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You're a long way from Dodge. Man, I'm headed for Cam Seton's place. That's about 15 miles on south. Oh, you know him? Sure, I know him. The horse kicked him in the chest, and here's pretty badly hurt. Some cowboy rode by, found him, and got him into bed, and then came to Dodge after me. I just came from Cam Seton's dock. Oh, well, then how is he? There's nothing wrong with him. What's that? That cowboy was fun in you. Cam never got kicked by no horse. I don't believe it. Nobody had played a joke like that. Well, it's true. You better turn around and go back to Dodge. Somebody might be needing you there. I'm telling you, Dodge. I don't know you, mister. Who are you? Just do what I say. I get that buggy turned around. I'm driving on to Cam Seton's. You won't drive nowhere if I shoot your horse, Doc. Put that gun away. You gonna do what I say? Of course I'm not. Then you're gonna be a foot, Doc. If you shoot that horse, I'll shoot you. Oh, a shotgun, eh? Now, what are you doing with a shotgun, Doc? I'd like to eat prairie chicken, mister. But I've seen what two barrels of bird shot can do to a man. You... Doctor, you're bluffing... There's a man with a caved-in chest waiting for me 15 miles from here. You kill my horse, he might be dead before I can get there. Oh, yes, mister. I'll shoot if I have to. You won't turn around and go back to Dodge. Nobody keeps me from being where I'm needed. The horse goes, Doc. And if you try anything, you go next. Don't you do it? Watch me. I told you not to! I told you! You still think Doc came here, Mr. Dillon? Well, there is footprints, Chester, headed straight for the house. Well, I just can't leave no part of it. His horse back there dead and all bloody. Look on the porch there. He just came out of the house. It's Doc, all right. Hello, Matt. Chester, hello, Doc. The Alan Boy reported finding your horse and buggy back there, Doc. I'm glad to see you're all right. I'm all right, Matt. How's Cam seating? He was dead when I got here. Oh? I guess you saw the man I left in my buggy. Yeah. He was a stranger to me, Matt. You kill him, Doc? I killed my horse and I shot him before he even turned his gun on me. His horse ran off. I see. So I guess it isn't exactly self-defense, is it? Hell, that's not for me to decide, Doc. Am I under arrest? The day I have to arrest you is the day I quit. There'll be talk, Matt. People will say I ought to be waiting triumph in jail. And they'll be blaming you for it. You sure you know what you do? To bet that man's horse ran off, Doc. You might have got here in time if you hadn't had to walk. Only with L&M can you enjoy the full, exciting flavor of today's finest tobacco. Through the modern miracle of the L&M miracle tip. Through the pure white miracle tip, L&M tastes richer. Smokes cleaner. Draws easier. No other cigarette, plane or filter, gives you all the flavor you want. The rich, exciting flavor you get only from L&M. So light up. Free up. Let your taste come alive. Live modern. Smoke L&M. Make today your big red letter day and start to live the modern way. Live, live, live modern. Get L&M today. Ain't you mad worried, are you, Doc? Worried about what, Chester? Well, everybody's sort of been eyeing you ever since we got back. Oh, no, not everybody, Chester. Well, now, you take that fella across the street, standing there by the town's soil. Yeah, yeah. Seems like he's always watching you from somewhere. I don't think I even know that man, Chester. He ain't been in town but a couple of days. Well, who is he? Well, I don't know. Well, he's got nothing to do with me. You're forever dreaming up something, Chester. I always said there's too much school girl in you. Now, you listen here to me, Doc. I don't know what you're talking about, but I ain't sure. I like... Well, let me know when you make up your mind. I'm going to go back tomorrow. Wait a minute. Eh, what's what? He's Mr. Dunn. Well, he looks real mad about something. Yes, he does. Let's go over to the Texas Trail, Doc. What for? I just told off a few of our leading citizens up the street and now I want to be seen buying you a drink to really give them something to talk about. Now, wait a minute, Matt. I know what they've been saying about me not being in jail. But you can't fight them all. It isn't all of them. It's only a rotten few so far. Come on. I want everybody to know where I stand. Nope. No, Matt. Can I come too? I'd be proud to buy a second round myself. How about it, Doc? Well... Well... I guess I can't turn down a drink with... with a couple of friends. Thank you, Matt. Thank you, too, Chester. Now, I really had better get back to my office. Okay, Doc. Hold on a minute. There's that fellow again, Doc. He followed us in here. Why? At the end of the bar there, Mr. Jones. He keeps watching, Doc, all the while. You know him, Doc? Well, look... There is something familiar about him. What do you mean he's been watching, Doc, Chester? I don't know, but every dog on time I'm with Doc. I see him, Matt. Yeah. I know who he looks like. Who? The man I killed. What? Yes, his resemblance. A very definite resemblance. Well, how do you think it might be? I feel kind of funny inside. Same as I did out there on the prairie. You two wait here. I'd like to know your name, stranger. You would? No offense. I'm Marshall Dillon. Now, what's your name? Nate. Nate what? Nate'll do Marshall or no Marshall. Where are you from? Colorado. What are you doing in Dodge? You got something against me. Say it out, Marshall. All right. Doc Adams killed a man last week. He thinks you look like you might be related to him. Your Doc Adams has got a bad conscience, maybe. I can't help who I look like. He could be wrong. But if he's right, I want you to remember something. Doc's a friend of mine. If anything happened to him, I'd take it real personally. You ain't talking about me, Marshall. It'd be a bad death, mister. I'd kill real hard. Chester. Yes, sir. You'll get yourself a shotgun. What? You're going to stay with Doc day and night. From now on. I'm sorry to bother you, Kitty. Come in. I was just getting ready to go to work. I wasn't expecting company. It's about this trouble, Doc's in, Kitty. I think you might be able to help. I'll do anything for Doc, Matt. You know that. Well, this'll take your whole evening. It won't be easy. Go on. There's a stranger been hanging around town, says his first name is Nate. He's medium height, wears a buckskin jacket and a brown slouch hat. I've seen him. Well, Doc thinks he might be related to the man he killed. He thinks it might be his brother. You want me to find out? That might take a lot of doing, Kitty. Maybe it's asking too much. You can't put him in jail, Matt. I might save Doc's life. Well, I doubt if he's a man to get drunk by himself, or easily. And even drunk, I don't know if he can make him talk. Leave that to me, Matt. It's like I said, I'll do anything for Doc. Shasta, come on, wake up. Come on. Oh, so much so sweet. I thought I told you to stay with Doc. Well, I was with him all last night and all the day. So far. Was he not? Well, I don't know. We were playing some cards here, and then I laid down from it. Oh, dear, I just don't know how I could have felt like that. Go up to his office, see if he's there, and stay with him if he is. Yes, sir, I will. I just don't know how. It's gonna have a while. Miss Kitty. How's Shasta? It's nice to see you, but I gotta go. I want to see you for a while. Well, Matt. Sit down, Kitty. Yeah. You look tired. That was about the longest night I ever spent. Where's Nate, whatever his name is? Last I saw of him, it was dawn, and he was almost asleep on one of the tables for long brunch. You're right, Matt. That man sure can drink. Well, Kitty, did do any good? Yeah, some. His name's Nate Brandl. Brandl? Mm-hmm. His brother's name was Miles Brandl. Yeah. And it was as brother Doc killed. Well, that's why Nate's after Doc. I guess he just hasn't had a good chance to get him yet, but he's going to a man. No, he isn't. I'll run him out of town now that I really know who he is. Well, you want to hear the rest of it first? Yeah, go ahead, Kitty. Well, Nate's brother, this Miles Brandl, he heard Cam Seton was living here, and he rode all the way from Colorado to kill him. And he found him lying there hurt and learned that he'd sent for Doc. I guess he figured if he could keep Doc away, Cam wouldn't need killing. Yeah, he was right. Why was he after Cam? Well, Nate didn't say much about that. But the important thing is that Miles was an outlaw with a price of $1,000 on his head. I never had a circular on him. It's true, anyway, according to Nate. That's why he's after Doc so bad. He thinks Doc shot his brother for the reward money. But hasn't he heard this story? I don't believe it, Matt. Yeah, Chester. Doc left a note on his door that he's down at the stable looking over a new buggy horse. I'm going to hurry on down there. Wait a minute. I'm going with you, Chester. Kitty, I think Doc will be wanting to thank you himself for what you've done. Yes, have an L&M. Enjoy a really modern cigarette. A cigarette that gives you all the full, exciting flavor of today's finest tobacco. No other cigarette, plane or filter, gives you the flavor you get through the modern miracle of the L&M miracle tip. Through the pure white miracle tip, L&M tastes richer. Smokes cleaner. Draws easier. So light up. Free up. Let your taste come alive. Live modern. Smoke L&M. Make today your big red letter day and start to live the modern way. Live, live, live modern. Get L&M today. Excuse me, Mr. Dillon. Stand just inside the door. Yeah. I don't see no buggy horse door under nobody else. At least Doc's still all right. I promise I won't never fall asleep again. I will take Doc back to the office where he'll be safe and I'll go round up Nate Brandl. Now where's he going? Hey, Doc? Somebody shut him up. Yeah, come on. Stand out, Doc. There he goes out that stall. Hold it. Did you kill him that? I tried not to, Doc. You hit me twice. Yeah. Let me have a look. No. You finish me like you finish my brother. Don't be a fool. Hold still, Doc. Letting him up to my office, Matt. One of those bullets has to come out before I can stop the bleeding. I'm just trying to kill you, Doc. I know. Then what are you doing trying to save me? I'm a doctor. Nothing can keep me from a man who needs me. I tried to explain that to your brother. I don't believe you. You're lying. Let's get him moved, Matt. We're wasting time. Did you get the mail, Mr. Dillon? Yeah, it finally came, Chester. Now go upstairs and get Doc where he'll be in the office. Yes, sir. Me? Go on into the office. Three weeks in jail. You begin to wish you'd killed me, Marshal. I kept you in jail because Doc wanted you there, Nate. Has he always run the law around here? It was him you tried to kill, wasn't it? If I had my way, he'd be in prison. Between you and Doc, I ain't got a chance of nothing, have I? You're going to get that settled right now. What do you mean? I don't know. I'm doing this Doc's way. I didn't ask you. Hi, guys, Mr. Dillon. Good morning, Matt. Morning, Doc. Hello, Nate. Well, it came in today's mail, Doc. Give it to me, Matt. Here it is. Thank you. You got a pen in your desk, Matt? Yeah, I hope yourself. What is that? What are you talking about anyway? The reward money. A thousand dollar check for killing your brother. Oh, Doc put in his claim, so I sent a Colorado for it. Yeah, I might have known. I hope you have a good time with it, Doc. What are you going to spend it on? Tell us. I'll tell you, Nate. I'm going to spend it on you. I've endorsed it. Yeah, it's all yours. Mine. Take it. But what for? You'll have to figure out what for. And it's about time you did. Marshall? Yeah, Nate. My brother left a wife in Denver. You're going to see she gets this. She won't have to know what it's from. Can I leave now? Yeah, you can leave. But Marshall, don't worry about it, Nate. I'll tell Doc, you finally got it figured out. And now our star, William Conrad. Thank you, George. Friends, do you like the flavor of modern living, the fullness of it, the excitement of it? Then you'll like the full, exciting flavor of L&M, the modern cigarette. Through the modern miracle of the L&M miracle tip, you get all the full, exciting flavor of today's finest tobaccos. No other cigarette, plane or filter, gives you the full, exciting flavor you get through the pure white miracle tip. So light up, free up, let your taste come alive. Live modern. Smoke, L&M. Gunsmoke, produced and directed by Norman McDonald, stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshall. 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