Gunsmoke (1955) s02e30 Episode Script

ANNOUNCER: Starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.
Surely you're not Marshal Dillon.
Oh.
Oh, well, no.
Uh, no, I surely ain't.
Well, then would you please be good enough to find him for me? Yeah, well, uh, he's busy right now.
All right then, I'll wait.
Yeah, I don't suppose that there's anything that I can do for ya.
No, no, no, there's not.
Well, you just wait, then, if it's all right.
Oh, please.
You like that? No, I do not.
Oh, well, uh- I don't care too much for it myself.
It's, uh- It's awful hard to get the right kind of paper, is what it is.
What do you think about this one? Chester.
What? Look, lay off of that thing, will ya? I can hear it clear out back.
Oh, can you? Oh, well, I'm sorry.
I'll got out back and play it.
Now, if I can hear it from out there, I can hear it from in here.
Yeah.
W-well, if you feel that way about it, Mr.
Dillon, I just won't play it anywheres, at all.
Good.
Oh, there's, uh- This is Marshal Dillon.
Uh, Marshal Dillon, I'm Philip Locke from Philadelphia I arrived here on the Sante Fe this morning.
Huh, you're a long way from home, Mr.
Locke.
Yes, unfortunately, but I came for a purpose.
I'm looking for somebody, a girl as a matter of fact.
Oh, a girl? Well, you oughtn't have any trouble at all.
Dodge is full of girls.
If you please.
Chester.
Huh? Oh.
I, uh, found out that this girl had written her parents in Philadelphia that she was teaching school here.
However, she's never been heard of at that school.
I inquired, straight off.
I'm afraid that something has happened to her, marshal.
Well, out here, Mr.
Locke, that's, uh, more than likely.
That's why I've come to you.
I want you to find her, immediately.
I'm afraid that kind of work's a little out of my line, Mr.
Locke.
But I'll keep an eye out for her.
What does she look like? What's her name? Well, she has auburn hair, she's a very pretty girl, her name is Laura Simmons.
Laura Simmons? Do you know her? Well, sure- No.
No, he doesn't know her.
Neither do I, but I'll see what I can do for ya.
Where are you staying? At the Dodge House.
And I must say that I've stayed at better hotels.
Yeah.
Well, uh, bad as it is, you go on back there and wait.
If I find anything out I'll let you know.
It is very important that I find her at once, marshal.
And I might also add that I have a certain amount of influence in Washington.
Well, that's fine, I don't seem to have any at all.
Well, good day.
Well, I wonder what on Earth he wants with Laura Simmons.
I don't know, but I think I'm about to find out.
What does she have to talk to that Doolin for anyway? We hired her to entertain the customers, didn't we? Sure, but not him.
He's spendin' money.
I don't like him, Kitty.
There's something wrong with him, like he's been hit in the head or something.
There's nothin' wrong with his money.
Nobody's gonna let him hurt Laura.
I worry about everybody, Kitty.
Sure.
Aw, now, wait a minute- You're the spookiest lady I ever did see.
Here, now he won't bother you no more.
Come on, Laura.
Come on upstairs with me.
She'll be all right.
Anything I can do? Hello, Pence.
Uh, what's he been up to? Nothing new.
He was troubling one of the girls so I tapped him on the head.
You lookin' for somebody? Yeah, Laura Simmons.
She around? Laura? What for? Well, I want to talk to her.
Where is she? Well, it was her he was bothering.
Kitty took her upstairs.
There's no trouble is there? Well, no, I hope not.
Marshal Nothing.
It's Number 8, isn't it? Yeah.
Hello, Matt.
Oh, hello, Kitty.
Say, Bill Pence to me Laura was here.
Yes, come on in.
Laura, Marshal Dillon's here.
Hello, Laura.
Hello, marshal.
Say, uh, I heard about you and Ed Doolin.
Don't let that worry ya, I think Bill Pence will take care of him.
He already has.
He was pretty mad, Matt.
Well, that sometimes happens.
Don't let it bother you.
I suppose I just have to get used to it.
I have a feeling it won't happen too often.
Not with Bill Pence around.
Oh, Kitty.
Laura, there's, uh, somebody in Dodge lookin' for you.
Uh, Philip Locke.
Oh, no.
Oh, so it's not good news then, huh? I mustn't let him find me here.
Well, you know, uh, he went lookin' for you in the schoolhouse first.
I wrote my mother I was teaching school.
Look, honey, you don't have to see him if you don't want to.
Oh, I can't see him, Kitty.
Oh, he mustn't know I'm working in a saloon.
Well, that's nothing to be ashamed of.
Oh, yes it is.
Especially now.
I'll, uh- Look, I think I'll just leave you two alone- Oh, no, marshal, please, maybe you can help me.
Well, Laura, I'll be glad to do anything I can for ya.
You see, I was engaged to Philip once, before I left Philadelphia.
We were about to be married but his family found out that my father had been a sea captain.
What's wrong with being' a sea captain? Well, plenty for the Locke family.
They called off the wedding so I came out here and got the first job I could.
Well, what about Philip, what'd he do? Well, they are very aristocratic people, Kitty.
They took one look at me and decided I wasn't right for Philip.
I-I guess he had to do what they wanted him to.
Doesn't sound like much of man, aristocrat or not.
I know I'm not a kid anymore and I've been around, but I'm tired of men accusing me of being something that I'm not.
Philip never did.
And I think he was in love with me.
And I know I was in love with him.
Are you still? I- I don't know But he mustn't find me here.
This is exactly the sort of life they said I was best suited for.
His mother told me so herself.
I've known nicer people than that on riverboats.
Oh, he mustn't find me.
Not now.
Look, maybe we can take her out to Ma Smalley's for a few days.
Well, that's a wonderful idea, Matt.
Where's Ma Smalley's? She lives about 2 miles south of town, she's a wonderful old woman.
Look, I'll tell you what I'll do.
I'll go down and talk to Bill Pence.
He'll drive you out.
Kitty Maybe while she's out there you can spook this Philip Locke back where he came from, huh? All right.
I'll do what I can, Laura, even if it makes a liar out of me.
Well, marshal? Afraid I got bad news for ya, Locke.
Go on.
Laura Simmons was here, but, uh, it was only for a day or two.
She went back to St.
Louis.
Are you certain? Well, that's, uh, what they tell me.
Oh.
Maybe you'll find her there.
Yes.
Good luck.
Thank you.
Now, that sure is warm beer.
That's just-just awful.
Well, I paid for that beer.
Well, I know you paid for it, and I-I thank you.
Thank you for it.
It's just that I- It's warm, I'd like to see you get your money's worth.
Well, don't worry about it, I'll-I'll get my money's worth as soon as you decide it's time for you to buy us a beer.
I'll buy you a beer.
Hey, Matt, is it true that, uh, this Laura is out at Ma Smalley's place? Kind of shyin' away from the subject, aren't you? What sub-? The beer? I'll- Why don't you answer my question? Yeah, she's out there.
Well, it's an awful sad story.
Well, I'll tell ya, Doc.
If you ask me, she's better off without him.
Women are strange.
They're strange- They fall in love and I just sometimes wonder if it has anything at all to do with the particular man.
Well, I don't know, Doc.
I-I remember what a little Kiawah gal said to me once.
I didn't know you talked Kiawah.
Well, I don't talk it, not exactly.
I mean, we used a Kind of a sign language, you know? I can guess.
I can guess your- Well, look at this.
Marshal Dillon.
Hello, Mr.
Locke.
I want to talk to you.
You know Chester and this is, uh, Doc Adams here.
How do you do? Marshal, I think you lied to me about Laura.
That so? It most certainly is.
And there's something very strange going on around here.
Well, I told ya she went to St.
Louis.
You told me a lie.
I think you're hiding her for some reason.
Now, why would I be hiding a woman? I don't know but you're in on it.
You know, Locke, uh, maybe she just doesn't want to see you anymore, did ya ever think of that? I've done a lot of thinking.
I'm gonna see her if I have to kill you to do it.
Well, now, you better put a gun on before you start talkin' like that.
I don't have to, I'll hire a man to kill anybody I tell him to.
It can be done.
Philadelphia must be quite a town.
You have until 3:00 tomorrow afternoon, marshal.
And remember, I'm a man of my word.
Well, that fella, he sure talks pretty big.
Oh, yeah, well, he's probably one of them fellas that hired somebody to fight in the war for him.
Yeah, and he could probably have it done again too, right here.
Hey, you, mister.
Hey, mister.
You lookin' for somebody, mister? No.
Are you sure? I've been watchin' you.
You're lookin' for help, ain't ya? Well, perhaps I am.
This kind of help? How well can you use that gun? Well, that depends.
What do you mean? Well, for a dollar or two I don't guess I'd be much good.
I wasn't thinking of a dollar or two.
Then I wouldn't mind killin' nobody, mister.
Who's your man? I'll tell you that when the time comes.
And the money? I'll give you 500 dollars just before you meet him.
Five hundred dollars? You meet me here tomorrow, Well It's almost 1:00, Mr.
Dillon.
So? Well, in a couple more hours it'll be 3.
Well, that gives me a couple more hours to loaf.
Oh, you mean you're not gonna do anything to stop him.
Well, it's not my play, is it? No.
I'll say one thing, he sure is an awful coward, ain't he, that Locke? Well, I don't know, he might, uh, just be smart.
What do you mean, smart? Well, he'd be a fool to put a gun on himself, wouldn't he? Well, yeah, he ain't gonna impress nobody much with it.
I'll tell ya one thing, he's got you in the most no-sense spot that I ever heard of.
How do you mean? Well, here you are gonna fight some stranger, somebody you never seen before over a girl that ain't even yours.
Chester, I'm not gonna fight anybody.
Not if I can find a way to get out of it.
Uh-oh.
It looks like maybe you gonna get out of it.
Have you made up your mind, marshal? About what? You don't believe I'm serious, do you? Well, sure I believe you're serious, but what's it got to do with me? I gave you until 3:00 today to find Laura for me, remember? Locke, I don't suppose there's any point in my tryin' to talk sense into you, is there? All you have to do is to tell me where I can find Laura.
Well, now, gettin' somebody killed isn't gonna help ya, is it? You've got a couple of hours to change your mind, marshal.
I'll be waiting.
Well, I'll tell you, somebody ought to stuff him into a trunk and send him back to Philadelphia.
That's not a bad idea.
If I ever seen anybody that didn't know when he wasn't wanted.
Matt.
Oh, Matt.
I'll be back.
What the fuss? Laura wants to see you.
See me? She's up in my room, she had Bill Pence drive her in from Ma Smalley's a while ago.
Well, let's go see what she wants.
Here he is, Laura.
Oh, thank you for coming, marshal.
Well, sure, Laura.
Hello, Bill.
Marshal.
All right, Laura, what's this all about? Well, first of all, I heard how Philip has been threatening you.
Well, don't worry about that.
Yes, but I feel it's my responsibility, marshal, and anyway, I've been doing some thinking.
I've decided to face it up.
How do you mean? Well, I was ashamed to meet Philip, and I was ashamed to have him find out how I've been living.
She had me bring her here so she could see him.
Oh, I think that's a mistake.
Well, so do I.
He's not gonna wait around here forever.
Well, it's her trouble and right or wrong she's made up her own mind about it.
All right, I'll go get him.
Downstairs, marshal.
What? I'll meet him at the bar.
Wait a minute, Dillon.
In here, in a saloon? That's right.
What'll it be, gentlemen? Nothing.
Better bring us a bottle of rye, Bill.
Right up.
You're not up to a trick of some kind, are you, marshal? Now, why should I be? You've lied to me before.
What would Laura be doing meeting me in place like this? He's your whiskey, gentleman.
Hello, Philip.
Laura, I-I don't understand.
What are you doing here? Well, if you'll buy me a drink I'll tell you.
A drink? Well, of course.
After all, this is how I earn my living.
You work here? Well, obviously.
Now, if you'll buy me a drink to start with I-I-I can't believe it.
Can't you? You, here? Please, Philip.
Why, you're- You're nothing but a- Oh, now, Laura, don't pay him no mind.
He don't mean nothin'.
He'll get over it.
No.
It's just what his mother said about me.
It's true.
Ah, Philadelphia.
What do they know in Philadelphia? Lace in their pants.
Here, you need a drink.
N-no thanks, Bill.
He just don't understand, that's all.
You ain't done nothin' wrong.
Never.
You're very kind, Bill.
Hey.
Laura, I can't leave.
I started to but I can't.
I came here to find you and I'm gonna take you back with me.
You are? This has been a big shock to me of course, seeing you like this.
But I can forget about that.
I'll try, Laura.
You will, Philip? Yes, I promise.
And we won't mention it again ever.
To your family, you mean.
To anyone.
It'll be our secret.
It will? Always.
I nobody knows, perhaps it won't matter.
I'm not sure, Philip.
I think it will always matter to me.
I don't understand you, Laura.
No, you wouldn't understand, mister.
W-w-what? You heard her, she doesn't wanna go.
Oh, now, you stay out of this, bart- No, by golly, I won't.
What kind of a man are you anyway? This girl's done nothing to be ashamed of, except earn a living, which is probably more than you've ever done.
What makes you think that you're good enough to judge her? Now, that's enough.
You'll try to forget about it.
You're no good, mister.
Laura here's worth a hundred of you and I'm proud of her.
I don't care what she's done or who knows it.
You're proud of me, Bill? Of course I am.
I won't listen to any more of this.
Are you coming, Laura? Well? No, Philip, I'm not.
I'm going to stay right here.
You're what? You heard her.
Now, get out of here before I bust a bottle over your head.
So you're the one responsible for this.
Get out, I said.
All right, I'll get out.
But you're going to die, mister.
I'll see you killed.
No.
Philip, no.
You've got to stop him, marshal.
He means it, I know him.
I can take care of myself, Laura.
Oh, it's all my fault, Bill.
It's not fair that you should be in trouble.
Are you going to let an innocent man be killed? Not if I can help it, Laura.
Well, then go after Philip, and put him in jail if you have to.
If I did that I'd never find out who he's hired as his gun.
I want that man.
I can pick Locke up any time.
Now, you go on upstairs with Kitty.
Bill and I'll handle this.
All right.
I'll get out of sight.
Do you really think there'll be any trouble? I don't know, Bill.
There's only one way to find out.
I'll take a seat and we'll wait for him.
Hope you don't mind bein' the bait in the trap.
Beat it, Doolin, I ain't got time to be servin' drinks.
Get out from behind that bar, Pence.
What? You heard me.
Now, you do what I say.
Hold on a minute here, Doolin.
You keep out of this, marshal.
What do you want Pence for? Why, I've been paid to shoot him.
That's what for.
Why you- Hold on.
It'll be a pleasure too after what he done to me.
Doolin, you wanna hang? I was born to hang.
That don't bother me none.
Look, uh, maybe I'll just lock you up for a while.
Maybe you'll see things a little clearer later on.
No.
No, you can't do that.
Can't I? Marshal, I got to earn my 500 dollars.
All right.
But you'll have to shoot it out with me first.
With you? Well, what have you got to do with it? Pence here is unarmed.
There's a law against murder.
I know that.
Then what makes you think you can get away with shooting him? I got 500 dollars, right here in my pocket.
You wanna see it? Oh, for the name of- Just-just a minute.
Look, maybe you can understand this, Doolin: Either you get out of Dodge right now, or I'm gonna throw you in jail.
No.
No, I ain't goin' to jail.
All right.
Then you wanna draw on me? I ain't no fool.
All right, then you get out of here, and you get out of here fast.
I'm gonna throw that employer of yours out of town next, now, you get movin'.
You don't leave a man much choice, marshal.
Guess I'll have to go.
But can I keep the money? Sure.
Sure, let him keep the money, marshal.
All right, keep the money.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Say, maybe I better go out the back way.
I wouldn't have missed him even if he had gotten the marshal.
You were standing here all the time? Yeah.
Well, where'd you get the shotgun? It's yours.
The one you keep out back.
I-I borrowed it.
For me? Well, I'll be doggone.
Sam.
Quite a girl you got yourself there, Pence.
She ever tell you about her father bein' a sea captain? No.
I wanna hear more about him.
Do you, Bill? You bet I do.
Sea captain's daughter, huh?