Gunsmoke 59-12-27 403 Puckets New Year reused script

Around Dodged City and in the Territory on West, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's where the US martial and the smell of gun smoke.

Don't move forward, scouring William Conran, the story of the violent that moved West with young America, and the story of a man who moved with it.

I'm that man, Matt Dillon, the United States martial.

The first man they looked for and the last they want to meet. It's a chancey job, and it makes a man watchful, and a little lonely.

You know, Mr. Dillon a man can get mighty hungry when he don't eat.

Thirty more miles, and we'll be in Dodged, so then you can eat to your heart's content.

Yes, sir. Doesn't that wind comes up again and freezes it today?

That doesn't freeze us to death last time.

Well, I was just because we was lucky enough to find that soft, Mr. Shack.

I couldn't have stood another two days of wind and cold like that. It aged me something awful.

Age, sir. That's freezing supposed to keep you the way you are, huh?

I'm too wore out to joke.

I'll admit that was about the worst blizzard I ever saw.

Glad it's behind us now. We can forget about it.

Forget about it. Still scarving, Matt.

Hey, look down, Mr. Dillon.

Yeah. Looks like a hunter's camp.

Honest doggo wagon, couple horses ticketed by them trees.

Don't see my final life, though.

No. But with them horses there, there's got to be somebody around.

That's been twenty below for three nights now. They cut a frozen to that.

They had a fire built over there.

Yeah.

Yeah.

These ashes weren't made today. Or yesterday either.

Oh, ain't there a solo here, Mr. Dillon?

Yeah, maybe they got caught up on the prairie when the blizzard is.

Sure they'll look that way.

I don't know how that team is still alive with other but that wagon for protection.

Well, things don't look man too lively.

How do you can't blame them?

Get your hands up, folks.

Both of you.

They better do what the old man says.

You must be hiding in the way.

Come over here, folks, sir.

Stop right there.

This is your camp, Mr.

Perfect, my camp.

Are you two drop them guns?

We got our hands up. That's enough, isn't it?

You do what I say. I ain't taking no chances.

I ain't going to get left here again.

What?

You're going to hitch up that team and you're going to take me in a dodge.

You ain't running off like jet-runner.

Who's jet-runner?

He's my Skinner.

I want to leave you.

Well, he's seen this blizzard coming.

He didn't want to take any chances, so I rode off.

He's probably been in dodge all the time, warm and cozy.

Why didn't you go with it?

Well, I twisted my legs in my foot so I couldn't ride a horse, that's why.

Learn to figure driving a wagon beat too slow.

You mean he left you out here to freeze?

No, I'll kill him when I find him.

I'll kill you too if you don't drive me in the dodge.

He's a US Marshal, Mr. He ain't going to leave you here.

Marshal.

Why don't you put down that rifle and tell us who you are.

All right.

My name's Iron Puckett, Marshal.

I'm usually up north following the Republican herd, but I come south this year.

I'm getting old, and I thought it'd be warmer down here.

You sure made a mistake about that, didn't you?

You were getting me in the dodge, weren't you?

Yeah, of course we were.

And foot-eye, twist your tail.

I don't feel nothing in it.

Must be froze.

That could be.

I'll kill jet-runner for this.

Forget it, Puckett.

I'm not taking you back to dodge just so you can hang.

All right, I'll forget it.

Kill her, find him.

Oh, hello, man.

Come in.

Come in.

How is he, Doc?

Puckett?

Oh, he'll be all right, man.

In time.

Oh, then his foot wasn't as bad after all, huh?

Yeah, he'd had much foot left when I got through him.

Oh, him and he'd be able to walk over the cane.

But his buffalo hunting days are over.

Uh-huh.

Does he know that?

I told him.

You know, Iron Puckett's a proud man, Matt.

He's a little too proud.

Oh, what do you mean?

Well, what he hated most about this jet-runner

leaving him on the prairie wasn't the fact that he might have died,

but that he was helpless.

And the man like Puckett can't stand being helpless.

Oh, I see.

And now, crippled up, he's a better man, Matt.

Well, he'll get over it.

Man, he'll get used to most anything at the time.

Yeah, no, no, no. I got my doubts about Puckett.

He won't even admit to how old he is.

Yeah.

Well, would you guess, Doc?

Well, he's past seven anyway.

Uh, he's in the back room, Matt.

If you want to see.

All right.

I'll come with you.

Hello, Puckett.

Marshall.

How you feeling?

Doc tells you what he done to me.

Yeah.

He ruined my foot.

I saved your life, Puckett.

And I ain't sure I'm grateful, Doc.

You're going to be all right, Puckett.

You'll be able to get around.

Yeah, like an old woman.

What am I going to do for a living?

I ain't one of you city people.

I live all the country.

I always have.

I'm a man, not a dude.

Uh, you'll get used to town life.

And you'll find men here, too.

Yeah.

What kind of man?

Walking around all, flickered up,

parked in the hair in the middle, bowed into the ladies.

Was there any one of them could do half the things I'd done?

Well, I was living with tomatoes when most of them

were sniffling in their mother's eeperns.

Yeah, I know, but you'll find something to do.

I'll help you.

You will?

Sure.

Then help me find Jett Larner.

Bring him in here so I can kill him with my bare hands.

What does he look like?

Oh, he's tall.

Black hair.

You got a big scar run across one eye

and halfway down his right cheek.

Good.

I'll try to find him.

And if I do, I'll run him out of town before you get to him.

Huh, I can't even crush you, Kenneth.

Not when you want to murder a man, Aaron.

I told you I didn't bring you in so you could be hung.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Castor.

Good.

You're going to run, Matt.

Run, what?

Well, let's stick a wood, of course.

of course you're gonna wreck it banging it on the stove that way well it's too

bad yet it don't fit well why don't you forget about it it's too hot in here

anyway you know mr. John I was thinking yeah what well with a whole new year

starting it it might be we could maybe get a new stove you know like one of

them I showed you in the Granger catalog last week I'll just think how fine

it'd be to have a stove that don't smoke I don't know if you ever shook that

great down maybe this one wouldn't shake the grip what mr.

Dylan I care the ashes out just this morning oh mr. Puggett I want to talk to

you Marshall sure I reckon on and sit on shitting down he's gonna help now

they'd rest it's gonna toughen this foot up I can talk stand in any way all right

stand now where's Jed Lorner I uh aren't you ever gonna forget about him not

likely am I as well he ain't been soft and we brought you in here six weeks ago

mainly if you're any kind of a man you go find him for me would you like me to cut

his throat for you too don't you make fun of me I calm down I run nobody's making fun of you

I was 20 years younger I'd give him a real cuddle I expect you would I did well enough I'll do it yet

not gonna we're only trying to help you Puggett yeah well I don't need any help

nothing makes you're gonna help me find Jed Lorner I'm not gonna do that man shouldn't

have expected it from a no dang long man I'll find him myself you wait to see

well gracious well he sure didn't get upset didn't he

hey he's got a lot of pride Chester and that's gonna get him into trouble yet

this is a great way to start the new year man oh what do you mean Killy

well all last year I was hoping maybe I'd be in San Francisco by now San Francisco yeah

if you'd ever told me what would you have done about it well nothing I guess but why San Francisco

no blizzard no dust no cow boy ah but they got fog and all those sailors and miners aren't any

jettler than these cowboys yeah I know but imagine going to dinner in the carriage

you know the table car dancing on our hardwood floor you're spoiled Killy now how could I get spoiled

here in Dodge City oh well I'll tell you what you save your money you'll get the

California something yeah sure I walk a lot of people have gone that way what do you think I

am I could you weigh it now there was a woman yeah you know I always have what's mad at me

that man at the bar just turned around which one one with a scarred on his cheek

hmm I'll be back Killy

well even in Marshall if it even for for your staring at me Marshall

your name jettlerner water for you how long you been in town learner about an hour

something wrong Marshall you remember the big blizzard we had six or seven weeks back

who don't have we all do I guess especially

Ira pocket especially what he didn't die runner well that's fine I went back looking for him

I wondered where he got to oh yeah yeah sure you did well it's true

pockets here in Dodge learner is and if he finds you he'll kill you but he isn't going to find you

because you're leaving right now and don't show up anywhere around here again I'll wait more

I can't arrest you I can't put you in jail but I'll tell you what I can do what suppose I just

let everybody here know that you're the man who ran off and left Ira pocket to die oh no no

they tear you apart learner don't say no they set you on fire don't tell them uh I leave

Marshall I'll leave right now

well you got rid of him in a hurry well I just saved him from being shot and Ira pocket from

hanging for it that was Jed Lana uh he's the one that ought to hang

uh he doesn't mean to kill the old man kitty what's the difference well legally there's some

enough to give Ira his foot back kind of hard to argue with aren't you why because I think straight

um why don't we talk about San Francisco no I changed my mind I think I'll go to New York I

forget I got to talk to you yeah it's awful man good thing he doesn't know you can always find

a gun you done it Marshall it was you wasn't it you saw Jed learner yeah she jumped on the car

she rode out of town for I could stop him when I had to stand there and walk I didn't even have a

rock so at him why'd you do it Marshall what'd you run him off for to save you from hanging I'd

rather hang and live this away I wasn't born to become a helpless old man at least you could have

done let me fight my own battle like I always did on the prings you took my men who'd away from

him I saw Ira you're living in town now among people why don't you get used to it all right all right

I will I'll start to live in like you town people are you gonna get a job you bet I'm going to

I sure am it's gonna pay me a lot of money too what do you mean you will find out Marshall when it's too late

morning ain't miss villains yeah thanks to that windway hat last night well it kept me away

oh all night no sir I wouldn't say that not all night hey look over there with the bank

you better worry pocket yeah that's the first time he's had his team and wagon out where you

suppose he's going all right now he's going under the bank what's he carrying that shotgun for

you can't go hunting in the bank Kenny yes he can Chester come on

well you don't mean stay old I get going to hold out that bank Mr. Gunner he said last night he's

going to start living like town people get a job make a lot of money well this could be his idea

of how to do it and he sure couldn't have no other you can carry that shotgun in there

she you're going to happen yeah what Mr. Don he's got a shotgun I know look Chester take

his team and wagon off somewhere lead him around back in the bank out of sight well

we can handle this without a shooting

hurry it up Chester eat coming up yes I'm long gone

the gun

oh oh Marshall come on out pocket I'm not stopping you you better not try it

I shoot with one hand Marshall sure don't you try to follow me neither

wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait where where where's my wagon where's my team you're in a

bad fix somebody stole them I can't get away without any team how you can't so you might as well

give up you done it you're behind this Marshall are you gonna shoot me well I shouldn't I because

you're in enough trouble already and shooting me won't help a bit your trap pocket there's nothing

you can do about it so why don't you use your head all right here there's your money now you bring

my outfit back I ain't going to jail Marshall like I said pocket shooting me isn't gonna help you

and I'm not gonna do a thing about your outfit you think you've outsmarted me don't you I don't

not you give it up pocket you're licked you think I just can't shoot you Marshall here take the gun

good and I'm just to help this old fool can't even rob a bank suffer I'm not sure you really

wanted to pocket all you wanted was to prove something about that manhood you think has been

taken away from him but you sure picked up foolish way to do it yeah I reckon that he had

left me I thought he wouldn't never give up he didn't have much choice I went in the back door

and told those people in the bank to keep out the way you don't need to take me over to jail now

oh no no no I can't stand jail please Marshall lock him up Chester I'll return this money

and have a talk with Mr. Buck and I'll be over later

I thought I told you to lock him up Chester well I started to miss you down but I just couldn't

stand to look on his face after I put him in cell you know it seems to me everybody treats you

pretty well yeah everybody would get learning that's true but Chester and I bring in Doc saves your

life I keep you from hanging and if I hadn't got smarter to your at the bank it'd probably be

lying dead somewhere now it seems to me that everybody's gone to a lot of trouble for an old man

full of a lot of foolish pride how are you think yeah now I've been thinking Marshall

setting here thinking and you know what you're right but I'm afraid it's too late now no it's not

what I explained everything to Mr. Buck and at the bank and he's willing to drop any charges against

your butt on one condition what's that I don't have to be honest with you it was my idea but Mr.

Buck and agreed you got a job here and you quit being such a dog on our way otherwise you're

going to go to jail oh but what can I do with this cripple foot oh see in your side handy with

a shotgun I think Jim Buck might hire you to write messenger on the stage you think so

well he told me he would you went and show him and it doesn't take any walk and I run a

hob about it fine I never had a job like that

well it is Mr. Williams double stage all ready to pull out yeah and look at their old

pockets that nothing on the box proud of the bank rooster oh I have more shoes you've got

business when we thought Jim just came down to see you off you've got ready to pull out

here just soon that checker harness and that lead horse hello there Marshall I hope I get first

time every load shotgun the whole life I sure hope we get held up I hope you don't for the

off-law's sake that's pretty fair shot then you got their bucket don't go shooting just anybody

now I know what I'm doing we're off Marshall get trapped in thank you

now then you all set for you I sure am say Marshall you know something now what's that this ain't

a bad way to start the new year no man's got to make a change once in a while sure all right Jim

let's go we're behind schedule already hang on bucket here we go

fun

smoke produced and directed in Hollywood by Norman McDonald stars William Conrad as Matt

Dylan U.S. Marshall the story was specially written for gun smoke by John Matthew

highly bare is Chester Howard McNair is Doc and Georgia Huckins is kidding

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