Jack Elam credited as playing...
Jake
- [last lines]
- Jake: Now the way this story ends... is that they get married and he goes on to become governor of the state. Never gets to Australia, but he keeps readin' a lot of books about it. I get to be sheriff of this town... and then I go on to become one of the most beloved characters in Western folklore.
- [Jason is coaching Jake how to shoot better]
- Jake: How come nobody ever heard of you? I mean, a man that can shoot like you do and draw as fast as you can... how come you ain't got a reputation?
- Jason McCullough: What would I want with a reputation? That's a good way to get yourself killed.
- Jake: You want me to tell Joe Danby that he's under arrest for murder? What're you gonna do after he kills me?
- Jason McCullough: Then I'll arrest him for both murders.
- Jason McCullough: It seems like you spent a lot of time with horses.
- Jake: One end or the other. Of course, I come about it natural. My daddy stole horses for a living. They hung him.
- [after Pa Danby leaves the sheriff's office]
- Jason McCullough: You know... he strikes me as bein' a lonely man.
- Jake: Lonely? Danby? Why he's a mean, no-good, lowdown bushwhacker!
- Jason McCullough: Well, there you see? No wonder he's lonely.
- Jake: Well, I did odd jobs... for one thing, I was a Orr holder at Madame Horse's, uh, horse holder at Madame Orr's House.
- Jason McCullough: Well, do you see anything?
- Jake: No. What are we lookin' for?
- Jason McCullough: What are we lookin' for? We're lookin' for nuggets, a vein, the mother lode!
- Jake: What's the mother lode?
- Jason McCullough: I'm beginning to get the horrible feelin' you know even less about gold mining than I do, Jake.
- Jake: Course I don't know anything about gold mining!
- Jason McCullough: Well, what do you think I brought you along for? I thought everyone around here knew about mining.
- Jake: Well I don't! I might be able to give you a few tips about shoveling horse... working around the stable, but I don't know nothing about huntin' gold.
- Jason McCullough: How's Joe?
- Jake: Oh, he figures he's going to be out of here and we're going to be dead about this time tomorrow.
- Jason McCullough: Did he seem to feel any sorrow over the fact that we might all be killed?
- Jake: No, it's more like he planned to dance and spit all over our graves.
- Jason McCullough: Sounds like Joe.
- Jason McCullough: Jake, how would you like the job as my deputy?
- Jake: I'd hate it! Even if I lived through it, I'd hate it!
- Jason McCullough: But the mayor seemed to think that my qualifications suited the job perfectly.
- Jake: Well, he'd have thought that if you were blind in both eyes and crippled in both legs.
- Jason McCullough: l think you've got the situation pegged, Jake.
- Jason McCullough: Pretty sloppy shootin,' Jake.
- Jake: Well, I was in a hurry to save your life. I wasn't tryin' to group my shots.
- Jason McCullough: If you'd have been standing five feet further away, you'd have missed him entirely.