Coleen Gray
(as Sally)
Joe Madden:
Sally, I've been thinking about Sam - - Sam and me. He's done fine tonight. In a bad spot like this, he's the best help a man could have.
Sally: Sometimes it's easier to be brave than honest, Joe.
Sally: Sometimes it's easier to be brave than honest, Joe.
Coleen Gray
(as Sally)
Stephen McNally
(as Sam Leeds)
Arthur Shields
(as Rev. Griffin)
Rev. Griffin:
If I live to bury Joe Madden, I'll say only four words over his grave: This was a man.
Arthur Shields
(as Rev. Griffin)
Rev. Griffin:
Sam Leeds and I have fought together - we saw death ride up to us. I feel I know this man - there's good in him - the kind of good that will help the town you love so much, Joe Madden.
Stephen McNally
(as Sam Leeds)
Sam Leeds:
I guess the winning hand always comes up after the game has been played. That's the way it always is.
Stephen McNally
(as Sam Leeds)
Sam Leeds:
I like your notion, Reverend, that Apaches are just evils the Lord created to try honest men. I'm saved! I'm not an honest man.
Stephen McNally
(as Sam Leeds)
Sam Leeds:
Look, Reverend, you give a dog a bad name and everybody throws a stone at him. Sure, I gamble. I drink, too. I killed a man who was trying to kill me. This is a rough country and you got to take care of yourself.
Stephen McNally
(as Sam Leeds)
Arthur Shields
(as Rev. Griffin)
Sam Leeds:
You feel it's my fault that you're out here, huh?
Rev. Griffin: I put no blame on you now.
Sam Leeds: Well, if it'd make you feel any better, you were right.
Rev. Griffin: About what?
Sam Leeds: I never really cared about the town needin' water, I just wanted to show what a smart fellow I was - I wanted Sally to see that, and make a fool out of Joe. Now I only wish I could tell her I was wrong - about a lot of things.
Rev. Griffin: She will know.
Rev. Griffin: I put no blame on you now.
Sam Leeds: Well, if it'd make you feel any better, you were right.
Rev. Griffin: About what?
Sam Leeds: I never really cared about the town needin' water, I just wanted to show what a smart fellow I was - I wanted Sally to see that, and make a fool out of Joe. Now I only wish I could tell her I was wrong - about a lot of things.
Rev. Griffin: She will know.
