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Stage Smash | Gunsmoke (07-31-60)
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Original Air Date: July 31, 1960Host: Andrew RhynesShow: GunsmokePhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• William Conrad (Matt Dillion)• Parley Baer (Chester)• Georgia Ellis (Kitty)• Howard McNear (Doc) Special Guests:• Vic Perrin• Barney Phillips• James...
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Andrew Rines
Trip Planner by Expedia. You were made to have strong opinions about sand. We were made to help you and your friends find a place on the beach with a pool and a marina and a waterfall and a soaking tub. Expedia Made to travel. Welcome to the Oldtime Radio Westerns. I'm your host, Andrew Rines, and I'm excited to bring you another episode absolutely free. This is one of over 80 episodes released monthly for your enjoyment. Now let's get into this episode. 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 gun smoke. Gun Smoke. Starring William Conrad. The story of the violence that moved west with young America and the story of a man who moved with it. 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. I never thought of Dodge as a thing of beauty, Mr. Doan, but it's looking kindly pretty to me today. Yeah, it's been a hot trip. Sure, I'm glad to be back. You'd have done as good to stay right here. We picked you up, didn't we? We ain't gonna do you no good. What do you mean by that? Forget it. Chester, take the horses around to the stable, will you, Chester? Ask Monster. Rub them down well. Yes, sir, but don't you want me to help you lock this fella up? I think I can handle it. It ain't gonna be for long. There, you see now, mister? There he goes, talking about. Never mind, Chester. Just go along, huh? Yes, sir. All right. Query. Come on. I just didn't tell you, Marshall. Tell me what? That you ain't gonna keep me locked up. My brother north, he ain't gonna stand for it. All right, get in there. My brother north, you'll come after me for sure. Uh huh. You better listen to me, Marshall. I'm telling you true. He'll get me out. You know, I wish I had a dollar for every man I've locked up. Who said that? And who stayed right here until I let him out? Well, no, it's different. Maybe so, but I wouldn't hold my breath until he got you out, I tell you. Now why don't you settle down and shut up? You see? Yeah, I'll see. Another beer, Marshall? No thanks, Sam. On a day like this, I'm afraid of putting me to sleep. All right, I'D like to buy you beer, Marshall. Oh, I don't know you, do I? Well, no, Marshall, not yet. I was figuring on changing that. What's your name? North. Small. Oh, you know my brother, Cleary, Marshall? Yeah, he's in my jail. I was aiming to talk a little about that. Well, go on, talk, Marshall. I just figured we could make a deal. A regular business deal, you might say. I wouldn't offer a bribe if I were you. I ain't even thinking that way, Marshall. Well, I'm glad to hear that. No, sir. No, I'm a gambler, Marshall Dylan. I'll gamble for anything. Money, horses, a woman or your brother. Well, just let's look at it like this, Marshall. We sit down to a few hands of poker. You could win a lot of money that way. And you'd win Cleary, huh? An accident could happen, couldn't it? He could get out. An accident could happen to anybody. Swole. Well, now, listen. You listen to me. You say you're a gambler. Well, if I were you, I'd bet on a poker game or a woman. But I sure wouldn't bet on getting Cleary out of jail. Every man has his price, Marshall. Yeah, folks say that. And don't be too high and mighty with me. You got your price, too, and I'll find out what it is. Get out. You mark my word. I said get out. Sure, Marshall. Next time maybe you'll be my play. Don't count on it, Sam. I guess I'll have that beer after all. All right, Marshall. I'll get it for you, Ma. Oh, thanks, Kitty. Yeah, yeah. Giving me pretty quick service. That's cause I won't be seeing you for a while. Are you that anxious to get away? I can't deny a few days away from Dodge won't break my heart. Yeah. You want me to pick up your stage ticket for you? Oh, I got that yesterday, Matt. I wasn't taking any chances on missing it. Now. You sure weren't. Well, I'll come by and carry a bag down for you. Thanks, man. Don't be late. Don't worry, I won't. I don't want you to blame me if you miss this change. And now here are Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. Bergy, I think someone's looking for you. Oh, Mr. Bean. Well, hello, Empty clinker. What's wrong? My car battery is run down. I think it's an acid condition. Oh, I see. Well, have you seen a serviceman? Well, I had a blind date with a sailor last night, but he Got away. No, I mean a mechanic. Seeing you own a General Motors car, you should see your GM dealer for service. His mechanics are GM trained. They have specialized tools and factory approved parts to provide your fine GM car with the GM care it deserves. So if you own a Chevrolet car or truck, a Pontiac, an Oldsmobile, Buick, Cadillac or a GMC truck, you should make a date with a General Motors serviceman. Oh, that sounds exciting. Will he have blue eyes? That road don't seem to get no smoother. I'll say that worth certainly doesn't. Anyhow, I heard a doctor once, he said it was good for your innards getting throwed around like this. That may be, but it's higher than the rest of you. That sure a fact. Well, we'll be in Dodge for long. I won't be sorry about that. I don't think I will either this time. Get out. Climb up here. Find Rhode. Rhode. It help. You ain't walking very steady, ma' am. You all right? Stage, Old bank. The Marshall. Somebody help here. Now you're here. You sit right down there and I'll see to things. I'll take care of you, ma' am. Yes, ma' am. I'll take care of you real good. Marshall, I ain't had no food since this morning. The way you're gone, you're not likely to hurry it up any. Now you listen here, Marshall. A man has a right to his dinner. You haven't starved yet. Well, it ain't your fault. The stuff that Chester feeds me. You eat it or you don't. It doesn't make much difference to me one way or the other. I got a lot to get even with you when I get out. Yeah, when you get out, you better be ready, Marsha. Mr. Dillon. Mr. Dylan. Yeah, back here, Chester. Mr. Dillon, he's just awful. Oh, what's awful? Ain't nobody left alive. Bodies and dead horses, that's all they could find. What are you talking about? Mr. Dunan, there's been a wreck. A terrible bad stage. Wreck, huh? Where? A few miles north. Stage pitched down off the bank there and turned over. Coming from the north? Yes, sir, Mr. Dillon. Have you told Doc? No, sir, not yet. All right, go get him. Yes, sir, Mr. Dillon. Go on, Chester. I'll meet you at delivery stable. But, Mr. Dillon. What is it now? Ain't that the stage Miss Kitty was coming back on? Yeah, Chester, it is. All right, go on now, get Doc and let's get going. Yes, sir, Right away. There it is, Mr. Dawn right down there. Yeah, that driver Must have really been whipping them horses around that curve. Or else they were spooked. Hello, Marshall. Hello, Joe. This is the worst mess I ever seen. Yeah, Milton, me. We laid them out over here. Done the best we could. A doc's on his way. I don't think. There's nothing for him to do, Marshall. You can see for yourself we didn't see no signs of life. Uh huh. Dawn. Yeah, Chester. She ain't there. Miss Kitty ain't there, Joe. Yeah, Marshall. That's all you found? There isn't nobody was thrown out anyplace else, huh? Not that we could see when we come on. A Marshall and me and Milt looked around pretty good. We wanted to be sure. Yeah. Well, thanks, Joe. You did a good job. Sure, Marcy. Come on, Chester, let's look around. Yes, sir. I sure am glad about Miss Kitty. Yeah. Joe, did you shoot these horses? No, Marshal. They were shot when we found them. Thanks. Somebody must have been here before, Mr. Dillon. Yeah, somebody sure shot the horses. It's a good thing they was put out of their misery. Whoever did it as trail has been trampled down by everybody who's been here since. Well, he done a nice thing, whoever it was. I wonder what it made Miss Kitty change her mind about coming home on this stage, I mean. I'm wondering about that too, Chester. Well, there's probably a message at the telegraph office. Yeah, maybe there is. Sure. I'm surprised, Mr. Dun. I was sure they'd be a message. It just ain't like Miss Kitty not letting us know no more. Yeah, of course, it could be that she maybe wanted to surprise us. That could be. I say that could be, couldn't it, Mr. Gentleman? What? What's that? Well, I was just saying it could be that Miss Kitty maybe was wanting to surprise it. Oh, yeah? Yeah, maybe so. Marshall. Marshall. Dylan. Yeah, boy? I'm supposed to give you this. Where'd you get this? I was fishing on Cripple Creek. Where? Near the Big Bend? Yeah. Go on. A man could buy and give me some money to bring this to you. What? Did you know him? Never seen him before. You sure? Honest, Marshall, I ain't done nothing. All right, all right, you can go along, son. I was supposed to tell you there's a note in it. Yeah. Thanks, Mr. D. Ain't that Miss Kitty's purse? Yeah. She all right? I don't know. Chester, the note says to bring Duck. All right, go on, get the horses. Oh, hello there. Hello, Matt. Chester. Well, I came as soon as I got the message. What are you doing out here? Nobody's lived on this place since old man Craig left five years ago. I'm not sure, Doc, but I'm hoping we'll find Kitty. Kitty? Now, here, read this note. It was brought to me in Kitty's purse. Yeah? Let me see. Come to old Craig place, bring Doc. Well, what does it mean? I don't know, Doc. Somebody must have Kitty. That's all I know. Well, did you look around here? Of course I looked around. All right, all right. I was just wondering. Dylan, look younger. Now, that's North. Small. Hello there, Marshall. I see you got my message. Where did you take Kelly? North. Why? I rescued her from an awful wreck, Marshall. Dylan, where is she? Now, take it easy. She better be all right. Well, now, I'm going to a lot of trouble about that. Marshall. I told you to bring Doc, didn't I? He can't do anything unless he sees her. Oh, I aim for him to see her. That's why I rode all this way. All right, let's go, then. Oh, not you, Marshall. Just the doc. And on one condition. What's that? That you stay here nice and quiet until Doc comes back. Agreed? Well, now, the little lady's life depends on it. All right. Go on, Doc. Yeah, yeah, sure. Man. That's being smart, Marshall Dillon. Real smart. You better stay that way. They've been gone an awful long time, Mr. Donald. Yeah, couldn't we, Mr. Don? Couldn't we have followed him? Yeah, we could have followed them. Sure do hate just sitting around here while Ms. K's laying there hurt. That's why we're sitting here. How's that keep her from getting hurt worse? Well, I guess you're right. I better be right. Here they come. Over there. You see her, Doc? I saw a. Matt. She's badly hurt. She didn't know me. Yeah, the doc says she's in a bad way, needs a lot of taking care of. I want to take her back to town, Matt. She needs nursing. Why didn't you bring her with you? Why? You know why, Marshall. You tell me. It's simple. I figure that Doc can go right back to her. Back where? You're a smart man, but you ain't that smart. You ain't gonna find out where. All right, Doc goes back. It's all right with me. All right with me, too, Marshall. Just as soon as you get back here from Dodge. I see. Sure. You see, you bring Clary here and Doc brings Kitty. It's a simple exchange, Marshall. You better do it, Matthew. Yeah, I'll do it. Sure you will, Marshall. I told you, you have your price just like anybody else. Yeah, just be sure it isn't too high. All right. Come on, Chester, we're riding back to town. Get the really light refreshable. This is where I talk. Hey, get the really light refreshment. That's Pepsi Cola, of course. I just wanted to say, be sociable, Charlie. Of course, Kay, be sociable. Have a Pepsi on the road or at home, it always refreshes without filling, Charlie. Pick up extra cartons. Now, Pepsi is so delicious it goes fast. That's why you should keep plenty of Pepsi. Maybe I'd better sing. Be sure to say, keep Pepsi handy. Yes, Charlie, but the song says it sociably. Be sociable. Look smart, Keep up to date with Pepsi. Drink light, refreshing pet food. Stay young and plentiful. Be sociable, have a Pepsi. What gay means is, get plenty of Pepsi next time you shop. Well, yes. What's the matter, Marshall? Might as well sit down, Take it easy. Course, I guess you can't blame him none for being nervous. Clearly, them big men all get nervous when they ain't got their guns. Sure, there's a lot of smart talk going on around here, ain't there, Mr. Dylan? Don't worry about it, Chester. Oh, I ain't worried. He ain't worried, he said. Well, he ought to be worried. Ain't that so, North? Well, now, Cleary, I don't know about that. If he behaves himself until the dog gets back with a woman, he might come off all right. Well, what are we waiting for? Why don't we just go now? No, we can't. We sort of made a bargain about it, Cleary. I figure we ought to show the marshal when the small boys make a deal, they keep their word. Well, that surprises me some. I got a notion to fix you. No, no, no, Chester. There's too old for you to pick up. I ain't neither. Too old. By jing, I'll show you. Right this way, Chester. Well, he's just plain asking for it, Mr. Dylan. I don't rightly feel like. I said sit down. All right. That Marshall sure is a big man ordering folks around, ain't he, Cleary? I'd like to order him around. Yeah. Yeah, I bet you would. All right, then, Clary, you take a crack at it. Order him around a little bit. Why, sure I will, Marsh. Sure I will. Let's see now, Chester, before we get out of here, I want you to fill our canteen. That's it. That's it, Marshall. You fill our canteen. I'll go do it, mister. No, never mind, Chester. I'll do it. You bet your life he'll do it. With my gun on him. Bring him here, Marshall. Nah, Go fill them nice and cold now. Some folks are plain. Gotta be a smart aleck. You shut up there or I'll crack your head with this gun. Leave em be, Clary. We ain't never had to pick on puny fellow. Dylan's like him. Sure. Not just a big one. Well, I'm plenty big for the likes of you. I ain't gonna hear much more talk. Ain't gonna be no more talk, Mr. Dylan. I said never mind. That's right smart of you, Marshall. Now go put them canteens back on our saddles. Ms. Dun, here they come. Yeah, I see him. You see, Marshall, when I make a deal, I stick to it. How is she, Doc? She's better, Matt. She'll make it. Matt. You're kidding. My purse. Doc says you have my purse. Yeah, it's back at the office. Don't. Don't lose anything out of it. You see, man, when a woman starts worrying about things like that, she. She's gonna be all right. Good. That's fine, Doc. All right, take her on in, huh? All right. I guess we'll be on our way too, Marshall. We got a long ride. That'll seem long. Maybe you'll remember, Marshall, about a man and his price. Yeah, I think maybe we'll both remember, Mr. John, huh? I swear, you just stick in my craw. Ah, how's that? Well, you having to be meek and nice and let them two fellas off scot free. Don't worry about it. I ain't exactly worrying about it. I'd do anything to make sure Miss Kitty was all right. But seeing them ride off bold as brass and seeing you even have to fill their canteens for them, well, they just don't sit right, Miss. It's not going to set right with them either, Chester. How's that? You know why old man Craig left this place? I'm sure I don't. Because that pond is full of bad water. His stock kept dying off on him, Miss John. You mean. That's a hot day, Chester. Swelling that water all day. They'll either be dead or sick enough to come along peaceable. We'll wait a day and then ride out and pick them up. Okay? Okay, Mr. Dylan. Gunsmoke produced and directed in Hollywood by Norman MacDonald. Stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. marshal the story was specially written for Gunsmoke by Marion Clark with Editorial supervision by John Meston. Featured in the cast were Vic Perrin, Barney Phillips, James Nuthur and Richard Beale. Harley Baer is Chester, Howard McNear is Doc, and Georgia Ellis is Kitty. This is George Walsh inviting you to join us again next week when CBS Radio presents another story on Gun Smoke. Sam, this has been a presentation of otrwesterns.com and we hope you enjoyed. Please take some time to like and rate this episode within your favorite podcast application. 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