 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. Marshall and the smell of gun smoke and smoke starring William Conrad the story of the violence that moved west with young America story of a man with it Matt Dillon United States Marshall his other saloons and dodge what if I liked it might not like it you're talking to the wrong man you go look for that bottle if you want to live now go on all right never said I wouldn't look it a stranger in dodge ain't she beats living here Mr. and being drunk to boot I'm only a little drunk no business of yours on back to your pigs no whole milk your cows yeah you talk pretty big you know what I think you're a gunman and you ought to have sense not to keep your mouth shut what's your name anyway I killed men for asking that you're so crazy I'll tell you my name is Ken Creed Ken Creed I never changed it the way I heard it Ken Creed pretty fast with a gun well you heard right now shut up here's your eye mr. you're better bought in and I thought I told you this well now look at you sure look at me you may be fast Creed but you ain't smart not with my gun name right at your belly makes it kind of dangerous to take a drink around here don't we you it does I'm sorry it's got to be this way Creed but I am a little drunk I can't take any chances man if the gunless hand he's taking chances friend especially when he's appointing it up me still talking big ain't you go back to my pigs huh I'm gonna kill you for that I'm gonna be the man that killed Ken Creed first of that man ain't been born you all right put the gun away mr. were you I'm a US Marshal put it away you ain't arresting me now it was self-defense he looked away from me when I yelled and he was drunk but he drew first all right then I'll put my gun away Chester get a couple of men and take its body out back on yes you give me a hand your name must be Dylan it is I'm Ken Creed Marshall Arizona you hear to me who ran you out nobody runs me out anyway as Marshal including dogs I don't like gunmen Creed cause trouble here and I'll run you out I hear to you too Marshall your hand is a gun I'm still alive didn't mean the thing to me shoot that drunk they just carried out I ain't at all proud of it I know you're kind Creed I think I'm gonna like dog you have a right to protect yourself here but that's all don't forget it come on Chester yes his name's Ken Creed Chester I never heard of him I have he's a gunman to me huh yeah I'll say one thing he was mighty fast I'm not sure I ever saw anyone faster you seem worried mr. Dylan Chester creeds killed a lot of men just to build his reputation but that's all he cares about you didn't hear him but he said he wasn't proud shooting that man in there but he meant was he'd like to kill me that had making proud you think he'll try he'll try then why don't you go out right now and shoot him down I'm a law man Chester not just a gunfighter why should I risk my life to satisfy whatever's wrong in Ken Creed's head yes you're right I guess I just wasn't thinking if he breaks the law of fighting but I won't fight him over anything as stupid as reputations and alike I sure do wish he'd haul himself out of here though that isn't likely now that there's no use worrying about it say I've got an idea maybe you are to wire Abelene and get mr. Hickok to come over here for a little visit you think I'm afraid of Ken Creed oh no sir it isn't that much done my I just thought maybe he'd leave town if there was more than one man to face creeds as fast as any man I ever saw Chester maybe he can beat me I don't know and I sure don't like the idea of dying but I got over being afraid of it a long time ago yes sir I know if I ask a wild bill for help he'd come expecting 20 men like Creed not one now why don't you go upstairs and get doc he said he wanted to have supper with us at Delmonico's tonight all right sir I'll go get you spare some more of that coffee man well you're paying for it doc here help yourself thank you and I won't be able to pay for anything much longer business doesn't pick up some around here doc why don't you get a steady job back east in a hospital or something I worked in a hospital once just go why do you leave oh I didn't like it much that's not what you told me doc an affair of the heart Chester a woman of great beauty and an evil spirit oh she never told me she was married to the head of the board of directors oh no she never said a word about her husband you mentioned it though very first time I met him the night he fired me my good you're better off here doc oh yes and safer man oh yes much safer even in Marshall hello Creed and Chester see him this afternoon tell me this is doc how are you doc I'm fine I'm fine you work on horses of people doc sometimes I prefer horses I don't know as I like that leave him alone Creed what do you want here anyway I don't like croakers they kill people slow I kill them fast you'll come whining for help someday mister why don't you carry a gun that's enough Creed is it Marshall you heard me you got a gun Bill get out of here if you're calling me draw go on draw no no Creed not this time sure you're not why I'm sorry I got you into that man oh you didn't talk he's just trying to start a fight anyway you can't fight but what for does maybe he can say he killed Matt Dylan no other reason come on let's get out of here oh thanks kitty drink no not tonight they're talking Matt oh who's talking about what people about you and Ken Creed they say he backed you down at Delmonico's early tonight I can't stop their talk I just thought you ought to know Matt yeah sure thanks kitty what really happened he backed me down it's true then you got a reason for letting him no reason sometimes I don't understand you one bit Matt and try to understand Creed and his reasons it's his plate as business Matt he just came in over there yeah I see him he doesn't look worried about anything now he doesn't here he comes yeah it's all you're sitting here Marshall so and that's your ride buddy yeah you're going to introduce me go back to the bar Creed do you drink in there huh that's not friendly Marshall my name is Ken Creed miss nobody asked you and peppery and I like them that way beat it why sure when you get rid of your friend here why you and me can get together later okay Creed I've about had enough of you that's so Marshall all you want is for me to draw on here isn't it that's all Marshall and if I don't and you will Marshall sooner later you'll have to I'll think of something I don't understand this map it's simple kitty the way you'll simple you're not afraid of him I don't think I ever saw anyone handle a gun faster than Creed but if I were afraid of men like that I'd have to get out of this business he thinks it can kill you anyway he's willing to gamble on it why it'll make him a bigger man that's all and I'm not interested in that no matter what people are saying you're in a bad spot yeah yeah it looks that way we will return for the second act of gun smoke in just a moment but first nature is kinder by far to her woodlands than we are forest fires nine out of ten are man-made to preserve for humanity all the products that spring from healthy timberland redouble your efforts to eliminate the forest fires crush out every cigarette break matches in two and grind them with your fingers doubts campfires and turn them over until no ember remains the extra moments you take sure before you abandon a campsite can save a fortune in property and save human lives now the second act of gun smoke this place if I did that people think I'm rich they'd have one more excuse not to pay me but I want you make them pay in advance oh well that's a good idea I'll start with you you got five dollars I'm sorry doc I'm not sick I'm just looking for Chester thought he might be up here I haven't seen him today but I'm glad you came anyway oh this talk that's going around max you got to put a stop to it about me being afraid of Ken Creed yes it's bad for you Matt it's very bad doc if I start shooting it out with every gunman that hits dodge it'll never stop I'm hired by the government to enforce the law not to build me a reputation or to add to somebody else yeah I understand it breaks the law I'll go after him people ought to know that people aren't very smart sometimes Matt yeah they sure aren't Mr. Dylan hello Chester have you been Chester no place I was just coming down the street and somebody told me there's trouble if they all up against it oh what kind of trouble a fight and they mentioned Ken Creed no yes sir I didn't hear any shooting no I come looking for you right away oh let's go over there see you later doctor sure Matt good luck thanks bye doc when did this happen Chester well it couldn't have been very long ago maybe Creed's killed another man in self-defense I don't know I will soon find out there's a man laying on the floor there yeah but I don't see Creed we ain't dead Marshall just got knocked out who did it Sam in Creed where is Creed he went outside a couple of minutes ago what happened well probably speaking Marshall wasn't even a fight his fellow would just stand there with his back to Creed wasn't even talking to each other all at once Creed pulled out his gun cracked him over the head with it I see got no idea why he did Marshall just meanness I guess maybe you better get that man up to Doc Sam he may be hurt worse than you think sure Chester come on what do you make of it it's simple Chester now Creed's got his fight you mean with you mr. Dill I don't think he'll submit to arrest no guess he wouldn't I gotta stop him now why don't we go after him with shotgun no no I'll face him I don't like him not one bit now this is as good a place to wait as any Creed will be along soon it just don't make sense mr. Dillon you having to shoot it out with a man like that no I can't let him go any further he'll kill somebody next and I can't let some innocent man die well you're innocent you haven't done anything I'm a Marshall Chester there's a difference and anyway he hasn't killed me yet you know oh no sir I didn't mean it well of course he hasn't you don't think he can do you Chester you know the saying there was never a horse that couldn't be rode nor a man that couldn't be thrown yes sir I understand that creeds fast maybe that's not enough maybe it is here he comes now right down the middle of the street yeah I guess he knew you'd be waiting for it you keep out of it looking for somebody Mars I'm looking for you it's against the law to slug people and dodge figured it was sure I don't suppose you'd come along to jail you know I wish all right go ahead and draw creed it doesn't matter now how you miss me creed you hit my gun but you miss me with your neck bullet glands in it yeah I could kill you easy now Marshall but you won't you couldn't brag about shooting an unarmed man no I couldn't I'll get you some another gun deal you're fast creed but you don't shoot very straight you'll see about that all right I'll be back as soon as the dock patches me up take your time I don't mind waiting that was a chance shot creed if you hadn't hit my gun you'd be lying dead are you sure you won't come to jail you're wasting time Marshall yeah I don't think so Chester but it's sure more than a flesh wound you know if he'd have shot you when you was unarmed there I'd have killed him sure now I couldn't have stopped that I've gone up the docks here Chester there's a gun in my desk drawer bring it up to me would you yes sir I'll go get it thanks I'll just get my things together here and I was gonna come down it's not too bad come on over here now let me see yeah sit down sit down right here you wipe your hands with this yeah thanks that's good now let me see this thing yeah just missed the vein you're lucky Matt you're mighty lucky yeah tore the muscle that's not bad don't know I'll just take a couple of stitches and you'll be as good as new almost hurry it up when you dock you just hold still and you'd be very careful excuse me what you hurry I want to face creed before my neck gets stiff might throw me a little that's all right now you mean you're going back after of course of course I am that's all right now but that's crazy Matt that's plum crazy he's all speed doc unless he's right next to a man that's luck if he hits him he missed me but he hit your gun but that wouldn't happen again in a thousand times yeah well maybe you're right you know it takes nerve doc to stand there and hold your fire for that one second you need the aim and I don't think that I don't think creed has a kind of nerve there you are now now just wrap a bandage around your neck and we're through how is he dock what is pretty good Chester he doesn't tear those stitches out how you can always sew me up again doc oh sure yeah is this the gun you wanted yeah now let's hit chest well I'll see you later doc Matt yeah I want to take a look at that in the morning you come by then yeah thanks doc he is you'll be along Chester just like last time maybe he's having a drink he's a fool if he is everybody sure he's staying off the street ain't they just as well you better take cover too I will when creed shows my neck's getting stiff already maybe you better go look for him well I would Chester but there's too much chance of some bystander getting hit that way I'd rather meet him in the street here what's that that was in the Texas trailer with it come on Chester it's creed and he looks dead to me all right now who shot creed all right I'll take your gun mister you know you won't I'm a gunman too much you weren't taking my good you're drunk get your hands up well I'll kill you all right throw him in jail Chester yes you want to talk to him now I heard the whole story Chester there were plenty of witnesses Carter claims he don't remember what happened I'll eat butter remember you'll probably hang for it you mean he started it wasn't even a fight Chester it was just like that man creed club only Carter didn't club him he shot him how now right in the back treat didn't even know it was coming funny way for a man like him to die ain't it yeah but maybe it's best this way how do you mean all of creed and I had shot it out the survivor would have been just that much more of a prize for some drunken bomb like Carter and I had to be in you mr. Dylan I may be but I'll never know for sure Chester not now well mr. Dylan I'll tell you something I was scared plumb to pieces well mr. Proudfoot I'll tell you something so was I gun smoke under the direction of Norman McDonald stars William Conrad as Matt Dylan U.S. Marshall tonight's story was specially written for gun smoke by John Meston with music composed and conducted by Rex Corey featured in the cast were Lawrence Dobkin John Daner and Ralph Moody parley bear is Chester Howard McNear is Doc and Georgia Ellis is Kitty gun smoke has been selected by the Armed Forces radio service to be heard by our troops overseas join us again next week as Matt Dylan U.S. Marshall fights to bring law and order out of the wild violence of the West in gun smoke it's a double celebration this coming Monday for radio station WTAR Norfolk Virginia this coming Monday WTAR celebrates its 30th anniversary and on the same day this popular powerful Norfolk radio station becomes a CBS radio affiliate welcome to the ever-expanding coast-to-coast CBS radio family WTAR and for all our affiliates throughout America this is wishing you a happy birthday and your listeners happy listening at the stars address George Walsh speaking America now listens to 110 million radio sets and listens most to the CBS radio network