Gentlemen’s Disagreement | Gunsmoke (09-20-59)

Summary

Gentlemen’s Disagreement | Gunsmoke (09-20-59)

Release Date: January 19, 2025
Host: Andrew Rines
Podcast: Old Time Radio Westerns

Introduction

In this episode of Gunsmoke, titled "Gentlemen’s Disagreement," listeners are transported to Dodge City, where U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon maintains law and order amidst escalating tensions. The story delves into themes of loyalty, justice, and the complexities of personal relationships in the untamed Wild West.

Arrival of Ed Beaudry

The episode begins with Jeannie expressing concern to Matt Dillon about the arrival of Ed Beaudry, a long-time adversary who has come to town seeking vengeance against Bert Wells. Jeannie fears for Bert’s safety, revealing that Beaudry has sworn to kill him after a four-year absence.

Notable Quote:

Jeannie [04:01]: "He swore he would. Oh, mad. What are we going to do?"

Matt’s Dilemma

Matt Dillon grapples with the challenge of handling Beaudry's personal vendetta without overstepping his duties as a Marshal. He reassures Jeannie that he will address the threat but emphasizes the importance of maintaining official law enforcement protocols.

Notable Quote:

Matt Dillon [04:55]: "Well, I'm supposed to maintain law and order in Dodge. That's my job."

Confrontation in the Saloon

Seeking information, Matt visits the local saloon where he encounters Chester, the bartender, and Kitty. Through subtle interrogation, Matt identifies Ed Beaudry's whereabouts and confronts him directly. Beaudry denies his intentions, leading to a tense standoff.

Notable Quote:

Matt Dillon [07:02]: "Burt's a blacksmith, and he's not used to handling a gun. You are, so I'm told."

The Murder of Bert Wells

The plot takes a dark turn when Bert Wells is found dead, struck by a hammer. Initially suspected to be a murder orchestrated by Beaudry, Matt uncovers evidence suggesting a more complicated scenario. The discovery of Bert’s hammer with Beaudry's shop brand implicates Chester, revealing that he orchestrated the murder to frame Beaudry.

Notable Quote:

Matt Dillon [17:48]: "Why did you do it, Bert?"

Revelation and Resolution

In a climactic revelation, Matt confronts Chester, who confesses to the murder, revealing his motives rooted in jealousy and resentment. The truth emerges that Chester manipulated events to eliminate Bert and tarnish Beaudry's reputation. Matt's steadfast commitment to justice ensures that Chester faces the consequences of his actions, restoring peace to Dodge City.

Notable Quote:

Chester [26:58]: "You're under arrest for murder."

Jeannie's Plea and Matt’s Integrity

Throughout the episode, Jeannie appeals to Matt’s sense of justice and personal loyalty, hoping to protect Bert from wrongful accusation. Matt remains resolute, prioritizing the law over personal relationships, underscoring his role as the unwavering lawman of Dodge City.

Notable Quote:

Jeannie [23:10]: "You know he didn't. You know Bert. You know he wouldn't do a thing like that."

Character Insights

• Matt Dillon: Embodies the archetypal Western hero, balancing duty with personal loyalty. His unwavering commitment to justice highlights the moral complexities faced by lawmen in the frontier.
• Jeannie: Represents the emotional anchor, torn between her loyalty to Bert and her plea for Matt’s intervention.
• Chester: A tragic antagonist whose envy and bitterness lead him to orchestrate Bert’s demise, showcasing the destructive power of unresolved grudges.

Conclusion

"Gentlemen’s Disagreement" masterfully weaves a tale of vengeance, deception, and rightful justice. Through Matt Dillon’s determined pursuit of the truth, the episode reinforces the timeless themes of honor and integrity that define the Gunsmoke legacy. Listeners are left reflecting on the delicate balance between personal relationships and moral duty in the rugged landscape of the Wild West.

Notable Quotes Summary

• Jeannie [04:01]: "He swore he would. Oh, mad. What are we going to do?"
• Matt Dillon [04:55]: "Well, I'm supposed to maintain law and order in Dodge. That's my job."
• Matt Dillon [07:02]: "Burt's a blacksmith, and he's not used to handling a gun. You are, so I'm told."
• Matt Dillon [17:48]: "Why did you do it, Bert?"
• Chester [26:58]: "You're under arrest for murder."
• Jeannie [23:10]: "You know he didn't. You know Bert. You know he wouldn't do a thing like that."

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Transcript

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[Matt Dillon]

Foreign.

[Andrew Rines]

Welcome to the Old Time 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.

[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. Gunsmoke, 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 chance, eh, Job? And it makes a man watchful and a little lonely.

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[Jeannie]

Oh, Matt, thank heaven you're here.

[Matt Dillon]

Jeannie, what's the matter?

[Chester]

Mine is.

[Jeannie]

Well, hello, Chester. Matt, I've got to talk to you.

[Matt Dillon]

All right, Chester.

[Chester]

You. You folks will have to excuse me. I can't be puttering around the office all day. I'll be in the back.

[Matt Dillon]

What is it, Danny?

[Jeannie]

Matt, he's here in Dodge City. Ed Beaudry. I just saw him. He came in on the morning train.

[Matt Dillon]

He's here?

[Jeannie]

Yes. It's been four years, Matt. I'd begun to hope he'd forget or hope he wouldn't find us. But he's come here looking for Bert to kill him. He swore he would. Oh, mad. What are we going to do?

[Matt Dillon]

Now wait a minute, Jeannie. Wait a minute. Just take it easy. Now. What does Bert think about it?

[Jeannie]

He doesn't know yet. He's busy at the blacksmith shop. Oh, Nat, you've got to help us. You're the only real friend we've got out here.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, I'm supposed to maintain law and order in Dodge. That's my job. But it doesn't leave much leeway to mix in on personal quarrels.

[Jeannie]

There's no quarrel. It's just that Ed Beaudrey's a hot tempered fool. Bert never did anything to him.

[Matt Dillon]

He married you, didn't he?

[Jeannie]

Woman has a right to change her mind, Matt.

[Matt Dillon]

Maybe Beaudry doesn't think so.

[Jeannie]

Hat you. You promised me once, a long time ago.

[Matt Dillon]

Yes. Yeah, I know, Jeannie. All right, you go on home. Don't say anything to Bert. I'll talk to Beaudream.

[Jeannie]

Thank you, Matt. I. Bye, Matt.

[Matt Dillon]

Chester.

[Chester]

Yes, sir, Mr. John. Oh, did Mrs. Wells leave?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah.

[Chester]

They sure are a fine couple of wells. Did you know them before they come on out west?

[Matt Dillon]

Not bert. I knew Mrs. Wells. Well, I guess we better drop over the long branch, Chester. There's a man in town who may be planning to do some killing.

[Kitty]

Hello, Matt. Yes, sir.

[Chester]

Kitty.

[Kitty]

Want to drink, Matt?

[Matt Dillon]

Not right now, Kitty. I'm looking for somebody. I thought he might be in here.

[Kitty]

Stranger?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, his name's Ed Beaudre.

[Kitty]

Oh, hand there at the bar. Mast third from the end, next to Tulsa. Jim Nixon, huh?

[Matt Dillon]

All right. Thanks, Kitty. Come on, Chester. All right.

[Chester]

Bartender, set up another round for the house.

[Narrator]

Yes, sir.

[Matt Dillon]

Your name Baudry?

[Chester]

That's right, mister.

[Matt Dillon]

I'm Matt Dull and I want to talk to you.

[Chester]

Well, fine, go ahead and talk.

[Matt Dillon]

Tulsa, suppose you move on down the bar for a couple of minutes, huh?

[Chester]

Well now, Marshall, what the idea? This man's a friend of mine.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, you're not very particular about your friend. Go on. Tulsa Drift. Baudrick, you came here to kill Burt Wells, didn't you?

[Chester]

Did I?

[Matt Dillon]

Here's some advice. You take the next train and you get out of town.

[Chester]

Is that official? What's the charge?

[Matt Dillon]

None yet. Murder. If you go through with it.

[Chester]

Murder is one thing. Calling a man in a fair fight's another thing.

[Matt Dillon]

Baudry, I'm the law here in Dodge, and I don't see it as a fair fight. Bert's a blacksmith, and he's not used to handling a gun. You are, so I'm told.

[Chester]

Now, who told you, Marshall? I don't know anybody here. Wait a minute. Bert's wife, Jeannie. Yeah, I've heard Jeannie mention you said you knew her back in Louisville. That was before she ran off.

[Matt Dillon]

We'll leave her out of this, voter.

[Chester]

So that is you. This isn't official. You're just doing a personal favor for an old friend. Probably a very close friend. Jeannie always did have a weakness.

[Matt Dillon]

All right, get up, Audrey.

[Chester]

That was a mistake, Dylan.

[Matt Dillon]

I'm not a blacksmith. Audrey.

[Chester]

I'll look you up as soon as I finished with Burt Wells.

[Matt Dillon]

If you kill Bert, you won't have to look me up. Bird. Bert.

[Narrator]

Huh? Oh, Matt. Didn't see you come in.

[Matt Dillon]

I want to talk to you, Bert.

[Narrator]

About what, Matt?

[Matt Dillon]

Ed Beaudrey's in town.

[Narrator]

Beaudre? Well, it was bound to happen sometime.

[Matt Dillon]

Jeannie just happened to see him get off the train this morning, and she came and told me.

[Narrator]

She shouldn't have done it, Matt. It's not your problem.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, maybe it is, Bert. The law doesn't like the idea of personal grudges ending up in a killing.

[Narrator]

What do you aim to do?

[Matt Dillon]

Prevent it if I can.

[Narrator]

And I wish you luck.

[Matt Dillon]

You haven't worn that gun for two years, Bert. Why start now?

[Narrator]

I got no choice, Matt. You know that.

[Matt Dillon]

You got no chance. If you let Beaudry call a showdown, he'll kill you.

[Narrator]

Maybe.

[Matt Dillon]

Look, Bert, why don't you take to the prairie, hold up for a week or so while I figure some way of running Baudry out of town, huh?

[Narrator]

Would you do it, Matt? Hide out and let somebody else do your fighting for you?

[Matt Dillon]

What I'd do?

[Jeannie]

That's beside the point, Bert.

[Narrator]

Huh?

[Jeannie]

There's a law against killing, and it's Matt's job to enforce it. If you went away, there wouldn't be any fight.

[Narrator]

Wouldn't be much honor either. Janie, A man can't run. Still call himself a man.

[Jeannie]

He can run from a mad dog. And that's what Ed Beaudrey is. He never had any claim on me.

[Narrator]

But appears he thought he did. Matt, you know where Beaudry's staying?

[Matt Dillon]

Well, I talked to him in the Long Branch. He probably took one of the rooms upstairs. Stairs.

[Narrator]

You like to walk over there with me?

[Matt Dillon]

If that's the way you want it.

[Jeannie]

No, Bert, you.

[Narrator]

I'll get my hat. Be right with you.

[Jeannie]

Matt. Matt, you've got to stop it.

[Matt Dillon]

How, Jenny?

[Jeannie]

I don't know, but there must be something you can do.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, the way it's shaping up, I can probably arrest the surv.

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[Matt Dillon]

Still time to turn back.

[Narrator]

But read not Matt. They should have had it out with Baudry back there in Kentucky five years ago, but Jeannie wanted to run away and avoid trouble.

[Matt Dillon]

She was so beautiful.

[Narrator]

It was hard to argue with it.

[Matt Dillon]

I know. Be hard on her if anything happened to you.

[Narrator]

Life's always hard on a woman, I guess.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah. Oh, there he is.

[Narrator]

I see him. But don't worry, Matt. I won't draw unless he does.

[Chester]

I was just going out to your place to call on you. Well. And decided you'd had plenty of time to look me up.

[Narrator]

No reason to b.

[Chester]

Most men had figured they had reason. Somebody in the local saloon's been telling their wife's history.

[Matt Dillon]

All right, hold it.

[Chester]

You're fast with that gun, Dynam.

[Matt Dillon]

Fast enough, Mr. Bodref.

[Chester]

Make a good bodyguard. Too bad you can't ride herd 24 hours a day.

[Matt Dillon]

I told you what to expect if you kept pushing things this way. Now, use some sense. Get out of town while you're still alive.

[Chester]

I've been in a lot of towns, Dylan. And I left them all alive. Well, I've been planning to kill you for nearly five years.

[Narrator]

Plans don't always work out.

[Chester]

This one will. You got till sundown. After that, I'm gonna shoot you on sight.

[Matt Dillon]

All right, Mr. Beaudrey, you've spoken your piece. Now move along.

[Chester]

Why, sure, Marshall. See you later. Well.

[Narrator]

It'S still a couple of hours before sundown. Think I'd like to spend them with Jeannie. I'll see you, Matt.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, sure. Goodbye, Bird.

[Kitty]

Why don't you relax, man? You're nervous as a cat. There's nothing you can do now. Maybe not another killing. You in the middle again? Why, Matt? Why do you do it?

[Matt Dillon]

It's a job, Kitty. Somebody's got to do it.

[Kitty]

Why you? There are other things in life if you look around.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, Maybe I will someday.

[Kitty]

Sure.

[Chester]

Well, Matt, I brought my kit all prepared. Where are the victims?

[Matt Dillon]

No victims yet, Doc, you're jumping the gun.

[Chester]

I understand. It's going to be a real showdown. Boys get the bar often. Two to one on Bowdre.

[Matt Dillon]

Now, that's about the odds. I figure that the shooting really starts.

[Chester]

No, it'll start, all right. There's not a thing in the world that can.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah. Chester, what are you doing in here? I told you to watch the street, didn't I?

[Chester]

Guess I know you did, but I guess ain't gonna be no fight.

[Matt Dillon]

What?

[Chester]

They just found Baldry laying in the alley down the block. Somebody snuck up behind him with a hammer. He's dead. Ain't no light showing around the house, Mr. Donan?

[Matt Dillon]

No, and he might have skipped up.

[Chester]

What about his wife?

[Matt Dillon]

I don't know, Chester. I can't figure any of this. Not like Bert to pull a trap. Hold it.

[Narrator]

Don't move, Bert.

[Chester]

Who is it?

[Narrator]

Who's there?

[Matt Dillon]

It's Matt. I got Chester with me.

[Narrator]

Oh, all right. Matt, I. I thought it was somebody else.

[Matt Dillon]

Who? Burke?

[Narrator]

Why, you know who. Baudry, of course.

[Matt Dillon]

I guess. How about to take your gun?

[Narrator]

Official man.

[Matt Dillon]

Official?

[Narrator]

Well, I got no quarrel with the law. Here.

[Matt Dillon]

Thanks. Why did you do it, Bert?

[Narrator]

What do you mean?

[Matt Dillon]

If it had been a Gunfight. The law couldn't have touched you. The circumstances were all in your favor. But this way they'll call it murder.

[Narrator]

Now, what are you talking about?

[Matt Dillon]

It's no use. You left the hammer line right beside his body. It's got your shop brand carved in the handle.

[Narrator]

Whose body are you talking about?

[Matt Dillon]

Beaudry.

[Narrator]

Matt, you're making a mistake. I went looking for Beaudry, yeah, But I didn't find him. And I come back here, was afraid to leave Jeannie in the house alone. I didn't do it, Matt. You're wrong.

[Matt Dillon]

It's not up to me, Bert. It's the court's job. All I can do is take you in. I got no choice.

[Narrator]

What about Jeannie? I got to tell her.

[Matt Dillon]

Chester will take care of it.

[Narrator]

Be better if you do it, Matt. You're a friend. That'd make it easier.

[Matt Dillon]

I. I'd rather not, if you don't mind. Now let's go. All right, Bert.

[Narrator]

Four years we've been friends, Matt. I never thought it'd come to this.

[Matt Dillon]

Neither did I.

[Narrator]

You said you didn't find any money on them. Could have been robbery.

[Matt Dillon]

Or made to look like robbery. Either way, there's nothing I can do now. Go ahead. I'll bring you some blankets and tobacco. If you want anything else, let me know.

[Narrator]

I wish I knew how Jeannie was taking it.

[Matt Dillon]

She'll be all right, Bert. She's a fine girl.

[Narrator]

Look out for her, will you? Matt.

[Matt Dillon]

You know, a man's job is one thing, friendship is another. This prairie country is rough and wild at best. And without the law, nobody could survive in it. That means putting friendship aside sometimes. And a man still doesn't forget, Bert. Yeah. I look out for her.

[Narrator]

Thanks, Matt.

[Matt Dillon]

See you later.

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[Chester]

Get your prisoner tucked in safely. Matt.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah? What about Baudry, Doc?

[Chester]

He's dead. A blacksmith hammer makes a mighty fine weapon.

[Matt Dillon]

At least we're sneaking up behind.

[Chester]

I can't figure Burt doing that. It's not like him.

[Matt Dillon]

I can't figure it either.

[Chester]

What would you say his chances are?

[Matt Dillon]

Bad. The straws all point one way.

[Chester]

Maybe somebody's been messing with the straw stack.

[Matt Dillon]

Who?

[Chester]

That's a good question, man. The court will ask it if he ever gets there.

[Matt Dillon]

What does that mean?

[Chester]

Kitty came and told me a while ago that some of the boys down at the Long Branch are kind of riled up. They're talking real loose.

[Matt Dillon]

They're just mad because they've lost their source of free drinks.

[Chester]

Maybe so, but you better keep your eyes open, man.

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, I Know that pack Doc. They hunt in the dark and pull down stragglers. And mostly they just talk. Don't worry about it. Burt's in jail and that's where he's going to stay.

[Chester]

Well, but if I were you, I'd still keep my eyes open.

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[Jeannie]

Matt. Matt, you here?

[Matt Dillon]

I'm here now. Wait. I like the lamp.

[Jeannie]

What we doing sitting here in the dark?

[Matt Dillon]

Jenny, you shouldn't have come.

[Jeannie]

I want to see Bert.

[Matt Dillon]

No visitors after dark. As a jail rule.

[Jeannie]

Rules don't have to be in forest.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, mine do. Burt's a prisoner, the same as any other prisoner. He's charged with murder.

[Jeannie]

He didn't do it, Matt.

[Matt Dillon]

That's not for me to say.

[Jeannie]

You know he didn't. You know Bert. You know he wouldn't do a thing like that. Sneak up behind a man in the dark.

[Matt Dillon]

Jeannie, I'm not the court.

[Jeannie]

I know. And they'll believe he did it.

[Matt Dillon]

The night train's coming in. Hope it's not bringing in trouble.

[Jeannie]

The morning train did. Matt, I want to see Bert.

[Matt Dillon]

I told you that, you little fool. Now, Jeannie gave me that gun.

[Jeannie]

No. Now warn you, Matt. You stay back.

[Matt Dillon]

Give me that gun. No. That's a hell that handed on it.

[Jeannie]

You knew I wouldn't shoot.

[Matt Dillon]

Yes. Now, what did you hope to gain by that?

[Jeannie]

I don't know. Get burnt out maybe. I don't know.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah. What is it, Chester?

[Chester]

I just come from a long branch. I think there's gonna be some trouble.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, that's what Doc says.

[Chester]

The bunch that hangs around there is doing a lot of drinking and talking up the idea of coming over here at the J. Oh, no.

[Matt Dillon]

Maybe we ought to go over there and do some talking ourselves. Jeannie, you go back home and you stay there till morning. Don't Worry about this. Nothing's gonna happen but mad.

[Jeannie]

You can't handle that crowd alone.

[Matt Dillon]

I've been handling things alone for a long time. All right, Chester.

[Chester]

Jim Nixon's the one who's been nagging him on. He's over there at the end of the bar.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, he struck up an acquaintance with Bodery when he first got off the train. Guess he figures he's an old partner by now. Come on. Later, Kitty. I got some business with the boys at the bar.

[Kitty]

That's what I mean to. Jim's been buying them drinks for the last two hours. They're in a pretty nasty mood.

[Matt Dillon]

So?

[Kitty]

So be careful, Matt. Just be careful.

[Matt Dillon]

Kitty, I'm the carefulest man you know.

[Chester]

Here. And died, supposedly. But what kind of a law is it that lets a man sneak up behind somebody in the dark and murder him in cold blood?

[Matt Dillon]

I don't know, Tulsa. You tell me. Dylan, now, don't let me interrupt you. You were doing fine. And this is quite an audience. You've got all the panhandlers, bums and barflies and Dodge, that's quite a collection.

[Chester]

Calling names won't change the facts.

[Matt Dillon]

What facts?

[Chester]

That friend of yours, Burt Wells. That sneak in. Cowardly murderer.

[Matt Dillon]

That's for the court to decide, Tulsa.

[Chester]

The court? He'll turn him loose. He'll work hand in glove with you, Dylan. We're not going to stand for it.

[Matt Dillon]

All right, stop. So you're not going to stand for it, huh? Just what are you planning to do?

[Chester]

You find out in due time. Bartender, set him up again. All around.

[Matt Dillon]

You've turned into quite a free spender, Tulsa. I never knew you'd. Well, a Double Eagle gold piece. You mind if I take a look at it?

[Chester]

It's good. Don't worry about that.

[Matt Dillon]

Where did you get it?

[Chester]

That's my business.

[Matt Dillon]

So you're the one who killed Boudre.

[Chester]

That's a lie.

[Matt Dillon]

I thought robbing him was just a cover up, but it wasn't. There aren't many Double Eagles around, Dodge. Boudre had a lot of them. And now you. Where would you get a pocket full of gold pieces?

[Chester]

Tulsa Wells killed Boudre. That blacksmith hammer was lying right beside him.

[Jeannie]

Yes, right where you left it, Tulsa. Jim came into my husband's shop late this afternoon. His horse had thrown a shoe. He had plenty of chance to steal that hammer.

[Narrator]

Jeez.

[Chester]

Lie.

[Matt Dillon]

Where did you get the gold, Tul I?

[Chester]

I won in a poker game last week when the trail herd was in Tulsa.

[Matt Dillon]

You're under arrest for murder.

[Chester]

Oh, no, you never take.

[Matt Dillon]

Doc. You better get up on inquest.

[Kitty]

Come pounded.

[Chester]

Matt. You never give me any chance to.

[Kitty]

Practice on live people.

[Matt Dillon]

You wouldn't know what to do with them.

[Chester]

Well, I. I do get fewer complaints this way.

[Kitty]

Matt.

[Jeannie]

Matt, does this mean Bert's free?

[Matt Dillon]

You shouldn't have come here, Jeannie. Yeah, he's free. Chester will go with you over to the jail and let him out.

[Jeannie]

Thank you, Matt. Thanks for everything. You told me one time in Louisville.

[Matt Dillon]

That Louisville. That was a long time ago and a long way off. Goodbye, Jeannie.

[Jeannie]

Goodbye. Now.

[Kitty]

What'S it all about, man?

[Matt Dillon]

What's anything all about, Kitty.

[Kitty]

You knew it before, didn't you?

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, I met her in Louisville one summer. Saw quite a lot of her for a couple of months. Then I drifted out west.

[Kitty]

Man misses out on things by drifting.

[Matt Dillon]

I told her then that if she ever needed help, she could call on me.

[Kitty]

Well, she called and you helped her, I guess.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, anyway, that's Matt. Yeah.

[Kitty]

Kitty, when are you going to help your.

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[Narrator]

Gun Smoke, 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 Les Crutchfield with editorial supervision by John Meston. Barley Bear 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.

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[Chester]

Ra.