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[music playing]

NARRATOR: "Gunsmoke," starring James Arness as Matt Dillon.

[music playing]

[gunfire]

Get a stretcher.

[metal clanking]

Doc, why are you taking him all the way to Denver?

Because, Kitty, GL Harrington is the finest spinal surgeon

I know of anywhere.

And that's what it's going to take

to safely extract that bullet.

[train engine]

[suspenseful music]

[gunfire]

[inaudible].

Your turn, soldier boy.

Hold it!

Dead men can't point no fingers.

Newspapers do.

Yeehaw!

[laughs] Just look at it.

There must be a billion there, at least.

[train engine nearing]

[screeching]

All right, folks.

Stay right where you are.

My name is Sinclair, Jack Sinclair.

You might as well know.

'Cause once the law finds out about this, they'll know.

Mister.

The United States Army will chase you into hell just

to hang you.

Well, Matt, maybe somebody can reason with him if all he wants

is the gold.

Wouldn't work, Doc.

Why not?

It was my bullet that took Sinclair's hand.

And you.

You're going to dig a couple of graves for the padre.

I'm escorting a prisoner.

Get those irons off her.

I can't do that.

[cocks gun]

I'll give you three seconds.

Now, don't twitch a whisker.

[cocks gun]

Go on.

Who's he?

He's a horse thief.

Where'd you come from?

Leroy, take guns and search the rest of the train.

Make sure there's nobody else on board.

Who's he?

His name's Tom Walters.

What happened to him?

Well, when you stopped the train, you killed him.

He had a bullet next to his heart, and the jolt killed him.

Don't look dead to me.

Believe me, he's stiff as a board.

[interposing voices]

No, no, no, I believe you.

Sorry about your man.

My man?

They just said his name was Walters.

That's very strange.

When I got on the train, I heard the conductor say his name

was Dillon-- Marshal Dillon.

What's your point?

If the name isn't Walters, then maybe he isn't dead, either.

Well, my father's village was not at all

what I expected it to be.

Everywhere I went, it was poverty and disease and hunger.

It was incredible.

I should have done something.

Anything.

I felt sorry for myself.

Then I ran.

Where will you go now?

To Denver to retake my vows.

[GROANING] Sure hard work being this rich.

Come on.

Building that blockade [inaudible].

To take a bullet like this out, you'd

have to have special skills.

And I haven't got 'em.

Doc, you could dig a bullet out of a man with a jack-knife

in the dark, and you know it.

No, no way.

Not anymore.

I'm too old.

Ah, Doc, there's more to it than that.

Now, what is it you're not telling me?

I don't want to be the one to cripple you.

Sure we can't talk a deal?

You sure are pretty.

There's no doubt about that.

A long time ago, I would have just reached out and took.

But not any longer.

Why?

Because I don't need your brand of trouble, lady.

Now leave me alone.

I think you lost more than just a hand.

Don't worry.

I didn't tell him about your man.

They'd kill him.

Don't you understand that?

So what?

[dramatic music]

Don't you try bucking me, honey.

As tough as you think you are, I'm a lot tougher.

You're right-- he is my man.

And I'll do anything to keep him alive,

even to killing the likes of you.

All right, let's go, soldier boy.

Come on.

[groans]

[shouts]

[gunfire]

What are we gonna do, Jack?

They got the gold.

We're gonna go after them.

We ain't got horses, Jack.

There's nothing else left to do Pancho,

you put everyone in the passenger car.

[inaudible] that train doesn't move until we get back.

[music playing]

Hold up, there.

Hold.

Hold.

Look at that smoke over there.

They must have got the train going.

Yeah, but it ain't puffing like no train.

She's burnin' steady.

Maybe they're burning fuel.

Well, if they are burning the fuel,

we'll never get that train out of there.

The only thing we can do is lead them as far

away from Matthew as we can.

Maybe we'll get a chance to double back.

I can't go no further.

I can feel the blood in my boots.

Come on, Orely.

Let's go.

I-- I can't, Jack.

I can't.

Then get back to the train, then.

You're useless.

No, I ain't It's these boots.

They're too tight.

Then take them off!

I can't.

My feet is all swole.

Get back to the train!

That shooting.

Newly defended guns.

And he may be dead from one right now.

There are good men who carry guns, too.

Newly said the same thing.

But I don't believe it.

What if somebody was breaking into your house?

No matter what happened, at least when it was over,

we'd both still be alive.

[gunfire]

[shouts]

There's a law man on board, a United States Marshal.

Where?

In a baggage car.

Name's Dillon.

[suspenseful music]

[gunfire]

Doc, I haven't got any feeling left in my legs.

I can't move them at all.

[theme music]

Now, Matt, I want you to tell me if you feel anything here.

Nothing?

Not a thing, Doc.

Nothing there?

Nothin'.

[music playing]

Doc, you've got to operate.

And you've got to operate now.

No, Kitty.

Why?

Kitty, I'm a doctor, a medical doctor.

I'm not a-- a miracle worker or a witch.

I don't have the equipment.

You've always taken great pride in the fact

that your medicine bag is always up to date.

I'm not talking about that.

I'm talking about my hands.

I'm-- I'm talking about the knowledge.

When I was in Baltimore, I studied

diseases, not spinal surgery.

Don't you understand?

There's no other way left to us.

Kitty, I'd do any-- I'd do anything in the world for Matt.

I'd carry the bullet for him if I could.

But I'm not going to cripple him.

17 years.

17 years ago this month.

I'll never forget that first day as long as I live.

It was raining.

And I was cold and hungry and miserable.

When I stepped off that stagecoach

and saw those ugly buildings and all those muddy streets,

I hated Dodge City.

It's down to my last $40.

And it couldn't have taken me much further.

You couldn't have paid me to stay in Dodge.

I waded over to the cafe.

And I was hurrying through breakfast so I

could get back on the stage.

And a man came in And he sat down across the room from me.

He was the biggest man I have ever seen in my life.

And he also ate the biggest breakfast

I'd ever seen in my life.

He was so busy polishing off all of his eggs

and ham and biscuits that he didn't even notice me.

But I noticed him.

I noticed him so much that I decided to stay for a while.

And stay I did, in spite of the fact that I found out

the big man wore a big badge.

And he didn't think he had any right

to get involved in any kind of permanent relationship.

Oh, we really fought some battles about that

Seems to me that, um, I left three or four times, just

swearing up and down that not under any circumstances was I

gonna see him or his damn badge again.

But I always came back.

And once he even came to get me.

Now here we are after 17 years.

And that's got to be the longest non-permanent relationship

in history.

But I wouldn't change one day of it.

Not one day.

I noticed that day, Kitty.

I noticed.

[music playing]

Doctor.

You're not with your patient.

Father, I'm-- I'm in no mood to-- to listen

to any conversation.

[inaudible].

When you took care of my face, I saw a bible in the bag

where you keep the instruments.

Yes, you saw a bible.

Do you believe in God?

Yes, I believe in God.

But I don't see that that's any business of--

Doctor, uh, I don't mean to intrude.

But I couldn't help overhearing the conversation

you had with Miss Russell.

Well, then you know there is nothing I can do for him.

Well, I understand there is nothing you can do alone.

Doctor, I am a man who knows what

it means to lose one's faith.

When a man loses his faith, he becomes

impotent and useless and arrogant.

You're a man of faith.

So you have to know that it is not your hand, but God's hand

which will save the marshal.

If you were the greatest surgeon alive,

but it is God's will that the marshal will die, he will die.

But if it is God's will that he will live,

you might be the instrument to save him.

Father, when this train reaches Denver, what was it

you told me you were going to do?

I am going back to the village to find the faith I lost.

What about you, Doctor?

Kitty, there's got to be some way to convince Doc to operate.

He won't, Matt.

He just won't.

He doesn't feel that he's got the qualifications.

Miss Dawson, I'll need an awful lot of hot water.

You can get it from the engine boiler.

Would you tell the engineer? -Yes, Doctor.

Doc?

All right, Kitty.

I'm going to need a lot of bandages, a lot of them.

And I don't have near enough in my bag.

I wish you would rip your petticoat up into strips

about 6 inches wide.

Will you do that for me?

Doctor, can I be of any help?

You certainly can, Father.

I want you to unbolt that table, if you will.

You'll find some tools back in this crate here.

We're going to move this table over next to the window.

I'm going to need all the light I can get.

There you go, ma'am.

If you need any more, just let me know.

Thanks.

I will.

I asked you a question.

Ask Kelliher.

I'm only the conductor.

What are you draining the water for?

The doctor is going to operate on the marshal.

Operate?

How long is that going to take?

I don't know.

Kelliher, how long before we can move this thing?

Roughly about two hours.

No sooner?

Well, not unless you get a presidential order

or some more able-bodied men to help cut wood.

We'll help you with these things, ma'am.

Thank you.

-Doc, [inaudible]. -I don't know, Matt.

But we can't hurry it.

I'm gonna put you out now.

Doctor, can I talk to you?

Well, not now.

It's important.

Well, so is this.

You'd better listen to him, Doc.

Doctor, this train is pulling out

of here in exactly two hours.

Well, I-- I might not be finished in two hours.

The marshal's life isn't the only one at stake here, Doctor.

There are the passengers.

Just a minute.

Don't try to tell me about your concern for the passengers.

The real reason you want to get out of here

is so you can get to a telegraph office and get your gold back,

isn't it?

The gold is my responsibility.

Festus and Newly, what if they get back?

If they get back, so will those renegades.

Captain, I don't know how I can explain this to you.

But the location of that bullet makes it such

that if this train moves one iota

and I'm using that scalpel, it could

cripple him-- or kill him!

Two hours.

Now, wait a minute.

I've got something to say about that.

Not anymore.

I'm commandeering this train.

And you'll all take orders from me.

Two hours, Doctor.

[music playing]

[shouting horse commands]

Come on.

Giddyup. come on, get!

Festus, they're all played out.

Yeah.

Well, we ain't normally pulling a big load.

Pulling up hill, to boot. Giddyup!

Yah! Get!

Looks like them fellers just ain't gonna give up.

I guess they figured we'd run out of room.

I got me an idea, Newly.

I don't want to leave this here wagon.

Leave the gold to them?

'Course.

Just ride these mules back to the train, don't you see?

Well, they ain't going to spend it out here.

That's good thinking, Festus.

I'm just trying to save my blame hide, that's all.

Whoa. Whoa.

Come on, let's go.

We can circle without being seen.

By the time they get to the wagon

we'll be halfway back to the train.

Yeah.

The mainest thing is to get her did as fast as we can do it.

[metal clanking]

Hah!

DOC: Breathe deep, Matt.

Breathe deep.

Deep as you can, Matt.

Deep.

Nice and slow, very slow.

That's it.

Breathe deep, Matt.

[music playing]

That's fine.

That's enough.

Take out the [inaudible].

That's fine.

All right.

[inaudible].

[PANTING] Ah, it's all here.

What you gonna buy with it, Roper?

Some horses?

Water?

Well, what?

You must admit, amigo-- you're a rich man.

Better off when I had nothin'.

Those yahoos.

Whiskers and that other thing he crawls around with,

I'm going to gut-shoot 'em both.

Those tracks are heading right back to the train.

Old Blanchard and Concho are sure

gonna to be in for a surprise.

I never figured old Whiskers for this.

Tell you what, gents-- you're gonna go back to the train.

And we gonna take this wagon with us.

Sun must have baked out your brains, Jack.

He's right, mi jefe.

[speaking spanish]

Is that so?

Well, let me tell you something.

There's only one of two ways.

We can leave the gold here and try

walking out of this country.

But you can bet that tin soldier back there will

be after us with this cavalry.

They'd run us down in two days.

Or we go to Mexico rich men.

Now, you know the only way that's going to happen

is if we get to their mules.

And they're back at the train. -Come on, Jack.

Why don't we leave it here and come back for it?

Because that train is in our way to Mexico, that's why!

We are running out of time!

Now, come on.

You each got a pair of strong shoulders.

Let's go.

[speaking spanish]

Well, maybe it won't be too bad.

Part of it's downhill.

Charlie.

[music playing]

[shouts]

[inaudible].

All right, get it moving.

Come on, let's go.

Can't find it.

I'll have to go deeper.

Keep working.

Doc, it's Festus and Newly.

More chloroform.

Oh.

What's goin' on?

Well, they left a couple of men behind.

The marshal got one.

Doc and the captain here got the other one.

[IMPATIENT] Where's the gold?

We had to leave it.

You should have brought it back.

I hate to tell you this, Captain,

but we didn't get ourselves shot at for your gold.

It was Matthew we done it for.

Matthew?

It's Marshal Dillon.

Don't worry about your gold, Captain.

They can't get far without these mules.

How is the marshal?

Doc's operatin' on him right now.

Operating?

Yep.

Here, hold these [inaudible].

With them back, that means that Sinclair's bunch

will be coming, too.

Now, it may be tight.

But with two more men, we might be able to get out

of here a few minutes sooner. -Wait a minute.

Doc's still operating.

You can't do that.

If they get back here before we can get this bucket moving,

then there's nothing much we can do to keep

them from taking this train.

They've got more guns than we have and nothing to lose.

You see that those mules are put in the first car.

All right, then.

Come on, boy.

[music playing]

Jack, look it!

It's Orely.

What's he doing comin' back?

[DISTRESSED] The train.

The train!

They got the train.

They got what?

The train.

Now, nice and slow, Orely-- what'd you see?

Well, I saw them folks chopping wood.

And the engine was chuggin' away and smokin'.

What about Concho and Blanchard?

Don't know.

Didn't see 'em.

Dead, most likely.

It's gonna take 'em a while to fire up that steam

again after the fire was out.

Charlie and Roper, get your rifles.

Go on ahead.

Do everything you can to keep that train at a standstill

until I get there.

Sure thing, Jack.

Pony, cut off his boots.

We gonna need his help pushin'.

[DISTRESSED] No.

I still can't get it.

I can feel it.

I can feel bone fragment in their.

I've got to get it out.

Give me a small sponge.

[metal clanking]

Thank you.

[YELLING] When will she be ready to leave?

She is ready, Captain, and raring to go.

I'll tell you when to leave.

Right.

Get everyone on board.

All aboard.

[knocking on door]

I'll get it.

Doctor, the train's ready to leave.

I gave you two hours.

I told you-- you move this train one inch,

and it might kill him.

Excuse me.

Captain, we are all aware that there

are other lives to consider.

But do you realize that that would be killing

this man to save ourselves?

I'm afraid that's what it's come down to, Father.

Mr Duncan, tell your engineer to get this train moving.

No.

You let me know when you're done.

[cocks gun]

[gunfire]

[gunfire]

Get those shades down!

[gunfire continues]

[distant gunfire]

What's that out there?

It's come from the train.

It's still there.

Charlie and Roper are doing their jobs, as we are.

Get this thing going.

Come on, let's go.

Let's go.

We'll still get there.

Come on.

Push it.

Come on.

[music playing]

[distant gunfire]

Clean this up.

Better do it now.

[muffled gunfire]

Go ahead and [inaudible].

All right.

[inaudible] good and deep.

Wish the others would get here.

Ah, they'll be getting here soon.

That's fine. I can see it.

All right.

I can see it just fine.

That's just fine.

[tapping]

[muffled gunfire]

Get that bone fragment out.

[smacks tongue]

Clean it agan, Kitty.

[muffled gunfire]

[muffled gunfire]

There it is.

There's the bullet fragment.

Do you see it? -Yes.

Right there.

[clink]

[muffled gunfire]

Go it.

Done.

[muffled gunfire]

Now, clean it again.

All right.

Right over the suture.

OK.

Yeah, that's [inaudible].

[clink]

Clean it again.

There, that's good.

That's good.

[muffled gunfire]

[suspenseful music]

That's the son of a gun.

Thank you.

[muffled gunfire]

That's it.

Doc.

Check his pulse.

Oh.

How is it?

Well, it's pretty even.

Doc.

Yeah?

What do we do now?

We just keep on praying.

[sighs]

Father, you can tell the conductor he can

pull this train out anytime.

Yes, Doctor.

[shouts]

Charlie, they're trying to get started.

[gunfire]

[gunfire]

CAPTAIN DARNELL: Hurry up!

It's a sensitive machine, Captain,

and there's no rush you'll get from it!

[gunfire]

[train horn]

Come on, let's go.

[grunting]

[gunfire continues]

[gunfire stops]

[music playing]

[labored breathing]

Matt.

Matt, it's Doc.

Can you hear me?

Hey, Doc.

Doc, my legs.

Yeah, what about them?

They-- they burn.

They feel like they're on fire.

They do?

Is that bad?

Bad?

That's the best news I've had in a long time.

Now, try to move your legs, Matt.

[labored breathing]

Try.

I can't.

DOC: Try again.

[music playing]

They got water down there.

Yeah, we'll get it.

They're comin'. Take 'em now.

[QUIET] Sinclair is back with the wagon.

He blame-sure is.

Come one, Newly.

The rest of you, stay here.

Sec and I'll try to get a cross angle on them.

Let's go.

How's the ammunition?

We ain't got much, Matthew.

Sinclair has got enough to hold out a week.

Yeah, but they haven't got the water, food, or time.

Well, then they must be desperate.

We gotta get out of here now.

[music playing]

JACK SINCLAIR: Now!

[gunfire]

They're making a move!

[gunfire]

The other side of the tracks.

Come on.

[gunfire]

Push the wagon!

Use it for cover!

[ricochet]

[gunfire]

Give it all you got!

Here we go!

[gunfire]

They're on the top.

Stop the train.

[gunfire]

They're on the train.

They'll stop it. -Whoo-hoo!

We made it.

We're pretty much there.

Hold it.

Now, throw your guns out of the window.

Throw 'em out.

Now, get down on your knees.

Sinclair, get me loose, please.

Please.

Please.

Matt Dillon's on board.

He is the one who shot off your hand, isn't he?

They must be on the train.

Check the passenger car.

He's in the baggage car.

He's been right under your nose all along-- the dead man.

What? I told you.

You owe me.

You owe me!

Sinclair!

[gunfire]

[gunfire]

Thanks, sweetheart.

But you'd still be in the way.

[knocking on door]

Shoot him.

He's gonna kill the marshal.

Shoot him.

[knocking on door]

[gunfire]

It ain't stopping.

It ain't stopping.

What are we gonna do, Charlie?

What are we gonna do?

[LOUD] What do you mean, what are we gonna do?

You're rich, ain't ya?

Look at it!

Here-- buy yourself a new pair of boots.

[train horn]

[train horn]

[train horn]

[music playing]

[inaudible]

NARRATOR: Stay tuned for exciting scenes

from our next "Gunsmoke."