Kirk Douglas
(as Marshal Len Merrick)
Marshal Len Merrick:
[Seeing Dan Roden go for the gun of a sleeping deputy, he cocks his pistol and speaks authoritatively] He's asleep, but I'm not!
Kirk Douglas
(as Marshal Len Merrick)
Kirk Douglas
(as Marshal Len Merrick)
Timothy 'Pop' Keith:
[In the midst of singing "Down in the Valley"] I never thought I'd be singin' my way to my own trial.
Marshal Len Merrick: [Painfully listening to him continue to sing] Mister, they're trying you for the wrong crime.
Marshal Len Merrick: [Painfully listening to him continue to sing] Mister, they're trying you for the wrong crime.
Walter Brennan
(as Timothy 'Pop' Keith)
Timothy 'Pop' Keith:
[to Merrick] Just as long as you're conscious, I'm a goner, so I aim to make you unconscious.
Walter Brennan
(as Timothy 'Pop' Keith)
Timothy 'Pop' Keith:
Put this down. 'Whereas, I hearby bequeath my homestead to my daughter... '
Billy Shear: You don't need 'whereas' and the 'hereby.'
Timothy 'Pop' Keith: Well, I'll leave that up to you. But just be sure there's enough whereases in there to make any law angler set up and take notice, huh?
Billy Shear: You don't need 'whereas' and the 'hereby.'
Timothy 'Pop' Keith: Well, I'll leave that up to you. But just be sure there's enough whereases in there to make any law angler set up and take notice, huh?
Kirk Douglas
(as Marshal Len Merrick)
Billy Shear:
If she's as good cooking as she's at ambushing, what have we got to lose?
Marshal Len Merrick: Only our lives.
Marshal Len Merrick: Only our lives.
Walter Brennan
(as Timothy 'Pop' Keith)
Timothy 'Pop' Keith:
You know it's frightening what can happen to a man. A law officer in the family! It's downright terrifyin'!