Old Time Radio: Gunsmoke - Kick Me

Broadcast: October 19, 1958

Matt Dillon was the Marshall of Dodge City, Kansas in this thirty-minute western adventure. There were over 480 episodes broadcast in the 9 years it had spanned. The opening of the show left little doubt that Dillon was the law; “Around Dodge City, and into the territory on the west, there’s just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers: that’s with a US Marshall and the smell of gunsmoke! Gunsmoke! … Starring William Conrad the story of the violence that moved west with young America, and the story of a man who moved with it. I’m that man … Matt Dillon. United States marshal … the first man they look for, and the last man they want to meet … it’s a chancy job, and it makes man watchful … and a little lonely.” In this episode:

Tobile has honor among the white men in the army after his years serving as a scout. When he is too old to serve any longer, his compadre's write him a letter of introduction to help him get more work as a scout, helping cattlemen guide their steers to Dodge City. Unfortunately, Tobile asks the wrong people this time for work, and the two white men play a cruel practical joke on him, which leads to him to vow to kill the men.

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Cast: William Conrad, Georgia Ellis, Lawrence Dobkin, Frank Gerstle, Ralph Moody, Byron Kane, Harry Bartell