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The Badge

Gunsmoke · April 26, 1959 · 25 min · 3,120 words

The transcript of “The Badge”, an episode of Gunsmoke first broadcast April 26, 1959. 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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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 the U.S. Marshall and the fellow gun smoke. Gun smoke, starring William Conrad, 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, United States Marshal. The first man they look for and the last they want to meet. It's a chance they job, and it makes a man watchful. But a little lonely.

Hey, Rach. What are you doing back here? Is there somebody coming? Hot out there in them rocks, Rach. I figured it'd take me to spell in this cave back here. You don't back once rude.

I'm always watching less than all gay. We got to keep ahead of the law and make it to the border, don't we? Sure, right? We got to get us a horse that can move instead of that lean one, don't we?

I know that. You go on out there and keep looking. Somebody comes long riding single. You come fetch me. Tilling you stay put. Now get. Seems likely you ought to do some of the watching. Seems likely somebody had to do your thinking for you. Don't know.

You've got some more I get into this down the road a rider coming slow You get down behind them rocks the way we planned it. I'll cover you from up here And don't you start nothing till I say you hear you keep still All right now drop your gun your cupboard It's smart mister got the gun better

now Get off the horse and start walking nice and easy like right back down the road I'll get you dying food Told you not to make no move I Had to shoot him, right? You didn't do a very good job. He ain't dead He's out, but he ain't dead. Let me finish him off right. Just one shot. I want that badge

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