- [first lines]
- Luke: Evening, Johnny.
- Johnny Ringo: Hello, Luke.
- Luke: Closin' up shop?
- Johnny Ringo: No, every night seems to be gettin' a little later. Looks like Velardi's growin'.
- Luke: Yeah. Pretty soon the first ones will be gettin' up before the last ones go to bed - then you'll have to work around the clock.
- Johnny Ringo: You men strangers in Velardi?
- Matt Sample: This ain't that big of a town, Sheriff. You ever seen us before?
- Johnny Ringo: Nope.
- Matt Sample: Then it figures we must be strangers, don't it?
- Matt Sample: Name's Matt Sample.
- Johnny Ringo: My name's Johnny Ringo.
- Matt Sample: Ringo? Well, knowin' that's enough to keep a body from doin' somethin' foolish.
- Johnny Ringo: You plannin' on doin' somethin' foolish, Mr. Sample?
- Johnny Ringo: You know, it's funny - he died the same time you arrived.
- Matt Sample: Well, you know what I'd call that, Johnny? I'd call it a coincidence. What would you call it?
- Johnny Ringo: Right now? Oh, somewhere between a coincidence and an incriminating circumstance.
- Johnny Ringo: They'll be a few questions I want to ask you later.
- Mary Cannon: Here's an answer. Charlie Hanford was right - his father was murdered.
- Matt Sample: Why don't you go over to your office and wait till it's all over. It's a nice private fight. Ain't nobody goin' to get hurt unless they're part of it.
- Johnny Ringo: When it happens in Velardi, Sample, I'm part of it.
- Matt Sample: All right, Johnny, your deal... but you ain't goin' to like the cards.
- [Mrs. Haig opens the door with a cocked pistol in her hand]
- Johnny Ringo: You must be expecting trouble.
- Mrs. Haig: No, I'm not expecting trouble, Mr. Ringo. It's here already.
- [Discussing the Johnson County War]
- Mrs. Haig: It won't ever be over while there are two men who were enemies in it are alive... not as long as one woman remembers.
- Matt Sample: How come they call you "Blind Louie"? You can see.
- Blind Louie: Not when there's trouble I can't.
- Matt Sample: What does Ringo say about that?
- Blind Louie: Mr. Ringo and me, we ahve an understanding - I don't ask him to tend bar; he don't ask me to be sheriff.
- [Ringo enters Louie's nearly empty bar]
- Johnny Ringo: Business looks good, Louie.
- Blind Louie: Why don't you go on the stage and tell jokes. Some people will laugh at anything.
- [last lines]
- Luke: Hi, Johnny. Have a tough day?
- Johnny Ringo: Yeah, pretty busy. Couple more like it and I'll be ready to retire.
- Luke: Well, like you said, Johnny - got to raise the taxes, give you a few more men.
- Johnny Ringo: Yeah, as long as the job gets done, I'm afraid non one will apy for extra help.
- Luke: But what happens if the job isn't done?
- Johnny Ringo: Then I get fired. Good night, Luke.