The Coward | Gunsmoke (10-09-55)

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Old Time Radio Westerns

Episode: The Coward | Gunsmoke (10-09-55)
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Date: December 27, 2025

Overview

This episode of Old Time Radio Westerns presents “The Coward,” a classic Gunsmoke drama originally aired on October 9, 1955. Digitally restored for clarity, the episode delves into the insidious danger of cowardice and rumor in Dodge City. Marshal Matt Dillon becomes the target of a shadowy murder plot, only to confront that cowardice doesn’t always wield a gun—but often hides behind whispered words and manipulation. Vivid soundscapes and rich performances bring this tale of suspicion, courage, and indirect violence to life.

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Key Discussion Points & Episode Breakdown

1. A Fatal Mistake: Jack Massey’s Death

[04:04–07:00]

• Marshal Matt Dillon is summoned to Doc Adams’s office, where Jack Massey has been fatally shot.
• Chester explains that Massey, a red-headed cowboy about Matt’s size, was sitting in Matt’s office chair—wearing a similar hat—when he was murdered.
• The implication: the shooter mistook Massey for Dillon, targeting him via stealth rather than a direct confrontation.

“Somebody’s out to kill you, Matt. To kill you the easy way.”
— Chester ([06:20])

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2. Speculation and Fear Spread

[08:21–11:00]

• Matt visits the Long Branch Saloon and speaks with Kitty, who confirms rumors that someone is out to kill him.
• Kitty points out Ed Eby (Evie), a gambler with a history with Matt, who is now working at the saloon.
• Eby shares he overheard talk of someone planning to kill Dillon—admitting he does not like killing but only shares the information reluctantly due to personal animosity toward the marshal.

“I knew him out in Santa Fe one time, Kitty. He was bullying a man, and I showed him up to be a coward… He never forgave me.”
— Matt Dillon ([10:38])

“It’s the man who shoots out of the dark I’m afraid of. Nobody wants to die. But it’s even worse without a chance to fight back. That’s not dying. That's being slaughtered like a hog in a pen.”
— Matt Dillon ([11:00])

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3. Target Practice: An Attempted Ambush

[12:05–14:15]

• Dillon ignores Chester’s advice to lay low, eager to confront the threat.
• They spot a suspicious man, Nat Swan, in an alley. After a tense moment, Dillon confronts and subdues him—discovering the would-be assassin is drunk and cowardly, motivated by rumors and the promise of notoriety.

“You’re a real coward, aren’t you, Swan? Even to shoot me in the back, you had to take on a load of whiskey.”
— Matt Dillon ([14:39])

• Swan confesses he simply wanted to make a name for himself, not due to personal hatred.

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4. Escalating Paranoia and Tragedy

[17:34–21:08]

• Nat Swan is forced out of town, but Matt senses more danger lurking.
• In a deserted barn, Chester and Matt encounter another man, this time armed with a rifle. In the confusion, Matt kills the stranger, only to learn he was innocent—frightened and trying to protect himself, not part of any plot.
• The dying man urges Matt to find the source of the rumors rather than react to shadows.

“If there’s talk about somebody after me, I’d find out who’s making the talk… Somebody’s got you outsmarted.”
— Unnamed dying man ([20:22])

• Matt is remorseful:

  “Well, I killed an innocent man, Chester… I don’t even know his name. But we’ll fix him a box. We’ll fix him a good one.”
  — Matt Dillon ([21:06])

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5. Confronting the Source – Eby’s Cowardice Exposed

[21:45–24:00]

• Matt methodically tracks down Ed Eby at the Long Branch.
• He accuses Eby of cowardice for spreading rumors to incite others to murder Dillon, rather than confront him personally.
• Eby denies everything, then fervently protests the “coward” label, threatening violence but never following through.
• Matt refuses to be goaded, declaring he’ll run Eby out of town, blaming his cowardly instigation for two innocent deaths.

“You were too cheap to hire somebody to get me, Eby, and too much of a coward to try it yourself… I wish I could hang you for it.”
— Matt Dillon ([23:12])

• In the final confrontation, Eby postures and threatens to shoot but cannot follow through, confirming Matt’s accusation.

“Why didn’t you shoot him, Matt? …I think he’d rather be dead than face everybody knowing what a coward he is. Well, he’s got his punishment coming for the rest of his life.”
— Kitty ([24:00])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Matt’s Reflection on Cowardice:

  “It makes a man watchful and a little lonely. Most people…picture [Dodge] as a wild, lawless town…But it isn’t quite complete. We got our share of cowards, too.”
  ([04:04])

• Matt’s Frustration with Indirect Threats:

  “It’s the man who shoots out of the dark I’m afraid of… That’s not dying; that’s being slaughtered like a hog in a pen.”
  ([11:00])

• Confrontation with Ed Eby:

  “Cowards don’t carry guns, Ed. …You’re the worst coward I ever saw.”
  — Matt Dillon ([22:04], [23:19])

• Kitty’s Wisdom:

  “I think he’d rather be dead than face everybody knowing what a coward he is. Well, he’s got his punishment coming for the rest of his life.”
  — Kitty ([24:00])

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Key Timestamps

• [04:04] – Matt Dillon reflects on Dodge City & the reality of cowardice.
• [06:20] – Chester suspects the bullet was meant for Matt.
• [11:00] – Matt’s meditation on fear, cowardice, and dying without dignity.
• [14:39] – Matt confronts and exposes Nat Swan’s cowardice.
• [20:22] – Innocent victim’s dying advice to Matt.
• [23:12] – Matt reveals Eby as the cowardly instigator.
• [24:00] – Kitty and Matt discuss the punishment of a ruined reputation.

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Tone & Atmosphere

True to Gunsmoke’s dramatic roots, this episode blends stoicism, tension, and the bleak realities of frontier justice. Matt Dillon’s world is gritty and uncertain, and the performances emphasize the psychological strain of being a target—not just from outlaws, but from rumors and cowardice itself.

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For listeners:
This episode is a powerful meditation on the ripple effect of rumor and indirect violence in the Wild West setting, with a conclusion as morally complex as it is haunting.

Transcript

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[Narrator/Announcer]

Gunsmoke brought to you by Chesterfield Made the modern way with accuray smoother cooler. Best for you. Around Dodge City and in the territory on west. There's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's with a U.S. marshal and the smell of gun smoke. Gun Smoke Starring William Conrad. The transcribed 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 lonely. Most people think of Dart City here in the 1870s as a wild, lawless town swamped with exciting women and strong, daring men. The men they picture as fighters, the kind who stand up for almost no reason at all and gun each other down with as little regard for their own lives as they have for their opponents. Men whose courage is as raw and harsh as the prairies it's bred on. Well, this is the picture, but it isn't quite complete. We got our share of cowards too. Like the one whose work I ran into the night I found a note on my door said come up to Doc Adams office as fast as I could.

[Chester]

Doc's in the back room, Mr. Jones.

[Matt Dillon]

Lots of trouble, Chester.

[Chester]

He's got Jack Massey in there.

[Matt Dillon]

Jack Massey?

[Chester]

That cowboy who looks up whenever he comes to town. You remember him. He always comes into the office and sets around and talks.

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, the red headed fellow, you mean, huh?

[Chester]

It's been six months since we seen him.

[Matt Dillon]

What's he doing up here?

[Chester]

What's wrong, Doc? You better ask him. Hello, man.

[Matt Dillon]

Doc.

[Chester]

Well, he's dead. Oh, that poor. As soon as I saw him, I knew he couldn't make it. Not with a hole like that in him.

[Matt Dillon]

Doc, would you mind telling me what happened?

[Chester]

Somebody shot him, man.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, who shot him?

[Chester]

We don't know. I was coming down the street, Mr. Dillon, and I heard a shot and I run in, found him laying there on the floor right where he fell out of the chair.

[Matt Dillon]

Out of what chair, Chester?

[Chester]

Why, yours.

[Matt Dillon]

Mine?

[Chester]

Yes, sir, down in the office. He was waiting for you, I guess, and somebody sneaked in the back way and shot him. Why, he was shot in the back.

[Matt Dillon]

So.

[Chester]

While he was sitting in your chair and we noticed he was wearing a hat just like the One you wear. And also he's about the same size as you. Somebody's out to kill you, Matt. To kill you the easy way.

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[Matt Dillon]

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[Chester]

Sad.

[Matt Dillon]

How about Kelly?

[Kitty]

Sit down.

[Matt Dillon]

Thanks.

[Kitty]

What brings you into the Long Branch this time of night?

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, just looking around, Kitty.

[Kitty]

Well, there are a lot of men at the bar over there. You think you can pick him out?

[Chester]

What?

[Kitty]

The man who thought he shot you tonight.

[Matt Dillon]

Yours travels fast, doesn't it?

[Kitty]

I heard somebody was after you two days ago.

[Matt Dillon]

You did?

[Andrew Rines]

I figured.

[Kitty]

It's a talk. Didn't anybody tell you about it?

[Matt Dillon]

Well, I haven't been around much the last couple of days, Kitty. But even so, I guess it isn't the kind of talk people feel easy about passing on. That's a me anyway.

[Kitty]

I guess not.

[Matt Dillon]

You know who started it?

[Kitty]

He did.

[Chester]

Who?

[Kitty]

Coming this way.

[Chester]

What?

[Matt Dillon]

Well, that's Ed Eby. What's he doing in Dodge?

[Kitty]

You ought to drive around more often, Matt. He's been banking Pharaoh here three or four days now.

[Matt Dillon]

Does Sam hire him?

[Chester]

Yeah.

[Kitty]

He's been doing fine too.

[Matt Dillon]

Eb always was a smart gambler.

[Chester]

Hello, Marshall. Miss Kitty.

[Matt Dillon]

And hello Evie.

[Chester]

You mind if I sit down?

[Matt Dillon]

No, go ahead.

[Chester]

I been meaning to come see you, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

Is that so?

[Chester]

I heard about the shooting tonight.

[Matt Dillon]

Seems most everybody has.

[Chester]

I know something about it, Marshall. Would you like to hear?

[Matt Dillon]

Tell me.

[Chester]

Well, a couple of nights ago I went out back to breathe a little fresh air. I was standing out there in the dark around the corner in the alley and I heard a couple of men come out. They couldn't see me and I couldn't see them. But I heard one of them tell the other he was going to shoot Marshall Dillon. Shoot him any way he could. Uh huh.

[Matt Dillon]

You're a little late telling me, aren't you, Evie?

[Chester]

I don't exactly owe you no favors, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

Then why did you bother to tell me at all?

[Chester]

Because I don't like killing, that's why. I hate killing. I've told you everything I know, Marshall. I'll be going now.

[Kitty]

What's that all about, Matt? What's between you and Evie?

[Matt Dillon]

I knew him out in Santa Fe one time, Kitty. He was bullying the man, and I showed him up to be a coward. A lot of people witnessed it, and Evie never forgave me.

[Kitty]

Well, then maybe his story's a lie. Maybe he's the one who did the shooting.

[Matt Dillon]

I don't think Ed Eb has the guts to shoot a man even in the back.

[Kitty]

Who is it, then? Haven't Janney, I do.

[Matt Dillon]

No, that there are a lot of men who'd like to see me dead. I know I'd be willing to take my chances with anybody who'd face me. It's the man who shoots out of the dark I'm afraid of. Nobody wants to die. But it's even worse without a chance to fight back. That's what always made me feel especially bad about a man who broke his neck falling off a saddle. Or who maybe disappeared in front of a stampede of buffalo. Or who, like Jack Massey, sitting at my desk, had to take a bullet in the back. That's not dying. That's being slaughtered like a hog in a pen. Robs a man of everything he's lived for. And I make me mad. Made me so mad, I lost my sense of caution. Like the night Chester and I were walking up Front street after supper.

[Chester]

Well, if I was in your boots, Mr. Dylan, I'd hide me out on the prairie for a spell.

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, you wouldn't.

[Chester]

You bet I would. Out there, you can see a man coming a mile off.

[Matt Dillon]

I don't think he'd like that Truster.

[Chester]

I guess you're right. He'd never fall out into the open. Not him or them. You think they might need more than one?

[Matt Dillon]

Might be.

[Chester]

Doggone it, Mr. Dillon, why don't you hire some men to hang around as a sort of bodyguard? Then nobody'd dare try ambushing you.

[Matt Dillon]

The sooner they try, the better, Chester. Get it over with one way or the other.

[Chester]

I wish I was as cool about it as you.

[Matt Dillon]

I'm not cool, Chester. I'm mad.

[Chester]

You sure got a funny way of showing it. Now, if I was mad, I'd be hopping around like a bronc with a burr under its tail. I'd be a slaunching and slurring with foam on my mouth.

[Matt Dillon]

Get out, Chester.

[Chester]

He's up there in the alley.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah. I'm going after him.

[Chester]

I'm going with you.

[Matt Dillon]

You stay here.

[Chester]

No, by golly, not this time.

[Matt Dillon]

No, sir. Start shooting, mister. Start shooting while you got a chance.

[Chester]

I sure will. He's by that barrel, Mr. Dillon. He's leaning on it.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, I see him.

[Chester]

I'll shoot you. I'll shoot you good.

[Matt Dillon]

Drop that.

[Chester]

You walked right up to him, Mr. Dillon, and he had a gun right in his hand.

[Matt Dillon]

He's drunk, Chester.

[Chester]

Did you knock him out?

[Matt Dillon]

Well, I hit him hard enough. Let's get him up to Doc's. We'll sober him up and find out what this is all about.

[Chester]

Don't put that cup down yet, fella. Not before you drink every drop of coffee in it. I'm drowning in coffee, Dog. I said drink. Yeah. There. No more Doc. I'm sober now. Yes, well, Matt, he can talk straight now.

[Matt Dillon]

It's about time. What's your name?

[Chester]

Mr. Nat Swan. But I didn't mean nothing, Marshall. I didn't know what I was doing. Honest I didn't.

[Matt Dillon]

And I'll tell you. You were trying to kill me.

[Chester]

No, no, don't. Don't hit me. Don't hit me.

[Matt Dillon]

You're a real coward, aren't you, Swan? Even to shoot me in the back. You had to take on a load of whiskey.

[Chester]

I got nothing against you, Marshal. I come to town and heard all that talk and thought I could make a name for myself if I'd done the shooting. Ain't no more to it than that. No, listen. No more to it than that. Nothing personal is what I mean. I should have put strychnine in that coffee. What are you saying, Doc?

[Matt Dillon]

Never mind, Doc. I believe you, Swan.

[Chester]

Oh, you do? Well, it's true. Honest it is?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, it's true, all right. And there are a lot of other drunken, brainless bums gonna try it for the same reason. They've heard somebody's out to murder me and they got to thinking, why shouldn't they do it and get the credit for themselves?

[Chester]

No, it's not that bad.

[Matt Dillon]

It's already started, Doc. And there will be others, lots of them, as long as I last.

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[Matt Dillon]

Chester and I rode Nat swan down to the Arkansas. Told him to get his horse across and to keep going. I guess he thought I was about to shoot him, the way he rode off all hunkered up in the saddle, trying to look small. And I was pretty sure he'd never show up and dodge again. Now, that'd be one less glory hunter to deal with. But the thought of how many were left waiting in the alleys, hiding in the shadows, that made me jumpy. And I didn't realize how bad off I was until we got back into town, rode into the stable, we put our horses into their stalls, and we're walking toward the door.

[Chester]

This barn's plum deserted tonight, Mr. Dunn.

[Matt Dillon]

It's late, Chester. Everybody's either drunk or in bed by now.

[Chester]

Well, there's somebody who ain't. Hey, what's he doing with that rifle?

[Matt Dillon]

Here, ducking at the stall, Chester.

[Chester]

He seems all right.

[Matt Dillon]

Drop the rifle, mister. Not likely. Drop it, I say.

[Chester]

No, he's gonna shoot. You got him Here.

[Matt Dillon]

You stay back. Just.

[Chester]

Shoot. Don't shoot again.

[Matt Dillon]

Pick up his rifle, jester.

[Chester]

I got it blessed. You, mister? He put a bullet in my lung.

[Matt Dillon]

Who are you?

[Chester]

I've never seen him before. Why do you care who I am? You're gonna kill him. Ass. What you done?

[Matt Dillon]

Why were you after me? Somebody hire you?

[Andrew Rines]

Tell me.

[Chester]

You shoot a man down and then you try to blame it on him. Maybe he wasn't after you. I ain't after nobody. I come from a horse, that's all. I think he's telling the truth, Mr. Dillon. Dylan. You. You're the marshal?

[Matt Dillon]

Who did you think I was?

[Chester]

I heard talk somebody was out to shoot you. Wasn't me. I was just trying to get home to Texas. I ain't gonna make it now.

[Matt Dillon]

All right. I heard you lever your rifle, mister. You. You're about to shoot.

[Chester]

I thought I was being held up, the way you hollered at me. Oh, my goodness, Mr. Dillon. He ain't got nothing to do with this, of course, I ain't. If I was you, Marshall, if there's talk about somebody after me, I'd find out who's making the talk. I wouldn't go around shooting innocent people. Somebody's got you outsmarted.

[Matt Dillon]

We'll get you up to docs, mister. He'll take good care of you.

[Chester]

Don't. Don't bury me in a blanket, Marshall. Fix me a box. Will you promise me you'll fix me a box? Yeah.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, I promise.

[Chester]

I can't swallow no more. I'm gonna drown. Drown?

[Matt Dillon]

Well, I killed an innocent man, Chester.

[Chester]

Really? He'd have shot you if you hadn't, Mr. John.

[Matt Dillon]

I don't even know his name. But we'll fix him a box. We'll fix him a good one.

[Chester]

Yes, sir.

[Matt Dillon]

And I'm gonna do something else, he said.

[Chester]

What's that?

[Matt Dillon]

I've been outsmarted. He was right. But I know what I'm doing.

[Kitty]

Hello, man.

[Matt Dillon]

Hello, Kitty.

[Kitty]

You're looking for somebody?

[Matt Dillon]

You bet I am.

[Kitty]

Trouble.

[Matt Dillon]

Now the trouble's over, or it soon will be.

[Kitty]

If there's going to be a fight, they don't need me in this saloon.

[Matt Dillon]

I'll be mighty surprised if there is a fight, Kitty.

[Chester]

Huh?

[Matt Dillon]

Cowards don't carry guns, Ed. Evie, I'll see you later.

[Chester]

You come from split, gentlemen. You carry string along and. Well, Marshal Dillon, you gonna try your luck?

[Matt Dillon]

My luck ran out about an hour ago, Evie.

[Chester]

What?

[Matt Dillon]

I shot and killed an innocent man.

[Chester]

What are you talking about, Marshall?

[Matt Dillon]

You were too cheap to hire somebody to get me, Evie, and too much of a coward to try it yourself.

[Chester]

I don't like that.

[Matt Dillon]

This story about overhearing that talk out back. You spread it around, hoping it'd give some brainless fool the idea to try it himself.

[Chester]

Now, that's a lie.

[Matt Dillon]

Two men tried it. Then they made me so jumpy, I just killed a man I thought was gonna try it again. Well, I feel pretty bad about that, Evie.

[Chester]

I got nothing to do with it.

[Matt Dillon]

You told me the story thinking it'd make you look innocent. Are you outsmarted me, Evie, For a while.

[Chester]

You can't prove any of this.

[Matt Dillon]

I don't have to. Now, come on.

[Chester]

You can't arrest me.

[Matt Dillon]

No? Then I'm gonna lock you up. And tomorrow I'm gonna run you out of town.

[Narrator/Announcer]

No.

[Matt Dillon]

Two innocent men have died because of your cowardice, Evie. I wish I could hang you for it.

[Chester]

Don't you call me a coward.

[Matt Dillon]

You're the worst coward I ever saw.

[Chester]

Shut up, you. Stop saying it. You're doing just what you did out in Santa Fe.

[Matt Dillon]

Come on, Evie.

[Chester]

I'll show you I'm not a coward. You won't call me that anymore.

[Matt Dillon]

Take your hand out of your pocket, Evie.

[Chester]

I got a gun in here. I'll kill you myself.

[Matt Dillon]

No, you won't. You're not gonna draw that gun.

[Chester]

Yes, I am.

[Matt Dillon]

Not you, Evie.

[Chester]

I'll do it.

[Matt Dillon]

Not you.

[Chester]

I'll kill you.

[Matt Dillon]

Just keep talking, Evie.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Keep talking.

[Kitty]

Why didn't you shoot him, Matt? You had a right to.

[Matt Dillon]

I think he wanted me to, Kitty. What? I think he'd rather be dead than face everybody knowing what a coward he is. Well, he's got his punishment coming for the rest of his. Stop.

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[Matt Dillon]

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