The Deputy (TV Series)
The Lucifer Urge (1960)
Allen Case: Deputy Clay McCord
Quotes
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Barney Wagner : You just serve the papers.
Clay McCord : And if I refuse?
Barney Wagner : Oh, you ain't gonna do that. There's those who might misunderstand your motives.
Clay McCord : What do you mean?
Barney Wagner : Maybe you didn't catch the name - Barney Wagner. Oh, you musta been a kid about eleven when you heard it last.
Clay McCord : Barney Wagner...
Barney Wagner : That's right, McCord. I'm the man who put the final bullet in your father.
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Marshal Simon Fry : Wagner's shrewd. He's got you in a box. You gonna have to serve 'em. The chief marshal can't expect his deputy to do any different... but there's more than one way to skin a cat.
Clay McCord : What you drivin' at?
Marshal Simon Fry : Aw, there's a whole mess of laws, statutes, regulations that people don't bother to learn or remember, like spittin' on a sidewalk, failin' to tether a horse or muddyin' a drinking trough, or offerin' a bribe. Any one of 'em could have a body thrown in jail until a circuit judge shows up. That could take a looong time.
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Jose : By the way, you speak with the judge?
Clay McCord : The law's a wonderful thing. It has as many bends as the Snake River.
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Clay McCord : If you're hired hands have any ideas, you better tell 'em to get rid of 'em.
Barney Wagner : You can't outshoot all of 'em, Clay.
Clay McCord : Well, if you won't take it for boastin', I'm faster than my father ever was.
[Clay proceeds to shoot all three henchmen out of their saddles]