 Gun smoke brought to you by Chesterfield to put a smile in your smoking always by Chesterfield Made the modern way with Accu-ray 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 US Marshal and the smell of gun smoke Gun smoke starring William Conrad the transcribed story of the violence that moved west with young American And the story of a man who moved with it. 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 chancey job And it makes a man watchful And a little lonely Come on over that table in the back. I want you to meet Ida Stewart. All right Ida's only been working here about a week. Isn't that Gil Barden sitting with her? Hello Miss Kitty Marshal Dillon. Hello Gil. I bought the Marshal over so you could meet him. How do you do Marshal? Pleasure, I do. Gil's been telling me a lot about you. He's quite an admirer of yours That's good to know I got some friends. You always did right by me Marshal You never caused anybody any trouble Gil and I don't aim to Well, if you'll excuse us now, I promised I'd try to bring Gil a little luck at Farrell See you again Marshal. Sure. Come on Ida and you'd better bring me luck, too She sure has a way with kids Kids? Well, Gil's 20 Kitty To me that's a kid. I've known kids who were men at 16 Oh sure, but there aren't many of them. Yeah, maybe it's good to take your time growing up, huh? No, maybe as long as you don't take forever Like Henry Gantt over there He must be 40 and all he's ever learned to be is a loudmouth bully. I don't call him growing up Now I don't care much for Gantt and myself. Get it? Look at him right now Matt. He's trying to horn in on Gil and Ida. Yeah That Gantt's mean. It's gonna be trouble Matt. Look He and Gil are going outside. Well, I better go throw some water on that. I'll shoot him for me Matt. All right Everybody stay inside. Stop it, Marshal. You shoot him. I'll stop it. I did You should hold it, you remember Now how'd he get here? I won't have any gunplay. You know that he's gonna shoot me because I call his girl a bad name, Marshal Eat that something. If there's any shooting, I'll do it Gantt. All right I'll fight him bare-handed. Who are you little scum? That's enough Gantt. You leave him alone and get out of here. I'll kill you Gantt One way or another I'll kill you. You hear that Marshal? He means he's gonna shoot me in the back He wouldn't dare try it no other way. I've heard all I want to hear. I told you to leave Gantt. He's a coward He's a dirty little coward You know what he called Ida Marshal. Forget it Gil And you forget about killing him too. No, I won't Now get him. You want to hang for killing a man like Henry Gantt? I don't care. You don't know And maybe kid he was right Maybe you are only a kid after all And this year this easy way give Chester feels this year so bright and gay And ready. They're the best to buy gardens of Chester feels They satisfy This Christmas give everyone Chester feels Chester feels are easy to give because they come ready to give in a bright red special holiday carton That's wrapped in its own colorful Christmas ribbon Everyone enjoys Chester feels smoother cooler smoking pleasure So to all your friends this year say Merry Christmas with cartons of Chester feels no wrapping no tying They're easy to give because they come ready to give Chester feels In the bright red special holiday carton And ready. They're the best to buy gardens of Chester feels They satisfy You've been sleeping in that chair all night. Why wasn't asleep? Oh, your eyes were closed You ever hear the man doing a little thinking. What were you thinking about? Oh About sitting out here in the morning sun Settling my breakfast and breathing fresh air Wishing good for my friend An evil for my enemies That's pretty stout thinking. Well, I was doing fine till you came along spoiled it Now I might as well go up to my office and back to the sorted trade. I mean, oh, what's his hurry? Who is it? Gilvarden Maybe he's being chased by Indians. Hey sure acts like it. I'm maybe just exercising his horse. I'll stick with the Indians Yeah When I was a young man I used to ride like that. Oh, I was fearless as an eagle No wonder the women love me You know, you better get up to your office doc. You don't handle as fresh air too well Oh, you think I'm lying. I know you've never heard about the time the preacher's daughter and I were about to elope Huh, you didn't hear that did you? I helped carry you home the night you invented that story Mr. Dillon Seems like everybody's in a hurry this morning Henry Gantt's been killed mr. Dillon what a cowboy found him half mile north of town. He was shot in the back Gantt was shot in the back. Yes, they're shot in the back must have happened last night sometime We won't have much trouble catching his killer He just rode by here All right, let's go Chester By the time Chester and I picked up a couple of rifles at the office and got saddled You've art and had a good start on us So to make sure a catch in him we each took an extra horse along We tracked him south and rode hard till noon without even seeing him But then we found his horse It had sold on him and was standing head down and feet apart near a wagon and a wagon He was sitting there with no team to pull it but harness threw it all over the ground And on the seat Stony faced and unmoving was a gray-haired country woman. Howdy, ma'am I'm Marshall Dillon. I'm looking for the man who was riding that horse out there He's gone Well, what did he do take your team? He took him Well, man, you just can't sit out here Can't go no place without a team There's a ranch about a mile west of here give that horse a little more rest and he can carry you that far We'll rig a blanket on him for you, huh? Can't leave my man here What? my husband He's in the back marshal under them blankets What's the matter with him is it sick? He's dead killed dead Man who stole your team? He done it He wrote up and never said a word A man reached in the back for his rifle and this fella shot him I just can't leave your garden and do a thing like that. He was shaken like a leaf His plum scared marshal scared of you, I guess He's got a reason to be a man Especially now go catch him before he hurts anybody else I'll manage here as soon as I stop aching a little Well, I don't like to leave you. I'll be all right But stop him. He's done enough Chester bring a horse over will you we'll fix a rig for her My first husband was killed by Indians marshal Bad as it was I never hated them Indians different now somehow Yes, ma'am I'll catch him ma'am. I promise you sure do feel sorry for that poor lady, mr. Dylan Well, I guess Gil figures he can't hang but once just what about him to him He's the last man in the world. I'd expect to run wild killing people. I like she said he's scared Blind crazy scared. I'll tell him what he'll do next My hey look, there's a couple of buffalo out there. Yeah, I've been watching them, but they aren't buffalo No, they're horses Yeah, you're right one of them. Just put his head up Say it must be that team. They're big enough. Yeah, I don't see Gil No Hey, maybe he's laying out in the grass there waiting for us Yeah, maybe There's something on the ground there Looks like a man. It is a man and he's lying face up You must have got throwed and knocked out, huh? I've won that team Gills a better writer than that. Well, something's happened to it. It isn't Gil just get some cowboy, mr. Dylan. Yeah Been shot and it looks like gilded a little horse trading chestin the rough way You left this fellow the team and a bullet in the chest That boy is really going crazy. We'll catch him quick enough unless this man was riding an awful good horse There's no way to tell him about that No, let's get busy We buried the stranger as best we could and then took up Gil Barton's trail again The mid-afternoon his track showed we were closing on him Still it was almost dusk before we saw a sod hot up ahead and a subtle horse standing in front of it At one side was a corral holding two other horses But Gil and whoever owned the place were nowhere in sight We made a circle Rode up behind the hut and dismounted Here very long, mr. Dylan That horse of his is still windy Well, I don't know whether to wait for him to come out or go in after him It'd be a lot safer to wait if you ask me there might be somebody in there with him Either way, we've got him now look Chester you wait at the edge of the cabin there if he runs out alone take him, huh? We're too late Did he kill that fellow? I'll take a look you get gills gone. He's still conscious. Yes, sir. I killed him All right, you don't look hurt too bad. I tried to shoot him in the shoulder with him I'm afraid one bullet went a little low His eyes is open Gil Can you talk? You busted my chest. Let me open your shirt for you. I don't know You might live at that Not with two bullets in me. You want to try it Gil Try what there's a wagon outside. It'll be a rough trip, but we might get you into docks You shoot a man And then you try to save him I've done it before yeah, I asked this fellow to trade horses But he figured I was running and he tried to jump me. I Shot him You shot a lot of people today go I Didn't want to I Didn't know what I was doing except running I Heard about gantt. I Knew it was me you'd be after what do you mean you heard about gantt I'm getting dizzy I'm gonna fall Hold me marshal. You're lying on the floor gill. I'm gonna fall She did now he's still breathing What was that he said about gantt? I don't know what he meant, but he sure didn't admit killing him Let's get him back to dodge if we can and maybe we can find out what this is all about All your friends this year this easy way give Chesterfield this year so bright and gay And ready. They're the best to buy cartons of Chesterfields They satisfy This Christmas give everyone Chesterfields Chesterfields are easy to give because they come ready to give in a bright red special holiday carton That's wrapped in its own colorful Christmas ribbon Everyone enjoys Chesterfields smoother cooler smoking pleasure So to all your friends this year say Merry Christmas with cartons of Chesterfields no wrapping no time They're easy to give because they come ready to give Chesterfields in the bright red special holiday carton wrapped and ready. They're the best to buy cartons of Chesterfields They satisfy You go back up to the docks Chester always in the office when gill comes to you. Let me know All right, Mr. Dill He's an awful tough boy. I had to be to survive that trip. It wore me out and I wasn't even shocked Oh, say if you leave the office, you'd better let me know where else you'll be. Yeah, I will trust What are you girls doing here? We've been waiting for you Matt. We heard you bought gill in this one Yeah, yeah, he's out of dogs. How easy Marshall But he's got two bullets in him either. He survived that wagon trip, but Doc can't tell much yet. What do you think? Holly's still alive and I've seen men pull through shot up a lot worse than he is Even if he does leave it He'll hang won't he? Yeah, he'll hang now. Sorry, I don't it's all my fault your fault I Did it Matt did what kill Henry gantt? I did kill she came and told me about it after it left Gantt tried to run off with her, but she got a gun away from him and she killed him with it That's true. I don't are you trying to cover for gill gills gonna hang anyway. It's true And it was self-defense. Why didn't you come tell me about it? I was scared to I Didn't think about it being self-defense. I was too scared to think yeah Yeah, she was Matt had a terrible time calming her down. She's telling the truth. All right Yeah, I believe her Gill hadn't run everything it'd be fine. He got scared too item for real scared But why he didn't do anything well. He'd threatened to shoot gantt when he heard about it I guess he was like you. We just stopped thinking Hello, Chester, I didn't expect to find you here. There's gill conscious Chester. No sure he ain't how is he? He's dead He died just a couple minutes ago Dr. Nolly good for it poor scared kid You killed him Marshall Why? Why'd you have to kill him? He was only a boy that isn't fair What chance did he have against you? He shot him down easy. Why'd you have to do it? I don't like it any better than you do I don't But gill just killed three men I don't think they wanted to die any more than he did In a moment our star William Conrad Remember friends this Christmas give everyone Chester feels Say if you remember the milkman the postman and the others who make life easier for you during the year Well, there's still plenty of time to get them Chester feels just drop by your neighborhood cigarette dealers any time this coming week You'll find Christmas cartons of Chester feels are easy to give because they come ready to give in a bright red special holiday carton with its own colorful Christmas ribbon So to all your friends this year say Merry Christmas with cartons of milder better tasting Chester feels Dodge City was the end of the railroad and the beginning of the frontier And it was filled to overflowing with people from all walks of life Well next week during the Christmas season Two real mountain men come to dodge To win their three generation feud just in time for 12th night And that was the West good night Gunsmoke produced and directed by Norman McDonald stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon US Marshall Our story was specially written for Gunsmoke by John Meston with music composed and conducted by Rex Corey Sound patterns by Tom Hanley and Bill James Featured in the cast were Sam Edwards, Eleanor Tannen John Dana and Anne Morrison Harley Bear is Chester Howard McNeer is Doc and Georgia Ellis is Kitty Make Christmas their red letter day their L&M red letter day. 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