October 22, 2025 • 25 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:12):
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.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Gone.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Will Spoke, starring William Conrad, the story of the violence
that moved west with young America and the story of
a man who moved with it.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshall, the first
man they look for and the less they want to meet.
It's chancey job, and it makes a man watchful and
a little lonely.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
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Speaker 3 (02:21):
Bah I got to.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Play a Paul, we got a letter from bron it
then I'll let it bread for you.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Paul, pauh, where are you?
Speaker 4 (02:45):
Fah?
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Where you're at?
Speaker 5 (02:56):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (02:58):
Ah ah?
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Paul?
Speaker 5 (03:04):
Are you down here?
Speaker 7 (03:08):
Hey?
Speaker 5 (03:08):
Chris bad.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
What are you doing here?
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Paul?
Speaker 6 (03:17):
Pa you seek?
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Fetch me to the house you been peek? Uh? Who
done it? Paul?
Speaker 5 (03:26):
The house?
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Fetch me there, boy?
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Sure?
Speaker 5 (03:31):
Sure, Paul, do that right now?
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Uh?
Speaker 7 (03:34):
Oh, you gonna make it on your feet, your brother,
I carry your paw.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Oh I I you won't walk.
Speaker 7 (03:49):
You tell me, Paul, who done this to you?
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Just get me and the bad boy?
Speaker 7 (03:59):
You know?
Speaker 6 (04:00):
Oh, Donny, had you seen him before? U?
Speaker 2 (04:04):
I know him? Tell me his name? Paul? No, I
no use you're doing? Sure? He's sure? I go after it?
Speaker 6 (04:14):
No?
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Oh? You you I going?
Speaker 4 (04:17):
No?
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Please? But then there's the law, Paul.
Speaker 5 (04:21):
It ain't right for him to go off free.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Oh, leave it be, boy. I ain't never had no
need for the law. But Paul, I should leave it be.
You go ahead open the door for me. I'll walk
in by myself. Uh, Paul, there, some how come I
(04:54):
do for you?
Speaker 7 (04:56):
I come see the Marshall.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
You come to the right place. I don't see him here.
Speaker 8 (05:02):
Of course you don't see him cause he ain't here.
Speaker 7 (05:06):
He coming back.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
I'm sure he's coming back.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
And we'll have to wait for him.
Speaker 8 (05:14):
Alright, son, I see, thanks. M might be that I
could help you maybe in the martial assistance. You might say,
oh wait, oh sorry, I just thought I might maybe
God save us some time.
Speaker 7 (05:34):
For he got I said I wanted to see the Marshall.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Alright, son, alright, ain't gonna call he s huffy about it.
H Oh, mister John, I I'm glad you come.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Got trouble Chester.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
It ain't exactly trouble with this young fella. Is mighty
all fired serious about seeing you. I couldn't do nothing
for him.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
A tall as that son. He wanted to see me?
Speaker 6 (05:53):
Son, you Marshall?
Speaker 7 (05:56):
Yeah, I sure do.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Oh what's your name?
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Jess Burgh Burrus?
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Now you look son? Yes, sir, I am What can
I do for you?
Speaker 5 (06:06):
I want you to rest a.
Speaker 7 (06:07):
Man to beat my paw.
Speaker 6 (06:09):
You can do that.
Speaker 7 (06:10):
Can't you, Marshall doilning?
Speaker 3 (06:11):
You better tell me more about it.
Speaker 7 (06:13):
Well, I found him yesterday laying down by the creek,
all beat and bloody. I had to come sooner, but.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
He need attendant. Or did he tell you who?
Speaker 2 (06:23):
No, sir, No, he wouldn't.
Speaker 7 (06:26):
But I know right now he was Smed Moley out up.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Your paw wouldn't tell you. How do you know?
Speaker 7 (06:31):
I've been asking questions? See, Paul had some bad dealings
with Smed Marshall. He seen him here in Dodge yesterday
morning and.
Speaker 5 (06:39):
Called him down good.
Speaker 7 (06:41):
He called him a cheat and liar and a horse thief.
Paul can give it to you good when he's up
in mind.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
That's what that's done. It happened right out there on
front street WHI I U was over in Hayes City,
mister Burrs, really give it to him good?
Speaker 7 (06:53):
All right here, and Smed got hisself liquored up and
come out to our place and beat up Paul.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
He might have died.
Speaker 7 (07:00):
Marshall.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Uh, I'm sorry to hear it. Yes, her father's a
good man.
Speaker 7 (07:07):
You can arrest man, can't you, Marshall?
Speaker 6 (07:08):
Doing well?
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Yes, I can arrest him if uh if your Paul
will swear that he's the man.
Speaker 7 (07:14):
Oh, he ain't gonna do that, Marshall.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Why not? Is he afraid?
Speaker 7 (07:20):
Paul ain't afraid of nothing. That's most of the trouble.
I's uh, well, he ain't never needed to call on
nobody for help. He don't figure to start now.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
He's root stubborn.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Uh. There's not much I can do to change that.
Speaker 7 (07:35):
Maybe not, Marshall, but maybe you could stop a killing.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
You figure that this isn't the last of the time.
Speaker 7 (07:43):
Uh no, no, it sure ain't the last of it
unless you lock smid Mooley up for a while.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
All right, Jess ruh, I'll go talk to your Paul. Look, look, Barrows,
(08:21):
who's there, Matt Dylan'm I'd like to talk to you.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
Come on in, Marshall.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
I'm back here.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Oh, sorry to see you.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Light up. Look d'eman, what are you doing out this way? Well?
Speaker 3 (08:49):
I uh hurt. You were off your feed.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
You didn't come to pay no shake called Marcial.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
And no, I I guess I didn't look. I was hoping,
Uh you'd help me out.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
How would that be?
Speaker 3 (09:04):
An inches of witness? Look, as soon as you're able
to travel witness for what once against smat Molly.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Uh, I told the boy to leave it be.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
Just as trying to protect your look and say that
there's no more trouble.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
I don't need no help. I never needed no help.
Looks like he might have used some yesterday, and he
jumped me when I wasn't ready for him. I can
handle him only, Marshall. You worry about that.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
You'll let me lock him up and he won't have
to the law has uh.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
I come out here before the law, Marshall.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
Maybe, but times have changed.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Not for me. They ain't. When I come out here.
Man had to do his own settling with the land Indians,
with whatever stood in the way of his carving out
of place. Folks learned to live and die without.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
The law, and some of them died when I does
n't have to.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
And oh man dies his own business now.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
If he's the only one dying.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
Marshall, you got something to rest me for her? You
couldn't take me in, you know better than that. Look,
And Marshall, I sure think you'll leave me alone and
get along.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Locking Molly up might save you a lot of trouble.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
Look, I'll handle my own trouble all right.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
All right? You handle it, but that may come a
time when I'll have to move in.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
I ain't never needed the law yet.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
You better hope you won't be needing it from now on.
(10:59):
I love kidding that I'm I.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
Oh, the law business must be pretty good.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
Oh how's that.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
You're usually in here earlier than this?
Speaker 3 (11:10):
Yeah, now that's not that. Business is good. I can
tell you that, mater, I fact kiddy. I'm having a
hard time selling the war. Uh what do you mean, Oh,
Man Burris, he got beat half to death yesterday and
he won't let me haul in the fella.
Speaker 6 (11:28):
That did it, Mad Molly.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
Yes always, Uh, how does you know everybody knows.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
He's been here at the bar all day bragging about it,
how the old man got uppity with him and how
he fixed it. Oh yeah, he's still here down at
the fire and then, yes.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
I see him, and I guess I better have a
talk with him.
Speaker 9 (12:00):
Nobody gonna talk about a horse whipping SMD movie. Well, now, the.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
Marshall, Now I wanna talk to you.
Speaker 8 (12:09):
Alright, you go right ahead, And Marshall, you go right ahead.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
There's nothing you can do to me.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
I don't count on it. I know, ain't nothing you
can do, Marshall.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
I seen no boy but boy Luke's boy, and Marshall,
big fella like him.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Nearly the crying you take, the beating him too, like
it that they old man?
Speaker 1 (12:31):
Oh sure not Marshall, sure.
Speaker 9 (12:34):
And now he feels bad enough.
Speaker 6 (12:36):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
Now you know why he feels so bad, Marshall. I
suppose you tell me. Uh, he feels so bad.
Speaker 9 (12:44):
Because he come running to you for help and he
can't get none because.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
This old man won't take no help from the law.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
And I just lucky for you we.
Speaker 9 (12:54):
Got as a big Marshal out of here and he
can't do nothing.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
Holly, well, you know that's true. Marshall.
Speaker 9 (13:01):
You can't arrask me if the old man.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
Don't agel and he ain't gonna be said. So I'll
let to say old man's business. Yeah, yeah, I know,
And I'll tell you something to me. If you ever
go out there again he means to take care of him.
I ain't worry it should be because if the old
man doesn't handle it, I will or m or Marshall
(13:28):
you can, Smallly, I can, but if you're smart, you
won't make me prove it.
Speaker 5 (13:54):
And why you're here.
Speaker 7 (14:03):
You ain't got no business coming out here no more.
Speaker 9 (14:05):
See to me, I got business here, unfinished business.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
What do you want? I wanna see your old mind?
Speaker 5 (14:13):
You seen him enough?
Speaker 9 (14:16):
That's the way I figured it too. I figured I
seen him enough. But I've been hearing different. What do
you mean, been hearing from folks around town? Your Paul
been talking unkindly about me? Down right unkindly.
Speaker 7 (14:30):
How'd you expect him to talk?
Speaker 9 (14:32):
I figured I closed his mouth some other day. Boy,
paint for you?
Speaker 3 (14:38):
No, No, I guess he ain't yet.
Speaker 9 (14:41):
I guess I got to show him some more.
Speaker 7 (14:43):
He You ain't going after him again? Boy?
Speaker 5 (14:45):
Now you ain't figuring the street?
Speaker 2 (14:48):
Oh you got a gun?
Speaker 3 (14:49):
Ain't your?
Speaker 6 (14:49):
Boy?
Speaker 7 (14:51):
And I can use it?
Speaker 3 (14:53):
Hm? Alright, boy, seeing you got the drop on me, I'll.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Just ride off.
Speaker 5 (15:02):
You should not frighten me.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
Boy, her you.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Do the color? Okay, Yes, guess what's happened? By shot me?
But I'm murdering even shot my boy and rode away.
Next time I see him, I'll kill me.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
I guess I guess you hurt, bad boy. He doesn't
ain't nothing, just nothing do Now I'll get you to
the dark. He'll fetch up in no time. Don't you
fret none, I'll I'll go and fetch the wagon. It's
(16:05):
pretty nice, an't miss Dylan, just setting out here watching
the world go by. Uh course, ain't much of the
world going by. I gotta admit that I ain't saw
more than three or four wagons in a buggy or
two since been sitting here.
Speaker 3 (16:20):
That's funny, Chester, seems to me you've been sitting here
most of the morning. I've had to step over here
every time I went in around of the office.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
Oh well, I may doze off once or.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Twice here, Yeah, you may have, But you said yourself.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
It's been a slow warm It's June, I trayed, I
might as well rest up, so it's be ready in
case something's happened.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
It looks like it might be going to happen right now.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
Only what do you mean?
Speaker 3 (16:45):
That's all? Look burst driving that wagon of her.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
But I guess he'd ah, he must be feeling better.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
He might be, but there's somebody in the wagon bed
who wasn't feeling such that.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Alright, declare you're right, miss Journey, is somebody he start
starting the.
Speaker 8 (17:00):
Air bloat, look burrised, he even looking.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
At him if you do. But but that's his boy.
He's got that act.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Uh, come on, let's give me my hat. How was
(17:33):
he duck?
Speaker 2 (17:34):
He's not good man?
Speaker 3 (17:36):
Is he gonna make it? He hasn't got a chance.
The bullet was fired at point blank range. It's a shame.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
Can I go in? He can't do him any harm now,
he's only got a few minutes. Come on now, I'm
sorry about this.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Look Oh leaves b Marshall.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
By this time, I can't. Can I speak to the boy? Doctor?
Be easy man? Yeah? Sure, Jess, jess o, m it's Marshall,
Dylon h Marshall. Can you tell me who did it?
Speaker 2 (18:29):
You don't have to talk to him, Jess.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
I can get him if you tell me, Jess, I
can lock him up this time.
Speaker 6 (18:36):
Yeah, lock him up.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
Now, you tell me his name.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
He ain't got no right to piss to you, Jess.
You don't have to tell him nothing.
Speaker 6 (18:47):
I wanna tell him. Oh hm Marshall, Yeah, Jess, I
it was Mooley Smith him only again?
Speaker 3 (19:04):
It you get him that time? Yeah, I'll get him.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
N Yes, he's gone. Matt.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
I'm sorry, Luke.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
I did the best I could. I've seen you try
to shave him dark. I thank you. Look, I still
ain't got nothing to say to you, marshall. I could
have asked that you'd let him die in peace.
Speaker 3 (19:37):
I'm sorry you feel that way. Look, but I had
to step in. This is murder. I gotta get into
this now, whether you want me to or not.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
I can't stop your marcial now.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
Now you can't stop me.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
Now, I'll tell you something.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
What's that?
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Nothing is changed. I can't stop you from coming into
this thing. But we don't need your Marshall. J and me,
we don't need you anymore, and we ever did. We
can take care of our own. I've been kind of
(20:19):
hankering to go back to Texas for some time now,
but this shore ain't the way I like to make
the trip.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Uh huh.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
Failing a man for a day and a night and
shore we're fella down. Ain't that right? It's John.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
Would be's bad of it?
Speaker 2 (20:33):
Body didn't have to keep his eyes so open ever, man.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Yeah, I know that's particularly hard on you.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Chester. Well, you got to keep looking out for so
many things that you don't get to enjoy the seeming
none tall hardly.
Speaker 3 (20:44):
You're not missing much of this party.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
Come, No, I don't know, mister John. I kind of
like it out here. It's it's nice and.
Speaker 3 (20:51):
Flat and hot and dry.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
Well sure, but you can just see you forever.
Speaker 3 (20:56):
You gotta admit that.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Mister John.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
Yeah, Ester, you're right. I don't admit that. There's nothing
in the way there, you see.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
That's what I mean. How long you reckon it? Ole
day is to catch that smet mold and mister Joan.
Speaker 3 (21:11):
I don't know, Chester, I mean I catch him at all?
Speaker 2 (21:15):
Oh my gracious me, we'll catch him all right. You
said yourself the trail was nice and clear as can be.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
Uh, it's too clear.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
What do you mean?
Speaker 7 (21:24):
Do that?
Speaker 2 (21:24):
Right?
Speaker 3 (21:25):
Not the only ones following us?
Speaker 2 (21:27):
You mean they's somebody else is trailing him?
Speaker 3 (21:29):
Yuh, he's got about a half a day's to start.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Think it's that old meak burst.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Yeah, I'm afraid of us.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
Yeah. He just ain't got good chance to keep armers
a thing like this? Does he?
Speaker 3 (21:41):
How don't thinks he's right?
Speaker 2 (21:43):
Chester.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
It's awful hired to talk sense to a person who
thinks he's right.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
Suppose you're right at that what count is done?
Speaker 3 (21:57):
And like at the shack stuck way out here now
now let'shad for it.
Speaker 8 (22:11):
Keep your eyes open, you try.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
I believe the horse is here. Bring your right.
Speaker 2 (22:26):
I got it.
Speaker 5 (22:27):
I got to wear a marshals for you won't need
your guns to look.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
I've been in the hitty all the way.
Speaker 3 (22:47):
Yeah, I know I saw your.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Trail never since both of us making this trip.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
I told you a look, when it's murdered, it's my business.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
Yeah, there ain't no need I will see. I already
seen what he mean. Come inside, Marshall. Come, I'm inside, Rochester.
Speaker 3 (23:17):
Why why me she doing? Yeah? Sund back burrows.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Here, Marcia. I'm old and mad and moldy. He's hungry
right here inside. Yeah, I told you, Marshall, I got
no need for the law. He's been dead quite spelled. Yeah,
she's shun.
Speaker 3 (23:39):
Up alright, Chester, you better start digging. We'll have to
bury him.
Speaker 8 (23:45):
And see.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
You shouldn't listen to me, Marshall. I meant it when
I said we took care of our own, that we
had no need for the law to do it.
Speaker 3 (23:58):
Yeah, another law has to take care of you.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Ain't that do matter? Now? My boys did not took
care of the man that killed him. I took care
of with Marshall, like we're always done without new law.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
Yeah, you did that, all right, And your boy wouldn't
have had to die at all if you'd let me
move in in the first place. All right, Come on, Luke,
you can help Chester dig the grave like you help
dig the grave for.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
Jess gun but Houston. Directed in Hollywood by Norman McDonald's
(24:54):
William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U asked Marshall. The story
was specially written for God Smoked by Marion Clark, with
editorial supervision by John Meston. Featured in the cast were
Ralph Moody, Dick Trenna, and Laurence Dobkins. Quarley Bear is Chester,
Howard mcneer is Doc, and Georgia Hawkins is Kiddy.
Speaker 8 (25:13):
This is the CBS Radial Network.
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.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Gone.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Will Spoke, starring William Conrad, the story of the violence
that moved west with young America and the story of
a man who moved with it.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshall, the first
man they look for and the less they want to meet.
It's chancey job, and it makes a man watchful and
a little lonely.
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Speaker 3 (02:21):
Bah I got to.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Play a Paul, we got a letter from bron it
then I'll let it bread for you.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Paul, pauh, where are you?
Speaker 4 (02:45):
Fah?
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Where you're at?
Speaker 5 (02:56):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (02:58):
Ah ah?
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Paul?
Speaker 5 (03:04):
Are you down here?
Speaker 7 (03:08):
Hey?
Speaker 5 (03:08):
Chris bad.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
What are you doing here?
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Paul?
Speaker 6 (03:17):
Pa you seek?
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Fetch me to the house you been peek? Uh? Who
done it? Paul?
Speaker 5 (03:26):
The house?
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Fetch me there, boy?
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Sure?
Speaker 5 (03:31):
Sure, Paul, do that right now?
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Uh?
Speaker 7 (03:34):
Oh, you gonna make it on your feet, your brother,
I carry your paw.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Oh I I you won't walk.
Speaker 7 (03:49):
You tell me, Paul, who done this to you?
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Just get me and the bad boy?
Speaker 7 (03:59):
You know?
Speaker 6 (04:00):
Oh, Donny, had you seen him before? U?
Speaker 2 (04:04):
I know him? Tell me his name? Paul? No, I
no use you're doing? Sure? He's sure? I go after it?
Speaker 6 (04:14):
No?
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Oh? You you I going?
Speaker 4 (04:17):
No?
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Please? But then there's the law, Paul.
Speaker 5 (04:21):
It ain't right for him to go off free.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Oh, leave it be, boy. I ain't never had no
need for the law. But Paul, I should leave it be.
You go ahead open the door for me. I'll walk
in by myself. Uh, Paul, there, some how come I
(04:54):
do for you?
Speaker 7 (04:56):
I come see the Marshall.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
You come to the right place. I don't see him here.
Speaker 8 (05:02):
Of course you don't see him cause he ain't here.
Speaker 7 (05:06):
He coming back.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
I'm sure he's coming back.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
And we'll have to wait for him.
Speaker 8 (05:14):
Alright, son, I see, thanks. M might be that I
could help you maybe in the martial assistance. You might say,
oh wait, oh sorry, I just thought I might maybe
God save us some time.
Speaker 7 (05:34):
For he got I said I wanted to see the Marshall.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Alright, son, alright, ain't gonna call he s huffy about it.
H Oh, mister John, I I'm glad you come.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Got trouble Chester.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
It ain't exactly trouble with this young fella. Is mighty
all fired serious about seeing you. I couldn't do nothing
for him.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
A tall as that son. He wanted to see me?
Speaker 6 (05:53):
Son, you Marshall?
Speaker 7 (05:56):
Yeah, I sure do.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Oh what's your name?
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Jess Burgh Burrus?
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Now you look son? Yes, sir, I am What can
I do for you?
Speaker 5 (06:06):
I want you to rest a.
Speaker 7 (06:07):
Man to beat my paw.
Speaker 6 (06:09):
You can do that.
Speaker 7 (06:10):
Can't you, Marshall doilning?
Speaker 3 (06:11):
You better tell me more about it.
Speaker 7 (06:13):
Well, I found him yesterday laying down by the creek,
all beat and bloody. I had to come sooner, but.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
He need attendant. Or did he tell you who?
Speaker 2 (06:23):
No, sir, No, he wouldn't.
Speaker 7 (06:26):
But I know right now he was Smed Moley out up.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Your paw wouldn't tell you. How do you know?
Speaker 7 (06:31):
I've been asking questions? See, Paul had some bad dealings
with Smed Marshall. He seen him here in Dodge yesterday
morning and.
Speaker 5 (06:39):
Called him down good.
Speaker 7 (06:41):
He called him a cheat and liar and a horse thief.
Paul can give it to you good when he's up
in mind.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
That's what that's done. It happened right out there on
front street WHI I U was over in Hayes City,
mister Burrs, really give it to him good?
Speaker 7 (06:53):
All right here, and Smed got hisself liquored up and
come out to our place and beat up Paul.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
He might have died.
Speaker 7 (07:00):
Marshall.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Uh, I'm sorry to hear it. Yes, her father's a
good man.
Speaker 7 (07:07):
You can arrest man, can't you, Marshall?
Speaker 6 (07:08):
Doing well?
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Yes, I can arrest him if uh if your Paul
will swear that he's the man.
Speaker 7 (07:14):
Oh, he ain't gonna do that, Marshall.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Why not? Is he afraid?
Speaker 7 (07:20):
Paul ain't afraid of nothing. That's most of the trouble.
I's uh, well, he ain't never needed to call on
nobody for help. He don't figure to start now.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
He's root stubborn.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Uh. There's not much I can do to change that.
Speaker 7 (07:35):
Maybe not, Marshall, but maybe you could stop a killing.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
You figure that this isn't the last of the time.
Speaker 7 (07:43):
Uh no, no, it sure ain't the last of it
unless you lock smid Mooley up for a while.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
All right, Jess ruh, I'll go talk to your Paul. Look, look, Barrows,
(08:21):
who's there, Matt Dylan'm I'd like to talk to you.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
Come on in, Marshall.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
I'm back here.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Oh, sorry to see you.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Light up. Look d'eman, what are you doing out this way? Well?
Speaker 3 (08:49):
I uh hurt. You were off your feed.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
You didn't come to pay no shake called Marcial.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
And no, I I guess I didn't look. I was hoping,
Uh you'd help me out.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
How would that be?
Speaker 3 (09:04):
An inches of witness? Look, as soon as you're able
to travel witness for what once against smat Molly.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Uh, I told the boy to leave it be.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
Just as trying to protect your look and say that
there's no more trouble.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
I don't need no help. I never needed no help.
Looks like he might have used some yesterday, and he
jumped me when I wasn't ready for him. I can
handle him only, Marshall. You worry about that.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
You'll let me lock him up and he won't have
to the law has uh.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
I come out here before the law, Marshall.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
Maybe, but times have changed.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Not for me. They ain't. When I come out here.
Man had to do his own settling with the land Indians,
with whatever stood in the way of his carving out
of place. Folks learned to live and die without.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
The law, and some of them died when I does
n't have to.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
And oh man dies his own business now.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
If he's the only one dying.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
Marshall, you got something to rest me for her? You
couldn't take me in, you know better than that. Look,
And Marshall, I sure think you'll leave me alone and
get along.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Locking Molly up might save you a lot of trouble.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
Look, I'll handle my own trouble all right.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
All right? You handle it, but that may come a
time when I'll have to move in.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
I ain't never needed the law yet.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
You better hope you won't be needing it from now on.
(10:59):
I love kidding that I'm I.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
Oh, the law business must be pretty good.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
Oh how's that.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
You're usually in here earlier than this?
Speaker 3 (11:10):
Yeah, now that's not that. Business is good. I can
tell you that, mater, I fact kiddy. I'm having a
hard time selling the war. Uh what do you mean, Oh,
Man Burris, he got beat half to death yesterday and
he won't let me haul in the fella.
Speaker 6 (11:28):
That did it, Mad Molly.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
Yes always, Uh, how does you know everybody knows.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
He's been here at the bar all day bragging about it,
how the old man got uppity with him and how
he fixed it. Oh yeah, he's still here down at
the fire and then, yes.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
I see him, and I guess I better have a
talk with him.
Speaker 9 (12:00):
Nobody gonna talk about a horse whipping SMD movie. Well, now, the.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
Marshall, Now I wanna talk to you.
Speaker 8 (12:09):
Alright, you go right ahead, And Marshall, you go right ahead.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
There's nothing you can do to me.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
I don't count on it. I know, ain't nothing you
can do, Marshall.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
I seen no boy but boy Luke's boy, and Marshall,
big fella like him.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Nearly the crying you take, the beating him too, like
it that they old man?
Speaker 1 (12:31):
Oh sure not Marshall, sure.
Speaker 9 (12:34):
And now he feels bad enough.
Speaker 6 (12:36):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
Now you know why he feels so bad, Marshall. I
suppose you tell me. Uh, he feels so bad.
Speaker 9 (12:44):
Because he come running to you for help and he
can't get none because.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
This old man won't take no help from the law.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
And I just lucky for you we.
Speaker 9 (12:54):
Got as a big Marshal out of here and he
can't do nothing.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
Holly, well, you know that's true. Marshall.
Speaker 9 (13:01):
You can't arrask me if the old man.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
Don't agel and he ain't gonna be said. So I'll
let to say old man's business. Yeah, yeah, I know,
And I'll tell you something to me. If you ever
go out there again he means to take care of him.
I ain't worry it should be because if the old
man doesn't handle it, I will or m or Marshall
(13:28):
you can, Smallly, I can, but if you're smart, you
won't make me prove it.
Speaker 5 (13:54):
And why you're here.
Speaker 7 (14:03):
You ain't got no business coming out here no more.
Speaker 9 (14:05):
See to me, I got business here, unfinished business.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
What do you want? I wanna see your old mind?
Speaker 5 (14:13):
You seen him enough?
Speaker 9 (14:16):
That's the way I figured it too. I figured I
seen him enough. But I've been hearing different. What do
you mean, been hearing from folks around town? Your Paul
been talking unkindly about me? Down right unkindly.
Speaker 7 (14:30):
How'd you expect him to talk?
Speaker 9 (14:32):
I figured I closed his mouth some other day. Boy,
paint for you?
Speaker 3 (14:38):
No, No, I guess he ain't yet.
Speaker 9 (14:41):
I guess I got to show him some more.
Speaker 7 (14:43):
He You ain't going after him again? Boy?
Speaker 5 (14:45):
Now you ain't figuring the street?
Speaker 2 (14:48):
Oh you got a gun?
Speaker 3 (14:49):
Ain't your?
Speaker 6 (14:49):
Boy?
Speaker 7 (14:51):
And I can use it?
Speaker 3 (14:53):
Hm? Alright, boy, seeing you got the drop on me, I'll.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Just ride off.
Speaker 5 (15:02):
You should not frighten me.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
Boy, her you.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Do the color? Okay, Yes, guess what's happened? By shot me?
But I'm murdering even shot my boy and rode away.
Next time I see him, I'll kill me.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
I guess I guess you hurt, bad boy. He doesn't
ain't nothing, just nothing do Now I'll get you to
the dark. He'll fetch up in no time. Don't you
fret none, I'll I'll go and fetch the wagon. It's
(16:05):
pretty nice, an't miss Dylan, just setting out here watching
the world go by. Uh course, ain't much of the
world going by. I gotta admit that I ain't saw
more than three or four wagons in a buggy or
two since been sitting here.
Speaker 3 (16:20):
That's funny, Chester, seems to me you've been sitting here
most of the morning. I've had to step over here
every time I went in around of the office.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
Oh well, I may doze off once or.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Twice here, Yeah, you may have, But you said yourself.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
It's been a slow warm It's June, I trayed, I
might as well rest up, so it's be ready in
case something's happened.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
It looks like it might be going to happen right now.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
Only what do you mean?
Speaker 3 (16:45):
That's all? Look burst driving that wagon of her.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
But I guess he'd ah, he must be feeling better.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
He might be, but there's somebody in the wagon bed
who wasn't feeling such that.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Alright, declare you're right, miss Journey, is somebody he start
starting the.
Speaker 8 (17:00):
Air bloat, look burrised, he even looking.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
At him if you do. But but that's his boy.
He's got that act.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Uh, come on, let's give me my hat. How was
(17:33):
he duck?
Speaker 2 (17:34):
He's not good man?
Speaker 3 (17:36):
Is he gonna make it? He hasn't got a chance.
The bullet was fired at point blank range. It's a shame.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
Can I go in? He can't do him any harm now,
he's only got a few minutes. Come on now, I'm
sorry about this.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Look Oh leaves b Marshall.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
By this time, I can't. Can I speak to the boy? Doctor?
Be easy man? Yeah? Sure, Jess, jess o, m it's Marshall,
Dylon h Marshall. Can you tell me who did it?
Speaker 2 (18:29):
You don't have to talk to him, Jess.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
I can get him if you tell me, Jess, I
can lock him up this time.
Speaker 6 (18:36):
Yeah, lock him up.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
Now, you tell me his name.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
He ain't got no right to piss to you, Jess.
You don't have to tell him nothing.
Speaker 6 (18:47):
I wanna tell him. Oh hm Marshall, Yeah, Jess, I
it was Mooley Smith him only again?
Speaker 3 (19:04):
It you get him that time? Yeah, I'll get him.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
N Yes, he's gone. Matt.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
I'm sorry, Luke.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
I did the best I could. I've seen you try
to shave him dark. I thank you. Look, I still
ain't got nothing to say to you, marshall. I could
have asked that you'd let him die in peace.
Speaker 3 (19:37):
I'm sorry you feel that way. Look, but I had
to step in. This is murder. I gotta get into
this now, whether you want me to or not.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
I can't stop your marcial now.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
Now you can't stop me.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
Now, I'll tell you something.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
What's that?
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Nothing is changed. I can't stop you from coming into
this thing. But we don't need your Marshall. J and me,
we don't need you anymore, and we ever did. We
can take care of our own. I've been kind of
(20:19):
hankering to go back to Texas for some time now,
but this shore ain't the way I like to make
the trip.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Uh huh.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
Failing a man for a day and a night and
shore we're fella down. Ain't that right? It's John.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
Would be's bad of it?
Speaker 2 (20:33):
Body didn't have to keep his eyes so open ever, man.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Yeah, I know that's particularly hard on you.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Chester. Well, you got to keep looking out for so
many things that you don't get to enjoy the seeming
none tall hardly.
Speaker 3 (20:44):
You're not missing much of this party.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
Come, No, I don't know, mister John. I kind of
like it out here. It's it's nice and.
Speaker 3 (20:51):
Flat and hot and dry.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
Well sure, but you can just see you forever.
Speaker 3 (20:56):
You gotta admit that.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Mister John.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
Yeah, Ester, you're right. I don't admit that. There's nothing
in the way there, you see.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
That's what I mean. How long you reckon it? Ole
day is to catch that smet mold and mister Joan.
Speaker 3 (21:11):
I don't know, Chester, I mean I catch him at all?
Speaker 2 (21:15):
Oh my gracious me, we'll catch him all right. You
said yourself the trail was nice and clear as can be.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
Uh, it's too clear.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
What do you mean?
Speaker 7 (21:24):
Do that?
Speaker 2 (21:24):
Right?
Speaker 3 (21:25):
Not the only ones following us?
Speaker 2 (21:27):
You mean they's somebody else is trailing him?
Speaker 3 (21:29):
Yuh, he's got about a half a day's to start.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Think it's that old meak burst.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Yeah, I'm afraid of us.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
Yeah. He just ain't got good chance to keep armers
a thing like this? Does he?
Speaker 3 (21:41):
How don't thinks he's right?
Speaker 2 (21:43):
Chester.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
It's awful hired to talk sense to a person who
thinks he's right.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
Suppose you're right at that what count is done?
Speaker 3 (21:57):
And like at the shack stuck way out here now
now let'shad for it.
Speaker 8 (22:11):
Keep your eyes open, you try.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
I believe the horse is here. Bring your right.
Speaker 2 (22:26):
I got it.
Speaker 5 (22:27):
I got to wear a marshals for you won't need
your guns to look.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
I've been in the hitty all the way.
Speaker 3 (22:47):
Yeah, I know I saw your.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Trail never since both of us making this trip.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
I told you a look, when it's murdered, it's my business.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
Yeah, there ain't no need I will see. I already
seen what he mean. Come inside, Marshall. Come, I'm inside, Rochester.
Speaker 3 (23:17):
Why why me she doing? Yeah? Sund back burrows.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Here, Marcia. I'm old and mad and moldy. He's hungry
right here inside. Yeah, I told you, Marshall, I got
no need for the law. He's been dead quite spelled. Yeah,
she's shun.
Speaker 3 (23:39):
Up alright, Chester, you better start digging. We'll have to
bury him.
Speaker 8 (23:45):
And see.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
You shouldn't listen to me, Marshall. I meant it when
I said we took care of our own, that we
had no need for the law to do it.
Speaker 3 (23:58):
Yeah, another law has to take care of you.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Ain't that do matter? Now? My boys did not took
care of the man that killed him. I took care
of with Marshall, like we're always done without new law.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
Yeah, you did that, all right, And your boy wouldn't
have had to die at all if you'd let me
move in in the first place. All right, Come on, Luke,
you can help Chester dig the grave like you help
dig the grave for.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
Jess gun but Houston. Directed in Hollywood by Norman McDonald's
(24:54):
William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U asked Marshall. The story
was specially written for God Smoked by Marion Clark, with
editorial supervision by John Meston. Featured in the cast were
Ralph Moody, Dick Trenna, and Laurence Dobkins. Quarley Bear is Chester,
Howard mcneer is Doc, and Georgia Hawkins is Kiddy.
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