Gunsmoke (1955) s03e10 Episode Script

starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.
All that he made was his own grave When he crossed the path to killer lane His last home was there below.
What's the matter, Mr.
Dillon? Are you tired? Oh, boy, I'll say so.
Maybe I ought to run down to Long Branch and get us a bucket of beer or something.
Chester, I don't need any beer.
What I need is some sleep.
It'll do that for you, too, you drink enough of it.
If you want a beer, you go down and get one.
I'm gonna get some rest.
Well, no, it wasn't me.
I don't want a beer.
I just, you know, thinking about you.
Trying to be as helpful as I could.
Sure.
You don't want a beer, well, that's Well, Shiloh, either come in or go out.
What's the matter? Oh, looks like trouble, Chester.
Trouble? There's a couple of cowboys been liquoring it up down to Long Branch, Marshal.
Well, Shiloh, that's, uh, what saloons are for, isn't it? Well, yes, but they're out on the street now insulting the town ladies.
Do I have to go all the way over there just to lecture a couple of playful cowboys? Shiloh, you worry too much about the ladies anyway.
Well, there's gonna be trouble if you don't.
Mr.
Dillon, you just stay here.
I'll take care of it.
It won't be any trouble at all.
Well, Chester.
All right, Chester, just go over and tell them to take it easy and not bother the ladies, huh? Yeah, all right.
Come on, Shiloh.
But, Marshal Chester, you's gonna get yourself Come on, it's gonna be all right.
Mr.
Dillon, you just relax there and everything'll work out all right.
Hey, how about these? Hey, lady, how 'bout a little dance, huh? Y'all's a might stuck-up, ain't ya? Ah, the trouble with them is, they just don't know what a real man is.
Hey, you know something, Stobo? Know anything you can tell me.
It ain't so much the fault of the women up here as it is the men.
By golly, you're right.
I'll tell this one about that.
Hey, lady, ever been down to Texas? They got real men down there.
None of these short grass Kansas.
You men, now now that's enough of that.
Who's this? Maybe it's the preacher.
No, no, the marshal, he sent me over Yeah? We're gonna send you right back, fella.
Well, now the marshal said that you could have all the fun that you want to, just so long as you left the ladies alone.
Man, that's the whole dang trouble, these Dodge ladies, they been left alone too long.
Yeah, and what they need is a couple of big Texans.
Why don't you two fellas just go back into the Long Branch there and get yourselves a couple of beers and get Couple of beers? Yeah.
All we want is just not to have no trouble at all.
Sure we don't.
And I got an idea how we won't have any trouble.
Trevitt, talk to our friend here, I want to get something.
Well Hey, look, fella.
Wait a minute, fella.
How would you like to make a bet? Well, I don't what kind of a bet? Just any kind of bet, you name it.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Well, what's the matter with you? Ain't you a betting man? Well, yeah, sure.
Well, all right.
Then name your bet.
I'll put up whatever money you want.
How 'bout it? Nevermore, you must be drunker than I thought you was.
What's the matter with you? First you say you want to bet, then you say you don't.
How's a man to do business with you anyway? I never said no such thing.
Oh! Come on! Wait! Give you a ride! Chester! Chester! Marshal Dillon! Marshal Dillon, they're killing Chester down here! Marshal Dillon! Is he alive? Just barely, huh? Them dirty, awful devils.
I'll stay here with him, Marshal, if you want to go after them.
No, no, I I'll find them.
Right now, I got to do something about him.
We can't take him back.
He may be busted up all over.
Look, Charlie, you stay here and-and do what you can for him, will you? I'm gonna ride for Doc.
You hurry, Marshal.
Well, Doctor? I think he's in bad shape, Matt.
How bad? Well, I don't know.
I See, the worst thing is, he's having so much trouble with his breathing at night.
I don't know what it is.
We're just gonna have to wait, see.
Doc.
Say it out.
Well, he may pull through if he lives the next couple of days.
Doc.
I'm not gonna leave him for a minute.
I should never have sent him out there.
I should've gone myself.
Now, don't-don't go blaming yourself, Matt.
I made him go, didn't I? I told him to.
Well, it's not your fault.
How long before I can talk to him, Doc? I just can't tell you that, Matt.
All right.
Well, wait a minute.
Where you going? I'm gonna get those two men.
Howdy, Marshal.
Hello, Rhett.
Where's Kitty? She's in there, I guess.
Thanks.
Kitty? Oh, can I talk to you for a minute? Oh, Matt, I heard about Chester.
How is he? Doc says he doesn't know.
Won't be able to tell for a few days.
Come on, let's sit down.
I'll buy you a drink.
Look, Kitty, I don't have time.
Oh, uh, Shiloh says that the two men that dragged Chester were in here just before it happened.
Yeah, I know.
I figured that's who it was.
Who are they? Do you know? I never saw them before.
Just a couple of cowboys that came up the trail.
Did you get their names? Well, one was Trevitt, and the other one was, um Stobo, I think.
Huh.
Well, did they say what outfit they're from? Could it be the Crow Track? Yeah.
Yeah, the Crow Track's holding a big herd upriver, I think.
Thanks, Kitty.
Look, Doc's over there all alone with Chester.
Would you, uh, would you go over and spell him once in a while? Now, don't you worry.
We'll take good care of him.
Thanks, Kitty.
Wait a minute, Matt.
Look, I-I know this isn't any of my business, but are you gonna arrest those men or are you gonna shoot them? Well, uh, I'll have to decide that when the time comes, Kitty.
Did you find out who they was, Marshal? I think so.
Can you wait till I find a gun? I'd sure like to ride out with you.
No, Shiloh.
I'm gonna do this alone.
Well, I feel pretty strong about it, Marshal.
All right, then you can help me here if you want.
Here? How? Well, I'm gonna be bringing in two prisoners.
I'll need a jailer when they come in.
Well, so I can help you bring them in.
No, you stay here.
Now, look, the keys to my rifle rack are over in my desk drawer.
You arm yourself and wait for me there.
Okay, Marshal.
Okay.
Thanks.
Hey, boss! Hey, boss, somebody's coming.
I wonder who he is.
Some grub line rider, probably.
Who's trail boss here? I am.
And I don't need any riders.
Maybe not, but you got a couple riders I need.
Just what do you want, mister? This is the Crow Track outfit, isn't it? That's right.
Well, I'm looking for a couple of your men, Stobo and Trevitt.
They ain't here.
No? No, they come back this afternoon, picked up their gatherings and left.
Didn't even wait to get paid off.
Only reason I'm telling you this, they're no good anyway.
I'm glad they're gone.
Which way'd they ride? I wouldn't tell you if I knew, mister.
Who are you, anyway? I'm the marshal over in Dodge City.
Oh.
Well, I don't know what you want with them two.
I don't care.
But, uh, be careful, Marshal.
That Stobo is mean.
He's bigger than you are.
Besides being a Texan.
That doesn't matter to me, mister.
We've hung all kinds up here.
All right, Marshal.
You go find him.
And, Marshal Yeah? I heard Stobo and Trevitt say where they was headed.
That so? Yeah, they're riding west along the Arkansas.
Where you from, son? Why, Texas, down near Waco.
What are you coming around here telling on Stobo and Trevitt for? 'Cause that Stobo kicked me the other day.
He knocked me down and he kicked me.
That so? All right, let me tell you something.
You take my advice, go on home, learn how to fight your own battle, huh? Don't shoot, mister.
Don't shoot.
Your name Trevitt? Sure, but I ain't done nothing.
Get up.
Please, I ain't done nothing.
I said get up! You gonna kill me? No, I'm not gonna kill you, but you might hang, mister.
Now, get that rope off.
All right, now get up there.
You can't hang me.
Who are you? Let's just say I'm a friend of the man you dragged out of Dodge this morning.
Oh.
Oh, you're the marshal.
Turn around, get your hands behind you.
Where's your partner? Oh, it was him did it.
It was his idea.
Mm-hmm.
Where is he now? He's camped upriver.
How come you're not with him? Oh, we had a row.
I left.
I was headed back to the Crow Track.
Let me go now, Marshal.
You're going to jail, mister.
Turn around.
Oh.
Put your feet together.
No.
You take me to jail, Snowball will get away.
I've already thought of that.
You're going to jail on this saddle.
No.
Turn this horse loose, you'll go right there.
Look, no, you can't do that, Marshal.
I can't ride like that all the way to Dodge.
Maybe you'd rather ride behind the horse, huh? On the ground? You're gonna kill me.
Killing's too good for a man like you.
Now get up there.
No, Marshal! No, Marshal.
I'll be dead.
I-I can't ride to Dodge like this.
No, Marshal.
You might as well shoot me.
No, Marshal.
No! No, Marshal.
No, Marshal.
Lost, stranger? No, I'm not lost, Stobo.
Get your hands up.
What do you want with me? I'm the law.
I'm the marshal from Dodge City.
You're a long way from Dodge, Marshal.
You and Trevitt had some fun with a friend of mine yesterday.
He may be dying right now.
You walk into camp without pulling a gun just to tell me that? Well, you're the craziest man I ever saw.
I figured if I couldn't bring you in without a gun, Stobo, I wouldn't bring you in at all.
I'm gonna kill you, Marshal.
What do you think of that? I kind of figured that might happen.
Huh? What do you mean? It doesn't matter.
You wouldn't mind feeding a man before you kill him, would you? No, no, I like that.
Help yourself.
Sorry I only got meat for your last meal, Marshal.
Thanks.
My face! My face! My face! All right, get up! Oh! My face! All right, now you get going.
My face! Uh, what are you gonna do? Hurt me? I'm gonna take you into Dodge, Stobo.
And if you make one wrong move, I'm gonna jerk you off that horse and drag you worse than you drug Chester.
Now, get up there.
Come on.
Hey! No! Shiloh! That's him, Marshal.
That's the other one.
Trevitt get back all right? Yeah, more dead than alive, but he's here.
That was rough, Marshal.
Real rough.
How about Chester? Is there any word in? I ain't heard nothing since noon.
Lock him up.
I'm going over to Doc's.
Okay, Marshal.
And don't let him go this time.
Oh, don't you worry, Marshal.
Now you get down.
You try anything and I'll shoot you through both knees.
Doc.
How is he? Well, he's still unconscious, Matt.
Well, uh, is he any better at all? Or is there any any change? Well, he's still having some doggone much trouble with his breathing.
When are you gonna know something, Doc? Well, it could change anytime.
Well, you mean for the better or the worse? I mean either way.
Matt, I take it you caught up with both those fellas.
Yeah, I caught up with them.
You know, the whole town's talking about the way you sent that Trevitt back.
Doc, look, I'll, I'll stay here a while if you want to go get some sleep.
Oh, no.
No, I'm fine.
Kitty's coming over to help me in a little while.
You'd better get some sleep though, Matt.
All right.
Look, you know where to find me, though.
I'll let you know.
Well you look a little better today, Marshal.
Everything all right, Shiloh? Oh, sure.
How's Chester? Well, I was over there just before breakfast.
He's about the same.
Uh-huh.
Well, your prisoners are okay here.
Oh, Stobo complaining about some burns, but you can't hurt that buffalo.
Their hanging might.
Oh, sure, but what if Chester pulls through, Marshal.
If he don't die you can't hold us, Marshal.
Ain't no law says so.
Shut up, Trevitt! Well, he can't! Don't worry, Trevitt, ain't a blank thing he can't do.
Ah.
Here, Marshal.
Thanks, Shiloh.
Now, that Stobo's a mean'un, but I can't help feeling kind of sorry for Trevitt.
Well, then go do your crying somewhere else.
I don't.
Don't take it out on me, Marshal.
I didn't send Chester to do my job.
I'm I'm sorry, Shiloh.
Don't take it personally.
You been a lot of help to me and I thank you.
Sure, sure, I understand, Marshal.
Matt, by golly, he's gonna be all right.
He-he's breathing better, you see.
And, well, he's gonna be fine.
Just fine.
Good, Doc.
Now, Matt, he-he's gonna be in some pain.
Quite a bit of pain for a while yet, but he'll be fine.
Well, I just wanted to tell you, Matt.
I-I'll get back up to him.
Oh, Doc thanks.
Say, that's fine.
Ain't it, Marshal? Yeah that sure is.
But I guess you'll have to turn them two loose.
Where are you taking him, Marshal? Be back for you in a minute.
What are you going to do to me? Get out that front door.
Your horse is down at Moss Grimmick's stable.
Go get on it.
Turning me loose? That's right, and don't you ever come back to Dodge, not while I'm here.
All right, I'll go.
Come on.
What'd you do with Trevitt? Put a knife in him? No, I turned him loose.
You gonna turn me loose, too? Yeah, why not? I'll turn you loose in just a minute.
Let's go out back.
What are you going to do? Shoot me in the back? I'm just going to do what I should've done when I sent Chester after you.
Let's go.
What are you going to do? Get a horse and drag me? I ought to kill you, Stobo.
That Chester fella's gonna live or you wouldn't turn Trevitt loose.
That's right, you'd hang otherwise, mister.
We were just teaching him a lesson.
Yeah.
Teach him a lesson.
Wait a minute, Marshal.
You're going to fight me? Why, you're crazier than I thought.
I'll tear your throat out.
Shiloh, if he wins, turn him loose.
Okay, Marshal.
I guess this is your party.
I'll make it short for you.
Even shorter than I did for Chester.
You all right, Marshal? Yeah, I'm all right.
What about him? When he comes to, you you tell him to get out of town.
I ever see him around Dodge again, I'll kill him.
He'll go.
He'll go gladly.
Doc? Yeah? Well, what in the name of thunder happened to you? Well, I just had a little something to settle.
How is he? Oh, he-he's fine.
You can go see if you want to.
Here, let me have this.
And then, uh I think you'd better come back in here and let me have a look at you.
Right.
Hello, Chester.
Hi, Mr.
Dillon.
What in the world happened to you? Oh, I just Well, I was, I was out doing what I should've done the other day.
What? Well, I was just lecturing a couple of hard-nosed cowboys.
There was one in particular.
Well, I'm I'm just awful sorry about that, Mr.
Dillon.
I guess they just got the drop on me there.
Yeah, I guess they, they sure did, didn't they? Mr.
Dillon? Yeah? Well, maybe I not much help for you anymore.
Maybe I'll just go off someplace, you know? Oh, Chester Well, no, I was just Well, I was thinking that Well, stop thinking, will you?! Well L-Look, let me tell you something.
Well, I, I need you here, that's all.
Why? Well Well, because outside of Doc in here Well, you're the only man I can trust around Dodge, that's all.
Oh Mr.
Dillon, you-you don't, you Thanks.
Chester, I You know, let me tell you something.
I'm-a tell you one thing.
That is that you're no good to me lying here.
You're no good at all.
No, that I ain't worth it.
Doc said that I'd be up and about in-in a little while just as good as new.
Well, you'd better hurry up.
That's all I got to say.
Well, I I guess I'd better go get cleaned up now.
I'll see you later.