You’re not Sheriff any more. You’re so pathetic you just…

You’re not Sheriff any more. You’re so pathetic you just lost a job.

Reno Smith

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You want to register a complaint, boy? To register a complaint, you’ve got to have evidence, boy. You got evidence? - View Quote Details on You want to register a complaint, boy? To register a…
[to Macreedy] Well, you got at least till dark. They’d be afraid to see each other’s faces. - View Quote Details on [to Macreedy] Well, you got at least till dark. They’d…
I wanna know everything he does, Pete. Phone calls, mail…In the meantime, I’ll crowd him a little, see if he’s got any iron in his blood. - View Quote Details on I wanna know everything he does, Pete. Phone calls, mail…In…
Four years ago, something terrible happened here. We did nothing about it. Nothing! The whole town fell into a sort of settled melancholy, and all the people in it closed their eyes, and held their tongues, and failed the test with a whimper. And now something terrible’s going to happen again. And, in a way, we’re lucky because we’ve been given a second chance. - View Quote Details on Four years ago, something terrible happened here. We did nothing…
Pete Wirth: You’re mighty quick to kill - and he’s not an animal. - View Quote Details on Pete Wirth: You’re mighty quick to kill - and he’s…
[to Macreedy] These rooms here is for us cowboys…when I’m in town. And I’m in town, as any fool can see. - View Quote Details on [to Macreedy] These rooms here is for us cowboys…when I’m…
Send a wire to Nick Gandi in Los Angeles. Tell him to find out everything he can about John J. Macreedy…Tell him I want to know fast. Don’t get too nervous too fast, Hector…you’re as jumpy as a stall horse…And while you wait I’ll talk to him. - View Quote Details on Send a wire to Nick Gandi in Los Angeles. Tell…
Coley Trimble: Well, if it’s not Macreedy, the world’s champion roadhog…You ought to be more careful, man - all that one-arm driving…It’s a threat to life and limb…You could get yourself killed that way, nosin’ all over the countryside. - View Quote Details on Coley Trimble: Well, if it’s not Macreedy, the world’s champion…
Mr. Hastings: Nobody told me the train was stopping…It’s the first time the Streamliner has stopped here in four years. - View Quote Details on Mr. Hastings: Nobody told me the train was stopping…It’s the…
I was just wondering what all you people are worrying about…Not that I have the slightest idea…I hold no truck with silence. I’ve got nothing to hide…It’s just that you worry about the stranger only if you look at him from a certain aspect. From my perspective, I look upon him with the innocence of a fresh-laid egg. - View Quote Details on I was just wondering what all you people are worrying…