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-"Gunsmoke," starring James Arness at Matt Dillon.

-♪ Abiding that maiden

♪ Her plea calls to me

♪ Her wild ways, though I roam

-Howdy.

Horse took lame, did he?

-Had to shoot him a while back.

-Well, I can sure give you a ride into Dodge

if you're mind to.

Old Ruth here, he's stout enough to tote both of us, I reckon.

-Riding double's not too comfortable.

-Aw, fiddle.

It'd be my pleasure.

-Not mine.

Step down.

-What? -I said step down.

-Mister, I don't especially like your tone,

nor your words neither.

-Down.

-Well, it takes all kinds to --

♪ Once more, in a pinewood

♪ Approached sweetly murmurs

♪ In song of rejoicing and welcome to me ♪

♪ Then fancy my glancin'

♪ Its bright, sunny waters

♪

-Well, all right.

I'll tell you what I'll do.

I'll buy a round of drinks for everybody for every day

that Festus stays out of town.

-[ Chuckles ]

-Matt back yet?

-No, I guess he's coming in tomorrow or the next day.

-You know, asking a man to come all the way to Ellsworth

to make deposition in a trial is --

-Well, it's just ridiculous. -Why?

-Well, in this heat, it could wait a day or two.

Anything could could wait a day or two -- anything.

-♪ Then fancy my glancin'

♪ Its bright, sunny waters

♪ And hosts of dear faces

♪ Gazed fondly at me

♪ The friends of my childhood

♪ Press gayly around yet

Get a piller for ol' Tanglefoot, will you?

-Tanglefoot?

-You men do choir work?

Here.

Lead them in singing.

You got a place to change skins?

-Dodge House.

-Oh.

[ Humming ]

♪ Abides in that maiden

-Hey, that's Ruth.

-Of course it's Ruth.

-Where's Festus?

-Well, I don't know. But who's he?

-Never saw him before.

-What's he doing on Ruth?

-I'm gonna get Mr. Newly.

-Welcome to Dodge.

Oh, just make your mark then.

All right.

The name, please?

-Mannon.

-Excuse me. Excuse me. It's just that...

Well, Mannon's a name to remember in parts of Kansas.

-Is that so? -Oh, yes, indeed.

You know, I was in Lawrence that time.

They saw Will Mannon was Quantrill's killing arm

more than any of the others.

So, you can see why a name like that would...

Well, sorry.

No need to bother you with such and all.

Uh, first name, please.

-Will.

And plenty of hot water, will you?

♪ Though often in my fancy

♪ Through pale mists of sorrow

♪ She wades through the pine bough ♪

♪ And beckons me home

♪ Once more in the pinewood

♪ A brook sweetly murmured

[ Knock at door ]

♪ Its message of...

Come.

Well?

-Are you the man that rode into town on the bay mule?

-Ol' Tanglefoot? Yeah.

-Mind telling us how you happened on "ol' Tanglefoot."

-There a reason I should?

-One reason's this badge.

Another reason that mule and the rigging on him

belongs to a friend of ours.

-That a fact?

-That's a fact.

-And you're wondering what become of your friend?

-I do.

-Well, all I can tell you in the good lord's presence

is that I had me a snake-bit horse unfit for travel.

So, I took to walking.

I come on ol' Tanglefoot, and I caught him.

-Didn't you think that a little odd,

finding a saddle mule out in the middle of nowhere?

I mean, didn't you wonder where the owner was,

if there was trouble of some kind?

-Friend, I asked myself a question once.

And I got the wrong answer, so I never ask myself another.

I take things by the time, by the hour.

It's the only way of life.

Now, if you men will excuse me, I aim to find out who I am.

-Something's awful wrong. -[ singing ]

-He's lying, and I'm gonna prove it.

-How? -First thing I'm gonna do

is backtrack on Ruth.

-Well, I'll go with you.

[ Insects chirping ]

-It's getting too dark to track, Burke.

-He's been laying out in the sun all day.

-Maybe we better go back.

-Burke!

Oh, no.

-Is he alive, Newly?

Is he?!

-I don't know, Burke.

I don't know.

[ Footsteps ]

-Well, Kitty. -Doc.

-What do you got there?

-Well, I knew you wouldn't leave Festus.

I thought you might like something to eat.

-Well, thanks. -How is he?

-Well, uh, he's doing pretty good.

He was mumbling awhile ago, and I thought he was coming to.

-[ Groaning ]

-Festus?

Festus?

-Doc? -Yeah.

I'm right here. I'm right here.

-It just hurts like thunder, Doc.

-Yeah, I know that. Now you just hang on,

and we'll take care of it.

-Miss Kitty.

-Oh, Festus.

-How'd I get here?

Last I recollect, I was crawling down...

-Burke and Newly brought you in.

-Ruth.

I've got to find Ruth!

-You've just gotta do nothing but stay right where you are.

-Doc, that fish-eyed yahoo, he just stoled ol' Ruth from me.

-Festus, do you mean you --

You saw who shot you?

-Just smack nose-to-nose, Miss Kitty.

I got to find him and get Ruth back.

-Will Mannon rode Ruth into town about...five hours ago.

-Will Mannon?

-He's down at the Long Branch right now.

-Will Mannon?

He's the one that done all the burning and the killing

and the thinking for Quantrill, Doc.

You know that.

-Well?

-You want to talk about a fast gunhand.

If you was to take a snake's tongue,

grease it, and tie it to a bolt of lightning,

you couldn't get nothing as fast as his gun hand.

-You know, Matt's gonna be back today.

-Yes, sir. Matthew,

he'll be back all right.

And I'll tell you both something.

This Mannon is twice as fast as Matthew is.

I know. I've saw them both.

Mannon, he's a heap faster.

Only thing we can do is try to keep them two apart,

and just hope that Mannon will ride out of town directly.

-Well, you mean to suggest that we just

don't do anything about it?

We just all of us hope that everything --

-And you better hope hard, too,

Doc, elsewise it's gonna be ol' Matthew

laying out yonder on that street, dead.

-Like I say, a man has got to have attention to his direction.

And I've always been of a mind that the best way

for a man to do that is to say flat out who and what he is.

Thanks for understanding.

In case there's a man or two here who hasn't heard

or isn't sure...

...I am Will Mannon.

-Well, Mr. Mannon, until Festus identifies you,

there's nothing I can do about that.

But there is something I can do about this.

-Well now, there appears to be one right here who isn't sure.

Well, come on.

Just a fine a way as any to get the word around.

-Just stand right there.

-Did you say something, barkeep?

-That whiskey is $2 a bottle.

-I'll handle this, Sam.

-Friend, I'm gonna kill that barkeep

before he can press that trigger and him with his finger on it.

And then I'm gonna kill you.

-You'll pay up first.

-[ Laughs ]

-Hold on now, both of you.

-You figure you're ready, barkeep?

-Put the gun down, Sam.

-Ma'am, I was figuring

to use these here pilgrims as sort of an example.

-Sam, Newly?

Newly, please!

-Sam.

-That'll be $6.

-It's all right, Sam.

-It's all right, Sam.

-You're taking an awful chance, Miss Kitty.

-So were you. So were you.

-We're all for the taking, as far as he's concerned.

Dodge House for lodging, Delmonico's for food.

-But nobody wants to make a complaint.

Well, I don't need one to arrest him now.

-Just leave him alone and don't make trouble.

-Don't make trouble?

-Marshal gave me this badge

and the responsibility that goes with it.

-Now, you listen.

-No, ma'am.

-Have you ever seen Matt shoot faster than Mannon?

-I sure haven't. -Doesn't make any difference.

I gotta arrest that man if I can.

-I'm not gonna see you get killed over three bottles

of cheap whiskey.

Now, please.

There are other customers, girls.

-I didn't know they allowed ladies in the saloon, ma'am.

-I own this one.

-Figured.

Thought still stands.

-What thought, Mr. Mannon?

-I've been hide hunting down in the Nations

for a couple of years, but I was raised respectful,

and I know a lady when I see one, ma'am.

-What brings you out of the Nations, Mr. Mannon?

So far, it seems

like all your transactions have been on credit.

-Oh, I pay, ma'am, come the time for it.

-Did you ever pay for what happened in Lawrence?

-Well, now that was war.

-War?

-Ma'am, you've got to have attention to your direction.

If you ain't got direction, you've got stampede.

Any animal can do that.

What happened at Lawrence

gave Quantrill and the rest of us direction.

-What do you want here?

-Nothing much.

-Well, then why don't you just move on?

-I figure Matt Dillon is nothing much.

I'm gonna walk across him the way you walk across short grass.

-Why?

-Ma'am, if it wasn't for us old boys

doing the doing in that old war,

you wouldn't have no town here at all.

-The war was over 10 years ago.

-It's been a time.

I ain't suggesting that nobody bow and step off my shutter.

But, well, a little feeling of respect sets a nice tone.

-Respect?

-That's what I'll have when I've got Matt Dillon's toes

pointed to the clouds...respect.

Here's to it.

-Well, in Mannon's opinion, he's found a home here in Dodge.

-What do you mean he found a home?

-He's come here to kill Matt.

-He tell you that?

-He did.

-Well...lot of people have tried that.

-Mannon's different.

I mean, he's reallydifferent.

And you know how many times Matt has said himself

that no matter how good he is, there just might come the day

when he might meet somebody better.

-And we're supposed to just stand by and let it happen?

-Well, all we can do is warn Matt.

Doc?

-Well, I can't think of anything to do.

-There's one thing.

-What's that?

-We can kill him.

-Mannon?

I mean, you wouldn't hesitate to shoot a mad dog from cover.

-Can't do it, Newly.

No, Kitty's right.

The only thing we can do is find Matt,

tell him that Mannon's in Dodge, and he's gonna kill him.

-Well, I can do that much.

I'll head for Ellsworth right now.

♪

-Doc...I'm scared.

This time, I am reallyscared.

-I say, simply and clearly, something's got to be done.

-This situation is deplorable.

-It's gonna get more deplorable unless we do something.

-Well, here's the way I look at it --

You don't go trying to bribe the likes of Will Mannon.

In the first place, he wouldn't understand it.

In the second place, he'd weaned on a bottle

and that's all he's known.

He's only got one thought in his head, and that's, "Take."

-Now, something's gotta be done.

-Well, what we've got to do is arm ourselves --

Power, strength --

[ All chattering ]

-What's your name?

-Name's Burke.

-Burke, I could hear you

all the way across the street out there.

-Well, then you know we mean --

-No, I don't know.

Look at it like this --

I've done my living, the doing, the seeing, the tasting.

Anytime they dig that ol' hole for me...I'm ready.

What about you folks?

You suppose you're really thinking clear?

I just ask you, curious --

I just ask you curious 'cause

sure as Satan knows heat, a lot of you people are gonna die,

just as quick and easy as your friend

there could have done if I was a mind.

I just come here to tell you that...I'm here to stay.

Good night.

♪

-Ain't nothing like a friendly game of cards, is there, gents?

Everybody called?

-[ Sighs ]

-[ Chuckles nervously ]

Well, let's see them.

-Well, I got two pair -- Jacks over fours.

-Likewise, only 10s over 6s.

-[ Chuckles ]

Well, uh, happiness is for the next world, Halligan.

-Three queens.

Beat that, Mr. Mannon.

-That's no trick, at all.

Four Aces.

You gents ever see such a run of luck?

-Can't beat hands like that.

I mean, I've never seen such a run of luck, Mr. Mannon.

[ Chuckles nervously ]

-I'm tapped. -No.

-As a matter of fact, me, too.

-Yeah.

-Well, man only needs a few bad hands to ruin him, huh?

Maybe you'll have better luck tomorrow night, 10:00.

-Thank you.

-[ Clears throat ]

Mr. Mannon, we'd like to talk to you.

-What is your name again?

-Oh, uh, Burke, Nathan Burke.

-Well, Burke, what is it?

-Um, Mr. Mannon, we've...

[ Clears throat ]

We'd like to offer you some money to leave town.

-That so?

-$500, Mr. Mannon.

-Well, that's quite a bit of money.

We're prepared to give you $250 when you're leaving Dodge,

and another $250

will be deposited to your credit in any other town you choose.

-Mm.

Well now, Mr....

-Burke.

-You got the money with you?

-I've got it right here.

-I like that.

-Then you will be moving on?

-No, Burke, I won't.

♪

♪ Fancy my glancin'

♪ Its bright, sunny...

♪ ...Hosts of dear faces

♪ Gazed fondly at me

♪ friends of my childhood

♪ Press gayly around yet

♪ The smile of my darling

♪ Nowhere do I find

♪ How gently my cheek is

♪ Caressed by her memory

♪ And nary in the pinewood

♪ I find peace of mind

[ Coughs ]

[ Knocking at door ]

-Go away. We're closed.

[ Glass shattering ]

What do you want?

-Pour.

Pour.

Ah.

Pour.

I knew right off you were a lady, Miss Kitty.

You're the only one in town I haven't shrunk down to size.

-What will it take, Mannon?

-What are you offering, ma'am?

-$7,000.

-The ante's gone up.

You keep that kind of money laying around here?

-No.

But I can raise it on the Long Branch in the morning.

-You'd sell this place for him?

-I would.

-Is he that special to you?

-He must be some man.

-He is.

-Join me, ma'am.

$7,000 is a whole lot of money.

You could buy almost anything in the world for that.

Except Matt Dillon's life.

I wonder what I'll see in your eyes after he's dead.

Miss Kitty!

Oh.

[ Footsteps ]

[ Knock at door ]

-Well, you.

-I got a chore for you, pill man.

-Sit down over there.

[ Tsks ]

How'd that happen?

-I had an itch and scratched it too hard.

-Gonna have to sterilize that. That's pretty deep.

And this is gonna hurt you quite a bit.

-I'll bet it will.

Claws your insides to have to help me, don't it?

What are you fetching there?

-This is laudanum.

I'm gonna have to sew that up.

I want you to take a couple of swallows of this,

put you to sleep and then you won't feel a thing.

-Including the knife you could stick into me.

Just wrap it.

-It's your arm.

How long's it been since you've had a good night's sleep?

-That concern you, does it, Doc?

-Only clinically, not as a personal matter.

-I figured as much.

-I've just never quite been able to understand how a man

like you manages to live at all

with so much fear and hate around you.

-Do you hate me, Doc?

-I know you ain't afraid.

-I'm too old for that.

-You know Marshal Dillon, do you?

-Yes, I know him.

-Is he a friend of yours?

-I want you to keep this bandage on for about a week.

-It's a good job.

How much do I owe you?

-You starting to pay your way now, are you?

-You tell me how much it is, and I'll pay you.

-About 20 cents.

-[ Chuckles softly ]

Fair enough.

I'm gonna send lots of business your way.

♪

Doc...

if you take a look into the Long Branch,

you might find Miss Kitty could use you.

-Kitty?

-Doc?

Oh.

-Kitty, just be still.

-[ Sighs ] I'm all right.

-I'll be the judge of that.

-Doc, help me upstairs please.

-All right, easy. -Help me...

-Easy now, easy. -[ Groans ]

-Figured I'd found you on the Ellsworth Road, Marshal.

-Well, I took the turn off.

-They told me that at the stage depot.

-What's wrong?

-Will Mannon's in town. -Will Mannon?

-Marshal, I know guns, and I've never seen anybody --

begging your pardon -- anybody faster than the likes of him.

He's wolfing up Dodge, taking

what he wants, doing what he wants.

He shot Festus, wounded him real bad.

-Help me get my stuff together.

-Marshal, he could kill you certain.

♪

-Morning. -Hello, Trudy.

She been sleeping like that?

-Yeah. She slept well.

-That's fine. You go on home and get some rest.

-Doc, listen.

You can't sit up all night with Festus and all day with Kitty.

Now, I'll stay and you go.

-I'm the boss here. You do what I tell you.

You go get some rest.

-What kind of a man would do a thing like that?

-Don't take any kind of a man at all.

-It's a good point, Doc.

-Well, morning.

How are you?

-Oh, I'm all right.

I want to see him.

-You want to see who?

-Mannon.

-Mannon?

-I want to talk to him.

-Heaven sakes, you must be delirious.

-Doc, I want you to go find him

and tell him that I want to see him.

-You sound serious.

-I am.

-Let me tell you something, you'll have to do

some explaining and an awful lot of convincing

before I do a thing like that.

Do you think I'd go over there and get him and let

him come in here and work you over again like he did?

-He won't.

-No kind of an answer for me.

-Doc, there's no way

for...Mannon and Matt not to face each other, is there?

-No, I don't think there is.

-Well, don't you think that we oughta give Matt

some kind of an edge if we can?

-Of course I do.

-Well, if you'll just trust me, I think I know a way.

-You think?

You mind explaining it to me?

-Oh, Doc, if I tried to explain it to you,

you wouldn't understand because you're a man.

I know Mannon.

I know him probably in a way that very few people do.

But it just might be the edge that Matt needs.

If I didn't try and he did kill Matt...why...

Please.

Please, Doc, go get him.

-Well, I don't like this at all.

-Please.

[ Door shuts ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Faint footstep ]

[ Knock at door ]

-Miss Russell says she wants to see you.

-Thank you, old man.

Tell her I'll be right there.

[ Knock at door ]

-Come in.

-Morning, Red.

-Mannon.

-I knew you'd make up your mind

once we'd come to know each other.

Look what I brought you.

-I've made up my mind.

-Good.

That'll make it easier, me staying and all.

-You're staying all right 'cause

it's here you're dying.

-Oh?

-That's right.

-How'd you come by that?

-I know men.

I know how they think,

and I know how they act around their own kind,

aside from the way they act around women.

-Well, what's that got to do?

-Matt Dillon's a man.

-But he's dead.

-Unh-unh.

You are.

-You really believe that.

-You'll believe it, too, when you see him.

-Woman, you are a wonder.

-As sure as there's a sun and a moon,

he's gonna kill you.

-Red, it's been a lots of years, and I've never lost.

-You did with me.

♪

[ Chuckling ]

-Again.

Throw.

Throw it, rummy.

-Most amazing thing I've ever seen, the amount

he's been drinking and still able to shoot like that.

-Again.

Throw.

Grab a whole handful.

Throw them.

[ Door opens ]

[ Horse approaching ]

[ Insects chirping ]

-Hello, Louie.

-I've been praying in my fashion you wouldn't.

You're alone, Marshal.

-That's right, Louie.

-Well, that ain't so good, Marshal.

That ain't so very good.

That's Mannon's here. He's something fast.

Nothing's ever been quite like him.

-I know.

-Now, Louie, I want you to go down to the Long Branch

and tell him to meet me in the street.

-No, Marshal!

-You go on.

-I ain't had too much, Marshal.

I could get me a rifle and climb the roof and --

-Louie, I thank you, but you go on now.

[ Footsteps ]

-Marshal wants to see you outside.

If I were just younger, I'd...

-You'd still be talking.

-Get out of town, Mannon.

-Come the time I want.

-Your time's now.

♪

-Now there's a man, a good man.

-Mannon!

-Yeah...he is a good man.

♪

-Stay tuned for scenes from next week's "Gunsmoke."

♪