 Gun smoke brought to you by L&M the modern cigarette that lets you get full exciting flavor through the modern Miracle of the pure white miracle tip live modern smoke L&M 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. Marshall and the smell of gun smoke gun smoke starring William Conrad Transcribed story of the violence that moved west with young America and the story of a man who moved with I'm that man Matt Dillon United States Marshall The first man they look for and the last they want to meet It's a chance a job And it makes a man watchful And a little lonely her name was Rose and she was pretty and that's all anybody in Dodge knew about the girl She'd come in on the stage from the south a month before and opened a blackjack table in the long branch Working on a 50-50 split with a house The game got a big play a course a woman gambler was a new thing in dodge And some of the smartest and crookedest card men in town started coming around to try their luck But with Rose Dillon the house never lost And after a three-week run of that kind of luck I figured it was time to look into things Donnet man, we've been sitting here for an hour and a half How long is it gonna take to catch her cheating doc? We're not gonna catch her We're not either way. She handles that deck. We could sit here till doomsday and never see a thing Maybe she's dealing honest. Maybe Chester oh, yeah Chester, maybe he noticed something You know playing right there at the table with it. That's the last place in the world to spot a crooked game, doc I just don't know what you could have been thinking of mr. Dillon. What he's a nice young lady She'd ever carry to me. How much did she let you win Chester? $14.20, but that ain't got nothing to do with it. I watched her every second. All right. All right, Chester Who was the heavy loser that well that Elko Dean must have lost about $200 for he pulled out But just by betting foolish mr. Dillon why he didn't have no more reason to do what who else? Well, the ones are now I reckon young slim radish out about 150 is a game stand He's been losing every night for two weeks the way I hear it Well, he gets to making calf eyes a role and don't pay no attention to his cards Oh, yeah, maybe that's how she does it mad She gets them so all fired up over that that they don't care if school keeps an eye Now somebody like young Raddock may be but not the professional gamblers.com you sit on for a while Chester I'm going over and talk to her Much obliged to you mr. Raddock you dog on sure ought to be seems all I do Even in Marshall. Hello slim good luck turning on you. It ain't turning no way. It's been against me right along That maybe you on mine if I interrupt the game for a while that is with your permission, ma'am. I'd like to talk to you. Why not? All right gentlemen the game is closed. Do you want to step over to the bar the drinks are on me? Well, how about it Marshall? Do I get a clean bill of health? Long what lion's rose Running a square game You've been watching me like a hawk for the last hour and a half every deal every move I made You see anything off-color? Well, I saw Elko Dean slip a cold deck in on you So did I but I'll give you 10 to 1 you didn't see me slip it right back out No as a matter of fact, I didn't neither did Elko and that mistake cost him $230 More eventually cuz he'll be back here tomorrow night trying to get even I saw the game is crooked, huh? Marshall a man who taught me how to handle cards used to say You can't cheat an honest man rose so don't bother to try but a crook is fair game any day Uh-huh Tell me something rose. How does that fit young radical slim? Yeah That's different different how he's been losing steady here at your table. You can't all be bad luck I've tried to keep him away. I told him over and over again to stay out of it and leave me alone stay out of what rose That doesn't matter Here Marshall take a look Go on count it if you wanted that's the money. I've taken from slim $2642 and when I leave Dodge You'll get it all back Every cent of it. Can I ask you something rose? What's a girl like you doing in this business anyway? I'm living for one thing. Oh, there are other ways, you know none that I know as well Besides it lets me cover a lot of country look people over why is that so important? I Tell you why Marshall I've spent four years now looking for one certain man. Now you won't quiddle. You find a man. I found him tonight What happens now? I'm gonna kill him free yourself of old-fashioned ideas We are freshen up your taste Only the modern miracle of the pure white miracle tip can bring all of L&M's full Exciting flavor through to you and that's the big reason why today more people are changing to L&M and to any other cigarette Remember L&M draws Taste richer Smokes cleaner So live modern change to L&M make today your big red-letter day and start to live the modern way It's America's fastest growing cigarette, you know something that you're doing No, no, I just a dog on hand to get nowadays. Ain't nothing like it used to be Also, so well, just look at that Land they don't even have smoke it anymore. Just put on more sauce all it is Well, it's better inside me done. Yeah, right even down in Texas. We use a smoke army at least two days Are you Marshall? That's it. Oh, I'm on a slim slim. Yeah, have breakfast. Yeah, I'm eating two right now. I'll pull up a chair and join us Oh, thanks, Marcia. You must have made a night of it didn't even get back to the ranch, huh? Ranch I'll keep I have some eggs and ham Jeff right away Say maybe if you ain't tried this ham before you are to think twice I've tried it Chester most every morning out of my place Jeff here buys all his meat from me. Oh Well It sure is a whole lot better inside me How's the ranch coming along slim yeah had a good year best one yet First time the place has brung me any hard cash He was mighty good to hear a few eagles jingling in your pocket You know my jungle some lotter if you stayed clear of that blackjack table my luck's bound to change I'm not with rose Dylan. She's warned you already. I understand. Told you to keep out of the game. I Guess I'm a stubborn man Some coffee while you're waiting Oh Slam what are you after? Well, it's like this In five years now since I took that leaf land up there. I'm bitter crick I spent five winners out there all alone. That ain't good for me. I need me a wife on the place Why'd you decide that? Three weeks ago first time I seen Rose How'd she feel about it hard to say She got something on her mind that won't let her think you're nothing else Yeah, I know someone She told me that she aims to kill a man That's so You wouldn't know her last name would you I never asked you know where she comes from nope Any idea who the man might be Marshall if I did I recognized up and kill him myself Just to make Rose happy You're just the man I was looking for I even dark yes here sit down sit on that you're just in time hard time for what a poker game We got these two drummers here fresh off the Santa Fe from st. Louis. Oh, that there's green as grass So help me doc if you'd sweat as hard over a hidden the sick as you do trying to clip some tender foot Well, we'd have this town's never been held here. Thanks to me Yeah, sure kitty I'll see you later. Maybe later be too late I'm sorry to break in that way. Oh, that's all right kitty Matt. I just found out. I'll find out what about Rose who she is Matt she's Bill Prolly's daughter Bill probably that's right. The gambler who was killed in liberal four or five years ago. Oh, yeah remember Rose probably Bill probably his daughter Who told you kitty? Oh mule Skinner came in the night. He saw our deal in the table out in New Mexico last year Yeah, I guess that explains a lot of things about it and explains one thing Matt. I Haven't told anybody of course, but the word will get around And once it does she's through here. Nobody's gonna buck a game run by dirty bill prolly's kid No, no, it's crooked. Maybe the word's already odd. I noticed slim radicals pulled out of the game He's standing over there at the bar. She threw him out along with all the other players except Elko Dean She said it was a private game Yes, Elko wants to get back the money you lost last night Yeah, what is it just oh something kindly funny happened You know that sawed-off shotgun Sam keeps behind the bar the one of the pistol grip. Yeah, what about it? Well, it's gone and Sam thinks maybe it was Rose. It took it rose. Yeah, but that don't make sense Her and Elko just sitting over there at the blackjack table looking at each other. You do one of me What's the matter, Mr. John? We're about to have a killing on our hands Chester Free yourself of old-fashioned ideas Free up freshen up your taste Live modern smoke modern smoke L&M Enjoy full exciting flavor through L&M's pure white miracle tip L&M draws taste richer Smokes cleaner That's why today more people are changing to L&M and to any other cigarette So free up freshen up your taste live modern change to L&M It's America's fastest-growing cigarette What are we gonna do I don't know kitty What do you think she's planning? I like them guests Chester Is Sam sure that rose took that shotgun? He says she come back to the bar just before he missed it Yeah, he could have hit it in the fold of her skirt. Elko's looking pretty white Matt Just look at them they're sitting over there facing each other You know tend to one she's got that shotgun under the table pointed at him Can't you slip up behind the mat grab her before she can use it? Shotguns not like a pistol kitty or you got to do point in the general direction of your target Yeah, but why she want to kill Elko revenge, I guess Chester did the slim right I care about her having the gun most or nobody didn't Sam called me to one side Good word got around somebody be sure to lose his head and touch the whole thing That's gonna happen anyway Matt Elko starting to get restless you're gonna make a move soon a little be his last one if he does These plums are just ripe for the picking. I can't hold up the game all night for you. I'm sorry doc I'm busy. Oh well long as you feel that way about you don't understand. Oh, well only one way to handle it I guess now you stay there Chester Yes, you be careful not somebody tell me what's going on here Good evening rose That's sorry Marshall Tables closed. Oh It's uh, not close to Elko Marshall. She's Elko and me have a have a personal game going Marshall. Yeah, I know but I hand over the gun rose sit down Sit down and put your hand flat on the table Marshall Same as Elko's got here Good now keep them there. I Guess you know, this is a shotgun. I'm covering you both with underneath the table Yeah, I know that but why'd you come over here if you knew that keep your voice down Why didn't you shoot her from where you were standing? She's aiming to kill me Yeah, I figured that was about the way things stood. I knew I'd find him someday if I just kept traveling and kept on dealing cards Last night it happened. I recognized him the minute he sat down at my table. I Knew it'd be back tonight, and I was ready for him when he'd come Now you mean to kill him. She's crazy Marshall. He's out of her head your hands on that table. I mean to kill it Why rose? You knew me if you knew who I am you'd understand. I don't know rose your bill prolly's daughter That's right Dirty Bill's daughter. Look rose. Oh, I know what they called him dirty bill prolly Only cheap little tin horns that tried to cheat him and lost their shirt doing it That's the only way they could hit back Give a dog a bad name and shoot him for mad take her Marshall. She's gone Please shut up my vote before you get us both killed my father was a fine man and anybody that says different as a liar Marshall now he was killed. I was upstairs asleep the shots woke me up. I Looked out of my window, and I saw a man run out the front door with a gun still in his hand. I Saw him for just a second in the light from her door But I never forget his face I'll go here. I'd see him. Don't listen to her Marshall. She's lying. It's a job for the law Now you walk away from this table Marshall Stay clear this I got nothing against you person. I want your gun rose Sorry, the hands played out. Yeah, I'm not yet. It isn't I got a hold card Hey slim slim radic Marshall Come in a will you? What do you think you're doing now? Marshall you hold it? I'll go keep your hands on the table What's going on? Get away slim stay back. We're right here slim between me and alcohol. No, that's right What's the matter rose are you all right rose you were planning to give him back his money? So he must mean something to you and he's in it now to the way a shotgun works. It's all three of us and none of us Now you hand over that gun no Slim why didn't just stay clear now? What's this all about rose? I want that gun and I want it now No, I couldn't you knew I couldn't not with him in it I was sure hoping you couldn't Here put this in back of the bar, would you? Sometimes you have to cheat rose Get her out of here slim and if you take my advice you'll keep her out of here. Don't you worry about that? Come on That wasn't a dog gun this thing I ever saw hey alcohol wait a minute I said wait a minute you're under arrest You're not taking me Drop it. Drop that gun. I guess a man's luck can't last for him He sure didn't do it in a moment our star William Conrad Now a public service message from CBS radio What is America really like? Thousands of men women and young people all over the world want to know the truth There's proof of it in the flood of mail received by the volunteer group called letters abroad Which gets mail from people everywhere in the free world who are eager to be in correspondence with someone in the United States They want to know all sorts of details about our everyday life Anyone who is over 15 years of age who would like to write to someone overseas in Europe the Middle East or the Far East Should send his or her name and a stamped self-addressed envelope to letters abroad 45 East 65th Street, New York, New York together with information about age Occupation and interests which will make possible selection of a suitable correspondent that address again is letters abroad 45 East 65th Street, New York, New York Everyone who does enter into such a correspondence is sure to find it greatly rewarding a contribution to better understanding among peoples of the free world And now William Conrad You know when they buried a man out on the high plains they usually wrapped him in his saddle blanket and forgot about him But next week a man dies and leaves a will that keeps the whole of dodge from forgetting him And that was the West Gun smoke produced and directed by Norman McDonald stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon US Marshall Script was specially written for gun smoke by Les Crutchfield with editorial supervision by John Messon The music was composed and conducted by Rex Corey sound patterns by Ray Kemper and Bill James Featured in the cast were Virginia Christine, Vic Perron and John Daener Harley Bear is Chester Howard McNear is Doc and Georgia Ellis is Kitty Join us again next week for another specially transcribed story on gun smoke