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[theme music]

NARRATOR: "Gunsmoke," with Milburn Stones as Doc, Ken

Curtis as Festus, Buck Taylor as Newly, and starring

James Arness as Matt Dillon.

[gun cocked]

[click]

Pa!

Pa, where is ya?

Pa, you in there?

[banging]

Pa!

This man's going to kill me, Pa.

Jacob, Abel, Isaac, Esau!

Come out of there, Wakefield.

Don't make me come in after you.

[gunfire]

[horse neighing]

WAKEFIELD: You've done his eyes blue and his skin fair,

just like yours.

And he was took away on his birthday, just like you.

I'm going to have to kill him.

I'm sorry about your boy, Wakefield.

They robbed a bank in Dodge, shot the teller.

He killed one man and wounded two others.

Now, I didn't mean to kill him, but he

didn't believe me much choice.

How did you know my name?

You mean to tell me you don't know

there's wanted posters on you and these boys of yours all

over Kansas territory?

We're regular [inaudible], ain't we, Pa?

All them things we did to those poor people, you know,

we ought to be shot.

JACOB: One of us was today.

Wakefield, if what I understand is true,

you and these boys of yours have burned homesteads all the way

from here to the Dakotas.

You've killed 40, 50 people.

Can you tell me why?

WAKEFIELD: You mean you've got all of them posters on us.

And you don't even know why we done it?

MATT DILLON: No.

Maybe you think I go out killing

for the mortal pleasure of it.

'Course I ain't right in the head.

Maybe.

Well, before you die, you're gonna know.

I done it for her.

They killed my lady, them righteous

psalm-singing hypocrites that come out

here to squat on the land and to try to bend every living

thing to their way of doing.

Well, I assured them I don't bend.

And I'm going to go on assuring them

till every last one of them has felt the wrath

of Abraham Whitefield.

My lady loved me.

She's a queen, and she loved me.

Me, a poor dirt farmer and she took me to be her man.

And there ain't no colder loneliness

nowheres to match that what's in my soul

since they took her away from me.

MATT DILLON: Who's they?

You did!

You and all your kind.

You mean lawmen?

That's what they call theirselves.

Vigilantes, they was.

One bright day 20 or 30 of them bloodlusters

is chasing a rustler around.

They finally run him to ground at my place.

My lady is there all alone.

The man they was chasing tried to use her to buy them off.

I come up just as they is burning

my house down to get him out.

I heard her screaming and screaming.

I tried to get to her but I couldn't.

I couldn't.

And when they seen what they done,

they shot me and left me for dead so there

wouldn't be no witness.

But I didn't die.

And I ain't gonna die till I've killed 100 of them

for every one of them that killed my lady.

Wakefield, you can't blame everybody

for the acts of a few.

The law's the worst.

They didn't do nothing, nothing but kill

my lady, those law-abiding citizens,

fresh-scrubbed and church-going.

The hired the law and paid it.

Then, they looked the other way when

it come to justice being done.

So I'm a lone justice.

Now, the law's after me for doing what they should've done.

You let them put that up on a poster and show everybody

Abraham Wakefield's paying them all back

for what they done to his lady.

And now, you-- you done killed one of my boys.

It wasn't me that killed him, Wakefield.

You did.

Sit!

Now, you're leading these boys down the same path,

can't you see that.

I see you've suffered a lot.

You've taken it out on a lot of people who didn't have anything

to do with your wife's dying.

Where's the justice in that?

[inaudible], mister.

-Pa? -Kill him, Pa.

What are you waiting for, Pa?

He's a stinking lawman.

[inaudible].

Yeah.

Pa.

He ain't gonna die that quick or that easy.

I'm going to give you the rest of the night to think about it.

Tie him up and get to bed.

Not you.

You're going to help with the killing tomorrow.

It's a lot easier to put a bullet

between the eyes of a stranger than it is somebody you know.

So you get to know him.

Talk with him.

I'm going to make a Wakefield out of you yet,

or I'm going to see you dead.

Why are you doing this to me, Pa?

Because you're a weakling.

Your mother pained plenty to bring you into this here world,

almost died.

I ain't gonna see you puking on her grave

like some baby that can't hold down his milk.

I won't have it.

I won't have no flesh of mine protecting the likes of him,

protecting him that killed my woman.

You hearing me, boy?

Yes, Pa.

Lawman don't you get no funny ideas about running.

Shiloh here will have you laid out for the grave

before you get halfway to the door.

[dog growling]

You know, I don't think the Marshal here believes Pa.

He's a regular doubting Thomas.

Oh, no, we don't like, uh, like folks that call our daddy

a liar, especially a badge.

Ain't no call for this, Esau.

Shut your mouth, or I'll shut it for you.

--[inaudible], it ain't the Marshal's fault he don't know.

He's just never been showed.

Shiloh.

[dog growling]

Show him Shiloh.

[dog barking]

[inaudible].

[inaudible].

You know, I think we might just have ourselves a believer here.

What do you think, brother Jacob?

Well, sleep tight, Marshal.

Don't let the bed bugs bite.

Watch him.

[laughter]

You tie him up.

[dog growling]

JACOB: Quiet, Shiloh.

Why do I get the feeling you don't belong in this family?

I belong.

I just don't like killing, that's all.

Uh, huh.

Bet you ride out with your father

when he gets in his head it's time for another massacre, huh.

JACOB: Sometimes, when I don't want to get beat.

I never did like killing.

I've seen my fill of it.

But I ain't put a hole in nobody yet.

Ma's dead.

Ain't all the killing in the world

is going to bring her back.

Pa, he's gone crazy.

All he thinks about is the next time

he rides down off this mountain and take vengeance

on the hypocrisy of the world.

He worshiped her more than God, still does.

They was dirt poor.

But he worked for five years, morning till night, and seven

days a week, to save enough money

so he could buy her that dress and have

her painted by a real artist.

Keeps her bedroom locked all the time.

What's in it?

Something that means more than all the gold in the world

to him, Mama's things, her bed, her dresser, her clothes.

Brought it all from the old place, set

them up here after she died.

Everything that belonged to her that didn't burn is in there.

Sometimes, he goes in there for a whole day, sometimes, two.

And he'd be talking to her like she was still alive.

I can remember when my Pa was the most gentle man living.

I don't even know him no more.

Then, why do you stay?

That man is my Pa.

I still love him.

I gotta.

Sometimes, I watch him when he's quiet asleep.

He looks just like he used to, quiet and fine.

For a moment I pretend everything

is like it was before.

Then, he wakes up, aching and paining

and plotting and wanting to cry and set a torch to the world.

[harmonica playing]

Laban was a good boy.

He honored his father and done right by his blessed mother.

Died a soldier of righteousness.

His sword lifted agin' them that struck

down your honor and mine.

See that he rests with kings.

Amen.

-Amen. -Amen.

Amen.

[crashing sounds]

Come on, put your muscle up on the table, you

dirt mouth dung pusher.

Time to see what kind of stuff you're made of.

Adds a little spice, don't you think?

Now, I don't want you going soft on me

in the middle of this game and, uh, giving up.

I'm going to put that big sticker through your hand.

But I don't want to do it without a fight now, you hear?

If you had any sense, you'd put one over there.

[snaps]

Isaac.

Now, I don't want to put no yellow in your grip, old man.

But there ain't nobody ever beat me at this game.

You sure talk a lot.

Come on, Esau.

Get him, Esau.

Atta boy.

Get him, Esau.

Get him.

Atta boy.

Go ahead.

Come on, Esau.

You can get him.

Atta boy.

Atta boy. Get him, Esau.

Get him in there.

Woo!

Get him.

[grunting]

Esau, come on, Esau.

Get him.

Don't give up, Esau.

I rode all the way to Ashland to get this mirror for you,

remember.

[piano playing]

I liked to see you sit here and brush your hair until it

shines like rubbed wood.

You always told me it was just for me.

But sometimes I figured maybe it was for some of them

handsome young bucks we see at the barn raisings.

Well, you just let me catch you making eyes at him.

Annabel, I love you more than my life.

No, it ain't me.

I was young.

Young, I was, and handsome.

No.

Don't give up, Esau.

[grunting]

Come on, Esau. Don't give up.

Come on.

Don't be a fool, Wakefield.

Give it up.

No, uh, not till that blade's sticking through your hand.

Come on, Esau.

ESAU: Ah!

Put down that gun, Isaac.

ISAAC: But he's run that knife through Esau's hand, Pa.

ESAU: Get him, Pa, or I will.

I said put it down.

Why?

We told you what he'd done.

Looks like he won fair and square to me.

ESAU: You're siding with him?

Don't you never say that to me again.

Esau didn't mean no spite, Pa.

Us Wakefield's is fair and square.

Well, ain't we? -Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Fair and square.

Just what are you getting at, Pa?

You're a sporting lot.

Well, I've just been a-thinkin'.

Wouldn't hardly be sporting just to shoot him and not give

him a chance to defend hisself.

That wouldn't be sporting, would it?

Well, would it?

What, what are you saying, Pa?

WAKEFIELD: I'm saying we give him a head start on foot.

He's got a forest and a whole mountain to hide in.

[sliding sound]

And one hour to do it.

Then, us and Shiloh will go looking for him.

You call that fair odds, do you?

More than fair for a scum who killed my boy.

Don't look so grim.

Just think, this time tomorrow, all your worldly cares will be

over, less'n, of course, you manage

to stay away from us longer.

What happens if I do?

Well, I told you, I'm a sporting man.

If by the grace of the devil, this time

tomorrow you're still alive, I'll leave you be.

You've got my word on it.

I don't like it, Pa.

You will when we start a-trackin'.

But Pa, what happens if he gets away?

Shiloh can smell a lawman 50 miles away.

Our friend here will be lucky to get

three or four miles before we start a-lookin' for him.

We'll bag him and be back here before supper.

Get your coat off.

The dog will need a scent.

He'll freeze out there, Pa.

He ain't going have time to freeze.

He's going to be too busy running.

I told you to get that coat off.

[gun cocked]

What's the real reason for this, Wakefield?

I told you.

I don't want you dying quick or easy.

I want you to have time to run like Laban did.

I want you to have time to feel your bones freezing stiff.

I want you to have time to suffer.

Then, I'm going to kill you.

[click]

Time.

Let's go get us a badge.

Let's get out of here.

Come on, Shiloh.

[dog barking]

You're going to do right by Laban today.

Or your flesh will hang on like clothes on the line.

Ain't nobody down there.

He backtracked, Pa.

Get up.

Pa?

Tracks going out this way.

WAKEFIELD: Kinda artful, ain't he?

Give Shiloh a sniff of his coat.

You'll find him quick enough.

Too quick.

Our big friend ain't run along enough yet.

Come on.

No, Pa.

What do you mean, we'll find him soon enough?

That's right, we.

Well, it's got to be me, just me.

What are you talking about?

He shamed me this morning.

And I gotta kill him, me.

He killed Laban, and Laban belonged to all of us.

We all got to share in his hide.

Well, it's gotta be me.

WAKEFIELD: You come back here, boy, you hear me!

I'll give you the lines.

I'll give you the lines!

[growling]

Ah!

[gunshots]

Looks like you just ran out of room.

Come on, big man.

Or are you too weighted down by all that yellow?

I'm going to make you pay.

Think you can do the job yourself?

Oh, now, this ain't no game.

[grunting]

ESAU: Ugh.

Ah!

Esau's bagged him.

Maybe.

ISAAC: Esau!

Esau, where are you?

What'd you let him kill you for?

Why'd you let him do it to you?

Go bring me that coat.

Yes, Pa.

Here, Pa.

[dog growling]

Lawman, kill.

Lawman, kill.

[dog barking]

Kill!

[dog growling]

[dog barking]

[dog growling]

[dog barking]

Just when is Pa coming back to hisself?

How should I know?

If he's into remembering Ma again,

ain't nothing going to bring him back till he gets his fill.

But we can't just stand around here with our hands

in our pockets.

If that badge killed Shiloh, he'd get clean away.

How could he kill Shiloh?

We found Esau's gun on him.

Yeah, we didn't find his knife.

Even if he had Esau's knife, he still

ain't no match for that hound.

Then, where's the dog?

What if he did kill Shiloh?

Just what if he did?

It'd take him a long time to climb down off this mountain.

We could still track him down.

Not if he gets back to our place first.

He's got a horse up there or do you forget?

He'd ride out of here and come back with a whole legion.

Pa?

Pa!

You stay here with Pa, ya hear?

As soon as he comes back to himself, you tell him

we went off tracking.

You tell him we waited here as long as we could.

Don't want him to think we was anxious to claim

no glory for ourselves.

He'd be just ragged.

Don't give him a chance to get no contrary notions in his head

either.

All the talking in this world won't change his thinking.

You hear me, brother?

Let's get out of here.

Whoa.

If I get [inaudible], you're gonna get a bullet from my gun,

ya hear?

Ya, ya.

Shiloh must have wrecked him good.

There's blood all over the place.

He ain't no ordinary man.

He weren't no ordinary man.

Well, he's only half of one now.

He ain't going nowhere.

Well, let's see to it he don't.

Come on.

Pa's gonna fix us good, you know that, don't you?

Well, if you think I'm going to let him get away,

you're crazier than a 'coon.

You know, Pa'd be real pleased with us

if he know we let him suffer to the end.

What are you saying?

I'm saying, let the Marshal be.

Let him suffer.

He ain't going nowhere.

If that wound Shiloh give him don't stop him, the night will.

He can't find our place in the dark.

With all them clouds in the sky, he won't even

have a moon to work by, not to mention

the fact that by morning, he'll be froze stiff as a post.

All right.

Let's start a fire before we freeze over.

We can pick up his trail at first light.

You know, if we find him in time,

maybe we can even keep him alive long enough for Pa to catch up.

So as he can have a hand in the glory.

I know that'd please him.

You're afraid of him, ain't ya?

Afraid of who?

Pa.

Ain't you?

You going to help me start a fire, or ain't ya?

[heavy breathing]

Why couldn't things have been different, Pa?

Why couldn't you just have buried Mama

and lived on with a piece of the grace she

spent a lifetime giving you?

That would have pleased her more than, more than what's become

of you and the rest of us.

Would have showed her more honor than you building half

a dozen graveyards in her name.

What are we doing here?

Where's Isaac?

Abel?

We've got to get after that lawman.

You was into yourself again, Pa.

Isaac and Abel rode out after him.

Rode out, without me?

I'll beat them to death.

Pa, they just didn't want him to get away, that's all.

Shiloh got him, didn't he?

Shiloh?

Where is he?

He didn't get back yet.

Probably with Isaac and Abel.

Then why ain't they back?

I don't know.

Pa, you can't find nobody in this black.

It'll be dawn in a few hours.

Be plenty of time then.

Looks like he held up here.

How'd he start a fire?

He can't be hurt as bad as we thought.

Esau had matches on him.

And his coat, he wasn't wearing no coat when we found him.

There's no show of blood going off with the rest of him.

He ain't as crippled as we thought he was.

And he's heading straight for our place.

We should've tracked him down last night.

But you wanted to leave him be, leave him to suffer, you said.

Well, it's us that's gonna suffer plenty if we let

him slip through our fingers.

We got horses, ain't we?

He don't.

We'll get him.

You're scared of Pa, too, ain't you, brother?

WAKEFIELD: Days of darkness hanging over me, Annabel.

A cold wind a-blowin' on my dreams.

The enemies are luring our boys away,

killing them off so as I don't have no family left to help me

hold a sword over your grave.

Pa?

You all right?

I'm going to have to be terrible hard

on Abel and Isaac, Annabel.

Gonna have to put the lash across them

before they all get killed.

And there ain't nothing left of you.

[horse neighing]

What is it?

It looks like we got him.

What are you doing?

It's Pa.

We got the lawman, Pa.

He's up there in that hill.

We was waiting for you, Pa.

Pa!

You run off.

No, Pa.

You run off.

Laban run off, against my orders,

run off and got himself killed.

Pa?

What are you talking about, Pa?

Esau run off against my orders and he died for it.

And your Mama's a-standing over there, weeping on their graves.

You ain't making no sense, Pa.

Then, you two run off.

We didn't run off.

You could have got yourselves killed.

We didn't.

We didn't.

And how'd I tell your mama you was dead, too?

Jacob told you why we left, didn't he, Pa?

We waited as long as we could, Papa.

I told your mama I was going to be terrible hard on you.

And I am.

I'm going to cut the meat off your bones.

I'm going to learn you so as you won't never

grieve your blessed mama again.

You can't, Pa, you'll kill him.

You're too far out of yourself.

Ah!

Pa, please.

You're talking crazy, Pa.

You've gone crazy.

I won't let you do it.

I won't.

I'm gonna learn you to be good soldiers

in the army of the righteous.

I'm gonna learn you so as you don't never forget.

Don't you raise your hand against me.

[gun cocked]

What are you doing, Pa?

[gunshot]

Pa!

Pa!

Don't you run away from me.

[gunshot]

[heavy breathing]

Go ahead, Papa.

Kill me, too, Papa.

Go ahead, Papa, pull the trigger.

Kill me like you did the rest of us.

You've done it, Papa, you, you.

Oh, Pa.

I'm sorry, Jacob.

It was to happen.

Where's your Pa?

I'm going to have to take him in.

Can you give him a few more minutes with my-- to himself?

Take care of him, Marshal.

He can't hurt nobody no more.

Law won't hang him, Jacob.

He'll be looked after.

Goodbye, Pa.

[crying]

Goodbye, Jacob.

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