Bear Trap | Gunsmoke (04-21-57)

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Bear Trap | Gunsmoke (04-21-57)

Old Time Radio Westerns
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Originally Aired: April 21, 1957
Podcast Release: March 28, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of Old Time Radio Westerns features a digitally restored classic from "Gunsmoke": Bear Trap. Marshal Matt Dillon, Chester, and the people of Dodge City are pulled into a tense confrontation involving old grudges, dangerous outlaws, and one man's desperate attempt to defend himself. The plot centers on Andy, a habitual teller of tall tales, who finds himself menaced by Hod Logan—an ex-con with unfinished business and friends in low places. The drama explores themes of courage, reputation, and redemption in the unforgiving West.

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Key Discussion Points & Storyline Breakdown

Life in Dodge City

• Marshall Matt Dillon and his loyal deputy Chester return tired from a ride, only to stumble upon the town’s persistent rumors and the warmth—punctuated with dry humor—of the local community.
  • Chester’s humor on being tired: "I declare, I'm so tired I could lay right down the stall and sleep with my horse." (04:30)

Andy's Tall Tales—and Real Trouble

• Andy, the livery stable night watchman, is well-known for his far-fetched accounts of bravado and Indian fights. But when confronted by Hod Logan (recently released from prison), Andy finds himself genuinely threatened.
• Hod Logan resents Andy for testifying against him in court, fueling a long-standing feud. Hod’s return and veiled threats rattle Andy, who confesses to Matt his fear that "Hod Logan's aiming to kill me" (13:20).
  • Andy, on his unease: "I ain’t no gunfighter. All them tall stories that I've been telling... I never done nothing like that." (14:16)

The Outlaws Return

• The Beckett brothers, former partners of Hod, reappear in town, escalating the sense of imminent danger.
• Matt discusses with Doc and Chester how justice didn’t catch up with the Beckett boys, though their guilt was always suspected.
  • Matt, on justice: "They ought to have gone too, but we didn't have enough case against them." (16:19)

The Setup and the Heist

• Suspicious of the outlaws’ intentions, Matt deduces that Hod’s aim isn't just vengeance—he’s been preparing a bigger job.
• Chester and Matt investigate the area around the general store and livery stable. Broken glass leads to the discovery that the store has been broken into (20:02).
• Matt dispatches Chester to rally help while he investigates alone.

Bear Trap Showdown

• Andy, desperate to protect himself, sets bear traps around the stable. Unfortunately, Matt accidentally steps into one (21:20), leading to a tense and painful moment.
• A gunfight erupts between the lawmen and the gang. As the outlaws try to smoke Matt out by setting the stable on fire, Andy is forced to choose between running or facing his fears.

Andy’s Redemption

• Encouraged by Matt ("They aim to kill you before they leave anyway. Hod wants to get even with you." – 22:58), Andy takes a stand, grabbing Matt's gun and braving gunfire to put out the fire and confront the gang.
• Andy proves to himself—and the town—that he’s capable of real courage, not just tall tales.
  • Andy, jubilant: "I stood right up to him gun to gun, didn't I, Marshall?" (23:55)
  • Matt’s affirmation: "Yeah, you sure did, Andy. ...You can forget about that Indian story now. I think this one's better, and I'll sure be around to back you up." (24:00)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• Andy’s vulnerable confession (on no longer being able to run or watch his friends burn):
  • "Oh, it ain't no use, Marshall. I... I can't do that neither. I can't leave you here. Here, give me your gun, Marshall." (23:09)
• Matt’s support of Andy (after Andy finds his moment of courage):
  • "And I'll sure be around to back you up." (24:00)
• Chester’s characteristic comic relief (on frontier medicine):
  • "You know, man, it'd be a downright pleasure to treat a plain, oh, say, a bellyache, a nice case of the gout." (15:24)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Intro of Main Cast & Theme – 02:50
• Andy’s Tall Tale – 05:36
• Hod Logan Returns – 07:41
• Andy Afraid for His Life – 13:20
• Discussion of the Becketts’ Return – 16:08
• Discovery of the General Store Break-In – 20:02
• Matt Trapped, Fire Threat – 21:20
• Andy’s Heroic Stand – 23:09
• Resolution & Matt's Reassurance – 24:00

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Tone & Style

The episode maintains a balance of Western grit, moral dilemmas, and understated humor. Characters speak with plain honesty, shaped by hardship but eager to find a bit of pride—sometimes in tall tales, sometimes in real acts of bravery. The classic radio format, now crystal-clear through digital restoration, brings the old West to vivid life.

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Conclusion

Bear Trap is a classic "Gunsmoke" tale about reputation, redemption, and finding courage when it counts. While Andy may have made a living spinning yarns, it’s his real-life act of bravery which—thanks to the support of Marshal Dillon—earns him a story everyone in Dodge can believe.

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Transcript

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[Andrew Rines]

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[Narrator]

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.

[Chester]

Gun sport.

[Narrator]

Starring William Conrad. The 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.

[Kitty]

Now.

[Chester]

Looks like Moss has closed up the stable and gone home for the night, Mr. Jones.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, Andy, we must be around though. He always is.

[Chester]

Don't see no sign of him. Well, I'll be. Oh, out. I'll open the door and we can get the horses inside at least.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, all right.

[Chester]

I declare, I'm so tired I could lay right down the stall and sleep with my horse.

[Matt Dillon]

The way you roll around, the horse has got a worse kicking than you would now.

[Chester]

The only time I tossed much is when I've at something that don't set right with me. But it ain't too often I do that.

[Matt Dillon]

Sure isn't.

[Chester]

Say we gonna have to bed these horses down ourselves, Mr. Jones.

[Matt Dillon]

No, Andy will do it. He's probably in the back room. Come on, let's go see.

[Chester]

I declare, I just couldn't erode another mile tonight.

[Matt Dillon]

It was either ride to Dodge or to camp out.

[Andy]

I can prove it to you, too.

[Matt Dillon]

Sounds like Andy's got somebody with him.

[Chester]

He'll be talking to himself more than likely. Just keep awake.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, a livery stable doesn't need much of a night watchman anyway.

[Chester]

Well, I'm not saying I don't believe it, Andrew, but I'm not saying Miles McTag with him.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, the two biggest liars in Dodge are at it again.

[Chester]

All they need now is Doc Black Hill. And he never even seen the Black Hill by himself.

[Andy]

And then them Indians jumped on me. A dozen and a half of them. A hooping and a hollering mess, shooting the arrows I seen. I only had one chance, so I spurred my horse and rode for the Kimber.

[Chester]

I had a doggone. He got that story out of Ned Mountain lions. One of the boys we had in jail one time laid it in five minutes.

[Andy]

Them two trees were so full of arrows, they looked like porcupines. And when the fight was over, there was 14 Indians laying dead all around me. Other two got away while I was reloading.

[Chester]

Well, that's only 16. You said they were as a dozen and a Half?

[Andy]

Well, that's only a matter of speaking. 16's the same as a dozen and a half.

[Chester]

No, it is not. It lacks two. Eighteen's a dozen and a half.

[Matt Dillon]

Let's go in and say hello, Chester.

[Chester]

All right.

[Andy]

God dang it, Miles, I told you. Oh, oh, oh, oh, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

Evening, Andy, Miles.

[Chester]

Good evening, Matthew. Chester.

[Matt Dillon]

What's the matter, Andy?

[Andy]

Well, opening the door that way sudden I could. Oh, God dang it, Marshall, you ought to knock first.

[Chester]

Why, my land. An old Indian fighter like you hadn't ought to get spooked over nothing that happened.

[Andy]

And you shut up, Jester. I know what I know.

[Chester]

Yeah, too bad ain't nobody else does.

[Andy]

Yeah, one of them boys will come through here someday. You believe me, don't you, Marshall?

[Matt Dillon]

Well, Andy. Oh, that was a long time ago. Oh, you.

[Andy]

You doubt my word, is that it?

[Matt Dillon]

I didn't say I doubted your word, Andy.

[Chester]

Oh, Aunt.

[Andy]

All right, Marshall, maybe it's best just to forget it.

[Chester]

No, now, I was just punning you and.

[Andy]

Sure, Chester, I know. Well, I. I better get your horses unsaddled and bedded down.

[Matt Dillon]

Andy, why don't you let him cool some before you water him, huh?

[Andy]

Yes, sir.

[Narrator]

Oh, it's a pity, Matthew.

[Chester]

He's a fine hearted old man. It's a shame he's so prone to prevaricate.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, he's like a lot of us, Myles. He tells about the things he wishes he'd done. Wishes he had the courage to do.

[Andy]

Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, what is it, Andy?

[Andy]

There's somebody here.

[Chester]

It's evening, Marshall. Kestrick.

[Andy]

Hard Logan.

[Matt Dillon]

I didn't know you were out, hon.

[Chester]

You've been paroled A week ago, Marshall. Two years, seven months parole.

[Narrator/USAFI Announcer]

Don't ever go to prison, Marshal.

[Chester]

It's no good.

[Matt Dillon]

Yes, so I hear. You traveling with the Beckett brothers again now, Marshall?

[Chester]

The warden told me to stay away from evil companions. Uh huh. Of course, the Beckett boys ain't evil officially. They didn't go to prison. Andy here didn't identify them like he done me.

[Andy]

Well, I only drove the truth hard.

[Chester]

Sure you did, Andy. Stood right up there in court and told him you seen me run out of the bank. Told him I was wearing a mask,

[Matt Dillon]

but it slipped and you seen my face.

[Andy]

I did.

[Chester]

I was right brave of you, Andy. Downright brave.

[Andy]

Now I'm back and you better leave me alone, Hud. You better not bother me.

[Matt Dillon]

What are your plans, Hud?

[Chester]

Oh, reckon I'll hang around, dodge a while, Marshall. Look up my old friends, drop in and pass the time with Andy. Here once in a while.

[Andy]

No, you. You stay away from me.

[Joe]

No.

[Chester]

That ain't being very kind to a man who's paid his debt, Andy.

[Matt Dillon]

It's only paid up till now.

[Chester]

Hunter, don't go.

[Matt Dillon]

Open up a new account now.

[Chester]

It's a funny thing, Marshall. Man can't always plan too far ahead. You don't always know just how things are going to work out.

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[Matt Dillon]

Now, J.

[Chester]

There's the long branch right there.

[Matt Dillon]

Heados. Yeah, it's always been there as far as I remember Chester.

[Chester]

Well, yes, sir, I know. But as long as we're passionate anyhow to interact, we might as well look in for a minute.

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, what for?

[Chester]

Well, my land. To say hello to whoever's in there.

[Matt Dillon]

Like Sam Nolan, for instance.

[Chester]

Well, yeah, Sam.

[Andy]

Anybody else, too? Of course.

[Matt Dillon]

What's the matter with you? You got a dime that's burning a hole in your pocket?

[Chester]

I could be with a glass of beer as far as that's concerned.

[Matt Dillon]

All right, Justin, but I'm not going to stay long. I want to go see doc.

[Chester]

Well, maybe he's in there.

[Matt Dillon]

No, no, the light's burning in his office.

[Kitty]

Well, look what's here. Hello, Matt.

[Narrator]

How you doing, Kitty?

[Kitty]

Come on in. Out of the weather? Whatever they use for weather this time of year. You like a drink?

[Matt Dillon]

Well, I think Chester's got a beer in mind.

[Chester]

Yeah, well, see, the truth is, I thought as long as I was here, I'd get me a glass of rye with a little dab of sugar in it. For that matter, I think I'll just go get it while I've got the chance.

[Matt Dillon]

The place looks real quiet tonight.

[Kitty]

Yeah, too quiet. Man, that's good. For you, I guess. Not for me.

[Matt Dillon]

Ah, business will pick up. The rains are about over now. The trail herds will be rolling in before long.

[Kitty]

Well, something better happen or Sam and I'll have to start taking in each Other's wash to make a living.

[Matt Dillon]

I can't quite see you taking in wash, Kitty.

[Kitty]

You know something, Matt? Neither can I. Come on, have one on me.

[Matt Dillon]

This time I won't help. Business, honey.

[Kitty]

Well, it looks like business anyway.

[Matt Dillon]

Wait a minute, kid.

[Kitty]

What does it matter?

[Matt Dillon]

What's he doing over there, Randy? He's supposed to be holding down the night watchman's job over at the livery stable.

[Kitty]

Oh, I don't know. He's been here for about an hour.

[Matt Dillon]

He's wearing a gun, too. Look, Kitty, I'll take you up on that offer a little later.

[Kitty]

Sure, Matt. Anytime.

[Chester]

I'll be.

[Matt Dillon]

Hello, Andy.

[Andy]

Now, you kind of snuck up on me there.

[Matt Dillon]

Ah, the stable running itself tonight?

[Andy]

No, no, I. I just going over. I. I just fixing to leave.

[Matt Dillon]

I see.

[Kitty]

Yeah.

[Andy]

Marshal.

[Chester]

Yeah?

[Andy]

Marshal Hodlogan's aiming to kill me.

[Matt Dillon]

Did he say so?

[Andy]

He don't say nothing. At least mostly don't. He just there is all four or five times a night.

[Matt Dillon]

Every night this week at the stable?

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, why?

[Andy]

Well, looking in on his horse. He says he's keeping it there, but that ain't why he hangs around, Marshall. He's fixed to kill me, that's what he's doing.

[Matt Dillon]

How do you know, Andy? You just told me that. He never said anything, really.

[Andy]

Don't have to. It's the way he looks. Just a grinning, not saying nothing. Last night, kind of late it was. I went out the back door toward the corral. There he was, leaning against the post and just grinning at me.

[Matt Dillon]

Is that why you took to wearing a gun?

[Andy]

Oh, I got you, Marshall.

[Kitty]

He's.

[Andy]

He's aiming to kill me.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, if he is, the gun won't stop him. He wouldn't have a chance against hot Logan.

[Chester]

Well, in the.

[Andy]

What am I going to do, Marshall?

[Matt Dillon]

First thing is to stop letting him get your goat.

[Andy]

I can't help it. I ain't no gunfighter. All them tall stories that I've been telling, I. I never done nothing like that.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, then don't start anything now. Not with Hud. That's what he wants you to do so he'll have an excuse.

[Andy]

Excuse for what?

[Matt Dillon]

You've already said it, Andy. An excuse to kill you.

[Chester]

Well, let's see how this is coming along, Matt.

[Andy]

Oh, yes.

[Chester]

We got to get those stitches out. Can you roll that sleeve up a little higher?

[Matt Dillon]

Well, if I do, I'll choke myself, but I'll try.

[Andy]

There.

[Matt Dillon]

How's that, Doc?

[Chester]

Fine. Fine, fine, fine. Yes, that seems to be healing all right.

[Matt Dillon]

That's a sign of good blood.

[Chester]

Oh, your blood's all right, I reckon. What you got left of it.

[Matt Dillon]

What you got left?

[Narrator/USAFI Announcer]

These bullet wounds.

[Chester]

Nothing but bullet wounds since I came out here to this blasted frontier.

[Andy]

You know, man, it'd be a downright

[Chester]

pleasure to treat a plain. Oh, say, a bellyache, a nice case of the gout.

[Matt Dillon]

You wouldn't know what to do with a civilized practice.

[Andy]

I don't know.

[Chester]

It's be kind of nice to find out, though. Now, you want to brace yourself. Kind of. Here, man. I gotta get those stitches out.

[Matt Dillon]

I'll go ahead.

[Chester]

I got a hold of them now. I said I just wanted it.

[Matt Dillon]

What did you do, sew them through the bone?

[Chester]

Well, you're lucky you got a bone there. An inch to the right and you wouldn't have. So why don't you steer clear of some of these gunmen, Matt?

[Matt Dillon]

I will, if they'll stay clear of Dodge.

[Chester]

That's two of them, huh? Yeah. Oh, see, I understand Hod Logan is back.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, he's been hanging around town for about a week. I thought maybe he'd head on west and try to find the Beckett brothers.

[Chester]

Those Beckett brothers, they were pretty thick, weren't they? For a while before Hod went to prison.

[Matt Dillon]

They ought to have gone too, but we didn't have enough case against them.

[Chester]

Kurt's done it, Doc.

[Matt Dillon]

If you were up around my mouth, I'd swear you were pulling teeth instead of stitches.

[Chester]

Well, you didn't beller when I sewed you up.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, but you gave me a half a bottle of whiskey that time. Yeah. What is it, Chester?

[Chester]

It's them. Beckett's, Mr. Dillon. They're back in town. Somebody seen them? About an hour ago.

[Matt Dillon]

Doc, the rest of these will have to wait. I want to go talk to them before they meet too many old friends.

[Joe]

Another visit with Joe and Daphne Forsyth.

[Daphne]

Joe. Joe. Joe.

[Joe]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm up.

[Matt Dillon]

I'm up.

[Joe]

I forget breakfast. I'll shave at work.

[Daphne]

Joe, it's not time to go to work.

[Joe]

Then why'd you wake me up?

[Daphne]

You were snoring.

[Joe]

How about that?

[Daphne]

You were snoring loud.

[Joe]

Oh, really?

[Daphne]

I just wanted to quiet you.

[Joe]

I thought I was quiet.

[Daphne]

You sounded like a buzz saw going through a pine knot.

[Joe]

Pretty good. Pretty good. I wish I could be with you at 2:30 in the morning.

[Daphne]

You can go back to sleep now.

[Joe]

Oh, gee, thanks.

[Daphne]

You can get a good night's sleep, too. Our savings bonds will protect us, huh? They protect us. The money we invest is used to protect our country and Its freedoms. Why, all around us, we can see the safeguards that our bonds have paid for.

[Joe]

How about that?

[Daphne]

So you see, when you buy that savings bond with every paycheck, you're really investing in a secure night's sleep.

[Joe]

Not in this house, I'm not.

[Matt Dillon]

What?

[Joe]

Good night, Daphne.

[Daphne]

Good night, Joe.

[Sophia Wilson]

Sam.

[Matt Dillon]

I don't know I'll trust him.

[Chester]

H. Logan took his horse out of stable two hours ago and he checked out of the Dodge house. Maybe they've all hit the trail together.

[Matt Dillon]

No, they're still in town somewhere.

[Chester]

Hell, there's no reason to expect them to try something the minute they get together, are they?

[Matt Dillon]

Why not? That's what Hod's been waiting around for. I couldn't figure him wasting a week like that dusty cat, even with Andy Wimer. Wait a minute.

[Chester]

What's the matter?

[Matt Dillon]

I was just thinking. Now, Hod's been hanging around the stable there at odd hours of the night. I figured that he was just trying to prod Andy into drawing on him, but. Yeah, that might be something else. Chester, let's take a walk down between the stable and the general store, huh?

[Andy]

All right. Dog it all.

[Chester]

Andy ought to clean up some of this junk the doggone fire had.

[Matt Dillon]

Be quiet. Trust it. Careful. Watch it.

[Chester]

What is it?

[Matt Dillon]

Broken glass. Don't step on it. It'll make a noise.

[Chester]

No.

[Andy]

Hey, look.

[Chester]

Somebody's busted open the window on the side. Destroyer there. They've tore all the boards off. Yeah, so that's why Hod was hanging around his table. People would get used to seeing him and not think nothing of it. That's what your men in. They're inside the store?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, probably after Jonas is safe, he could bust it open with a crowbar.

[Chester]

They're gonna be mighty surprised when they find us waiting for them here.

[Matt Dillon]

We're not gonna be waiting for them.

[Chester]

Why not?

[Matt Dillon]

I'm not sure that all three of them are in there. One of them might be out back of the stable with their horses. Now, look, you go back out to the street and go across to the long branch and get Sam Nuna to help you. And you wait there. And if Hod and the Becketts come out that way, you stop them.

[Chester]

Well, now, they ain't coming out the front with me, you know.

[Matt Dillon]

You do as I tell you. I'm gonna be back in the stable.

[Chester]

Yeah, sure. Would you be careful, Mr. Bell?

[Matt Dillon]

A bear trap buried in the straw and it's chained to a post. Hey.

[Andy]

Caught you by gully. I reckon that'll learn you, Hod.

[Matt Dillon]

It's not Hod, you crazy fool.

[Chester]

Marshall, keep your voice down.

[Andy]

Oh, I'm mighty sorry. I put them traps there for Hod, Logan, so he couldn't sneak into the back of the stable.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, get a trap setter and open this thing, will you?

[Andy]

Yes, sir, right away. I got one here to play with that water barrel.

[Chester]

Hey, that's hot. Logan, get through the horses and ride out of here.

[Andy]

He's up there between the stable and the store.

[Matt Dillon]

Be quiet. Let me roll over, get my gun clear.

[Chester]

Take time to finish playing.

[Matt Dillon]

Stand where you are, Hud.

[Chester]

What?

[Matt Dillon]

You're under arrest.

[Andy]

Get your hands up.

[Matt Dillon]

You haven't got a chance, Hud. Now, come on out.

[Chester]

Come and get us, Marshall.

[Andy]

We got to get undercover, Marshall. We're right out here in plain sight.

[Matt Dillon]

Then get that setter and open this trap. I can hold them in back of the building. They can't get shot at me without stepping out onto the open, starting.

[Chester]

One of them bear traps. Boys stepped on one of them traps we seen Andy set to this afternoon.

[Matt Dillon]

You take one step from behind that building, Hud, it'll be your last one.

[Chester]

Don't have to take a step, Marshall. Just toss a match is all.

[Andy]

Toss a match. Hey, he's going to set fire to the straw. Oh, you will burn to death, Marshall. I'll try and find something to force that trap open.

[Matt Dillon]

No, there's no time for that. Look, that barrel of water there, run out and tip it over, will you?

[Narrator]

Well, that's right for the car.

[Matt Dillon]

Into the building.

[Andy]

I can't go out there. There ain't much cover here.

[Matt Dillon]

Take my gun and go out shooting. It'll keep him off balance. Now hurry. That tire's gonna get close.

[Andy]

I can't, Marshall. They'll kill me.

[Matt Dillon]

Look, Andy, they aim to kill you before they leave anyway. Hod wants to get even with you.

[Narrator]

Now, go on.

[Andy]

I can't. I just can't go out there, Marshall. I can't.

[Matt Dillon]

All right, Andy, just get clear then. No use of you burning, too.

[Andy]

Oh, no, I. Oh, it ain't no use, Marshall. I. I can't do that, neither. I can't leave you here. Here, give me your gun, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

Here. Good luck.

[Andy]

It's Andy.

[Chester]

Get him, boys.

[Andy]

You dirty. Courage,

[Matt Dillon]

Andy. Dump that barrel over.

[Andy]

I got it, Marshall. I've done it, Marshall. I've done it. I've done just like you told me. And I think maybe I got hot and one other. The third man got away.

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, we'll get him, all right. Now go get that trap setter.

[Andy]

I got it? I brought it back with me. I stood right up to him gun to gun, didn't I, Marshall?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, you sure did, Andy. Hurry it up, will you? Well, Andy, you can forget about that Indian story now. I think this one's better. And I'll sure be around to back you up,

[Sophia Wilson]

Sam.

[Narrator]

Gunsmoke Produced and Directed by Norman MacDonald. Stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, US Marshall featured in the cast were Parley Bear as Chester, Howard McNear as Doc, and Georgia Ellis as Kitty. George Walsh speaking. Join us again next week for another specially transcribed story on gun smoke. This is the United States Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.

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