Have Gun - Will Travel (TV Series)
The Puppeteer (1960)
Richard Boone: Paladin
Quotes
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Paladin : I'd be obliged to you for a ride.
Jack Burnaby (Dr. Humbug) : I'd be obliged if you'd drive these miracles of nature for me.
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Paladin : Now what kind of toy is that?
[a miniature guillotine]
Jack Burnaby (Dr. Humbug) : I'm a lonely man, Mr Paladin. Grant me a few childish amusements.
Paladin : All free amusements and no magic potions to sell?
Jack Burnaby (Dr. Humbug) : There are men in the world who'll receive adequate reward from the happy laughter of innocent children.
Paladin : That's true, Burnaby. But you're not one of them.
Jack Burnaby (Dr. Humbug) : Oh, what leads you to that shocking conclusion?
Paladin : For one thing, this.
[Paladin produces his card]
Paladin : You been picking my pockets, Burnaby? And for another thing, this!
[the head of a puppet that resembles Croft]
Paladin : Now, Burnaby, you didn't come all this way to meddle in state politics?
Jack Burnaby (Dr. Humbug) : Politics? I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
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Paladin : The Indian girl on whose agonies General Croft built his military reputation?
[Paladin holds the puppet representing the Indian girl]
Jack Burnaby (Dr. Humbug) : She was my wife.
Paladin : I'm sorry.
Jack Burnaby (Dr. Humbug) : We Scots have a saying: He who loses a sixpence and his wife loses a sixpence.