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Gunsmoke — Target - Chester [episode 344], Broadcast 11/9/1958 (Western Radio Drama) · Gunsmoke | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: Around Dodge City and in the territory on West. There
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: is just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers.
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: And that's where the US Marshal and The Smell of
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  Speaker 1: Guns Smoke Gunport, starring William Conrad, The story of the
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  Speaker 1: violence that moved west with young America and the story
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  Speaker 1: of a man.
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  Speaker 2: Who moved with it. I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United
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  Speaker 2: States Marshall, the first man they look for and the
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  Speaker 2: last they want to meet. It's a chancy job, and
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  Speaker 2: it makes a man watchful and a little lonely. Ah,
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  Speaker 2: take good care of them, William Moss. I have had
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  Speaker 2: a hard ride. Oh I sure, well, Marshall, all right
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  Speaker 2: down real good? Yeah, thanks, marm which don't ensure it
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  Speaker 2: is ashamed to have ride them.
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  Speaker 1: Horses are hard in this kind of weather, in any
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  Speaker 1: kind of weather.
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  Speaker 3: Church answer, that's so the stagecoach sure did belong, isn't it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Now, the next time I asked us to ride guard.
• 1:53
  Speaker 2: Now they're gonna have to supply their own horses. Well,
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  Speaker 2: let you do that, all right, look at them.
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  Speaker 3: If you don't them fellas are picking on that poor
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  Speaker 3: old man.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, come on, jump fire, please, you don't shoot jump.
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  Speaker 1: Hire said he's done it, gave you a high and
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  Speaker 1: just just let me go along.
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  Speaker 2: Please hold higher.
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  Speaker 4: You got it like a glass army.
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  Speaker 2: To shoot again?
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  Speaker 1: Hold on, hold wear that gun. It's Marshall James. It
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  Speaker 1: ain't none of his affair. Come on, old man, when
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  Speaker 1: I shoot you jump.
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  Speaker 2: Put that guns down or I'll take it. But you
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  Speaker 2: try it, Marshall. I warn you.
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  Speaker 4: You made it go off, grabbing it like that.
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  Speaker 2: You don't look first.
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  Speaker 1: The bird's been hit. You made me shoot my own brother.
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  Speaker 1: Guns aren't meant games, they say to Wimchester.
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  Speaker 4: Certainly am beholding to you.
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  Speaker 2: Marshall life Should you hurt?
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  Speaker 1: No? You better go on that you better find a
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  Speaker 1: place to sleep it all you sure?
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  Speaker 2: Marshall?
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  Speaker 1: Life of a whore?
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  Speaker 2: How was Heychester?
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  Speaker 4: Oh?
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  Speaker 2: I don't think he's hurt? Bad missus. Bullet just winged
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  Speaker 2: him some. It's bad, Marshall. Nobody shoots my brother for free.
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  Speaker 2: What's your name?
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  Speaker 1: Jabe Leech?
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  Speaker 2: That SHOT's gonna cost you, Marshall. You're shoting yourself. There
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  Speaker 2: was an accident. The gun went off when you grabbed
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  Speaker 2: for it.
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  Speaker 1: You're the one done it.
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  Speaker 2: It's gonna cost you good.
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  Speaker 1: It ain't all that bad jabe ain't nothing to get
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  Speaker 1: right up? Or it was meant I knew the talk.
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  Speaker 2: That's been enough talking. But I got your brother up
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  Speaker 2: to Doc Adam's office. How do you want a hand?
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  Speaker 2: I'll get him there, Marshall. We don't need no help
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  Speaker 2: from you, all right, get moving in the next time
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  Speaker 2: I see you, Torment and anybody around here, I'm gonna
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  Speaker 2: throw you in jail.
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  Speaker 1: He was a common drunk, Marshal. He didn't deserve no
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  Speaker 1: better luck either.
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  Speaker 2: You get up to Doc's office and you get out
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  Speaker 2: of town. We're going. We ain't forgetting. I am to
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  Speaker 2: make you pay. You know where to find me, Lych,
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  Speaker 2: Just don't give me an excuse to find you.
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  Speaker 1: A How about Doc.
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  Speaker 3: Match You've got a minute?
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  Speaker 2: Sure, Doc, this is profect national call.
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  Speaker 3: Where I know man, it's about those Leech brothers.
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  Speaker 2: Ah. Then they did get you to look at that
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  Speaker 2: arm un Is it in bad shape?
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  Speaker 3: No, it's not serious. The bullet broke a bone in
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  Speaker 3: the boy's wrist. He won't be drawing his gun for
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  Speaker 3: a while.
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  Speaker 2: I wish he could say the same for his brother. Well,
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  Speaker 2: that's what concerns me, ma'am.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, what do you mean, well, there was something about
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  Speaker 3: the way Jabe Bleach reacted to the whole thing.
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't worry dark.
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  Speaker 1: He's one of the type to pick on old men.
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  Speaker 2: They try to get even with me, and I.
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  Speaker 3: Know that I've known them for some time, the dirt
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  Speaker 3: farmer south of town. It's a pecurious situation. Jabe is
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  Speaker 3: much older than Purgs, you know. Yeah, And ever since
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  Speaker 3: their pod died a few years ago, he's been running
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  Speaker 3: Perge's life.
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  Speaker 2: And he sure doesn't let the boy talk much, does he.
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  Speaker 4: I don't believe he even lets him think.
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  Speaker 3: And there's something where It's like something out of the
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  Speaker 3: Old Testament, the way he has an eye for an eye.
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  Speaker 2: Atitude about this, or a wrist for a wrist.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm not joking about it.
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  Speaker 2: Man, there's something wrong with this man. I'll be careful
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  Speaker 2: about you. I'll be careful door. Well, tell you what
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  Speaker 2: come on? I bout you dinner?
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  Speaker 5: Sam?
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  Speaker 1: Sam?
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  Speaker 3: Will you please put down them glasses and listen to me?
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  Speaker 3: It says right here, pay the bearer on demand.
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  Speaker 2: The war is over Chesture.
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  Speaker 4: That ain't worth.
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  Speaker 2: Nothing, That's just it.
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  Speaker 5: You can see it right here.
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  Speaker 1: I look, but it said here to pay six months after.
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  Speaker 2: The war is over. Well it's been six months.
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  Speaker 4: And to deal more, I don't care.
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  Speaker 1: You can't pass that money in here?
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  Speaker 2: Well of course I can if you won't take it.
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  Speaker 2: But it says right here, yester, you're talking for me.
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  Speaker 2: I'm reading right straight off the bill, Sam right off.
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  Speaker 3: Fore, Miss Kitty, you boys have an argument.
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  Speaker 1: He's trying to get me to take a confederate bill Chester.
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  Speaker 3: I'm surprised at you trying to pass worthless money. I know,
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  Speaker 3: miss Kitty, but I figure if we just started using
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  Speaker 3: it again, we could make it worse something. Oh what
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  Speaker 3: happened you find a trunk full of it?
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  Speaker 2: Well, no, wasn't that exactly?
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  Speaker 3: Well how did you get a Chester, miss kitty? You
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  Speaker 3: recollect that drummer that come through here a couple of
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  Speaker 3: days ago when selling that double strength livery cure.
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  Speaker 1: I must have missed him.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I bought the bills off the hend.
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  Speaker 1: You bought confederate money.
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  Speaker 4: Well, yes, this fellow said it was a certain thing.
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  Speaker 3: It would be worse something again if we could just
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  Speaker 3: get it back in circulation.
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  Speaker 2: And that's what you were just trying to do.
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  Speaker 3: Well, yes, my name, miss Kitty, I was Chester I
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  Speaker 3: swear I don't.
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  Speaker 2: Know Chester Chester proudhood. Yes, you're a friend of the Marshall.
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  Speaker 2: I sure, I am. Well, he wants to see you,
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  Speaker 2: mister Dylan wants to see me. Yeah, he sent me.
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  Speaker 4: He had to ride out the crow corner.
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  Speaker 2: He wants you to meet him there.
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  Speaker 3: Well, sure, I'll get right on Thatt, I get something
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  Speaker 3: come up real suddenly.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, goodbye, miss Kitty. I'll see you some other time.
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  Speaker 1: Sure, Chester, don't let Matt tell you anything.
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  Speaker 5: Miss Kitty. Mm hmmm, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I.
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  Speaker 2: Say, doccause you aware that you're moved.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, yes, don't you hear me, Matt, Checkers is a
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  Speaker 3: game of thought. Might cause you a lot of damage
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  Speaker 3: if I work.
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  Speaker 2: This out, Just so you'll work it out before midnight,
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  Speaker 2: hunt Doc.
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  Speaker 3: Mm hmmm hm.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Chester seems to be taking his time too.
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  Speaker 2: He's usually dead to the world this time of night.
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  Speaker 3: Let me see, now, Dick, that's fast enough for me.
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  Speaker 2: That it's a little too fast.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, what were you saying about Chester?
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  Speaker 2: Not just that he's not in yet.
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  Speaker 1: He went down to the Long Branch for a beer
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  Speaker 1: earlier this afternoon. I haven't seen him since. I must
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  Speaker 1: have found some willing listeners to his store.
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  Speaker 2: And he'll have some new ones when he gets back, and.
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  Speaker 4: You will be sure of that.
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  Speaker 2: What's that? I know it was something my back. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: it's Chester. I'll go see, not you Chester? Who's there?
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  Speaker 1: All right?
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  Speaker 2: Speak off? Mister Chester?
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  Speaker 1: Tatter?
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  Speaker 2: Where are you over here?
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  Speaker 5: Mister d.
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  Speaker 3: O're here.
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  Speaker 2: Yet? Hurt? Chester? All right? I guess maybe I am my.
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  Speaker 3: Heck you want me?
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  Speaker 1: Man? Yeah? Cut me your hand, will Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I got shot Chester?
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  Speaker 3: She just shut they that's awful man.
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  Speaker 2: Why didn't you tell me it was you? Chester? I
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  Speaker 2: didn't just speak up? He goes, hold my hand over my.
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  Speaker 3: Face, Elisha, don't talk to him now matter, Help me
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  Speaker 3: get him inside?
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  Speaker 2: Who does a Chester? Who was it? Jabe j Bleach?
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  Speaker 2: All right, I'll get it.
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  Speaker 3: Now, Matt, Matt, I wait, wait a minute, but I
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  Speaker 3: need you here. We have to get Chester inside.
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  Speaker 2: Where his light?
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  Speaker 1: Oh? Oh yeah, sure? Don shuld this going off half cocked?
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  Speaker 1: I guess I don't blame you. What you doing?
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  Speaker 2: Sure, I'm sorry to make you all this trouble. Don't
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  Speaker 2: you worry Chester, doctor picture, don't worry miss Oh you
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  Speaker 2: take care of me. Yeah, You're not the only one.
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  Speaker 2: I'll take care of it all right, doct Let's let's
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  Speaker 2: get him inside here.
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  Speaker 1: I am mad.
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  Speaker 2: I came as soon as the culd Sorry to get
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  Speaker 2: you up so early, Kitty.
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  Speaker 4: It doesn't marry house Chester.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, Doc thinks he'll be all right, but he needs
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  Speaker 2: somebody to.
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  Speaker 3: Watch him, and I'm glad to do it. Match and
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  Speaker 3: no better, no thanks kidding. However did this thing happen? Oh?
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  Speaker 2: That crazy Jade was trying to get even with me.
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  Speaker 2: With you, I'm making him shoot his brother at that time.
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  Speaker 2: I grabbed his gun.
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  Speaker 4: So he fixed it, so you jew chesty.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah kid, have to brought him around the back, fired
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  Speaker 2: a shot at me over Chester's shoulder, and then he
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  Speaker 2: rode off like a fool. I fired back, and I
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  Speaker 2: hit Chester just like he figured I would.
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  Speaker 3: Don't blame yourself and that it's not your.
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  Speaker 2: Fault, and I won't forget that I fired the gun.
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  Speaker 2: J Bleach won't forget it either.
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  Speaker 3: You're going out to Bleach place?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah right now, Matt, Yeah, Kitty, nothing.
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  Speaker 3: I'm I'm scared, but I can't ask you not to go.
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  Speaker 3: I I guess I'd be doing the same thing, Yeah, Kitty, I.
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  Speaker 2: Think he would.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, Hey, Leitch.
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  Speaker 2: Jay Bleach. My name is Leech. I wanna see your brother.
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  Speaker 2: Tell him Matt Dylla wants to see him. You ain't
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  Speaker 2: in here, Come here, Marshal, I p I said, come here.
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  Speaker 1: I ain't even got a gun, Marshall, still gotten in
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  Speaker 1: my busted wrist.
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  Speaker 2: I wanna know where your brother is. Alright, speak up, Furder,
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  Speaker 2: I'll break your other wrist.
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  Speaker 1: Is he hiding out, jib don't hide from nobody in Marshall.
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  Speaker 1: He ain't afraid of nothing that list.
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  Speaker 2: He's out to the barn. You better be telling the truth.
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  Speaker 1: He ain't gonna run, Marshall. Jed don't need to run.
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  Speaker 2: Leitch Dave Leitch. I wanna say it?
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  Speaker 1: Oh why shure?
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  Speaker 2: Well? Now, I assure am surprised you right.
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  Speaker 4: All the way out here.
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  Speaker 2: You know why I'm here.
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  Speaker 1: And you wouldn't come all this way just to talk
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  Speaker 1: about somebody getting shot accidental.
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  Speaker 2: Life, would you. I'm not gonna do much talking like
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  Speaker 2: you wouldn't sho.
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  Speaker 4: None a man, now, would you?
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  Speaker 2: Marshall. I'm leaving my gun on my saddle. You stay
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  Speaker 2: right there. I ain't never run yet.
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  Speaker 1: You know you ain't got no case, Marshall, little do
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  Speaker 1: guns ain't for games. And it's your own words. When
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: they go off, they can hurt anybody. I know how
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  Speaker 1: you feel, Marshall.
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  Speaker 2: You don't know how any decent man feels. Leach. What
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  Speaker 2: I did was an accident, and you'll know it. What
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  Speaker 2: you did was some difference. You like girl me? Marshall. Sure,
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: shoot Marshall, you're licked. You whipped Jane? Yeah? I locked him.
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  Speaker 1: I ain't never seen nobody whip before.
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  Speaker 2: That was about time. You been standing there with that
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: carabine all this time.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Marshall, And I'm a real good shot left handed.
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  Speaker 2: Don't you get any ideas?
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  Speaker 1: Oh no, Marshal, I should have shot you any time.
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  Speaker 2: Shoot him, shoot him, hurt it.
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  Speaker 1: I ain't going to j never.
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  Speaker 4: You do what I say.
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  Speaker 1: Nope, I don't reckon.
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  Speaker 2: I will. What are you talking about?
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  Speaker 1: I ain't never seen you licked, Jee, I didn't never
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  Speaker 1: think you could be licked.
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: I can still whip you, not anymore.
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  Speaker 3: You can't.
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  Speaker 2: And you know something else.
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  Speaker 1: I ain't gonna stay here anymore, Jee, I don't have
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  Speaker 1: to now.
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  Speaker 2: You ain't going nowhere.
• 18:10
  Speaker 4: You can't go nowhere.
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  Speaker 2: Y see, Cantileach, I'm gonna see to it that he can.
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  Speaker 1: Can I ride in with you? Marshall? Yeah, yeah, sure, Marshall.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I guess ain't right to go around hounding folks and
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: hurting them when they can't fight back.
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  Speaker 5: Is it?
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: I have something to learn, pretty, you'll have a chance
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  Speaker 2: to learn a lot more, all right, Come.
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  Speaker 4: On the guns Smoke Broderson.
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  Speaker 1: Directed by Norman McDonell, stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon
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  Speaker 1: us Marshall.
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  Speaker 4: The story was specially written for Gun.
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  Speaker 1: Smoked by Marion Clark, with editorial supervision by John Meston.
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