Rod Cameron: Lt. Rod Blake

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Lt. Rod Blake : Oh, hello. I'm Rod Blake, chief investigator for the Nevada state troopers. Nevada once at a reputation for being a hard money state. Well, there's still more hard money in circulation here than in any other state. That's probably why almost everyone in Nevada is either a professional or an amateur coin collector. In a case called "Hard Money, Soft Touch", you'll meet three kinds of coin collectors - professional, amateur and sticky-fingered.

• Sheriff Andy Anderson : You give me a description of every coin in your collection; we'll alert every dealer and collector in the country.

  Jasper Williams : I have them all cataloged. Most of the dealers and buyers will be at the convention at Lake Tahoe over the weekend.

  Lt. Rod Blake : Well, your collection will be probably be there.

  Jasper Williams : You think the thieves will try to peddle it to some unscrupulous buyer?

  Lt. Rod Blake : Well, I think they might try to sell it to a real scrupulous buyer - *you*.

• [Blake has been posing as a private detective named Craig] 

  Dobie : Now-now Craig, we can still make a deal. Well, they can't pin Irma's murder on either one of us. Now, you take the reward dough. Take the coin collection, too. It's in the back of the truck.

  Lt. Rod Blake : I forgot to bring the award money anyway.

  Dobie : You private dick! What are you trying to pull?

  Lt. Rod Blake : Nevada state trooper. I'm sure we can pin Irma's murder on one of us.

• [last lines] 

  Dobie : Well, that little fool. She meant it! She fell for that old egghead. She was going to cut out on me. I couldn't take that!

  Lt. Rod Blake : You're going to have to take a lot more now.