Daddy-O | Gunsmoke (06-10-56)

Summary

Gunsmoke - "Daddy-O" Summary

Episode Title: Daddy-O
Original Air Date: June 10, 1956
Release Date: August 14, 2025
Host/Author: Andrew Rines
Duration: Approximately 23 minutes

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Introduction

"Daddy-O," an episode of the iconic Western drama Gunsmoke, centers around Matt Dillon, the steadfast U.S. Marshal of Dodge City, as he navigates the complexities of returning home after an extended absence. The episode delves into themes of trust, family loyalty, and the often-blurry lines between friend and foe in the tumultuous American West.

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Matt Dillon’s Return to Dodge City

After six weeks away covering vast territories, Matt Dillon (voiced by William Conrad) returns to Dodge City, greeted warmly by Chester and Sam Noonan, the proprietors of the Long Branch Saloon.

• [00:00] Matt Dillon: "Foreign."
• [03:37] Kitty Russell: "Hey, mister."
• [04:18] Chester: "Ain't that the doggoneest thing you ever heard of? They're partners now, Mr. Dillon. Ms. Kitty bought a half interest in the place, and she's running it with Sam."

Matt learns that Kitty Russell has invested in the saloon, showcasing her business acumen and the prosperity they've achieved together.

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News of Kitty’s Father

The tranquility of Dodge City is disrupted when Kitty reveals that her estranged father, Wayne Russell, a gambler and riverboat man from New Orleans, is returning to town.

• [06:14] Kitty Russell: "It's my father, Matt. Wayne Russell. He's coming here to Dodge tomorrow."
• [07:05] Kitty Russell: "He was a gambler, Matt. He worked the riverboats. Mother always said he was a very charming man."

Matt expresses surprise, noting, "I thought your father was lost." Kitty shares her conflicted feelings about her father's return, highlighting a strained yet respectful relationship.

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The Dinner Party and Sam Noonan’s Ambitions

During a celebratory dinner at Del Monaco's, Wayne Russell (voiced by Sam Noonan) makes his presence felt. His arrival coincides with apparent prosperity in Dodge City, yet Matt remains cautious.

• [10:27] Sam Noonan: "I'd like to give a dinner tonight. I trust there's a restaurant here that could accommodate it."
• [13:15] Sam Noonan: "A toast to my new partner, Kid Russell. And to our old man."

Sam's overtures suggest his intent to solidify his business ties with the Russell family. However, subtle tensions emerge as Kitty and Matt sense underlying motives.

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Rising Tensions and Suspicion

As the story unfolds, it becomes evident that Sam Noonan harbors ulterior motives regarding the Long Branch Saloon and Kitty's inheritance.

• [15:21] Kitty Russell: "Well, he's been talking about it one way or another for two whole weeks now. He's awful smart. He can convince anybody of anything."
• [17:19] Matt Dillon: "Don't make me throw you in jail. Just play it all the way, Mr. Russell. You can do it."

Matt confronts Sam about his manipulative tactics, emphasizing distrust. Kitty, influenced by Matt's support, begins to question Sam's true intentions.

• [17:48] Kitty Russell: "I'm gonna need your help, Matt. I don't trust him either."

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Climax: The Confrontation at the Depot

The tension peaks at the Dodge City train depot, where Kitty is slated to depart for New Orleans with her father's freight business.

• [21:20] Kitty Russell: "I changed my mind the last minute."
• [21:48] Kitty Russell: "We’re going to be sorry for this."

Sam attempts to coerce Kitty into relinquishing her stake in the saloon, but Kitty stands firm, valuing her independence over financial gain. Matt intervenes to protect Kitty, ensuring her departure is safe and free from Sam’s coercion.

• [22:21] Sam Noonan: "You're in this together, Mr. Russell."
• [22:37] Kitty Russell: "Please, Father, get on a train. Leave me at least that much pride."

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Resolution: Kitty’s Decision and Matt’s Support

In the wake of the confrontation, Kitty decides to leave Dodge City, choosing integrity and self-reliance over succumbing to Sam's pressures. Matt's unwavering support fortifies her resolve.

• [23:10] Kitty Russell: "Sure he did. You bet he did. All of us Russells have pride."

Matt reflects on the event, acknowledging the enduring values that define the community and the personal fortitudes of its members.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Matt Dillon on His Role:
  [02:50] Matt Dillon: "I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshal, the first man they look for and the last they want to meet."

• Kitty’s Concern for Her Father’s Return:
  [06:27] Kitty Russell: "My father, Matt. He's coming here to Dodge tomorrow."

• Sam Noonan’s Manipulative Proposal:
  [10:14] Chester: "Ask if I knew you."
  [10:17] Kitty Russell: "Hello."

• Confrontation and Defiance:
  [22:37] Kitty Russell: "Please, Father, get on a train. Leave me at least that much pride."

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Conclusion

"Daddy-O" masterfully intertwines personal conflict with broader societal changes in Dodge City. Through Matt Dillon's vigilant presence, the episode underscores the themes of trust, familial duty, and moral integrity. Kitty Russell's journey from uncertainty to decisive action embodies the resilience required to navigate the challenges of the American frontier.

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This summary was crafted based on the transcript provided, excluding advertisements, host intros, and outros to focus solely on the narrative content of the "Daddy-O" episode of Gunsmoke.

Transcript

[Matt Dillon]

Foreign.

[Andrew Rines]

Welcome to the Old Time Radio Westerns. I'm your host, Andrew Rines. And before we get into this episode, I wanted to do a little PSA and remind you that I put out multiple shows a week of Old Time Radio Westerns. You can check them out by going to otrwesterns.com or looking up OTR Westerns on your podcast application of choice. We're releasing over 10 episodes a week so far, about a hundred a month. So definitely want you to check that out again otrwesterns.com and check it out. I also wanted to invite you to check out my sister podcast site, otnetcast, and that's N E T C A s t. So ot n e t c a s t netcast otnetcast.com we're currently releasing mystery genre shows and this is shows like the Shadow Escape, Suspense and the Whistler. And we have plans on bringing other shows to the network for you guys to listen to. So it's my non western old Time radio channel that I can kind of do other genres that not only I like, but hopefully you would like too. You can check us out by going to otnetcast.com or searching t N E T C A S T on your podcast app of choice. Now let's get into this episode. This episode is going to be Gunsmoke. Original Air date is June 10, 1956 and the title is.

[Sam Noonan]

Daddy. Oh. Gunsmoke. Brought to you by Chesterfield. Chesterfield packs more pleasure because it's more perfectly packed. Thanks to Accuray, they satisfy the most 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 a U.S. marshal and the smell of God. Gun smoke. Gun smoke. Starring William Conrad. The transcribed story of the violence that moved west with young America and the story of a man who moved with it.

[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 chancy job, and it makes a man watchful and a little lone.

[Sam Noonan]

Sam.

[Kitty Russell]

Hey, mister.

[Chester]

Mr. Dillon. How are you?

[Matt Dillon]

Hi, Chester.

[Chester]

Well, sir, I sure am glad to see you back.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, it's good to be back, Chester.

[Chester]

My, you've been gone over a month.

[Matt Dillon]

That's six weeks, to be exact.

[Chester]

Gracious, you sure must have covered a lot of territory.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, I'll tell you all about it later. What's been going on here?

[Chester]

Oh, nothing much, I guess. You know how Dodge is. Things are just about the same.

[Matt Dillon]

They Are, huh? What about that new sign over the long branches?

[Chester]

New song?

[Sam Noonan]

Oh, my goodness, Mr. Dylan.

[Chester]

I plumb forgot. That happened the week you left.

[Matt Dillon]

Sam Noonan and Kitty Russell Proprietors.

[Chester]

Ain't that the doggonest thing you ever heard of? They're partners now, Mr. Dylan. Ms. Kitty bought a half interest in the place, and her and Sam's running it together.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, where'd Kitty got the money?

[Sam Noonan]

Well, you know Miss Kitty.

[Chester]

She never spends much, and she's been saving it for years and years.

[Matt Dillon]

I guess it mounts up. You save money that way.

[Chester]

You ought to go and say hello, Mr. Dillon. Ms. Kitty's been waiting real proud for you to get back.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, I'd like to, if you'll put my horse up for me.

[Chester]

Sure I will.

[Matt Dillon]

Okay. I'll see you at the office later. All right, sir. I lost Sam.

[Sam Noonan]

Well, Marshall.

[Chester]

Villain.

[Sam Noonan]

When'd you get back?

[Matt Dillon]

Just now. Saw your new sign outside, and I came in to see if the price of whiskey had gone up.

[Sam Noonan]

Well, Marshall, the price of whiskey went down at the long branch. Yeah. First thing Kitty talked me into.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, knowing you, that must have taken some talking.

[Sam Noonan]

Well, you know, she was right. We're making more money than ever.

[Matt Dillon]

I sure gotta hand it to her. Ah, good.

[Sam Noonan]

Where is she? She went to a room, Marshall, and, you know, I wish you'd go up and see her.

[Matt Dillon]

She's.

[Sam Noonan]

She got me worried. Oh? Why? Well, we were sitting here talking business, and the boy come in with a telegram for. And she read it, and she turned kind of pale and then got up and left.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, sure, Sam. I'll go see her.

[Kitty Russell]

Math.

[Matt Dillon]

Hello, Kitty.

[Kitty Russell]

Oh, come in.

[Matt Dillon]

Thank you. I just got back. I thought I'd come around and congratulate you.

[Kitty Russell]

Oh, thanks.

[Matt Dillon]

Kitty. Sam told me about the telegram. If there's anything I can do to help.

[Kitty Russell]

Oh, Matt, you got it all wrong. Sam, too. It's not bad news.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, I'm glad to hear that.

[Kitty Russell]

It's my father, Matt.

[Matt Dillon]

What?

[Kitty Russell]

My father, Wayne Russell. He's coming here to Dodge tomorrow.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, I thought your father was lost.

[Kitty Russell]

He has been. I've never even seen him. He left my mother in New Orleans a few months after I was born.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, I know.

[Kitty Russell]

He was a gambler, Matt. He worked the riverboats. Mother always said he was a very charming man. Funny thing is, she never held it against him, Mr. Zertiner. She just accepted it as the way he was. Strange sort of way. She was proud of him.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, how do you feel about him, Kitty?

[Kitty Russell]

Same as my mother, I guess.

[Matt Dillon]

He's coming Tomorrow, you say, huh?

[Kitty Russell]

Matt, will you go to the depot with me to meet him? Like I say, I'm real happy about it, but I feel kind of sc.

[Sam Noonan]

That whistling man, Bobby Haggard really started something. Tonight we'd like to introduce a player piano that could have come right out of the long branch in Dodge.

[Kitty Russell]

Packs more pleasure. Packs more pleasure Chesterfield packs more pleasure because Chesterfield's more perfectly packed.

[Sam Noonan]

The more perfectly packed your cigarette, the more taste and mildness are released for you. Chesterfield, made by exclusive Accuray, has an open, easy draw that unlocks all the pleasure of fine tobaccos. Now, Accuray ensures an even distribution of tobacco from one end of your Chesterfield to the other. Chesterfield is firm and pleasing to the lips. Mild, yet deeply satisfying.

[Kitty Russell]

Chesterfield packs more pleasure because Chesterfield's more.

[Sam Noonan]

Perfectly packed to the touch to the taste. Chesterfield packs more pleasure because it's more perfectly packed by Chesterfield. Mild, yet they satisfy the most.

[Kitty Russell]

Matt, you really think he'll be on it?

[Matt Dillon]

Now, you just keep calm, Kelly.

[Kitty Russell]

People are starting to get off, you see?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, I see.

[Kitty Russell]

Oh, I just thought of something.

[Matt Dillon]

What?

[Kitty Russell]

Well, how I recognize him. I don't even know what he looks like. Matt, what'll I do?

[Matt Dillon]

No, wait a minute, Wait a minute. Ah, here comes Chester with somebody now.

[Kitty Russell]

Oh, you think that's him?

[Matt Dillon]

Well, he's about the right age.

[Kitty Russell]

Yeah.

[Sam Noonan]

Gray hair.

[Matt Dillon]

He's dressed mighty fancy.

[Kitty Russell]

What'll I say to him? Maybe it isn't him at all.

[Matt Dillon]

Easy now, Kitty.

[Chester]

Well, I. I found him, this Kitty. He come right up to me and.

[Sam Noonan]

Ask if I knew you.

[Chester]

Now, can you imagine that?

[Sam Noonan]

So you're Kitty.

[Kitty Russell]

Hello.

[Sam Noonan]

Ah, you're beautiful. I knew you'd be beautiful.

[Kitty Russell]

Thank you.

[Sam Noonan]

I know how you feel, child. We'll get acquainted. We're going to be great friends.

[Kitty Russell]

Sure. I mean, of course. Well, this is Marshall. Dylan.

[Matt Dillon]

Welcome to Dodge, Mr. Russell.

[Sam Noonan]

Thank you, Marshall. It's a pleasure to know you. Kitty, I want to meet all your friends. And I've an idea.

[Kitty Russell]

Yeah?

[Sam Noonan]

I'd like to give a dinner tonight. I trust there's a restaurant here that could accommodate it.

[Chester]

Oh, There sure is, Mr. Russell, and that is a fine idea. Del Monaco's.

[Matt Dillon]

That's the best.

[Chester]

We could go there right now and tell them to get stuff started cooking.

[Matt Dillon]

Chester.

[Chester]

Well, I'm only trying to help.

[Kitty Russell]

That'll be pretty expensive, wouldn't it?

[Sam Noonan]

Kitty, my child, expense doesn't matter. I own a very prosperous freighting business in New Orleans. Now, I've had it for some time.

[Kitty Russell]

Well, that's wonderful.

[Sam Noonan]

Will you invite Your friends for me, Kitty?

[Kitty Russell]

Yeah, if you want.

[Sam Noonan]

And about how many feel I tell them to expect?

[Kitty Russell]

Well, Chester and Matt and Doc Adams and. Oh, I don't know.

[Chester]

Well, ain't you gonna ask Sam, Miss Kitty? After all, he's your partner now.

[Sam Noonan]

A partner? What partner, Kitty?

[Kitty Russell]

Oh, it's nothing. Nothing.

[Chester]

Why, Mr. Russell, she's half owner of the Go in a saloon in Dodge, that's all.

[Sam Noonan]

Is this true, Kitty?

[Kitty Russell]

Well, it's really Sam Noonan's place.

[Sam Noonan]

But you're associated with him in the saloon business.

[Kitty Russell]

An unmarried woman has to make a living. I'm making a good one.

[Sam Noonan]

Of course. Of course. Well, we'll talk about all this later, Kitty. Tonight we'll celebrate. Shall we say 8 o' clock at Delmonico's? I'll see you there, too, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

I Certainly, sir.

[Chester]

I'll take your hotel, Mr. Ashford.

[Sam Noonan]

Thank you, Jester. Very kind of you. Put yourself out.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, Kitty.

[Kitty Russell]

So that's my father, huh?

[Matt Dillon]

He's quite a gentleman, isn't he.

[Kitty Russell]

Matt?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah.

[Kitty Russell]

I need a drink.

[Chester]

Well, that was a pretty good meal.

[Matt Dillon]

Wasn'T it, Mr. Russell?

[Sam Noonan]

I want to thank you for recommending the place. Of course.

[Chester]

I guess it ain't like what you're.

[Sam Noonan]

Used to in New Orleans.

[Chester]

Ms. Kitty's told me about how good they eat down there. Ain't you, Miss Kitty?

[Kitty Russell]

Yeah, I guess so. Chester.

[Chester]

What's the matter with Kitty, man?

[Matt Dillon]

I don't know, Doc.

[Chester]

She keeps looking at him sideways, but she sure doesn't have much to say to him.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, I guess she's still kind of shy.

[Kitty Russell]

Shy?

[Chester]

You mean Kitty. Oh, nonsense.

[Matt Dillon]

You better fill your glass document.

[Kitty Russell]

What's that?

[Matt Dillon]

Sam Noonan's getting orei. I think he's just about to propose a toast.

[Chester]

Oh, no, that's all we need.

[Matt Dillon]

You see what I mean, gentlemen?

[Sam Noonan]

Now let's drink a toast. A toast to my new partner, Kid Russell.

[Chester]

And to our old man.

[Sam Noonan]

I mean, her father. Sorry, Mr. Russell. And they're a very happy reunion. And many more of them.

[Chester]

Forever and forever and forever. All getting thirsty, sir.

[Sam Noonan]

Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you. This is the happiest day of my life. Here's to you, Kitty. And to the Russells, the proud rustled.

[Chester]

Oh, hooray. Oh, hooray for everybody. Oh, my. You better lock Chester and Sam in the same cell tonight, man.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, that's a pretty good idea.

[Kitty Russell]

I'm afraid I gotta go now.

[Sam Noonan]

Come, Kitty. The evening just started.

[Kitty Russell]

Well, it started at the long branch, too. I'm in business, remember?

[Sam Noonan]

Yes, I know.

[Kitty Russell]

I don't think Sam's gonna be much help tonight. I'd better get down there and take over.

[Sam Noonan]

Kitty, I ain't gonna be no help at all.

[Kitty Russell]

Don't you worry, Sam. You stay and have a good time.

[Sam Noonan]

Kitty, you can't go out there on the street this time of night.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, I'll go with it, Mr. Russell.

[Sam Noonan]

Well, if you must leave, I'll stop in later and say good night, Kitty.

[Matt Dillon]

Good night, sir. Good night, Doc. Keep an eye on those two, will you? That was a pretty nice party, huh?

[Kitty Russell]

Yeah, fine.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, what is it, Kitty? Because he disapproves of your being in the saloon business.

[Kitty Russell]

You'll get used to it. Math maybe. I gotta get used to having a father, that's all.

[Matt Dillon]

You haven't made him feel very welcome.

[Kitty Russell]

I haven't decided yet whether he's welcome or not.

[Matt Dillon]

I didn't mean to interfere, Kitty. It's no business of mine.

[Kitty Russell]

I understand that. We'll see soon enough.

[Chester]

Well, that's a good looking horse Chester's riding man.

[Matt Dillon]

He's thinking of buying it.

[Sam Noonan]

Doug.

[Chester]

Minor.

[Sam Noonan]

Ch.

[Chester]

Oh, Minor.

[Matt Dillon]

With what?

[Chester]

That horse will be as old as Methuselah before he closes the deal.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, that could be.

[Chester]

Isn't that Kitty and her father coming out of the bank?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah.

[Chester]

She treating him as cold as ever?

[Matt Dillon]

It's been two weeks and she hasn't changed a bit toward him as far as I've noticed.

[Chester]

Yeah. Well, she's waving to you. She wants you to come over there.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, I guess so. I'll be back directly, Doc.

[Chester]

Yeah, the sun will keep your seat warm.

[Matt Dillon]

Okay.

[Sam Noonan]

Morning, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

Morning, Miss Russell. Morning, Kitty.

[Kitty Russell]

We've got some news for you, Matt.

[Sam Noonan]

Huh? Good news, Marshall.

[Kitty Russell]

Matt, we've been talking to Mr. Botkin and he'll buy my share of the long branch anytime for cash.

[Matt Dillon]

You mean you're thinking of selling out.

[Kitty Russell]

Tomorrow morning, just before we leave?

[Sam Noonan]

Just before you leave?

[Kitty Russell]

I'm going back to New Orleans, Matt. I'm gonna take my money and put it into my father's freight business there.

[Sam Noonan]

Makes sense, Marshall. Kitty and I should be together.

[Kitty Russell]

Besides, the saloon business is no place for a lady. I can see that now. I've had to learn a lot in the last couple of weeks, Matt.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, I get you.

[Sam Noonan]

Well, if you're going to get packed, you better start, Kitty.

[Kitty Russell]

I am. Right now. I'll see you at supper.

[Sam Noonan]

Fine. I'll go over to the depot and see the Santa Fe agent about our tickets. I'm a proud man today, Marshall. A proud and happy man. Now, if you'll excuse me, Kitty.

[Kitty Russell]

Yes, ma'.

[Sam Noonan]

Am.

[Matt Dillon]

Whose idea was this? You're selling out and all?

[Kitty Russell]

Well, he likes to think it was both of ours. But I'll have to give him the credit, Matt. He's been talking about it one way or another for two whole weeks now. He's awful smart. He can convince anybody of anything.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, I guess he can.

[Kitty Russell]

What is it, Matt? Don't you like him?

[Matt Dillon]

It doesn't matter whether I like him or not, Kitty.

[Kitty Russell]

No. No, I guess it doesn't.

[Matt Dillon]

But I sure don't trust him. Kitty.

[Kitty Russell]

Now we're getting somewhere.

[Sam Noonan]

What?

[Kitty Russell]

I'm gonna need your help, Matt. I don't trust him either.

[Sam Noonan]

Where are you listening to Gunsmoke? In your kitchen getting ready for Sunday supper? Maybe in your living room relaxing or out driving? Say, be sure and watch the road but remember there's pleasure ahead when you smoke Chesterfield when you satisfy yourself With Chesterfield's better taste and mildness it stands to reason A cigarette made better and packed better Smokes better, tastes better and Chesterfield is more perfectly packed by accuray this electronic miracle Removes human error in cigarette manufacture so accurate. Chesterfield is firm and pleasing to the lips Mild, yet deeply satisfying yes, Chesterfield gives you something no other cigarette can.

[Kitty Russell]

Give you Chesterfield packs more pleasure Because Chesterfield's more perfectly packed to the touch.

[Sam Noonan]

To the taste Chesterfield packs more pleasure because it's more perfectly packed by Chesterfield Mild, yet they satisfy the Most.

[Kitty Russell]

Sam.

[Matt Dillon]

Morning, Mr. Russell.

[Sam Noonan]

Morning, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, I see the train's ready. Where's Kitty?

[Sam Noonan]

She insisted on meeting me here. She wanted to do her business at the bank alone for some reason.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, maybe it's because that's the last time she'll be doing any business on her own.

[Sam Noonan]

I hope so. No woman should be in business anyway, especially Kitty. Trust.

[Matt Dillon]

She trusts people too much. They take advantage of her.

[Sam Noonan]

Not anymore, I can assure you. I only hope she gets here with that money.

[Matt Dillon]

Nobody's likely to hold a woman up in broad daylight, Mr. Russell.

[Sam Noonan]

But they would at night.

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, there are some men who'll do anything for a dollar, day or night.

[Sam Noonan]

Yes. There she comes.

[Matt Dillon]

I told you she'd be all right. Nobody'd bother Kitty anyway. She's awful well liked around here, Mr. Russell. A lot of people.

[Sam Noonan]

Yes, yes, of course.

[Matt Dillon]

They take it mighty personal if anything happened to her, no matter who did it. Mr. Russell. Morning, Kitty.

[Kitty Russell]

Morning, Matt. Father.

[Sam Noonan]

You're late, Kitty.

[Kitty Russell]

Jane hasn't left?

[Sam Noonan]

No, but we'd better be getting aboard.

[Kitty Russell]

All right.

[Sam Noonan]

Don't you have a bag of some kind?

[Kitty Russell]

Oh, My baggage is all taken care of.

[Sam Noonan]

I mean, a handbag. You're not carrying anything.

[Kitty Russell]

I know.

[Sam Noonan]

Where's the money, Kitty? Didn't you get it?

[Kitty Russell]

No, Father, I didn't.

[Sam Noonan]

What?

[Kitty Russell]

I changed my mind the last minute.

[Sam Noonan]

What do you mean?

[Kitty Russell]

I decided to leave it here in the Long Branch with Sam Noonan. It's a good investment. I can always come back for it.

[Sam Noonan]

Look here, Kitty, I'm deciding things for you.

[Kitty Russell]

We'll talk about it on the train.

[Sam Noonan]

No, no. We're not leaving till you get that money.

[Kitty Russell]

Which is it you want, Father? Me or the money?

[Sam Noonan]

Isn't a question of that. Now, you do as I say.

[Kitty Russell]

You haven't changed a bit.

[Sam Noonan]

What?

[Kitty Russell]

Mother always said you'd never change, and she was right. Don't tell me you're running a freight business in New Orleans.

[Sam Noonan]

That's enough.

[Matt Dillon]

Easy, Mr. Russell.

[Sam Noonan]

You stay out of this, Marshall.

[Kitty Russell]

You're just another man to me, Father. And a crook besides.

[Sam Noonan]

Kitty, you're going to be sorry for this.

[Kitty Russell]

I'd be a whole lot more sorry if I let you steal my money.

[Sam Noonan]

All right, Kitty, all right.

[Matt Dillon]

I think he understands now.

[Sam Noonan]

You're in this together, Mr. Russell.

[Matt Dillon]

You played it pretty smart so far. Don't disappoint us. Now you see it through. Don't make me throw you in jail. Just play it all the way, Mr. Russell. You can do it.

[Kitty Russell]

Please, Father, get on a train. Leave me at least that much pride.

[Sam Noonan]

Yes, I. I think so. Goodbye, Be. Bye, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

Goodbye, sir. Well, he did it, Kitty. You were right.

[Kitty Russell]

Sure he did. You bet he did. All of us Russell's have pride.

[Sam Noonan]

In a moment, our star, William Conrad. Dad a great guy. Chesterfield a great gift. Get them together. Next Sunday the 17th, Father's Day, you will be giving dad the gift that packs more pleasure. Remember, dad prefers Chesterfield because they're mild, yet they satisfy the most. So don't forget Chesterfield's buy the carton for Father's Day.

[Matt Dillon]

You know, on the frontier, when a man was courting a woman, he usually had the good wishes of everyone. But next week, because of some marriage talk, two men nearly die. And that was the West. Good night.

[Sam Noonan]

Gunsmoke, produced and Directed by Norman MacDonald. Stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. marshal. Our story was specially written for Gunsmoke by John Mustin with music composed by by Rex Corey. Sound patterns by Tom Hanley and Bill James. Featured in the cast were John McIntyre and Lawrence Stopin. Harley Bear is Chester, Howard McNear is Doc and Georgia Ellis is kidding Live modern Smoke L and M yes heaven L and M. No other cigarette you can buy, plane or filter gives you the full exciting flavor you get through the pure white L and M miracle tip through the modern miracle tip. L M tastes richer, smokes cleaner, draws easier. So light up, free up, let your taste come alive. Live modern smoke L and M Join us again next week for another specially transcribed story as Matt Dillon, U.S. marshal, fights to bring law and office order out of the wild violence of the west in Gun Smoke. Sam.

[Andrew Rines]

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