Gonif | Gunsmoke (04-11-53)

Summary

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Podcast Summary

Podcast: Old Time Radio Westerns
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Episode: Gonif | Gunsmoke (04-11-53)
Release Date: July 16, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this remastered episode of "Gunsmoke," originally aired on April 11, 1953, Marshal Matt Dillon faces down Frank Bissell, a notorious outlaw, and his gang as they attempt to make a show of the law in Dodge City. Through careful restraint, tactical patience, and a showdown fueled by reputation and respect, Dillon maintains order in a tense night that tests the mettle of Dodge’s law and its citizens. The episode explores themes of law, reputation, courage, and restraint in the Wild West.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Highlights

1. Introduction of the Antagonists

[04:58 – 09:33]

• Marshal Dillon and Chester observe Frank Bissell and his gang in Dodge.
• The men are introduced as gunslingers – dangerous, respected, and seeking to challenge the law.
• Buffalo Mason is singled out as one of Bissell’s toughest men.
• Dillon asserts his authority, warning Bissell and his men to be out of town by sundown:

  “But you’re not staying here. As long as you’re through in that chair, you and your pals are getting out of Dodge.” (Marshal Dillon, 09:24)

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2. Tension in the Streets; Dillon’s Restraint

[12:09 – 18:15]

• Chester notes that Bissell and gang have two hours until sundown, plenty of time to make trouble.
• The lawman does not act rashly, choosing to wait for provocation rather than start violence.
• In the saloon, Kitty sings a new song, setting a somber tone for the night.
• Word of Bissell’s presence and potential trouble spreads quickly.

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3. Stand-Off at Delmonico’s

[15:37 – 22:15]

• As Dillon and Chester finish supper at Delmonico’s, Bissell and his men enter.
• Dillon warns Bissell it is sundown and time to go, but Bissell tries to provoke him, knowing Dillon doesn’t want a shootout in front of townsfolk.
• Not wanting to endanger civilians, especially women and children near the door, Dillon backs off.
• The crowd interprets this as the marshal losing face—Dillon recognizes his tactical error.
  • Notable quote:

    “Law officers don’t live long when they make mistakes.” (Marshal Dillon, 22:32)

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4. Dodge’s Reaction and Marshal’s Reflection

[22:32 – 25:49]

• Chester and the town question Dillon’s decision.
• Dillon is aware that his reputation, as much as his gun, keeps the peace.
• In a reflective moment, he admits to Chester:

  “I made a mistake, Chester. Now I gotta make it right.” (Marshal Dillon, 23:12)

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5. Final Confrontation at the Opera House

[25:49 – 31:10]

• Marshal Dillon decides to confront Bissell and his gang publicly, at their new local haunt, the Opera House saloon.
• He demands the gang submit to arrest, telling the crowd:

  “All right, you other men, get away from the bar, quick... Now anybody who wants to stay with Bissell and his gang is going to get hurt.” (Marshal Dillon, 27:31)

• Dillon ups the stakes, telling Bissell to draw—and then puts away his own gun, signaling a fistfight rather than a gunfight.
• After besting Bissell with his fists, Dillon asserts his authority, arrests the gang, and restores order.
• Bissell and each gang member are fined and run out of Dodge the next morning.
  • Notable moment:

    “I could have hit you in the belly as easy as making a hole in the wall. But I don’t like killing. You’re under arrest, all of you.” (Marshal Dillon, 28:26)

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Memorable Quotes

• On imposing law without violence:

  “I don’t want any killing, Bissell. Now, you come in quietly.”
  — Marshal Dillon (21:02)

• On the burden of reputation:

  “That’s the trouble with a reputation. You build it or you get it built for you. It’s like a trap. You gotta stay a step ahead of it.”
  — Marshal Dillon (24:46)

• Kitty’s Song – A brief moment of peace:

  “Where seldom is heard a discouraging word and the skies are not cloudy all day.”
  — Miss Kitty (13:08, 24:33)

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Key Timestamps

• Opening host context/explanation of ‘gonif’: [01:42 – 01:58]
• First appearance of Bissell’s gang, confrontation: [04:58 – 11:17]
• Kitty’s song in the saloon: [13:08 – 13:23], [24:33]
• Sundown deadline and stand-off at Delmonico’s: [15:37 – 22:15]
• Marshal's self-reflection: [22:32 – 25:49]
• Showdown and fight at the Opera House: [25:49 – 31:10]
• Resolution and aftermath: [29:53 – 31:10]

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Episode Tone & Style

The atmosphere is tense, contemplative and classic—mirroring the hard choices of law officers in the Old West. The dialogue is sparse but strong, indicative of both the ‘Gunsmoke’ tradition and the lingering threat of violence. The audience is left to ponder the values of courage, judgment, and strategic restraint in confronting evil.

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In Summary

This episode of Gunsmoke delivers a classic Western dilemma: whether to use force or outwit troublemakers through patience and moral authority. Marshal Dillon’s clever handling of Bissell’s gang—by refusing a public gunfight and instead waiting for his opportunity—demonstrates depth and integrity. The episode stands as a memorable exploration of law in the Wild West, where sometimes the fastest gun is the one that doesn’t fire.

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Transcript

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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. Gunsmoke, starring William Conrad. The story of the violence. Violence that moved west with young America. The story of a man who moved with it. Matt Dillon, United States Marsh,

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Where are they?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Chester Bissell's in the barbershop, Mr. Dillon. There's three of his boys waiting outside and a couple more in with him. All right. You think we might better take care of them separate than all together, Mr. Dillon?

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Can't take care of them at all, Chester, unless they do something. I'd as soon not wait for it to happen. Have they seen you?

[Chester Proudfoot]

No, sir, I don't think so. I've been moose around the corner here, out of sight.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

That's good.

[Chester Proudfoot]

All right, keep me covered with you now, here. You ain't going in there alone. Yeah. Now, now, you can't do that. They take one look at your badge and they'll draw.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

I don't think there'll be any shooting, Chester.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, you.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

I started across the street to Stapley's Barber Shop and I saw three gunmen lounging outside. They didn't directly look at me, but they knew I was coming over because their hands slipped down and hung an easy distance from their guns. One of them I recognized as Buffalo Mason, a cowboy who found more money working for Frank Bissell as a gunman than driving cattle up from Texas. The other two I'd never seen. But I knew the cow by the time I'd crossed the street, they'd move instead on either side of the door. You want something, Marshall? I hear your friend Frank Bissell's inside. It might be. Seems to me I told you you weren't to show your nose around here again. Mason. You remember? Not rightly, Marshall.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Did you say that?

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Yeah. Yeah, I said that. Get away from the door. I got a word or two to say to Bissell. How's about you tell me the word, Marshall?

[Chester Proudfoot]

I'll pass it along.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Frank is kind of busy right now. I wanted to tell you. I wouldn't be needing to tell him, would I? That's so, Marshall.

[Narrator]

How come you to take all this talk? Buffalo, why don't you just kick him

[Chester Proudfoot]

out in the street?

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

What's your name? All right, you two. Take your pal over to the water barrel there and cool him off.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Move. Atta. Marshall Dillon. Be with you in just a few minutes. Have a chair. Thanks.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Mr. Stepling.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, sir. I tell you, friend, Styles is changing. I seen in the New York magazine the center Parton had knocked your eye out. Sister mine sent the picture out to me. Are you sure you wouldn't like me to try it?

[Frank Bissell]

Just cut it like I told you.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, sir. You're the customer,

[Andrew Rines (Old Time Radio Host)]

Tom.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, Frank.

[Frank Bissell]

Tell Mr. Dillon to step around here where I can see him. You hear what Frank says, mister? I heard him. Take it easy, Barbara. You're pulling my hair in the back.

[Chester Proudfoot]

I'm sorry, sir.

[Frank Bissell]

You know what I can see in the mirror, Mr. Dillon?

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Lot of things, I guess.

[Frank Bissell]

I can see outside the door. I saw a friend of mine out there a minute ago and I saw a fellow whip him on the head with his six gun.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

That's funny. I saw the same thing.

[Frank Bissell]

My friends don't like being buffaloed.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

They should have done something about it.

[Frank Bissell]

They should. Maybe they will.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Maybe now I got something to say. Bissell.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Bissell. Frank Bissell.

[Frank Bissell]

Keep on cutting, barber.

[Chester Proudfoot]

I ain't cut no killer's hair.

[Frank Bissell]

No, sir.

[Chester Proudfoot]

If I'd known who you was, I never. You heard him finish.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

All right, Mr. Stapler, you go ahead. Yes, sir. I know your reputation, Bissell. But right now I got no cause to arrest you. So far as I know, you're clean in this territory. But you're not staying here as long as you're through in that chair, you and your pals are getting out of Dodge.

[Frank Bissell]

We just got here, Mr. Dillon. We thought we'd put over for a spell here. You got mighty fine entertainment here.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

It doesn't start till after nightfall, and you're going to be gone by then.

[Frank Bissell]

Funny thing, Mr. Dillon. I've heard a lot of talk about you. Buffalo Mason says he had a run in with you a few months back. I thought you were a different man to what I see.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

So?

[Frank Bissell]

So you're not much. Kind of windy, but not much. Tom, give the marshal a five dollar piece and show him the door. That's for your duty, Mr. Dillon.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Are you all through with him, Mr. Stapley? Yes, sir, I'm all through. Okay, now get up out of that chair, Bissell. I knew what they meant about Frank Bissell when I saw him smile as he got out of his chair. It was the smile of a man who says one thing with his lips and another with his eyes. He reached down to his holster and then around to his pocket, pulled out a bill and passed it to the barber. He'd made his move like he wanted to get me to draw, but when I didn't bite, he pulled his hat off the peg and came over to me. The two boys with him went past us and waited for the door.

[Frank Bissell]

Like I say, Mr. Dillon, my boys and I are here for some resting and playing. Now, if you want a private little war, you can start gunning for us anytime you want. But you'll have to start it.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

You've got until sundown to leave town, Bissell.

[Frank Bissell]

Marshall, you didn't hear what I said at all.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Sundown. If you're still around after that, you'll all go to jail.

[Frank Bissell]

We don't want any trouble. We want to take it nice and easy. You take it easy, too, huh? I'll be seeing you.

[Chester Proudfoot]

That was him, wasn't it, Marshall? That was Frank Bissell. The Frank Bissell? Mr. Dillon, if you shot him in here, I could have put up a sign. Yes, sir, I sure could. Frank Bissell shot and killed here by Marshall.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

I'm sorry I couldn't oblige you, Mr. Stapling.

[Frank Bissell]

Good day,

[Chester Proudfoot]

Mr. Dylan. Yeah, Chester, they're getting out, huh? I didn't think it'd be as easy.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

It isn't.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, sir, but look, they're. They're riding right.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

I gave them until sundown.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Oh. Oh, that's about two hours. Hey, you know, Mr. Dylan, in two hours them boys can do an awful lot of trouble.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

They try. And there's going to be trouble. Yes.

[Chester Proudfoot]

You want me to follow and see where they go?

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

No, now we'll wait back at the office. On the way back, I stopped at the saloons and told the boys to send out word. And Bissell and his gang came in after sundown. I told him I'd be waiting in the office. When I got to the Texas Trail, Kitty was leaning against the bar, singing. A half a dozen cowboys were standing around drinking, but listening quietly. It was a kind of a sad song.

[Miss Kitty]

Where seldom is heard a discouraging word and the skies are not cloudy. Okay,

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

thank you. Thank you.

[Miss Kitty]

Hi, Matt. Chester.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Evening, Miss. Kitty.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Kitty. Well, never heard that song before.

[Miss Kitty]

Well, I haven't either. Fellow was in a while back, brought it by, wrote out the words for me. It's nice, isn't it?

[Narrator]

Yeah.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Yeah, it's fine. Say, Kitty, there might be a little trouble tonight.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Oh, yeah?

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Frank Bissell and his boys are in town.

[Miss Kitty]

I heard. It's all over town.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

I know. Let me know if they come in, will you?

[Miss Kitty]

Sure, Matt.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Okay.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

I'll see you. So long.

[Miss Kitty]

So long.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Mighty tuneful, Mr. Dylan.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

You feel like stopping by Delmonico's for supper, Chester?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Well, Mr. Dylan, I'm kind of low this week. You see, I sent east for one of them new suits Mr. Hightower was telling about. You know, the ones that's got the vest and all the thing cut away here and then. Fine and tight up here.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

I'm sure you'll look fine in the. Chester, come on, let's get supper. I got money. It was about sundown when we got through supper. I'd gone in Delmonico's mostly with the idea that Bissell would head there himself. That way, I could get the thing over before it got really started. But he didn't oblige, not until Chester and I were getting up from the table.

[Chester Proudfoot]

My gracious, Mr. Dillon. I feel swollen up like an overfed puppy dog.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

You look like one.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Mr. Dylan, look coming in.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Yeah, I see him, all right. Let's go. Man, I'm hungry.

[Frank Bissell]

I could eat me one. Where? Hello, Mr. Dillon. Say, how's the food in here?

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

It's sundown, Mr. Bissell.

[Frank Bissell]

Yeah, it's late for me to be eaten. The boys, too. We're hungry.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Come outside, Mr. Dillon.

[Frank Bissell]

We just came in for a nice quiet meal.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

You don't want trouble with all these people in here. Mr. Bissell, now you do as I say. Outside. Come on. You want to start trouble?

[Frank Bissell]

Mush buffalo, where are your manners? There's women folk in here that might get hurt if you shooting start.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Frank, you heard.

[Frank Bissell]

You heard what I said. Besides, Mr. Dylan isn't going to do Anything. He's just got to make noise like he does. Those people will think he's doing his job. Well, Mr. Dillon, I sure would like to stay and talk, but.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

All right, all right. Go ahead and eat this. He'll be waiting for you outside.

[Frank Bissell]

Sure, you do that, Mr. Dillon. You wait for me outside.

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[Marshall Matt Dillon]

I knew there'd be a lot of talk in Dutch. Some would say that I should have drawn on Frank Bissell and his gang right then in Delmonico's. And I had my own opinion about that. Chester and I waited outside for Bissell to get through and come out. By that time, the word was out, and it sounded like every cowboy, bullwhacker and buffalo hunter and Dodge was hanging around waiting to see the fun. It was dark then and the moon was rising.

[Chester Proudfoot]

A lot of them boys has come up from the other side of the tracks, Mr. Dillon.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

I know. You got any tobacco on you, Chester?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, sir. Right here. You want I should tell him to get on back? Here you are, sir.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Thanks. Now, I tell you, Chester, most of those men have come to a show. They want to see some shooting, blood and killing. Well, seeing how long that's what they came for, I don't figure they'll want to be any part of that show.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, sir. What are you aiming to do when Bissell comes out?

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Arrest him. Fine, Bissell a hundred dollars and the other's 25 apiece. And lock him up for the night.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, sir.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

The crowd got bigger and it got quieter, too, standing on both sides of the street with a respectable distance between themselves and the entrance to Delmonico's, where Chester and I waited. It was gone on 8:30 when the door opened and Frank Bissell stepped out, his boys following after him.

[Frank Bissell]

You still waitin, Mr. Dillon? I thought you'd be somewhere rolling drunk by now.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

You're under arrest, Bissell, and all of you.

[Frank Bissell]

What have we done? We're real peaceful. You can see that.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Come on, Frank.

[Narrator]

Let's get down to the opera house.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Hand over your guns,

[Frank Bissell]

Mr. Dillon. I never done that yet. I don't expect I'm gonna do it now for you.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

We're calling your bluff, Dillon.

[Narrator]

Six of us.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Go ahead and start it.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Go ahead.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

I don't want any killing, Bissell. Now, you come in quietly.

[Frank Bissell]

No, Mr. Dylan.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

I'd made up my mind even before he answered, because I knew he wouldn't back down. And the crowd was watching. And in that same second, through the window of the restaurant, I saw the figures of two women and a child making for the door. They were right in line with any shooting I might do. Bissell and the others were directly in front of them. And now they had their guns drawn and mine was still on its holster.

[Frank Bissell]

Oh, now, I've heard you're pretty fast, Marshall.

[Chester Proudfoot]

With talk, Frank.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Lots of talk, that's all.

[Frank Bissell]

Sure, sure, sure. Now, you be a good fellow and go about your business. We're going down to the opera house. Don't come looking around, because next time we might have to be real painful with you.

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[Chester Proudfoot]

You better get out of town, Marshall Dillon.

[Frank Bissell]

You're through.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Come on, chester.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, sir, Mr. Dillon.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

I'd made two mistakes. First, going to Delmonico's and figuring I could bluff him out of town without any shooting. And then not getting Bissell away from the restaurant door before calling him. And it wasn't good. A lot of drifters and Dodge were going to take advantage of the situation before the night was out. Law officers don't live long when they make mistakes. Chester and I headed for the Texas trail.

[Chester Proudfoot]

You gonna let them get away with that, Mr. Dillon?

[Frank Bissell]

For a while?

[Chester Proudfoot]

My gracious, Mr. Dillon, they spit right in your eye, every one of them. You ain't gonna take it, are you?

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

I made a mistake, Chester. Now I gotta make it right.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, sir, I know. But this will be all over town. Mr. Dillon, will you tell me why you didn't draw and get it done?

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

I had my reasons, Chester.

[Miss Kitty]

Where the deer and the ant play where seldom is. And the skies are not cloudy all day. I heard you were waiting for Bissell over Delmonico's. I was worried.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Everything's fine, Kitty.

[Chester Proudfoot]

No, it ain't fine, Miss Kitty, that Frank Bissell drawed on Mr. Dillon and.

[Miss Kitty]

And?

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

And what, Chester?

[Chester Proudfoot]

You said you had your reasons. Mr. Dillon.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Join us for a beer? Kidding?

[Miss Kitty]

Sure, Matt. You didn't get him out of town?

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

No, not yet.

[Miss Kitty]

Oh, they like the sun. Did you hear?

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

We sat in the Texas trail, Chester nervous and looking to the door every minute or so. And as a cowboy drifted in, and then another, a couple more, I could tell that news of what had happened outside Delmonicos had spread. That's the trouble with a reputation. You build it or you get it built for you. It's like a trap. You gotta stay a step ahead of it. If you don't, there's always the question. Even with the people you think you know real well, like Chester and killing. And I knew they were wondering why I'd backed down. About a half hour go by, which I calculated was enough time for Dodge to make a hero out of Missile. Then it was time to go.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Where are we going, Mr. Dillon?

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

The opera house.

[Chester Proudfoot]

The opera house? That's where they've gone, ain't it?

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

That's right.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Well, good.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

I want you to stay out of this, chester.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Oh, now, Mr. Dillon, you heard what I said. Yes, sir, Mr. Dillon.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Yeah?

[Chester Proudfoot]

Nothing.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Now, remember what I said, Chester. Keep out of it until you're told.

[Chester Proudfoot]

All right, Mr. Dillon, I will.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

It was between shows at the opera house. Most all the customers were in the saloon next to door. Bissell was at the bar and his pals around him and a dozen or more new found friends standing him drinks. Yeah, the news had got around all right. The gunman was a hero. He'd made the law. Back down.

[Frank Bissell]

And.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Look who's here, boys.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Hey, Frank. Looky.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Marshall Dillon.

[Frank Bissell]

Didn't I get through telling you a while back?

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Are you drunk, Bissell?

[Frank Bissell]

I Never get drunk, Mr. Dylan.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Well, I'm glad to hear it. All right, you other men, get away from the bar, quick. You six, stay where you are. I'm telling him. Now, anybody who wants to stay with Bissell and his gang is going to get hurt. Now you move.

[Chester Proudfoot]

He sure is tough, Frank.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Okay, Mr. Bissell, draw up.

[Frank Bissell]

Now, Mr. Dillon, you don't want me to do that.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Leave me do it, Frank.

[Chester Proudfoot]

I need the practice.

[Frank Bissell]

No, no, wait a minute. No, I think he means it. Sure, Ms. Dillon. I guess I have been riding you pretty hard. Sure. Anytime you.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Well, when are you gonna draw, mister? I'm gonna tell you something. I could have hit you in the belly as easy as making a hole in the wall. But I don't like killing. You're under arrest, all of you. Chester.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, sir?

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Keep him with her arms up.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Yes, sir.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Now, you take off your guns. Bissell, I said take off your guns and do it now. All right, put him on the bar. Now I'm putting my gun on the table here. If I'm not on my feet to get it when you and I are finished, it's yours. And I'm through as marshall.

[Chester Proudfoot]

Here,

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

Mason, you pick him up.

[Frank Bissell]

You.

[Marshall Matt Dillon]

You help him. They're all gone out of the jail. Carry him with you. So I made a show for the town and a lot of big words to go with it, and they swallowed it and Bissell and his gang lost everything, including their conceit. We put him in jail overnight, and the next morning each man was fined $25, Bissell 100, and they rode out of Dodge. I'd be a liar if I didn't admit I did a little more than my job when I threw my gun away and worked Bissell over with my fists. He was a hard man. And I might have lost, except that I had my reputation to think about.

[Narrator]

Gunsmoke, under the direction of Norman McDonnell, stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. marshal. Tonight's story was specially written for Gunsmoke by Anthony Ellis with music composed and conducted by Rex Corey. Featured in the cast were John Dana, Lawrence Dobkin, Barney Phillips, Jack Crucian and Howard McNear. Parley Bear is Chester and Georgia Ellis is Kitty. Gun smoke is heard by our troops overseas through the facilities of the Armed Forces Radio Service. Join us again next week as Matt Dillon, U.S. marshal, fights to bring law and order out of the wild violence of the west in Gunsmoke. Tomorrow night, Mrs. Lou Gehrig, wife of baseball's immortal, joins Lionel Barrymore on the hall of Fame Playhouse as a tribute to the great national pastime. Your hall of Fame Playhouse dramatizes the story of Henry Chadwick, the father of baseball. Learn about the origin of baseball. Hear of a man's vision that blossomed forth as America's most popular sport. Tomorrow night on most of these same stations when CBS Radio presents Lionel Barrymore's hall of Fame Playhouse. George Walsh speaking. And remember, every Sunday evening, the theater of stars invites you to the best in drama with your favorite stars on the CBS Radio network.

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