Braggart’s Boy | Gunsmoke (12-09-56)

Summary

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Gunsmoke | Braggart’s Boy (Aired 12-09-1956)

Podcast: Gunsmoke | OTRWesterns.com
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Main Cast: William Conrad as Matt Dillon
Episode Title: “Braggart’s Boy”

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Episode Overview

In this classic Gunsmoke episode, Matt Dillon faces a family drama that reveals the dangerous consequences of pride and bravado in the Old West. When Cleve Cleveland's estranged son, Tom, returns from the East, he's quickly pulled into the world of gunslinging to live up to his father’s exaggerated legacy. The episode explores father-son expectations, the difference between real courage and empty boasting, and the painful process of confronting the truth about oneself.

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Key Discussion Points and Plot Breakdown

1. Tom Cleveland Arrives in Dodge City

(Starts ~04:21)

• Tom Cleveland, raised in Philadelphia, returns to Dodge to reconnect with his rancher father, Cleve Cleveland, after many years apart.
• Tom is unfamiliar with the West and stands out: “The boys around here aren't much used to such style, I guess.” (Matt Dillon to Tom, 06:33)
• The town reacts with amusement and skepticism at his appearance and mannerisms.

2. Cleve’s Push for Manhood and Gunplay

(~08:05–09:57)

• Cleve tries to mold Tom into the image of a Western man, focusing on teaching him to shoot.
• Cleve boasts about his own (mostly fictitious) past, wanting Tom to inherit his reputation:
  • “When he come here and I heard how they laughed at him… I decided I was going to make a man under that boy if it killed me.” (Cleve, 08:46)
• Matt Dillon warns: “There's more to it than gunsling. You can make a good shot in two months, but it takes longer to turn a boy into a man.” (Matt Dillon, 08:54)

3. Trouble Brews at the Long Branch Saloon

(~11:22–13:52)

• Tom, left alone and eager to prove himself, gets into trouble at the saloon, egged on by others and his father's bravado.
• Kitty warns Matt: “Well, he's just asking for trouble, Matt. Somebody's got to get him out of there.” (Kitty, 12:31)
• Tom ends up in a gunfight with notorious gunman Brawley Star—is wounded in the arm.

4. A Deadly Challenge—Father and Son Entangled

(~13:52–16:44)

• Cleve, infuriated, challenges Brawley Star to a duel at 11 AM the next day, despite knowing he's outmatched.
• Matt cautions: “I'd say you got yourself in about as much trouble as you can handle, Cleve. Maybe more than you can handle.” (Matt Dillon, 15:24)

5. Cleve Confronts the Truth

(~17:18–20:54)

• Matt finds Cleve drinking to steel his nerves for the shootout.
• Matt confronts Cleve about his fabricated reputation:
  • “You've never even seen the Waco Kid or any of the others you brag about. You've never been in a gunfight in your life.” (Matt Dillon, 19:31)
• Cleve breaks down:
  • “I'm a coward.” (Cleve, 20:36)
  • Matt offers comfort: “Forget it, Cleve. If a man runs into somebody who can, put the Indian sign on him...”

6. Tom’s Attempt to Finish the Fight

(~21:07–23:03)

• Tom, still intent on defending the family’s honor, tries to challenge Brawley Star but Matt stops him forcibly and takes away his gun.
• Matt tells Chester: “If he tries to get away, put a bullet through his other arm.” (Matt Dillon, 21:47)

7. Matt Defuses the Crisis—Brawley Leaves Town

(~22:03–23:40)

• Matt faces Brawley Star at the livery stable and orders him to leave Dodge City to end the cycle of violence.
• “You really run your town, don't you?” (Brawley, 23:15)
• “All right, Marshall. I got no reason to stay. I'll ride.” (Brawley, 23:20)
• Brawley rides out peacefully.

8. Resolution—Father and Son Understand Each Other

(~23:45–24:36)

• Tom admits to Matt and Kitty that he knows the truth about his father:
  • “I think he's something of a braggart and a liar.” (Tom, 24:06)
  • “And most likely a coward.” (Kitty, 24:11)
  • Tom: “Oh, don't worry. I'll never let him find out I know. After all, he's my father.” (24:13)
• Matt gently offers hope: “Well, then maybe you can help him grow up, huh? Maybe you can make a man out of him.”
  • Tom responds, “I hope so, sir.”
  • Matt: “You know something, Tom? I think you will.” (24:36)

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Notable Quotes and Moments (with Timestamps)

• Cleve on making a man of Tom:
  “I decided I was going to make a man under that boy if it killed me.” — Cleve, (08:46)
• Matt’s wisdom on manhood:
  “There's more to it than gunsling. …it takes longer to turn a boy into a man.” — Matt Dillon, (08:54)
• Kitty’s concern about Tom:
  “He's just asking for trouble, Matt. Somebody's got to get him out of there.” — Kitty, (12:31)
• Cleve’s breaking point:
  “I'm a coward.” — Cleve, (20:36)
• The episode’s final note of hope:
  “Well, then maybe you can help him grow up, huh? Maybe you can make a man out of him.” — Matt Dillon, (24:24)
  “I hope so, sir.” — Tom, (24:31) “You know something, Tom? I think you will.” — Matt Dillon, (24:36)

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Important Segments and Timestamps

• Tom arrives in Dodge City: 04:21–07:16
• Cleve’s gun training and boasts: 08:05–09:57
• Trouble brews, Tom is wounded: 11:22–13:52
• Cleve challenges Brawley Star: 13:52–16:44
• Cleve admits the truth: 17:18–20:54
• Tom attempts to face Brawley: 21:07–23:03
• Matt defuses, Brawley leaves: 22:03–23:40
• Resolution and hope: 23:45–24:36

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Tone and Style

As with all Gunsmoke episodes, the tone combines stoic Western honor with underlying warmth and wisdom. The language is honest, direct, and sometimes stark—well-reflected in Matt Dillon’s everyman marshal persona and the supporting cast’s plainspoken lines.

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Summary

In “Braggart’s Boy,” Gunsmoke explores the dangers of living by boasts and false legends—both for those who create them and the next generation pressured to live up to them. Cleve Cleveland’s lies about his gunslinging past nearly doom both himself and his son, Tom, but with Marshal Dillon’s firm but compassionate hand, the disastrous cycle is broken. The episode ends with the possibility of real growth—for both father and son—grounded not in legend, but in honesty and humanity.

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Transcript

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[Matt Dillon]

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[Matt Dillon]

I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshal. The first man they look for and the last they want to meet. It's a chance, a job. And it makes a man watchful and a little lonely.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Sam.

Well, here comes old Santa Fe, Mr. Dillon.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, and on time too.

[Cleve Cleveland]

What this dude we're meeting look like anyway?

[Matt Dillon]

Like any other 20 year old, I guess. Chester. He's lived back in Philadelphia since he was 5, since his ma and cleave busted up. Well, guess we'll recognize him all right.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Oh, well, Matt ain't a Chester. How about Doug?

[Matt Dillon]

What are you doing down here? Oh, just looking over the new arrivals.

[Kitty]

Seeing how many unhealthy ones I can count on.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Gracious sake, will you look at that?

[Kitty]

Look at what?

[Cleve Cleveland]

That right there, look. Oh. Oh, well, if that isn't a blossom of blooming you.

[Matt Dillon]

I think that's the boy. We're supposed to meet him.

[Cleve Cleveland]

That's old man Cleveland's son.

[Kitty]

Cleveland imagining that swaggering old roughneck style.

[Matt Dillon]

Got a son who dresses like that? You can't always tell by appearances, Doug.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Hey, Tom, you sure giving the depot loafer something to choke up over? Yes, sir.

[Matt Dillon]

You are Tom Cleveland, aren't you? Yes, sir, I am. I'm Matt Dylan Marshall here in Dog Pleasure.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Marshall Dylan.

[Matt Dillon]

Your dad couldn't get in today and he asked me to meet you and get you started off to the ranch.

[Kitty]

It's very kind of you, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

This is all new to Me?

[Cleve Cleveland]

Yeah.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, you get used to it. I hope so. But right now, everyone seems to be amused at something. Well, the boys around here aren't much used to such style, I guess.

[Narrator/Announcer]

In Philadelphia they told me this was.

[Matt Dillon]

The correct Western attire. Well, it's not quite.

At any rate, your father left a saddle horse for you at the livery stable. Saddle horse? Well, isn't there any means of public conveyance? Well, I'm afraid we don't have any public conveyances in the dark. But I don't ride too well except on a flat saddle.

[Kitty]

A flat saddle?

[Narrator/Announcer]

I never heard of such a thing.

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, listen. Chester Proudfoot, Tom Cleveland. How do you do, sir?

[Cleve Cleveland]

How do you.

Your daddy sure gonna have yourself a drawer with you, Chester.

[Matt Dillon]

You know, it's strange having a father after all these years. What sort of a man is he, Marshall? Your dad nice?

I guess he's just an ordinary frontier cattle man. Well, I guess we'll get on all right. Yeah, well, I hope you will, Tom.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Now, watch this, Matt. You ready, Tom?

[Matt Dillon]

Anytime, dad.

[Cleve Cleveland]

He's fast, Matt. He's a lot faster than I was.

[Matt Dillon]

At his age, that's all.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Gun in your holster, son, and eyes shut till the bottle's in there. All right, draw.

Did you see it, Matt? You see it? Yeah.

[Matt Dillon]

It's good shooting, Tom.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Thank you, sir. Get four out of five of them every time right out there.

[Matt Dillon]

Another month and I'll be hitting five out of five. I don't doubt it. Well, Cleave, I better be getting on into town.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Nice to see you again, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

Same here, Tom.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Me and my boy have been working like this, Matt, three, four hours a day for pertinent two months. Now, he's a born gun handler.

[Matt Dillon]

Is that all right?

[Cleve Cleveland]

When he come here and I heard how they laughed at him, Matt, I decided I was going to make a man under that boy if it killed me.

[Matt Dillon]

Now, the idea is good, Cleve, that there's more to it than gunsling. You can make a good shot in two months, but it takes longer to turn a boy into a man.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Well, maybe, but he'll be treated like one, same as I always been treated. I've stood up to the best of them, Matt. You know that. I got time in Tascosa when I outdrawed the Waco Kid.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, but times are changing. The law's here now, and the law asks questions. So just don't push him too fast, huh? Give him a chance to find something.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Find what?

[Matt Dillon]

I'm not real sure, Cleve, but I know one thing. He's not going to find it in a pistol holster.

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[Cleve Cleveland]

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[Matt Dillon]

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[Cleve Cleveland]

I can remember nights like this back in Texas. With the air so gall down sharp you could hear a church bell 10 miles away.

[Matt Dillon]

A lot of time you ever spent listening to church bells, Chester?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Oh, I could have heard him if.

[Cleve Cleveland]

I'd have been a mind drew. Sakes, there's Miss Kitty across the street. If you don't put a wrap on, she's gonna catch her death.

[Matt Dillon]

Come on, Chester.

[Kitty]

Mr. Cleveland.

[Matt Dillon]

That's the trouble, Kenny.

[Kitty]

Oh, mad. Thank heaven. I'm trying to find Mr. Cleveland.

[Matt Dillon]

Was something wrong?

[Kitty]

Yeah. He's got to get that boy of his out of the long branch. He brought him in earlier and then left him there. And Tom's been drinking too much.

[Matt Dillon]

That's Cleave's way of making a man out of him.

[Kitty]

Well, they better make him a quieter one or he won't live long enough to be a man.

[Matt Dillon]

What's going on?

[Kitty]

The boy's talking too much. Cleve started it himself, bragging all over the place. You know how he is.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, I know.

[Kitty]

Well, after you left, the boys took it up and kept prodding Tom until. Well, he's just asking for trouble, Matt. Somebody's got to get him out of there.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, they're just having a little fun, Kitty. It won't come to anything, Matt.

[Kitty]

You don't know who the kid's up against. Brawley Star's in there.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Brawley Star?

[Kitty]

Tom's already got him pretty riled. And Brawley's not one to take it long.

[Matt Dillon]

Cat, stay here. Kenny.

One side, please. Let me through here, will you? Beat your dirt this time, Matt. How bad is he, Doc?

[Cleve Cleveland]

Just a bullet in the arm.

[Matt Dillon]

Doesn't amount to much. How do you feel, Tom? Sick, Marshall.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Let's get over there under the lamp, son. We'll jerk that bullet out and have.

[Kitty]

You fixed up in no time at all.

[Matt Dillon]

How'd it happen, boy?

[Cleve Cleveland]

Who did it? I reckon I'm the guilty party, Marshal.

[Matt Dillon]

I didn't know you were in town, brother.

[Cleve Cleveland]

I just got here this afternoon.

[Matt Dillon]

Doesn't take you long, does it? Marshal Dillon, I hope you won't take.

[Kitty]

Any official action in this.

[Matt Dillon]

It was a fair draw. You better go on over there and let Doc dig that bullet out tomorrow.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Come on, boy.

[Matt Dillon]

It was just an argument, Marshall.

[Kitty]

He outdoor.

[Matt Dillon]

Doc's waiting for you. Yes, sir.

You're picking kind of easy game, aren't you, Brawley?

[Cleve Cleveland]

He picked. I didn't.

[Matt Dillon]

Got business in Dodge, have you?

[Cleve Cleveland]

Maybe I ain't been here long enough to tell.

[Matt Dillon]

He's just a half baked kid, Brawley.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Man's got a gun on his hip. He ain't a kid.

[Matt Dillon]

You saw he was on the prod. You ought have known enough to give him room.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Most folks give me room, Marshall. And I didn't have to shoot him in the arm, you know.

[Matt Dillon]

No, you didn't.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Tom. Tom, you all right?

[Narrator/Announcer]

It's nothing, dad.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Who done it for? Who done it? Who's a dirty rat? Shot you in the back? He's kind of mouthy, ain't he?

[Matt Dillon]

That's a boy's father. Matt. Matt.

Where is this sneak that caught.

[Cleve Cleveland]

My boy with his back turned? I shot him, mister, and his back wasn't turned. You're a filthy liar.

[Matt Dillon]

All right, hold it, both of you. Now talk soft and keep your hands on the bar.

[Cleve Cleveland]

You'll answer to me for this. And you won't be facing up to.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Know a half grown kid.

[Cleve Cleveland]

All right, mister, let's say 11 o' clock in the morning. I'll wait for you at the livery stable. Good enough.

[Matt Dillon]

Just ask for Brawley Star.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Brawley Star. Good night, Marshall. See you in the morning, mister.

Well.

What about Done man?

[Matt Dillon]

I'd say you got yourself in about as much trouble as you can handle, Cleve. Maybe more than he can handle.

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[Cleve Cleveland]

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Hurt near 11 o', clock, Mr. Jones?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, I know. Chester.

Will you turn that stove damper down? It's getting kind of hot in here.

[Narrator/Announcer]

You just gonna sit here?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, I guess so. But Brawley Star will kill him. Chester, the one thing the law can't do is keep a fool from being a fool. Well, I know, but Raleigh's up there with the stable, leaning on the hitch and rail, minding his own business. I got no responsibility reason to bother him. And if Cleave jumps him, it'll be self defense. And I still got no reason.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Yeah, but maybe Cleve won't draw first.

[Matt Dillon]

He will probably make sure of that.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Oh, good morning.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Kidding, Miss Kitty.

[Kitty]

Matt, I seem to be making a habit of running to you about the Clevelands.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, you and Chester both. What's wrong now?

[Kitty]

It's the old man, Cleve. He's sitting over there in the long branch, drinking. Been at it for two hours.

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, I didn't know he was in town yet, Matt.

[Kitty]

He acts sort of crazy. Will you come talk to him at least?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, sure, kid.

Morning, Cleve.

[Cleve Cleveland]

What are you doing here?

[Matt Dillon]

Mind if I sit up?

[Cleve Cleveland]

All right, if you want to.

[Matt Dillon]

Thanks.

Well, looks like you've taken on a fair sized load there.

[Cleve Cleveland]

What's the difference?

[Matt Dillon]

It's a bad state to be in for a man about to walk into a gun.

[Cleve Cleveland]

I'm all right. Don't worry nothing about me.

[Matt Dillon]

Brawley is fast, Cleave. As fast as they come. You got a lot of nerve to give him even better odds by getting yourself drunk.

[Cleve Cleveland]

It's my business, ain't it?

[Matt Dillon]

Of course, a man that faced down the Waco Kid doesn't have much to worry about, I guess, huh?

[Cleve Cleveland]

No, wait.

[Matt Dillon]

Except that Brawley's the man who killed the Kid a few years later in El Paso.

You know, you're a fool, Cleave. Why didn't you stay home this morning?

[Cleve Cleveland]

I had to come.

They laughed at me.

[Matt Dillon]

Cleve, you've never even seen the Waco Kid or any of the others you brag about. You've never been in a gunfight in your life.

[Cleve Cleveland]

It ain't true.

[Matt Dillon]

It is true and you know it. As long as it stayed just harmless talk, it didn't matter much. But you started filling your boy full of it, trying to make him into something you never were.

Last night you nearly got him killed by it.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Boy's gotta know how to take care of himself.

[Matt Dillon]

Taking care of himself's one thing. Mouthing off till he gets a bullet through his arm's another.

It could just as well have been his heart. Brawley let him off easy.

And now you're going up there and get yourself killed.

[Cleve Cleveland]

No, I ain't.

I.

I can't do it.

Trying to drink myself up to it.

I can't.

Matt.

I'm a coward.

[Matt Dillon]

Forget it, Cleve. If a man runs into somebody who can, put the Indian sign on him.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Kitty.

[Kitty]

Yeah, man.

[Matt Dillon]

Take care of him again. Get him upstairs. It's something you can do a whole lot better than I can.

[Kitty]

Yeah?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah. Justin.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Better come quick.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Now.

[Matt Dillon]

What is it?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Tom's out there in the street.

[Cleve Cleveland]

He's wearing a gun, and he's headed.

[Narrator/Announcer]

For the liver stable.

[Matt Dillon]

All right, let's go.

Kid must be out of his head.

[Kitty]

There he is.

[Matt Dillon]

Tom. Tom Cleveland. Yes, sir. Hold up a minute, will you?

Where you going, Tom? You know where I'm going, Marshall.

[Kitty]

It's my fight.

[Matt Dillon]

I started it. Dad didn't. I don't know who started it, but I know who's going to stop it. Take his gun, Chester. Now, wait. Shut up. Now, you stay here and don't move. Just if he tries to get away, put a bullet through his other arm.

[Cleve Cleveland]

I'll be happy to.

Well, now, I wasn't exactly looking to see you this morning, Marshall. You ain't here to stand up for somebody else, are you?

[Matt Dillon]

Just standing up for the law, Brawley.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Well, to my knowing, there ain't no logging broke.

[Matt Dillon]

Call it law and order, then. And a gunfight's not very orderly.

[Cleve Cleveland]

I sure don't aim to do no shooting. Lessen somebody shoots at me first.

[Matt Dillon]

How about. He's gone, too, Brawley. Cleveland's not gonna shove.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Oh, I had a feeling he wouldn't. You looked a little crawly last night. Just a big wind. No rain.

[Matt Dillon]

His boy feels different, though. I just stopped him up the street there. He was heading down here to face you.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Well, I'll say one thing. The yearling ain't got much sense, but he's sure full of vinegar.

[Matt Dillon]

He's a good kid, Brawley, in spite of what his dad's done to him. I wouldn't want anything to happen to him.

[Cleve Cleveland]

You won't, Long as he stays shy of me.

[Matt Dillon]

There's one way to make sure of that. You got a horse there in the stable. Get it and ride.

[Cleve Cleveland]

The law say that, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

I said it, Brawley.

[Cleve Cleveland]

You really run your town, don't you?

All right, Marshall. I got no reason to stay. I'll ride. Good.

[Narrator/Announcer]

So long, Brawley.

[Cleve Cleveland]

Ya'll be seeing you, Marshall.

You had any words hit, Mr. Dillon? What happened anyhow?

[Matt Dillon]

Nothing much.

Tom. Brawley's riding out of town. You better get on back out to the ranch. I have to find my father first. He's in town somewhere. He'll be out later, Tom. He's drunk, isn't he?

Well, it's all right, Marshall.

[Kitty]

I understand him rather well.

[Matt Dillon]

I think he's something of a braggart and a liar.

[Kitty]

And most likely a coward.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Now, wait a minute.

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, don't worry. I'll never let him find out I know.

[Kitty]

After all, he's my father.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, then maybe you can help him grow up, huh? Maybe you can make a man out of him.

[Cleve Cleveland]

I hope so, sir.

[Matt Dillon]

You know something, Tom? I think you will.

[Narrator/Announcer]

In a moment. Our star, William Conrad.

In 1900, 20 miles an hour very often was excessive speed. But in 1900, as now, speed is a relative concept. It's relative, for instance, to traffic conditions. An empty highway is safer than a crowded one. It's relative to the time of day, dusk, dawn and night. Driving is more hazardous than daylight. It's relative to weather conditions. Rain, sleet and snow mean slow down even on highways that are posted for high maximum speed limits. In other words, safe speed is a question of driver's judgment. Police patrols can pick up a few of the most careless drivers. But the policeman that counts the most is the one you carry in your own head. When he tells you to slow down and stop taking chances, listen to him. The life you save may be your own. This has been a CBS Radio public service announcement.

[Matt Dillon]

And now, William Conrad.

You know, on the frontier, if a girl was looking for a husband, they used to say she's throwing a mighty wide loop. Well, next week, a girl catches her husband right enough, but not the one she wants. And that was the West.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Gun Smoke, produced and Directed by Norman McDonald. Stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. marshal. The story was specially written for Gunsmoke by Les Crutchfield with editorial supervision by John Meston. The music was composed and conducted by Rex Corey. Sound patterns by Tom Hanley and Bill James. Featured in the cast were Lawrence Dobkin, Sam Edwards and John Dana. Harley Bear as Chester. Howard McNear as Doc, and Georgia Ellis is Kitty. Join us again next week for another story on gun smoke.

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