February 22, 2022 • 62 mins
Original Air Date: November 12, 1951
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• James Stewart (Lin McAdams)
• Stephen McNally (Dutch Henry Brown)
• Julie Adams (Lola Manners)
Special Guests:
• Dan Riss (High Spade)
• Herb Butterfield (Wyatt Earp)
• Wally Maher (Waco Johnny Dean)
• Tim Graham (Sgt. Wilkes)
• Steve Dunn (Steve Miller)
• Bill Johnstone (Joe Lamont)
• William Conrad
• Robert Griffin
• Charlie Lung
• Jack Mather
• Joe Deval
• James Best
• June Whitley
• Brad Brown
• Eddie Marr
Producer:
• William Keighley
Writer:
• S. H. Barnett
Music:
• Rudy Schrager
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• James Stewart (Lin McAdams)
• Stephen McNally (Dutch Henry Brown)
• Julie Adams (Lola Manners)
Special Guests:
• Dan Riss (High Spade)
• Herb Butterfield (Wyatt Earp)
• Wally Maher (Waco Johnny Dean)
• Tim Graham (Sgt. Wilkes)
• Steve Dunn (Steve Miller)
• Bill Johnstone (Joe Lamont)
• William Conrad
• Robert Griffin
• Charlie Lung
• Jack Mather
• Joe Deval
• James Best
• June Whitley
• Brad Brown
• Eddie Marr
Producer:
• William Keighley
Writer:
• S. H. Barnett
Music:
• Rudy Schrager
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
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Transcript
Episode Transcript
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Welcome to the old time radio Westerns. I'm your host Andrew Rhines, and
let's get into this episode. Thisepisode is going to be Western stories.
This story comes from Lux Radio Theater. Original air date is November twenty,
nineteen fifty one and the title isWinchester seventy three. Let's get into it,
and I hope you enjoy Lux Presents, Hollywood, Leave Her Brothers Company,
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the makers of Lux Flakes bring youthe Lux Radio Theater starring James Stewart,
Stephen McNally and Julia Adams. InWinchester seventy three, Ladies and gentlemen,
your producer, mister William Keeley.Three days from Hollywood, Ladies and
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gentlemen, tonight we bring you thestory of a rifle, the perfect one
in a thousand Winchester, known asthe Winchester seventy three, so named because
it was perfected in the year eighteenseventy three. Now, just the story
of a gun could be dreadfully dull. It is, after all, an
inanimate object until it is taken upin on lawful hands and becomes a deadly
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weapon. To day we guard againstthe uncontrolled use of firearms. But in
eighteen seventy three, when we wereintent on winning the West. A man's
life often depended upon his ability toshoot, and therefore his gun was his
most valuable possession. In Tonight's suspensefulstory, we have James Stewart and Stephen
McNally in their original roles and costarring in this outdoor drama from the vers
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On International Studios. Is Lovely,Julia Adams, you know, I received
several letters lately from housewives who saythat when I first talked about New Lucks
with color freshener, they doubted luxflags could be improved upon, But now
that they've tried New Lucks, they'redelighted because they find that New Lucks really
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does keep colors fresh and lovely longer. Now. Winchester seventy three, starring
James Stewart as Lynn McAdam, StephenMcNally as Dutch, and Julia Adams as
Lola. This is the story ofthe Winchester Rifle Model eighteen seventy three,
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the gun that won the West.To cowman, outlaw, peace officer,
or soldier, the Winchester seventy three. He was a most treasured possession.
An Indian would sell his soul toown one. On July fourth, eighteen
seventy six, such a rifle cameto Dodge City, Kansas. It was
placed on exhibitions. Man, ohman, look at it, a Winchester
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seventy three. What a gift tohave that rifle, one out of a
thousand, first one I've ever seen. But mister, that's our real gun.
Heredy took over a year to makeit. Yeah, give the first
one to President Green Sherby and gotcompany. When I went up long Well
and we had a lot of towns, what makes you think you'll be here?
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You'll be here. We've been wrongbefore. You'll be here on account
of what we just saw in thestore window. He isn't here already that
rifle, Bragan, come on,let's find a place to board her horses.
The rifle wasn't for sale. Theywere going to stage of shooting contest,
the rifle going to the winner.But I never got to see who
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won. All I got was aninvitation to leave town. Come on,
let's call, let me come on, Let's not have any fuss. You
just get aboard that stage. Call. I'm not going. You've got no
right to treat me like this.You can come back. It's just till
over the holiday. Why don't youpick on the gunslingers and the gamblers instead
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of a girl trying to make anhonest living. And what about Steve?
If he comes to town and findsI'm gone, he's I will never to
catch up with me. Oh,please, something I can do for him,
ma'am? Huh, oh, strangerin town? Mister, that's right,
but I was talking to the lady. Don't you print about it,
Laura. Steve Miller comes along,I'll send him off, all right,
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Ben, get that stage out ofhere. Well flanks anyway, mister.
Lola's all right, mister. It'sjust that some folks think the dance hall
girls might give the place a badname over the holiday. You and your
friend planning to stay for the shouldn'tmatch. We might. The dodge house
is about the best place in town, might be full up without putting the
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word for here with g Well,might as well drop off your guns.
Let's have him drop off our guns, now wait on them. You must
have a real good reason to aska man to do a darned fool thing
like that. We don't allow anybodyto wear guns in Dark City. Hadn't
you boys noticed who's we? Ohdidn't I introduce myself? I keep forgetting
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to wear that piece of tin.I got it on me somewhere in hold
on, gents, it's in oneof these parks. I should knew.
White headed somewhere is a man couldget himself killed hiding his badge like that.
Us marshall, huh, that's right. Wyat, oh wyat oh oh
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oh yeah. I'll give him yourgun, high spade, small guns,
Virgil. Put them with the othersin my arfice. That's an awful lot
of law for one little cor town. This is the kind of a cowtown
that needs a lot alone. Nowyou boys want to sign up for the
rifle? True, just come alongwith me. Now all you have to
do. What's trouble stranger? Yousee a ghost? That's him Lynn going
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in the saloon. Yeah, youwere right then, Only why would he
come here? And I told youthe rifle, the Winchester seventy three,
I knew he'd come. You wereyou know Dutch Henry. Oh, that
fellow just went in the saloon,Dutch Henry Brown. I know him.
What's your name? I'll need itto sign you up? All right?
If I use my own. Somefolks do. Lynn McAdam a friend,
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Here's high spade, Frankie Wilson,high spade with a hyphen. That's what
I sit on when I get tired. Dutch Henry, a friend of yours.
High wouldn't exactly call it that.No, Oh, personal matter,
huh. I hope it can waittill you fellas leave town. It's waited
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a long time, mister irpet canwait a little longer. Let's go.
That's fine. I'm planning on anice, quiet thought. The July.
Well, that was the beginning,and an awful lot happened before it all
ended. But now that I knowthe whole story, I guess I'm as
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good as anyone to tell it.Anyway, that afternoon, the whole town
turned out for the shooting match.Wiat Herb told him a little more about
the prize they were shooting for.So it seems that when the Winchester people
are turning out these here rifles,every so one, maybe one doll out
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of ten thousand, comes out justperfect. They've given it a name,
you call it one of a thousand. President Grant owns one of these rifles,
so does Buttle Bill Cody, andtoday, one of you boys are
going to walk out of here withthe finest repeating rifle in the entire world.
So take your positions on the fineline. This is shooting, mate,
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She's ready to begin. Half anhour later, there were just two
men left in the contest, LynneMcCadam and Dutch. Henry Brown, even
widerup, said he'd never seen shootinghis fancies. He saw that afternoon and
when it was over he handed therifle to Lynn mccademy. You can take
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your rifle now McAdam, or youcan wait till morning. Boys, you'd
like to engrave your name here onthe gun stock. Wow, that's real,
n I saw him. I appreciateit. Wait a minute, well,
Dutch, I just thought i'd askhow much he'd take for it.
It's not for sale. That's toobad. That's too much gun for a
man I have just for shooting rabbitsor for shooting man on the back.
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Why. Yeah, like I saidbefore, a nice quiet fourth of July.
You know it looks like you andDutch here mine. I have learned
to shoot from the same man.Yeah. He taught quite a few folks
how to shoot. The only troublewas he taught them how He didn't teach
him what to shoot at. Maybehe figured a man should know that without
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having to be told. Yeah,that was his big mistake. He lived
just long enough to find that out. That's all right with you, mister
Ripe. I'll pick up my gunat your office. You're pulling out of
town. That's right me. Wesleyand Wheeler, get your gear before you
go to the office. In theminute you pick up your guns, you
leave town. Oh sure, marshsure, that's the law. I guess
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I won't have time for that andgrave and after all, even to get
the horses, high spade. I'llget the stuff out of the hotel just
a minute. This personal business betweenyou and Dutch Henry. I don't care
what you do to each other onceyou leave town. But there'll be no
gun fighting until you do. Isthat understood. It's understood. Come only,
let's get started, you all right, Lyn, Yeah, find out
where he put his horse right nextdoor as wells Fargo Correl. But don't
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try anything here, not with earparound. You got to wait, Lan,
I can wait, I can wait. Dutch Henry wanted that Winchester seventy
three, real bad it wasn't hardgetting it either. He and his two
friends were waiting for Lynn when hewalked in his hotel room. Five minutes
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later, Dutch was riding hard outof town and hanging from his saddle was
the Winchester seventy three. I don'tknow about you, Dutch. After two
days this saddle is pounding the backof my neck, and two more days
before we reached test Coosa. Youshore waker know what he's talking about.
He'd better know. My bank betterbe full of cash or a waker is
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gonna be full of holes? Anythingelse eating you boys? Yeah? Our
guns still hanging on a wall back, and Dot said, hell, I
got all I want right here.Look over there more Indian smoke and back
of us too to or that saddleback? Can you read it? I
don't have to? And then smokemeans just one thing to me. Trouble,
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Hey, Dutch, you think McAdamhas started after us? Yet?
Ah, that's hard to say.He took quite a bit and quite a
bit. What God's that seventy threegonna do? You that? In his
shelves. I'll get shells, plentyof shell in Tascosa. I thought,
I said, you knew you're doingthis country enough of it to know it's
full ending. Have I hear aricous place? Ricous hey, he's got
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a treading post. Everything we needright now? Ricus got Yeah, but
how many miles away? If youshut your mouth and open your eyes,
you wouldn't ask so any stupid questions. Wailer, look Yonder's cotton woods.
You feel better now, we'll that'sricous place. Oh? Kind of lonely
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around here, in't it? Ricer? Just you and mister Lamont. Everybody
else got skeered out by injins Dutchand a man saying I'm doing the same
as soon as they're getting a busyand his gun? And what might that
be? Mister Lamont, he's inplain sight, mister Brown, were there
on the counter, guns, riflesand ammunition against someone's engines and sailed anyone
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who pays my price. Looks likeyou and your friends might have been in
durned city, left in a hurry. I could they are no guns?
Eh? I guess why? Up? Still emotional? That's right, So
we'll buy some of yours three sixguns and some forty four forty shots from
my winchester. How much three hundreddollars three hundred. Why a six con
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cost twenty five dollars anywhere in theterritory. My price is three hundred.
Just a thief, we got eightytwo dollars. What ll it bring?
Nothing? You? You might awhen I look at your wind chest one
of the thousand man. Yes,that's a real fine rifle. Don't suppose
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you want to sell. I'm buying, not selling. Maybe so, but
not for me. Your guns arefor sale. Who else is going to
buy him? Well, I'll behonest with you, mister Brown. I'm
waiting for young bull to send hisman here. What's a young bulldoing this
far north? I wouldn't know,but they all want to repeating rifle since
a little Bighorne, little big hornthe Sioux jumped cursed him, wiped them
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all out. Yes, getting tobe mighty tough country to travel in without
a gun. I a young bullmight not show up, and you'd be
stuck with all those guns. Itcould be, mister Brown. That's why
I'm willing to give you three hundreddollars in gold for you winterestin, and
you can take your pick of thesix guns. Might even throw in fifty
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rounds of shelves. I'm not threatening. You're talking like a fool that's giving
the Winchester. I said, nodeal, be smart half, how we're
going to get the guns? Allright? All right, you got a
deal. I thank you. Showthem the guns, mister ragm They can
take the picture this way, boysright over here, Winchester seventy three,
Yes, sir, like a julyou might see and brand you ain't,
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mister Brown or a man who wounds. Right down, Lamont and put up
your hands. Well we made adeal, did I don't deal with Indian
treaders? So back up, misterLamont. That gun in your belt,
I'll kill you. Shot a manin the back rack. I wouldn't be
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the first you ought to know theguns in my belt. You hadn't order
tried that Dutch. You know.I run a decent place. M help
yourself to the bottle. One onthe horse before you leave. Who said
I was leaving? You're leaving?Better give them the rest of the shows,
mister Rage. They may need them. Later that night, Lamart left
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Riker's place. He got word thatYoung Bull was ready to meet with him.
Now there's no point getting angry youngBull. I admit. The rifles
aren't Winchesters. But everyone's a repeaterand they'll all shoot true. You'll lie
rifles. You'll bring our old wornout They are not the guns of which
we spoke. If you want mygold, bring me the guns with which
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crazy horse Nassum made their warter alittle big horn and you know about customer.
That is the gun I want,the one on your saddle. Well,
there isn't enough money in your wholetribe to buy that rifle. That
is the gun I want. Whenthe Indians rode away, the Winchester seventy
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three had another new owner, YoungBulls. That same night, two more
riders. We're heading toward Riker's place, Lynn McAdam, and high speed.
Oh why don't you admitted, Lynn, you're about ready to fall out of
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that saddle. Whyn't we rest upfor a while. I'm not that tired.
A few hours more or less ain'tgonna make any difference. We've been
chasing him since I can't remember.That's right, that's right, We've never
been this close before. We'll keepgoing to we hit Riker's place. So
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dutch SETTI was pushing on into Tascos. H you say anything else, Riker,
Well, I didn't hear much.Something about meeting up with wake old
Johnny Dean. Ah, right,thanks a lot, Riker, you've been
real friendly. Come on, highspade, let's move along. Oh you
mean you're gonna get up and rideaway from all his comfort? All right?
Now? How long have we've beentrailing Dutch? How many months?
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I know, I know we've neverbeen so close before. That's what you
said on the way to Dodge City. Keep your eyes open along the ridge
plenty engines the day, Hanks,Riker, Oh, we'll be saying.
Ye. The way things worked out, we were all on the same trail.
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I guess you remember how wid EARPhad invited me out of Dodge City
by stagecoach. In a way Iwas glad he had, because I'd met
up with Steve, the fellow Iwas waiting for at the first stop.
Steve hired a buckboard, hitched hishorse in back, and we started on
our way and it played up.Been there, wid EARP or no wid
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EARP. He wouldn't run you outof ton. Oh, we don't matter
now, as long as you foundme. Tell me about the ranks,
Steve. It's real pretty huh yeah. Yeah, it's the old Jamison Place,
forty miles out of Tescos, andwe can move right in and start
living there. Well you can't,but what about you. I gotta meet
some friends of mine, Lola.Only take me a day or two.
It's well, it's a deal.Oh please, Steve, Please, no
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more deals. That's why I workedin Dodge City. That's why I got
the money. That's just what Imean. You got the money. Well,
now I gotta get some Steve,can we run? I don't know.
Give me that way. Come on, get a boy. Get We
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have fresh horses and a good start, but we wouldn't stand a chance.
It was then that I learned alittle more about Steve. Steve, what
are you trying to do? Sidea horse? I'll ride ahead and find
heill? What about me? Don'tleave me, Steve, please please,
I can't help. I'll come backsoon as I can. Steve did come
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back. He did fine. Help. It was the wildest kind of luck.
A camp of soldiers, cavalry patrol. And then I have found out
our luck wasn't so good after all. I heard the sergeant talking to Steve.
I don't understand Indians know you're campting. It was like driving you and
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the lady into a crawl. Thehad us pinned down here since yesterday I
got a dozen men as all.They're on all sides of us, Mary,
and you better call the lady now. One went to sleep that night.
We just kept close to the fire, waiting, not knowing that the
Indians were driving two more white meninto the trol. You hear what I
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hear, Lyn, Yeah, Ihear him. I told you night riding
wasn't smart. Yeah, I guessyou did. Now we're smack in the
middle of them. Yeah, Iguess you're right again. Being right ain't
gonna do as much good what wedo now when we keep riding the Indians
all around us, or maybe you'dfeel better quit stopped. No, no,
no, well we'll just keep onriding. Looking my hair, it
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was such pretty hair. I hadit ever since I was a kid,
A little then on top. ButI'd sure like to keep it. Yeah,
I kind of think my beat.Look look over there, camp fire.
Come on, come on, wrongWayland, we're heading right into their
camp. That's no Indian fire's toobig. Come on, pour it on.
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It's not that fool shooting more friends, don't shoot, we're right in.
Thanks for leaving the door over.Say, my name's McCadam, as
high spade here, I sure canuse two more men. My name is
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Wilkes, and says Steve me.He and his lady come a calling,
honest. A little earlier you gota woman here. They jumped us on
a ridge too. Oh wow,well hello again, Hello, you know
him? Hello, he's a fellowI told you about when who stood up
to wid Herb forming well to tellthe truth. I didn't know it was
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wild Herb. I hate to bustthis up, and we make a wonderful
target. Standing in front of thefire, he brines open. Boys,
they're be trying to rush for anyminute. Now. You're from Fort Bascombson.
That's where we're headed. Replacements.Oh oh, you're new on the
territory. Yeah, Pennsylvania Nights pickedup our mountain Fort Smith's. We've been
right and ever since. Pennsylvania Knights. Well, say you you follows word
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Guttysburg, weren't you? Yeah?Left a rib there, one of them,
Johnny Ribbs hung me up on abay in it. The real group
of fighting men never knew when itwas leaked. There was a real bad
time in Shiloh and bull Run,say say, I bought these inns ends.
It seems like they hardly ever attackat night or not. Well.
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They figure if they're killed in thedark, the Great Spirit can't find their
souls to whip them up to heavenor something. I I don't know.
I don't mean to be forward,sergeant, but if you've never fought him
before, keep talking you ain't forward. Well, it might be a good
idea to have your men catch upon some sleep. They're gonna be They're
gonna be real busy tomorrow morning.You mean turn in, get some sleep
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coat, Murphy Henry duty. Ireally. A little later, Lynne walked
over to me. It brought hissaddle in a blank no feather, bad
mass, but I think you'll finda little more comfortable with thanks. Steve
Miller just told me you're heading outto Rant. Said right, yeah,
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yeah, my very first own home. I guess you wouldn't know, but
it means an awful lot to me. I know you got a home like
that? Why I did once sortof with your wife. No, No,
I haven't got a wife. Waswith my father? Is that where
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your banda to your home. No, no, my father was killed.
I hear those birds kind of prettyard they sometimes they sing all night.
You know that they are not birds. I know what they are. You're
afraid of tomorrow? Would it doany good for me to lie to you?
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No, I'm afraid. I guesseverybody gets afraid sometimes. Yeah,
yeah, I guess. So goodnight, Lola, good night. Starting
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to get light to get him?How soon do you figure anytime? Now?
I guess you know. Sides thatI was talking to fellow name a
Riker. He was telling me howCrazy Horse and the Sioux wiped out Custer
are real smart fighters. It seemsthey knew all about your Springfield rifles being
single shot. You mean me headrepeaters, that's right, that's right.
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They set their first wave in lightso they draw the fire and then they
sent they sent in a second waveheavy before Custer's men had a time to
reload. You figured this bunch ortry the same thing. I kind of
think, remember, they were kindof think they were only this time,
maybe we just might out fox himon account of high Spade and I got
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winchesters. Hold your fire for thesecond week while it's up to you.
It's up to you, serge orwhatever you say. Hold a thing.
H It sounds like they're getting ready. Yeah, run out, you mean
get to your places? Take himas a comb any place specials you want
me to stay? Yeah? Yeah, right onto the wagon here. Thanks
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for the satellite. It was realcomfortable. Wait a minute, Wait a
minute, day, take a sixshooter just in case. Shot I know
how to use it. And thelast bullet I I understand about that too.
They're going to be rushing us inabout three more hoops. What do
you pick for your spot? They'regonna come in onto the sun. Let's
get up to the other end ofthe wagon. Here here they come,
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come on all right away before ourstar return. Were that two of Winchester
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seventy three. Here's mister Keeley withlate movie news tonight, John. It's
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producer Act two of Winchester seventy three, starring James Stewart as Lynn, McCadam,
Stephen McNally as Dutch, and JuliaAdams as Lola. They rushed our
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camp a dozen times that morning,but it was Lynne in high Spade with
that Winchester repeaters who finally drove themoff. But it was all over.
They seemed in a big hurry tome. Helly that much more. I
can see you, boys, butthanks and good luck. I just one
other things shot out here. Weplay Winner Take All. Indians left an
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awful lot of dead out there.In no sense leaving those rifles out there
to rush. Hey, they weresort of it. Hey, coats,
go out there and pick up themfast shooting gun anything else you happen to
like, you're a man after muchdamp. We'd had you it as it
will run, might not run sothe fast. Well, I want to
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tell you something. I was withyour ball run so was High Spade,
only we were on the other side. You mean you were. That's right,
I'll be done. I'll be done, Sorrge see you again. Hold
in wait before you go. Ohhello, the six shooting it belongs to
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you? Yeah? Yeah, thanks? The last bullet is still there?
Yeah, so it is. MayI have it? I just never know
when a girl might need a bullet. Sure help you shall still bound for
Tascosa. Try whatever you're after.I hope you get you too, High
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Spade. Thanks, good luck boy. All right, let's get moving.
Hey, Sarge, Sorge, lookat this? Look what I found out
there? Man? Is that arifle? Who headed Coats their chief?
I guess I saw that Lynn Villadropping real pretty shot. Let you see
that rifle here? It is brandnew. Look look what it says.
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I'm god City rifle shoot one byhuh? Don't say who wanted? Do
I get to keep it? Sorge? No? Some officer to take it
away from you at Ford Bascombe andhe's too good for an officer. Hey,
Lynn, where it's too late,Sorge. He's gone. Well,
there's someone else to be proud of. Have this, Steve, what's that
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you got when a you fellas oughtto have it? Well, that's a
that's a seventy three, a Winchesterseventy three. It's yours. You earned
it too. Once again, Steveand I were on our way to the
ranch, A Winchester seventy three,lying between his feet on the floor of
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the butt boord. We got thatlate that afternoon. Over there's a house,
Honey, you like it? Itsure looks nicety. Yeah, that
the garden you were talking about.We could plant it right over there.
Or maybe you wouldn't want a garden. I don't know. Place look even
better after the rains. Get's allgreener on here, and there's water in
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the runs. Steve, why didyou say that Jamieson's had been moving out
almost anytime na week? Maybe justright to help give you the feel of
the place. Come on, honey, let's go in and meet. I
should have been happy, but Iwasn't. Oh. I could think it
was Steve and how he'd left methe day before while he rode off for
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help. A few days This wasa man, i'd been married. There's
something wrong, miss Oh. Iwouldn't be surprised after what you've been through.
Oh, I'm all right, missusJamison. And and thanks for supper.
It tasted real good. I thoughtmy husband would be back from town
by now. Well, I betterget the kids off to bed, if
you look excuse yeah, yeah,sure, WELLO as soon as she comes
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back, I guess I'll be goingto tom now tonight. I told you
I gotta meet somebody Waco. JohnnyDean. I heard all about him,
Steve, he's no good. Hello. What's wrong? All right? I
don't know. It's it's not akind of what I did back there.
You think I ran away, allright, I'm not sure. I won't
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lie to you. I went toYellow, crazy Yellow, and I came
back for you. You know Icame back for you, Steve. Look,
i'd give my eyes if it hadn'thappened. Someday I'll prove that to
you. Loda. You gotta believeme, Steve. Come on this way,
listen, wakeel where Steve? I'mgetting coach it all on? Hey,
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La, go look who's here?How you doing? Steve? How
do when the boys keep more allright, hello you live here? She's
with me? Wake O. Name'sLola Manners. I told you about her.
Yeah that's right, only you didn'ttell me how pretty she was?
See what's this all about? Allhome weekend? Textas eh, we're rather
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the tie real piece for lack andwho's waiting for us? But the US
marching and the clocket deputed. Youhaven't met so much enjoyment all year.
You got no right to come inhere? You got any coffee? Lady?
Get get out of this house,wake hole? Can you heard that?
Is Noon? Wakens here? Whatthey watched? Keep talking? No?
None, there's a woman and twochildren in there. Send them out
the front door. We'll hold ourfire, then march not rather go,
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I'll do the talking. You cancome out. You'll get a fair trial.
And wake o, come in andget us douning. Now, where's
that coffee? Why don't you letthe woman out of here? And those
kids? What do you want todo? Stand behind them? When Noon
come in after you? I wantto remember it so I can tell my
friends about Waco. Johnny Dean,another brave man. This is quite a
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girl, Steve, quite a girl. They're coming out nooning lady, take
your kids and go out the frontdoor. Oh thank you, miss,
thank you. Go with him.Now she's staying foot. You wanted to
see this, honey. You wantedto tell your friend Wake you gonna take
it easy. She didn't mean.Wait a minute, Wait a minute,
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rifle, Steve, where'd you getthat rifle? I was giving them me?
Yeah? Yeah, how much Steve, name of pass, make it
big. I'm not selling. Thisis mere talking to Waco, I said,
I'm not selling. All right,Steve, have it jolly. Tell
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your guy to bring in the coffee. Well, I no, you stay
where you are, Wakeo. You'recrazy. We can't stay here. I
better do what he says, Steve. The coffee. No, no,
let let him get it. Youdon't mind, do you, Steve?
Oh no, I don't mind.Send out another woman, wakel send her
all right now. She don't wantto leave. She looks it here.
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Shit down, honey. We gotlots of time. You've known him long,
Steve, long enough, and you'rea lot of woman. Hey,
wakel yea bunching up around your barnout there? Let him? Hey,
where's that coffee? I'm getting it. We'll bring it and put on a
leap and you'll look better. Ordo you try to prove nothing? Nothing,
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just trying to buy a rifle.You're still sure you don't want to
sail kitchen boards? Steve, lethim have it. Don't just see what
he's trying to do. He's justcoffing. Come on, let's have it,
Steve. Look out. Well.I guess you must have tripped us.
Steve cleaned it up. No,I said, clean it up?
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And I said, no, youjust poul Steve. He wouldn't clean up
the mess. Steve. I trylover like I try. Wake. They're
gonna burn us off. You're gonnawagon full of Hey, They're gonna run
it into the house. And Iguess it's about time to go boys and
walk right into there. Gone.Maybe you'd rather fry go out, stop
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running. I'll cover you. Isuppose I fainted. I don't remember.
All I know is I found myselfin the buckboard again. Waco was next
to hang on, honey, hangon, we'll be in Test Coast in
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the morning, murdering. I amsure it was me the pool. Steve
his rifle gallon his buckboard. Hesaid, it's been quite an evening.
Please let me go please out herein the middle of nothing. Well,
honey, you might get hurt outhere. Besides, besides, I'm beholding
to you with you in my arms. Noonan's boys didn't dare shoot. And
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you'll like Tescosa, Lola, you'lllack Tescosa. Fine, Tascosa. And
I remember that someone else was ridingfor Tascosa, Lynn Lynn McAdam, Oh,
maybe we'd meet again, sooner thaneither of us ever thought. Hey
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Lynn, what time you figure we'llhit Tascosa? Oh, not till two
three tomorrow. We got a coupleof tired horses there. You ever wonder
about your paw? I mean,what he'd think about you hunting down Dutch
Henry. He'd understand. He taughtme to hunt, not men, hunting
the man to kill him. You'rebeginning to like it. I just just
where you're raw. I don't likeit. Some things a man has to
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do, so he doesn't what happenswhen the hunt's over? Then? What
when it's over? Wow? Ihadn't given her much thought. Maybe we
could get the ranch back together again, round up the strays, and then
we could I don't know how.And given her much thought, Well that
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might be a pretty good time ona kind of we're coming pretty close to
where things are going to end.Yeah, yeah, yes, you're right,
But I you've been real fining peoplehigh spade riding along with me.
Let's what a friend's for, isn'tit? These ways? That's the way
you bowl? We said it,Yeah he did, didn't he? He
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said, if a man had onefriend, he was rich. Oh I'm
rich. What about that girl,that fellow Steve's girl, she mean anything
to you? Oh? How couldshe mean? I think she's going to
marry him and she Yeah, I'mjust wondering, that's all, just making
conversations. By daylight, we werein the desert pass. Cursa was somewhere
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still ahead of us, but Wacohad other plans. He took a trail
leading up into the mountains. Faroff. I could see a cabin.
It's him that she's coming, Wakeo, Johnny. Look at him. He's
got a woman with him. Maybethat's what kept him as if I didn't
know. Sometimes I think Wakeo isa little on the crazy side. Yeah,
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so do why but I think quiet? Go on down there and bring
him up. Hi boy, oha, pardon me. This is Lola.
She's crazy about me just a minute? Awaco that rifle. I thought
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i'd take Lola along in the testcoursa. I don't care where you take
her. But where did you getmy rifle? Your rifle? Why?
This is a Winchester seven to threeDutch, A gift from a very dear
friend. It's my rifle and Iwant it. And if you don't get
it, do you want in onthis test coosa deal? I've come a
long ways to get here Dutch,and I'll say it again, that's my
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rifle. Well, as long asyou feel that way about it? Yeah,
yeah, take it? Now?Where's Tom and Dundee? Didn't they
show here inside? Sleeping? Wrotein late last night? Where's let it
go on? The others? Oh, seems have got themselves all shut up?
Oh come, it's a long storywith tears. Come on, let's
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get in the cabin. I'll tellyou. Oh, you take the girl
and come up here. Huh?Any objections, no, no objections.
You haven't I seen you somewhere.I've been somewhere in Dutch City a dance
all playing a piano and singing,singing and playing the piano. You roll
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one out now, send you atune. I'll take yep on it as
soon as we get the tesscusea whichyear happens when Dutch? This afternoon and
here's a setup. First, JohnTurk and I ride down to Treguilo.
When we get there, you walk, Oh, let alone Dutch. She's
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luck, I said, take awalk. He don't like you. Oh,
don't tell him now, but Idon't like him. It's smart and
I'll teach us a mannas look wego this time tomorrow. You and her
can play paddock ache all you want, But when I'm lining up a deal,
I don't want an eat dancehall womanlistening in the man wants you to
walk. Honey, what nice cabinyou got him? Dutch? How'd you
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like to ridding up for honeymoon?The last time? You in on this
deal? Or not? Oh?Sorry, keep talking. We pick up
a stage at Treguillo. There's twomen, right and shotgun gotten the gold.
They ride it right into Tescosa tothe bank, wherell I be with
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Dundine and time. Now right acrossfrom the bank there's a saloon. Tom
Ill leave the horses in front.You'll be at the bar and you'll see
the stage when it pulls in,I'll be at the piano. Lord's going
to sing for me. E Johney, I know, take a walk?
What else do you know? Nothing? So I'm in a saloon. What
then they carry the gold into thebank. I follow and if there's trouble,
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I'll cover you from the saloon.That's so it is to it.
Yeah, I better get started now. It'll take you about you. What
are you looking at? Just apicture on the show. This one's you?
Huh? What's that in your hand? It's a bullet? H help
yourself to that too. It wasgiven me by your friend. And the
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picture you know him. I knowhim. Ah, And we've got something
in coming. He's been trying togive me one of those for a long
time. Come on, we'll know. Let's have a look at the horses.
Poor old Dutch business all the time. Business. You're a strange person.
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Am I a rifle he's carrying?That's no rifle, honey, that's
a Winchester seventy three. There's nothinglike it in the world. First you
kill a man to get it,then you just give it away. Don't
you worry. I'll get it backfrom old Dutch the same way. I've
got it from old Steve. Nowcome on, get yourself ready. We're
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going into Taxcosa. Before Hour Starsreturned with act Free of Winchester seventy three.
I'd like to introduce eighteen year oldSusan Ball, who has just signed
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latest, The Raging Tide? Yes, and I loved it as much as
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the CBS Radio Network. The curtainrises on three of Winchester seventy three,
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starring James Stewart as Lynn McAdam,Stephen McNally as Dutch, and Julia Adams
as Lola. I didn't have muchchoice. I went with Wago in the
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task Colcy to a saloon across frommy bank. He said he wanted to
hear me sing. The place wasempty except for the bargain lou Scott up
above me, the green grass onthe ground. I've been looking for something
(46:47):
I have never found, and itlooks like I'm never gonna sing my water.
Oh, it looks s I'm nevergonna see my wa Hey, hey,
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that's all right on the level.Won't you get away from me?
We're in town now, Waco.This is where we say goodbye? Wow?
What what for? Oh? Thatbusiness was Steve? He wasn't for
you. I did your favor.Maybe someday I can do the same for
you. Did you love him?I guess I did you know you two
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had a lot in common? Yeah, a lot of woman. I wasn't
trying to be funny when you talklike that, you are? Why didn't
you know it was yellow? Iknow you killed me. You want a
drink? No you mind if Igo over and get I don't mind you
boy? That clock right five afterthree? Little first, I think stages
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due with three, and it's alwayson time. Whiskey. Yes, I
sat there watching him, wondering whenI could make my break. But there
were two of his men on theporch, and there'd be more as soon
as the stage. But then thedoor swung open, and walking in were
Lynne McAdam and high sped hello again. Well hello nice people, seeing us
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again? What are you doing here? May or just entertaining? Where's Steve
drinking whiskey in the back room?Steve's dead? He's dead. Awful sudden,
wasn't it very He was killed bythat A gentleman standing at the bar,
the one who's looking at us.Don't seem right for people to go
around kill's not people, He's WacoJohnny Dean. Linn didn't I could tell
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us that Dutch was writing to meetto meet Waco Johnny Dean. Yeah,
you haven't got a chance. Don'tquarrel with him. I got no quarrel
with him. Watch him and watchhim. Excuse me. Yeah, I've
been riding to meet up with aman named a Dutch Henry Brown. I
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was hoping to run into him herein Tascosa. Wouldn't happen to know him?
Would you? I might? Howlong you know him? I know
him long enough to tell you wherehe got that little scarb of his right
eye. I gave it to himwhen he was ten. Now you want
to give him another? Where ishe? Hey, wacous stage is coming,
be right out. Suppose you supposeI don't tell you? Then?
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What where is he? Kept?Where? Hang on to him, I'll
get him. Where is he?I'll take you to him? Now,
all right? Start walking? Canknow those men out there there with him.
It all happened just the stage pulledup outside. But the driver heard
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the shots and kept going. Isaw dutch Henry jump out. Lynne saw
him too. He started after him. There were more shots on the ice.
I didn't duck fast enough, Lula, where are you hit? My
own little fool? I got quakeopen. Dutch got away. He won't
get far. Take care of herhigh speed. Oh no, don't let
him go. Stop him if Iwanted. You don't understand. Dutch Henry's
a murderer, daughters Lynne. DutchHenry who killed his father. So it's
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right for him to go. Doublyright because dutch Henry is Lynn's brother brother.
Now come on, let's see ifwe can find a doctor. Dutch
Henry had ridden off towards the hills, and the scabbard of his saddle was
the Winchester seventy three. Somewhere inthose hills, A score would be settled
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once. Come on up, clean, Come on up and get me.
You're caught for loan of the man'sgun. The old man touch up better
than that, I guess I forgot, Matthew. You don't mind my calling
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you Matthew A hope. I likeit better than Dutch Henry Brown. Come
on out and show yourself, Matthew. Mccada has a good sound to it.
I guess that's why the old mangave it to you. All.
I got yourself in trouble again.I can smoke you out of the rocks
easy. First chance, I hadto thank you for winning me my right.
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Shoot's real pretty. What do yousay. I never got a chance
to use that gun, Matthew,but I intend to. Now there's something
you forgot too. The old mantold you never to waste lead. Now
you're short, not that short.Bload up fast, Matthew, I'm coming
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up. The old man sighed twosons. One was no good, never
was any good. Robbed a bankstage coach. Then when he came home
and wanted to hide out. Theold man wouldn't go for it, so
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Dutch shot him in the back.He'll be waiting for Lynne. He'll kill
Lynn too. Maybe maybe not?Well, Doc, this lady gonna be
all right. She'll have to wearthat armless ling for a while. You'll
be fine. And now, miss, if you don't mind it, hee?
Who that is? Will you killhim? I'm busy? Sorry,
Doc's busy? Anything I can well? Wait? Who that there? It's
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a man with a rifle? DocWinchester seventy three? What that devil are
you doing? I'm sorry I ranout on you before. Something that started
a long time ago had to befinished. Well it's finished. Nothing to
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do now then, but go backhome. Uh that's right, say Doc?
Is this girl fit for traveling?You crazy? This girl just been
I mean not even as far asthe Parsons. Oh that's something else again.
Doesn't anybody ask me anything? Mhm oh oh yeah, we Lola,
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Lola? Oh yes, Lynn,I will, I will. That's
the most wonderful proposal I ever had. I thought it was pretty good myself.
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co starring Linda Darnell and Stephen McNally. Heard in our cast tonight were Dan
Riss as High Spade, Herbert Butterfieldas wyat Hear, Wally Mayer as Waco,
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Right Day, and again, thanksfor listening.
Welcome to the old time radio Westerns. I'm your host Andrew Rhines, and
let's get into this episode. Thisepisode is going to be Western stories.
This story comes from Lux Radio Theater. Original air date is November twenty,
nineteen fifty one and the title isWinchester seventy three. Let's get into it,
and I hope you enjoy Lux Presents, Hollywood, Leave Her Brothers Company,
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the makers of Lux Flakes bring youthe Lux Radio Theater starring James Stewart,
Stephen McNally and Julia Adams. InWinchester seventy three, Ladies and gentlemen,
your producer, mister William Keeley.Three days from Hollywood, Ladies and
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gentlemen, tonight we bring you thestory of a rifle, the perfect one
in a thousand Winchester, known asthe Winchester seventy three, so named because
it was perfected in the year eighteenseventy three. Now, just the story
of a gun could be dreadfully dull. It is, after all, an
inanimate object until it is taken upin on lawful hands and becomes a deadly
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weapon. To day we guard againstthe uncontrolled use of firearms. But in
eighteen seventy three, when we wereintent on winning the West. A man's
life often depended upon his ability toshoot, and therefore his gun was his
most valuable possession. In Tonight's suspensefulstory, we have James Stewart and Stephen
McNally in their original roles and costarring in this outdoor drama from the vers
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On International Studios. Is Lovely,Julia Adams, you know, I received
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James Stewart as Lynn McAdam, StephenMcNally as Dutch, and Julia Adams as
Lola. This is the story ofthe Winchester Rifle Model eighteen seventy three,
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the gun that won the West.To cowman, outlaw, peace officer,
or soldier, the Winchester seventy three. He was a most treasured possession.
An Indian would sell his soul toown one. On July fourth, eighteen
seventy six, such a rifle cameto Dodge City, Kansas. It was
placed on exhibitions. Man, ohman, look at it, a Winchester
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seventy three. What a gift tohave that rifle, one out of a
thousand, first one I've ever seen. But mister, that's our real gun.
Heredy took over a year to makeit. Yeah, give the first
one to President Green Sherby and gotcompany. When I went up long Well
and we had a lot of towns, what makes you think you'll be here?
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You'll be here. We've been wrongbefore. You'll be here on account
of what we just saw in thestore window. He isn't here already that
rifle, Bragan, come on,let's find a place to board her horses.
The rifle wasn't for sale. Theywere going to stage of shooting contest,
the rifle going to the winner.But I never got to see who
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won. All I got was aninvitation to leave town. Come on,
let's call, let me come on, Let's not have any fuss. You
just get aboard that stage. Call. I'm not going. You've got no
right to treat me like this.You can come back. It's just till
over the holiday. Why don't youpick on the gunslingers and the gamblers instead
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of a girl trying to make anhonest living. And what about Steve?
If he comes to town and findsI'm gone, he's I will never to
catch up with me. Oh,please, something I can do for him,
ma'am? Huh, oh, strangerin town? Mister, that's right,
but I was talking to the lady. Don't you print about it,
Laura. Steve Miller comes along,I'll send him off, all right,
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Ben, get that stage out ofhere. Well flanks anyway, mister.
Lola's all right, mister. It'sjust that some folks think the dance hall
girls might give the place a badname over the holiday. You and your
friend planning to stay for the shouldn'tmatch. We might. The dodge house
is about the best place in town, might be full up without putting the
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word for here with g Well,might as well drop off your guns.
Let's have him drop off our guns, now wait on them. You must
have a real good reason to aska man to do a darned fool thing
like that. We don't allow anybodyto wear guns in Dark City. Hadn't
you boys noticed who's we? Ohdidn't I introduce myself? I keep forgetting
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to wear that piece of tin.I got it on me somewhere in hold
on, gents, it's in oneof these parks. I should knew.
White headed somewhere is a man couldget himself killed hiding his badge like that.
Us marshall, huh, that's right. Wyat, oh wyat oh oh
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oh yeah. I'll give him yourgun, high spade, small guns,
Virgil. Put them with the othersin my arfice. That's an awful lot
of law for one little cor town. This is the kind of a cowtown
that needs a lot alone. Nowyou boys want to sign up for the
rifle? True, just come alongwith me. Now all you have to
do. What's trouble stranger? Yousee a ghost? That's him Lynn going
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in the saloon. Yeah, youwere right then, Only why would he
come here? And I told youthe rifle, the Winchester seventy three,
I knew he'd come. You wereyou know Dutch Henry. Oh, that
fellow just went in the saloon,Dutch Henry Brown. I know him.
What's your name? I'll need itto sign you up? All right?
If I use my own. Somefolks do. Lynn McAdam a friend,
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Here's high spade, Frankie Wilson,high spade with a hyphen. That's what
I sit on when I get tired. Dutch Henry, a friend of yours.
High wouldn't exactly call it that.No, Oh, personal matter,
huh. I hope it can waittill you fellas leave town. It's waited
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a long time, mister irpet canwait a little longer. Let's go.
That's fine. I'm planning on anice, quiet thought. The July.
Well, that was the beginning,and an awful lot happened before it all
ended. But now that I knowthe whole story, I guess I'm as
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good as anyone to tell it.Anyway, that afternoon, the whole town
turned out for the shooting match.Wiat Herb told him a little more about
the prize they were shooting for.So it seems that when the Winchester people
are turning out these here rifles,every so one, maybe one doll out
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of ten thousand, comes out justperfect. They've given it a name,
you call it one of a thousand. President Grant owns one of these rifles,
so does Buttle Bill Cody, andtoday, one of you boys are
going to walk out of here withthe finest repeating rifle in the entire world.
So take your positions on the fineline. This is shooting, mate,
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She's ready to begin. Half anhour later, there were just two
men left in the contest, LynneMcCadam and Dutch. Henry Brown, even
widerup, said he'd never seen shootinghis fancies. He saw that afternoon and
when it was over he handed therifle to Lynn mccademy. You can take
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your rifle now McAdam, or youcan wait till morning. Boys, you'd
like to engrave your name here onthe gun stock. Wow, that's real,
n I saw him. I appreciateit. Wait a minute, well,
Dutch, I just thought i'd askhow much he'd take for it.
It's not for sale. That's toobad. That's too much gun for a
man I have just for shooting rabbitsor for shooting man on the back.
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Why. Yeah, like I saidbefore, a nice quiet fourth of July.
You know it looks like you andDutch here mine. I have learned
to shoot from the same man.Yeah. He taught quite a few folks
how to shoot. The only troublewas he taught them how He didn't teach
him what to shoot at. Maybehe figured a man should know that without
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having to be told. Yeah,that was his big mistake. He lived
just long enough to find that out. That's all right with you, mister
Ripe. I'll pick up my gunat your office. You're pulling out of
town. That's right me. Wesleyand Wheeler, get your gear before you
go to the office. In theminute you pick up your guns, you
leave town. Oh sure, marshsure, that's the law. I guess
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I won't have time for that andgrave and after all, even to get
the horses, high spade. I'llget the stuff out of the hotel just
a minute. This personal business betweenyou and Dutch Henry. I don't care
what you do to each other onceyou leave town. But there'll be no
gun fighting until you do. Isthat understood. It's understood. Come only,
let's get started, you all right, Lyn, Yeah, find out
where he put his horse right nextdoor as wells Fargo Correl. But don't
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try anything here, not with earparound. You got to wait, Lan,
I can wait, I can wait. Dutch Henry wanted that Winchester seventy
three, real bad it wasn't hardgetting it either. He and his two
friends were waiting for Lynn when hewalked in his hotel room. Five minutes
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later, Dutch was riding hard outof town and hanging from his saddle was
the Winchester seventy three. I don'tknow about you, Dutch. After two
days this saddle is pounding the backof my neck, and two more days
before we reached test Coosa. Youshore waker know what he's talking about.
He'd better know. My bank betterbe full of cash or a waker is
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gonna be full of holes? Anythingelse eating you boys? Yeah? Our
guns still hanging on a wall back, and Dot said, hell, I
got all I want right here.Look over there more Indian smoke and back
of us too to or that saddleback? Can you read it? I
don't have to? And then smokemeans just one thing to me. Trouble,
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Hey, Dutch, you think McAdamhas started after us? Yet?
Ah, that's hard to say.He took quite a bit and quite a
bit. What God's that seventy threegonna do? You that? In his
shelves. I'll get shells, plentyof shell in Tascosa. I thought,
I said, you knew you're doingthis country enough of it to know it's
full ending. Have I hear aricous place? Ricous hey, he's got
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a treading post. Everything we needright now? Ricus got Yeah, but
how many miles away? If youshut your mouth and open your eyes,
you wouldn't ask so any stupid questions. Wailer, look Yonder's cotton woods.
You feel better now, we'll that'sricous place. Oh? Kind of lonely
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around here, in't it? Ricer? Just you and mister Lamont. Everybody
else got skeered out by injins Dutchand a man saying I'm doing the same
as soon as they're getting a busyand his gun? And what might that
be? Mister Lamont, he's inplain sight, mister Brown, were there
on the counter, guns, riflesand ammunition against someone's engines and sailed anyone
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who pays my price. Looks likeyou and your friends might have been in
durned city, left in a hurry. I could they are no guns?
Eh? I guess why? Up? Still emotional? That's right, So
we'll buy some of yours three sixguns and some forty four forty shots from
my winchester. How much three hundreddollars three hundred. Why a six con
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cost twenty five dollars anywhere in theterritory. My price is three hundred.
Just a thief, we got eightytwo dollars. What ll it bring?
Nothing? You? You might awhen I look at your wind chest one
of the thousand man. Yes,that's a real fine rifle. Don't suppose
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you want to sell. I'm buying, not selling. Maybe so, but
not for me. Your guns arefor sale. Who else is going to
buy him? Well, I'll behonest with you, mister Brown. I'm
waiting for young bull to send hisman here. What's a young bulldoing this
far north? I wouldn't know,but they all want to repeating rifle since
a little Bighorne, little big hornthe Sioux jumped cursed him, wiped them
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all out. Yes, getting tobe mighty tough country to travel in without
a gun. I a young bullmight not show up, and you'd be
stuck with all those guns. Itcould be, mister Brown. That's why
I'm willing to give you three hundreddollars in gold for you winterestin, and
you can take your pick of thesix guns. Might even throw in fifty
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rounds of shelves. I'm not threatening. You're talking like a fool that's giving
the Winchester. I said, nodeal, be smart half, how we're
going to get the guns? Allright? All right, you got a
deal. I thank you. Showthem the guns, mister ragm They can
take the picture this way, boysright over here, Winchester seventy three,
Yes, sir, like a julyou might see and brand you ain't,
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mister Brown or a man who wounds. Right down, Lamont and put up
your hands. Well we made adeal, did I don't deal with Indian
treaders? So back up, misterLamont. That gun in your belt,
I'll kill you. Shot a manin the back rack. I wouldn't be
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the first you ought to know theguns in my belt. You hadn't order
tried that Dutch. You know.I run a decent place. M help
yourself to the bottle. One onthe horse before you leave. Who said
I was leaving? You're leaving?Better give them the rest of the shows,
mister Rage. They may need them. Later that night, Lamart left
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Riker's place. He got word thatYoung Bull was ready to meet with him.
Now there's no point getting angry youngBull. I admit. The rifles
aren't Winchesters. But everyone's a repeaterand they'll all shoot true. You'll lie
rifles. You'll bring our old wornout They are not the guns of which
we spoke. If you want mygold, bring me the guns with which
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crazy horse Nassum made their warter alittle big horn and you know about customer.
That is the gun I want,the one on your saddle. Well,
there isn't enough money in your wholetribe to buy that rifle. That
is the gun I want. Whenthe Indians rode away, the Winchester seventy
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three had another new owner, YoungBulls. That same night, two more
riders. We're heading toward Riker's place, Lynn McAdam, and high speed.
Oh why don't you admitted, Lynn, you're about ready to fall out of
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that saddle. Whyn't we rest upfor a while. I'm not that tired.
A few hours more or less ain'tgonna make any difference. We've been
chasing him since I can't remember.That's right, that's right, We've never
been this close before. We'll keepgoing to we hit Riker's place. So
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dutch SETTI was pushing on into Tascos. H you say anything else, Riker,
Well, I didn't hear much.Something about meeting up with wake old
Johnny Dean. Ah, right,thanks a lot, Riker, you've been
real friendly. Come on, highspade, let's move along. Oh you
mean you're gonna get up and rideaway from all his comfort? All right?
Now? How long have we've beentrailing Dutch? How many months?
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I know, I know we've neverbeen so close before. That's what you
said on the way to Dodge City. Keep your eyes open along the ridge
plenty engines the day, Hanks,Riker, Oh, we'll be saying.
Ye. The way things worked out, we were all on the same trail.
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I guess you remember how wid EARPhad invited me out of Dodge City
by stagecoach. In a way Iwas glad he had, because I'd met
up with Steve, the fellow Iwas waiting for at the first stop.
Steve hired a buckboard, hitched hishorse in back, and we started on
our way and it played up.Been there, wid EARP or no wid
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EARP. He wouldn't run you outof ton. Oh, we don't matter
now, as long as you foundme. Tell me about the ranks,
Steve. It's real pretty huh yeah. Yeah, it's the old Jamison Place,
forty miles out of Tescos, andwe can move right in and start
living there. Well you can't,but what about you. I gotta meet
some friends of mine, Lola.Only take me a day or two.
It's well, it's a deal.Oh please, Steve, Please, no
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more deals. That's why I workedin Dodge City. That's why I got
the money. That's just what Imean. You got the money. Well,
now I gotta get some Steve,can we run? I don't know.
Give me that way. Come on, get a boy. Get We
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have fresh horses and a good start, but we wouldn't stand a chance.
It was then that I learned alittle more about Steve. Steve, what
are you trying to do? Sidea horse? I'll ride ahead and find
heill? What about me? Don'tleave me, Steve, please please,
I can't help. I'll come backsoon as I can. Steve did come
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back. He did fine. Help. It was the wildest kind of luck.
A camp of soldiers, cavalry patrol. And then I have found out
our luck wasn't so good after all. I heard the sergeant talking to Steve.
I don't understand Indians know you're campting. It was like driving you and
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the lady into a crawl. Thehad us pinned down here since yesterday I
got a dozen men as all.They're on all sides of us, Mary,
and you better call the lady now. One went to sleep that night.
We just kept close to the fire, waiting, not knowing that the
Indians were driving two more white meninto the trol. You hear what I
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hear, Lyn, Yeah, Ihear him. I told you night riding
wasn't smart. Yeah, I guessyou did. Now we're smack in the
middle of them. Yeah, Iguess you're right again. Being right ain't
gonna do as much good what wedo now when we keep riding the Indians
all around us, or maybe you'dfeel better quit stopped. No, no,
no, well we'll just keep onriding. Looking my hair, it
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was such pretty hair. I hadit ever since I was a kid,
A little then on top. ButI'd sure like to keep it. Yeah,
I kind of think my beat.Look look over there, camp fire.
Come on, come on, wrongWayland, we're heading right into their
camp. That's no Indian fire's toobig. Come on, pour it on.
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It's not that fool shooting more friends, don't shoot, we're right in.
Thanks for leaving the door over.Say, my name's McCadam, as
high spade here, I sure canuse two more men. My name is
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Wilkes, and says Steve me.He and his lady come a calling,
honest. A little earlier you gota woman here. They jumped us on
a ridge too. Oh wow,well hello again, Hello, you know
him? Hello, he's a fellowI told you about when who stood up
to wid Herb forming well to tellthe truth. I didn't know it was
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wild Herb. I hate to bustthis up, and we make a wonderful
target. Standing in front of thefire, he brines open. Boys,
they're be trying to rush for anyminute. Now. You're from Fort Bascombson.
That's where we're headed. Replacements.Oh oh, you're new on the
territory. Yeah, Pennsylvania Nights pickedup our mountain Fort Smith's. We've been
right and ever since. Pennsylvania Knights. Well, say you you follows word
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Guttysburg, weren't you? Yeah?Left a rib there, one of them,
Johnny Ribbs hung me up on abay in it. The real group
of fighting men never knew when itwas leaked. There was a real bad
time in Shiloh and bull Run,say say, I bought these inns ends.
It seems like they hardly ever attackat night or not. Well.
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They figure if they're killed in thedark, the Great Spirit can't find their
souls to whip them up to heavenor something. I I don't know.
I don't mean to be forward,sergeant, but if you've never fought him
before, keep talking you ain't forward. Well, it might be a good
idea to have your men catch upon some sleep. They're gonna be They're
gonna be real busy tomorrow morning.You mean turn in, get some sleep
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coat, Murphy Henry duty. Ireally. A little later, Lynne walked
over to me. It brought hissaddle in a blank no feather, bad
mass, but I think you'll finda little more comfortable with thanks. Steve
Miller just told me you're heading outto Rant. Said right, yeah,
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yeah, my very first own home. I guess you wouldn't know, but
it means an awful lot to me. I know you got a home like
that? Why I did once sortof with your wife. No, No,
I haven't got a wife. Waswith my father? Is that where
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your banda to your home. No, no, my father was killed.
I hear those birds kind of prettyard they sometimes they sing all night.
You know that they are not birds. I know what they are. You're
afraid of tomorrow? Would it doany good for me to lie to you?
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No, I'm afraid. I guesseverybody gets afraid sometimes. Yeah,
yeah, I guess. So goodnight, Lola, good night. Starting
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to get light to get him?How soon do you figure anytime? Now?
I guess you know. Sides thatI was talking to fellow name a
Riker. He was telling me howCrazy Horse and the Sioux wiped out Custer
are real smart fighters. It seemsthey knew all about your Springfield rifles being
single shot. You mean me headrepeaters, that's right, that's right.
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They set their first wave in lightso they draw the fire and then they
sent they sent in a second waveheavy before Custer's men had a time to
reload. You figured this bunch ortry the same thing. I kind of
think, remember, they were kindof think they were only this time,
maybe we just might out fox himon account of high Spade and I got
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winchesters. Hold your fire for thesecond week while it's up to you.
It's up to you, serge orwhatever you say. Hold a thing.
H It sounds like they're getting ready. Yeah, run out, you mean
get to your places? Take himas a comb any place specials you want
me to stay? Yeah? Yeah, right onto the wagon here. Thanks
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for the satellite. It was realcomfortable. Wait a minute, Wait a
minute, day, take a sixshooter just in case. Shot I know
how to use it. And thelast bullet I I understand about that too.
They're going to be rushing us inabout three more hoops. What do
you pick for your spot? They'regonna come in onto the sun. Let's
get up to the other end ofthe wagon. Here here they come,
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come on all right away before ourstar return. Were that two of Winchester
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give your washables that nicest new Luxlook now. Mister William Keeley, our
producer Act two of Winchester seventy three, starring James Stewart as Lynn, McCadam,
Stephen McNally as Dutch, and JuliaAdams as Lola. They rushed our
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camp a dozen times that morning,but it was Lynne in high Spade with
that Winchester repeaters who finally drove themoff. But it was all over.
They seemed in a big hurry tome. Helly that much more. I
can see you, boys, butthanks and good luck. I just one
other things shot out here. Weplay Winner Take All. Indians left an
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awful lot of dead out there.In no sense leaving those rifles out there
to rush. Hey, they weresort of it. Hey, coats,
go out there and pick up themfast shooting gun anything else you happen to
like, you're a man after muchdamp. We'd had you it as it
will run, might not run sothe fast. Well, I want to
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tell you something. I was withyour ball run so was High Spade,
only we were on the other side. You mean you were. That's right,
I'll be done. I'll be done, Sorrge see you again. Hold
in wait before you go. Ohhello, the six shooting it belongs to
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you? Yeah? Yeah, thanks? The last bullet is still there?
Yeah, so it is. MayI have it? I just never know
when a girl might need a bullet. Sure help you shall still bound for
Tascosa. Try whatever you're after.I hope you get you too, High
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Spade. Thanks, good luck boy. All right, let's get moving.
Hey, Sarge, Sorge, lookat this? Look what I found out
there? Man? Is that arifle? Who headed Coats their chief?
I guess I saw that Lynn Villadropping real pretty shot. Let you see
that rifle here? It is brandnew. Look look what it says.
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I'm god City rifle shoot one byhuh? Don't say who wanted? Do
I get to keep it? Sorge? No? Some officer to take it
away from you at Ford Bascombe andhe's too good for an officer. Hey,
Lynn, where it's too late,Sorge. He's gone. Well,
there's someone else to be proud of. Have this, Steve, what's that
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you got when a you fellas oughtto have it? Well, that's a
that's a seventy three, a Winchesterseventy three. It's yours. You earned
it too. Once again, Steveand I were on our way to the
ranch, A Winchester seventy three,lying between his feet on the floor of
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the butt boord. We got thatlate that afternoon. Over there's a house,
Honey, you like it? Itsure looks nicety. Yeah, that
the garden you were talking about.We could plant it right over there.
Or maybe you wouldn't want a garden. I don't know. Place look even
better after the rains. Get's allgreener on here, and there's water in
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the runs. Steve, why didyou say that Jamieson's had been moving out
almost anytime na week? Maybe justright to help give you the feel of
the place. Come on, honey, let's go in and meet. I
should have been happy, but Iwasn't. Oh. I could think it
was Steve and how he'd left methe day before while he rode off for
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help. A few days This wasa man, i'd been married. There's
something wrong, miss Oh. Iwouldn't be surprised after what you've been through.
Oh, I'm all right, missusJamison. And and thanks for supper.
It tasted real good. I thoughtmy husband would be back from town
by now. Well, I betterget the kids off to bed, if
you look excuse yeah, yeah,sure, WELLO as soon as she comes
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back, I guess I'll be goingto tom now tonight. I told you
I gotta meet somebody Waco. JohnnyDean. I heard all about him,
Steve, he's no good. Hello. What's wrong? All right? I
don't know. It's it's not akind of what I did back there.
You think I ran away, allright, I'm not sure. I won't
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lie to you. I went toYellow, crazy Yellow, and I came
back for you. You know Icame back for you, Steve. Look,
i'd give my eyes if it hadn'thappened. Someday I'll prove that to
you. Loda. You gotta believeme, Steve. Come on this way,
listen, wakeel where Steve? I'mgetting coach it all on? Hey,
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La, go look who's here?How you doing? Steve? How
do when the boys keep more allright, hello you live here? She's
with me? Wake O. Name'sLola Manners. I told you about her.
Yeah that's right, only you didn'ttell me how pretty she was?
See what's this all about? Allhome weekend? Textas eh, we're rather
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the tie real piece for lack andwho's waiting for us? But the US
marching and the clocket deputed. Youhaven't met so much enjoyment all year.
You got no right to come inhere? You got any coffee? Lady?
Get get out of this house,wake hole? Can you heard that?
Is Noon? Wakens here? Whatthey watched? Keep talking? No?
None, there's a woman and twochildren in there. Send them out
the front door. We'll hold ourfire, then march not rather go,
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I'll do the talking. You cancome out. You'll get a fair trial.
And wake o, come in andget us douning. Now, where's
that coffee? Why don't you letthe woman out of here? And those
kids? What do you want todo? Stand behind them? When Noon
come in after you? I wantto remember it so I can tell my
friends about Waco. Johnny Dean,another brave man. This is quite a
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girl, Steve, quite a girl. They're coming out nooning lady, take
your kids and go out the frontdoor. Oh thank you, miss,
thank you. Go with him.Now she's staying foot. You wanted to
see this, honey. You wantedto tell your friend Wake you gonna take
it easy. She didn't mean.Wait a minute, Wait a minute,
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rifle, Steve, where'd you getthat rifle? I was giving them me?
Yeah? Yeah, how much Steve, name of pass, make it
big. I'm not selling. Thisis mere talking to Waco, I said,
I'm not selling. All right,Steve, have it jolly. Tell
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your guy to bring in the coffee. Well, I no, you stay
where you are, Wakeo. You'recrazy. We can't stay here. I
better do what he says, Steve. The coffee. No, no,
let let him get it. Youdon't mind, do you, Steve?
Oh no, I don't mind.Send out another woman, wakel send her
all right now. She don't wantto leave. She looks it here.
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Shit down, honey. We gotlots of time. You've known him long,
Steve, long enough, and you'rea lot of woman. Hey,
wakel yea bunching up around your barnout there? Let him? Hey,
where's that coffee? I'm getting it. We'll bring it and put on a
leap and you'll look better. Ordo you try to prove nothing? Nothing,
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just trying to buy a rifle.You're still sure you don't want to
sail kitchen boards? Steve, lethim have it. Don't just see what
he's trying to do. He's justcoffing. Come on, let's have it,
Steve. Look out. Well.I guess you must have tripped us.
Steve cleaned it up. No,I said, clean it up?
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And I said, no, youjust poul Steve. He wouldn't clean up
the mess. Steve. I trylover like I try. Wake. They're
gonna burn us off. You're gonnawagon full of Hey, They're gonna run
it into the house. And Iguess it's about time to go boys and
walk right into there. Gone.Maybe you'd rather fry go out, stop
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running. I'll cover you. Isuppose I fainted. I don't remember.
All I know is I found myselfin the buckboard again. Waco was next
to hang on, honey, hangon, we'll be in Test Coast in
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the morning, murdering. I amsure it was me the pool. Steve
his rifle gallon his buckboard. Hesaid, it's been quite an evening.
Please let me go please out herein the middle of nothing. Well,
honey, you might get hurt outhere. Besides, besides, I'm beholding
to you with you in my arms. Noonan's boys didn't dare shoot. And
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you'll like Tescosa, Lola, you'lllack Tescosa. Fine, Tascosa. And
I remember that someone else was ridingfor Tascosa, Lynn Lynn McAdam, Oh,
maybe we'd meet again, sooner thaneither of us ever thought. Hey
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Lynn, what time you figure we'llhit Tascosa? Oh, not till two
three tomorrow. We got a coupleof tired horses there. You ever wonder
about your paw? I mean,what he'd think about you hunting down Dutch
Henry. He'd understand. He taughtme to hunt, not men, hunting
the man to kill him. You'rebeginning to like it. I just just
where you're raw. I don't likeit. Some things a man has to
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do, so he doesn't what happenswhen the hunt's over? Then? What
when it's over? Wow? Ihadn't given her much thought. Maybe we
could get the ranch back together again, round up the strays, and then
we could I don't know how.And given her much thought, Well that
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might be a pretty good time ona kind of we're coming pretty close to
where things are going to end.Yeah, yeah, yes, you're right,
But I you've been real fining peoplehigh spade riding along with me.
Let's what a friend's for, isn'tit? These ways? That's the way
you bowl? We said it,Yeah he did, didn't he? He
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said, if a man had onefriend, he was rich. Oh I'm
rich. What about that girl,that fellow Steve's girl, she mean anything
to you? Oh? How couldshe mean? I think she's going to
marry him and she Yeah, I'mjust wondering, that's all, just making
conversations. By daylight, we werein the desert pass. Cursa was somewhere
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still ahead of us, but Wacohad other plans. He took a trail
leading up into the mountains. Faroff. I could see a cabin.
It's him that she's coming, Wakeo, Johnny. Look at him. He's
got a woman with him. Maybethat's what kept him as if I didn't
know. Sometimes I think Wakeo isa little on the crazy side. Yeah,
(39:29):
so do why but I think quiet? Go on down there and bring
him up. Hi boy, oha, pardon me. This is Lola.
She's crazy about me just a minute? Awaco that rifle. I thought
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i'd take Lola along in the testcoursa. I don't care where you take
her. But where did you getmy rifle? Your rifle? Why?
This is a Winchester seven to threeDutch, A gift from a very dear
friend. It's my rifle and Iwant it. And if you don't get
it, do you want in onthis test coosa deal? I've come a
long ways to get here Dutch,and I'll say it again, that's my
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rifle. Well, as long asyou feel that way about it? Yeah,
yeah, take it? Now?Where's Tom and Dundee? Didn't they
show here inside? Sleeping? Wrotein late last night? Where's let it
go on? The others? Oh, seems have got themselves all shut up?
Oh come, it's a long storywith tears. Come on, let's
(40:39):
get in the cabin. I'll tellyou. Oh, you take the girl
and come up here. Huh?Any objections, no, no objections.
You haven't I seen you somewhere.I've been somewhere in Dutch City a dance
all playing a piano and singing,singing and playing the piano. You roll
(41:00):
one out now, send you atune. I'll take yep on it as
soon as we get the tesscusea whichyear happens when Dutch? This afternoon and
here's a setup. First, JohnTurk and I ride down to Treguilo.
When we get there, you walk, Oh, let alone Dutch. She's
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luck, I said, take awalk. He don't like you. Oh,
don't tell him now, but Idon't like him. It's smart and
I'll teach us a mannas look wego this time tomorrow. You and her
can play paddock ache all you want, But when I'm lining up a deal,
I don't want an eat dancehall womanlistening in the man wants you to
walk. Honey, what nice cabinyou got him? Dutch? How'd you
(41:45):
like to ridding up for honeymoon?The last time? You in on this
deal? Or not? Oh?Sorry, keep talking. We pick up
a stage at Treguillo. There's twomen, right and shotgun gotten the gold.
They ride it right into Tescosa tothe bank, wherell I be with
(42:06):
Dundine and time. Now right acrossfrom the bank there's a saloon. Tom
Ill leave the horses in front.You'll be at the bar and you'll see
the stage when it pulls in,I'll be at the piano. Lord's going
to sing for me. E Johney, I know, take a walk?
What else do you know? Nothing? So I'm in a saloon. What
then they carry the gold into thebank. I follow and if there's trouble,
(42:29):
I'll cover you from the saloon.That's so it is to it.
Yeah, I better get started now. It'll take you about you. What
are you looking at? Just apicture on the show. This one's you?
Huh? What's that in your hand? It's a bullet? H help
yourself to that too. It wasgiven me by your friend. And the
(42:50):
picture you know him. I knowhim. Ah, And we've got something
in coming. He's been trying togive me one of those for a long
time. Come on, we'll know. Let's have a look at the horses.
Poor old Dutch business all the time. Business. You're a strange person.
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Am I a rifle he's carrying?That's no rifle, honey, that's
a Winchester seventy three. There's nothinglike it in the world. First you
kill a man to get it,then you just give it away. Don't
you worry. I'll get it backfrom old Dutch the same way. I've
got it from old Steve. Nowcome on, get yourself ready. We're
(43:36):
going into Taxcosa. Before Hour Starsreturned with act Free of Winchester seventy three.
I'd like to introduce eighteen year oldSusan Ball, who has just signed
(44:00):
a contract with the Universal International.Have you always wanted to be an actress,
Susan, Well, not really,mister Keiley. An agent heard me
singing an orchestra when I was stillin high school and took me round to
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plans? Well, right now,I'm being coached at the studio and I've
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(44:22):
latest, The Raging Tide? Yes, and I loved it as much as
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(44:45):
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the CBS Radio Network. The curtainrises on three of Winchester seventy three,
(46:01):
starring James Stewart as Lynn McAdam,Stephen McNally as Dutch, and Julia Adams
as Lola. I didn't have muchchoice. I went with Wago in the
(46:23):
task Colcy to a saloon across frommy bank. He said he wanted to
hear me sing. The place wasempty except for the bargain lou Scott up
above me, the green grass onthe ground. I've been looking for something
(46:47):
I have never found, and itlooks like I'm never gonna sing my water.
Oh, it looks s I'm nevergonna see my wa Hey, hey,
(47:22):
that's all right on the level.Won't you get away from me?
We're in town now, Waco.This is where we say goodbye? Wow?
What what for? Oh? Thatbusiness was Steve? He wasn't for
you. I did your favor.Maybe someday I can do the same for
you. Did you love him?I guess I did you know you two
(47:44):
had a lot in common? Yeah, a lot of woman. I wasn't
trying to be funny when you talklike that, you are? Why didn't
you know it was yellow? Iknow you killed me. You want a
drink? No you mind if Igo over and get I don't mind you
boy? That clock right five afterthree? Little first, I think stages
(48:07):
due with three, and it's alwayson time. Whiskey. Yes, I
sat there watching him, wondering whenI could make my break. But there
were two of his men on theporch, and there'd be more as soon
as the stage. But then thedoor swung open, and walking in were
Lynne McAdam and high sped hello again. Well hello nice people, seeing us
(48:35):
again? What are you doing here? May or just entertaining? Where's Steve
drinking whiskey in the back room?Steve's dead? He's dead. Awful sudden,
wasn't it very He was killed bythat A gentleman standing at the bar,
the one who's looking at us.Don't seem right for people to go
around kill's not people, He's WacoJohnny Dean. Linn didn't I could tell
(49:00):
us that Dutch was writing to meetto meet Waco Johnny Dean. Yeah,
you haven't got a chance. Don'tquarrel with him. I got no quarrel
with him. Watch him and watchhim. Excuse me. Yeah, I've
been riding to meet up with aman named a Dutch Henry Brown. I
(49:20):
was hoping to run into him herein Tascosa. Wouldn't happen to know him?
Would you? I might? Howlong you know him? I know
him long enough to tell you wherehe got that little scarb of his right
eye. I gave it to himwhen he was ten. Now you want
to give him another? Where ishe? Hey, wacous stage is coming,
be right out. Suppose you supposeI don't tell you? Then?
(49:45):
What where is he? Kept?Where? Hang on to him, I'll
get him. Where is he?I'll take you to him? Now,
all right? Start walking? Canknow those men out there there with him.
It all happened just the stage pulledup outside. But the driver heard
(50:05):
the shots and kept going. Isaw dutch Henry jump out. Lynne saw
him too. He started after him. There were more shots on the ice.
I didn't duck fast enough, Lula, where are you hit? My
own little fool? I got quakeopen. Dutch got away. He won't
get far. Take care of herhigh speed. Oh no, don't let
him go. Stop him if Iwanted. You don't understand. Dutch Henry's
a murderer, daughters Lynne. DutchHenry who killed his father. So it's
(50:31):
right for him to go. Doublyright because dutch Henry is Lynn's brother brother.
Now come on, let's see ifwe can find a doctor. Dutch
Henry had ridden off towards the hills, and the scabbard of his saddle was
the Winchester seventy three. Somewhere inthose hills, A score would be settled
(50:57):
once. Come on up, clean, Come on up and get me.
You're caught for loan of the man'sgun. The old man touch up better
than that, I guess I forgot, Matthew. You don't mind my calling
(51:17):
you Matthew A hope. I likeit better than Dutch Henry Brown. Come
on out and show yourself, Matthew. Mccada has a good sound to it.
I guess that's why the old mangave it to you. All.
I got yourself in trouble again.I can smoke you out of the rocks
easy. First chance, I hadto thank you for winning me my right.
(51:44):
Shoot's real pretty. What do yousay. I never got a chance
to use that gun, Matthew,but I intend to. Now there's something
you forgot too. The old mantold you never to waste lead. Now
you're short, not that short.Bload up fast, Matthew, I'm coming
(52:04):
up. The old man sighed twosons. One was no good, never
was any good. Robbed a bankstage coach. Then when he came home
and wanted to hide out. Theold man wouldn't go for it, so
(52:27):
Dutch shot him in the back.He'll be waiting for Lynne. He'll kill
Lynn too. Maybe maybe not?Well, Doc, this lady gonna be
all right. She'll have to wearthat armless ling for a while. You'll
be fine. And now, miss, if you don't mind it, hee?
Who that is? Will you killhim? I'm busy? Sorry,
Doc's busy? Anything I can well? Wait? Who that there? It's
(52:52):
a man with a rifle? DocWinchester seventy three? What that devil are
you doing? I'm sorry I ranout on you before. Something that started
a long time ago had to befinished. Well it's finished. Nothing to
(53:14):
do now then, but go backhome. Uh that's right, say Doc?
Is this girl fit for traveling?You crazy? This girl just been
I mean not even as far asthe Parsons. Oh that's something else again.
Doesn't anybody ask me anything? Mhm oh oh yeah, we Lola,
(53:45):
Lola? Oh yes, Lynn,I will, I will. That's
the most wonderful proposal I ever had. I thought it was pretty good myself.
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Julia believes in starting at the topand working her way up. Well,
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Stephen McNally appeared through the courtesy oftwentieth Century Fox, whose latest release is
Golden Girl, starring Mitzi Gayner,Dale Robertson and Dennis Day. Julia Adams
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appeared through the courtesy of Universal InternationalPictures, now releasing The Lady Pays Off
co starring Linda Darnell and Stephen McNally. Heard in our cast tonight were Dan
Riss as High Spade, Herbert Butterfieldas wyat Hear, Wally Mayer as Waco,
Tim Graham as Wilkes, Stephen Dunnas Steve, Bill Johnstone as Lamont,
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and Bill Conrad, Bob Griffin,Charlie Lung, Jack Mother, Joe
de Val, James Best, JuneWhitley, Brad Brown, and Eddie Marr.
The motion picture Winchester seventy three wasbased on a story by Stuart N.
Lake. Our play was adapted byS. H. Barnett, and
our music was directed by Rooney Schrager. This is your announcer, John Milton
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