 This is William Conrad. Well, tonight's the night for Gunsmoke on Television. And one of Hollywood's biggest stars, John Wayne, will be on hand for the premiere. Be sure and watch Gunsmoke tonight over the CBS television network at 10 p.m. Eastern Time. Gunsmoke, brought to you by L&M Filters. This is it. L&M is best. Stands out from all the rest. 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 Gunsmoke. Gunsmoke, starring William Conrad. The French drug story of the violence that moved West with young America. And the story of a man who moved with it. I'm that man, Matt Dullin, the United States Marshal. The first man they look for and the last they want to meet. It's a chancey job, and it makes a man watchful. And a little lonely. Want to make a noise, I guess. Some blame quiet out here on the prairie. You've been mighty quiet yourself. I guess I run a plum out of conversation back a couple hours ago. It ain't I'm unsociable, Mr. Daly. It's been a long ride. But we'll be in Dodge by dark. Yes, sir. This ain't time to go to bed. You didn't have anything better to do, did you? I guess not. Game of checkers with Doc, maybe. Oh, that man plays the dog. Gone this crazy game of checkers. Hey, Chester. Over there. Well, that smoke, Mr. Dullin. Yeah. Must be a grass fire, huh? Oh, it's smoke that black. What is it then? Isn't there a ranch over in that direction? Well, no, yes, there is. Not far, neither. That was named Claiborne, as I remember. Come here from Indiana about four years ago. Him and his wife did. Awful night, fella. Come on, Chester. Planted corn the first year, but it didn't turn out very well. Come on, Chester. We better take a look. It wasn't an accident. Look at the track. And it worries Mr. Claiborne. Here's his house not hardly burnt to the ground yet. Take a look over there, Chester. Mr. Dullin. It's in Indiana. And his wife, too. I didn't even know they had it, though, Mr. Dullin. Looks like they were trying for cover in that little creek bed there. Well, they can only do one thing for them now. Maybe there's a shovel left back there. Mr. Dullin, who could have did a thing like that? That's plain enough, isn't it? Yes, but I didn't hear no Indian trouble right now. I didn't either. Mr. Dullin? Yeah. If them Indians were just here, not very long ago, they couldn't have gone far. That's right, Chester. They couldn't. All right, come on. Let's look to that shovel. Oh, Mr. Claiborne. Look out there, Mr. Dullin. All right. Planted corn again, and it's doing real well, too. Yeah. Now, wait a minute, Chester. Listen. Horses. A lot of them. Yeah. You think it could be them Indians coming back? That could be. Get the rifles, and we'll try a run for the creek bed. Oh, too late, Mr. Dullin. They're coming over the rise. Well, Mr. Dullin, it ain't Indians. It's the Blue Coast. Yeah. 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That all fired up and jumped the agency. Fired up with Chief Whiskey. Well, maybe. But we can't be more than half an hour behind them now. With luck, we'll get them before nightfall. I sure hope so. Marshall, we'll take over here for you. The horses need a few minutes' rest. Then we'll go on. All right, Lieutenant. We'll head on into Dutch. And keep your eyes open, Marshall, on the way. Yeah. Yeah, we will. I don't want to delineate the cussed crying shame. Them Indians can be as peaceful as anything, and then some ordinary white man comes along and sells him some of that red eye, and they just go hog-crazy. Chester and Indians, no different from anybody else, with too much to drink. Now the problem's deeper than that. What do you mean? Hell, the Indians have lost a lot. There are conquered people. I doesn't sit well with any man, Chester. And there are times when it makes him mad. Yes, sir, that's old. I guess maybe you can't blame them entirely. Ah, not entirely. Well, see, now, that's a pretty little valley. Hey, look, there's somebody down there. Yeah, it looks like settlers. They do indeed with that punk-stove wagon. They build a massage hut, too. Well, looks like we got neighbors we didn't know we had, Mr. Dillon. Or maybe we're losing them before we get to know them. They seem to be packing the wagon. Maybe they heard about the Indians. Ah, it's likely. Now, come on, we'll write down and say hello. There's a marsh a lot of dodge. Ah, that's Chester Proudfoot. I'm Sam Frazer. This is my ma. I'm... This is my wife, Alice. Hello. How do you do? This is Tad, my kid brother. Nice to meet you. Hello. We're headed for dodge ourselves. That looks like you got settled here. Well, we ain't staying, Marshal. We're going on west. Chasing rainbows, Marshal. Farm folks like us. Now ma. Don't you now ma me, Sam Frazer. If your pa was still alive... Well, he ain't. And it's up to me to do the deciding now. If you'll excuse me, Marshal, I'll get back to loading up. Uh, Chester and I can give you a hand. No thanks. Tad and me will manage. Uh, that's a real nice odd hat, Miss Frazer. It's kind of too bad to go off and leave it. My husband built it. Not him. Now ma, Sam, help. Marshal, what do you think of a son that goes against his father's wishes and him not hardly cold in his grave? Ma, please. Three days now, Marshal. He's buried right over there under that coffin wood. I'm sorry, ma'am. We hadn't been here more than a week. Come all the way from Ohio. Looking for a spot of good ground to till. Looking for a home, Marshal. And he found it here. It sure is a pretty little place. Sam will call it Pleasant Valley. Said he'd be grateful to settle here and spend his days. Only the Lord didn't leave many days. Denied him like Moses, come to the Promised Land. That would make a nice homestead for you folks. It would. But some folks has ideas. All my way off. Mr. Fraser. What? Look, I know it's none of my business, but... Is there some reason why you want to give up this land and go on? Reason enough. It's because of me, Marshal. Now, Alice, you ain't to blame. Yes, I am. It's because Sam is worried about me, Marshal. No Indians would scare him off if it was just these folks, but it's me he's scared for. Me and the one coming. And what better reason? You think I want my wife and my child living in danger of murdering savages? Mr. Fraser, there's just a bunch of renegades. The cavalry will get them soon and the danger will be over. Who's to say what they'll do before the cavalry gets them? No, Marshal. My family's gonna grow up in a safe place. My ma borne me in the middle of the Ohio woods. Sticked with Indians as fleas on a hound. We was made us turn our stuff in them days. Maybe. But my wife ain't gonna live like that. Now come on, Ted. Hand that up. We're losing time. Um, you going on west? Aye, to California, he says. Might even look for gold instead of farm, and he says. Oh, my. I reckon most of that gold out there is already clean. 20 years or more. Of course, you might have luck finding a piece of land. We can always find a piece of land. We can, but nothing better than this. Nothing half as good. This dirts Richard and molasses in the cook pot. If it was me, I- Well, it ain't. Now hoist. If I was just a few years old- I said hoist. You see how it is, Marshal. Yes, and maybe he's right. California might work out fine, but it's a long way, and with Ms. Fraser expecting me, it's going to be kind of a hard trip. I know all that, Marshal. We'll stay in Dodge till the baby's born. It won't be long now, and then we'll go on. I just want to say one thing, Mr. Fraser, as a law man in this territory. We have some troubles now, and then sure, but it's not as bad as you think. And in a few years, it'll be as safe here as it is in Ohio right now, or California. And this is going to be a prosperous country. My mind's made up, Marshal. Well, all right. We better help you get loaded then so you're safe into Dodge. The worst place to be right now is out on the open prairie. One more shot. Good. That should ride easy. That's the last. All right, then. We're all ready. Might as well get started. It's getting late. You got them all hitched, Ted? They're ready. Where's Ma? She's over by the cottonwood. Oh. Crying, I suppose, to shame me. Sam. Well, tears don't do no good. She ain't crying. She's just standing, staring. I tried to get her to come away, but she wouldn't. Marshal, maybe if you were to talk to her. You know, a stranger. All right. He's there, Marshal. Right there. We fixed up a cross. Yes, Sam. Maybe if you was to pass by this way again, you just take a look. See, the marker's still standing. Well, that's sure it will, ma'am. 25 years, Marshal. And all I ever asked was to lie there beside him. It's a lonely place. But it's snowed lonelier than any other, Miss Fraser. Crying that springtime, this whole meta is covered with a blanket of sunflowers. Pretty sure she ever saw. Thank you, Marshal. I can go now. It's mine. Sorry. No need, boy. We all do what we have to do. You're no different. Just help me up. Oh, here, ma'am. Now, let's get this girl into town. Her time's almost come. Okay, ma. Hey! Ride the point. Keep a good watch ahead until the north, huh? All right, sir. I'll cut up to the top of that hill and take a look, and then I'll ride south, flying. Cover that side and behind. If you're doing it, sure does seem a shame. Wait a minute, Chester. Oh, my gracious. Coming over the hill? Yeah. Them ain't blue coats. No, they're not, Chester. No other cigarette gives you Ellen M's assurance. Assurance that it is best. Ellen M gives you superior filtration because of its superior filter. Superior taste because of Ellen M's superior tobaccos. Yes, Ellen M tobaccos are tasty, full of flavor, and light and mild. 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They'll either go on and leave us alone or wait until the sun goes down and come in in the dust. There's nothing to do but wait. Well, we can use the time to unload part of the wagon. Just the things they'll need in there to... and we'll drive it off and cut the horses loose. We don't want them milling around in case of a fight. Sam! What, Marshal? Get water from the creek. Make a fire, quick! Marshal! Where were them up there? This is just what I was afraid of. Well, plenty have been born this way. Now, you might have been yourself, you know. I know, but... Tad, where you going? Down to the creek. Mars wants more water. Ah, you better go with him, Chester. I should have gone two days ago. I wanted her to have the best, nothing but the best. Yeah, yeah, I know. That's why I talked about hunting gold in California. You know something, Sam? A man can waste a lifetime looking for gold. Well, it's right in front of his eyes. Where? You're looking at it. There's wealth here for a man, too. I know it, Marshal. When I'm snuck up close to that, I'll chase him on. Oh, Tad. I'm all right, Sam. Just preach, Mom. Well, it's bleeding. We'll fix it when we get him back to the hut. Is it tight enough, son? Oh, sure, Marshal. It's okay. How's Alice? I don't know. Matt chased me away. I'm worried, Marshal. And I'm more worried about those Indians. They'll be dark soon. Mr. Dillon, that patrol ought to be around here somewhere. Yeah, I know. I was hoping they'd show up. Well, they can't be far. They was on the trail. Maybe past your ride out. Now, there's a better way, Chester. Signal them. How? Now, the sign they've been looking for and hoping not to see smoke. You mean set the grass a fire? No, that'd smoke us out, too. No, the wagon. But, Marshal... Yeah, I know, Fraser. It's like burning your bridges behind you, but it's the only thing we've got. All right. All right, we'll burn it. Almost out. But it sure seemed up a lot of smoke while it lasted. You reckon the Calvary saw it, Mr. Dillon? Yeah, it's hard to say, Chester. Well, if it did, I hope they're hurrying. Sun's most gone. All but the tops of the hills is... the valley's getting mighty shadowy. We better set in a circle. Each one watches. Marshal, out there, what's that? No, I just want to let horses on, but you keep looking. Marshal, listen. Look, up there, it's the Bluecoats. They're here. Isn't that a welcome sight? They're charging the engines, running them off. Marshal, we're going to be all right. Yeah, Fraser. They'll get them now. Maybe if we... Sam, get in here! Alice. Well, what are you staring at? A body think had never seen a strapping, healthy baby boy before. Alice? I'm all right, darling. We're both all right. I told you you didn't need to worry about us. All right, now you men folk, get on out of here. Go on, skedaddle. Yes, ma'am. You too, Sam Fraser. Well, Sam, Chester and I'll be getting on in the dodge. We're sent a wagon out for you. 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