The Deputy (TV Series)

The Deathly Quiet (1961)

Allen Case: Deputy Clay McCord

Quotes 

• Marshal Simon Fry : Why all this hocus-pocus about a few army rifles?

  Sergeant Hapgood Tasker : It weren't just a few army rifles. They were Gatling guns - the newest model! Why, you could spray bullets with 'em. They hire a thousand rounds a minute!

  Deputy Clay McCord : How many were there?

  Sergeant Hapgood Tasker : Only two.

  Deputy Clay McCord : *Only* two? According to you, they'd give two men the fire power of a whole brigade!

• Sergeant Hapgood Tasker : Clay, why Gatling guns? They're big; they're clumsy. I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would steal one.

  Deputy Clay McCord : Well, not to go duck huntin', that's for sure.

• Stonewall Brown : Do you reckon they're hidin' in them there rocks?

  Deputy Clay McCord : Probably.

  Stonewall Brown : You should have asked me to get you eagles instead of men.

• [Colonel Belknap refuses to help Clay because of "regulations"] 

  Deputy Clay McCord : Murder and robbery are against regulation, too, Colonel, and it doesn't help that they're using stolen army equipment!

  Colonel Belknap : Yes, yes. Your chief, Simon Fry, said as much when he was here.

  Deputy Clay McCord : And you disagreed?

  Colonel Belknap : I told him it was a matter for the civilian authorities.

  Deputy Clay McCord : How'd he take it?

  Colonel Belknap : Well, let's say he's a lawman, not a diplomat.

• [while Sarge and Clay and a dozen army men defended empty wagons from the Gatling gun gang, Simon drove a buillion filled cart to the railroad depot by himself] 

  Deputy Clay McCord : There's not much chance of you makin' a bad guess, Simon.

  Marshal Simon Fry : Well, the reckon ain't one hundred percent. It's the bad guesses you remember when you're wheelin' a long on a grub wagon full of buillion with two days of travel ahead of ya. Maybe you're just as glad you are alone in case your schemin' went sour.