Episode Transcript
[00:00:18] Speaker A: Around Dodge City and in the territory on west, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's with a U.S. marshal. And the smell of gun smoke.
Gun sport. Starring William Conrad. The story of the violence that moved west with young America. And the story of a man who moved with it.
[00:00:56] Speaker B: I'm that man. Matt Dillon, United States Marshal. The first man they look for and the last they want to meet.
It's a chancy job, and it makes a man watchful and a little lonely.
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[00:02:03] Speaker C: All right, genky head that went in there, look out. The other one's caution.
[00:02:09] Speaker B: Get in there.
[00:02:11] Speaker C: That's good. That's good. All right. All right. Get out of there, Jinky. I'll get the gate.
[00:02:22] Speaker B: There.
[00:02:23] Speaker C: We got him, Reed. We got him right from one of them slowed noses. Leave your horse here, Jiggy. We'll tell them off.
We just rode them wild horses right.
[00:02:34] Speaker A: Away from them, didn't we, Reef?
[00:02:36] Speaker C: They're probably still looking for them.
Well, we got two, Ma. Two wild horses in the corral.
[00:02:44] Speaker D: I seen you driving men.
[00:02:45] Speaker C: Yeah. They'll bring good money. That's right, Ma. They're sound.
[00:02:48] Speaker D: Any trouble?
[00:02:48] Speaker C: No, we just rolled away from them.
[00:02:50] Speaker D: Rode away from who?
[00:02:51] Speaker C: Old man Slotin, his second boy, that Jasp.
[00:02:54] Speaker D: You. You take him away from the Sloat?
[00:02:57] Speaker C: No, we just outrode him.
[00:02:58] Speaker D: Now, Reed, you tell me straight.
[00:03:00] Speaker C: That's right, Ma. They was out on open range. We got them rounded up first. Yeah, and we got away first, too.
[00:03:05] Speaker D: I don't want no trouble.
[00:03:07] Speaker C: Oh, we can handle it, Ma. We can always handle him.
[00:03:09] Speaker D: Scoot. I don't want nothing to handle now, Ma.
[00:03:12] Speaker C: There ain't no cause to worry.
[00:03:14] Speaker D: That's what your PA said, and he lays dead.
[00:03:17] Speaker C: Pa was alone that day, Ma. Hey, somebody's coming.
It's them.
[00:03:25] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:03:26] Speaker C: Jass and his old man.
[00:03:27] Speaker D: Well, leave them come.
[00:03:29] Speaker C: They'll take the coats we brought in. Come on, Jakey.
[00:03:32] Speaker B: Breathe, Jakey.
[00:03:35] Speaker E: In the corral. Cass, get him.
[00:03:38] Speaker C: Sure, Pa.
Set your horses.
[00:03:41] Speaker E: We're taking the coats. Go on, Jess.
[00:03:43] Speaker A: You better hold on.
[00:03:45] Speaker C: We roped them. They're our coats, ain't they? Readin' they are's right enough.
There ain't never no call for you Sloats riding onto our place.
And there sure ain't no call for you trying to take them colts. I'm ordering you off our land right now.
[00:03:59] Speaker E: He's talkin big like his PA did.
Go on, Cass. Go gather up them quotes.
[00:04:06] Speaker C: Sure, Fob. Get him.
[00:04:07] Speaker F: Not likely.
[00:04:08] Speaker C: You won't, Jakey. Oh, it wasn't no call to shoot him, mister. That was my brother you shot.
[00:04:16] Speaker E: You hold it, boy.
Right where you are. You don't want the same.
[00:04:20] Speaker C: You murder Renner all.
[00:04:26] Speaker E: He drawed too late. Just like his pa.
Well, go on, Jas, get the coats.
[00:04:32] Speaker C: You just gonna leave him alive?
[00:04:34] Speaker E: Folks, if they need burying, their ma can do it. Will you get them Colts?
[00:04:39] Speaker D: All right, folks, get off my land.
[00:04:46] Speaker C: Fuck, he's got guns.
[00:04:48] Speaker E: Never mind her. Just go on.
[00:04:54] Speaker C: Fuck. Fuck.
[00:05:00] Speaker E: You killed him.
You killed my boy.
[00:05:04] Speaker D: You get off this land before I kill you too.
[00:05:09] Speaker B: Now get you.
[00:05:26] Speaker D: Jakey.
[00:05:29] Speaker C: You sure drove off, Ma.
[00:05:31] Speaker D: Oh, no credit to that.
You're right, Jakey.
Can you stand?
[00:05:37] Speaker C: Sure. So, Ma?
Yeah, Just got my head creased, I guess.
[00:05:42] Speaker D: Well, let's look to your brother.
[00:05:54] Speaker A: No.
[00:05:56] Speaker D: He'S living, Jake.
But he's bad hurt.
We gotta get him in.
You fit to carry?
[00:06:04] Speaker C: Sure, Ma.
[00:06:05] Speaker D: I'll take his head.
[00:06:06] Speaker C: No, I can lift him.
[00:06:07] Speaker D: I'll take his head all right.
Soon as we. As we get him down, he'll ride right off to Dodge.
[00:06:20] Speaker C: Sure, Ma. Yeah, I'll bring the doc right back.
[00:06:23] Speaker D: The doc and the marshal.
The marshal?
[00:06:27] Speaker C: We never needed the law, Mom. We can handle them slurks. Pa said there never would. Your pa.
[00:06:33] Speaker D: Your PA ain't sayin no more.
You bring the marshal straight.
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[00:08:10] Speaker C: And you can see for yourself, Ms. Kinney. We got rid of three cases last week.
[00:08:15] Speaker G: Well, all right, Sam. I'll order it the next time the drummer comes through.
[00:08:23] Speaker D: Whoa.
[00:08:24] Speaker C: Sorry, ma' am. I'm sure sorry, ma' am. I didn't mean to run into.
[00:08:27] Speaker G: It wouldn't hurt you to look.
Never mind. It's all right.
[00:08:33] Speaker C: Well, I didn't see you, ma' am.
[00:08:34] Speaker G: Well, I hope you didn't. I'd hate to think you nearly knocked me down on purpose.
[00:08:38] Speaker C: Oh, no, no, Mammy.
Just that I was looking for somebody.
[00:08:42] Speaker G: Who are you looking for?
[00:08:43] Speaker C: Well, the lady that runs this place, ma' am.
[00:08:46] Speaker G: You found her.
[00:08:49] Speaker C: You mean it's you?
[00:08:51] Speaker G: Something the matter with that?
[00:08:53] Speaker C: Well, no, no, ma' am. I just figured she'd be bigger and older like.
Like anybody that.
[00:09:00] Speaker G: That runs a saloon.
[00:09:02] Speaker C: Well, yes, ma' am.
[00:09:05] Speaker G: I'll take that as a compliment.
What can I do for you?
[00:09:08] Speaker C: They told me up the street you always know where the marshal is.
[00:09:12] Speaker G: I'll take that as a compliment, too.
You look in his office?
[00:09:15] Speaker C: Yes, ma' am. Yes. He ain't there.
You know where I can find him? Or the doctor?
[00:09:20] Speaker G: You sound like you're in real trouble.
[00:09:22] Speaker C: My brother's shot bad.
Ma said come to Dodge and fetch him, but I ain't found neither one of them.
[00:09:27] Speaker G: Well, sometimes they come in here about this time, and sometimes they don't.
Well, you're halfway in luck anyway.
Matt. Matt.
The marshal just walked in.
[00:09:41] Speaker B: That big fella?
[00:09:42] Speaker G: Yeah, a big fella.
[00:09:44] Speaker B: Hello, Kitty. Something up?
[00:09:46] Speaker G: This boy.
What's your name?
[00:09:49] Speaker C: Jakey Sale.
[00:09:50] Speaker G: He's in trouble, Matt. Oh, this is Marshall Dillon, Jakey.
[00:09:53] Speaker C: How do, Marshall?
[00:09:54] Speaker B: It's trouble, Jackie.
[00:09:56] Speaker C: My brother, Reed, he's been shot.
Ma said to get you and the doc. I couldn't find him.
[00:10:01] Speaker B: Where is your brother?
[00:10:02] Speaker C: Out to the home place.
[00:10:03] Speaker B: That's west of town, isn't it?
[00:10:05] Speaker C: Yes, sir. Out past Turkey Creek.
[00:10:07] Speaker B: Uh huh. You know who shot him?
[00:10:09] Speaker C: Yeah. The old man, Sloot.
[00:10:12] Speaker A: He done it.
[00:10:12] Speaker B: Why?
[00:10:14] Speaker C: Well, they come after our horses and we tried to stop them.
[00:10:17] Speaker B: They shot your brother? Did they get the horses?
[00:10:19] Speaker C: No. No, sir. No. After Ma shot Jass old man Sloat, he rode right off.
[00:10:23] Speaker B: Your mother shot Jass Sloat?
[00:10:25] Speaker C: Yeah, Marshall, she did.
Never seen her use a rifle before, neither.
[00:10:31] Speaker B: All right, I'll get right out there.
[00:10:32] Speaker G: Well, the floats won't let her go at that, will they, Matt?
[00:10:34] Speaker B: No, Kitty, they won't.
Do what you can to Help the boy find Doc, will you?
[00:10:38] Speaker G: Yeah, sure.
[00:10:39] Speaker B: Chester and I will start on out. The boy can show Doc away.
[00:10:43] Speaker C: He never called in the law before.
[00:10:46] Speaker B: Yeah, sounds like it. So long, Kitty. I'll see you.
[00:11:12] Speaker F: I declare, Mr. Dillon, I ain't been this far west since I was calling on Ms. Ruthie Fay Swarthbager.
[00:11:19] Speaker B: Whatever happened to that romance, Justin?
[00:11:22] Speaker F: Well, I wouldn't exactly call it no romance, Mr. Dill.
[00:11:26] Speaker B: John.
[00:11:26] Speaker F: Though she did let me kiss her one time when we was both out in the barn.
[00:11:30] Speaker B: Oh, well, I'm glad you were both there.
[00:11:32] Speaker F: Well, of course we was both there.
How else in the world could I have kissed her?
[00:11:37] Speaker B: She married Sam Biglow, didn't she?
[00:11:40] Speaker C: Yes, she did.
[00:11:41] Speaker F: And I never could rightly understand it, neither. Oh, Sam's a nice enough fella, but.
[00:11:46] Speaker B: Not as nice as you are, is that it?
[00:11:48] Speaker F: Well, Ms. Jones, I don't think he's no nicer.
[00:11:51] Speaker B: I'll say that Ruthie Fay must have thought so.
[00:11:54] Speaker F: Well, what does a woman know about men?
[00:11:57] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:11:59] Speaker F: Ain't that the sloped place just yonder there?
[00:12:02] Speaker B: Yes, it is. I didn't expect to find them here.
[00:12:06] Speaker F: There's two horses tied in front of the house.
[00:12:08] Speaker B: Yeah, you're right.
Come on, get over behind those trees.
[00:12:27] Speaker F: Seems like that shot came from back there.
[00:12:30] Speaker B: Yeah. Watch the house, too.
[00:12:31] Speaker F: That's right.
[00:12:33] Speaker B: I'm the U.S. marshal. I want to talk to you.
[00:12:39] Speaker E: Got nothing to say to the law.
[00:12:41] Speaker B: Well, I got something to say to you.
It'll be easier if you put down your gun.
[00:12:47] Speaker E: I ain't aiming to make it easy.
[00:12:49] Speaker F: I see Mr. Duncan over by the side of the barn.
[00:12:51] Speaker B: Yeah.
I'm coming out, Sloat. I can shoot if I have to.
[00:12:57] Speaker E: I wouldn't try it, Marshall.
There's two of us. We got the drop.
You better ride off like you come.
[00:13:07] Speaker B: Put the gun down.
You keep an eye out, Chester. I'm going to try to get closer behind that rock up there.
[00:13:22] Speaker E: You get him, Milt. You got a good shot from up there.
[00:13:26] Speaker A: Up there.
[00:13:26] Speaker C: The barn roof.
[00:13:27] Speaker G: Mr. Dillon.
[00:13:35] Speaker B: You got him.
[00:13:36] Speaker C: He fell clean off.
[00:13:37] Speaker B: All right, Slump.
You lost your rod. You better come out.
[00:13:41] Speaker E: I ain't coming out.
[00:13:43] Speaker B: Okay, Chester, walk around to the other side and then you'll have a clean shot at him.
[00:13:48] Speaker C: All right, sir.
[00:13:49] Speaker D: Oh, no.
[00:13:50] Speaker E: Wait, wait.
[00:13:52] Speaker B: I give up. Don't kill me and throw your gun down here.
[00:13:56] Speaker E: You're all right.
[00:13:58] Speaker B: Come on, Chester.
[00:14:09] Speaker E: You gonna hang me?
[00:14:11] Speaker B: Let the judge figure that.
[00:14:14] Speaker F: I got his gun, Mr. Jones.
[00:14:15] Speaker B: All right, Chester, tie him up and watch him. I'm gonna Go to sales.
[00:14:19] Speaker E: I'd had them colts and been gone. The milk didn't come late.
[00:14:23] Speaker B: He should have been a little later. Watch him good, Chester. I'll pick you up on the.
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[00:16:09] Speaker C: Come in.
[00:16:13] Speaker D: You the marshal?
[00:16:14] Speaker B: Yes, ma' am. Matt Dillon.
[00:16:17] Speaker D: Where's Jakey?
[00:16:18] Speaker B: Well, he's waiting to bring the doctor out. They should be here before long.
[00:16:24] Speaker D: I need more firewood around the side there. My boy Reed's shivering cold.
[00:16:29] Speaker B: Sure, ma' am. I'll get it for you.
Here you are, ma' am.
[00:16:53] Speaker D: Thanks.
The stove could use a stick or two.
[00:16:58] Speaker B: Yes, ma' am.
There you are.
[00:17:10] Speaker D: Would you bring me the pan of water, Marshall?
[00:17:12] Speaker B: Sure, ma' am.
[00:17:19] Speaker D: He's bad. Took Marshall.
[00:17:21] Speaker B: Yeah, I see he is.
[00:17:23] Speaker D: I. I don't know what to do, but. Keep him warm and keep his head cool. I've been at it all day.
[00:17:28] Speaker B: Well, Doc Adams will fix him up.
[00:17:30] Speaker D: We gotta keep him going till he gets here.
[00:17:32] Speaker B: We'll sure try, ma' am. We'll sure.
[00:17:57] Speaker C: Hurry up, Doc.
Ma. Ma, I brought the doc.
[00:18:09] Speaker D: Oh, I'm sure relieved to see you, doctor.
[00:18:12] Speaker H: Sorry I couldn't get here sooner, ma' am.
[00:18:14] Speaker B: How about Doc?
[00:18:14] Speaker H: Oh, hello, Matt. Let's have a look here.
[00:18:19] Speaker D: I missed him all I could.
[00:18:22] Speaker H: Hold that light over here, will you, Matt?
[00:18:24] Speaker B: Yeah, sure.
[00:18:28] Speaker H: Let's see.
Bullet went in and came out. That's good.
[00:18:33] Speaker D: Then he won't have to do no cutting.
[00:18:35] Speaker H: No, I won't have to do any cutting.
[00:18:36] Speaker C: Is he all right, doc?
[00:18:39] Speaker H: I'm trying to find out.
His fever's breaking.
[00:18:43] Speaker D: That's good, ain't it?
[00:18:44] Speaker H: Yes, that's good.
His heart's strong.
It looks to me like the worst is over, Mr. Sale. I think you'll make it all right.
[00:18:54] Speaker D: Oh, thank the Lord.
[00:18:55] Speaker H: I'll sit around, watch him for the next few hours, just to be sure.
[00:18:58] Speaker D: Well, I'd be beholden, Doctor.
[00:19:00] Speaker H: Can the boy put my horse up, Jakey?
[00:19:02] Speaker C: Right off, Ma. I'll do it right off. And rub him down good, too.
I.
[00:19:10] Speaker B: I'm glad for the good news, Ms. Sale.
Guess I can be getting on back now.
[00:19:16] Speaker D: I called you here because of the shooting, Marshall.
[00:19:20] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, but that's all over, Ms. Sale. I told you. The Sloats won't be bothering you anymore. Milton, Jass are dead, and I'm picking up old man Sloat on the way back to Dodge.
[00:19:29] Speaker D: I didn't call you here because of the Sloats.
[00:19:32] Speaker B: No?
Well, why did you?
[00:19:37] Speaker D: Because of me.
[00:19:41] Speaker B: Because of you.
[00:19:42] Speaker D: I want you to arrest me for the killing I did.
[00:19:48] Speaker B: Well, Ms. Sale, I was just shooting.
Your two boys have been gunned down.
I'm not gonna hold you for.
[00:19:58] Speaker D: I want the judge to say that.
[00:20:00] Speaker B: There's no need for the judge.
[00:20:01] Speaker D: There is for me, Marshall. I killed a man. I killed Jack Sloat. And I want to answer for it.
[00:20:08] Speaker B: Ms.
Sale.
[00:20:10] Speaker D: We've been living without the law for a long time, Marshall. We've been doing our own fighting and saying what was right. My husband didn't see no need for the law.
[00:20:19] Speaker B: And he was shot.
[00:20:20] Speaker D: He was shot. Feudin without the law.
Well, I don't want that no more, Marshall, for me or for my boys. I want them to lean to the law instead of to their guns.
[00:20:34] Speaker B: On a sale. That's the right way to think. But this time there's no need for me to arrest you. The killing was justified.
[00:20:42] Speaker D: Then the judge would let me go, wouldn't he?
[00:20:44] Speaker B: Sure, he'd let you go.
[00:20:46] Speaker D: And the boys would see how the law works.
All right, Marshall, you can arrest me now.
[00:20:55] Speaker B: But Sale.
[00:20:57] Speaker H: Go ahead, Matt. Arrest her. She's teaching a hard lesson and it may take hold.
[00:21:04] Speaker B: You think so, Doc?
I think so.
All right, then, Ms. Sale, you're gonna have to come with me.
I'm arresting you.
[00:21:16] Speaker D: Thank you, Marshall.
[00:21:20] Speaker B: No, ma' am. I think maybe I should thank you.
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Gun Smoke, produced and directed in Hollywood by Norman Macdonald, stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. marshal.
The story was specially written for Gunsmoke by Marion Clark with editorial supervision by John Meston.
Featured in the cast were Virginia Christine, Richard Crenna, John Dana, Sam Edwards and Vic Parron.
Harley Bear As Chester, Howard McNear is Doc and Georgia Ellis is Kitty.
This is George Walsh inviting you to join us again next week when CBS Radio presents another story on Gun Smok.
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