Gunsmoke (1955) s01e12 Episode Script

Gunsmoke Starring james arness as matt dillon.
Merry christmas, matt.
Chester.
Hello, kitty.
You're about two days too early, ain't you, miss kitty? Tomorrow night's got her flustered, chester.
Big christmas eve party.
You two had better be there early And dressed in your Sunday best.
Here.
Guess who just tried to run us down outside.
Who? Oh, lucifer jones.
Now, what's he doing in town? I don't know.
Somebody must've told him that tomorrow's christmas eve.
Probably came gunning for santa claus.
Stop it.
Stop what you're doing! You creature of sin.
Fixin' to have a dance.
Tomorrow night.
And you're not invited if you don't want to come.
Dancing's criminal.
It leads to worse things.
Why don't you get out of here and go home, And then you won't have to see it? I won't see it, you won't see it either.
You're the wickedest of the lot, you are.
Me? Why me? 'cause you're prettiest.
My- m-m-my daughter, she was like you, she was- Well, she was pretty too and- Well, now she's dead! The prettiest always the most evil women.
You started this, I know you did.
But I'll stop it.
I'll show you! I'll show you, just because it's a damn sin! No more! Lucifer! I'm stopping 'em, and I'm showing 'em! Get out! What? I said get out.
You're in on it too.
You're as evil as they are.
You, the marshal! I'm not gonna argue with you.
It's wrong, it's bad.
I'll stop it yet.
What the-? I won't stand for this.
I'll destroy this whole wicked town if I have to.
You'll see.
Get out.
Somebody steal your poke? No.
No, sir, it's m-my knife.
My new knife.
If I've lost it, I'll kill myself.
Well, it's probably under your bunk in that war sack.
Oh.
Oh, maybe that's where it is.
It's the best knife I ever had, mr.
Dillon.
Ah, we'll find it, come on.
Well, doc, there must be somebody lyin' sick Or bleedin' around here.
Well, now, if you just can't stand To see me getting a few minutes' hard-earned rest, Why don't you go out and shoot somebody? Now, what kind of talk is that? Tomorrow night's christmas eve, where's your spirit? What spirit locked that door So I'd have to sit out here in the cold? Oh, chester, Chester, there was somebody here looking for you a minute ago.
What? Yeah, he Said he'd be back as soon as he took care of his horse.
He was a tall fella, had a buckskin hide And a coonskin cap.
He can't be very- There, there he goes, that's him.
Oh, my goodness.
What's a matter, chester? That's him.
There couldn't be anybody else.
Don't tell him where I went.
Tell him I went to wyoming or something.
Chester, anything I can do? I always like to help somebody who's on the run.
I ain't on the run.
I just gotta hide out for a spell, that's all.
Gonna hole up some place on the prairie.
What if he finds you out there? Well, that's better than finding me here.
Why? Magnus don't belong in a town among civilized people, That's why.
Chester, who is magnus? Magnus goode, mr.
Dillon.
What? My own blood brother, doggone him.
Well, what in the world Are you runnin' away from your brother for? 'cause.
I don't know what he's doin' here.
'cause I never know what he's gonna do next.
He's downright dangerous, magnus is.
What? Wild as a mountain, he ain't lived in a house Since he was ten years old.
All he knows is animals, indians and country, it- Mr.
Dillon, There's something wrong with magnus, He ain't quiteHuman, Livin' alone so much and all.
You know, it just, Changed me to have a brother like him.
Well, how long since you seen him, chester? Years and years, but it ain't long enough.
Where's my new knife? Now, chester, what are you gonna do about this magnus? Well, I ain't gonna do nothin' about it Except keep out of sight.
Well, don't you know runnin' away won't do no good? And besides, he doesn't sound like the kind of a man You can hide from for very long.
No matter where you go.
Oh.
Why'd he have to come here? People will think my whole family's brought up in a cave.
Chester, maybe it'd do you good to see magnus.
Heh.
Mr.
Dillon, you don't know magnus.
Well, all right, But somebody's got to greet him, it being christmas and all.
Well, of course.
Doc and I will go.
He's a wild animal, mr.
Dillon, he- Well, I'd reckon I better go along.
For your sake.
You'd better let me handle this, doc.
Don't see nobody, mr.
Dillon, heh.
Wait a minute.
Holler for him, chester.
Oh- Go ahead.
Magnus? Magnus? Chester.
Magnus! Back here! Chester, you have got sloppy fat.
Me? Soft livin' done it.
What're you doin' here? Why it's christmas, chester.
Day after tomorrow.
Christmas.
Haven't seen or heard from you in I don't know how long.
Well that's why I come, I figured it's about time.
You did, huh? This is marshal dillon.
How do you do, magnus? Proud to know you, marshal.
Is uh, is chester a good help to you.
Yes, yes he is.
Very good.
Fine, I uh, I reckon I'll go to work for you too.
Magnus.
You can't talk like that.
Why not? Well, it ain't polite.
Nobody ask you.
Nobody told me not to.
See? He ain't civilized.
Well, I learned a lot in the army, chester.
How long since you slept in a bed? Well, uh, not since I first run off from home, I guess.
How long since you lived in a town? Well, you know I don't like towns.
How long since you talked to a woman? Well, you know I don't- How long since you had a drink? I don't never drink.
Do you gamble? Feller in the army learned me how but I never used it.
There.
You see? I proved that he ain't civilized in no way, shape or form.
Now, wait a minute, chester, give him a chance.
Show him the town.
Show him what it's like.
Let him make up his own mind.
I wish you would, chester.
Because I'm gonna stay anyway.
You are, huh? All right.
But you're gonna do what I tell you.
You're gonna live just exactly the way that I do.
I'll do it, chester.
Heh.
Maybe you can get along better than I can on the prairie But you're a lamb in dodge and I'm gonna see you slaughtered.
Oh, now, chester- No, no, you demanded it.
But by midnight tonight you'll be screaming to get out of it.
Well, I'll try to make you proud of me, chester.
There you are.
Why don't you take the rest of the day off, tomorrow too, I don't need you.
All right, sir.
Magnus, I uh, Think that I'll spend the rest of the afternoon Playing cards, gambling.
Oh, now, chester, y-you don't wanna do that's- That's evil an-an-and wicked.
Can I just sit and watch? Oh-ho no.
No, you're gonna get wet all over.
Call you.
Have a beer, mr.
Dillon? They got a new dealer here, he- Oh? Yeah, I-I quit, I got tired of playing.
That so? Oh, besides, you know how it is with me, I- I never do win a whole lot.
Uh-huh.
Magnus didn't get tired though, huh? No, no, no, sir, he uh Now, wait a minute, You're dealin' from the bottom.
What's a matter, did he break you? He's been cheating.
No man can win that much money from me.
Cheating? That's what I said? Is that true? The feller what learned me in the army, marshal, He is a gambler.
What's that got to do with it? He is a crooked gambler, chester.
What? That's why he learned me, To show me what happens when you gamble.
I told you he's been cheating.
Of course I was, it's the only way I know how.
He's been cheating too, but he ain't very good.
That's a lie.
No, I never lie.
He's got more than a gun in his pocket there, marshal.
In his shirt pocket there, take a look.
Get out.
Get out of dodge.
Thanks, magnus.
One less crooked dealer Means one less shooting sooner or later.
Well, that might be but- It's a good thing that mr.
Dillon was here Or you'd a been the one to get shot.
If he hadn't been here That dealer would've got opened up wide.
What do you mean? Well, What are you gonna show him next? You said you don't drink? Well, that's evil and wicked.
Well, we'll just spend that doin' it.
We'll just spend all of it.
Drinking's something nobody can touch me at.
What happened, did he get hurt? He got sleepy.
What? Well, like you know, marshal, I didn't want to do it But he made me.
He said we was gonna have a couple of drinks In every saloon in town.
Well, how many did you get to.
Well, uh, I made all of 'em But somehow chester, the last few he got sleepy.
I wheeled him along anyway So he wouldn't be disappointed about it tomorrow.
Well, we'll put him in a cell on the floor.
Otherwise he might fall out of bed and hurt himself.
Yeah.
That's miss kitty, magnus.
That's a real live woman.
Oh, now, chester- Oh, no, talkin' to women Is just as much a part of being civilized as uh Is it like drinkin' and gamblin'? You just follow me.
Have a chair.
You sure that you don't mind? Of course not.
I've been wanting to meet your brother.
Well, this is him.
Magnus, this is miss kitty, I'm right proud, miss kitty.
How do you do, magnus? Sit down you two, I got work to do.
Well, I'm leavin' you in good hands.
I'll se you later, matt.
Sure.
I um, I think it's just fine You could be with chester for christmas.
Yes, ma'am "ma'am" is for married women.
I'm still "miss.
" Oh.
I don't get around women much.
Heh.
Much? I'm generally off in the country somewhere al- I've never seen no animal as beautiful as you ma'am.
Magnus.
We gotta go.
Oh, that's mean, chester.
I wanna talk to magnus.
I like him.
How is it you never told me You had such an attractive brother? Wait a minute.
At the dance tonight, We'll see if you can talk and dance too.
Oh, now, chester- He'll be there, miss kitty.
Come on, magnus.
Oh, I plumb forgot I took it last night, I didn't want you to lose it I-I reckon that's about the finest knife in the world.
Goodbye, miss kitty.
I'll see you tonight, magnus.
Sure.
Well, did you see him? He didn't have any trouble at all.
He done fine.
You know, I don't believe That you've never danced before.
Well, I've danced some but not like this.
What do you mean? Injuns, I spent half a year with some sioux once.
Magnus, you never told me that you spent time with the- Well, there's lots of things I'd tell you, chester, If I saw you more.
Never mind.
When's mr.
Dillon coming? Well, he should be here now.
Miss kitty, I'd be right proud to buy you a drink.
Why thank you, magnus.
Stop! Stop the music! I told you there'd be no dancing tonight.
I'll blast you all.
If the one who's responsible don't take it on yourself To pay for your sins.
You there, The pretty one.
Step out here.
No, you come alone.
Come on I'll blast it right there, if you don't.
Others will be killed besides you.
You're the cause of this, I told you.
'cause you're the prettiest and the wickedest.
And for the good of the others, I'm gonna kill you.
I'm gonna kill you right now.
The old man's right! She is wicked.
She's a terrible evil woman and she deserves to die.
I know what I'm saying.
She tried to tempt me.
But I resisted her.
Her and her dark way.
I knew the reckoning would come, I knew she must die.
You heard him, you heard him, I ain't the only one.
I gonna kill you now.
Wait a minute, brother! Stone her.
Stone her 'till her temples turn red And she sinks down against the wall in death.
Here, brother.
Here are your stones of purification.
You cast the first stone.
I will.
I will with pleasure.
You prettiest, wickedest Wickedest Wicked, wicked Evil- Take him over and lock him up.
Evil, evil, evil.
Maybe this will make you feel better.
Thanks, matt.
Magnus, I didn't know what you were doing, I-I never seen anything like it.
Or heard anything like it.
Where'd you learn to talk like that.
Oh, I spent half a year with a traveling preacher once.
Well, magnus you never told me that- You was never around to ask me, chester.
Course, there ain't much to tell.
You handled it real fine, magnus.
Nobody got hurt or anything.
You're real smart.
It was all I could think of, marshal.
Wasn't that something, mr.
Dillon? Magnus, you do everything good.
We could use you around here, couldn't we, sir? Well, you kind of changed your mind, haven't you, chester? Well, yes sir, I have, I- I was plumb wrong.
I'll show you how wrong I was.
Here, it's yours, take it.
No, chester, I-I couldn't.
Now, it's christmas, ain't it? I guess that I can give my own brother A christmas present if I want to now go on, take it.
I sure do thank you, chester.
I can use it when I go back out in the country.
Oh, magnus, you- you ain't leaving.
Uh-huh.
After tomorrow.
No, you can't, not now.
I know where I belong.
Well, you belong here with me, your brother.
I-I just couldn't stand it here, chester, It ain't Uncivilized enough.
I'd go crazy here.
No, I'm- I'm leavin' after tomorrow.
After christmas day.
Well, You know best.
Come on, everybody, I'll buy you a drink.
Merry christmas, magnus.
Merry christmas.
Merry christmas, doc.
Merry christmas.