Gunsmoke.
Starring
James Arness as Matt Dillon.
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Dillon laments on Boot Hill.
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While bringing in firewood, Chester eyeballs Dillon's game of solitaire.
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Lucy Hunt, a former hostess for the Longbranch and now a rancher's wife, enters.
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She says her husband, much senior to her, is going to kill her.
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Dillon says he'll give Efram, her husband, a visit.
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The next day, Dillon rides out to Efram Hunt's farm.
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Dillon and Efram Hunt exchange warm greetings. Efram invites Dillon in the barn out of the heat.
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After questioning, Efram says he has no plans to hurt his wife.
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Efram does has troubles with his wife, but has no evil plans. Dillon believes him.
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That evening, Matt asks Kitty what type of person Lucy was when she worked at the saloon.
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Kitty says she didn't know her well. Lucy kept to herself.
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Kitty suggested Matt talk to Booth Rider at the bar. He works at Efram's.
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Dillon walks to the bar to have a talk with Booth.
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Dillon suspects Booth and Mrs. Hunt are having an affair. He tells Booth to move on.
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Booth declines. He says it's a good job and he'd by crazy to leave it.
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That night, back at the ranch, Lucy waits outside by the tree.
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She's waiting for Booth. She plans to seduce Booth into killing her husband.
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Efram bought a gun to kill them both, she says. He's out in the barn getting drunk.
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Efram waits in the barn with a loaded gun.
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Meanwhile, Matt and Chester ride up to the ranch.
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Booth heads for the barn - and Efram.
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Shots ring out.
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Booth hears Dillon and Chester coming. He hops on his horse and rides away.
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Dillon ande Chester arrive. They let Booth get away.
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Efram is shot.
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Dillon asks Efram who shot him.
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Efram pontificates a bit. The reed he has protected, Lucy, survives. Efram then dies.
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Inside the house, Lucy waits. The door opens. She thinks it is Booth.
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After recognizing the visitor is Dillon, Lucy is surprised and temporarily disoriented.
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Dillon congratulates Lucy. By having Booth kill her husband, she will get away with murder.
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Lucy initiates a seduction of Dillon.
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Dillon rebukes her and leaves.
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That night, Matt and Doc engage in a game of checkers.
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Matt makes a move he reconsiders. Doc says Matt took his hand off and the move is final.
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Doc makes his move.
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Doc fell in Dillon's trap. Matt jumps six of Doc's checkers and wins the game.
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Grumpy Doc, the poor looser, scatters the checkers all over the table.
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An Indian enters. He has been watching the Hunt ranch. He nods at Dillon and leaves.
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Booth has returned to the Hunt ranch to see Lucy. Dillon is going to arrest him.
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Chester and Dillon ride to the Hunt ranch. They see Booth coming from the barn with a saddle.
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Booth sees them, drops his saddle, and goes for his gun. He shoots and retreats into the barn.
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Dillon enters the barn and calls for Booth to surrender.
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Booth has taken refuge in the hay loft.
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As he stands, Booth's shadow betrays his position to Dillon.
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Dillon climbs the ladder to the loft. |
Booth prepares to jump. |
Booth jumps. |
Dillon jumps.
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Booth fires quickly and misses.
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Dillon aims, fires and doesn't miss. Booth falls.
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Booth is down. Dillon sends Chester to get Doc.
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Later, after patching him up, Doc wraps Booth with a bandage.
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Booth says when he returned to the ranch, Lucy told him she was just using him.
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She called him a "green kid".
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Booth killed her. He choked her to death. Her body was in the house.
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Dillon says Booth might have gotten off for Efram's murder. Self defense. But not this.
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Booth says he was just riding through. He only stayed after Efram offered him a job.
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Dillon tells Booth he should of kept on riding.
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Off to jail, a trial and, finally, a noose. The End.
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