WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:15.760 Around Dodge City and in the territory on West there's just one way to handle the killers 00:15.760 --> 00:31.200 and the spoilers and that's with the US Marshal and the smell of gun smoke. 00:31.200 --> 00:45.200 Guns Smoke starring William Conrad, the story of the violence that moved west with young 00:45.200 --> 00:51.600 America, the story of a man who moved with it, Matt Dillon, United States Marshal. 00:51.600 --> 01:07.600 Hey you pretty travelers, you listen to me. 01:07.600 --> 01:11.040 You gotta get welcome to Dodge City proper like it. 01:11.040 --> 01:12.040 Hey you there mister. 01:12.040 --> 01:13.040 I said you. 01:13.040 --> 01:14.040 Are you addressing me sir? 01:14.040 --> 01:15.040 I reckon I am. 01:15.040 --> 01:16.040 You the preacher. 01:16.040 --> 01:23.040 Not exactly. 01:23.040 --> 01:25.040 You're dressed like a preacher. 01:25.040 --> 01:26.560 If you'll excuse me. 01:26.560 --> 01:28.680 Back up fancy pants. 01:28.680 --> 01:29.680 You ain't no preacher. 01:29.680 --> 01:32.600 I figure I'm making you dance some for the folks. 01:32.600 --> 01:33.600 You think you can who-raw me? 01:33.600 --> 01:34.600 Dude I said dance. 01:34.600 --> 01:39.400 Dance or the next shot will take off one of your toes. 01:39.400 --> 01:41.400 I don't think I'd like that. 01:41.400 --> 01:42.400 Doc, no. 01:42.400 --> 01:46.360 Alright Thorn put up the gun. 01:46.360 --> 01:49.800 Marshal you got a wild and wooly town here. 01:49.800 --> 01:51.240 Marshal you move aside. 01:51.240 --> 01:54.240 I'm gonna make this grinning dude kick off his heels for us. 01:54.240 --> 01:56.520 I'd say that might be quite a trick Thorn. 01:56.520 --> 01:59.920 Unless he's changed a lot since I last met him. 01:59.920 --> 02:00.920 Happy Doc? 02:00.920 --> 02:03.360 Not for the good Matt. 02:03.360 --> 02:04.360 I was afraid. 02:04.360 --> 02:05.760 You facey face tender put. 02:05.760 --> 02:06.760 I said for you. 02:06.760 --> 02:07.760 Shut up Thorn. 02:07.760 --> 02:08.760 He's drunk Doc. 02:08.760 --> 02:09.760 He's dead. 02:09.760 --> 02:13.000 He just don't know it yet. 02:13.000 --> 02:16.440 I'll take it good if you'd make me litter at my office. 02:16.440 --> 02:17.440 Alright Matt. 02:17.440 --> 02:18.440 You. 02:18.440 --> 02:21.800 Well that sure a lot of talk. 02:21.800 --> 02:24.320 Now I'm gonna shoot that dude's boot heels. 02:24.320 --> 02:27.080 Fire one shot and I'll pistol whip you Thorn. 02:27.080 --> 02:28.080 What's that? 02:28.080 --> 02:34.080 You're kind of forgetting who's holding a gun ain't you? 02:34.080 --> 02:35.080 I wasn't forgetting. 02:35.080 --> 02:36.080 Oh my wrist. 02:36.080 --> 02:37.080 You broke my wrist. 02:37.080 --> 02:38.080 I doubt it. 02:38.080 --> 02:40.520 Now let's go to jail. 02:40.520 --> 02:41.520 You can't put me in jail. 02:41.520 --> 02:42.520 I'm Thorn Finley. 02:42.520 --> 02:43.520 Move. 02:43.520 --> 02:46.200 Oh you wait till I tell Big Jack about this and I will too. 02:46.200 --> 02:47.200 Do that. 02:47.200 --> 02:50.720 He might be grateful to me for saving your neck. 02:50.720 --> 02:55.000 You pull some fool stunts Thorn but you've never been closer to dying than just a minute 02:55.000 --> 02:56.000 ago. 02:56.000 --> 02:58.240 Do you mean from that fancy pants? 02:58.240 --> 03:01.040 Oh I gotta handle six like him. 03:01.040 --> 03:02.040 That makes you a lot of man. 03:02.040 --> 03:06.520 I can name a dozen pretty good gun hands who can't handle one of it. 03:06.520 --> 03:07.520 Why? 03:07.520 --> 03:08.520 Because it's dark holiday. 03:08.520 --> 03:13.520 There you are. 03:13.520 --> 03:18.520 Salute man. 03:18.520 --> 03:23.280 Salute Doc. 03:23.280 --> 03:41.800 It sounds worse Doc. 03:41.800 --> 03:45.240 Yeah I got orders to go to Arizona. 03:45.240 --> 03:46.240 Air is dry there. 03:46.240 --> 03:47.240 Better for my lungs. 03:47.240 --> 03:48.240 Going? 03:48.240 --> 03:50.240 Thought I might. 03:50.240 --> 03:52.080 Wyatt invited me to visit him. 03:52.080 --> 03:54.600 He and Virgil Morgan of the law down there. 03:54.600 --> 03:57.240 Some little mine in town called Tombstone. 03:57.240 --> 04:00.120 Well it sounds peaceful anyway. 04:00.120 --> 04:04.640 It is and it will be by the time Wyatt Earp gets through. 04:04.640 --> 04:08.840 He is the peacemaker of this man I ever met outside of you. 04:08.840 --> 04:11.480 Matt who was the teller head down at the depot anyway? 04:11.480 --> 04:12.480 Oh Thorn? 04:12.480 --> 04:14.480 He was just a spoiled kid. 04:14.480 --> 04:15.480 Kid? 04:15.480 --> 04:16.840 Couldn't be much younger than you. 04:16.840 --> 04:19.040 Sure but Thorn never grew up. 04:19.040 --> 04:23.200 His father has coddled him and protected him and gotten him out of scrapes ever since he 04:23.200 --> 04:24.200 was a pup. 04:24.200 --> 04:26.520 He's never had to be a man. 04:26.520 --> 04:29.440 Not with Big Jack Whittener's in him. 04:29.440 --> 04:31.100 Big Jack? 04:31.100 --> 04:32.100 Big Jack Finley? 04:32.100 --> 04:34.100 Oh you know him? 04:34.100 --> 04:35.100 I've heard of him. 04:35.100 --> 04:36.100 Well that figures. 04:36.100 --> 04:38.200 He owns about half of Kansas. 04:38.200 --> 04:41.400 Star in a box runs more cows than he can count. 04:41.400 --> 04:43.040 Swings a lot of weight and dodge? 04:43.040 --> 04:44.040 Yeah too much. 04:44.040 --> 04:45.040 Mr. Dillon? 04:45.040 --> 04:46.040 Mr. Dillon? 04:46.040 --> 04:50.320 Somebody said the Doc Holliday would come into town today and he... 04:50.320 --> 04:51.800 Oh excuse me. 04:51.800 --> 04:53.480 It's alright Chester. 04:53.480 --> 04:56.000 Why don't you shake hands with him? 04:56.000 --> 04:57.720 Don't mind if I shake with my left hand. 04:57.720 --> 04:59.200 It's a kind of habit. 04:59.200 --> 05:00.200 Yeah I know. 05:00.200 --> 05:02.240 Mr. Dillon has the same habit. 05:02.240 --> 05:03.240 He would. 05:03.240 --> 05:05.720 How about dinner tonight Matt? 05:05.720 --> 05:06.720 Sure sure. 05:06.720 --> 05:09.360 How long will you be in Dodge? 05:09.360 --> 05:14.480 Not long. 05:14.480 --> 05:16.640 Until I finish at Chor. 05:16.640 --> 05:17.640 Oh? 05:17.640 --> 05:21.240 Does Chor have anything to do with Big Jack Finley? 05:21.240 --> 05:23.240 You might say so. 05:23.240 --> 05:37.040 I'm going to kill him. 05:37.040 --> 05:38.040 Alright Dillon. 05:38.040 --> 05:40.480 Turn him loose. 05:40.480 --> 05:43.680 You forgot to close the door Mr. Finley. 05:43.680 --> 05:45.600 You're going to turn my boy loose? 05:45.600 --> 05:47.680 I'm going to have to do it for you. 05:47.680 --> 05:49.640 You got a writ of habeas corpus? 05:49.640 --> 05:50.640 Rit? 05:50.640 --> 05:52.040 Thorn didn't commit no crime. 05:52.040 --> 05:56.720 Your charges are drunken disorderly, disturbing the peace and attempted assault with a deadly 05:56.720 --> 05:57.720 weapon. 05:57.720 --> 05:58.720 I wish. 05:58.720 --> 05:59.720 You still need a writ. 05:59.720 --> 06:02.480 But man Judd and Nathan does what I say and you know it. 06:02.480 --> 06:04.240 Don't you think I can get a writ? 06:04.240 --> 06:05.640 I'm sure you can and will. 06:05.640 --> 06:06.640 You always do. 06:06.640 --> 06:07.640 Then what's the point Dillon? 06:07.640 --> 06:09.440 It's just a lot of useless red tape. 06:09.440 --> 06:12.560 It's the law. 06:12.560 --> 06:27.120 Close the door on the way out. 06:27.120 --> 06:28.120 Alright Thorn. 06:28.120 --> 06:34.360 Didn't I tell you Big Jack could get me out? 06:34.360 --> 06:36.760 When are you going to learn you can't slave the speech? 06:36.760 --> 06:39.840 The law can't touch a Finley. 06:39.840 --> 06:41.360 You ought to get smart Marshall. 06:41.360 --> 06:42.360 Like you? 06:42.360 --> 06:44.760 You ought to get a intellectual like me. 06:44.760 --> 06:45.760 Hi Big Jack. 06:45.760 --> 06:47.120 You okay son? 06:47.120 --> 06:48.120 Fine. 06:48.120 --> 06:50.200 Anything else Mr. Finley? 06:50.200 --> 06:51.560 Why yes. 06:51.560 --> 06:54.560 My boy here is a little boisterous sometimes. 06:54.560 --> 06:55.560 I know. 06:55.560 --> 06:56.560 High spirited. 06:56.560 --> 06:57.560 You understand? 06:57.560 --> 06:58.560 Uh huh. 06:58.560 --> 06:59.560 So? 06:59.560 --> 07:03.240 So I want to put a stop to all this nonsense of yours arresting him every time he kicks 07:03.240 --> 07:04.640 up his heels a bit. 07:04.640 --> 07:06.920 Now go on. 07:06.920 --> 07:10.440 Well, I'm offering you a job. 07:10.440 --> 07:12.720 Let's say protecting my interests. 07:12.720 --> 07:14.320 Two hundred a month. 07:14.320 --> 07:15.960 And no work naturally. 07:15.960 --> 07:19.840 I see we understand each other perfectly. 07:19.840 --> 07:20.840 No work of course. 07:20.840 --> 07:25.320 All I have to do is just shut my eyes whenever Junior here bricks the law. 07:25.320 --> 07:27.400 I said we understand each other. 07:27.400 --> 07:29.240 There's no need to elaborate on it Dillon. 07:29.240 --> 07:31.240 There's a big need. 07:31.240 --> 07:36.040 Only how do I explain to a person like you that some men don't wear a price tag? 07:36.040 --> 07:41.120 How do I explain how I feel about a so-called respectable citizen making the law his private 07:41.120 --> 07:42.120 doormat? 07:42.120 --> 07:49.000 Hey, you're nothing but the stupid gunman I've always thought you were. 07:49.000 --> 07:52.320 I understand you took the part of Doc Holliday against my son. 07:52.320 --> 07:55.160 I kept Thorn from committing suicide, yeah. 07:55.160 --> 07:59.720 You sided with a notorious killer against an important citizen of this community. 07:59.720 --> 08:04.800 Now I'm telling you Dillon, I don't want him in Dodge tomorrow. 08:04.800 --> 08:08.480 Jack may be a gunfighter but he's clear with the law, Finley, and a better man than your 08:08.480 --> 08:09.480 son Liverby. 08:09.480 --> 08:10.480 What? 08:10.480 --> 08:11.480 Why are you... 08:11.480 --> 08:12.480 That hurts doesn't it? 08:12.480 --> 08:13.480 Cute. 08:13.480 --> 08:16.680 I'm serving notice, Marshal. 08:16.680 --> 08:26.240 You run that killer out of Dodge City or I'll do it myself. 08:26.240 --> 08:32.120 Big Jack Finley, cattleman and self-made king of southern Kansas. 08:32.120 --> 08:38.320 So better or worse than most of the men carving empires out of the west until love for his 08:38.320 --> 08:42.240 son blinded him to the fact that Thorn Finley had gone bad. 08:42.240 --> 08:49.600 From here on I knew the war was on between Big Jack and me. 08:49.600 --> 08:51.840 So Big Jack Finley's gonna run me out of town? 08:51.840 --> 08:54.840 Well, unless I do it first. 08:54.840 --> 08:55.840 Oh? 08:55.840 --> 08:57.320 How you do something naughty, man? 08:57.320 --> 09:00.480 You threaten a man's life. 09:00.480 --> 09:08.080 And just between friends, man. 09:08.080 --> 09:09.080 Anything else, Doc? 09:09.080 --> 09:10.080 Not murder. 09:10.080 --> 09:11.080 Murder? 09:11.080 --> 09:13.320 I can give him an even break. 09:13.320 --> 09:14.880 With you that's still murder. 09:14.880 --> 09:22.120 Eh, don't you think you better tell me about it? 09:22.120 --> 09:23.120 What if I don't tell you? 09:23.120 --> 09:26.960 Well then my job's to warn Finley and try to protect him. 09:26.960 --> 09:29.200 You're a tough man to be friends with, man. 09:29.200 --> 09:32.200 That applies to you too, doesn't it? 09:32.200 --> 09:34.440 Guess maybe it does at that. 09:34.440 --> 09:37.720 Didn't realize I put you on the spot by spouting off my good intentions. 09:37.720 --> 09:38.720 Sorry. 09:38.720 --> 09:42.360 Ah, forget it, forget it. 09:42.360 --> 09:45.320 You want to talk to me? 09:45.320 --> 09:48.760 All right. 09:48.760 --> 09:50.240 Remember a girl named Ruth Davis? 09:50.240 --> 09:51.240 Mm-hmm. 09:51.240 --> 09:54.080 Died in a riding accident a few months ago. 09:54.080 --> 09:57.280 I always wondered if it wasn't suicide. 09:57.280 --> 10:00.280 You lost her brother two weeks before that. 10:00.280 --> 10:01.280 No accident. 10:01.280 --> 10:02.280 No suicide. 10:02.280 --> 10:03.280 You sure? 10:03.280 --> 10:04.280 Sure. 10:04.280 --> 10:08.960 You know, Ruth and her brother ran their ranch alone. 10:08.960 --> 10:09.960 Mm-hmm. 10:09.960 --> 10:12.360 A man started pestering Ruth and she hated him. 10:12.360 --> 10:14.320 Her brother kicked the man off the ranch. 10:14.320 --> 10:17.960 This fellow, Drag Ghost Ruth's brother, made it look like a robbery. 10:17.960 --> 10:19.320 You have any proof of this? 10:19.320 --> 10:20.320 Yeah. 10:20.320 --> 10:22.760 Ruth was afraid to go to the law, so she sent a letter to me. 10:22.760 --> 10:25.080 Here, read it yourself. 10:25.080 --> 10:28.920 She says the man was Finley and says she expects him to try and shut her up for good. 10:28.920 --> 10:30.200 That doesn't mean it's Big Jack. 10:30.200 --> 10:31.600 I went to see Ruth's folks. 10:31.600 --> 10:32.600 They had her belongings. 10:32.600 --> 10:35.200 Among them, I found this. 10:35.200 --> 10:37.960 Mm, watch chain. 10:37.960 --> 10:40.800 Engraved JF on the clasp, Jack Finley. 10:40.800 --> 10:43.480 You see why I've got to kill him, Matt? 10:43.480 --> 10:46.160 He forced Ruth's horse over that cliff, sure. 10:46.160 --> 10:48.920 But you still think she died accidental? 10:48.920 --> 10:49.920 No. 10:49.920 --> 10:53.680 But who's responsible is something for a court to decide. 10:53.680 --> 10:54.680 Court? 10:54.680 --> 10:58.160 If he had money and influence, he wouldn't spend five days in jail even if he was convicted, 10:58.160 --> 10:59.160 which he wouldn't be. 10:59.160 --> 11:00.160 He doesn't own the court. 11:00.160 --> 11:03.400 Maybe not, but it's still the most powerful man in the state against a dead girl whose 11:03.400 --> 11:05.600 only friend is Doc Holliday. 11:05.600 --> 11:09.080 How do you think a judge will decide? 11:09.080 --> 11:13.160 Doc, I'm going to ask you a favor. 11:13.160 --> 11:14.800 Make it one I can give. 11:14.800 --> 11:20.160 I got an idea, but you must let me handle it my way. 11:20.160 --> 11:21.880 Give the law a chance. 11:21.880 --> 11:24.240 All right, Matt, I can wait. 11:24.240 --> 11:25.760 Thank you. 11:25.760 --> 11:28.920 I'll keep this letter in chain for a while. 11:28.920 --> 11:33.720 All right, but if the law fails, I'll brace Big Jack Finley when he walks out of the courthouse. 11:33.720 --> 11:37.600 And you'll be bracing two men, Doc. 11:37.600 --> 11:38.600 Finley and me. 11:38.600 --> 11:54.400 Come in. 11:54.400 --> 12:05.240 Morning, Marshall. 12:05.240 --> 12:06.600 Looks like it'll be a fine day. 12:06.600 --> 12:11.280 Well, you're up kind of early just to bring me a weather report, aren't you, Judge Nathan? 12:11.280 --> 12:12.280 Huh? 12:12.280 --> 12:14.760 Oh, well, I wanted to see you. 12:14.760 --> 12:15.760 Now go around ahead. 12:15.760 --> 12:17.760 You mind if I finish shaving? 12:17.760 --> 12:20.160 No, no, please do. 12:20.160 --> 12:22.800 Just thought I'd chat with you about the... 12:22.800 --> 12:23.800 About the Finley's? 12:23.800 --> 12:24.800 Uh-uh. 12:24.800 --> 12:25.800 Yes. 12:25.800 --> 12:29.560 Yeah, it seems that Big Jack's very upset by your attitude. 12:29.560 --> 12:30.560 I'm not surprised. 12:30.560 --> 12:34.480 He feels you're a little rough on his boy. 12:34.480 --> 12:35.480 I am. 12:35.480 --> 12:41.200 Well, Ralph Thornton is high-spirited, like yesterday. 12:41.200 --> 12:45.600 Yesterday, he was just plain high. 12:45.600 --> 12:51.040 Tell me, Judge Nathan, how do you like being on Finley's payroll? 12:51.040 --> 12:52.040 What? 12:52.040 --> 12:54.960 You know, you used to be a pretty decent person. 12:54.960 --> 12:57.640 Oh, you can't talk to me like that. 12:57.640 --> 12:58.640 Yes, I can. 12:58.640 --> 13:06.040 I'm sending a copy of Thornton's record to the governor. 13:06.040 --> 13:07.040 Governor? 13:07.040 --> 13:12.920 And with it, I'm sending a list of the rich you've issued to get him out of jail and a 13:12.920 --> 13:14.400 copy of the court records. 13:14.400 --> 13:17.440 I've only tempered my justice with mercy, that's all. 13:17.440 --> 13:21.960 Thornton's been arrested for 18 offenses, convicted of 10, spent no time in jail, and 13:21.960 --> 13:24.320 paid a total of $15 in fines. 13:24.320 --> 13:27.320 I'd say you've been very merciful. 13:27.320 --> 13:32.120 Um, you said you were sending this to the governor. 13:32.120 --> 13:34.560 You haven't actually mailed it yet? 13:34.560 --> 13:35.560 No. 13:35.560 --> 13:36.560 You've got enough. 13:36.560 --> 13:42.680 Well, not that I don't feel justified in any decisions I've made, but such a report might 13:42.680 --> 13:44.520 cause undue talk at the Capitol. 13:44.520 --> 13:46.360 And ruin your political hopes. 13:46.360 --> 13:48.560 Well, my conditions are simple. 13:48.560 --> 13:50.720 Get off Finley's payroll now. 13:50.720 --> 13:52.240 Very well. 13:52.240 --> 13:57.680 And give me cooperation from here on, no matter who's involved. 13:57.680 --> 14:01.680 Do that and I shelve the report. 14:01.680 --> 14:02.680 Uh, George? 14:02.680 --> 14:04.400 Mr. Dillon, troubles are making. 14:04.400 --> 14:05.400 What kind of trouble, Chester? 14:05.400 --> 14:06.400 It's Big Jack Finley. 14:06.400 --> 14:09.400 Mr. Dillon, he's rounding up his crew at the Alapheganza. 14:09.400 --> 14:13.880 They're gonna ride Doc Holliday out of town on a rail. 14:13.880 --> 14:34.440 Could you cut yourself shaving? 14:34.440 --> 14:38.240 We will return for the second act of gun smoke in just a moment. 14:38.240 --> 14:43.400 But first, don't forget, starting Monday, CBS radio's tremendous new staff will start 14:43.400 --> 14:48.440 bringing you the complete coverage of the Democratic convention in Chicago. 14:48.440 --> 14:53.040 As you found during the Republican convention, CBS radio never misses. 14:53.040 --> 14:59.680 So starting Monday, stay with CBS radio all day and evening for the Democratic convention. 14:59.680 --> 15:14.080 Now, the second act of gun smoke. 15:14.080 --> 15:20.000 Doc. 15:20.000 --> 15:26.480 Doc. 15:26.480 --> 15:27.920 Wake up, Doc. 15:27.920 --> 15:28.920 It's Matt. 15:28.920 --> 15:29.920 Hello. 15:29.920 --> 15:30.920 What's up? 15:30.920 --> 15:31.920 Trouble. 15:31.920 --> 15:32.920 Lots of trouble. 15:32.920 --> 15:42.480 Big Jack Finley's organizing a little citizens committee of his own hand-picked men coming 15:42.480 --> 15:44.800 to West Corchua to town. 15:44.800 --> 15:45.800 On a rail? 15:45.800 --> 15:46.800 Yeah, that's the general idea. 15:46.800 --> 15:47.800 Here, take a shotgun. 15:47.800 --> 15:51.800 Yeah, I'll hide it under the covers, might as well. 15:51.800 --> 15:54.200 I'll wait against the wall here. 15:54.200 --> 15:55.200 Good. 15:55.200 --> 15:57.480 That'll put them in a crossfire. 15:57.480 --> 16:00.680 What comes to that? 16:00.680 --> 16:01.680 There's enough of them. 16:01.680 --> 16:02.680 We're in a spot. 16:02.680 --> 16:05.120 Likely we are. 16:05.120 --> 16:08.400 You're risking your neck to save me some bruises. 16:08.400 --> 16:09.720 One I owe you, friend Matt. 16:09.720 --> 16:10.720 It's my job. 16:10.720 --> 16:11.720 Still, one I owe you. 16:11.720 --> 16:12.720 There he is. 16:12.720 --> 16:13.720 Wrap him up. 16:13.720 --> 16:14.720 All right, stop right there. 16:14.720 --> 16:15.720 I'll shoot the man who takes another step. 16:15.720 --> 16:25.720 You think you're going to stop us, Dylan? 16:25.720 --> 16:26.720 I think so. 16:26.720 --> 16:27.720 Me and Doc. 16:27.720 --> 16:28.720 Doc. 16:28.720 --> 16:29.720 Show them, Doc. 16:29.720 --> 16:30.720 Sure thing, Marshal. 16:30.720 --> 16:31.720 Look, boys, surprise. 16:31.720 --> 16:32.720 I sure do love surprises. 16:32.720 --> 16:33.720 Dylan, I've got a dozen men with me. 16:33.720 --> 16:34.720 Well, sure, about six of them will die, Finley, if you don't crawl out of here fast. 16:34.720 --> 16:35.720 And guess who'll die first, Big Jack? 16:35.720 --> 16:36.720 You there, Moncrete. 16:36.720 --> 16:37.720 I always figured you for some brains. 16:37.720 --> 16:38.720 Get your boss out of here, quick. 16:38.720 --> 16:39.720 You sure talking sense, Big Jack. 16:39.720 --> 16:40.720 Shut up, Moncrete. 16:40.720 --> 16:41.720 You should be. 16:41.720 --> 16:42.720 You're going to be the one to die. 16:42.720 --> 16:43.720 You're going to die. 16:43.720 --> 16:44.720 You're going to die. 16:44.720 --> 16:45.720 You're going to die. 16:45.720 --> 16:46.720 You're going to die. 16:46.720 --> 16:47.720 You're going to die. 16:47.720 --> 16:48.720 You're going to die. 16:48.720 --> 16:49.720 You're going to die. 16:49.720 --> 16:57.360 You're going to die. 16:57.360 --> 17:05.700 You're going to die. 17:05.700 --> 17:06.920 You're going to die. 17:06.920 --> 17:08.520 And I'm getting edgy, Finley. 17:08.520 --> 17:12.520 And me, if I get a coffin spell, I'm liable to shoot without meaning to. 17:12.520 --> 17:15.520 All right, all right. 17:15.520 --> 17:18.820 This is twice you have made a Finley back down. 17:18.820 --> 17:21.320 You'll never get a third chance. 17:21.320 --> 17:22.820 Let's get out of here. 17:28.320 --> 17:31.120 Matt, when you gonna arrest him? 17:31.120 --> 17:33.320 When I'm ready. 17:33.320 --> 17:34.920 Not long. 17:34.920 --> 17:36.720 I hope not. 17:36.720 --> 17:39.720 Getting impatient to see that man dead. 17:53.720 --> 17:58.720 I, uh, got you a message, Marshal. 17:58.720 --> 18:00.220 I hope it's important. 18:00.220 --> 18:01.720 It is, Moncrie. 18:01.720 --> 18:04.220 How long you been forming for Big Jack? 18:04.220 --> 18:05.720 Fifteen, sixteen years. 18:05.720 --> 18:07.720 You know him pretty well. 18:07.720 --> 18:09.720 Would he be the kind to kill a girl? 18:09.720 --> 18:12.220 No, of course not. 18:12.220 --> 18:15.720 He'd kill a man if he got mad enough that he wouldn't kill no girl, Marshal. 18:15.720 --> 18:17.720 I have proof that he did. 18:17.720 --> 18:18.720 A girl and her brother. 18:18.720 --> 18:20.220 But it doesn't set right. 18:20.220 --> 18:21.720 I'm hoping you can help. 18:21.720 --> 18:23.220 What's your proof, Marshal? 18:23.220 --> 18:25.720 A letter that names Finley as the man. 18:25.720 --> 18:27.720 Ruth Davis wrote it before she died. 18:27.720 --> 18:28.720 Ruth Davis? 18:28.720 --> 18:31.220 And this watch chain was found with her belongings. 18:31.220 --> 18:32.720 It's engraved on the back. 18:32.720 --> 18:38.220 I, uh, was with Big Jack when he bought this chain in Chicago. 18:38.220 --> 18:40.220 It was right after his wife died. 18:40.220 --> 18:42.720 Big Jack wore it all the time? 18:42.720 --> 18:44.220 Mmm. 18:44.220 --> 18:48.720 You, uh, rode the right hunch, Marshal. 18:48.720 --> 18:49.720 What? 18:49.720 --> 18:52.720 Thorne is your man, just like your figure. 18:52.720 --> 18:56.220 He had a yen for the Davis girl, but he kept it quiet. 18:56.220 --> 18:58.720 Guess he didn't want it known, she threw it him over. 18:58.720 --> 18:59.720 But the watch chain... 18:59.720 --> 19:03.720 Big Jack gave that to Thorne on his 25th birthday. 19:03.720 --> 19:06.220 Whole ranch can testify to that. 19:06.220 --> 19:07.720 Mmm. 19:07.720 --> 19:09.220 Good. 19:09.220 --> 19:11.220 All right, thank you, Moncrieff. 19:11.220 --> 19:14.720 You, uh, gonna try and arrest Thorne? 19:14.720 --> 19:15.720 Why? 19:15.720 --> 19:20.220 If Big Jack believes Thorne killed that girl, it'll break his heart. 19:20.220 --> 19:21.720 Broke her neck. 19:21.720 --> 19:23.220 If he don't believe it... 19:23.220 --> 19:24.220 Then? 19:24.220 --> 19:25.720 He'll protect Thorne. 19:25.720 --> 19:31.720 And, Marshal, there's not enough lawmen in the state of Kansas to make Big Jack give up his son. 19:31.720 --> 19:33.720 The Last Post 19:53.720 --> 19:55.720 Yeah, what it... 19:55.720 --> 19:57.720 Oh, it's you, Marshal. 19:57.720 --> 19:59.720 And, uh, John Holliday. 19:59.720 --> 20:01.720 Doc, this is Judge Nathan. 20:01.720 --> 20:03.720 Uh, Holliday? 20:03.720 --> 20:06.720 Oh, yes, I've heard of you. 20:06.720 --> 20:08.720 I've heard of you too, Judge. 20:08.720 --> 20:10.720 Wonder which has heard the worst. 20:10.720 --> 20:12.720 What's that? 20:12.720 --> 20:13.720 Why, I, uh... 20:13.720 --> 20:15.720 Judge, I'm here on business. 20:15.720 --> 20:16.720 Oh, of course. 20:16.720 --> 20:18.720 Come in, won't you? 20:19.720 --> 20:23.720 In my study here, so we won't be disturbed. 20:26.720 --> 20:28.720 Now, what is it, Marshal? 20:28.720 --> 20:32.720 I want you to swear out a warrant for Thorne Finley's arrest. 20:32.720 --> 20:33.720 Charge. 20:33.720 --> 20:35.720 Murder. 20:47.720 --> 20:49.720 You sure you want to go with me, Doc? 20:49.720 --> 20:50.720 I'm sure. 20:50.720 --> 20:53.720 All right, hold up your right hand. 20:53.720 --> 20:56.720 Oh, no, Matt, you wouldn't make me a lawman. 20:56.720 --> 20:58.720 If you go, you go as my deputy. 20:58.720 --> 21:00.720 I'm not letting you make this a private fight. 21:00.720 --> 21:04.720 And with my friends, if they hear I wore a star... 21:06.720 --> 21:08.720 All right, Matt, it's your show. 21:08.720 --> 21:11.720 You swear to uphold and enforce the laws of this community, 21:11.720 --> 21:14.720 the state of Kansas, and the United States, 21:14.720 --> 21:16.720 to the best of your ability as deputy marshal, 21:16.720 --> 21:18.720 so help you God? 21:18.720 --> 21:19.720 All of that? 21:19.720 --> 21:21.720 All of that. 21:21.720 --> 21:23.720 I swear. 21:23.720 --> 21:25.720 Here, pin on this badge. 21:25.720 --> 21:27.720 All right, Matt. 21:27.720 --> 21:29.720 You know, I'm feeling this badge is going to cramp my style 21:29.720 --> 21:31.720 something terrible. 21:41.720 --> 21:44.720 Better breathe our horses going up through this patch. 21:44.720 --> 21:46.720 We've still got a good ride ahead. 21:46.720 --> 21:47.720 How far? 21:47.720 --> 21:49.720 About 10 miles. 21:49.720 --> 21:51.720 What do you think, Matt? Will they fight? 21:51.720 --> 21:53.720 Well... 21:53.720 --> 21:55.720 Doc! Doc! 21:58.720 --> 22:00.720 Stay on your horse, marshal. 22:00.720 --> 22:02.720 Grab some clouds. 22:02.720 --> 22:04.720 Keep those hands high. 22:04.720 --> 22:06.720 He'll creep on the other side of the pass behind you. 22:14.720 --> 22:16.720 That's being smart, Dylan. 22:16.720 --> 22:18.720 Green will drop you if you touch a gun butt. 22:18.720 --> 22:22.720 You're handy at this bushwhacking, aren't you, Thorn? 22:22.720 --> 22:23.720 I am. 22:23.720 --> 22:25.720 Doc, it's all right. 22:25.720 --> 22:27.720 My slug seems to have bounced off his thick skull. 22:27.720 --> 22:29.720 Good. 22:29.720 --> 22:31.720 Let's pull your teeth. 22:31.720 --> 22:33.720 Better you do it. 22:33.720 --> 22:37.720 With your left hand, reach down and across slow. 22:37.720 --> 22:40.720 Pull your gun out with your fingertips and toss it away. 22:40.720 --> 22:42.720 Nervous? 22:42.720 --> 22:44.720 Just cautious. 22:44.720 --> 22:46.720 Or maybe this queen doesn't exist, huh, Thorn? 22:46.720 --> 22:48.720 Queen! 22:48.720 --> 22:53.720 Queen's one of Dad's men, but I pay him extra to work for me. 22:53.720 --> 22:55.720 Any more questions? 22:55.720 --> 22:57.720 I guess not. 22:57.720 --> 22:59.720 Where's my gun? 22:59.720 --> 23:01.720 The rifle next. 23:03.720 --> 23:05.720 I, uh... 23:05.720 --> 23:08.720 I got a penknife in my pants pocket. 23:08.720 --> 23:11.720 You know why Holliday came to Dodge? 23:11.720 --> 23:13.720 Yeah. 23:13.720 --> 23:16.720 Yeah, I guess you do. You wouldn't be riding with him. 23:16.720 --> 23:19.720 And he's not gonna tell any stories to my dad or anyone else. 23:19.720 --> 23:21.720 You can't kill us, you stupid... 23:21.720 --> 23:23.720 Not planning on killing you. 23:23.720 --> 23:25.720 And what have you got planned? 23:25.720 --> 23:28.720 A queen's kind of a magician. 23:28.720 --> 23:31.720 He's gonna make Holliday just disappear. 23:31.720 --> 23:33.720 Folks won't care much about one of his kind. 23:33.720 --> 23:34.720 I would. 23:34.720 --> 23:36.720 I'd care so much I'd hang you for it. 23:36.720 --> 23:38.720 No. 23:38.720 --> 23:41.720 No, with Holliday gone, it's your word against mine. 23:41.720 --> 23:43.720 And he won't be able to approve of it. 23:43.720 --> 23:46.720 You sure of that? I'm sure. 23:46.720 --> 23:49.720 Otherwise, I'd take care of you along with Holliday. 23:49.720 --> 23:52.720 Now get out and start walking back to town. 23:52.720 --> 23:54.720 It's like I told you. 23:54.720 --> 23:57.720 Law can't touch you, Finley. 24:02.720 --> 24:06.720 It was no time for heroics, so I walked. 24:06.720 --> 24:10.720 When I reached a turn, I cut back through the rocks by the road. 24:10.720 --> 24:14.720 When I reached a turn, I cut back through the rocks, but it was too late. 24:14.720 --> 24:16.720 They were gone. 24:16.720 --> 24:20.720 And with them, the horses, guns, and Doc Holliday. 24:23.720 --> 24:26.720 Two miles up the road, I found my horse turned loose. 24:26.720 --> 24:31.720 And with a mind full of cold hate, I raced onto the star in a box. 24:31.720 --> 24:35.720 On the front porch of the ranch house was one of Pig Jack's men. 24:35.720 --> 24:37.720 Hold it right there. 24:37.720 --> 24:40.720 Out of my way, mister. I'm in no mood to shake hands. 24:40.720 --> 24:42.720 Where you heading, law man? 24:42.720 --> 24:44.720 You don't hear well. 24:51.720 --> 24:52.720 Gillen. 24:52.720 --> 24:53.720 Where's Holliday? 24:53.720 --> 24:55.720 How should I know? Get off my ranch. 24:55.720 --> 24:57.720 And where's that prized son of yours? 24:57.720 --> 24:57.720 What? 24:57.720 --> 24:58.720 Trot him out. I want him. 24:58.720 --> 25:01.720 Do you now? What on earth for? 25:01.720 --> 25:02.720 Come on. Put that gun away. 25:02.720 --> 25:05.720 Oh, no. This is just in case the Marshal loses his temper. 25:05.720 --> 25:07.720 I've lost it, Junior. 25:07.720 --> 25:09.720 Gillen, I've had all I'm going to stand from you. 25:09.720 --> 25:11.720 You just think you have. 25:11.720 --> 25:13.720 Where's Holliday, Thorne? Where'd Queen take him? 25:13.720 --> 25:17.720 Holliday? Why, I haven't the faintest idea. 25:17.720 --> 25:18.720 Where is Queen, Dad? 25:18.720 --> 25:19.720 Righty fence line, but... 25:19.720 --> 25:22.720 See, Marshal, we don't know where your friend is. 25:22.720 --> 25:24.720 You're under arrest, Thorne. 25:24.720 --> 25:25.720 What's that? 25:25.720 --> 25:27.720 Ask him to show the warrant. 25:27.720 --> 25:30.720 Here. Read it, Finley. 25:30.720 --> 25:33.720 Oh, no. No. That's not possible. 25:33.720 --> 25:35.720 The judge wouldn't issue a warrant without proof. 25:35.720 --> 25:37.720 He has proof, Thorne. 25:37.720 --> 25:40.720 This is a lie. Thorne couldn't be guilty of murder. 25:40.720 --> 25:43.720 No. Take a look at his face. 25:43.720 --> 25:45.720 Son. 25:45.720 --> 25:47.720 Dad, he's trying to frame me. 25:47.720 --> 25:49.720 Don't let him get away with this. 25:49.720 --> 25:51.720 Oh, I won't. I won't. 25:51.720 --> 25:52.720 Get out, Gillen. 25:52.720 --> 25:54.720 Man, open your eyes. This is not going to happen. 25:54.720 --> 25:57.720 Have you heard me? I don't believe you, your warrant or your proof. 25:57.720 --> 25:59.720 I believe my son. 25:59.720 --> 26:02.720 So get off this ranch. Get out of the state. 26:02.720 --> 26:05.720 You let me see you again, so help me or I'll kill you myself. 26:05.720 --> 26:08.720 Forget me. You're back in the law. You can't kill my own law. 26:08.720 --> 26:10.720 So do I. 26:10.720 --> 26:11.720 Doc, holiday. 26:11.720 --> 26:13.720 You're supposed to be dead. Queen was supposed to be... 26:13.720 --> 26:15.720 He's the one who's dead. 26:15.720 --> 26:19.720 I carry a knife in my boot just for men like him. 26:19.720 --> 26:21.720 Thorne. 26:21.720 --> 26:23.720 God help me. 26:23.720 --> 26:25.720 You are guilty. 26:25.720 --> 26:26.720 He sure is. 26:26.720 --> 26:29.720 And if he knows any prayers, he'd better get them over with. 26:29.720 --> 26:32.720 Now, Doc, he goes back with us as our prisoner. 26:32.720 --> 26:34.720 You're wrong, Marshal. 26:34.720 --> 26:36.720 I'll take care of my son. 26:36.720 --> 26:38.720 Dad. Dad, no. 26:38.720 --> 26:40.720 You rotten lying murderer. 26:40.720 --> 26:42.720 Please. Please don't, Dad. 26:42.720 --> 26:44.720 I should have strangled you in a burrito when you were... 26:44.720 --> 26:46.720 Stand away or I'll shoot. I'll shoot you all. 26:46.720 --> 26:48.720 Manley, look out. 26:48.720 --> 26:49.720 I throw myself at Manley's book, 26:49.720 --> 26:53.720 first hit the floor rolling away from Thorne as he raised his gun to fire. 26:53.720 --> 26:57.720 Then in the doorway, the blood-stained, terrible figure of Doc Holiday wanted to action. 26:57.720 --> 26:59.720 His pale hands flared over his head. 26:59.720 --> 27:01.720 Thorne! 27:01.720 --> 27:03.720 The Rune-thorn! 27:03.720 --> 27:05.720 Thorne! 27:05.720 --> 27:07.720 Rune? 27:07.720 --> 27:09.720 I... 27:09.720 --> 27:11.720 I... 27:11.720 --> 27:13.720 I... 27:26.720 --> 27:28.720 The stage is ready to leave, Mr. Holiday. 27:28.720 --> 27:29.720 Thanks, Chester. 27:29.720 --> 27:31.720 You sure you want to stay around a while, Doc? 27:31.720 --> 27:34.720 Yeah, we're good friends, man, but you're a peace officer. 27:34.720 --> 27:36.720 I guess I'm not a very peaceful man. 27:36.720 --> 27:38.720 You could be, Doc. 27:38.720 --> 27:42.720 No, I'm not going to change, and you shouldn't. 27:42.720 --> 27:45.720 Law needs men like you. 27:45.720 --> 27:49.720 You know, if I stayed there, it's too good a chance I might cross you. 27:49.720 --> 27:50.720 Yeah. 27:50.720 --> 27:53.720 Then I'd have to meet you over gun barrels, and... 27:53.720 --> 27:56.720 It's one thing I'm afraid of. 27:56.720 --> 27:58.720 So long, man. 28:03.720 --> 28:05.720 Good luck, Doc. 28:05.720 --> 28:07.720 My. 28:07.720 --> 28:12.720 I never would have thought Doc Holiday was scared of meeting anyone in a gunfight. 28:12.720 --> 28:14.720 Hmm. 28:14.720 --> 28:17.720 You don't understand, Chester. 28:17.720 --> 28:39.720 Doc's afraid because he might beat me. 28:39.720 --> 28:45.720 Gunsmoke, under the direction of Norman MacDonald, stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal. 28:45.720 --> 28:52.720 Tonight's story was specially written for Gunsmoke by Herb Purdom, with music composed and conducted by Rex Corey. 28:52.720 --> 28:59.720 Featured in our cast were Harry Bartel as Doc Holiday, with Lee Millar, Nestor Paiva, Ralph Moody, and Tom Tully. 28:59.720 --> 29:01.720 Parley Bear as Chester. 29:01.720 --> 29:16.720 Join us again next week as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal, fights to bring law and order out of the wild violence of the West in Gunsmoke. 29:16.720 --> 29:20.720 Sunday evening, we invite you to join Lovely Doris Day. 29:20.720 --> 29:25.720 Spring Buyington playing a December Bride, and Audrey Totter as Millie. 29:25.720 --> 29:29.720 They're here on most of these same CBS radio stations. 29:29.720 --> 29:31.720 This is Roy Rowan speaking. 29:59.720 --> 30:01.720 I'm Roy Rowan. 30:01.720 --> 30:03.720 Thank you for watching. 30:03.720 --> 30:05.720 We'll see you next time. 30:05.720 --> 30:28.720 ...