 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 gun 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 chancey job and it makes a man watchful and a little lonely He ain't up there mr. Dillon. He has just plain vanished and there's no note anywhere you sure of that Chester No, nothing. I look again all over. It's two days now. This just doesn't like dog What do we do? I don't know I'd start asking people Chester. Try the saloons in the store. Maybe the depot What's the matter look right and right up front Rascal getting us all worried about it For land sick you sure are a side for sure. I doubt we're in the world of you ban anyway. Hello Chester Matt you had us worried doc that son you've been gone two days, you know, I Know well next time leave word doc. I will I surely will If I can we sure would save us a lot of fretting in general upset. Wait a minute. Wait a minute What do you mean doc if you can just that if they let me I leave words Come on inside doc. You want to tell us about it? I Can tell you part of it the least important part. I Made a promise about the rest You know it is mad now, but tell us Well the other night. Let me see it was Wednesday Couple of riders dropped right into my office They said a man was hurt bad. Someone's out past Fort Dodge The naturally I went along with them. Well, why didn't you leave a note and face? Oh, they didn't tell me exactly where we were going Chester But they sure told me not to leave any note. They told you what would you let him talk Chester? Of course, I figured that must have been a shooting but my job to take care of everybody sinner and saved alike And so when we finally got to this place the next day what place doc That's part of what I promised not to tell chest There was a young man there who'd got himself shot in the back The bullet lodged right in the spine. I dug it out and did all I could for him And then I just sapped it for quite a spell Then I put my things away and walked out into the other room back. How is it? He's dead Shock of extracting that bullet was too much for That place the spine You killed him, huh? No No, I didn't kill he's dead. Ain't he look mister that boy wouldn't live more in a couple of days anyway with that bullet where it was Whoever put it there murdered him. You want me to shout him up? Not yet That tell me something You know that boy in there I do and Three of us here. You know any of us him I've seen him around somewhere Dodge. I guess that settles it. He ain't walking out You know his name doc No, I don't might come to me though Let me think you don't seem to understand he wants to kill you already now you're trying to remember his name That's just gonna make it work. I can't kill a doctor for following his oath I shot that boy when he tried to get away and I can shoot you just as he got there fool I'm a doctor and since there's nothing more I can do here. I've got to be available to other patients I've been away too long as it is. What are we arguing about this sooner? We shoot him the better. What kind of a man are you anyway? Don't you know I'm the only doctor than a hundred miles of dogs right now. That's one too many now wait a minute I'm kind of thinking the doc's right. He ain't like a ordinary man a doctor Well, it's almost like he ain't quite human some he's human enough to tell what he knows to that hard-headed Marshall they got in dogs and we'll have him on our table never get our twenty thousand the way I figure It's us or the doc. I'm not interested in what you figure mister and I've lived too long to be afraid of dying But right this minute there may be several folk needing me real bad You know he's right. We can't kill it. Well, I can and you'll do what I say you hear Doc listen to me if I let you go Will you promise not to tell about anybody you recognized here? And if I don't And doctor no doctor. I'll kill you myself Well, yes, I suppose you were All right, I'm here as a doctor and nothing else I promise Word of honor doc my word of honor Okay, get out one other thing doc What? You break your word you tell anybody where this place is that who you saw here and we'll get to you We'll kill you no matter where you try to I gave you my word didn't I yeah, you did just don't forget what I said We'll kill you we'll die trying That's quite a story doc and you played it right smart if you asked me who was the doc I say who was they I only Recognized one of them chesty besides the man they'd shot. Yeah, that's what you said, but have you thought of his name? Yes, you don't understand. I gave my word. I wouldn't tell yeah, but now there's just a bunch of curies Wouldn't you have done the same if you run my boots It'd be a hard choice doc, but Yeah, I suppose I wouldn't let me man who at least why is any man of honor Yeah, I Because I wasn't really thinking about it that way I'm gonna get to sleep Matt yeah, that That was a good boy. They murdered Hope they hang for it. How we ever gonna find mr. John. I don't know Justin We don't even know who they killed you haven't come to dodge in six months. I'm here now Marshall There's a trouble Jake. I'd call it that You know that cottonwood had big one right down to brandy bend. Yeah, I'm gonna hold down by the roots the north side of it I put a sack in that hole this morning Marshall with twenty thousand dollars in twenty two That's a lot of money check even for you. Oh, it ain't it Hank gets back. All right Hank gets back And that's ransom money, huh? Your boy's been kidnapped didn't show up other night Marshall next morning I found a note tacked on the corral said leave the money or I'll sit killing come on Jake We'll try to get there before they pick up the money. No no Marshall I won't take any chances. They shoot him sure if we did that like Jake if they killed Hank You'd want him hung wouldn't you hang on myself if it comes to that I'll hunt them down like wolves All right, then let's go. Let's get on the brandy bend and wait. No Marshall. I already told you no dad Jake you What They already shot him he's dead. What are you talking about? Where is he? Well, I don't know How come you know he's dead? I can't tell you. Marshall Marshall I had about enough. We're wasting time here now. Come on Jake I'll tell you what I can on the way to the river. You better by having the one of us are never gonna get to the river Jake Worth was known as a hard hot tempered man But he was straight as they come And all he wanted out of life was his ranch and his three sons to work it with him It was hard to tell him but without mention and dark. I said what I could When we reached the Arkansas we hit our horses in the clump of bush and worked our way on foot up to the big cottonwood Then we saw it. They do it. They gave him the money what? I'm sorry, Jake. I've been kind of confused by all this I swallowed your story on the way down here Now I want the truth. I won't ever better. I told you I don't know who they are. You know a lot. You ain't telling me what? What's going on with you? I told you all I can Marshall is my boy laying here. Take it easy now Jake. Will you talk? I don't know anything Jake the man who told me about it had to promise not to name anybody Man who is it? I'll get it out of him if I have to cut it out. I know I know That's why I can't tell you who he is I'll give you 24 hours to name those men After that me and my sons are coming to dodge and there'll be blood spills. Take I give you my word. I don't know I don't believe you I'll help you take your boy home. Get on back to dodge. I'll manage here You're making a bad mistake Jake. You got 24 hours Marshall It might not work doc and You'll be exposing yourself to a lot of danger. Have you thought about that? Yes, I have I've also been thinking about the man who killed young Hank Worth Now we could wait until they start spending their money or one of them gets drunk and maybe talks too much somewhere Meantime you and the worst will have a gunfight man. All right, then talk. Let's go. I want to get out of the ranch before dark. Come on I don't see anybody around Maybe they'll hit out if you make some moves you shoot I came here to stop a shooting not to start you can stop it Marshall Just tell me who killed my son if I know I'd be on his trail Jake What's not doing here you tell him doc Jake I Took the bullet out of Hank He died soon after That's right Now come down here where we talk like friends and I'll explain it to you. Let's hear it Well, they got me out of bed Jake and let me out in the country Hank had been shot in the back and I extracted the bullet But it was no use he'd have died anyway There were three men there and I recognized one who was he I had to promise I wouldn't tell That don't matter now wait a minute just think about it Jake doc gave him his word and you're asking him to break it Will you think about it for a minute thinking? I'm thinking about my boy too. You want to help get the man who did it Jake Don't ask for what you listen to me those men told doc if he talked they'd kill it And they met it too. I've got an idea Jake, and I want you to hear me out. Will you I? Look, we'll spread it around the dock has identified the killer Go on and we'll just wait see One or two or maybe all three of them will come at a dodge to kill doc some night silly might get away I'll deputize you and your boys right now, and you can wait for them with us But you're gonna have to stay hidden like me and doc could rather make himself a target for them killers and break his word to them Yeah, Jake. That's right. I look doc and I'll go back to dodge now I'll see that the story gets started and the day or two you and your boys can ride in but separately though Otherwise it might cause talk understand and you come straight to the docks We'll be there. Don't you worry For the next few days doc never left his office the rest of us sat around in his back room and waited Chester kept us supplied with food and coffee But we began to get pretty restless cooped up like that But at fifth night we were being real careful with one another and over polite But on the sixth night about midnight We got our game. I think it's Sam He just brought up three of them. They're kind of outside right now. All right. Come on out here. Will you? What do you want me to do, man? You take cover in here and stay on the side. Let's go upstairs and meet him No, no, we just scatter him that way now listen One of them will probably stand guard on the street while the other two come up here to get docked Chester you and the two boys put on the back way and Jake and I'll wait here But don't jump that man till we go on a waction up here. You understand Chester. I got it. All right, then move fast Come on We just wait here in the dark good Fixed Doc's blanket on the couch or something. They'll think he's under on the stairs now Okay, just get back in the corner. Jacob will be shooting each other. Don't start shooting till I do Let's just shoot him and get out of here Wait here. What? Yeah, get your hands up here Come on up. They're dead like the lamp will you doc? We got the one in the street. He tried to get away when he heard the shooting up here But he ran smack into one of the worse boys He's dangerous. Well doc He can tell us now There's one of these the man you recognize this one here. Yeah, well Jake Guess I said mm-hmm a mushroom. I doubted you Marshall. I'm sorry Forgot it Jake. No, it's best. I remember it Man shouldn't make mistakes like that There's no harm done way worked out I'll buy you a drink Before we leave much like I kind of like that Jake done smoke Produced and directed by Norman McDonald stars William Conrad as Matt Dylan US Marshall the story was specially written for gun smoke by John Meston featured in the cast were Lawrence Dobkin Vic Perron and Harry Bartel Parley Bear is Chester Howard McNair is Doc and Georgia Ellis is Kitty Join us again next week for the fourth of the five most popular gun smoke shows. It is called bloody hands This is the CVS radio network Now get more miles per dollar with Texaco's sky chief supreme from Texaco's Tower of Power Thanks, I told Mexico's power of power New gasoline I need to breathe Mexico's power of power new sky chief supreme is on new growth sky chief supreme