Gunsmoke Daily

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Duration:: 30m
Broadcast on:: 07 Jul 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

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Stands out from all the rest. ♪ ♪ Around God City and in the territory on West, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's with the U.S. Marshall and the smell of gun smoke. ♪ ♪ Gun Smoltz, starring William Conrad. A transcribed story of the violence that moved West with young Americans. And the story of a man who moved with it. I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshall. The first man they look for and the last they want to meet. It's a chancey job, and it makes a man watchful. And a little lonely. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Well, the train's already in, Mr. Dillon. Ah, good. But I thought we was early. Well, we won't have to wait so long for the mail to be sorted, Chester. Hey, ain't that Miss Kitty? Oh, what? Oh, we on there talking to that big fella. That looks like Hank Groot. Oh, now what would she be doing with a man like him? He ain't fit for a hog pen. Uh, you go get the mail, Chester. All right, sir. ♪ ♪ You have a little fresh air if you help me. I'll walk back with you. You will not? Why not? You'll kill the air around your throat. I'd suffocate. Well, now, you can't talk to me there. Take your hand off her. What? Oh. What do you know's an inform, Marshall? You're lucky he is. I was about to jab this parasol in your eye. Maybe just like one of your crimes. Get out of here, Groot. Go on. Before I kill you. You mean it, don't you? You would kill me. It's a good thing you're wearing a gun, Marshall. You've got to go on wearing it, too. I'm sorry I got you into this, Mac. No, you didn't get me into it, Kitty. Besides, I don't think there's a man at Dodge that wouldn't appreciate a chance to put a hole in Hank Groot. Well, the sooner the better. Hey, who's the girl with Chester? Huh? Oh, I don't know. I never saw her before. Pretty little fan, isn't you? Yeah, she sure is. Oh, it was Kitty. Hello, Chester. Uh, this here's Anne Cabot. How do you do, Anne? How do you do, Kitty? And this is the man you're looking for. This is Marshall Dillon. Hello, Marshall. Oh, it's a pleasure, Miss. Anne, please. All right. Uh, Chester says you're looking for me. I think so. As the U.S. Marshall and Dodge, you've seen the logical person to help me. Well, I'll be glad to help you if it can. I've come from Connecticut, Marshall. Oh? I'm looking for Jack Schomer. Jack Schomer? You know him? Well, I-- Oh, wait a minute, Chester. Yeah, yeah, we know him, Anne. He's here. Well, uh, no, not at the moment. He, uh, had to ride up north somewhere. Oh. But he'll be back. Oh, yeah, yeah, I think so. Uh, look, I'll tell you what, Anne. Um, I'll try to get word to him that you're here. I-- I think I can do that. Oh, thank you, Marshall. But, well, he's not expecting me. Maybe I just better wait. It might upset him otherwise. Well, sure. Why don't you do that? You've got a place to stay. No, I haven't. Oh. There's an extra room over where I live. Is there? Well, I work at the Long Branch, and it's a saloon on Fence Street. Oh. The rooms aren't too close. Quiet there. Nobody will bother you. Thank you, Kitty. Well, come on, then. We'll find somebody to carry your things over. I think Matt and Chester are going to be busy. Uh, yeah, yeah, we are. Goodbye, Miss Cabot. Goodbye, Anne. Goodbye. I'll talk to you later, Matt. Okay. It's not very far. We walked from one end of the town of the other in about five minutes. Oh, my goodness, Mr. Dylan. Jack, show her. Ah, let's go find him, Chester. Matt, poor girl. Well, take Doc with us. Maybe he can do something. [MUSIC PLAYING] This is it, L&M filters. It stands out from all the rest. Miracle tip, much more flavor. L&M's got everything. It's the best. L&M is best. It stands out from all the rest. L&M's got everything. Everything. Everything. Best flavor. L&M stands out for flavor. The miracle tip draws easy. Let you enjoy all the taste. Best filter. L&M stands out for effective filtration. 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But, oh, well, we'll fix that. Well, what are you doing here? I don't understand. Don't worry about it, Schomer. We'll explain it to you when your head's clear. Yeah. Well, what do we do first, Doc? Take this jug of corn outside and smash it. Oh, here we are, Justin. No, no, what are you doing? I'm out, never mind. It ain't very cold. You can't do that. That's my liquor. I'm going to get a pot of coffee going, Matt. While I'm doing that, you and Chester take him down to the river. I'm to the river. They're going to throw you in and let you soak a lot of it. Oh, no, no, I'll draw. Don't worry, Schomer. We'll put a rope on you. All right, come on. Let's get it done. [MUSIC PLAYING] Have some more coffee, Schomer. I've been drinking coffee all day long. Doc, I must have had a barrel of it. It's whiskey that comes in barrel, Schomer. Drink your coffee. I'm floating. Schomer, you're pretty sober now. So what are you going to do? I can't face a marshal. I'd give anything to see her, but I can't do it. I'm no good for her the way I am now. What happened to you, Schomer? What went wrong? The land. The land went wrong. I went wrong on it. I don't know. Anyway, it beat me, Doc. I was going to start a homestead and then send for Anne, but I couldn't make it. I had to give up. I even quit writing to her about a year ago. You're not the first man in this country broke. It's more than that marshal. Most men who quit find something else to do, but with me, it's like I lost everything. I couldn't face people anymore. Then that night I got into a fight at the long branch. You heard about that. Yeah, I heard. It ran away. I couldn't stand up to it. I guess I'm a coward, everybody says I am. Every man's been a coward at one time or another, Schomer. But it doesn't have to last. It's lasted with me. How could I face Anne knowing I'm a failure in a coward? Well, you can prove you're not a coward just by going to see her. Try it. Women have a way of understanding these things. Well, I... I don't know, Doug. All right, Schomer. We'll tell her you're in the horse trading business. That's why you're out of town. But you'll have to tell her the truth. If you see her. I'm only half a man. I'm up to you. You'll think of it. But don't take too long. Hey, Kitty. Hey, Kitty. Hello, Matt. Anne and I have been looking to town over such as it is. Oh, what do you think of Doug, Jen? Well, at least it's not as wild as I expected. I keep telling her the real troublemakers don't even get up till sundown. Don't let her scare you. Don't worry about Anne. She doesn't scare easy. Marshall, you haven't heard anything about Jack when he'll be back? Well, uh, Jack Schomer's a busy man, Anne. He's up north somewhere, like I said. He trades horses, you know. No, I didn't. He'll probably be back in an old day or so. I can wait. I'm used to waiting. It won't be long, Anne. No. Oh, Kitty, look. Are those the kind of bonnets you were telling me about in the window over there? Those are the ones. If Mr. Jonas doesn't have 'em marked up too high, they're some price tags on 'em. Excuse me. Where's Schomer, Mom? Yeah, we sobered him up. He's doing some thinking now. Sitting in that shock of his? Yeah. Kitty, they're all a dollar and a half. Is that too high? No, that's fair. We'll go in and try one on you in a minute. Oh, good. I wish Schomer had to hurry up, Matt. I hate playing this kind of game with a girl like that. Yeah, I know. Hey, I ain't seen you and Doug for? No, you haven't. Matt. My name's Hank Ruth. But you'll stay here, Kitty. Uh-huh. I'm not accustomed to meeting men this way, so... No, don't get like that. Groot? I ain't doin' nothin', Marshall. I'm only talkin' to the lady. You leave the ladies alone, Groot. All of 'em. And if I have any more trouble with you, I'm gonna run you out of dodge for good. Now, get movin'. You want 'em all for yourself, huh? What an inkin' to be that way, you'll see. Thank you, Marshall. I'm afraid they're not all gentlemen out here. Why don't you get around to shootin' him, Matt? If I'm gonna stay out here, I guess I'll have to learn to handle men like that. You won't run into anybody worse than Hank Groot. No, and if he bothers you again, and you let me know right away. I certainly will, Marshall. Okay. Now you two go buy your bonnets, sir. Goodbye, Marshall. Goodbye, Marshall. Good-bye, Matt. Good-bye. ♪ Cracked lids, wobbly doggone legs, resty, chimbly otherwise it's workin' somethin' wonderful. You know somethin' Mr. Dylan? Oh, what, Chester? Next year, we're just gonna have to find another stove. This is 'bout war out. We can't afford a new one, Chester. Well, what about one of them hayburners? They're cheap. I'd text two men and a boy to keep a hayburnin' stove goin', you know. I know, but it... Well, Miss Kitty. Hello, Chester. Matt. What's the matter, Kitty? I can't find Anne. What? We had dinner at Delmonico's tonight, and then I had to go to work. Anne was goin' back to her room to do some sown on things, but she isn't there. I don't know where she is. Well, how do you know? Have you been there? I broke a heel off my shoe and I went over to get a different pair. I stopped by her room, and she's not there. That isn't like her, Matt. Well, you go back to work, Kitty. We'll look for her. Come on, Chester. ♪ You better find her. Yeah, we'll find her. Let me know, Matt. Will ya? Well, well, Kitty. Well, we're gonna look, Mr. Dylan. We'll go to the house first, Chester. That's why she was headed. Kitty's awful upset, ain't she? Yeah. Kitty takes a liking to somebody. She's kind of a tiger about him. I guess that surely is true. I hope nothing's happened, Anne. Maybe she only went for a walk or something. Yeah, maybe. But a woman shouldn't go for a walk at night. Along with Kitty. Now, might I get lost or something? Yeah. I ought to stay indoors at night. Unless she's with somebody. That's right, Chester. He's too dangerous in a place like Doug. You don't ever know what might happen to you. No. No, I-- Hold up a minute, Chester. I don't see nothing. On the ground over there, just out of that patch of moonlight. Oh, my... Oh, my goodness. You're saying, Cabot? She's been hurt or something, yeah. Anne. Hey, Anne. Yeah, she's unconscious, Chester. What happened to her? I don't know. I'm going to carry her up to Doc's. You go tell Kitty, huh? It's a pleasure. I've got L&M. I've got L&M. I've got L&M. And L&M's got everything. Best filter. No filter compares with L&M's pure white miracle tip for quality or effectiveness. Best flavor. The miracle tip draws easy. Let's you enjoy all the taste. Best tobaccos. Highest quality tobaccos. Low nicotine tobaccos. L&M tobaccos. Night and mild. Today by L&M. It's sweeping the country because it's America's best filter tip cigarette. Yes, today, why don't you get L&M? Because L&M's got everything. This is it. L&M, filters. L&M's got everything. It's the best. [Music] Anne was still unconscious when I got her up to Doc's. And she stayed that way. He examined her, but he couldn't find anything wrong. There wasn't a scratch on her. Her hair was must up some, but we figured that happened when she fell. Kitty and Doc spent the night watching her and waiting. But at noon the next day Anne was still unconscious. Anne, there didn't seem to be a thing anybody could do about it. Chester and I stayed out of the way and did our waiting downstairs in the office. [Music] I've heard tell people going to sleep and staying that way practically forever, mister. Don't you think that's what she's got? Who ever heard of sleeping sickness around here at Chester? Well, maybe she caught it back east and brought it with her. Anne, I don't know about back east. Marshall? Well, what do you know? Oh, come on in. It's no use, Marshall. What? I came to tell you I can't do it. Oh. I'm going to go away. Maybe you can tell her I got killed or something. No, I haven't been drinking. Not a drop since you and Doc and Chester came down there. Shomer, there's something. Matt, I wanted to tell you the day. Yeah, what is it, Doc? Well, Jack Shomer, hello, Doc. It's a good thing you're here, Shomer. Right? He doesn't know about her yet, Doc. Oh, no, why? We found Anne lying unconscious on the street last night, and she's been that way ever since. She came to her a few minutes ago, man. Oh. She say anything. Yes? It seems Hank Groats stopped her and tried to talk to her. She slapped him, made him so mad he hit her. You are? He might've done it with the flat of his hand, but it gave her a concussion. He's a mighty powerful man. Hank Groats hit Anne. I'll go get him, Doc. Wait a minute, and I'll go with you, Mr. Dylan. I just want to lock the door out back here. All right. I saw Groats going into the Texas trail next door. No, good. I'm going back to Anne. She's a bad shit, Doc. Yeah, Doc. Mr. Dylan, can you give me a hand out here? Yeah, I'm coming, Justin. Because the door is warped, Mr. Dylan, you'll have to shove onto it so I can get it locked. Okay. Yeah, there it is. Hank, got it. You know, we're going to have to build a new door one of these days. That one sure ain't much. Hey, where'd Schumer go? No, I don't know. Mr. Dylan, my gun's gone. What? My sixth gun that was on the caught here just a minute ago. Are you sure? Of course I'm sure. Schumer must have taken it. Damn. What for? To go after Hank Groat with. Come on. You sure? Mr. Dylan? Well, it's a cinch doc that can take your gun. Oh, no, of course not. But the idea of Schumer is going after Hank Groat. He saw him go into the Texas trail here. So this is the last place I'd look for Schumer? Oh, maybe. There he is. Talking to Groat over there at the bar. That gun in your belt don't scare me, Schumer. You're a coward. Everybody knows it. Maybe I've been a coward long enough. Wait a minute, Chester. I'm not carrying a gun. That proves you're a coward, Schumer. I'll get rid of the gun. I'll slide it down the bar. There. Now will you fight? You will fool to do that. I'll kill you now. I'll kill you with my bare hands. Come on. I'm not afraid. All right, hold it. Now, you stay out of this, Marshall. It's my fight. Not anymore, Schumer. Groat's under arrest. He's my prisoner. What are you talking about? Are you coming, Groat? Yeah. I'm coming. Oh, my goodness, Mr. Dillon. You ruined your sixth gun using it that way. Here, take it, Chester. When Groat comes to bring him to jail, huh? We'll be up to Doc's. I think Schumer's ready to talk to Anne now. [MUSIC PLAYING] Do you wait here, Schumer? [KNOCKING ON DOOR] Uh, hello, man. Schumer? Where is Anne, Doc? She's in the back room there. I've got to see her. Wait a minute. What? You're too late. Too late. Anne died a couple of minutes ago. No, she asked about you. She was under seeding. I think she knew something was wrong. We didn't fool her. They should have come here first. Let it go and have to grow. Maybe. Might have helped. Didn't he prove anything, did I? What do you mean? I wanted Groat to kill me, Marshall. Don't you understand? That way, I never have to tell Anne the truth about me. It's her I couldn't face. [KNOCKING ON DOOR] Where you going, Schumer? Where do you think, Doc? You're going to get a drink. [KNOCKING ON DOOR] Well, man, we tried, Doc. It just wasn't there. And now our star, William Conrad. Thank you, George. Mild and plenty quick on the draw. That's L&M for you. And the pure white miracle tip on the business end of every L&M filters out everything but the taste of the world's finest tobaccas. All you have to do is pick up a carton of L&M's and you'll see what I mean. L&M stands out from all the rest. [MUSIC PLAYING] Gunsmoke, produced and directed by Norman McDonald, stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshall. Our story was specially written for Gunsmoke by John Meston, with music composed and conducted by Rex Corey. Sound Patterns by Tom Hanley and Ray Kemper. Featured in the cast were Eleanor Tannen, Harry Bartell, and Barney Phillips. Harley Bear is Chester, Howard McNair is Doc, and Georgia Ellis is kidding. Our thanks to TV Radio Mirror and to you who are listening audience for selecting Gunsmoke, the favorite mystery adventure program of the year. The results of this audience annual poll appears in the current issue of TV Radio Mirror. [MUSIC PLAYING] Stop! Start smoking with a smile with Chesterfield, smiling all the while with Chesterfield. Put a smile in your smoking, just give them a try. Light up a Chesterfield, they satisfy. Put a smile in your smoking by Chesterfield, so smooth, so satisfying, Chesterfield. [MUSIC PLAYING] This is Alan Edwards speaking, and I hope you'll be with us when L&M Filters brings you a new form of dramatic TV journalism. 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