 Around Dodge City and in the territory on west there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers And that's where the US Marshal and the smell of guns smoke Starring William Conrad the 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 Dillon the United States Marshal the first man they look for and the last they want to meet It's a chance a job that it makes a man watchful And a little lonely Millions of Americans are now crowding our highways pushing and impatient to get the most out of this weekend The hundreds of highway deaths and thousands of highway injuries can be avoided Provided that every single motorist does his bit That bit means driving safely and sanely all the time There's positively no excuse for excess speed By observing all speed limits you'll get to your destination almost as soon Whereas if you speed you may never get there Just as important is the necessity of paying strict attention to traffic signs and those white lines on the highway They were put there for your protection Never pass unless you're absolutely certain it's safe that the road is clear ahead Never pull out of line slow up stop or turn without first looking in your mirror Then signaling clearly well ahead and don't be afraid to give the other fellow the right of way If you let him go you won't crash into him at all times drive with caution and courtesy. You'll live longer It had been a long hard ride to Fort Larnet and as it turned out a useless one The prisoner Colonel Matthews had been holding for me died before I could get there So I spent the night at the Fort and then started back for Dodge the next morning The trip back was more pleasant A breeze from the Rockies swept across the high plains and it was cool for the first time in weeks And now camp for the night just a day's ride out of Dodge I was looking forward to a bath and a shave at mr. Teeters I must have been asleep for some time when a sound awakened me somebody was standing just outside the circle a Light cast from the dying fire All right hold it Now you raise your hands and you walk in here slow Keep coming right up to the fire I'll just stand it. Is there anybody with you? No, I'm alone Please mr. I didn't mean any harm. What are you doing here? I was hungry Thought maybe I could get some food. Well, I might have shot you I'm awful hungry. Mr. I've been sitting out there watching your fire. I thought you were asleep Well, there's some side meat in that fry pan. It's cold, but you can have it if you want Thank you, mister You really were hungry, weren't you? Yes, sir. What did you eat last this morning? Just for a round away round away That's right. I'm that way from home. I see. What's your name? Trudy Trudy Trent But where is it Trudy your home? What 40 miles from here? What's your name? Dullin Matt Dullin on the US Marshal and Dodge Dodge that's right. We're on headed Now look Trudy Dodge is a long way from here a whole day's ride Don't you think you'd better write back home tomorrow and think about this a little your parents are gonna be a little worried That's just me and Pa Marshal. I sure ain't going back to him. He's probably out looking for you right now, huh? He gets drunk almost every night ain't likely he's out riding around on a prairie. I see He's about the most terrible man ever lived Marshal. I could tell you things. He done to me You wouldn't believe you want to hear look Trudy a lot of kids don't always get along with their pa. I'm not a kid Marshal I'm old enough. I've been old enough a long time Look you're going back home in the morning, and I'm gonna ride with you to make sure you get there Don't you like me Marshal? Sure, I like you Trudy, but you're still going home. Don't make me go back there, please I'll do anything you want But please don't make me go back. I Get a blanket for you. You can sleep with the fire Marshal please look Trudy whether you think so or not You're still just a kid, and I'm taking you home in the morning In the morning I awakened to a clear warm day But the blanket I'd given to Trudy lay crumpled and empty on the ground Reminded I thought she'd run off Then I heard splashing from the other side of the willows. She was taking a swim A few minutes later she was off dressed, and we were breaking camp It was wonderful Marshal. You should have tried it. You ready to ride You're mad at me. Trudy you had something to eat. You got some sleep You had your swim and now you're going home. I changed my mind What? I changed my mind. I'm not going home. I'm going to dodge with you. Now look Trudy Can you think of one good reason for not taking me to dodge? That dodge is no place for a girl like you. You still think I'm too young? Will you just wait until you see me all dressed up? You won't think I'm too young then. You belong at home Trudy. Now let's get mounted Marshal. What? If you want you can marry me You want to marry me? It's not going to work Trudy. I told you you belong at home with your pa and that's where you're going And you keep talking about how dodge is no place for a decent girl. We're wasting time. Let's go It is Marshal. You can see we don't make out too good. This is hard land Trudy. Any land's hard for Pa. He had a pretty good farm once but he left it. Why? He had to The neighbors run him off for stealing stock. He told me about it one night when he was drunk. He laughed at the kill Marshal Will you stay the night and think about taking me away with you? We'll see. Come on Let's go in and get this over with. I guess she was worried some, huh? You sass me and I'll fetch you a clout This is Marshal Stillen Pa from Dodge What you bringing the law out here for? He brought me home Pa You left? I ran away yesterday morning. Marshal brought me home. I ought to train you good girl Running off that way. You worried about who'd do the chores, weren't you Pa? Now don't you talk like that girl? I missed you I missed you something fierce. I'll bet you did. I worried So much as I didn't hardly eat nothing. But you sure been drinking enough though. Hey Marshal don't Don't you pay her no mind. She's my little girl And I care a whole heap for her Listen to him. Don't make you sick Marshal. I uh, I'll spend the night like you asked Trudy Now I better take care of the horses. Witchy witchy. This is about spending the night. I asked him to Pa Well first We don't need him around here and I'll tell you something else Tomorrow I'm riding the Dodge with him to stay here. What I'm leaving you Pa for good and all No, I'm not hardly you ain't Now look mr. Trash you are I'll tell you true You take her away. I'll come to dodge I'll tell people what you done Younger like that. Why don't we wait and talk about all this later, huh when you're sober Well, I don't know as I aim to get sober But I know one thing for sure. He You ain't taking Trudy away Never mind him Marshal You go take care of the horses I'll find something for supper drunk per sober. I'll say just one thing Just don't mess with me in my Trudy Just don't mess Don't be a forest fire bug Remember a careless match cigarette butt or campfire left to spread Can do more than destroy valuable timber acreage It can lay waste to private property wipe out homes animal life and human life as well One cigarette butt thrown from the window of your car if the wind is right Can lay waste to what nature took hundreds of years to build CBS radio and its affiliate stations offer this reminder When fire saps america's natural wealth by one forest's potential value Our nation is worth that much less in the marketplace of the world Don't burn out our great heritage take every precaution in or near the woods The tramp farm wasn't much of a place inside or out The front room where we ate was just a broken stove a couple of bunks and burlap hung over the two unglass windows Suffer with some boiled greens and cheap orders bread, which asa used to Sop up his plate You eat like a hog pa He's got a real sharp tongue, ain't she Marshal? Yeah, she can talk all right. Oh, yeah, she can do everything Sure Clean patch here feed the stalk anything. Yeah, I I taller them things And a lot more now better than it's cheaper than hiring somebody Even cheaper and getting married ain't pa Because if you married you'd have another mouth to feed. Ah, don't talk like that. You know you're My little girl We have good times together Don't we it's a palace of joy pa now truity girl, you know how we celebrated christmas marshal Paul got drunk and set me on fire. I had to run out and roll in the snow. I'd have burned up And he wouldn't let me back in on the approach to jazz I'm gonna go out to the barn Get me another jug of whiskey the one under the bed's empty Well marshal, what do you think now? Still think I shouldn't go into dodge with you Is he always like that? Not always Right now he's kind of on good behavior on the kind of you being here. I see Dodge couldn't be worse than this, could it? Yeah, no, I guess not him. Will you take me please? Yeah, I'll take you Honest, but your pa's gonna make a fuss. There's gonna be trouble. You're afraid of him. No, it's not that. I just don't want anybody hurt Well, ain't our worth fighting for Just a little now truity I want you to get something straight. I'd do the same for anybody I look the first thing in the morning How long you been standing there? Marshal You can sleep in the barn Fine Yeah, you'll find a good spot right at the edge of the loft You'll like it fine there You'll sleep good too It was warm and filled with a smell of sweet hay As I drifted off to sleep the Figures of Trudy and her father turned and twisted in my mind Then suddenly I was awake again wide awake because somebody was moving toward me across the barn floor For a moment. I thought it was Trudy and then I saw the rifle in his hand All the trends die Blast Hey, sir In the barn Trudy Now If you dare Yeah, you shouldn't have tried it Trudy, I'm sorry. Don't be he had it coming Now you go on back to the house. It'll be dawn in an hour. I got some work to do here I ain't gonna stay in this rotten farm now Marshal That's for sure. You get your things together Trudy will leave for dodge as soon as it's light Just as the sun was breaking over the horizon Trudy and I rode away from her father's ranch for the last time He never once looked back but I did The roof sagging at one end the boarded windows the Unwatered patch of corn make shift barn Small cross now stood over a stone covered grave It wasn't a hard place to leave Dodge I told kitty about the whole affair and she promised to give the girl a hand So she put Trudy to work in the long brats so she could keep an eye on her that way Hello, Matt. Hey, you're doing quite a business. Yeah, sit down. Oh, thanks Well, how's Trudy working out? Oh, fine, I guess What do you mean you guess That's a little soon to know yet That girl's got a mind of her own any trouble with her. No, no trouble She's over there to bar now talking about Gar Klein Gar Klein. Yeah, that nice-looking kid there. How is he? I don't know too much about him never used to come in here too much I think maybe he's in love with Trudy in love What's the matter? You jealous? I don't start that kidding Well, I know one thing the girl's got quite a case on you. She's just a kid. It won't last I don't know about that A u.s. Marshall's a good catch for a girl. Well, she meets a lot of men here. Maybe she'll forget about it From what I can see. God doesn't let her meet many men. He's so jealous. He won't let her out of his sight I guess they're both pretty young Don't underestimate young love matter Besides this has been going on for three days now. I thought you'd come in Marshall. How are you Trudy? God says he never met you Hello Marshall You knew in town girl. Guy hasn't been here much longer than I have Marshall But he's staying on ain't you guy? Yes, I am. Well, that's good I've been promised a job of work out of him at Bowers place Then when I'm able I'm getting Trudy out of here Well, the long branch isn't that bad I keep an eye on her when you're not around guy I thank you for that miss kitty But just the same girl like Trudy. She shouldn't have come here in the first place He's not used to being around a saloon. I guess you're right Like I say It wasn't fitting to bring her here at all. Now don't talk like that Marshall knew what he was doing. He wanted to bring me here, didn't you Marshall? Well, uh I don't know as I had much choice, but you did bring me And now you're responsible for me. No, I ain't There's not any such thing. I'm the one who's responsible for you and me only You keep away from her Marshall you keep away from now on Come on Trudy Well You see what I mean All I came in here for was a quiet drink You know the next time you better have sam bring a bucket of beer down to my office. It's not that bad matt I'll tell you what this time. It's on the house. I guess I'm getting the old kitty with Somehow it rubs a wrong way to be warned off by a youngster who's not dry behind the years yet He's just showing off man. I hope you're right Well, how about that drink, huh? This is Dennis James with a long time favorite Where folks have relied on over the years is Kellogg's all brand since 1919 America's favorite natural laxative cereal Kellogg's all brand is the safe gentle way to overcome irregularity caused by lack of bulk in your diet It tastes good too, and it it never gets mushy and milk. There's only one all brand Kellogg's all brand So relieve constipation the way millions do with Kellogg's all brand A double l hyphen b r a m Yes, you're so right to stay regular with Kellogg's all brand try it. Okay? Okay Yeah, come in Aden and Marshall Trudy, what are you doing here this time of night? I came to see you Well, aren't you supposed to be working? I have kitty for a few hours off. Is that all sick? I see You haven't been to long branch all night And I've been busy You don't seem very glad to see me Now look Trudy Let's get this straight Marshall I came here to tell you something. What? I just thought you ought to know now. I'm gonna get married Well, that's fine to you Now wait a minute. I thought you were talking about Gar Klein Gar why him because he's in love with you He got himself a job at him at power so he could save enough money to marry you get you a place Gar's just a fence riding cowboy and that's all he's ever gonna be. I'm not gonna marry a man like that Like I said I'm gonna marry you Trudy You're a foolish romantic little girl and I'm sure not about to get married to you or anybody else Not now or any time now if you got that straight little girl am I you ask I'll teach you how to talk to a wife Stop that. Are you just calm down you feeling better now? How dare you how I feel I'm gonna tell everybody in dodge you killed my pun and then you ran off with me How my power tried to stop you and you shot him dead and forced me to come with you Trudy You listen to me. You don't really care about me at all. Now you be honest with yourself You just want to be a u.s. Marshall's wife. Isn't that right? Trudy Trudy wait a minute You tried so good for somebody and this is what happens Matt You look kind of tired. What? I say you look tired Oh Well, just like I've always told you chester. You can't burn the candle at both ends and not have a show Oh, she won't be a hand for all right She's got matt going all right. It's a sure sign something's in the wind when they won't even talk about it Well, it even happened to me one time doc Back in texas it was and this little old gal blessed her heart just wouldn't give me a minute's peace She must have been a rich running beauty Well, now she wasn't too bad, mr. John I say you better get married mad. It's a whole lot easier in a man than all this court I just hate to do this to you gentlemen, but i'm gonna have to leave Uh, uh, don't forget my check when you leave, huh steak eggs and coffee. Thank you John Oh Gar I've been looking for you. Oh, it's trouble I heard all about it All about what? Trudy told me last night. She told me everything you've been drinking last night. I was but not now I see Last night Trudy told me how you shot her paw so she could run off with it I wait a minute garb now you gotta hear in dodge and you don't want to know more Gar, will you listen to me trudy's lying to you? You're a fool to believe all that talk I love her marshal and she loves me and I ain't gonna have you make sport of her I'm not trying to hurt her. I haven't said anything against her. Can't you see this is what she wants She's trying to make you jealous trying to get back at me for turning her down I'm going to kill you. You better just go along son. We can talk about this later Not hardly marshal gar don't be a fool. This is for trudy and what you're done to Why don't you finish me off? Why don't you you're not hurt bad son? You're gonna be all right What's happened to you? Are you all right, son? Yeah Doc, see to this boy here and the chester can take him over to the jail till he cools off Where are you going? Down to the long branch. I'm gonna have a talk with trudy Trent They're shooting Matt. What was it? Gar Klein, but I'll tell you later right now. Where can I find trudy? Well, it won't be too easy. I'm afraid Well, easy or not. I'm gonna find her and I'm gonna run her out of town Trudy's caused all the trouble. She's going to around here. She's already gone Matt. What? What happened to gar? Did you shoot him? Yeah, but he'll be all right. What's this about trudy? Well, last night gar was in here with trudy and she got him pretty drunk From what I could tell they were talking about you Later gar passed out and I had Sam put him in the back room to sleep it off That's when trudy met the gambler Gambler? Yeah, from st. Louis. He came in last night late real late on his way to san francisco Trudy was at loose ends and she got to talking with him and They left together just half an hour ago in the morning stage I see I guess maybe he was a better catch than gar climb Well, he looked like he was pretty rich Fancy clothes and all so I suppose she figured he was Better than you two since she finally figured out she'd never get you It's too bad about gar But I guess he was trying to do the right thing at least the way he saw it. Yeah Trouble is she never really cared for him at all He was fighting for just a lot of shadows Well Maybe that's better than not fighting for anything at all Yeah, I guess you're right kitty I guess you're right Next time you refresh enjoy a frosty ice cold pepsi cola All right, k. How's this pepsi is light refreshers without filling you like to refresh have a pepsi right now We'll offer it to everybody charlie. I will enjoy pepsi at the fountain It's delicious at home too Have one at lunch or with a snack at the beach or at dinner Wherever you go wherever you're thirsty pepsi is there. It's here too in our b-sociable sound For the weekend have plenty of pepsi around pick up an extra carton today Ck. I'm sociable with pepsi everyone is Produced and directed in hollywood by norman mcdonnell stars william conrad as matt billen u.s. Marshall The story was specially written for dunn smoke by norman mcdonnell with editorial supervision by john meslin Featured in the cast were eve mcvay and sam edwards chester nears doc and georgia ellis is kidding