Jackson County Jail (1976)

Tommy Lee Jones: Coley Blake

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• Dinah Hunter : They're gonna kill you!

  Coley Blake : That don't matter. I was born dead.

• Sheriff Dempsey : [looking over Coley's warrant files]  Says here you wanted for murder in Texas? Says a fella caught you trying to steal his melons you hauled off and shot him. Now, is that true?

  Coley Blake : If that's what it says.

  Sheriff Dempsey : Well, that's what it says, all right! Did you?

  Coley Blake : What difference does it make?

  Sheriff Dempsey : Well, it don't make squat to me, boy, but going by this here record of yours, I'd say it's gonna make one hell of a big difference to you. Holy shit! You sure are some gas, aren't you? God almighty, you've got more time in than out. And by the way, that fella you were with, Vincent LePardo, that got shot? FBI doesn't seem to be able to find any record of his kin? Did he have any?

  Coley Blake : I don't know.

  Sheriff Dempsey : You don't know? Well, if we can't find his folks, I guess we're just gonna have to dump him in a hole somewhere.

  Coley Blake : That's your problem.

  Sheriff Dempsey : Huh.

  Deputy Lyle Peters : Want me to book him on the hijacking, Sheriff?

  Sheriff Dempsey : Oh, yeah, might as well. Go right ahead, but it don't make no difference, anyways. Them folks from Laredo are already on their way up here with extradition papers.

  Deputy Lyle Peters : So?

  Sheriff Dempsey : So... he don't understand, does he?

  Deputy Lyle Peters : He doesn't understand what?

  Sheriff Dempsey : Well, this old boy ain't coming out. They're gonna stick his ass in a Texas calf for life and a day. You ready for that? You ready for life and a day?

  Coley Blake : I'll play what's dealt.

  Sheriff Dempsey : Yeah, well, we'll see, old boy. We'll see.