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Gunsmoke - Gentlemans Disagreement

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Duration:
32m
Broadcast on:
18 Jul 2024
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mp3
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See terms at racing.fanduel.com. Gambling problem, call 1-800-Gambler. Around our city and the territory on west, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers. And that's with the U.S. Marshal and the smell of gun smoke. [Music] Gun smoke, starring William Conrad. The story of the violence that moved west with young America. The story of a man who moved with it. Matt Dillon, United States Marshal. [Music] What's the matter? Good morning, Ms. Wells. Good morning, Chester. Matt, I've got to talk to you. Sure. Chester. You folks will have to excuse me. I can't be puttering around the office all day. I'll be in the back if you want me. Yeah. Matt, he's here in Dodge City. I just saw him. He came in on the morning train. You mean that boatry? Yes. It's been four years, man. I'd begun to hope he'd forget. Hope he wouldn't find us. From what you've told me, boatry doesn't sound like a man who ever forgets. He's come here looking for Bert to kill him. He swore he would. Matt, what are we going to do? I don't know. What's Bert think about it? He doesn't know yet. He's busy at the blacksmith shop. Matt, you've got to help us. You're the only real friend we have out here. It might make it easier if I weren't, Janie. I'm supposed to maintain law and order in Dodge. Just my job doesn't leave much leeway to mix in on personal quarrels. There's no quarrel? It's stuff that Ed boatry's a hot-tempered fool. Bert never did anything to him. He married you, didn't he? A woman has a right to change her mind, Matt. Maybe boatry doesn't think so. Matt, you promised me once in Louisville. Yep. Yeah, I know. All right, Janie, go home and don't say anything to Bert. I'll talk to boatry. Thank you. I'll never forget it. Goodbye, Matt. Chester. Yes, sir, I'll be right there, Mr. Dylan. Didn't Miss Wells leave? Yeah. Find couple of Welleses. Did you know them before they came out west? I'm not Bert. I do, Mrs. Wells. I guess we'd better drop over to the Texas Trail, Chester. There's a fellow in town planning to do some killing. I can't right now, Kitty. We're looking for a fellow thought he might have come in here. Sooner or later, they all have to come. I don't know what it looks like, but I'm not sure what it looks like. I don't know what it looks like, but I don't know what it looks like. Matt, that was a long time. Are you kidding? Hello, Chester. Miss Kitty? All right. Come sit on, Matt. Tell me about things. I can't right now, Kitty. We're looking for a fellow thought he might have come in here. Sooner or later, they all do. Strange, you're Matt? Yeah. He came in on the morning train. His name's Ed Baudry. Oh, him? There, the bar, Matt. Third from the end, next to Tulsa, Jim Nixon. He's buying Irish whiskey for everybody. Thank you, Kitty. Come on, Chester. Watch yourself, Matt. Yeah, sure, Kitty. See you later. All right, Bartender. Set up another round of Jamesons for the house. Your name, Baudry. Well, that's right, Mr. Matt Dillon, I'm a U.S. Marshal here. I'd like to talk to you. Fine, go ahead and talk. Uh, Tulsa. Suppose you'll move on down the bar for a couple of minutes, huh? Oh, well, I-- Dear Marshal, this man's a friend of mine. You're not very particular about your friends. I go on Tulsa Drift. Oh, well. Mr. Baudry, you, uh, you came here to kill Bert Wells, didn't you? Did I? Well, here's some advice. Don't do it. Take the next train and get out of town. Is that official? Is what's the charge, Marshal? None. Yet. Murder if you go through it. Oh, not the way I understand it. Murder's one thing. Call on the man in a fair fight. That's another thing. Baudry, I'm the law here in Dodge, and I don't see it as a fair fight. Bert's a blacksmith, and he's not used to handling a gun. You are. So I'm told. Who told you, Marshal? I don't know anybody here. Wait a minute, Dylan? Yeah. I heard Jeannie mention you. You knew her back in Louisville before she ran off. We'll leave her out of this, Baudry. So that's it. This isn't official. You're just doing a personal favor for an old friend. Probably a very close friend. Jeannie always did have a week. I warned you once. Fuck you, sir. All right, hold it. Now get up, Baudry. That was a mistake, Dylan. Now I'd have to kill you too. I'm not a blacksmith, Baudry. I'll look you up just as soon as I've finished with Bert Williams. If you kill Bert, you won't have to look me up. [MUSIC PLAYING] Bert. Ah, Bert. Huh? Oh, man. I didn't see you coming. Ah, hi. What did it talk to you, Bert? Well, what, Matt? Ed Baudry's in town. Baudry? Well, it was bound to happen sometime. Has he been bothering Jeannie? No, she just happened to see him get off the train this morning. She came and told me. She shouldn't have done it, Matt. It's not your problem. Maybe it is, Bert. I'm the law on dodge, and the law doesn't like the idea of personal grudges into nothing to kill him. What are you able to do? Yeah, prevent it if I can. Well, I wish you luck. You haven't worn that gun for two years, Bert. Why start now? I've got no choice, Matt. You roll that? You mean you got no chance. Now, if you let Baudry call a showdown, he'll kill you. Maybe? Look, Bert, why don't you take to the prairie, hold up for a week or so while I figure somewhere you're running Baudry out of town, huh? Would you do it, Matt? Hide out and let somebody else do your fighting for you. That was side the point, Bert. Jeannie. How's the law against killing him? It's Matt's job to enforce it. You went away there wouldn't be any fight. Wouldn't be much honor, either, Jeannie. Man can't run and still call himself a man. He can run from a mad dog, and that's what Ed Baudry is. He never had any claim on me. The peers he thought he did. Matt, you know where Baudry stand? I talked to him in the Texas Trail. He probably took one of the rooms upstairs. I'd like to walk over there with me. Well, if that's the way you want it. No, Bert, you... I'll get my hat. Be right with you. Matt, you've got to stop it. Yeah? How? I don't know. But there must be something you can do. Yeah, there is. Boy, it's shaping up. I can probably arrest the survivor. There's still time to turn back, Bert. Great night, Matt. I should have had it out with Baudry back there in Kentucky five years ago. Jeannie wanted to run away and avoid trouble. She was so beautiful, it was hard to argue with her. Yeah, I know. Be hard on her if anything happened to you. Life's always hard on a woman, I guess. Works out here on the prairie. Look out for Matt in case I... Well, I mean if anything. Mr. Dillon? Huh? Oh, what is it, Chester? Baudry left the saloon a little while ago. Went over to the liver's table to hire a horse. I think he's riding out to your place, Mr. Wells. He's been doing a lot of talking. Jeannie'll be there alone, Matt. I better get back home. Don't be necessary. Here comes Baudry now. I won't draw unless he does, Matt. Heads up, Chester. Yes, sir. Oh, boy. Oh. Just riding out to call on you, Wells. I decided you'd had plenty of time to look me up. No reason to, Baudry. Most men had figured they had reason. Somebody been in a local saloon. Tell them their wife's history. What, Baudry? Don't draw, Baudry. Chester, cover Baudry. Just keep your hands still, Mr. Baudry. You're fast with that gun, Dillon. Fast enough, Mr. Baudry. You make a good body guard. Too bad you can't ride her 24 hours a day. I told you what to expect if you keep pushing this thing, Mr. Baudry. And I used some sense and got out of town while you're still alive. I've been in lots of towns, Dillon. I left him all alive. Wells? I've been planning to kill you for five years. Plans don't always work out. Listen, Wells. You got till sundown. After that, I'm going to shoot you on sight. All right, Mr. Baudry. If you finish speaking your piece, move along. Why, surely, Mr. Dillon. See you later. Well, still a couple hours before sundown. I think I'd like to spend them with genie. I'll see you, Matt. Yes, sure. Goodbye, Bert. I declare I just can't see any way of stopping it, Mr. Dillon. I can't either. I'd sure hate to be in Bert Wells' shoes. I'd hate worse to be in Baudry's. He'll never submit to arrest. Chester, I'm going to have to kill him. [MUSIC PLAYING] Why don't you relax, Matt? You're nervous as a cat. And I'll stay nervous, kitty, until I find out what's happened to those two. Baudry slipped off the back way just at dusk. Can't I play a song? Yeah, Bert pulled the same trick. I had a couple of boys watching the blacksmith shop, but he managed to give him the suit. There's nothing you can do now, man. Man. Another kill him. And you in the middle again. Why, Matt? What do you do? It's a job, kitty. Somebody's got to do it. But why you? There are other things in light if you look around for him. Well, maybe I will someday. Will you look my way, Matt? Well, Matt, hey, I brought my kit. All prepared. Ah, where are the victims? No victims yet, doc, you're jumping the gun. And I understand there's going to be a real showdown. The boys at the bar are offering two to one on Baudry. That's about the odds I figure if the shooting really starts. Oh, a little star on that one. There's not a thing the world can stop it. Chester, what are you doing in here? I told you to watch that street. Yes, sir. I know you did. The fight is likely to start out there as anyplace else. No, sir, Mr. Dylan. I guess there's not going to be any fight. What? They just found Baudry lining an alley down the block. Matt. Somebody sneaked up behind him with a hammer. He's sure dead. We'll return for the second act of gun smoke in just a moment, but first, what is the connection between the statue and the square and a pair of thugs who are definitely not on the square with the law? Tonight on Gangbusters, here the complete details of this exciting case taken from actual police files. Remember, it's Gangbusters later tonight on most of these same CBS radio stations. Don't miss it. Now, the second act of gun smoke. [Music] No light showing around the house, Mr. Dylan. No. Another shop, either. He might have skipped out. What about his life, though? I don't know, Chester. I can't figure any of this. It's not like Bert to pull a sneak and trick like that. He's there by the tree, Chester. Yes, sir. Bert? Who is it? Who's that? Matt. Chester's with me. You better put away the gun. All right, Matt. I thought it was somebody else. Who, Bert? You know who, Boudre, of course. I guess I better take your gun. Official, Matt? Official. Well, I got no quarrels in law. Here. Thank you. Now, why did you do it? What do you mean? If it had been a gunfight, the law couldn't attach you. The circumstances were all in your favor, but this way they'll call it murder, and they'll be right, because that's what it was. Matt, what are you talking about? It's no use. You left the hammer lying right beside his body. It's got your shop brand carved in the handle. Who's body you talking about? You mean Boudre? Yes, sure. Boudre. Matt, you're making a mistake. I went looking for Boudre. Yes, but I didn't find him. Then I'd come back here. I was afraid to leave Jeannie there in the house alone. I didn't do it, Matt. You're wrong. It's not up to me, Bert. It's a court's job. All I can do is take in. The evidence is too strong, and I got no choice. No choice. I didn't have a choice either. We must have had a choice somewhere back down the line. When? Where was it? We could have stopped and turned back. I'm a marshal, not a philosopher. Now, let's go. What about Jeannie? I've got to tell her. Chester will take care of it. He'd better if you'd do it, Matt. You're a friend, and it'd make it easy. I'd rather not if you don't mind. Now, come on, let's go. ♪♪ All right, Bert. Step inside. Four years we've been friends, Matt. I never thought it would come to this. Neither did I. You said you didn't find any money on him. It could have been robbery. I made the look like robbery. Either way, there's nothing I can do. Now, you better step inside. I'll, uh... I'll bring you some blankets and tobacco. You want anything else? Let me know. Wish I knew how Jeannie was taking it. She'll be all right. She's a fine girl. Matt. Matt, look out for, will you? Bert a man's job is one thing, friendship's another. This prairie country is rough and tough and wild at the best. And without the law, nobody could survive in it. And that means putting friendship aside sometimes. But a man still doesn't forget him. Yeah, I... I'll look out for her. Thanks, Matt. I'll see you later. Bert, you... Get your prisoner. Tucked in safely, Matt. Matt. What about Baudry? He's dead. Absolutely dead. I can never saw anybody in the dead. Blacksmith Hammy makes a mighty fine weapon. Yeah, at least we're sneaking up behind. I can't figure Bert doing that's not like him. Sometimes a man changes on their pressure, Doc. I can't figure it either. What did you say his chances are? Bad. Straws all point one way. Maybe somebody's been messing with the straw stack. Oh, that's a good question, Matt. Well, a court Alaska. Yeah, if he ever gets there. What do you mean? I just come from Texas Trail a while ago and some of the boys are kind of wild at the talking real loose. No law against talking. They are that they aim to leave at the talking, Matt. They figure the evidence is a little on the weak side. A court might turn Bert loose, so there's him. It's up to them. Yeah, they're just mad because they've lost their source of free drinks. Well, maybe so, but you better keep your eyes open, Matt. Yeah, I know that fact, Doc. They hunt in the dark and bow down stragglers and mostly they just talk. So, no worry. Bert's in jail and that's where he's gonna stay. Matt? Matt, are you here? Yeah, I'm here. Wait a minute, I'll light the lens. What were you doing sitting here in the dark? Yeah, just thinking, wondering. You shouldn't have come here, Janie. Matt, I want to see Bert. No visitors after dark. It's a jail rule. Rules don't have to be enforced. Mind do, Bert's a prisoner, same as any other prisoner he's charged with murder. He didn't do it, Matt. It's not for me to say. But you know he didn't. You know Bert, you know he wouldn't do a thing like that. Sneak up behind a man's back in the dark. I'm not the court, Janie. I know. And they'll believe he did it. Yeah, the night train's coming in. I hope it's not bringing in trouble. The morning train did. Matt, I want to see Bert. I told you that you... are you a little fool? Give me the gun, Janie. No, I warn you, Matt. Stay back. Give me the gun. No, Matt. No help me out. I said hand it over. You knew I wouldn't. Yeah. No, what did you hope to gain, buddy? I don't know. Get screwed out. Maybe I don't know. None of this is his fault. Something's got to be done. Matt, you've got to help me. Mr. Dillon? Yeah, what is it, Chester? I just come from the Texas Trail. I think there's going to be some trouble. Trouble. The bunch that hangs out around there doing a lot of drinking and talking up the idea coming over here to the jail. Oh, no. Well, maybe we ought to go over there and do some talking ourselves. Janie, I think the best thing for you to do is to go back home and stay there at a moment. Now, don't worry about this. Nothing's going to happen. Oh, but, Matt, you can't handle that crowd alone. I've been handling things alone for a long time. All right, Chester. [Music] Oh, the Jim Nixon's the one who's been hagging him on, Mr. Dillon. Over there at the end of the ball. Yeah, he struck up on acquaintance with Baudrey when he first got off the train. I guess he figures he's an old partner, but now come on. Yes, sir. Matt, Matt, wait. Later, Kitty, I got some business in the boys at the bar. That's what I mean. Toss Jim's and Bynum takes the last two hours having a real nasty mood. So? So be careful, Matt. That's all. Just be careful. Kitty, I'm the careful-less man you know. You too. Sure. Yeah, we got the law here, guys. Supposedly. But what kind of a law is it to let a man sneak up behind somebody in the door? I don't know. Tell, sir. Suppose you'll tell me. Dillon. Now, don't let me interrupt you. You were doing fine. Well, this is quite an audience you've got. All the pan-handlers, bums, and barflies and dodge. It's quite a collection. We'll call him names. Won't change the facts, Dillon. What facts? Efrenio is burnt wells. It's sneaking, cowardly murderers. As for the court to decide, Tulsa. The court. They'll turn them loose. They work hand in glove with you. Dillon, we're not going to stand for. All right, sir. We want that. So you're not going to stand for it, huh? Well, just what are you planning to do? You'll find out in due time, Dillon. Well, I tend to set them up again all around. You've turned into quite a free spender time. I never knew you to... A double-eagle gold piece, you mind if I take a look at it? It's good. Don't worry about that. Yeah, I'm sure it is. Where'd you get it? That's my business, Dillon. So you're the one who killed Budry. That's a lie. I thought Robynim was just a cover-up, but it wasn't. There aren't many double-eagles around Dodge. Budry had a lot of them. Now you. Why would you get a pocket full of gold pieces, Tulsa? Wells killed Budry. That blacksmith hammer was lying right beside him. Yes, where you left it. What does she mean? Talk to Jim came into my husband's shop late this afternoon. His horse had thrown a shoe. He had plenty of chance to steal that hammer. She's lying! Why did you get the gold, Tulsa? A liar. A liar. I won't... I won't... I won't... I won't... I won't... I won't... I won't... I won't in the poker game. A trail herd would... Tulsa, you're under arrest for murder. No, you'll never take me! All right, Doc. You better get up on inquest. Tom found it, Matt. You never give me any chance to practice on live, people. Yeah. You wouldn't know what to do with him, Doc. Well, I... I do get fewer complaints this way. Matt? Matt, does this mean it birds free? You shouldn't have come here, Janie. Yeah, he's free. Chester will go with you over to the jail and let him out. Thank you, Matt. Thank you for everything. You told me one time in Louisville that... Louisville? That was a long time ago and a long way up. So... Goodbye, Janie. Goodbye, Matt. What's it all about, Matt? What? What's anything all about, Kitty? Professor, what do you say we'll have a little tone, huh? Why, sure thing, Mr. Dylan, what'd you like to hear? Oh, uh, how about that one of Foster's of... Janie. Janie with a light brown hair. You bet. You know of a board, didn't you, Matt? Yeah, I met her in Louisville one summer. Saw her quite a lot for a couple of months. And then I ripped it up west. A man misses out on things by drifting. I told her that if she ever needed help to... to call on me. Well, she called, and you helped her? No, I guess. Well, anyway, uh, that's that. Matt? Yeah. You're kidding. One of you are going to help yourself. [MUSIC PLAYING] Gun smoke, under the direction of Norman McDonald, stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshall. Tonight's story was specially written for gun smoke by Les Crutchfield with music composed and conducted by Rex Corey. Featured in our cast were Tom Tully, Lynn Allen, Larry Dubkin, Georgia Ellis, and Barney Phillips, Parley Bear's Chester and Howard McNair is Doc. Join us again next week as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshall, fights to bring law and order out of the wild violins of the West in gun smoke. [MUSIC PLAYING] What are the tunes most people like best? For the answers to that question, listen to Robert Q. Lewis's Wax Works later tonight over most of the same CBS radio station. Stay tuned now for Broadway is My Beat, which follows immediately over most of these same radio stations. Roy Rowan speaking on a Sunday afternoon, the music's delightful on the CBS radio network. I want to thank you for your support. I want to thank you for your support. I want to thank you for your support. I want to thank you for your support. I want to thank you for your support. I want to thank you for your support. I want to thank you for your support. I want to thank you for your support. 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