Intruder in the Dust (1949)

David Brian: John Gavin Stevens

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• John Gavin Stevens : Lucas, has it ever occurred to you if you just said "mister" to white people and said it like you meant it, you might not be sitting here now?

  Lucas Beauchamp : So I'm to commence now? I can start off by saying "mister" to the folks that drag me outta here and builds a fire under me.

• John Gavin Stevens : Mr. Hampton is right Miss Eunice, and so are you. They'd pass even Will Legate sooner or later when there's enough of them.

  John Gavin Stevens : [pause]  But there's one thing that would stop them. Long enough anyhow.

  John Gavin Stevens : [pause]  And that's somebody without a gun.

  John Gavin Stevens : [pause]  A Lady. A White Lady.

• John Gavin Stevens : [to Lucas]  You don't want justice; you want mercy.

• John Gavin Stevens : [to Chick]  In matters of life and death a man's vocabulary is almighty small.

• John Gavin Stevens : [to Chick as he looks out over the crowds in town]  They don't know it out there, but he does. He knows he's finished. He's running through his last few pennies of freedom, and, I reckon, he's gonna spend them the only way he knows... on revenge.

• John Gavin Stevens : [to Lucas in jail]  Well, old man, you've the Devil to pay this time!