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Gunsmoke - "Luke's Law" (Old Time Radio, 1960) · Gunsmoke | Old Time Radio

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Speaker 1: Luke Burris is found badly beaten beside a creek near
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Speaker 1: Dodge City, yet he refuses both to complain and to
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Speaker 1: accept Marshal Matt Dillon's help. That is the situation confronting
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Speaker 1: Dillon in Gunsmoke, Luke's Law, episode 405, first heard over
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Speaker 1: CBS on January 10th, 1960. William Conrad stars as Matt Dillon,
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Speaker 1: with Parley Bear as Chester Proudfoot, Georgia Ellis as Kitty Russell,
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Speaker 1: and Howard McNear as Doc Adams. Marion Clark wrote the script,
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Speaker 1: and Norman MacDonald directed and produced. The regular cast is
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Speaker 1: joined by Lawrence Dobkin, Ralph Moody, and Richard Crenna. As
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Speaker 1: Jess Burris suspects Smed Moley, Dylan must keep the matter
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Speaker 1: within the law. Ladies and gentlemen, Gunsmoke. And now, our
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Speaker 1: story begins.
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Speaker 2: Around Dodge City and in the territory on west, there's
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Speaker 2: just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers,
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Speaker 2: and that's with a U.S. Marshal and the smell of
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Speaker 2: gun smoke.
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Speaker 2: Gunsmoke, starring William Conrad, the story of the violence that
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Speaker 2: moved west with young America, and the story of a
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Speaker 2: man who moved with it.
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Speaker 4: I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshal, the first
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Speaker 4: man they look for and the last they want to meet.
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Speaker 4: It's a chancy job, and it makes a man watchful
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Speaker 4: and a little lonely.
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Speaker 5: Paul, I got the mail, Paul.
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Speaker 6: We got a letter from Brother Ben.
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Speaker 7: I brought it to read for you, Paul.
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Speaker 5: Pa? Where are you? Pa?
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Speaker 3: Where you at?
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Speaker 5: Pa?
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Speaker 8: Pa?
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Speaker 9: Paul, where are you?
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Speaker 4: Down here.
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Speaker 9: What are you doing here, Paul?
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Speaker 4: Paul, are you sick?
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Speaker 9: Fetch me to the house.
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Speaker 4: You've been beat.
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Speaker 9: Who done it, Paul?
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Speaker 2: The house.
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Speaker 9: Fetch me there, boy. Sure.
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Speaker 5: Sure, Paul.
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Speaker 9: I'll do that right now.
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Speaker 5: Can you make it on your feet? You'd rather I
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Speaker 5: carry you, Paul? Oh, I.
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Speaker 5: I can walk.
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Speaker 3: Tell me, Paul.
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Speaker 5: Who done this to you?
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Speaker 9: Just hit me in the bed, boy.
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Speaker 4: You know who done it?
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Speaker 5: You seen him before? Yeah.
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Speaker 9: I know him.
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Speaker 7: Tell me his name, Pa.
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Speaker 2: No.
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Speaker 9: Ain't no use. You know him.
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Speaker 5: Sure there is. Sure I'll go after him. No.
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Speaker 9: Oh, you ain't going no place.
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Speaker 4: Well, then there's the law, Pa.
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Speaker 7: It ain't right for him to go all free.
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Speaker 5: Oh, leave it be, boy.
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Speaker 9: I ain't never had no need for the law.
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Speaker 2: But, Paul.
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Speaker 9: I said leave it be. You go ahead. Open the
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Speaker 9: door for me. I'll walk in by myself.
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Speaker 6: Well, hello there, son. What can I do for you?
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Speaker 5: I can come see the marshals.
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Speaker 6: You've come to the right place.
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Speaker 4: I don't see him here.
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Speaker 6: Of course you don't see him.
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Speaker 4: Because he ain't here.
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Speaker 5: Is he coming back?
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Speaker 6: I'm sure he's coming back.
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Speaker 4: Well, I'll wait for him.
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Speaker 6: All right, son. Have a seat.
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Speaker 4: Thanks.
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Speaker 6: Might be that I could help you. Me being the
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Speaker 6: marshal's assistant, you might say.
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Speaker 4: Oh, wait.
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Speaker 5: Oh, sure.
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Speaker 6: I just thought I might maybe could save us some
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Speaker 6: time before.
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Speaker 5: He got here. I said I wanted to see the marshal.
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Speaker 6: All right, son.
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Speaker 8: All right.
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Speaker 6: Ain't no call to be so huffy about it, huh?
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Speaker 9: Oh, Mr.
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Speaker 6: Dillon, I'm glad you come.
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Speaker 4: You got trouble, Chester?
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Speaker 6: It ain't exactly trouble, but this young fella is mighty
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Speaker 6: all fired serious about seeing you. I couldn't do nothing
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Speaker 6: for him at all.
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Speaker 4: Is that so?
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Speaker 5: Yeah.
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Speaker 4: You want to see me, son?
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Speaker 5: Yeah, marshal.
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Speaker 9: Yeah, I sure do.
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Speaker 4: What's your name? Jess Burris.
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Speaker 8: Burris?
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Speaker 4: Are you Luke's son?
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Speaker 5: Yes, sir, I am.
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Speaker 4: What can I do for you?
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Speaker 7: I want you to arrest the man that beat my pa.
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Speaker 7: You can do that, can't you, Marshal Dillon?
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Speaker 4: You better tell me more about it.
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Speaker 7: Well, I found him yesterday laying down by the creek
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Speaker 7: all beat and bloody. I'd have come sooner, but he
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Speaker 7: needed attendance.
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Speaker 4: Did he tell you who did it?
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Speaker 5: No, sir.
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Speaker 4: No, he wouldn't.
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Speaker 5: But I know right enough.
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Speaker 7: It was Smed Moley.
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Speaker 4: What if your Pa wouldn't tell you? How do you know?
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Speaker 4: I've been asking questions.
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Speaker 7: See, Pa had some bad dealings with Smed, Marshal. He
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Speaker 7: seen him here in Dodge yesterday morning and called him
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Speaker 7: down good. He called him a cheat and a liar
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Speaker 7: and a horse thief. I hope Pa can give it
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Speaker 7: to you good when he's of a mind.
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Speaker 6: That's right, Mr.
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Speaker 2: Dillon.
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Speaker 6: It happened right out there on Front Street while you
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Speaker 6: was over in Hayes City.
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Speaker 4: Mr.
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Speaker 6: Burris really give it to him good, all right.
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Speaker 7: Yeah, and Smed got himself liquored up and come out
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Speaker 7: to our place and beat up Paul. He might have died, Marshal.
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Speaker 9: Yeah.
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Speaker 4: Well, I'm sorry to hear it, Jess. Your father's a
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Speaker 4: good man.
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Speaker 7: You can arrest Smed, can't you, Marshal Dillon?
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Speaker 4: Well, yes, I can arrest him if your Paul swear
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Speaker 4: that he's the man.
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Speaker 5: Oh, he ain't gonna do that, Marshal.
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Speaker 4: Well, why not? Is he afraid?
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Speaker 5: Paul ain't afraid of nothing.
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Speaker 7: That's most of the trouble.
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Speaker 5: How's that?
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Speaker 7: Well, he ain't never needed to call on nobody for help.
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Speaker 7: He don't figure to start now.
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Speaker 5: He's root stubborn.
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Speaker 4: There's not much I can do to change that.
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Speaker 5: Maybe not, Marshal. But maybe you could stop a killing.
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Speaker 4: You figure that this isn't the last of the time, huh?
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Speaker 8: No.
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Speaker 5: No, it sure ain't the last of it.
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Speaker 7: Unless you lock Smedmoly up for a while.
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Speaker 4: All right, Jeff, huh?
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Speaker 3: I'll go talk to your pa.
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Speaker 6: Luke?
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Speaker 4: Luke Burris?
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Speaker 5: Who's there?
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Speaker 4: Matt Dillon. I'd like to talk to you.
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Speaker 6: Come on in, Marshal.
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Speaker 9: I'm back here.
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Speaker 4: Well, sorry to see you laid up, Luke.
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Speaker 9: It'll mend. What are you doing out this way?
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Speaker 4: Well, I heard you were off your feed.
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Speaker 9: You didn't come to pay no sick call, Marshal.
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Speaker 4: No, I guess I didn't, Luke. I was hoping you'd
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Speaker 4: help me out.
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Speaker 9: How would that be?
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Speaker 4: I need you as a witness, Luke, as soon as
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Speaker 4: you're able to travel.
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Speaker 5: Witness? For what?
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Speaker 4: Witness against Med Mully.
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Speaker 9: I told the boy to leave it be.
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Speaker 4: Just as trying to protect you, Luke, and see that
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Speaker 4: there's no more trouble.
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Speaker 9: I don't need no help. I ain't never needed no help.
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Speaker 4: Looks like you might have used some yesterday.
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Speaker 9: He jumped me when I wasn't ready for him. But
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Speaker 9: I can handle him only, Marshal, if you worry about that.
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Speaker 4: You let me lock him up and you won't have to.
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Speaker 4: The law has a.
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Speaker 5: The law.
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Speaker 9: I ain't come out here before the law, Marshal.
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Speaker 4: Maybe, but times have changed.
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Speaker 9: Not for me, they ain't. When I come out here,
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Speaker 9: a man had to do his own settling with the land,
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Speaker 9: the Indians, With whatever stood in the way of his
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Speaker 9: carving out a place. Folks learn to live and die
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Speaker 9: without the law.
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Speaker 4: Some of them died when they didn't have to.
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Speaker 9: How a man dies is his own business.
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Speaker 4: If he's the only one dying.
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Speaker 9: Marshal, you got something to rest me for? You going
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Speaker 9: to take me in?
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Speaker 4: You know better than I, Luke.
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Speaker 9: Well, then, Marshal, I sure think he'll leave me alone
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Speaker 9: and get along.
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Speaker 4: Locking Mully up might save you a lot of trouble, Luke.
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Speaker 9: I'll handle my own trouble.
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Speaker 5: All right.
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Speaker 4: All right, you handle it. But there may come a
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Speaker 4: time when I'll have.
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Speaker 5: To move in.
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Speaker 9: I ain't never needed the law yet.
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Speaker 4: You better hope you won't be needing it from now on.
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Speaker 9: Hello, Matt.
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Speaker 5: Hello, Kitty.
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Speaker 1: Sit down.
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Speaker 4: Thanks. Well, the law business must be pretty good.
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Speaker 7: Oh?
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Speaker 4: How's that?
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Speaker 8: You're usually in here earlier than this.
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Speaker 5: Yeah.
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Speaker 4: No, it's not that business is good, I can tell
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Speaker 4: you that. Matter of fact, Kitty, I'm having a hard
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Speaker 4: time selling the law.
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Speaker 7: What do you mean?
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Speaker 4: Old man Burris... He got beat half to death yesterday.
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Speaker 4: And he won't let me haul in the fellow that
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Speaker 4: did it.
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Speaker 5: Matt Moley?
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Speaker 4: Yes, Matt Moley. How did you know?
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Speaker 8: Everybody knows. He's been here at the bar all day
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Speaker 8: bragging about it.
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Speaker 9: How the old.
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Speaker 8: Man got uppity with him and how.
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Speaker 9: He fixed it.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's still here.
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Speaker 5: Down at the far end there.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I see him. I guess I better have a
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Speaker 4: talk with him.
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Speaker 3: All right, now.
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Speaker 4: He ain't gonna do none of that talk.
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Speaker 5: I'll show it in, all right?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll show it in.
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Speaker 8: Ain't nobody gonna talk about a horse whipping Smet and Mowley.
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Speaker 4: Mowley.
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Speaker 5: Well, now, the Marshal.
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Speaker 4: Yeah. I want to talk to you.
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Speaker 5: All right, you go right ahead, Marshal. You go right ahead.
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Speaker 4: Ain't nothing you can do to me. Don't count on it.
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Speaker 8: I know ain't nothing you can do, Marshal.
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Speaker 5: I seen the boy. What boy? Luke's boy, Marshal.
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Speaker 4: Big fella like him nearly to cry. You take to
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Speaker 4: beating him, too, like you did the old man? Oh,
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Speaker 4: sure not, Marshal.
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Speaker 5: Sure not.
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Speaker 4: He feels bad enough.
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Speaker 5: Now, you know why.
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Speaker 4: He feels so bad, Marshal. I suppose you tell me.
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Speaker 8: He feels so bad because he come running to you
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Speaker 8: for help and he can't get none. Because his old
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Speaker 8: man won't take no help from the law.
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Speaker 4: Well, that's lucky for you.
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Speaker 8: We got a big marshal out here and he can't
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Speaker 8: do nothing.
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Speaker 4: Well, you know that's true, Marshal.
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Speaker 5: You can't arrest me if the old man don't say so.
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Speaker 4: And he ain't gonna be saying so. Well, that's the
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Speaker 4: old man's business. Yeah, yeah, I know. And I'll tell
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Speaker 4: you something. If you ever go out there again, he
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Speaker 4: means to take care of it. Well, I ain't worried.
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Speaker 4: You should be. Because if the old man doesn't handle you,
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Speaker 4: I will.
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Speaker 5: Well, Marshal, you can.
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Speaker 4: Yes, Molly, I can. But if you're smart, you won't
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Speaker 4: make me prove it.
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Speaker 6: Hey, boy.
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Speaker 3: You there.
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Speaker 7: You ain't got no business coming out here no more?
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Speaker 5: Well, it seems to me I got business here. Unfinished business.
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Speaker 6: What do you want?
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Speaker 5: I want to see your old man. You've seen him enough.
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Speaker 5: That's the way I figured it, too.
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Speaker 4: I figured I'd seen him enough. But I've been hearing different.
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Speaker 4: What do you mean?
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Speaker 8: Been hearing from folks around town your pa been talking
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Speaker 8: unkindly about me.
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Speaker 4: Downright unkindly.
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Speaker 7: How'd you expect him to talk?
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Speaker 8: I figured I closed his mouth some other.
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Speaker 5: Day, boy.
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Speaker 7: Pa ain't afraid of you?
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Speaker 4: No, no, I guess he ain't yet.
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Speaker 5: I guess I got to show him some more.
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Speaker 6: You ain't going after him again.
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Speaker 5: Boy, now, you ain't figuring this through. Well, you got
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Speaker 5: a gun, ain't you, boss? And I can use it.
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Speaker 4: All right, boy.
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Speaker 5: Seeing you got the drop.
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Speaker 8: On me, I'll just ride off.
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Speaker 5: You should not threaten me, boy.
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Speaker 9: You coward.
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Speaker 5: You dirty coward.
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Speaker 9: Guess.
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Speaker 5: Guess.
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Speaker 9: Guess what's happened. Moley.
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Speaker 5: He shot me.
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Speaker 9: Oh, the murdering heathen. shot my boy and rode away.
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Speaker 9: Next time I see him, I'll kill.
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Speaker 5: Him, sure.
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Speaker 9: Jess, Jess, are you hurt, bad boy? There ain't nothing, Jess,
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Speaker 9: nothing at all. I'll get you to the dark and
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Speaker 9: he'll fix you up in no time.
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Speaker 5: Don't you fret, nun.
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Speaker 9: I'll go and fetch the wagon.
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Speaker 5: The End.
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Speaker 6: It's pretty nice, isn't it, Mr. Dillon, just sitting out here,
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Speaker 6: watching the world go by?
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Speaker 5: Uh-huh.
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Speaker 6: Of course, there ain't much of the world going by,
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Speaker 6: I gotta admit that. I ain't saw more than three
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Speaker 6: or four wagons and a buggy or two since I've
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Speaker 6: been sitting here.
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Speaker 4: That's funny, Chester. It seems to me you've been sitting
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Speaker 4: here most of the morning. I've had to step over
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Speaker 4: you every time I went in or out of the office.
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Speaker 6: Oh, well, I may have dozed off once or twice.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, you may have.
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Speaker 9: But you said yourself.
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Speaker 6: It's been a slow morning, Mr.
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Speaker 7: Jones.
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Speaker 6: I figured I might as well rest up so as
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Speaker 6: to be ready in case something happens.
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Speaker 4: It looks like it might be going to happen right now.
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Speaker 6: What do you mean?
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Speaker 4: That's old Luke Burris driving that wagon.
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Speaker 5: Isn't.
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Speaker 2: It?
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Speaker 6: I guess it is. He must be feeling better.
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Speaker 4: He may be, but there's somebody in the wagon bed
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Speaker 4: who isn't feeling so good.
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Speaker 6: All righty, Claire.
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Speaker 9: You're right, Mr.
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Speaker 5: Jones.
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Speaker 6: There is somebody stretched out in there.
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Speaker 9: Luke.
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Speaker 4: Luke Burris.
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Speaker 6: He ain't even looking at you, Mr.
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Speaker 4: Dubois.
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Speaker 6: Well, that's his boy. He's got there.
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Speaker 5: Yeah.
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Speaker 4: Come on.
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Speaker 5: Let's give him a hand.
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Speaker 9: Come on.
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Speaker 4: How is he, Doc? He's not good, Matt. Is he
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Speaker 4: going to make it?
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Speaker 5: He hasn't got a chance.
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Speaker 4: The bullet was fired at point-blank range. It's a shame.
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Speaker 9: Yeah.
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Speaker 4: Can I go in? You can't do him any harm now.
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Speaker 4: He's only got a few minutes.
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Speaker 9: Come on.
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Speaker 5: Come on.
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Speaker 4: I'm sorry about this, Luke.
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Speaker 9: Oh, leave us be, Marshal.
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Speaker 4: This time I can't. Can I speak to the boy, Doc?
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Speaker 4: Be easy, man. Yeah, sure. Jess? Jess? It's Marshal Dillon.
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Speaker 5: Marshal?
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Speaker 4: Can you tell me who did it?
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Speaker 9: You don't have to talk to him, Jess.
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Speaker 4: I can get him if you tell me, Jess. I
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Speaker 4: can lock him up this time.
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Speaker 9: Lock him up?
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Speaker 4: You tell me his name.
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Speaker 9: He ain't got no right to pester you, Jess. You
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Speaker 9: don't have to tell him nothing.
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Speaker 4: I want.
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Speaker 5: To tell him, Paul.
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Speaker 9: Marshall.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, Jess.
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Speaker 5: It was Moley.
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Speaker 4: Smith.
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Speaker 5: Moley again.
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Speaker 9: You....
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Speaker 4: You get him, don't you?
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Speaker 6: Yeah.
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Speaker 4: I'll get him.
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Speaker 6: No.
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Speaker 9: Jess.
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Speaker 4: He's gone, Matt.
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Speaker 9: I'm sorry, Luke. I did the best I could. I've
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Speaker 9: seen you try to save him, Doc. I thank you.
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Speaker 5: Luke.
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Speaker 9: I still ain't got nothing to say to you, Marshal.
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Speaker 9: I could have asked that you'd let him die in peace.
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Speaker 4: I'm sorry you feel that way, Luke. But I had
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Speaker 4: to step in. This is murder. I gotta get into
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Speaker 4: this now, whether you want me to or not.
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Speaker 9: I can't stop you, Marshal.
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Speaker 1: No.
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Speaker 4: No, you can't stop me.
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Speaker 9: But I'll tell you something.
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Speaker 4: What's that?
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Speaker 9: Nothing's changed. I can't stop you from coming into this thing.
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Speaker 9: But we don't need you, Marshal.
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Speaker 6: Jess and me.
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Speaker 9: We don't need you anymore than we ever did. We
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Speaker 9: can take care of our own.
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Speaker 6: I've been kindly hankering to go back to Texas for
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Speaker 6: some time now, but this sure ain't the way I'd
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Speaker 6: like to make the trip. Trailing a man for a
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Speaker 6: day and a night can sure wear a fella down.
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Speaker 6: Ain't that right, Mr.
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Speaker 5: Jones?
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 6: Wouldn't be so bad if a body didn't have to
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Speaker 6: keep his eyes so open every minute.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I know that's particularly hard on you, Chester.
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Speaker 6: Well, you've got to keep looking out for so many
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Speaker 6: things that you don't get to enjoy the scenery none
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Speaker 6: so hardly.
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Speaker 4: You're not missing much in this part of town.
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Speaker 6: No, I don't know, Mr.
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Speaker 5: Dillon.
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Speaker 6: I kind of like it out here. It's nice and flat.
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Speaker 4: And hot and dry.
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Speaker 5: Well, sure, but you can just see forever. You've got
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Speaker 5: to admit.
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Speaker 6: That, Mr.
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Speaker 9: Dillon.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, Chester, you're right. I've got to admit that. There's
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Speaker 4: nothing in the way. There, you see?
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Speaker 6: That's what I mean.
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Speaker 5: Mm-hmm.
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Speaker 6: How long do you reckon it'll take us to catch
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Speaker 6: that Smet Moly, Mr.
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Speaker 9: Jones?
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Speaker 4: I don't know, Chester. We may not catch him at all.
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Speaker 6: Oh, my gracious me, we'll catch him, all right. You
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Speaker 6: said yourself the trail was nice and clear as can be.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's too clear.
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Speaker 6: What do you mean by that?
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Speaker 4: We're not the only ones following us.
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Speaker 6: You mean there's somebody else that's trailing him?
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Speaker 4: Yeah, he's got about a half a day's start.
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Speaker 6: You think it's that old Luke Burris?
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm afraid it is.
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Speaker 6: Well, he just ain't got good sense to keep on
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Speaker 6: with a thing like this, does he?
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Speaker 4: Well, he thinks he's right, Chester. It's awful hard to
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Speaker 4: talk sense to a person who thinks he's right.
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Speaker 6: I suppose you're right at that. What's going on, Mr.
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Speaker 9: Jones?
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Speaker 6: Seems like it's a shack stuck way out here.
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Speaker 4: Yeah. Now let's head for it. Okay. Keep your eyes open.
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Speaker 6: Yes, sir, I am.
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Speaker 4: All right, we'll leave the horses here. Bring your rifle.
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Speaker 6: I got it.
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Speaker 9: Don't worry, Marshal. You won't need your guns.
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Speaker 5: That's old Luke. Yeah.
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Speaker 9: I've been ahead of you all the way.
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Speaker 5: Yeah.
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Speaker 4: I know. I saw your trail.
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Speaker 9: No sense, both of us, making this trip.
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Speaker 4: I told you, Luke, when it's murder, it's my business.
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Speaker 9: Well, there ain't no need.
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Speaker 4: We'll see.
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Speaker 9: I already see.
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Speaker 4: What do you mean?
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Speaker 9: Come inside, Marshal. Come on, inside.
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Speaker 4: Come on, Chester. Come on.
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Speaker 5: Why, Mr.
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Speaker 6: Dillon.
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Speaker 5: Yeah.
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Speaker 4: Stand back, Burris.
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Speaker 9: Here, Marshal. I'm all done.
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Speaker 6: Mad moly.
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Speaker 5: He's hung him right here inside.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 9: I told you, Marshal, I got no need for the law.
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Speaker 6: He's been dead quite a spell.
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Speaker 9: Yeah, since sunup.
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Speaker 4: All right, Chester. You better start digging. We'll have to
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Speaker 4: bury him.
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Speaker 9: You should listen to me, Marshal. I meant it when
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Speaker 9: I said we took care of our own, that we
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Speaker 9: had no need for the law to do it.
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Speaker 4: Yeah. Now the law has to take care of you.
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Speaker 9: That don't matter now. My boy's dead, and I took
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Speaker 9: care of the man that killed him. I took care
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Speaker 9: of it, Marshal, like we're always done, without no law.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, you did that all right. And your boy wouldn't
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Speaker 4: have had to die at all if you'd let me
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Speaker 4: move in in the first place. All right, come on, Luke.
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Speaker 4: You can help Chester dig the grave. Like you helped
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Speaker 4: dig the grave for Jess.
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Speaker 3: Gunsmoke.
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Speaker 2: Produced and directed in Hollywood by Norman McDonald, stars William
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Speaker 2: Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S.
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Speaker 5: Marshal.
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Speaker 2: The story was specially written for Gunsmoke by Marion Clark,
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Speaker 2: with editorial supervision by John Meston. Featured in the cast
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Speaker 2: were Ralph Moody, Dick Crenna, and Lawrence Dobkin. Harley Bear
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Speaker 2: as Chester, Howard McNair as Doc, and Georgia Hawkins as Kitty.
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Speaker 1: For now, we leave Dodge City and Gunsmoke Luke's Law.
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