The Man Who Would Be Marshal

Gunsmoke brought to you by Chesterfield. Chesterfield packs more pleasure because it's more perfectly packed. Thanks to Accurae, they satisfy the most. 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 transcribed story of the violence that moved west with young America. And the story of a man who moved with... I'm that man.

Matt Dillon, United States Marshal. The first man they looked for and the last they want to meet. It's a chancy job, and it makes a man watchful. And a little lonely. This the Marshal's office?

Yeah, come in, sir. You're a Marshal Dillon? I am. My name's Eagan Marshal. Emmett Egan. I'm glad and I am. That is just a prod foot. How do you do? Well... The purpose of my visit may surprise you, Marshall.

What if it doesn't mean trouble? It sure will. I've just deposited $50,000 in the bank here. That's a lot of money, Egan. It's taken me ever since the war to earn it. I've been up in Chicago, Marshall running cattle auctions for a man named Swift, but I'm through with that now.

Now, I'm gonna try something new. Marshall, I don't intend any insult, but if you need money, name your price. I'm afraid I don't follow you, Eagan. I want your job. What? I want to be Marshall here.

All right, say it out, Eagan. I'm serious, Marshall. No tricks to this. I've been to Washington, and the War Department endorsed my application, but they tell me there are no openings, so I came to dodge.