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May 11, 2025 19 mins
Set in a frontier town, this series follows a U.S. Marshal as he maintains law and order. The show combines action with moral dilemmas of the Old West.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
Around Dodge City and in the territory on West. There
is just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers.
And that's where the US Marshal and The Smell of
Guns Smoke Gun Spoke, starring William Conrad. The story of

(00:43):
the violence that moved west with Young America and the
story of a man who moved with him. I'm that man,
Matt Dillon, United States Marshall, the first man they look
for and the less they want to meet. It's a
chancy job. Makes a man watchful and a little lonely.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
Well, oh, yes.

Speaker 3 (01:29):
That's he pretty well man. At least it doesn't seem
to be any infection.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
Good.

Speaker 3 (01:34):
How long ago this happen?

Speaker 2 (01:36):
A few months ago? Doc, I don't remember exactly.

Speaker 4 (01:40):
You get a bullet in your leg, and you don't
remember when it happened, And I was way out in
the contrary, Doc, clear up Indian walls.

Speaker 3 (01:46):
Oh, I don't know what that's good to do when
you're remembering.

Speaker 4 (01:49):
Honestly, mat, sometimes you make up as much sense as chesty.

Speaker 2 (01:53):
I got enough sense to know that you fucking around long.

Speaker 3 (01:55):
Enough that bullet's gotta come out now.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
Got you said it was healing?

Speaker 3 (01:59):
I did, but it's.

Speaker 4 (01:59):
Gonna come out. The bullet could move around and then
cause trouble.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
Uh maybe next week sometime. H I'm busy right now.

Speaker 3 (02:07):
Oh come to peking A.

Speaker 4 (02:08):
You're wors and chain next week and alright by then
you'll probably have some more left that I can dig out.

Speaker 2 (02:12):
Anyway, that's what I like, A nice chirpul position.

Speaker 5 (02:16):
Cause you die, adam.

Speaker 3 (02:18):
Yes, ma'am, I've.

Speaker 5 (02:19):
Seen your shackle down below.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
Who are you, uh, Marshall Dylan?

Speaker 5 (02:24):
M Hello man?

Speaker 3 (02:27):
What can I do for you?

Speaker 5 (02:28):
I want you to have a look at my arm?

Speaker 3 (02:31):
Oh sure, yeah, uh, sit right down.

Speaker 5 (02:36):
My name's Minnie Higgins. He can call me Minnie.

Speaker 3 (02:39):
Ooh, alright, many Uh, just what's war with you on?

Speaker 6 (02:43):
I fell off the horse, got scratched up some Oh
ain't nothing bad, but there's some proud flash develop him there.

Speaker 5 (02:52):
I already put some dirtain tine on it.

Speaker 3 (02:54):
Wow.

Speaker 2 (02:55):
Oh that helps.

Speaker 3 (02:56):
Yeah, it still needs cleaning out.

Speaker 4 (02:58):
Even if the bullet did pass clean through bullet dog
just a bullets.

Speaker 6 (03:04):
I just told the doc what happened. Weren't no bullet
about it. I fell off the horse, I hit a
stick and it.

Speaker 5 (03:11):
Run clean through my arms.

Speaker 7 (03:13):
See, yes, I see.

Speaker 5 (03:15):
Don't you believe me?

Speaker 2 (03:17):
No, and I don't think the doc does either. Man,
you live around here many.

Speaker 6 (03:21):
I don't live nowhere in particular. But I'll tell you
one thing. So when the doc here pixes up my arm,
I'm leaving this town. I'm leaving at dawn.

Speaker 2 (03:29):
You're welcome to stay as long as you like.

Speaker 5 (03:30):
I'm still leaving at dawn.

Speaker 2 (03:33):
You're gonna tell me how you got shut.

Speaker 5 (03:36):
It was a accident cleaning a rifle.

Speaker 1 (03:39):
An accident, an accident, okay, and i'll uh see, lady,
doctor should happen.

Speaker 5 (03:49):
Their marshals are all alike real nosy.

Speaker 4 (03:52):
And that's not to don it's just if he likes
to know why when people take a bullet, whether it's serious.

Speaker 3 (03:58):
Or notough real nose an't many. I am going to
be as gentle as I can.

Speaker 5 (04:04):
Oh, I can take you.

Speaker 8 (04:07):
Go ahead and do.

Speaker 3 (04:09):
Dark cutting.

Speaker 7 (04:21):
Well.

Speaker 3 (04:21):
I sure didn't never think a man could start to
death waiting for his coffee in the restaurant before.

Speaker 2 (04:25):
And sometimes it's deeps drink in that chester.

Speaker 4 (04:29):
I never thought that, Well, you maester, he wouldn't have
this problem.

Speaker 1 (04:33):
Or come over there, Doc Marcia, Hello, Manny I thought
you were leaving town this morning.

Speaker 5 (04:40):
Well, a girl can always change your mind, can't you.

Speaker 2 (04:43):
Yeah, sure, this is Chester problem, but I do man.

Speaker 5 (04:48):
Well, you're kind of country even for die. Ain't you say?

Speaker 7 (04:53):
It?

Speaker 5 (04:53):
Awful crowded in here, ain't it?

Speaker 3 (04:55):
Oh? Would you like to sit down here?

Speaker 5 (04:57):
That's sweet of you. What do you think of my
new clothes, doc? And my new hat?

Speaker 3 (05:04):
Well, the hats might impressively.

Speaker 5 (05:07):
Oh I thought it was pretty who it is?

Speaker 3 (05:10):
Yes, it is indeed, mar here's your coffee, gentle.

Speaker 6 (05:13):
Say you ma'am?

Speaker 5 (05:15):
You gone the steak out there in the kitchen?

Speaker 9 (05:17):
Sure well bring me one about two inches second flap
four fried eggs.

Speaker 3 (05:21):
On top of it, Yes, ma'am, one thing you sure do.

Speaker 5 (05:25):
No hoty girls gotta keep up her strands. Don't she
a good meal once in a while. Don't hurt a body, none,
does it?

Speaker 7 (05:31):
Dog?

Speaker 5 (05:32):
And you ain't asked me about my arm, Doc?

Speaker 3 (05:36):
Oh, no, let's see how is it?

Speaker 5 (05:37):
Oh, it's hurt during the night a lot.

Speaker 6 (05:41):
I thought maybe I already stay over so you could
take another look at it today or tomorrow.

Speaker 3 (05:45):
Oh, well, it'll it'll have to be right now.

Speaker 4 (05:47):
After dinner and driving out into the country this afternoon.

Speaker 2 (05:51):
Yeah, are uh come on Chester, We got work to
do it.

Speaker 3 (05:54):
Too, But I ain't coffee, I ain't.

Speaker 2 (05:56):
Got some letter.

Speaker 7 (05:56):
So long, guys.

Speaker 2 (05:57):
Sure I shall.

Speaker 5 (06:00):
Along cancer, But wait a minute, I'm going with you.
You ain't gonna leave a lady dead alone, are you?
Wall of course you ain't.

Speaker 3 (06:07):
Now now I don't know me me, Oh, what's gotten
int you? Anyway?

Speaker 9 (06:12):
I was thinking you might like a little company this
afternoon when you're driving out into the country.

Speaker 3 (06:19):
Uh oh no, no, no, you don't. No, absolutely no,
dog no no, I mean will he be back? Oh
uh not till tonight. Me'll have a.

Speaker 5 (06:30):
Very late okay, Doc, I'll see you then I'll.

Speaker 3 (06:34):
Be waiting for m dear.

Speaker 9 (07:09):
God, oh god, huh late getting back to town.

Speaker 5 (07:14):
Doctor. You had me worry.

Speaker 4 (07:16):
Uh Minnie, what in the world are you doing up
at this hour? Why aren't you home in bed?

Speaker 5 (07:21):
But I was down to the stable waiting for you
till Mars run me out. Well, it's going on ten o'clock.
You usually after lesson.

Speaker 3 (07:28):
I don't work on a schedule. You know.

Speaker 5 (07:30):
You had a long drive, didn't long enough? You're tired,
but you needed a drink Take a chair out of
your bones. I'll buy you one to another car.

Speaker 3 (07:40):
Doc.

Speaker 5 (07:41):
Don't you want a drink?

Speaker 4 (07:43):
Well, as a matter of fact, I do, and I'm
gonna get one right now, but alone long.

Speaker 2 (07:50):
You won't take me, No.

Speaker 5 (07:51):
I won't.

Speaker 3 (07:52):
Ladies don't go into saloons. Now you know that. Now
you go alone, and you come to see me about
that iron tomorrow.

Speaker 10 (07:59):
Huh dog, good night, mimmy.

Speaker 3 (08:11):
Sam Uh. Set out a glass and a bottle of ride. Yeah, sure, doctor.

Speaker 5 (08:16):
Usually you take time to stay allot before your order.

Speaker 2 (08:19):
It looks pretty nervous, boy.

Speaker 3 (08:21):
It's all very well for you. The joke. You don't
have the problems that I It's.

Speaker 2 (08:24):
One thing I can't stand. It's a doctoring.

Speaker 3 (08:27):
Sorry, it had nothing to do with my medical practice.

Speaker 4 (08:29):
It's that rud that charadi who has been chasing me.

Speaker 2 (08:34):
I don't know what it is you've got, doctor, but
it must be mighty power.

Speaker 1 (08:37):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (08:37):
That's just about as much sympathy as I expect from you.

Speaker 2 (08:40):
I'm jealous.

Speaker 3 (08:40):
It's a you gotta take it easy on Matt. Doc's
got real trouble from what I know. Why haven't got
real trouble? Doc? Gone it? No woman can force herself
on me. That's the spirit.

Speaker 5 (08:51):
Dollar, I can raise yourself. She's in Will you lie
for me?

Speaker 1 (08:56):
Doc?

Speaker 3 (08:57):
I lied to you about.

Speaker 5 (09:00):
No woman in here? What do you call her?

Speaker 3 (09:02):
When I look here?

Speaker 5 (09:03):
Now, women are welcome here anytime.

Speaker 3 (09:04):
Many, it's just that most ladies on the food.

Speaker 5 (09:07):
Well, you look like our lady. I'm staying.

Speaker 2 (09:11):
That's a spirit.

Speaker 5 (09:12):
Okay, Minny.

Speaker 3 (09:13):
You don't understand that Kify works here. She owns the place.

Speaker 5 (09:16):
What's for different?

Speaker 4 (09:17):
Well, the men, they wouldn't understand them. Many, they might
get the wrong idea about you.

Speaker 5 (09:21):
You think so well. I know about man mark ranks
for the high.

Speaker 4 (09:33):
There.

Speaker 6 (09:34):
I don't take care of the man.

Speaker 5 (09:36):
Now you come and sit at a table at me,
DoD I'll start. I pass and I can do it too.

Speaker 2 (09:43):
You better go along, Doc.

Speaker 5 (09:46):
Oh, he's going all right. There ain't no question about it.

Speaker 3 (09:49):
Now come on down look here me.

Speaker 8 (09:53):
She's kind of rough, yeah, but she's not a bad
woman at heart.

Speaker 5 (09:57):
I can tell I.

Speaker 2 (09:58):
Hope you're right.

Speaker 1 (09:59):
For Docs, I'll say one thing. I'm sure gonna mind
of her own.

Speaker 4 (10:24):
Let's see where's night he had ride out jip wirch
or to be back to the dark. Oh, my gracious eye,
do declared out the action nervous as the bridegroom.

Speaker 3 (10:37):
You know what that woman did this morning? If what woman?

Speaker 4 (10:40):
You know very well what woman. She waited and hiding
from me outside of the monicas. She sprang out at
me like a monk lion. She said she was gonna
have breakfast with me.

Speaker 3 (10:49):
Well now, not like she said her girl has gotta
keep her strength, and she did.

Speaker 4 (10:53):
You have an order steak and eggs of her powder
a draft horse with potatoes and pie on the side.

Speaker 8 (10:57):
She's gonna be an awful big expense, you awful bigies man.
So I'm gonna back up to mike Ya wait a minute,
all off, as far as you're stare, I gotta.

Speaker 3 (11:06):
Go the store. I just made a little town. Go
to San Francisco. If you whege the money doctor, she'll
find you. That lady is awful determined there she is.
Let's go head away it win a minute. I'm not
that big blue wo He's for her had right off.

Speaker 5 (11:24):
Of her head and front right now.

Speaker 3 (11:26):
Just let's got no right to do that. He'll be
just in her next toron.

Speaker 5 (11:37):
Take a part of me here for anyway, can think God, lay.

Speaker 7 (11:40):
Woman, you you gotta plumb out of hand. I think,
oh walk, you were.

Speaker 3 (11:45):
Good hair hold all right?

Speaker 8 (11:46):
Now that's enough, mister. Why weak enough? Ladies just don't
go in this town way?

Speaker 5 (11:52):
Yeah, take it easy, Jake. You don't carry no gun?

Speaker 7 (11:55):
What you doing meshing around without a gun?

Speaker 3 (11:57):
I can go get one quick enough.

Speaker 7 (11:59):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (12:00):
Who's this other little feller?

Speaker 5 (12:01):
Well that's Doc Adams Jake. He fixed arm.

Speaker 7 (12:05):
It took him two days just to fix that.

Speaker 11 (12:07):
On.

Speaker 3 (12:08):
No, I think I know. I'll put the well Doc.

Speaker 5 (12:11):
He hit was an accident.

Speaker 3 (12:12):
He didn't do it on Prinny. This is your husband,
not no more? He ain't What do you mean?

Speaker 2 (12:19):
Not no more?

Speaker 5 (12:20):
I believe.

Speaker 3 (12:22):
I've got me a lover here and Dodge what many?

Speaker 6 (12:25):
Yep, I've got me a lover, a real gentleman, not
an old hag water like you.

Speaker 10 (12:29):
Where's he got many? I'll kill him dead. You just
let me reach him. I'll tear his hard out.

Speaker 3 (12:36):
Who is he? Mini? You say his name?

Speaker 5 (12:38):
No, I won't tell you nothing.

Speaker 7 (12:41):
I'll beat it out.

Speaker 3 (12:42):
No, you won't tell y'all.

Speaker 7 (12:44):
I'll be I'll leave y'all be dime, Bob.

Speaker 10 (12:49):
I'm gonna get me a drink and I'm gonna go
looking for this lovery yours many and when I finished.

Speaker 7 (12:55):
With him, I'm gonna start on you. Oh now, now,
nobody get it whild.

Speaker 5 (13:01):
Way you mean it?

Speaker 4 (13:04):
You do something terrible, your out of your mind telling
him you got a lover.

Speaker 6 (13:09):
But I feel that way, Doc, I feel that way
real strong.

Speaker 3 (13:14):
Stop feeling that way. I'm not your lover and I
never will be.

Speaker 5 (13:17):
Oh, you come around all the inner entirely shot First.

Speaker 4 (13:20):
You mean, ja, there's your husband, and you've got no
right to be running around chasing over a minute?

Speaker 3 (13:25):
Doc is right, many had ain't fitting.

Speaker 8 (13:27):
Once a lady has been churched in wedlock, she's got
a duty to her husband.

Speaker 6 (13:31):
Good old, But you gotta run away together, Doc, right
now while we got the chance.

Speaker 5 (13:35):
We'll have a few hours start and you won't find
out till we're on our way.

Speaker 11 (13:39):
No, may, no, No, that's as simple as I can
make it. No, come on, just I'm going up to
my office. I think I better fixedness of the powder? Wow, holbell,

(14:14):
where's the Marshal Chester here?

Speaker 3 (14:16):
Well, I I gotta find him right now. Well, he's
out of town. Won't be back. Laughter, dark knight, Are
there something wrong? There's a buffalo hunter over at the
Long Branch, slopping up whiskey, and he says he's gonna
kill Doc. How'd he find out about Doc?

Speaker 4 (14:29):
He heard a couple of barflies laughing about many, how
she bought drinks for the house and all how she's
in love with Doc.

Speaker 3 (14:35):
Adam, where's he at now? I left him standing at
the bar, and Sam's keeping the eye on things. I
slipped out the back wind. Come over here. That doesn't
sound too good, does it right? Is he the husband?
Or that many of the docs fen sporting around? Doc?
Ain't Ben sporting nobody around? It's all her doing anyway.
He's sure in trouble. And thanks for telling me? What

(14:56):
do you think you're gonna do with that gun? Well,
I gotta do something. Boy, you gonna ge at yourself?
Kill you? I'll be careful, Bill, but I got a
warn Doc. Well, what's the occasion? I don't tried me? Funny, Doc,
Dick Higgins has found out about you and Minnie? What's

(15:17):
the gun for? He claimed he's gonna kill you.

Speaker 4 (15:19):
Doc, or you off of your Mind's not gonna be
any shooting over with this nonsense.

Speaker 3 (15:23):
I won't stand for it. I don't know how you
can do much about it. I'll go talk with him.
I'll stop it pasting that dot.

Speaker 8 (15:28):
That man is crazy jealous. He's got a belly full
of liquor, and he's taking the gun. And besides he's
a buffalo hunter, and you know they eat a buffalo
hunter alive.

Speaker 3 (15:35):
You could call even a little bit civilized. I'm not
thinking a paling around with it.

Speaker 8 (15:39):
Where you better start thinking of something, Jake Higgins ain't
gonna go away just because.

Speaker 3 (15:42):
You try to ignore all. This whole business is ridiculous.
It was maybe, but it's got pretty serious. No over's
gonna drag me to a mess.

Speaker 5 (15:49):
Likely you're already in it.

Speaker 3 (15:50):
Doc. Maybe you can spit it bad weather, but you
can't change it now. Now you just stand right, easy game.

Speaker 7 (15:57):
It's you that's been part of my mini.

Speaker 3 (16:00):
I haven't been courting anybody.

Speaker 7 (16:02):
I gotta shoot you, Doc.

Speaker 8 (16:04):
You pull that trigger, there's gonna be an awful lot of
lead flying around this office.

Speaker 7 (16:08):
What's your pardon this?

Speaker 3 (16:09):
Let's just say doctor. A friend of mine.

Speaker 4 (16:11):
I said, now wait, wait, I'm unarmed. Now you're not
gonna shoot an arm man, are you?

Speaker 7 (16:16):
Ja? Doc? I got a right to shoot you?

Speaker 10 (16:18):
Setting standing or a land down anyway, it all and
you know no, you don't our dog gone you test
you move out of the way.

Speaker 7 (16:27):
I'll shoot right through you if I have you.

Speaker 3 (16:30):
Well, that's what you're gonna have to.

Speaker 7 (16:32):
I ain't never seen a man wanted to die so bad.

Speaker 5 (16:34):
Yay, Jack, what you up to now?

Speaker 7 (16:39):
I'm going to kill Docre's.

Speaker 3 (16:42):
No need for a shooting, Jay, I reckon, I'll decide that. Jay.

Speaker 5 (16:45):
Listen to me. I was wrong. I'm coming back with you.
I mean a mistake, that's all.

Speaker 6 (16:52):
Look at me, Ja, I throwed away all them fancy clothes.

Speaker 5 (16:55):
See, I ain't gonna try to be a lady no more.

Speaker 7 (17:00):
Oh what about him Doc?

Speaker 5 (17:02):
Yeah, Oh he didn't do nothing, Jake.

Speaker 3 (17:05):
It was me.

Speaker 9 (17:07):
I got to feeling girlish again, girlish dark and Chester
told me a while ago there about being married A Well,
they was right.

Speaker 5 (17:17):
It brung me to my senses.

Speaker 3 (17:19):
But it never had no quarrel with Doc. She's just true.

Speaker 7 (17:23):
Many all this your saying, Yeah it's.

Speaker 11 (17:26):
True, Jane.

Speaker 9 (17:27):
Yeah, I belong with you out there on the prairie,
skinning buffalo for you, fetching and carrying.

Speaker 3 (17:35):
Oh.

Speaker 5 (17:35):
I never was cut out to be no old ladies.

Speaker 10 (17:38):
Oh you're a lady enough for me. You always was.
These shitty fellas don't know everything. Yeah, and let's get
our horses and ride. I never did really wanna shoot you, Chester,
but you shouldn't go around getting in the way like that.

Speaker 9 (17:56):
Well, come on, woman, let's get all right, just as
soon as I pay doctor fixing.

Speaker 3 (18:00):
Millard didn't even all forget it more. And you don't
know me and it keep the money keep by a bottle.

Speaker 7 (18:07):
Well that's my neighbor, it's my pleasure song.

Speaker 3 (18:12):
Bye. You sure got out of that. But the skin
of your teeth or about the skill of yours? Yeah,
well I could have been mhm.

Speaker 1 (18:57):
Gun Smoke Pro Houston, directed in Hollywood by Norman McDonald,
stars William Conrad as Mat Dillon U S.

Speaker 2 (19:04):
Marshall.

Speaker 1 (19:05):
The story was specially written for guns book by John
Meston and adapted for radio by Norman McDonald. Featured in
the cast were Virginia Gregg, John Dayner and Vic Perran,
Harley bare Is Chester, Howard mcneer is Doc, and Georgia
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