Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954)
Nelson Leigh: Father Kerrigan
Quotes
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[first lines]
Father Kerrigan : Stranger, it's not safe down there! There's a lynching going on.
Joe Branch : It won't the first one I've seen.
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Mr. Rutherford, railroad president : 11:30, and I'm usually asleep at nine.
Father Kerrigan : You don't say. That doesn't leave you much time for Bible reading, does it.
Mr. Rutherford, railroad president : I read the Bible when I think it's necessary, Father.
Father Kerrigan : When you think it's necessary? Hm-hmm. Well, maybe the good Lord figures that railroad presidents have better judgment than other people.
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[Joe returns the robbery loot to the railroad president]
Joe Branch : Here's your money. If the Daltons got it, you wouldn't be getting it back now and a lot of good men would be shot up.
Father Kerrigan : Mr. Branch didn't want to overtax St. Peter.
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[last lines]
Father Kerrigan : Well, it's about time you two got here.
Joe Branch : Yes, but things have changed, Father.
Kate Manning : The sheriff told me Corey Bayliss cleared my name.
Father Kerrigan : You came here just to tell me that?
Joe Branch : No sir, we came to be married.
Father Kerrigan : Young man, you just saved yourself a whale of a sermon.