Gunsmoke - Friends Payoff
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What is the opening advertisement and how does it lead into the Gunsmoke story?
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Around Dodge City and in the Territory on West, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's with a U.S. Marshal and the smell of gun smoke.
Gunsmoke, starring William Conrad. The story of the violence that moved west with young America. And the story of a man who moved with it. I'm that man.
Matt Dillon, United States Marshal. The first man they look for and the last they want to meet. It's a chancy job, and it makes a man watchful. and a little
lonely. Come on,
let's break it next. I'm like a man to work this ain't never done.
Uh, mister?
You'd think somebody else in this town might take a hand in keeping up their own boardwalk, but no, sir, I gotta do it. Mister! Don't bother me now, boy! Gotta get these nails in solid.
I come looking for the
Marshal. Well, that's his office right
there. He ain't in there.
Well, you'll just have to wait then.
I got a message for the Marshal.
Look, I already told
you. It's on his papers.
Let's see it.
I'm supposed to give it to the marshal personally.
Well, you ain't gonna give it to him if he ain't there.
When he be back, mister?
My land, boy, I got enough to tend to without fretting about where Mr. Dillon is every minute. You want me to give the paper to him?
I ain't to let loose of it to nobody else.
Well, it'd be all right to let me see it. I'm the marshal's assistant, his right-hand man, you might
say. I ain't to let it loose.
Ah, forevermore. Just quit bothering me about it, then. I got enough to do. Quite a handyman, aren't you, Chester? Well, Mr. Dillon, this board just had to be fixed before somebody broke
his...
Oh, this boy's been looking for you.
I got this paper. It's for the marshal.
He wouldn't let me so much as look at it. I can't make nothing out of it. Never mind, Chester. You can give it to me, son. I'm the marshal.
Oh, here.
Thank you. Hey, boy. Hey, wait a minute.
How does Marshal Matt Dillon first appear and what is his initial mission?
I'm just supposed to give it to the marshal, that's all. Just give it to the
marshal. Look at him go, Mr. Dillon. You want me to go after him? No, never mind, Chester. Let him go. All right. What's it say? Chester, I'm going to ride out of town a ways. Well, kindly sudden, ain't it? Does that note say something I should know about Mr. Dillon? No. I'll be back as soon as I can. All right, then. It don't matter to me none that folks won't tell me nothing about nothing. Seems like there's only one thing
around here I'm fit for and that's using a hammer. Doc!
Doc! Matt?
Mitchell?
Yeah, Ab. Yeah,
I knowed you'd come. The boy brought me the message. You hurt bad? Bad enough. In the back. Here, let me take a look at it.
All right. All right.
Yeah, that's bad enough. How long you been lying here, Rabbit? Just since yesterday, Matt. I figured to make it to Dodge, but I couldn't sit my horse no longer. Lucky for me, that boy come by hunting rabbits. How'd this happen? On the trail up from Texas.
What clues do the townspeople give about the mysterious Ab Butler?
Two, three days. Ambush, Matt. Stinking ambush. You know who did it? And a hard seeing who shoots you in the back. Yeah. Matt? Yeah, Ab? I ain't gonna make it without help. You got help. You'll make it. I'm gonna get you to Doc.
Pour some water into that basin for me, will you, man? I want to wash my hands. Yeah, sure, Doc. Thank you. How about Ab, Doc? Is he going to make it? Well, I don't know, man. He's badly hurt. There's no question about that. Well, getting the bullet out will help, won't it?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the opening advertisement and how does it lead into the Gunsmoke story?
0:01–3:43
2
How does Marshal Matt Dillon first appear and what is his initial mission?
3:43–5:40
3
What clues do the townspeople give about the mysterious Ab Butler?
5:40–10:09
4
How does the search for the missing gold lead to a confrontation with Leeds?
10:09–20:30
5
What does the discovery of the saddlebag full of gold reveal about the characters’ motives?
20:30–27:33