Mercedes McCambridge: Ada Randolph

Quotes 

• Ada Randolph : There are two conditions. First, that my son's name be cleared because he was innocent of any wrongdoing. Second, that the man who hounded and persecuted him, Sherrif Jason here, be expelled from this town and his property be acquired as a final resting place for my son's remains and that a fitting memorial be established to his memory.

  [Miss Lassiter laughs hysterically] 

• Ada Randolph : By what right do you say such a thing?

  Honey Lassiter : I have every right. Like I told you, me and Buddy were real close once, might even say we were in love. He'd talk to me about how good it was to find a woman who didn't want nothing from him. Who wasn't riding herd on him all the time. Driving him, trying to make him what she wanted him to be instead of what he wanted to be. How good it was to find someone who didn't remind him of his Ma.

  Ada Randolph : [Mrs Randolph slaps Honey across the face]  You're a liar. He was my son. He loved me.

  Honey Lassiter : He hated you, Mrs Randolph, with every breath he took.