What the Whiskey Drummer Heard
Gunsmoke · June 29, 1958 · 25 min · 3,185 words
The transcript of “What the Whiskey Drummer Heard”, an episode of Gunsmoke first broadcast June 29, 1958. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Gunsmoke plays Gunsmoke free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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Dodge City and in the territory on West there is just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers and that's where the US Marshall and the smell of gun smoke. 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 Marshall the first man they look for and the last thing want to meet. It's a chancey job and it makes the man watchful at a little lonely. Just done with the mind and stopped at the long bank here for a minute.
That's pretty early in the day, isn't it, Chester? Well, I don't want no drink. Yeah. Barky, toot, and some money for me. I won a little last night and I didn't want to put it back into the game.
You want to get it now so you can put it back tonight. Yes. Yes, I'm afraid to. Okay. Sam. Come for your money, Chester. Hello there, Marshal Dylan. Hi, Sam. Well, there you are, Chester.
Thank you, Sam. Here. You may yourself agree. Well, I sure will. See you and I, Chester. You're a excuse me. Yeah. Well, I heard the bartender call you, Marshal Dylan. Ah, that's right. I got something to tell you, Marshal.
Well, go ahead. It's important. Okay. You're going to die, Marshall. Who are you, mister? Wilbur Hawkins. I'm a whiskey drummer. First time I've been to Dodge, though I worked around St. Louis till they sent me out here.
I liked it better in St. Louis. Lots of important people there. Wait a minute, what are you talking about? You're going to die, Marshall. I heard them saying so. You heard a whole saying so.
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