Gunsmoke 53-10-03 076 How to Kill a Friend

Summary

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Gunsmoke: “How to Kill a Friend”

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Date: October 10, 2025 (Original broadcast: Oct 3, 1953)
Episode: Gunsmoke 53-10-03 076
Host: Not present (Rebroadcast of vintage radio drama)
Starring: William Conrad as Matt Dillon

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Episode Overview

This episode of Gunsmoke, entitled “How to Kill a Friend,” explores Marshal Matt Dillon’s struggle to uphold law and order in Dodge City when his past collides violently with his present. Two unscrupulous gamblers, Ben Corder and Harry Duggan, return to Dodge with a deadly enforcer: Toke Moreland—an old friend and former ally of Dillon’s. The story is a tense meditation on personal loyalty, moral codes, and the price of law in a lawless land.

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Key Discussion Points and Narrative Beats

Introduction of the Threats in Dodge (02:37–05:15)

• Matt Dillon and the new arrivals, Corder and Duggan, size each other up, with Corder attempting to bribe Dillon into looking the other way as they run their gambling games.
  • Matt Dillon (04:15): “I'm a lawman, Corder, and as long as I am, there won't be any crooked games in Dodge.”
• Corder and Duggan are warned. The tension is established between law and lawlessness.

Ambush and Escalation (05:33–07:39)

• During a late night, Dillon survives an ambush, suspecting Corder and Duggan. He is uninjured but wary.
  • Matt Dillon (06:18): “That's mighty poor shooting if he wanted to hit me. Think he was trying to scare me? Show me how they treat the law where he comes from. Oh, them two gamblers, huh?”

Social Conflict and the Code of the Lawman (07:11–09:19)

• Kitty, Dodge's saloon girl, expresses concern for Dillon’s constant brushes with danger.
  • Kitty (07:39): “Oh, Matt, why do you have to fight at all? Why can't you live like other men?”
  • Matt Dillon (07:45): “Somebody has to enforce the law, Kitty.”
• Dillon orders Corder and Duggan out of town after exposing their attempt to bribe and threaten him. He ensures their guns are disarmed as they board the stagecoach.

Return of the Villains—and an Old Friend (10:49–13:10)

• Weeks later, Chester reports the gamblers’ return with a third man, Toke Moreland—a gunman, and Dillon’s old friend.
• Dillon recognizes Moreland instantly.
  • Matt Dillon (11:41): “Hello, Toke.”
  • Toke Moreland (11:43): “You really marshal here?”

Reunion and Emotional Showdown (14:01–16:55)

• Dillon and Toke discuss their shared violent history and the way their paths diverged after a traumatic mob attack in Silver City.
  • Matt Dillon (15:30): “But we changed in different ways. You hate everybody. I just hate mobs. I guess that's one reason I became a lawman.”
  • Toke Moreland (15:41): “There was a lawman helping them that night in Silver City. He was the sheriff.”
• Moreland, accepting his role as hired killer, gives Dillon 24 hours to leave Dodge.
  • Matt Dillon (16:08): “Do you think I'll do that?”
  • Toke Moreland (16:11): “No. But I'll give you 24 hours to think it over anyway.”

Dillon’s Moral Dilemma and Attempt at Resolution (18:39–19:54)

• Dillon confronts Moreland in the saloon, offering him the same money to leave rather than kill.
  • Matt Dillon (19:14): “What are they paying you to get rid of me?”
  • Toke Moreland (19:14): “$700.”
  • Matt Dillon (19:29): “I'll give you 700 to clear out of here. Forget this whole business.”
  • Toke Moreland (19:32): “You have changed, Matt. You sure never were a coward in the old days.”
• Moreland refuses, preferring both the money and the chance at violence.

Final Confrontation (20:06–22:30)

• Moreland kills a man at the gambling table "in self-defense," confirming the violent inevitability of crooked games.
  • Matt Dillon (21:17): “A crooked deal always leads to killing. That's why I'm running your friends out of Dodge.”
• The inevitable showdown occurs between Dillon and Moreland.
  • Toke Moreland (21:45): “No, I'm gonna try to kill me another lawman first.”
  • Shots are fired; Moreland is mortally wounded.

Aftermath and Reflection (22:34–22:44)

• Moreland, dying, expresses some remorse and nostalgia for the past, wishing he'd made other choices:
  • Toque Moreland (22:34): “By heaven, I wish I had last week. Back again, man.”
• Dillon warns Corder and Duggan, banishing them for good and threatening swift justice should they try this again:
  • Matt Dillon (22:44): “Get out of here any way you can, but fast. ... If you come back with another gunman, I won't wait to shoot him.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On corruption:
  “You've made one mistake trying to bribe me. You make another and you're through in Dodge.”
  — Matt Dillon (04:41)
• On enforcing law:
  “Somebody has to enforce the law, Kitty.”
  — Matt Dillon (07:45)
• On the pain of old friendship turned deadly:
  “Is this your profession now? Shooting people?”
  — Matt Dillon (14:56)
  “Oh, I gamble a little.”
  — Toke Moreland (15:07)
• On moral divergence:
  “But we changed in different ways. You hate everybody. I just hate mobs. I guess that's one reason I became a lawman.”
  — Matt Dillon (15:30)
• On the temptations of money:
  “Money is. ... It adds to the pleasure.”
  — Toke Moreland (16:23)
• Last words amid regret:
  “By heaven, I wish I had last week. Back again, man.”
  — Toke Moreland (22:34)

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Important Timestamps

• 02:37 – Dillon meets Corder and Duggan
• 05:33 – Ambush at the office
• 07:11 – Dillon and Kitty discuss the dangers of the job
• 09:07 – Dillon orders gamblers to leave
• 11:09 – The return of Corder, Duggan, and Toke Moreland; old friendship revealed
• 14:01 – Dillon and Toke reminisce about past traumas
• 16:08 – 24-hour ultimatum issued
• 18:39 – Dillon offers a bribe in hopes of peace; Toke refuses
• 20:06 – Toke kills a bystander, then the final showdown
• 22:17 – Toke's dying words; Dillon’s final warning

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Episode Tone & Language

Enigmatic, spare, and emotionally taut, the episode makes frequent use of clipped, direct language. Matt Dillon’s stoic morality is challenged by ghosts of the past and the corrosive influence of money and lawlessness.

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Summary Takeaway

“How to Kill a Friend” is a tragic, hard-edged story about the impossibility of reconciling friendship with duty in an unforgiving frontier. It is less a tale of good and evil than of the human cost of holding the line against chaos, and how old bonds can be tragically broken by the violence of the West.

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Transcript

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Commercial Voice]

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[Matt Dillon]

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[Ben Corder]

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[Commercial Voice]

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[Ben Corder]

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[Kitty]

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[Ben Corder]

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[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Matt Dillon]

This ain't much of a room.

[Commercial Voice]

Quarter.

[Ben Corder]

Take a look out the window. It ain't much of a town.

[Matt Dillon]

Would need a whole lot more dust down there. You couldn't see Dodge at all.

[Ben Corder]

That'd be an improvement. But things will work out. They always have, haven't they?

[Matt Dillon]

You got a short memory, Carter. Didn't work out so good up in Deadwood.

[Ben Corder]

Well, at least we didn't get shot. Now things will go better here.

[Matt Dillon]

I hope so. What kind of lawman they got here, I wonder?

[Ben Corder]

Well, we soon find out. Ought to be along any minute now. I sent word we'd like to have a talk right away at the hotel here.

[Matt Dillon]

By the way, Carter, who's gonna do the talking this time?

[Ben Corder]

I'll do. Must be him.

[Matt Dillon]

You let me handle this now, Douglas. Okay.

[Ben Corder]

Come in.

[Matt Dillon]

My name's Matt Dillon.

[Ben Corder]

I'm Ben Corder, Marshall. This is my partner, Harry Duggan.

[Matt Dillon]

Hello. That night Marshall, you asked me to come here. You said it was urgent.

[Ben Corder]

Oh, it is, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

It is.

[Ben Corder]

You See, Duggan and me, we're business partners. And whenever we come to a new town like Dodge here, we like to get to know whoever's running the place. That way we figure there won't be any misunderstanding later on.

[Matt Dillon]

What is your business, gentlemen?

[Ben Corder]

We're gamblers.

[Matt Dillon]

What want of me? Dodge is an open town.

[Ben Corder]

We make money gambling, Marshall. Sometimes a lot of money. We just want you to know in advance that you'll get your share of it.

[Matt Dillon]

I'm a lawman, Corter, and as long as I am, there won't be any crooked games in Dodge.

[Ben Corder]

Oh, no, Marshall. You know how sometimes a player will lose a little money and start a fuss over it and then maybe even go to the law about it.

[Matt Dillon]

And when he does, he's usually been cheated. Before he gets to the law, there's another killing. Now, you can run your game clear, but you keep it straight or out you go, both of you.

[Ben Corder]

It's not friendly, Marshal.

[Matt Dillon]

You've made one mistake trying to bribe me. You make another and you're through. And dodge one of those hard nosed marshals, huh? You'll find out soon enough, mister. Good day, gentlemen. You handled him great. Quarter.

[Toque Moreland]

Just great.

[Ben Corder]

Now, don't be a fool. He's no better than anybody else. And I got an idea we can persuade him yet. Chester.

[Matt Dillon]

Yes, sir. How's the prisoner? Oh, he's all right, Mr. Dillon. Just sleeping off his drunk. Well, it's late. I think I'll get out of here and go to bed. Don't forget to put the lamp out before you leave the office, Chester. No, sir, I won't.

[Ben Corder]

Get out.

[Matt Dillon]

You skinny buddy. You want a rifle? No. Stay where you are. All right, you can crawl over now and put that lamp out, huh? But stay low. Yes, sir. Well, he's through. Ain't we going after him, Mr. Dillon? He had a rifle, Chester, and he was in the alley just across the street. That's mighty poor shooting if he wanted to hit me. What do you mean? Think he was trying to scare me? Show me how they treat the law where he comes from. Oh, them two gamblers, huh? Yeah, maybe, but I can't be sure. I'm gonna take a rifle and go out the back way. I'll see you tomorrow, Chester. Yes.

[Kitty]

Hello, Matt.

[Matt Dillon]

Good evening, Kitty. Ah, thanks. It's crowded in here tonight.

[Kitty]

I'll get you a drink.

[Matt Dillon]

No, no, not now, huh?

[Kitty]

Chester was in earlier. He told me about you getting shot at last night.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, I didn't get hit anyway.

[Kitty]

But you might have. Especially a man with A rifle.

[Matt Dillon]

Kitty, I'll admit I don't like the idea of being ambushed. I prefer to do my fighting in the open.

[Kitty]

Oh, Matt, why do you have to fight at all? Why can't you live like other men?

[Matt Dillon]

Somebody has to enforce the law, Kitty.

[Kitty]

Sure. Forget it. Matt. Any idea who was after you last night?

[Matt Dillon]

Well, might have been one of those two men watching us from the bar over there. Maybe both of them, huh?

[Kitty]

They look like gamblers to me.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, they are. The one who's headed this way calls himself Ben Corder.

[Kitty]

If there's gonna be trouble.

[Matt Dillon]

No, there won't be. Just sit still.

[Ben Corder]

Evening, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

Hello.

[Ben Corder]

Ah, right, pretty girl.

[Matt Dillon]

Say what you have to say, Corder.

[Ben Corder]

Sure do make it hard to be friends. Marshall, I just wanted to say that I heard you got shot at last night.

[Matt Dillon]

So?

[Ben Corder]

Well, I'm sorry it happened, that's all. I sure don't envy a man who has to be a marshal. Mighty dangerous. And besides, it usually don't pay very good.

[Matt Dillon]

What do you think I ought to do about it, Gordon?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Quit.

[Ben Corder]

Oh, that isn't necessary, Marshall. Why, if you were smart, you could stay right here and make more money and take less chances, too.

[Matt Dillon]

I. I didn't know for sure it was you. Quarter. But I know it now.

[Ben Corder]

What do you mean?

[Matt Dillon]

There's a stage out of Dodge in half an hour. You and Duggan are going to be on it.

[Toque Moreland]

Oh, no.

[Ben Corder]

We're opening our new game across the street tonight.

[Matt Dillon]

Take your gun. Quarter.

[Ben Corder]

Now, wait a minute, Marshall. You can't do that.

[Matt Dillon]

Yes, I can do it.

[Ben Corder]

Oh, no, you won't.

[Matt Dillon]

All right, Duggan, I want your gun next. Sure, Marshall, Sure. Turn around. Put your hands on the bar. All right, now go pick up your partner. You're right in the stage north tonight. Now get going, Duggan. And don't ever come back, either one of you. They got on the stage all right. I was there to see them do it. And just before it pulled out, I unloaded their guns and tossed them into the floor inside. Then they left, and I forgot about them. I figured these two, like so many others I'd run out of Dodge, would keep going and make their trouble somewhere else. But a couple of weeks later, I found out I'd figured wrong. I was walking up Front street one evening with Doc. That humbled woman was in to see me again today. Matt. Well, you're usually complaining about a shortage of patients, Doc. I know, but this woman's not a patient. She's a suicide, Doc. That might be said of anybody who comes to you. Oh, no. I'm going to remember that, Amy. Mr. Dillon. Oh, hello, Doc. Oh, hello, Chester. See they're right inside the Alanza there. Mr. Dillon, I just saw them. Oh, who'd you see, Chester? Them gamblers, Carter and Duggan. And they got somebody else with them. Some stranger. Well, now, I'll see you later, Doc. Sure. Matt.

[Commercial Voice]

In.

[Ben Corder]

There they are right down at.

[Matt Dillon]

The end of the bar there. All three of them.

[Ben Corder]

Here he is. Here he is. Chok. This is him.

[Toque Moreland]

Wow.

[Ben Corder]

We're back, Marshall. And we brought a man with us to sort of look after our interests. You won't buffalo him so easy.

[Matt Dillon]

Hello, Toque.

[Toque Moreland]

You really marshal here?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yeah.

[Matt Dillon]

Why? Didn't they tell you?

[Toque Moreland]

I didn't mention no name.

[Ben Corder]

What are you two talking about? What is this, Toque?

[Matt Dillon]

Marlon and I are old friends, Corter. We worked and rode a long time together. We went through quite a lot, didn't we, Tok?

[Toque Moreland]

Too much, remember?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, I remember. You've sold your gun to these two, is that right?

[Toque Moreland]

That's right.

[Matt Dillon]

So you're here to kill me?

[Toque Moreland]

Yeah, I'm here to kill you.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Matt Dillon]

It was a bad feeling to meet Toque Moreland again after some 15 years. And to have him standing at the bar of the Elephraganza. Hired by a couple of crooked gamblers to kill me. Token. I'd run horses together over in New Mexico until the night we rode into Silver City and got taken by a Drunken mob. And it didn't matter who they were after or why. The next day, when they found out that we weren't the men they wanted, it was too late. Something had gone wrong inside Tok. And as soon as he was able, he rode off without a word. I never saw him again. Until now.

[Toque Moreland]

How long you been a marshal?

[Matt Dillon]

Long time to.

[Toque Moreland]

I never figured lawmen for much.

[Matt Dillon]

I want to talk to you, Tuk. Come on over to the table. Oh, no, you don't, Marshall. Shut up. Come on, Tooke. Sit down. Is this your profession now? Shooting people?

[Toque Moreland]

Oh, I gamble a little.

[Matt Dillon]

Why do you do it, Took?

[Toque Moreland]

I don't like people much. Not after what happened in Silver City.

[Matt Dillon]

You recovered from that beating? We both did. We were young. That was a long time ago.

[Toque Moreland]

Maybe my memory is better than yours.

[Matt Dillon]

No. No, that isn't it. We both changed after that, Took.

[Toque Moreland]

We sure did.

[Matt Dillon]

But we changed in different ways. You hate everybody. I just hate mobs. I guess that's one reason I became a lawman.

[Toque Moreland]

There was a lawman helping them that night in Silver City. He was the sheriff.

[Matt Dillon]

There are good sheriffs. And bad.

[Toque Moreland]

Like marshals. I suppose it's kind too bad you're a marshal man.

[Matt Dillon]

You're gonna go through with this anyway, is that it?

[Toque Moreland]

I'll never back off from a fight.

[Matt Dillon]

What if I won't fight you?

[Toque Moreland]

You don't have to. I get paid anyway. But you'll have to leave Dodge.

[Matt Dillon]

Do you think I'll do that?

[Narrator/Announcer]

No.

[Toque Moreland]

But I'll give you 24 hours to think it over anyway.

[Matt Dillon]

All right. That gives you 24 hours too.

[Toque Moreland]

I don't change. Talk's nothing to me.

[Matt Dillon]

Money is. Huh?

[Toque Moreland]

It adds to the pleasure.

[Matt Dillon]

You'd enjoy shooting me.

[Toque Moreland]

You ain't Matt Dillon. You're a U.S. marshal.

[Matt Dillon]

No, Tok. Tok. You're stupid. You don't think.

[Toque Moreland]

Maybe. But I'm pretty good gunman.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, sure.

[Toque Moreland]

Matt. You can let Corder and Duggan run their game here, or you can quit.

[Matt Dillon]

It's a crooked game. There'd be fights. Men would die. No, I got a job too, Toke.

[Toque Moreland]

24 hours, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

Okay, 24 hours. Hello, Matt.

[Ben Corder]

Chester.

[Matt Dillon]

Hello, Doc. Doc. You're looking mighty glum today, Matt. Am I? You should be. Why?

[Ben Corder]

Well, I've been over the Dodge House. Mr. Riesling's down with the guard again.

[Matt Dillon]

And there's a lot of talk. Matt, I know you must have your.

[Commercial Voice]

Reasons, but people are sure wondering what.

[Matt Dillon]

Those two gamblers are doing back in town again. Well, that'll all Be settled tonight, Doc. Well, I'm glad to hear it. Don't go to bed early, huh? We might need you.

[Ben Corder]

The fight man.

[Commercial Voice]

Why, you didn't have any trouble with him before, were you? He was.

[Ben Corder]

Oh, that other fella they brought with him?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, that one. Ain't there no way at all to stop him?

[Ben Corder]

Mr. Dillon?

[Matt Dillon]

I've been trying to think. Chester, if there's anything in this world I hate, it's a paid gun. I got no use for a man that can be bought for money. Money's important to Tok. But I don't see how.

[Commercial Voice]

You know.

[Matt Dillon]

Where Toque is now. Well, he was in the Texas Trail a little while ago.

[Toque Moreland]

Good.

[Matt Dillon]

I'll be back later. Hello, to.

[Toque Moreland]

Well, it's Marshall. Dylan. Sit down, Marshall. You know Miss Kitty here.

[Kitty]

Hello, Matt.

[Matt Dillon]

Kitty.

[Toque Moreland]

You've been talking about you and me. And Kitty been talking about me, too.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, then I'm not interrupting because I'd like to talk about you.

[Toque Moreland]

Go right ahead, but don't stay too long. He's an awful pretty girl, Matt.

[Kitty]

Maybe I better leave.

[Toque Moreland]

No, no, you stay right where you are. Anything the marshal's got to say, we can all hear. You leave, I'll leave.

[Kitty]

It's up to you, Matt.

[Commercial Voice]

It's all right.

[Matt Dillon]

Kelly. State toak. What are they paying you to get rid of me?

[Toque Moreland]

$700.

[Matt Dillon]

What if I give you 700?

[Toque Moreland]

How'd you shoot them?

[Matt Dillon]

You don't care who you kill, do you?

[Toque Moreland]

Don't matter much.

[Matt Dillon]

No?

[Narrator/Announcer]

All right.

[Matt Dillon]

I'll give you 700 to clear out of here. Forget this whole business.

[Toque Moreland]

You have changed, Matt. You sure never were a coward in the old days.

[Matt Dillon]

Is that what you think?

[Toque Moreland]

So does Kitty. Don't you, Kitty?

[Kitty]

Don't tell me what I think.

[Toque Moreland]

She's full of fire, Matt. She deserves a real man. No, I think I'll get my money from Quarter and Duggan. I don't want to leave Dodge. Not till Kitty and me get a little better acquainted, anyway.

[Kitty]

Now I am leaving.

[Matt Dillon]

You're no good, Toque. You're really no good at all anymore.

[Toque Moreland]

Wait till eight o', clock, Marshall. We'll see about it then.

[Matt Dillon]

Sure, I saw it, Mr. Dillon. I was just coming for you. It was Tophmoreland. He just shot a man at the money table back there. But the other fella drawed first.

[Ben Corder]

Okay.

[Matt Dillon]

Chester. Keep an eye on Carter and Duggan.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yes, sir.

[Toque Moreland]

Evening, Marshall. You got here just in time.

[Matt Dillon]

Did you kill that man? Took.

[Toque Moreland]

I killed him.

[Ben Corder]

Why?

[Toque Moreland]

He objected to the deal. Tried to pull a gun. It was self defense. But that don't matter none.

[Matt Dillon]

A crooked deal always leads to killing. That's why I'm running your friends out of Dodge.

[Ben Corder]

You ain't running us out of Dodge, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

Go on to show him.

[Toque Moreland]

I told you once quarter. I'll run this play. Keep out of it.

[Ben Corder]

Oh, sure, sure. I didn't mean nothing.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Shut up.

[Toque Moreland]

I guess you ain't a coward after all, man.

[Matt Dillon]

Then get out of Dodge and take them with you.

[Toque Moreland]

No, I'm gonna try to kill me another lawman first.

[Matt Dillon]

Okay. Took so long.

[Toque Moreland]

So long, Marshall. I'm hurt, Matt. Bad.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yeah, you hit me both times.

[Matt Dillon]

I had to. Took.

[Toque Moreland]

Too late to do anything about it.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah. Yeah, it's too late.

[Toque Moreland]

By heaven, I wish I had last week. Back again, man.

[Matt Dillon]

Here it is. Carter Duggan, get out of here any way you can, but fast. Sure, and if you come back with another gunman, I won't wait to shoot him. Now get away from me.

[Narrator/Announcer]

In just a moment, we'll tell you about next week's adventure on Gunsmoke. Say, Mother, want to see your small fry eat a better breakfast than ever? Well, may I suggest that you dish him up some sugar crinkles to start with? Sugar crinkles, you know, make breakfast more fun than a circus. Sugar Crinkles is the Sugar Rice treat that's just right sweet. It's high time to forget the sugar coated cereals that seem too sweet to you and those others that don't seem sweet enough to the kids. Just pour out crisp, golden sugar crinkles and see how just right sweet a sugar coated cereal can be. Just right sweet. Be sure to get several packages of sugar crinkles because they're great for snacks too. Kids love them that way. Kids love them anyway. Try sugar crinkles and you will too.

[Matt Dillon]

For your breakfast or a snack you love.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Sugar crinkles. Sugar crinkles, Puppy cake, Sugar ice cream that's just right sweet with milk.

[Kitty]

What a breakfast. Joy.

[Matt Dillon]

It's a snack from the pack.

[Toque Moreland]

Oh, boy.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Can't be beaten just right Sweet Sugar crinkles. Good to eat. Gunsmoke under the direction of Norman MacDonald, stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. marshal. Tonight's story was specially written for Gunsmoke by John Mestin with music composed and conducted by Rex Corey. Featured in the cast were John Dana, Harry Bartel and Lawrence Dobkin. Harley Bear is Chester, Howard McNear is Doc and Georgia Ellis as Kitty. Ken Peters speaking. Join us again next week as Matt Dillon, U.S. marshal meets two brothers who want to stop his fight to bring law and order out of the wild violence of the west in Gunsmoke. Listen, next week at this time when Gunsmoke will be brought to you by Sugar Crinkles, the sugar rice treat that's just right. Sweet.

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