August 27, 2025 • 24 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 (00:09):
Around Dodge City and then the territory on west. There's
just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers.
And that's where the US Marshall and the Smell of
Guns Smoke Guns Hoke, starring William Pulray. The manscribed story
(00:40):
of the violence that moved West becad America, The story
of a man.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Who moves with it. Matt Dylan, United States Marshall.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
And there's the peace officer.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
Of my gracious Mr Dillon. There the old lang deep.
Speaker 5 (01:21):
Down.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Are you know a lot his wife with them do
and the wagons filled with kids?
Speaker 4 (01:28):
Yeah, well do you know like could bring the kid along?
Speaker 6 (01:31):
Well?
Speaker 3 (01:31):
He always does. Oh and uh oh.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
Hey look there's the pilcher boy hard the way down
there is I'm a gold he's hurt and down first
fell either na in.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
The area, respectfully, man, you you s Marshall. H that's it? Chester, Yes, sir,
Well you shut the door.
Speaker 6 (02:03):
You're letting in all the flies in Kansas.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
But I can't shut the door.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Chester.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
You can go out or stay in, but shut the door.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Yes, sir, No, mister Dillon's the town's just busting with
people all here for the races tomorrow. Yeah, yeah, you
going out to flats tomorrow. I don't know, Chester, Mm,
you don't sound like you hanker after going too much?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Now, I don't. I wish Colonel Benson's officers would forget
about horse racer.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
Well, I guess they figure their army graves about the
best horses in country.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
And everybody knows the cavalry has good horses. They don't
have to prove whatever four or five.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
Months, mister Dylan, I just plan don't understand. Ain't nobody
likes the horse.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Race better than you.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
I know, Chester, I like them fine, but that's not.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Marshall Dylon.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Yeah, that's right, Lieutenant Flag Sir, Fort Dodge. Oh, sit down, Lieutenant.
Speaker 7 (03:06):
Colonel Benson's compliments, sir, and he requests your presence at
the fort.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Tomorrow for the races. That's right, sir.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
The colonel feels that a peace officer out there would
be a well a steadying influence.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
I see, and uh I take it.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
You don't, no, Marshall, I don't. We can police our own.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Activities, I see, after all, we're.
Speaker 7 (03:31):
Certainly competent to handle a bunch of sootbusters.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Well, the last time there were races out at the fort,
three men were shot? Is that how you would handle things? Lieutenant.
Speaker 7 (03:41):
I wasn't stationed at Fort Dodge then Marshall, but I
know this. If people around here want to bet their
stock against army mouse, they shouldn't complain if they lose.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
How long have you been out here, Lieutenant?
Speaker 2 (03:56):
I was stationed in Virginia until two months ago. I thought, so,
what do you mean?
Speaker 3 (04:03):
Look, Lieutenant? Out here, when men have something to complain about,
they sometimes do it with a six gun. They don't
all have the respect for the army that you have.
They would if I had to say of it, or maybe,
but you don't.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
It's like with the Indians. A lot of the junior
officers feel as I did. We'd go after them, force
them into the.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Open and bring on another Indian war, and we'd beat them,
but it would cost more than you would believe, Lieutenant.
Speaker 7 (04:35):
Not if the three I saw leaving Dodger while back
g any example, an old man on a shaggy gray
pony and two young.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
Boys, it was a Kiawa.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Lieutenant. He's a chief and those two braves are his sons.
His name's harling Dog. You seem to know a good
deal about Indians. Marshall, Lieutenant flag. You're a young officer.
You're ambitious and you're eager, but you talk too much
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and you don't even know part of what you're talking about.
Now look here, how Colonel Benson. I'll be out there tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Very good, Marshall and Lieutenant.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
Yes, I've known Holland Dog ever since I came to Kansas.
He's old, but he isn't stupid. So dog gets wrong
about him?
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Is Paul sure? Must have hated the world? Mister Dillon.
Speaker 6 (05:40):
He's young, Chester.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
He'll learn, but you know, sometimes fellows grow up and
don't improve a bit, now, are you Dog? I passed
a young lieutenant on the way out is Chester enlisting
in the army?
Speaker 5 (05:57):
Man?
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Do what's on your mind?
Speaker 8 (06:02):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (06:02):
Well, just go.
Speaker 5 (06:03):
You know I won't be around town tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
I'm taking the day off.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Is that so?
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Yep?
Speaker 5 (06:08):
I'm going out to the fort for the races. Might
even work up some business.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Thought you was taking the day off?
Speaker 5 (06:15):
Just say, Matt, that fella hunter out there, regimental surgeon,
you know, yeah, but he thinks he's the only good
doctor around these parts.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Well ain't he he?
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (06:27):
Well, now, Matt, if you were going to be out there,
you might push a little practice my way. The last
time a hunter got six cases out of seven, the
only man you let me have was dead.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Well, look, Doc, I'll tell you a Lieutenant Flag was
running thinks maybe we could arrange a whole massacre for you.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Well, who's Lieutenant Flagg? The lieutenant you see me leaving?
Speaker 3 (06:46):
There are Colonel Benson's centiman. Doctor, seems I've got an
official invitation just to make sure the civilian element don't
get to shooting each other.
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Oh now, Matt, you don't think they'd do that again, No.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Doc, there's any trouble out there time, it won't be
the Toms people that started. There'll be Lieutenant Flag in
his crowd.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Well that's who.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
How's that man all? He's got no use for anything
but army and he just is own shooting Indiana Sea one. Well,
Holland dog's in this part of the country again, duck. Oh,
and I wouldn't be too surprised. But what he shows
up at the races tomorrow, m.
Speaker 8 (07:31):
You'd think this was the first horse race ever run.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Matt.
Speaker 4 (07:35):
Yeah, it seems like the beton's running high.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Just talking to the future boys.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
They're betting everything they own on the Missouri mayor that
brought out here.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
I I've Santa Chester. She's a good mayor.
Speaker 8 (07:44):
Oh, I've never heard so much horse talk in my
life as I have tonight. Pasterns, stifles, gaskins, four quarters,
hind quarters, short couples, long barrel. Well, I tell you
matter kind of makes a girl wonder.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Why don't you worry, kitty.
Speaker 6 (07:58):
There'll be other nights to be And that.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Look Claire coming in the door.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
You know it's a lieutenant Flag and some other officers.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
Yeah, they're down here to fan the fire.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
I guess what do you mean?
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Another way they got this crowd worked up.
Speaker 6 (08:14):
The higher the betloll be jinkies.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
I wish I had some money to bet.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
I'll just be glad you had on Chester.
Speaker 7 (08:20):
Is the name, Marshall, Lieutenant Flag Ms Russell, How do
you do, Miss Russell?
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Lieutenants Dryden, Lawson, Mile, how do you do.
Speaker 9 (08:33):
Well?
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Gentlemen?
Speaker 8 (08:34):
Is anyone drinking?
Speaker 4 (08:35):
I think we all are, bartender, let out some glasses.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
You'll join us once you, Miss Russell? Why, thank you?
Lieutenant you too? Marshall? Wow, you gonna just walk down
at the other end of the bar.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
Mister villan.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
It's crowded here.
Speaker 9 (08:49):
Hey, you fellas from Fort Dodge.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Ain't you? That's right?
Speaker 6 (08:54):
You own some name army Grays that are gonna run tomorrow?
We do.
Speaker 9 (08:59):
There were mon name Pilcher, Sory Pilcher. I got some
money to bet on my mayor or match her any way.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
You say, well, I'll take you a bad mister, Pilch.
Speaker 9 (09:08):
Name it five hundred dollars silver run three four, five
hundred yard.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
That's a lot of money. You mean you ain't got it.
I'll go with your flag. All right, it's a bet.
Speaker 9 (09:20):
Then good, I'll see tomorrow. Then up the fort telling
me is.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
He is taking a pig?
Speaker 2 (09:26):
I thought I wouldn't know. I was from a Missouri mule.
Speaker 7 (09:28):
Maybe that's what he's got from his legs. He could
be running himself.
Speaker 6 (09:32):
Dirty pig. All right, Hold it, Pilcher. Ain't no man
to name me like that. Hold it.
Speaker 9 (09:37):
I said, you wear any uniform calling yourself a soldier.
I was found outside of Atlanta while you were still nurse.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Listen you all right, now, that's enough.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
I felt sure you'll get down to the other end
of the bar. That's for you, gentlemen. You better stop
back for the foot.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Now look by show, we don't.
Speaker 6 (09:58):
Have to move all of you.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Come on, Flag, let's go.
Speaker 8 (10:12):
Well, at least they paid for the bottle before you
ran him off.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
You want a drink?
Speaker 3 (10:19):
No, kiddy, enough for me, thank you? You go ahead.
Speaker 8 (10:25):
Look, Matt, you can't stop trouble every time before it starts.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
No, I can't, kiddy, but I wish tomorrow is done with.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
We will return for the second act of gun Smoke
in just a moment. But first three burglars lucky theft
prove unlucky at gambling to make matters worse. Authorities catch
up with them on their theft rap as well. In
the case of the Cold Dice on Gangbusters later tonight,
hear how Lady Luck refused to smile at a gang
of free and easy crooks, and how justice and the
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cops closed in on their escapades. Here Gangbusters presented by
CBS Radio later tonight on most of these stations. Now
the second act of gun Smoke.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Well Afternue's most gone. Mister Dylan hasn't been in trouble yet.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
The whiskey isn't gone. Oh, there's still a race to come.
Flag's been holding aloff.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
Yes, sir, well, at least here on the finish line
we can see which way the money is going.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
All that. Hollo dark, Well, we haven't seen you all afternoon. Doctor.
Where are you been?
Speaker 5 (12:09):
Oh well, just playing peanuckle with some of the boys.
Things have been dull, but they won't be in a minute.
Why flag and Pilcher down there at the start.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Now it's him the big races.
Speaker 5 (12:21):
Do any minute?
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Yeah, Chester, you keep your eyes open, and as soon
as that crossed the finish line, you get to Pilcher
and I'll pick up fly.
Speaker 5 (12:29):
All right, sir, let's see any minute now a year
they come.
Speaker 3 (12:55):
All right, get moving, Chester, I'll find flag, yes, sir,
all right, excuse me, please pull your pardon me, please,
if you'll get horse God, Sergeant, tell lieutenant you got
a fast horse there, fastest on the pros and the
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poacher boys watcht about everything they.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Had just now you preaching in me, Marshall.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
Now, Lieutenant, I've seen horse races before. Yeah he won, easy, Marshall,
I guess he did, Lieutenant, ma and.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
He could have won for many other horse just as easy.
Speaker 10 (13:31):
Maybe, well, Flag, you beat my mayor thought maybe I
might have won, But you got a good horse.
Speaker 6 (13:41):
Real good horse.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
You're getting ready to talk me out of my money.
You're not much of a man, but you got a
good mount.
Speaker 9 (13:50):
Non paying here five hundred dollars sver.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
Come on, Tom, let's go home. Well, Michael, the racing
of the Army one and no trouble.
Speaker 6 (14:04):
You're sorry, I got no complaints. Lat on a flag.
Speaker 7 (14:07):
Looks like the colonel was worried about nothing, thinking there
might be some hotheads out here. Matter of fact, I
was kind of hoping for some fun along with the running.
Maybe you are a steadying influence.
Speaker 4 (14:19):
Marshall. Do you look here, young fella soldier?
Speaker 6 (14:21):
Boys take it easy?
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Hey, flag?
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Look over there. Well it isn't that old Kyle Howling? Wow?
Do you want some fun?
Speaker 3 (14:33):
Why not?
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Flag's gonna challenge into a race, Marshall.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
He's an old man. Lauteller.
Speaker 7 (14:39):
Come on, mom, we're gonna talk to him.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
What are you gonna do?
Speaker 9 (14:43):
Mister Dylon?
Speaker 3 (14:44):
I will go over too. So I's feeling mighty big
right now, and I'm looking for trouble, all right.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
And it looked to me like folks was all league
in a minute ago. Now that seemed to be drifting back.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Yeah, where do you think it will.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
Hollering dog's gonna do?
Speaker 3 (15:02):
I don't know, Chester, missus littellant.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
Now I know army officers. You speak good English for
an indianlish. I am chief of the tribe. Chief.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
I hear you kaya will ride good horses, horses help
us hunt, and I hear their fast. Now you've been
sitting here all afternoon.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
You saw the races.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
I saw you saw my horse run. Do you think
any of your horses could beat them?
Speaker 9 (15:37):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (15:39):
Which one, howling dog? Your son's horses are the one
you're running?
Speaker 7 (15:44):
Anyone any one of these three there's one of them
could run four hundred yards.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
And look all right, all right, I'll stop deviling in flag.
Speaker 7 (15:56):
I'm not doing anything, Marshall. He tells me his horses
can beat mine. I don't think they can.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
If you want to race, set one up, but don't
fund him.
Speaker 7 (16:06):
Will you race my horse, aling dog? I will race
which ors you want eye ride?
Speaker 4 (16:16):
Hey?
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Flag?
Speaker 5 (16:17):
You ever see a sorrier sheep?
Speaker 2 (16:22):
You want to bet on the race? Holling dog? Oh,
you got no money? You must have something. If I
lud I give you a horse that wouldn't want him.
But I'll take that little beat a sack you're wearing
around your neck. That Indian medicine.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
You say you could beat me, so there's nothing to
worry about.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
If I lose. I give army man medicine shacks.
Speaker 9 (16:51):
Good.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
Well, I guess Sergeant Crockett to bring my horse over
here with him.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Now, holling Dodd, what distance do we raise?
Speaker 3 (17:02):
You say?
Speaker 4 (17:03):
All right, we'll raise from here down to that wagon
with a broken wheel and back again.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
It's about five hundred yards, Marshall. You can mark the
start and finish, all right?
Speaker 3 (17:14):
H holland dog, do you understand? From here to the
wagon and then back again? The first man to pass
me coming back wins.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Yeah. Here you are a flag, had a chance to blow.
Good shape, Good.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
Out, Lieutenant mow. We'll just step over here a minute.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
I'd like to talk to you, Michael. You ready, chee,
I I'm ready. You can ride dressed like that?
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Yes, okay, Marshall, fine with me. A flag that isn't
even gonna ride in his blanket.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
You can ride in a tent for all that care. Uh,
Army man, Yet, what you'll give me when I win?
When you what do you want? Money?
Speaker 4 (18:11):
No? What?
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Then you in your form? Yeah? You mean what I'm
wearing yours?
Speaker 4 (18:19):
Well?
Speaker 2 (18:19):
Why not flag? What difference does it make?
Speaker 1 (18:23):
He won't win anyway?
Speaker 2 (18:24):
All right, it's a bet, chief, Just a minute, Lieutenant,
what is it? Felcher?
Speaker 9 (18:30):
My horse couldn't do it. Maybe the chiefs can. I
ain't got any money left, but I bet my saddles
a wagon and four mules against five hundred.
Speaker 6 (18:40):
It's a bet, all right, Chester issue?
Speaker 3 (18:43):
Do you hold the money issue?
Speaker 4 (18:45):
And I might just take about five dollars on the
Indian to the lieutenant, it's a bet.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
Anybody else want to go? I've done all right today,
I'll take a hundred.
Speaker 3 (18:55):
You're a fool.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
But now it's a bet. As soon as I'm out,
I'll be ready. Margins, all right, you're ready?
Speaker 6 (19:01):
Howland dog ready?
Speaker 3 (19:04):
All right?
Speaker 6 (19:04):
Now to that wagon and back across this line? Uh
you there?
Speaker 3 (19:09):
Would you ride down and clear those people out of
the way? Please? Alight? All right, move up on the
line now, I'll fire one shot, all right? Study Now.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
Can I go?
Speaker 9 (19:35):
Mister Dylan, come on, holl and don can you do it?
Speaker 3 (19:40):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Chester looks like Fride's head.
Speaker 6 (19:43):
Now he's swinging wide for the wagon.
Speaker 5 (19:45):
He there that ugr.
Speaker 4 (19:46):
Little pony can shore run?
Speaker 6 (19:49):
Well, they're under the turn Chester. Hey, what you're doing?
Speaker 2 (19:51):
What happened?
Speaker 6 (19:52):
Well, the colon dog dropped his blanket.
Speaker 4 (19:54):
Well he's niked as a gay bird.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Come on you Indian ride.
Speaker 6 (20:00):
No, he's doing.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
I got to let hard.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
If I always was a site a sight, I tell you.
Speaker 5 (20:34):
Oh, there's nothing quite as ineffectual as a man in
long job.
Speaker 4 (20:39):
You know.
Speaker 3 (20:40):
I imagine Lieutenant Flagg will have some explaining to do
when Colonel Benson sea.
Speaker 2 (20:44):
I wish i'd been there.
Speaker 5 (20:45):
Oh, my old no place for a lady, you know.
Speaker 6 (20:49):
Holo dog just sat there while flag cursed and bag.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
Then when the lieutenant paid off, he just turned and.
Speaker 5 (20:55):
Rolled a with most of the lieutenant's uniform grape roundish,
you know.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
Mister Dylon, he sure seemed pretty calm about it.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
No, I thought he was sure enough of his horse,
Sure he'd win me.
Speaker 6 (21:09):
Sure that's right.
Speaker 8 (21:10):
Well, why, Matt, army horse is a pretty good stock.
Speaker 3 (21:13):
Well, sure they hurt Kenny when there's always one around
somewhere that's better, and Holland Dog hasn't.
Speaker 5 (21:19):
Well, if that horse is so good, Matt, why doesn't
Holland Dog clip him up? Some so you don't look
like a goop.
Speaker 6 (21:26):
Doc, let me tell you something.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
Holland Dog's been winning races with that horse for a
long time now. He's been the half the army posts
on the front tier what he had?
Speaker 6 (21:37):
That's right?
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Well, why don't people learn not to bet against him?
Speaker 6 (21:41):
Man while chest because lots of time are like lieut
on a flag.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
They gotta make fun of somebody that looks sweaker or
different than they do.
Speaker 5 (21:49):
Well, now, Matt, you said you knew about this before.
Did you know Holland Dog was gonna win today out there?
Speaker 3 (21:56):
Well, Doc, I was just sure enough to win a
fifty dollars bet from Lieutenant.
Speaker 6 (22:00):
Maul Sam See what the gentleman will have?
Speaker 1 (22:23):
Gun Smoke Transcribed under the direction of Norman McDonald, stars
William Conrad as Matt Dillon Us Marshall. Tonight's story was
specially written for Gun Smoke by mister McDonald, with music
composed and conducted by Rex Cory. Featured in the cast
were Harry Bartel, Ralph Moody, Paul Savage and John Dayner,
Harley Bearish Chester, Howard mcneer is Doc and Georgia Ellis's Kiddy.
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Service to be heard by our troops overseas. Join us
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bring law and order out of the wild violence of
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Around Dodge City and then the territory on west. There's
just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers.
And that's where the US Marshall and the Smell of
Guns Smoke Guns Hoke, starring William Pulray. The manscribed story
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of the violence that moved West becad America, The story
of a man.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Who moves with it. Matt Dylan, United States Marshall.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
And there's the peace officer.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
Of my gracious Mr Dillon. There the old lang deep.
Speaker 5 (01:21):
Down.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Are you know a lot his wife with them do
and the wagons filled with kids?
Speaker 4 (01:28):
Yeah, well do you know like could bring the kid along?
Speaker 6 (01:31):
Well?
Speaker 3 (01:31):
He always does. Oh and uh oh.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
Hey look there's the pilcher boy hard the way down
there is I'm a gold he's hurt and down first
fell either na in.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
The area, respectfully, man, you you s Marshall. H that's it? Chester, Yes, sir,
Well you shut the door.
Speaker 6 (02:03):
You're letting in all the flies in Kansas.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
But I can't shut the door.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Chester.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
You can go out or stay in, but shut the door.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Yes, sir, No, mister Dillon's the town's just busting with
people all here for the races tomorrow. Yeah, yeah, you
going out to flats tomorrow. I don't know, Chester, Mm,
you don't sound like you hanker after going too much?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Now, I don't. I wish Colonel Benson's officers would forget
about horse racer.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
Well, I guess they figure their army graves about the
best horses in country.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
And everybody knows the cavalry has good horses. They don't
have to prove whatever four or five.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
Months, mister Dylan, I just plan don't understand. Ain't nobody
likes the horse.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Race better than you.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
I know, Chester, I like them fine, but that's not.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Marshall Dylon.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Yeah, that's right, Lieutenant Flag Sir, Fort Dodge. Oh, sit down, Lieutenant.
Speaker 7 (03:06):
Colonel Benson's compliments, sir, and he requests your presence at
the fort.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Tomorrow for the races. That's right, sir.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
The colonel feels that a peace officer out there would
be a well a steadying influence.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
I see, and uh I take it.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
You don't, no, Marshall, I don't. We can police our own.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Activities, I see, after all, we're.
Speaker 7 (03:31):
Certainly competent to handle a bunch of sootbusters.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Well, the last time there were races out at the fort,
three men were shot? Is that how you would handle things? Lieutenant.
Speaker 7 (03:41):
I wasn't stationed at Fort Dodge then Marshall, but I
know this. If people around here want to bet their
stock against army mouse, they shouldn't complain if they lose.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
How long have you been out here, Lieutenant?
Speaker 2 (03:56):
I was stationed in Virginia until two months ago. I thought, so,
what do you mean?
Speaker 3 (04:03):
Look, Lieutenant? Out here, when men have something to complain about,
they sometimes do it with a six gun. They don't
all have the respect for the army that you have.
They would if I had to say of it, or maybe,
but you don't.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
It's like with the Indians. A lot of the junior
officers feel as I did. We'd go after them, force
them into the.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Open and bring on another Indian war, and we'd beat them,
but it would cost more than you would believe, Lieutenant.
Speaker 7 (04:35):
Not if the three I saw leaving Dodger while back
g any example, an old man on a shaggy gray
pony and two young.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
Boys, it was a Kiawa.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Lieutenant. He's a chief and those two braves are his sons.
His name's harling Dog. You seem to know a good
deal about Indians. Marshall, Lieutenant flag. You're a young officer.
You're ambitious and you're eager, but you talk too much
(05:07):
and you don't even know part of what you're talking about.
Now look here, how Colonel Benson. I'll be out there tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Very good, Marshall and Lieutenant.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
Yes, I've known Holland Dog ever since I came to Kansas.
He's old, but he isn't stupid. So dog gets wrong
about him?
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Is Paul sure? Must have hated the world? Mister Dillon.
Speaker 6 (05:40):
He's young, Chester.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
He'll learn, but you know, sometimes fellows grow up and
don't improve a bit, now, are you Dog? I passed
a young lieutenant on the way out is Chester enlisting
in the army?
Speaker 5 (05:57):
Man?
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Do what's on your mind?
Speaker 8 (06:02):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (06:02):
Well, just go.
Speaker 5 (06:03):
You know I won't be around town tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
I'm taking the day off.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Is that so?
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Yep?
Speaker 5 (06:08):
I'm going out to the fort for the races. Might
even work up some business.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Thought you was taking the day off?
Speaker 5 (06:15):
Just say, Matt, that fella hunter out there, regimental surgeon,
you know, yeah, but he thinks he's the only good
doctor around these parts.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Well ain't he he?
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (06:27):
Well, now, Matt, if you were going to be out there,
you might push a little practice my way. The last
time a hunter got six cases out of seven, the
only man you let me have was dead.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Well, look, Doc, I'll tell you a Lieutenant Flag was
running thinks maybe we could arrange a whole massacre for you.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Well, who's Lieutenant Flagg? The lieutenant you see me leaving?
Speaker 3 (06:46):
There are Colonel Benson's centiman. Doctor, seems I've got an
official invitation just to make sure the civilian element don't
get to shooting each other.
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Oh now, Matt, you don't think they'd do that again, No.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Doc, there's any trouble out there time, it won't be
the Toms people that started. There'll be Lieutenant Flag in
his crowd.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Well that's who.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
How's that man all? He's got no use for anything
but army and he just is own shooting Indiana Sea one. Well,
Holland dog's in this part of the country again, duck. Oh,
and I wouldn't be too surprised. But what he shows
up at the races tomorrow, m.
Speaker 8 (07:31):
You'd think this was the first horse race ever run.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Matt.
Speaker 4 (07:35):
Yeah, it seems like the beton's running high.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Just talking to the future boys.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
They're betting everything they own on the Missouri mayor that
brought out here.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
I I've Santa Chester. She's a good mayor.
Speaker 8 (07:44):
Oh, I've never heard so much horse talk in my
life as I have tonight. Pasterns, stifles, gaskins, four quarters,
hind quarters, short couples, long barrel. Well, I tell you
matter kind of makes a girl wonder.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Why don't you worry, kitty.
Speaker 6 (07:58):
There'll be other nights to be And that.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Look Claire coming in the door.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
You know it's a lieutenant Flag and some other officers.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
Yeah, they're down here to fan the fire.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
I guess what do you mean?
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Another way they got this crowd worked up.
Speaker 6 (08:14):
The higher the betloll be jinkies.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
I wish I had some money to bet.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
I'll just be glad you had on Chester.
Speaker 7 (08:20):
Is the name, Marshall, Lieutenant Flag Ms Russell, How do
you do, Miss Russell?
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Lieutenants Dryden, Lawson, Mile, how do you do.
Speaker 9 (08:33):
Well?
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Gentlemen?
Speaker 8 (08:34):
Is anyone drinking?
Speaker 4 (08:35):
I think we all are, bartender, let out some glasses.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
You'll join us once you, Miss Russell? Why, thank you?
Lieutenant you too? Marshall? Wow, you gonna just walk down
at the other end of the bar.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
Mister villan.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
It's crowded here.
Speaker 9 (08:49):
Hey, you fellas from Fort Dodge.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Ain't you? That's right?
Speaker 6 (08:54):
You own some name army Grays that are gonna run tomorrow?
We do.
Speaker 9 (08:59):
There were mon name Pilcher, Sory Pilcher. I got some
money to bet on my mayor or match her any way.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
You say, well, I'll take you a bad mister, Pilch.
Speaker 9 (09:08):
Name it five hundred dollars silver run three four, five
hundred yard.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
That's a lot of money. You mean you ain't got it.
I'll go with your flag. All right, it's a bet.
Speaker 9 (09:20):
Then good, I'll see tomorrow. Then up the fort telling
me is.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
He is taking a pig?
Speaker 2 (09:26):
I thought I wouldn't know. I was from a Missouri mule.
Speaker 7 (09:28):
Maybe that's what he's got from his legs. He could
be running himself.
Speaker 6 (09:32):
Dirty pig. All right, Hold it, Pilcher. Ain't no man
to name me like that. Hold it.
Speaker 9 (09:37):
I said, you wear any uniform calling yourself a soldier.
I was found outside of Atlanta while you were still nurse.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Listen you all right, now, that's enough.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
I felt sure you'll get down to the other end
of the bar. That's for you, gentlemen. You better stop
back for the foot.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Now look by show, we don't.
Speaker 6 (09:58):
Have to move all of you.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Come on, Flag, let's go.
Speaker 8 (10:12):
Well, at least they paid for the bottle before you
ran him off.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
You want a drink?
Speaker 3 (10:19):
No, kiddy, enough for me, thank you? You go ahead.
Speaker 8 (10:25):
Look, Matt, you can't stop trouble every time before it starts.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
No, I can't, kiddy, but I wish tomorrow is done with.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
We will return for the second act of gun Smoke
in just a moment. But first three burglars lucky theft
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Speaker 2 (11:50):
Well Afternue's most gone. Mister Dylan hasn't been in trouble yet.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
The whiskey isn't gone. Oh, there's still a race to come.
Flag's been holding aloff.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
Yes, sir, well, at least here on the finish line
we can see which way the money is going.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
All that. Hollo dark, Well, we haven't seen you all afternoon. Doctor.
Where are you been?
Speaker 5 (12:09):
Oh well, just playing peanuckle with some of the boys.
Things have been dull, but they won't be in a minute.
Why flag and Pilcher down there at the start.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Now it's him the big races.
Speaker 5 (12:21):
Do any minute?
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Yeah, Chester, you keep your eyes open, and as soon
as that crossed the finish line, you get to Pilcher
and I'll pick up fly.
Speaker 5 (12:29):
All right, sir, let's see any minute now a year
they come.
Speaker 3 (12:55):
All right, get moving, Chester, I'll find flag, yes, sir,
all right, excuse me, please pull your pardon me, please,
if you'll get horse God, Sergeant, tell lieutenant you got
a fast horse there, fastest on the pros and the
(13:18):
poacher boys watcht about everything they.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Had just now you preaching in me, Marshall.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
Now, Lieutenant, I've seen horse races before. Yeah he won, easy, Marshall,
I guess he did, Lieutenant, ma and.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
He could have won for many other horse just as easy.
Speaker 10 (13:31):
Maybe, well, Flag, you beat my mayor thought maybe I
might have won, But you got a good horse.
Speaker 6 (13:41):
Real good horse.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
You're getting ready to talk me out of my money.
You're not much of a man, but you got a
good mount.
Speaker 9 (13:50):
Non paying here five hundred dollars sver.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
Come on, Tom, let's go home. Well, Michael, the racing
of the Army one and no trouble.
Speaker 6 (14:04):
You're sorry, I got no complaints. Lat on a flag.
Speaker 7 (14:07):
Looks like the colonel was worried about nothing, thinking there
might be some hotheads out here. Matter of fact, I
was kind of hoping for some fun along with the running.
Maybe you are a steadying influence.
Speaker 4 (14:19):
Marshall. Do you look here, young fella soldier?
Speaker 6 (14:21):
Boys take it easy?
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Hey, flag?
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Look over there. Well it isn't that old Kyle Howling? Wow?
Do you want some fun?
Speaker 3 (14:33):
Why not?
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Flag's gonna challenge into a race, Marshall.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
He's an old man. Lauteller.
Speaker 7 (14:39):
Come on, mom, we're gonna talk to him.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
What are you gonna do?
Speaker 9 (14:43):
Mister Dylon?
Speaker 3 (14:44):
I will go over too. So I's feeling mighty big
right now, and I'm looking for trouble, all right.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
And it looked to me like folks was all league
in a minute ago. Now that seemed to be drifting back.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Yeah, where do you think it will.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
Hollering dog's gonna do?
Speaker 3 (15:02):
I don't know, Chester, missus littellant.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
Now I know army officers. You speak good English for
an indianlish. I am chief of the tribe. Chief.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
I hear you kaya will ride good horses, horses help
us hunt, and I hear their fast. Now you've been
sitting here all afternoon.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
You saw the races.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
I saw you saw my horse run. Do you think
any of your horses could beat them?
Speaker 9 (15:37):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (15:39):
Which one, howling dog? Your son's horses are the one
you're running?
Speaker 7 (15:44):
Anyone any one of these three there's one of them
could run four hundred yards.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
And look all right, all right, I'll stop deviling in flag.
Speaker 7 (15:56):
I'm not doing anything, Marshall. He tells me his horses
can beat mine. I don't think they can.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
If you want to race, set one up, but don't
fund him.
Speaker 7 (16:06):
Will you race my horse, aling dog? I will race
which ors you want eye ride?
Speaker 4 (16:16):
Hey?
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Flag?
Speaker 5 (16:17):
You ever see a sorrier sheep?
Speaker 2 (16:22):
You want to bet on the race? Holling dog? Oh,
you got no money? You must have something. If I
lud I give you a horse that wouldn't want him.
But I'll take that little beat a sack you're wearing
around your neck. That Indian medicine.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
You say you could beat me, so there's nothing to
worry about.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
If I lose. I give army man medicine shacks.
Speaker 9 (16:51):
Good.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
Well, I guess Sergeant Crockett to bring my horse over
here with him.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Now, holling Dodd, what distance do we raise?
Speaker 3 (17:02):
You say?
Speaker 4 (17:03):
All right, we'll raise from here down to that wagon
with a broken wheel and back again.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
It's about five hundred yards, Marshall. You can mark the
start and finish, all right?
Speaker 3 (17:14):
H holland dog, do you understand? From here to the
wagon and then back again? The first man to pass
me coming back wins.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Yeah. Here you are a flag, had a chance to blow.
Good shape, Good.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
Out, Lieutenant mow. We'll just step over here a minute.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
I'd like to talk to you, Michael. You ready, chee,
I I'm ready. You can ride dressed like that?
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Yes, okay, Marshall, fine with me. A flag that isn't
even gonna ride in his blanket.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
You can ride in a tent for all that care. Uh,
Army man, Yet, what you'll give me when I win?
When you what do you want? Money?
Speaker 4 (18:11):
No? What?
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Then you in your form? Yeah? You mean what I'm
wearing yours?
Speaker 4 (18:19):
Well?
Speaker 2 (18:19):
Why not flag? What difference does it make?
Speaker 1 (18:23):
He won't win anyway?
Speaker 2 (18:24):
All right, it's a bet, chief, Just a minute, Lieutenant,
what is it? Felcher?
Speaker 9 (18:30):
My horse couldn't do it. Maybe the chiefs can. I
ain't got any money left, but I bet my saddles
a wagon and four mules against five hundred.
Speaker 6 (18:40):
It's a bet, all right, Chester issue?
Speaker 3 (18:43):
Do you hold the money issue?
Speaker 4 (18:45):
And I might just take about five dollars on the
Indian to the lieutenant, it's a bet.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
Anybody else want to go? I've done all right today,
I'll take a hundred.
Speaker 3 (18:55):
You're a fool.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
But now it's a bet. As soon as I'm out,
I'll be ready. Margins, all right, you're ready?
Speaker 6 (19:01):
Howland dog ready?
Speaker 3 (19:04):
All right?
Speaker 6 (19:04):
Now to that wagon and back across this line? Uh
you there?
Speaker 3 (19:09):
Would you ride down and clear those people out of
the way? Please? Alight? All right, move up on the
line now, I'll fire one shot, all right? Study Now.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
Can I go?
Speaker 9 (19:35):
Mister Dylan, come on, holl and don can you do it?
Speaker 3 (19:40):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Chester looks like Fride's head.
Speaker 6 (19:43):
Now he's swinging wide for the wagon.
Speaker 5 (19:45):
He there that ugr.
Speaker 4 (19:46):
Little pony can shore run?
Speaker 6 (19:49):
Well, they're under the turn Chester. Hey, what you're doing?
Speaker 2 (19:51):
What happened?
Speaker 6 (19:52):
Well, the colon dog dropped his blanket.
Speaker 4 (19:54):
Well he's niked as a gay bird.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Come on you Indian ride.
Speaker 6 (20:00):
No, he's doing.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
I got to let hard.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
If I always was a site a sight, I tell you.
Speaker 5 (20:34):
Oh, there's nothing quite as ineffectual as a man in
long job.
Speaker 4 (20:39):
You know.
Speaker 3 (20:40):
I imagine Lieutenant Flagg will have some explaining to do
when Colonel Benson sea.
Speaker 2 (20:44):
I wish i'd been there.
Speaker 5 (20:45):
Oh, my old no place for a lady, you know.
Speaker 6 (20:49):
Holo dog just sat there while flag cursed and bag.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
Then when the lieutenant paid off, he just turned and.
Speaker 5 (20:55):
Rolled a with most of the lieutenant's uniform grape roundish,
you know.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
Mister Dylon, he sure seemed pretty calm about it.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
No, I thought he was sure enough of his horse,
Sure he'd win me.
Speaker 6 (21:09):
Sure that's right.
Speaker 8 (21:10):
Well, why, Matt, army horse is a pretty good stock.
Speaker 3 (21:13):
Well, sure they hurt Kenny when there's always one around
somewhere that's better, and Holland Dog hasn't.
Speaker 5 (21:19):
Well, if that horse is so good, Matt, why doesn't
Holland Dog clip him up? Some so you don't look
like a goop.
Speaker 6 (21:26):
Doc, let me tell you something.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
Holland Dog's been winning races with that horse for a
long time now. He's been the half the army posts
on the front tier what he had?
Speaker 6 (21:37):
That's right?
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Well, why don't people learn not to bet against him?
Speaker 6 (21:41):
Man while chest because lots of time are like lieut
on a flag.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
They gotta make fun of somebody that looks sweaker or
different than they do.
Speaker 5 (21:49):
Well, now, Matt, you said you knew about this before.
Did you know Holland Dog was gonna win today out there?
Speaker 3 (21:56):
Well, Doc, I was just sure enough to win a
fifty dollars bet from Lieutenant.
Speaker 6 (22:00):
Maul Sam See what the gentleman will have?
Speaker 1 (22:23):
Gun Smoke Transcribed under the direction of Norman McDonald, stars
William Conrad as Matt Dillon Us Marshall. Tonight's story was
specially written for Gun Smoke by mister McDonald, with music
composed and conducted by Rex Cory. Featured in the cast
were Harry Bartel, Ralph Moody, Paul Savage and John Dayner,
Harley Bearish Chester, Howard mcneer is Doc and Georgia Ellis's Kiddy.
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