 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 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 At a little lonely you've traveled a fair piece from your lodges sometimes trail is long Come we will have food Hungry that's a fact Here antelope Eat out of fear for a while there My rib food gonna stick together You come with news Yeah, bigfoot. I told you I'd bring you news You can head back to your lodges The man with the scar is dead No, no, he ain't dead, but he's been picked up picked up Marshal's got him In the pokey in jail, but he is not dead. Well, not yet. He ain't he may be soon enough Marshal's riding them out to Hay City tomorrow to be tried for murder. No, his life belonged to me Well, what do you care bigfoot just so they got him this man Rouse killed my father. His life belonged to me You're not thinking straight bigfoot forget all this and go home leave Rouse to the law Around my brother Yeah, your trail goes past the lodges of my people. I Should be riding past there tonight. I asked you to see my son young Hawk and send him here to me Sure, I can do that bigfoot, but I'm telling you again I wouldn't get myself mixed up in nothing if I was you the murder of my father must be answered Yeah, but the laws arrested this fellow Rouse. They'll take care of him. His life does not belong to white man It belonged to me Now eat You will need food to travel. Yeah Did it ever strike you how much time folks waste just writing things down I Can't say I've done much worrying about it. No, what do you see every day? How much other going on? How's that? Well, when I go to pick up the mail, there's always a whole pile of letters there anything That's what the mail is for Chester to bring letters. Yes, I know that but everyone of them letters has something wrote down in it Yeah, yeah, now I don't insert there's an important thing like that I mean all them letters that don't say nothing more and just howdy and how you've been Why if they would to take all the letters that was wrote in this country on a single day, they wouldn't be worth a whole boot You may be right Chester But I know one thing you'd be pretty hard to live with if you didn't get one of those worthless letters every now and then Yeah, come on. Let's get a beer and cool off Dark coming in now that bright sun any I can see well enough to make it out that doc beat us to it Just there Matt, come on sit down. Oh, thanks kitty I'm surprised to see you here at this time of day doc Oh, I don't think you're in any position to call attention to a man's taking time off for a little refreshment I wouldn't even notice any man but you What do you mean by that? Well, you're always so ready to give a piece of your mind whenever anybody else takes a little time Oh for heaven's sake doc tells me you're taking a trip tomorrow, man. Yeah, I'm delivering a prisoner to Hays City Well, don't I just don't feel easy about you taking that cussid rouse up there all along What's the matter Chester? Don't you think Matt can take care of himself? Well, of course he can take care of himself miss kitty, but this fellow is awful mean You just might work out to be here if I just go along on the stage with you Why don't you take him with you Matt? I just had to stay in dodge kitty We got another man in jail It wouldn't hurt him then if we just left him locked up overnight mr. Dillon the way he is feeling this morning He probably wouldn't even know a difference. Chester. You're staying here Mr. Well Matt if this man is dangerous, maybe you'd better take Chester. Yes Matt by all means That's what I think mr. Dillon. I'll get him there alone I'm gonna go get that beer Nice to you marshal range in the private stage so to speak a marshal you hear me Yeah, I heard you My guess nobody wanted to ride that close to you I Don't know I ain't such a bad sort of a fella Hey marshal, you know, I could be real comfortable this trip if you just undo these here wrist arms marshal You've got the gun Ain't nobody else here to object I'd object Well, I don't make no sense marshal listen. You're feared of me Hey, is that it marshal you feared to ride with me with my hands free Huh Even without a gun you talked too much. Yeah, you're feared about it. Just shut up Why are we stopping? Hey, we can talk to him. We sure can't outrun him Hey marshal shoot shoot marshal. Why don't you shut up and sit still? Hey marshal Now I take your gun Big foot the gun throw it out. I didn't know you were a hold-up man big foot not hold-up man You've gone to a lot of trouble for nothing. There's no gold on this stage. I don't look for gold. I look for prisoner Ross I want prisoner marshal don't Don't you let him get shut up? Big foot you and I have been friends. You've been able to take my word Marshal has always acted with honor. Well, then let me tell you something I'm taking this man to Hayes City to be tried for murder The evidence against him is great He'll probably hang now his life belongs to me. He may not have a life at all after the trial You take him you won't either. He killed my father. Let the law punish him then don't start trouble with the tribes I do not start trouble He started trouble Let me finish it for you then Let me take him out of Hayes City. I promise you're justice big foot. He will have justice my son Get off your horse now marshal You and your prisoner will get out of the stage and You driver you will sit quiet and not be foolish Come now get out. I suppose you've got a plan for me. The marshal must come with me for a while You're making a mistake big foot. I would make mistake to let marshal go free All right, my son By the hands of marshal I will watch prisoner and you driver you free to go do not return to dodge Can't see in the engines Don't worry about it They can see you. I just thank you We might make break for it in the dark You wouldn't get ten feet a gamble a bullet at me They wouldn't waste a bullet on you Ross. They just drag you back The gamble isn't good enough Aren't you going to nothing? I have to be alive to do it What does that mean? It means I'm gonna wait for a better chance than making an open target of myself With my hands tied You should have left my hands free if your hands had been free and you'd try to do anything you'd be dead right now You know what they're gonna do Big foot wants to give you a fair trial Ross They're gonna walk us to the encampment. There's a meeting in the council of the tribe Dirty engines at least they're giving you a chance That's more than you did for Bigfoot's father when you all used just a no-good dirty engine marshal listen I want to tell you make me sick. Why don't you shut up? I want to get some sleep More shot tell you true. I Ain't gonna last much longer. What crying Ross. Well, you must have come 20 miles in son of Walking while am engines ride. I know how far we've come. I walked it with you Well, you ain't roped to no horse like me and you got your hands free Daytimes anyway Ain't fair. They're not worried about what you think Ross You sound like you on their side It's not an easy choice You wouldn't raise a finger to save me would you listen to me Ross? I may not like it, but it's my job to get you to Hayes City alive. You don't look like you're trying very hard. I Tell you marshal is ain't hardly human being drug-along prayer like this It's just more than a man can stand. You're still on your feet. Aren't you? Yeah, but I you better try and keep it that way What that mean they could keep right on dragging you when you quit walking I'll keep walking You better start saving your breath Ain't they never gonna stop they even stop the water Since mid-morning ain't you thirsty? Well ain't you why don't you shut up marshal was oh Hey Marshal listen to me. You gotta live. I gotta make it much longer Marshal I got a rock in my boot. It's going right through my foot. That's too bad I mean it marshal. I just ain't gonna be able to walk no further. You want me to carry it off to them Make him stop just just while that they get out. I'm not likely to stop for you to feel easier Might if you ask them ain't got nothing against you They're just seeing you don't free me as all Please marshal ask him to stop just for a minute All right, but you keep quiet you hear let me do the talking sure Big foot big foot. I want to talk to you Your prisoner has a stone on his boot He wants you to undo his hand so he can take it out So he can go on walking he will walk You'll make better time to your counsel if you don't have to drag him in a mile We reach a stream water horses fix foot then on and now at the stream We go We're heading for the stream You're gonna go stop. That's what he said Marshal you and prisoner sit I'd never sit down again You better be sure you can get out You get him done time my hands so I get my boot off You gonna tie his hands big foot he wants to take his boot off young heart and tie a rope from horse Now just take a handcuffs no handcuffs. I Can't do nothing this way Marshall Yeah, this is where it will be done. I will water horses. You will take boot off My son will stay with you. He will watch I'd take my own boot all the Marshal will do it You better settle for that Ross if you want that rock out you stay son and watch Watch right Ross. What's foot is it? It's this right one brace yourself You want your boot off or not? Yeah, but look pull it slow pull pull it real slow. There's no no women at my time That's that's right slow Yeah, hey young Hawk you just look here. Just look lean over here lean up. Now you see See look out Got you Knifed it. I sure did marshal. I got it right in this belly young. Oh here. Let me see I work that out real good Young heart dirty pig you killed him One name is a just tickle him now grab his gun for his old man gets back. I'd worry about that if I were you Won't grab his gun All right, I got it. That's the way you know you and me's got the deal All you got to do is shoot that engine when he comes back and we all set. I'm not gonna shoot him Hang on what he hasn't killed anybody You have Dylan you crazy. I'm a white man. You're nothing to be proud of Hey, here it comes How'd you shoot him Marshal? Oh shoot big foot my son hurt his dad shoot heaven's name Marshal shooting Marshal You did not do this thing. No big foot. I'm sorry. I couldn't stop it Dylan. He pulled a knife from will you shoot him? This white man He crawled on a snake belly will punish it big foot. I guarantee that I punish him now The white snake is dead Yeah, he's dead big foot has done what he had to do It is finished Not quite big foot I'm gonna have to take you in it does not matter My father lies dead My son lies dead The white man who killed them lies dead It is finished here My gun hey doc. Yeah, don't you suppose it's getting nearly time to eat? He's again Just finished breakfast by now Kitty Holder miss kitty. Aren't you out kind of early? I'm bringing a message to Matt friend of his was in the long branch last night And wanted me to say hello for him and Matt got back He didn't get back. I thought he was due in on the stage this morning. That's what I thought to miss kitty And it's left me in an awful pickle. Well, what's the trouble? Just say That prisoner in there the one he left with me in the jail. What's the matter with him? Nothing's a matter with him except he thinks he should get out and I'd like to let him out too I'm tired of feeding where you got the key. Haven't you? Yeah. Well doc, of course I got the key, but I ain't sure it's fitting to me to let anybody out about party Well, it looks like you can ask Matt Well, look at that I guess mr. Dylan decided to ride back. Well with an Indian and on an Indian pony That is kind of strange. No, ain't it? Hello, Matt Just doing a lot kitty doc mad Chester Mr Put this man on the cell will you lock him up? That's what I said Yes, sir All right, Bigfoot go with Chester Well mad I guess we need no worried about you you start off with one prisoner and you come back with another Just like a one-note shovel at all Yeah Now if you don't mind, I'll see you both later Sure man, wait, this is just something wrong man. What could be wrong doc? Like you said kitty. It's no trouble at all They would buy Norman McDonald stars William Conrad as Matt Dylan US Marshall The story was specially written for Gunsmoke by Marion Clark with editorial supervision by John Meston Featured in the cast were Ralph Moody Lawrence Dobkin and Vic Perron Barley bear is Chester Howard McNear is Doc and Georgia Ellis is kitty And now here's a special word from our star This is William Conrad. I Don't often step out of Matt Dylan's shoes on the air And I'm gonna do it today for an important reason called radio free Europe Did you know that 93% of the refugees escaping iron curtain countries proved to be radio free Europe listeners? At risk of life itself Captive people do listen hunger for the truth about the free world Your truth dollars your help whatever the amount will keep the truth going through the iron curtain Send it now To the crusade for freedom care of your post office Gunsmoke is a presentation of the CBS radio network