Valley of Fear (1947)

Ed Cassidy: Les Travers

Quotes 

• Johnny Williams : You better tell us who killed those two men, or you'll find yourself dangling from the end of a rope.

  Les Travers : Yeah? Well, I know better. Shootin' at somebody ain't no hangin' offense.

  Johnny Williams : No, but murder is.

  Les Travers : Yeah? Well, I ain't kill nobody. You can't pin anything like that on me!

  Johnny Williams : What's to prevent Rusty and I from saying we saw you do the killing.

  Les Travers : You wouldn't dare pull a trick like that. Why, that's perjury!

  Rusty Peters : Well, you ought to know. You've been lyin' plenty about Stevens.

  Johnny Williams : Make up your mind. Do you want to talk or hang?

• [having been given just a week to pay his mortgage's interest, Travers examines his dead wife's diamond jewelry and sighs] 

  Joan Travers : Dad, you're not thinking of selling them. They were Mother's. You can't do that. You've cherished them for years. They're all you have left to remind you of her.

  Les Travers : You're wrong, dear. I still have you.

• [last lines] 

  Henry Stevens : It's been quite a struggle, but now we're ready to go. This map tells the story.

  Joan Travers : Isn't it wonderful, Dad, that you're finally starting the dam. Just think what it will mean to the country in a couple of years.

  Les Travers : Yes, thanks to Johnny.

  Joan Travers : By the way, where is Johnny?

  Rusty Peters : He's gone.

  Henry Stevens : Gone? Where?

  Rusty Peters : Just gone.

  Joan Travers : Oh, but we didn't get a chance to thank him.

  Rusty Peters : Well, that's why he's gone. He just don't like to be thanked.

  [scene cuts to one showing a lone rider galloping away]