

You spoiling for a fight?

You got a fight!

Well, actually, I'm
more of a drinker.

Now look, pay no
mind to Mike here.

He gets a wee bit
testy sometimes.

But there's one thing that we
don't do, and that's sip tea.

[cheering]

All the Dutchies I know can
empty their glass in four

seconds if they're of a mind.

I can do it quicker.

You can, huh?

Yeah.

Well now, Dutchie,
you've met your master.

I hear the words.

Hey, gaffer, two
mugs of suds here.

The same as me and
the boys have, right?

Let me show him who
the tea sipper is.

No, no, I'll do this.

Oh, and on top of that, drinks
all around for the house.

[cheering]

-One little side bet.
-Yeah?

If I win, you
personally see to it

that your track crews hang their
fun on a lower limb from here

on out.

What if you lose?

You can name it.

[laughter]

Ha!

Hey, where are those beers?

And one of you fellas go
look for a one-way ticket

on the next outgoing stage
for me marshal friend here.

[cheering]

Well, now, now, don't
go hurting yourself, huh?

Oh, that was a darlin'
blow, McCoy, a darlin' blow.

Now you just remember, on the
lower limb from here on out.

I gave you me word,
now I'll keep it.

That's good.

You know, I haven't downed a
beer like that in 15 years.

I was wondering about that.

What if you hadn't made it?

I don't know.

You reckon he might have
gone for two out of three?

[gunshots and screaming]

McCurdy.

Well, I heard we had
us some law in town.

That's right.

Marshal, my men
had every reason

to suppose that that man was
making a play for the money.

You won't need this
banking setup anymore.

Come back and tell me
that in a couple of days,

if you're still around.

I'm telling you now,
and I'm telling you once.

[rifle shot]

Hold off.

All right, hold it.

Marshal, the first thing people
learn when they come in here

is what happens to anybody that
sets foot inside that circle.

I've got a right to
protect what's mine.

From now on,
you'll be protecting

what's yours up to the law.

Anybody else gets killed
inside this circle,

I'll see you hanged for murder.

[hammering]

[woman screaming]

All right.

This place has changed some.

You boys aren't wanted
around here anymore.

We planned on going anyhow.

You do just that.

Next time.

I'll be looking
forward to that.

Now git!

Dang town's depressing anyway.

It'd sure be good
to forget everybody

else's problems for a while
and tie one on, wouldn't it?

The only trouble with
wearing this badge.

Six bit piece of
tin can sure cost

a man a heck of a lot in life.

You know, old man Kimbrough
had the right idea.

He once said, in this job you
never take on nothing personal

that you can't easy give up.

Whatever happened to him?

He's dead, Luke.

Did he ever get out
from behind his badge?

Nope.

Well then, there's
hope for us, Matt.

Times are changing.

You know what I do?

Tie one on?

Luke, you think you're going
to get along all right here?

Standing on my head,
Matt, thank you.

Matt, do you think times are
changing too fast for us?

That's something I try not
to think too much about, Luke.

Take care.

This is the Hilt
Hotel, lady, right here.

What in the world
are you doing here?

Caleb and I are on our
way to San Francisco.

Oh?

Luke, we talked it all out.

I told you it was over.

Well, you're sure taking the
long way around to get there.

Well, Caleb begged to see you.

It was only right.

Well, I sure appreciate that.

I said this time,
and I meant it.

I know.

Luke!

Hey!

Hey, boy.

Luke I was scared you
would have already gone.

No.

Say, that new suit's something.

Finally got long pants, huh?

It ain't the pants,
it's the man wearing 'em.

Seems like I've heard
that somewhere before.

You used to tell me
that all the time.

We're going to San
Francisco, Luke.

So your mother said.

But we can't get any seats
on the stage for two days.

The man at the freight
office said so.

Now look, it's just
about time for supper.

You hungry?

Yes, sir.

We ain't had nothing
but beans and meat

since we left Fort Smith.

Don't say ain't.

It isn't polite.

If we go now, we can get
in ahead of the crowd.

No, you two go on.

I'm tired from the trip.

I think I'll just go to bed.

But we were just going
to get something to eat.

Let's go.

You gonna let her go, Luke?

Well now, there's just
some things in life a man's

got no right to change, Caleb.

Come on.

Luke!

Hi, boy.

-Come over here and sit with us.
-Martha.

Morning.

You sit there.

I'm through anyway.

Caleb, you haven't
eaten a thing.

I'm not hungry, Ma.

Besides, I want
to go look around.

Hey, watch it boy.

Place has got growing pains.

Thanks, Luke.

More coffee?

Please.

-Thanks.
-Thank you.

Were things as bad
as you expected?

Oh, nothing ever really is.

They sent me a man I
started with, a good man.

You heard me talk
about him, Matt Dillon.

Oh, you'd never know to
look at the place, though.

It's so quiet.

It's still quivering though.

It's still got a few
kicks left in her.

With Caleb you talked about
the town's growing pains,

and now you talk as
though it's dying.

The old way is dying.

The new is getting born.

Luke Rumbaugh,
undertaker and midwife.

$40 a month lawman.

One of the best.

Just following the
rule book and the man

that wrote it, that's all.

I know all about
that rule book.

Luke, I love you, but I love
my son more, differently.

I can understand that.

That difference is the reason
we're going to San Francisco.

Now, these past eight years,
they were my years, our years.

Now Caleb needs a father.

He's come to be quite a boy
than the sprout I first met.

No little thanks to you.

That'll be a good
place to raise a boy.

The place doesn't matter, Luke.

Then why go?

Because it's a long way
from Fort Smith, and I'm

going to give Caleb a father.

Well, like I said,
Frisco's a pretty good

place to shop for one.

You get yourself
a nice, secure man

with a nice, easy way of life.

I hope so.

A man that'll give
you 100% flat-out

commitment, with
the odds-on chance

that he'll be able to keep it.

Who has that?

Well, for sure nobody
wearing one of these.

I never asked you to
take that badge off.

I know that.

When I get out of
bed in the morning,

I don't know whether I'm going
to see it again that night

or not.

Who does?

When I put on my badge,
the only thing on my mind

is doing the job
and staying alive.

I know.

I don't expect
anymore than that.

But you and that
boy, that's, that's

something I can't easy give up.

But you are giving us up.

You're letting us
go to San Francisco.

-It's, it's not the same thing.
-I don't understand.

Not many would.

So here we are, right
back where we started from.

That was a mistake,
starting in the first place.

Luke, do you
really regret that?

You mean now,
right this moment?

I sure do.

Look, there's nothing
on God's earth

that I'd trade these last
eight years for, nothing.

Now, you take good
care of your Ma, hear?

Some city man will do that.

Aw, there's lots of
good fellers in the city.

The only life for a real man
is with his boot in the soil

or his rump in a saddle.

Where did you hear that?

You told it to me.

Oh.

You forget?

You forget all those
other things you said too?

Well son, there's lots of
things a man does in his life

that he wishes he
could do different.

Why?

Because it's,
because it's right.

A man always does what's right
if he wants to stand square

with himself and his maker.

I won't stay there.

Come on, give it a try.

Luke, I want to
stay here with you.

Yeah, I wished
you could too, son.

But it just can't be.

Now, you go on with your Ma and
grow up and be something solid

like your pa, hear?

You're the only pa
I ever known, Luke.

STAGECOACH DRIVER:
We're moving out.

Tell me something, Luke.

How come in just about every
town I've ever operated in,

I could always get around
the law one way or the other,

but never around you?

What?

Never mind.

You've been staring a
that fly speck on the wall

for the last 15 minutes.

I just wanted to see
if you were listening.

Well, I guess I just
feel like being quiet.

If you felt like
being quiet, you

could go to your hotel room.

And if you felt
like drinking, you

could go to one of
the saloons that you

haven't closed down yet.

Now, you came in here
for a reason, Luke.

And since you're not one to
take free samples of anything,

it must be to talk.

Come, let me buy you
a drink this time.

Thanks.

What's her name?

What's whose name?

The woman you saw
off on the stage.

You remember, the
one with the kid.

Do you know everything that
is going on in this town?

Uh huh.

If she's as important to you
as you're acting like she is,

you better go and do
something about it.

Am I really that obvious?

Oh, probably not
to another man.

Well, anyhow,
it's too late now.

The only thing it's too
late for is to be born.

Oh, go on.

Go on and get out of
here and find her.

I mean, you're
depressing with what

little business I got left.

Thanks, Kate.

How come I always
get kissed goodbye?

STAGECOACH DRIVER: Come on
folks, we're ready to go.

The stage is leaving.

Thank you, Caleb.

Mom, Mom, it's Luke!

Tell the driver to get
your bags down, boy.

Yes, sir.

I figure to write a new
chapter in that rule book.

Oh?

Traveling parson came
by, and nobody in Hilt

had ever seen one there before.

So I latched on to him.

Made him promise to
wait till we got back.

Oh, Luke.

[ominous music]

Whoa.

Caleb, you get the bags down.

While I'm taking
this rig back, you

go pound on room number five.

Tell that parson
feller we're back.

Yes, sir.

Tell him your mother and best
friend are getting married.

Yes sir!

There are times when
a man can do no wrong.

We're back, let's go.

With the cards
running like this?

What did we come up here for?

Part of what we came
up here for, I'm doing.

Now if you're in a hurry,
you go take him yourself.

You might be lucky this time.

If he comes around
tonight, that's one thing.

If not, tomorrow's soon enough.

Hurry up, deal.

[knock on door]

Yes.

Aren't you ready yet?

Luke Rumbaugh, I have
planned this day, or night,

over and over in
my mind for years.

And I'm not gonna be hurried.

Well now, if I've got to
put up with this all my life,

I can just call the
whole thing off.

Not on your life.

Oh, now wait a
minute, wait a minute.

Now, don't fix
yourself up too fancy.

I kinda like you
just like you are.

Oh, Luke.

Oh.

They do that all the time.

Oh, you're just
in time, preacher.

Obviously.

Son, why don't you step
over here by the bed,

right over there?

You sir, if you'd turn
around this way a little bit,

right about in here.
-Right here?

Fine.

Are you ready?

Parson, I've been
ready a long time.

That just about tells
it all for both of us.

Dearly beloved, we're
gathered together

here in the sight of God
and the face of this company

to join together this
man and this woman

in holy matrimony, which is
an honorable estate instituted

of God in the time
of man's innocency,

signifying unto us the
mystical union that is

betwixt Christ and his church.

Into this holy estate,
these two persons

present come now to be joined.

If any man can show just cause
why they may not lawfully

be joined together, he
may speak now, or forever

after hold his peace.

Ring?

With this ring, I thee wed.

With this ring, I thee wed.

Those whom God hath
joined together, let no man

put asunder.

I pronounce that you
are husband and wife.

Luke, oh Luke.

Hello there, son.

Luke.

Yeah?

Oh.

How much do I owe you, preacher?

The usual donation is $3.

Well, since it's the
middle of the night.

I'm afraid I don't have
change for this amount.

Oh, just keep the change.

We just both thank you.

You're most welcome.

And I hope the three of
you will be very happy.

[rooster crowing]

Good morning, Mrs. Rumbaugh.

That's an awful nice way to
start off that new chapter.

Isn't it though?

It will work, Luke.

You bet it will.

Boy!

Yes, sir?

Didn't I see you with
the marshal last night?

Yes, sir.

That's what I thought.

I got something really
important to tell him.

You think you can get a
message to him for me?

Yes, sir.

You have put a spell on me.

I feel like I'm
19 all over again.

That is no spell,
Mrs. Rumbaugh.

[knock on door]

Hey.

What you got there, kid?

Caleb, breakfast, how sweet.

Luke, a man stopped
me down at the cafe.

Yeah?

What man?

He said he came
back with friends

to keep the town from dying.

Where are they now?

At the cafe.

Luke?

-How many were there?
-Two.

Are you sure?

Yes, sir.

At least, two was all I saw.

[ominous music]

Good morning, Marshal.

You're under arrest.

Both of us?

Put your hands on the table.

I said, put your
hands on the table.

Them too?

[gunshots]

Get on your feet.

Get up!

Marshal, you better get
that shoulder looked after.

There's four more.

Just keep moving.

Marshal, looks like
you done run out of time

to get that shoulder looked at.

Not twice in the same day.

[gunshot]

[scream]

[gunshots and yelling]

[gunshots outside]

[knock on door]

Hello, Matt.

Come in.

Luke.

That's my wife Martha.

She sent you the wire.

How do you do, ma'am?

Marshal Dillon.

That's Caleb.

Hello, son.

You all right?

I will be.

Sorry to put this on you, Matt.

Who did it?

A man named Badger.

You won't have any
trouble finding him.

How'd it happen?

I got caught up by the
dumbest stunt of all.

Well, I guess that's
happened to all of us.

Well, it's the
last time for me.

I'm quitting.

Truth is, I knew I was ready
to quit when I made up my mind

to ask Martha to marry me.

Lost the edge, Matt.

But how do you explain something
like that to a boy, huh?

[saloon music and chatter]

That's him over there.

Your name Badger, is it?

That's right, whiskers.

There's a big feller out
yonder with a marshal's

badge pinned on his shirt.

He told me to tell
you something.

He did?

Either you come out yonder
or he's fixin' to come in here

and get ya.

You tell him I got the message.

If I was you, I wouldn't
settle down on my nest.

Appeared to me like
he meant business.

Bad eyeball.

Don't make a move.

Badger?

Right here.

You're under arrest.

The fools they're hiring
get bigger and bigger.

[gunshots and screams]

Hold it right there.

Get your hands up.

All right, now move over.

I'm gonna say this one more
time, and you better hear me.

The lid's on this town.

Anybody tries to take it off
is gonna wind up like them.

The law's come to Hilt,
and it's gonna stay here.

Now you better think about that.

Think about it hard.

Luke, ma'am.

Now Luke, I just talked
to Newly and Festus.

They said they'll stay on
till the new deputy gets here.

Thank you, Matt.

I wish you both luck.

I think your boy'll come around.

I'd like to believe
that, but these last days

tell me different.

So long, Luke.

Take care, Matt.

Goodbye, Marshal.

Mrs. Rumbaugh.

They'll be sending another
deputy in a week or so.

Well, Matthew,
don't tell old Doc

it'll be that quick so's he can
enjoy hisself for a few days.

Festus, Doc won't be fit to
live with until you get back.

Well, fiddle, I
know that, Newly.

And old Doc, he knows it, too.

But if he knowed that I
knowed that he knowed, why,

he'd turn seven ways
of purple and deny it.

We'll see you
directly, Matthew.

All right.

I was afraid I was going to
miss saying goodbye to you.

Goodbye, Marshal Dillon.

Caleb, I know what you're
thinking about Luke,

but you're wrong.

You're dead wrong.

But he's a coward.

Luke's a coward.

No, he isn't, son.

Luke's one of the best
lawmen that ever was.

Was.

Luke wasn't afraid
of doing his job.

He wasn't even afraid of dying
if he had to, because he didn't

have anything he felt was
that worthwhile that he

was going to leave behind.

But now it's different.

He's got your ma,
and he's got you.

The reason he did what he
did was so you'd have a pa.

You think about that.

You'll see I'm right.

Luke, oh Luke.

I love you, Luke, and I'm sorry.

[theme music]