Rod Cameron: Lt. Rod Blake

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• [first lines] 

  Rod Blake : Oh, hello. I'm Rod Blake, chief investigator for the Nevada state troopers. Have you ever been a pigeon? Sure you have - and so have I. No, not that kind... and not this kind. These are trapshooting targets - clay pigeons. It takes all kinds of pigeons to make a world. We have several kinds in the case you'll see in a moment that we call "Nevada Boy, Pride and Joy".

• Rod Blake : You know, this could have been an accident.

  Colonel Greenlee : Certainly. That's why I haven't made any open accusations on the grounds that I have now. Neither do I want to be killed.

• Rod Blake : You didn't tell me who was on the other end of that shotgun.

  Colonel Greenlee : Jenny Braeden, my son's fiancee. I think Jenny intends to kill me.

  Rod Blake : I'll ask her.

  Colonel Greenlee : No! No! Good heavens, man! That's why I didn't tell Sheriff Anderson who I suspected. It would alienate my son forever if I made any such charge.

  Rod Blake : Have you been opposing the marriage?

  Colonel Greenlee : No! I gave them my blessing... Well, Hank's my pride and joy. He was born right her on this ranch. I don't suppose I would have thought anyone really good enough for him.

  Rod Blake : But you don't like Jenny Braeden?

  Colonel Greenlee : I do like her! Really! She was a secretary in my bank. She's a good girl, but, ah...

  Rod Blake : ...A secretary.

  Rod Blake : Well, don't make me sound more snobbish than I am.

• Rod Blake : It's all right, Colonel. Sheriff's bomb detail has that little gadget you rigged up. I just wanted to see your reaction to this. I promised Sheriff Anderson I'd bring you back with me.

  Colonel Greenlee : ...Will this jacket be all right?

  Rod Blake : ...That's just the thing.

• [last lines] 

  Rod Blake : Jenny wasn't missing the tough ones anymore - and they wouldn't have father-in-law trouble for a long time. A year in a mental hospital and continued psychiatric treatment were conditions of Colonel Greenlee's probation.