Speaker 1: Around Dodge City and in the territory on West. There
is just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers.
And that's where the US Marshal and the smell of
guns Smoke Gun Will Spoke, starring William Conrad. The story
of the violence that moved west with young America and
the story of a man who moved with it.
Speaker 2: I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshall, the first
man they look for and the less they want to meet.
It's a chancy job and it makes a man worse.
Had a little lone.
Speaker 3: Mad now playing, which only ought to be somewhere to
lay the dust along the cris of here. Oh my
Bresco waters are down once a week, Chester, sure, and
they've met up your knees for two days and dust
all the rest of the time. And I guess that's
the price of civilization.
Speaker 4: What is dust? What civilization got to do with dust? Now?
Speaker 3: Dodgers growing, Chester, more people coming west.
Speaker 5: All the time.
Speaker 4: Yeah, maybe we are move on west ourself?
Speaker 2: Now't where to?
Speaker 3: Oh, I don't know, Colorado territory maybe gay You look
at that bus, well, that that sign there and extraordinary.
Speaker 6: Laughing gas show tonight.
Speaker 2: So you know mean, no, that's phenomenon Chester.
Speaker 3: Oh well, Stafford's laughing gas show amazing.
Speaker 4: By Hilaryo's admission.
Speaker 3: It looks like Dodger's getting some entertainment. You see, I
told you it was getting civilized. Why if I could
get me the loan a twenty five cents, I show
would be there tonight.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and he'd probably enjoy it.
Speaker 3: So well, there ain't nothing wrong with him show no
twenty five cents, I hain't a whole lot of money.
Speaker 2: Oh, you're right, and.
Speaker 3: I could pay back whoever loom it comes.
Speaker 4: I sure. The first seemed to pity to miss that show.
Speaker 2: All right, Chester, here here, here's your money twenty.
Speaker 4: Five hitting or nothing like that.
Speaker 3: Well, thank you for them, Thank you, well, hello Matt
Hitty and and I began to think you weren't coming.
Speaker 5: Uhh, sit down, Thank you Sam.
Speaker 6: They go another picture of beer with you.
Speaker 3: It's nice to know the laws on its appointed rounds,
even if it means friends that kept wasting.
Speaker 2: It's Doc mad because he had to buy the first
picture of beer.
Speaker 6: He told Sam to put it on your belt.
Speaker 3: You know I believe it, Ok, Thanks Sam, say Doc,
you know what we did seen down the street a circus. No,
the signs saying there's gonna be a laughing gas show
here at night.
Speaker 6: It's the same thing now, doc, there's nothing wrong with.
Speaker 4: A laughing gas show.
Speaker 3: A bunch of darn fools getting up and short off
in front of a bunch of darn fools.
Speaker 4: I ain't ever been the one.
Speaker 6: I met mister and Missus Stafford earlier to day. They're
the people to put.
Speaker 4: The show on though.
Speaker 6: Yeah, they seem real nice.
Speaker 4: There's no reason why they shouldn't be.
Speaker 6: Missus Stafford's a pretty little thing, see done?
Speaker 5: Oh pretty nice.
Speaker 2: I don't want to talk about what is it that
bothers you talk?
Speaker 4: Have you ever been to a laughing gas show?
Speaker 5: Now?
Speaker 4: Did you ever take gas yourself? Did you?
Speaker 5: Yes?
Speaker 3: In medical school? It's nitrous oxide, an anesthetic. It's also
an intoxicl miskiddy, you're going to be a joke.
Speaker 6: I don't think so, Chester, how about you?
Speaker 4: Miss don't?
Speaker 2: I guess I might as well.
Speaker 4: Chester, you'll make life miserable for it.
Speaker 5: Fight though good.
Speaker 3: I just can't hardly wait.
Speaker 4: I alive. You know, sounds like you're enjoying a Chester. Oh?
I never last mention born Dick.
Speaker 3: They had Lauren Teeters that there on the seat, and
he'd give him his guys, isn't if you know? Out
of that captain with all him bottled and burnings, he
got drunk of the lord warrantin. Yeah, he's lying, And
he danced, He laughed and cried all at one time.
He's kind of old to be carrying on like that,
isn't he?
Speaker 4: Oh, I am, this is glad. He ain't gonna be
shaving me tomorrow. Next volunteer is mister cloud Mark.
Speaker 5: Lad, don't be scared here, sir, is your.
Speaker 4: Dollar for volunteering? Now sit down right there, No, just
put this nozzle in your mouth, un breathing that said,
he reading in.
Speaker 5: Out in.
Speaker 4: Oh, that's right, it's all right, books.
Speaker 3: It won't hurt him.
Speaker 5: I hate so bad.
Speaker 4: When he's asleep. You'll come to in a minute, see
me if you don't.
Speaker 3: When they come out of that guy's and you's no
telling what to do.
Speaker 2: But if cloud Marsh comes out of his real self,
it might be quite a ruckus.
Speaker 4: It's a favorite, mister. Keep that bully under forever?
Speaker 5: Where is it? I'm gonna smash you for this. Take
it easy.
Speaker 4: Mister, it's only who wants a fight.
Speaker 7: Uh fight anybody in the poet for Cloud for I
know you don't like me, you don't like any of us,
but me and my brothers will fight you any time,
and we'll get you.
Speaker 3: We'll get you good.
Speaker 4: Maybe you better go. I ain't go, do I show you.
Speaker 5: You busted all a laugh and Gasic quickly.
Speaker 4: Made up a little.
Speaker 2: Let's get out of here.
Speaker 4: What a thing. There a buch of more frets in
the back room. So we'll continue in just a moment.
That dog gone Cloud Marsh starting a rookus like.
Speaker 2: That Old Stafford said you'll become here natural self, and
he sure did them.
Speaker 3: Marsh boys just wants to fight all the time, don't they.
There could be trouble from less Chester. Why my gracious,
he's the one that started everything.
Speaker 2: But a man like Cloud Marsh can't take being laughed at.
He'll make trouble. Sure, Hell on one A doc and
some coffee on the stove help you.
Speaker 4: So, m.
Speaker 3: And I was the show last night, and I got
there late, so I didn't see at all the chesters
that I was fine.
Speaker 4: I supposed Chester got up on the stage. He made
a fool of himself.
Speaker 2: Well, they probably would have, but he didn't get the chance.
Claude Marsh took some of the gas and wanted to
fight everybody in the place, and he started crying and
busted up all the equipment.
Speaker 3: So you good think those ordinary brothers of his who
were down the Long Branch instead of at the show,
they'd have busted up the whole store. Yeah, you know, Matt,
Nitrous oxides a dangerous thing to mess with.
Speaker 4: Too much can be fatal.
Speaker 3: I remember this boy at medical school who took this.
Speaker 4: To hay Dog.
Speaker 3: I'd been looking all over for you. What's the matter is,
mister Stafford. He'd been hurt bad huh Who? Miss Dafford
didn't say, just that he got meat up and you
need duc mount the store right quick. Take me a
minute to run up and get my bag, and I'll
be chouting in front.
Speaker 2: All right, h Ord of having Chester When.
Speaker 3: Oh, I don't know, but it couldn't have been too
long ago it. Miss Staffords hid her husband's out back
of the store with a wagon and she heard a
rucas and run out and she's seen all three of
'em running off, all three who yeah, Cloud Marsh and
them two brothers of his.
Speaker 4: He just ought to be tired and Patty and mister
dan All I'm good.
Speaker 3: Yeah, what in the world was there after beating mister
Stafford near to dead?
Speaker 2: I told you last night that some men can't stand
being laugh of ad Come on, let's goal, U chese,
you better.
Speaker 4: Come along to him.
Speaker 3: There's nothing to do now but let him rest, Missus Stafford.
Speaker 4: How long is he gonna be like that? Doc unconscious?
Speaker 3: I mean, he's in a bad concussion. Sometimes it takes
so many an hour or so sometimes days, just have
to wait and see.
Speaker 4: But isn't there's something I can do for him?
Speaker 3: Just let him wrests? Stafford?
Speaker 2: Are you ready to swear out to complain against the
marsh brothers?
Speaker 4: Earl and me don't want no trouble.
Speaker 2: Marshall, but they almost killed your husband.
Speaker 6: We signed a complaint now, and the Marshals had really
come after us.
Speaker 2: Earl wasn't always a mind to run from trouble. What
I know who Earl really is, Missus Stafford, I've known
ever since you first came to time.
Speaker 3: But how he's Ernie Stubblefield.
Speaker 2: Isn't it.
Speaker 4: H that that's all behind us? Marshall?
Speaker 6: He's forgot about being Ernie Stubblefield.
Speaker 3: Mat what's this all about?
Speaker 2: Earl Stafford's real name is Stubblefield. I he had quite
a reputation up on the Red River for killings, and
he did some time for the last.
Speaker 4: One, Marshall.
Speaker 6: After Earl got out of prison, he come to me
in Missouri.
Speaker 4: He was sick with hisself, sick with all the fighting
and killing. He pleaded with me to marry him so
we could start over.
Speaker 6: And when I found out he really meant it, and
we got married as.
Speaker 3: Mister and missus Stafford. Us long as he was Ernie's
stubble Field, it'd be no peace.
Speaker 4: Huh.
Speaker 2: Does he still have his gun?
Speaker 4: M keeps it in the trunk, but he's changed.
Speaker 6: He'd never use it, not no more.
Speaker 4: I see, no, you don't.
Speaker 6: If he ever used that gun to kill another man,
even in self defense, the whole terrible business would start.
Speaker 5: All over again.
Speaker 6: So he ain't gonna use it never.
Speaker 4: Sure, Well, I uh take it.
Speaker 2: You're not gonna sign a complaint.
Speaker 4: Then, then I sure I ain't gonna sign nothing.
Speaker 2: Alright, ma'am. And I'm still gonna throw a cloud marsh
in jail until you leave, Tom, But.
Speaker 3: I tell you I was right there in quart of
waterme County, and I sumber look andrew them marsh boys,
they don't like that kind of talk.
Speaker 6: John Drawn come down to Creak and murdered all fire settlers.
Speaker 4: Now you ask what over there?
Speaker 5: He ought to know?
Speaker 6: That's what he was named for part of Wadamee County.
Speaker 3: Hey, come to think of it, old man marsh named
the other two parts in the counties.
Speaker 4: They was born into.
Speaker 6: You know, old sagean crown you talk to for you're
gonna get in glubble and sitting and listening to you,
old man.
Speaker 4: You sure feel your liquor, don't you.
Speaker 5: Well.
Speaker 4: I didn't mean nothing against you and your brother's Cloud.
Speaker 5: No, you didn't mean nothing. But you do like to drink,
don't well?
Speaker 3: Hell, just to one or two to get started in
the morning.
Speaker 4: I don't figure one or two's.
Speaker 5: Enough for old man. So I'll just give you this
whole bottle hold of water.
Speaker 4: Born enough down his gullet that he.
Speaker 3: We ain't doing nothing, Marshall, just giving Old Andrew his
morning bottle.
Speaker 2: But Garding, Okay, you're coming with me? Cloud where chill
or what for? Disturbing the pace breaking up the show
last night? How do you want to walk? You want
to be carried?
Speaker 3: Okay, I'll go with you, Marshall, but I'll tell you something.
You ain't going to keep me in jail long.
Speaker 4: Clad. Marsh was right.
Speaker 3: He didn't stay in jail.
Speaker 2: One Within an hour, wating O Sage walked into the
office with a writ from Judge Bent. They evade his
bail and I had to turn him loose.
Speaker 4: So there's nothing I could do.
Speaker 2: I had hope to hold him in jail till the
Staffords got out of town, but since I couldn't, I
told Chester to keep an eye on him. Well, nothing
happened all that day, and that evening I was sitting
over coffee with Talk and Kitty and Delmonico.
Speaker 3: Well, nothing like a good dinner to cheer Yet, even
if it is a little greasy.
Speaker 2: You always see the bright side, don't you talk?
Speaker 6: Of course, how's missus Stafford tonight?
Speaker 4: Doc? I guess he's coming along already.
Speaker 5: He opened his eyes for a couple.
Speaker 3: Of minutes late this afternoon, let me dropped off again.
His wife hopes they can leave town to mon.
Speaker 2: Yeah, what is it, Chester, I've.
Speaker 5: Been looking over for you.
Speaker 3: I thought maybe you'd be over with the long branch, which.
Speaker 6: Was, well, you don't mind if Matt buys me at
dinner now and then do you?
Speaker 3: Oh my goodness now, but I sure he'd waste a
lot of time trying to find him. And they already
left the Texas Trail ten fifteen minutes ago, last them, marsh.
Speaker 5: Boys, all three of them. Were they drunk home?
Speaker 3: Yes, me, he was talking about giving somebody some of
that gas, a dose of his own medicine, his said stuff,
and Matt that could kill him in his condition. Mats,
come on, doctors Chester, let's go. Yes today, put on
a show for you, and you're gonna put on.
Speaker 6: A show for us.
Speaker 5: He's staff.
Speaker 4: Please.
Speaker 5: You may sing, you may dance, you may.
Speaker 4: Make the fool of you.
Speaker 3: Ain't calling him laying out conscious in the back room
like he ain't about to help you do this, please,
mighty thoughtful, leave all and swipping out here on the table,
Miss steffid now can't sit down, shit you take this.
Speaker 5: Mouth, no, that's it.
Speaker 4: Breathe in, breathe out well.
Speaker 5: Not doomass like that. You need a little more gash.
Speaker 4: To put on a good shoe.
Speaker 5: Take me gone, why you just ain't nowhere near happy yet,
missus Steffie, give me another all run around the park
looking there?
Speaker 6: Oh, Man Stafford got up out of bed.
Speaker 4: You filthy piece.
Speaker 5: Now that ain't no way to talk. Can I go?
Speaker 4: Hold my wife?
Speaker 5: God, he's got a gun. Don't you don't worry?
Speaker 4: He ain't going to don't shoot.
Speaker 5: He ain't got the strength stand away from her? Not likely.
Don't you forget? I got a gun in her back.
Speaker 3: All right, hold it, all of you, I'll handle this, Stabford.
You stay out of my mortal Put up your guns.
Speaker 5: Bothered you.
Speaker 4: Here's three of us.
Speaker 5: Marshall.
Speaker 2: I'll be a full cloud and i'll turn her loose.
Speaker 5: All right, I'll turn a loose.
Speaker 3: He's dead, Man, Cloud's dead.
Speaker 4: How do you kill it?
Speaker 2: Oh?
Speaker 3: He didn't that, Stafford?
Speaker 2: It was my bullet for gunning?
Speaker 3: Is that true? You shut him?
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's true. Your amo was off, Stafford, afraid of
hitting your wife.
Speaker 3: I guess.
Speaker 2: Alright, you too, Watch those stage. You'll find joe horses
and you get out of town and you keep on riding.
Speaker 3: Yeah, missus Stafford, you'd better get arrow back to bed. Yees,
my mister Dines, did you see the look on Miss
Stafford's face and she found out Earl, miss Cloud that
he didn't kill him. I'd admire to have a picture
of that. Yeah, that was a nice thing you did, Matt.
Speaker 4: What thing?
Speaker 5: What he meaned?
Speaker 4: Uh?
Speaker 3: Chester, Matt's bullet hit Cloud marsh in my hand. The
shot that killed him came from the other direction. You
were aiming for his gun hands, Matt, and you knew it.
Speaker 4: It was Earl Stafford that.
Speaker 3: Killed Cloud marsh Wall be dog.
Speaker 4: Uh.
Speaker 3: Let's see some mighty nice thing you did for both
of them.
Speaker 1: Guns. Produced and directed by Norman MacDonald, stars William Conrad
as matth Dyllan Us Marshall.
Speaker 5: Featured in the cast were
Speaker 1: Parley Bear as Chester, Howard mcneher as Doc, and Georgia
Ellis as Kitty,